History Trivia / DeadOrAlive

* FranchiseKiller: ''Dead or Alive 5'' "milking" [[note]]CapcomSequelStagnation + [=DLC=] festival[[/note]] made the main franchise enter in a "Permanent Hiatus", essentially killing it for at least for the rest of the 8th Generation. And the fact the Team Ninja made an official announcement about it (which is very unusual) only reinforced that. {{Subverted}} when DeadOrAlive6 was announced at [[ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3 2018]], set to release in early 2019.

** Christie[[note]]Creator/KotonoMitsuishi[[/note]], and Rachel[[note]]Creator/MichieTomizawa[[/note]] are [[Manga/SailorMoon Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars]].

** Christie[[note]]Creator/KotonoMitsuishi[[/note]] and Rachel[[note]]Creator/MichieTomizawa[[/note]] are [[Manga/SailorMoon Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars]].

** [[Film/BigDaddy "Scuba Steve"]] for Bayman’s scuba’s outfit.

** Kokoro [[/note]]Creator/AyakoKawasumi[[/note]], Leon[[/note]] Creator/JoujiNakata[[/note]], Akira[[/note]]Creator/ShinichiroMiki[[/note]] and Jann Lee [[/note]]Creator/NobutoshiCanna[[/note]] are [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Saber, Kotomine, Assassin and Lancer]].

** However due to new censorship rules enforced by Sony in Japan, it appears ''Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet'' may suffer this fate. A shane, considering EnsembleDarkhorse Misaki from ''Venus Vacation'' makes her first console debut for the [=PlayStation=] 4.

** However due to new censorship enforced by Sony in Japan, it appears ''Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet'' may suffer this fate. A shane, considering EmsembleDarkhorse Misaki from ''Venus Vacation'' makes her first console debut for the [=PlayStation=] 4.

* FranchiseKiller: ''Dead or Alive 5'' "milking" [[note]]CapcomSequelStagnation + [=DLC=] festival[[/note]] made the main franchise enter in a "Permanent Hiatus", essentially killing it for at least for the rest of the 8th Generation. And the fact the Team Ninja made an official announcement about it (which is very unusual) only reinforced that.

* FranchiseKiller: ''Dead or Alive 5'' "milking" [[note]]CapcomSequelStagnation + [=DLC=] festival[[/note]] made the franchise enter in a "Permanent Hiatus", essentially killing the main franchise for at least for the rest of the 8th Generation. And the fact the Team Ninja made an official announcement about it (which is very unusual) only reinforced that.

* NoDubForYou: While the fifth game as a whole is dubbed, [[GuestFighter Mai]] [[VideoGame/FatalFury Shiranui]] isn't. This likely has something to do with Creator/{{Snk}} having some kind of No Dub policy on their current games.

** Jann Lee is voiced by newcomer KaijiTang, the voice of Kenshiro in ''Hokuto Musou''. You can tell it's him by the FunnyBruceLeeNoises he makes.

** Bass[[note]]Creator/PatrickSeitz[[/note]], Eliot[[note]]Creator/DavidVincent[[/note]], Kasumi[[note]]Creator/LaurenLanda[[/note]], Christie[[note]]Creator/LauraBailey[[/note]], Tina[[note]]Creator/KateHiggins[[/note]], Brad Wong[[note]]Creator/GrantGeorge[[/note]], Rachel[[note]]Creator/ErinFitzgerald[[/note]], Gen-Fu[[note]]Creator/KirkThornton[[/note]], and Jann Lee[[note]]KaijiTang[[/note]] are [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Ragna the Bloodedge, Jin Kisaragi, Litchi Faye-Ling, Platinum the Trinity, Torakaka]][[spoiler:/[[VideoGame/BlazBlue Imperator Librarius]]]], [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Kagura Mutsuki, Bullet, Jubei, and some extra scientists]]

** In addition to Eliot[[note]]Creator/DavidVincent[[/note]] and Bass[[note]]Creator/PatrickSeitz[[/note]] being [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Marshall Law and Bob Richards]], Jann Lee[[note]]KaijiTang[[/note]] is Lee Chaolan and Sarah[[note]]Lisle Wilkerson[[/note]] is Zafina. Eliot is also Forest Law. Jacky[[note]]Eric Kelso[[/note]] is also Paul Phoenix. Also, Mila [[note]]Creator/RyokoShiraishi [[/note]] is Asuka Kazama, Bass [[note]]Creator/DaisukeGori[[/note]] was Heihachi before the [[AuthorExistanceFailure tragedy]] and Brad[[note]]Creator/UnshoIshizuka[[/note]] [[TheOtherDarrin darrin'd]] for him, and Lisa is [[note]]Creator/MaayaSakamoto[[/note]] Ling Xiaoyu.
** Jann Lee[[note]]KaijiTang[[/note]], Bayman[[note]]Creator/MatthewMercer[[/note]], and Christie[[note]]Creator/LauraBailey[[/note]] are [[VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarKensRage Kenshiro, Rei, and Mamiya]].

** Marie Rose[[note]]Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos[[/note]], Kasumi[[note]]Creator/LaurenLanda[[/note]], Rachel[[note]]Creator/ErinFitzgerald[[/note]], Honoka[[note]]Creator/KiraBuckland[[/note]] and Rig[[note]]Creator/LiamOBrien[[/note]] are [[VideoGame/SkullGirls Filia, Squigly, Parasoul, Bloody Marie and Leviathan]], while Jann Lee[[note]]KaijiTang[[/note]] is the soldiers under Parasoul… and Republican Double.

** However, there's also the Creator/TomClancy novel, ''Literature/DeadOrAlive'', in the Literature section not relating to the game.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: The following titles share the same or similar name as this franchise's:
** The Creator/TomClancy novel, ''Literature/DeadOrAlive''.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks:
** There's the Videogame franchise, at ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive''.

* ThisVeryWiki: [[http://deadoralive.wikia.com/wiki/Dead_or_Alive_Wiki Dead or Alive Wiki]]

* CelebrityVoiceActor: Dennis Rodman as Zack in ''Xtreme Beach Volleyball''.

** Creator/ErinFitzgerald stood in for TaraStrong in voicing Rachel as she made her transition from ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' to ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive''

*** Going back a few games, Zack[[note]]Creator/KeithSilverstein[[/note]], Hayabusa[[note]]Creator/TroyBaker[[/note]], Brad[[note]]Creator/GrantGeorge[[/note]], Lisa[[note]]Creator/WendeeLee[[/note]], and Bass[[note]]Creator/PatrickSeitz[[/note]] are [[{{Persona 2}} Tatsuya Suou, Eikichi 'Michel' Mishina, Jun Kurosu/Joker, Maya Amano, and Nyarlathotep]]

** In addition to Eliot[[note]]Creator/DavidVincent[[/note]] and Bass[[note]]Creator/PatrickSeitz[[/note]] being [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Marshall Law and Bob Richards]], Jann Lee[[note]]KaijiTang[[/note]] is Lee Chaolan and Sarah[[note]]Lisle Wilkerson[[/note]] is Zafina. Eliot is also Forest Law. Jacky[[note]]Eric Kelso[[/note]] is also Paul Phoenix. Also, Mila [[note]]Creator/RyokoShiraishi [[/note]] is Asuka Kazama, Bass [[note]]Creator/DaisukeGori[[/note]] was Heihachi before the [[AuthorExistanceFailure tragedy]] and Brad[[note]]UnshoIshizuka[[/note]] [[TheOtherDarrin darrin'd]] for him, and Lisa is [[note]]Creator/MaayaSakamoto[[/note]] Ling Xiaoyu.

** Hayate[[note]]Creator/YuriLowenthal[[/note]], Tina[[note]]Creator/KateHiggins[[/note]], Helena[[note]]Creator/KarenStrassman[[/note]], Rig[[note]]Creator/LiamOBrien[[/note]], Gen Fu[[note]]Creator/KirkThornton[[/note]], Christie[[note]]Creator/LauraBailey[[/note]], Brad Wong[[note]]Creator/GrantGeorge[[/note]], Eliot[[note]]Creator/DavidVincent[[/note]], Hayabusa[[note]]Creator/TroyBaker[[/note]], and Donovan[[note]]Creator/MichaelMcConnohie[[/note]] are [[CodeGeass Suzaku Kururugi, C.C, Kallen Stadtfeld, Lloyd Asplund, Kaname Ohgi, Rakshata Crawla, Kento Sugiyama, Li Xingke, Prince Schneizel el Britannia, and Emperor Charles zi Britannia]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Team Ninja originally asked Bungie for permission to use the [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Master Chief]], which proved impossible due to storyline restrictions. But the staff at Bungie were intrigued with the idea and wanted to try something similar. As a result, Bungie developed the concept of a Spartan not entirely connected to the Halo storyline who could conveniently and somewhat plausibly be fit into the Dead or Alive universe. This concept evolved into the character of Nicole.

** "Salad" for Honoka.

** In addition to Eliot[[note]]Creator/DavidVincent[[/note]] and Bass[[note]]Creator/PatrickSeitz[[/note]] being [[{{Tekken}} Marshall Law and Bob Richards]], Jann Lee[[note]]KaijiTang[[/note]] is Lee Chaolan and Sarah[[note]]Lisle Wilkerson[[/note]] is Zafina. Eliot is also Forest Law. Jacky[[note]]Eric Kelso[[/note]] is also Paul Phoenix. Also, Mila [[note]]Creator/RyokoShiraishi [[/note]] is Asuka Kazama, Bass [[note]]Creator/DaisukeGori[[/note]] was Heihachi before the [[AuthorExistanceFailure tragedy]] and Brad[[note]]UnshoIshizuka[[/note]] [[TheOtherDarrin darrin'd]] for him, and Lisa is [[note]]Creator/MaayaSakamoto[[/note]] Ling Xiaoyu.