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Mike Haggar is a character in the Final Fight series of video games. Haggar first appeared in the Capcom arcade game Final Fight and its subsequent sequels.
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After retiring from wrestling, Haggar ran for mayor of Metro City on a platform of being tough on the ever-increasing crime rate. Haggar won the election and immediately sought to make good on his promise. The plot of Final Fight centers around the Mad Gear Gang's attempt to manipulate the newly elected Haggar, first by bribing Haggar as they did his predecessor. When that fails, they outright threaten him by kidnapping his daughter, Jessica. Instead of submitting to the gang's demands, Haggar enlists the help of Jessica's boyfriend Cody and his friend Guy, to combat the gang and defeat their leader Belger.
In Final Fight 2, Haggar sets out to defeat the newly revived Mad Gear Gang led by Retu in order to rescue Guy's girlfriend and master. Haggar is joined by Maki, Guy's future sister-in-law and Bushin-style fighter, and Carlos Miyamoto, a South American swordsman friend of Haggar staying with him at the time.
In Final Fight 3, Haggar is still the mayor, and Metro City has been prospering as the Mad Gear gang has been vanquished. Guy returns from studying in Asia, claiming his martial art skills have been sharpened. Immediately afterwards the pair see a bombing in town and the two team up with Lucia, a female cop, and a man named Dean to battle the Skull Cross Gang, a new criminal organization that has taken over Mad Gear's position by becoming the new dominant gang of Metro City. Throughout the game, Haggar wonders what is up with Dean. After defeating one boss, Dean confesses he had once been a member of the Mad Gears, but took advantage of the group's demise to go straight. The Skull Cross demanded Dean join them, but when he declined, they retaliated by murdering his wife and children. As such, he sought vengenance.