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| “ | Hey, c'mon c'mon! | „ |
| ~ Terry Bogard's famous line. |
| “ | Say what? It's no fluke. This is why I'm here every year. | „ |
| ~ Terry's win quote in The King of Fighters '98. |
Terry Bogard is the main protagonist of the Fatal Fury franchise created by SNK. He has become an iconic character for SNK and has appeared in several other games outside of Fatal Fury (such as The King of Fighters and Super Smash Bros Ultimate).
He is one of the mascots created for SNK, with the other two being Kyo Kusanagi and Ryo Sakazaki.
He has been voiced in Japanese in the games by Satoshi Hashimoto in Fatal Fury 2-The King of Fighters XIII, KOF Sky Stage, and Neo Geo Heroes: Ultimate Shooting, Takashi Kondō for the rest of his appearances since The King of Fighters XIV, and his female counterpart is voiced by Chiaki Takahashi in SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy. In English, he has been voiced by Tony Carrol in the Maximum Impact series.
In the animations, he has been voiced in Japanese by Takeshi Kusao in the Dengeki Bunko drama CDs, Kazukiyo Nishikiori and Tsutomu Kashiwakura in Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf as a child. In the VIZ dub, he has also been voiced in English by Mark Hildreth and Christopher Turner in the same film as a child.
In the Cloverway dub, he has been voiced in English by Robbie Daymond, who voices Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask.
His live action actors have been Richard Beaupre and Troy Beeson in the commercials, and David Leitch in the King of Fighters movie, and is voiced by Junpei Asashina in the Japanese dub of the film.
Physical Appearance
Terry has long blonde hair into a ponytail and wears a red and white cap. He is dressed in a sleeveless white shirt and a red vest with a white star on the back and blue jeans with black fingerless gloves and his feet has red and white sneakers.
Development
Terry originates in Capcom’s fighting game Street Fighter. In an interview, Hiroshi Matsumoto mentions the Caucasian man who wore a leather jacket during the opening sequence of Street Fighter I. Despite appearing in the opening, he was not found in the actual game. At the time they had already decided that the main character for Street Fighter I would be a dougi-clad karate fighter, but the devs wanted to include the Caucasian man in the next game if given the opportunity. The mysterious man ended up being the model for Terry.
In Garou: Mark of the Wolves, Terry received a re-design as the devs thought his design was outdated. Nobuyuki Kuroki mentions how many of the staff that worked on The King of Fighters XIV came from the Fatal Fury series, so the team had sentimental feeling's towards Terry and Geese. Eisuke Ogura showed difficulty finalizing Terry's new design and Terry's model was recreated and polished up to four times, along with many retakes by the motion capture team. Due to the hard work and positive feedback by the fans, Kuroki felt satisfied.
On Falcoon's SNK 40th anniversary page he states that both Terry and Mai are his favourite SNK characters. He considered the Mark of the Wolves design to be one of his favorite designs before he began working. He was pleased when he got the opportunity to work on the character's redesign.
In Gamest's 1997 Heroes Collection, Terry was voted as the staff's eighth favorite character. In Neo Geo Freak's 1997 Volume 8 character poll, he was voted as the fifteenth favourite character with a total of 690 votes. 270 votes from the male fans and 420 votes from the female fans. In a 2005 poll made by SNK Playmore USA, he was voted as the number one fan favorite character with a total of 10014 votes. He was voted as the second most favorite character at the time of Garou: Mark of the Wolves with a total of 162 votes, one commenter saying that "Terry's the eternal hero". In the character popularity poll on Neo Geo Freak's website, he was voted as the fourth favorite character with a total of 2,479 votes.
History
Fatal Fury
Many years later, the crime lord Geese Howard organized a tournament, dubbed The King of Fighters. Terry, Andy, and Muay Thai Kickboxing champion Joe would enter with the purpose of facing Geese. The battle that followed would eventually see Terry defeating Geese, and for some time, it was thought that Geese perished in the battle. The next year saw Geese's half-brother Wolfgang Krauser take control of The King of Fighters, and bringing the once Southtown only tournament onto the world stage. The finals of this new tournament would again see Terry fighting the sponsor and him ultimately defeating Krauser.
Sometime later it was revealed that Geese had somehow survived his encounter with Terry. The two Bogards and friends learned of Geese's intentions to retrieve the legendary Jin scrolls, Terry once again challenged and defeated him. Afterward, Geese fled. Terry had battled to the end of the tournament, defeating characters such as Yamazaki, until finally facing the Jin brothers. Standing now as the victor, Terry once again was the Champion. However, Geese had escaped with the scrolls. During the next game, Real Bout Fatal Fury, Terry managed to get all the way through the tournament to Geese for one final blow. At the end of the fight, he knocked Geese off the edge of Geese Tower, but grabbed hold of Geese's hand and tried to keep him from falling.
But this was not to be, as Geese knocked Terry's hand away, falling to what is believed to be his permanent death. Sometime either before, or after their final conflict, Terry decides to become the guardian of a boy by the name of Rock Howard, which is Geese's son. Taking him in, he would teach him how to fight, as they traveled together around the world.
The King of Fighters
In The King of Fighters series, SNK used Terry's background story of Fatal Fury 1-2, in that after he had defeated Geese and Krauser, he received an invitation to enter a new team fighting tournament called The King of Fighters '94. Since then, Terry has been in many installments as team captain of Team Fatal Fury. Though the team's roster has changed through the years, Terry has always been present, and is notable as one of the few characters to appear in every King of Fighters game thus far. He also has a former rivalry with Ryo which is mostly exclusive to this series.
His possible death was played on during The King of Fighters '99 where he stayed behind in the collapsing NESTS's base. He didn't contact with any of his friends or loved ones until a year later. In his time of absence, Terry tracked down NESTS's men who were targeting Mary. He decides to help her out in her job by teaming up with her in the 2000 and 2001 tournaments.
He organizes his teams with various members in the following years, being the one to ask Tizoc in 2003 and Duck King into the team for KOF XI. To catch up and to reunite the legendary trio of Southtown, he joins up with his brother and Joe once more in KOF XIII. Before their meeting, he had to endure a long journey back to the city and fell asleep at the station. He calls up Mary to give him a ride to Paopao Cafe, and he cheerfully arrives over 30 minutes late. His tardiness and usual attitude for any tournament upsets Joe, who knows that he and Andy have their own responsibilities besides the tournament. Although Terry doesn't understand why his friend is upset, he has a sparring match with him in Paopao Cafe.
Knowing that his fan, Alice, and Geese will be participating the new tournament, Terry joins to oversee her progress and to keep an eye on Geese.
The King of Fighters XI: The Animated Movie
Terry appears as a supporting protagonist in the movie.
He is first seen playing foot race with Joe, until Athena arrives. She pleads him, Andy and Joe to team up to defeat Magaki and Shion. Athena ends up winning the basketball match against him, and Terry, Andy and Joe agree to defeat them.
During the final battle against Proto Cupid Shion, Terry is angered by Magaki's death and sees Athena in her Princess Athenia form. After Proto Cupid's disappearance and revivals of everyone around the world, he reunites with Sulia, and asks her to be his girlfriend, to which Sulia accepts.
Years later, they were married and six years later, he becomes a father to Starina, the present day self of Startwinkle.
The King of Fighters: Summer Adventures
| “ | Eiji: Dr. Bogard. Oh please, call me Terry. |
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| ~ Terry's flashback |
Terry is first seen on the floatie, unconscious, but is taken in by the others and Athena nurses him back to health. He then tells them about how he made the star map and how his ship is sinking. He then attended a royal ball and a dinner party. Terry sees Athena and Love, and hears that Athena prefers the power of something else, and is confused. The misunderstanding does make Angel see the green and gray smoke cloud. Terry sees it too, and hides under the table with Alice because Krauser and his servants come.
Krauser orders his servants, the Orochi servants, to attack them. After the others transform, they try to defeat his servants, but Elisabeth is captured and turned into Orochi Leona.
After he and the others are stranded, he is revived. She, along with the others, meet the spirits of Lily McGuire and Sulia Gaudeamus. Lily and Sulia tell them that they are going to get the treasure chest and give it to Krauser. After the spirits disappear, Terry and the others complete the two slides, and they find a strange tunnel. Athena secretly pushes the button, and the tunnel's door opens. Terry and the others enter, only to find out a strange brown cavern. They found his wrecked ship, and a treasure chest. Love takes it, only to be captured by the Orochi servants and Krauser.
Athena, after being turned into Engage Mode, orders Love to defeat Orochi Shermie, Andy to defeat Orochi Yashiro, and Terry to defeat Orochi Chris. Terry defeats Orochi Chris with Burn Knuckle. After defeating Krauser and his servants, Athena takes the spirit box, which contains Angelina's and Like Heart's spirits and returns the spirits back to the owners, after restoring the servants and Krauser back to normal.
After deactivating the transformation, Athena's box is upgraded. The next morning, after Lily and Sulia's visit, he is shocked to find out that Angelina and Lily are twins. After the Fatal Fury anime movie, he, along with everyone, is invited to Athena's concert band.
The King of Fighters 3: 3 Girls and a Baby
Terry appears as a supporting protagonist in the 6th and final SNK OVA.
He is first seen looking at a newspaper featuring Athena, his girlfriend and wife Sulia and Lily. He is angered to see it, but walks to the office. Sailor Mars appears at the door, asks a password, and he chooses the correct password: "Wolf Power". He enters the presentation class and meets the others and the presentation class professor, Boss Tuxedo.
More to be added...
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
On November 6th 2019, Terry made his debut in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. In this game he has access to his all of his most iconic moves, including Power Wave, Burning Knuckle, and Buster Wolf. He also comes with his own stage, King of Fighters Stadium, which features cameos from many popular SNK characters that appear in the KOF series.
Personality
Terry is a purely-hearted character that is willing to take a challenge when one is given to him. He is viewed by the children in Southtown as hero. He is an incredibly charismatic, cheerful and friendly man with everyone around him.
He bears no ill will towards anyone other than Geese Howard, the killer of his adoptive father. His relationship with Andy is that of respect, recognizing his younger brother as a potential rival. He feels a sense of kinship with Blue Mary for her loss, and the two developed a long time relationship.
When he treats Rock as his son, but allows him to choose his own path in life. He teasingly calls Rock, "Rookie" (Hauer's beloved pet basset hound should be named Rookie). Terry is also well-informed of what goes on in the streets.
Powers
Superhuman Sense: Terry can sense the presence of people nearby.
Ergokinesis: Terry has an incredible power of energy, that he uses when gathering chi energy from Gaia.
Gather Chi: Terry can gather chi energy from Gaia, the mother-earth.
Energy Projectile: Terry can fire a projectile of energy that travels through the ground, or form an explosive area-of-effect strike known as Round Wave.
Power Geyser: By punching the ground, Terry can make a more powerful version of the Power Wave, creating a massive geyser of energy coming from below the ground. He can either summon extra rows of geysers with a single punch, punch a few more times for one extra each, or wave his fist around to create more in one setting.
Energy Attacks: Terry can use chi energy to increase the damage of his normal attacks.
- Burn Knuckle/Quick Burn: Terry can surround his fist in energy to deliver a fierce punch.
- Crack Shoot: Terry can surround his legs in energy and utilize it for a powerful jumping axe kick.
- Create Fire: Terry can create fire via an improved version of his Fire Kick move.
Skills
Acrobat: Terry is very proficient with acrobatics in his fighting, using moves like Crack Shot and Rising Tackle.
Adaptability: Due to his training in various fighting techniques, Terry can adapt with any opponent he faces.
Resilience: Terry can take a lot of punishment when fighting brutish opponents like Wolfgang Krauser and Grant.
Survivalist: Terry lived and grew up on the main streets of Southtown and other parts of the USA where survival was an everyday battle.
See Also
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