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[[Image:Birdie.JPG|right|Birdie|thumb|200px|Birdie]]
[[Image:sf_birdie_pose_1.gif|left|Birdie in his fighting pose.]]
'''Birdie''' is a [[video game character]] from [[Capcom]]'s ''[[Street Fighter]]'' series of [[fighting game]]s.










== Vital Statistics ==
*'''Fighting style:'''— Wrestling and Street Fighting
*'''Birthplace:'''— England
*'''Height:'''— 7' 1" (216cm)
*'''Weight:'''— 245 lbs. (111kg)
*'''3 sizes:'''— B156, W102, H106
*'''Blood type:'''— O
*'''Special Skill:'''— Gluttony, Criminality
*'''Likes:'''— Beer, Beef Jerky, Making Money
*'''Dislikes:'''— Children, Police

==Story==
Before his criminal career, Birdie was a [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]], [[tag team|teaming]] with occasional rival Titanic Tim (of [[Saturday Night Slam Masters]] fame) as the "500 Million Trillion Powers."  When his wrestling career ended, he became a street fighter.

His notoriety got him invited to the first World Warrior tournament. When it came time to fight, Birdie was suffering from a particularly nasty strain of [[influenza|flu]], and lost his fight with [[Ryu (Street Fighter)|Ryu]] easily (thus explaining his pale skin(see trivia).

Despite this setback, Birdie rose up the ladder of criminal success, and he eventually got windbecame aware of an organization called [[Shadoloo]].   He managed to catch its attention and get inuse his criminal notoriety to join them. 

He snuck into a Shadoloo data room and discovered something, not knowing that [[M. Bison]], (ruler of the organization), was watching him. TWhat somethingBirdie discovered was the Psycho Drive, and h machine. He decided to find ithis machine, and use it to overthrow Bison and become lord of Shadoloo himself. Bison sent [[Balrog (Street Fighter)|Balrog]] to kill Birdie, but Birdie told him about the Psycho Drive and that they could use to it become powerful.  Unfortunately, withhindered by Balrog's incompetence, Birdie couldn't find the Drive before it blew up.

Birdie likely remained with Shadoloo until it finally collapsed, and is either back on the street or in [[prison|jail]] by now.

==Appearance==

Birdie is a hulking figure with dyed blonde hair, a leather jacket, several rings, and oddly pointed shoes. His unusual looking shoes are more common to [[punks]] in [[Japan]], rather than Birdie's native [[England]].

In his ''Street Fighter Alpha'' ending, Birdie's cattle skull beltbuckle is replaced with a Shadoloo symbol.


Birdie has a tatoo of a red heart on the side of his head. In the ''Udon'' Street Fighter comic book series, the other members of Bridie's entourage have tatoos consisting of a spade, a diamond, and a club, completing a "deck of cards" theme.




==Trivia==
* In the Original [[Street Fighter]] game, Birdie was a [[Caucasian]] male noted for standing much taller than Ryu, in later games he is [[retconned]] to be of African descent and stands in a hunched pose. This discrepancy is commically explained in Birdie's ''Street Fighter Alpha 3'' win quote in which he states that he used to be pale because he was sick.
* In the ''Street Fighter Alpha'' games, Birdie was supposed to threaten his opponents with the Japanese taunt ''shi ne'' meaning "die" or "go to hell". Because "hell" was considered too strong a word, the final translation ended up being "go to heaven". Therefore, when Birdie executes his special techniques, he is uncharacteristally well-mannered in his threats.⏎
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