Unlike games like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, Tekken’s simple and pun-worthy title made it a natural for meta smack talk among players of the Versus Mode. Some examples:

• “I was Tekken out the trash, and guess what I found? Your ass. That I handed to you.”
• “Did you see how I was a-Tekken your face with my boot? That looks like it hurt.”
• “You seem to be Tekken this loss very well. I guess it’s because you’re used to it.”
• “I was Tekken it easy on you and you still lost. That must be crushing.”
• “Did you think you were playing Street Fighter by accident? Because this is Tekken. Just in case you got confused.”
• “I have mis-Tekken you for somebody who knows how to play this game. It won’t happen again.”
• “If your skill level was sung by Michael McDonald, you’d be Tekken it to the street. Then they’d arrest you for public indecency.”
• “The only way you could ever beat me would be on a Tekken-icality.”
• “Have you Tekken your NoDoz? Because it seems like you slept through that last match.”
• “Your game is pure pork, but it tastes like Tekken.”
• “You really suck at Tekken.”