His mother encouraged him to grow big like a potato, which can thrive in meagre soil. He crossed over to North America when he was 20 years old, and was able to use his sheer size and strength to start a career in professional wrestling. Hugo is a giant man raised on a farm in Germany, where he was fed mainly on potatoes. Hugo holds a personal grudge against Haggar after the latter had defeated him during the events of Final Fight and because of this, Hugo had vowed to one day defeat Haggar and avenge his past loss. This relationship has survived fallouts and souring, as seen in Poison's character story in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. The two are on good terms with each other, and Poison is often the one who describes Hugo's best qualities to opponents. Poison is Hugo's wrestling manager and former Mad Gear cohort. Minor inspirations also appear to be taken from professional veteran weightlifter and actor Lou Ferrigno, who portrayed the Incredible Hulk in the 1970s television series of the same name and was the central character of the 1989 martial arts action film Cage. In addition, Hugo's unique intro animation with Alex is based on the famous match between Hulk Hogan and André, which took place at WrestleMania III. His updated design for Street Fighter V also features a costume similar to Andre's well-known wrestling singlet. Hugo's design is a homage to famed real-life wrestler André the Giant (who coincidentally has the same birthday as him), as is those of the entire Andore family of enemies (likely intended to be named Andre). To Hugo, potatoes are a symbol of strength and manhood, as his mother had inspired him to "grow like a potato" in childhood. In Ultra Street Fighter IV, Hugo is revealed to have a fixation on potatoes, as he can be seen talking about them frequently in his win quotes against other characters. Hugo also takes a lot of pride in his size, strength and extremely muscular build, to the point that he often claims to barely feel most attacks as a taunt of sorts. However, he is very short-tempered and will make any excuse to get into a fight, especially if he or his best friend Poison is insulted in any form. Hugo is often depicted (especially in recent portrayals) as somewhat typical "dumb muscle", being quite unintelligent and dim-witted this is somewhat accentuated by his odd facial expressions, and he even occasionally acknowledges this. Teaming up with Poison after the fall of Mad Gear in order to prove himself in the art of international fighting, he enters the world warrior tournament. He also wears a chain as a necklace and studded bracelets.Įver since his defeat and humiliation at the hands of Mike Haggar during the events of Final Fight, Hugo has been determined to assert himself as the number one wrestler in the world. profile art, Hugo wears a pink leopard wrestling jumpsuit with a strap over one shoulder, a large, black belt and brown boots. Also during certain animations as he stands still or crouches, he does a very visible twitch/spasm. During certain animations, they become visible, revealing that he has no pupils later portrayals would make his pupils more visible. In the Street Fighter III series, his eyes are normally obscured by shadow during battle, giving him more of a sad look. He has long, messy black hair, that bounces and moves around as he moves and attacks. He wears a thick chain from the back of his waist, to 3/4 of the way around his waist, ending at his hip. Hugo usually wears a pink leopard skin tank-top with darker pink jeans, brown boots, and black studded wristbands. Prior to Abigail's playable debut in Street Fighter V, Hugo held the mantle of being the tallest Street Fighter character in the series. Hugo is a muscular hulk that stands at just under 8 feet.
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