Decapre

"Execute. (処刑する.)"

- Decapre (Street Fighter IV series)

Decapre (ディカープリ) is a character in the Street Fighter series. Originally appearing along with the rest of the Dolls during the introduction of Juli and Juni's boss battle in Street Fighter Alpha 3, she also appeared numerous times in the UDON Street Fighter comics before making her playable debut in Ultra Street Fighter IV.

Her name is derived from the Russian word for December, Dekabr (декабрь).

Appearance
Originally from Russia, her appearance resembles Cammy, albeit with the Shadaloo Doll outfit and a blue-gray metal mask. Her hair is blonde, and is styled in the same long pigtails as Cammy. Her face is shown to be burned on the left side, hence the mask. Decapre wears a pair of retractable daggers that are significantly larger than Vega's claw.

In Street Fighter V during Cammy's prologue, she was seen wearing a dark blue sleeveless catsuit which it reveals her upper back and black boots. Her retractable daggers that wields is now only one instead of pair.

Personality
Like Juni and Juli before her, she was "programmed" for total obedience; however, she takes this to an extreme, and exhibits very strange 'robotic' mannerisms, often speaking in the form of verbal commands and making observations about the various characters she defeats (e.g. she notes that Ryu is "mostly retrievable" if she defeats him, but considers Evil Ryu as "disqualified", likely referring to Bison's plans for him). Decapre is also quite violent and unstable; Ryu's winquote against her notes that while Decapre does not hesitate in battle, she seems to tremble for the duration.

Her speech patterns are similar to that of Urien, as they evoke a similar, single-minded "kill and destroy" mentality, though Decapre's speech patterns are due to her degrading mental state. She also has an extreme hatred of Cammy, which drives her to escape her stasis pod and hunt her down.

Super Street Fighter IV OVA
Decapre, along with the other Dolls, is attacked by Juri in a secret Shadaloo mountain base and is easily defeated. She is placed in a stasis pod and loaded onto a plane alongside the other Dolls by Juri who takes them to Seth at an unknown location for him to perform experiments on. These stasis pods can be seen later in the Street Fighter IV series in Seth's Crumbling Laboratory stage, although the identities of the occupants are not clearly visible.

Ultra Street Fighter IV
Decapre is awakened from an induced slumber within a stasis pod by S.I.N. employees, who release her from M. Bison's mental control. As she awakens, Decapre has flashbacks of being taken away by Shadaloo. She also has flashbacks about Cammy as well. In a fit of hatred-induced rage, she uses her daggers to smash open the stasis pod and leaves, vowing to kill Cammy.

Decapre nonetheless pursues her prime directive, which is to kill Seth. After she defeats him, while standing over his unconscious body preparing to "complete termination of prime objective", she is interrupted by Cammy. Decapre once again goes beserk and attacks Cammy, determined to kill her, but is suddenly incapacitated by the failure of her rapidly expiring body. As Cammy tries to help her, Decapre removes her mask, revealing her horribly scarred face and the source of her hatred.

M. Bison then appears and tells Cammy that it was never a coincidence, and that Decapre is going to die as a result of a "dead man's switch" (previously mentioned in Juli and Juni's ending in Street Fighter Alpha 3) installed in her, with her mind slowly deteriorating from having broken free of M. Bison's control. As Bison speculates about a potential bargain for her life, Decapre decides to hold out her hand to Cammy and tells Cammy that it's alright, similar to what Cammy said to Decapre before she was taken to her stasis pod; M. Bison then takes Decapre away. Back in her stasis pod, Decapre then says in her thoughts; "It's alright. Your big sister is right here.".

Street Fighter V
In Cammy's prologue story, she fights against Decapre at some point.

UDON comics
In the comic book series, Decapre is directly related to Cammy as a kind of prototype, which Cammy discovers upon raiding a Shadaloo research facility. She encounters Decapre and notes that Decapre is using the same moves as her.

During the brawl, Decapre's mask is knocked off her face, revealing that she looks identical to Cammy, though half her face appears to be covered by grotesque burns. Her mask is more reminiscent of Vega's, with no visible mouth and simply two glowing red eye slits; she also fights with a steel claw similar to Vega's.

Gameplay and fighting style
Decapre's strategy revolves around her great speed and unpredictable cross-ups, along with the use of her Psycho Power-infused daggers. Similar to her fellow Doll Juni, many of her moves require charge motions, making her the first new charge character Capcom has created since Q and Remy in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike.

Decapre has similar attacks to her fellow Dolls, though she also utilizes a unique attack, dubbed "Scramble", to mix up her opponent in a variety of ways. Each version "teleports" her a short distance in a different angle towards the opponent, with the light version going across the ground, medium going up at about a 40 degree angle, and heavy going up at about 75 degree angle. Her two ultra combos, Psycho Stream, and DCM are two very different ultras, each being better for different situations, making Decapre a well qualified candidate for an "Ultra Combo Double" playstyle. Psycho Stream is a slow moving projectile manifested by her psycho power that produces small knockback that, if done correctly, combos into her Air Throw. It is very similar, if not identical to how Dhalsim's Ultra Combo "Yoga Catastrophe" works. Her second Ultra on the other hand, is a fast moving dash attack that goes about 90% of the screen. This move also has an anti-air variation which works the same as her ground version, but can only hit airborne opponents.

Quotes

 * See: Decapre/Quotes

Trivia

 * Decapre is the first playable female character to hail from Russia in the Street Fighter series.


 * Her theme is a twisted alternative remix of Cammy's theme. This is possibly to highlight her failing mental stability, and her connection to Cammy.


 * Decapre is the first and only character in the Street Fighter IV series who can combo into her normal air throw.


 * In the background of her USFIV art, Juni and Juli and some other unclear Dolls can be seen in capsules.


 * Akuma's win quote against her indicates that he may be one of the few characters that know about Decapre, despite having absolutely no involvement with the conflict of S.I.N and Shadaloo.


 * Decapre, Crimson Viper and Juri have many similarities:
 * They made their first appearances in the Street Fighter IV series and all act as rivals to Cammy.
 * At some point, each has played the role of a villain, and has been involved with Shadaloo and S.I.N (as an undercover agent, in Viper's case).


 * Decapre shares all but four of her Personal Actions with the other Dolls. Personal Actions 2, 4, 5, and 6 are from Cammy, while Juni and Juli's taunt from their playable appearances is recreated in Personal Actions 3 and 8.


 * When Decapre's unmasked face was shown in the comics before (see Gallery), her face was more grievously scarred, with burns reaching down to her chin and the corner of her mouth. Her in-game appearance lessens the severity of the burns, which are completely concealed under her new, mouth-revealing mask.

Gallery
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