History Characters / FinalFight1

* ButNowIMustGo: He walks away from Jessica in the ending of the first game, as "evil still stalks the streets".
* CharacterDevelopment: One of the only characters in the series that really, earnestly had a shifting character arc as Capcom progressed, from a generic ActionHero straight into dark, apathetic and ''bored'' FallenHero territory (as well as a souped-up steroid addict in ''Streetwise''), and then finally back up to a more proper role again once he became the mayor of Metro City.

* DullSurprise: In ''Final Fight'', Cody always had a serious, stoic expression. However, by ''Alpha 3'', this was exchanged for a permanent gaze of listless boredom. In ''Super Street Fighter IV'', he won't even reaction with an "OhCrap" expression when threatened with an opponent's Ultra Combo.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The ''Alpha'' version of Guy in the Game Boy Advance version (''Final Fight One''), who acts as if he was a time-traveler from the future literally reliving the past.

** In ''Street Fighter Alpha'', he is thrown in prison and manages to escape just as [[ExcusePlot everyone starts fighting]].
** Judging from his intro quote in ''Super VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', he's ''still'' like this. Granted, ''Streetwise'', unlike ''IV'', is not considered canon.--> ''"Well now. Let's see if we can't do something about my boredom."''

%%* CharacterDevelopment: One of the only characters in the series that really, earnestly had a shifting character arc as Capcom progressed, from a generic ActionHero straight into dark, apathetic and ''bored'' FallenHero territory, and then finally back up to a more proper role again once he became the mayor of Metro City.

%%* DullSurprise: In ''Super Street Fighter IV''. Notable because most characters show an "OhCrap" expression when face-to-face with an opponent's Ultra Combo.

%%* FallenHero: From "The Hero of Metro City" to a convicted vigilante. Thankfully this didn't last.

%%* InstitutionalApparel: Wears the classic prison stripes (though blue-and-white instead of black-and-white) in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha 3'' and ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''.
%%** He also wears a more contemporary orange jumpsuit in ''Final Fight Streetwise'' and as an alternate costume in ''Super/Ultra Street Fighter IV''.

%%** BlowYouAway: A move he has in ''Street Fighter Alpha 3'' as well, but [[spoiler:it's powered up by the effects of the glow]].

%%** In ''Street Fighter Alpha'', he is thrown in prison and manages to escape just as [[ExcusePlot everyone starts fighting]].
%%** Judging from his intro quote in ''Super VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', he's ''still'' like this. Granted, ''Streetwise'', unlike ''IV'', is not considered canon.
%%--> ''"Well now. Let's see if we can't do something about my boredom."''
* VitriolicBestBuds: Him and Guy.
%%* WolverinePublicity: When ''Alpha 3'' was released for the arcades, Cody was featured either featured prominently or specifically focused on in the promotional illustrations, despite not being even the highest profile new character to the game. He even got to share the packaging illustration of the Sega Saturn version in a dynamic battle pose against perennial ''Street Fighter'' icon Ryu.

** He's a square-jawed crimefighter with a mustache named "Mike", and "Haggar" is three letters away from "[[Literature/MikeHammer Hammer]]."

* ShoutOutThemeNaming: His facepaint resembles that of Music/KingDiamond's, and his name comes from the man's second album ''Music/{{Abigail}}''.

* TransgenderFetishization: Poison and [[AmbiguousGenderIdentity perhaps Roxy]] are highly sexualized trans women in {{Stripperiffic}} outfits.

* BigBad: Runs the Mad Gear gang, arranged Jessica's kidnapping and caused most the ills that's inflicted Metro City. He also is the heroes' [[JustForPun Final Fight]] of the game.

* ProductPlacement: In the original, Guy wore [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jika-tabi jika-tabi.]] From ''Street Fighter Alpha'' and ''Final Fight 3'' onwards, he instead wore some Nikes. But hey, [[MemeticMutation real ninjas wear Nikes.]]

See also:
* Characters/FinalFight2
* Characters/FinalFight3
* Characters/FinalFightStreetwise

-> Part of Mad Gear's acrobatic seemingly female thugs, Poison and Roxy grew up in a Los Angeles orphanage. After finding their way to Metro City, the two started working for Mad Gear. They were the gang's acrobatic fighters. After Mad Gear's defeat, Poison develops a crush on Cody and pursues him in ''Final Fight: Revenge''. She realizes that Cody will never love her and after he's arrested, Poison moves on. Some time afterward, she reunites with her old partner Andore (now known as Hugo) from Mad Gear, and together they make a legitimate career in professional wrestling, Poison being the manager and Hugo doing the work. Roxy stays in Metro City's Bay Area with Axl and J, where the three of them work for Abigail's custom car shop.

* AttractiveBentGender:
** This character profile from ''[[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcom SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS]]'' said it best.
--->''"She's a man, baby! But she's prettier and sexier than any other woman."''
** UDON's ''World Warrior Encyclopedia'' includes this gem:
--->''"She may seem like a dynamite babe, but anyone who knows the real Poison will tell you she's anything but ladylike!"''

* HeadSwap: El Gado has black hair that's either curly with a hair band or covered under a cap depending on the adaption, while Holly Wood always wears a cap. El Gado has a green jumpsuit and a goatee, Holly Wood has a tan or red jupsuit and clean shaven.

* RatedMForManly: Haggar, along with Cody and Guy, have enough testosterone for all of Metro City to share. He's a politician who cleans up crime... by piledriving thugs into the ground and introducing them to the concept of gravity.

* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: In ''VideoGame/StreetFighter6'', he appears in the game's World Tour mode, set prominently in Metro City, and is seen wearing a motorcycle jacket that says "Mad Gear M C" (M C often stands for "Motorcycle Club"), "Mad Gear Gang", and "Metro City".

* {{Crossover}}: Following Guy, Rolento, and Sodom, he appears in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha 3'', ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' and ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV''. Hugo and Poison join him in ''Ultra Street Fighter IV'' (although they already appeared in ''Street Fighter X Tekken'' and the ''Street Fighter III'' series).

-> '''J voiced by''': [[note]]Isamu Yusen (''Street Fighter V'', Japanese), Chris Hackney (''Street Fighter V'', English)[[/note]]

-> '''Axl voiced by:''' [[note]]Ryuichi Kijima (''Street Fighter V'', Japanese), Jon Bailey (''Street Fighter V'', English)[[/note]]

->'''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Michael Dobson (''Street Fighter'' TV Series), Jim Wallace (''Final Fight Revenge'')[[/note]]

* CleanDubName: Called "Damnd" in the arcade versions, and "Thrasher" in the SNES and Sega CD ports of ''Final Fight''. He is eventually renamed "Thrasher Damnd" in VideoGame/StreetFighter6, making both parts of his proper name.