Bridget

**Bridget** (ブリジット, *Burijitto*) is a character in the *Guilty Gear* fighting game series.

## Character Design

Bridget has a feminine figure with female curves and slender arms and legs. He has blond hair and wide emerald green eyes. Bridget appears to sport the attire of a nun. He wears a sleeveless blue dress with white hemlines as well as a Bandeau (a strapless piece of cloth that covers the neck or cheeks, which used to be traditionally worn by Catholic nuns) fastened with a bow. He also wears a blue veil with a metal headband, the patterns of a cross is also visible on the veil. He also wears shoes that compliment the colors of his outfit.

What resembles a handcuff, possibly made of metal, hangs around his waist, with latches and a keyhole.

## Personality

Bridget is kind and understanding, and in many instances throughout his stories, he befriends or is befriended by the other characters (such as by Dizzy, Potemkin and May). He even politely asks for their permission before engaging them in a fight. He also has a trait to showcase his skill to others. Bridget shows strong determination and a straight-forward viewpoint when it comes to proving himself to be a man in *Guilty Gear XX,*preferring to correct others when they mistake him for a girl. It can be argued that his personality presents a child-like innocence in the game. Despite being a bounty hunter, the rest of the characters never see him as a serious threat, often regarding him as a disturbance. Even in theP.W.A.B.'s Report #7404, they give him a risk rating of D.

## Powers & Abilities

Despite his youth, Bridget has a fair amount of combat training and several fighters who have commented on on his combat potential, believing he will become a powerful warrior with more experience and training. Bridget fights with a yoyo and his mechanical bear Roger, being highly skilled with the former, able to perform tricks with it and going as far as using it as a weapon. He can manipulate his yoyo's shape and composition at will, converting them from spinning saw blades, incendiary bombs, to even impromptu roller skates.

Regardless, in the scheme of things, the PWAB has not considered him to be that much of a threat, and deemed him merely as a distraction for their targets and/or goals.

## Musical Themes

* Simple Life - *Guilty Gear XX*
* Crash and Burn - *Guilty Gear XX♯Reload* Korean OST
* Drunkard Does Make Wise Remarks - *Guilty Gear Isuka*

## References and Allusions

* One of Bridget's special moves, "Kickstart My Heart", shares its name with Mötley Crüe's song from the album *Dr. Feelgood*.
* The band Mr. Big has a song named "Shoot the Moon", which is the name of Bridget's Instant Kill. However, this is probably a coincidence, as the attack is more of a reference to the yo-yo technique of the same name, where a person flings the yo-yo upwards before pulling it back in.
	+ "Shoot the Moon" is originally the name of a technique in the card game Hearts.

## TMNT X Pokemon

When meeting the Turtles, they mistaken him as a girl due to his feminine features. But they soon learn that he was a boy who dresses like a girl because of him physical appearance.

## Trivia

* The site TV Tropes has a trope named after Bridget. This is likely due to how Bridget managed to fool many players into thinking he is a young girl due to his appearance, clothing, upbringing, voice and speech pattern, only to be completely rebuked at Johnny's 3rd ending, when Bridget reveals his gender and why he's like that. Bridget is then quickly associated with the term 'Trap' (a term for describing boys disguising themselves as girl in a very convincing manner). However, a much less common term, "Unsettling Gender Reveal", is used.
* Bridget wears a headband with a male symbol inscribed (♂).
* Though he looks and dresses like a girl, Bridget is quick to confirm his gender when people mistake him for a girl, as proven in the ending in which he fights Johnny.
* In the game *Disgaea 2*, there is an NPC plant monster which looked female and is named Bridget, whom after being hit by a party member, the gender of said monster is revealed to be a male, like this Bridget.
* In the game series *Arcana Heart*, Dorothy Albright is given the nickname "Reverse-Bridget" due to her mannerisms and appearances as a boy. She also has blonde hair.
* In the manga series *Ai Kora*, one of the main characters, Yukari Tsukino is revealed to be part of an "Otaku Doujin circle". This is revealed on Chapter 27, and on the same chapter, page 4, Yukari looks at a bulletin board. On the board is a picture where she and three other friends are cosplaying as *Guilty Gear*characters. With her cosplaying as Bridget and the other three cosplaying as: Millia Rage, May and Baiken.
* Bridget shares same birthday with his first voice actress, Hiroko Konishi.
* It is believed that Bridget's character design was based upon Rosette Christopher from *Chrono Crusade*, there was also a common meme some time after *BlazBlue* was released that Noel Vermillion was the result of the fusion of both him and Rosette, mostly because she fights with a gun as her weapon as well.
* Perhaps thanks to Jam's strong liking of young men, she knew immediately that Bridget is male despite his appearance. Robo-Ky states in his victory quote against Bridget that he has "X-ray eyes", but tells him to forget he said that afterwards.  Potemkin also discerned Bridget's gender immediately, using male pronouns when referencing Bridget upon their first meeting.
* Bridget is the second playable human child character in the series, the first being May.
* Bridget's feminine like appearance is likely based off the Lotus Prince Ne Zha, who was often depicted to be a beautiful looking boy, so much so that he was able to fool the Dragon King Ao Kuang into believing he was a girl.