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* The enemies Fei Long faces in the Chinese sector of the Street Fighter tournament in ''II Turbo'' are all parodies of famous Kung Fu movies: there is a drunken fist-using Creator/JackieChan parody, a parasol-using Jet Li parody, an old man using the Film/FlyingGuillotine, a woman with long white hair presumably based on the wuxia character, and a masked fighter resembling the title character in the Iron Monkey. Chun-Li fights against martial artists whose styles are all based on animals: Monkey, Crane, Tiger, Snake, and Mantis -- human versions of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda The Furious Five]] (which she actually [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]]).
* In one of the backup features depicting Chun-Li's days with the Hong Kong Police Department, one of her partners is called Po-Lin, which is the same name as one of the female protagonists from Masaomi Kanzaki's ''SFII'' manga (she was the owner of a restaurant who was sheltering Ryu after he saved her establishment from being assaulted by a gang of mobsters).

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* The enemies Fei Long faces in the Chinese sector of the Street Fighter tournament in ''II Turbo'' are all parodies of famous Kung Fu movies: there is a drunken fist-using Creator/JackieChan parody, a parasol-using Jet Li parody, an old man using the Film/FlyingGuillotine, a woman with long white hair presumably based on the wuxia character, and a masked fighter resembling the title character in the Iron Monkey. Chun-Li fights against martial artists whose styles are all based on animals: Monkey, Crane, Tiger, Snake, and Mantis -- human versions of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda [[Franchise/KungFuPanda The Furious Five]] (which she actually [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]]).
* In one of the backup features depicting Chun-Li's days with the Hong Kong Police Department, one of her partners is called Po-Lin, which is the same name as one of the female protagonists from Masaomi Kanzaki's ''SFII'' manga (she was the owner of a restaurant who was sheltering Ryu after he saved her establishment from being assaulted by a gang of mobsters).mobsters).
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** She's something of a VirtuousCharacterCopy of Shermie from ''Franchise/TheKingOfFighters'', both being fringed pink-haired [[MsFanservice beautiful]] French grapplers who are quite flirtatious. Although, where Shermie is a FemmeFatale and part of the villainous Team Orochi, Manon is one of the heroes and has no SuperpoweredEvilSide like Shermie does.
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Added the Zan Partizanne reference in since I feel that A.K.I. is a twisted version of the Three Mage Sisters' leader and Hyness's right hand woman.


** Seemingly ordinary businessan? Uses a power that manifests a FightingSpirit? Seeks to uphold an image of someone with good publicity while secretly being evil? Is associated with explosions? JP is the ''Street Fighter'' equivalent of [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Yoshikage Kira]]. Add in his association with the one of the series' previous main villains as a then-unknown associate of theirs who took an interest in them, and you get [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Enrico Pucci]].

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** Seemingly ordinary businessan? businessman? Uses a power that manifests a FightingSpirit? Seeks to uphold an image of someone with good publicity while secretly being evil? Is associated with explosions? JP is the ''Street Fighter'' equivalent of [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Yoshikage Kira]]. Add in his association with the one of the series' previous main villains as a then-unknown associate of theirs who took an interest in them, and you get [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Enrico Pucci]].




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* '''A.K.I.''' is a reference to Zan Partizanne from ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'', both being the right hand women of an insane villain they serve (F.A.N.G. and Hyness) and were recruited after a situation they found themselves in. (Zan tried to commit suicide from lightning until Hyness saved her and [[SuperEmpowering let her use the very powers that could've killed her]], while A.K.I. tried to rob F.A.N.G., who offered her money or a dagger, though once she asked about the words engraved on the dagger since she never learned to read and felt those words would change her life, F.A.N.G. decides to take her under his wing.)

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As Take That is a type of Shout Out, this entry (pulled from his character page) belongs on here, where all such tropes are collated.


* '''Dan''' is a TakeThat to ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'', especially Ryo Sakazaki (outfit, father, fighting style), Robert Garcia (face and hair), and Yuri Sakazaki (personality). His father's appearance was also based on Mr. Karate, Ryo and Yuri's father. One of his win quotes from ''Alpha 3'' is a reference to these origins:
-->'''Dan:''' I hate the VideoGame/{{art of fighting}}, but I wanna be VideoGame/{{the king of fighters}}!"
** Due to him being based off of Robert Garcia, he ends up looking like Creator/StevenSeagal, something that is made even more noticeable with his appearance in ''IV''. [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/inciclopedia/images/6/6b/Ultradanze7.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20071027060101 Behold!]]
** His Hisshou Buraiken super has a name quite similar to that of ''Hissatsu Buraiken'', the Japanese name for the BeatEmUp known as ''Avengers'' in America.
** His Haoh Gadoken Ultra shares the distinct appearance of the Haoh Sho Koh Ken performed by the previously mentioned Sakazaki family.
** He has an alternate costume where he's dressed as his father Go, complete with a Mr. Karate-style tengu mask to mimic the old man's long nose.
** And in his Omega Mode form in ''Ultra'', Dan gets a new special, the Danretsuken, a parody of Ryo's Zanretsuken special, which already appeared before in the {{crossover}} ''VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos''.

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* '''Dan''' is a TakeThat to ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'', especially ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting''. When several members of Capcom's development team jumped ship to Creator/{{SNK}} to help make ''Art of Fighting'' and other fighting games that would go head-to-head with ''Street Fighter'', Capcom struck back by creating him.
** He's basically Robert Garcia's head grafted onto
Ryo Sakazaki's body with Yuri Sakazaki's mannerisms, to the point that [[VideoGame/FatalFury Terry]] and [[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting Kasumi]], among others, in ''[[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos SVC Chaos]]'' mistake him for Robert. HilarityEnsues when Kasumi doesn't buy it:
--->'''Kasumi Todoh:''' It's useless to feign innocence. Defend yourself!
*** To which he responds with this win quote:
--->''My name is Dan Hibiki! Dan Hibiki! Dan Hibiki! That's [[OverlyLongGag Dan Hibiki!]] Got it?''
** His father is based on Takuma
Sakazaki (outfit, father, fighting style), Robert Garcia (face as Mr. Karate.
** In ''IV'', one of his {{Idle Animation}}s is the Haoh Sho Koh Ken,
and hair), and Yuri Sakazaki (personality). His father's appearance was also based on Mr. he gains the Haoh Gadouken as his second Ultra in ''SSFIV'', an attack so strong that the recoil sends him ''[[LawOfInverseRecoil flying]]'' backwards[[labelnote:note]]Officially first appearing in an SNK crossover game, ''SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium''[[/labelnote]]
** Saikyo-ryuu Karate is a knockoff of Kyokugen
Karate, Ryo starting off by name (Saikyo[[note]]which also doubles as a knock on ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters KOF]]'', as Saikyo is taken from series hero '''Kyo''' Kusanagi and Yuri's father. his dad '''Sai'''syu[[/note]] = strongest; Kyokugen = extreme limit). The attacks are visually similar (Gadouken = Kou'ou Ken/Ryuugekiken, Dankuukyaku = Hien Shippuu Kyaku, Koryuken = Kohou/Ryuuga; Dan even throws his fireballs with one hand) but are ineffectual, as a nod to ''Art of Fighting'', where specials would be useless if the player exhausted their [[ManaMeter spirit gauge]], as well as the incessant taunting, because ''AOF'' had this as a method to make said gauge rise back.
** The Hisshou Buraiken is the Ryuko Ranbu, only from a stationary position.
** He sometimes screams "Saikyo-ryuu ougi!" instead of "Kyokugen-ryuu ougi!"
** In the ''Alpha'' series, Dan was the only character able to taunt indefinitely, much like his source inspiration.
** He even gains Ryo's [[CatchPhrase "Ora ora!"]] [[BringIt taunt]] in ''IV''.
** His ending in ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesVsStreetFighter'' is a parody of the ending to ''AOF'', with Akuma taking the place of [[LukeIAmYourFather Mr. Karate]].
**
One of his win quotes from in ''Alpha 3'' is a reference to these origins:
-->'''Dan:''' I
3'':
-->''I
hate the VideoGame/{{art of fighting}}, but I wanna want to be VideoGame/{{the king of fighters}}!"
fighters}}!''
** Due to him being based off of Robert Garcia, he ends up looking like Creator/StevenSeagal, something that is made In several pictures (and even more noticeable with a game or two), his father's appearance in ''IV''. [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/inciclopedia/images/6/6b/Ultradanze7.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20071027060101 Behold!]]
** His Hisshou Buraiken super has a name quite similar to
mocks that of ''Hissatsu Buraiken'', [[BigBad the Japanese name for the BeatEmUp known masked Mr. Karate]] from ''Art of Fighting''; where Mr. Karate wears a tengu mask with a red face and a long nose, Go Hibiki's face is actually red and that's his real nose.
** Naturally, SNK retaliated by giving Yuri moves and intros that not only parodied Ryu, Ken, and Sakura, but Chun-Li, Makoto, and [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Felicia]]
as ''Avengers'' well. Also, in America.
** His Haoh Gadoken Ultra shares the distinct appearance
''The King of the Haoh Sho Koh Ken performed by the previously mentioned Sakazaki family.
** He has
Fighters 2000'', they gave Robert an alternate costume where he's dressed as his father Go, complete with Striker who is another version of himself, decked in a Mr. Karate-style tengu mask to mimic white gi, whose only function is taunting the old man's long nose.
** And
opponent before taking off. Both companies were willing to bury the hatchet and [[SelfDeprecation make fun of themselves]] in his Omega Mode form in ''Ultra'', the ''VideoGame/SNKVsCapcom'' series. Specifically, Dan gets a new special, the Danretsuken, a received ''[[RuleOfFunny even more]]'' parody attacks. Of note is his Kyuukyoku Tenchi Gadou Zuki in ''VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos'', a knock-off of Ryo's Zanretsuken special, [[MegatonPunch Tenchi Haoh Ken]] which, upon connection, will cause Dan's hand to ''strain''! He'll take time to fix it while the opponent is flying, all the while assuring the player that there's nothing wrong.
** Heck, ''SVC Chaos'' is dedicated to cementing his Joke Character status. Notable in
which already appeared before in it was SNK Playmore that made the {{crossover}} ''VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos''.game, the very same company Dan was created to parody. Even the Gadoken is reduced to a puny ball of light, smaller than the usual chi blast.
** In ''V'', his IdleAnimation ends with him striking Ryo's idle animation for several seconds. Most of his move set also ends with some variety of boisterous recovery animation, making him look more foolish than usual. Capcom also ported over his ''Zanretsuken'' parody from ''IV''[='=]s Omega Mode, ''Danretsuken'', just to cement the comparison further. His battle costume is basically Mr. Karate's Tengu mask.
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** Gill's dual-color is probably a reference to the eponymous character from ''Series/{{Kikaider}}'' -- in addition to sharing the main character's split-color palette, he also shares the name with the main villain of the show. Gill's generic NebulousEvilOrganisation is possibly a tribute to similar 70s Main/{{Toku}} enemies, most notably ''Kamen Rider'''s Shocker as seen on Necro above.

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** Gill's dual-color is probably a reference to the eponymous character from ''Series/{{Kikaider}}'' -- in addition to sharing the main character's split-color palette, he also shares the name with the main villain of the show. show, Professor Gill. Gill's generic NebulousEvilOrganisation is possibly a tribute to similar 70s [[TheSeventies '70s]] Main/{{Toku}} enemies, most notably DARK from ''Kikaider'' and ''Kamen Rider'''s Shocker as seen on Necro above.



** The dual-color change when Gill change from left to right and viceversa was also inspired by the monster Gi Gi from ''VideoGame/RedEarth'', another Capcom game that also runs in [=CPS3=] as ''SFIII''. When facing left, the main parts and trimmings of Gi Gi's body will be red, but when he is facing right, they will be blue. Seeing this worked well on Gi Gi, Capcom would later use this advanced technique for Gill, but to a much more detailed degree.

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** The dual-color change when Gill change from left to right and viceversa vice-versa was also inspired by the monster Gi Gi from ''VideoGame/RedEarth'', another Capcom game that also runs in [=CPS3=] as ''SFIII''. When facing left, the main parts and trimmings of Gi Gi's body will be red, but when he is facing right, they will be blue. Seeing this worked well on Gi Gi, Capcom would later use this advanced technique for Gill, but to a much more detailed degree.

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