Eagle


 * "I'm very glad. Ha ha ha!"
 * —Eagle

Eagle(イーグル) is a character in the Street Fighter fighting game series. He is named after the Golfing term "Eagle." The other British character from the first Street Fighter; Birdie is also named after a golf term.

Story
Eagle was born in the UK. A cold-blooded individual, Eagle is a bouncer who was employed as a newly-rich noble family's bodyguard during the first World Warrior tournament. He was hired to defeat Sagat, but was unsuccessful and returned to the bar scene, eventually becoming a living legend.

In Street Fighter Alpha 3, in a possibly non-canon story, Eagle seeks to perfect the beauty and find a perfect duel to match his fighting style. He finds Guile and, knowing he is the bravest and strongest fighter in the Air Force, wants to test him. Guile refuses and wastes his time but overall they fight nonetheless. After Eagle wins their match, he wants know what's Guile mission. Guile tells him he is on a mission to stop Shadaloo and has heard rumors about Sagat joining them. Once Eagle hears this, he decides to find the Muay Thai King in order to test his long-time rival. Finally he finds Sagat and finds it unfitting to see the Muay Thai King reduced to a Shadaloo goon and they fight. Eagle then finds Bison is intrigued to see Sagat defeated by him. Eagle fights Bison and Eagle emerges the victor. Guile asks him to help do one more thing; rescue Charlie and destroy the Psycho Driver. While they infiltrate Shadowloo's headquarters, they find Charlie trapped in the Psycho Drive Power Plant. Eagle then destroys the machine with his perfected fighting skills and saves Charlie from harm. Eagle is excited that he had the chance to be back on the battlefield and thanks Guile, Chun-Li, and Charlie for the experience.

Appearance
Eagle is a tall, muscular fighter with blond hair arranged in a pompadour. In the original Street Fighter, Eagle's outfit consisted of a tuxedo without the jacket, a bow tie, and suspenders. However, in Capcom vs. SNK 2 and the PSP and GBA versions of SFA3, he wears a white dress shirt with a red ascot tie, black pants, white gloves, and of course, his braces (suspenders). His pomp, braces (suspenders), and formal dress make Eagle some sort of mixed counter-culture counterpart to Birdie, a punk.

Stage Theme
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Trivia

 * He is one of the first characters to wield a weapon in the series, having clubs, the other character being Geki with his claws.
 * Of all the characters in the original Street Fighter, Eagle is the only one whose second appearance would not be within the Street Fighter II or Street Fighter Alpha series. In his case, it was Capcom vs. SNK 2. He did, however, join the SFA series afterwards in the GBA and PSP version of Street Fighter Alpha 3.
 * Eagle appeared in the pages of Masahiko Nakahira's Street Fighter Alpha manga years before his actual comeback in the games. The same happened with Maki in the Sakura Ganbaru manga. Both made their comeback in Capcom vs. SNK 2 with slight redesigns inspired by their manga appearances..
 * Eagle has the same fighting style like Mr. Big from the King of Fighters series possessing some attributes alike.
 * Each of Eagle's special/super moves are named after a British city, locale, or historical reference.
 * Canterbury Blue
 * Liverpool White
 * Manchester Gold
 * St. Andrews Green
 * Oxford Red
 * Union Jack Platinum
 * In the original Street Fighter, Eagle's stage is in front of a castle (presumably that of the noble family he works as a bodyguard for) standing in British countryside and overlooking a lake in a valley. The English castle background from Street Fighter II - i.e., the background where Cammy fights - is reminiscent of Eagle's background.
 * Dudley also wears a tuxedo and hails from England; as well as having the same characteristic of being gentlemen and upholding chivalrous values. Necro is completely different from Eagle in terms of visual appearance, but two of Necro's special moves (i.e., Flying Viper and Tornado Hook) are highly reminiscent of Eagle's moves from the original Street Fighter.
 * According to a win quote from CAPCOM vs SNK 2 it is suspected that Eagle is homosexual, but the game itself in non-canon, its just a spin-off. This was never proven in any canon games.