History Characters / DoubleDragon

* CompositeCharacter: He seems to use drunken king fu in ''Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons'', like Cheng Fu of the Neo Geo fighter.

* SleepyHead: His bio in ''Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons'' calls him lazy and he has heavy bags under his eyes and his "drunken" movement is evidently entirely due to low energy.

* CompositeCharacter: He seems to use drunken king fu in ''Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons'', like Cheng Fu of the Neo Geo fighter

* TheBusCameBack: Returns in ''Double Dragon IV'' after a 27 year absence since his arcade debut, and ''again'' in ''River City Girls 2''.

* ManlyFacialHair: Abobo is often depicted with a horseshoe mustache or less commonly, a beard. In ''River City Girls'', he lists growing faical hair as one of the things that comes with puberty like punching through brick walls.

* Bouncer: In the ''River City Girls'' games, he acts as the bouncer to concerts and fancy restaurants.

* AdaptedOut: In the Turbo CD version, Bolo never appears in the game, with O'harra always taking his place, even though he has both a profile in the manual and a complete set of sprites that go unused.

[[folder:O'harra]]
O'harra is a strongman with a buzzcut that can pick up barrels. He has a similar body to the Abobo variants, but [[HeadSwap with an entirely unique head]]. He takes the place of the Zack version of Abobo.

* AdaptedOut: In the NES version, O'harra is entirely absent, though Abore [[CompositeCharacter seems to have inherited some of his traits]].
* CompositeCharacter: In the Turbo CD version, O'harra appears wherever Bolo appeared in the NES version and has the ability to hand clap.

* HeadSwap: More than Bolo, O'harra has the same body as Abobo, but his face and even head shape is entirely different from any Abobo variant. As such, he isn't counted as part of the Abobo family.
* ThrowABarrelAtIt: Just like Zack, O'harra can pick up Barrels but cannot hand clap.

!!Introduced in ''Double Dragon II (game Boy)''

The leader of the Scorpions, a heroic school of Martial artists that protected people in the Post Apocalyptic streets of New York city. Gordon enlisted the Lee brothers as teachers in his school of martial arts, however Anderson, a jealous rival murdered a prominent member of the Scorpions and framed the Lee brothers for the deed, prompting Gordon to launch a manhunt for the brothers.
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* HeroAntagonist: Gordon is stated to be a righteous man that helped restore safety and order to New York, but because of Anderson's actions, he believes the Lee brother murdered one of his instructors and allowed a man hunt to take place.

A highranking member of the Scorpions, in stark contrast to Gordon, Anderson was a power hungry man that resented the Double Dragons for their success in the organization. Fearing they could compromise his plan to take over the Scorpions, Anderson murdered Wright, a friend of the Lee brothers and framed them for the deed. With this, Anderson was allowed to launch a manhunt for the Lee brothers as he carefully planned his coup.

-->'''Played by:''' Creator/RobertPatrick ([[Film/DoubleDragon live action film]])

* KingMook: Based on the faceless minions from the show, but he's portrayed as tough enough to take on all the tough characters it had.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the NES version of the first game and the animated series.

* TheStarscream: Minor case, after Countdown gets in trouble with the Shadow Master and is almost blasted into the mural, the sealed Shadow Kahn convinces the dejected minion to help him escape from his prison by promising to make him his right hand man.

%%* EvilUncle:
* KnightOfCerebus: For a character from a [=DiC=] animated series based on a video game, the Shadow Master is a lacking in any comical traits. The fourth episode has him develop a drug that turns the users into violent addicts.

* PersonOfHolding: Thanks to his strange physiology, he can stick weapons in his body without harming himself.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast:

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Only sees action in the first episode of the animated series. At the beginning of the second ep, he's trapped inside the Shadow Mural forever for his failures.

* AdaptationDyeJob: In the original ''Double Dragon'' and ''Double Dragon II'' arcade games as well as the Neo Geo fighting game, Marian was brunette. The 90's cartoon had her as a redhead. The 1994 movie had her as golden blond, as well as the ''Double Dragon'' games since. In the ''River City Girls'' continuity, her hair is platinum blond, veering on pure white.

* CainAndAbel: Abel to Jimmy's Cain in the first NES game. This also occurs in the actual arcade game if both brothers defeat Willy together.

-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/BluMankuma (animated series), Len Smith (''Neon''), Creator/PatrickSeitz (''River City Girls''), Paul Greene-Dennis (''Gaiden'')

* TheStarscream: It is eventually revealed that Anderson has plans to take over the Scorpions for himself by taking out Gordon.

* TheStarscream: Minor case, the Shadow Kahn

* AnIcePerson: His body looks like ice, though he doesn't seem to manipulate ice.

* AdaptedOut: Most of the console versions of the first game leaves them out and simply use a CompositeCharacter Abobo in his place.

The leader of the Killers, a biker gang leader whose organization grew in power after the nuclear war and became the Black Warriors. Serves as the final boss in the arcade versions of the first two games, where he shoots Marian to death in the second game. In the NES versions, he's merely a figurehead, being the last opponent fought by Billy before the final battle against Jimmy in the first game and a complete no-show in the second.

%%* PistolWhipping

%%* FatBastard

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: His moveset makes some believe that he is a replacement for Jeff from Double Dragon I.

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: In the second arcade game.
%%* MightyGlacier

* SinisterShades: In the arcade and PC Engine version of ''II''

* AdaptedOut: None of the Urquidez Brothers appear in the NES version, aside from an unnamed boss character who resembles one of them. Unlike Chin and Ranzou, [[AdaptationalVillainy he never joins the player's party after being defeated]].

A trio of portly Tai Chi experts who appear in the arcade version of ''Double Dragon 3'' consisting of Seime (1P), Taime (2P) and Sinme (3P). In the NES version Chin Seimei appears by himself as the boss of the second stage, who seeks to avenge his brother Taimei's defeat in the previous NES games prior to joining the player's party.

* DefeatMeansFriendship[=/=]EasilyForgiven: Seimei quickly forgets about the Lee brothers killing his brother in the NES version.

%%* DefeatMeansFriendship

%%* HeelFaceTurn
%%* {{Ninja}}

!!Introduced in the comic book
[[folder:Sensei]]
* KilledOffForReal: Was done in by Stelth who impersonated one of the Lee brothers, his grandchildren, and proceeded to steal the Dragon Statue for Nightfall. The Lee brothers return to his side during his last moments alive.

[[folder:Stan]]
* BadassNormal: While he is incapable of wielding the Dragon Force, Stan is a skilled kung fu practitioner.
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Explains this was the case to Billy and Jimmy as both have admittedly valid reservations about the guy who waltzes into their lives with knowledge of the Dragon Force before going "I’m your dad! [[CharacterCatchphrase Excelsior!]]"
* LukeIAmYourFather: Reveals himself to be the father of Billy and Jimmy in Issue #4.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Is clearly based on Marvel's godfather in Creator/StanLee, which given the context of the series is outright surreal.

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[[folder:Miranda]]
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Not only does Nightfall kill her, he imprisons her soul inside an orb. This was a fate that lasted around two decades where we see her screaming face]].

[[folder:Nightfall]]
* DarkIsEvil: Nightfall is dark-colored and has been behind the troubles of the city and later plots to throw the world into chaos.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:After failing to sway Miranda to him, he made a permanent turn to evil]].
%%* FauxAffablyEvil
* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler:Unhappy about Miranda being married to Stan, he drains her life force during pregnancy and imprisons her soul in an AndIMustScream fate]].
* {{Sadist}}: [[spoiler:The moment he crosses paths with the Lee brothers who reunited with their father, he wastes no time revealing the AndIMustScream fate he encased the mother in and relishes in every second of it]].
* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:When being sealed in a new dragon statue, he pleads with Miranda, whom the Lee Brothers freed, for mercy.]]
* WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler:He was once a family friend of the Lees until the day his newly attained counter force could not sway Miranda to him and following being mortally wounded, he was brought back by the counter force as a HumanoidAbomination.]]

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%%[[folder:Legerdemain]]

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%%* TheStarscream

* HeelFaceTurn: Rather than kill the woman he fell in love with, he rebels against the Shadow Master.

* TheDragon: He is actually the third in command, but since Icepick mostly remains at the lab, it's Sickle who is left in charge for the field missions.

* TriggerHappy: It's his name after all.

%%* DrunkenMaster:

* AmbiguouslyBrown: In many games, Abobo's default skin tone is an unclear shade, such as in the iOS depiction pictured above.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Several variants of him have fantastic skin tone. Most notably the original game, and its remakes include a green Abobo, later called Mibobo. ''Double Dragon Advance'' had Abobos in a rainbow of colors from Blue to Silver!

* CompositeCharacter: To save on memory space, Abobo replaces Jick in nearly every console port of the first game.
* DumbMuscle: Many adaptations like ''Battletoads & Double Dragon'' depict him as quite dense.

* GoodScarsEvilScars: In the arcade original, Abobo had a disfiguring scar going from his eye to his forehead.
* HiredGuns: He becomes a Hireable Henchman in ''River City Girls 2''. This is made amusing by the fact that his usual kidnapping victim Marian is playable in that game.

* NightmareFace: The sprites for Abobo in the NES VideoGame/DoubleDragon games give him one of these. They're clearly based on the same character's arcade sprites, but the head is enlarged and the contrast in shading almost makes him look like he's made of rock. In addition, his handlebar mustache looks enough like a severely distorted mouth that some have mistakenly confused it for one.
* PaletteSwap: Even in the original, Abobo, outside of Jick, came in multiple skin tones.

* ThrowABarrelAtIt: He has the ability to throw oil drums and other large objects in the original arcade version.

[[folder:Chin Taimei]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Alex Mai (''Gaiden'')
* AgeLift: Taimei in ''River City Girls 2'' is implied to be a middle school student, rather than an adult.
* BruceLeeClone: Taimei is a variant as he's based off Creator/JackieChan.
* CanonImmigrant: At first, he was just a character made up for the NES version of the first game, but later appears in the arcade version of ''II'' as a stick-wielding fighter. His name was used for the Player 2 version of Chin (shortened to "Taime" due to space limit) in the arcade version of ''3''.
* DeceptiveDisciple: Implied at least in ''Rise of the Dragons''--he was barred from learning Kououken when he was caught trying to steal the scroll containing its teachings.
* DualWielding: With the sticks in ''II''
* EliteMooks: He's noticeably more skilled than Williams and Rowper.
* {{Expy}}: His design in the first NES game resembles the Karate Fighter from ''Mat Mania'', a Technos-developed wrestling game.
* InconsistentSpelling: His name was shortened to "Chintai" in the English manual.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Taimei in the arcade version of III is simply a PaletteSwap of the short and fat Seimei as opposed to the tall and thin design he usually has.
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[[folder:Willy]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GarryChalk (animated series), Andrew Boa (''Gaiden'')
The leader of the Killers, a biker gang leader whose organization grew in power after the nuclear war and became the Black Warriors. Serves as the final boss in the arcade versions of the first two games, where he shoots Marian to death in the second game. In the NES versions, he's merely a figurehead, being the last opponent fought by Billy before the final battle against Jimmy in the first game and a complete no-show in the second.

* AdaptedOut: Absent in the second NES game, despite being the reason why Billy and Jimmy are seeking revenge against the gang in the arcade version, although he does show up in the PC Engine version.
* BigBad: In the first two arcade games and most remakes of the original. In ''Rise of the Dragons'', he shares this role alongside [[BigBadEnsemble the other gang leaders]].
* BottomlessMagazines: Never runs out of bullets no matter how much full auto fire he sprays everywhere.
* CombatPragmatist: Prior to ''Rise of the Dragons'', he brings an automatic weapon in what is essentially a fist[=/=]melee fight. If he is the last opponent faced in ''Rise of the Dragons'', he attempts to gun them down while inside a military transport helicopter.
* DemotedToDragon: In the first NES game, he's just the last guy the player fights before the final fight with Jimmy.
* FromCamouflageToCriminal: In ''Rise of the Dragons'', he leads a gang of rogue military personnel as opposed to a biker gang. Fittingly, he also owns a military issue transport helicopter (which he only unveils if he is the last opponent faced).
* KilledOffScreen: [[spoiler:A flunky claims this happened in ''Double Dragon IV'', but time will tell if he was telling the truth.]]
* NamedByTheAdaptation: In the Japanese manual for the Famicom version, he's given the last name "Mackey".
* RedBaron: Known as "Machine Gun Willy" by virtue of him wielding an assault rifle to fight his opponents.
* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: Prior to ''Rise of the Dragons'', he was the only character in the original games to use a firearm, hence his nickname "Machine Gun Willy".
* SuddenNameChange: To "Roper" in ''Battletoads & Double Dragon''. The manual for the Master System version also switched his name with Jeff's.
%%* PistolWhipping
* VillainousWidowsPeak: In the first two arcade games.

[[folder:Williams]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Kurt Conde (''Neon''), Anthony Sardinha (English, ''River City Girls 2'')
* ButtMonkey: Williams is most definitely one of these in ''Neon'': Skullmageddon threatens to dock his pay for the monitors you break in levels 3 and 4 and 2 of his quotes when he kills you are "No dogfood for Williams today!" and "Guess who's sleeping inside tonight?"
* TheGoomba: Williams is the most common, and basic enemy.
* HeadSwap: Of Rowper in ''Super Double Dragon''
* HomeRunHitter: His weapon of choice in the original game is a baseball bat.
%%* {{Mook}}
* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: Gets one in ''Super Double Dragon''.
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: Named after Jim Kelly's character from ''Film/EnterTheDragon''.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Williams is almost always accompanied by Rowper
* ThrowABarrelAtIt: He gains this ability in ''Advance''.
* UnholyMatrimony: In the iOS version, Williams and Linda are married.
* WouldHitAGirl: He's the one who punches Marian and carries her off in most versions.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: In the official ''Double Dragon IV'' website section for Characters, it sates that Williams has a "strong fear of spiders and cockroaches".

[[folder:Rowper]]
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* AdaptationNameChange: Is called Brett in the iOS game.
* TheGoomba: Like Williams. he is a very commonly seen enemy.
* HeadSwap: In ''Super Double Dragon'', he and Williams have the same body type.
* HomeRunHitter: He can wield a baseball bat in the arcade version like Williams does, but he loses this ability in the NES version.
* InconsistentSpelling: His name has also been spelled "Lopar" and "Roper" (the latter being his namesake from ''Enter The Dragon'').
%%* {{Mook}}
* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: Wields one in the NES version of ''Double Dragon II'' which cannot be taken away from him.
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: Named after John Saxon's character from ''Film/EnterTheDragon''.
* ThoseTwoGuys: He's almost seen with Williams.
* ThrowABarrelAtIt: His special ability in the first game.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: In ''Super Double Dragon'' he wears a headband resembling the Japanese flag.

[[folder:Linda]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Jessie Seely (''Neon''), Katelyn Barr (''Gaiden'')
* AlliterativeName: ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}} & Double Dragon'' gives her the full name "Linda Lash", which has occasionally reappeared in other material such as the live-action film and her [[https://www.deviantart.com/genzoman/art/Double-Dragon-Neon-Linda-Lash-426217046 official artwork]] for ''Double Dragon Neon''.
* AmazonianBeauty: Her appearance in ''River City Girls'' has this look; having well toned arms and as well as a beautiful face and EightiesHair hairstyle based on her [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/doubledragon/images/1/13/Artlinda.gif/revision/latest?cb=20110828190029 look in the first game's manual]]. Her Recruit animation in ''River City Girls 2'' even has her flexing so hard she bursts a bracelet on her bicep!
* CombatSadomasochist: In ''Neon'', she tells Billy and Jimmy to get on their knees and lets out ecstatic shouts of "Oh good!" whenever she manages to kill either one of them or is defeated herself.
* DressedLikeADominatrix: In ''Neon'' and ''Wanderer of the Dragon''. In most other games she has a more athletic/punk appearance instead.
* EpicFlail: Lindas from ''II'' use these.
* InconsistentSpelling: Promotional materials for the first game spelled her name as "Rinda."
* KickChick: In Neon only, aside from her whip she has no attacks besides a jump kick and a 3 kick combo. In other games she primarily uses her elbows for fighting.
* ProgressivelyPrettier: She goes from a boxy, mannish woman in ''I''[[note]]mainly due to graphical limitations, her sprite in the arcade version of ''I'' had blonde hair and wore a pink leotard like she did in ''II''[[/note]] to an athletic punk wearing a pink leotard in ''II'' to a buxom blonde in a tube top in ''Battletoads and Double Dragon'', to a literal dominatrix in fetish gear in ''Neon''. Averted with the mobile version of ''I'', which made her a hulking grimacing ogress in a parody of her appearance in the NES version of ''I''.
* PunchClockVillain: In ''Rise of the Dragons'', she's not a mercenary because she particularly likes it, but rather because it's the most dependable way she sees to get money to aid children orphaned by the nuclear war.
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: Presumably named after Bruce Lee's wife, Linda Lee Cadwell.
* UnholyMatrimony: In the iOS version, Williams is her husband.
* WhipOfDominance: She makes good on her name by being a skilled whip fighter. In her first few appearances, she had a mannish punk design, but she got ProgressivelyPrettier and [[FanservicePack more sexualized]] over time. By ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon'' she became a full-on {{Dominatrix}}-themed character in both personality and [[DressedLikeADominatrix appearance]] and it became a consistent part of her character from that point forward.

[[folder:Jick]]
* AdaptedOut: Most of the console versions of the first game leaves him out and simply use Abobo in his place. Even ''Double Dragon Advance'' essentially replaces him with an actual mohawked Abobo.
* AllThereInTheManual: His official name was an obscure fact (due to his omission in console versions), but it was mentioned in print in a review by Famitsu.
* DegradedBoss: Two Jicks show up in the final level of the arcade original.
* HeadSwap: Of Abobo, allowing the game designers to save graphic space by having only having to draw his head.
* InconsistentSpelling: He's spelled Jack, rather than Jick, in ''VideoGame/RiverCityGirls2''.
* KingMook: He's essentially tougher version of Abobo
* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: The Green Jick who appears at the end of Mission 3
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His dark skin and hairstyle makes him a dead ringer for Creator/MrT.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: He'll toss you with a back body drop if you attempt to approach him straight on. While Abobo can do this, too, Jick uses it far more often.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Abobo in ''Double Dragon II''. In fact, he's literally Abobo with mop hair (same facial structure in both, the arcade and NES versions), to the point that the Mega Drive version's manual identifies him as such (rather than as "Bolo") on the enemy list, though in the arcade version he fights more like Jick.

[[folder:Right-Arm]]
A skilled martial artist. He appears in the NES version of Double Dragon II.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: His moveset makes some believe that he is a replacement for Jeff from Double Dragon I.

%%* AvengingTheVillain

%%* AvengingTheVillain
%%* BadassBiker

%%* AdaptationalHeroism

* AdaptationalVillainy: While historical records around the real-life Cleopatra aren't always consistent, most of them seem to agree that she was ''not'', in fact, a sorceress bent on world domination.

* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: In ''River City Girls 2'', Misako, Kyoko, and Provie are obviously attracted to her and her "legendary abs". This is even more notable than usual in that the first two have boyfriends who they are otherwise perfectly devoted to- Marian is apparently just that damn attractive.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Marian's name spelled "Marion" in the NES versions of ''Double Dragon II'' and ''Double Dragon III''. The manual for the Master System version of ''Double Dragon'' spells it "Mary-Anne" as well.

* {{Catchphrase}}: A real weird word, "Chikky!" seems to be Abobo's catchphrase, especially in the Neo Geo fighting game, and gets carried over in his spiritual successor Abubo in ''Rage of the Dragons''.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name was shortened to "Chintai" in the English manual.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name has also been spelled "Lopar" and "Roper" (the latter being his namesake from ''Enter The Dragon'').

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Promotional materials for the first game spelled her name as "Rinda."

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: He's spelled Jack, rather than Jick, in ''VideoGame/RiverCityGirls2''.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The manual for the Neo Geo fighting game spells his name as "Bulnov", differing from the Burnov spelling used in-game.

* HeelFaceTurn: In the NES version

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is one letter shorter in the arcade version due to space constraints.

* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Explains this was the case to Billy and Jimmy as both have admittedly valid reservations about the guy who waltzes into their lives with knowledge of the Dragon Force before going "I’m your dad! [[{{Catchphrase}} Excelsior!]]"

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The manual for the Neo Geo version spells Dulton as "Dalton."

* InformedAbility: The ''Super Double Dragon'' manual states that she's a student of Kung Fu, but it never comes into play. In the Neo Geo game where she ''does'' utilize her moves, it's vaguely called a "Street Fighting" style. This is averted in the ''VideoGame/RiverCityGirls'' continuity, as she's shown training and working out while in captivity, along with being PromotedToPlayable in ''River City Girls 2'' as an AmazonianBeauty from all of that training. Hilariously, she ''still'' doesn't use Kung Fu- Marian's fighting style in ''River City Girls 2'' is that of a boxer mixed with some wrestling, giving her a brawling fighting style that doesn't much resemble Kung Fu. [[FridgeBrilliance Possibly because she found it to be ineffective and trained to fight a different way that worked better]]. Likewise, in ''Rise of the Dragons'', she primarily uses firearms.

* ArtEvolution: In ''Super Double Dragon'' he's a buff blonde dude wearing fairly normal martial arts attire. In the Neo Geo game he's skinnier, has brown hair done into a bun, and wears a more traditional Asian-style outfit. In ''Rise of the Dragons'' his appear is based on ''Super Double Dragon'', though he's depicted with a more PrettyBoy appearance.

-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Blu Mankuma (animated series), Len Smith (''Neon''), Creator/PatrickSeitz (''River City Girls''), Paul Greene-Dennis (''Gaiden'')

* CatchPhrase: A real weird word, "Chikky!" seems to be Abobo's CatchPhrase, especially in the Neo Geo fighting game, and gets carried over in his spiritual successor Abubo in ''Rage of the Dragons''.

* ShoutOutThemeNaming: His names, hairstyle and dress sense probably reference Dalton, [[Creator/PatrickSwayze Patrick Swayze's]] character in ''Film/RoadHouse1989''.