Birdie (Street Fighter)
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| Birdie | |
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 Birdie from Street Fighter Alpha |
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| Game series | Street Fighter series |
| First game | Street Fighter |
| In-Universe Information | |
| Birthplace | England |
| Blood type | O |
| Fighting style | Wrestling and Street Fighting |
| Likes | Beer, Beef Jerky, Making Money |
| Dislikes | Children, Police |
| Special skill | Gluttony, Criminality |
| Affiliation | Shadoloo |
Birdie is a video game character from Capcom's Street Fighter series of fighting games.
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[edit] Story
Before his criminal career, Birdie was a professional wrestler, teaming with occasional rival Titanic Tim (from the Saturday Night Slam Masters series) as the "500 Million Trillion Powers." When his wrestling career ended, he turned to a life of crime, but became a street fighter to gain money on the side.
His notoriety got him invited to the first World Warrior tournament. When it came time to fight, Birdie was suffering from a particularly nasty strain of flu, and lost his fight with Ryu (see trivia).
Despite this setback, Birdie rose up the ladder of criminal success, and he eventually became aware of an organization called Shadoloo. He managed to use his criminal notoriety to join them.
He snuck into a Shadoloo data room and discovered something, not knowing that M. Bison (ruler of the organization; known as "Vega" in Japan) was watching him. What he discovered was the Psycho Drive machine. He decided to find this machine, and use it to overthrow Bison and become lord of Shadoloo himself. Vega/Bison sent Balrog (in Japan, the actual "M. Bison" character) to kill Birdie, but Birdie told him about the Psycho Drive and that they could use to it become powerful. Unfortunately, hindered by Balrog's incompetence, Birdie couldn't find the Drive before it blew up.
Birdie likely remained with Shadoloo until it finally collapsed, and is either back on the street or in jail by now.
[edit] Appearance
Birdie is a hulking figure with dyed blonde hair, a leather jacket, several rings, and oddly pointed shoes. His unusual looking shoes are more common to punks in Japan, rather than Birdie's native England. He also has a tattoo of a red heart on the side of his head.
[edit] Trivia
- In the original Street Fighter, Birdie was a Caucasian male. In later games, he was retconned as being black and stood in a hunched pose. This discrepancy is (comically) explained in one of his win quotes in Street Fighter Alpha 3. He states that he used to be pale because he was sick.
- In the Udon Street Fighter comic, Birdie makes reference to "Running the Raging Storm gang out of the city", which is a subtle jab at rival company SNK. Also in Udon's comics, the other members of his entourage have tattoos consisting of a spade, a diamond, and club, completing a "deck of cards" theme. It should be noted however Udon's comics are not canon.
- In his Street Fighter Alpha ending, Birdie's cattle skull beltbuckle is replaced with a Shadoloo symbol.
- He appears at one point as a mid boss for Cody in Street Fighter Alpha 3, but this isn't actually Birdie and is instead him representing generic scum of Metro City.
[edit] External links
- WikiKnowledge.net’s entry for Birdie Previously hosted by Wikibooks
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