History Fridge / Tekken

* As Shaheen's ending in ''8'' shows, even while G Corporation continues to wage war against the world, Lili often finds herself being constantly targeted due to her being the daughter of a wealthy Monegasque oil magnate. Not helped that she was even kidnapped before her debut appearance. With the Mishima Zaibatsu out of the picture, G Corporation plans to seize the Rochefort family business and assets, and their attempts on Lili's life is basically a scare tactic for Mr. Rochefort into forcibly complying with G Corp. It's no wonder why her father was so paranoid at her participating in the King of Iron Fist Tournaments without bringing any personal security. Considering the circumstances that befell Shaheen's best friend Salim, being the CEO of a Saudi oil company, it's kinda justified that Shaheen doesn't want the Rochefort family to go through the same kind of tragedy he experienced.

* As Shaheen's ending in ''8'' shows, even while G Corporation continues to wage war against the world, Lili often finds herself being constantly targeted due to her being the daughter of a wealthy Monegasque oil magnate. Not helped that she was even kidnapped before her debut appearance. With the Mishima Zaibatsu out of the picture, G Corporation plans to seize the Rochefort family business and assets, and their attempts on Lili's life is basically a scare tactic for Mr. Rochefort into forcibly complying with G Corp. It's no wonder why her father was so paranoid at her participating in the King of Iron Fist Tournaments without bringing any personal security. Considering the circumstances that befell Shaheen's best friend Salim, being the CEO of a Saudi oil company, it's kinda justified that Shaheen doesn't want Lili's father, or even Lili herself, to go through the same kind of tragedy he experienced.

** This makes both Lars and Lee as effective {{foil}}s to Kazuya, Heihachi, and even Reina. Lee was adopted by Heihachi, while Lars is the HeroicBastard son of Heihachi. Lee is one of the few people Lars can turn to when in a dire of need, treating one another as a blood brother. Meanwhile, Kazuya and Heihachi's animosity for one another is the result of a ViciousCycle of abuse, betrayal, and hatred. And the only reason why Lars needed Jin alive, the latter being the only one who can break that cycle, and Jin succeeded in the Hope ending of ''8''.

--> ''Raven:'' [[CallBack Heihachi Mishima is dead.]] However, a man carrying his bloodline and ambitions is trying to face off against the devil [[EmpoweredBadassNormal as a human.]]

* Despite the difference in power, Lars' sheer tenacity in fighting against True Devil Kazuya causes the latter to get flashbacks to his final battle against Heihachi from ''7''. While this may seem weird considering Lars is almost nothing like Heihachi, remember that both are the only members of the Mishima bloodline to ''not'' possess the Devil Gene at all, and despite that lack of demonic power, both are standing up to arguably the strongest being on the planet with nothing but sheer willpower driving them and doing enough damage to force said being on the ropes - Victor and Raven even point this out in an earlier conversation before agreeing to ally with Yggdrasil.

** The main reason the Hachijou Clan never bothered to deal with the Kazama family is that a group of spiritualists were considered BeneathNotice and not worth the time. But after the end of ''8'', where a Kazama (Jin) successfully purified the Devil Gene (and killed their deity), one can only wonder what the rest of the Hachijou and any remaining Azazel worshippers will think and how they will plan to avenge their deity. Jin, Jun, and Asuka may find themselves inside the crosshairs of a bunch of pissed-off cultist families and they may try to recruit Reina into to joining their cause.

* As Shaheen's ending in ''8'' shows, even while G Corporation continues to wage war against the world, Lili often finds herself being constantly targeted due to her being the daughter of a wealthy Monegasque oil magnate. Not helped that she was even kidnapped before her debut appearance. With the Mishima Zaibatsu out of the picture, G Corporation plans to seize the Rochefort family business and assets, and their attempts on Lili's life is basically a scare tactic for Mr. Rochefort into forcibly complying with G Corp. It's no wonder why her father was so paranoid at her participating in the King of Iron Fist Tournaments without bringing any personal security. Considering the circumstances that befell Shaheen's best friend Sali., being the CEO of a Saudi oil company, it's kinda justified that Shaheen doesn't want Lili's father, or even Lili herself, to go through the same kind of tragedy he experienced.

* As Shaheen's ending in ''8'' shows, even while G Corporation continues to wage war against the world, Lili often finds herself being constantly targeted due to her being the daughter of a wealthy Monegasque oil magnate. Not helped that she was even kidnapped before her debut appearance. With the Mishima Zaibatsu out of the picture, G Corporation plans to seize the Rochefort family business and assets, and their attempts on Lili's life is basically a scare tactic for Mr. Rochefort into forcibly complying with G Corp. It's no wonder why her father was so paranoid at her participating in the King of Iron Fist Tournaments without bringing any personal security. Considering the circumstances that befell Shaheen's best friend Sali., being the CEO of a Saudi oil company, it's kinda justified that Shaheen doesn't want Lili's father, or even Lili herself, doesn't want to go through the tragedy he experienced.

* As Shaheen's ending in ''8'' shows, even while G Corporation continues to wage war against the world, Lili often finds herself being constantly targeted due to her being the daughter of a wealthy Monegasque oil magnate. Not helped that she was even kidnapped before her debut appearance. With the Mishima Zaibatsu out of the picture, G Corporation plans to seize the Rochefort family business and assets, and their attempts on Lili's life is basically a scare tactic for Mr. Rochefort into forcibly complying with G Corp. It's no wonder why her father was so paranoid at her participating in the King of Iron Fist Tournaments without bringing any personal security.

** The main reason the Hachijou Clan never bothered to deal with the Kazama family is that a group of spiritualists were considered BeneathNotice and not worth the time. But after the end of ''8'', where a Kazama (Jin) successfully purified the Devil Gene (and killed their deity), one can only wonder what the rest of the Hachijou and any remaining Azazel worshippers will think and how they will plan to avenge their deity. Jin, Jun, and Asuka may find themselves inside the crosshairs of a bunch of pissed-off cultist families.

** This makes both Lars and Lee as effective {{foil}}s to Kazuya, Heihachi, and even Reina. Lee was adopted by Heihachi, while Lars is the HeroicBastard son of Heihachi. Lee is one of the few people Lars can turn to when in a dire of need, treating one another as a blood brother. Meanwhile, Kazuya and Heihachi's animosity for one another is the result of a ViciousCycle of abuse, betrayal, and hatred. And the only reason why Lars needed Jin alive that the latter is only one who can break that cycle, and Jin succeeded in the Hope ending of ''8''.

** This makes both Lars and Lee as effective {{foil}}s to Kazuya, Heihachi, and even Reina. Lee was adopted by Heihachi, while Lars is the HeroicBastard son of Heihachi. Lee is one of the few people Lars can turn to when in a dire of need, treating one another as a blood brother. Meanwhile, Kazuya and Heihachi's animosity for one another is the result of a ViciousCycle of abuse, betrayal, and hatred. And the only reason why Lars needed Jin alive that the latter is only one who can break that cycle, and Jin did in the Hope ending of ''8''.

** Leaning on Fridge Humor, as Marshall Law's ending in ''8'' points out that whoever wins the tournament and the keys to the Zaibatsu may have to go through the debt the company has incurred, especially the damages the company caused when Jin, while he was the CEO of the Mishima Zaibatsu at the time of ''6'', started WorldWarIII. It's no wonder Marshall freaks out from the large portion of zeroes and commas attached to the bills presented to him and immediately passes away from the shock.

* In ''8'' 's final battle between Jin and Kazuya, the former was able to achieve three things that neither the latter nor Heihachi could in ''7'': serenity, stillness, and balance. By listening to the advice of the other fighters, his allies, and his mother, making peace with his darker half and acknowledging his past misdeeds and mistakes, and combining traditional karate, Mishima style karate, and Kazama-style aikijutsu, Jin was able to obtain victory. Kazuya on the other hand never let go of the past despite killing Heihachi, was taught only pain, betrayal (not helping is that in ''7'', Kazumi asked Akuma to have him killed to prevent him from doing harm with powers he'll inherit from her), obtaining power by any means necessary, and had no one for support. Heihachi was ruled by fear and paranoia, thus siring multiple children with several women to if any of them had the Devil Gene. It also left him unbalanced in his last stand against Kazuya, thus costing him his life.

* Why is Marshall focused on money in every game set after Tekken 3 to the extent that it drives his involvement in "8" 's plot? The Darkness Awakens reveals that Jun was gone from wider society for about 7 years by the time of Tekken 8; since that took place 4 years before Tekken 3 and Tekken 4 takes place 2 years later, that means Tekken 5, 6, 7, and 8 take place over the course of approximately a year. Now look at what happened to Marshall. In Tekken 4 he declared bankruptcy and in Tekken 5 his son got severely injured in an accident that incurred significant medical debt. He hasn't had time to come to terms with his situation, so of course he'd be obsessed with getting financially stable and taking drastic measures to reach that goal.

* Why is Marshall focused on money in every game set after Tekken 3 to the extent that it drives his involvement in "8"'s plot? The Darkness Awakens reveals that Jun was gone from wider society for about 7 years by the time of Tekken 8; since that took place 4 years before Tekken 3 and Tekken 4 takes place 2 years later, that means Tekken 5, 6, 7, and 8 take place over the course of approximately a year. Now look at what happened to Marshall. In Tekken 4 he declared bankruptcy and in Tekken 5 his son got severely injured in an accident that incurred significant medical debt. He hasn't had time to come to terms with his situation, so of course he'd be obsessed with getting financially stable and taking drastic measures to reach that goal.

** Another factor is the way Jin & Kazuya were raised. Jin had the chance by to be raised by his mother Jun and inherit her morals for 15 years. It's why he spared both Kazuya and Heihachi in ''4''. Kazuya never had the chance to know his mother Kazumi as she was killed when he was only 5 thus inherit only Heihachi's MightMakesRight tendencies, while learning only rage, hatred and seeing love and compassion as crutches. And without Kazumi to hold him back, Kazuya delivered the death blow to Heihachi.

** The main reason the Hachijou Clan never bothered to deal with the Kazama family is that a group of spiritualists were considered BeneathNotice and not worth the time.

* Although PlayedForLaughs as with most Character Episode endings in ''8'', Steve's ending has him with an overly-muscular physique, so incredibly swole that his physique isn't out of place in the setting of ''Manga/BakiTheGrappler'', raises a cause for concern especially with Paul and Marshall's surprised reactions justify that. How the hell does Steve gain such an insane amount of muscle mass? One should remember that Steve is a byproduct of the Mishima Zaibatsu's supersoldier program, in an attempt by Heihachi to replicate the Devil Gene before it was scrapped for good, the experiment left Steve to deal with the BodyHorror that is the scar on his left arm. One would be left to wonder if Steve pushed his body to its limits throughout his championship pursuits would be the reason for his increasing muscle mass, meaning that the Zaibatsu's experiment went... [[GoneHorriblyRight horribly right]].