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Heihachi Coming Back From the Dead

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Updated Jul 23, 2024 at 02:15PM EDT by Zach.

Added Jul 22, 2024 at 05:47PM EDT by Philipp.

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About

Heihachi Coming Back From the Dead refers to a series of memes about Tekken character Hehicahi Mishima, who cheated death multiple times and was presumed to have been definitively killed in Tekken 7 before coming back as a DLC character in the next installment of the series. The memes saw virality on social media in mid-July 2024 after a trailer for the DLC premiered.

Origin

In the 2015 fighting video game Tekken 7, the major antagonist Heihachi Mishima is defeated by the character Jin Kazuya, who throws his body into an active volcano, presumably killing him (video shown below).[1]


While the character was not featured in the main story of Tekken 8, the next installment of the series, on July 21st, 2024, a trailer introducing Heihachi as a DLC fighter premiered, gaining over 1.1 million views on YouTube[2] in one day (shown below).



Spread

On July 21st, 2024, X[3] user @Wario64 shared the news of Heihachi returning to Tekken 8, with the post gaining over 3,000 reposts and 14,000 likes in one day.

The post was followed by multiple quote posts in which users joked about the character's seemingly miraculous comeback. For example, on July 21st, X[4] user @TarZangief posted an I Lived Bitch meme that gained over 4,200 reposts and 24,000 likes in one day (shown below, left).

Later that day, X[5] user @MS06ZAKU_II posted an IShowSpeed Trying Not to Laugh meme that received over 970 reposts and 6,400 likes in one day (shown below, right).


I lived bitch! 08:42 am Corv @MS06ZAKU II Harada was watchin people get mad at Bison coming back like this knowing full well the trailer was already done II GIF ALT LAI ...

Later on July 21st, 2024, X[6] user @onobyte posted a video caption meme about Heihachi's return that received over 5,500 reposts and 36,000 likes in one day (shown below).


Various Examples


U W་་༼ཤ་་་་་་་་་་་ང་ EVEN WHEN THE SURFACE LAYER OF THE BUBBLES BURNT UP, HE CONTINUED CREATING MORE AND MORE BUBBLES, SHOOTING THEM OUT FROM THE INSIDE AND ALLOWING HIM TO SURVIVE IN THE LAVA FOR A FEW MINUTES! THE EARTH GAVE BIRTH TO LIFE--YET IT SEEMS THAT HEIHACHIHAS CONQUERED THE EARTH! HE SHUT OUT THE HEAT FROM THE LAVA WITH THE BUBBLES BY CREATING A LAYER OF AIR BETWEEN THE LAVA AND HIS SKIN! CONTINUES CREATING BUBBLES (FROM HIS BODY) HEAT FROM THE LAVA AIR AIR AIR FIRST, HEIHACHI COVERED HIMSELF IN A PROTECTIVE SHELL LIKE A CRAB'S! BUT HE IS STILL ORGANIC-- THAT PROTECTIVE COVER COULDN'T WITHSTAND THE THOUSAND-DEGREE HEAT AND BURNED OFF IMMEDIATELY! THE SECRET TO HIS SURVIVAL WAS IN THE SECOND LAYER OF PROTECTION-- BUBBLES! Ami-Dark @Frutti_Bat Heihachi is back and I'm not surprised #TEKKEN8 #ReinaMishima #HeihachiMishima # MI-DAR @oirandrive "heihachi is completely DEAD!" heihachi: • 8:04 PM Jul 21, 2024 62.9K Views
KAZUYA! JIN! I HAVE RETURNED! Impossible... ABSURD! We've seen a Panda fight a Dinsosaur with boxing gloves. RED SNK uncle kazzy @spliced My dad, who has been in a volcano for 3 months and presumed dead, texted me this I lived kisama Tequila Falafel 97 @ChefRaptor Bison alive Heihachi alive ... oh no . 7:19 PM ⚫ Jul 21, 2024 224.2K Views .

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External References

[1] Tekken Wiki – Heihachi Mishima

[2] YouTube – TEKKEN 8 – Heihachi Mishima Trailer

[3] X – @Wario64

[4] X – @TarZangief

[5] X – @MS06ZAKU_II

[6] X – @onobyte

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On one hand, fucking hate the fact both Bison and Heihachi are back instead of letting the series move on with different villains and stories.
On the other, fucking love how cool they look, they're just legit badasses even after utter defeat their hype is just uncrushable.

But I'm the kind of weird freak who actually like fighting game stories and lore so feel free to commit me to the psych ward already.

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