Steve Fox

Steve Fox, also known as NT01 and Stinging Hook, is a character from the Tekken series.
== Charactah Account ==
Adopted from near-birth with a strange mark on his arm. A graduate of Oxford University, Steve became a boxer and quickly became one of the best in the business. After he refused to throw a fight for the mafia, Steve entered the fourth tournament as one last hurrah before the hit-"man" caught up to him. After failing to win the tournament, he busted up the mob boss after him with the help of Lei Wulong. Later, they both found out that the hitman hired to kill Steve was Nina Williams, his biological mother. Steve entered the 5th tournament, and after finding out he was a creation of the Mishima Zaibatsu and that the facility they birthed him in was still making "monsters like him", burst in there and wrecked the place, burning it to the ground. He later decided to train with Law and Paul for the sixth tournament.
Steve is a polite and gentlemanlike individual whose main motivation is to fight in the ring. He has very few enemies and has made many friends and friendly rivals throughout the series, including Marshall Law and Paul Phoenix. Despite these qualities, Steve has a mysterious and troublesome past which he does not seem to remember and he is constantly searching to uncover the truth about it.
However in both Tekken 4 and Tekken 7, Steve briefly encounters his mother, Nina Williams when she was occassionally in hot pursuit from the authorities like Lei Wulong or the Tekken Forces after she was branded as a traitor to the Mishima Zaibatsu at the time when Heihachi Mishima reclaim the Zaibatsu during Jin Kazama’s disappearance. Steve also shows his protective side towards Nina when she was mostly targeted by her pursuers despite the former who does not acknowledges him as her son and wouldn't care less about him which it was seen from his ending. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Tekken: Bloodline
=== Video Games ===
* Galaga: Tekken 20th Anniversary Edition
* Pachi-Slot Tekken 3rd
* Street Fighter X Tekken
* Tekken 3D: Prime Edition
* Tekken 4
* Tekken 5
* Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
* Tekken 6
* Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion
* Tekken 7
* Tekken 7: Fated Retribution
* Tekken Arena
* Tekken Mobile
* Tekken Pachi-Slot 3rd
* Tekken Revolution
* Tekken Tag Tournament 2
== Trivia ==
* Steve's character was originally given the name Dean Earwicker. This was changed after a substantial amount of negative feedback from the Tekken community. The name has been referenced four times in the Tekken series:
** The first time was in Tekken 4's Tekken Force side game, where a Tekken Force member that is encountered at the fourth stage (the "Mishima Fortress" stage) is named "Dean Earwicker". This Tekken Force member also has a stance similar to Steve's.
** The second time was in Tekken 5's "Arcade Battle" mode, where a Tekken Lord Steve Fox is named "Dean Earwicker".
** The third time was in Tekken 6's "Arcade Battle" and "Ghost Battle" modes, where an Overlord Steve Fox is also named "Dean Earwicker".
** The fourth time was in Tekken Tag Tournament 2's "Ghost Battle", where a Vanquisher Steve Fox (with Hwoarang) is also named "Dean Earwicker".
* Other possible names for Steve were Leonard Gardner, Ryan Lewis and Sugar McGregor.
* Steve's full name may be Steven, since Alisa refers to him as Steven in her journal entry about him.
* Steve maybe have been given his name by Emma Kliesen, as he was born and raised in a Mishima Zaibatsu laboratory, and she appears to be the only adult who calls him Steve in his early childhood.
* According to a tweet by Katsuhiro Harada, Steve's father is a legendary boxer, who's DNA was used to create Steve.
* The motion capture done for several of Steve's attacks was supervised by the Yokohama Sakura Boxing Gym.
* Because he is a boxer, Steve Fox does not have normal kick attacks. However, there are a few instances where Steve uses his legs to attack, such as his get-up kicks, jumping kicks, and a single attack where he stomps on the opponent's foot.
* Another move of Steve's, his Endless Roll (4~3~f 1,2... _2,1...) (PAB d/f 3+4~F 1,2... _2,1... in Tekken 6 onwards), is a variation of the Dempsey Roll, which was created and first used by the Heavy Weight Boxing Champion of the 1920's, Jack Dempsey. This move was further popularized by the use of the protagonist Ippo Makunoichi in the popular Japanese manga and anime series Hajime no Ippo.
* Steve's unblockable move, Hellfire, is the only unblockable attack where damage can be reduced by blocking it. When blocked, its properties also change. This was removed in Tekken Tag Tournament 2.
* Using the black "slicked back base" hair and the spiky front addition and turning his boxing shorts green (Default Costume 1), one may Customize Steve to resemble Little Mac from "Punch-Out!!" on the original Nintendo Entertainment System.
* Steve is most likely unaware that Anna Williams is Nina's sister and thus his aunt, or that Emma Kliesen was killed by Kazuya Mishima.
* Steve is similar to Street Fighter V newcomer Ed, as they are both young male boxers with the same hair and eye color who were experimented upon as a child by the "big bad" organization of their series (Mishima Zaibatsu for Steve and Shadaloo for Ed). One major difference, however, is that due to these experiments, Ed is able to utilize the power known as Psycho Power, whereas with Steve, the only discernible proof from his experiments are the scars on his arm.
* Steve shares a number of similarities with Shin Kamiya from Tekken: Blood Vengeance.
** Both were experimented on by the Mishima Zaibatsu.
** Both have markings on their left arms due to the experiments done on them.
** Both hate being called by their test subject names.
* It is implied that Steve is familiar with and possibly friends or rivals with Hwoarang, but only in non-canon games. The two can be seen sparring with one another in the intro to Tekken 5, were partnered together in Street Fighter X Tekken, and have a special Tag Throw in Tekken Tag Tournament 2. However, Steve and Hwoarang have no special netsu and do not seem to recognize one another in their Scenario Campaign dialogues.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Steve Fox at Tekken Wiki
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