Tina Armstrong
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| Nationality: | American |
| Gender: | Female |
| Birthdate: | December 6 |
| Age: | 22 |
| Blood type: | O |
| Height: | 169 cm (5 ft 6 1/4 in) (DOA1-2) 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) (DOA3 and later games) |
| Weight: | 59 kg (132 lb) (DOA1-2) 56 kg (123 lb) (DOA3 and later games) |
| Measurements: | B89 W56 H89 cm (DOA1-2) B95 W60 H89 (B37 W24 H35 in) (DOA3 and later games) |
| Fighting Style: | Pro Wrestling |
| Occupation: | Pro Wrestler |
| Favorite Food(s): | Seafood |
| Hobbies: | Cycling, Video games |
| Voice Actor(s): | Mami Koyama (DOA) Yūko Nagashima (DOA2-) Kate Higgins (DOAX2 English dub) |
| First Appearance: | Dead or Alive (Arcade) |
Tina Armstrong is a character from the Dead or Alive video game series.
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[edit] History
Tina is a wrestling star from the United States, who dreams of even greater fame. She first joins the Dead or Alive tournament, hoping that she can use it as a vehicle for becoming discovered as a supermodel, but her father Bass forbids it. To ensure that she does not achieve her goal, he also joins Dead or Alive to put an end to her fame-seeking.
After competing in the first tournament, Tina is apparently defeated by her father, Bass, and enters the second tournament to achieve her dream of becoming a model. During the transition between the two tournaments, Tina changes her hair color from brown to blonde.
In her subsequent entries into the Dead or Alive tournament, she changes interests from wanting to be a model to wanting to become an actress and finally a rock star.
[edit] Personality and Gameplay
Tina is very confident of her abilities, almost to the point of arrogance. She also conveys the stereotype of the "American Dream" in that she is frequently entering a new profession to the point of being unrealistic. Tina has great confidence in her sex appeal, which she exhibits through her extroverted, and sometimes impudent, personality. Some of her outfits and poses also seem to be more sexually suggestive than the other female characters, as well. Overall, Tina exhibits a pure, immense lust for stardom in most of her actions.
Tina has also changed her hair color frequently. In the first tournament, her hair is her natural brunette color. From the second tournament until the fourth, her hair is dyed blonde with her brunette roots still visible. In the fourth tournament her hair is colored entirely blonde. Some people believe in Tina's ending video for DOA4 that she becomes ginger. However, the CGI model used in the scene is actually still blond - the darker and slightly colored lighting in the scene simply makes it appear different. In Dead or Alive Xtreme 2, her hair remains entirely blonde, though is a slightly darker shade.
Tina's fighting style consists of wrestling moves, including arm and leg jams and powerful throws. The slowest of the DOA female characters, her physical strength actually makes her quite a balanced character. Tina is essentially a faster version of her father, Bass Armstrong. Her throws, while devastating, are less powerful than her father's bar a small number of exceptions, and her execution time is quicker. Additionally, Tina's command list is unpredictable. Her mixture of mid kicks and high punches, along with the correct timing of a throw execution is excellent in keeping an opponent off guard. She is generally considered to be a fairly well-balanced but ultimately unimpressive fighter, and is not a particularly popular choice in professional competitions.
[edit] DOA: Dead or Alive Movie
In DOA the movie, Tina is a Professional Wrestler. She enters the tournament to prove that she has real pro fighting skills, unlike (according to the movie) most professional wrestlers. Her various job aspirations from the video games are not mentioned.
In the movie, Tina seems to have a close friendship with Kasumi and the two share many scenes together. They are also partners for the volleyball match. She also appears to dislike Christie, though does help Christie when she needs it. Her friendliness towards the other girls in many scenes leads her father Bass to believe she might be a lesbian.
In one scene, Bass reveals that her full name is 'Christina', although like many parts of the film, this does not seem to have been acknowledged in the games, and for the majority of the film she is referred to by all characters as simply 'Tina'.
Tina is played by Jaime Pressley.
[edit] Trivia
- Tina won G4's Video Game Vixens of the year award for 2005.[1]
- The Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball introductory movie shows Tina apparently as a pop star, suggesting that she is an aspiring singer. However this is never followed up nor mentioned in later games.
- Tina's best friend is called Josie and her trainer is called Mike. Neither appear in the Dead or Alive games aside from Tina's mentioning of their names. She is also very close friends with fellow professional wrestler and Dead or Alive character, Lisa. In DOA2 she seems to have a friendly rivalry with Lei Fang, and in DOA3 she appears to be friends with Hitomi. In DOA4, her default tag team partner is La Mariposa. In DOAX2, her rivalry with Lei Fang seems to have turned bitter, as both girls start the game with a strong dislike of each other. The exact reason for this is not explained.
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