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Now I'M Filia.

Fukua (JP: フクア Fukua) is a joke character whose existence is partially non-canonical, appearing only in Black Dahlia's story outside of her own. She was created to make fun of Decapre's release in Ultra Street Fighter IV as an April Fool's joke.

General Information[]

Fukua is one of the playable characters in Skullgirls Encore. She was created as a test for Robo-Fortune and initially implemented as a joke character on April Fool's Day, 2014. She became a permanent fixture of the Skullgirls Encore roster on May 13th after polishing and balance tweaks due to large fan demand. Her homestage is Nightmare Crest.

Her fighting style re-uses bits of script from "Zoner Filia" and "Grappler Filia", who were alternate green and red-skinned versions of Filia Mike Zaimont had made for the first public EVO demo of Skullgirls before a second character had been completed. The two warriors that inhabit Fukua's body are a reference to these alternate versions of Filia.

Personality[]

Her personality is not clearly defined as her lines are recycled from Filia's and she does not speak for most of her Story Mode, other than to express her desire to "become" Filia (note that her story mode is a joke story mode and shouldn't be taken as canon in any way). It is possible that she has some masochistic inclinations as Fukua is one of the two characters in the game (The other being Black Dahlia) who is shown smiling in her Blockbuster finished portrait.

Backstory[]

One of Brain Drain’s less-socially-acceptable hobbies is cloning, and often he forces the souls of dead warriors to inhabit these clones. Fukua is the result of a fortunate – or unfortunate – Lab Zero accident: a union of two souls. One, a once-proud warrior known for her brute strength in close combat; the other a silent assassin who specialized in ranged weapons for her kills. Together as one, Fukua possesses the best of both specialties… but relationships formed under intense circumstances often don’t last.[2]

It's worth noting that this biography only exists to reference her origin as "zoner Filia" and "grappler Filia" mixed together.

Character Basis[]

Origin[]

Look at this 100% non cannon character that will never be cannon and has no bearing on the story

Fukua's poster art

While also based on the futakuchi-onna like Filia, Fukua's true origins are as a parody of the numerous "clone" (re-colored) characters that exist in fighting games.

Name[]

Fukua is an erratum of Filia; one's right hand being one key too far to the left while spelling Filia's name will result in spelling "Fukua" instead.

Shamone comes from the 1987 Michael Jackson song Bad, being a deliberate mispronunciation of the phrase "come on". It is also a reference to another Skullgirls April Fools prank/hoax where if you moved the character select cursor to the rhythm of the same song, you would unlock a “new character” which turned out to obviously be fake. This works in tangent with Fukua's name, as both are grammatical aberrations.

Design[]

Her appearance is nearly identical to that of Filia's since she is a direct clone of her, but is of a completely different color palette as to differentiate between them. As such, she also has her own version of Samson named Shamone. Her shirt and shoes are black, and her hair is dark green with her necktie, skirt and thighhighs being the same color except slightly less saturated in intensity. She also wears light blue-ish green lipstick and hot pink eye shadow.

Her color scheme is based on a glitch found in several games wherein characters turned green abnormally; the glitch tending to occur more often on older game systems. Direct inspirations for Fukua’s coloration include Glitch Sonic from Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and a glitch from the first Mortal Kombat game where all characters would turn green on the character select screen temporarily.[3]

Fukua's eye color is inconstant in her portrayals. Her action shot has green eyes in the character select screen, and black eyes during her reveal trailer. In gameplay, her eyes appear dark greenish-brown when highlighted in the character select screen and during the fight. The same can be said for the shading on her nose, which while shown to be her normal skin color in her action shot, appears a light color during gameplay. Originally her character select icon had a slightly tanned nose, but this has since been changed to be light like during gameplay.

In really early art of the character an earlier version of Fukua can be seen. She looks the same as now except she has the same light skin as Filia as well as no makeup. Some alternate versions of it also have the same red eyes as Filia. These were most likely added later to make Fukua look less similar to Filia and stand out a bit more.

Story[]

After a scene showing Filia asleep (in similar vein to Fukua's reveal trailer) the setting transcends to the contents of her nightmare. Starring Fukua, she battles every playable character (regardless of whether or not the consumer has purchased the DLC) in the games roster, excluding herself, in reverse order from when they were implemented into the game; beginning her quest against Robo-Fortune up until achieving her goal of besting Filia, the final boss.

Ending[]

With Filia beaten, Fukua dons a look-alike mask (implied to actually be Filia's skinned head, Samson and all), claiming she is now the true physical embodiment of Filia. The story ends with Filia waking up, spooked by her replacement, and traversing to her bathroom only to find her reflection suddenly transform into Fukua's. Shortly after the credits, Umbrella and Annie appear to the left and right of Fukua in the reflection, with the mirror cracking afterwards. (Note that at the time this story mode was made neither Umbrella nor Annie were in the game, having failed to achieve enough votes.)

Strategy[]

The Boss fight against Filia is always set to Nightmare difficulty and she has 300% more health than usual regardless of the difficulty setting chosen at the beginning. These buffs make her a very tricky opponent, especially for players who struggle with the higher difficulty settings. Despite this Filia still has some major weaknesses that can be exploited for the user's benefit:

  1. Filia tends to block low very consistently, but she forgets to block high while the opponent is on the ground. This makes her vulnerable to overhead attacks, such as Fukua's HK version of Forever a Clone.
  2. While she almost always techs (escapes) normal grabs, she is easily susceptible to command grabs to the point that the player can continuously command grab her over and over again.
  3. Filia tends to jump and air dash if the player is at half screen to sweep range which can be easily punished with j.HP. Filia often attempts this jump to air dash a couple times in a row even if the first is punished. The j.HP will even beat out Filia adding an Airball to the airdash with decent timing. Try combining the j.HP punish with a lv.1 Blown Kiss. 
  4. Filia doesn't react quickly after being hit with the HK version of Platonic Drillationship. While she can successfully block the move, it leaves her "stunned" for a brief amount of time allowing players to keep repeating that same move in succession before she has the chance to recover. This method causes chip damage, which while not the most effective way of cutting her health down quickly can be used to secure a safe keep away game preventing her from closing in and attacking the player.
  5. If all else fails, the player can get to a corner and continuously spam c.MP (Ariel Rave). Filia will usually block but sometimes attempt to c.LP (Comb Under), which will result in her being interrupted and taking damage. You can do the entire fight like this. Not reccommended, but possible.

Abilities & Fighting Style[]

Fukua is a physical clone of Filia (with her Parasite Shamone being a clone of Samson) who contains two souls: one who was the strongest at close combat, and another who was the strongest at ranged attacks.

Since she is a clone of Filia, Fukua imitates her in combat too. However, she has a rather different fighting style from Filia, with her having unique attacks that look like modified Filia attacks as well as them having unique powers with Shamone being able to spit out energy balls and Fukua herself being able to produce energy clones.

In her original trailer she lacked any of the energy related abilities she is slightly known for. Her energy ball attacks are just projectile hair ball attacks and while she can still project clones, none of the more energy-like ones appear. The attacks she has now appear to be added later when they decided to add her and modify her into the game.

Trailer?[]

Skullgirls_Encore_Meet...Fukua?

Skullgirls Encore Meet...Fukua?

Color Palettes[]

  1. "Rough Copy" - Default colors
  2. "Infernal Twin" - Original colors
  3. Original colors
  4. Decapre (Street Fighter series)
  5. "Souls Sisters" - Ermac (Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3)
  6. Shadow Lady (Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes)
  7. "Dream Demon" - Akuma (Street Fighter series)
  8. Mech-Zangief (Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter)
  9. "Vaporwave Vixen" - Original colors
  10. Sean Matsuda (Street Fighter series)
  11. "Rain Shadow" - Rain (Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3)
  12. "Chameleon Twist" - Reptile (Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3)
  13. Maeruto Suezumaeki (Joke character created by Lab Zero Games)
  14. "Feathered Edges" - Falco Lombardi (Star Fox)
  15. Alpha-152 (Dead or Alive)
  16. Violent Ken (Street Fighter series)
  17. "Shadow Puppet" - Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
  18. Eva Earlong's HARs (One Must Fall: 2097)
  19. Allen Snider (Street Fighter series)
  20. Red Venom (Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes)
  21. "Splitting Image" - Honoka (Dead or Alive 5 Last Round)
  22. War Machine (Marvel Comics)
  23. Robo-Ky II (Guilty Gear Isuka)
  24. "Night Terror" - Mind-controlled Ryūko Matoi (Kill la Kill)
  25. Orochi Shermie (King of Fighters)
  26. Alt. 2B (Soulcalibur VI)
  27. Princess Daisy (Super Mario series)
  28. "Phantom Threads" - Ann Takamaki (Persona 5)
  29. "Apex Complex" - Badeline (Celeste)

Skullgirls Mobile exclusive palettes[]

  • "Sparring Partner" - Original colors (Training dummy only)
  • "Hell's Belle" - Vaggie (Hazbin Hotel)

Trivia[]

  • Fukua's trailer is a parody of Decapre's reveal trailer for Ultra Street Fighter IV.
  • The majority of scenes where Filia is seen sleeping in Fukua's story mode is very similar to, if not a direct reference of that of Mario in the ending of Super Mario Bros. 2.
  • The ending to Fukua's story mode is a reference to the final scene during the finale of the Twin Peaks television series.
  • Most of her palletes all have a certain theme, those being clone characters or palette swaps of other characters. The only ones that don't follow this theme are her original palettes and the "Phantom Threads" palette.
  • Umbrella and Annie appearing at the end of Fukua's story mode is a reference to a reoccurring joke among the Skullgirls' staff/community, where they are pictured as resentful in several images due to Umbrella being replaced by Big Band as a playable character, and due to Annie not being voted as a playable character despite how close she was to winning the vote twice.
    • Ironically, both Annie and Umbrella would later be added as DLC characters years later.
  • In Fukua's Tutorial stage, the description for "Drill Of My Dreams" reads: "When performed on the ground, Fukua rises up towards the heavens with a piercing leg drill". This is a reference to Gurren Lagann, with the mention of a heaven-piercing drill.
  • Fukua is acknowledged by only 5 characters;
    • Filia speaks to her during a pre-round introduction
    • When the Anime Peacock and Politician Double voice packs are activated for their respective characters, they have pre- and post-round quotes and even call Fukua's name during tag-ins.
    • Umbrella and Black Dahlia have lines exclusive to Fukua.
  • When trapped in a bubble from Umbrella's Wish Maker special attack, Fukua makes an identical pose to that of Shadow the Hedgehog, specifically referencing his pose on the boxart for Sonic Adventure 2.
  • Fukua’s Limited Run booklet bio and information is slightly different from the one on the official Skullgirls website. While her likes and dislikes from it are already listed up above the story reads:
    • Story: Is she a nightmare? Is she a clone? Is she even canon? Who knows!?
  • One thing that can easily suggest she is non-canon to those who know the lore is how her parasite Shamone appears to be sentient despite being artificially lab created. In canon, all synthetic and man made parasites lack sentience.
    • Another thing to note is that in the lore; natural parasites are impossible to reproduce, so as an "authentic" clone of Samson like Fukua is of Filia, it wouldn't make sense for Shamone to even exist in canon.
  • There is a meme of Fukua called Banana Fukua, which became "official" once Black Dahlia reference it in her respective win-pose for her which she has a banana cake.

Notes[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Reuses voice clips from Filia.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Skullgirls 2nd Encore Instruction Manual from the Limited Run Games physical releases for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita.
  2. Fukua's Biography.
  3. Brady Hartel's Twitter

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