Line #332 Characters/TheKingOfFightersTheTalesOfAsh


1	%% References, such as {{Mythology Gag}}s, {{Continuity Nod}}s, "NoCelebritiesWereHarmed", {{Expy}}, ShoutOut, CaptainErsatz, and the like, should go in [[ShoutOut/TheKingOfFighters this page]].
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3	[[WMG:[[center:[-''Franchise/TheKingOfFighters'' \| '''[[Characters/TheKingOfFighters Main Index]]'''\
4	'''Main Series'''\
5	[[Characters/TheKingOfFightersHeroes Protagonists]] ([[Characters/TheKingOfFightersAshCrimson Ash Crimson]]) \| [[Characters/TheKingOfFightersRivals Deuteragonists]] ([[Characters/TheKingOfFightersIoriYagami Iori Yagami]])\
6	''[[Characters/TheKingOfFighters94 The King Of Fighters: The Rugal Saga]]''\
7	''Characters/TheKingOfFightersTheOrochiSaga'': ''[[Characters/TheKingOfFighters95 KOF '95]]'' \| ''[[Characters/TheKingOfFighters96 KOF '96]]'' \| ''[[Characters/TheKingOfFighters97 KOF '97]]''\
8	''Characters/TheKingOfFightersTheNESTSChronicles'': ''[[Characters/TheKingOfFighters99 KOF '99]]'' \| ''[[Characters/TheKingOfFighters2000 KOF 2000]]'' \| ''[[Characters/TheKingOfFighters2001 KOF 2001]]''\
9	'''''The King Of Fighters: The Tales Of Ash''''': ''[[Characters/TheKingOfFighters2003 KOF 2003]]'' \| ''[[Characters/TheKingOfFightersXI KOF XI]]''\
10	''Characters/TheKingOfFightersTheShuneiSaga'': ''[[Characters/TheKingOfFightersXIV KOF XIV]]'' \| ''[[Characters/TheKingOfFightersXV KOF XV]]''\
11	'''Spin Offs'''\
12	''Characters/TheKingOfFightersEX'' \| ''[[Characters/TheKingOfFightersMaximumImpact Maximum Impact]]''\
13	'''Related Series'''\
14	''Characters/{{Athena}}'' \| ''Characters/PsychoSoldier'' \| ''Characters/FatalFury'' \| ''Characters/ArtOfFighting'' \| ''Characters/SamuraiShodown'' \| ''Characters/MetalSlug'' \| ''Characters/FuunSeries'' \| ''Characters/BurikiOne'']]-]]]
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16	Characters in ''Franchise/TheKingOfFighters'' introduced during the Tales of Ash (''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters2003 KOF 2003]]'' to ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXIII XIII]]'') will be listed here. This includes the [[Platform/PlayStation2 PS2]]-exclusive characters in ''KOF XI''.
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18	!!Individual Pages:
19	[[index]]
20	* [[Characters/TheKingOfFightersAshCrimson Ash Crimson]]
21	* [[Characters/TheKingOfFightersRivals Elisabeth Blanctorche]][[note]]Also includes Iori Yagami, Kula Diamond, and Isla[[/note]]
22	* ''Characters/TheKingOfFighters2003''
23	* ''Characters/TheKingOfFightersXI''
24	[[/index]]
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26	[[foldercontrol]]
27	!The King of Fighters XII
28	[[folder:Raiden / Big Bear]]
29	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raiden_kofxiii.png]]
30	->''"I AM RAIDEN!"''
31
32	->'''Origin''': Australia
33	->[[quoteleft:75:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/australia_flag_png_5a2267853e3ed5969105531512204165255.jpg]]
34	->'''Fighting style''': Pro Wrestling
35	->'''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Creator/DaisukeGori (''XII''), Iain Gibb (''XIII'')[[/note]]
36	->'''Playable in:''' [[note]]''XII'', ''XIII''[[/note]]
37
38	-> A professional wrestler who appeared in the first ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' game. Originally he was bribed by Geese Howard into serving him, but after Geese's defeat went straight and narrow, reverting to his kindly Big Bear persona. He doesn't make an appearance in ''KOF'' until ''XII'' ([[WordOfGod although he was originally considered to represent England in]] ''[[WordOfGod '94]]''). His {{Face}} persona is ''still'' Big Bear, but WordOfGod says that [[{{Heel}} Raiden]] was chosen over him due to a lack of villains in ''XII''. He eventually leaves Geese's employ to return to his homeland, passing up KOF for many years due to his satisfaction with his Face and Heel personas. While there's a slight misunderstanding about his current allegiance, Raiden decides to join Kim and Hwa Jai, believing that it will help boost his reputation as a fighter.
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40	->See Characters/FatalFuryKingOfFighters for tropes on him
41	[[/folder]]
42
43	!The King of Fighters XIII
44	!!Kim Team
45	[[folder:Hwa Jai]]
46	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hwajai_kofxiii.png]]
47	->''"Strapped for cash? Bet all your money on me! You'll be rich in no time! Hya ha ha!"''
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49	->'''Origin''': Thailand
50	->[[quoteleft:75:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flagthailand.png]]
51	->'''Fighting style''': Muay Thai
52	->'''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Sōnosuke Nagashiro[[/note]]
53	->'''Playable in:''' [[note]]''XIII''[[/note]]
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55	-> Yet another fighter who debuted in the original ''Fatal Fury'', Hwa Jai is an arrogant Muay Thai fighter and early rival of Joe, he becomes a more formidable fighter after getting a little tipsy. He was defeated by Joe and [[DefeatMeansFriendship became his friend]] and sparing partner. Now he teams up with Kim Kaphwan and Raiden in ''KOF XIII'', seeing the tournament as a chance to revitalize his career and get another shot at besting Joe.
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57	->See Characters/FatalFuryKingOfFighters for tropes on him
58	[[/folder]]
59
60	!!Villains
61	[[folder:Saiki]]
62	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ue_saiki_1.png]]
63	[[caption-width-right:350:Regular Saiki in the front, Demon Saiki in the back.]]
64	->''"Look back at your life before you die. Was it worth it? It wasn't, right? Nothing about you is worth anything!"''
65
66	->'''Origin''': Unknown
67	->[[quoteleft:75:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/10c06342_71a7_425a_a1f4_b6d32940b6f7.png]]
68	->'''Fighting style''': Personal style
69	->'''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Sōnosuke Nagashiro[[/note]]
70	->'''Playable in:''' [[note]]''XIII'' (in his normal form)[[/note]]
71	->'''Boss character in:''' [[note]]''XIII'' (in his Awakened form)[[/note]]
72
73	->The leader of Those From The Past and the mastermind behind the events of the most recent tournaments. Looks suspiciously like Ash Crimson. [[spoiler:He and his group's origins lie in Western Europe, Saiki himself functioning as the Western emissary of Gaia. As such, Those from the Past can be considered counterparts to the Hakkesshu clan. Whereas Orochi can distort space, Saiki possesses control over time. Saiki's alleged goal is to break Orochi's seal, resurrect the entity known as Gaia's Will, and use Orochi's power to open a monolith known as the Gate, allowing Saiki to travel back in time and rewrite history; ages ago, many members of Those from the Past were wiped out, presumably by Elisabeth's ancestors. To this end, he conspires to have Those from the Past manipulate Chizuru Kagura and Rose Bernstein, the sponsors of the most recent tournaments, to prepare the ritual necessary for reestablishing his forces and eradicating his enemies before they can become a threat to his operations.]]
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75	* AncientEvil: Like Orochi, Saiki is an ancient being that leads an organization called Those from the Past, whose goal is to change the past and rule over humanity.
76	* ArchEnemy: [[spoiler: To his descendant Ash, as everything Ash did throughout the saga was for the express purpose of subverting and eventually killing Saiki.]]
77	* ArtificialStupidity: As much of a SNKBoss he is, his AI can't block low to save his life, even as [[spoiler:Evil Ash]], which is why Daimon's light Jiraishin can almost trivialize the fights with him, as seen [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qz027Fcvk6Q here]].
78	** He's also absolutely defenseless agaisnt Vice's Splash, as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKC88XCCNBg here]]
79	* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:His baseless murder of Mukai did ''not'' win him any points here.]]
80	* TheAssimilator: [[spoiler:[[BaitAndSwitchBoss He first pulls this on Mukai]]. When Ash absorbs his powers, Saiki's influence overwhelms him, transforming Ash into Evil Ash.]]
81	* BadBoss: Mukai found out first hand that Saiki does not appreciate someone taking care of business he deems his own... And that's without mentioning how he constantly treats his underlings like dirt, even as they are making sure everything is going according to plan.
82	* BigBad: Of the Tales of Ash Saga as a whole, He’s the leader of Those from the Past, he’s a deity created by earth itself like Orochi, and he plans to use Orochi’s power to travel to the past and change the past to destroy/reshape humanity after losing a similar war against them.
83	* BreakThemByTalking: ''Very'' fond of using this tactic.
84	* CombatPragmatist: Despite his supernatural powers, Saiki will still pick up rocks off the ground and throw them at you, as if he doesn't think his foes are worthy of anything more.
85	* ContrastingSequelAntagonist:
86	** To Orochi. Both are deities created by the earth itself and are leaders of their respective factions. But while Orochi was sealed at the end of his war against humanity, Saiki went into hiding and had children and descendants while he was in hiding. Furthermore, Orochi acts more of a force of nature putting HumanityOnTrial, while Saiki sees them as playthings to be subjugated.
87	** To Igniz: Both are very powerful fighters, they are both leaders and both have huge god complexes. While Igniz gathered data from many fighters during the tournament and called himself the god of humanity, Saiki seeks to use Orochi to go back in time and change the past so that he and his followers can rule over humanity both in the past and future, also, Saiki is already a god-like being to begin with.
88	* DarkIsEvil: Combined with LightIsNotGood. He's dressed in all white, but his flames are pitch black. Either way, there's no denying he's a very evil being.
89	* DevourTheDragon: He does this on Mukai.
90	* EvilCounterpart: To Ash. Both are powerful fighters, they both have stylish appearances but that’s where the similarities end. Ash is a HeroAntagonist that wants to stop Those from the Past from changing the past and cares about his ChildhoodFriend, Elizabeth, while Saiki is a sadistic deity that takes pleasure in making humanity suffer.
91	* FanDisservice: When his boss form faces the participants, (or when he uses his [=NeoMax=]) he turns into a [[FullFrontalAssault completely naked muscular guy]] (who still somehow moves effeminately) with only his face, hands and feet covered in black, tar-like stuff. While his genital area isn't covered, he [[BarbieDollAnatomy doesn't seem to have anything to show off anyway]]. It's like SNK wanted to mock [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Gill]] and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Seth's]]... erm, "fashion" sense.
92	* FemaleGaze: Both his arcade version artwork and his winning portrait in ''XIII'' seems to have quite the focus on his ''really'' nice ass.
93	** [[spoiler:Then there's the ending of ''XIII'', where the camera is focused just around his naked rear for the majority of the sequence.]]
94	* {{Foil}}: To Orochi. Both Orochi and Saiki have many similarities, both of them despise humans and declared war on them, they’re god-like beings, they’re both leaders of their own factions and they both lost their wars against humanity. But there are also some key differences between them; Orochi is the god of nature and Saiki is the god of time, Orochi is a calm figure who believes humanity must be eliminated for the sake of the world (and is more disappointed and embittered than outright hateful), while Saiki is a condescending jerk who seems to take pleasure in tormenting mankind. The final difference is that Orochi was sealed away at the end of his ancient war, while Saiki had descendants and he alongside his remaining followers went into hiding.
95	* AGodAmI: Like you wouldn't believe. The man could even rival Igniz in terms of this trope, and unlike Igniz, he's never really been mortal before.
96	* HateSink: More than any other final boss in the series. The cutscenes and dialogue Saiki has in ''XIII'' work to thoroughly establish just how truly nasty Saiki is as a person. Between his sense of smug superiority when it comes to just about everything in the world, constant spiteful remarks to the cast, and willingness to [[spoiler: murder his most loyal and noble follower when he was merely offering his aid]], Saiki establishes his depravity and irredeemability extremely quickly, and sets himself up so that [[spoiler: his eventual FateWorseThanDeath at the hands of Ash winds up one of the most well-deserved deaths in the series]]. Even Rugal looks better in comparison to him.
97	* HumanoidAbomination: Despite appearing human in his normal form, he's a being similar in nature to Orochi, existing for the sole purpose of dominating mankind. His inhuman nature becomes far more apparent in his transformed state.
98	* ItsAllAboutMe: Saiki might just be ''the'' most self-serving villain in ''KOF'' history. Not even '''Rugal''' was this much of an unpleasant, egotistical dickwad and ''he's'' the guy with paintings of himself who submerges his defeated conquests in liquid metal. [[spoiler: It doesn't help that Saiki apparently plans to ''absorb'' Orochi and become the sole Gaian Will, presumably in part to be able to ''fully'' [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror sculpt humanity into passive hunting prey]].]]
99	* UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns: In the original version, he uses the ''very'' archaic and self-deprecating ''shousei''. Like Ash, he isn't half as humble as his speech patterns suggest.
100	* {{Jerkass}}: Saiki's dialogue is pretty much entirely consistent of him making spiteful comments to everyone around him, including the people who serve him.
101	* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Kills [[AffablyEvil Mukai]] for disobeying his orders, even though Mukai loyally offered to fight in his place.]]
102	* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: One of his specials in his regular form is literally this. ''Repeatedly.''
103	* LackOfEmpathy: The amount of times he says anything that isn't dripping with sheer contempt for everything around him can be counted on one hand.
104	* LongHairedPrettyBoy: His human form has some really luscious white hair. It probably comes with being part of Ash's bloodline.
105	* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: The BadEnding of story mode reveals that [[spoiler: before traveling to the future, he engineered events to render humanity properly [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror docile]] for his rule. However he unfortunately made a few oversights, resulting in the modern world. He now intends to go back and correct his mistakes. He also intends to do this after his canonical defeat. It doesn't go [[RetGone that well]] either.]]
106	* MisanthropeSupreme: Views humanity at large as a plague that must be wiped off the face of the planet.
107	* MovesetClone: On the surface, many of his normals and specials resembles Ash's own moveset. That said, the many different functions those moves have - especially considering that Saiki's specials are performed with motion inputs to contrast Ash's charge commands - make most of those initial similarities very surface-level.
108	* OneWingedAngel: After he absorbs Mukai's powers, his body turns red, gains a similar build to that of Mukai, and parts of his body start glowing black. While this form is not playable, he does take it on during his Neomax attack.
109	* PhysicalGod: Like Orochi, he is a deity created by the planet itself and is insanely powerful.
110	* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: His transformed state has an eerily deep, booming voice.
111	* PunyEarthlings: He's rather fond of reminding the human characters how insignificant they are before him, as well as reminding them he has the power to wipe their entire species from existence.
112	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Unlike Ash, he always has them.
113	* RetGone: [[spoiler:Along with Ash. And unlike Ash, there's no indication his soul was contained in Verse.]]
114	* SissyVillain: Like Ash, he has very feminine mannerisms. Most noticable when he's possessing Mukai for the penultimate fight of the game, as being a huge towering wall of muscle doesn't change his mannerisms in any way.
115	* SlouchOfVillainy: Often seen lounging around in a couch in cut scenes.
116	* SmugSuper: One of the most powerful antagonists in the series, and also one of the most vile.
117	* SNKBoss: As to be expected with a KOF boss, he's one infuriatingly tough opponent to face. He's very difficult to open up (though as noted in ArtificialStupidity, you can cheese him pretty well with low attacks), has projectiles that are very good at trapping you in place so he can swoop in and command grab you, and, as is common with SNK bosses, possesses a full-screen super (which counts as a Neo MAX, despite only costing him 1 meter).
118	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Before his name was officially revealed to be Saiki, sites spelled his name as "Psyche."
119	* SurroundedByIdiots: Mentions something like this in one of the story mode scenes.
120	* TechnicolorFire: Black fire, which behaves more like ink. [[spoiler:Evil Ash's black fire is actual fire, being a tainted version of Ash's.]]
121	* TeleportSpam: His playable version in the console and UpdatedRerelease can do this.
122	* TemporalParadox: [[spoiler:The cause of his ultimate demise.]]
123	* TimeStandsStill: This appears to be one of his powers [[spoiler:or at the very least, connected to the time gate that allowed him [[TimeTravel to travel to the present day]]]] as seen in his pre-fight intro, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation although he seldom uses it in battle]].
124	* UncannyFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:He bears a striking resemblance to [[IdenticalGrandson his direct descendant, Ash Crimson]].]]
125	* VillainBall: [[spoiler:Sure Saiki, one of your strongest minions who has nothing but loyalty for you offers to fight in your stead, which would ''really'' help if you needed to duck into the door to the past in a hurry... and your response is to '''kill him''' for no reason other than that he spoke up to you. [[SarcasmMode Yeah, that's REALLY going to help.]] Specially when you follow it via taking over the body of your own descendant ''despite knowing clearly that he is NOT to be trusted''.]]
126	* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Saiki screams for his life after Ash uses his remaining willpower to stop Saiki from [[GrandTheftMe controlling his body]] and allows himself to [[RetGone be erased from the timeline]] via TemporalParadox.]]
127	* VocalDissonance: Some of his in-battle clips get surprisingly gruff and coarse compared to his spoken dialogue, it's especially jarring given he shares his voice with Ash.
128	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Saiki outside his true form is playable in the console version of ''XIII'' ''and'' the UpdatedRerelease for arcade machines (''XIII Climax''). His Neo MAX allows him to turn into his true form to deal some damage.
129	* YouHaveFailedMe: There are some implications that [[spoiler:Saiki offed Mukai because of his defeat back in ''2003'', spurring Saiki to want to take matters into his own hands and not risk screwing up their operations so late in the game]]. Doesn't make it any less of a callous move [[spoiler:or [[VillainBall a wholly stupid one]], for that matter]].
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132	!Others
133	[[folder:NPC]]
134	!!Botan
135	[[quoteright:190:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/botan13resize_2093.PNG]]
136	-> The fourth member of Those From the Distant Land, she has the ability to control the actions of anyone she chooses through invisible puppet strings. Botan established herself as quite the [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bitch]] as early as ''2003'', when it turns out she was controlling Chizuru the entire time. After Mukai's failure, she sets her sights on Rugal Bernstein's daughter Rose [[spoiler:and controls her from ''XI'' to ''XIII'']].
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138	%%* FurAndLoathing[=/=]PrettyInMink
139	* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Her fate in ''XIII'' is infinitely less harsh than [[EmptyShell that of the honourable Mukai.]] She actually makes it out of ''XIII'' completely unscathed. In one of the closing scenes of the story, Botan is seen alive and well, walking in the middle of a crowd. Maybe subverted because either way, she doesn't look too happy and cannot repeat all the crimes she has done in the past because of the lack of Saiki and Those From The Past]]
140	%%zce* ManipulativeBitch
141	* MarionetteMaster
142	* PeoplePuppets: She can use her strings to effectively brainwash and control people. Demonstrated on [[spoiler:Rose by making the girl host KOF tournament in a very specific place for Botan's master's plans]].
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144	!!Rose Bernstein
145	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rose11_8666.jpg]]
146	->'''Voiced by:''' Kazuyo Inosako
147
148	-> Adel's little sister and a RichBitch to the hilt. While Adel got Rugal's fighting skill, Rose got his sense of unfair play. She's a noncombatant (although [[LadyOfWar skilled at fencing]], according to [[AllThereInTheManual supplementary materials]]), but very fond of her brother.
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150	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: All she does is [[CuteButCacophonic yap, yap, yap]] all day long.
151	** Subverted in-story: Adel may be annoyed with her, but he ''does'' care and worry for her sake. [[spoiler: And with ''very'' good reasons.]]
152	* ArmsDealer: Though never directly stated, it's strongly implied the Bernstein family continues to maintain their source of income. [[spoiler:The only reason Botan mind controlled Rose was because she possessed the influence, power, and wealth to host the KOF tournament on such short notice: up to and including the quiet construction of a lavish colosseum with secret magic relics underneath.]]
153	* BigBrotherWorship: Gets too extreme at times, and sometimes Adel himself has to put his foot down. Her devotion for Adel (as well as her BerserkButton when he is defeated in ''2003'') seems to border on BigBrotherAttraction.
154	** It's not helped by Adel's ''massive'' case of BigBrotherInstinct towards Rose herself. [[IncestSubtext ... Um.]]
155	* {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler:How she spends the entirety of ''XIII''. She is freed in the end.]]
156	* CuteButCacophonic
157	* DualityMotif: Her usual dress (seen to the right) is half-red, half-black. Possibly symbolic, as these are the two dominant colors of her father's tuxedo attire.
158	* UsefulNotes/JapaneseSiblingTerminology: Calls Adel "onii-sama." It's translated as "Dearest Brother" in English.
159	* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Subverted/inverted when facing Adel in ''2003''. At first, Rose appears to be playing "Revolutionary Etude" (the brief opening segment of Adel's theme), but once the music diverts into incomprehensible techno and never looks back for its "R2" portion, it becomes clear she's not performing on the piano for her brother's fights.
160	* {{Narcissist}}: Loves herself, absolutely ''loathes'' ugly and weak people.
161	* NeutralFemale: Despite her haughty nature and being a fencer, Rose doesn't do much other than sit on the sidelines and play the piano. ''XI'' even pokes fun at this with one of Adel's moves: Rose is summoned, but only so that she can taunt Adel.
162	** One of the stages of ''XIII Climax'' takes place in the ''Skynoah'', and she's seen hanging around in the background like it's just another day: playing the piano, having tea with her panther at her feet, checking on the controls with Adel...
163	* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Around her brother, Adel. On occasion, some of her clutching could be considered [[IncestSubtext inappropriate or too intimate for siblings.]]
164	* [[NotHimself Not Herself]] and/or OutOfCharacterAlert: When Rose begins doing things without telling her brother and ignores whatever he tells her, Adel instantly knows something is wrong since she always does what he says and always tells him what's on her mind.
165	** To reiterate, upon discovering her plans for [[spoiler:the ritual grounds built underneath Rose Stadium]], he's put at unease, partially due to [[spoiler:what they're being used for]], but mainly because she would've have told him before even deciding to act.
166	* {{Ojou}}: Type 2. ''Oh yes''.
167	* OjouRinglets
168	* PimpedOutDress: To up the ante, Rose is seen sporting even ''more'' extravagant clothing in ''XIII''. Special notice goes to the one described in TrueBlueFemininity.
169	* RedEyesTakeWarning: She's not "evil" ''per se'', but she's definitely more of a [[SpoiledBrat selfish brat]] than Adel, that's for sure.
170	* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: For some strange reason, she wears a tiara despite not being of noble blood.
171	** The Atlus translation for ''XIII'' called her bloodline the Bernstein Family. However the original Japanese text could also be translated as House of Bernstein. Given their influence and wealth, it's possible the Bernstein are fictional German nobility.
172	* RichBitch: Hoo boy.
173	* RightHandCat: Is seen playing with a baby panther, which is apparently Rodem's offspring.
174	* RoyalBrat
175	* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem
176	* SiblingYinYang: She and Adel are opposite of each other: He inherits his father's fighting style but is a noble fighter, while she inherits her father's pride and ego but is a noncombatant.
177	* SoreLoser: Like father, like daughter. Even though it's her brother that does all of the fighting.
178	* SymbolMotifClothing: Nearly all her outfits have roses or feature decorative rose flower patterns.
179	* TagalongKid: To a degree (see AnnoyingYoungerSibling above).
180	* TrueBlueFemininity: She wears a very PimpedOutDress in a light blue tone [[spoiler:during the Final Stage of ''KOF XIII''.]]
181	* TheTragicRose: While tragedy doesn't exactly hit '''her''', she ''is'' a vital part in [[spoiler:Those from the Past's plans... which end with Ash [[RetGone Ret-goning]] himself in what becomes a massive TearJerker.]] The dress she's wearing in that moment even has rose motifs all over it.
182	* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:[[SarcasmMode Thank you very much, Botan]].]]
183	* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Adel's ending in ''XI'' reveals that Botan is trying to use this side of her against Adel. She succeeds and Rose spends all of ''XIII'' in a {{brainwashed}} state thanks to her, and only is released at the end.]]
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185	!!Shroom and Rimelo
186	[[quoteright:212:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/640px-KOFXIII-kyostorypromo_6983.jpg]]
187	[[caption-width-right:212:Rimelo (left) and Shroom (right)]]
188	-> Two characters who previously appeared as unnamed members of Those from the Past in ''2003''[='s=] ending. Shroom is the [[DudeLooksLikeALady girly-looking]] blond man while Rimello is the brunette weird girl. They first appeared in the Ikari Team's Ending in ''XI'' [[spoiler:to reclaim Magaki's lifeless body, taking Heidern's EyepatchOfPower with them in the process.]] They return in the ''XII'' manhua and later are included in several scenes of ''XIII'''s Story Mode, including the OP video where they give Kyo his invitation to the KOF tournament.
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190	* AscendedExtra
191	* CuteMute: Rimelo never ''ever'' says a word.
192	* DudeLooksLikeALady: Shroom, so much that...
193	** ShesAManInJapan: More exactly, in the Chinese manhua.
194	* ElegantGothicLolita: Rimelo's black/white dress and really cute pump shoes evoke the style.
195	* EnfanteTerrible: Rimelo can't be older than 15 (at least in looks), yet she's a full blooded membress of Those from the Past.
196	* EyepatchOfPower: Shroom sometimes wears an eyepatch in ''XIII''. Rimelo is often seen playing with it, too. [[spoiler:It belonged to ''Heidern'', actually, and if you have Ralf face Saiki he'll ''furiously'' demand to have the eyepatch back in their pre-fight talk.]]
197	* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:While they're not half as villainous as Saiki, they also get away with their activities as members of Those from the Past. May be subverted in the Story Mode, if them being there when [[TheStinger Shion returns]] is any indication.]]
198	* OddFriendship: Shroom is quite the cold {{Jerkass}}, but he seems to treat Rimelo better than he does to others.
199	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Having made some research and realized that he and the others were few more than peons, Shroom and Rimelo decided to get ready and bail out ASAP. They don't really get the chance, as far as we know.]]
200	* TheSmartGuy: Shroom is seen doing research [[spoiler:about the Gate]].
201	* UnfortunateNames: Come on, '''Shroom'''?!
202	* TheUnfought: Despite the fact that they prominently appear in ''XIII'''s intro and Story Mode (even managing to rough up Kyo a little before handing him his invitation to the tournament), you never get to fight either of them.

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