Twelve

Twelve (トゥエルヴ) is a character in the Street Fighter series. He first appeared in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, and is voiced by Lawrence Bayne (in the English versions). A failed prototype of Twelve, known as Eleven, appears in Street Fighter V as a non-playable character.

Appearance
While he can theoretically take on virtually any form, Twelve's default appearance is a milky-white semisolid male humanoid. His body is generally smooth and featureless. His head is equally smooth and sloped like a helmet with a pair of thin, red eyes, covered by black veils, set above an expressionless, narrow mouth. Though he can alter his shape, the transformation is not perfect: he will maintain his coloring even on details such as clothing.

Personality
Twelve bears no active personality, usually copying his opponents' quips and uttering "target" and "complete". Beyond this, Twelve is only capable of expressing himself in a binary code cypher (00001 = A, 00010 = B, etc.). His winquotes, listed and translated below, imply a simplistic, aggressive and even thuggish personality, akin to that of an arrogant foot soldier.


 * 01011.01111 = (KO)
 * 01011.01001.01100.01100 = (KILL)
 * 10000.00001.01001.01110 = (PAIN)
 * 01100.01101.00001.01111 = (LMAO)
 * 00100.00101.00001.10100.01000 = (DEATH)
 * 00101.11010.01010.01111.00010 = (EZ JOB)
 * 00110.01001.01110.01001.10011.01000 = (FINISH)
 * 10100.01000.00101.00101.01110.00100 = (THE END)

In his rival battle against Necro however, Twelve is shown speaking in a normal manner. Twelve isn't without quirks in his personality, however. In one of his winposes he looks around to make sure he isn't being seen, jumps into the air, transforms his hands into wings and flies away while shouting 'woohoo!'.

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
Twelve is the ultimate result of Gill's "G-Project," a successor of Eleven and biological warfare operation headed by Dr. Wu and overseen by Gill's brother, Urien, whom Twelve considers to be his father. A mimetic genetic creation, Twelve is able to assume the forms of other people and change the shape of any part of his body to fit the task at hand. He is also extremely resistant to damage (which is not reflected in gameplay; he has the fourth lowest health of the entire Street Fighter III cast, after Akuma, Yun/Yang and Ibuki) and slavishly obedient, making him the perfect soldier.

Once Twelve was declared a success, mass production began, with over 500 copies known to exist, and the original was sent on a special mission: locate and retrieve Necro, the original G-Project prototype, and Effie, Necro's companion and the one who freed him from the laboratory. When Necro encounters Twelve, the latter is accompanied by several more of his "brothers" before he decides to fight Necro himself.

In his ending, Twelve is held in a containment unit back at the laboratory, along with a multitude of clones; some of the clones are lined up in formation beside the units. A pair of scientist carry on a conversation in front of the "main" Twelve's chamber; one of them looks into the chamber with a fond expression, which quickly turns to a devilish sneer. As he leaves, Twelve's hollow eyes suddenly gain red irises, hinting that he may have gained sentience.

Street Fighter V
Twelve serves a minor role in the plot of Street Fighter V, where he is used as a decoy for M. Bison prior to the events of A Shadow Falls.

Gameplay and Fighting Style
Twelve's unusual fighting style includes transforming and extending his limbs into multiple shapes, including axes, spikes, drills, and other weapons. He can create patagia on his limbs to glide, being the only character in Street Fighter III with an air dash, which can alter the arcs of his jumps. He can also "crawl" on the floor, allowing him to remain mobile while evading many ranged attacks. Twelve can also render himself transparent for a short time using his taunt, becoming invisible to the opponent's eyes. His X.C.O.P.Y. Super Art transforms him into a copy of the opponent, allowing him to use any of that characters' standard moves. He will even sound the same as the opponent he transforms into, although with a high-pitched gurgling voice.

Udon Comics
A Twelve clone appears in UDON's Super Street Fighter comics in both Volume One and Two. After M. Bison's death at Akuma's hands in the previous title via the Raging Demon, Twelve takes the form of M. Bison while in service of the Illuminati. Twelve has perfected his X.C.O.P.Y. move to a point, that his clothing appears to be the same colour scheme as M. Bison's. He does not speak in a gurgling voice either.

In Volume One, titled 'New Generation', Twelve's identity wasn't revealed. This drew some negative reception to Bison being depicted as servile to the Illuminati. Twelve aids in the capture of Ryu by attacking Sakura which distracts Ryu long enough for Urien to gain the upperhand in their previously stalemated fight. In the second volume, 'Hyper Fighting', Twelve's true identity is exposed when he takes a massive beatdown by Dark Sakura and followed shortly by Juri, causing him to malfunction. Twelve flees the scene, soon after.

Cameo Appearances
While 3rd Strike is the only game so far in which Twelve is a playable character, he has also appeared in SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash as a card, and in Urien's ending in Capcom Fighting Evolution.

Trivia

 * Twelve's abilities to turn his limbs into blades or other cutting weapons and to morph himself into his opponent may be inspired by the T-1000, the main antagonist from the science-fiction movie Terminator 2: The Judgment Day (1991).


 * When choosing to fight against him on the arcade machines, Twelve is misspelled as "Tweleve"; this typo was fixed in the game console ports.


 * When playing the SUV Bonus Stage, Twelve can attempt to copy the SUV with his X.C.O.P.Y Super Art; however, he will simply grab his head and scream. In addition to signaling that there is no point in doing so, this implies a limit to his transformation abilities, preventing him from transforming his entire body into an inanimate or non-biological object.


 * Cheking in the sound test reveals that all the Super Arts have the garbling effect (used when he's transformed via X.C.O.P.Y) recorded for them, possibly meaning that it was intended that the transformed Twelve was going to be able to use Super Arts.


 * During the development of the game, Twelve was originally going to morph into Abigail from the Final Fight series when using X.C.O.P.Y against Hugo.

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Quotes
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