Blue Mary

Blue Mary (ブルー・マリー), whose real name is Mary Ryan (マリー・ライアン), is a fictional character from both the Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series of fighting games. Blue Mary's first appearance was in Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory as private detective. She has a pet dog named Anton. Mary is the current love interest of Terry Bogard. According to Neo Geo Freak, she is modeled after Android #18 from the Dragon Ball series. She is voiced by Harumi Ikoma.

Fatal Fury
Born in the fictional city of Southtown, Blue Mary grew up with only her father in her life. With his time consistently taken by his occupation, however, Mary turned to learning the arts of Commando Sambo strongly influenced by her father who was a police officer of the city. Seeing the society that her father worked in made her also realize the reality of crime and injustice in the world.

Her training complete, Mary used her skills to become a secret agent, and was immediately placed to work on a number of missions with a young man named Butch. The two became a competent team, completing many cases, and bringing many criminals to the eyes of the agency. However, one day Butch was assigned to a case, and after a long time duration, he never returned.

Mary was devastated, not only by the loss of a person important in her life, but how she failed to uphold her duty. Determined to avenge him, Mary continued taking missions, becoming more and more famous. She began to travel the world, and in one case, met none other than the legendary "Hungry Wolf" Terry Bogard, to whom she took a liking, developing a strong bond.

The King of Fighters
In this series, her work was far from over. One day, a mysterious benefactor (Geese Howard) requested her services to enter the King of Fighters tournament, along with Billy Kane and Ryuji Yamazaki.



During the outcome of the tournament, it was discovered that Yamazaki had become more and more insane due to the Orochi blood coursing through his veins and that Billy was sent by Geese to keep an eye on him in order to learn the secret of the Orochi power. However, during a moment of confusion, Yamazaki escaped and Mary was left to ponder on Geese's motives and the root of the situation.

Following its conclusion, Terry Bogard informs her of the NESTS cartel and their actions occurring in Southtown. With a new goal in mind to stop the organization, Mary joins the Women's Team along with King, Kasumi Todoh, and Li Xiangfei, and the "Lonely Wolves" in 2000 and 2001 to assist in stopping NESTS in the following tournaments, eventually leading to its demise.

In 2003, Mary did not have the opportunity to join the Fatal Fury Team due to the fact that Terry enlisted the help of Joe Higashi and Tizoc. As a result, she decided to join up with former teammate King, as well as another Fatal Fury Team alumna Mai Shiranui. While she was excited to enter the King of Fighters tournament as part of a new version of the Women Fighters team, Mary was quite upset with Terry for replacing her with new talent. When Mary tried to bring the situation up with her boyfriend, her complaint was fallen on deaf ears as Terry ignored her (as evidenced by their special intro in KOF 2003), and in fact he didn't seem to really understand why she was so upset (as evidenced in his winning quote against Mary).

In KOF XI, Mary teamed up with fellow agents Vanessa and Ramon to form the Agents' Team.

Personality
Blue Mary is very friendly towards everyone, but she knows (or thinks) that her job must come first of everything. Mary developed a strong bond with Terry, but they never seem to assume any relationship.

Powers

 * Hidden Weapon: Sometimes Mary will attack her opponents with a handheld stun gun.
 * Ignore weight: Mary can throw her opponents around regardless of their weight.
 * Energy Attacks: Mary can fuel her throws with ki energy. It can be shown as a red rose or a pink splash.

Skills

 * Motorcycle driving: Mary knows how to drive a motorcycle very well.
 * Detective skills: Blue Mary has had extensive training in deep background investigating

Fighting Style
Blue Mary employs the fighting art of Commando Sambo. This Martial art uses striking and grappling techiniques. Some moves resemble BJJ.

Music

 * Kiss Me - Fatal Fury 3 and Real Bout Fatal Fury
 * Blue Mary's Blues - Real Bout Fatal Fury Special, Real Bout Fatal Fury 2, The King of Fighters '97, and The King of Fighters '98. A music video of this song was a reward for those who beat Real Bout Special with Mary.
 * Sha La La - Woman Fighters' Team's theme in The King of Fighters '99, shared with King, Kasumi Todo, and Li Xiangfei.
 * Terry 115 - Fatal Fury Team's theme in The King of Fighters 2000, shared with Terry, Andy, and Joe.
 * All OK! - Fatal Fury Team's theme in The King of Fighters 2001, shared with Terry, Andy, and Joe.
 * Yuuwaki no Toki (The Alluring Time) - KOF '97 Team's theme in The King of Fighters 2002, shared with Ryuji Yamazaki and Billy Kane.
 * I'm Hot for You - Woman Fighters' Team's theme in The King of Fighters 2003, shared with King and Mai.
 * Secret Circumstance - The King of Fighters XI, shared with Vanessa and Ramon.

Image Songs

 * The Remains of My Love -The Sunset Sky Part Ⅴ- - Fatal Fury 3
 * Blue Mary's Blues - Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
 * Dance de Peace! - Shared image song from the Scitron 10th Anniversary Special: Fatal Fury -Selected Characters-

Game Appearances



 * Fatal Fury 3
 * Real Bout Fatal Fury
 * Real Bout Fatal Fury Special: Dominated Mind
 * Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
 * Fatal Fury: 1st Contact
 * The King of Fighters 97
 * Real Bout Fatal Fury 2
 * The King of Fighters: Kyo
 * The King of Fighters 98
 * The King of Fighters 99
 * The King of Fighters 2000
 * The King of Fighters 2001
 * The King of Fighters 2002
 * The King of Fighters Neowave
 * The King of Fighters 2003
 * The King of Fighters XI
 * KOF Maximum Impact Regulation A
 * Garou Densetsu Special - event character

Mobile Appearances

 * Days of Memories (second title) - non-playable
 * The King of Fighters Mahjong
 * KOF Gals Mahjong

Cameo Appearances

 * The King of Fighters '95 - in the Japan team's stage
 * The King of Fighters '96 - in the Fatal Fury team's stage
 * The King of Fighters XII - mentioned in Terry's sidestory
 * KOF: Maximum Impact - background cameo
 * KOF: Maximum Impact 2 - background cameo
 * The King of Fighters '94: Rebout - background cameo
 * Garou Densetsu The Legend of Wild Wolf
 * The King of Fighters (pachinko)
 * The King of Fighters 2

Anime Appearances

 * Garou Densetsu ~ Memories of Stray Wolves

Similar Characters

 * EX Blue Mary

Trivia

 * The cocktail she takes her name from is a mysterious drink. From the drinker's perspective, the drink is a deep clear blue. From other angles, it appears to be transparent like water.