Although its been never officially confirmed by Capcom, many fans have speculated that the inspiration for Cammy comes from Gally/Alita, the main protagonist from manga and anime Battle Angel Altia. Much of Cammy’s mannerisms, moves, and design are similar to Gally. Again, nothing has been confirmed by Capcom, so take this with a grain of salt.
Cammy’s Street Fighter V appearance is inspired by original concept sketches of her from Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers.
In 1996, Capcom premiered X-Men Vs. Street Fighter in arcades, the first in the Capcom Vs. series. In the game it premiered Alpha Cammy AKA “Killer Bee” Cammy in the game before her first Street Fighter appearance in the update in Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold.
She retains her XVSF in her Alpha 2 Gold appearance however her arcade story and ending is considered non-canon. Her first canon appearance is in Street Fighter Alpha 3 in 1998
Cammy’s Killer Bee sprite has seen the most appearances too.
In the SF manga, Sakura Ganbaru!, Cammy gets her name from Sakura who finds a then amnesiac Cammy and names her after a cat by the same name she found.
These events are considered canon and in Street Fighter IV, both characters share dialogue acknowledging this in arcade mode.
In Street Fighter X Tekken, Cammy’s Cross Art is a reference to the opening scene of the Street Fighter II:The Movie where she assassinates someone by snapping their neck.
Capcom also references this opening bit as well with the intro toAlpha Cammy’s, where Cammy comes out hooded similar to how she was introduced in the movie.
Cammy is one the few Street Fighter characters have a star in her own non-Fighting Game, Cannon Spike, named after her attack with the same name. This 2001 run and gun shooter was made by Psikyo and stars various other Capcom characters with character designs by Kinu Nishimura.
Cammy’s default design in the game is also inspired by her concept sketches from Super Street Fighter II. Her second outfit, Alpha/Killer Bee, is also an unlock able outfit in the game.
Cammy also made a cameo as a boss character in Final Fight Streetwise.
Probably one of the weirdest appearances by Cammy in the Street Fighter universe was in the American Street Fighter II cartoon where she was Guile’s love interest (?) before revealing she was a spy for M.Bison as well as his love interest (?!) resulting in one of the more infamous scenes of series.
Cammy’s final appearance in the American SF II cartoon came in the series finale where after being told she had been brain washed by Bison she made another very infamous scene from the series…
Happy Birthday Cammy. Maybe someday you’ll get to wear pants (at least wear them in a game that is good).
Another January 6th, another birthday for Cammy. Still no pants. Here are some more pointless trivia facts:
Famous Actress Jamie Lee Curtis reveled in an interview that not only is she an avid Street Fighter player, but Cammy is favorite.
That same year, Curtis along with her family attended EVO 2015, all of them cosplayed at the event. Weaver was cosplaying as Vega/Claw
As of SFV, Juni lives with Cammy after she was resuced by her. She also now shares Cammy’s love of cats
Cammy’s and Chun Li’s Capcom Pro Tour costumes are based around a promotional art work for Super Street Fighter II Turbo done by Kinu Niishmura
Cammy has had leading roles in Manga series and Comic Books.
Happy Birthday Cammy!
Another year, another fictitious B-Day for the English lady with no pants. Here are more facts on Cammy.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Super Street Fighter: The New Challengers, the first game Cammy appeared in.
This year also marks the 10th anniversary of Street Fighter IV, the first mainline Street Fighter appearance since Alpha 3.
Another January 6th means another does of Cammy related Trivia
In Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, Cammy was given a Shadowloo Catsuit. This is actually a reference to a drawing done by Akiman for Cammy in Street Fighter Alpha 3. A drawing of the concept for this costume can be found in Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection:
Cammy’s Cannon Spike outfit, appearing as an costume in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s Fighting Chance, features select colors from her appearance in Super Street Fighter II: Turbo. Mainly colors 2, 3, 5, and 10.
Colors 15 of Cammy’s Battle Costume in Street Fighter V are references to Cyclops from X-Men. This was alluded in an entry on Capcom Fighters Network entry over that costume:
Color 14 could possibly be a reference to the X-Men Psylocke due to its purple color and that the titular character, much like Cammy, is also British.
These references to X-Men are significant as Alpha/Killer Bee Cammy premiered in X-Men Vs. Street Fighter in 1996
Cammy’s Extra Battle Costume (Fiona from Haunting Ground) and Resident Evil (Jill Valentine) in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition are one of the few costumes that if you put the costume code, have completely different costumes. For her Finoa costume, you unlock Fiona’s Cowboy costume that was unlocked after being the game and getting Ending A. For her Jill Valentine Costume, Cammy get’s Jill’s redesign default outfit from Resident Evil 3: Nemesis:
Cammy’s Resident Evil costume is also note worthy as it the first costume in Street Fighter V to give her pants. However, its not the first costume that she ever had pants on. The first costume she had pants on was in her cameo in Final Fight Streetwise, as a hidden boss. The first time Cammy had pants on in a mainline Street Fighter game was Ultra Street Fighter IV’s Summer Costume for Cammy. That outfit was designed by Udon Comic artist Edwin Huang: (Twitter, Tumblr)
For her appearance in Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold for the Sega Saturn, Cammy’s theme was a remixed version of her X-Men Vs. Street Fighter Theme. This was the first, and last, time a character’s remixed theme made it into a mainline Street Fighter game:
Cammy is the favorite Street Fighter for former Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono and Street Fighter V Concept and Promotional Artist Shigenori Kiwata/KIKI/KIT-KIT-KIT, whose art is shown below.
Here are some new facts for this year:
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers, the game Cammy debuted in.
In 2021, Cammy was given her original Killer Bee outfit from Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold/X-Men vs. Street Fighter in Street Fighter V: Champion Edition. This is different from her Dolls costume, which was to match the redesign that was given to all of the other dolls in the Shadow Falls Cinematic Story Mode.
Pressing the costume code (LK+PPP+UP during the Vs. screen transition) will give her red hoodie from her intro. That hoodie is from her scene from the Street Fighter 2 Animated Movie.
Cammy was added to Fortnite as part of the second wave of Street Fighter X Fortnite on August 8th, 2021. Her outfit was modified to have leggings and her second outfit was based around an unused outfit for her appearance in Final Fight Streetwise. One of the items she comes with is the Northern Lights from her English Manor stage from Super Street Fighter II
Cammy will be apart of the starting character roster of Street Fighter 6, making this the third mainline SF game where she is not only apart of the roster, but the default cast.
Cammy with pants make an appearance in the Street Fighter II V anime series.
She’s still an assassin here, and while she’s not brainwashed in this universe, she’s still being manipulated by a wily Balrog under the employ of Bison.
Her role here is far more fleshed out than other anime appearances, but then that’s the luxury of a 29-episode series.
And don’t worry, they still find a way to have Cammy with no pants.
