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Marshall Law
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| Marshall Law | |
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| Origin | Chinese-American |
| Voiced By | Robert Clotworthy (T5), David Vincent (T6) |
| Fighting Style | Jeet Kune Do (listed as "Martial Arts" in the T1, T2, T4, and T5 booklets) |
| Age | 25 (T1), 27 (T2), 48 (T4, T5) |
| Blood Type | B |
| Height | 5'10" |
| Weight | 152 lbs |
| Occupation | Owner of a restaurant and a dojo, currently a dishwasher |
| Hobby | Fishing, collecting socks, and cooking |
| Likes | Money, Forest's cooking, Paul Phoenix, his son, Steve Fox, jokes and pranks |
| Dislikes | The Mishima Clan, Baek Doo San, and bills |
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Introduction
Marshall Law is a character from the Tekken series. He is known as "The Fighting Chef," and has appeared in all games except Tekken 3 and Tekken Tag Tournament where he was replaced by his son, Forest Law, using the same fighting style
His fighting style is credited as "Martial Arts," due to a translation error that was never corrected; it was reportedly supposed to be a pun on "Marshall Arts", which is pronounced the same way. In actuality, his fighting style is Jeet Kune Do, a "style" created by Bruce Lee, the martial artist whom Marshall Law is based on.
Trivia
General
- He is the only character excluded from tekken tag to reappear in further games.
- His character appearance, along with his son's, is based from legendary martial artist, Bruce Lee.
- Every game has Marshall wearing at least one outfit similar to one worn by Bruce Lee in one of his movies.
- Law seems to have financial troubles in almost every game, which serves as his motivation for joining the tournaments (winning the prize money).
- In his son's (Forest's) Tekken 3 ending, Marshall could not do a "Frogman" (d+3+4). However, in Tekken 4 and Tekken 5 / Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, he can successfully do it.
- He has several throws that are in Bruce Lee's movies.
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Tekken 5 and Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
- Marshall can be customized to look like his son Forest.
- In Law's ending, the music that plays in the short round between Paul and himself is the City at Sunset theme.
- For the first time since Tekken 2, Marshall is cleanly shaved which lead many people to assume that he was Forrest Law in early screenshots of the game.
- Marshall's item move is wielding nunchaku, which unlike other item moves, can be used infinitely with no delay.
- In the Scenario Campaign of Tekken 6, Law is a boss at the West District Chinatown.
Other
- Marshall makes a guest appearance in Urban Reign, another game made by Namco.
- In the game Pacman World 2, Pacman uses an attack similar to Marshall Law's many somersault flip kicks.
Story
Version 1
The legendary dragon. He works in a Chinatown restaurant in San Francisco while dreaming of opening his own martial arts school. He is a master of martial arts. He is taking part in this tournament to open his own school with the prize money and at the same time to make himself world famous.
Version 2
Law is a martial arts master who, while his dream is to open his own dojo, works in a Chinese Restaurant in San Francisco's Chinatown. He is participating in the Rave War so he can use the prize money to open his dojo.
Ending Animation "The Master"
Marshall finally gets his own dojo. Students are performing somersault kicks similar while Marshall watches them. Marshall yells something at them (his words aren't heard). Marshall continues talking to them. Then, he is shown performing three somersault kicks while the others watch him. After he finishes, he puts his hands on his hips.
Law runs his own martial arts dojo. Unfortunately, his students were attacked and severely injured by a villain who is participating in the next tournament. Law decides to enter the tournament to avenge his students and to restore the reputation of his gym.
Ending Animation "Oops!"
Marshall is shown with his hands together. He looks to his left. Paul Phoenix is shown standing next to him. Marshall performs a somersault kick. When he finishes, Paul tries to perform a somersault kick, but he fails and lands on his stomach. Paul rests his head on one of his hands. Marshall shrugs.
Tekken 3
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The villain that attacked Law's dojo turned out to be Baek Doo San, another martial arts master with a competing dojo. It turns out that he has disappeared along with most of the martial artists from the second tournament, but Law feels pretty safe going on the business trip he had planned. On the other hand, he fears for his son, Forest, who is very mischievous, may get himself into trouble.
Marshall Law does not appear as a playable character in Tekken 3, but he does appear in the Tekken 3 PlayStation opening movie and Forest Law's Tekken 3 ending.
See Forest Law for more information about the events that occurred in Tekken 3.
Marshall Law was a successful businessman - he managed a newly established dojo and even owned a nationwide Chinese fast food chain called Marshall China. Unfortunately, he lost a franchise war against a competitor and had to declare bankruptcy a year later.
Unable to deal with his failure, Marshall fell into depression and spent his days at home in a drunken haze. Then one day, a notice for the Tournament arrived at his doorstep. Marshall's eyes flashed with renewed vigor. After a month of intense training, he beat himself back into top physical form.
Something ignited a fire within Marshall. "This is it," he said to himself, "I must place everything on the line for this Tournament and win!" The fire within raged hotter than ever before.
Ending Animation
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Law won the tournament and earned the Mishima Zaibatsu fortune.
His fighting spirit was now focused on rebuilding the Marshall China restaurant empire.
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The outside of a Marshall China is shown. Marshall walks through the Marshall China and watches his customers. One of the customers says, "Man, the food here sucks!" Another customer, who is at the same table, says, "We hafta pay for this?" Marshall hears them and walks over to them. Marshall asks, "What did you just say?" The customer (the one that said, "Man, the food here sucks!") replies, "You heard me, I said this food sucks! You expect us to eat this stuff?!" Marshall asks, "What do you mean it sucks?!" The man answers, "This pepper beef is too damn spicy!!" Marshall uppercuts the man into the air. Then, Marshall tries some of the Marshall China food. He says, "What are you talking about? This is good!" The other customer (the one that said, "We hafta pay for this?") smashes a glass bottle on Marshall's head. Angered, Marshall says, "...You!" Marshall kicks the man, and the man falls to the ground. Marshall starts fighting with some of the other customers. He knocks a white man wearing a black shirt onto a African American wearing a red shirt. A newspaper with "The New York Flash" has "Marshall China Goes Out of Business" as a headline. Other things that can be read on the newspaper are, "Marshall China Loses in Court" and "The factor of a lost case". A black and white photo of someone holding Marshall back is also on the newspaper. Next, some men in red shirts are seen throwing punches and grunting. Marshall is shown, and he says, "No, no, no. Put more anger into it!" Marshall shouts loud and throws an uppercut as an example of what he wants the other men to do. The men start throwing faster punches, and they start grunting louder. The outside of the building, Marshall Dojo, is shown as Marshall says, "Yeah! That's more like it! Lower your stance a bit more, and..." The ending video ends.
Tekken 5 Official Version
Marshall Law, a Martial Arts Cook. Marshall entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4 to get back on his feet again, however his restaurant failed and he also failed to win the tounrnament.
Marshall did not have enough money to return to America and stayed in Japan as a dishwasher, a month later he had a call from his wife. His son Forest was riding on Paul Phoenix's bike and caused an awful accident.
With his son' accident and the money he need to head home, Marshall decides to win and enter the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5.
Interludes
Stage 4: Paul Phoenix
Marshall asks Paul to throw the fight but Paul refuses. If the player loses, Marshall gasps for money but Paul offers him the money. But if the player wins, Paul gasps to be number 1 but Marshall offers him dim sum after he wins the tournament.
Final Stage: Jinpachi Mishima
Jinpachi says "Die." Marshall asks if he is "Mishima," and Jinpachi answers yes. He then asks if he'll get the prize money if he beats him, also getting a yes. Marshall then gets ready to fight.
Ending Animation "Bike Problem"
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Marshall returns to America after his success at the tournament. He meets with a lawyer to discuss how to repay his debt.
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The outside of a building is shown. Marshall walks out of it, lowers his head, sighs, and says, "Broke again." Someone on a bicycle is approaching Marshall. Marshall goes into a fighting stance. The person on the bicycle is revealed to be Paul Phoenix. Paul appears to be having difficulty pedaling. When Paul reaches Marshall, the bicycle falls apart, and Paul falls to the ground. Paul hands a stack of papers to Marshall and says, "Here..." Marshall looks at the paper on the top of the stack and opens his mouth wide in shock. It is a bill for $34,500.00 from BikeShop XYZ. Apparently, this is a bill for Paul's motorcycle. Paul signed "Marshall Law" on the bill. Paul says, "Come on, man. Pay the bill already." Marshall nervously groans for a few seconds. Then, the screen changes to make it appear as if the two are about to fight (there are health bars above their heads, they are in their fighting stances, and an announcer says, "Round 1. Fight!"). Marshall performs an uppercut that knocks Paul into the air and completely depletes Paul's health bar. Paul falls to the ground, landing on his back. Marshall runs away, dropping the papers that were handed to him. Marshall is shown running away and dropping the papers as this ending video ends.
Marshall Law's storyline is unchanged between Tekken 5 and Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection.
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During the middle of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5, it was discovered that Marshall Law was working illegally in Japan, and as a result he was immediately deported to his home country of the United States of America.
With the deadline to pay for the damages of his son’s accident fast approaching, hopes of getting the money needed were slim. Just then, his best friend Paul Phoenix approached him with the idea of forming a team—securing a high-ranking prize alone would certainly be difficult, but if he was part of a team, the probability of winning would be much higher.
Marshall accepted Paul’s invite, but thinking a three-man team was better than a two-man team, the renowned boxer Steve Fox caught his attention.
Ending Animation "Strong Laxative"
In a distant house, Marshall was seen celebrating with Paul Phoenix and Steve Fox over their win in the tournament, which is obvious due to the many large money cases in the background.
Unfortunately for both Paul and Steve, Marshall was holding a small bottle that had "Strong Laxatives" labled on the front. And with super-swift hands, he puts the laxatives onto a whole pizza.
"It's ready, My special recipe pizza!". Marshall places the pizza onto the table "It's about time!" Paul says as he takes a slice. "It looks delicious." Steve complimented. Paul and Steve eat the pizza, and they sat there telling Marshall how good it was, Until their faces turned pale blue. Steve and Paul stood up grasping their genitals, and rushed to the bathroom. Unfortunately for Paul, Steve arrived first, leaving Paul shouting at him and holding it in.
Unnoticed, Marshall snuck out of the house, carrying all the money cases on his back, saying "Sorry, guys. See ya!" as he leaves.
Marshall Law's storyline is unchanged between Tekken 6 and Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion.
Character Relationships
- Father of Forest Law.
- Husband of Mrs. Law.
- Friend of Paul Phoenix, with whom he trained with prior to the events of Tekken and later teams up with in Tekken 6.
- Trained with Lee Chaolan prior to the events of Tekken.
- Rival of Baek Doo San who he defeated in Tekken 2.
- Teams up with Steve Fox in Tekken 6.
- Possible rival of Lei Wulong in Tekken 6.
- Rival of Wang Jinrei, who both ended a draw during a fight in Tekken.
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