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Poison is a Capcom character who has a hilarious history in video games.

Originally she was from Final Fight. She was an expendable minion who you had to beat up from random mobs, but only in the japanese version. When they tried to ship it to america, it was a time the states was pushing against woman abuse, and they thought beating up a girl would be a bad influence, so as a last second attempt to make it work and still sell the game, they actually changed the sprites through translation to make her a guy.
The game was quite revolutionary for video gaming at the time for it's graphics and control, so there wass no trouble in funding a sequal or two. They continued to use Poison, and the issue of beating women was introduced again. This time, to get away with it, they said she was actually a cross-dressing man. They were like O.o, but let it slide. This started many jokes, because her sprites are quite detailed and she is obviously a woman.
In remakes, they also changed her sprites to make her less scantily clad to make this excuse somewhat convincing (as seen here [link] ), but after that, she was introduced to other games such as Street Fighters where she was back to her original self.

Because of all this, there are jokes about her being a transvestite. The character designer laughs when he is asked and says you are free to pick what she is, but he inisitally meant for her to be a regular woman. I mean, she is pretty feminine as seen in this screenshot: [link]

Unfortunately this opened a door for a ton of disturbing fanfics and hentai comics... But it also made her popular and now she is (in no particular order) in Final Fight, Final Fight II, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter III 3rd Strike, SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos, Final Fight Revenge, Card Fighters Clash DS, Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (in the background only), Street Fighter X Tekken, and she was scheduled to be in Final Fight: Streetwise (but was cut out) and Capcom Fighting All-Stars (but the game was cancelled after testing feedback).

Description
Poison is a Capcom character who has a hilarious history in video games.

Originally she was from Final Fight. She was an expendable minion who you had to beat up from random mobs, but only in the japanese version. When they tried to ship it to america, it was a time the states was pushing against woman abuse, and they thought beating up a girl would be a bad influence, so as a last second attempt to make it work and still sell the game, they actually changed the sprites through translation to make her a guy.
The game was quite revolutionary for video gaming at the time for it's graphics and control, so there wass no trouble in funding a sequal or two. They continued to use Poison, and the issue of beating women was introduced again. This time, to get away with it, they said she was actually a cross-dressing man. They were like O.o, but let it slide. This started many jokes, because her sprites are quite detailed and she is obviously a woman.
In remakes, they also changed her sprites to make her less scantily clad to make this excuse somewhat convincing (as seen here [link] ), but after that, she was introduced to other games such as Street Fighters where she was back to her original self.

Because of all this, there are jokes about her being a transvestite. The character designer laughs when he is asked and says you are free to pick what she is, but he inisitally meant for her to be a regular woman. I mean, she is pretty feminine as seen in this screenshot: [link]

Unfortunately this opened a door for a ton of disturbing fanfics and hentai comics... But it also made her popular and now she is (in no particular order) in Final Fight, Final Fight II, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter III 3rd Strike, SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos, Final Fight Revenge, Card Fighters Clash DS, Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (in the background only), Street Fighter X Tekken, and she was scheduled to be in Final Fight: Streetwise (but was cut out) and Capcom Fighting All-Stars (but the game was cancelled after testing feedback).