History Fridge / StreetFighter

* In Necalli's Story Prologue in ''V'', the Warrior Prophet narrates his legend and how he is [[TheProphecy prophesied]] by [[BecauseDestinySaysSo destiny]] to hunt down and consume the souls of Ryu (For his Satsui No Hado), Dhalsim (For his fire power), and Bison (For his Psycho Power) during the events of the game. As ''Street Fighter V'' takes place before ''Street Fighter III'', [[ForegoneConclusion we know that Ryu will survive and Bison will go into hiding]]. Dhalsim, however, makes no appearance in ''Street Fighter III''. The conclusion: '''''He will die by Necalli's hands.'''''

* In Necalli's Story Prologue in ''V'', the Warrior Prophet narrates his legend and how he is [[TheProphecy prophesied]] by [[BecauseDestinySaysSo destiny]] to hunt down and consume the souls of Ryu (For his Satsui No Hado), Dhalsim (For his fire power), and Bison (For his Psycho Power) during the events of the game. As ''Street Fighter V'' takes place before ''Street Fighter III'', [[ForgoneConclusion we know that Ryu will survive and Bison will go into hiding]]. Dhalsim, however, makes no appearance in ''Street Fighter III''. The conclusion: '''''He will die by Necalli's hands.'''''

* In Necalli's Story Prologue in ''V'', the Warrior Prophet narrates his legend and how he is [[TheProphecy prophesied]] by [[BecauseDestinySaysSo destiny]] to hunt down and consume the souls of Ryu (For his Satsui No Hado), Dhalsim (For his fire power), and Bison (For his Psycho Power) during the events of the game. As ''Street Fighter V'' takes place before ''Street Fighter III'', we know that Ryu will survive and Bison will go into hiding. Dhalsim, however, makes no appearance in ''Street Fighter III''. The conclusion: '''''He will die by Necalli's hands.'''''

* M. Bison's elite assassination squad the Dolls is full of this. When you take into consideration how the Dolls came to be, you get the feeling that M. Bison had been [[SexSlave doing a]] [[RapeAsDrama lot more]] than just brainwashing them...

* The nature of the Illuminati's experiments can be horrifying, with the implication about exactly ''who'' they use as test subjects. While Necro and Twelve's creations were bad enough, Chun-Li's storyline has the BigBad ([[BigBadWannabe Wannabe]]) Urien kidnap a young girl for the sole purpose of experimenting on her (though thankfully it didn't happen). And then there's Urien's ending (if you play as him), where it's revealed that the Illuminati has a stockpile of ''hundreds of chemically-preserved brains dated from thousands of years ago'', with some of them possibly belonging to children...

* Charlie's theme in ''Street Fighter V'' starts with a piano riff that sounds suspiciously like the one that plays in his ending in ''Alpha 2''. This provides a subtle {{Foreshadowing}} to the fact that in Charlie's story in ''Street Fighter V'', [[spoiler: Charlie's ''Alpha 2'' ending is confirmed to be canon]].

** Near the end, the song gets rather uplifting and whimsical...until it loops and goes back to being a gritty rap. More than likely, it's Cody remembering his time as a hero, only to go back to his current, uncaring self.
* In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII: Third Strike'', Makoto is introduced as a upper-tier, fairly strong (competition-wise) character. When she's added to the roster in ''Super Street Fighter IV'', her tier ranking takes a nosedive and she unfortunately ends up as bottom tier and the ''only'' character lower than ''[[JokeCharacter Dan]]''. However, ''Super Street Fighter IV'' takes place prior to ''3rd Strike'' in universe. Makoto at this time would [[SkilledButNaive most likely have limited experience battling against different styles of martial arts]], having just inherited the dojo. When she realizes just how much she has yet to learn, she returns home to TakeALevelInBadass and undergo TrainingFromHell before making her return in ''3rd Strike'' and becoming a high tier character.
** Kinda doesn't work anymore now that Makoto has risen quite high in the tier lists thanks to the buffs she got in Arcade edition and Arcade edition 2012.
* One aspect of the US marketing was slapping on surnames to some characters, and Ryu became Ryu Hoshi. Factor in the Japanese name order, and it ought to be Hoshi Ryu. And 'hoshi' means 'star' so the full name in ''kanji'' can also be read as ''Seiryu'' - one of TheFourGods.
** Couple this with the fact that his stage in every iteration of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' is the ''Suzaku'' Castle and you can see a motif coming. Where Byakko and Genbu come in is something else (though Byakko can be argued to be Sagat, considering his own "tiger" motif, and Ryu apparently takes more self-improvement from his rivalry with him than from the one with Ken).

* In StreetFighterIV, whenever a Shoryuken is performed, it has a certain "tail" following it, either dark black like ink, transparent like air, flaming, or white. These all correspond to the force used by the person performing the Shoryuken. Ryu, Akuma, Evil Ryu, and Oni's Shoryukens all have an ink-black tail because they use the Satsui no Hado in various quantities to power it. Ken's Shoryuken is flaming because Ken is channeling his aggression into it. Gouken's Shoryuken is pure white because he uses Mu no Hado, and Seth's Shoryuken has a transparent tail because it is "empty", and isn't using Mu no Hado or Satsui no Hado.
* The reason that Dan is still incredibly weak compared to the other fighters is because, according to Gouken, he refuses to let go of his resentment for Sagat killing his father Go Hibiki. At first it might not seem like this would make much of a difference, until you remember that Sagat wasn't very strong himself (Gen didn't see him as worth his time) until he let go of his resentment for Ryu scarring him in the original World Warrior tournament and they became friends in Alpha. Now Sagat is so powerful that ''Oni'' considers him a WorthyOpponent. Makes you wonder what Dan could be like if he could let his anger go.
* M. Bison being voiced by none other than Creator/NorioWakamoto makes sense because both are EvilIsHammy, both are cultural icons in their respective fields (Norio being a famous voice actor while M. Bison is known for being a MagnificentBastard villain responsible for screwing with pretty much every SF character ever), and not only that, both are also deadly martial artists!
* In ''Street Fighter II V'' you can see Akuma [[http://blog.sfrpg.com.br/post/Akuma-em-Street-Fighter-2-Victory.aspx appearing all over the world without directly interacting with Ryu and Ken]]. Would seem just a gag... Then you remember what he does in the games and realize: he's stalking the protagonists to see if they're worth his time (he's even seen observing the fight between Ken and Vega).

* The nature of the Illuminati's experiments can be horrifying, with the implication about exactly ''who'' they use as test subjects. While Necro and Twelve's creations were bad enough, Chun-Li's storyline has the BigBad Urien kidnap a young girl for the sole purpose of experimenting on her (though thankfully it didn't happen). And then there's Urien's ending (if you play as him), where it's revealed that the Illuminati has a stockpile of ''hundreds of chemically-preserved brains dated from thousands of years ago'', with some of them possibly belonging to children...

* The reason that Dan is still incredibly weak compared to the other fighters is because, according to Gouken, he refuses to let go of his resentment for Sagat killing his father Go Hibiki. At first it might not seem like this would make much of a difference, until you remember that Sagat wasn't very strong himself (Gen didn't see him as worth his time) until he let go of his resentment for Ryu scarring him in the original World Warrior tournament and they became friends in Alpha. Now Sagat is so powerful that ''Oni'' considers him a WorthyOpponent. Makes you wonder what Dan could be like if he could let his anger go.

* Cody's theme in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV SSFIV]]'' is heavily based off of the intro from ''FinalFight''. The rapper repeats the words "Turn the beat back!" quite often. This is a look into [[TragicHero Cody's]] [[KnightInSourArmor psyche]]; he longs to relive his glory days as a hero and get out of his funk, but sadly has convinced himself that things can never go back to how they were.

* The reason that Dan is still incredibly weak compared to the other fighters is because, according to Gouken, he refuses to let go of his resentment for Sagat killing his father Go Hibiki. At first it might not seem like this would make much of a difference, until you remember that Sagat wasn't very strong himself (Gen didn't see him as worth his time) until he let go of his resentment for Ryu scarring him in Alpha and they became friends. Now Sagat is so powerful that ''Oni'' considers him a WorthyOpponent. Makes you wonder what Dan could be like if he could let his anger go.

* In StreetFighterIV, whenever a Shoryuken is performed, it has a certain "tail" following it, either dark black like ink, transparent like air, flaming, or white. These all correspond to the force used by the person performing the Shoryuken. Ryu, Akuma, Evil Ryu, and Oni's Shoryukens all have an ink-black tail because they use the Satsui no Hado in various quantities to power it. Ken's Shoryuken is flaming because Ken is channeling his aggression into it. Gouken's Shoryuken is pure white because he uses Mu no Hado, and Seth's Shoryuken has a transparent tail because it is "empty", and isn't using Mu no Hado or Satsui no Hado.

* Why does Dan's Japanese voice sounds so husky and gritty in ''SFIV'' and its subsequent sequels? Well, since [[HotBlooded Osamu Hosoi]] voiced him from the ''Alpha'' series up until he was replaced by [[TheOtherDarrin Toshikyuki Kusuda]], it could be a sign that constantly screaming "[[CatchPhrase OYAJI!!!]]" for years eventually took a toll on Dan's vocal chords.

* Seth's was named after former Capcom employee Seth Killian and is also derived from the Biblical Seth (Being that Street Fighter's Seth replaced Abel as Shadaloo's main experimental subject after the latter fled). Seth's name also coincidentally could have a third interesting level of meaning in referencing the Egyptian god Set (also known as Seth), which fits with his [[AGodAmI desire to become a god-like being]].

* Dan is significantly less wimpy in ''StreetfighterIV'' than in previous appearances. You might think this is because the developers are just trying to make him more fun to play but think about what Dan has been doing for the past three years. He's been hanging around with Blanka and Sakura. Even if he is getting his butt kicked regularly, practice with both fighters is bound to improve his fighting style.

* Dan is significantly less wimpy in ''StreetfighterIV'' than in previous appearances. You might think this is because the developers are just trying to make him more fun to play but think about what Dan has been doing for the past three years. He's been hanging around with Blanka and Sakura. Even if he is getting his butt kicked regularly, practice with both fighters is bound to improve his fighting style.

* One aspect of the US marketing was slapping on surnames to some characters, and Ryu became Ryu Hoshi. Factor in the Japanese name order, and it ought to be Hoshi Ryu. And 'hoshi' means 'star' so the full name in ''kanji'' can also be read as ''Seiryu'' - one of TheFourGods.

* In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII: Third Strike'', Makoto is introduced as a upper-tier, fairly strong (competition-wise) character. When she's added to the roster in ''Super Street Fighter IV'', her tier ranking takes a nosedive and she unfortunately ends up as bottom tier and the ''only'' character lower than ''[[JokeCharacter Dan]]''. However, ''Super Street Fighter IV'' takes place prior to ''3rd Strike'' in universe. Makoto at this time would most likely have limited experience battling against different styles of martial arts, having just inherited the dojo. When she realizes just how much she has yet to learn, she returns home to TakeALevelInBadass and undergo TrainingFromHell before making her return in ''3rd Strike'' and becoming a high tier character.