Eagle

Eagle
Characteristics
Height	6'0" (183 cm)
Weight	165 lbs (75 kg)
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Blond
Personal
First Game	Street Fighter
Birthdate	December 31, 1953
Birthplace	England
Fighting style	Singlestick
Likes	Roast Beef, being a gentleman
Dislikes	Ungentlemanly behavior, unrefined fellows
Rival(s)	Guile, Sagat
Skills	Golf (handicap 0)
Moveset	St. Andrew's Green, Liverpool White, Manchester Black, Canterbury Blue, Oxford Red

"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 to know what's Guile's 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 Shadaloo'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 dinner suit 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

• Starting with his Capcom Vs. SNK 2 incarnation, it is apparent that Eagle had been made into an homage to the late Queen frontman, Freddie Mercury. Other than him resembling a blonde version of Mercury, some of his quotes are remniscent of his. This has lead to speculation that since Mercury was homosexual, Eagle is as well. This is backed up by several of his Japanese winquotes, which seem to indicate that he is gay.
• 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 as an opponent seemingly killed by Adon. 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..
• After fighting Adon in Street Fighter Alpha 3, Eagle says "So little has changed since I saw you last...", a reference to the fact that both were in the original Street Fighter, and that neither have been in the same game until then.
  • Eagle and Adon haven't been in the same game since.
• 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.
• 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 dinner suit 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.
• In Capcom vs SNK 2 and Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max it shows that Eagle and Zangief have some sort of rivalry before they fight. However this can be proven Non-Canon since Eagle has never had any real history after the First Street Fighter and Zangief has never had any story ties with Eagle.

Gallery

Eagle artwork for Street Fighter.

Eagle from Street Fighter

Eagle portait from Street Fighter

Eagle from SFA3

Eagle portait from Street Fighter Alpha 3

Eagle's stage in Street Fighter

Sprites

See Also

Eagle's moves in Street Fighter Alpha 3