History YMMV / FatalFury

* EvilIsCool: Geese Howard is well liked for his [[LargeHam hamtastic]], [[MemeticMutation meme-worthy]] {{Engrish}}, highly original [[OccidentalOtaku "Japanophile"]] character concept, [[SimpleYetAwesome simple but effective design]], [[DifficultButAwesome hard-but-rewarding fighting style]], [[AwesomeMusic epic]] {{Leitmotif boss theme}}, and [[SNKBoss being an extremely difficult opponent]]. [[PsychoForHire Yamazaki]] isn't too shabby either.

** The fact that Geese is a [[OccidentalOtaku Japanophile]]. Combined with his poor English, this should make him impossible to take seriously, yet it's such a unique concept for a villain and he's [[SNKBoss such a difficult boss]] that it loops around to making him surprisingly cool.

* UncannyValley: Overlaps with RedEyesTakeWarning. After you beat White, ''Dominated Mind'' shows a cutscene of him falling to the ground in defeat. He tries to get up, and when he opens his eyes, ''they're nothing but [[HellishPupils blank red spheres]]''. [[NightmareFuel So terrifying]].

* BrokenBase[=/=]ContestedSequel: The ''Real Bout'' games versus the mainline titles. The first entry was by all means an UpdatedRerelease of ''Fatal Fury 3'', but ''Real Bout Special'' and especially ''2: The Newcomers'' are found by some fans to not be as "pure" as the original games that set the series' legacy to begin with, while others think their looser gameplay, more freeform combos and specials, and overhauled difficulty make them far more approachable. The ArtShift to a more distinct anime style with Special also turned some heads different ways, and set the stage for ''Garou: Mark of the Wolves''.

* UnexpectedCharacter: Nobody expected Richard Meyer to return in ''Maximum Impact 2'' as a playable fighter, and similarly, Hwa Jai in ''KOF XIII''

* UnexpectedCharacter: Nobody expected Richard Meyer to return in ''Maximum Impact 2'' as a playable fighter.

* SignatureScene: Geese's legendary death scene from ''Real Bout'', where Terry finally beats him by blasting him off the roof of a skyscraper. Realizing what he's done, Terry leaps over to save him- only for Geese to swat away Terry's hand, choosing to fall to his death instead. The last we see of him, Geese is laughing maniacally as he plummets to the ground... and just before he lands, [[GoryDiscretionShot we see Terry looking down on him in a mix of shock and pity.]] The scene is so iconic that whenever Geese appears in other games, it is bound to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgKaZ0Wcgp8 referenced in some form or another]].

** Also the "SNKgrish" present throughout the series. It's not so much the spelling or grammar as it's the utter ''weirdness'' of some quotes, some of which even sound out-of-place for some characters. ''Fatal Fury Special'' and ''3'' are especially bad offenders.

!!The manga, by Creator/KenIshikawa:

** Also the [[{{Engrish}} SNKgrish]] present throughout the series. It's not so much the spelling or grammar as it's the utter ''weirdness'' of some quotes, some of which even sound out-of-place for some characters. ''Fatal Fury Special'' and ''3'' are especially bad offenders.

* SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced: Discotek's Blu-ray release of the first two TV specials not only put the Joe vs. Big Bear scene back in the second special in its proper place, but also got the original voice actors to dub it for the first time. Kudos for going above and beyond! [[labelnote:Note]](the original Viz release had it as an extra for some reason, and the Discotek DVD put it back into the main feature, but sub only)[[/labelnote]]

* AdaptationDisplacement: Terry's CartwrightCurse in the anime trilogy, bordering highly on NeverLiveItDown; when people think of his love life they often think of his dead love interests in the anime a lot more than Blue Mary, his perfectly alive one in the games. (Though the fact that SNK has been doing little ShipTease between them, if any, in the ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' doesn't help.) While ''Fatal Fury: [[TheMovie The Motion Picture]]'' was not a bad movie, things like this are one of the reasons why it's a shame that ''Fatal Fury 3'' didn't get an animated adaptation. Of course, if Blue Mary was ever in a 90s ''Fatal Fury'' anime, it would get folks to wonder if that would've averted this once and for all or [[UsefulNotes/SchrodingersCat made things]] [[StuffedIntoTheFridge a whole lot worse]].

* BrokenBase / ContestedSequel: The ''Real Bout'' games versus the mainline titles. The first entry was by all means an UpdatedRerelease of ''Fatal Fury 3'', but ''Real Bout Special'' and especially ''2: The Newcomers'' are found by some fans to not be as "pure" as the original games that set the series' legacy to begin with, while others think their looser gameplay, more freeform combos and specials, and overhauled difficulty make them far more approachable. The ArtShift to a more distinct anime style with Special also turned some heads different ways, and set the stage for ''Garou: Mark of the Wolves''.

** Also the [[{{Engrish}} SNKgrish]] present throughout the series. It's not so much the spelling or grammar as it's the utter ''weirdness'' of some quotes, some of which even sound out-of-place for some characters. ''[[http://www.zanyvideogamequotes.com/fatalfuryspecial/index.html Fatal Fury Special]]'' and ''[[http://www.zanyvideogamequotes.com/fatalfury3/index.html 3]]'' are especially bad offenders.

* {{Mondegreen}}:
** Mai's standard win quote is "Nippon ichi!"[[note]]roughly translated as "[I'm] Japan's number one!"[[/note]], but it sounds like she's saying "Me boun~CY!!" instead. Which calls attention to her sizable endowments and jiggle factor.
** Terry's "burn knuckle" quote sounds a lot like "Barnacle!"

** Geese Howard's first name is the plural for "goose". Unsurprisingly - [[FeatheredFiend especially considering these birds' reputation as nasty pieces of work prone to pecking anyone who looks at them funny]] - there are '''many''' pieces of FanArt where Geese is [[https://i.redd.it/3aici2499h101.jpg portrayed as a goose]] or [[https://i.redd.it/8gqhwukbk0q31.jpg otherwise associated with geese]], and a few [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q81ptFSA4mk videos]] where his lines are dubbed over footage of geese attacking people.

** Franco Bash might be a little more forgotten amongst fighting game characters, but he's also made of memes, starting from his (ironically) ''good English'', super loud '''[[BigOMG "OH MY GOOOODDD!!!"]]''' or the fact that aside of looking like Music/FreddieMercury, he might also look like an oversized [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] (and it also helps that in ''3'', he had an assistant that would look pretty similar to either Luigi or Waluigi).

%%* TheWoobie:
%%** Hotaru.
%%** In the anime, Lily.

** The Japanese fandom has their own Geese meme in the form of "許るさん" ("Yururusan", an obvious typo of 許さん, meaning [[ThisIsUnforgivable "Yurusan"]]. Said line originated in the first game's story scenes, with the humour obviously coming form SNK's future big badass flubbing a line and [[VillainousBreakdown throwing a rather uncharacteristic tantrum]] that's largely incongruous [[CharacterizationMarchesOn with how cool headed he is later.]] Its to the point where there's

* CrazyAwesome:
** Duck King, emphasis on both "crazy" ''and'' "awesome." Between the fact that he turned breakdancing into a physics-defying martial arts and the family of ducks--able to mimic his breakdancing moves perfectly--living in his hair, Duck King was this trope from the start. Also of note... '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1NLZu1bU24 I AM DUCK KING! QWACK! QWACK! QWACK! QWACK! QWACK! QWACK!]]'''
** Marco/Butt trains with a karate bear. '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzT-floFuTM A KARATE BEAR.]]'''

* NeverLiveItDown: Geese only fell from a tower twice canonically in the series (and [[KilledOffForReal the second one was fatal]]), but this was referenced so many times that it's probably the most well-known joke surrounding him, especially if you're only familiar with his appearance in non-SNK games like ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' (whose announcement trailer ends with this very scene).

* FountainOfMemes: Terry's voice lines, combined with his voice actor's charming Engrish accent. In fact, you'll be hard-pressed to find a meme that ''isn't'' about him saying something.

* FountainOfMemes: Terry. In fact, you'll be hard-pressed to find a meme that ''isn't'' about him saying something.

* {{Narm}}: Come on, the anime movies are full of this. From Terry's ridiculously exaggerated HeroicBSOD and resulting alcoholism because Krauser nearly kills him during their first encounter in OVA 2, to the indescribably cheesy ending music in the third one.

* SignatureScene: Geese's legendary death scene from ''Real Bout'', where Terry finally beats him by blasting him off the roof of a skyscraper. Realizing what he's done, Terry leaps over to save him- only for Geese to swat away Terry's hand, choosing to fall to his death instead. The last we see of him, Geese is laughing maniacally as he plummets to the ground... and just before he lands, [[GoryDiscretionShot we see Terry looking down on him in a mix of pity and disappointment.]] The scene is so iconic that whenever Geese appears in other games, it is bound to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgKaZ0Wcgp8 referenced in some form or another]].
* SpiritualSuccessor: Sharing the same lead designer as the original VideoGame/StreetFighterI, Fatal Fury: King of Fighters is effectively a closer successor in terms of game design and narrative focus than the actual VideoGame/StreetFighterII. Ironically, Fatal Fury 2 would adopt more elements of the latter (particularly the more international stage design) than later games would.