History VideoGame / RageOfTheDragons

** [[TheRainMan Cassandra]]: White

%% * WrenchWench: Pupa. And she'll ''hit'' you with it, too.

* BareYourMidriff: All the girls save Lynn do this to varying degrees. Pupa and Sonia wear crop tops, Cassandra wears a suit that bares her midridd, but only from the sides, while Annie [[NavelWindow takes the opposite approach]].

* Spiritual Successor: Of Double Dragon (Neo Geo).

%% * CaptainErsatz: The Lewis brothers and Abubo to the Lee brothers and Abobo in ''Double Dragon''.

* [[spoiler: TwoTimerDate: Depending on how you interpret Pepe's behavior in Pepe and Pupa's ending, either Pepe intentionally tried to set this up with both his girlfriend Pau and his fighting partner Pupa, or he did it by accident not realizing he'd scheduled them both at the same time. It obviously doesn't work; the ending ends with both Pau and Pupa mad at him.]]

%% * BadassPreacher: Elias.

''Rage of the Dragons'' is a tag team [[FightingGame fighting game]] released for the UsefulNotes/NeoGeo in 2002. It was originally intended to be a sequel to the ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' fighting game released for the Neo-Geo in 1995, but Evoga, the developer of the game, couldn't get the rights to the characters, so the game became more of a homage to the series. This is most evident when one looks at Jimmy and Billy Lewis, who are essentially [[{{expy}} expies]] of the similarly named Lee brothers from the original ''Double Dragon'' games. Sub-boss Abubo also resembles Abobo from the first game.

* AbusiveParents: In their backstory, Billy and Jimmy Lewis' ''original'' parents were these, so Jimmy packed up and left and Billy followed him. That's how they wound up being welcomed in and trained by Lee Song, Lynn's grandfather.

* AliceAllusion: Alice Carroll. If her name alone isn't enough of a tip-off (her surname is from Lewis Carroll, writer of the original books), then the fact she's a young girl in a blue-and-white dress from England should be. Not to mention her "dislike" listed on her bio is "rabbits."

* AngelicBeauty: Cassandra, with powers to match.
* AntiHero: Jimmy, big time. He's on the side of good, but he's constantly hot-headed and angry and has a dark past. Also, most of his win quotes involve him telling the opponent to go away and quit bothering him.

* BadassPreacher: Elias.
* BigBad: Johann.

* BrotherSisterIncest: Borderline example with Cassandra and Oni. Oni is Cassandra's adopted older brother (they're both orphans and not blood-related), but a lot of the motivation for Cassandra's behavior revolves around Oni. She withdraws from society partially to avoid upsetting him or making him jealous in addition to her autism, she tags along with him during the tournament to help sate his bloodlust so he won't cause too much destruction, and in Oni's backstory Oni ''attacked her'' in her sleep out of his addiction to fighting and yet when Cassandra doesn't know what happened only that Oni left (in reality, Elias sent Oni away because of the aforementioned "attacked in sleep" incident), she left the orphanage too just because ''he'' did. The only part of Cassandra's motivation that doesn't revolve around Oni is that she wants to know the truth about her parents and her and Oni's past. On Oni's part, he affectionately nicknames her "Cass", becomes angry enough to ''kill Johann'' just because Cassandra took one of Johann's blows for Oni, and while he sometimes bullies his sister he also sees Cassandra as his "lone treasure" in the world. The player would be forgiven for mistaking these two as lovers instead of "adopted siblings."
* [[spoiler: ButNowIMustGo: Elias in Elias and Alice's ending. Elias leaves Alice thinking that he died to save her, but it's for the greater good: he needs to search for the Black Dragon, and Alice needs to live a free life.]]
* UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}}: Pupa's fighting style.
* CaptainErsatz: The Lewis brothers and Abubo to the Lee brothers and Abobo in ''Double Dragon''.
** There's a post-mortem {{expy}}, too: Jimmy's backstory revolves around his regret for being unable to protect his deceased girfriend Mariah from being murdered by a street gang he was involved with. In ''Double Dragon'', the love interest of the Lee Brothers is named Marian, who is killed off by the Black Warriors in the beginning of ''Double Dragon II'' (although, she is [[SparedByTheAdaptation spared in the NES version]]).

* CuteButCacophonic: Alice. Justified, she's possessed by an evil spirit. The spirit is the one with the screaming, screechy voice, not her; she speaks normally in Elias and Alice's ending.
* DaddysGirl: Pupa's a minor example. She inherited her love of mechanics from her father.

* ExtremityExtremist: Elias is a boxer, ''but he averted this''.
** Abubo also comes close; most of his attacks involve his huge arms, either for punching or throwing/slamming.
* [[WalkingShirtlessScene Fighting Shirtless Match]]: Pepe in battle.
* [[HandsomeLech Handsome Flirt]]: Pepe.

* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: In Annie and Radel's ending, Radel sacrifices himself to protect Annie from a last-minute attack by the Black Dragon. Unfortunately, this may not have been a good idea; his death leaves Annie distraught and wondering what to do next, as a mysterious figure in Johann's clothes watches...]]

* [[HitmanWithAHeart Hitwoman With a Heart]]: Sonia.
* HulkSpeak: Abubo, in his win quotes.

* [[spoiler: LeftHanging: Since there's been no sequel, almost ''everyone'' in their respective endings. Billy and Jimmy realize the Black Dragon was only the beginning, Jimmy might soon be consumed with the Red Dragon's power he feeds with hate, Sonia is left chasing after Jimmy again, Radel is killed and Annie may or may not fall under the thrall of a mysterious figure wearing the same outfit as Johann, Cassandra and Oni still have no answers as to the source of the rage inside them, Pepe and Pupa never did find Pupa's brother, and Alice is freed from the spirit but now she thinks Elias is dead because Elias left to find the Black Dragon and so Alice could live a free life. Only Jones and Kang get a completely happy ending (Lynn may also count, though). Abubo isn't left hanging but his election win is marred by rumors of corruption. All of the above may or may not be canon.]]
* [[MissingMom Missing Brother]]: Pupa's brother used to constantly get into fights, but he mysteriously disappeared and that motivates Pupa's journey (and Pepe's, since he promises to help Pupa find her brother). [[spoiler: They ''don't'' find him in their ending, but Pepe gives Pupa hope that they will someday.]]
* [[spoiler: NotQuiteTheRightThing: Radel's sacrifice in his and Annie's ending may have done more harm than good; Annie is so distraught at his death that it leaves her vulnerable to a mysterious Johann-dressed figure.]]
* [[OddNameOut Odd Team Out]]: Kang and Jones are the only playable team that consists of two ''men'', instead of a male and a female.
* [[PsychoExGirlfriend PsychoExBoyfriend]]: Johann, if one is being completely literal. Sonia, in her backstory, actually got into a torrid relationship with Johann, but it didn't go well to say the least and now she has her sights on Jimmy. Johann's a psycho, and this makes him Sonia's ex boyfriend, but he's not really an example of this ''towards her''.

* SelfMadeMan: Kang trained himself to be a wrestler, which is how he gained his fame in his backstory. In Mr. Jones' backstory, he gained fame for himself both as a fighter and an actor based on his own skills as he traveled from city to city protecting the weak. [[spoiler: And in Jones and Kang's ending, Kang succeeds in his ''real'' dream, becoming a big-shot movie producer by producing the movie whose starring role helps Jones fulfill ''his'' dream, becoming a stylish "Dragon" by starring in the movie and winning an award.]]

* ShoutOut: Alice's attire and very name have connections to ''Alice in Wonderland'' and its author, respectively.
** Mr. Jones strongly resembles Jim Kelly from Bruce Lee's ''Enter the Dragon'' as well as the black man who challenged Bruce Lee in ''Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story''.
* SiblingRivalry: Billy and Jimmy, natch.
* SpoiledSweet: Annie. She's both conceited and caring.

* WrenchWench: Pupa. And she'll ''hit'' you with it, too.
* YouKilledMyFather: Radel's backstory, although without the "swearing vengeance" part of this trope. His parents, part of a dwindling dragon hunter clan, were killed by the Black Dragon. [[spoiler: They sort of get avenged in Radel and Annie's ending: Johann, who is currently wielding the Black Dragon, falls, but at the cost of Radel's life. And the Black Dragon survives anyway promising to be back for Annie.]]

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* SerialNumbersFiledOff: This was intended to be a VideoGame/DoubleDragon game, but when the developers couldn't secure the rights, they changed some names (the brother's last names, in particular) and kept going.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Pau, Pepe's girlfriend, looks like Paula Monroy, the girlfriend of character designer Mr. Vo.

''Rage of the Dragons'' is a tag team [[FightingGame fighting game]] released for the NeoGeo in 2002. It was originally intended to be a sequel to the ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' fighting game released for the Neo-Geo in 1995, but Evoga, the developer of the game, couldn't get the rights to the characters, so the game became more of a homage to the series. This is most evident when one looks at Jimmy and Billy Lewis, who are essentially [[{{expy}} expies]] of the similarly named Lee brothers from the original ''Double Dragon'' games. Sub-boss Abubo also resembles Abobo from the first game.

* {{Capoeira}}: Pupa's fighting style.

''Rage of the Dragons'' is a tag-team FightingGame released for the NeoGeo in 2002. It was originally intended to be a sequel to the ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' fighting game released for the Neo-Geo in 1995, but Evoga [the developers] couldn't get the rights to the characters, so the game became more of a homage to the series. This is most evident when one looks at Shotos Jimmy and Billy Lewis, who are essentially [[{{expy}} expies]] of the similarly named Lee brothers from the original ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' games. Sub-boss Abubo also resembles Abobo from the first game.

* AllThereInTheManual: In-game, you get most of the story from the characters' endings. To get the full story and understand all of what's going on, you need to track down copies of the legend of the dragons and the background story. The Double Dragon fansite "Double Dragon Dojo" as well as the SNK Wikia are good sources for this, but there are other sources around as well.

* AntiHero: Jimmy Lewis, big time. He's on the side of good, but he's constantly hot-headed and angry and has a dark past. Also, most of his win quotes involve him telling the opponent to go away and quit bothering him.

* BadassPreacher: Elias Patrick.
* BigBad: Johann

* {{Capoeira}}: Pupa Salgueiro's fighting style.

* DynamicEntry: Unlike most tag-team games, the character rushing into the battlefield, instead of flying in from the side of the screen, runs up to the opponent and delivers a standing attack.

* HeelFaceTurn: Sonia Romaneko, but not in-game. It's in her backstory. And Sonia face-turned ''twice''! She was raised as an assassin under one of her father's partners, only to find out it was her boss who killed her parents in the first place, and that she'd ended up murdering innocent people in her boss's way. This caused her to flee to America and join Johann's Black Dragon sect. But her relationship with Johann also ended up troubled and she only stayed for the money...then fell in love with Jimmy while out on a job and decided to tag along with him.
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: In Annie and Radel's ending, Radel sacrifices himself to protect Annie from a last-minute attack by the Black Dragon. Unfortunately this may not have been a good idea; his death leaves Annie distraught and wondering what to do next, as a mysterious figure in Johann's clothes watches...]]

* [[HitmanWithAHeart Hitwoman With A Heart]]: Sonia.

* [[spoiler: LeftHanging: Since there's been no sequel, almost ''everyone'' in their respective endings! Billy and Jimmy realize the Black Dragon was only the beginning, Jimmy might soon be consumed with the Red Dragon's power he feeds with hate, Sonia is left chasing after Jimmy again, Radel is killed and Annie may or may not fall under the thrall of a mysterious figure wearing the same outfit as Johann, Cassandra and Oni still have no answers as to the source of the rage inside them, Pepe and Pupa never did find Pupa's brother, and Alice is freed from the spirit but now she thinks Elias is dead because Elias left to find the Black Dragon and so Alice could live a free life. Only Jones and Kang get a completely happy ending (Lynn may also count, though). Abubo isn't left hanging but his election win is marred by rumors of corruption. All of the above may or may not be canon.]]

* [[PsychoExGirlfriend PsychoExBoyfriend]]: Johann, if one is being completely literal. Sonia, in her backstory, actually got into a torrid relationship with Johann, but it didn't go well to say the least and now she has her sights on Jimmy. Johann's a psycho, and this makes him Sonia's ex boyfriend, but he's not really an example of this trope ''towards her''.

* RedOniBlueOni: Billy Lewis and Jimmy Lewis. The colors they wear (and the Blue and Red Dragons' powers they wield) match the personalities of this trope: Billy wears blue and is much more calm and level-headed, giving advice to Jimmy about not being too hate-filled (and Billy has a steadier romantic life, to boot; he and Lynn have a cute romantic moment in their ending while Jimmy can't get past his previous girlfriend's death and Sonia must continue to chase him). Jimmy wears red and is constantly hot-headed and angry, refusing attempts at cameraderie and brooding over the death of his previous girlfriend, who was killed in a gang fight that Jimmy partially caused due to his conflicts with the gang.

* SelfMadeMan: Kang trained himself to be a wrestler, which is how he gained his fame in his backstory, and in Mr. Jones' backstory he gained fame for himself both as a fighter and an actor based on his own skills as he traveled from city to city protecting the weak. [[spoiler: And in Jones and Kang's ending, Kang succeeds in his ''real'' dream, becoming a big-shot movie producer by producing the movie whose starring role helps Jones fulfill ''his'' dream, becoming a stylish "Dragon" by starring in the movie and winning an award.]]

* ShoutOut: Alice's attire and very name have connections to Alice In Wonderland and its author, respectively.

* SiblingRivalry: Billy and Jimmy Lewis, natch.

* WrenchWench: Pupa. And she'll ''hit'' you with it, too!

* [[OddManOut Odd Team Out]]: Kang and Jones are the only playable team that consists of two ''men'', instead of a male and a female.

** There's a post-mortem {{expy}}, too: Jimmy's backstory revolves around his regret for being unable to protect his deceased girfriend Mariah from being murdered by a street gang he was involved with. In ''Double Dragon'', the love interest of the Lee Brothers is named Marian, who is killed off in the beginning of ''Double Dragon II'' (although, she is [[SparedByTheAdaptation spared in the NES version]]).

* CaptainErsatz: The Lewis brothers and Abubo.
** There's a post-mortem captain ersatz, too: Jimmy's backstory involves a deceased girfriend named Marian, who was also a minor (but living) character in the Double Dragon series.

* WrenchWench: Pupa

* [[AntiHero| Anti Hero]]: Jimmy Lewis, big time. He's on the side of good, but he's constantly hot-headed and angry and has a dark past. Also, most of his win quotes involve him telling the opponent to go away and quit bothering him.

* {{AntiHero}}: Jimmy Lewis, big time. He's on the side of good, but he's constantly hot-headed and angry and has a dark past. Also, most of his win quotes involve him telling the opponent to go away and quit bothering him.

* {{Amnesia}}: Neither Oni nor Cassandra remember anything about their past before their stay at the orphanage. They're looking for answers to their parents as well as to the source of the powers inside them.

* BrotherSisterIncest: Borderline example with Cassandra and Oni. Oni is Cassandra's adopted older brother (they're both orphans and not blood-related), but a lot of the motivation for Cassandra's behavior revolves around Oni. She withdraws from society partially to avoid upsetting him or making him jealous in addition to her autism, she tags along with him during the tournament to help sate his bloodlust so he won't cause too much destruction, and in Oni's backstory Oni ''attacked her'' in her sleep out of his addiction to fighting and yet when Cassandra doesn't know what happened only that Oni left, she left the orphanage too just because ''he'' did. The only part of Cassandra's motivation that doesn't revolve around Oni is that she wants to know the truth about her parents and her and Oni's past. On Oni's part, he affectionately nicknames her "Cass", becomes angry enough to ''kill Johann'' just because Cassandra took one of Johann's blows for Oni, and while he sometimes bullies his sister he also sees Cassandra as his "lone treasure" in the world. The player would be forgiven for mistaking these two as lovers instead of "adopted siblings."

* CrossOver: Four characters (Jimmy, Lynn, Elias and Mr. Jones) appear in another game produced by Noise Factory, ''[[PowerInstinct Matrimelee]]''. Due to licensing issues, they were left out from the [=PS2=] port.