Fukua

**Fukua** (JP: フクア) is a physical clone of Filia (with her Parasite Shamone being a clone of Samson) who contains two souls: one who was the strongest at close combat, and another who was the strongest at ranged attacks. She was created by Brain Drain. However, she is a joke character and her existence is non-canonical.

## General Information

Fukua is one of the playable characters in *Skullgirls Encore*. She was created as a test for Robo-Fortune and initially implemented as a joke character on April Fool's Day, 2014. She became a permanent fixture of the *Skullgirls Encore* roster on May 13th after polishing and balance tweaks due to large fan demand. Her homestage is Nightmare Crest.

Her fighting style re-uses bits of script from "Zoner Filia" and "Grappler Filia", who were alternate green and red-skinned versions of Filia Mike Z had made for the first public EVO demo of Skullgirls before a second character had been completed. The two warriors that inhabit Fukua's body are a reference to these alternate versions of Filia.

### Personality

Her personality is not clearly defined as her lines are recycled from Filia's and she does not speak for most of her Story Mode, other than to express her desire to "become" Filia. It is possible that she has some masochistic inclinations as Fukua is (thus far) the only character who smiles when finished with a Blockbuster.

## Abilities & Fighting Style

Since she is a clone of Filia, Fukua has most of her fighting moves as well as new ones and different properties on old ones. However, she has a rather different playstyle from Filia. In addition to that, Fukua herself attacks with basic punches, chops, and kicks while Shamone is capable of spitting out energy balls, shapeshifting, and biting. Unlike Filia, Fukua is unable to air dash, but she is able to perform a double jump. In addition to having normal throw like Filia's, Fukua has two variations of her command grab: one that is slow, but has armor and does not throw the opponent very far and one that is fast and throws the opponent further way. Another move involves Fukua and Shamone grabbing the opponent and flinging them in the air, which causes the damage scaling to increase to 200%.

One important element of Fukua is the ability to send her shadow clones at her opponents. Along with the energy balls, Fukua's shadow clones are dangerous assets for her zoning abilities. With them, she is able to overwhelm her opponents with projectiles and perform mix-ups. She is also able to let her shadow clones stay in place for a few seconds before letting them attack, which can be used for various purposes. Players, however, must be aware of how they are going to use them. If one type of clone has been used in a combo, then they cannot use it again until they drop the combo. Also, holding the clone in place drains Fukua's health and they disappear when an opponent's attack hits them.

## TMNT X Pokemon

Her only appearance is in Season 3's "In Dreams" when April is visiting the Turtles' dreams in order to wake them up from the Dream Beaver's contorl

## Trivia

* Fukua's trailer is a parody of Ultra Street Fighter IV's Decapre reveal trailer.
* According to Mike Z, Fukua's Forever A Clone move is a reference to the Shadow HAR's Shadow Kick, Shadow Punch and Shadow Grab moves from One Must Fall 2097.
* The majority of scenes where Filia is seen sleeping in Fukua's story mode is very similar to, if not a direct reference of that of Mario in the ending of Super Mario Bros. 2.
* The ending to Fukua's story mode is a reference to the final scene during the finale of the Twin Peaks television series.
* Umbrella and Annie appearing at the end of Fukua's story mode is a reference to a reoccurring joke among the Skullgirls' staff/community, where they are pictured as resentful in several images due to Umbrella being replaced by Big Band as a playable character, and due to Annie not being voted as a playable character despite how close she was to winning the vote twice.
* All of Fukua's named attacks make various references to relationships. This is most likely referencing the fact that Fukua is inhabited by two souls bonded together.
* An unused character select graphic of Fukua in the game's files depicts her with Caucasian skin and no makeup.
* In Fukua's Tutorial stage, the description for "Drill Of My Dreams" reads: "When performed on the ground, Fukua rises up towards the heavens with a piercing leg drill". This is a reference to Gurren Lagann, with the mention of a heaven-piercing drill.
* Fukua's appearance in Skullgirls is heavily similar to Luigi's appearance in the Super Smash Bros. Series (Examples being used the same models and attacks from another character along with the same voice clips though toned up or down).