Full name Crimson Viper. A spy from the CIA acting as a mole in Seth's organization. She was sent to gather data on S.I.N. (Shadaloo Intimidation Network) and its BLECE Project, and to stop them. Her real name is Maya and she has a daughter named Lauren.
Action Mom: She's stated to have a daughter in the game, and in the tie-in film, the little girl is shown in several scenes. And in the ending animation sequence of her Arcade Mode in Super Street Fighter IV, she meets up with Lauren, giving her a hug and telling her that she loves her.
Alternate Company Equivalent: Not so much in her fighting style but in her story, she's arguably Capcom's interpretation of Vanessa's character from The King Of Fighters, both being female secret agents with a family life back at home.
Bare Your Midriff: Her default and first alternate costumes, the alternate more so than the default.
Bifauxnen: Subverted—When first introduced, her back braid was not seen a lot, and if it wasn't for her breasts, she might've passed as a guy, what with wearing a tuxedo. Now that it's known that she has that braid...
Combat Pragmatist: Because she uses a battle suit to fight, she's been labeled a cheater and dishonorable to some of the World Warriors. See the win quote at the top of Viper's bio for her response.
Difficult, But Awesome: She's generally thought of to be the hardest character in the game to learn, because her moves demand a VERY high execution curve. However, her unpredictable mixups and raw speed and power more than make up for it, if she is mastered.
The Dragon: She's played as one for Seth in Street Fighter IV and in the tie-in film, but she's apparently a Reverse Mole instead.
Jerkass: Very much so in the Ties that Bind anime.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She can be pretty cold to the other World Warriors, even downright mean to some. Still, is implied that she must be she is all sweety and cuddly with her little daughter as seen at the end of her arcade mode in Super Street Fighter IV.
Lightning Bruiser: Viper is not only quick, but her combos take off a ton of damage, however...
Glass Cannon: ... she is also tied for the third-worst health in the game.
The Men in Black: Looks like Viper's the genuine article; not only she is an actual spy from CIA, whit her special suit on, she really looks like a Badass in a Nice Suit.
Nothing Personal: She's here on assignment, nothing more and nothing less...
Shockwave Stomp: She can punch the ground underneath her really hard, generating localized shockwaves at different distances, depending on the strength of the punch used.
A ridiculously tall and large young Frenchman who uses Mixed Martial Arts. He is an amnesiac who was taken in by a mercenary who rescued him from one of Shadaloo's bases. After the mercenary died, he decided to hunt down surviving members of Shadaloo, believing them to be the connection to his lost memories. He enters the Street Fighter IV tournament to find out Shadaloo's connection to the S.I.N. corporation.
Cloning Blues:It is hinted in Seth's story mode and Abel's ending that Abel may be a clone of Seth, or perhaps Seth's original.
Confusion Fu: One of his unlockable titles is "Mixup Master." In this game, that's saying something.
Good Scars, Evil Scars: While is more apparent in the art for the character than on his actual in-game model, Abel has his body covered in scars from head to toe, similarly to Zangief.
Gratuitous French: He now actually uses a little French in his Street Fighter X Tekken appearance - "En garde, s'il vous plaît." ("Let's fight, if you please.", more or less).
Loony Fan: In IV, his rival battle is against Fei Long. He's a huge fan of Fei Long's movies; when Fei Long meets him in Fei's rival battle, Abel expresses his admiration of the guy by picking a fight with him. You'll laugh when a sound byte of Abel saying, "I've seen all of your movies~!" plays after, say, Abel using his HCB + P command throw on Fei Long.
Spear Counterpart: Of Cammy, arguably. They're both young, amnesiac clones of the Big Bad of the game they first appeared in, and both enter the tournament in order to find out who they really are. They're also both blond with light blue eyes, and also share a scarred face. However Cammy prefer cats while Abel chooses dogs.
Shirtless Scene: He has a shirtless alternate outfit in Super Street Fighter IV.
Uh-Oh Eyes: His eyes briefly turn black during his Soulless Ultra, hinting at his connection to Seth.
Unnecessary Combat Roll: Abel incorporates the Marseilles Roll, a rolling maneuver, in his fighting style. Although, this move is actually effective when it comes to closing the distance on projectile-spamming foes, or dodging attacks, so it's actually a necessary combat roll.
Younger than They Look: Possibly as an homage to K' from The King of Fighters, who looks like he's in his 20s but is actually 16.
El Fuerte - Mexico
"In the ring or in the kitchen, no one can beat me!"
A luchador/aspiring chef. He enters the tournament to find the perfect recipe for his new delicacy. El Fuerte is an old friend of T.Hawk.
Catch Phrase: "IT'S SUPER DYNAMIC COOKING TIME!!!"
Chef of Iron: Type 1. He enters the tournament to find new recipe ideas.
Confusion Fu: El Fuerte has a normal move called Habanero Dash, where he runs towards you. Doesn't sound that bad, no? Well, this move has SIX different followup moves: evasive actions, high attacks, low attacks, air attacks, and throws. Given that they all start with that running animation, you might be realizing the big picture about now.
Cordon Bleugh Chef: The opinions on his cooking are mixed throughout the series, but his ending is another story: He mixes Chanko stew and Borscht, Honda and Zangief's favourite national foods, trying to quell the argument between them as to whose dish is better. One bite and they're both blue in the face.
Gratuitous Spanish: In T. Hawk's rival match with him, El Fuerte drops an audible "amigo" in his opening line. El Fuerte's English VA, J.B. Blanc, adds a few more Spanish words to his dialogue.
Incoming Ham: See catchphrase, and his intro cinematic Big OMG — over meal preparation.
Joke Character: In-universe. He's a Lethal Chef with no concept of good cooking (and that is sadly what drives his motivation to fight).
Meaningful Name: "El Fuerte" is Spanish for "the Strong." Which, knowing luchadores in fighting games, perhaps isn't the most accurate descriptor in the world.
Voiced by:Wataru Hatano (Street Fighter IV, Street Fighter X Tekken; Japanese), Christopher Corey Smith (Street Fighter IV, Street Fighter X Tekken; English)
Big Eater: It's pretty obvious... Let's just let him elaborate for the sake of enlightenment (the winquote is against El Fuerte in SSFIV, by the way):
"Sorry, pal. I'm a pretty picky eater. I only eat burgers, hot dogs, fries, pizza, onion rings, spaghetti, sandwiches, chicken, steak, pork chops, mashed potatoes, cole slaw, roast beef..."
Brilliant, but Lazy: Several characters comment on how surprisingly strong Rufus is, and fathom how powerful he could be if he just lost weight.
Cloudcuckoolander: Some of his rants are really random and have nothing to do with anything. For example, his win quote versus C. Viper has him complaining about poorly made furniture. What.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Random Dialogue, Fat Belly, Stupid Ponytail, Unbelievable Fighting Skills, Top Tier. That pretty much sums it up.
Eagleland: Type 2. Morbidly obese, arrogant, kinda dim, has moves with sci-fi names (Galactic Tornado, Space Opera Symphony). The fact that he's an American is obviously coincidental.
Hard Work Hardly Works: Subverted. At first glance, it looks like Rufus came up with his elaborate fighting techniques simply by watching kung-fu movies and eating like a pig. However, it's revealed that in order to refine his Kung Food, Rufus took on correspondence courses and later went to China to study under various masters.
I Know Mortal Kombat: The crux of his fighting style, as it is wholly based on things that he gleaned from watching martial arts flicks in his youth. Gets some credit because he traveled the world in order to sort out the reality from the fiction.
Motor Mouth: Three lines of very tiny text for EVERY win quote (except for the two short quotes of Versus mode, which are as short as the other characters').
Rescue Romance: How Candy became his girl, as implied in his exchange with Rose:
Rufus: "I'll never forget when I first met my girl. It was a rainy day in October and I was on my way home from a fight. Suddenly, this chick came outta an' was all like 'Help!' I guess she pulled a dine an' dash, so I beat up the waiter that was chasin' after her!"
Seinfeldian Conversation: Many a player has read his win quotes (yes, it is possible) and thought, "What the hell is he talking about?!" Check them.
Averted in SSFIV. He actually does stay on topic better, even if he goes off from time to time.
Shown Their Work: An in-universe example. Rufus watches a lot of movies, and when he wanted to become a fighter, he traveled around the world to confirm which techniques in movies can or cannot be performed, in the process becoming a formidable fighter that is very, very easy to underestimate.
Unknown Rival: Inverse example. He counts himself as Ken's rival, but doesn't know who Ken actually is, and mistakes every blond character for him. Then played straight, as Ken has no knowledge of his existence prior to their match.
He mistakes Cammy for Ken, because of her hair color. Even besides the no pants, different appearance, and being female thing, you'd think he'd keep both hair color and length in mind.
He mistakes Makoto for Ken, because she uses a gi and goes barefoot. Try and top that.
This even goes beyond universe - in one of the trailers for Street Fighter X Tekken, he mistakes Bob for Ken. Which is even more amusing when he goes flying past Ken himself later on in the trailer.
Unreliable Narrator: He narrates his long road to becoming such a formidable fighter in the UDON comics... except when he talks about his tireless effort we see him watching TV late at night and eating like a pig, though it's subverted when we're shown him jogging with two motorcycles strapped to his back.
Gouken - Japan
"No illusion is safe when bathed in the pure light of the moon. Now is the time to test your strength!"
Gouken is the master of Ryu and Ken and Akuma's brother; he trained with Akuma under Goutetsu until Akuma killed their master. Gouken refined the special techniques from the assassination art taught to him by Master Goutetsu into a non-lethal martial art, then passed on his knowledge to Ryu and Ken. He was believed to be dead, but he managed to survive his battle with Akuma by using the Power of Nothingness — which empties the mind and soul of all thought and sin — to render the Shun Goku Satsu useless. As a side effect, however, he was rendered unconscious for several years. Gouken now hopes to reunite with his pupils and test their strength.
Ascended Fanon: He exists entirely because of fans clamoring for years for Capcom to make a real "Sheng Long."
Ascended Meme/Defictionalization: From the infamous EGM "Sheng Long" April Fools' joke. He even has all of the moves (in one way or another) that the joke detailed!
Canon Immigrant: First appeared in a Street Fighter II manga before appearing in Akuma's ending the first Alpha and as a hidden challenger in IV. Before that, Ryu and Ken's master was just a nameless unseen character.
Deus ex Machina: The Power of Nothingness (or Mu no Ken in Japanese), a technique never spoken of before IV, is the reason behind Gouken's survival of the Shun Goku Satsu and subsequent coma, as well as how he purges Ryu of the Satsui no Hadou.Perhaps Gouken wasHolding Back the Phlebotinum.
X-Ray Sparks: His Denjin-Hadouken in Super IV has this effect. Note that Ryu could use the exact same technique in 3rd Strike, and had the same electrifying effect on the opponent.
Seth - S.I.N
"Do not grieve. Your data will reside in me for eternity."
Seth is the CEO of S.I.N, the (former) weapons division of Shadaloo. Seth modified his own body to include a S.I.N invention known as the Tanden Engine; the device is used to help Seth assimilate the abilities of anyone he fights. Seth also created the BLECE Project, which relies on Ki to create super-soldiers (in this case, the Ki Seth uses is the Satsui no Hadou); he sees Ryu as the "ultimate test subject" and desires his untapped Satsui no Hadou to complete the BLECE project. Seth has another goal in mind, as well: surpassing his creator, M. Bison, before destroying him once and for all.
A God Am I: "Before long, a new age will dawn upon the earth and I shall rule over all!"
Artificial Stupidity: For all his brilliance and extreme difficulty, Arcade Seth has one chink in his armour. Namely, he seems to rush his Tanden Typhoon as soon as he can use it, leading to weird moments where he fires off his Ultra while you are at the other side of the stage.
Cloning Blues: Way too early to go into that right now...
You Are Number Six: He's number 15 in his line of clones. The Seth clone that he fights at the end of Arcade Mode is number 21.
The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard: And how. You may say this is pretty obvious given many of the other tropes applied to him, but he's not all that magnificent if you fight an AI-controlled Seth in Versus Mode. Even if he uses his complete moveset throughout the fight.
Defeat Means Playable: In the original SFIV, Seth can be selected after he has been defeated at least once by every character.
Doing in the Wizard : He explains to Dhalsim that the yoga master's abilities can't actually be of divine origin; if they were, Seth couldn't copy them.
Full Frontal Assault: In his default and second alternate costume. Subverted in his first alternate costume, where Seth dons pants.
Gambit Pileup: Believes himself to be pulling the strings behind Shadaloo, when it could also work the other way around. Then, there's also the fact that unbeknown to him Juri is using his tournament as a cover for her own takeover of S.I.N.
Then there's the fact that Bison knew exactly what he was trying to do, and was using Seth to further his own as-of-now unknown goals. Supposedly Bison is the one that canonically kills him.
Large Ham: Listen to his speech about humanity in his opening prologue in Super Street Fighter IV and you'll know for sure. Doubles as a Hey, It's That Voice! considering that speech is something you'd expect to hear from Schwarzwald. Hell, listen to his "The Reason You Suck" Speech in The Ties That Bind in English. The hamminess is virtually overflowing.
Made of Plasticine: He takes the most damage out of all the characters when used by a regular player, comparable to Shin Akuma and Ultimate Rugal in Capcom vs. SNK 2.
Glass Cannon: Despite his paper-thin stamina, his combos and setups are very powerful, and a really good Seth player can give anyone, even a Sagat player, a run for their money. Cruelly subverted with his Ultra Combo, which does horribly low damage, even when charged up to maximum, and with his new Ultra in Super, which does about as much damage as every other character's Ultra. Good luck fighting the CPU Seth when he has it.
Parts Unknown: Like all of the FinalBosses in the series (Gill, Bison and he) and unlike all of the other world warriors, his country of origin is never specified.
Stripperiffic: Depending on who you ask, he's either nude and rude (but with Barbie Doll Anatomy), or wearing a speedo that happens to be the same colour as his "skin".
Voiced by:Eri Kitamura (Super Street Fighter IV; Japanese), Jessica Straus (Super Street Fighter IV; English)
Her full name is Juri Han, and her codename is "Spider"; she is a Taekwondo prodigy from South Korea who serves as an agent of S.I.N. She is testing out one of S.I.N's most advanced pieces of technology: a cybernetic eye implant known as the Feng Shui Engine. The implant, which a smaller version of Seth's Tanden Engine, takes ki energy from the surrounding nature and feeds it to the Engine's user to heighten their abilities and make them more powerful. Juri pledges loyalty to Seth in exchange for the "new toy", then enters the new Street Fighter tournament to test her new abilities... and further her own dark agendas. Juri is a dangerous, hedonistic sociopath who likes to taunt her opponents — and she doesn't care about anything but satisfying her dangerous whims.
Affirmative Action Girl: Part of the reason she was created was to fill two voids: a female villain and a Korean character. In her ethnicity's case, she is Capcom's first Korean character ever.
Dark and Troubled Past: Juri's father was a fearsome prosecutor who relentlessly pursued people connected to Shadaloo to bring them to justice. He became Shadaloo's target and one day Juri's family car was sabotaged. Her father and mother died and she was severely injured, losing her left eye. Whether she was Theingenue or a Spoiled Brat before what has been just described took place, there's no discussion on how this... well, sucks big time.
Depraved Bisexual: The fact that she taunts opponents of either sex with sexual innuendos and that her official profile states she likes boobs at least pegs her as a lesbian, leaning to bi, probably. She's certainly sexually aggressive and evil enough for this trope to qualify.
Then there's the fact that half her win quotes imply she's going to rape and murder her defeated opponent, regardless of gender...
She wonders if Chun-Li's desire to take her into custody is due to a "little schoolgirl crush", calls Cammy "kitten" and asks if she's looking for someone (implying herself for less-than-pure reasons), and tells Bison (while giggling and licking her lips) "Oh man... I was really planning on saving the main course for last. Whatever. I'll just eat you up. Bones and all!" There is no such thing as subtext when it comes to her.
Energy Ball: Like many characters in the series, Juri is able to throw projectiles. Unlike any characters in the series, she throws them with her feet.
Evil Counterpart: She appears to be one to both Chun-Li and Cammy.
Foot Focus: Going barefoot in a Street Fighter game is par for the course, but she is the only one who takes the time to paint her toenails. She also throws projectiles and grapples (by the head, no less) with just her feet.
Horned Hairdo: Add this to that long belt of her, and we have something of a Cat Girl going on, which just adds to the myriad of fetishes surrounding her.
Irony: Juri gets kidnapped and experimented on by Shadowloo as a teenager. A decade later, she's The Dragon of S.I.N., a branch organization of Shadowloo.
Although now S.I.N. and Shadaloo are rivals, so it makes more sense.
Interplay of Sex and Violence: Interplay of rape and violence would be more appropriate. (All implied/suggested, though.)
Kick Chick: Probably even moreso than Chun-Li, to the point that her "heavy punch" is in fact a kick.
Lean and Mean: Looks a bit more wiry than the other female characters, and her outfit shows off some fairly obvious ribs.
Orgasmic Combat: She even says "That felt good, didn't it?" whilst stroking her victim's upside down face. Also, her very excited cackles during combat. And some of her taunts can be seen as flirting.
Power High: After gaining Ki-based powers from the Feng-Shui Engine she proclaims, "Mmm... I like it. I can feel waves of ki energy surging through my whole body," in a very suggestive way.
Psycho Lesbian: The initial version of her bio stated one of her likes as "Big Boobs." Combine it with all the above and well...
Turned Against Their Masters: In her ending she used Seth's tournament as a distraction while she plotted to take over S.I.N., making her something of a Magnificent Bitch or at very least a very high-functioning Smug Snake.
Whatever: When performing a recovery, Juri responds with a bored "Whatever".
Hakan - Turkey
"Looks like it's time to oil up!"
Voiced by:Shintarou Oohata (Super Street Fighter IV; Japanese), Lance Holt (Super Street Fighter IV; English)
The other new character introduced in Super Street Fighter IV line-up. He is stated to be the Turkish CEO of a cooking oil company, and a practitioner of the national sport of Yagli Gures otherwise known as oil-wrestling. His in-game self reflects this with lots of oiled-up grappling and even a move that has him apply more oil to his body, powering up his moves for a short time and making him faster.
There's an explanation for that: Hakan stays oiled up all the time. Turkey is a sunny place. What does Oil + Sunhine create? At first, a tan. But Hakan did go beyond that. Ken even notes that he "looks a little crisp." The hair is probably blue because he uses oil for that, too and they didn't want to give him black hair.
In reference to his hair—the appearance of Hakan's hair is a pun, as he is Turkish and the Japanese word for Turkey is "Toruko", his hair resembles stone and the Japanese word for stone is "Ishi", and his hair color is turquoise and the Japanese word for turquoise is "Toruko Ishi". This holds true for European languages as well: the English word turquoise comes from the Old French turqueise which literally means "Turkish [stone]".
Animal Motifs: Both his beltbuckle and the barrel that he uses to "oil up" seems to share the same leonine theme.
Anime Hair: His hair is curled into very short ringlets that look like giant barnacles. In one of his taunts he expresses concern that his opponent will mess it up. His daughters◊ appear to have inherited this style, or at least style it like their father.
Chivalrous Pervert: Seems so. While he loves and cares for his wife and daughters, he's rather pleasant to the major part of the Action Girls in the cast, if his post-battle lines are signs. (Unless the "lady" is Juri or Viper... but then again, they are Juri and Viper we're talking about.)
Cultured Badass: In his own Turkish cultured way, he's pretty refined as well.
Happily Married: And he's got the multitude of daughters to prove it!
Have I Mentioned That I Am Heterosexual Today: As if to put any potential rumours to rest before the game even released, Capcom showed Hakan with his wife and SEVEN daughters in his official character art.
Hot Mom: His wife. She has a fairly petite build, despite having given birth to seven daughters.
Murderous Thighs: His Oil Combination Hold Ultra gives the trope a completely new meaning, to say the least... He lies on the ground, and if the opponent so much as touches him he slams them on the ground, squeezes them between his thighs, and then launches them out of his ass into the wall.
Does This Remind You of Anything?: He spins around before said ass-launch and this makes it look like he's 69-ing them. References to the Infernal Catherine Wheel were inevitably made.
Nice Hat: In one of his alternate costumes, he wears a classic turkish Fez.
The Not Secret: Despite Capcom's best efforts to keep him under wraps before his planned debut, he has been mentioned as far back as September '09 when details of the game first emerged.
Reality Is Unrealistic: Debatable, but upon first seeing his concept and playstyle, most people would think Capcom made it all up. Well, surprise surprise, they didn't. It's obviously just as exaggerated as every other martial art in the games, but in this case, the Turkish managed to outcrazy Capcom.
Remember the New Guy: Hakan and E. Honda are old friends, to the point where the former casually calls the later "Edmond". SSFIV marks Hakan's debut in the Street Fighter continuity. Also both of their fighting styles are similar.
Slippery Skid: His oiled-up body allows him slide along the floor into opponents.
The Idiot from Ankara: He speaks in Kansai-ben in the Japanese version, despise being Turkish. In the English version, he speaks with a thick Turkish accent instead.
Theme Naming: Hakan's every single Special, Super or Ultra move has the word "oil" in it.
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: His official art,◊ in addition to showing his seven daughters, has a pretty woman in the background that is his wife.
You Gotta Have Blue Hair: A rather odd case. Most characters in Street Fighter who are clearly human in appearance run the entire gambit of naturally occuring hair colors. Hakan's is turquoise colored, probably as a result of oils. But when you look at his seven kids, it COULD be hereditary.
Debuting in Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition
Oni - ???
"I shall grind beneath my heel... all that exists."
Voiced by: Taketora (Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition; Japanese), Dave Mallow (Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition; English)
His full title is Kuruoshiki Oni ("Mad Demon"). This is the form Akuma takes when he reaches the absolute peak of his training; all of Akuma's remaining humanity is consumed in full by the Satsui no Hadou and becomes a demon, although Oni views himself as transcending gods. Now that he has reached the peak of the Satsui no Hadou, he decides to destroy the world... possibly out of boredom.
Bonus Boss: Oni appears as a secret boss by completing Arcade Mode under certain conditions — which are unknown at this time.
True Final Boss: Oni falls into this, considering he's stronger than Akuma, Gouken, and Evil Ryu combined.
SNK Boss: Oni's AI is also harder than the aforementioned characters. He has more vitality and stun than the playable version and his moves are altered (for example, all of his chargeable moves are fully charged when he uses them).
Obviously Evil: Akuma is a demon in the metaphorical sense, whereas Oni is Akuma as a demon in the literal sense; Akuma transcends the concepts of good and evil (since his purpose in life is to be the ultimate example of a warrior, at any cost), but Oni is as evil as evil can get.
The Rival: To Asura in LostEpisode 2, where Akuma apparently somehow learned to control this form and use it at will without losing himself completely.
