Tekken/Characters/4

A list of characters introduced in Tekken 4.

Steve Fox

Adopted from near birth with a strange mark on his arm. Steve became a Boxer and quickly became one of the best in the business. After he refused to throw a fight for the mob, Steve entered the fourth tournament as one last hurrah before the hitman caught up to him. After failing to win the tournament, he busted up the mob boss after him with the help of Lei Wulong. Later they both found out that the hitman hired to kill Steve was Nina Williams, his biological mother. Later Steve entered the 5th tournament, and after finding out the Mishima Zaibatsu facility were they were making "monsters like him" burst in there and wrecked the place, burning it to the ground. He later decided to train with Law and Paul for the sixth tournament.

Tropes associated with Steve Fox:

Big Brother Mentor: The Live Action Adaptation makes him one to Jin.
Bishonen: Well, he definitely takes after his mom.
British Accents: He has had at least two so far.
- To clarify, he was given a North London accent in 4. In 5, however, Steve spoke with a more stereotypical Southern British accent (much to the chagrin of British fans), which was retained in 6.
Disappeared Dad: We all know his beautiful blond bombshell of a mother, but his father's identity remains unknown.
Every Scar Has a Story: The one on his left arm, probably from his unusual birth.
Extremity Extremist: Kicking is for wimps!
- However, one of his few kicking moves is a stomp on his opponent's foot.
- In Tekken Tag Tournament 2, he does have an actual kick as an item move. Needless to say, it hurts for him to kick.
Fingerless Gloves: When not in boxing attire.
Good Old Fisticuffs: Good old fashioned boxing.
- Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs: Has one such attack (a series of super-fast body blows).
Hair of Gold
Happily Adopted
I Am a Monster: He feels resentment after finding out about his origins, determined to stop the Mishima Zaibatsu from creating any more "monsters" like himself.
Lightning Bruiser: Quick as a whip, has some very sneaky attacks and deceptive movement patterns, and is the best dang character in Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion (and even before that, always a high-tier character in any of his appearances).
Megaton Punch: Spitfire.
Nina, You Are My Mother
The Other Darrin: He's voiced by an uncredited VA in 4, Guy Perryman in 5, and then Gideon Emery (that you, Balthier?) in 6.
Power Fist
Quest for Identity: And what he discovers isn't exactly a good thing.
Shoryuken: His Peekaboo-Stance-specific Dreadnought Uppercut is basically this.
Shout-Out: His Endless Roll is none other than the famous Dempsey Roll.
- You can also, through the use of customization, make him look like Eminem in Tekken 5.
Stance System: Flicker stance and Peekaboo introduced in 6.
Walking Shirtless Scene
What Could Have Been: His prototype name was the outlandish "Dean Earwicker", which earned a substantial amount of negative feedback from the Tekken community. It was changed to the more natural-sounding Steve Fox. As a nod to this both a Tekken Force member in 4s Tekken Force Mode and a Tekken Lord Steve in 5s Arcade Mode go by the name of Dean Earwicker.
Yellow Boxing Gloves

Christie Monteiro

... Goodnight!

The grand-daughter of a Capoeira master. She became acquainted with her grandfather's prison mate Eddy Gordo who was released before him and from Eddy, she learnt Capoeira. They became friends, but Eddy suddenly vanished trying to allocate his parents murderer. Worried about him, Christie entered the fourth tournament to find out what happened to him. They succeeded in reuniting, and shortly thereafter her grandfather was released from prison, though he's terminally ill and an operation would not be possible without advanced technology from the Mishima Zaibatsu. Christie entered the 5th tournament, but loses. When she returned home, not only was her grandfather missing, but Eddy as well. Her only clue was in the 6th tournament.

Tropes associated with Christie:

Armor-Piercing Slap: She delivers one to Eddy as a form of What the Hell, Hero? when she found out he's working for the Zaibatsu when in truth... her grandfather was Dead All Along.
Dance Battler
Does Not Like Shoes: Justified given her fighting discipline.
- She does wear sandals in her alternate outfits, though.
Extremity Extremist: Capoeira and all.
- Kick Chick
Ms. Fanservice: And how.
- She's Brazilian.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: According to Word of God, her looks were based off of (former) supermodel Tyra Banks.
The Other Darrin: Xanthe Smith was replaced by Lisle Wilkerson after 4.
Ryu and Ken: She becomes one for Eddy, seemingly taking the Ken route (speed-focusing).
She's Got Legs
Ship Tease: Gets a bit of it with Eddy.
- The Live Action Adaptation pairs her with Jin for some reason...
Shorttank: Right down to her outfit.
Stripperiffic: If her upper body is Stripperiffic, her lower body is not, and vice versa. But give her customization, and she can get this full blown.
- Justified (slightly), since one of her outfits is clearly based off of a dancer's outfit and her style is Capoeira. Her other uniform, on the other hand...
  - Probably something to do with Carnivale.
Talking To Herself: Lisle Wilkerson voices Christie and Nina in 5. Wilkerson voices Christie and Zafina in 6.
The Tease: While her poses and comments are sometimes flirtatious and sexually suggestive, it'd be a stretch to say that she's serious with her "advances".
Underboobs: One of her outfits feature this
What the Hell, Hero?: In form of one Armor-Piercing Slap. To Eddy. Read above.

Craig Marduk

Get your cameras ready folks, this ain't gonna last long.

A huge, brutal Vale Tudo fighter, at the top of the world. Then he gets in a drunken brawl with Armor King, and killed him. He pled guilty to second-degree manslaughter and was put in prison. Then someone managed to buy him out of prison, and gave him tickets to the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4. Curious, he visits.

He then meets his benefactor: King II. Or at least his knuckles, elbows, knees, boot soles, and of course the cold hard ground. King puts poor Craig in the hospital and just barely stopped himself from murdering Marduk in his bed.

When he recovers, Craig calls out to King, in the worst way: by wearing Armor King's mask and taunting him. This pisses off King, and they meet. Before their match, Craig announces that they'll fight 'fair and square'. Craig... loses again, but this time he's helped up by King, and they become friends.

And then gets beat up by what appears to be Armor King.

Tropes associated with Craig:

Attention Whore: Tying in with his Blood Knight tendencies, his Tekken 5 ending had him leaping into the middle of a high-profile boxing match, challenging both boxers, curbstomping them, and showing off for the cameras. All while a very agitated Steve Fox watches in the audience...
Badass Beard
Bald of Evil --> Bald of Awesome
Blood Knight
Carpet of Virility: A far cry from the waxed chest look any other shirtless male has. Hell, Marduk is the only male character with any visible body hair.
Curb Stomp Battle: In his (non-canon) ending from 4, he returns to the Vale Tudo circuit where he was one champion for private reflection in the arena. He's approached by the current champion who mocks and taunts him, and challenges him to a fight. Marduk lays him out with a single headbutt.
Defeat Means Friendship: Defied at first, and then subverted in 5, when the two fight to a draw and then become friends.
Easily Forgiven: With King. Armor King, on the other hand, is not going this route.
Fingerless Gloves
Heel Face Turn: After being defeated by King II in Tekken 5.
I Have a Family: Subversion. Marduk doesn't get a chance to say this (seeing as King had just finished using Marduk's body to paint the town red), but when King sees a picture of Marduk's family, he decides to relent and spare him.
John Dimaggio: His voice actor since 5.
Land Down Under
Not Even Bothering with the Accent: He's Australian, yet sounds American.
- Retcon: He was originally American; he was retconned to Australian after Nathan Jones (an Australian actor/wrestler who he was originally modeled after) was cast as him in the live action movie. Granted, they didn't bother getting an Aussie voice actor after the switch.
Shout-Out: His physique, taunts, catchphrases, moves... Everyone chant with me: Goldberg, Goldberg, Goldberg...
- It could also be Australian wrestler Nathan Jones; they are of similar size, share the same nationality, and are both portrayed as crude muscle-heads. Jones even happens to be Marduk in the Live Action Adaptation.
- One of his customization options in 6 is based on Mike Tyson's face tattoo
Take That: An in-universe example. While challenging King before the fifth tournament, he's seen wearing a black jaguar mask like that of Armor King. King is not amused.
The Worf Effect: Read the above blurb. Let's just say that the King family has been taking turns beating his ass after the death of Armor King.
You Killed My Father: He instigates this with King II and Armor King II, though King II easily forgave him.

Combot

Combot is a robot designed by Lee Chaolan's robotics firm. It is programmed to be able to mimic any human motion it can detect with its motion-capture matrix. Intended for a spectrum of tasks, Lee opts to use its ability to copy human movement to enter it as a contestant in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, believing that it would be unbeatable as it would learn every combatant's skill over the course of the tournament. However, due to flaws in its design caused by the abrupt development timetable, it is only able to capture a single entity's movements each time it is activated.

Tropes associated with Combot:

A.I. Is a Crapshoot: In both Lee's story and Combat's ending, it goes haywire and decides to target Lee. In the former, this prompts Lee to give an apt reply: "Damn it."
The Bus Came Back: Combot hasn't been seen since Tekken 4 but the console version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 brings him back as a teaching tool in the game's Fight Lab mode. You can also use Combot in other modes, programming him with different moves from other fighters.
Ditto Fighter
Hand Wave: Combot, unlike Mokujin, is incapable of switching styles between rounds. This is explained in its story that the robot can only use a single fighter's style every time it is powered on.
Punny Name