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Mr. Baek is a non-playable minor character in the Tekken series. Nothing is known about him beside the fact that he is the unnamed father and mentor of Baek Doo San. He was accidentally killed by his own son, who didn't recognise him when he returned home from prison.

Biography[]

Appearance[]

Like his son, Mr. Baek has short, dark brown hair and brown eyes. He also has facial hair, which Doo San inherits in later games. In Tekken 2 during his son's ending, Mr. Baek is seen wearing the same taekwondo dobok as his son while they are training.

In Baek Doo San's Tekken Tag Tournament 2 ending, Mr. Baek initially wears a black, long-sleeve turtleneck, gray shorts, and black sandals. Later, after being accidentally killed by his son, he is seen wearing a dark blue, long sleeve v-neck shirt and maintains gray shorts and black sandals from the first scene.

Story[]

Tekken 2[]

Mr. Baek was a former Taekwondo champion. He married and had a number of children, the (presumed) eldest of whom was Baek Doo San. Mr. Baek received a career-ending injury. Devastated, he turned to alcohol and became a heavy-drinker, which ultimately led to his incarceration.

Plunged into a life of poverty, Baek Doo San, Mr. Baek's son, was forced to deal with hard times. Just when things looked as though they couldn't get any worse, Doo San's mother disappeared. The Baek children were left alone to fed for themselves. Not too long after, Mr. Baek escaped from prison in order to assist his family. Due to malourishment, however, his appearance was unrecognisable to his son. Doo San killed him when he returned home.[1].

Tekken Tag Tournament 2[]

In Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Mr. Baek appears in Baek Doo San's ending. In the part of the ending featuring Mr. Baek, Doo San is kneeling, grief-stricken, in his dojang, remembering his father. A flashback occurs, initially showing Doo San and his father training and having fun together. The flashback cuts to Doo San landing powerful kicks against his father, then crying out "Father! Father, don't die! Father!". Doo San realises he's killed his father and drops screaming to the ground beside Mr. Baek's prone body.

Character Relationships[]

  • Baek Doo San - His son and student. Doo San mistook his father for an intruder after he escaped malnourished from prison, and killed him.

Trivia[]

  • Mr. Baek's dobok shares the hangul "한" (han) with Baek Doo San's dobok. The hangul means 'one', but has also come to have a special cultural meaning of resilient resentment in South Korea.
  • Canonically, according to Baek Doo San's Tekken 2 profile, Mr. Baek was killed after he returned home malnourished and unrecognizable, having made a jailbreak to assist his children. In Baek Doo San's (non-canonical) Tekken Tag Tournament 2 ending however, the confrontation that killed Mr. Baek is depicted more like a sparring accident, with Baek Doo San implied to have known the identity of his father and only accidentally landing a killing blow.

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