History VideoGame / BloodyRoar

* CloningBlues: Shenlong initially loathes Long, [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman conflicted by the fact that he was cloned from him]] (the truly noticeable differences in appearance between the two being Shenlong's {{red eyes|TakeWarning}} and, in beast form, white fur, most likely due to genetic manipulation). He eventually gets over this and mellows out, his role towards Long becoming significantly less antagonistic, to the extent of [[WorthyOpponent a friendly rivalry of sorts]]. It's even implied from the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCxHed_f59o opening]] of ''Extreme''/''Primal Fury'' that he's friends with Uriko, Long's student.

* SupernaturalMartialArts: It's a fighting game series about a group of people [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent who can transform into werebeasts.]] That's as "supernatural" as it gets, although ''Bloody Roar 3'' did introduce the beast crests that slowly take the series away from the science-fiction genre, and goes full-force into supernatural in ''4''.

** Shenlong, who starts out as irredeemably evil and refused to believe that he is a clone. Upon facing Long, the man he is based on, he [[GoMadFromTheRevelation goes mad from the revelation]]. Since then, he went on to live a life for himself, enjoying life more, and appears to be on good terms with Long and Uriko, and becomes more rational with each game.
** Gado as well. He goes from a BloodKnight in the first game who loves to start fights in honor of his fallen comrade, Yugi. In later games, he takes a more passive role of representing Zonathropes in talks of them co-existing with humans, having apparently eliminated his violent tendencies.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Arcade versions of the games in Japan.

%%* BareYourMidriff: Alice (up until ''Extreme''/''PF''), Shina, Nagi.

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: One of Cronos's forms is a penguin, [[LethalJokeCharacter which is oddly good]].

* BelligerentSexualTension: Yugo and Alice, natch. One's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, the other's a Type B ("deredere") {{Tsundere}}. She even delivers an ArmorPiercingSlap to Yugo in her ending from ''Extreme/Primal Fury'' [[AngerBornOfWorry because he was being reckless and could have gotten them all killed]]. She then turns around and cries.

* JigglePhysics: Not just [[{{Gainaxing}} the boobs]], but the guys' muscles as well! Much more apparent in Primal Fury and Extreme, as the physics are promptly demonstrated at the character selection screen.

* DarkSkinnedBlond: Gado, Cronos, and Ganesha. Shina as of ''Extreme/PF'' (she had a somewhat lighter skin tone beforehand).

* UltimateLifeForm: There's convincing evidence for both Uriko and Uranus to have claim to this title. There's also hints that the two are closely related, perhaps even being [[MyFutureSelfAndMe one in the same]].

* BelligerentSexualTension: Yugo and Alice, natch. One's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, the other's a Type B ("deredere") {{Tsundere}}. She even delivers an ArmorPiercingSlap to Yugo in her ending from ''Extreme/Primal Fury'' [[AngerBornOfWorry because he was being reckless and could have gotten them all killed]]. She then turns around [[CryCute and cries]].

** Greg, from ''1'', is an exception--in his base form he's [[WalkingShirtlessScene always shirtless]], but has the decency to wear a NiceHat with it (until his opponent knocks him down). Reiji is also always lacking in the shirt department.

* MissionPackSequel: ''Bloody Roar Primal Fury/Extreme'' qualifies. It takes many of the graphical and gameplay assets from the third game, while adding on two new characters (plus one in Extreme) and continues the story, setting it in a tournament setting. It fits the criteria so well that many had mistaken ''Primal Fury/Extreme'' as a straight-up port of 3 at worst, or an UpdatedRerelease of 3 at best.

* MsFanservice:
%%** Jenny.
** Nagi, too. Her Spurious form retains significantly more human-like traits than any other character. And still she's hot.

** After skipping a generation, ''Bloody Roar 3'' introduced "Hyper Beast Mode." This time the player character gains boosts to regeneration as well as speed and attack, and infinite [[LimitBreak Beast Drives]] (which normally instantly brings them out of Beast Mode) while it lasts, but at the cost of being unable to transform at all for the rest of the fight.

* UpdatedRerelease: For the U.S release anyway. ''Primal Fury'' and ''Extreme'' are both the same game, with the difference being that ''Extreme'' uses CG for cut-scenes instead of animation, and Fang is an unlockable character.

** In-universe, Yugo gets one in the form of [[http://bloodyroar.wikia.com/wiki/File:Fang;_Wolf.jpg Fang,]] a character exclusive only to the worldwide versions of ''Extreme'' and ''PF'' and a CanonImmigrant from Maruyama Tomowo's two book tie-in manga, ''[[Manga/BloodyRoar Bloody Roar: The Fang]]''. He looks and acts just like Yugo, a rabbit girlfriend (Mashiro), and beast form (the wolf). He acts as a PaletteSwap for Yugo, down to using his moveset from the first game. WordOfGod confirms that the parallels were intended.

** In-universe, Yugo gets one in the form of [[http://bloodyroar.wikia.com/wiki/File:Fang;_Wolf.jpg Fang,]] a character exclusive only to the worldwide versions of ''Extreme'' and ''PF'' and a CanonImmigrant from Maruyama Tomowo's two book tie-in manga, ''[[NoExportForYou Bloody Roar: The Fang]]''. He looks and acts just like Yugo (even sharing most of his moves from the first game), a rabbit girlfriend (Mashiro), and beast form (the wolf). He acts as a PaletteSwap for Yugo, down to using his moveset from the first game. WordOfGod confirms that the parallels were intended.

* FakeLongevity: ''Bloody Roar 4'' features Career mode. Similar to Weapon Master in ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur 2]]'', it is a road map to play through different fights and even unlock some content for the main game. The problem is that the final unlock, Dragon Ryoho, takes 100,000 points to unlock, and all the levels only allow a maximum of 96,000 to be awarded. Repeating every fight doesn't grant you the full point reward (for example: a new stage may grant you 400pts. Replaying that stage grants you 80pts every time after that), requiring you to fight at least 50 more times just for that final unlock.

** Almost all female characters. Notably Jenny, who replaced Fox from the first game, and is featured on the US box arts for ''Bloody Roar 3'' and ''Primal Fury'', and has a zoanthrope form that is oddly "cosplay-friendly" to better describe it.

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3QJwp_U2hE opening]] to ''3'' is essentially the dev team showing off Xion by dedicating the second half to scenes of him brutalizing most of the cast, even [[NoSell shrugging off one of Gado's most powerful moves]]. This is then turned right around when [[SubvertedTrope Yugo recovers]], [[OhCrap prompting Xion to take a step back]], before Yugo starts to demonstrate his new second Beast Drive.

"** To a lesser extent, Uriko exhibits some of this in her playable appearances, as her CatGirl form merely looks a LittleBitBeastly as opposed to being a full transformation; hence her title of "Half-Beast".

* BishonenLine: Uranus and Ryoho's Hyper Beast modes allow them to stay human, while Cronos turns into a humanoid phoenix capable of going from 0 to 60 on your ass. To a lesser extent, Uriko exhibits some of this in her playable appearances.

%%* BadassAdorable: Uriko is a standout here.

* BishonenLine: Uranus and Ryoho's Hyper Beast modes allow them to stay human, while Cronos turns into a humanoid phoenix capable of going from 0 to 60 on your ass. To a lesser extent, Uriko exhibits some of this too.

%%* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Happens with Uriko, Bakuryu, Xion, and Nagi.

%%* EmotionlessGirl: Uriko in the first game, along with being a {{Tykebomb}}. In every game from ''2'' onwards she's [[GenkiGirl much more peppy]].

%%* {{Gonk}}:
%%** Dear lord, Busuzima.

%%* LastNameBasis: Long, Gado, Busuzima.

* PantyShot:
** In ''all'' of Jenny's costumes, you can do several attacks that reveal a G-string.
** Nagi, thanks to a practically non-existent skirt. At least one cutscene in ''4 blatantly'' [[MaleGaze focuses on her barely-clothed rear]].

* GirlishPigtails: Alice, until ''Extreme/PF''. Complete with [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue hair]].

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Up until the time of ''3'', characters like Alice and Bakuryu (Kenji) actually had blue hair. Nana from ''4'' also has blue hair. Uriko's hair turns green in her OlderAlterEgo form from ''1'', while Busuzima also has green hair by default.

* AssKicksYou: Busuzima, going for the gusto, not only sits on his foes' faces, [[{{Fartillery}} but cuts farts as well]]. The Nonomura family (Alice, Uriko, Mitsuko) appears to be fond of this type of attack, [[FanDisservice as does Greg]].

%%* FingerlessGloves: Several characters. What'd ya expect? It's a fighter.

* LightIsNotGood: Xion. One of his Beast Drives creates a [[CreepyCoolCrosses Holy Cross]] [[LightEmUp out of light]]. Considering that in English, his name could be read as "Zion" instead of "Shion" (the Japanese equivalent), this might be intentional.

%%* BaldOfAwesome: Ryoho, the series' resident BareFistedMonk.

* AerithAndBob: But considering the characters are from different countries & cultures, this is [[JustifiedTrope justified]].

* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: Most of the FinalBoss stages.

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Shenlong and Yugo.

* BadassAdorable: Uriko is a standout here.
* BadassBeard: Ganesha, Ryoho, Greg. Gado could count too, but he has muttonchops.
* BadassBiker: Yugo.
* BadassLongcoat: Xion.
* BadassLongRobe: Long.
* BaldOfAwesome: Ryoho, the series' resident BareFistedMonk.
* BareYourMidriff: Alice (up until ''Extreme''/''PF''), Shina, Nagi.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Happens with Uriko, Bakuryu, Xion, and Nagi.
* BonusBoss:
** Kohryu and Uranus from ''3''.
** Shenlong in ''2''.

* TheDragon: Ryoho, literally.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Xion to some extent, as well as Cronos and especially Fox.
* EmotionlessGirl: Uriko in the first game, along with being a {{Tykebomb}}. In every game from ''2'' onwards she's [[GenkiGirl much more peppy]].

* FemmeFatale: Jenny. You could also argue a case for Uranus and Nagi.

* FingerlessGloves: Several characters. What'd ya expect? It's a fighter.

* GaiasVengeance: Since the story of ''4'' revolves around a god called Gaia.

* {{Gonk}}:
** Dear lord, Busuzima.
** Also, Mitsuko is a female example. And there was Greg, too.
* AGodAmI: Cronos from ''Primal Fury'', sort of.

* HalfHumanHybrid: The whole cast.

* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Everyone qualifies.

* LadyInRed: Jenny. Okay, it's more like a hot {{pink|MeansFeminine}}, but close enough.
* LastNameBasis: Long, Gado, Busuzima.
* LeftHanging: Just about ''everything''.

* LittleMissBadass: Uriko at times.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: ''3''.

* {{Miko}}: Nana.

** Jenny.

* TheProtagonist: Yugo, who doubles as the SeriesMascot.

* ScarfOfAsskicking: Bakuryu II aka Kenji.
* SeriesMascot: Yugo and Shina, arguably.
* SharpDressedMan: Shenlong. Gado has also been seen wearing business suits and sunglasses in several artworks.

* {{Shorttank}}: Shina, with a light dash of SugarAndIcePersonality in her.

* SNKBoss: Cronos, Ryoho, Uranus.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: All the new characters in ''4''.
** And Xion ever since ''3''.
* StoicSpectacles: [[TheStoic Long]].
* StoutStrength: Ganesha.

** Stun appears to be either a homage or possible answer to {{Tekken}}'s King, given that he can chain grapple to form lethal combinations.

* SplitPersonality[=/=]SuperpoweredEvilSide: Nagi has a part of Gaia in her blood and goes crazy when she's under control of the Unborn. Long shows some signs of this in his ''[=BR1=]'' ending, but it's never brought up in later games.

** After skipping a generation, ''Bloody Roar 3'' introduced "Hyper Beast Mode." This time the player character gains regeneration boosts as well as speed and attack, and infinite [[LimitBreak Beast Drives]] (which normally instantly brings them out of Beast Mode) while it lasts, but at the cost of being unable to transform at all for the rest of the fight.