Lucky Glauber

Lucky Glauber is a character in The King of Fighters series. He first appeared in The King of Fighters '94 as a member of the American Sports Team.

Story
Lucky is the 1st-place defender of the Long Beach International Karate Championships who is also a former professional basketball player in the Staples Center. He later was invited by his friend, Heavy-D!, to form a team with him in the King of Fighters tournament and to step up his karate tournament game. Aside from his desire to help bolster his friend's confidence, Lucky joins the tournament to test his fighting ability. In their ending, he says he'll continue street fighting.

He, along with the rest of the members of the American Sports Team, have a running gag in the history of KOF which involves their invitations being stolen by other participants. Similarly, in the backstory of Neo Geo Battle Coliseum, Shermie defeats Lucky and takes his invitation to the tournament. Mizoguchi also takes his invitation by defeating him in KOF Maximum Impact Regulation "A".

Personality
Unlike his own two brash and aggressive teammates, Lucky is always seen smiling around, even while fighting. He is very cheerful towards everyone and always never rejects a tough challenge, whether if it is a tournament of basketball or martial arts, he is in it just to have a good time.

Powers

 * Super Speed - Lucky can move past his opponent at a high speed.
 * Energy Pillar - Lucky can create a pillar of energy with his ball.
 * Weapon of Fire - Lucky can put his basketball on fire, without burning it.

Fighting Style
Lucky's fighting style was mainly inspired by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's former profession which is basketball, but also fused with the fighting style in Bruce Lee's Game of Death. Although, Abdul-Jabbar fights using Jeet Kune Do in the movie, Lucky instead fuses basketball with the same Okinawan Karate-Dou style as Jim Kelly from Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon.

Music

 * Slum No. 5 - The King of Fighters '94, '98

Voice actors

 * Kazuhiro Inage - The King of Fighters series
 * Haruo Yamagishi - The King of Fighters: Destiny~present

Appearances
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Games

 * The King of Fighters '94
 * The King of Fighters '98
 * The King of Fighters 2000 - As a PS2 Maniac Striker for Andy
 * The King of Fighters '94 Re-Bout
 * The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match

Mobile

 * Metal Slug Defense (unlockable)
 * KOF98 Ultimate Match Online
 * The King of Fighters Destiny (Game)
 * The King of Fighters All Star

Cameos

 * The King of Fighters '97 - in the China stage
 * The King of Fighters 2002 - in the Mexico stage
 * The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match - background cameo in U.S.A. stage
 * SNK vs Capcom: SVC Chaos - cameo in Orochi Iori's ending
 * Neo Geo Battle Coliseum - background cameo in the SNK Planet Stage
 * KOF: Maximum Impact Regulation "A" - defeated in Makoto's side story
 * The King of Fighters XIII - background cameo in '95 U.S.A. stage

Anime
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 * The King of Fighters: Destiny

Trivia

 * The color palettes used on his design are direct homage of several NBA teams uniforms. His default color scheme represents the L.A. Lakers, which is the team that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar used to play (Jabbar himself was a martial artist). Other colors represent the Chicago Bulls (Red and White), Seattle Sonics (Green and Yellow) and San Antonio Spurs (Black and White).
 * His prototype design was based on the character Hakim the Mantis in the martial arts film, Game of Death.
 * Lucky is the third tallest character in The King of Fighters franchise, behind Chang Koehan and Mukai.

Gallery
Lucky Glauber