Lucky Chloe (ラッキークロエ Rakkī Kuroe?) is a character in the Tekken series who was introduced in Tekken 7 as one of the new playable characters.[3]
Biography
Personality
Through her intro and win poses, Lucky Chloe comes across as a playful, enthusiastic, always smiling young girl. She is a fan of Japanese culture and cats as told by the cat-ear headphones and the tail of a cat. In addition, she can be heard at times pronouncing the sound "nya", the Japanese sound of a cat's meow.
Despite Lucky Chloe's cute and playful façade she takes on as her idol persona during fights, it is revealed to be no more than a role. She is depicted as bratty and mean, as seen in Eddy's ending where she outsmarts Eddy by giving him a childish drawing after leading him to believe it was a note revealing Kazuya's whereabouts. In her own ending, she is shown to be controlling and does not hesitate to kick Eddy as she forces him to practice poses in preparation for becoming her back-up dancer. Furthermore, in Jack-7's ending, she blames Jack-7 for bumping into her despite her being the one not paying attention. She also shows no concern after witnessing Jack-7 falling off the G Corporation tower and presumably being destroyed due to this incident. Aside from this, the opening text of her Character Episode shows her to be confident in her skills, challenging Eddy to a fight even after he had defeated multiple G Corporation guards.
Appearance
Lucky Chloe is shown to have long, possibly ankle-length blonde hair tied into two mid-centered ponytails. She has blue eyes and she appears to sport neko-inspired clothing, such as pink headphones with a cat ear design and a black tail attached above her skirt.
Outfits
Main Article: Lucky Chloe/Outfits
As her primary outfit, she wears a furry, pastel pink bolero jacket with her name on the back that covers her hands with pink buttons in a paw design underneath. She also wears a pink and black dress with a short, ruffled skirt, with laces in the back and a pink bow. There are what appears to be pink mini-speakers at her sides, as well as a black cat tail accessory. She has black thigh-high tights with a keyhole design in the front with a tiny heart at the top and pink knee pads covering her legs, as well as pink and white training shoes with black straps.
Story
Tekken 7
Character Episode Prologue: Lucky Chloe is a pop sensation, and the face of the G Corporation brand. When a mysterious man burst into G Corp and took out guard after guard with dance-like techniques, Lucky Chloe fearlessly walked right up to him and blocked his path.
She threw the man one of her trademark smiles and issued him a challenge: Fight her, and if he loses he'll have to work as her backing dancer! Without caring if he'd accepted the conditions or not, she prepared for battle.[4]
As a child, Chloe's parents took her to a Expo and exposed her to the Japanese Idol culture and since then, she has always wanted to be an Idol. With her good looks, she set out on being the world's best Idol and named herself Lucky Chloe.
Donning her cute costume, she went out to show the world her dance moves and put other pros to shame. She quickly became world famous when her dancing became viral on internet video sites.
TEKKEN 7 - Lucky Chloe Ending & Intro (TEKKEN 7 Character Endings)
Since then, she has collaborated with the G corporation and has signed a contract with them. She became a popular face of the company and is used in advertisements by the G Corporation as the company image. Despite the current struggle between G Corporation and the Mishima Zaibatsu, she always puts on a smile and happy face during these difficult times.[5]
Ending Description: Lucky Chloe teaches Eddy her signature pose, but notices him falling behind. Chloe kicks him for the error and demands he holds up his end of their bargain as her backup dancer. The two then proceed, with Eddy failing and Chloe kicking him each time. The scene finally ends with Eddy yelling "No!" after Chloe tells him that he will dress as a girl when they perform live.
Gameplay
Lucky Chloe has fast attacks and a good mix up game, and while her attacks are generally quite weak, she has good Combo options which allow her to rack up some big damage. Her range, however, is quite short, and she lacks in counter options and punishers, meaning she favors a more aggressive play style, keeping close to her opponent and applying constant pressure.
Lucky Chloe is unique in that her Rage Art can deal additional damage if the player correctly times their button presses in rhythm with the attacks landing on her opponent. There are three different versions of her Rage Art which depend on how many correctly timed inputs the player does.
Fighting Style
Lucky Chloe fights using Freestyle Dance, a style that seems very visibly similar to that of Capoeira, both of which incorporates dancing into martial arts.
Moves
Quotes
Character Relationships
- Kazuya Mishima - Her employer at G Corporation.
- Eddy Gordo - Her opponent in Tekken 7. She seems to enjoy humiliating him.
- Jack-7 - Met at G Corporation when Jack-7 interrupted her dance session. She shows very little care when she accidentally harms him.
- Lei Wulong - Lei is a big fan of her, as seen in his Tekken 7 trailer and evidenced by his Lucky Chloe shirt customization item.
Trivia
General:
- Lucky Chloe has received both criticism and praise by fans due to her appearance and personality. The backlash against her was so vocal, however, that it prompted Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada to jokingly[6] remark that she would be replaced in the North American version by a bald, muscular skinhead and that she would be exclusive only to the East Asia and Europe regions.[7][8] However, some gaming news publications (I.E. VG24/7)[9] reported it as fact, leading to Harada clarifying that those tweets were a joke and Lucky Chloe is playable in all regions.
- Technically, and rather ironically, "a bald, muscular skinhead" has already been featured in Tekken, as one of Bryan Fury's outfits in Tekken Tag Tournament featured him bald in a skin-tight t-shirt and leather pants, with him also being rather muscular and rude; more presently and importantly, said outfit is also currently available in Tekken 7 through customization.
- Harada stated that Lucky Chloe is not from Japan, though she is a fan of Japanese Pop culture. He also said that she is hiding a "big secret".[10]
- Lucky Chloe, like Lee/Violet, speaks both Japanese and English. However, the language that Lee/Violet speaks usually corresponds to his respective identity. Also, Chloe speaks English with a rather heavy Japanese accent, unlike Lee in Tekken 4 and Tekken Tag Tournament 2.
- Lucky Chloe's unblockable move, Lucky Corkscrew, is similar to Eddy and Christie's Fruit Picker unblockable move, although the damage dealt when she executes the move is much weaker than that of Eddy and Christie.
- In Tekken: Kazuya's Revenge, there is a character that is similar to Lucky Chloe who shares the same name as her, as well as sporting the same hairstyle.
- Her ending is similar to Yoshimitsu's interlude with Raven in Tekken 5 when Yoshimitsu loses the fight. In it, he is taught by Raven to use Ninjutsu hand signs but fails much to Raven's disappointment. In Lucky Chloe's case, she is seen forcing Eddy to imitate her poses, kicking him when he fails to replicate the moves.
- During the EVO 2014 announcement with Katsuhiro Harada, Hinako Sano officially cosplayed as Lucky Chloe in videos and trailers.[11]
- Lucky Chloe is referred to as "DNC" ("Dancer") in the game files.
- If Lucky Chloe is left idle during a fight, without controlling or attacking her, she will perform a short dance number while counting and will strike a pose before she goes back to her fighting stance. This was added in the Season 2 update.
Gallery
References
- ^ a b http://www.tekken-official.jp/tk7ac/character/luckyChloe.php
- ^ Katsuhiro Harada @Harada_TEKKEN, Twitter, 4:21 PM Jun 13, 2024. Note that information is not stated in-game and only comes from a database of information provided by series developer Katsuhiro Harada.
- ^ https://twitter.com/Harada_TEKKEN/status/541463384202289152
- ^ https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/tekken/tekken-7
- ^ http://www.avoidingthepuddle.com/news/2016/9/8/tekken-7-famitsu-site-opens-story-background-for-new-charact.html
- ^ http://shoryuken.com/2014/12/11/no-tekken-7s-lucky-chloe-is-not-exclusive-to-japan-and-europe/
- ^ http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/09/tekken-boss-responds-to-fan-backlash-regarding-lucky-chloe?zeta_id=7373723719&utm_source=Games%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12.09+Newsletter_27537_1598936_1598967&utm_content=7373723719
- ^ https://twitter.com/Harada_TEKKEN/status/541800597889245185
- ^ https://www.vg247.com/2014/12/08/new-tekken-7-character-wont-be-coming-west/
- ^ https://twitter.com/Harada_TEKKEN/status/542281994122457090
- ^ Hinako Sano as Lucky Chloe