

Taking him in, he would raise and take care of him as means to put the feud between him and Geese behind, and would teach him how to fight on the streets of Southtown and his travels around the world.Īfter the events of the Real Bout series of Fatal Fury, the story shifts to Second Southtown. Sometime after their final conflict, Terry encountered a boy by the name of Rock Howard (Geese's son). But this was not to be, as Geese knocked Terry's hand away, plummeting to what is believed to be his permanent death. 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. During the next game, Real Bout Fatal Fury, Terry managed to get all the way through the tournament to Geese for one final conflict. However, Geese had escaped with the scrolls. Standing now as the victor, Terry once again was the champion. Terry faced Yamazaki, then challenged the Jin brothers. The Bogards and friends learned of Geese's intentions to retrieve the legendary Jin scrolls, Terry once again challenged and defeated him. Some time later it was revealed that Geese had survived his encounter with Terry. During this event, he befriended many of the contestants and became a hero of Southtown. The finals of this new tournament would again see Terry fighting the sponsor and him ultimately defeating Krauser. 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 battle that followed would eventually see Terry defeating Geese, and for some time, it was thought that Geese perished in the battle. Terry, Andy and Muay Thai Kickboxing champion Joe Higashi would enter with the purpose of facing Geese. Unlike his brother Andy, who left Southtown to train in Japan, Terry chose to wander in his home country, combining the skills learned from his father, his father's mentor Tung Fu Rue, and abilities gained from the streets.Ī decade later, the crime lord Geese Howard organized a tournament, dubbed The King of Fighters. Knowing that they needed more training to confront Geese, the brothers made an oath to spend a decade to fine tune their martial arts before trying to avenge their father. When Terry was 10, he witnessed the death of his father at the hands of Geese Howard. They were soon adopted by Jeff Bogard and eventually lived in Southtown. Terry and Andy were orphans who raised themselves on the streets. On Falcoon's SNK 40th anniversary page he states that both Terry and Mai are his favourite SNK characters. 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.Īt 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. 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 a 2005 poll made by SNK Playmore USA, he was voted as the number one fan favorite character with a total of 10014 votes. 270 votes from the male fans and 420 votes from the female fans. In Neo Geo Freak's 1997 Volume 8 character poll, he was voted as the fifteenth favourite character with a total of 690 votes.

In Gamest's 1997 Heroes Collection, Terry was voted as the staff's eighth favorite character. and South Town Hero (サウスタウンヒーロー, Sausu Taun Hīrō). His official nickname is The Legendary Wolf (伝説の狼, Densetsu no Ookami). He has a knack for scoring in basketball, which explains the creation of his Power Dunk move. He has a pet monkey named Ukee (the previous mascot of SNK before Terry).

He is often referred to as the Legendary Hungry Wolf (from Garou Densetsu, meaning "Legend of the Hungry Wolf"). Both of them were orphans adopted by Jeff Bogard. Terry Bogard is the brother of Andy Bogard. 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."). 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.

Template:CharacterInfobox Terry Bogard (テリー・ボガード, Terī Bogādo) is the main protagonist of the Fatal Fury series.
