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|caption = [[File:StreetFighterSymbol.svg|50px]]<br>Guile's official artwork from ''Street Fighter X Tekken''.

|lastappearance=''{{s|wikipedia|Teppen}}'' (2019)

|englishactor = [[wikipedia:Travis Willingham|Travis Willingham]]

|japanactor = [[wikipedia:Hiroki Yasumoto|Hiroki Yasumoto]]

'''Guile''' ({{ja|ガイル| Gairu}}, ''Guile'') is a character from the ''{{uv|Street Fighter}}'' series.

Still believing Nash is alive, Guile officially goes AWOL and sets out to prove it once and for all. He is contacted by Karin Kanzuki in a plan to take down a to take down a resurrected Shadaloo. He soon found his friend alive, albeit revived and stitched together by the Secret Society in ''Street Fighter V'''s Story Mode. On the final assault on Shadaloo, Guile and Chun-Li are confronted by M. Bison. Nash appears and fights off Bison, eventually blowing himself up as a sacrifice as Guile watches. This was all for naught, however, as Bison survives. As Ryu defeats Bison and Rashid sets the facility to explode, Guile meets everyone else as they are relieved that M. Bison is gone for good. Also at some point around this time, Guile saves an undercover Abel from Shadaloo agent F.A.N.G. Later, they get reports that former S.I.N members are being abducted. They go to an abandoned S.I.N lab, where they find and confront Juri. She states that nothing of value is in the lab, but Shadaloo is working on operation C.H.A.I.N.S. Soon after Juri escapes, the lab starts to collapse. Abel almost gets crushed to death, but Guile helps him out of the lab.

Guile is the second playable character to hail from the United States, the first being Ken. They are actually related by marriage. Ken's wife Eliza is the sister of Julia, Guile's wife, making the two brothers-in-law. Guile does have some reservations about Ken's care free attitude a lavish lifestyle, but both mutually respect each other's sense of justice and are willing to help each other out.

Guile's behavior as an Assist Trophy is a reference to the infamous tactic of 'down-backing', where the Guile player constantly holds down and away from the opponent, charging up both his Sonic Boom projectile and Flash Kick anti-air while blocking. This defensive style of play is unofficially known as "zoning," and is notorious among lower-level players that attempt to jump over a Sonic Boom only to get hit by Flash Kick immediately afterwards.

==In ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''==

Guile appears as an Assist Trophy. He mostly remains on the defensive, crouching and blocking attacks, although if a character tries to approach him from above, they will be attacked by Guile's signature Flash Kick. If no opponents come near him, he will repeatedly fire his signature Sonic Boom shots. If he fulfills his time without being defeated, he will say "That was nothing!" before leaving. Both of these attacks also have "light" and "heavy" versions that determine height and speed. He may also jump and, if an opponent is near while doing so, use a weak aerial kick. He is also one of the many Assist Trophy characters that can be KO'd. Like Ryu and Ken, the hits from his attacks emit the original hitsounds from ''Street Fighter II''. His fighting style may be a playful jab at the playstyle of Guile players in the ''Street Fighter'' games, who are known for simply crouching in the corner of the stage, blocking any projectiles that come their way and using Flash Kick on those who get close while also using Sonic Boom on opponents who simply try to run their patience out by stalling in the same way. Guile's voice lines are recycled from ''Street Fighter IV''.

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*One of Guile's screenshots where he shoots Sonic Boom at Pikachu references {{s|bulbapedia|Lt. Surge}}, the third Kanto Gym Leader from the ''Pokémon'' series, who has a {{pkmn|Voltorb}} capable of using {{iw|bulbapedia|Sonic Boom|move}} in his team. In ''{{s|bulbapedia|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions}}'', his attire even looks similar to Guile.

** Adding to this, Lt. Surge also shares his Japanese voice actor in the anime and ''{{s|bulbapedia|Pokémon Masters EX}} with Guile.

*Guile is voiced in English by Travis Willingham, who also provides the voice of another Assist Trophy from a third-party franchise, [[Knuckles]].

*[[Palutena's Guidance#Ken|Palutena's Guidance regarding Ken]] mentions Guile's wife, Julia, being the sister of [[Ken]]'s wife, Eliza, making them brothers-in-law.

*Guile’s occasional usage of a jumping kick instead of a Flash Kick references a common input error for the move, where either the crouching charge was not held for long enough or the upward motion and the kick were pressed at the wrong time.

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