History VideoGame / Tekken

** Check out some of the character portraits and win poses. They are some of the most sexualized this side of ''Franchise/DeadOrAlive''.

** Namco may have picked up on this, as in ''Tag 2'' she's a pro wrestler, filling in for a friend. Or it may be a ShoutOut to La Mariposa/Lisa in ''Franchise/DeadOrAlive''.

** ''Tekken 7''[='s=] revision is entitled ''Fated Retribution''. The update added two new stages, a new lighting model, the new "Rage Drive" mechanic (a alternate Rage Mode technique to Rage Arts; see DesperationAttack for more details), revision to characters' movesets, and two new characters (including a GuestFighter). Further updates added two more characters. The console version was based on ''Fated Retribution'' and introduced twelve characters (including three {{Guest Fighter}}s), seven of whom had been ported to the arcades. The remaining content not included in that update is included in the arcade update entitled ''Fated Retribution - Round 2'' which will bring parity to the console's second season pass in terms of content. This includes a new feature introduced in the second season called "Wall Bounce" where certain moves will slam an opponent into a wall and then repel them back towards the opponent. This is the only time in the series a new gameplay mechanic has been introduced outside of a "major" revision as well as the first time an arcade update has been based on a console update.

The back-porting of the content not included in the previous ''Fated Retribution'' arcade update that brings it up to par with the console's second season pass (including the new Wall Bounce feature added in Season 2).

** ''Tekken 7''[='s=] revision is entitled ''Fated Retribution''. The update added two new stages, a new lighting model, the new "Rage Drive" mechanic (a alternate Rage Mode technique to Rage Arts; see DesperationAttack for more details), revision to characters' movesets, and two new characters (including a GuestFighter). Further updates added two more characters. The console version was based on ''Fated Retribution'' and introduced twelve characters (including three {{Guest Fighter}}s), seven of whom had been ported to the arcades. The remaining content not included in that update is included in the arcade update entitled ''Fated Retribution - Round 2'' which will bring parity to the console's second season pass in terms of content. This includes a new feature introduced in the second season called "Wall Bounce" where certain moves will slam an opponent into a wall and then repel them back towards the opponent. This is the only time in the series a new gameplay mechanic has been introduced outside of a "major" revision.

** ''Tekken 7''[='s=] revision is entitled ''Fated Retribution''. The update added two new stages, a new lighting model, the new "Rage Drive" mechanic (a alternate Rage Mode technique to Rage Arts; see DesperationAttack for more details), revision to characters' movesets, and two new characters (including a GuestFighter). Further updates added two more characters. The console version was based on ''Fated Retribution'' and introduced twelve characters (including three GuestFighter), seven of whom had been ported to the arcades.

''Tekken'' is one of Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment's most popular franchises, and possibly the most successful 3D {{fighting game}} series of all time.

The game's plot starts with the Mishima Zaibatsu, a conglomerate of the Mishima family, run by Heihachi Mishima, sponsoring a tournament called ''King of Iron Fist''. The winner is promised a huge prize... if they can beat Heihachi, that is. As it turns out, the tournament winner is in fact his disgruntled son Kazuya Mishima. Having been thrown into a ravine when he was only five years old by Heihachi himself, Kazuya made a DealWithTheDevil, survived, and [[TrainingFromHell trained himself]] so he could [[CallingTheOldManOut exact revenge]]. Heihachi, too late to realize Kazuya's devilish power, was soundly beaten and was [[HoistByHisOwnPetard thrown by Kazuya into the same ravine where he was thrown by Heihachi]].

The games are one of the [[TropeCodifier Trope Codifiers]] for 3D Fighting Games, and is widely accepted as the most popular game in the genre. ''Tekken'' itself is ''very'' demanding to play, as the game makes judicious use of extremely precise hitboxes for all of its characters- if someone punches for example, you can just duck under it entirely. Characters also have massive movelists- for example, main character Kazuya has over 60 moves by ''Tekken 7'', and that's not even getting into characters like Yoshimtisu or Hworang, who have stances with their ''own'' dedicated movelists. This complexity has earned it many fans around the globe, and the series has a reputation for being one of the most challenging, technical yet highly rewarding fighting games a person can play.

** Music/SnoopDogg appears in a special stage featuring background music from a single he performed just for ''Tag 2''. Evidently he's a [[OneOfUs big]] ''[[OneOfUs Tekken]]'' [[OneOfUs fan.]]

* ''Tekken 7'' - (UsefulNotes/{{Arcade|Game}}) \\

** The newcomer Lars Alexandersson, which looks a lot like [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Archer]]. (As a bonus, Lars is voiced by the [[Creator/JunichiSuwabe same voice actor]] as Archer.)

** In addition to sharing a color scheme with [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Ryu]], Kazuya also bears a surprising resemblance to [[Manga/DragonBallZ Vegeta]]. Likewise, Lee Chaolan bears a passing resemblance to Vegeta's son, Trunks. (the fully-grown version from the Androids Saga, anyway.)

** The hidden characters in the original ''Tekken'' are virtually carbon copies of the eight default characters. They have maybe one or two unique moves but that is it. With the exception of Wang, they all even share the same voice clips as one of the eight.
** In ''2'' and ''Tag'', Alex and Angel are Roger's and Devil's palette swaps, albeit they have different hitboxes (they are especially evident in ''Tag'').
** Kuma/Panda is the longest and most consistent example. They have the same normal movelist and identical hitboxes. ''Tekken 7'' gives them a different Rage Art, but that is the only difference they have so far (other than attack effect, which is entirely cosmetic).
** Ogre/True Ogre in ''3'' and ''Tag'' is a downplayed example. True Ogre has all of Ogre's moves bar one (Ancient Power) and possesses unique moves of his own. However, they have wildly different hitboxes.
** Tetsujin in ''Tag'' is a silver-colored, iron-sculpted Mokujin.
** Eddy/Christie have different throws, but their other moves are identical.
** Violet and Miharu from ''Tekken 4'' are copies of Lee and Xiaoyu, respectively. While Violet is somewhat differentiated in ''Tag 2'', he's back as Lee's copy in ''7''.
** All new characters added in ''Tag 2'' are slight modifications of the existing cast. Miharu is a slightly different Xiaoyu, Sebastian is a slightly different Lili, etc.

** Ten out of the eleven European human characters in the series have blue eyes (the exception is Miguel, who has brown eyes). As many as seven of them have blond hair, too (Dr. B and Sebastian's hairs have grayed out, so they may/may not have blond hair originally). The majority is justified, although Lili being a platinum blonde-haired, blue eyed, light-skinned girl from Monaco is highly unlikely in real life[[note]]the majority of Monégasques, like most Mediterranean peoples, have brown hair, brown eyes, and olive skin[[/note]].
** Averted to hell with the American characters, though. Out of the eight Americans, four are white, one is black, two are Asian, and one is mixed-race. Of the four whites, three have blue eyes, but only two have blond hair.

* PaletteSwap: All the returning characters from ''Tekken 5'' were given different default colors for their outfits in ''Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection'' (some more noticeable than others; Kazuya's P1 outfit was changed from white to maroon and his P2 outfit from purple to white while Heihachi's P1 outfit went from black to a dark teal, which wasn't as noticeable). It is possible to set the original colors with customization and most of these changes reverted in ''6'' (with the exception of Xiaoyu, whose orange scheme stuck after ''DR''). Usually averted with regards to P1 and P2 outfits (which differentiate by clothing rather than purely color) but starting with ''Tag 2'', alternate outfits were dropped for the most part and this trope is played straight.

** Ten out of the eleven European human characters in the series have blue eyes (the exception is Miguel, who have brown eyes). As many as seven of them have blond hair, too (Dr. B and Sebastian's hairs have grayed out, so they may/may not have blond hair originally). The majority is justified, although Lili being a platinum blonde-haired, blue eyed, light-skinned girl from Monaco is highly unlikely in real life[[note]]the majority of Monégasques, like most Mediterranean peoples, have brown hair, brown eyes, and olive skin[[/note]].

** ''Tekken 5'' received two revisions in the arcades. The first, called ''Tekken 5.1'', was a balance patch that only changed certain elements to rebalance the game. ''Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection'' is the full upgrade that included new stages, new moves for the existing cast, and two new characters (Lili and Dragunov), as well as bringing in a successor to the Armor King character. Eddy was also separated from Christie for the first time in this version. This is the only arcade revision that was also released as a separate revision on consoles (the original ''Tekken 5'' only launched on [=PlayStation 2=] while ''Dark Resurrection'' was ported to PSP and [=PlayStation 3=]).
** ''Tekken 6'' received one revision called ''Bloodline Rebellion'' that introduced Lars and Alisa to the roster and some new stages (and includes new attacks for the existing cast). It also changed the properties of low parries to convert to a Bound state. The console version is derived fully from ''Bloodline Rebellion'' with no release of the original ''Tekken 6'' appearing on a home console.
** ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2'' received an update titled ''Unlimited'' which, chiefly, added the ability to play as a single character as opposed to a tag team. No new characters were added to the arcade version of ''Unlimited'' but the home console version added many more characters over the ''Unlimited'' release through downloadable updates.
** ''Tekken 7''[='s=] revision is entitled ''Fated Retribution''. The update adds two new stages, a new lighting model, the new "Rage Drive" mechanic (a alternate Rage Mode technique to Rage Arts; see DesperationAttack for more details), and introduces Akuma to the roster as a GuestFighter (as well as returning series mainstay Nina to the cast; Bob and Master Raven would be added through a later patch). The nominal upgrades to the existing characters' movelists was also included. The console version added more characters (including ''Revolution''-exclusive character Eliza as DownloadableContent) and stages over the arcade version but all of them have been confifrmed to be back-ported to the arcades.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Many male characters have at least one default costume that completely bares their upper parts. Marshall, King, Kazuya, Ganryu, Bruce, Jin, Bryan, Steve, Marduk, and Feng consistently follow this trope, but there are other periodical examples as well. From ''6'' onward, all male characters except for Wang, Fat Bob, and Tiger can be customized to fight shirtless.

* ''Tekken'' (UsefulNotes/{{Arcade|Game}}[=/=]UsefulNotes/PlayStation)
* ''Tekken 2'' (UsefulNotes/{{Arcade|Game}}[=/=]UsefulNotes/PlayStation)
* ''Tekken 3'' (UsefulNotes/{{Arcade|Game}}[=/=]UsefulNotes/PlayStation)
** ''Tekken Advance'' (UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance) - non-canonical 2D FightingGame developed by Creator/EightingRaizing, loosely based on ''Tekken 3''
* ''Tekken Tag Tournament'' (UsefulNotes/{{Arcade|Game}}[=/=]UsefulNotes/PlayStation2)
** ''Tekken Tag Tournament HD'' (UsefulNotes/PlayStation3)
* ''Tekken 4'' (UsefulNotes/{{Arcade|Game}}[=/=]UsefulNotes/PlayStation2)
* ''Tekken 5'' (UsefulNotes/{{Arcade|Game}}[=/=]UsefulNotes/PlayStation2)
** ''Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection'' (UsefulNotes/{{Arcade|Game}}[=/=]UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable[=/=]UsefulNotes/PlayStation3)[[note]]Released as "''Tekken: Dark Resurrection''" on PSP.[[/note]]
* ''Death By Degrees'' (UsefulNotes/PlayStation2) - an action game spinoff starring Nina Williams
* ''Tekken 6'' (UsefulNotes/{{Arcade|Game}})
** ''Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion'' (UsefulNotes/{{Arcade|Game}}[=/=]UsefulNotes/PlayStation3[=/=]UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}}[=/=]UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable)[[note]]Released as "''Tekken 6''" on console.[[/note]]
* ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2'' (UsefulNotes/{{Arcade|Game}})
** ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Prologue'' (UsefulNotes/PlayStation3)
*** ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Unlimited'' (UsefulNotes/{{Arcade|Game}}[=/=]UsefulNotes/PlayStation3[=/=]UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}}[=/=]UsefulNotes/WiiU)[[note]]Released as "''Tekken Tag Tournament 2''" on console.[[/note]]
* ''Anime/TekkenBloodVengeance'' (a CGI movie in the same canon as the games)
** ''Tekken Hybrid'' - A Blu Ray release of ''Blood Vengeance'', packaged with ''Tag Tournament HD'' & ''Tag Tournament 2 Prologue'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3.
* ''Tekken Revolution'' (UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation Network}}) - free-to-play game, service has been terminated as of April 2017
* ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken Tekken X Street Fighter]]'' - A {{crossover}} game with Creator/{{Capcom}}'s ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series. Currently stuck in DevelopmentHell.
* ''Tekken 7'' - (UsefulNotes/{{Arcade|Game}})
** ''Tekken 7: Fated Retribution'' (UsefulNotes/{{Arcade|Game}}[=/=]UsefulNotes/PlayStation4[=/=]UsefulNotes/XboxOne[=/=]PC)[[note]]Released as "''Tekken 7''" on console/PC.[[/note]]

* AmbiguousGender: Leo. WordOfGod says female and she gets a bikini in ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2'' to affirm this fact. If one goes by voicing, though, it is hazy; Veronica Taylor provides Leo's voice during the time she is speaking English, but when she switches to speaking German, [[CrossdressingVoices a male voice actor is provided]]. In ''Tekken 7'' she can be customised to wear both male and female clothing too, blurring the line even further.
** If we go by her full name - Eleonora Kleisen. Leo is a girl.

** Special mention must go to Lars, who looks like a [[Anime/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan]]. Of course, he [[spoiler:is Heihachi's secret son and so has inherited the Mishima blood (and apparently the hair as well)]].

** Craig Marduk too. He killed a guy (Armor King I) in a bar brawl, then when he's defeated by the guy's student (King II), he challenges him to beat him again, simply to reclaim his former glory. [[DefeatMeansFriendship Ironically, both of them are currently best friends]].

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: This is how you take control of the Mishima Zaibatsu.

* BackFromTheDead: Only Kazuya really fits this trope, as it's explicitly stated that the drop to the volcano killed him and G Corporation is thus fully responsible for his resurrection. Other characters who are thought to be dead are either NotQuiteDead (Heihachi) or really just MIA (Jun).

* BadassAndChildDuo: Jack carries around a little girl whose parents he killed and who he subsequently adopted. That girl, Jane, later goes on to develop several other Jack models because of her affection for the Jack-2 model that served as her protector.

** Dr. Bosconovitch's ''Tag 2'' ending, if not taken with a grain of salt, reveals that ''any'' Mishima member who's not a Devil Gene carrier (i.e. Heihachi, Jinpachi, [[spoiler:Lars]]) becomes progressively stronger with age. Well, either that or Bosconovitch is just curious as to how Lars might still have his hair when he reaches his 50's.
** Dr. Bosconovitch is himself this since he's a playable character after all (albeit PlayedForLaughs). How old he is isn't precisely known but his hair is already white in ''2'', when Heihachi's still black-haired). Ditto with Sebastian.

* BigBad: Heihachi in the first, third (with Ogre), and fourth games, Kazuya in the second and seventh, Jinpachi in the fifth, Jin [[spoiler:and Azazel]] in the sixth. Basically, anyone who takes over the Mishima Zaibatsu becomes the BigBad.
* BigBadEnsemble: Heihachi and the Ogre in the third, and Kazuya, Jin, and [[spoiler:Azazel]] in the sixth.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Lars' [[LaResistance team]] of [[DefectorFromDecadence renegade Tekken Force members]]]] in ''Tekken 6'''s Console story mode.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Mishimas. ''Oh God'', the Mishimas. There is at least one murderous link between every one of the five, blood-linked family members who have appeared so far, spanning ''four'' generations.
** To put this into perspective, there have only been ''two'' times where the Mishimas have been shown to be on good terms with one another. One of these was during Kazuya's childhood when he played/trained with his grandfather Jinpachi; the other is a dream sequence of Lars' in ''Tag 2'' where the collective (playable) Mishima/Kazama family (barring Jinpachi and Lee) get together to enjoy dinner.

** Heihachi's wife and Kazuya's mother, Kazumi, joins the fight in ''Tekken 7''. However, she wants both of them dead precisely to ''avert'' the cycle of violence from happening again (a retread of Jin's plotline from ''4'' and ''5'', before he undergoes a [[spoiler: false]] FaceHeelTurn in ''6'').
* {{Bishonen}}: Lee Chaolan, Hwoarang, Steve Fox, Claudio. The most prominent one in the series, of course, is Jin. Being fighters, though, they are also quite buff ([[HeroicBuild Jin especially]]).

* BlockingStopsAllDamage: ''Tekken'' had no block damage (in its default setting), most noticeable when the smaller characters blocked attacks from a bear. Some heavy shots would even stagger a defender, suggesting they would hurt a little but the life gauge would not go down.

* BossRush: ''Tag Tournament 2'' provides one; arguably the biggest (and only) one of the series thus far. Players must face a team of Heihachi and Jinpachi, followed by True Ogre. [[spoiler:The final boss is Jun Kazama herself, and when she is defeated, she transforms into Unknown. The player must defeat her to complete Arcade Mode]]. Especially if you face the likes of Wang/Bruce, Baek/Lee, Anna/Ganryu, Kuma/Kunimitsu (sub-bosses), and Kazuya/Jin, Ogre/Angel (bosses) beforehand.

* CallingTheOldManOut: Kazuya to Heihachi, later Jin to BOTH of them, and even later on [[spoiler:Lars to Heihachi]].

* ColorCodedElements: Particularly involving the Mishima family's trademark [[ShockAndAwe lightning aura]]. At first, all members were portrayed with [[YellowLightningBlueLightning blue-colored lightning bolts]]. In ''TTT'', Kazuya retained the original color, whereas Jin and Heihachi's bolts were respectively recolored red and yellow. This would stick for ''4'', although ''5'' recolored Heihachi's to bluish white, while Jin (and Devil Jin) kept red. Jinpachi's bolts are ''dark violet and black'' and [[spoiler:Lars]] gets electric purple. Meanwhile, Kazumi's bolts in ''Tekken 7'' are reddish white, even though she is not a Mishima family member by blood.

** The final battle of ''Tekken 7'' against [[spoiler:Kazumi Mishima]] takes place in a volcanic region with craggy rocks, lava flows, and fiery natural vents seen throughout the background. It's somewhat similar to Jinpachi's stage in ''5: Dark Resurrection'' but more focused on the volcanic setting.

* ExtremityExtremist: Resident BoxingBattler Steve. Even up to ''Tag 2'', the number of kicks in his movelist can be counted on one hand.

** Like his father, Jin has gone from primary good guy to even worse than those who came before him. [[spoiler:Well, not really, as it turns out.]]

* FanservicePack[=/=]HotterAndSexier: ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2'' is this ''in spades''. Not for nothing does it get a Teen rating for partial nudity and sexual themes. The outfits are more revealing, the breasts are larger and bouncier than ever, and special mention should be given towards all the sexy clothing pieces found in Customization with [[WalkingSwimsuitScene bikinis]], {{sexy Santa dress}}es, and [[{{Meido}} maid uniforms]] galore.
** Special mention should also be given to the character select panel options, namely Panel 4. The Panel 4 images, usually {{Stripperiffic}} in nature, could rival what is found in ''Dead or Alive''. [[http://www.fightersgeneration.com/games/tekkentag2-p4.html See them here.]] (The illustrations in question are by Shunya Yamashita.)
** This isn't to say that the male characters are left out. Most male characters who don't already have a [[WalkingShirtlessScene shirtless costume]] can be customized to have one. In addition, almost every male swim suit is as sexy as the ladies' - the overwhelming majority of younger guys ([[GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave and even some of the older ones]]) wear nothing more than {{fundoshi}} or speedos.
** In the interest of fairness it needs to be pointed out that this doesn't apply to each female character in equal measure. Xiaoyu and Jun still have moderately-sized breasts and a number of the default female costumes are actually quite conservative -- the only way to get them to show the levels of flesh mentioned above is to customize them. There is also Leo (officially female) who has no jiggle physics, no Fanservice type clothes (except a bikini) and no flirty animations. And Angel has maid and Santa outfits, but no bikini; which makes sense since it's kind of hard to work around her wings, which cannot be modified or removed in customization.
** In [=TTT2=] the only females without jiggle physics are: Angel, Leo, Lili, and Christie. However, they all gain jiggle physics with alternate costumes except Leo.

** This is especially interesting when the LegacyCharacter and the new character appear in the ''same game'': Hwoarang/Baek, Eddy/Christie, Michelle/Julia, Asuka/Jun/[[spoiler:Unknown in ''Tag 2'']], and in ''Tekken Tag Tournament'', the record is Jack-2/P. Jack/Gun Jack '''in the same game.'''

** This trend is scaled down in ''Tekken 7'', which significantly cuts the character roster, likely to avoid repetition. Only one representative of each styles is available in the game (even when the "copy" is unique), while the other one is excluded (e.g. Hwoarang is included, so Baek is excluded). With the inclusion of both Kuma and Panda, however, this could possibly be called into question; though they are treated two separate characters by virtue of their distinctive Rage Drives and Rage Arts.

* GrandFinale: Zigzagged. ''Tekken 7'' isn't the final game in the series, but it does serve as the end of the Mishima Saga, which is to say the rivalry between Heihachi and Kazuya.[[spoiler:After learning all about the problems of the Mishima clan, the story mode culminates with Kazuya defeating Heihachi in a final battle and tossing him off a cliff into a lake of lava. TheStinger sets up future games, as it shows that Jin has recovered from his coma and is ready to take on his father one more time]].

** [[spoiler: Azazel, on a grand scale. He's the source of the Devil Gene; without him, the series wouldn't exist.]]
** [[spoiler: ''7'' reveals that Kazumi is second only to Azazel in as bigger bad. Azazel may be the source, but Kazumi was the one who channeled the Devil Gene and its associated curse to the humans. Her attempted murder of Heihachi caused the latter to become spiteful and detesting, inducing his futile attempt to kill off Kazuya and the Gene before it could spread further, thus starting the cycle of revenge between the Mishimas that lasts until today.]]

* HollywoodOld: Guys like Baek, Kazuya, Law or Paul were allowed to look older in later installments. Women? Not a chance. Nina and Anna, who were there from the beginning, still appear in their late 20's/early 30's. Michelle was simply written out and even Xiaoyu hasn't grown much since she first came in. Only Julia evolved from teenager to 20-something.
** Nina and Anna are a subversion as they were cryogenically frozen and Xiaoyu doesn't really count either considering she was 16 in ''T3'' and 19 in ''T6''. Plenty of girls her age don't change that much in such a short span of time.
** Can you believe Jun is Jin's mother?
** Michelle slides a little as Julia is her adopted daughter but she's gotta be at least forty. Doesn't show it. It's strange as an aged (albeit gracefully so) Michelle does appear in Julia's ''T3'' ending. It's only in the non-canon ''Tag'' titles where Michelle seems to have been de-aged back to that of her ''T2''-era self, to the point that she and Julia resemble sisters despite the games (''Tag 2'' especially) still clearly acknowledging that they're mother and daughter.

** Then there's the case of Kazumi...see OlderThanTheyLook below.

** Ironically, this caused complaints around the time of ''Tekken Tag 2''. Katsuhiro Harada said that the lack of new outfits from ''Tekken 5'' onwards (some characters, such as Jin and Nina in ''6'', would still get new duds but not in nearly as great a number as the games previous) was to invoke this trope, desiring to have a character's wardrobe become a part of their character as it had for Ryu's gi or Chun-Li's qipao in ''Street Fighter''. However, because ''Tekken'' was well-known for differentiating player 1 and player 2 characters by outfit and not merely color as well as the fact that characters received new clothes between games had been standard up to that point, fans cried foul that things had suddenly turned stagnant in ''Tekken 6''. The fact that ''Tekken 7: Fated Retribution'' is bringing in several new default costumes for the cast is likely in response to this.

* KilledOffForReal: The first King, the first Kuma, and the first Armor King. Despite many fan theories regarding other characters who have disappeared from canon games, these three are the only casualties confirmed by WordOfGod.
** Ogre is 99% probably dead, as Jin's ''T3'' ending shows him disintegrating into dust, while Heihachi's backstory in ''T4'' says that he injects himself with Ogre's blood, which would mean that he's dead and/or incapacitated. However, since he appears as the final boss of Devil Within in ''T5'', being resurrected in some way, there's a chance that he might not stay dead.
** Jun is also believed to be dead (given that the ''[[DreamMatchGame Tag]]'' games are non-canon), but [[PanderingToTheBase let's see]] [[TheBusCameBack about that]]. (WordOfGod gives her status as "missing", for what it's worth.)
** ''Tekken 5'''s roster seemingly defies this trope, bringing back a whole slew of ''Tekken 2'' sub-bosses (including Baek, Bruce, Wang and Ganryu -- followed by Armor King in ''Dark Resurrection''[[spoiler:, though it's actually the ''brother'' of the Armor King killed by Marduk]]) who were thought to have perished against Ogre due to him possessing some of their moves. Some of their stories claim they never even crossed paths with him. Baek was apparently only rendered comatose, but survived his encounter.
** Azazel is most likely gone for good, since his last appearance ends in his defeat. Curiously, he doesn't get much press in ''T7'', despite the fact that it revolves heavily around the origins of Devil Gene.

* LaResistance:
** The world war precipitated by Jin in ''6'' creates a number of these in-story. Lars and other rebellious Tekken Force members are one example. Miguel is also the leader of another according to the Scenario Campaign.
** Lars is leading a different Resistance group in ''7'' with core members including himself, Alisa, Lee, and the Reporter. Their goal is to prevent both Mishima Zaibatsu and G Corporation from taking the still-comatose Jin away.

* LineageComesFromTheFather: The Mishima family members are patrilineal and their members only recognize their heritage as such. So it goes as follows: Jinpachi > Heihachi > Kazuya [[spoiler: and Lars]] > Jin. Plus Lee if you count adopted son. The most notable trait of them (the Mishima Karate) is also inherited from father to son. Even Jin, who is additionally also the son of TheChosenOne Jun Kazama, is emphasized far more with his Mishima heritage rather than the Kazama's, ''even though his surname is Kazama''.\\

** It seems that this reason is exactly why the roster is scaled down to a more manageable 30-ish in ''Tekken 7''. Harada said that ''Tag 2'''s monstrous roster keeps newbies from joining the series out of sheer fear of having to learn to use and combat that many characters. However, there are at least 2 guest characters slated for future DLC, not including the possibility of returning legacy characters.

** [[spoiler:Steve Fox, Nina Williams is your mom.]]
** [[spoiler:Lars turns out to be Heihachi's bastard son.]]

*** DLC character Eliza appears to be a DistaffCounterpart of Akuma in terms of gameplay, as she also has her own Super Meter, as well as EX versions of her moves. She even has her own dive kick! Her KamehameHadoken moves through the ground in front of her, though, instead of in a straight line.

* MegaCorp: The Mishima Zaibatsu and the G Corporation. In ''Tekken 6'', Jin is using the former to try and TakeOverTheWorld ([[spoiler:supposedly]]) and the latter (run by his father, Kazuya) is his only opponent.

** Also the main characters in ''6'''s Story Mode. Lars is Swedish and Alisa is a robot made by a Russian. They for some reason decide that the optimal language to speak would be perfect Japanese. However, Alisa is arguable, considering she is a robot and ''can'' be programmed to speak Japanese (theoretically, she could have any language loaded into her memory banks), as well as the fact that [[spoiler: her current "master" -- the person whose commands she's programmed to obey -- is Japanese]]. Except for the fact Lars [[spoiler:is half-Japanese]] and has been working for a Japanese company, it would make sense that he would be bilingual. ''Why'' he prefers Japanese is anyone's guess. (Although it's actually not too strange since Lars himself is well aware how big a deal his father is and that he'll probably have to deal with issues revolving around his father's family sooner or later. In the end, the final decision to make him speak Japanese is probably that it's easier that way while still remaining feasible.)

* NotJustATournament: In ''Tekken 2'', Kazuya announces the King of the Iron Fist Tournament 2 to get rid of Heihachi and his other enemies. In ''Tekken 3'', Heihachi announces the King of the Iron Fist Tournament 3 to lure Ogre out in order to capture him using the contestants as bait. In ''Tekken 4'', Heihachi needs to get the Devil Gene to become immortal so he announces the King of the Iron Fist Tournament 4 to lure Kazuya and Jin out to obtain the Devil Gene. In ''Tekken 5'', Jinpachi is seeking a worthy opponent who can defeat him and stop the evil in him from destroying the world. And in ''Tekken 6'', [[spoiler:Jin initiates the tournament so that he and Kazuya can face off against one another, awakening Azazel and making the latter vulnerable]]. In ''Tekken 7'', Heihachi assumes control of the Mishima Zaibatsu while Jin is missing and initiates the tournament to draw out Kazuya for one more confrontation.

** ''Tekken 3'' must have felt like this for fans when it was first released in 1997, despite wounding up to be the franchise's EstablishingSeriesMoment. The story jumped ''[[TimeSkip 19 years]]'' from ''Tekken 2'' and as a consequence nearly every established characters like Kazuya were discarded and presumably killed off (well, according to the then official story, anyway; [[{{Retcon}} they had long debunked it]]), while those who returned were aged up. Instead, the game focused on a new generation of YoungerAndHipper fighters, some of whom doubled as GenerationXerox for the older characters. If this kind of change is done today, people would no doubt be pissed off. ''A lot'' (we're looking at you, ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburV'').
** ''Tekken 7'' is a lesser case. It's the first game in 18 years to do a major shake-up of the character lineup, mostly to avoid it from expanding too much, and did a much-awaited costume makeover on the entire cast, who had mostly stayed the same since 2004's ''Tekken 5'' (these were admitted by Harada). Unlike the above, though, there's no TimeSkip and the absent characters very much still have the chance to return sometime in the future.
** Speaking of ''7'', the plot is affected by this, as well, especially in regard to the Mishima family curse and the Devil Gene, with the introduction of Kazumi Mishima, the earliest known person to possess the Devil Gene. Namely, it implies that the Devil Gene isn't endemic to the Mishimas, and [[BigScrewedUpFamily their personal issues]] are a different can of worms altogether. [[spoiler: And as has been promised since the beginning, the game turns out to be ADeathInTheLimelight episode for Heihachi, one of the series' most iconic characters.]]

* OldMaster: Wang Jinrei. As of ''6'', he's '''''105'''''!

** The first ''Tag'' [[DreamMatchGame Dream Match Game]] feature characters from ''Tekken 2'' and ''Tekken 3'', which are separated by a 19 years timeskip. Everyone appears as they do in their most recent game. This results in Heihachi looking appropriately like what a 70 years old grandpa should be, but not Baek, Bruce, Ganryu, Jun, Kazuya, and Michelle looking like what middle age adults should be. This is particularly striking in the case of Jun and Kazuya, who look less like parents and more like older siblings to their son, Jin. Ditto with Michelle to Julia.
** Subverted with Kazumi in ''Tekken 7'', who initially seems to be a smack-dab example of this trope as she doesn't look ''remotely'' like a septuagenarian (or a grandmother, for that matter). [[spoiler: That's because she's a ghost; the real Kazumi has been dead for like 45 years.]]

** A semi-subverted example also occurs within the character roster itself. "[[BadassNative Michelle]]" and "[[DashingHispanic Miguel]]" are actually variants of a single name: [[ArchangelMichael Michael]] (the former is the French feminine form, while the latter is the Spanish masculine form).

* PaletteSwap: For no explicit reason given, all the returning characters from ''Tekken 5'' were given different default colors for their outfits in ''Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection'' (some more noticeable than others; Kazuya's P1 outfit was changed from white to maroon and his P2 outfit from purple to white while Heihachi's P1 outfit went from black to a dark teal, which wasn't as noticeable). It is possible to set the original colors with customization and most of these changes reverted in ''6'' (with the exception of Xiaoyu, whose orange scheme stuck after ''DR''). Usually averted with regards to P1 and P2 outfits (which differentiate by clothing rather than purely color) but starting with ''Tag 2'', alternate outfits were dropped for the most part and this trope is played straight.

* PantyShot: Several female characters wear short skirts and do a lot of high kicks while fighting. Do the math.
** Defied in ''Tekken 3''. You can select your character's win pose by holding a button when the match ends but in the case of Xiaoyu's school uniform, the pose where she performs a split-legged handstand is locked out to avoid this. [[spoiler:However, as every character performs a specific win pose when they beat the game and that button bind happens to be associated with that animation, simply beat the game as Xiaoyu to see it]].

* PetTheDog: In Kazuya's ''Tekken 5'' ending, he is shown to respect Jinpachi and even remembers the good old days training with him before making the DealWithTheDevil... [[spoiler:and then [[MoralEventHorizon kills him.]]]]

* PowerTattoo: Jin's devil tattoo. [[spoiler:Unknown has a reverse version of this]].

* RelationshipValues: Hidden in the second ''Tag'' game, [[http://www.tekkenzaibatsu.com/wiki/Tekken_Tag_Tournament_2/System/Netsu_Relationship_Chart and they can get a little wonky.]] [[NatureHero Jun]] fist bumping [[ProfessionalKiller Nina]] while ignoring her own son? [[http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/652997-/64116005 A trick to]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBk5e0LwEGI select tag win poses]] goes some way to resolve this.
** The strangeness of it all is that many teams with good synergy are actually counter-intuitive to what you'd expect given what canon (and the Netsu Power chart) dictates. One of the only exceptions to this is Kazuya; notorious in that almost all of his specific relationships are ''negative'' ones, the one positive relationship he has (with Jinpachi) results in what is widely regarded as a very dangerous team to face in the right hands.

* RetCanon: Although ''Tag 2'' is non-canon, it does incorporate several elements from ''Blood Vengeance'' (which features more than a few {{Continuity Snarl}}s to its name), such as Xiaoyu and Alisa's friendship and Kazuya and Jin's "true" Devil forms.
* RubberBandAI: After winning a fair few matches the CPU gets mad and goes into overdrive, becoming a shameless PerfectPlayAI that even uses the signature MK Walker moves such as being a pixel out of range of an attack and countering, and sliding across the floor. Survive even this and it when then [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard blatantly cheat]] by not allowing you to block, dodge or even tag out as it takes out all your health in one long combo. It will start to calm down after maybe ten straight losses, but the game gets harder and stays harder the more you play it.

** RivalFinalBoss: In ''4'', the BigBad of the game is (who else?) Heihachi Mishima, but the last guy Hwoarang fights is Jin Kazama, his rival.

* TheRuntAtTheEnd: The main members of the Mishima family are Jinpachi, Kazuya, Jin (being the son of Kazuya, he counts), and Heihachi. Out of all of them, Heihachi is the only one who doesn't have a Devil form. Even though that ''should'' put him at a disadvantage to them, he's more than capable of fighting them on equal footing.

* SceneryGorn: Happens to the final stage, Heavenly Garden, of ''[=TTT2=]''. Very pretty lotus pond, with dragonflies, a flamingo, floating islands in the background, a twin rainbow, etc. Then you fell [[spoiler:Jun, and Unknown [[OneWingedAngel takes the opportunity to take her over]]]]. Cue the water slowly turning necrotic violet, then the scene suddenly becomes the Fallen Garden, where the sky is full of dark smoke, the islets are on fire, the (remaining lotuses) are now ghostly, the animals are nowhere to be seen, and the rainbows have been replaced by grayscale versions of themselves. In addition, the shallow pond you've been fighting in turns into a swamp where the "mud" sticks to you for a while if you fall into it.

* ShockAndAwe: Though it doesn't actually electrocute anyone, the Mishima characters ([[spoiler:Lars]] included) all emit some kind of electricity when they make a hard hit. As of ''Tekken 6'' there are hints that this actually factors into their heritage (based on Kazuya's comments to Lars during the final stage of Scenario Campaign, as well as Jin recognizing Lars's familial connection), though the actual electricity may only be a visualization. Played straight, however, by Dr. Bosconovitch in ''Tag 2'' (who can generate enough static electricity from just rubbing his hands together!), as well as his earlier appearance in ''3'' (where doing Yoshimitsu's [[UnblockableAttack sword stab]] will have the doctor using some sort of taser to shock the opponent endlessly until they either die or he decides to hit them out of it). Kazumi Mishima in ''7'' seems to monkey wrench this theory as she also produces electricity when she hits, despite not being of Mishima blood [[note]]And while it is plausible that this power could be of the Devil Gene, if she is the progenitor of it then only Kazuya and Jin should be able to emit electricity. Jinpachi, Heihachi, and Lars shouldn't be able to but also do[[/note]].

** At the end of Scenario Campaign, [[spoiler:Jin charges toward Azazel as the both of them fall into the ruins of the latter's chamber. After the credits, Raven and his team return to the ruins to find Jin, alone and unconscious. On seeing this, Raven cryptically comments, "Why can't I be wrong just once?"]]

* SuperpoweredEvilSide: The Devil Gene, which transforms its inheritors to demonic forms. [[spoiler: Kazumi,]] Kazuya, and Jin all possess this[[spoiler:, but only Kazumi (being the case zero) has full control over it]]. There are unnamed other demonic powers as well, such as the evil spirit who possesses Jinpachi [[spoiler: and the wolf spirit who possesses Jun, turning her into Unknown]].

* TrainingStage: This is the only stage available in Training Mode in ''Tekken 3D Prime Edition'', and is unavailable in standard play.

* UpgradeVsPrototypeFight: JACK (and later JACK-2) against Prototype JACK. It's even in the name.

** Jin in the original release of ''6''.[[spoiler:..sort of.]] He is however upstaged in the ''Bloodline Rebellion'' update by Lars, who is an all-around HeroProtagonist.

* WhamLine: From ''6''[='=]s Scenario Campaign: [[spoiler:"Alisa, disable safe mode. And then reboot."]] We all knew it was coming, but still pretty cool.
* WhamShot: For ''7: Fated Retribution'': Remember how Kazumi met with someone in the VERY FIRST trailer, a sequence revisited several times afterwards? [[spoiler:[[Franchise/StreetFighter Street Fighter's]] Akuma is that figure, and he had been making a promise to Kazumi to kill Heihachi and Kazuya all those years ago]].

* WorldWarIII: According to ''Tekken 6'', Jin has begun using the [[MegaCorp Mishima Zaibatsu]] for [[TakeOverTheWorld world conquest]] to declare war across the globe until the world itself deems him a threat that must be dealt with. [[spoiler:Although it's not conquest he's after, but trying to plunge the world into enough strife and horror that Azazel will gain material form -- and thus be killable]].
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: The game features two fighters, King and Armor King, who are wrestlers. But that doesn't explain Heihachi Mishima (a karate master) busting out powerbombs, or kickboxer Bryan Fury's DDT, or even (Kenpo and Xing Yi practitioners) Michelle and Julia Chang's range of suplexes... the reason? Wrestling moves are cool!

* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler:Jin let Alisa be captured by the rebels, as she had cameras set up inside her to record their every move. Being able to activate her "Kill them all" programming at any moment was another plus, too]].

* CoolMask: King, King II, Armor King, Armor King II, Jaycee, [[spoiler:and Michelle in her ''[[StealthPun Tag 2]]'' ending]]. And of course, who can forget the cool, ever-changing masks of Yoshimitsu?

* CoolMask: King and Armor King, Jaycee, [[spoiler:and Michelle in her ''[[StealthPun Tag 2]]'' ending]]. And of course, who can forget the cool, ever-changing masks of Yoshimitsu?

Lately, the series has been going from strength to strength; ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2'' was confirmed in late 2010 to much fanfare and approval, and is one of the most expansive and exciting entries of the series so far. Nintendo fans are finally seeing some ''Tekken'' love for the first time since ''Tekken Advance'' also, with ''Tekken 3D: Prime Edition'' for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS. Lastly, but certainly not least, the series is finally going head-to-head with its old rival, in the form of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'' and ''Tekken X Street Fighter'', 2 separate {{Crossover}} games developed by Creator/{{Capcom}} and Namco respectively. An updated version of ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2'', ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited'', was released as a patch to arcade units in March 2012, and a home console version of ''Tag 2'' with the changes introduced by it was released in September for [=PlayStation 3=], Xbox 360 and Wii U. This is notably the first time a ''Tekken'' title has ever been available on a Nintendo home console. In June 2013, Namco released ''Tekken Revolution'', a free-to-play installment based on the ''Tag 2'' engine exclusively for the [=PlayStation 3=] via the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork PlayStation Store]] featuring new gameplay mechanics such as [[PointBuildSystem customizable character stats]], [[CriticalHit Critical Arts]], and [[InvulnerableAttack Special Arts]]. Nintendo also got a SpiritualSuccessor of sorts to the series in the form of ''VideoGame/PokkenTournament'', a SpinOff of the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' that plays similarly to a ''Tekken'' game with several twists, since ''Tekken'' project director Katsuhiro Harada himself is involved in its development.

* AwesomeYetImpractical: Some of the characters have {{unblockable attack}}s that will instantly [[OneHitKill knock out your opponent]] (or leave very little health left) but performing these attacks either takes too long or is very hard to input without messing up. Kuma, for example, has a {{Fartillery}} attack that can ''[[OneHitKO immediately knock out ANY character]]''. Too bad he takes forever to perform it, and its range is tiny. In 5, the commentator will say [[StealthInsult "Oops"]] if it does connect.

The games are one of the [[TropeCodifier Trope Codifiers]] for 3D Fighting Games, and is widely accepted as both the most popular game in the genre. ''Tekken'' itself is ''very'' demanding to play, as the game makes judicious use of extremely precise hitboxes for all of its characters- if someone punches for example, you can just duck under it entirely. Characters also have massive movelists- for example, main character Kazuya has over 60 moves by ''Tekken 7'', and that's not even getting into characters like Yoshimtisu or Hworang, who have stances with their ''own'' dedicated movelists. This complexity has earned it many fans around the globe, and the series has a reputation for being one of the most challenging, technical yet highly rewarding fighting games a person can play.