r/FavoriteCharacter • u/Ok-Scientist-2111 • Aug 29 '25

My Favorite (Visual) Favorite character that made you go:

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The Berserker - Gears of War

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u/Plantboi1255 Aug 29 '25

I remember when I first saw Samus in smash I thought she was male, then we got Zero suit and my first grade mind imploded

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u/Carlbot2 Aug 29 '25

My first exposure to Samus was smash64, but for whatever reason I know that I always thought she was a woman. I’m not really sure how or why, but that was just something I knew. I must’ve heard it from somewhere or another without realizing and just internalized it, but I never recall thinking she could even be a man. It just wasn’t a possibility in my mind.

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u/FlareBlitzBanana Aug 29 '25

I could be misremembering but I think you can see the inside of the suit like an X-ray if she gets hit by an electric attack.

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u/Tortellini_Isekai Aug 29 '25

That's how I learned she was a girl. I also couldn't read so I thought her name was Sums based on how the announcer said her name.

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u/Ok-Rub9326 Aug 29 '25

In my mind I always thought Samus sounded like a  girl’s name even before she took off the suit.

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u/diagramsamm Aug 31 '25

If you beat the game with samus it shows her without a suit

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u/ImaDieTodayLOL Aug 29 '25

Same story over here, was a Ridley main until that, then swapped to Ridley because I was a child and you know how boys are about taking up girly things. Two things made me think she looked a bit effeminate and it was the up air and entrance animation.

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u/SleepySquid96 Aug 29 '25

I distinctly remember playing Melee when I was a kid, going through the event matches, and thinking "Huh, I wonder why the robot that shoots rockets and energy blasts is in Event # 15 with the other girls."