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** Several others have just plain weird movesets. Mr. UsefulNotes/GameAndWatch fights by pulling out random equipment from his own games, pulling out things like turtles, flags, buckets, keys and other mundane things. [[VideoGame/WarioLand Wario]] is a CombatPragmatist who fights using a random assortment of wacky attacks and odd abilities, such as biting his opponent, [[GroinAttack punching them in the groin]] and ''[[{{Fartillery}} farting]]'' on them. Bowser Jr. fights in a literal clown car that's equipped with weapons like [[ThisIsADrill drills]], wrecking balls, a cannon, a ''fork'', and the clown face sticking its tongue out. And then there's Duck Hunt, a trio composed of the dog, a duck, and the unseen hunter from ''VideoGame/DuckHunt'' who use exploding tin cans and clay pigeons, can summon 8-bit mobsters and gunmen from thin air to fire at their opponents, and whose [[LimitBreak Final Smash]] involves their opponents getting caught in the middle of an 8-bit shoot-out between cowboys and [[VideoGame/HogansAlley gangsters]].

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** Several others have just plain weird movesets. Mr. UsefulNotes/GameAndWatch Platform/GameAndWatch fights by pulling out random equipment from his own games, pulling out things like turtles, flags, buckets, keys and other mundane things. [[VideoGame/WarioLand Wario]] is a CombatPragmatist who fights using a random assortment of wacky attacks and odd abilities, such as biting his opponent, [[GroinAttack punching them in the groin]] and ''[[{{Fartillery}} farting]]'' on them. Bowser Jr. fights in a literal clown car that's equipped with weapons like [[ThisIsADrill drills]], wrecking balls, a cannon, a ''fork'', and the clown face sticking its tongue out. And then there's Duck Hunt, a trio composed of the dog, a duck, and the unseen hunter from ''VideoGame/DuckHunt'' who use exploding tin cans and clay pigeons, can summon 8-bit mobsters and gunmen from thin air to fire at their opponents, and whose [[LimitBreak Final Smash]] involves their opponents getting caught in the middle of an 8-bit shoot-out between cowboys and [[VideoGame/HogansAlley gangsters]].
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* A really bizarre case is ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCrossTagBattle'' including [[VideoGame/AkatsukiBlitzkampf Blitztank]] as a character. In a game where everyone is at least humanoid, we have a HUGE tank with a skull for a head and can do things like "punch" with its front tracks and ''jump''. On one hand, it looks incredibly silly to see a tank as a fighting game character, but on the other... ''it's a tank''. It appropiately trades mobility for huge damage and HP.

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* A really bizarre case is ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCrossTagBattle'' including [[VideoGame/AkatsukiBlitzkampf Blitztank]] as a character. In a game where everyone is at least humanoid, we have a HUGE tank with a skull for a head SkullForAHead and can do things like "punch" with its front tracks and ''jump''. On one hand, it looks incredibly silly to see a tank as a fighting game character, but on the other... ''it's ''[[TankGoodness it's a tank''. tank]]''. It appropiately appropriately trades mobility for huge damage and HP.
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* Setzer of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' is a flamboyant gambler with a flair for theatrics, joins the party seemingly on a whim after they foil his scheme to abduct a romantic interest, and is a definite oddball among the playable cast. In a game of characters known for wielding swords, spears, daggers and several flavors of magic... he fights with cards, dice and darts and can get several powerful (if unreliable) special attacks by spinning slot machine reels. Still, he is definitely capable of holding his own, particularly late in the game - his Fixed Dice does flat damage (ignoring the negative effect of the Offering) and ignore defense, while his Trump Card and Doom Darts can both inflict instant death to many minor foes.

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* Setzer of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' is a flamboyant gambler with a flair for theatrics, joins the party seemingly on a whim after they foil his scheme to abduct a romantic interest, and is a definite oddball among the playable cast. In a game of characters known for wielding swords, spears, daggers and several flavors of magic... he fights with cards, dice and darts and can get several powerful (if unreliable) special attacks by spinning slot machine reels. Still, he is definitely capable of holding his own, particularly late in the game - his Fixed Dice does flat damage (ignoring the negative effect of the Offering) Master's Scroll[[note]]Offering in the original english translation[[/note]]) and ignore defense, while his Trump Viper Darts[[note]]Trump Card in the english translation[[/note]] and Doom Death Tarot[[note]]Doom Darts in the original english translation[[/note]] can both inflict instant death to many minor foes.
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* Fan game ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosCrusade'' has [[VideoGame/MarioIsMissing Weegee]]. His sole reason for being in the game is due to a gag during development. His entire moveset is one big memefest. The dev team claims that they were intending to remove Weegee from the roster, but he stuck, making him the only exception (besides Goku) to the "characters featured on Nintendo consoles only" rule when deciding the character roster.
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** ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'' is the first game where Amy uses her [[DropTheHammer Piko Piko Hammer]] (then designed as its real life counterpart) as her weapon of choice. She can also make horse kicks and [[AssKicksYou ass kicks]], and she can distract her enemies simply by [[LookBehindYou pointing the finger]].

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** ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'' is the first game where Amy uses her [[DropTheHammer [[CarryABigStick Piko Piko Hammer]] (then designed as its real life counterpart) as her weapon of choice. She can also make horse kicks and [[AssKicksYou ass kicks]], and she can distract her enemies simply by [[LookBehindYou pointing the finger]].
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* In ''VideoGame/SNKGalsFighters'' (a.k.a. ''[[Franchise/TheKingOfFighters The Queen of Fighters]]'') for the Platform/NeoGeoPocket, you can unlock Kyo Kusanagi's ''non''-martial artist girlfriend, Yuki. She looks like a defenseless schoolgirl, and she's often surprised whenever she wins, but her attacks can be deadly. She can fight by swinging her school bag around, advancing from one end of the screen to the other. She screams out a BigNo to stop air attacks cold. And best (or worst, depending on your point of view) of all, she has a 12-hit slap move that is dangerous all by itself, but can be easily chained to her scrambling super attack for up to 33 hits, the highest in the game!

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** ''Punch Out Wii'' makes Bear Hugger into a big goofball who jokes around in the ring, mostly by making fun of hilarious Canadian stereotypes, but he still throws a mean hook.



* ''VideoGame/MadnessProjectNexus2'' features Tricky, a giggling sociopathic zombified murder-clown. His antics are as unpredictable as his mood, not helped by his ability to [[RealityWarper bend Nevada to his insane whims]], including one memorable incident in [[WebAnimation/MadnessCombat the mainline aniations]] where he tried to run over the protagonist with a spontaneously manifested train.

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* ''VideoGame/MadnessProjectNexus2'' features Tricky, a giggling sociopathic zombified murder-clown. His antics are as unpredictable as his mood, not helped by his ability to [[RealityWarper bend Nevada to his insane whims]], including one memorable incident in [[WebAnimation/MadnessCombat the mainline aniations]] animations]] where he tried to run over the protagonist with a spontaneously manifested train.train. He's not much better in ''Project Nexus'' where his combat style alternates between summoning zombie hordes to do his bidding, slapping you around with a stop sign, or turning random parts of the arena into various hazards.
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** In [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the show]]'s episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 A Canterlot Wedding Part 2]]", the main characters get into a large fight against hordes of [[{{Mooks}} Changelings]], who are called by their queen, Chrysalis to feed off love. Pinkie Pie starts off by blasting them off with her Party Cannon, which is basically a cannon designed to fire out and set up a party on short notice. Assuming she hasn't changed the ammunition, she's basically blasting ponies with cakes and balloons. While work on the game began before the show, the episode made Pinkie Pie's Fighting Clown style [[JustForPun canon]].

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** In [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the show]]'s episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 A Canterlot Wedding Part 2]]", the main characters get into a large fight against hordes of [[{{Mooks}} Changelings]], who are called by their queen, Chrysalis to feed off love. Pinkie Pie starts off by blasting them off with her Party Cannon, which is basically a cannon designed to fire out and set up a party on short notice. Assuming she hasn't changed the ammunition, she's basically blasting ponies with cakes and balloons. While work on the game began before the show, the episode made Pinkie Pie's Fighting Clown style [[JustForPun [[{{Pun}} canon]].
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Robot Me with missiles and rocket boosters doesn't sound like something funny.


* Faust (formerly Dr. Baldhead) from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is an eccentric, 9-foot tall doctor that fights with a giant scalpel and gives surprise rectal exams. He is otherwise a very technical and effective Faux-[[MightyGlacier Mighty Glacier.]] Also in the series are May, the resident GenkiGirl who [[AnchorsAway fights with an anchor]] and [[TheBeastmaster various cute sea life]]; Zappa, a man possessed by ghosts that fights with bizarre movements a la ''Film/TheExorcist''; and Robo-Ky, a robotic version of Ky complete with missiles and rocket boosters. Despite all of these eccentricities, Guilty Gear is not known for having ''any'' joke characters.

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* Faust (formerly Dr. Baldhead) from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is an eccentric, 9-foot tall doctor that fights with a giant scalpel and gives surprise rectal exams. He is otherwise a very technical and effective Faux-[[MightyGlacier Mighty Glacier.]] Also in the series are May, the resident GenkiGirl who [[AnchorsAway fights with an anchor]] and [[TheBeastmaster various cute sea life]]; and Zappa, a man possessed by ghosts that fights with bizarre movements a la ''Film/TheExorcist''; and Robo-Ky, a robotic version of Ky complete with missiles and rocket boosters.''Film/TheExorcist''. Despite all of these eccentricities, Guilty Gear is not known for having ''any'' joke characters.
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There's nothing funny about a girl using Killer Yoyo. For an example, Sukeban Deka is pretty dramatic.


* Faust (formerly Dr. Baldhead) from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is an eccentric, 9-foot tall doctor that fights with a giant scalpel and gives surprise rectal exams. He is otherwise a very technical and effective Faux-[[MightyGlacier Mighty Glacier.]] Also in the series are May, the resident GenkiGirl who [[AnchorsAway fights with an anchor]] and [[TheBeastmaster various cute sea life]]; Bridget, a [[KillerYoYo Yo-yo-wielding]] young girl; Zappa, a man possessed by ghosts that fights with bizarre movements a la ''Film/TheExorcist''; and Robo-Ky, a robotic version of Ky complete with missiles and rocket boosters. Despite all of these eccentricities, Guilty Gear is not known for having ''any'' joke characters.

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* Faust (formerly Dr. Baldhead) from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is an eccentric, 9-foot tall doctor that fights with a giant scalpel and gives surprise rectal exams. He is otherwise a very technical and effective Faux-[[MightyGlacier Mighty Glacier.]] Also in the series are May, the resident GenkiGirl who [[AnchorsAway fights with an anchor]] and [[TheBeastmaster various cute sea life]]; Bridget, a [[KillerYoYo Yo-yo-wielding]] young girl; Zappa, a man possessed by ghosts that fights with bizarre movements a la ''Film/TheExorcist''; and Robo-Ky, a robotic version of Ky complete with missiles and rocket boosters. Despite all of these eccentricities, Guilty Gear is not known for having ''any'' joke characters.
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Bridget identifies as a girl


* Faust (formerly Dr. Baldhead) from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is an eccentric, 9-foot tall doctor that fights with a giant scalpel and gives surprise rectal exams. He is otherwise a very technical and effective Faux-[[MightyGlacier Mighty Glacier.]] Also in the series are May, the resident GenkiGirl who [[AnchorsAway fights with an anchor]] and [[TheBeastmaster various cute sea life]]; Bridget, a [[KillerYoYo Yo-yo-wielding]] young [[WholesomeCrossdresser crossdresser]]; Zappa, a man possessed by ghosts that fights with bizarre movements a la ''Film/TheExorcist''; and Robo-Ky, a robotic version of Ky complete with missiles and rocket boosters. Despite all of these eccentricities, Guilty Gear is not known for having ''any'' joke characters.

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* Faust (formerly Dr. Baldhead) from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is an eccentric, 9-foot tall doctor that fights with a giant scalpel and gives surprise rectal exams. He is otherwise a very technical and effective Faux-[[MightyGlacier Mighty Glacier.]] Also in the series are May, the resident GenkiGirl who [[AnchorsAway fights with an anchor]] and [[TheBeastmaster various cute sea life]]; Bridget, a [[KillerYoYo Yo-yo-wielding]] young [[WholesomeCrossdresser crossdresser]]; girl; Zappa, a man possessed by ghosts that fights with bizarre movements a la ''Film/TheExorcist''; and Robo-Ky, a robotic version of Ky complete with missiles and rocket boosters. Despite all of these eccentricities, Guilty Gear is not known for having ''any'' joke characters.



* ''VideoGame/MadnessProjectNexus2'' features Tricky, a giggling sociopathic zombified murder-clown. His antics are as unpredictable as his mood, not helped by his ability to [[RealityWarper bend Nevada to his insane whims]], including one memorable incident in [[WebAnimation/MadnessCombat the mainline aniations]] where he tried to run over the protagonists with a spontaneously manifested train.

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* ''VideoGame/MadnessProjectNexus2'' features Tricky, a giggling sociopathic zombified murder-clown. His antics are as unpredictable as his mood, not helped by his ability to [[RealityWarper bend Nevada to his insane whims]], including one memorable incident in [[WebAnimation/MadnessCombat the mainline aniations]] where he tried to run over the protagonists protagonist with a spontaneously manifested train.
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** '''Yoshimitsu'''. [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Both of them]]. Eccentric RobinHood-[[JustLikeRobinHood esque]] {{ninja}}[=/=]{{samurai}}[=/=]''[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot something]]'' who is almost always clad in odd getups. A master of ConfusionFu who will ''destroy'' you if you don't take him seriously. Also, Kuma, Heihachi's pet, a [[BearsAreBadNews fighting bear]], and [[CoolOldGuy Wang Jinrei]], with his NoblewomansLaugh and DirtyOldMan tendencies.

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** '''Yoshimitsu'''. [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Both of them]]. Eccentric RobinHood-[[JustLikeRobinHood esque]] [[JustLikeRobinHood Robin Hood-esque]] {{ninja}}[=/=]{{samurai}}[=/=]''[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot something]]'' who is almost always clad in odd getups. A master of ConfusionFu who will ''destroy'' you if you don't take him seriously. Also, Kuma, Heihachi's pet, a [[BearsAreBadNews fighting bear]], and [[CoolOldGuy Wang Jinrei]], with his NoblewomansLaugh and DirtyOldMan tendencies.



** Surprisingly, ''Tekken 4'' ''doesn't'' have one, with the possible exception of Combot, a DittoFighter with a PunnyName who replaces Mokujin.

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** Surprisingly, ''Tekken 4'' ''VideoGame/Tekken4'' ''doesn't'' have one, with the possible exception of Combot, a DittoFighter with a PunnyName who replaces Mokujin.



** Practically all of Dampierre's moveset places him squarely in this trope. Some attacks cause him to land face first into his "Poker Bluff" stance and a particular kick can put him into the "[[FakeWeakness Fake Pain]]" stance - both at random. To the uninitiated, this makes him seem like a [[JokeCharacter throwaway character]] as it puts him in undesirable situations - until one finds out that's how he launches his [[LethalJokeCharacter most powerful attacks]]. If he wasn't silly enough, he has a throw were he spanks the opponent (regardless of gender), a Russian kick dance that causes him and the opponent to go up in the air, and moonwalks whenever you move back with him. And his OneHitKill involves him conning the opponent. In ''Soulcalibur V'', his OneHitKill is replaced with a super move where he gives his opponent a [[AssShove kancho]].

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** Practically all of Dampierre's moveset places him squarely in this trope. Some attacks cause him to land face first into his "Poker Bluff" stance and a particular kick can put him into the "[[FakeWeakness Fake Pain]]" stance - both at random. To the uninitiated, this makes him seem like a [[JokeCharacter throwaway character]] as it puts him in undesirable situations - until one finds out that's how he launches his [[LethalJokeCharacter most powerful attacks]]. If he wasn't silly enough, he has a throw were he spanks the opponent (regardless of gender), a Russian kick dance that causes him and the opponent to go up in the air, and moonwalks whenever you move back with him. And his OneHitKill involves him conning the opponent. In ''Soulcalibur V'', ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburV'', his OneHitKill is replaced with a super move where he gives his opponent a [[AssShove kancho]].

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* ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'' has Amy (or [[RedBaron Rosy the Rascal]]): it's the first game where she uses her [[DropTheHammer Piko Piko Hammer]] as her weapon of choice, she can make horse kicks and [[AssKicksYou ass kicks]], and she can distract her enemies simply by [[LookBehindYou pointing her finger]].

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* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': This was a constant of Amy in multiplayer games of the Classic Era:
** In ''VideoGame/SonicDrift'', while she is the [[CrutchCharacter easy mode character]], as her car is the slowest but controls the best, her special move is the silliest. Unlike Sonic's Dash, Metal's Super Dash or Eggman's Mines, Amy has the Heart Attack... [[ProjectileKiss a magic kiss]] which [[InterfaceScrew disrupts her opponents' controls]] and slow them down.
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''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'' has Amy (or [[RedBaron Rosy the Rascal]]): it's is the first game where she Amy uses her [[DropTheHammer Piko Piko Hammer]] (then designed as its real life counterpart) as her weapon of choice, she choice. She can also make horse kicks and [[AssKicksYou ass kicks]], and she can distract her enemies simply by [[LookBehindYou pointing her the finger]].



* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' and other {{Role Playing Game}}s by Nippon Ichi usually have one or two each. ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories'', for instance, had Tink, a perverted French frog whose specials include a VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog-style RollingAttack (complete with sound effects!) and [[SuicideAttack blowing himself up]].

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* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' and other {{Role Playing Game}}s by Nippon Ichi usually have one or two each. ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories'', for instance, had Tink, a perverted French frog whose specials include a VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog-style ''[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]''-style RollingAttack (complete with sound effects!) and [[SuicideAttack blowing himself up]].

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** For a DLC bonus character, they chose a [[{{Mook}} Piranha Plant.]] Yes, they made a ''potted plant'' a playable character. It borrows several traits from other pre-existing Piranha Plant subspecies to fight, and can even summon Petey Piranha as its Final Smash. Just the fact that this creature ''exists as a fighter'' is enough to make it this trope.

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** For a DLC bonus character, they chose a [[{{Mook}} Piranha Plant.]] Plant]]. Yes, they made a ''potted plant'' a playable character. It borrows several traits from other pre-existing Piranha Plant subspecies to fight, and can even summon Petey Piranha as its Final Smash. Just the fact that this creature ''exists as a fighter'' is enough to make it this trope.


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* ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'' has Amy (or [[RedBaron Rosy the Rascal]]): it's the first game where she uses her [[DropTheHammer Piko Piko Hammer]] as her weapon of choice, she can make horse kicks and [[AssKicksYou ass kicks]], and she can distract her enemies simply by [[LookBehindYou pointing her finger]].
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* Akari in ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade'', a young girl [[UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}} onmyōji]] who fights with a [[ZigzagPaperTassel gohei]], often trips as a part of her attacks, summons various yokai as a part of her moveset and is the only character able to [[DiagonalCut escape being bisected]] at the end of a match by revealing that [[ActuallyADoombot the Akari they had been fighing was an enchanted paper charm]], with the real Akari peeking from a portal to taunt her opponent.

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* Akari in ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade'', a young girl [[UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}} onmyōji]] who fights with a [[ZigzagPaperTassel gohei]], often trips as a part of her attacks, summons various yokai as a part of her moveset and is the only character able to [[DiagonalCut escape being bisected]] at the end of a match by revealing that [[ActuallyADoombot the Akari they had been fighing fighting was an enchanted paper charm]], with the real Akari peeking from a portal to taunt her opponent.
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* Akari in ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade'', a young girl [[UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}} onmyōji]] who fights with an ofuda stick, often trips as a part of her attacks, summons various yokai as a part of her moveset and is the only character able to [[DiagonalCut escape being bisected]] at the end of a match by revealing that [[ActuallyADoombot the Akari they had been fighing was an enchanted paper charm]], with the real Akari peeking from a portal to taunt her opponent.

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* Akari in ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade'', a young girl [[UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}} onmyōji]] who fights with an ofuda stick, a [[ZigzagPaperTassel gohei]], often trips as a part of her attacks, summons various yokai as a part of her moveset and is the only character able to [[DiagonalCut escape being bisected]] at the end of a match by revealing that [[ActuallyADoombot the Akari they had been fighing was an enchanted paper charm]], with the real Akari peeking from a portal to taunt her opponent.
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* Akari in ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade''.

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* Akari in ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade''.''VideoGame/TheLastBlade'', a young girl [[UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}} onmyōji]] who fights with an ofuda stick, often trips as a part of her attacks, summons various yokai as a part of her moveset and is the only character able to [[DiagonalCut escape being bisected]] at the end of a match by revealing that [[ActuallyADoombot the Akari they had been fighing was an enchanted paper charm]], with the real Akari peeking from a portal to taunt her opponent.
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** To a lesser extent, due to the nature of the game, many of the characters are fighting clowns. For example, we have a pieced-together catgirl that [[HurricaneOfPuns regularly sprouts cat puns]], [[note]]Ms. Fortune[[/note]] a sadistic nurse-ninja that uses medical tools as weapons, [[note]]Valentine[[/note]] A circus acrobat with gigantic muscular arms in her hat, [[note]]Cerebella[[/note]] and a large man in a trenchcoat that beats his opponents with various band instruments. (including a fully playable trumpet.)[[note]]Big Band[[/note]]

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** To a lesser extent, due to the nature of the game, many of the characters are fighting clowns. For example, we have a pieced-together catgirl that [[HurricaneOfPuns regularly sprouts cat puns]], [[note]]Ms. Fortune[[/note]] a sadistic nurse-ninja that uses medical tools as weapons, [[note]]Valentine[[/note]] A a circus acrobat with gigantic muscular arms in her hat, [[note]]Cerebella[[/note]] and a large man in a trenchcoat that beats his opponents with various band instruments. instruments (including a fully playable trumpet.)[[note]]Big Band[[/note]]trumpet)[[note]]Big Band[[/note]].

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