Lisa (Dead or Alive)
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| Nationality: |  American |
| Gender: | Female |
| Birthdate: | July 20 |
| Age: | 21 |
| Blood type: | A |
| Height: | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight: | 53 kg (117 lb) |
| Measurements: | B92 W56 H86 cm (B36 W22 H34) |
| Fighting Style: | Lucha libre, Capoeira |
| Occupation: | Scientist (Pre-DOAX), Stock broker (DOAX), Luchadora (DOA4) |
| Favorite Food(s): | Cherry Pie |
| Hobbies: | Surfing |
| Voice Actor(s): | Maaya Sakamoto Masasa Moyo (DOAX 2 dub) |
| Debut: | Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball |
Lisa is a female character in the Dead or Alive video game series. She makes her first series appearance in Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball. Although relatively new to the DOA series, Lisa is closely related to the DOATEC and the characters involved with it. Lisa has held the most number of different occupations and roles of any character in Dead or Alive, being a scientist, a stockbroker, a holiday rep and a masked luchadora. Her various connections whether with characters or in business makes her the most affiliated character in the series.
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[edit] History
[edit] Time at DOATEC
Before participating in the Dead or Alive tournament, Lisa was a scientist working for DOATEC, specifically on the Epsilon project (it is also hinted that she may have some involvement on Project Alpha). For an unknown reason Lisa released Project Epsilon's test subject, the ninja Hayate. Whether she did this out of sheer contempt for the company's ever increasing shady experiments (she strongly dislikes Donovan) or because she grew emotionally attached to him are both likely explanations. She eventually left the company, supposedly becoming a stockbroker in her home country of America (DOAX2 states that she still held onto her job as a scientist for DOATEC prior to its destruction).
[edit] Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball
Lisa made her first appearance in Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball hired by Zack as his island's representative. She became the initial partner of every character in the first game as well as in the sequel. When Lisa is selected Tina is her initial partner in both games as well.
[edit] Dead or Alive 4
In Dead or Alive 4, Lisa is revealed to be the woman behind the mask of the mysterious luchadora La Mariposa. It is here where her ties into DOATEC begin to unravel, though she is ultimately more interested in wrestling Tina Armstrong than in the affairs of DOATEC. Before a showdown, Lisa admits to Helena that she has worked on project Epsilon. She also elaborates upon her resentment towards Donovan and to get back at him she tricked the Ninja of the Mugen Tenshin Clan into attacking the DOATEC Tritower.
Lisa also seems to know the details of Project ALPHA-152 and is shocked to find out the only way to stop it from awakening is to set the Tritower to self-destruct.
[edit] Personality
Drawing an analysis from Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball, it would seem Lisa is, at the very least, a very nice woman. She appears to be able to connect with most of the women on the island, as well as being able to draw up conversation with Ayane (which is a miraculous feat in itself); also Lisa seems to be a bit of a workaholic, evidenced by the fact she is almost always seen doing some form of work. Dead or Alive 4 and Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 indicate that Lisa is one of, if not the most intelligent DOA girl, her previous job as a scientist is an obvious contributor to this fact and when various items are selected in Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 as Lisa her captions are presented in a very logical manner and quotes such as "Let's do this the smart way!". As La Mariposa she fits the role of the mysterious luchadora as she claims she was previously involved with the evil ambitions of DOATEC which leaves her history to be explained further.
[edit] Gameplay
Lisa can be considered a mixture between Tina Armstrong and Zack due to her powerful throws and quickly executed kicks. Her kicks are very effective, being especially adept at low- and mid-position tracking, and her counters nearly match those of Bayman in power percentage. Additionally, Lisa is unpredictable, making her difficult to counter and defend against. However, this unpredictability also makes Lisa a very difficult character to learn and master, and thus is very unsuited for beginning players.
[edit] Trivia
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- Her favorite color is Crimson Red.
- Lisa used to represent her school in competitive volleyball tournaments.
- Lisa and Tina have in fact, been friends since their school days.[1]
- Her standard tag-team partner is Tina Armstrong. Since they are both pro-wrestlers, they both perform powerful dual-throws.
- Her luchadora name, La Mariposa, means "the butterfly" in Spanish. This would explain the fact that her costumes revolve around her mask as a butterfly (except her cat-like costume, which does have a butterfly mask, but only if the player presses a specific button when selecting the costume, it's default is unmasked).
- Judging by some of Lisa's wrestling moves and some outfits she is possibly a homage to the wrestlers Rey Mysterio and Ultimo Dragon.
- Lisa does not show herself fighting Helena in her story mode.
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