Dash Attack: His Hard Edge special, a dashing elbow strike, as well as his Shining Knuckle DM.

Cycle of Revenge: Terry is concerned that Rock is trapped in one, even though his father is already out of the picture by Garou, so he raised Rock himself with the hopes that whatever lingering vindictiveness he feels towards Geese won't cloud his life as it did Geese himself.

Appropriately, he renamed it the 'Crack Counter'.

Counter-Attack: Besides his dad's Ki Manipulation, Rock also inherited these from his father but puts a little Terry-esque spin on them by doing a Crack Shoot instead of a body slam.

His debut seems to have helped their appearances make more sense. Jenet, and Hotaru's earlier debuts in the main series (especially Tizoc showing up as the King Of Dinosaurs, along with their more recent cameos in other games' endings) since they would have been much younger as well. If he were still a child due to Executive Meddling, it would have contradicted Tizoc, Gato, B.

Continuity Snarl: Averted with XIV, apparently.

Comic-Book Time: While a young adult in KOF Maximum Impact, Rock is still a child in the series' main timeline and thus unable to participate in any canon installments thus far - until XIV, that is.

Charge-Input Special: Like his adoptive dad, Terry, Rock Howard can also perform the Rising Tackle using a down-up charge motion.

The Cameo: He appears in the background of KOF Stadium in Super Smash Bros.

That pain you're feeling right now? Mother suffered ten thousand times worse than that!

Calling the Old Man Out: Rock has nothing but contempt and hate for Geese due to his abandonment resulting in his mother Marie working herself to death.

This tends to create very awkward situations with female characters.

Brutal Honesty: His other defining trait.

Say what you will about that, he can still lay the smackdown with his fighting prowess.

Badass Angster: His uncertainty over his family history and potential for evil haunt him endlessly.

He makes his debut in the KOF series starting with XIV. He entered the tournament to find information about his mother. Heinlein to get answers regarding his mother.Īlthough his fighting skills were taught by Terry, he somehow acquired some of Geese's attacks as well. He enters the Maximum Mayhem tournament held by Kain R. When Terry revealed the truth about his father, Rock charged at him in a rage, but got over it. Sometime later, Terry Bogard took Rock in his care and trained him. Unfortunately, due to the loneliness suffered from Geese's neglect, Marie fell ill and passed away in Rock's care. Rock was raised solely by his mother Marie, who cautioned him not to approach his father.

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