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{{General VG character
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|caption= Cody in '']''
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|voiceactor=] (''Street Fighter'' animated series)<br>Michael T. Coleman (''SSFIV'', ''SFXT'')
|japanactor=] (''SFA3'')<br>] (''SSFIV'', ''SFXT'')
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{{nihongo|'''Cody'''|コーディー|Kōdī}}, who is given the full name '''Cody Travers''' in '']'',<ref name=travers>{{cite video game|title=Final Fight: Streetwise|developer=Capcom|platform=PlayStation 2/Xbox|year=2004}}</ref> is a video game character who debuted as the lead character of the 1989 ] '']''. He would appear as a playable character in '']'' and later ''Final Fight''-related spinoffs. An American street brawler, Cody is a proclaimed "fighting prodigy" who specializes in ].


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==Appearances==
===In video games===
Cody first appears as the lead character of the 1989 beat-em-up '']'', where he is one of the three playable characters in the game, with Cody being the well-balanced character of the trio. In the game, he is a martial artist whose girlfriend Jessica has been kidnapped by the Mad Gear Gang. He teams up with his friend and rival ], and Jessica's father ], to defeat the gang. In the game, he wears hand wraps, a white t-shirt, blue jeans, and tennis shoes.

After the events of ''Final Fight'', Cody is mentioned in the ] sequel, '']'', where he is shown in the opening flashback to be the one delivering the finishing blow to the Mad Gear gang's leader, Belger, from within the first game, but Cody himself does not appear from within the second game at all. His absence from the second game was explained in that he was taking a vacation with Jessica during the time of ''Final Fight 2''.

Cody makes a cameo appearance in Guy's ''Final Fight''-themed home stage in '']'', where he is being cuddled by his girlfriend Jessica at the left corner of the stage; if a female character is in front of Cody, he will draw his attention away from Jessica and towards the female fighter for a moment until an envious Jessica slaps Cody in the face and regains his attention. The couple makes a similar cameo appearance in '']'', in which they're among the spectators watching the fight at the background of the "Mall Madness" stage.

His next major appearance was in 1998's '']'', being the fourth ''Final Fight'' character to appear in the ''Alpha'' sub-series. In this game, Cody had ended his relationship with Jessica (who has since left Metro City to study abroad in Europe) and became a convicted felon, having been thrown into jail after becoming a vigilante. Bored with his peaceful life, Cody had wandered the streets looking for any riffraff he could find, and subsequently beat them into submission until he was finally caught and jailed. Instead of his jeans and white t-shirt from ''Final Fight'', Cody's wardrobe now consists of a blue-and-white striped prison uniform with handcuffs on his wrists (which he is actually able to remove when he taunts his opponent, but fights wearing them anyway) and stubble on his face. His fighting style in the game is modeled after his abilities from ''Final Fight''. During his single-player storyline, Cody is challenged by Birdie and ends up joining forces with his friend and former ally Guy in his fight against M. Bison.

Cody would appear in two subsequent ''Final Fight'' games following his appearance in ''Alpha 3''. '']'', an American-developed 3D fighting game based on ''Final Fight'' also released in 1998, features Cody from within his depiction in the original ''Final Fight''. In his character's ending, he gets arrested by police officer ] after being framed by the surviving members of Mad Gear and he is shown in ]'s ending wearing the same jailbird outfit he wears in ''Street Fighter Alpha 3''. A second American-produced ''Final Fight'' spinoff, 2006's '']'', features Cody as the elder brother and mentor of the new main character, Kyle Travers. Cody wears his classic original outfit, but with an orange prison shirt over the t-shirt. Prior to the events of the game, Cody was willingly incarcerated for an unspecified crime committed by Guy, causing a fallout between the two former friends. Upon getting out of prison, Cody's constant fighting had taken its toll upon his own knees, in which he had developed ] from within them and that Cody himself was forced to retire from mainstream fighting, becoming a cornerman for Kyle during his run from within Metro City's underground pit fighting circuit. During the events of ''Final Fight Streetwise'', Kyle learns that Cody had been taking a new street drug known as "GLOW", which is said to give the user immense strength and power, but turns them violent and dangerous at the same time. Eventually, Cody is kidnapped by Father Bella (who is later revealed to be the younger brother of Belger) and is used as a brainwashed guinea pig by Bella, who seeks revenge against him for the death of his brother. In the end, Cody regains his senses and helps Kyle defeat Bella.

Cody returns as one of the new characters in '']'', breaking out of prison to try to cure his boredom. His rival is Guy, who tries to convince him to team with him to fight Seth. In his ending after he defeats Seth, Cody runs into Guy once again and after deflecting Guy's praise, leaves to return to his cell where he claims he belongs. Cody is also featured as a playable character via ] in '']'', with Guy as his official tag partner.<ref>{{cite news|title= Street Fighter X Tekken out on Vita this fall with 12 more characters |work=]|date=|url= http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/21/street-fighter-x-tekken-out-on-vita-this-fall-with-12-more-chara/|accessdate=2012-04-16}}</ref>

====Gameplay====
In ''Final Fight'', Cody was the 'balance' character, with both moderate strength and speed; he was also the only player capable of stabbing when armed with a knife. By the time of his appearance in ''Street Fighter Alpha 3'', Cody has gained new special moves and super combos. His trademark attacks are the "Bad Stone", in which he throws a normal rock with the force of other fighter's projectiles, the "Criminal Upper", in which he throws an uppercut that releases a multi-hitting tornado that blocks projectiles, the "Ruffian Kick", a charging kick attack that varies on attack level depending on which button used, and the ability to use a knife lying in the middle of the stage in all of his fights, which Cody can pick up and use.<ref name=aac310>''All About Capcom Head-to-Head Fighting Game 1987-2000'', page 310</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Super Street Fighter 4 Character Guide - Cody |work=]|date=|url= http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2010/04/28/super-street-fighter-4-character-guide-cody/|accessdate=2012-04-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Super Street Fighter 4 Character Strategies|work= ]|date=|url= http://uk.guides.ign.com/guides/35904/page_21.html|accessdate=2012-05-18}}</ref>

''Final Fight: Streetwise'' sees an alternate version of Cody, dubbed "Death". As he was chosen by a Metro City priest, Father Bella, to be a living incarnation of one of the ]. This version of Cody has a more demonic look to him due to the fact that Cody was drugged with a mysterious substance that was dubbed "The GLOW" (in reference to how the eyes of the user looked after taking the drug) and has a version of the "Criminal Upper" that emits a greenish glow; in addition, he gains the ability to throw waves of green energy that travel along the ground like many projectiles in ] fighting games, as well as the ability to rain green energy down around himself.

===In other media===
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An episode of the ] '']'' animated series titled "Final Fight" adapts the plot of the same game, portrayed as a slow-witted, short-tempered character with a southern accent. In the episode, Cody and Guy, after learning that Cody's girlfriend and Haggar's daughter Jessica was kidnapped by the Mad Gear gang, go off to fight them on their own accord while ] and ] are hired by Haggar to infiltrate the gang in order to help find and save his daughter; Cody knocks Belger from the top window of his penthouse (although Belger is not killed), and rescues Jessica. He also appears in some of the ''Street Fighter'' comics by ].

==Reception==
Cody's reception was mostly positive. Cody was ranked 45th top ''Street Fighter'' character by ].<ref>{{cite news|title= Top 50 Street Fighter Characters
|work=]|date=|url= http://www.ugo.com/games/top-50-street-fighter-characters|accessdate=2012-04-15}}</ref> He was one of the seven characters that ] wished most to see in ''Street Fighter IV'',<ref>{{cite news|title= Players Wanted: Street Fighter IV |work=]|date=|url= http://uk.stars.ign.com/articles/919/919300p5.html|accessdate=2012-04-15}}</ref> while WhatCulture included him among ten fictional characters they wished to see appear in '']''.<ref></ref> In 2012, '']'' ranked him as the 38th "most dominant" fighting game character, as "a shining example" of "a fallen hero becomes a kickass crook when being the good guy gets boring", adding: "Who else you know can manage to fight with handcuffs on the whole time?"<ref>Elton Jones, , Complex.com, May 17, 2012</ref> In the official survey by ], Cody was the 16th most requested character to be added to the roster of '']'' on ''Street Fighter'' side.<ref></ref> The actor ] stated that he named his son Cody Williams after a video game character, which is believed to be Cody from ''Final Fight''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Even Robin Williams loves him some Call of Duty|url=http://www.qj.net/qjnet/wii/even-robin-williams-loves-him-some-call-of-duty.html|work=QuickJump Gaming Network|accessdate=18 September 2011|author=Glenn M.|date=November 29, 2009}}</ref>

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