Charlie Nash

Charlie Nash is a character from the Street Fighter series.
== Charactah Account ==
Guile's dead combat buddy as mentioned whom was sent to investigate Shadaloo due to causing corruption in the military, as well as involvement in global drug trading. He eventually confronts Bison, but ends up dying by his hand, with each of the Alphagames giving possibilities as to his fate.
Depending on the game, he is either killed by Bison directly (Alpha 1), betrayed by his fellow Air Force unit and shot via helicopter before being sent careening off a Venezuelan waterfall (Alpha 2), or dies sacrificing himself to hold Bison off as his base explodes. It was strongly suggested that Charlie was still alive, as there was no trace of any bodies at the site where he presumably died. In addition, it was revealed that he was the one who rescued Abel from the Shadaloo base where he was being held.
And now, after over a decade and a half, Charlie returns as a playable character in Street Fighter V bearing a stitched-up body à la Frankenstein's Monster. It is revealed that his Alpha 2 ending is the canon one, and he survived the fall, being saved by a Russian woman named Helen. After learning of his betrayal, and the fact that he has been written off as dead by the military, Nash is left only with hatred and rage, swearing that he will kill Bison by any means necessary.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Street Fighter II V
=== Comics ===
* Street Fighter
* Street Fighter Unlimited
* Street Fighter V: The Life and Death(s) of Charlie Nash
* Street Fighter vs. Darkstalkers
=== Manga ===
* Street Fighter Alpha
* Street Fighter II
=== Video Games ===
* Cannon Spike
* Capcom Fighting Evolution
* Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
* Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes
* Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
* Puzzle Fighter
* Street Fighter Alpha
* Street Fighter Alpha 2
* Street Fighter Alpha 3
* Street Fighter IV
* Street Fighter V
* Street Fighter X Tekken
* Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
* Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
* X-Men vs. Street Fighter
== Trivia ==
* Nash's Street Fighter V seiyuu (Kōsuke Toriumi) previously voiced Fei Long in Street Fighter Alpha 3 and is the voice actor of Strider Hiryu from Capcom's Strider action platformer series.
* Like Guile, Charlie must have had some flight training, particularly with the AV-8B Harrier II in order to perform the Sonic Boom and Flash Kick.
* In the Mega Man Remix and the Mega Man Maniax mangas by Ariga Hitoshi, Charlie briefly appears as a news caster in several chapters. Instead of going by his Japanese name of Nash, he is simply called Charlie.
* Capcom character Dave the scientist, who is one of Devilotte's assistants in Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness, has a minor similar hair and facial appearance to Charlie.
* In the second promotional trailer for Street Fighter V, which focused on the return of Charlie as a playable character, the theme Nothing Can Keep Me Away from the album Epic Action & Adventure Vol. 10 is playing as the musical background.
* As the story of the Alpha series takes place in the late 1980's, his background story appears to tie in heavily with the controversial real life US Government endorsed nationwide campaign of the "War On Drugs"; though the agenda was well and alive throughout in the 20th Century, the war saw higher activity during upon the 1970's and the 1980's due to the flood of cocaine and crack cocaine, and the start of a youth awareness program series to warn the young of the alleged dangers recreational drugs could have. Furthermore, how Charlie is targeting infrastructural corruption regarding the military and drug pushing is reference to many allegations throughout the US that certain branches of the US Military and government bought mass quantities of cocaine from South American rebels regarding the rise of Communist and totalitarian regimes, and to support by funding them to overthrow said governments, but remains highly questionable in practice and effectiveness on retrospect; how Shadaloo's position is located in South America in the Alpha series strongly hints at this.
* According to Udon's Street Fighter V comic, The Life and Death(s) of Charlie Nash, it is possible that Charlie may be a man of religion.
* On his Street Fighter V character artwork, the statues in the background resemble those of Gill's stage from Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact.
* Charlie's Battle Outfit 1 in Street Fighter V has a color scheme that is possibly inspired by Gray Fox from Konami's Metal Gear series.
* Charlie also bears some physical similarities with Dean from the Final Fight games. Both wear military-inspired clothing, have similar fighting stances and have striking blond hairstyles. Dean also has a forelock similar to Charlie. Like Guy and Cody are the Final Fight counterparts to Ryu and Ken, Dean could be considered the Final Fight counterpart to Charlie.
* His Halloween costume in Street Fighter V is based on Victor from the Darkstalkers series, also made by Capcom. Dan even asks if he can shoot electricity now.
* His crossover costume in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition is Captain Commando from Capcom's beat 'em up game of the same name. Coincidentally his Tragedy Assault looks very similar to Captain Commando's "Captain Corridor". He even has a new move called "Justice Corridor".
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Charlie Nash at Street Fighter Wiki
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