Guile

Guile is a male video game character who features in Street Fighter.

Biography

Guile (Japanese: ガイル, Hepburn: Gairu)

When Guile was a trainee in the United States Air Force, he befriended his superior officer Charlie Nash and asked him to teach him his unique form of fighting, which Charlie agreed to do. Guile learned the style, but his hot temper caused him to lack proficiency in the moves compared to Charlie; Charlie can shoot Sonic Booms with one hand, while Guile needs both.

Guile was sent by the United States Air Force to look for his senior teammate and best friend Charlie, who has gone missing during a secret investigation. Guile's search eventually led him to the Interpol investigator Chun-Li, who warned him not to follow Charlie due to the danger involved. Guile demonstrated his fighting ability, and assured Chun-Li that he would not let their friend come to harm. He eventually found the Shadaloo base in Thailand. Guile informs Charlie that they do not need to be there any longer, as an aerial bombardment will begin in an hour. Charlie, however, insisted that Shadaloo leader M. Bison would escape, and they come to blows. The sinister and powerful M. Bison then appeared where he attacked the two Airmen though was no match for their combined prowess. Bison was forced to retreat, calling a gunship to keep them pinned down and cover his escape. The two gave chase, and followed him into the base, deciding that M. Bison's source of power, the Psycho Drive, must be destroyed. Chun-Li then appears and informs them that the bombardment has been called off, surmising that Bison has somehow used his influence to avert the air strike. She goes on to tell them that she has set explosives in an attempt to destroy the base, but is unsure if they would be enough. As she rushes to escape, Charlie and Guile decide to set explosives around the Psycho Drive to ensure that if nothing else, it at least will be destroyed. As they set their charges, M. Bison fought with Ryu and his allies in an epic battle. In the end, Ryu defeated him, destroying his body temporarily and forcing M. Bison to regenerate in the Psycho Drive. Bison successfully regenerated his body then Charlie convinces Guile to escape while he holds Bison off, and Guile escaped right before the base explodes, with Charlie and Bison presumably caught in the blast. Chun-Li and Ryu eventually find Guile standing on a mountain, and Chun-Li says that Charlie may perhaps be alive somewhere, just as she believes that her father may be. Guile agrees, and says that he will continue to believe in Charlie.

Guile is still affiliated with the USAF and now holds the rank of Major. Holding Bison responsible for the supposed death of his best friend Charlie who had gone missing while pursuing and hunting down the former, Guile was eager to take revenge against his sworn enemy. A court case against the Shadaloo dictator fails when Bison bribes all the judges to let him go free. Bison by this time wants revenge towards those who had hindered his criminal organization's efforts. To this end, he sets up the second World Warrior tournament so that he can trap and eliminate his enemies in one fell swoop. Guile takes the bait, deserting his wife and daughter to pursue his vendetta. In his ending, he defeats Bison and lifts him on his knees by his throat to finish him off just after reminding him of who he murdered, but is dissuaded from killing him by his wife Julia and their daughter Chris. He then spares the bruised and bloody Bison and returns to his country to spend Christmas with his family. According to one account though, Bison had Guile at his mercy and reminding him of Charlie. Bison shows no regret and dares Guile to kill him. Guile hesitates, but ultimately refuses to kill Bison, stating he is not a murderer like Bison. Guile visits Charlie's grave three days later, saying that he knows now that revenge will not bring Charlie back and says that his obsession for revenge consumed him and destroyed his family. This monologue is interrupted by arrival of his wife and daughter, Julia and Chris who persuade him to come back home. Guile hesitates, but then embraces them, determined to be the best husband and father he can be.

Overview

Personality and attributes

He was sometimes known as the Air Force Pilot (空軍パイロット Kūgun pairotto?).

He became romantically involved with a blonde-haired woman named Julia (ユリア Yuria?) with the two eventually getting married.

Guile's superior officer and close friend, Charlie Nash is the one who taught Guile his current fighting style. He greatly values Guile; in order to save him and Chun-Li, he sacrificed his own life in a vain effort to end Bison.

When the two first met, Abel, having watched Guile practice his Sonic Boom, asked how Guile could perform it. Knowing that only he and his mentor, Charlie, could do it, Guile asked Abel where he first saw it. Thinking that Guile is a spy, Abel said that he wouldn't tell someone he doesn't know his secrets and refuses to talk, leading to a fight. The result is unknown, but since Abel later shows Guile, Chun-Li and Cammy to the S.I.N base later in the story, it is presumed that either Guile won or that Chun-Li persuaded Abel to take them.

To honor his fallen allies, Charlie, and Robert Sullivan, Guile acted as a mentor of the latter's son, Luke. Thanks to a permission to let Luke leave the military, Guile gives him advice to pursue competitive fighting circuits across the globe and fight stronger opponents there.

During his service, he came to meet Chun-Li who became his longtime friend and partner. Despite their opposite attitudes, they were very similar in their way of thinking and life philosophies.

Powers and abilities

Among the techniques known to him included:

• Spinning Back Knuckle :
• Knee Bazooka (二ーバズーカ, Niibazuuka) :
• Guile High Kick (ガイルハイキック, Gairu Hai Kikku) :
• Sonic Blade :
• Sonic Boom (ソニック ブーム, Sonikku Buumu?) :
• Flash Kick (サマーソルトキック, Samaasoruto Kikku?) :

As a member of the U.S. military, Guile served in the United States Air Force (アメリカ空軍 Amerika Kuugun?, USAF)

Notes

• Guile was created by Capcom where he featured in the setting of the Street Fighter universe.
• In Weekly Famitsu Issue 1998/9/25, an interview with producer Noritaka Funamizu revealed that Guile's overall appearance was modeled after Jean Pierre Polnareff from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
• Designed by "Pigmon-san" and Akira "Akiman" Yasuda, the original character concept for Guile began in an early 1988 character pitch, starting out as a USMC commando-sweater wearing, American war-veteran named Shilke Muller (German: Schilke Müller), who had earned the nickname Killing Machine due to how savage, intelligent, and formidable he is as a warrior; a former Green Beret with a high IQ of 220 that is superhuman enough for him to be able to completely read the minds of his enemies, has lightning-fast movements, and his special move is the Jumping Hundred Crack Knife.

In other media

Films

• In Street Fighter, Colonel William F. Guile appeared in the setting of the 1994 live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Jean-Claude Van Damme. This version was the commander of the Allied Nations forces in postwar Shadaloo, a competent commanding officer, liked by his subordinates and a skilled martial artists, but not terribly "up" on people skills. The AN's continuing struggle against the ruthless General Bison turned personal when Bison's men captured Guile's best friend Carlos Blanka along with several hostages. He concocted a scheme to infiltrate Ryu Hoshi and Ken Masters into the gang of Victor Sagat, Bison's arms supplier, and through them learned the location of Bison's secret headquarters outside of Shadaloo. Despite haranguing by AN officials wishing to try to negotiate with Bison, Guile, with his loyal subordinates Cammy and T. Hawk, led an assault against the evil general's base in a stealth boat. Upon infiltrating the base, Guile discovered that Blanka had been turned into a mutated monster by Bison's scientists, although he retained his human memories thanks to the humane Dr. Dhalsim. Further enraged, Guile defeated several of Bison's soldiers before taking on the General himself in the base's main control room. After a long battle Guile emerged victorious when he roundhouse-kicked Bison into a bank of television screens which exploded triggering a chain reaction that destroyed the base. Guile though was able to escape (along with his team, the hostages and even most of Bison's men). He mourned for Blanka, who along with Dr. Dhalsim had elected to stay behind and die inside the base.

Appearances

• Street Fighter II: The World Warrior: (1991)

External Links

• Street Fighter Wiki Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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