Candy Cane (Rumble Roses)

Candy Cane is loud-mouthed, rude, and confrontational. She has a chip on her shoulder when it comes to her singing, and as such does not like working with or even being around other performers, notably Aisha. However her attitude to the other wrestlers may not always be as hostile as it appears on the surface. She seems to have a guarded admiration for Dixie Clemets (or at least her 'rack'!) even while antagonising her. At first she's unable to understand Makoto's honourable way of fighting but eventually appears to warm to her. After Makoto says "Hope you don't mind a crazy friend?" she responds "No problem there!"

When performing, she tends to make gestures to the crowd and jumps around while playing the guitar. She's worked hard to cultivate her bad girl persona (as well as to establish her position as a Heel, even going to far as to enter the ring brandishing her guitar as a weapon. And as a Heel, she won't hesitate to try and bash her opponents over the head with the guitar if she isn't disarmed promptly.

Perhaps due to being an orphan and growing up spending most of her life as a loner, Candy seems eager to have the audience's attention. She will often try to hog the spotlight, making a scene or causing a disturbance. An example of this is when she starts throwing around equipment and smashing her guitar while performing with her band before she enters the ring to start her match. Despite her secret altruistic motives for fighting, Candy does not break character and maintains a rude and aloof attitude towards everyone.

However, her reactions towards Miss Spencer's appeals to her are telling. Candy often becomes defensive and evasive, being quick to try and get away before Spencer can press her further. This seems to indicate that she may in fact like the teacher much more than she is willing to admit, even to herself. It's also likely that her distrust for others makes it harder for her to believe Spencer's concern for her is genuine.

She also likes literally kicking the butt of her opponent and attacking the butt.

Appearance:

Aside from her costume, perhaps her most distinctive feature is Candy Cane's bright crimson red hair- pulled up into twin ponytails (tied with a pair of blue hair bands) on either side. Her long red bangs come down in the front, partly obscuring her dark eyebrows. Candy also has pale eyes (with dark eyeliner) and a fair complexion.

Despite being of above average height for a girl of her age and nationality, she's one of the shortest competitors in the Rumble Rose Tournament, and one of the youngest fighters at only 18 years old. This helps to explains why she's comparatively small, with a slimmer and less curvy figure. Her breasts and hips are much more modest- not to mention, more typical of a girl of her age. (despite what her official measurements in the game manual might imply).

As a musician, she lacks the muscle definition of many of her opponents, leaving her less prepared for fighting and handling injuries.

Candy wears a choker around her neck, with a heart-shaped locket hanging from it. She wears a white dress shirt: The hem of the shirt is rolled up and the front is tied into a knot (exposing her cleavage). The sleeves are rolled up past her elbows and she wears black elbow pads and fingerless gloves (with metal-studded wristbands in black with a larger red wriststrap-style wristband on her left arm and a black square-studded wristband on her right arm). She wears a pleated light brown/orange tartan skirt, with intersecting grids of white, black and red lines running along it. She wears Light Pink Panties underneath. She wears large red leather belt around her waist, with metal studs and grommets. The ensemble is rounded out with a pair of knee-high stiletto-heeled boots.

Candy Cane has several signature moves. These are divided into killer moves, lethal moves, and humiliation moves. Her signature moves are the High School Driver, the Blabber Girl, the Sliding Shot, the Electric Guitar, and the Rafflesia. They are listed below.

Killer Move:

High School Driver: An aerial throw that utilizes Candy Cane's acrobatic abilities. Candy Cane starts off by leaping over her opponent by springing off of their knee. Once she clears over her opponent and falls down, she immediately scissors her legs around her opponent's neck. Candy Cane performs a frontflip to swing through her opponent's open legs. forcing them to fall backwards. Upon completing the rotation, she grabs her opponent's right leg and transitions into a seated position as they land on their upper back, pinning them in the process.

Lethal Move:

Blabber Girl: An aerial throw that utilizes Candy Cane's acrobatic abilities. Candy Cane starts off by running toward her opponent. She jumps on the shoulders of her opponent and performs a backflip, forcing them to land on their head. Once her opponent falls on their back, Candy Cane rolls over with her legs hooked around her opponent's arms so that they are now on their stomach. Candy Cane grabs her opponent's bottom and pulls it so that her opponent is in a headstand. She finishes the move by unleashing a vicious kick to their exposed back.

Sliding Shot: An aerial technique that utilizes Candy Cane's high-flying ability. Candy Cane first grabs her opponent's hair and pulls them out of the corner. While her opponent is momentarily dazes, Candy Cane climbs on the turnbuckle and stands on the top rope. She then jumps off of the corner and nails her opponent in the head with a diving thrust kick. Candy Cane uses the momentum of her kick to slide on top of her opponent from one side of the ring to the other.

Electric Guitar: An illegal move that utilizes Candy Cane's dirty tactics. With her Electric Guitar in hand, Candy Cane jumps with her arms pulled back. She then unleashes a huge overhead swing, smashing her guitar on her opponent's head and knocking them to the mat.

Humiliation Move:

Rafflesia: A hold that utilizes Candy Cane's submission abilities. First she sticks both of her feet underneath her opponent's ankles and brings them to a seated position. After pointing toward the crowd, she hooks each of her opponent's arms behind the opponent's back. Candy Cane then rolls on her back to hold her opponent on top of her, upside-down. Finally, Candy Cane spreads her legs to open her opponent's legs, revealing the groin area to the crowd. As her opponent's body and legs are stretched out, Candy Cane humiliates them into submission.