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[[folder:Steve]]
!!Steve Fox
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-> ''These are the fists of a champion!''

->'''Origin''': UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom
->'''Fighting Style:''' ''[[BoxingBattler Boxing]]''
->'''Appears in:''' ''4''-''8'', ''Tag 2'', ''Revolution''

-> '''Voiced by:''' Jojo Otani (4; Battle Voice, Intros, Win Poses, & Cutscenes in Japanese release), Ezra J. Stanley (4; Intros, Win Poses, & Cutscenes in International release), Guy Perryman (5, 6 onward; Battle Voice Only), Creator/GideonEmery (''6''-''Tag 2''; Intro Poses and Cutscenes Only, ''8''; Full Voice), ??? (''7: Fated Retribution''; Story mode only)

->Adopted from near-birth with a strange mark on his arm and a graduate of Oxford University, Steve became a boxer and quickly became one of the best in the business. After he refused to throw a fight for the mafia, Steve entered the fourth tournament as one last hurrah before the hitman caught up to him. After failing to win the tournament, he busted up the mob boss after him with the help of Lei Wulong. Later, they both found out that the hitman hired to kill Steve was Nina Williams, his biological mother. Steve entered the 5th tournament, and after discovering he was a creation of the Mishima Zaibatsu and that the facility they birthed him in was still making "monsters like him", he burst in there and wrecked the place, burning it to the ground. He later decided to train with Law and Paul for the sixth tournament. With their run in the 6th tournament ending in defeat once again, Steve decides to resume his search for answers regarding his true parentage. Eventually as the 7th tournament is underway, he is finally able to confront Nina once again, who reveals that although they are indeed mother and son, she has no interest in him. As Nina is being pursued, Steve draws their fire away from her, allowing her to escape. As the dust settles, however, Steve realizes that now that his long search has finally come to a close, he is left empty and without purpose. Paul and Law try to cheer him up and convince him to train with them once again for the 8th tournament. Coming to the realization that only his two fists can help him move forward and find a new path, he declines their offer to train and instead seeks to discover a new style of boxing, entering the 8th tournament of his own accord.

->Steve is a character centered around quick punches, suited for either slowly chipping away at the opponent or landing in-your-face counter hits. He is unique in that his Kick buttons are mainly used for dodging and weaving instead of attacking. Lack of easily accessible launcher moves means that he gets low reward out of punish opportunities, and instead has to constantly pressure opponents at very close range to make the most out of his kit.

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* AcheyScars: Inflicted on him by Heihachi's scientists, the snaking scar going down Steve's left arm often gives him blinding flashes of pain and serves as a constant reminder of his troubled early life as a guinea pig in the Mishima Zaibatsu laboratory.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: He appears in ''Bloodline'', which is a retelling of ''Tekken 3'', the game before Steve's debut.
* AgeLift: In [[Film/Tekken2010 the live-action film]], he's portrayed by English former '80s singer Luke Goss as a veteran Tekken fighter connected to Jun Kazama. Despite being older than expected, Goss does have the blond, chiseled look required.
* AndThenWhat: After he finally gets confirmation from Nina herself that she is his biological mother, Steve is left feeling empty now that he finally knows the truth of his parentage. Fortunately, he has Paul and Law to help him move forward, inspiring him to refine his boxing and compete in the 8th tournament.
* AssassinOutclassin: He's constantly fighting off hitmen sent by the mob, the Mishima Zaibatsu and many disgruntled boxing promoters, but his continued survival is down to more than just dumb luck. His own mother was once among these assassins, but she decided to spare him.
* BadassBookworm: Mentioned to be a graduate of the venerable [[UsefulNotes/BritishUnis Oxford University]] in his ''Tekken 4'' bio.
* BigBrotherMentor: The LiveActionAdaptation makes him one to Jin.
* BoxingBattler: Quickly worked his way up to become the World Middleweight Champion, and one of the strongest fighters in the business.
* ButtonMashing: A happy amateur can throw out many devastating combos just by playing with his left and right punches, enough to infuriate players with considerably more technical skill. It helps that Steve's basic jabs are several frames faster than most of the other characters', making spamming a viable tactic even at higher levels of play.
* CombatPragmatist: He's a boxer, but that doesn't stop him from using a few kick attacks in his repertoire, which would be illegal in a real boxing match. Since the ''King of Iron Fist'' tournaments don't have a rule against using kicks, everything is fine for Steve however. He also has a few other illegal moves in boxing, such as elbow and shoulder attacks. Nevertheless, Steve keeps the illegal moves to a minimum (which is more than can be said about boxers in most other fighting games), showing that he is an honorable fighter who wants to represent the sport of boxing as well as he can.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He was created by the Mishima Zaibatsu through in-vitro breeding using egg cells from Nina as part of a testing program to create a SuperSoldier using the Devil Gene. Thanks to [[MotherlyScientist Emma Kliesen]] falsely declaring him dead, and smuggling him out of the Mishima Zaibatsu, Steve is the only known survivor from said program.
* DeathFakedForYou: Between Steve and Leo's endings in ''[=TTT2=]'', it's strongly implied that [[MotherlyScientist Emma Kliesen]], after being admonished by her superiors, duped the Mishima Zaibatsu into thinking [=NT01=] had died under experimental strain, while actually having him sent to an orphanage in the United Kingdom.
* DesignerBabies: Steve was created as part of a Mishima Zaibatsu genetic engineering project to create Devil Gene-enhanced super soldiers, with his mother, Nina, being inseminated while in suspended animation. Steve has painful flashbacks and muscle spasms thanks to the experiments they performed on him as a child. While the experiment was deemed a failure, whatever they did to him seems to have given him above-average strength, speed and intelligence, on top of his good genes from Nina, making him a true force to be reckoned with in the ring.
* DifficultButAwesome: Steve's kick buttons are only used for dodging and weaving (meaning you can evade enemy strikes consistently but only if you're catching onto how your opponent is attacking). They also change what punching attacks each tap of the kick button will permit you to do so you have an answer for any situation. He's also extremely fast, a tricky fighter to come up against, and his high-speed attacks have great priority.
* DisappearedDad: Unlike his mother Nina, his father's identity remains unknown.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: While Steve was not conceived by Nina directly, she still had her egg cells removed without her knowledge or consent. And the way [[ThatThingIsNotMyChild Nina acts towards him once they meet]] has overtones of a woman rejecting a child she conceived against her will.
* EveryScarHasAStory: The one on his left arm, probably from his unusual birth. ''7'' reveals the Mishima Zaibatsu wanted to implant the Devil Gene in him to create a super soldier.
* ExtremityExtremist: His kick buttons mostly consist of weaving and dodging, with very few actual kicks in his moveset. To wit, his few kicks include [[CombatPragmatist a stomp on his opponent's foot]] (A textbook cheat move in Boxing, since one can always pretend it was accidental), which can be followed by a quick right hook, a jumping football kick since ''Tekken 5'' that is clumsy-looking but otherwise a good launcher for juggle combos. ''Tag Tournament 2'' gives him an item move kick that [[AmusingInjuries causes him to hop up and down clutching the foot he kicked with]] afterward. Due to this, he's often linked to the series' other major example of this trope from the opposite end, Hwoarang - either as a rival or (in ''Street Fighter X Tekken'') a reluctant ally.
* FitnessNut: PlayedForLaughs in his ''8'' ending. After winning the tournament, he steadily advances his boxing career to the point that he eventually competes in ''heavyweight''-level boxing... and becomes a hulking mass of man in the process. Paul and Law are rather horrified when they learn about the fact.
* GeniusBruiser: Although it hasn't been mentioned since his first appearance, Steve is an Oxford University graduate. Considering the [[DesignerBabies nature]] of his birth, it makes sense for him to be both super athletic and intelligent.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Good old-fashioned boxing.
* HappilyAdopted: Given who his mother and aunt are, his adoption was probably for the best.
* HawaiianShirtedTourist: One of his ''Tekken 4'' costumes.
* HeroicBSOD: He has one in his ''Tag 2'' ending while having a flashback to his traumatic childhood.
* IAmAMonster: He feels resentment after discovering his origins and is determined to stop the Mishima Zaibatsu from creating more "monsters" like himself.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Steve is a major fixture of the cast, having not missed a single game since his introduction, but was only introduced in the 4th mainline installment.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: In ''6'', 20-something Steve joins the 40-something Paul and Law's team to enter the sixth tournament.
* InTheHood: Wears a hooded boxing robe in ''7''. Works as a DevelopmentGag for him as it is based on an early sketch of his ''Tekken 4'' design, where he wore almost the same outfit, just with a different pattern. Like Jin Kazama's hoodie, it can fall off during the fight.
* ItIsDehumanising: Throughout his troubled early childhood in the Mishima Zaibatsu lab, the masked scientists only referred to him as NT-01, which he hated with a passion. It seems that Emma gave him the name "Steve", as she was the only one to treat him more like a human being than a test subject.
* LightningBruiser: Quick as a whip, has some very sneaky attacks and deceptive movement patterns, and has enough oomph in his punches to make him amongst the strongest characters in ''Tekken 5'' and ''Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion'' in the right hands.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: Nina Williams turns out to be his biological mother.
* MegatonPunch: Spitfire -- named after the legendary British fighter plane.
* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: His kick buttons are uniquely nothing but dodges and weaves. His left and right dodges also count as stances from which he can perform unique moves.
* MissingMom: Well, kind of hard for the mom to be around when she's been in cryogenic stasis. This obliquely applies to Emma Kliesen as well -- she dared to treat the young Steve like a human boy, not a test subject and was reassigned by her superiors.
* ParentalIssues: In ''6'', he's far from pleased by seeing Nina again in Scenario Campaign. His specific intro line in ''8'' has him refer to Nina as "the last person I want to fight".
* PowerFist: Which, of course, fits right into his fighting style.
* PrettyBoy: He is referred to as such InUniverse, as he's young and slender, with handsome good looks and silky blond hair. Considering that [[MsFanservice Nina]] is his biological mother, it's not that surprising.
* QuestForIdentity: [[GoMadFromTheRevelation And what he discovers isn't exactly a good thing.]]
* RapidFireFisticuffs: Many, but special mention should go to the Gatling Gun, which gets prominently displayed [[IntimidationDemonstration in most of his intros]].
* {{Shoryuken}}: His [[StanceSystem Peekaboo-Stance]]-specific Dreadnought Uppercut is basically this.
* SmugSuper: Steve is rarely seen without a cocky grin and a "come get some" attitude, but it's important to remember that he was created to be a legit super-soldier, so he has every right to be smug.
* StanceSystem: His Flicker stance and the Peekaboo stance introduced in 6.
* SuperSoldier: He's an in-vitro child created and experimented on by the Mishima Zaibatsu scientists (then under Heihachi's orders) to be this.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: His boxer costume. In ''4'', both of his costumes are this, since his P2 costume is an unbuttoned Hawaiian shirt.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: His main outfits are usually emblazoned with the Union Flag of his native United Kingdom.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Between games (and sometimes within the same game), his accent can spontaneously switch from RP English to Cockney/SE English to some ungodly hybrid of the two. ''8'' (hopefully) settles the matter, with UK-born voice actor Creator/GideonEmery providing an appropriate and consistent Southeast England Estuary accent for Steve.
* WorldsBestWarrior: In the boxing world, Steve completely dominates the sport. Historically, he's also been considered high-tier in many ''Tekken'' games.
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[[folder:Christie]]
!!Christie Monteiro
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->''Go easy on me!''

->'''Origin''': UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}}
->'''Fighting Style:''' ''UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}}''
->'''Appears in:''' ''4''-''6'', ''Tag 2'', ''Revolution''

-> '''Voiced by:''' Xanthe Smith (4), Rumiko Varnes (5, 6; Battle Voice Only), Debi Mae West (5; Cutscenes Only), Nicole Balick (6; Cutscenes Only), Beatriz Villa (Tag 2 onward; Intros & Cutscenes Only)
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/KellyOverton in ''Film/Tekken2010''

->The granddaughter of a Capoeira master. She became acquainted with her grandfather's prison mate Eddy Gordo who was released before him and from Eddy, she learnt Capoeira. They became friends, but Eddy suddenly vanished trying to locate his parent's murderer. Worried about him, Christie entered the fourth tournament to find out what happened to him. They succeeded in reuniting, and shortly thereafter her grandfather was released from prison, though he's terminally ill and an operation would not be possible without advanced technology from the Mishima Zaibatsu. Christie entered the 5th tournament, but loses. When she returned home, not only was her grandfather missing, but Eddy as well. Her only clue was in the 6th tournament.

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* AnimalMotifs: Her costume design features several butterflies.
* BitchSlap: In Eddy's ending in ''6'', at her grandfather's grave, the first thing Christie does when she spots him is to slap him in the face and chew him out for disappearing when she needed him the most.
* ButtonMashing: Being a MovesetClone of Eddy and all, she's got the same mashing power.
* DanceBattler: As a student of Capoeira, her moveset is dance-based and highly acrobatic. She also likes to dance freely should she win a match.
* DemotedToExtra: Was meant to be the main Capoeirista for the series with her debut in ''4'', even though Eddy was still present - albeit as an alternate costume for her that slowly diverged over time. Come ''7'', and Eddy instead took that spot back with Christie being absent. The trend continues in ''8'', with Eddy being announced as the first DLC character and no word about Christie at all; the closest she even has to a presence in the game is a purple armband similar to hers being wrapped around Eddy's berimbau.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Her default Capoeira outfits usually are purple or have some purple on them.
* ExtremityExtremist: As a Capoeirista, her moveset is based around acrobatic kicks, primarily.
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Speaks in sexy-sounding Portuguese starting in ''Tag 2''.
* FauxActionGirl: For someone as talented as her, her win/loss record should really be much better. In nearly all of the tournaments in storyline, she's usually defeated very early in the tournament, with most of her plot points taking place outside of the tournament itself. She even pleads "Go easy on me!" prior to a match, which is seemingly unusually cowardly for the fighting game genre.
* GrinOfAudacity: Flashes a cheeky grin during her pre-battle intro in Tekken Mobile.
* KickChick: An attractive young woman who uses capoeira, a fighting style that focuses heavily on kicks.
* LegFocus: She usually has one costume that leaves the legs completely bare, and [[https://youtu.be/LZN06PBoOLE?t=27s even shows them off in a winpose of hers]].
* MartialArtistsAreAlwaysBarefoot: Being a capoeirista, she naturally goes barefoot in her default outfits.
* MovesetClone: She becomes one for Eddy, seemingly taking the [[Characters/StreetFighterI Ken Masters]] route (speed-focusing).
* MsFanservice: One of the most blatant ones in the series, and that's saying a lot.
* NiceGal: Eddy-stuff aside, Christie is a nice gal that she's one of the few genuinely good characters in the Tekken-verse (aside of some like King II), she's friendly with the orphanage kids that Eddy built and her Capoeira style is a lot more playful and carefree than Eddy's. Sadly in ''Tag 2'''s ending, this trait backfires: [[spoiler:when waiting for a train to leave so she can pursue Eddy, Christie ends up caring for a lost child until the mother arrives, because she couldn't leave the child alone. Doing so costs her the chance to reunite with Eddy]].
* NoFlowInCGI: Showing off the advances in technology, Christie spends a lot of the ''Tekken 4'' opening FMV flipping her hair. She's also the first fighter in the series to compete with long loose hair. Perhaps because of how tricky this is to render, she wears her hair tied back in ''Tekken 5''.
* RaceLift: In the games, Christie is depicted as an average, AmbiguouslyBrown Brazilian. In [[Film/Tekken2010 the live-action film]], she's played by the very white Creator/KellyOverton.
* SatelliteCharacter: Eddy's been the focus of practically all her storylines, from her debut up to Tekken 6, her last canonical game to date. Hell, before ''[=TTT2=]'', she even shared all her endings with him! To put this into perspective, nearly every topic that comes out of Christie's mouth revolves around "Eddy, Eddy, Eddy, Eddy, and Eddy."
* ShipTease: Gets a lot of it with Eddy, if only because finding him seems to be her sole life's purpose. The LiveActionAdaptation pairs her with Jin, for some reason.
* ShortTank: Right down to her outfit.
* StepfordSmiler: Grandfather got extremely ill? She'll still keep the same laid-backness she had in ''4''. Did her Eddy just go missing and is rumored to be involved with DirtyBusiness? Keep the same smile as she goes. It's only in her ''6'' ending that she ''finally'' cracks, and up until then her grandfather was alive. One wonders what kind of character she will be if she returns.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: If her upper body is {{Stripperiffic}}, her lower body is not, and vice versa. But give her customization, and she can get this full blown. Justified (slightly), since one of her outfits is clearly based off of a dancer's outfit and her style is Capoeira. Her other uniform, on the other hand... Probably something to do with Carnivale. Additionally she's from a very hot country and is very athletic, so she's probably used to not wearing very much usually.
* TheTease: While her poses and comments are sometimes flirtatious and sexually suggestive, it'd be a stretch to say that she's serious with her "advances".
* {{Underboobs}}: Her standard outfit.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** According to the ''Tag Tournament 2'' Allegiance Chart, she's taken her grandfather's death so hard, that if she is partnered with Eddy and he takes damage while on point, it will take far longer for Christie's Netsu power to activate than with most other characters (the same applies to when she is partnered with Jin, Kazuya, and to a lesser extent, True Ogre). Which sucks for Eddy, as Christie only needs to take fewer hits than most for his Netsu power to activate.
** Then her ending in ''Tag 2'' twists the knife further. [[spoiler:Christie would've forgiven Eddy, but Eddy himself has been deliberately avoiding Christie out of guilt]].
%%** In form of a slap. To Eddy.
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[[folder:Marduk]]
!!Craig Marduk
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[BloodKnight Ferocious Beast]]]]

->''Get your cameras ready folks, this ain't gonna last long!''

->'''Origin''': UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}
->'''Fighting Style:''' ''[[UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts Vale Tudo]]''
->'''Appears in:''' ''4'', ''5[=/=]Dark Resurrection'', ''6[=/=]Bloodline Rebellion'', ''Tag 2'', ''7: Fated Retribution'' (Season 2 DLC)

-> '''Voiced by:''' David Chester (4; Battle Voice, Intros, Win Poses, & Cutscenes in Japanese release), Walter Roberts (4; Intros, Win Poses, & Cutscenes in International release), John Owens (5; Battle Voice, Intros, Win Poses, & Cutscenes, 6 onward; Battle Voice Only), T.J. Storm (6; Cutscenes Only, Tag 2-current; Intros, Win Poses, & Cutscenes Only)

->A huge, ''brutal'' Vale Tudo fighter, at the top of the world. Then he gets in a drunken brawl with Armor King, and killed him. He pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter and was put in prison. Then someone managed to buy him out of prison, and gave him tickets to the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4. Curious, he visits.

->He then meets his benefactor: King II. Or at least his knuckles, elbows, knees, boot soles, and of course the cold hard ground. King puts poor Craig in the hospital and just barely stopped himself from murdering Marduk in his bed.

->When he recovers, Craig calls out to King, in the worst way: by wearing Armor King's mask and taunting him. This pisses off King, and they meet. Before their match, Craig announces that they'll fight 'fair and square'. Craig... loses again, but this time he's helped up by King, and they become friends.

->And ''then'' gets beat up by what appears to be Armor King, the man he thought he killed. After confirming that he's still in his grave, the Armor King who attacked him appears and reveals that he is the brother of the first Armor King, and he wants revenge. The two fight, and end up severely injuring each other, resulting in King having to enter the 7th tournament alone in order to pay their hospital bills. Marduk eventually recovers and decides to finish the job, but King stops him since Armor King II is still unconscious. Marduk devises a way to finally put an end to this once and for all - a retirement match. If Marduk loses, he quits for good. If Armor King loses, he takes off his mask.

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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: He appears in ''Bloodline'', which is a retelling of ''3'', the game before Marduk's debut. [[spoiler: He also loses to King, [[CallForward referencing]] their later rivalry-turned-friendship.]]
* AttentionWhore: Tying in with his BloodKnight tendencies, his ''Tekken 5'' ending had him leaping into the middle of a high-profile boxing match, challenging both boxers, curbstomping them, and showing off for the cameras. All while a very agitated Steve Fox watches in the audience...
* AwesomeAussie: [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent Not that you would know from looking at or listening to him.]]
* BaldOfEvil: He was an abrasive, chrome-domed jerk until he made amends with King at the end of ''5'', marking his HeelFaceTurn.
* BloodKnight: One of the series' most enthusiastic brawlers.
* BoisterousBruiser: Obnoxiously loud both in and out of the ring, Marduk is always keen to tackle his foes to the ground while dishing out a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
* CarpetOfVirility: A far cry from the waxed chest look any other shirtless male has. Hell, Marduk is the only male character with any visible body hair until Miguel in 6.
* CasanovaWannabe: Since his first appearance, it's been established that Marduk's second biggest priority after tackling you to the ground in the ring is to find hot groupies to tackle into his bed. His aggressive "alpha male" attitude has led to unflattering comparisons with apes and Neanderthals by some of the female cast, however.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: There's no indication that he's got anything resembling the Devil Gene, and he's not a robot like Jack or a cyborg like Bryan, but in his non-canon ending in ''5'' he's shown snapping ''all'' the ropes in a boxing ring at the same time by pulling them, then punching one of the corner posts so hard it bends out of shape. In ''7'' one of his intro animations has him toss a car over his head.
* CoolShades: In some of his endings.
* CurbStompBattle:
** In his (non-canon) ending from ''4'', he returns to the Vale Tudo circuit where he’s approached by the current champion who mocks and taunts him, and challenges him to a fight. Marduk lays him out with a single headbutt, then walks away casually stomping on him like a boss.
** On the flipside, King's ending in ''4'' has King laying one on Marduk that lands him in the hospital.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] in ''4'', then played straight in ''5'', when he and King have their rematch, King defeats him once more and then they become friends.
* EarNotch: His left ear has bite marks, which fits a Vale Tudo fighter from the old school, where fouls were usual (contrary to popular belief, biting has rarely been legal through Vale Tudo history, but that hasn't stopped people from trying it).
* EasilyForgiven: Marduk killed the first Armor King in a brawl GoneHorriblyWrong, by accident. While the current King has forgiven him, the current Armor King does not.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Pre ''5'', Marduk's only redeeming qualities seem to be a presumed affection he has for his parents as shown in his photograph in the hospital. This is what made King II ultimately spared him.
* FireForgedFriends: With King II.
* HeelFaceTurn: After being defeated by King II in ''5'', he becomes a lot more humble. It's also a literal example, since after that, he becomes King II's wrestling partner and is a face in the ring.
* {{Hunk}}: He's pure, mass muscle, and handsome enough for the ladies he hooks up with outside of his circuit.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: His rival battle against Anna in ''5'' carries some rather unsettling implications, as he beats her unconscious and carries her away over his shoulder after she rebukes his advances, grinning creepily as he claims that he "always gets what he wants". Considering that Marduk was implied in ''4'' to have been kicked out of the Vale Tudo circuit over his [[NoodleIncident vague involvement]] in a sexual scandal, it seems that he has trouble with boundaries and taking no for an answer. However, assuming King knows about the scandal, it seems that whatever happened to Marduk in the past wasn't bad enough to provoke further conflict between them since they became tag partners.
* InTheHood: His outfit in ''7'' has him in a training hood to the fight. Like Jin's hood, it can fall off during the fight.
* IronicName: Marduk was the name of a heroic god of justice in ancient Mesopotamia. Craig Marduk is many things, but not heroic... at least before ''6''.
* {{Jerkass}}: Formerly. His earliest appearances had him being an AttentionWhore who likes beating people up but settling things with King has at least made him less hostile. He’s still a pretty boisterous guy, and if his unique intro quote against Armor King in ''7'' is any indication, he's no less a trash talker:
--> '''Marduk:''' ''I'm going to rip that mask off your bruised face!''
* LastNameBasis: One of the few characters who typically go by their last name in the series (the only others being Marshall and Forest Law as well as Sergei Dragunov).
* LandDownUnder: As is typical of fighting game Aussies, he is depicted as a hulking brute.
* LargeHam: With a voice like a foghorn, Marduk emphasizes every word, grunt, and roar with over-the-top gesticulations.
* ManlyMan: A loud, confident BoisterousBruiser with a CarpetOfVirility, a hard-hitting Vale Tudo fighting style and a [[HandsomeLech libido to match.]]
* MightyGlacier: As one of the largest characters in the series, he naturally has some lumbering yet powerful moves.
* NoodleIncident: Marduk was involved in a minor scandal that caused his backers to drop him. It's never said what this scandal was.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: He's supposed to be Australian, but the American accent throws it off. It's odd when the English Steve Fox has the appropriate accent, while Marduk doesn't.
* OverTheShoulderCarry: Does this to Anna in the Tekken 5 story mode after defeating her.
* PutOnABus: Didn't appear in ''7'' with the justification that a rematch with Armor King II ended really brutal for both of them, putting them to hospital and King II is looking to pay their bills. [[TheBusCameBack They pop up later in]] as a part of season two DLC pack.
* RaceLift: For some reason, his alternate costume in most games makes him [[ScaryBlackMan black]].
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to King II's Blue.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: He's well-known for his skin-shaved bald head, but his secondary outfit in ''4'' gives him a surprisingly full head of very long black hair.
* SparedButNotForgiven: After [[CurbStompBattle King had just finished using Marduk's body to paint the town red]], he sees a picture of Marduk's family, which prompts him to relent, and he spares Marduk’s life.
* TakeThat: An in-universe example. While challenging King before the fifth tournament, he's seen wearing a black jaguar mask like that of Armor King. King is ''not'' amused. Steve Fox is also subject to this in Marduk's ''T5'' ending when Marduk crashes ''a boxing ring'' and beats up two boxers already in a match, much to Steve's chagrin.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: With emphasis on ''tall.'' He's 7'0".
* TopHeavyGuy: The only character who could really fit the description in the series until Gigas made his debut in ''7''. This informs his gameplay too: big beefy punches and stubby kicks. If you can keep your opponent locked down at arm's length, Marduk can proceed to deal very explosive damage. After ''Tekken 4'' he was made even more top-heavy thanks to a bit of ArtShift.
* VocalDissonance: None of Marduk's voice actors have affected anything resembling an Australian accent when performing as him. Furthermore, Marduk's ''5''-''6'' voice actor, John Owens, tends to play him with an almost nasal-pitched voice that doesn't match Marduk's intimidating stature. T.J. Storm, gives him more of a suitably raspy voice.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: [[TopHeavyGuy With a physique like that]], is it any wonder he bares it all?
* TheWorfEffect: Read the above blurb. Let's say that the King family has been taking turns beating his ass after the death of Armor King.
* WorldsBestWarrior: In Vale Tudo. He was undefeated for four years until they kicked him out for "[[NoodleIncident a minor scandal]]".
* YouKilledMyFather: He instigates this with King II and Armor King II, though King II easily forgave him.
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[[folder:Combot]]
!!Combot
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->([[OverlyLongGag more robot noises]])

->'''Fighting Style:''' ''[[DittoFighter Fighting algorithm derived from adversarial analysis]]''
->'''Appears in:''' ''4'', ''Tag 2''

->Combot is a robot designed by Lee Chaolan's robotics firm, Violet Laboratories. It is programmed to be able to mimic any human motion it can detect with its motion-capture matrix. Intended for a spectrum of tasks, Lee opts to use its ability to copy human movement to enter it as a contestant in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, believing that it would be unbeatable as it would learn every combatant's skill over the course of the tournament. However, due to flaws in its design caused by the abrupt development timetable, it is only able to capture a single entity's movements each time it is activated.

-> For it's return in Tag 2, this restriction is lifted. Combot can now be customised by the player to give him any combination of other character's moves. It is also the player character in the game's Fight Lab mode.

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* AIIsACrapshoot: In both Lee's story and Combot's ending, it goes haywire and decides to target Lee. In the former, this prompts Lee to give an apt reply: "Damn it."
* TheBusCameBack: Combot hasn't been seen since ''Tekken 4'' but the console version of ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2'' brings him back as a player-teaching tool in the game's Fight Lab mode. You can also use Combot in other modes, programming him with different moves from other fighters.
* DiscardAndDraw: Instead of AllYourPowersCombined as Violet had intended.
* DittoFighter: Though unlike Mokujin, Combot only changes fighting styles per-match instead of per-round.
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Started out as a mere Ditto Fighter like Mokujin. In ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2'' though, it is a [[CharacterCustomization customizable fighter]] instead.
* DoingInTheWizard: Combot exists to fulfill the same function as Mokujin but in line with the more "realistic" sci-fi/cyberpunk slant ''4'' was aiming for.
* HandWave: Combot, unlike Mokujin, is incapable of switching styles between rounds. This is explained in its story that the robot can only use a single fighter's style every time it is powered on.
* PowerCopying: In ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2'', Combot has gotten an upgrade however. While still not exactly as Violet intended, Combot can be [[CharacterCustomization customized with moves]] from the whole roster now. (Though it's unknown if this is canon or not.)
* PunnyName: 'Combot', as in Com-''bat''.
* ShoutOut: in ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2'' one piece of headwear you can get is dubbed the "Elite Combot," which consists of a [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam horn that sticks out of the center of Combot's forehead.]]
* Skelebot9000: In the intro to the Fight Lab mode in ''Tag 2'', Violet is developing a new version of Combot called "Combot G", whose face resembles a human skull. It then gets accidentally destroyed by Violet (which prompts him to start it all over again from scratch using the original Combot as a template), but the Combot G's body and skull-like head can be unlocked and used for the character in the customization mode.
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[[folder:Miharu]]
!!Miharu Hirano (平野 美晴)
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->''Uh-uh! No way, no how!''

->'''Origin''': UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}
->'''Fighting Style:''' ''Various Chinese Martial Arts based on Ba Gua Zhang and Pi Gua Quan''
->'''Appears in:''' ''Tekken 4'', ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2''

-> '''Voiced by:''' Eriko Fujimaki (''Tekken 4''), Creator/AyumiFujimura (''Tekken Tag Tournament 2'')

->Miharu is a schoolmate [[Main/BestFriend and best friend of Xiaoyu's]] who also trained in the same style of martial art. She has never participated in a King of Iron Fist tournament in canon, but she is in the same circle of friends Xiaoyu shares (Panda, Jin, and Alisa).

->Unlocked as a time-release character in a patch for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 on October 9, 2012. She uses a modified version of Xiaoyu's moveset that greatly resembles her older movesets, but occasionally Miharu will lose her balance and trip.

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* AscendedExtra: Was a custom character for Xiaoyu in ''Tekken 4'', made into a full character in ''Tag 2''.
* AssKicksYou: In ''Tag 2'', one of the moves that distinguish her from Xiaoyu is a back-turned butt bash.
* BadassAdorable: An energetic young girl who, despite her pre-battle fears in ''Tag 2'', is just as good a fighter as her friend Xiaoyu.
* BloodKnight: Shades of this when, after a fight, she might even try and challenge her tag partner.
* BookDumb: [[Main/PlayedForLaughs Briefly parodied in Xiaoyu's ending]], in which Miharu reveals that she failed ''[[EpicFail all]]'' of her school exams. '''[[Main/DontExplainTheJoke It's not canon, though]]'''.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: In ''Tag 2'' she has a taunt where she salutes the camera. And yes, she always faces the camera, no matter on which side of the screen she's standing -- that means, [[DevelopersForesight when she's on the left side of the screen she turns 90 degrees to her right side to face the camera, and likewise when she's on the right side of the screen, she turns 90 degrees to her left]].
* BrickJoke: Miharu, Xiaoyu, and Alisa are approached to appear as extras in some movie in her ''Tag 2'' ending. Lili's ending shows they are part of a ploy to one-up Asuka.
* TheBusCameBack: Appears in ''Tag 2'', having roles in a few characters' endings ''as well as being a playable character again''.
* CowardlyLion: Portrayed as scared of fighting, but she is able to put up a good fight when she has to (perhaps even better than Xiaoyu), and after a win, she's really into it, [[BloodKnight to the point that she sometimes challenges her tag partner to a fight immediately afterward]].
%%* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* CuteBruiser: A cute, energetic girl who can kick her opponent's ass one minute, and take selfies with them the next.
%%* {{Joshikousei}}
* MovesetClone: Of Xiaoyu, though she is a little better gameplay-wise due to a glitch that seemingly makes her attacks a little stronger. ''Tag 2'' differentiates them a little more.
* MsFanservice: Not so much in the fourth game (unless you're into [[{{Joshikousei}} schoolgirls]]), but ''definitely'' this with her bikini top (not to mention a bust size that rivals Asuka's) and short-shorts in ''Tag 2''.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent
* PaletteSwap: For Xiaoyu in ''4'', where she shared the same slot. Grows into DivergentCharacterEvolution by the time of ''Tag 2'', where she's given her own slot and a few unique moves to set her apart from her friend.
* ReluctantWarrior: Her pre-fight quotes portray her as such.
* SailorFuku: In ''Tekken 4'' only. In ''Tag 2'', she wears a bikini top, denim shorts, and sandals. Goes back to the SailorFuku in the [=TTT2=] endings and she can be customized to wear her fuku during gameplay.
* SatelliteCharacter: She's Xiaoyu's friend and nothing more.
* SecretCharacter: You have to complete story mode with Xiaoyu to select her in ''4''.
* ShortTank: In tag endings she has to jump to high-five her partner, being about a head shorter and half the size of, say, Asuka.
* SocialMediaBeforeReason: In ''Tag 2'', Miharu has an item throw that involves her taking her phone out of her duffel bag and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXbicVj3HEs takes a selfie with the opponent]].
* WalkingSwimsuitScene: Her default 1P costume in ''Tag 2''.
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