Slate

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### Likes

Puzzles

cute man

**Slate** (ソーダ or Soda in Japanese) is a 19 year old Rudie and a member of the GG's.. He first appears in a Rival Challenge.

## Appearance

Slate is a very distinguishable character. His most prominent features are his tall stature (the official *Jet Set Radio* Guidebook states that he is 6 feet tall) and oblong nose (resembling the famous graffiti character Kilroy). He is virtually bald, save for what look like three brown braids that stick straight up from the very top of his head. He wears an orange jacket bearing his name "ソーダ" (Soda) or "スレート" (Slate) with a high collar that masks the lower half of his face, and goggles on his forehead. He has gray pants with lighter stripes, matching striped gloves, and blue skates with yellow wheels.

## History

Slate challenges the GG's to race after they finish the Fight or Flight mission against the Golden Rhinos. After Slate is defeated in the race, he joins the GG's, playing a miniscule role for the rest of the game.

## Dialogue

### Jet Set Radio dialogue

"Alright! Let's try another trick. Here's a hard one... think you can do it?" (Jet Set Radio demo)

"Well... I guess you can hang with me. But, this is only the beginning." (Jet Set Radio demo)

"Think you can keep up?"

"Think you can beat me? Ha! Who ever tags first will win!"

"Well, I guess you're not bad company."

### Jet Set Radio GBA dialogue

"Huh? Oh you want something? Yeah try keeping up with me? Ha!? Don't blink now!"

"Must have gotten lucky... Oh well you win."

## Personality

According to the official guidebook of *Jet Set Radio*, Slate is aloof and like puzzles. His small graffiti also references this as it is titled "Ya Gotta Cheat to Solve Puzzles".

## Stats

Style: Technique type

Power:Mid to high

Technique:Low to mid

Graffiti:Mid

Max number of spray cans:40

## Tricks

### Grind Tricks

###### Front technique

Unity\Backside Unity

Full Torque\Backside Full Torque

###### Ally-Oop technique

Pornstar\Farside Pornstar

Ally-Oop Makio

Farside Ally-Oop Makio

### Air Tricks

###### Rocket

Abstract 360(Backwards)

Karate

###### Half-pipe technique

Flying Kite 540

Karate 180(Backwards)

180

## Gallery

Slate/Soda's face texturesSlate/Soda's clothes textures(JP)Slate/Soda's clothes textures(NA-EU)Slate/Soda's JSR logoSlate/Soda on a sticker in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.
## Trivia

* His design is possibly based on Kilroy, a graffiti popularized during World War II.
* At one point in development, Slate's name was supossed to be Code. This name is still referenced as his game files, early textures and in E3 prototype, even having a cut signature graffiti.
* In the original Japanese release of *Jet Set Radio*, the song "Dunny Boy Williamson Show" by Deavid Soul, was associated with Slate as it played during his showdown. During localization and every release afterwards, it was changed to "Sneakman" by Hideki Naganuma.
* From some angles, it becomes clear that Slate's head is not fully modeled. Instead, it simply ends an inch or so below his collar.

## References

1. ↑ Information taken from the Jet Set Radio Perfect Guide. Tranlation source: https://6eat.tumblr.com/post/102415841903
2. ↑ https://tcrf.net/Jet\_Grind\_Radio\_(Dreamcast)#The\_Garage
3. ↑ https://jetset.fandom.com/wiki/Graffiti/Jet\_Set\_Radio?file=Code.png#Small\_Graffiti