Terry Bogard

Terry Bogard is the main protagonist of the Fatal Fury series. He has appeared in every Fatal Fury and King of Fighters game, and is one of the characters of choice to symbolize the company in crossover games, merchandise and publicity. He appears to fit many Japanese stereotypes for an American character in appearance, personality and speech (his in-game vocabulary is usually limited to American colloquialisms, such as "Okay!" and "Hey, c'mon, c'mon!").

Terry Bogard is the elder brother of Andy Bogard. Both of them were orphan childs adopted by Jeff Bogard. 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 (the previous mascot of SNK before Terry). He has a knack for scoring in basketball, which explains the creation of his Power Dunk move. His official nickname is "The Legendary Wolf". and "South Town Hero".

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In Garou: Mark of the Wolves, Terry received a re-design as the devs thought his design was outdated.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 feelings 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.

Appearance
Terry is often depicted as an adult Caucasian male with a well-built muscular physique and long blonde hair, usually sporting a ponytail. He is often recognized with a red jacket with a white star marked on the back, white shirt, blue jeans, fingerless gloves, sneakers, and a red baseball cap as his signature accessory. Throughout most of his appearances, his overall design sought out different variations. Starting in his debut at Fatal Fury: King of Fighters, Terry's attire was more distinguishable from the usual overall impression, as he was seen wearing a longer sleeved red jacket that was rolled up to his elbows. and white sneakers. His official artworks drawn by Shinkiro has minor details that could not be added in his sprites due to limitations, which includes a white circular patch on his jacket, and the NEO-GEO logo on his cap, though that it can be seen in his in-game renders at the VS screen. His sprites also apparently seen him wearing hi-tops that differentiates his artwork as he is seen wearing normal sneakers. In Fatal Fury 2, his attire from the previous game made some significant tweaks that it became his default look on many of his appearances. His jacket now have no sleeves, the sleeves of his white shirt were torn off, his fingerless gloves has rectangular cuts on the back of each of his hands as they were supposedly biker gloves, and two-toned red and white sneakers. While his in-game appearances could not display a logo on his cap, his original artwork for FF2 is seen with the NEO-GEO logo like his FF1 artwork. However, in the promotional artworks by Shiroi Eiji, and Terry's portrait artwork by Shinkiro in Fatal Fury Special, his cap is having the Fatal Fury logo, as it is the most used logo for his cap. With that logo included, it is at his most recognizable design that is used often of his many appearances including Real Bout Special, RB2, the majority of the King of Fighters series, the Capcom vs SNK crossovers, Fighting EX Layer, and Super Smash Bros Ultimate. In Fatal Fury 3 and Real Bout Fatal Fury, while his attire is nearly identical to his FF2 appearance, it was slightly tweaked. His white shirt is a full t-shirt with sleeves, and the logo on his cap reads "KING OF THE FIGHTERS," enclosed in a blue rectangle. In his in-game appearance, the logo on his cap is only seen as a blue rectangle. His appearances in the series of the Fatal Fury anime directed by Masami Obari had him to dress identical for his FF1 long-sleeved version for Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf and his classic no-sleeves version in both Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle and Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture, while his iconic cap added a silver plate for all three of the anime. Terry also made a drastic change of his appearance that became a fan-favorite alternate outfit, starting in his appearance in Garou: Mark of the Wolves. In this attire, he no longer wears his iconic cap, his hair was cut shorter to the length of his shoulders, and exchanged his red jacket into a brown leather flight jacket with a star on a blue circle marked on the back and a text reads "RUNNING WILD" under it. The jacket also has another star logo enclosed in a blue ring and a text that reads "AIRBORNE", patched on the left sleeve or both, and a white labeled patch on the left side at front with the "AIRBORNE" text on it. This appearance is well-received from longtime fans that it also makes appearances in KOF 2003, KOF XI, and Neo Geo Battle Coliseum. It also makes an appearance as an alternate costume in KOF Maximum Impact and KOF XV as a pre-order bonus DLC, while in KOF Maximum Impact 2, it is used an EX form of Terry, under the on-screen name as "Wild Wolf." In KOF XIV, Terry sports a variation of his overall impression that seems to resemble his FF1 appearance, longer sleeves on his jacket and all, only that the sleeves folded back to midway of his forearms. The jacket also added white stripes on the front, a patch that reads "'91 Running Wild" stitch on the left sleeve, two buttoned pocket protectors on the front, and two cursive texts that reads "Get in the Ring!" and "Live to Fight" marked above and below the star at the back. He also wears padded fingerless black gloves and his cap has a new logo that reads "HUNGRY WOLF" with a face of a wolf on a shield above the text. While it is a fair shake-up of his usual look, this design did not stick as in his appearance in KOF XV reverted back to his classic design as the illustrator of KOF XV, Tomohiro Nakata, stated that he's fan of Terry showing his muscular arms. In the Chinese CG animated webseries The King of Fighters Destiny, and the mobile game based on the same name, Terry's usual attire has seen some minor details added, most notably a gray sleeveless hoodie under his red jacket, a full white t-shirt like his FF3 appearance, a silver belt buckle that resembles a face of a wolf, and having a silver plate on his hat like his FF anime appearances, only with the Fatal Fury logo engraved on it. In SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy, under the effects of Kukri's pocket dimension, Terry has transformed into a female version of himself. His default outfit is basically a skimpier version of his classic attire, as jacket is shorter, shirt is replaced into a tube top and jeans into a distressed denim hi-cut shorts. In addition, he also sported ringed bracelets on each of his wrists. and the logo of his iconic cap changed from "Fatal Fury" into "Fatal Cutie." While he is included in the game as a gender-swapped form, his in-game ending did not follow this predicament, as it was just a dream recreating Geese's death scene with Terry only back in his male form. It is noted that this game isn't the first time a female Terry transformation is seen, as Terry would change into female from the effects of Demitri Maximoff's Midnight Bliss super move in SNK vs Capcom: SVC Chaos, which he also sported the denim shorts. In the mobile dating simulator game, The King of Fighters for Girls, amongst various outfits depending on events, Terry changed his usual jacket into a red varsity jacket with black trimmings and white upper sleeves. The jacket also has a large red "W" patch at the right side of the front, although it is currently unknown what does it stand for. It also has a white star with wing-like blocks at the sides and a text that reads "Since 1991" marked under, along with a red star enclosed in a ring with wings marked on each sleeves.

Personality
Terry Bogard is an incredibly charismatic, cheerful and friendly man with everyone around him. He bears no ill will towards anyone other than the truly malicious and outright irredeemable, including foes the likes of Geese Howard, the killer of his adoptive father, and the psychopathic Ryuji Yamazaki.

His relationship with Andy is that of respect, recognizing his younger brother as his fiercest rival despite Terry himself being the better fighter of the two. Be it in fighting, travels, or simply hanging out, Andy is the most affable and solid companion that he has, along with Joe. He feels a sense of kinship with Blue Mary for her loss, and the two developed a long time relationship with some hints of romance. He treats Rock as his son as he teasingly calls him "Rookie", but allows him to choose his own path in life. Terry is also well-informed of what goes on in the streets.

Powers

 * 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.
 * Power Wave: 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

 * Acrobatics: 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.
 * Survival: Terry lived and grew up on the mean streets of Southtown and other parts of the USA where survival was an everyday battle.

Fighting Style
Terry uses a mixture of boxing, karate, kung fu, kickboxing and street fighting moves to create a very unique fighting style, mixed in with chi techniques learned from his Hakkyokuseiken master, Tung Fu Rue. He had also learned martial arts directly from his adoptive father, Jeff Bogard. Other sources state his fighting experience was also gained from brawling on the streets for years to hone proper techniques for himself, where he tested out varying methods of fighting to his tastes.

Terry is an all-around fighter, with extensive knowledge of many martial arts techniques. He uses many variations of punches, such as hooks and uppercuts and can also kick with ease. A majority of his techniques have a "power naming" motif, via Power Wave, Power Drive, Power Shoot and Power Geyser. Two of his signature moves, the Crack Shoot and Power Dunk, were inspired by Terry's love for basketball, in which the latter move was enhanced in The King of Fighters XIV and was renamed the "Star Dunk Volcano".

In later years, Terry also developed a technique that ties into his wolf motif, named the Buster Wolf. He also in a few instances, creates a technique that has the same input scheme as Geese's Deadly Rave (as a possible tribute), known as the Rising Beat, which first debuted in SvC Chaos. Terry also pays tribute to Geese's son Rock by having his own version of his stronger-version Shine Knuckle, the Rising Force (which acts as his HSDM/MAX2DM).

His well-rounded style also carries onward into his playstyle, where he has very well-rounded normal attacks and is a very basic character to play. However, one notable downside is that his special moves are all very laggy, forcing him to play a bit carefully when it comes to trying to land big damage; the embodiment of the original vision made for the Fatal Fury series' gameplay style.

Music
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Official Songs

 * Chotto Koikki na Kenka Yarou (A Somewhat Stylish Brawling Punk) - Fatal Fury (shared with Andy Bogard and Joe Higashi)
 * Kurikinton (Chestnuts and Mashed Sweet Potatoes) - Fatal Fury 2, Fatal Fury Special, The King of Fighters '98, The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match, The King of Fighters 2002, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * Big Shot - Fatal Fury 3, Real Bout Fatal Fury, The King of Fighters XI (console version only, Terry must be the first opponent).
 * Big Shot! "Elegant Simplicity" - The King of Fighters '96
 * Kuri to Itsu Made mo (Chestnuts and Forever) - Real Bout Fatal Fury Special, Real Bout Fatal Fury 2, The King of Fighters '97, SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium, The King of Fighters R-1, The King of Fighters R-2
 * 11th Street - Terry's regular theme in Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition
 * Big Shot ~XL Ver.~ - Boss theme as Geese's final opponent in Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition
 * Sunrise on the Train - Garou: Mark of the Wolves
 * Neapolitan Blues - The King of Fighters '94
 * Club M ~Flute in the Sky~ - The King of Fighters '95, The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match (When teaming EX Terry with EX Andy and EX Joe)
 * 176th Street - The King of Fighters '99 (Remix of 11th Street from Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition)
 * Terry 115 - The King of Fighters 2000, The King of Fighters EX: Neo Blood, The King of Fighters EX2: Howling Blood
 * All OK! - The King of Fighters 2001
 * Prolongation - The King of Fighters 2003
 * Street Dancer - King of Fighters XI, The King of Fighters XIII (when the music is set to "Type B", console version only, also shared with Andy and Joe)
 * Sun Shine Glory - The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match
 * Wild Street - The King of Fighters XIII
 * Departure from South Town - The King of Fighters XIV
 * Soy Sauce for Geese -KOF XIV ver.- - The King of Fighters XIV (as Geese's opponent)
 * Kuri Kinton Flavor (Chestnut Flavor) - The King of Fighters XIV (when fought in the Transcontinental Railroad stage)
 * Big Shot! ~SNK Heroines Edit~ - SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy
 * Ride the Big Wave! - The King of Fighters XV
 * Atana Hikaru - Days of Memories
 * Moon Wolf (KM Cool Emotion Mix) - K.O.F. Dance Trax
 * Yoake no Legend (Legend of Dawn) - Ending theme from Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture

Image Songs
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 * The Song of Fighters '95 - Shared image Song from The King of Fighters '95 Arranged Soundtrack
 * Shooting☆Star - Image Song from Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers Arranged Soundtrack
 * Dance de Peace! - Shared image song from the Scitron 10th Anniversary Special: Fatal Fury -Selected Characters-

Voice Actors

 * Satoshi Hashimoto - Fatal Fury 2 ~ The King of Fighters XIII, KOF Sky Stage, Neo Geo Heroes: Ultimate Shooting
 * Takashi Kondō - The King of Fighters XIV~present, Fighting EX Layer, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * Tony Carrol - Maximum Impact series (English voice)
 * Tsutomu Kashiwakura - Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf (as young Terry)
 * Christopher Turner - Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf (English voice as young Terry)
 * Kazukiyo Nishikiori - animated films
 * Mark Hildreth - animated films (English voice)
 * Takeshi Kusao - Dengeki Bunko drama CDs
 * Junpei Asashina - King of Fighters movie (Japanese voice)
 * Chiaki Takahashi - SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy (as the Female Version)

Live Action Actors

 * Richard Beaupre - Fatal Fury Special Neo Geo live action commercials
 * Troy Beeson - Fatal Fury 3 commercials
 * David Leitch - King of Fighters movie

Featured Appearances
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Game

 * Fatal Fury: King of Fighters
 * Fatal Fury 2
 * Fatal Fury Special
 * The King of Fighters '94
 * Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory
 * The King of Fighters '95
 * Real Bout Fatal Fury
 * The King of Fighters '96
 * Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
 * The King of Fighters '97
 * The King of Fighters: Kyo
 * Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers
 * Real Bout Fatal Fury Special: Dominated Mind
 * The King of Fighters '98
 * The King of Fighters R-1
 * The King of Fighters R-2
 * Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition
 * Fatal Fury: First Contact
 * The King of Fighters '99
 * Garou: Mark of the Wolves
 * SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium
 * Capcom vs. SNK
 * The King of Fighters 2000
 * Capcom vs. SNK 2
 * The King of Fighters 2001
 * The King of Fighters EX: Neo Blood
 * The King of Fighters 2002
 * The King of Fighters EX2: Howling Blood
 * SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos
 * The King of Fighters 2003 - Using his Garou: Mark of the Wolves appearance
 * The King of Fighters Neowave
 * KOF: Maximum Impact
 * The King of Fighters XI - Using his Garou: Mark of the Wolves appearance
 * Neo Geo Battle Coliseum - Using his Garou: Mark of the Wolves appearance
 * KOF: Maximum Impact 2
 * KOF: Maximum Impact Regulation "A"
 * The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match
 * The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match
 * The King of Fighters XII
 * The King of Fighters XIII
 * KOF Sky Stage
 * Neo Geo Heroes: Ultimate Shooting
 * Garou Densetsu The Legend of Wild Wolf
 * Garou Densetsu Special
 * Garou Densetsu Sougeki
 * Garou Densetsu Premium
 * CR The King of Fighters
 * Quiz King of Fighters
 * Xuan Dou Zhi Wang
 * The King of Fighters XIV
 * The King of Fighters XV (also in MOTW costume)
 * SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy - as a Female Version
 * Fighting EX Layer - DLC character
 * Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - DLC character
 * Fall Guys - DLC Guest Character

Mobile

 * Garou Densetsu vs. Fighter's History Dynamite
 * Days of Memories (Fourth title) - Non-playable
 * Gungho Games - Character skin
 * The King of Fighters Mobile
 * The King of Fighters Mobile R-2
 * The King of Fighters Volleyball
 * The King of Fighters Mahjong
 * Moeyo! KOF Daiundokai
 * SNK Dream Battle
 * SNK High School Collection
 * KOF x Fatal Fury
 * The Rhythm of Fighters
 * Metal Slug Defense (Unlockable)
 * Metal Slug Attack
 * Seven Deadly Grand Cross Mobile (Collaboration)
 * Brave Frontier
 * World Cross Saga
 * Crusaders Quest
 * Crash Fever
 * Bokuto Dragon
 * Kimi Wa Hero
 * Puzzle & Dragons
 * The King of Fighters: Destiny (Game)
 * The King of Fighters: World
 * The King of Fighters: All Star
 * Returners
 * The King of Fighters: Orochi Go
 * The King of Fighters M: Fighting Stars Assembly
 * Knives Out-Tokyo Royale
 * The King of Fighters for Girls
 * Makai Wars (Collaboration)

Cameos

 * Fatal Fury 2 - in Aokigahara stage, when he's not present fighting
 * Art of Fighting 2 - In Temjin's ending
 * The King of Fighters (Pachinko)
 * The King of Fighters 2
 * Sister Quest
 * Garou: Mark of the Wolves - in Hokutomaru's third stage, with the classic costume
 * Part Time Stories: Kyo & Iori - as a delivery man
 * Nariyuki Quest

Anime
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 * Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf
 * Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle
 * Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture
 * The King of Fighters: Another Day - 2nd and 4th episodes
 * Garou Densetsu ~ Memories of Stray Wolves
 * The King of Fighters: Destiny

Similar Characters

 * Wild Wolf - a version of Terry based on his appearance in Garou: Mark of the Wolves.

Trivia

 * Terry, Ryo Sakazaki, Billy Kane and Rock Howard are the only characters to win a KOF tournament outside the KOF universe.
 * Terry, Billy and Rock are the only Fatal Fury series characters to win a KOF tournament.


 * A tribute of Terry can be found in Shadow Hearts: Covenant, which was developed by Nautilus. The character Blanca (a wolf) can participate in a side quest called The Wolf Bout. One of his opponents is a wolf named Kelly. He wears a red and white hat and parodies a lot of Terry's lines.


 * Terry is both a masculine and feminine given name, derived directly from French "Thierry" and eventually from the Germanic "Theodoric". Both have the meaning of "Power is mighty" or the "ruler of the people". Ironically, there have been female versions of Terry, most notably in SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy.


 * Sometime during 1995, Terry was also SNK's mascot for the Orix Buffaloes baseball team.


 * According to developers for Mark of Wolves, Terry travels by riding his personal motorcycle. More often than not, Terry is usually mentioned hitching rides from truckers, buses, or trains. Alternately, he's seen walking on foot. They also jokingly stated that the reasons behind his apparent weight gain was due to Rock's cooking.


 * Several of Terry's "Engrish" quotes have become a plethora of memes to the SNK fandom, most notably "Are you OK?" before launching Buster Wolf.


 * In Capcom vs SNK, Terry and Yamazaki's special intro is a direct reference to Bunnoshin Inagi vs Kaoru Hanayama from Baki the Grappler. The scene can be found here.


 * In the most of The King of Fighters series, Terry uses two classic costumes in his source series: the outfit used firstly in Fatal Fury 2 and the MOTW costume.
 * In his source series, Terry uses four outfits.
 * Terry's outfit in KOF XIV has the phrase "Get in the Ring" written on its back, a reference to Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 's vs. screen quote. The left sleeve of his jacket is the a logo that reads "91", which is a reference to the official year that the original (and first) Fatal Fury game was released.


 * In the Art of Fighting/Fatal Fury continuity, Terry is the three time champion of the The King of Fighters tournaments winning the ones hosted in Fatal Fury, Fatal Fury 2 and Real Bout Fatal Fury.


 * In Neo-Geo Freak 1998, the characters in KOF '98 have their own interviews. Here are Terry's response to the questions.
 * What is your aspiration in this competition? - "It's natural to participate, but if it is, it's aiming to win."
 * Who would you like to fight the most? - "It's Andy. When I was a kid, we fought in Dalian, but I never fought properly."
 * Who would you like to team up with? / Who would you not like to team up with? - "Of course, my brother Andy and Joe. I can't imagine entering without them. The person who I don't want to team up with is Billy!"
 * What is "KOF" for you? - "KOF is for me 'real'! It's one of my pleasures, what kind of guy comes out every year."
 * Finally, please give a word to your fans. - "I'll fight at full power anytime!"


 * In his development blog for KOF: Maximum Impact 2, Ureshino states that he doesn't know about Rock's mother or the true inheritor of Geese's legacy but hints that it would most likely conflict with Terry.


 * At Vigamus, a museum of videogames sponsored by the municipality of Rome, a special illustration lists Terry as the mascot of the early 90's era of Neo Geo.


 * 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 of the commenters says 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.