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Terry Bogard
Terry Bogard
Terry in Neo Geo Battle Coliseum wearing the outfit introduced in Garou: Mark of the Wolves, illustrated by Ogura Eisuke.
Game series Fatal Fury series
King of Fighters series
SNK Vs. series
First game Fatal Fury
Voiced by (English) Mark Hildreth (animated films)
Tony Carrol (Maximum Impact series)
Voiced by (Japanese) Satoshi Hashimoto
Tsutomu Kashiwakura (animated films)
Nishikori Kazukiyo (animated films)
Takeshi Kusao (Dengeki Bunko drama CD)
Information
Birthplace Flag of the United States USA
Blood type O
Fighting style Martial arts with some Street fighting and Hakkyokuseiken
Likes Video games, wall painting, fast food, vintage jeans
Dislikes Cigars and cigarettes, slugs, unbusted wolves

Terry Bogard (テリー・ボガード Terī Bogādo?) is a video game character created by SNK, and is the main character of the Fatal Fury series. He has appeared in every Fatal Fury and King of Fighters game, and is one of the characters of choice to symbolize the company in crossover games, merchandise and publicity.[1][2] He appears to fit many Japanese stereotypes for an American character in appearance, personality and speech (his in-game vocabulary is usually limited to American colloquialisms, such as "Okay!" and "Hey, c'mon, c'mon."). In Gamest's 1997 Heroes Collection, Terry was voted as the staff's eighth favorite character.[3]

Terry Bogard is the brother of Andy Bogard. Both of them were orphans adopted by Jeff Bogard. He is often referred to as the Legendary Hungry Wolf (from Garou Densetsu, meaning Legend of the Hungry Wolf). He has a pet monkey named Ukee (the previous mascot of SNK before Terry) and is said to have the unique ability of accurately guessing a woman's measurements just by glancing at her. He also has a knack for shooting three-pointers or free throws in basketball, which explains the creation of his Power Dunk move.

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[edit] History

[edit] Fatal Fury

[edit] The Geese Howard Era

Terry as he appears in The King of Fighters 2000 donning his trademark attire, illustrated by Shinkiro.
Terry as he appears in The King of Fighters 2000 donning his trademark attire, illustrated by Shinkiro.

Terry comes from the fictitious town of Southtown,(a setting for many SNK games), and is the adoptive son of Jeff Bogard. During his childhood, he witnessed the death of his father at the hands of Geese Howard. Terry chose to pursue his revenge at a later time. But unlike his brother Andy, who left Southtown to train in Japan, Terry chose to stay in his hometown, combining the skills learned from his father with abilities gained from the streets.

Many years later, the crime lord Geese Howard organized a tournament, dubbed The King of Fighters. Terry, Andy and Muay Thai Kickboxing champion Joe Higashi would enter with the purpose of facing Geese. The battle that followed would eventually see Terry defeating Geese, and for some time, it was thought that Geese perished in the battle. The next year saw Geese's half-brother Wolfgang Krauser take control of The King of Fighters, and bringing the once Southtown-only tournament onto the world stage. The finals of this new tournament would again see Terry fighting the sponsor and him ultimately defeating Krauser.

Some time later it was revealed that Geese had survived his encounter with Terry. The Bogards and friends learned of Geese's intentions to retrieve the legendary Jin scrolls, Terry once again challenged and defeated him. Afterwards, Geese fled. Terry had battled to the end of the tournament, defeating characters such as Yamazaki, until finally facing the Jin brothers. Standing now as the victor, Terry once again was the Champion. However, Geese had escaped and with the scrolls. During the next game, Real Bout Fatal Fury, Terry managed to get all the way through the tournament to Geese for one final conflict. At the end of the fight, he knocked Geese off the edge of Geese Tower, but grabbed hold of Geese's hand and tried to keep him from falling. But this was not to be, as Geese knocked Terry's hand away, plummeting to what is believed to be his permanent death. Sometime either before, or after their final conflict, Terry encountered a boy by the name of Rock Howard, Geese's son. Taking him in, he would teach him the arts and discipline, as they traveled together around the world.

[edit] The Rock Howard Era

After the events of the Real Bout series of Fatal Fury, several catastrophic events occurred. Southtown control went under due to the economical issues after Geese's death. Second Southtown was established near the original Southtown for illegal trade, but even though Second South enjoyed a comeback, the tranquility of Second Southtown has been eclipsed by the next-generation crimelord, Kain R. Heinlein.

About 10 years after the events in Real Bout Fatal Fury, the King of Fighters: Maximum Mayhem (hosted and sponsored by Kain R. Heinlein) would go underway, and Terry and Rock were invited to take part of the tournament, thus being characters in Garou: Mark of the Wolves.

In Rock Howard's ending, Terry approaches the ruins of a mansion and finds out that Rock is now Kain's partner, and knows that he must trust Rock's decision to stick with Kain for a while. Terry then leaves the vicinity, knowing that Rock has finally left his den. After this, it is presumed Terry resumed his life of the lone wolf, leaving an uncertain future ahead. It has recently been confirmed in Garou: Memories of Stray Wolves, that Rock's ending is indeed the canon ending. At the very end of Stray Wolves, we see Blue Mary in her new clothes and her Harley Davidson ride up to Terry after Kain and Rock leave, and speak with him before giving him a ride to Pao Pao Cafe.

[edit] The King of Fighters

In The King of Fighters series, SNK used Terry's background story of Fatal Fury 1-2, in that after he had defeated Geese and Krauser, he was tired of KoF but saved a woman from being attacked by a mysterious person, and thus accepted the invitation to enter a new team fighting tournament called The King of Fighters '94.[4] Since then, Terry has been in many KOF tournaments.[5]

In every King of Fighters installment, Terry Bogard has been team captain of Team Fatal Fury. Though the team's roster has changed through the installments, Terry has always been present, and is notable as one of the few characters to appear in every King of Fighters game thus far.

[edit] Film and Video

Terry Bogard is a character in the following movies:

  • Battle Fighters Garou Densetsu/Fatal Fury - Legend of the Hungry Wolf (1993) - Mark Hildreth provides the voice of Terry in the English version, while Tsutomu Kashiwakura provides the voice of young Terry and Nishikori Kazukiyo provides the voice of adult Terry in the Japanese version.
  • Battle Fighters Garou Densetsu 2/Fatal Fury 2 - The New Battle (1993) - Mark Hildreth provides the voice of Terry in the English version, while Tsutomu Kashiwakura provides the voice of young Terry and Nishikori Kazukiyo provides the voice of adult Terry in the Japanese version.
  • Garou Densetsu - The Motion Picture/Fatal Fury - The Motion Picture (1994) - Mark Hildreth provides the voice of Terry in the English version, while Nishikori Kazukiyo provides the voice of Terry in the Japanese version.
  • The King of Fighters: Another Day (2006) - Terry makes an appearance in the episode "Accede," voiced by Satoshi Hashimoto, his in-game voice actor for the Japanese version, and his English voice actor in the dubbed version.
  • Garou: Memories of Stray Wolves/Hungry Wolf: Memories of Stray Wolves (2006) - Terry appears in this still picture twenty-minute movie voiced by Satoshi Hashimoto.

[edit] Appearance

In the Fatal Fury games prior to Mark of the Wolves and in most of the King of Fighters games, Terry wears a red leather vest with a white star on the back (with sometimes the words 'Running Wild' beneath the star) worn over a short-sleeved white t-shirt shirt, sometimes with tattered sleeves, or sometimes just a sleeveless white shirt, fingerless gloves (biker/fighting gloves), blue jeans and a pair of red Chuck Taylor All Star shoes. He tops it off with his trademark red-and-white baseball/trucker cap, with the words Fatal Fury on it (And sometimes Neo-Geo or King of Fighters). Terry wears his blonde hair long, but keeps it tied in a ponytail with bangs around his forehead/cheeks. In the first Fatal Fury, Terry wears a red leather jacket that features rolled-up sleeves with a pair of white Chuck Taylor All-Stars

In Garou, and other recent games, Terry's look consists of a brown bomber jacket with a white star on the back with the words "Running Wild" below it, as well as a white shirt, blue jeans, brown boots, and no hat. His hair, while still notably lengthy, is considerably shorter than his former ponytail. In The King of Fighters 2003 and The King of Fighters XI, this was the outfit he wore. Terry is appearing in The King of Fighters XII with his original Fatal Fury attire.

[edit] Moves and Abilities

The following is a list of Terry Bogard's moves:

Power Wave Terry's signature move. Also known as Napalm Punch, it releases a powerful flame along the ground to burn enemies.

Round Wave Much like the Power Wave, but only bigger and stationary.

Burn Knuckle Terry lunges towards his opponent fist-first, with a flaming aura surrounding his hand.

Power Dunk Terry jumps into the air and descends with his fist in a dunking motion, inspired from his skills at basketball. It hits once upon ascent, then hits a second time upon descent.

Rising Tackle Terry launches his body upside-down in a upward motion, resembling a screwdriver. He sometimes says "Bingo!" This is Terry's trademark anti-air move

Power Charge Terry lunges forward to attack his foe with his shoulder.

Fire Kick Terry slides into his opponent, and upon contact, he follows up with a spinning kick sending the opponent flying and creating opportunities for juggling combos.

Crack Shoot also known as "Kick Back" He performs a forward or side somersault before landing a heel kick upon the enemy's head.

Power Geyser Multiplying the energy used for his Power Wave, Terry slams his fist into the ground the opponent to attack the enemy with a massive explosion. He sometimes repeatedly slams his fist as hard as he can into the ground to make multiple explosions, sometimes juggling the enemy.

High Angle Geyser A combination of his three attacks; his Power charge, Power Dunk and Power Geyser.

Buster Wolf Terry lunges towards the opponent with both fists to stun them, before unleashing a surge of burning energy on them. For some reason, Terry asks his opponent "Are you okay?" before executing the move.

Rising Beat Introduced in SvC Chaos, this technique is virtually similar to Geese's Deadly Rave in execution, only Terry uses a Buster Wolf as a finishing blow.

Rising Force Terry lunges towards the opponent with his fist to stun them, then rams his shoulder into their midsection before finishing them off with a Rising Tackle attack. This move has been passed on to his student and foster son, Rock Howard.

Power Stream Introduced in King of Fighters 2003 as Terry's LDM (Leader Desperation Move), it is Terry's most powerful attack to date. Terry jumps into the air with his hands behind his head, gathering all of his energy, and slams down to the ground releasing a giant pillar of blue energy, launching the opponent into the air for multiple hits.

[edit] Character Relationship

[edit] Theme Music

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Ashcraft, Brian. King Of Fighters: Are You Hardcore? SNK Hardcore?. Kotaku, the Gamer's Guide. Retrieved on February 27, 2008.
  2. ^ SNK Playmore. Nakoruru and Terry Club Official Website (Japanese). SNK Playmore Official Homepage. Retrieved on March 8, 2008.
  3. ^ (1997) in Gamest: Gamest Game Hero Collection 1997; issue 208 (in Japanese). Shinseisha, 1. 
  4. ^ SNK Playmore. Fatal Fury Team Story in KOF '94. King of Fighters 10th Anniversary Official Website. Retrieved on February 27, 2008.
  5. ^ SNK Playmore. Terry Bogard's Official KOF Character Profile. King of Fighters 10th Anniversary Official Website. Retrieved on February 27, 2008.

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