History Franchise / StreeTfighter

** Many of [[Characters/StreetFighterRyu Ryu]]'s super moves are simply versions of his standard attacks that he's achieved greater mastery of.

** The SeriesMascot [[Characters/StreetFighterRyu Ryu]] finds himself a fan and semi-apprentice in Sakura, a teenage martial arts fan. Sakura's own fighting style is based on studying Ryu's, including copying many of his {{Signature Move}}s[[note]]The [[KamehameHadoken Hadoken]] and the [[SuperSpecialMove Shinku Hadoken]][[/note]] while putting her own twist on others[[note]][[HurricaneKick Shunpukyaku]] and [[{{Shoryuken}} Shououken]][[/note]]. He himself is very supportive of her pursuits and will spar with her whenever they meet.

* TooLongDidntDub: In ''IV'', almost no English voice actor will say "Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku" and simply {{Kiai}} when a HurricaneKick is performed instead.[[note]]This is in spite of the fact that Ken's voice actor, Creator/ReubenLangdon, is actually fluent in Japanese.[[/note]] This was averted in later games, where the English voice actors will indeed call out the full name(s), and subverted in ''IV'' itself where shorter variants (like Ryu's Shinku Tatsumaki and Gouken's Tatsumaki Gorasen) would still be called out.

* {{Leitmotif}}:
** Overlaps with BootstrappedTheme. From ''II'' all the way up to ''Alpha 2 Gold'', every character kept their [[AwesomeMusic/StreetFighter easily recognizable themes]] (in the case of the ''Final Fight'' characters, their tunes were based off of stage [=BGM=]s from their debut game, but weren't necessarily the music they were affiliated with in ''FF''). Starting with ''Alpha 3'', they were finally given new themes, although the rival battles in ''IV'' restored the trend.
** {{Subverted}} in ''Street Fighter III 2nd Impact''. Every character that returned from ''New Generation'', excluding Ken, Sean, and Gill, received a new version of their previous theme, but in ''3rd Strike'', everyone except for Alex and Yun & Yang (who kept [[AwesomeMusic/StreetFighter "Jazzy NYC" and "Crowded Street"]] from the past two installments) were given new themes. In fact, Dudley, Makoto, and Ibuki's themes in ''IV'' are based off of their ''3rd Strike'' themes.

** In ''Street Fighter II'', Bison's holding a tournament to get revenge on the characters who ruined his plans in ''Alpha 3''. In ''Street Fighter IV''.
** Seth from S.I.N. (Shadaloo Intimidation Network, the weapons division of Shadaloo) holds a tournament to gain data (and Ryu) to complete his BLECE Project, an unknown bioweapon.

** In ''Street Fighter 6'', Ken and JP were setting up a clean installment of the World Fighting Championship tournament with the philanthropic goal of drawing in tourist money for the impoverished FictionalCountry of Nayshall, only for JP to steal the tournament to turn it into a [[WhiteCollarCrime money-laundering front]].

** In ''Street Fighter 6'', Ken and JP were setting up a clean installment of the World Fighting Championship tournament with the philanthropic goal of drawing in tourist money for the impoverished FictionalCountry of Nayshall, only for JP to steal it to turn it into a [[WhiteCollarCrime money-laundering front]].

** In ''Street Fighter 6'', Ken and JP were setting up a clean installment of the World Fighting Championship tournament with the philanthropic goal of drawing in tourist money for the impoverished FictionalNation of Nayshall, only for JP to steal it to turn it into a [[WhiteCollarCrime money-laundering front]].

* OnlyKnownByInitials: This only applies to international versions of the Street Fighter games, in relation to M. Bison (Dictator). No one knows what the "M" stands for in this case. In the Japanese version, M. is simply short for "Mike", as Mike Bison (Boxer) is a thinly-veiled {{Expy}} of Mike Tyson. Other characters who use initials all have known first names (Edomondo "Edmund" Honda, Thunder Hawk), codenames (Crimson Viper), or ring names (Rainbow Mika).

* NotJustATournament: In ''Street Fighter II'', Bison's holding a tournament to get revenge on the characters who ruined his plans in ''Alpha 3''. In ''Street Fighter IV'', Seth from S.I.N. (Shadaloo Intimidation Network, the weapons division of Shadaloo) holds a tournament to gain data (and Ryu) to complete his BLECE Project, an unknown bioweapon. For the tournament in ''Street Fighter III: New Generation''/''2nd Impact'', The Illuminati is judging people worldwide to see who is fit to live in the new utopian world foretold in their ominous prophecy. Their leader [[MessianicArchetype Gill]] is a WellIntentionedExtremist.
* OnlyKnownByInitials: This only applies to West, in relation to M. Bison (Dictator). No one knows what the "M" stands for in this case. In the Japanese version, M. is simply short for "Mike", as Mike Bison (Boxer) is a thinly-veiled {{Expy}} of Mike Tyson. Other characters who use initials all have known first names (Edmond Honda, Thunder Hawk), codenames (Crimson Viper), or ring names (Rainbow Mika).

* ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' (1987)

* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterI'' (1987)

''Street Fighter'' is a long running series of {{fighting game}}s by Creator/{{Capcom}}, that have [[TropeCodifier basically defined]] the genre.

** Zangief is easily the most infamous example as he was often depicted as a member of Shadaloo in various [[Film/StreetFighter American]] and [[Anime/StreetFighterIIV Japanese]] adaptations of the series back in the 1990s. The only cinematic adaptation during the '90s that didn't cast Zangief as a villain was ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'' and he just had a cameo fight with Blanka. Fortunately for Zangief, this trend seems to have stopped over the course of the 2000s as later adaptations do depict Zangief as a hero for Russia like how he is in the games.[[labelnote]]Dee Jay was also depicted as a Shadaloo member in the first live action ''Film/StreetFighter'' movie, but unlike Zangief, this was the only time.[[/labelnote]] ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' has him as a "bad guy," but emphasizes that that's just his job in the game, and he's actually a nice guy.

** Zangief is easily the most infamous example as he was often depicted as a member of Shadaloo in various [[Film/StreetFighter American]] and [[Anime/StreetFighterIIV Japanese]] adaptations of the series back in the 1990s. The only cinematic adaptation during the '90s that didn't cast Zangief as a villain was ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'' and he just had a cameo fight with Blanka. Fortunately for Zangief, this trend seems to have stopped over the course of the 2000s as later adaptations do depict Zangief as a hero for Russia like how he is in the games.[[note]]Dee Jay was also depicted as a Shadaloo member in the first live action ''Film/StreetFighter'' movie, but unlike Zangief, this was the only time.[[/note]] ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' has him as a "bad guy," but emphasizes that that's just his job in the game, and he's actually a nice guy.

* ''Street Fighter: Dreams Never End'' (fan novel [[AscendedFanfic authorized by Capcom]])