Bass Armstrong

Bass Armstrong, also known as Mr. Strong, is a character from the Dead or Alive series.
== Charactah Account ==
A retired professional wrestler and father of Tina Armstrong, Bass enters the Dead or Alive Tournaments to stop Tina from dropping her title as a pro-wrestler to become a Hollywood sensation. The reason why is unknown, but some suspect that he made a promise to his deceased wife Alicia to protect Tina and make her into a woman of importance. He holds a job as an oil platform worker, which is how he knows Rig.
While working on his oil platform, he saw the announcement of the next DOA and Tina has returned to the wrestling ring. After reigniting his fighting spirit by fighting Rig, Bass returns to the wrestling ring, disguising himself as 'Mr. Strong'... which fails to fool anyone, but he still decided to embrace his old fans' cheering. He was unfortunately defeated by Jann Lee in the actual DOA tournament, and sometime later, the oil platform he worked on is destroyed but not after Bass and Rig evacuated every worker there. Unfortunately, he hadn't gotten ahold the information that Rig is actually Victor Donovan's son playing amnesiac.
== Appearance ==
=== Video Games ===
* Dead or Alive
* Dead or Alive++
* Dead or Alive 2
* Dead or Alive 2 Ultimate
* Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore
* 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 Online
* Dead or Alive Paradise
* Dead or Alive Xtreme 2
== Trivia ==
* Bass alongside Hayate and Lisa are three characters in Dead or Alive 5 that have "alternate egos", being Mr. Strong, Ein and La Mariposa respectively.
* It's heavily implied that Bass is from the southern states of America - most likely Texas - due to his cowboy-themed costumes and recognizably southern accent in the DOA2: Hardcore games.
* Bass is heavily influenced by the wrestler Hulk Hogan, both in his look and moves. In one of his win poses in Dead or Alive 2, Bass holds his hand up to his ear, just like Hogan does. In another win pose, Bass slaps his rear end like Hogan has in the past. Also, Bass has a masked persona named "Mr. Strong" while Hulk Hogan had a masked persona named "Mr. America" from 2002-2005.
** Bass along with Jann Lee are the two characters in the Dead or Alive series that are inspired by real life fighters, they are inspired by Hulk Hogan and Bruce Lee respectively.
** Ironically, Bass is portrayed by Hogan's fellow nWo founder, Kevin Nash in the live-action version of DOA: Dead or Alive.
* In a Dengeki interview with Sakuta, the producer of Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation regarding Tina's inclusion into the game, he implied that Bass was involved in some capacity with the management of the Venus Islands.
** While he does not appear in person in Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation, he was alluded to in Tina's episodes where it was revealed that she and Bass got into a huge argument (with it later being revealed to have to do with their Muscle wrestling team from both DOA5 and DOA6) prior to her arrival at the Venus Islands. One of her episodes even had Bass calling her shortly after she filmed a "virtual date" with the Owner, leading to another severe argument. Tina also did a last-minute edit to the video when realizing her father might be watching to specifically take him into account.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Bass Armstrong at Dead or Alive Wiki
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