Alex

Alex (アレックス, Arekkusu) is a character in the Street Fighter series. He first appeared in Street Fighter III, and is the game's protagonist. He also appears in 2nd Impact and 3rd Strike, as well as Capcom Fighting Evolution and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom. He is voiced by Michael Sommers (New Generation & Second Impact) and Patrick Gallagan (3rd Strike).

Street Fighter III
He hasn't been with his parents since he was a little kid, and his current family consists of his father's friend Tom and Tom's teenage daughter Patricia, all three of them living under the same roof. Alex trains daily at Tom's gym, having learned everything he knows about fighting from Tom himself. Tom, being a military veteran and a renowned refiner of fighting moves, often visits military bases as well as maintaining his own gym. Alex entered the third World Warrior tournament because its sponsor, Gill, had seriously injured his best friend and mentor/father figure Tom, even though Tom had told him Gill had won fairly. Tom allowed him to go, letting him make his own decision. Alex won every match and then faced Gill. Although he defeated Gill, Alex did not have a chance to kill him, and he went home, to find Tom fully recovered.

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
With thoughts of revenge no longer clouding his mind, Alex encountered Ryu, who offered a match with him. Ryu won, with Alex being unable to counter any of his blows. Ryu encouraged Alex to hone his skills and seek out worthy opponents. Alex then became obsessed with fighting Ryu again. He eventually got his chance, but the outcome is currently unknown.

Appearance
Alex is an American from Manhattan, New York. Insensitive and a little abrasive, Alex's bold personality tends to get him in very hot water. He is loosely based on professional wrestler Hulk Hogan; his pre-fight intro where he rips off his vest is similar to Hogan's trademark entrance, and he has a special intro with Hugo that resembles the Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant staredown. He has long blonde hair and wears Camoflage green overalls as pants (straps down), same colored open fingered gloves. combat boots, and a wide red bandana. He also has a scar on both of his shoulders where his overall straps should be and red marks under his eyes, possibly facepaint. In his CFE ending, Alex is shown to wear camo green MMA shorts, along with what appears to be slate colored open fingered training boxing gloves. The event that Alex and Balrog/Bison (boxer) fought in shown in an arcade flier for SF3 New Generation is called the Vale Tudo Eternal Fighting (B.E.F). He is shown to wear the exact same attire as his CFE ending, except his trunks appear to have a red stripe designed along the each side.

Gameplay
Although he is Low Tier, 14th in ranking, he is an all-around type of character. Alex possesses both charge moves and rotational moves, with rushing attacks, aerial attacks and grapples. His size also allows him a good reach with his heavy punches and kicks. His speed is also surprising, given his size. However, he ranks low in the tier system due to the difficulty and unlikelihood of his setups.

Special Moves
Alex makes use of a Power Bomb similar in appearance and in execution to Zangief's Flying Power Bomb. He also uses a Spiral DDT in which he leaps at the opponent and grabs hold of them, spinning around them and slamming them headfirst into the ground, reminiscent of El Fuerte's lucha libre style. His Air Stampede consists of suddenly leaping into the air and landing feet-first on his opponent's head in a manner similar to, but with shorter range than M. Bison's trademark Head Stomp, with the same input. His Air Knee Smash sees him lumping diagonally forward knee-first, and is his anti-air move. Finally, he possesses the Flash Chop, in which he performs a short-range horizontal hand chop in a stationary position like real-life WWE wrestler Ric Flair's "Flair Chop", and a Slash Elbow, which is visually similar but has him rush forward before delivering the horizontal slash with the elbow instead of the side of the palm.

Super Arts
In keeping with his wrestling style, Alex's "Hyper Bomb" closely resembles Zangief's Final Atomic Buster, but with a Power Bomb at the end of the two suplexes instead of a Spinning Piledriver. His "Boomerang Raid" involves punching his opponent, then Flash Chopping, punching, Flash Chopping and finally suplexing them. His third Super Art, the "Stun Gun Headbutt", sees him jump a small distance towards his opponent and headbutting him/her four times, always leaving the opponent stunned after-wards.

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Trivia

 * In the SF3 Q&A from Gamest SF3 Fanbook, Alex's favorite move is stated to be the back drop.
 * The book also syas that he thinks about his parents from time to time, but still sees Tom and Patricia as his own flesh and blood family.
 * Contrary to what fans believe, Alex is a lot younger than he looks. Tom adopted him after his father died, so he's very likely in his early twenties.
 * There seems to be something special about Alex that concerns and later intrigues Gill.
 * Alex's mentor, Tom, bears a huge resemblance to French actor Jean Reno.
 * Alex bears resemblance to Biff from Capcom's Slam Masters, whose name in Japan is Aleksey Zalazof.
 * Alex is rumored to be one of the next characters to be revealed for Street Fighter X Tekken. A new stage set in New York has a picture of Alex on a billboard to the far right of the background, possibly teasing at his return. In recent news, Street Fighter X Tekken has released alternate costumes for each character, and Marduk 's costume is based of Hugo and King's alternate costume is based of Alex. Another hint from Capcom.