Forrest Law

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Forrest Law

'Aliases	{{{altname}}}
Debut	Tekken 3
Appears in	Tekken 3 Tekken Tag Tournament Tekken Advance
Family	Marshall Law (Father)
'Race	Human
Fighting Style	Jeet Kune Do

Forest Law (sometimes spelled as Forrest Law) was introduced in Tekken 3, and he returned for Tekken Tag Tournament. He is the son of Marshall Law. They have the same fighting style and similar moves. Like his father, Forest is friends with Paul Phoenix.

Miscellaneous Information:

Nationality : American

Occupation : Marshall Dojo's Student

Age : 25

1 Trivia
2 Story
3 Tekken 3
- 3.1 Official Version
- 3.2 Tekken 5
4 Character Relationships
5 Gallery

TriviaEdit

Forest makes an appearance in Yoshimitsu's Tekken ending, as a child.
Forest Law's bosses in the Tekken Force side game in Tekken 3 are (in order of appearance) Paul Phoenix, Hwoarang, Eddy Gordo, and Heihachi Mishima.
Forest Law was appeared in a TV commercial, aired in the year 2000 by the Swiss Milk Producers Association, where he fought and lost against their cow mascot, Lovely.
It was rumored, though not confirmed, that Lili defeated Forest in a street fighting tournament prior to the events of Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection. The rumor was based on a man, wearing attire similar to one of Forest's outfits, was seen lying on the ground in Lili's Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection prologue.
In his attires in Tekken Tag Tournament, his first selection attire resembles Bruce Lee's from Enter The Dragon. His fifth selection resembles the yellow tracksuit of Bruce Lee from Game Of Death.
Forest Law's sub-boss in Tekken Tag Tournament is Baek Doo San.
Forest rivals in Tekken Card Challenge are Mokujin, Paul Phoenix and Hwoarang.
Forest, or a person strongly resembling him, appears in the Rustic Asia stage of Tekken 6. He drives the truck that crashes into the stage before every fight.
Because of Marshall's appearance in Tekken 6 (clean shaven, no chest scars, and younger-looking face), many assumed him to be Forest Law making his return to the series as a playable character.
Forest is one of two characters in the series to be replaced by the fighter he was the successor to, with the other being Combot.
For some reason, starting with Tekken 5, Namco decided to start spelling Forest as Forrest.
In Tekken 6, Forest, or someone that looks almost identical to him, can be seen crashing the truck during the beginning of the Rustic Asia stage, possibly a reference to Forest crashing Paul's motorcycle insinuating Forest is accident prone. He remains with his head sticking out of the open truck window watching the fight in a dazed state for the remainder of the fight.
Just as his father can be seen as an homage to Bruce Lee, Forest (the son) could be seen as an homage to Brandon Lee. Brandon was Bruce's son.

Story Edit

Tekken 3Edit

Manual Version

Forest is Marshall Law's proud son. Paul dragged him into the Tournament, but now he feels that this is an ideal opportunity to prove his strength to his father and to himself.

Official VersionEdit

Living in his father's shadow... 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."Once he did he saw a girl named Julia Chang and then tried to make out with her. Forest knew his father would be angry, by getting beat by a girl .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 by love.

Ending: "Middle Age"

Paul and Forrest arrive at Marshall's Dojo on Paul's motorcycle. Paul and Forrest walk into the building and meet Marshall Law. They walk in and bow their heads slightly. Marshall looks angry. Marshall points behind himself with one of his thumbs. Paul, Marshall, and Forrest are then seen stretching. Then, Forrest wants to teach Marshall and Paul a kip-up. A noise can then be heard. Marshall is shown laying on the floor on his stomach, and Paul is shown sitting on the ground. They did not successfully do the Frogman. Forrest shrugs.

Tekken 5 Edit

Although Forest does not participate in the fifth tournament, he plays a significant role as he is the reason for Marshall entering. During this time, Forest went for a joyride on Paul Phoenix's bike, despite his reservations against it, and ended up causing a major traffic accident. This is the reason why his father, Marshall, decides to enter the tournament in order to pay off the large sum of property damage and Forest's hospital bills that arose from the situation.