Blue Monday Counter

Blue Monday Counter is one of Ángel's Super Special Moves in The King of Fighters series.

Description
Ángel lifts her knee up. If she's hit, she'll grab and slam the opponent to the ground with a Rock Bottom, and then perform The People's Elbow. The version uses a cinematic camera angle during The People's Elbow.

In The King of Fighters 2002, Neowave & 2002 Unlimited Match, Ángel has two variations of Blue Monday Counter; if she was hit by a grounded attack, she'll attack forwards with a series of fast straight punches. If she was hit by an aerial attack, she'll grab and slam the opponent to the ground with a Rock Bottom.

Strategy
Out of all of the counter moves in SNK history, Blue Monday Counter is the trickiest to land. It doesn't last many frames, but it still works great as a reversal move. It can be canceled into from normal and any Unchain Circle moves as a risky call out vs mash and reversal throw attempts.

Starting with KOF XIV, the version can be cancelled into from Real Rave, which upon doing to will activate the Rock Bottom section of the move immediately after the lariat, then Climax cancelled after the elbow.

Trivia

 * Blue Monday Counter has had multiple different names. In The King of Fighters 2001, the name of this move was called The Unidentified Victim Consciousness. In The King of Fighters 2002, The King of Fighters Neowave and The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match, the grounded name of this move was called | Winds Fairground while the aerial version was called | Blue Monday Parade. All of these names are named after songs by Soul Flower Union. Starting with The King of Fighters XIV, the move was renamed as Blue Monday Counter.