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Q (キュー , Kyuu ^? ) is a video game character from the Street Fighter serial, first appearing in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. He is a mysterious individual of unknown origin whose face is concealed by an expressionless metallic mask.

ane Biography
- 1.1 Concept
- one.2 Appearance
- one.three Personality
ii Story
- 2.1 Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
- 2.2 Street Fighter III: third Strike
- ii.three Street Fighter V
3 Cameos and other appearances
- 3.1 Card Fighters Disharmonism
- three.ii Capcom Fighting Evolution
4 Comics
- 4.1 UDON comics
five Gameplay
- 5.i Fighting fashion
- v.2 Moveset
six Subpages
- vi.one Quotes
- 6.ii Gallery
- vi.iii Sprites
- 6.4 Colors
7 Trivia
8 Stage Themes
nine Run into also
ten References

Biography [ ]

Non much is known about Q, except that he appears at unlike places around the world, and may be linked to various disasters. Beingness arguably the most mysterious grapheme in the Street Fighter universe, Q'south true identity has been a subject field of constant speculation ever since his debut.

While Q can be chosen as a playable graphic symbol, he is also a "hidden" computer-controlled sub-boss in Arcade Mode that can only be battled later meeting specific requirements: the player must win the starting time eight matches without losing a round, and remain above D rank.

Of note is that Q is the only character in 3rd Strike that does non take his own stage. However, starting a two-histrion game with both players selecting Q volition have them directly to Dudley'south stage (London), while his own theme plays in the background.

Concept [ ]

The design for Q draws a clear influence from several characters such as the late Shotaro Ishinomori's Robot Detective M from the 1973 Japanese live action series Robot Detective and Atomic number 26 Mask from Mitsuteru Yokoyama'south Babel II manga (and to a lesser extent; Janperson from Toei's Special Investigation Robot Janperson). The trench-coat, fedora and gloves are articles of article of clothing worn by H. G. Wells' "The Invisible Man".

Every bit of his 'name', Q shares his 'initial' with several other characters as well, virtually notably being amid the same character from the James Bond serial, with the most famous incarnation being played by the belatedly Desmond Llewelyn, who was portraying the character during the time 3rd Strike was made. Information technology is besides likely the 'initial' Q is a reference to QSound Labs, the company who created the sound processor QSound, which was used in several CPS2 Street Fighter games.

Appearance [ ]

Q sports a hat and a tan trench coat, along with white gloves, dark brownish pants and dress shoes. Under his coat is a typical white button-up shirt and red tie; this type of clothing is a trademark of archetypical spies and detectives (e.grand. Rorschach, The Question, Mr. A). His head is engulfed in a metallic blue crush-like mask which surrounds his unabridged head. The mask has yellow optics of varying brightness.

Calculation fuel to the fire regarding speculations, it is unknown if Q is a human or at least-part auto; when Q is shocked in-game, instead of showing the skull and skeleton, it shows his muscular system and an indistinct caput. As well, Q'southward cervix is the simply portion of his trunk that is visibly fabricated of flesh and peel, though some of his legs are visible during sure animations. Q'due south identity has ofttimes been the subject of speculation past fans.

Information technology should exist noted that in an artwork in the Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Surreptitious File, Q is seen unmasked, having the appearance of a middle-aged man, though this is not considered to be Q'south bodily face up in the story of the Street Fighter games, due to the Surreptitious File presenting all of the game'southward characters equally actors.

Personality [ ]

Q is generally the quiet type, as he only speaks (or rather, grunts) when being hit, and he as well mumbles an unintelligible and nonsensical line of dialogue after defeating his opponent. His win quotes consist of ellipses and short, vague phrases (e.grand. "I... am anathema."); the latter are shown in parenthesis, peradventure indicating his thoughts or translating mumbling.

Q's mannerisms tend to straddle the line betwixt human and machine. His movements are uncomplicated and robotic, and verge on stilted and awkward at times; he fifty-fifty "shuts downward" when he is browbeaten by chip damage. Despite many of his simple, robotic movements, some of his other mannerisms and features could be considered human; for instance, after parrying a move, he volition brush off his trench coat. Much of his moveset seems to support this theory.

It is unknown how Q handles man contact; in his intro animations, people are often seen running in fear from him, followed past him simply walking onto the phase, or else performing a dashing dial. However, one artwork depicts him apparently beingness interviewed past a woman, while a man removes his coat, with no apparent discomfort on Q's part. Q also shows similarly contradictory acts of self-restraint and cruelty; when he defeats his opponent, he will either simply look over them, shed a tear and walk away, or else insults them as he starts crushing their face underneath his shoe.

The requirements to fight Q as a CPU opponent may bespeak that Q maybe after the earth'due south most dangerous or powerful fighters, as well similar to Akuma and G, and could possibly exist a powerful fighter himself, despite being held back (Playability-wise). This is noted every bit some of his normal attacks act as though he has no intention of harming his opponent. Overall however his motives are unknown and it is unclear what his alignment is.

Story [ ]

Street Fighter Two: The Earth Warrior [ ]

Before his eventual sightings in unsolved murders, Wayne Nakamura of the Central Intelligence Agency was investigating an unknown man in a trench-coat spotted past him in an American port.^[3] The investigation is currently yet continuing.

Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike [ ]

Q has been sighted in offense scene photographs of unsolved murders all over the earth, partially hidden each time. The context of the pictures are shrouded in mystery: his appearance in them may make him the murderer, or perchance he could be investigating it, as hinted past his stereotypical detective attire, though nothing regarding a potential role in the killings or the nature of the victims has been revealed.

In his ending, Julianna and David, along with other CIA agents, discuss Q'south appearances at case sites worldwide over the last 10 days, believing him to exist the common link betwixt the cases (though they are unsure if it is the same person). While they cannot identify him, they at least manage to decipher his appearance based on the photos they have. After they set out to begin the investigation on him, a familiar silhouette can exist seen on the projector screen, manifestly leaving the room as well.

Street Fighter V [ ]

According to Q's Shadaloo C.R.I. profile, he is as well currently under investigation by C. Viper.^[2]

When asked past YouTube user Lovesmash on Twitter if Q could appear as DLC in Street Fighter V, Ono cryptically replied; "Ate [sic] you lot ready!? hahaha~".^[4]

Cameos and other appearances [ ]

Carte Fighters Clash [ ]

Q has as well appeared as a menu in the SNK vs. Capcom: Bill of fare Fighters Clash games.

Capcom Fighting Evolution [ ]

Q made a cameo appearance in Capcom Fighting Evolution, he tin can be seen on the rooftop in the New York stage.

Comics [ ]

UDON comics [ ]

Result 10 of UDON's Street Fighter 2 Turbo features a short story centered effectually Q, featuring a CIA agent investigating Q's identity and possible origins. In one panel, Chun-Li'southward father Dorai is shown in the background being experimented on and having Q'due south mask forcefully put onto his, however, this is likely a nod to the common fan theory of Q being Dorai, and is probably not intended to reverberate the character's actual backstory in the comics.

In Street Fighter Unlimited Almanac, he shows upward attacking thugs that Ibuki ambushed and escaped subsequently a brusque scuffle.

Gameplay [ ]

Fighting style [ ]

Q's techniques are those of a animate being-strength brawler (or "bruiser"), though one appearing physically contained, as opposed to a refined martial artist; one of his normal moves in item has him dropkick at the opponent'due south head and autumn over immediately subsequently. Most of his special assail names are descriptions of his actions, rather than proper nouns referring to a moves name. In fact, the Japanese names of his motion normally end with Kari (仮 , Kari ^? ), or causeless name, further supporting that case.

Moveset [ ]

Q'southward well-nigh signature special moves include his Dashing Directly, a fast and useful attack that tin can easily be cancelled into Super Arts, his Dashing Leg Set on, and the Capture & Deadly Accident, a command grab which sends the opponent into the air for a juggle.

His Super Arts include the Disquisitional Combo Attack, a series of quick punches while he moves frontwards, too as the Deadly Double Combination, a gut punch followed past an overhead accident with both arms. His third Super Art is Total Destruction: When activated, Q tin choose to either dial or take hold of his opponent, depending on the situation, which emits a small explosion that damages the opponent; interestingly, a female robotic voice can be heard maxim "Danger!" when the throw is activated.

Q is noted equally a defensive graphic symbol due to his large stamina and low speed. With three taunts, his stamina tin exist "increased" up to a maximum of over twice the stamina of Akuma, which is besides the highest possible stamina of whatever grapheme in 3rd Strike. However, because of his slow speed and the lack of high-priority moves, he is considered to be a low-tier graphic symbol in competitive play.

Subpages [ ]

Quotes [ ]

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Gallery [ ]

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Sprites [ ]

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Colors [ ]

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Trivia [ ]

Information technology was rumored that Q (or someone resembling him) can exist seen in Ken's phase background in the original Street Fighter 2 serial. Nevertheless, the man was removed from the redrawn and redesigned stage featured from Super Street Fighter II and onward. Despite this, The Shadaloo C.R.I. data on Wayne Nakamura strongly implies that the homo that was in Ken'southward stage is indeed Q and is the person the CIA are currently investigating, though this is likely a reference to the rumor rather than confirmation of anything.^[3]
- Furthermore someone highly resembling Q tin be seen in the groundwork of Dudley'south New Generation raining stage occasionally riding a railroad vehicle in the background.^[5]

Due to being an enigma, Q is the only grapheme to accept "unknown" as all of his characteristics.

He is one of only two characters lacking whatsoever mid-boss or final dominate conversation dialogue in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (the other being Akuma).

The names of the two CIA agents, Juliana and David who are searching for Q, are most likely references to Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny, actors who play the roles of FBI agents Dana Scully and Play a trick on Mulder, the principal characters of the X-Files series.
- Interestingly enough, Q's theme bears some similarities to the theme of the X-Files series.

One of the people who abscond from Q in one of his introductions, is a boy wearing a cap similar to Yun'southward.

He, Rolento, Oni, Urien and Necalli all have the stardom of being able to always collaborate with defeated opponents in the series (by walking up to his opponent and stomping on the opponent's head).

G's alternate story costume bears a striking resemblance to Q'southward garb. Both wearing a trench coat with a push up shirt and tie, gloves, and a metal mask over the face. The most notable difference between the 2 however is that in Q's case, the mask is more like a helmet, covering the entire head and only leaving a minor amount of his neck visible. Whilst G'south mask and is black, covers merely the face, showing the sides and back of his head. Q's coat is also much longer than Thousand's, extending down by the knees whilst Thousand's reaches but under halfway down the thigh.
- The 15th color scheme of this costume has the aforementioned colors as Q's normal costume in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. In the costume'south in-game clarification in Shadaloo C.R.I., Sgt. Ashida says "Wearing that creepy mask and that trench glaze, he could be anyone. Await...Color fifteen...isn't that...a sure individual that the CIA is looking for...?!".
- Seemingly as a reference to Thousand's possible connections to Q as well, the music in Thou's trailer is a rap, referencing the musical aesthetic of Q'southward but appearance in the series, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike.
- Many of G's moves are very like to Q's, with a few noticeable differences; K does not autumn over when executing his heavy kicks, Q's taunt has become K'due south V-Skill, Chiliad Smash Over/Under are executed similarly to the Dashing Straight/Dashing Leg Attack respectively, and One thousand Impact resembles Capture & Deadly Accident when G has no levels of Presidentiality, but becomes the Deadly Double Combination with ane boosted uppercut afterward the two-handed slam when used with full Presidentiality.

Q's fighting stance strongly resembles and is possibly inspired past Anakaris' own fighting stance from young man Capcom fighting game series Darkstalkers.

Phase Themes [ ]

The Theme Of Q - Street Fighter three tertiary Strike OST (HQ)

Theme of Q - Bundled

Street Fighter 3 Third Strike Online Edition - Theme of Q Remix

See besides [ ]

Q's moves in Street Fighter Three: 3rd Strike

References [ ]

↑ ^1.0 ^one.1 ^1.2 ^one.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^{1.half dozen} ^1.7 ^1.8 Street Fighter: Globe Warrior Encyclopedia Hardcover
↑ ^2.0 ^two.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^two.four ^ii.v ^2.half-dozen ^two.7 ^2.eight ^2.9 Street Fighter 5 Character Encyclopedia: Q
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Street Fighter V Character Encyclopedia: Wayne Nakamura
↑ https://twitter.com/Yoshi_OnoChin/status/698710352704499718
↑ https://streetfighter.fandom.com/wiki/File:HDPVRPRO60_20190911_233509_011.JPG

Street Fighter series Playable Characters
Main Series
		Ken · Ryu
	The World Warrior	Blanka · Chun-Li · Dhalsim · E. Honda · Guile · Zangief
	Champion Edition	Balrog · Grand. Bison · Sagat · Vega
	Super	Cammy · Dee Jay · Fei Long · T. Hawk
	Super Turbo	Akuma
	Ultra	Violent Ken
	Alpha	Adon · Baboon · Charlie Nash · Dan · Guy · Rose · Sodom
	Blastoff 2	Evil Ryu · Gen · Rolento · Sakura · Shin Akuma
	Blastoff 3	Cody · Juli · Juni · Karin · R. Mika
	Blastoff 3 Upper	Eagle · Maki
	Alpha 3 MAX	Ingrid
	New Generation	Alex · Dudley · Elena · Ibuki Necro · Oro · Sean · Yang · Yun
	2d Impact	Gill · Hugo · Urien
	3rd Strike	Makoto · Q · Remy · Twelve
	Four	Abel · C. Viper · El Fuerte · Gouken · Rufus · Seth
	Super	Hakan · Juri
	Arcade Edition	Oni
	Ultra	Decapre · Poison
	V	F.A.N.M · Laura · Necalli · Rashid
	Flavour 2	Abigail · Ed · Kolin · Menat · Zeku
	Flavour 3	Falke · G
	Season four	Kage · Lucia
	Season v	Akira · Eleven · Luke
Spin-offs
		Arkane · Blade · F7 · Khyber · Sawada
		Cyborg
	EX	Allen · Blair · C. Jack · Darun · D. Dark Hokuto · Kairi · Pullum · Skullomania
	EX Plus	Bloody Hokuto · Cycloid-β · Cycloid-γ · Garuda
	EX2	Hayate · Nanase · Shadowgeist · Sharon
	EX2 Plus	Area · V. Rosso
	EX3	Ace · Bison II
	MSHvSF	Cyber-Akuma · Nighttime Sakura · Mech-Zangief · Shadow
	MvC	Shadow Lady
		Shin

Street Fighter Three Characters
New Generation	Alex · Dudley · Elena · Ibuki · Ken · Necro · Oro · Ryu · Sean · Yang · Yun
2nd Impact	Akuma · Gill · Hugo · Shin Akuma · Urien
tertiary Strike	Chun-Li · Makoto · Q · Remy · Twelve

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