Terry Bogard

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Terry Bogard (テリー・ボガード) is a video game character created by SNK, and is the main character of the Fatal Fury series. He is one of the main mascots of SNK. He is often pictured either in his traditional outfit, or his Garou outfit, the former consisting of a red and white baseball cap, a red sleeveless jacket with a white star on the back, white shirt, blue jeans, and a pair of what appear to be Chuck Taylor All-Stars. The latter consists of a brown jacket with a white star on the back, as well as a white shirt and blue jeans. The front of his cap displays either the Fatal Fury logo (in the King of Fighters series) or the King of Fighters logo (in the Fatal Fury series). In the animated films, his cap has no logo, but is instead replaced by a large metal plate.

Terry Bogard is the brother of Andy Bogard. Both of them were orphans adopted by Jeff Bogard, however, it is unknown if the two are actually brothers by blood. He is often referred to as the Legendary Hungry Wolf (from Garou Densetsu, meaning Legend of the Hungry Wolf). He has a pet monkey named Ukee (who was the previous mascot of SNK before Terry). His voice is provided by Satoshi Hashimoto in every game he has appeared in.

Contents

1 History

1.1 The Geese Howard Era
1.2 The Rock Howard Era

2 Film and Video
3 Trivia
4 Related Characters
5 See also
6 External links

History

Terry's life revolves around two fighters in the Fatal Fury universe: Geese Howard and Rock Howard.

The Geese Howard Era

Terry hails from the fictitious town of South Town, U.S.A. (a setting for many SNK games), and is the adoptive son of Jeff Bogard. During childhood, he saw his father killed at the hands of Geese Howard. On the advice of mentor Tung Fu Rue, he chose to pursue his revenge at a later time. Unlike his brother, he chose to stay in South Town, learning the unique South Town style of street fighting, as well as the Hakkyokusaiken style taught to him from time to time.

Many years later, the crime lord Geese Howard organized a tournament, The King of Fighters, and the battle that followed would eventually see Geese defeated and thrown off the top of Geese Tower, a tall tower in Southtown. For a while, it was thought that Geese was killed. The next year, saw Geese's half-brother, Wolfgang Krauser, take control of The King of Fighters, which ended up with Terry being ultimately defeated by Krauser, only to win in a rematch.

When it was found out that Geese had survived the fall, Terry learned of Geese's intentions to retrieve the legendary Jin scrolls, Terry had to go and defeat him once again. In a rematch of what had happened the previous time Terry and Geese had battled, Terry knocked Geese off the edge of Geese Tower, but Terry held his hand and tried to keep Geese from falling. That was not to be as Geese let go of Terry, plummetting to his permanent death. Before that event, Terry found a young boy named Rock Howard. To avoid history repeating itself, Terry took Rock and raised the child as his own, thus allowing himself to make amends for the next ten years. Since then, Terry has been in many KOF tournaments. He even took on the legendary Kyo Kusanagi and the dangerous Iori Yagami, slayers of the Orochi. And in 1999, Terry battled K', a product of NESTS.

The Rock Howard Era

Since then, several catalystic events happened. Southtown control went under due to the economical issues after Geese's death. Second Southtown was established near the original Southtown for illegal trade, but even though Second South enjoyed a comeback, the tranquility of Second Southtown has been eclipsed by the next-generation crimelord, Kain R. Heinlein.

About 10 years after the events in Real Bout Fatal Fury, the King of Fighters: Maximum Mayhem (hosted and sponsored by Kain R. Heinlein) would go underway, and Terry and Rock were invited to take part of the tournament. Both Terry and Rock entered the tournament to settle their pasts once and for all.

Although Terry and Rock were to face off against each other in the finals, Grant (a.k.a. The Martyr of Might) approached the two by surprise. Terry told Rock that now would not be a good time to square off against each other since he had to fight Grant. Although Terry was victorious against Grant, he was too exhausted to proceed, forcing Rock to succeed Terry's place in the final minutes of Maximum Mayhem. As Grant started to pass away due to excessive might, Grant ordered Rock to go to Kain's mansion to learn more about his past. Terry became nothing but a spectator as Rock eventually defeated Kain with a version of Geese's Deadly Rave.

Approaching the crumpled mansion, Terry finds out that Rock is now Kain's partner, and knows that he must trust Rock's decision to stick with Kain for a while. Terry then leaves the vicinity knowing that Rock has finally left his den. Terry eventually finds Kevin Rian's partner, Marky, a moment after losing Rock to Kain. Realizing his failure, Terry then lived the life of a lonely wolf once again. Time will only tell whether or not Terry will find another cub to raise.

Film and Video

Terry Bogard is a character in the following movies:

Battle Fighters Garou Densetsu/Fatal Fury - Legend of the Hungry Wolf (1993) - Mark Hildreth provides the voice of Terry in the English version, while Tsutomu Kashiwakura provides the voice of young Terry and Nishikori Kazukiyo provides the voice of adult Terry in the Japanese version.
Battle Fighters Garou Densetsu 2/Fatal Fury 2 - The New Battle (1993) - Mark Hildreth provides the voice of Terry in the English version, while Tsutomu Kashiwakura provides the voice of young Terry and Nishikori Kazukiyo provides the voice of adult Terry in the Japanese version.
Garou Densetsu - The Motion Picture/Fatal Fury - The Motion Picture (1994) - Mark Hildreth provides the voice of Terry in the English version, while Nishikori Kazukiyo provides the voice of Terry in the Japanese version.

Trivia

Just Like Ryu from Street Fighter, Terry is an archetypical main character. Powerful yet easy to learn, loving the fight and striving to be the best fighter he can be, mostly self-taught, has a rival with similar abilities, etc.

Without a doubt, Terry is SNK's most recognizable and enduring character, rightly labeled a mascot. He has appeared in every single Fatal Fury game, every single King of Fighters(and the only Fatal Fury character, other than Kim Kaphwan, to appear in every single KOF game), and is one of the characters of choice to symbolize the company in crossover games, merchandise and publicity.

Terry is, according to Japanese standards, an archetypical American: blond with blue-eyes, loud, fiery and intense. His brother Andy, in contrast, while physically just as American as Terry, is cool, patient, focused and collected, traits associated with Japanese characters. This difference in attitude is explained by both characters' upbringing: while Terry was raised on the streets of Southtown U.S.A., Andy trained his fighting skills with the Shiranui ninja clan.

Roy Bromwell is heavily based off Terry.

Although the anime based on the Fatal Fury games is considered non-canonical, Terry's propensity for losing his girlfriends in tragic circumstances is a trait from the anime accepted by many Terry fans, since it gives him more color and depth as a character. It also gives an interesting perspective to Terry's present relationship with Blue Mary.

Terry will be making a double appearance in . The original Terry will be based on his Fatal Fury image and the other one (ironically named "Wild Wolf") will be sporting the Mark of the Wolves look [link]. The most notable difference about the two regarding gameplay is that Wild Wolf's strength is higher compared to Terry, but his speed is also dramatically decreased. Wild Wolf also has a super move named Rising Beat (his exceed move in SVC Chaos which much like Geese Howard and Rock's Deadly Rave).

Related Characters

External links

Special techniques, [Terry Bogard]
[The King of Fighters 10th Anniversary Official Website]

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