History DarthWiki / FightingFreaks

* EvilTeacher: As a science teacher, Dr. Harris already seems like [[SternTeacher someone who's far tougher than a sixth-grader can handle]], and he indeed gets [[SadistTeacher very abusive at times]]. But he's actually a Rigelhart scientist trying to advance the group's androcentric agenda.

* PutOnABus: This was first seen with the Liberty half of the original class in the second and third games and again with ''3rd Strike'''s seventh graders in the fourth installment, but in both cases, TheBusCameBack. Characters don't come back to the series after they graduate from high school.

** Jack Henderson was a minor character in the original ''Fighting Freaks,'' and his gimmick was basically that he was rich boy with an addiction to gambling. When he returned in ''2010,'' the gambling aspect of his character was toned-down, and he was a rich boy who swindled people out of money with phony bets. In that game, he was upgraded to the secondary antagonist and a major rival to Guy. In ''2011,'' he reached the pinnacle of his high school career and became an egomaniacal, rich jerk who turned the school into his own personal utopia. ''12'' portrayed him as a student rapidly falling from his peak en route to a HeelFaceTurn for '''13.'' Even after most of the Class of 2013 were thrown out of the spotlight, Jack remained a major character up until his final appearance.

* Expy: Many of the characters are obvious knock-offs of WWE wrestlers, particularly those in the NXT developmental system. A few of these wrestlers, like Kenneth Cameron, had their expies' names be identical to theirs (although in Cameron's case, the ''Fighting Freaks'' character is usually referred to as Ken.)

* CastHerd: Ooh boy. The first ''Fighting Freaks'' game had the students split between five teams. Then you can divide them between the 7 elementary schools and whether they went to Roosevelt or Liberty; the boys and the girls; the reals and the fakes, and so on. Then, there are many cliques that can transcend team lines, like GJYRJ and JABRA.

* IvyLeagueForEveryone: WOHS's past three valedictorians, Karen Ku (2012), Rene Chalom (2013), and Susannah Crowell (2014; the fictional salutatorian but real-life valedictorian), all went on to Princeton University. David Schlossman, the fictional 2014 valedictorian, is headed to Stanford.
* {{Joisey}}: Averted. Its depiction of New Jersey is generally accurate and stereotypes are largely avoided.

* IvyLeagueForEveryone: WOHS's past three valedictorians, Karen Ku (2012), Rene Chalom (2013), and Susannah Crowell (2014; the fictional salutatorian but real-life valedictorian), all went on to Princeton University. David Schlossman, the fictional 2014 valedictorian, is headed to Stanford.

* There once was a Pokemon in our school.

** How about Pete Collins? Originally, he was merely created as a knock-off of [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], with his role in ''2011'' being merely a shy and nerdy new student who has not made a name for himself. As the series went on, Pete transformed into an obnoxious student with severe angst problems. This made him enormously popular with the fans, and he became one of the franchise's main characters starting in ''[='13=]'' and once again in '''14''. He gradually becomes more likable, but still maintains his jerkish qualities and is more of an anti-hero now.

** How about Pete Collins? Originally, he was merely created as a knock-off of [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], with his role in ''2011'' being merely a shy and nerdy new student who has not made a name for himself. As the series went on, Pete transformed into an obnoxious student with severe angst problems. This made him enormously popular with the fans, and he became one of the franchise's main characters starting in ''{='13=}'' and once again in '''14''. He gradually becomes more likable, but still maintains his jerkish qualities and is more of an anti-hero now.

** How about Pete Collins? Originally, he was merely created as a knock-off of [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], with his role in ''2011'' being merely a shy and nerdy new student who has not made a name for himself. As the series went on, Pete transformed into an obnoxious student with severe angst problems. This made him enormously popular with the fans, and he became one of the franchise's main characters starting in ''13'' and once again in '''14''. He gradually becomes more likable, but still maintains his jerkish qualities and is more of an anti-hero now.

** How about Pete Collins? Originally, he was merely created as a knock-off of [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], with his role in ''2011'' being merely a shy and nerdy new student who has not made a name for himself. As the series went on, Pete transformed into an obnoxious student with severe angst problems. This made him enormously popular with the fans, and he became one of the franchise's main characters starting in '''13'' and once again in '''14''. He gradually becomes more likable, but still maintains his jerkish qualities and is more of an anti-hero now.

** How about Pete Colins. Originally, he was merely created as a knock-off of [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], with his role in ''2011'' being merely a shy and nerdy new student who has not made a name for himself. As the series went on, Pete transformed into an obnoxious student with severe angst problems. This made him enormously popular with the fans, and he became one of the franchise's main characters starting in "'13" and once again in "'14". He gradually becomes more likable, but still maintains his jerkish qualities and is more of an anti-hero now.

** Ryan [=DelMarion=] is another perfect example. When it was decided ''Fighting Freaks 3rd Strike'' will prominently feature seventh graders in addition to the main eighth-grade class, Ryan was chosen to be the face of the new class and the seventh grade counterpart to Ike Katz. He was absent from ''2010'' but came back in 2011, where he is the third most prominent character in the game after Guy Cohen and Jack Henderson. He remained relevant even after other members of the Class of 2014 broke out, and eventually had a shocking FaceHeelTurn and became a strict enforcer of the disciplinarian regime of Goliath.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Oh so many examples.
** Cesar Antony was [[Series/UglyBetty Daniel Meade's illegitimate son.]]
** Brian Baxter was [[Film/{{Ted}} the teenage John Bennett]].
** Seth Black is played by [[Film/LemonadeMouth Blake]] [[Series/DogWithABlog Michael]].
** Andrew Corbin was Bobby on Series/LifeWithBoys.
** Jake Eisenstein is [[Film/TheOddLifeOfTimothyGreen Timothy Green's cousin]].
** Josh Evanik is Jan Uczowski, famous for playing Music/JustinBieber and [[Music/OneDirection Niall Horan]] in the WebVideo/KeyOfAwesome video parodies.
** Chase Falcon grew up to be [[Series/{{LOST}} Ben Linus]].
** Dennis Gates is [[Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration Liam Berish]].
** Murphy Holmes is Jacob Latimore, a popular teen R&B singer.
** Darren Hwang became [[Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra Storm Shadow]].
** Rudy Manna is Jeremy Shada, a.k.a [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Finn the Human]].
** Lee Montgomery got his start alongside a [[Series/BarneyAndFriends purple dinosaur]].
** Ari Reichman is played by Jackson Odell, who appeared on Series/{{Jessie}} and Series/ModernFamily before taking his famous role. It's also not the [[Series/TheGoldbergs only time]] he played a character named Ari.
** Dan Rosenstein and Alex Montanez are [[Series/LabRats Chase and Adam Davenport]]. Additionally, David Moran was Ethan (Bree's girlfriend for one episode)
** Fabiano Rossetti apparently turned to the video game industry after he [[Film/MarsNeedsMoms bombed big-time in Hollywood]]. (Speaking of "Big Time" he was in an episode of Series/BigTimeRush.)
** Apparently Alex Rushton once had [[Film/{{Shorts}} Black hair]].
** What do you mean Ryan Sobel used to be [[WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}} D.W.?]]
** Frank Ziegel is a [[Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid wimpy kid]], Dan Hawthorne is his brother, Joe Creighton is his best friend, and Joe Dreyer once had the "cheese touch".

** Andrew Corbin was Bobby on [[Series/LifeWithBoys]].

** David Moran is undoubtably ''the'' biggest example of this in the franchise; he literally went from a scrapped character from ''3rd Strike'' to the franchise's eventual protagonist. The "Pegasus" angle from ''2011'' proved to be his big breakout storyline. '''12'' marked his ascension to franchise protagonist and marked his first appearance on the game's cover. The last two games did not feature him on the cover (in reference to WWE's rotating cover cast) but he was still the protagonist both timee.

** David Moran is undoubtably ''the'' biggest example of this in the franchise; he literally went from a scrapped character from ''3rd Strike'' to the franchise's eventual protagonist. The "Pegasus" angle from ''2011''

* Expy: Many of the characters are obvious knock-offs of WWE wrestlers, particularly those in the NXT developmental system. A few of these wrestlers, like Kenneth Cameron, had their expies' names be identical to theirs (although in Cameron's case, the "Fighting Freaks" character is usually referred to as Ken.)
** Pete Collins, for example, is largely influenced by [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Cartman]]. They are both huge [[JerkAss Jerkasses]] who don't show any respect to other people.
* TheHero: Ike Katz was the character who initially served as the franchise's protagonist. However, as the franchise started to focus more on Guy Cohen, Ike fell into the background and was gone by "Fighting Freaks 2011." Following Guy's FaceHeelTurn in "Fighting Freaks '12," David Moran took the role.

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** Dan Rosenstein and Alex Montanez are [[Series/LabRats Chase and Adam Davenport]].

** Dan Rosenstein and Alex is [[Series/LabRats Chase Davenport]].

** Frank ZIegel is a [[Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid wimpy kid]], Dan Hawthorne is his brother, Joe Creighton is his best friend, and Joe Dreyer once had the "cheese touch".

** What do you mean Ryan Sobel used to be [[WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}} D.W.?]]

* HeyItsThatGuy: Oh so many examples

Fighting Freaks is a video game concept developed by [=LaptopGuy=]. It was first conceived in 2006 when [=LaptopGuy=] was still a sixth grade student. He just graduated high school on June 19th, 2014, after staying behind one more year.