Seth (Street Fighter)

Seth is a character from the Street Fighter series.
== Charactah Account ==
Seth is the CEO of S.I.N, the (former) weapons division of Shadaloo. Seth modified his own body to include an S.I.N invention known as the Tanden Engine, with which he can assimilate the abilities of anyone he fights. Seth also created the BLECE Project, which relies on ki to create super-soldiers (in this case, the Ki Seth uses is the Satsui no Hadou); he sees Ryu as the "ultimate test subject" and desires his untapped Satsui no Hadou to complete the project. Seth has another goal in mind, as well: surpassing his creator, M. Bison, before destroying him once and for all.
Seth returns in V, but in a very different way. During IV, it's revealed that Seth, or rather #15, is actually one of 27 spare robot bodies created for Bison in the event his current one gives out due to his Psycho Power becoming too powerful and exceeding the limits of what it can hold. To further his plans, Bison decided to give one of them complete sentience and propped it up as head of Shadaloo's weapons division — a puppet figurehead to throw off Bison's enemies. With newfound sentience, the unit named itself Seth and believed that with his unique power, he could betray and kill Bison and take over Shadaloo for himself, cementing himself as the true world ruler. This did not come to pass, as Bison had already foreseen the possibility of his betrayal when he granted Seth his sentience, and fatally wounded him, leaving his dying body for Juri to finish off.
Seth's body was completely destroyed beyond repair but not his mind. Somehow, the "biological brain" which stored all of Seth's memories and experiences ended up stored within another prototype body for Bison: a female machine called "Doll Unit Zero". The vessel laid dormant within an abandoned S.I.N laboratory, until Juri was asked by an unknown party to infiltrate and retrieve it. However, Juri accidentally activated Doll Unit Zero completely by chance, thus awakening Seth from his long slumber and unleashing him once again upon the world. Unfortunately, it seems Seth may be experiencing some technical difficulties.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind
* Super Street Fighter IV
=== Comics ===
* Street Fighter IV
=== Video Games ===
* Project × Zone
* Street Fighter Battle Combination
* Street Fighter Duel
* Street Fighter IV
* Street Fighter IV Volt
* Street Fighter V
* Super Street Fighter IV: Pachislot Edition
* Teppen
* Ultra Street Fighter IV
== Trivia ==
* Seth is the only character in the Street Fighter IV series who is capable of resetting juggle.
* Seth's voice actor Michael McConnohie previously voiced Goutetsu in Street Fighter Alpha: Generations.
* Due to their skill and status in the Street Fighter storyline, their status is somewhat similar to the god Shinnok from the Mortal Kombat series.
* Seth is the third playable character who was originally meant to be a "replacement body" for M. Bison, the first two being Cammy and Abel. Seth would be followed by Decapre, Ed and Falke.
* Due to being created by M. Bison sometime during Street Fighter II, Seth could be considered one of the youngest playable Street Fighter characters.
* Seth's business attire was also intended to be one of their alternate costumes, but ended up unused.
** The outfit would eventually appear as a costume in Street Fighter V, albeit for their feminine design, with slicked back hair to replicate their formerly bald head.
* Seth is one of the characters that interact with their defeated opponent on the victory screen as of Street Fighter V. The others are Q, Rolento, Oni, Necalli and Urien. In Seth's case, they hang their defeated foe by the face, before dropping their body and laughing maniacally.
* Seth is the only character in Street Fighter V who has a specific win quote for more than one character; they use the same quote for Ed and Falke.
* Seth and Daigo from Rival Schools share the same voice actor in both Japanese and English.
* Seth's Street Fighter V redesign seems to take inspiration from or reused one of Juri's concept designs, which is fitting as Juri is the one responsible for Seth's return in Street Fighter V.
* Seth's Doll Unit Zero body's "monitoring" voice appears to use the same voice actor as the N.E.S.T. PA system voice from the remake of Resident Evil 2; another similar feature can be found in the English dub of the Mega Man NT Warrior anime, where an activity announcer for NetNavi activity was used to provide a "futuristic cybernetic" feel.
* Despite being an android, Seth still have a visible skeleton when electrocuted.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Seth at Street Fighter Wiki
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