Roger Sr. (ロジャー・シニア Rojā Shinia?), originally called Roger is the name of a playable character in the Tekken fighting game series. He is one of three boxing kangaroos, the others being his ex-wife and his son, Roger Jr..
Biography
Roger is a genetically engineered kangaroo with the ability to fight, jump extremely high and run very fast. He was the first kangaroo born at the Mishima Zaibatsu's biotech labs as part of Kazuya Mishima's program to create a transgenic military animals. The program was run by Mishima Industries and headed by Doctor Bosconovitch. Kazuya later deemed this experiment to be a useless failure.[2]
Roger was entered into the King of Iron Fist Tournament 2 as a competitor. Shortly after this, he met his wife and the two had a joey that they named Roger Jr.. The three lived in peace, having apparently escaped the labs after Kazuya's fall from power. Many years later, however, Roger was kidnapped. It is not clear who he was kidnapped by, but he ended up back in the destroyed Zaibatsu laboratories that had belonged to Dr Bosconovitch.[3] He remained here however of his own volition, living in luxury, until his wife and son found him. Deeply disappointed by his abandoning them, Roger's Wife divorced him.[4] It is unclear what happened to Roger after this, although in the non-canon Tekken Tag Tournament 2 he is remorseful of his actions and seeks out his family to try and apologize to them.[5]
Story
Tekken 2
Version 1: When Kazuya built his private military force, he didn't have his sight set on only humans, but also animals too, and thus the development of animals for military use moved forward. The research team for the development of animals for military use conducted tests using drugs and DNA manipulation. And as a result, Roger, came to have more mobility than the usual kangaroo; he jumped 23-meters on one occasion, and ran as fast as 60km/h.
Since the announcement of the martial arts tournament, Roger continuously waits for anything to mistakenly enter his territory in order to obliterate it.[6]
Version 2: Kazuya Mishima took over the Mishima Zaibatsu from his father Heihachi. The Zaibatsu became more corrupt than ever under Kazuya's leadership and engaged in many illegal activities such as assassination, extortion, drug dealing and the smuggling of species. Kazuya also recruited Doctor Bosconovitch to work for him. One of the projects he was commanded to work on was creating genetically engineered creatures. Through Bosconovitch, modified animals were created with DNA samples. Roger was created from Kangaroo DNA, whereas Alex was created using DNA from Dromaeosaurid fossil samples.[citation needed]
Ending Description: A timer counts down to a video start and a nature documentary-style camera angle is shown of a heard of kangaroos. They are all leaping together across the outback. The VHS recording is wound back and the tape pauses and zooms in on one kangaroo sporting boxing gloves, who turns to look at the camera. Unlike the other kangaroos, Roger is sprinting rather than jumping. When he does jump, it is much higher than the other kangaroos.
Tekken 5
Roger is mentioned in Roger Jr.'s profile. 20 years later, Roger was kidnapped and taken away. Roger Jr. and his mother joined The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 to find Roger.
Tekken 6
Roger is mentioned in Roger Jr.'s profile. After a long struggle, Roger's family found him, but they soon discovered that Roger had been living in luxury, unconcerned about his family. Deeply upset by him Roger's Wife decided to divorce him and raise their son alone.
Other Appearances
Tekken: The Motion Picture
Like in the game series, Roger is a genetically-engineered kangaroo, bred for fighting and super-intelligence by Doctor Bosconovitch. In the movie, he is seen in the genetics lab, where he beats up Lei Wulong with his boxing gloves. Roger is prevented from continuing when he is told to stop by Dr. Bosconovitch. While Lei, Bosconovitch, and Jack talk, Roger retires to hit a punching bag in the background.
Tekken Tag Tournament
Roger appeared as a playable character in Tekken Tag Tournament where he once again shares a character slot with Alex. This is the original Roger's last appearance as a playable character in a Tekken game.
Ending Description: Roger is seen playing "Rock, Paper, Scissors" with Yoshimitsu. His boxing glove forces him to choose "Rock". Yoshimitsu, knowing this, picks "Paper". He wins 3-0 because of this.
Tekken Tag Special Alliance Partners
Gameplay
Fighting Style
Roger fights using Commando Wrestling, a mixture of confusing strikes and Wrestling oriented throws.
Moves
Character Relationships
- Doctor Bosconovitch - His creator.
- Kazuya Mishima - The one who ordered his creation. In the Scenario Campaign, he calls Roger a complete failure and is surprised it bred when he meets Roger Jr.
- Alex - His partner and family friend. Shares some of his DNA.
- Kuma - His friend.
- Roger Jr. - His son.
- Roger's Wife - His ex-wife.
- Doctor Abel - Around the time of the fourth tournament, there was a rumor that, Alex, along with Roger, had been stolen by him and were being kept in his secret laboratory.[7] This seems to have been false in the case of Roger, at least.
Trivia
General:
- His fighting stance is identical to King's in Tekken and Armor King's in Tekken and Tekken 2.
- He does the same win poses as King in Tekken 2.
- All of his son's endings starting from his debut in Tekken 5 have somehow involved Roger in the plot.
- In Roger Jr.'s Tekken 5 and Tekken 6 ending, the original Roger is uppercutted through roofs; first by his son and then by his wife.
- Roger is one of the two characters permanently replaced by their successors bearing the same name to remain alive, with the other being Kunimitsu.
- In Tekken 6 Scenario Campaign, Kazuya says that Roger was created in a Mishima Industries run research laboratory, in a top secret area that later falls to ruin.[8]
- Roger and Alex share one character slot, with both of them being represented by a single image of both of their hands crossed over one another.
- His sub-boss is Alex.
- He is a sub-boss of Kazuya Mishima.
- His stage background music is the same as the Fiji stage music in Tekken.
- The last scene of his ending is similar to Alex's ending, as both endings conclude with the main character jumping with one hand up. The only difference is that Roger is facing the camera, unlike Alex.
- Roger appears in Roger Jr.'s ending. He is found reclining in front of a television in Doctor Bosconovitch's abandoned laboratory. Roger Jr. becomes shocked and angered at the sight of seeing his father relaxing when he and his mother were worried sick about him. Roger Jr. uppercuts Roger through the roof.
- Roger once again appears in Roger Jr.'s ending. Roger is teaching Roger Jr. boxing moves and bonding with his son, when suddenly his wife comes in and confronts Roger with a picture of him with other female kangaroos. As a result, she uppercuts him up through the roof. The screen ends with Roger Jr. gazing in confusion at what had just happened. Throughout the whole ending, canned laughter can be heard as a parody of filmed sitcoms.
- He is unlocked by beating the game with six different characters.
- His ending is the same as Alex's; except their roles are switched.
- When paired up with Kuma II or Panda, he and Kuma/Panda will be shown dancing.
- When paired up with Bryan Fury, he will be shown sitting on the ground while Bryan persuades him to fight.
- He is one of the few characters that Tetsujin/Mokujin and Unknown do not randomly use.
- After losing a match, he falls down on his back; Prototype Jack also does the same.
- Roger appears in Embu 2 along with the other animals, taking the place of Ling Xiaoyu.
- Roger's stage 7 sub-boss is Heihachi Mishima. If Heihachi is not available, then it is Jin Kazama.
- Roger once again appears in Roger Jr.'s ending. Roger comes home with flowers, but before going inside, he peeks in and sees his wife, son, and Alex eating breakfast together. Roger sees that everyone is happier without him. He then remembers both times he was uppercutted by his wife and son. He punches himself in the head for not being there for them. All of a sudden, Alex slams the front door open, crushing Roger behind. His wife comes out and looks to see Alex playing with Roger Jr. out in the field. She looks down and sees the flowers and a note from Roger. She reads it and then eagerly looks around for him, but sadly, Roger is still smashed behind the door.
Other:
- Some graffiti art of Roger with the caption of "Roger come back!!" can be found at Punk Alley.
- Roger can be seen on a sign in one of the stages in Street Fighter X Tekken.
Gallery
- Main article: Roger/Gallery
References
- ^ He was born whilst Kazuya Mishima was CEO of the Mishima Zaibatsu
- ^ Roger Jr./Scenario Campaign Dialogues#Kazuya Mishima
- ^ See Roger Jr.'s Tekken 5 ending and Tekken 6 prologue/
- ^ See Roger Jr.'s Tekken 6 prologue/
- ^ See Roger Jr.'s Tekken Tag Tournament 2 ending.
- ^ http://www.tekkenzaibatsu.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=100103
- ^ Tekken Chronicle, p. 70
- ^ Kazuya Mishima/Scenario Campaign Dialogues#Roger Jr.