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#REDIRECT [[Characters of the Street Fighter series#T. Hawk]] |
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{{about|the [[Street Fighter (video game)|Street Fighter]] character|other uses|Thunderhawk (disambiguation)}} |
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{{Infobox character |
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| name = Thunder Hawk |
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| image = T. Hawk SSFIV.png |
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| caption = T. Hawk in ''[[Super Street Fighter IV]]'' |
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| series = [[Street Fighter]] |
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| first = ''[[Super Street Fighter II]]'' (1993) |
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| last = ''[[Street Fighter IV]]'' (2008) |
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| designer = |
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| voice = {{Collapsible list|title=[[English language|English]] |
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|[[Steve Blum]] (''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'') |
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|[[Paul Dobson (actor)|Paul Dobson]] (animated series) |
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|[[David Vincent (actor)|David Vincent]] (''Super Street Fighter IV'')}} |
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{{Collapsible list|title=[[Japanese language|Japanese]] |
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|[[Shōzō Iizuka]] (''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'', ''Street Fighter Alpha 3'') |
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|[[Tōru Nara]] (''Super Street Fighter IV'')}} |
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| portrayer = [[Gregg Rainwater]] |
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| origin = {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mexico]] |
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| nationality = [[Mexicans|Mexican]] |
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}} |
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{{nihongo|'''Thunder Hawk'''|サンダー・ホーク|Sandā Hōku}}, commonly known as '''T. Hawk''', is a fictional character in the ''[[Street Fighter]]'' series. He made his first appearance in the 1993's ''[[Super Street Fighter II]]'' as one of the four new characters introduced in the game. In the series, he is a [[Indigenous peoples of Mexico|Native American]] warrior from Mexico whose ancestral homeland was taken over by [[M. Bison|Shadaloo]], forcing him into exile. Critical commentary of T. Hawk has focused on the portrayal of the character's heritage as an [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous person of the Americas]]. |
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==Development== |
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During the development of ''Super Street Fighter II'', T. Hawk was named "[[Geronimo]]", but it was changed after an American staff member <!--Whoever keeps adding Steve Patton, please add a citation. The staff member is never mentioned by name in the All About Capcom book.-->suggested that the name "Geronimo" might be seen as racially offensive.<ref name=aac275>''All About Capcom Head-to-Head Fighting Games 1987–2000'', pg. 275</ref> T. Hawk's hairstyle was also changed from an [[Elvis Presley|Elvis-style haircut]] to something more consistent with his heritage on the suggestion of a staffer from Capcom's US office named Steve Patton, who is of Native American heritage.<ref name="Undisputed"/> |
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T. Hawk was introduced as the second "grappler" style character in the series; he is much quicker and more maneuverable than the series' other large type characters such as [[Zangief]] and [[Sagat (Street Fighter)|Sagat]], in spite of his massive frame.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ugo.com/games/ssf4-preview |title=Super Street Fighter 4 |publisher=UGO.com |date=2010-01-24 |access-date=2014-02-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130205345/http://www.ugo.com/games/ssf4-preview |archive-date=2010-01-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamesradar.com/super-street-fighter-iv-2/?page=2 |title=Page 2 - Page 2 - Super Street Fighter IV |publisher=GamesRadar |date=2013-06-14 |access-date=2014-02-08}}</ref> Moves such as the long-range "Condor Dive" are examples where his primary strategic aim does not involve grabbing an opponent up close.<ref name="Undisputed">{{cite book |last1= Henderstot|first1= Steve |last2=Lapetino |first2=Tim |title=Undisputed Street Fighter: The Art And Innovation Behind The Game-Changing Series |date=November 15, 2017 |publisher=[[Dynamite Entertainment]] |isbn= 978-1-52410-469-6|page=142}}</ref> |
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==Appearances== |
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===In video games=== |
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T. Hawk is one of the four new characters introduced in ''Super Street Fighter II''. He is a member of the fictional Thunderfoot [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous American]] clan, whose homeland was taken over 30 years before the events of the game by M. Bison, who also murdered his father, Arroyo Hawk. Thunder Hawk enters the tournament to reclaim his homeland from Bison. T. Hawk has always been billed as originating from Mexico. His backstory states that he was born in the [[Sonoran desert]] and that he resides in the [[Monte Albán]] plains.<ref name=aac316>''All About Capcom Head-to-Head Fighting Games 1987-2000'', pg. 316.</ref><ref name=aac327>''All About Capcom Head-to-Head Fighting Games 1987-2000'', pg. 327.</ref> His second appearance as a playable character was in the home versions of ''[[Street Fighter Alpha 3]]'', in which he leaves his home village after the disappearances of some of the locals. His last opponent before fighting Bison is [[List of Street Fighter characters#Juli and Juni|Juli]], one of Bison's bodyguards. The girl T. Hawk is searching for is revealed to be Julia, who was captured and brainwashed into becoming one of Bison's assassins named Juli. T. Hawk again returns in ''[[Super Street Fighter IV]]''. He has regained his homeland following the events of the ''Street Fighter II'' series, but must fight Shadaloo once more, this time to rescue Julia, who has disappeared again. His rival is El Fuerte, who challenges him after a previous, as yet undisclosed defeat at T. Hawk's hands. |
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===Other appearances=== |
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In the 1994 live-action film version of ''[[Street Fighter (1994 film)|Street Fighter]]'', T. Hawk is played by [[Gregg Rainwater]] and is a military sergeant serving the Allied Nations Peacekeeping Force under [[Guile (Street Fighter)|Colonel Guile]]. In this version he is portrayed as a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]. |
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He also makes a small appearance in ''[[Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie]]'', in which he travels to America to seek out and defeat [[Ken Masters]]. During the fight, T. Hawk makes it clear that he has heard of [[Ryu (Street Fighter)|Ryu]], and though he appears enraged when Ken claims that he is not as challenging an opponent as Ryu, T. Hawk implies a desire to find and fight Ryu. Despite landing some good blows, T. Hawk is defeated, and he develops a new respect for Ken, but this brief fight is observed by one of Shadaloo's monitor cyborgs and provides Bison with information about Ken's backstory with Ryu, leading him to seek out and recruit Ken in Ryu's stead. |
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In the American cartoon series ''[[Street Fighter (cartoon)|Street Fighter]]'', T. Hawk's has temporarily quit the Street Fighters to work for Satin Hammer as an undercover agent. Unlike in the games, T. Hawk has the ability to fly in the first two episodes he appears in, but for unknown reasons, the power wears off later on. |
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==Reception== |
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Gavin Jasper from ''Den of Geek'' considered him to be lacking in interesting qualities while calling a version of the character in the ''Street Fighter'' cartoon a [[wikt:doofus|doofus]]. He further described his existence in the series as part of a mid-’1990s [[fad]] of [[Tokenism|including token]] Native American characters in popular media.<ref name=DOG>{{cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/games/street-fighter-characters-ranked/|title=Street Fighter Characters Ranked|publisher=Den of Geek|author=Gavin Jasper|date=February 22, 2019|access-date=December 28, 2020}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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{{Street Fighter series}} |
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[[Category:Action film characters]] |
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[[Category:Capcom protagonists]] |
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[[Category:Fictional indigenous peoples in Mexico]] |
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[[Category:Fictional Native American people]] <!-- only in film, not in video games --> |
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[[Category:Male characters in video games]] |
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[[Category:Video game characters introduced in 1993]] |
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