Hey its been a while since we had a top 10 list on the channel so lets make it a fun one! Fighting games moreso than perhaps any other genre of gaming are full of weird characters and oddballs for sure, but some are pretty next level. So here is my pick of a top 10 of the weirdest fighting game characters ever! Naturally everyone will have their own picks so feel free to post them in the comments as well! If you found this video fun or educational maybe leave a like!

@JellySkelle17

2 жыл бұрын

Quick question: who is the transformer looking guy in the beginning of the video and where is he from? 0:29

@rooflemonger

2 жыл бұрын

@@JellySkelle17 That's Gold Lightan from Tatsunoko vs Capcom. His whole gimmick is he's like 5x bigger than a normal character

@JellySkelle17

2 жыл бұрын

@@rooflemonger thanks!

@barrysmith4610

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Roofle if possible can you do a video on the possible ways Capcom can continue their VS franchise. Should they fight themselves lol or fight another brand like Sega, Tezuka (makers of astro boy), DC or Shonen Jump. Oh in that vid you also talk about why Capcom has left its VS series in limbo for so long. Thanks

@enibeni2071

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing top. On the other hand, In a fighting game, a tank is more normal than a car. A car is weirder because it's a everyday vehicle and It uses its wheels as hand and foot.

Fun fact: Apparently Keiji Inafune (considered the "father" of Mega Man) specifically chose the Bad Boxart version for the game, as there was another canceled Mario Maker-esque Mega Man title that would've featured BBA Mega Man as well.

@Ramsey276one

2 жыл бұрын

What Could Have Been

@glacierwolf2155

2 жыл бұрын

At the end of the day, we have Mega Man Maker, so I don't think we lost much in the process.

@EinDose

2 жыл бұрын

The story I heard was that the SFxT team came to Inafune for permission to use Mega Man, and he wanted to see them do something new with it, because we'd already seen Mega Man in a fighting game. They came back with Bad Box Art Mega Man, and he loved it.

@MissiGNO000

2 жыл бұрын

Inafune didn't create rockman

@KaitouKaiju

Жыл бұрын

Considering what happened with MN9 it's safe to say he has pretty bad taste

One important fact about Blitztank: It is powered by dying soldiers used as living batteries. In its story mode after killing Akatsuki and taking the McGuffin the Blitz Motor, it regains its sentience. But not just one person's sentience, but _every person used as a battery, all scared and panicked._ The big bad Murakumo actually wants to mercy kill Blitztank, but loses and dies before saying death will come for it. While the events don't seem to be canon at all (Because of good old classic arcade FG story telling of "some stuff in the character stories are canon and others aren't), it does explain what Blitztank actually is, which also is just a finished prototype and there are *more* ready to be unleashed out on the world...

@hambor12

2 жыл бұрын

If akatsuki is like Captain Japan (a la Captain America, being a frozen super soldier representing the values of his home country) does that make Blitztank his winter soldier

@braystar8578

2 жыл бұрын

@@hambor12 Not really

@EquinoxGT

2 жыл бұрын

Welp, that is deeply fucking disturbing. Thanks for the lore info!

While I think they portrayed him perfectly, Phoenix Wright in Marvel 3. His whole move set screams “This is a man who has never thrown a punch in his life and managed to fight superheroes by mistake.” His launcher is a *sneeze*, for god’s sake. Then Turnabout Mode happens and he becomes an absolute force of destruction because… he collected enough evidence? He has confidence now that he can win the case? Apparently there was a court case going on while this fight was happening? And then, finally, his level 3, where he exposes your crimes and makes a dramatic callout post on your ass, and you then die of emotional trauma. Which also happens to be the strongest level 3 by damage in the game.

@third-ratedude4234

2 жыл бұрын

Phoenix level 3 is not only the strongest level 3 by damage in the game, it's also instantaneous and covers the whole screen.

Guilty gear can cover this entire list. Im actually surprised Zappa isn't on this list. 😆

@matheusvasiliauskassoares4361

2 жыл бұрын

An argument could be made for KI's Hisako instead

Would love to see a part 2 of this because there are plenty other beautifully strange fighting game characters, and also it feels like a crime to exclude Voldo from a list like this!

@larquefausse3623

2 жыл бұрын

That'd be a cool video idea. Just stuff Rooflemonger read in the comments.

@hambor12

2 жыл бұрын

Voldo being weird is sort of odd since that's sorta the point of him to the point where it's overly easy to point to him as The Weirdo arguably Angol Fear is weirder due to her nature as a crossover character who doesn't even exist in the media she's supposed to be from (she's the cousin of a main character in Sgt. Frog who's a race of heavily destructive aliens), and also just looking way different than everyone else

@Dr_Toothbrush

2 жыл бұрын

I expected Faust to be here

@mikeyfrance9469

2 жыл бұрын

Arakune

You can't have a fighting game without a resident weirdo. So this is a great idea

@eduardoalvarez2497

2 жыл бұрын

And to think that Spinal, a revived skeleton from KI was peak weird in the 90’s

All these characters are still cool in their own right though, right? Also, I'm surprised Faust, Arakune, and Neco Arc weren't on this list

@rooflemonger

2 жыл бұрын

Just cause you weird don't mean you ain't cool. As for Arakune I think he's dull, and Faust is more of a slapstick character than anything else. Neco Arc is a champion, there isn't a single weird thing about her.

@LegendIam1465

2 жыл бұрын

@@rooflemonger Faust I can understand, but how come you think Arakune is dull? As for Neco Arc, I agree wholeheartedly.

@jwill7998

2 жыл бұрын

Leopaldon from Guilty Gear Isuka needs to be on the next list.

I just noticed how G's tattoo match exactly the same position as the globe in character select screen and the is insane

Hey we are back in business properly now! So here's a silly top 10 list for you and while we wait for Baiken and KoF 15 to launch, expect some more off kilter videos like this, some silly, maybe some a bit more serious. Big things on the channel are coming for 2022 so hop along for the ride!

Elphelt is definitely a Man hunter. Although Elphelt is kinda pervy with her nosebleeds when she is fantasizing about marrying her groom, I find it oddly more wholesome than when other anime characters do it. I find her ending quotes against the male characters very funny, because they are just her marriage delusions. Her ending quotes against female characters are also funny to, because it basically just revolves around her womanhood and how she is competing against the rest of the female cast.

@ameladaptivedaydreamer949

2 жыл бұрын

"Elphelt is kinda pervy with her nosebleeds"... Is she? I mean anime characters do that a LOT and I never seen anyone call them pervy so idk what you mean. But I do agree that it's hilarious her vision of the cast xD

Honorable mention to jagi from hnk who gets gaurd broken if he blocks low too much, can pour gasoline on the ground and light it, has a super move where you he asks you to say his name and you have to pick from a few different options and is the worst character in the game with bad matchups against everyone and two 1:9 matchups

I was 100% expecting to see Leopaldon from Guilty Gear on this list.

@rooflemonger

2 жыл бұрын

Ehhh Leopaldon looks weird and I love him for it, but that's really all he has. If I did like a "top 10 characters history has forgot" he would make that list cause he got disowned REAL quick

@The4stro

2 жыл бұрын

isnt leopaldon a boss character?

@shreeder4092

2 жыл бұрын

Yea he’s the boss character of Isuka

@RamzaJinnRuu

2 жыл бұрын

@@rooflemonger Leopaldon is a female say so in bio of her and GG devs say so also. Arcsys always makes final boss in story and in games females.

Hinako = when a Petite Girl moves like a Powerhouse

An honorable mention: Youkai Kusaregedo of Samurai Shodown Montaro of MK 3 Havik of Mortal Kombat M O D O K of MvC3 Zappa of Guilty Gear Judgement

Fun fact : Hakan's fight style ''Yağlı Güreş'' literally means wrestling with oil in turkish.

Strange fact about Q-Bee, her eyes aren't on her face. They're in her hair, next to her antenna.

@rooflemonger

2 жыл бұрын

Yep! Didn't cover that for this video but Q-Bee was the first ever subject of the ridiculous history series on this channel and she has that and many more strange facts about her.

@sansclone1874

2 жыл бұрын

So what is her vestigial eyes on the face is?

@PoorMuttski

2 жыл бұрын

@@sansclone1874 bees have more than one set of eyes. They could be extra eyes, or they could be just false eyes. She probably has a cute feminine face for the same reason she has boobs 😅

@sansclone1874

2 жыл бұрын

@@PoorMuttski that's the stuff I am asking. if it's a false eyes,what is their real purpose?

@ethanhinton4549

2 жыл бұрын

@@PoorMuttski yup her actual mouth is on the seam of her forehead and head I think

I'm perplexed at the lack of Happy Chaos in this list. The dude is literally his own archetype

Hornet is what happens when the car in the Street Fighter extra stages gets fed up and wants to teach vandals a few lessons.

@eduardoalvarez2497

2 жыл бұрын

If a fighter mega mix 2 eve happens, that’s how Hornet should appear in your arcade run as a mid level boss. You think is a car bonus stage and then he gets up after a couple of punches

honorable mention to ocha-maro the wooden samurai machine thing from samsho

I'm surprised you didn't mention the musical inspiration for Elphelt's design. Her aesthetic is literally guns and roses.

Funny thing about Hinako from KOF is that despite looking Russian, she's mostly Japanese. Also, she's constantly trying to get other high school girls to join her Sumo club, but to no avail for obvious reasons. It's nice that she happens to be friends with Hotaru from Garou, if the endings in 13 and 14 are anything to go by.

I want Hinako to come back to KOF so bad lol and same with Mokap, I think he deserves to come back as a joke DLC character in the next MK.

@fissilewhistle

2 жыл бұрын

Mokap would be next-level trolling, but I don’t think NRS is courageous enough to bring him back.

@TheMadBelmont

2 жыл бұрын

@@fissilewhistle I don't think so either but Ed Boon is the king of trolling so it's possible.

3:01 *"Because there isn't too many Wedding Themed Fighters."* Nina Williams in a Wedding Dress: *"Am I a Joke to you!?!"*

“Bedman is going to be top 1, what could be weirder than bedman?” “oh”

God, hearing a description of Q-Bee makes me realize how much I miss Darkstalkers all over again

A.B.A from Guilty Gear was definitely very weird. Was surprised she wasn't on this list

@romariodesrosier1450

2 жыл бұрын

She kinda reminds me of Crona from Soul Eater, except earlier.

Neco-Arc (Melty Blood): A gag rendition of Arcuied with cat ears from Tsukihime's joke cutscenes after a bad ending metanarratively evolving into a separate character who became something for Type-Moon like how Jack Frost is for Atlas, functioning as both a mascot for the company, and an absolute meme and hype factory that continues to spread the word of their properties. Also, she has eye lasers and can cough out fire and other Neco-Arcs. Rasputin (World Heroes): A peace loving and somewhat dopey parody of the famous "religious figure" who actually has magical powers... one of his supers is straight up sexual assault. Otane Goketsuji (Power Instinct): An lady who devoted to mastering martial arts so she can get revenge on her sister, who locked her in a box and threw her in the ocean as a child. She was so devoted to the training, she's already in her 70s by the first game. Norimaro (Marvel Superheroes vs Street Fighter): A parody version of a famous Japanese comedian made to make the game appealing to the Japanese scene. He's kinda like a shitty shoto who can also quadruple jump. Lucky Glauber (King of Fighters): A shoto who's ballin'.

When I think of weird fighting game characters my mind always goes to Kusaregedo from Samurai Showdown V. Huge cannibal demon, what else needs to be said.

@rooflemonger

2 жыл бұрын

He's a solid pick!

Obviously everybody has their own, but one of the more memorable ones to me is Ushi the Cow from Fighter's Destiny. Not just because it's an upright cow that fights you but...generally the game isn't full of fantasy elements, you can't shoot hadukens or anything and the game runs on a confusing points system like a irl martial arts tournament. It's relatively grounded even compared to like Tekken and VF. And that really makes the part where you fight an upright cow stand out.

We not gonna talk about that fighting game that has a fighter who's fatality is to sexually assault the opponent?

Elphelt: The Literal Waifu

I learned a lot about weird characters today but I must inform you this video is incomplete without voldo

I'm amazed at no mention of Arakune from BlazBlue. Big black blob with a white mask that uses insects. That has to be up there in the weird category.

"he's fat old shitty mega man and god damnit I love him for it" has got to be my favorite quote

I'm surprised Kusaregedo from Samurai Shodown didn't make the list. That dude is weird as hell LMAO

I feel like faust is weirder than elphelt

@rooflemonger

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like Elphelt is a weirder character than Faust so thats why she's in the video and not him 🐵

@RealBigMitch

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but in the video you said to post the characters we think are weird as hell in the comments so that is what i did i like your list a lot tho a lot of character i have never heard of in my life

Big Band from skullgirls is pretty weird, music based characters aren't really that common also he just hits you with a bunch of instruments.

@doommaker4000

Жыл бұрын

Ms Fortune sprinting with blood jets, using tail as a sword, Eliza, Double in entirety and Squigly with her sentient parasite...

@romariodesrosier1450

Жыл бұрын

@@doommaker4000 Peacock fighting like shes in a cartoon...

I really like top 10 lists like this! I would like to see more of these and/or a part 2

Love your videos rooflemonger. Keep up the awesome work!

big fan of Doctor B from Tekken 3. Loved that funky old dude

Can't believe Arakune didn't make this list-

I love weird characters, they are just fun to use. Theres a lot u could have presented like Double and (Headless) Ms Fortune from Skullgirls, Arakune from Blazblue, Teddie and Sha. Labrys, even Dr Bosconovitch counts

@romariodesrosier1450

2 жыл бұрын

Can I also mention ones like Peacock, Platinum, Phoenix Wright and I suppose Mr. Game and Watch?

I am very surprised that Zappa from Guilty Gear XX didn't at least make an honorable mention. That character creeped me out.

@sobornes239

Жыл бұрын

Honestly many Guilty Gear characters are weirdos. That's why I love them lol

Great list! Was expecting Bonus Kun from Waku Waku 7

A bee and hornet on the same list.

This was a fun video, thank you

Kinda sad Yoshimitsu didn't make his way into this entry, but I love the video nonetheless

Great vid man

Don't forget Kusaregedo from Samurai Shodown! An ugly, fat, creepy, old man youkai big enough to give Gold Lightan a run for his money. He also vomits poison for one his moves, and has a fatality-like finishing move where he straight-up eats his opponent. Kinda hard to beat that. Steve from Smash is kinda weird, too. Literally a Minecraft character in a fighting game. His gimmick lets him mine for materials in the stage and use those to build new level geometry. You know, to wall bounce you against. Weird stuff.

@melvinshine9841

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention the fact Kusaregedo ate his own hand and his own daughter. He's just disturbing.

You are the best roofie!

Solid list (although you should’ve added some honorable mentions in it tbh)

we need hinako now more than ever and once she's top tier in xv the healing can begin

Elphelt is not weird. Have you never heard of a shotgun wedding? Very traditional.

Needs Neco-Arc, Bears in Tekken, and Phoenix Wright in umvc3

The top 10 wierdest fighting game characters should come from KoF *alone*

I thought I was going to be surprised to not see any characters from Clayfighters appear on this list, but I gotta say the competition was too strong and the right call was made. Side note: no love for Q-Bee's electrocuted skeleton (or lack thereof)?

@rooflemonger

2 жыл бұрын

The first ever ridiculous history video was for Q-Bee. Skeleton and a lot more details are covered in depth in that video.

@Viviantoga

2 жыл бұрын

@@rooflemonger I must have completely forgotten about that episode!

Maybe we’re all just used to him because he’s a series mainstay, but I think Faust from Guilty Gear deserves to be in the conversation. He’s a 9 foot tall surgeon with a paper bag over his head, his idle stance is a ridiculous crouch, he swims through the air, uses a giant scalpel like a pogo stick, uses a magic doorframe to teleport, gives his opponent unsolicited plastic surgery, and always plays smash bros with items turned on.

awesome vid

About Hakan: yağlı güreş (yaa-lih guh-resh (? not easy to make turkish easy to pronounce in english lol)) is just "oil wrestling"

This could be at least a ten part series, if not simply an ongoing one👍

I can't believe no one from Skullgirls made the list especially from the second one there's some odd characters in that game great video be safe and keep up the good work

I would recommend taking a look at Holeman from Slap Happy Rhythm Busters. Also, most to the characters from the Goketsuji Clan/Power Instinct series. Oh, also Mauru & Migi from Waku Waku 7; also Fernandez; and Bonus-kun form Galaxy Fight and Waku 7. *snaps* Mondu from Tongue of the Fatman Kira Daidouji and Eko form the Arcana Heart series. You should also look into Arm Joe. There was that one character that was a Japanese comedian in one of the Marvel vs. Capcom games that I think was replaced by Vega (matador) in the West.

Definitely think Norimaro (MvsSF), Zappa (GG), and Xanadu (KOF14) deserve to be on here!

I wanna see a Death Battle between D'vorah (Mortal Kombat) vs Q-Bee (Darkstalkers) 🐝

The lack of Leopaldon is very disturbing, as he's by far the oddest character ever made.

I’m kinda surprised that Leopaldon isn’t here

Bedman, the car and tank are like the only weird characters on this list. The rest are literally just people using slightly unfitting fighting styles or wearing a silly outfit. Less weird than shooting fireballs from your hands. Less weird than Ryu.

@uandresbrito5685

2 жыл бұрын

How is Q Bee not weird, lol

honestly... hinako is my favorite sumo character, only because shes not typical for the archetype ( I mean as typical as sumo wrestlers are suppose to be). And has a kickass sumo moveset, nice slap sounds, great lookin shorthop and hope she comes back.

Haha, I remember Hornet as a kid... It was a car... fighting... It was so fun and sick !!! Blitztank, such fun in 2007 with Akatsuki ! What a concept ! As for the list, I agree with you. I'd add Zappa instead of Elphelt, I guess... Still terrified to this day by... You know, Sadako ! 🤭🤣

Xanadu from KOF 14 weird to. Definitely weirder than Hinako in my opinion.

Seeing Q-Bee, now I understand why there hasn't been another Darkstalkers game in a while XD

I'm surprised Zappa from GGXXAC isn't on here, but I think it makes sense; it seems like "weirdness" in this context is when your reaction is "how the fuck did anyone think of this?" whereas IMO Zappa is "ok no this is brilliant, loser who is possessed by ghosts"

Why would anyone not want to marry Elphelt?

I like how the music stops when the bees die.

When you said that bad box art mega man is the best version, you hit a switch in me, now I'm in rage mode

I think Ocha-maro and Kusaregedo in samurai showdown was pretty weird plus Hauzer in that one Capcom game

Other fighters: we need to make countless waifu fighter characters to sell Akatsuki: "TANK"

I wish for Hinako to return in KOF XV, that'd be a dream come true. KOF '00 is in my top 3 King of Fighters games namely because of the introduction of Hinako, Seth, & Lin. Also,, Hakan needs to return in Street Fighter VI - he was one of the best new characters from SF IV(along with Decapre).

Kuma/Panda from Tekken is probably my favorite "weird" character

@fissilewhistle

2 жыл бұрын

My favorite thing about Kuma (aside from the fact that he’s a bear trained in karate) is that he’s possibly the only person other than Kazumi who Heihachi actually loves, or really even likes.

A very cool video, but I am genuinely surprised leopaldon wasn't on this list... unless boss characters are disqualified.

0:30 just got a hit of nostalgia when I saw that Dino from Tekken

I really was expecting Leopaldon on this list, he's fucking nuts.

@rooflemonger

2 жыл бұрын

He's pretty crazy but I like him less just cause he was absolutely abandoned by the franchise. Didn't get to breathe

@rRagnaBR

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. just like most of them weird characters.

Two glaring omissions: Zappa from Guilty Gear and Hauser from Red Earth (although I believe he was only playable in Capcom Fighting Jam). But glad Bedman made the cut!

Bro, no Zappa? That far slash alone where he grows a face on his back that throws up on the opponent is enough to make him a top tier weirdo

I’m surprised that we did not get one little girl riding a large plushie creature character. Like Marurun (Waka Waka 7) or Eko (Arcana Hearts 3). What’s up with those characters?

Just a general list of weird characters, not necessarily any more or less weird than the ones on the list: Es, Ivan Ooze, Honey in Sonic the Fighters (just the weirdness of making Honey from Fighting Vipers a Sonic character), pretty much any Tattoo Assassin character.

I guarantee the Voldo stans are going to come out of the woodwork for this one

Shot through the heart and you're to blame, you give love a bad name.

I'm surprised the dog creature from guilty gear isn't on the list

Im the only person who think yoshimitsu is super weird? Dont see him neither in an honerable mention feels strange.

Ocha-Maro Karakuri from Samurai Shodown VI, Arakune from Blazblue

yo pepsiman though

Thinking Hinako is weirder than Xanadu or Sylvie is.... interesting

@romariodesrosier1450

2 жыл бұрын

Xanadu's a strange one, as he's like some kinda shaman who tells you about how he looks into your future. Sylvie on the other hand is quite the goofball. She kinda reminds me of Denki from MHA.

@rooflemonger

2 жыл бұрын

Sylvie is just a cheap ripoff of the pamyu pamyu girl and Xanadu is odd sure, but Hinako is very memorable in how weird she is juxtaposing her look versus how she fights.

You need to do second list of weird fighting game characters. Hyena from KOF Maximum Impact series would have been hilarious to talk on about. He's a joke character himself, but has a decent moveset. His strongest Super is him pretending to die and lose all his health to psyche out the opponent, and then he gets an evil glint in his eyes, revives, and kicks the snot out of his opponent. Truly a weird yet fearsome fighting game character.

Why learn martial arts when you can be a tank

I feel like Q is just a stranger version of G.

There is a robot themed arcade fighter way back that i no longer remember the name, but it has a character named Dali Dali that fights permanently upside down, as in he's doing a handstand forever There's also a fighter in IGS's Killing Blade who got his legs amputated and uses two swords as a crutch

This video just made me want to play GG Xrd.

How about: Faust (Guilty Gear) Arakune (BlazBlue) Merkava (Under Night In-Birth) Neco-Arc/Chaos Neco-Arc (Melty Blood) Double (Skullgirls) Q (Street Fighter) Jack or Pete (Power Stone) Norimaro (Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter) Phoenix Wright (Marvel vs. Capcom) Hakushon Daimaō (Tatsunoko vs. Capcom) Kusaregedo (Samurai Shodown) Roger/Alex/Roger Jr. or Mokujin (Tekken) Yoshimitsu (Tekken/SoulCalibur) Voldo (SoulCalibur) Mr. Game & Watch, Piranha Plant or Steve/Alex (Super Smash Bros.) Chandelure (Pokken Tournament) Any cast from ClayFighter