History Anime / StreetFighterIVTheTiesThatBind

* CooldownHug: [[spoiler:When Ryu almost completely loses himself to the Satui no Hado, a desperate Sakura hugs him and begs him to return to his true self. She succeeds, but ''barely'' - Ryu comes back to his senses ''when he's about to hit her''.]]

''Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind'' is a 2009 animated film directed by Jiro Kanai. This is featured on a bonus disc included in the Collector's Edition of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' for the UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 3}}, UsefulNotes/Xbox360 and PC. This anime is considered to be a tie-in to the game.

* DarkActionGirl: C. Viper qualifies. She's powerful, ruthless, a CombatPragmatist and on the side of the bad guys. [[spoiler:While she's ultimately a genuine ActionGirl acting as TheMole, it doesn't make her any less [[UnscrupulousHero ruthless]].]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: C. Viper, for that she is a DarkActionGirl, is shown to have a daughter named Lauren, who she loves very much.

* KarmaHoudini: Seth and C. Viper both get away scot-free. {{Justified|Trope}}, because this is a prequel.

* MoralityPet: Sakura seems to act as this for Ryu. So much that [[spoiler:it's her CooldownHug that brings Ryu back from having momentarily given into the Satsui no Hado]].

* DarkActionGirl: C. Viper qualifies. She's powerful, ruthless, a CombatPragmatist and on the side of the bad guys. [[spoiler:Subverted in the long run: she's a genuine ActionGirl acting as TheMole. But we won't know it until later.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: C. Viper is shown to have a daughter named Lauren, and she loves her very much.

* SchrodingersCanon: While ''The Ties That Bind'' is marketed as a canonical prequel to the events of ''Street Fighter IV'', and is focused around the same plot points as the game (S.I.N.'s BLECE Project and the fighters they kidnapped to develop it), its events are oddly disconnected from the narrative of ''IV'' itself. For instance, after C. Viper nearly kills Cammy when the latter interferes in the former's attempt to provoke Ryu into unleashing the Satsui no Hado and capture him, you'd think Cammy's Rival Battle against C. Viper in her Arcade Mode wouldn't play out as if it wasn’t their first meeting. The closest to mentions the film's events get are when Chun-Li, in ''[[UpdatedRerelease Super Street Fighter IV]]'', states that Seth previously managed to escape in her Arcade Prologue, and that Cammy's injuries haven't fully healed yet in her Arcade win quote against her.[[note]]Even then, the latter case may instead refer to the aftermath of Cammy being thrown out of a cargo plane by Juri--an event that would've almost certainly killed her if not for the presence of snow to break her fall--in the ''SSFIV'' OVA.[[/note]]

* SchrodingersCanon: While ''The Ties That Bind'' is marketed as a canonical prequel to the events of ''Street Fighter IV'', and is focused around the same plot points as the game (S.I.N.'s BLECE Project and the fighters they kidnapped to develop it), its events are oddly disconnected from the narrative of ''IV'' itself. For instance, after C. Viper nearly kills Cammy when the latter interferes in the former's attempt to provoke Ryu into unleashing the Satsui no Hado and capture him, you'd think Cammy's Rival Battle against C. Viper in her Arcade Mode wouldn't have them acting as if they just met. The closest to mentions the film's events get are when Chun-Li, in ''[[UpdatedRerelease Super Street Fighter IV]]'', states that Seth previously managed to escape in her Arcade Prologue, and that Cammy's injuries haven't fully healed yet in her Arcade win quote against her.[[note]]Even then, the latter case may instead refer to the aftermath of Cammy being thrown out of a cargo plane by Juri--an event that would've almost certainly killed her if not for the presence of snow to break her fall--in the ''SSFIV'' OVA.[[/note]]

* SchrodingersCanon: While ''The Ties That Bind'' is marketed as a canonical prequel to the events of ''Street Fighter IV'', and is focused around the same plot points as the game (S.I.N.'s BLECE Project and the fighters they kidnapped to develop it), its events oddly have little bearing on the narrative of ''IV'' itself. In particular, after C. Viper nearly kills Cammy when the latter interferes in the former's attempt to provoke Ryu into unleashing the Satsui no Hado and capture him, you'd think Cammy's Rival Battle against C. Viper in her Arcade Mode wouldn't have them acting as if they just met. The closest to mentions the film's events get are when Chun-Li, in ''[[UpdatedRerelease Super Street Fighter IV]]'', states that Seth previously managed to escape in her Arcade Prologue, and that Cammy's injuries haven't fully healed yet in her Arcade win quote against her.[[note]]And even the latter case could instead be her referring to the aftermath of Cammy being thrown out of a cargo plane by Juri--an event that would've almost certainly killed her if not for the presence of snow to break her fall--in the ''SSFIV'' OVA.[[/note]]

* LooseCanon: While ''The Ties That Bind'' is marketed as a canonical prequel to the events of ''Street Fighter IV'', and is focused around the same plot points as the game (S.I.N.'s BLECE Project and the fighters they kidnapped to develop it), its events oddly have little bearing on the narrative of ''IV'' itself. In particular, after C. Viper nearly kills Cammy when the latter interferes in the former's attempt to provoke Ryu into unleashing the Satsui no Hado and capture him, you'd think Cammy's Rival Battle against C. Viper in her Arcade Mode wouldn't have them acting as if they just met. The closest to mentions the film's events get are when Chun-Li, in ''[[UpdatedRerelease Super Street Fighter IV]]'', states that Seth previously managed to escape in her Arcade Prologue, and that Cammy's injuries haven't fully healed yet in her Arcade win quote against her.[[note]]And even the latter case could instead be her referring to the aftermath of Cammy being thrown out of a cargo plane by Juri--an event that would've almost certainly killed her if not for the presence of snow to break her fall--in the ''SSFIV'' OVA.[[/note]]