Terry chose to pursue his revenge at a later time. During his childhood, he witnessed the death of his father at the hands of Geese Howard.

Terry comes from the fictitious town of Southtown, Florida (a setting for many SNK games), and is the adoptive son of Jeff Bogard. He also has a knack for shooting three-pointers or free throws in basketball, which explains the creation of his Power Dunk move. He has a pet monkey named Ukee (the previous mascot of SNK before Terry) and is said to have the unique ability of accurately guessing a woman's measurements just by glancing at her. He is often referred to as the Legendary Hungry Wolf (from Garou Densetsu, meaning Legend of the Hungry Wolf). Both of them were orphans adopted by Jeff Bogard. Terry Bogard is the brother of Andy Bogard. He was voted as the second most favorite character at the time of Garou: Mark of the Wolves with one commenter saying that 'Terry's the eternal hero'. In a 2005 poll made by SNK-Playmore USA, he was voted as the number one fan favorite character with a total of 10014 votes. In Gamest's 1997 Heroes Collection, Terry was voted as the staff's eighth favorite character. He appears to fit many Japanese stereotypes for an American character in appearance, personality and speech (his in-game vocabulary is usually limited to American colloquialisms, such as 'Okay!' and 'Hey, c'mon, c'mon.'). He has appeared in every Fatal Fury and King of Fighters game, and is one of the characters of choice to symbolize the company in crossover games, merchandise and publicity. Terry Bogard (テリー・ボガード, Terī Bogādo) is a video game character created by SNK, and is the main character of the Fatal Fury series.

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