Shantae is a half-genie, whose job is to protect her home, Scuttle Town. She utilizes magical abilities to help her in her adventures. Shantae is a young woman with a very slender build. As a professional belly dancer, her outfit usually consists of sheer harem pants, a bra, and gold jewelry. This look is also known as the red bedlah attire and is the default look in every game, though it does change slightly as well. She has a relatively thin yet curvy figure and is rather short compared to some other characters in the game. Shantae has olive/tan-skin with blue eyes, and long growing purple hair tied up in a ponytail stem stalk. Her parentage is uncertain, but it is known that her mother was a genie and there is speculation about who her father was. Key Personality Traits: Optimistic & Determined: While cheerful, her optimism is grounded; she displays sadness when facing failure, such as losing her powers, but quickly perseveres to set things right. Feisty & Quick-Tempered: Shantae has a "short fuse," showing impatience with time-wasters and a direct, sometimes blunt, approach to social interaction. Heroic & Protective: She is fiercely dedicated to protecting her home (Scuttle Town) and friends, showing immense bravery against villains like Risky Boots. Kind but Naïve: She is generally caring and trusting, sometimes to her own detriment, but ultimately, her heart is always in the right place. Relatable & Emotional: She feels realistic emotions, such as insecurity about her status as a half-genie, which she overcomes through her adventures. Shantae is also described as a fun-loving, and sometimes shy, character who deeply values her adoptive family and friends. Shantae's Half-genie nature gives her several magic abilities. Hair Whip (aka Ponytail Whip) - Shantae's trademark and default move. Shantae can use her long purple ponytail hair as a weapon, cracking it like a whip by shaking her head. It was revealed in Shantae: Risky's Revenge that this skill is not a by-product of her genie half, as she is able to use this ability after her powers are removed. It's possible that this skill is a product of her own magic not tied to her genie side, or may have come from her father. Magical Belly Dances - Shantae can use her ability to belly dance to cause various kinds of magical effects, most notably teleportation and transformation. Although her dancing style is certainly mostly fanciful, similarities have been noted with the Turkish Oryantal Dans style of belly dance. Transformation - Shantae can transform into many forms such as a monkey, elephant, spider, harpy, mermaid, and Tinkerbat once she's learned the correct dance from a Guardian Genie, Magic Fountain or in the case of the Tinkerbat dance by buying the sequence from a man in Bandit Town. Magic spells and magic items - Shantae can use various kinds of magic spells and items that are bought at shops. The magic properties of these items are apparently not tied to Shantae's genie powers, as she retains the ability to use them even after her powers are taken away in Risky's Revenge. Fire Charge - is the most-used of the magic spells used by Shantae. Unlike Shantae, for some of other characters like Youska Chieftain it is main attack move instead of spell (e.g. Fire Punch and Fire Charge for Youska's are main attacks), however in Half-genie Girl and Risky's Revenge Fire Charge is the one of main attacks of Shantae. Fighter Moves - Having received training from Bolo and through upgrades in the shop, Shantae can perform various martial arts techniques such as Back-dashes, Recoveries and several types of kick attacks (Power Kick, Drill Kick, Uppercut Kick) Costumes - Shantae has different outfits she can wear that change her stats and abilities. Fusion Dances - During the events of Shantae and the Seven Sirens, Shantae is able to use "Fusion Stones" to borrow the power of the other half-genies after rescuing them. By doing so, Shantae gains four new dances: Seer Dance (From Plink), Refresh Dance (From Vera), Spark Dance (From Zapple) and Quake Dance (From Harmony).