Bad Girl

Bad Girl is a character in the No More Heroes series. In the original No More Heroes, she is the second-ranked assassin in the United Assassins Association, and the eighth boss battle in the game. She returns as a playable character in Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes, and has a supporting role in No More Heroes III.

Bad Girl
Also known as	Charlotte Birkin Charlie Bad Dog
Age	23 (NMH) 35 (TSA) 37 (NMH3)
Nationality	American
Family	Shigeki Birkin (father)
Occupation	Assassin
Affiliation	United Assassins Association (formerly)
Status	Alive
First appearance	No More Heroes
Played by	Kathryn Fiore

Appearance and Personality

Bad Girl is a blonde young woman. In No More Heroes, she wears a pink frilly dress and stockings. In Travis Strikes Again and No More Heroes III, she has a new more detailed outfit which incorporates darker colors and more accessories, including an apron, elbow pads, and most notably a small crown. She is always seen carrying her preferred weapon, a bloodied baseball bat.

She has an explosive and violent personality while fighting, but otherwise views her killing as simply part of her daily grind. She despises those who look down on her. After returning from the dead, she still acts erratically, but is noticeably calmer around her friends. She is shown to genuinely love her father, mourning his death and viewing him as her hero.

History

Backstory

Bad Girl, real name Charlotte Birkin, was the daughter of former baseball player Shigeki Birkin. At an early age she was taught by him how to swing a baseball bat. After her father was severely injured by gang members, she visited him in the hospital, bringing him beer and his bat. Around this time she was first noticed by Greco, who scouted her as an assassin. Years later, Greco kidnapped Charlotte and tortured her with electric shock. As a result, Charlotte's killer instincts awakened and she began working as a ranked assassin named Bad Girl. Bad Girl began participating in ranked matches which were filmed and distributed over the black market. Videos of her fights were sent by Greco to her father, the first of which was a battle against an assassin named Bogart. Bad Girl ascended the ranks until becoming the second-ranked assassin in the United Assassins Association.

No More Heroes

Bad Girl first appears in the basement of Destroy Stadium for her ranked fight with Travis Touchdown. Travis walked in on her clubbing gimp suit-wearing men as target practice. After noticing Travis, she stopped to have a beer, offering him one as well. She tells him that no matter how many she kills, nothing changes. She scoffed at Travis for looking down at her, saying her killing is just part of the daily grind. She started their fight, attacking Travis with her baseball bat, using the gimp men as projectiles against him. Partway through the battle, she coated her bat in alcohol, and lit it on fire. At times she would also pretend to cry in an attempt to launch a sneak attack on Travis. At the end of the fight, she was impaled by Travis's beam katana, after which she knocked him to the ground and began beating him until he gave up. Bad Girl celebrated her victory as she succumbed to her wounds and died.

Travis Strikes Again

Having seen the video of Bad Girl's death, her father, now going by Badman, swore revenge against Travis. He tracked him down to his trailer in the Texas wilderness, and attempted to kill him, but both were sucked into the video-game world by Travis's Death Drive Mark II console. Based on an urban legend that clearing all six Death Balls would grant the player one wish, Travis and Badman agreed to use this to resurrect Bad Girl. After finishing each game, Charlotte was revived, but due to one of the Death Balls being an incomplete version, she was instead returned in the form of a dog, known as Bad Dog. As a dog she seems to recognize her father, and remains at Travis's trailer. Later, Travis obtained the completed Killer Marathon Death Ball, allowing Bad Girl to be properly restored to human form. After meeting her father again, the two realized that they had become different people, and agreed to live separate lives.

No More Heroes III

By 2021, Bad Girl began living at the Motel NO MORE HEROES, alongside Travis and Shinobu. She witnesses the alien invasion of Earth led by FU, exiting the motel to fight the aliens outside. Later, FU took revenge by attacking the motel, injuring Travis and Shinobu, and killing Badman. Bad Girl arrived at the motel, finding her father's dead body. Travis later found Charlotte distressed in one of the motel rooms, mourning her father. Throughout the game, Travis visits her multiple times, giving her anime and movie recommendations. Eventually Bad Girl recovered, joining Travis and Buzariashvili Bishop to discuss Takashi Miike movies. She said she didn't know Miike, but likes anime. They then agree to watch Layzner together. After Travis's death and resurrection, Bad Girl joined him and his allies to prepare for the battle with FU. She told Travis not to worry about her, since her father took on FU by choice. During the final battle, Bad Girl provided back-up. After Travis broke FU's neck, Bad Girl hit him with her bat, sending him flying through the air. He was then decapitated by Shinobu and returned to his child form. After fleeing on his spaceship, he was betrayed and killed by Damon Riccitiello.

Bad Girl and the others appear at the end of the game, attending Badman's funeral. She told her father that he always looked cool hitting home runs, and reminisced about him buying her ice cream. She spread his ashes in the ocean, saying goodbye to her own "No More Hero". The funeral was interrupted by the arrival of King Jess Baptiste V, who was quickly dispatched by Jeane Touchdown and Hunter Touchdown, who arrived from the future. Bad Girl asked who they are, with Shinobu telling her they are Travis's twin children.

Official profiles

Bad Girl Ranked 2nd by the UAA. 23 years old. A cosplay maniac who also loves beer. (No More Heroes: Trading Card No. 144 profile)

Bad Girl An absolutely insane young woman with an affinity for baseball bats. Once killed in battle by Travis, she has returned thanks to the efforts of her father, Badman. (No More Heroes III site profile)

Appearances

• No More Heroes
• Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes
• No More Heroes III

Gallery

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  Badman Strikes Back
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  Travis Strikes Again design
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