And since I finally finished the Saikyogun stable, a big ass edit dump. None of them are on the workshop yet, except outdated versions of Dan, Fred II, and Floyd, but they probably will be within the week. All of them have a bunch of custom moves and parts, and it's a pain to sort that out for workshop stuff. But soonish
Anyway~
Dan Hibiki - Having been SHIFT dojo's head trainer for several years, he decided it was time to bring his students onto the roster as SAIKYOGUN. Surprisingly, he is only the second-worst fighter in his own stable
- From Street Fighter; parody of several SNK characters.
Distrikt - A soulless automaton or a weirdo in cardboard? NOBODY KNOWS! That rocket he shoots out his wrist is awfully convincing, though...
- Parody of Sektor from Mortal Kombat. Name comes from a different meaning of sector
Faye Wulong - Spent most of her days in the dojo watching Bruce Lee movies on VHS, rewinding and rewatching specific parts until she had to squint to see through the snow and distortion. Through this study she has learned little else but the backfist... but oh boy, does she know a lot about that
- Parody of Bruce Lee and Lee-inspired characters. Name comes from Fei Long (Street Fighter), Lei Wulong (Tekken), and Faye Wong (just because). Nickname references her being a somewhat one-dimensional fighter (backfists EVERYWHERE)
Floyd - Dan's first student since joining SHIFT, he's already vastly surpassed him. Dan may not be entirely aware of this
- Parody of Rain from Mortal Kombat.
Homer - When asked where he's from, he has so far only replied with "Hell," followed by finger guns and "Bang bang." Used to then tell people to "pull my double trigger," but after being fined extensively by SHIFT management, he's mostly dropped that line. Mostly
- Parody of Dante from Devil May Cry. Name is taken from the poet (Iliad and the Odyssey). Nickname is just a non-rhyme of "devil hunter"
Infrared Fred II - Showed up following the death of Infrared Fred, claiming to be his son. Very few bought it, on account of... well, look at him. After being disgraced by the debut of Fred's true son, Infrared Fred Jr., he went into hiding and has recently re-emerged as a trainee of Dan Hibiki's Saikyo dojo
- Sort of became a parody of Infrared Fred once I made Fred Jr, so why not throw him in?
Jackdaw - Apparently a bona fide ninja, someone flicked the dojo lights on one day and there he was, sitting on the floor in a pink gi. Refuses to go by anything but his code name Jackdaw, although fellow member Saki Mafia regularly refers to him as Flamingo
- Parody of Raven from Tekken 5. Finisher is a parody of his Undertaker throw from that game
Jim Kavanagh - Played too many fighting games and one day decided he could fight for real, so he enrolled in (of all things) the SHIFT Saikyo dojo. While he's shown a flash here and there of competence, his favorite attack is still just... sitting on his opponent's head (???)
- Parody of Jin Kazama from Tekken
Kit Vanguard - A lifelong wrestling fan who had not a clue how to get into it himself, until he saw a crumpled up flyer for the SHIFT dojo in a McDonald's toilet. Tends to go a little nuts when the match starts getting hot, and will start pulling out a chair for every other spot. No one quite knows where he got the idea, but no one wants to risk telling him to chill out with it
- Parody of RVD. His name came about in a super roundabout way when trying to come up with a play on RVD's name, and none of it makes any sense at this point, but - Kit comes from Kit Carson, an American frontiersman, and vanguard just has "van" in it, but also means to be at the forefront. No sense
Momoka Katsuragi - Perhaps one of the most ambitious fighters in Saikyogun, she became notorious for taking over teaching duties in the dojo without Dan's consent. She's even managed to combine both of Dan's signature attacks into one :O
- Parody of Sakura Kasugano. First name is the word for peach blossom (opposed to cherry) and her last is just taken from Misato (from Evangelion)
Saki Mafia - Easily the most brash of the lot, she responds to any reprimand from Dan by grabbing a mic and verbally scorching him until he turns into a corn cob. There have been no consequences for this, as she clearly has some level of yakuza connections and that spooks Dan a little
- Parody of The Rock. Name is just a sort-of rhyme of Rocky Maivia
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Creo - The elder twin of Homer, he sees his cavorting in the Saikyo dojo (and just about everything else he does) as... foolishness. Like his brother, Creo is known to occasionally pull a sword in his matches, although he clearly wields it with greater skill and even incorporated it into a Koryu variation of his own
- Parody of Vergil from Devil May Cry. Just made him because I decided Homer needed a counterpart. Name is short for Creophylus, a supposed contemporary of Homer
Mr. Kavanagh - Jim Kavanagh's eternally disappointed dad, who followed his dumbass son to SHIFT to keep him out of trouble. Not to be underestimated, he is also a secret beeflord and connoisseur of canned whoopass (he don't play with that bottled garbage)