ANIMATION EXCELLENCE: B.B. Hood

[@druggyisaiah3125]

You forgot to mention her idle animation. She smiles and rocks her head back and forth to suggest she's a kind innocent and even caring person while simultaneously clenching and shaking her fist at her side as if she's concealing an aggressive and violent impulse.

[@londonjackson8986]

@druggyisaiah3125 That's the type of Comically Sadistic & Violent Attention-to-Detail that would make Tex Avery, Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett, Chuck Jones, Art Davis, Bob McKimson, Frank Tashlin and William Hanna & Joseph Barbera all SO Proud!

[@kholdkhaos64ray11]

7:15 *I'VE SEEN THAT PICTURE AND KNOWN THAT CHARACTER FOR YEARS AND I'VE NEVER NOTICED THE GUN EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN PLAIN SIGHT WTF*

[@brunop.8745]

You've been hit by You've been bamboozled by A smooooooth little girl

[@tikalthewhimsicott2736]

Bruno P. So is Smooth Criminal BB Hood's stand?

[@brunop.8745]

@@tikalthewhimsicott2736 I'd bet it's actually [She's A Maniac]

[@tikalthewhimsicott2736]

Bruno P. Tru what would the stand's ability be?

[@brunop.8745]

@@tikalthewhimsicott2736 The huge Lumberjacks with guns, most likely

[@kingkeld8564]

Let’s talk about how this totally normal girl’s ending has her murder the big bad wolf and his family

[@lukemoses7827]

Absolutely perfection

[@coyraig8332]

Technically the story has someone else do it but I get your point

[@dazeychain6155]

lets talk about that art style ❤

[@hornedskullasmr7811]

@@coyraig8332 considering Red originally shoots the wolf herself in the Roald Dahl version, BB hood is the extreme version of that version.

[@SuperFusionAJ93]

What If the reason we haven't seen any other Darkstaler characters Nowadays because B.B. Hood killed most of them

[@austinreed7343]

SuperFusionAJ93 Which means she must have ended up killing herself eventually.

[@Next-xm2dh]

She didn't kill morrigan and jedah

[@cyxceven]

Those are actually B.B. wearing their skin as a disguise.

[@Bloodlyshiva]

So that one 'Shadow' character that actively possesses the defeated character has a basis? kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZondXpZugd2eeLs PS1 Darkstalkers 3 is kinda weird with the secret characters.

[@armorbearer9702]

That is just a theory, a Game Theory!

[@emberthefox4951]

A note that makes it even clearer that she's a villain is the slasher-like ending to her arcade mode. A wolf family hears a report on the news about a killer on the loose, who's shown to be B.B. Hood. They take note of it but don't seem too concerned, either because of their location or to not scare their child. It then cuts to a scene of B.B. Hood on the path to their house, a new take on the slasher staple of the killer standing still just outside the house. I don't fully recall the ending so sorry if my summary is off. If the horror or villainy of B.B. Hood still isn't clear to the player, they would have had to be paying little attention throughout the playthrough.

[@HlootooThunderhammer]

Another bonus to BB's design, is that she could represent the deceptiveness of fairy tales. Cute and intriguing on the surface but horrifying underneath. Original fairy tales are rather brutal.

[@ReaperSound]

7:17 I NEVER noticed that gun until now

[@marche800]

I looked at this picture so confused by the lack of anything dangerous. I was looking for something malicious. I yet I _still_ didn't see the gun sitting in plain sight.

[@KaiHyouookami]

@@marche800 Same, but I actually found it after a few seconds.

[@Torthrodhel]

"Because fighting games don't often have good stories, it's up to the characters to convey everything about themselves and the world to the player, through the regular play experience." So it's like wrestling, then?

[@HitsujiMamoru]

Ah, that girl. I remember the first time I saw her. I pressed the Heavy Punch button and suddenly machine gun. I pressed the Heavy Kick and suddenly landmines. And each time the dog freaked out. At this point, I was hooked! ...then I saw that "post-traumatic stress disorder over her grandma's death" excuse to kill the enemy and my jaw dropped lol Her and Donovan are my favorite Darkstalkers because they are so paradoxical (Hindu Dhampir ftw). Donovan lacks personality in his animations, or at least he doesn't have as much as B.B. but seriously, it's hard to flash brighter than Little Red Riding Hood with a basket full of deadly weapons.

[@omgcandy16Kimicari0]

One thing that's not explicit but nice to appreciate is how BB Hood's playstyle reflects her characterization. Usually in interviews when developers talk about new characters they talk about a gameplay niche they need to fill with the new character design. While Darkstalkers especially in the later entries is very rushdown-heavy, BB Hood's is especially intimidating with a variety of approaching tricks and her double jump, feeling very appropriate for giving the impression the other player has been caught in her trap.

[@markedred]

I agree. Her attacks look deliberately non-intimidating at first. She has short arms so she looks like she doesn't have range. Her missiles are slow moving. And she doesn't seem like she has a lot of mobility options. But before you know it, your opponent goes "Wait, what the heck just happened?". The overall effect is, oddly enough, it makes her even more intimidating. It's brilliant.

[@carlbloke8797]

markedred indeed

[@JackCipherCreations]

I'll say it. Darkstalkers is a much more visually interesting fighter than Street Fighter. Especially in arena and character design.

[@hrgrhrhhr]

It doesn't take much to be more visually interesting than Street Fighter

[@bazzman1680]

Personally I prefer the martial arts theme of street fighter, but yes Darkstalkers is much more interesting in general.

[@PoboiDraws]

12 Abdulrahman Mustafa same

[@AverageCatz]

It looks amazing but nothing surpasses Kim's pants

[@sv32099]

True but I think that's a limitation with making your fighting game based around martial arts and their practicioners versus doing one based on horror movie monsters, fairytale monsters, human monsters and everything in between

[@novriltataki]

She'd perform better as an assassin by hiding in plain sight as a little naive girl and only showing her true colors for the duration of the attack, but the super move makes it look as if she's enjoying the role-play. It's also funny how her wine bottle move was adopted later by both young Joseph Joestar and Elphelt.

[@blgdoesthings4122]

Boi, joseph came before bb.

[@novriltataki]

Not the game though...

[@blgdoesthings4122]

@@novriltataki fuck you mean not the game, that joseph move is pulled from a scene where he hits a cop with a bottle cap. It was a cola, not whatever you said it was

[@Duothimir]

@@novriltataki The Jojo manga has been around a lot longer than Darkstalkers, m8

[@novriltataki]

I know it's from a scene. But in the scene he shot it horizontally like a hadouken while in the fighting game it's more like BB Hood's special.

[@DARS_04]

One the MANY interpretations of the Little Red Riding Hood involves her killing the Wolf with a revolver after killing her grandma... Neat backstory for Bulleta right?

[@emberthefox4951]

Not once in my life did I expect the regular Little Red Riding Hood to unload rounds into the wolf. I guess that's where they got the idea of "Little Red Riding Hood but she's packing heat."

[@Tediez_the_honored_one]

@@emberthefox4951 have you seen the red trailer from RWBY.

[@emberthefox4951]

@@Tediez_the_honored_one No, I haven't.

[@Tediez_the_honored_one]

@@emberthefox4951 go watch it before Rooster teeth gets candled for being horrible people.

[@emberthefox4951]

@@Tediez_the_honored_one aight.

[@MrPomegranX]

Little Red Riding Hood if she grew up in the Hood...

[@magicno2]

Little Red Riding in the Hood

[@rhanetreece2301]

As a guy who grew up in the hood, she'd put most of the wannabe gangsters I know to shame.

[@marche800]

@@magicno2 Nice.

[@wulfulk1000]

Little blacl riding hood

[@nore5888]

Not funny

[@bulb9970]

In my previous job there was an emulator we could play on during lunch breaks. I used to play Darkstalkers, which no one knew about. But when I chose BB Hood my coworkers would say stuff like “did little red riding hood just pull a machine gun?”. It’s incredible how much this character can grab the attention of someone with no context. Definitely one of the best character designs ever made.

[@jamesstaton3265]

Gotta say my favorite of the Darkstalkers characters is Q-Bee. Mechanically, her air dash is pretty much the most unique air dash of any fighting game with air dashes. The fact that she auto-tracks the opponent is super neat. The closest thing I'm aware of that does this is the super dash in DBFZ. The Royal Jelly super is also an incredible tool. Design wise, she's terrifying. Like Skullgirls, the fan service wears off really quick, showing how she's just a giant insect. Makes her kinda like Eliza in that regard. But seriously, the egg laying move is nasty.

[@gorrazin7983]

REALLY old comment so I doubt you'll see this but Raven from Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator 2 has a air dash that's actually a glide that auto-tracks your opponent. Same with Merkava from Undernight Inbirth as well.

[@martron7]

The Pixel art in this game is down right perfect, it is stylish, detailed, and artistic.

[@cowlord120]

I could never pick a main in darkstalkers cause all of the characters are so loveable

[@justApplay]

Excellent video. It's a shame they never did much with this franchise anymore. It's such a shame seeing BB Hood in the limbo like that.

[@Ronldbx6]

Never played darkstalkers before but have seen bb hood. I had no idea, she had me fooled! Was wondering what this sweet little girl was doing in a game like this.

[@Otherfabbros]

That's why B.B. Hood is my main: A twisted bloodlust with a splitted personality and great acting skills. That's why Darkstalkers series is the only Capcom Fighting game that i ever like: Every single charactes has a personality, even Bishamon, Felicia and Lilith

[@kyshowman6847]

No offense, but every darkstalker is the best darkstalker.

[@pdreding]

… Except Rikuo.

[@ruancarlo2098]

Rikuo is surprinsingly attractive for a fishman

[@LoliconSamalik]

Felicia is the best tho

[@ironmaster6496]

Especially Anakaris (THE best one)

[@YoMamaBih]

If we gonna be real, it's the OG Demitri.

[@valcliffb8558]

I noticed that Cody from Street Fighter V also has a somewhat similar duality about him. Not that he prances about in a little dress he can't even fit in obviously, but the fact that as the mayor of Metro City, he's now gotta keep up appearances as a man of high social upbringing. As the fight escalates though and he takes one punch too many (reaches v-trigger state, in other words), the next thing his opponent knows, he's whipped out a lead pipe from seemingly out of nowhere and just hammers them mercilessly into the pavement with it, taking a laid back giddiness about having just hospitalized someone for about 7 months. Same goes for that combat knife he has no compunction about plunging into someone's kidney and playing it off like they fell on it or something. Once the fight rages out of control, he's done with keeping up pretenses for the paparazzi and is just out to cripple someone.

[@pn33milan11]

Like in the kim's pants video, i think the entire darkstalkers series deserves to be considered an animation excellence

[@londonjackson8986]

What I LOVE the Most about Baby Bonnie Hood is that she's essentially the ULTIMATE *Looney Tunes Inspired* Parody/Subversion of Little Red Riding Hood!

[@otsu3011]

im waiting for a big band (skullgirls) animation video

[@junkyryan138]

Yes more skullgirls vid plz

[@R3gular]

Sugar would be stuck, every animation and key frames in SG are way too though out and planned. Not to mention the additional references the characters convey in some of their moves and even quotes.

[@HoodWeegee]

I wonder how long he’ll spend on the fact that you can actually play the trumpet Big Band uses for his standing MP and that the Satchmo Solo is the first few notes of the Skullgirls theme song. It took me forever to notice that he moonwalks for his back walk and he smiles after his assist and I main the big bastard

[@CurlyHairedRogue]

Lord Popo WAIT HE MOONWALKS? *frantically opens training mode* ...well damn.

[@carlbloke8797]

rallceu me too

[@uzernamefail]

If you do another Darkstalkers video, I’d suggest having a good look at the transform effects. Some of the ones for Midnight Bliss and even Anakaris’ curse are pretty genius.

[@kayame18]

I would add the burn, freeze and shock effects.

[@SleepTastesGood]

7:09 Is she playing with Flowey? Two masters of deception enter the ring, but only one will leave...

[@austinreed7343]

Undertale’s entire “LOVE” mechanic is probably based on BB Hood; monsters can be harmed through sheer malicious intent along with weapons no matter how tough they otherwise appear to be.

[@majorghoul9017]

Darkstalkers is the best fighting game in term of character design

[@joshuaknox2724]

i really hoped one day i would see BB.hood in a new modern darkstalkers :) she was my favourite

[@knucklesSilver7]

I have two term papers, four reports, and three assignments for school....... *BUT SUGARPUNCH JUST UPLOADED A NEW VID I HAVE TO WATCH!!!!*

[@SnipingIsFun]

So.......were you able to finish?

[@frappompi]

I'm glad you gave Darkstalkers a spotlight, everything about the series is excellent. Honestly, these games were one of the reasons I decided to pursue animation professionally. To this day I still go back and analyze the spritesheets and admire them.

[@notakirakarakaza2118]

This intro really made me wish i didn't see the thumbnail or title first lol

[@novikovPrinciple]

Watching your videos about Bob and B.B. Hood made me realize I have a tendency to pick fighting game characters that don't play out the way you expect based on how they just look.

[@Sergevantes]

Excellent video, I'll just add that while all the other characters in Darkstalkers series have frames of animation that morphs limbs and other body parts into different objects or mutations to make their attacks, Bulleta -being a human- is the only one that has "morphs" through her expressions. I guess Donovan also only "morphs" through his special attacks like the Flame, Lightning and Ice swords, , not fully changing the aspect of his body, but I should check his frames again. Bulleta sure is a great and deep character design.

[@SDSOverfiend]

Not mentioned in this great video. Her light kick is a sneeze lol. Creating this character for Mugen was very hard. She has too many “Helper” sprites that requires their own programming. The Dog even defecate on certain actions

[@Asvp_Chamoy]

When my friend and I played mvc2, at one point I chose bb hood and thought to myself why is she in here, then I used her attacks and started laughing so hard.

[@TaurusOxford]

Capcom needs to fix their fighting game division before they can start thinking about making a new Darkstalkers, or any other fighting games for that matter...

[@batsutetwitch2739]

Check out this business major bet your grand strategy is for that Capcom All Stars game huh?

[@joesinister]

Capcom should outsource a new Darkstalkers to Arcsys, the are the only ones at this point who would do it any justice

[@ManlyPlant]

@@joesinister Ehhhhh I disagree. Sure they'd make one that looks good but I'm not sure they would make one that lives up the the extremely high standards VSav has set. In all honesty I don't trust any company with it.

[@ironmaster6496]

@@joesinister Yup, especially if the use the Graphics of the recent Gulty Gears....or like ANY Guilty Gear

[@YoMamaBih]

@@joesinister I feel like if Capcom outsourced the project to the KOF13 devs, they'd do a fine job in regards to presentation.

[@YophiSmith]

I was going to write some long comment on the genius of the character and the video but everyone else already did that 11 months ago. Let me simply add what I believe is the scariest thing about this character that I haven’t seen mentioned. According to her profile...B.B. Hood...IS TEN YEARS OLD!

[@mutalord]

I hope you do more of these episodes about the Darkstalkers, many of them have extremly unique animations that help build up who they are, from Victor childish moves and muscle reorganization, to Jedah gorefest moveset and calm behaviour and my favorite Lord Raptor bizzare and metal moves

[@PerseusisRad]

I've started looking at Darkstalkers stuff since that one Capcom collection was announced, I've admittedly never been huge into fighting games, but Darkstalkers does seem like it has a lot of cool concepts.

[@TJF588]

3:45 Well hey, if that ain't the spittin' image of Manah from Drakengard. Now I completely understand the evil behind that character.

[@mikebrown9051]

I also like her facial expressions on the ground & get up on that dash

[@TheCaliMack]

She was my favorite character in MvC2. Her style and animation is just so unique!

[@mistergremm735]

4:58 she's looking at the butterflies, thats why they immediatly move to other side, she also says "oh butterflies"

[@pockystyx4087]

Imagine if the little girl in Bloodborne's sidequest was B.B. Hood. I don't think there'd be much left to hunt, if that were the case.

[@strawhatronin7884]

One of my favorite fighting game characters.

[@VictoryNibbles]

Oh, how I miss Darkstalkers. It's one of my absolute favorite IPs, even if it's seen basically no love for years. I was always best with Morrigan (I do best with light, fast characters), but I still love Hsien-ko the most. B.B. Hood is a wonderfully designed character, though.

[@Thedesertguy75]

Darkstalkers has gone into gaming myth, lore, and legend.

[@cryothepunching-bag7917]

HRRRNG DARKSTALKERS FINALLY GETS SOME LOVE!!! it really deserves it and the time for it is excellent.

[@thenegromancer4695]

Whens petscop2 oh wait

[@gc3k]

Definitely one of my favorite fighting game characters. Momo from Rival Schools and Alisa Bosconovitch from Tekken are similar but don't go as far as BB Hood in being deceptively evil

[@eljugadorescaldenc4002]

I'm a great fan of Darkstalkers since they appeared and this video amazed me. The analysis of B.B.Hood through his animation it's just brilliant. Nice work!

[@thechugg4372]

Not enough youtube videos analysing darkstalkers' animation

[@picassomarble5643]

I'd love for her to appear in a Devil my cry game .I don't know why Capcom hasn't made that a thing yet.

[@projectknm8670]

Glad to see this kind of attention to Darkstalkers. Definitely checking out that link. Even as a kid, long before thinking of being an animation major, I couldn't stop staring at how fluid and lively the sprite animation was. That (and not wanting to see Sasquatch look so sad during the Game Over screen) was the biggest reason I popped that first quarter into the machine 20 years ago.

[@Mcgrnwlf]

Please do more of these. The rest of the darkstalkers need some love...ESPECIALLY Talbain

[@AquaticLotus7552]

YES

[@user-bi9tp8zb9k]

I love darkstalkers so much. It's my second favorite fighting game series just behind mvc 1 and 2. They need to make a new one soon.

[@yifuwang2275]

6:22 love how the guy's looking around

[@adityalokapratama8495]

can we talk about how awesome the 90's 2D platformers were? Lion King, The Adventures of Lomax, Mega Man 8, Alladin was among the animation masterpieces i've ever seen in a videogame.

[@pocketxyco2317]

B.B Hood was my main back in MVC2 and I always used her with Roll Spiderman Tronbon Serve bot Wolverine Falicia & a few more Btw 55 sec since upload 51 views I am suspicious And yes we need a new darkstalkers

[@Doralga]

I'm a big Shantae fan so love your avatar

[@vksasdgaming9472]

Roald Dahl invented Little Red Riding Hood being dangerous killer. Both Big Bad Wolf (twice) and Third Little Pig suffered her skill of marksmanship.

[@OmnipotentO]

Darkstalkers is fighting game perfection

[@ikagura]

The idea of the red hood having an uzi makes me want to play as her

[@lukastreurnich4340]

That intro though.

[@snowtenkey118]

I started crying when I heard her theme again in the video

[@Pickchore]

BB Hood was one of my team for Marvel Vs Capcom 2.

[@khamaji09]

She deserves to be in marvel vs capcom game. Or movie the concept is nice

[@danielhuete8798]

Loved this, hope you make more videos like this on other characters!

[@SizzLor1336]

I used to main Phobos, but when I tried out B.B. Hood I INSTANTLY fell in love with her, so fun to play!

[@Mclucasrv]

There days Im really afraid in what capcom would do with a new game...Thare are great chances that the animation would be weak.

[@YoMamaBih]

It's about damned time that we get an episode about B.B Hood. Oddly enough, I was just thinking about her recently. Now, all I need is an episode of Demitri Maximoff, my favorite video game character of all time.

[@workingjubilee]

The "Darkstalkers and the Twelve Principles of Animation" link unfortunately is dead, so it should probably be pointed at the Wayback'd version.

[@1shoryuken]

B. B Hood main t'ill the day I die. Love this character.

[@thearchivespon4176]

7:12 ngl i didn't even see the gun

[@SAPProd]

Liked this video before it even loaded. Full Darkstalkers coverage, please!

[@blue_n_black]

This video has one of the best intros ever keep up the good work good sir

[@IsaiahBuchanan175]

The true monster

[@austinreed7343]

1997 Capcom had a thing for red-dressed girls who seem sweet but are secretly off their rocker in some form. Heck, Hood and Iris almost seem like foils to one another.

[@ironmaster6496]

Thank you for making this video, Darkstalkers is my third FAVOURITE fighting game of all time

[@ConversusVans]

B.B. Hood/Bulleta is hands down my favorite fighting game character, if not on my list favorite game characters of all-time. Used to play a lot of MvC2 and Darkstalkers 3 online years back. It's kind of funny how in that artwork at 7:18, Bulleta isn't holding an uzi like she does in-game. I read that Capcom designer Bengus went to a gun store to find references, but he couldn't find an uzi or something, so he drew a regular 9mm handgun. I'm no expert about firearms, but it's interesting to note. 3:38 - spiked ball which wasn't used in the final product. Her face actually looks terrifying with the long-sleeve blouse. I saw a scan of that concept art with a date that looked like August 24, 1996 (1996.08.24 on the lower left). So essentially Akiman created Bulleta around when I was born, even though Vampire Savior wasn't released until May 1997 :O It's little details like this that make characters interesting.

[@memelawd_na6171]

I said it once and I will say it again this game is a masterpiece

[@juancamilodominguez4591]

For anyone wanting to read the article and it's gone, you can still read it with the wayback machine web.archive.org/web/20181217022726/art-eater.com/2010/07/test-1-darkstalkers/

[@charp95]

I really wish Capcom would try making another sprite-style game like this. I’d gladly pay for DLC if it was super-animated sprites.

[@1wiz1]

Peacock from the past !😍

[@Shining4Dawn]

Awesome review as always. While you're in the theme of forgotten classics, how about a video about a character from The Last Blade?

[@AquaticLotus7552]

PLEASE

[@rbysjtijhazzroucher318]

My favorite Darkstalkers character. :)

[@EternalGuardian07]

Thanks for recommending that article. Lot of detail that I knew I loved but never understood.

[@infesticon]

Gutted they didn't add BB hood in marvel vs capcom 3.

[@bleeeto]

This is so fire they need to expand on this character!

[@kamatariedgar3603]

My first encounter with her was in MVC2... the CPU was on hard and all her moves blew my mind xD i main her since then... now i see that a lot of stuff are censored... and with guns and blood on a lot of her animations i see why we dont have something of her on anything from capcom... she is on of my favorite characters in a fightings game and i´m glad that you love her too.

[@ShinKyuubi]

A thing or two...1) her win pose with Mr. K (the guy handing her the money) shows she's at least old enough to buy and smoke cigarettes as she pops one in her mouth as she counts the money even if it's not lit. 2) I'm pretty sure Harry is a Border Terrier based on his size, looks, and fur color...just a neat little thing. Apparently one of the reasons for her being as she is design wise is that in one of the versions of the story of Little Red Riding Hood...the Dahl versions specifically it's Little Red Riding Hood HERSELF that kills the wolf by shooting him, she then skins and wears his pelt. This version can be seen in the tabletop board game "Unmatched" where in the 2 player expansion Red Riding Hood vs Beowulf she teams up with the Huntsman to fight Beowulf and Wiglaf. Her special mechanic is "What's in my basket" and depending on the icon on her top card in the discard pile, extra effects can be used with cards in your hand...one of the icons is a pair of daggers, and her character miniature is wearing the wolf pelt. Sadly a good many of the classic Unmatched expansions are about to go out of print but I luckily got all the old ones and am working on the Marvel ones and future ones...hopefully they have a werewolf in one of the future sets so I can have a Gallon vs Bulleta style match with my friends lol.

[@candlehand]

The article from the video is gone! If anyone can find an archived version of it somewhere, pass it on!

[@juancamilodominguez4591]

You can view it thanks to the wayback machine web.archive.org/web/20181217022726/art-eater.com/2010/07/test-1-darkstalkers/

[@sangan3202]

god i love darkstalkers and shes definitely my favorite character by far

[@gamefreakDX]

I just came back to watch this. Sadly, the link doesn't work anymore.

[@silentfox139]

I never noticed that gun in that drawing @7:15

[@cidfacetious3722]

BB Hood should have been in every game that Morgan was in because she is a arbiter character

[@carlbloke8797]

You speak the truth. Capcom needs to learn to listen to their fan base and make a new Darkstalkers game

[@chrishernandez7085]

I blame you for making me like Darkstalkers

[@alef321]

you forgot her crouching sprite where all the butterflies go into a freshly risen flower and she just stands there looking at it.

[@TheXBladeist]

I CANNOT wait for when you get to my baby girl Hsien-Ko ABI!