Just a Face and a Caption: Joke Character

It's... a guy in a pink gi. Previous thread went with keep until better image suggested.

So how about Roll taking on Dr. Wily's mechanical legions, with a broom.◊

edited 5th Jun '16 9:56:44 PM by Arutema

I don't think that's exactly the trope, although it might work for something else.

Characters that look weird but are effective go under Fighting Clown (or possibly Lethal Joke Character). A Joke Character is one that's deliberately underpowered, and I think Dan better gives off that vibe.

(I wonder if it would help to put him side by side with Ryu, so you can better see why he's a joke.)

Yeah, he's wearing a pink martial art gi and strikes a silly pose. I think that's quite enough to sign he's a joke. Keep Until Better Image Suggested.

Seconding Keep Until Better Image Suggested.

Keep Until Better Image Suggested

The silly outfit/pose doesn't easily translate to "mechanically weak" though.

Maybe a screenshot of a joke character's stats, contrasted with a proper character's stats would work better.

He looks silly enough. Keep Until Better Image Suggested. I want to actually see something better before I vote on a change.

Keep Until Better Image Suggested.

Just having stats aren't adequate enough IMO. Joke Character needs to be obvious it's a, you know, joke, and not simply low-tier character.

For me, having a silly appearance helps more than simply low-stats to determine a Joke Character. Ideally, we would want both though.

Keep the current

Bump. I'm going with Keep Until Better Image Suggested.

Since this one's been gathering dust for a while and the consensus is that the current's a Keep Until Better Image Suggested case, I'm gonna go ahead and lock this.