The King of Fighters/Characters/The Rugal Saga: Difference between revisions

* [[Replacement Goldfish]] - When Mature and Vice became [[Ascended Extra]]s in '''96'', Rugal received two additional secretaries named Aya and Hermione in '''98''.

* [[Right-Hand-Cat]] - His panther Rodem, who acts as Rugal's "partner" in '''94'' and '''95''.

* [[Slasher Smile]] - Omega Rugal from ''KOF '98'' onwards.

* [[Slouch of Villainy]] - The end credits of ''2002''.

* [[Bald of Evil]]

* [[Cool Shades]] - He's never without his little round specs.

** [[Hidden Eyes]]

* [[Everything's Better with Spinning]] - '''Many''' of his moves involve it. He can even summon a big tornado while spinning very fast in one of his DMs.

* [[Happily Married]] - To [[Hot Teacher|Jokyojo]]. Then even have a son named Kogoro who appears to be [[Generation Xerox|passionately following his dad's footsteps]]. See Daimon's intro pose in ''2001'' for a good example.

* [[Heroic Mime]] - Kind of. While he talks during his win quotes, he has no dialogue while fighting.

* [[Mediator]] - Daimon was originally an unwitting one to Kyo and Benimaru.

* [[Metronomic Man-Mashing]] - His Jigoku Gokuraku Otoshi DM.

* [[Hot-Blooded]] - One of the earliest fighting game examples, although given [[Nobuyuki Hiyama|his seiyuu]], how could he be anything but?

* [[I Shall Taunt You]] - Used to taunt King for her not having a single title in Muay Thai, therefore assuming she isn't all that compared to him, by either sporting his champion belt before a match or just the disrespectful [[Bring It]]; from ''2002'' onwards he became more respectful towards King as their special intros have become quite friendly, there is even a occasional polite bow before they fight. However, Joe seems to have moved back in the opposite direction, given his snide remarks to her in ''XIII''.

* [[Megaton Punch]] - He received one as his LDM in ''KOF 2003''.

* [[Out of Focus]] - His relationship with Lilly Kane, and his beef with Billy because of it, simply does not carry over to ''KOF'', quite jarring in comparison with his friends Terry and Andy whose [[Love Interests]], Mary and Mai, are still on their tail.

** He usually belts out a "'''DO-KAAAAAAAAAN!!!'''" when doing this, [[Saying Sound Effects Out Loud|which is essentially Ralf screaming the word "kaboom."]]

** And his new addition to the Bareback Galactica Phantom, Galactica Vanguard, in ''2002UM''. So powerful it's an [[One-Hit Kill|instant kill]]!

* [[Older Than They Look]] - Ralf is supposedly about 40 years old. Many assume Clark is older due to his looks but he's actually younger than Ralf, at only 34.

* [[One-Man Army]] - As of ''Maximum Impact 2'' and ''XII'', this is ''literally'' [[In-Series Nickname|his official nickname]].

* [[Image Song]] - Several. The main ones fans request for Masahiro Nonaka to sing are [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUEgKetLS3U "Burning Devotion!"] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zZSg6EKgD0 "Pieces."] God forbid that you get him and [[Kunihiko Yasui]] (Iori) in the same room or less the fans will clamor that they sing their ''dual'' image song, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvEf6CbB4bw "The Sun & The Moon."]

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] - See the ''KOF: Kyo'' spinoff manga and games for a good example.

** He kept on wearing it (along with his "classic" school uniform) in several spinoff games until ''Neo Geo Battle Coliseum'', in which he appears with his NESTS Saga outfit, thereby ditching it for good (also because the outfit went to his alternate version, Kusanagi).

* [[Meaningful Name]] - The [[wikipedia:Kusanagi|Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi]] is a sword that the sea and storm god Susano'o found inside of the Yamata no Orochi's body after slaying the great beast. Guess what Kyo ''Kusanagi'' does to ''Orochi'' at the climax of '''97''.

* [[Spam Attack]]/[[Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs]] - Same as his son's Zanretsuken. Not always part of his moveset, though.

** He also sometimes have an attack named Shouran Kyaku where he runs to grab the opponent and then barrages them with his knee.

 

 

** This feature appears to be making a triumphant return in ''XIII''.

* [[Cute but Cacophonic]] - It somehow got ''worse'' as the series progressed.

* [[Everything Makes a Mushroom]] - Simply put, her [[Death From Above|Haoh Raiouken Neo MAX]] in ''XIII'' is a portable [[Nuke'Em]].

* [[Fingerless Gloves]]

* [[Hair Decorations]] - Ties up her braids with a ribbon.

* [[Ki Attacks]]

* [[Older Than They Look]][[Up to Eleven|, Act, Sound And Everything That Could Possibly Suggest Age In Any Way, Shape Or Form]]

* [[Overshadowed by Awesome]] - Ryo and Takuma fear that her rudimentary knowledge of Kyokugen-ryuu will lead to this. Yuri, [[Spirited Competitor|optimistic in her pursuit to improve herself]], simply ignores them and joins King and Mai in ''XIII''.

* [[Kansai Regional Accent]] - Despite being Chinese.

* [[MacGuffin Girl|Mac Guffin Boy]] - Has the Dragon Spirit sealed in him.

* [[Power Floats]] - In his most extreme usage of the Dragon Spirit yet,<ref>''The King of Fighters '99'', Psycho Soldiers special ending by defeating Krizalid with Kensou</ref> Kensou could float around.

* [[Psychic Powers]] - Shared with Bao. When he has them, Bao doesn't, and when Bao can use them, Kensou can't (which partially explains why Kensou is only able to use projectile attacks in certain games).

** Earlier in the series, Kensou had a DM (Senki Hakkei) of the same type that needed to be activated up close. The force of the SDM version was so great, that the recoil sends him ''flying into the corner''.

* [[They Fight Crime]]

** ''XIII'' is the next logical step in his [[badass]]ery progression. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n0CE8rEBxY Holy...]

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]] - Meat buns. Has a tendency to choke on them occasionally, though.

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