Are the dudes who blink out after you defeat them like...dead?

>>11884745 (OP)
It's a reference to ancient Japanese Noh theatre, where the actors move off the stage when their roles were finished so as to keep the scene focused on the main characters.

>>11884745 (OP)
Is this Paprium?

>>11884745 (OP)
No, because they get back up and attack you again later. The Final Fight games are one long brawl that stretches across the city.

>>11884745 (OP)
According to later games, no. SFV states that some of the Mad Gear guys (Roxy, Abigail, Axl) got the beating of their lives, but later went straight.

>>11884745 (OP)
Some mooks die, some live. Your character doesn't die until the "0" on the continue screen. Bosses just depend on the success of the game and if it has any sequels.

I'm sure blinking out of existence is pretty painful regardless

>>11884821
I used to think the first boss in final fight 3 was the same corrupt cop from final fight 1 with either a different identity or a new nickname.

I thought that because they both are tall, ugly corrupt cops.
Many years later i discovered they are not the same.

Maybe they are long lost bothers or long lost cousins, but not the same dude.

>>11885101
these ones

>>11884797
>went straight
they got the gay beaten out of them

>>11885107
It really would've been more badass if it really was the same guy but muscled up for revenge. Ah well.

>>11884749
That explains the loud IYOOOOOO [shamisen chord] that accompanies the trope in literally every game

>>11884745 (OP)
They are still lying on the ground but the whole screen would be a mess of bodies strewn everywhere so the game hides them after a short time.

>>11885282
I get that but I feel like the narrative implies that at least some of the bosses had to be put down and presumably other dudes did too along the way (especially the ones you can push off ledges).

>>11885107
They always seemed to me more like gay guys dressing as cops, like the village people. Maybe that was the Japanese perception of American cops back then.

>>11886279
>>>11885107
>They always seemed to me more like gay guys dressing as cops, like the village people. Maybe that was the Japanese perception of American cops back then.

Edi E. from Final Fight was an obvious homage to The Big Boss Man from WWF. The Paprium character looks like the Village People cop.

>>11885107
>>11885256
>got booted off the force
>his service revolver confiscated
>reduced to working as a Rent-a-Cop at malls, etc...
>spends his now copious free time at the gym
>still has a chip on his shoulder
Could've been a hell of an arc for a mook.