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The story of the series is set in the fictional city of Southtown, USA, and starts many years before the events of the first game, when martial artist Jeff Bogard adopts two orphans, whom he names Terry and Andy. Later, crime lord Geese Howard killed Jeff Bogard, an event that young Terry witnesses. Swearing revenge, both brothers start to train, to fight Geese in his "King of Fighters" tournament. Andy leaves to train in Japan and Terry stays in Southtown. Ten years later, in 1991, the brothers and Andy's friend Joe Higashi enter the King of Fighters to avenge their father.

 

 

The distinctive characteristic of the series was the ability of the characters to fight in two different planes in most stages, giving them the capability to avoid attacks by moving between planes. This system suffered some changes after the third installment and was dropped altogether for the last game.

Games in the series:

* ''Fatal Fury'' (1991, [[Neo Geo]], SNES, [[Sega Genesis]])

* ''Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory'' (1995, [[Neo Geo]], [[Sega Saturn]], Windows 95)

* ''Real Bout Fatal Fury'' (1995, [[Neo Geo]], [[Play Station]], [[Sega Saturn]])

* ''Garou: Mark of the Wolves'' (1999, [[Neo Geo]], [[Sega Dreamcast]], [[Play Station 2]])

 

 

[[The Anime of the Game|Two animated TV specials]] (often mislabeled as OVAs, even though they aired on Japanese TV before getting home video releases) and [[The Movie|one animated film]] were based on the games, all including character designs by Masami Oobari. The TV specials were based on the plots of the first two games. The feature film had an original plot and villains.

* [[Ax Crazy]]: Freeman. He's a ''[[Serial Killer]]'', though, so what do you expect? And let's not even get ''into'' Ryuji Yamazaki.

* [[Back From the Dead]]: Geese Howard at least twice.

** If that's all you need, then Raiden does as well with, [[Gratuitous English|"I'll dance on your grave."]]

* [[Big Eater]]: Li Xiangfei is basically always eating.

* [[City of Adventure]]: Southtown is where the action of all the games takes place, with the exception of ''2'' and ''Special'', which were about a worldwide tournament. ''Garou'' isn't in quite the same place as the previous games, but a neighbouring city close enough to be considered an extension of it (it's even called '''Second''' Southtown).

* [[Combos]]: From the third game onward.

* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Mai is this towards Sulia in [[The Movie]]. Hokutomaru seems to view her similarly in ''Mark of the Wolves''.

* [[Cute Bruiser]]: Li Xiangfei, Hotaru Futaba.

* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Raiden/Big Bear, Franco Bash and Tizoc aka Griffon Mask.

* [[Mirror Match]]: For all the sequels. In some games the characters even have special phrases for their alter egos, and in Geese's case, {{spoiler|his double appears in Billy's ''Real Bout'' ending as an impostor.}}

* [[Moe]]: Hotaru Futaba.

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Mai Shiranui has always been like this, but never as much in the ''Fatal Fury'' games as in the anime or the [[Spin-Off]] games, where [[Flanderization]] did its job. Blue Mary and Bonne Jenet are also fanservicey, but not reaching this extreme.

* [[Normally I Would Be Dead Now]]: Geese, again.

* [[Numbered Sequels]]: Sort of: ''Fatal Fury 2'', ''Fatal Fury 3'' and ''Real Bout 2'', are the second, ''fourth'' and ''seventh'' games in the series, respectively...

* [[Old Master]]: Tung Fu Rue, who can become tremendously large and muscular.

* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: Wolfgang Krauser's [[Public Domain Soundtrack|"Dies Irae"]].

* [[Phrase Catcher]]: "[[Say My Name|Geese...]]"

* [[Player Versus Player]]: As in all [[Fighting Game|Fighting Games]].

* [[Promotion to Parent]]: Terry adopting Rock.

* [[Psycho for Hire]]: Ryuji Yamazaki, Freeman, etc.

* [[Rank Inflation]]: The system introduced by ''Fatal Fury 3'' and kept until the end of the series.

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Subversion: the red-eyed Rock Howard may be Geese Howard's son, but he rolls with Terry and his crew, and is one of the main characters in ''Mark of the Wolves''.