Christie Monteiro

**Christie Monteiro** is a character from the *Tekken* games.

The granddaughter of a Capoeira master. She became acquainted with her grandfather's prison mate Eddy Gordo who was released before him and from Eddy, she learnt Capoeira. They became friends, but Eddy suddenly vanished trying to locate his parent's murderer. Worried about him, Christie entered the fourth tournament to find out what happened to him. They succeeded in reuniting, and shortly thereafter her grandfather was released from prison, though he's terminally ill and an operation would not be possible without advanced technology from the Mishima Zaibatsu. Christie entered the 5th tournament, but loses. When she returned home, not only was her grandfather missing, but Eddy as well. Her only clue was in the 6th tournament.

In the AWA fics, Christie is set to appear in a future AWA storyline.

## **Appearance**

Being Brazilian, Christie has long brown hair, light brown eyes and somewhat dark skin. In her Player 1 outfit, she always wears Capoeira pants and fights barefoot, wearing a bikini top that changes design from Tekken 4 to Tekken 5, as well as receiving more detailed design. Her secondary costume is a more casual attire that has her wear a shirt that shows off her stomach and cleavage and shorts and sandals. Previously in Tekken 4 she wore her hair down but in Tekken 5 possibly due to difficulty rendering her loose hair, she wears it tied up in a ponytail.

## **Personality**

Christie is one of the most light-hearted and joyful characters in the series. She is shown to be flirtatious, telling her opponents to go easy on her before fights. A very caring person, she enters the tournaments to find her master Eddy, as well as to help her Grandpa. She is one of the few characters in the series to fight on behalf of others, rather than for vengeance.

Christie has a playful side to her, often teasingly asking her opponents if they hurt themselves during her win poses. She also displays equal skill to Eddy in terms of Capoeria, showing off with agile manoeuvres. Overall, Christie is a plesant young woman with a light, flirtatious nature and with a considerate side.

## **Abilities**

Christie's moves are the same as Eddy's but in a lesser extent when it executes her moves. She also shares with Eddy's Fruit Picker unblockable move.

Christie fights using Capoeira, the Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, sports, and music.

## **Trivia**

* Originally, the development team intended to create a female Capoeira fighter for *Tekken 3*, but felt unsure at the time and opted for a male character instead. Upon her introduction in *Tekken 4*, however, Christie replaced Eddy as the prominently-featured Capoeira practitioner. With the release of *Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection*, Eddy has been reintroduced to the canonical series as a non-palette swap character.
* On Tekken 4 up to Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, unlike Eddy, when fighting as or against Christie, the camera moves front-and-back if Christie left in idle or before the round starts.
* There has been some debate on whether Christie and Eddy have been good for the art of Capoeira. On one hand, they have popularized the Brazilian martial art, but on the other, they are adding to the misconceptions about the art. Capoeira still has strong underlying philosophies which haven't been separated to create a corporate sport, like what has happened to most martial arts.
* Up until *Tekken Tag Tournament 2*, Christie did not speak in Portuguese. When talking in English, she does not speak with a Brazilian accent.
* Someone on Twitter spoke to Katsuhiro Harada about the rumor that Christie's design was confirmed by Namco to have been based on real-life former supermodel Tyra Banks; however, he confirmed this as false.[1]
* In *Tekken 4*, Christie is voiced by Xanthe Smith. In *Tekken 5*, she's voiced by Lisle Wilkerson, who voices Nina Williams in the same game and *Tekken 4* and later voiced Zafina in *Tekken 6*. She later continues to voice Christie in *Street Fighter X Tekken*.
* Christie has some similar traits to Elena from the *Street Fighter* series; they are both female fighters who use Capoeira as their fighting style and both women have a similar fighting stance. Christie can also be customized to resemble Elena in *Tekken 6*.
	+ Coincidentally both Elena and Christie appear together in *Street Fighter x Tekken*.