History VideoGame / FatalFury

* FootFocus: Notably, Joe and Kim; but ''most'' notably, Mai in the ''Real Bout'' series.

* ''Fatal Fury'' (1991, NeoGeo, SNES, SegaGenesis)
* ''Fatal Fury 2'' (1992, NeoGeo, SNES, SegaGenesis, PCEngine)
* ''Fatal Fury Special'' (1993, NeoGeo, SNES, SegaCD, PCEngine)

* RyuAndKen: Kim Dong Hwan and Kim Jae Hoon; as well as the Jin Brothers.
** Joe and Hwa count, for all of ''[[DemotedToExtra one game]]''. In a sense, Rock could also be considered as the Ken to his father Geese.

* ActionGirl: Mai, Mary, Xiangfei, Bonne Jenet, Hotaru, Tsugumi Sendoh etc. [[GenreSavvy Mai Shiranui]] purposely [[JustForPun bounces]] in [[FauxActionGirl and out]] of the trope; she has the skills and uses them the major part pof the time, but sometimes plays the [[DeliberatelyDistressedDamsel damsel in distress]] intentionally in order to make [[CelibateHero Andy]] [[TheDulcineaEffect appreciate her more.]]

* AntiVillain: Arguably Wolfgang Krauser; while he seems highly evil natured in battle, he has a very gentle side outside of the battle ring. Kim Kaphwan's ending in ''Fatal Fury 2'' even shows Krauser being reformed by Kim. Additionally, when he wins he still respects you enough to say "you were good, you fought well" (even if you didn't), which is the opposite of most villains in any media.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Geese and the Jin brothers are stronger than their respective subordinates, Billy and Yamazaki. Kain R. Heinlein, as well.

* AxCrazy: Freeman. He's a ''{{serial killer}}'', though, so what do you expect? And let's not even get ''into'' Ryuji Yamazaki.
* BackFromTheDead: Geese Howard at least twice.
* {{Badass}}: Geese can qualify as this. ''VideoGame/CapcomVsSNKMillenniumFight2000'' gives him the line, ''[[GratuitousEnglish "I stain my hands, with your blood."]]'' (though it gets [[{{Engrish}} horribly mangled]]), and in ''VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium'' he says, "You cannot escape from death".

* BigEater: Li Xiangfei is basically always eating.
* {{Bishonen}}: Andy Bogard, especially his anime incarnation.
* BruceLeeClone: Averted with Hon Fu, whose actually a JackieChan clone.
** He ''does'' have the standard high-pitched {{Kiai}}s, though...

* BloodBrothers: Grant and Kain R. Heinlein, who swore an oath of eternal allegiance to each other as children.
* BloodKnight: Wolfgang Krauser, who hosted the world edition of the tournament. Grant, too.
* BonusBoss: Ryo Sakazaki from ''VideoGame/{{Art of Fighting}}'' in ''Special''. Geese returned as a bonus boss in ''Real Bout Special'', and ''Real Bout 2'' had Alfred. Interestingly enough, it was Ryo's guest appearance in ''Fatal Fury Special'' that inspired SNK to create ''The King of Fighters'' series.
* BroadStrokes: ''Wild Ambition'' served as a rough retelling events of the first game that included most of the original core players (Terry, Andy, Joe, Geese, Billy, and Raiden; Duck King was added to the [=PS1=] port) as well as a few fan-faves from later installments (Mai, Kim, Yamazaki, Xiangfei), newcomers Tsugumi Sendo and Touji Sakata, and even an older Ryo Sakazaki as Mr. Karate II.

** Just to clarify, there's a Lily in the video games, but she's an unrelated character named Lil'''l'''y '''Kane''', Billy's sister who, like her bro, is a playable character in ''KOF 2006/Maximum Impact 2''. Lily [=McGwire=] did make a cameo in the Mexican Pao Pao Cafe stage in ''KOF '94''.

* CanonImmigrant: Many details about Krauser's backstory (such as him killing his father or being related to Geese) became game canon after the movie. There was an attempt to have him commit suicide as well, but that was abandoned. Likewise, in later games Krauser gained the Gigatech Cyclone move, which was identical to the tornado spin attack he and Terry used in the anime - but neither had used in the game.

* CityOfAdventure: Southtown is where the action of all the games takes place, with the exception of ''2'' and ''Special'', which were about a worldwide tournament. ''Garou'' isn't in quite the same place as the previous games, but a neighbouring city close enough to be considered an extension of it (it's even called '''Second''' Southtown). Both locales also double as a ViceCity, albeit gradually moving away from this direction.

* CuteBruiser: Li Xiangfei, Hotaru Futaba.

* DemotedToExtra: Everyone from the first game (except for the three heroes, Billy Kane, and Raiden, who undergoes a literal HeelFaceTurn to become Big Bear) in ''Fatal Fury 2'', although Tung Fu Rue and Duck King would return as playable characters in ''Fatal Fury Special'' (along with Geese, who was presumed dead in ''2''). This also happened to Jubei Yamada, Big Bear and Axel Hawk after ''Special''.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In one of her supers, Hotaru Futaba straddles her rival and releases a ball of energy as she arches her back and screams. [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Uhm]]...
* TheDragon: Billy Kane, Lawrence Blood, Ryuji Yamakazi, Grant and, in the anime movie, Jamin.

* DudeLooksLikeALady: Come on, admit it! You thought Jin Chonshu was a girl, when he's actually a boy, didn't you?
* ExecutiveSuiteFight: Geese Howard likes fighting in his office.

* {{Expy}}: Geese Howard has a striking resemblance to King, the final boss of ''The Super Spy'' (see comparison [[http://img88.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=superspy.jpg here]]). The intro to Fatal Fury 3 may be a reference to it.
** He also draws comparisons with Aussie from the Jean Claude Van Damme movie, ''Bloodsport''
** Also, Sokaku seems to be based on a [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3X7poql8fXs/SIc4ASTHrrI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/2tnkfg6AO5M/s400/1993+sengoku+2.png generic enemy]] of ''{{Sengoku}} 2''.
* FaceHeelTurn[=/=]HeelFaceTurn: Raiden is a monster {{Heel}}, but when he takes his mask off (and grows a beard), he wrestles as "Big Bear", an [[AllAmericanFace all-Australian face]], pulling a ''literal'' HeelFaceTurn.
** Later games imply that his HeelFaceRevolvingDoor is actually a gimmick and that he's a {{Face}} in real life.
** Rock Howard pulls a FaceHeelTurn... in a matter of speaking... it's revealed that [[spoiler:not only did he win the tournament in ''Mark of the Wolves'', but tournament host Kain tells him he has information about his mother supposedly being alive. Terry later finds Rock, who tells him he's going with Kain and nothing's gonna change his mind. Instead of being upset, Terry is pleased that Rock is about to forge his own destiny.]]

* FragileSpeedster: Mai, Hokutomaru.

* FootFocus: Notably, Joe Higashi and Kim; but MOST notably, Mai Shiranui in the ''Real Bout'' series.
* {{Gainaxing}}: Mai Shiranui.

* GameBreakingInjury: Terry Bogard injures his ankle right before being asked to fight Kim Kaphwan and was unable to use any sort of kicking attacks. He managed to come out on top. However, [[spoiler:his fight against Krauser did not go as well and his injured legs played a major factor in this loss]].

* GenkiGirl: Li Xianfei.

* GratuitousEnglish: Terry Bogard. He's the [[Pantheon/{{Theater}} God]] of it.
* GuestFighter: Ryo Sakazaki (of ''VideoGame/{{Art of Fighting}}'' fame) as a hidden final boss in ''Fatal Fury Special''. Alfred the Pilot was technically created to be the main character of ''Dominated Mind'' (a remixed {{PlayStation}} port of ''Real Bout Special''), but most people outside Japan know him for his appearance as a secret final boss in ''[[MarthDebutedInSmashBros Real Bout 2]]''.

** The same applies to the Bogard Bros.; Andy trained his butt off to learn Ninjutsu and Koppoken, while Terry was an ordinary street brawler who made up his own moves and hardly trains. Guess which one is the better fighter.
* HelloNurse: Mai Shiranui is this. Signs are easily evident in comments made by the male characters, and it's more evident in the anime series. In contrast, Blue Mary, who's also considered attractive, attracts more attention because of her job.

* HighlyVisibleNinja: Mai Shiranui battles in a bright red and white outfit; Andy's worse, since his outfit is mostly white, and he doesn't even tie his long blond hair back or anything. Hokutomaru's... okay. He's more a Highly ''Audible'' Ninja, given how loud and obnoxious he is.
* HotBlooded: Kim Kaphwan is a prime example. His son Kim Jae Hoon has tried to follow his example as much as possible... oh, and he's also got the literal fire powers, as well.
** [[DetectEvil Evil]] [[BadassCreed may be]] [[ThisIsUnforgivable unforgivable]], but not considering [[NobuyukiHiyama Joe Higashi]]'s blood [[LargeHam the hottest in the universe]] is [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking downright]] [[FelonyMisdemeanor monstrous]].
* HotDad: Kim, again. Specially in the movie. Also, his ''Fatal Fury Special'' intros/win poses AND ending have young Jae Hoon and Dong Hwan hanging out with their dad. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Aaaawwwww]].

* KaizoTrap: White from the {{PlayStation}} port of ''Real Bout Fatal Fury Special'' (known as ''[[MeaningfulName Dominated Mind]]''). Beat him, and BE DAMNED READY to dodge his cane laser.

* KnifeNut: Ryuji Yamazaki, and Freeman, sort of.

* {{Leitmotif}}: Geese Howard's theme, from game to game. So far he's had [[BreadEggsMilkSquick a kiss, soy sauce, a stiff neck, a nightmare]], [[PlayedForLaughs and now mustard]].
* LoveFreak: Kim Kaphwan, because JusticeWillPrevail and [[ThisIsUnforgivable Evil Is Unforgivable]]!

* TheManBehindTheMan: Kain R. Heinlein in ''Garou: Mark of the Wolves''.
* MartialPacifist: Kim Kaphwan, Jae Hoon, Hotaru Futaba.
** The latter is a tragic example, as Hotaru fights to find her brother (heavily implied to be Gato) and reunite her family, but she either falls short or he acts like a major {{Jerkass}} to her.
* MightyGlacier: Raiden/Big Bear, Franco Bash and Tizoc aka Griffon Mask.
* MirrorMatch: For all the sequels. In some games the characters even have special phrases for their alter egos, and in Geese's case, [[spoiler:his double appears in Billy's ''Real Bout'' ending as an impostor.]]
* {{Misblamed}}: ''Mark of the Wolves'' is commonly called a ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' ripoff for its smooth animation and replacing the entire cast with the exception of the main character, but few know that ''VideoGame/{{Art of Fighting}} 3'' had done the same before either of them.
* MsFanservice: Mai Shiranui has always been like this, but never as much in the ''Fatal Fury'' games as in the anime or the SpinOff games, where {{Flanderization}} did its job. Blue Mary and Bonne Jenet are also fanservicey, but not reaching this extreme.

* {{Ninja}}: Mai Shiranui, and later Hokutomaru, also part of the Shiranui clan. Oh, and [[McNinja Andy]].

* NonstandardGameOver: Lose to Geese in the first game and out the window you go!

* OminousLatinChanting: Wolfgang Krauser's [[PublicDomainSoundtrack "Dies Irae"]].
* PaperFanOfDoom: Mai Shiranui.

* PlayerVersusPlayer: As in all {{Fighting Game}}s.

* PsychoForHire: Ryuji Yamazaki, Freeman, etc.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Kim Kaphwan's [[MemeticMutation semi-famous]] ''"EVIL IS UNFORGIVABLE!"''

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Subversion: the red-eyed Rock Howard may be Geese Howard's son, but he rolls with Terry and his crew, and is one of the main characters in ''Mark of the Wolves''.

* SequelHook: ''The Motion Picture'' pulls one. Geese, the Big Bad of the first special, and a [[HesJustHiding villain in hiding]] in the second, is seen training diligently in a secluded forest in order to enact his revenge on Terry. Billy Kane interrupts his training session just as Geese pulls off a [[LimitBreak Raging Storm]].
* ShipTease: While Mai and Andy's situation is pretty much perpetual [[AllLoveIsUnrequited unrequited love]] ever since ''Fatal Fury 3'', Terry Bogard and Blue Mary has actually had a fairly good amount of it. Not so much in ''KOF'', but still.

* {{Shotoclone}}: Jin Chonrei, Jin Chonsu, Khushnood Butt, Hotaru Futaba.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Wolfgang Krauser and Franco Bash have an American VA in the games.

* TornadoMove: Joe Higashi's moves set includes multiple attacks of this nature. Beginning with his "Hurricane Upper" and "Twin Hurricane", which are two of his basic attacks. Followed by his [=DMs=] "Screw Upper", and "Exploding Screw Upper". He first gained "Double Cyclone/Cross Gigantes", which unleashes two Screw Uppers at once, in CapcomVsSNK2. And last, but certainly NOT least, there's his [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcK49AnQ8cA NEO MAX, "Screw Straight"!]] They call him [[RedBaron "The Human Storm"]] for a reason.
** [[BloodKnight Wulfgang]] [[BiggerBad Krauser's]] Gigantic Cyclone first made its appearance in the anime adaptation of ''Fatal Fury 2'' in the form of the Senpu-Ken move, where both he and [[TheProtagonist Terry]] [[EagleLand Bogard]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3IGOvlhVpM could use it (00:45-01:09).]] (Though Terry used it in the previous anime as well and he also used a kick variant to beat Geese.) It became a case of ThrowItIn, when {{SNK}} added it to Krauser's moves set, as his P-Power move, in Real Bout Fatal Fury Special, where it was renamed "Gigantic Cyclone".
* TraintopBattle: Terry's level in the second game/Special and ''Mark of the Wolves''.

* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Invoked in ''Fatal Fury 2'' by [[SpiritedCompetitor Terry]], at the conclusion of his rematch with [[BloodKnight Wulfgang]] [[NobleDemon Krauser]], when he tells Tony that fighting for revenge leaves only emptiness.
* VictoryPose: A few of them rather famous like Terry's and Mai's. In most games, characters also had specific animations when losing, but Krauser, Geese, Jin Chonrei, White from the PSOne ''Real Bout Special'' and Kain R. Heinlein, also had special ''defeat poses'', of which White's is actually ''[[KaizoTrap LETHAL to the player if ignored]]''.
* WakeupCallBoss: Hwa Jai in the original Fatal Fury. Technically, all the fighters were "bosses" since you couldn't play as them, but the first four were easy, and then Hwa was almost unstoppable.

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** Actually averted with Kain, who lacks any moves with absurd power or priority, has actually pretty long cooldown periods for some of his moves and is quite balanced as a player character, however he has the ability to overpower the player as a boss easily, thansk to him [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard being able to use charge-style attacks while walking towards his opponnent]] and his T.O.P. area expanding to his ''entire lifebar'' if you manage to win your first round against him.

* ActionGirl: Mai, Mary, Xiangfei, Bonne Jenet, Hotaru, Tsugumi Sendoh etc. [[GenreSavvy Mai Shiranui]] purposely [[JustForPun bounces]] in [[FauxActionGirl and out]] of the trope, playing the [[DistressedDamsel damsel in distress]] intentionally in order to make [[CelibateHero Andy]] [[TheDulcineaEffect appreciate her more.]]

* TornadoMove: Joe Higashi's moves set includes multiple attacks of this nature. Beginning with his "Hurricane Upper" and "Twin Hurricane", which are two of his basic attacks. Followed by his [=HDMs=] "Screw Upper", and "Exploding Screw Upper". He first gained "Malestrom", which unleashes two Screw Uppers at once, in CapcomVsSNK2. And last, but certainly NOT least, there's his [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcK49AnQ8cA NEO MAX, "Screw Straight"!]] They call him [[RedBaron "The Human Storm"]] for a reason.
** [[BloodKnight Wulfgang]] [[BiggerBad Krauser's]] Senpuu-kyaku first made its appearance in the anime adaptation of ''Fatal Fury 2'', where both he and [[TheProtagonist Terry]] [[EagleLand Bogard]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3IGOvlhVpM could use it (00:45-01:09).]] It became a case of ThrowItIn, when {{SNK}} added it to Krauser's moves set, as his HDM, in Real Bout Fatal Fury Speacial, where it was renamed "Gigantic Cyclone".
* TraintopBattle: Terry's level in the second game and ''Mark of the Wolves''.

* CityOfAdventure: Southtown is where the action of all the games takes place, with the exception of ''2'' and ''Special'', which were about a worldwide tournament. ''Garou'' isn't in quite the same place as the previous games, but a neighbouring city close enough to be considered an extension of it (it's even called '''Second''' Southtown).

* CompilationRerelease: ''Fatal Fury Battle Archives Volume 1'' (''Fatal Fury'', ''Fatal Fury 2'', ''Fatal Fury Special'' and ''Fatal Fury 3'') and ''Fatal Fury Battle Archives Volume 2'' (''Real Bout: Fatal Fury'', ''Real Bout: Fatal Fury Special'', ''Real Bout: Fatal Fury 2''), both on the PS2.

* {{Moe}}: Hotaru. Dear God, ''Hotaru''. It doesn't hurt that she's also '''the''' [[TheWoobie Woobie]] of the series.

* ActionGirl: Mary, Mai, Xiangfei, Bonne Jenet, Hotaru, Tsugumi Sendoh, etc. Mai Shiranui [[JustForPun bounces]] in [[FauxActionGirl and out]] of the trope, depending of which media we're talking about; however, it's somewhat {{justified|Trope}} in that [[GenreSavvy she]] plays the [[DistressedDamsel damsel in distress]] intentionally in order to make [[CelibateHero Andy]] [[TheDulcineaEffect appreciate her more.]]

* HelloNurse: Mai Shiranui is some sort of this in the games, as evidenced by the comments of some male characters, but it's more evident in the anime series. In contrast, the also very attractive Blue Mary attracts more attention because of her job.

* KikukoInoue: FemmeFatale Lily [=McGuire=] and Tony's HotMom Elsa in the anime.

* NoKoreansInJapan: Averted ''hard''; Kim's school of taekwondo has been represented in every game in the series except the original, as well as nearly every game that borrows characters from the series. Then again, most of these series doesn't take place in Japan, averting [[CreatorProvincialism something else]], too... most of the time.

* TakeMyHand: Terry to Geese at the end of ''Real Bout''; very cynically and cruelly averted when Geese rejects the offer and allows himself to die.

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* GuestFighter: Ryo Sakazaki (of ''{{Art of Fighting}}'' fame) as a hidden final boss in ''Fatal Fury Special''. Alfred the Pilot was technically created to be the main character of ''Dominated Mind'' (a remixed {{PlayStation}} port of ''Real Bout Special''), but most people outside Japan know him for his appearance as a secret final boss in ''[[MarthDebutedInSmashBros Real Bout 2]]''.

** [[ArtOfFighting Ryo]] [[TheCameo too]].

** [[DetectEvil Evil]] [[BadassCreed may be]] [[ThisIsUnforgivable unforgivable]], but not considering [[NobuyukiHiyama Joe Higashi]]'s blood [[LargeHam the hottest in the universe]] is [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking downright]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous monstrous]].

* BonusBoss: Ryo Sakazaki from ''{{Art of Fighting}}'' in ''Special''. Geese returned as a bonus boss in ''Real Bout Special'', and ''Real Bout 2'' had Alfred. Interestingly enough, it was Ryo's guest appearance in ''Fatal Fury Special'' that inspired SNK to create ''The King of Fighters'' series.

* CallingYourAttacks: Most characters do it. Avoided by Terry in ''Garou: Mark of the Wolves'', where most of the time, instead of shouting the names of his attacks, he yells things like "Rock you!" and [[{{Mondegreen}} "Kick Bath!"]], all of which were ported to his ''[[TheKingOfFighters KOF]]'' appearances from ''2002'' on.

* MagnumOpus: ''Mark of the Wolves'' serves as this for not only the ''Fatal Fury'' series, but (in the eyes of both fighting game enthusiasts and critics) SNK '''as a whole'''.

* {{Misblamed}}: ''Mark of the Wolves'' is commonly called a ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' ripoff for its smooth animation and replacing the entire cast with the exception of the main character, but few know that ''{{Art of Fighting}} 3'' had done the same before either of them.
* {{Moe}}: Hotaru Futaba.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Preteen ninja goofball Hokutomaru is voiced by JunkoTakeuchi, whose most famous role is... [[{{Naruto}} Naruto Uzumaki]].

* AntiVillain: Arguably Wolfgang Krauser; while he seems highly evil natured in battle, he has a very gentle side outside of the battle ring. Kim Kaphwan's ending in ''Fatal Fury 2'' even shows Krauser being reformed by Kim.

* ThisIsSparta: Kim Kaphwan's [[MemeticMutation semi-famous]] ''"EVIL IS UNFORGIVABLE!"''

[[TheAnimeOfTheGame Two animated TV specials]] (often mislabeled as [=OVA=]s, even though they aired on Japanese TV before their VHS releases) and [[TheMovie one animated film]] were based on the games, all including character designs by Masami Oobari. The TV specials were based on the plots of the first two games. The feature film had an original plot and villains.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Despite being clearly blond in all games, Andy inexplicably appears with sky-blue hair in the first OAV.

* AntiVillain: Arguably Wolfgang Krauser; while he seems highly evil natured in battle, he has a very gentle side outside of the battle ring.

* PunnyName: Considering that in Japan, the family name comes first, "Geese Howard" was probably meant to be "Howard Geese," and thus ''Comicbook/HowardTheDuck''.
** Except that his profile states he's American.
** I think that's clear - it's more that the surname-first-Japanese-naming-convention wasn't correctly reversed in his case.
* RankInflation: The system introduced by ''FatalFury 3'' and kept until the end of the series.

* {{Shotoclone}}: Jin Chonrei, Jin Chonsu, [[strike:Marco Rodriguez]] [[DubNameChange Khushnood Butt]], Hotaru Futaba.