Tina Armstrong

Tina Armstrong, also known as Superstar of a Thousand Dreams, Superstar of Women's Wrestling, Women's Wrestling Superstar, The Superstar, All American Beauty! and Star Tina, is a character from the Dead or Alive series.
== Charactah Account ==
A professional wrestler with dreams of fame, Tina joins the Dead or Alive Tournament in the hopes of getting noticed by the right people. So far she's been (aside from a wrestler) a top model, a Hollywood action movie star, and a rock star, and as of current, aims to be a governor. She's best friends with Lisa Hamilton, fends off Zack whenever he tries to hit on her, and has a rocky relationship with her overprotective dad Bass, who Tina tries to avoid as much as possible.
Tina is extroverted, strong-willed, and hard-headed, allegedly taking after her father Bass in the latter traits. She also seems to take fighting seriously. Tina, adhering to the concept of the American dream, is a girl with big dreams and will do anything to achieve them, no matter who or what tries to stop her. Following her motto "success breeds success," Tina aims high in everything she does, especially in her career goals, and is frequently entering a new profession to the point of being unrealistic. She is a tough dreamer and hates it when people (especially her strict and overprotective father) tell her what she can and can't do, showing her independent outlook. However, she seems to recognize that she is gutsy and aggressive, saying that she inherited this personality trait from Bass. She is also implied to be a cowgirl who was born and raised in Texas possibly in the countryside.
On the other hand, Tina does have a kind and soft side as shown in Dead or Alive 5 when she tells Mila that pretty girls shouldn't fight or helps by sparring not long after they meet. She also indicated that she cared about the well being of children, which acted as another reason for her deciding to run for Governor (although she was forced to give up on that goal when she learned from Zack that she was legally too young to run). In addition, she also allowed Honoka a free match against her, and was genuinely impressed enough with Honoka that she even offered her an opportunity to fight again in the next tournament.
== Appearance ==
=== Video Games ===
* Dead or Alive
* Dead or Alive 2
* Dead or Alive 2 Hardcore
* Dead or Alive 2 Ultimate
* Dead or Alive 3
* Dead or Alive 4
* Dead or Alive 5
* Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
* Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate
* Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate Arcade
* Dead or Alive 6
* Dead or Alive Dimensions
* Dead or Alive M
* Dead or Alive Online
* Dead or Alive Paradise
* Dead or Alive Ultimate
* Dead or Alive Xtreme 2
* Dead or Alive Xtreme 3
* Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball
* Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation
* Samurai & Dragons
== Trivia ==
* It's heavily presumed that Tina is from the southern region of the United States due to her cowgirl-themed costumes and recognizably southern accent in English translations.
** On the English page for Tecmo's old official site for the first game, it claims that Tina is originally hailed from Kansas City, although given that the stories on the page do not match the actual story of the characters, actually being an attempt to localize the game at the time, may not be true.
** Itagaki in the Dead or Alive History -Team Ninja Freaks- book stated that he intended for Tina to be from the state of Texas.
* Due to her sex appeal, Tina won 2 awards on G4's Video Game Vixens TV show back in 2005: "Dirtiest Dancer" and "Video Game Vixen of the Year." Plus, she was #14 in UGO Networks' "Top 50 Videogame Hotties" list in 2010, and IGN featured her in their "Videogame Babe of the Day" series in 2006.
* Throughout the series, Tina has been shown to own convertibles, as she drives a pink convertible in Bass' Dead or Alive 3 ending, and owns a red convertible in Dead or Alive 5.
* Tina is the only character in the series to have a complete hair color change. Starting off as a brunette in the first game, and then going blonde throughout the rest of the series.
** Tina originally was going to be a killer dancer, with her concept design in this stage even depicting her as a slight redhead with lingerie, tanned skin, and also flipping the bird.
** Interestingly, given her rebellious attitude with her father Bass, Tina's hair color change is similar to a Japanese social taboo, where kids dying their hair blonde was a sign of rebellion due to blonde being considered a stereotypical representation of Western/American culture.
* Even though Tina was not in Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 during its initial release, her Japanese voice can sometimes be heard shouting "Nice Spike" instead of the assigned partner's voice due to a glitch, implying that she was intended to be included during early development.
** Tina is, however, going to appear in the Dead or Alive Xtreme Pachinko machine, and also for Xtreme Venus Vacation, debuting in the DMM and Japanese Steam version on January 28, 2022, as well as February 3, 2022 in the Singapore Steam and Johren version with the latter. This also makes her the second girl to debut earlier in the Steam version, after Nagisa.
* Tina is the only character in Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate and Last Round to show her gravure as her training.
* When playing Arcade Mode on Legend difficulty in Dead or Alive 5, Tina will always appear as the final opponent on stage 8, even if she has already been fought at a previous stage.
* During the 4th anniversary livestream for Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation, Sakuta announced that Tina would be released by early 2022 around Spring to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the overall franchise, with her release date later announced as January 28, 2022. A twitter post released on November 28, 2021 indicated that Tina's development had just started as of that post, while a twitter post released on December 27, 2021 indicated that they had just designed at least one of her SSR suits. Additionally, Tina’s Japanese voice actor also confirms her character is currently in development for the said gacha game.
** On a similar note, in a Famitsu poll for who people would want to have included in Xtreme Venus Vacation in the leadup to the game's fourth anniversary, Tina won second place, being beaten out only by NiCO. She is also the only one whose release dates between the Singapore Steam/Johren versions and DMM/Japanese Steam versions were very close together (only being separated by a week).
** Befitting the series' 25th anniversary, Tina is the last girl from the first Dead or Alive game to be added to Venus Vacation.
** During GameWatch's coverage for the 4.5 anniversary of Xtreme Venus Vacation, Sakuta elaborated on the reasons behind her inclusion. In particular, he decided to ultimately include her after they received encouraging responses to add in the original series girls during the 3rd anniversary, with the 25th anniversary also acting as further motivation. In addition, Tina's inclusion also resulted in a joint effort between the Japanese and overseas teams to ensure she was well received for both old and new fans.
* Tina is the fourth girl to not use honorifics for the Boss, after Misaki, Nanami and Elise, and the second to not be Japanese, after Elise. It's implied in her case that her lack of honorifics tied directly to her American nationality.
* In prior Xtreme games, Tina's favorite food was mentioned to be Seafood, while in Paradise, it was mentioned to be Donuts and Coffee. Both were incorporated into Xtreme Venus Vacation, with Donuts and Coffee in particular being specified to be her favorite beverage. On a similar note, the seafood aspect was specified further in the Japanese version to be Thetad, otherwise known as lobster tail.
* As part of promoting her appearance in Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation, Tina briefly took over for Misaki on the Twitter account with it being stated in-universe that she wished to boost her SNS rating. Some of the posts entailed questionnaires, one of which requesting the specific category for her next suit (cute, cool, sporty or cosplay), while another asked about where they wished to take pictures of her, and the last asked if they were willing to do sexy poses with her.
* Tina is the seventh girl to explicitly give the Owner her measurements, after Nagisa, Monica, Sayuri, Tsukushi, Nanami, and Elise. She is also the second girl to willingly provide her measurements with no hesitation, after Elise.
* According to her self-introduction episode, Tina had at least one social media account, although she eventually relegated it to staff due to not being particularly impressed with how constantly updating it turned out to be until the Owner suggested she personally post her journey in the Venus Festival.
* Tina is apparently fond of dancing, as can be inferred by her gravures in the Xtreme series, including her tenth gravure in Xtreme Venus Vacation. This is also supported by the beginning of her fourth debut event episode where she was seen dancing in the beginning during her welcoming party.
* Tina is the second girl in Xtreme Venus Vacation to have a paid collab suit, after Elise. In her case, her suit is modeled after Katsuragi from Senran Kagura (which was based on Tina's Katsuragi DLC outfit from Dead or Alive 5 Last Round).
** On a similar note, Tina being the main challenger of the SSS match (provided the player doesn't use Tina in their team) of the Hanzo Girls Academy match block is most likely a reference to Katsuragi being affiliated with the group in Shinobi Versus.
** Tina is also the first DOAXVV add-on girl to have her 2nd Star Gacha SSR debut in the Singapore Steam version instead of in the DMM version (as it was unveiled as part of the former's 3rd anniversary livestream), as well as the first to have an episode besides her live change episode unlocked upon its acquisition (in this case, an Extra Episode called Private Show that reuses one of Nyotengu's gravures involving a chair at the pole dance area). She does not actually say anything in this video.
** Tina is tied in the DMM version with Nagisa, Kanna, Elise, and Shandy as having the second most SSR debut suits (not counting birthday suits), having three total (including her Katsuragi attire). Only Leifang has more. Her Katsuragi outfit was not included in the Singapore Steam version.
* Tina is the first girl to have a significant amount of time (two months or more) between her first and second star gacha suits (taking from late January-early February to mid-to-late April/early May to debut), which would later be repeated with Amy (whose first paid SSR debuted in early April while her second paid SSR debuted in mid-to-late July 2022).
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== External Links ==
* Tina Armstrong at Dead or Alive Wiki
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