Forrest Law
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| Game series | Tekken series |
| First game | Tekken 3 |
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| Fighting style | Jeet Kune Do |
| Home country |  USA |
| Age | 25 (Tekken 3) |
| Height | 5' 10' (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 146 lbs (66 kg) |
| Blood type | B |
| Occupation | Second dojo master |
Forest Law is a character in the Tekken fighting game series. Like his father, Marshall Law, his appearance and fighting style are inspired by Bruce Lee.
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[edit] History
[edit] Tekken 3
The proud son of Marshall Law, Forest trains at his father's dojo to achieve Law's success and greatness. As a protective father, Marshall has forbidden his son from entering any contests outside the dojo.
Marshall's long-time friend and competitor Paul Phoenix visits once every few months to spar with Marshall.
One day when Paul arrived, Marshall was away supervising the building of a new dojo. Paul insisted that Forest join him in some training exercises. Forest declined knowing that his father would disapprove. But Paul wouldn't take no for an answer.
Unaware of Marshall's restrictions on fighting, Paul suggested to Forest that he join 'The King of Iron Fist Tournament 3'. Paul sold Forest on the idea by telling him he's a better fighter than his father. Forest knew his father would be angry, but he had to prove that he was worthy of one day inheriting the dojo. Marshall was enraged when he found out what happened. To him, it was as if his son had been kidnapped.
[edit] Tekken 5
After a failed restaurant business, Forest's father, Marshall Law, entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4 hoping to get back on his feet again. However, he was defeated, and failed to win the tournament. Marshall was left financially destitute, not even in possession of enough money to fly back home to the United States. This left him stranded in Japan, having to work at a famous Chinese restaurant as a day laborer.
A month after the tournament, Marshall received a phone call from his wife back home in the United States. Forest had taken Paul's motorcycle for a reckless joyride and ended up causing a major traffic accident. Marshall needed an enormous sum of money to cover the property damage and hospital bills. He soon realized that, in order to raise enough money to bail out Forest, he had no choice but to enter and win the newly announced - 'King of Iron Fist Tournament 5'.
[edit] Trivia
- Forrest's 1st selection attire resembles Bruce Lee's, in the movie "Enter the Dragon."
- In Tekken Tag Tournament, Forrest's 5th selection attire resembles Bruce Lee's in the unreleased "Game of Death".
- One of Forrest's winning pose where he raised his leg and turned backwards is taken from Enter the Dragon, during the scene where Lee (played by Bruce Lee) was visited by O'Hara (played by Robert Wall), reprimanding him to wear the uniform to attend at the next day's ceremony. In the future installments of Tekken, Marshall Law also gains this winning pose.
- In Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, in Lili's intro, someone very similar to Forrest can be seen scrawled on the ground. The narrator says that Lili got her invitation to the tournament from an opponent she'd defeated in a street fight in San Francisco. Fans have speculated and theorized that this opponent could have been Forrest before the motorcycle accident.
- In Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, Marshall can easily be customised to look like Forrest.
