Tyrone King (Dead Rising)

Tyrone King, also known as T.K. was the host of the barbaric pay-per-view show, Terror is Reality, where contestants would kill and/or mutilate zombies for money. However, TK also had a sinister secret, where he was directly involved with the Fortune City, Nevada Outbreak of September, 2011, and framed ex-motorcross champion Chuck Greene. He served as the primary antagonist of Dead Rising 2.
== Biography ==
=== 2008 ===
TK, along with his assistants, Crystal and Amber Bailey, were on their way to the Las Vegas Arena after a presumed sexual encounter. However, TK was called by one of his associates to tell him that Vegas is overrun with zombies and needs to escape. TK and the Bailey Twins escape Vegas before they could get directly involved.
=== Fortune City, 2011 ===
Three years after the Vegas incident, TK has moved his show, Terror is Reality to the Vegas-styled resort city of Fortune City, Nevada. He watched as Chuck Greene partake.
=== Death ===
During the bunker overrun, TK slipped out of his confinement and presumably hid until the zombies were killed. After the bunker was secured, TK attempted to find the exit, only to be ambushed by a stray zombie, who proceeded to bite TK directly on the neck. Luckily for TK, Chuck was nearby and grabbed a fire extinguisher to bash the zombie’s head in, saving TK. After he was restrained once more, TK ordered Chuck to get him Zombrex, offering that he could set him free, although Chuck was not considering it.
Canonically, Chuck refused TK’s offer and seeing that he deserved what was coming to him, left him to turn and die. Hours after, with Chuck having recently killed Phenotrans agent Sullivan, he returned to the bunker to pick up Katey and Stacey, but when the sleeping Katey dropped her backpack, Chuck took notice and went back to pick it up as it had his wife’s belongings. However, TK, who has finally turned, suddenly appeared in the elevator and grabbed Chuck’s arm, slowly pulling him into the infested elevator. Chuck tried fighting him off, but struggled. After Chuck tossed the backpack to Stacey, he was eventually pinned down.
Some time later, Chuck was seen still alive, but tiring out from fighting the zombified TK, who proved to be a great challenge due to his build. However, Chuck was pinned down again and before TK could bite and kill Chuck, the elevator doors opened and his head was suddenly bashed in by famous photographer Frank West.
=== Non-Canon Overtime and Death ===
In the non-canon Overtime Mode of the game, Chuck gave TK a dose of Zombrex, wanting to keep him alive so he could rot. However, TK took advantage of Chuck’s generosity and kidnapped Katey and Stacey and took them back to the Fortune City Arena, where he called Chuck and ordered him to fetch a few things around town before he could save them. Although he succeeded and returned to the Arena, TK went back on his deal and ambushed him from behind while he was walking through the corridors. He tied him up by his feet and dangled him over the arena stadium’s floor full of zombies. Chuck regained consciousness to witness Katey and Stacey, tied together, being slowly lowered to the zombies. Chuck managed to pull himself up the rope to the catwalk, which TK took notice and rushed up there. As Chuck tried to pull the girls up, TK attacked him again, forcing Chuck to deal with him in combat. In the end, Chuck finally stunned him, but before he could pull the girls up to safety again, TK grabbed Chuck’s legs and began to strangle his throat on the catwalk’s railing, saying “You gotta be willing to risk it all if you’re ever really gonna-“, but before TK could finish and kill Chuck, the latter gathered up the strength to throw TK over the railing, finishing with “Win big!”. TK then fell all the way down to the arena floor to his death, with the zombies already prepared to feast on his corpse and Chuck raising the girls to safety.
=== Legacy ===
His actions were exposed and Chuck was cleared of all charges, showing that TK’s plan had failed numerous times.
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