History Trivia / StreetFighterIV

* FanNickname:
** "Evil May Lee/Chae Lim" for Juri as a ShoutOut to ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''.
** [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Toad kids]] for Hakan's kids.
** Healena for Elena, because of her healing Ultra, which slows matches ''to a crawl''.
* ImageSource:
** TakeOverTheWorld

* MemeAcknowledgment: At Comic-Con 2011, a panel featuring the voice directors for ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'' had Creator/TaliesinJaffe (the English VA for Blanka and Adon in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'') belting out "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xG2vGg8ygc&t=13m54s Would anybody like...SOME POUND CAKE?!]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xG2vGg8ygc&t=12m11s JAGUAR SLEEPOVER!]]" The former is a meme originating from one of [[WebAnimation/AwesomeSeries Egoraptor's]] sketches from the ''[[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/495979 Street Fighter Collab]]'' on Website/{{Newgrounds}} and the latter is an oft-quoted {{Mondegreen}} of Adon's Jaguar Revolver Ultra in ''IV''.

* AuthorAppeal: Yoshinori Ono, the game's producer and the architect behind getting Capcom to revitalize the series, pushed heavily for the new series to bank hard on nostalgia for ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''. Due to ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' [[AcclaimedFlop flopping]] and ''VideoGame/StreetFighterEX'' outright bombing, Ono urged that the best chance at success would be to try and replicate the appeal of the more iconic II, from its gameplay right down to its roster. This is why, despite being the 4th official entry, it served as a direct sequel to II.

* AuthorAppeal: Yoshinori Ono, the game's producer and the architect behind getting Capcom to revitalize the series, pushed heavily for the new series to bank hard on nostalgia for ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''. Due to ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' [[AcclaimedFlop flopping]] and ''/VideoGame/StreetFighterEX'' outright bombing, Ono urged that the best chance at success would be to try and replicate the appeal of the more iconic II, from its gameplay right down to its roster. This is why, despite being the 4th official entry, it served as a direct sequel to II.

* KillerApp: ''3D Edition'' was a minor one for the 3DS early in its lifespan, being a launch title for the system, and being the first game on it to pass a million units sold.

* ActorAllusion: Creator/ToruOkawa voiced Ryu back in ''3rd Strike'', then was cast as Gouken in ''IV''. Gouken has access to the Shin Shoryuken and Denjin Hadouken as Ultras, both of which were previously used by Ryu as Super Arts in ''III''.

** [[Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith Rufus]], [[Creator/DougErholtz Vega]], [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch AE!Yang]] and [[AnthonyLandor Zangief]] are [[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy The Emperor, Squall Leonhart, Firion and Golbez]].

* MemeAcknowledgment: At Comic-Con 2011, a panel featuring the voice directors for ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'' had Taliesin Jaffe (the English VA for Blanka and Adon in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'') belting out "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xG2vGg8ygc&t=13m54s Would anybody like...SOME POUND CAKE?!]]" and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xG2vGg8ygc&t=12m11s JAGUAR SLEEPOVER!]]" The former is a meme originating from one of [[WebAnimation/AwesomeSeries Egoraptor's]] sketches from the ''[[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/495979 Street Fighter Collab]]'' on Website/{{Newgrounds}} and the latter is an oft-quoted {{Mondegreen}} of Adon's Jaguar Revolver Ultra in ''IV''.

** [[KatSteel Ibuki]], [[Creator/MatthewMercer Fei Long]] and [[Creator/KyleHebert Ryu]] are [[ThereWillBeBrawl Princess Peach, Ganondorf and Wario]].

* MemeAcknowledgment: At Comic-Con 2011, a panel featuring the voice directors for ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'' had Taliesin Jaffe (the English VA for Blanka and Adon in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'') belting out "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xG2vGg8ygc&t=13m54s Would anybody like...SOME POUND CAKE?!]]" and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xG2vGg8ygc&t=12m11s JAGUAR SLEEPOVER!]]" The former is a meme originating from one of [[WebAnimation/AwesomeSeries Egoraptor's]] sketches from the ''[[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/495979 Street Fighter Collab]]'' on {{Newgrounds}} and the latter is an oft-quoted {{Mondegreen}} of Adon's Jaguar Revolver Ultra in ''IV''.

* MemeAcknowledgment: At Comic-Con 2011, a panel featuring the voice directors for ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'' had Taliesin Jaffe (the English VA for Blanka and Adon in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'') belting out "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xG2vGg8ygc&t=13m54s Would anybody like...SOME POUND CAKE?!]]" and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xG2vGg8ygc&t=12m11s JAGUAR SLEEPOVER!]]" The former is a meme originating from one of [[AwesomeSeries Egoraptor's]] sketches from the ''[[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/495979 Street Fighter Collab]]'' on {{Newgrounds}} and the latter is an oft-quoted {{Mondegreen}} of Adon's Jaguar Revolver Ultra in ''IV''.

** [[Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith Rufus]], [[Creator/DougErholtz Vega]], [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch AE!Yang]] and [[AnthonyLandor Zangief]] are [[DissidiaFinalFantasy The Emperor, Squall Leonhart, Firion and Golbez]].

** [[BobCarter Balrog]], [[Creator/KyleHebert Ryu]] and [[Creator/DameonClarke Rolento]] are [[DragonBallZ Bojack, Adult Gohan and Cell]].

* HeyItsThatVoice: IV has this by the truckload.
** The announcer for ''Super IV'' is Creator/JamiesonPrice ([[Manga/BoboboboBobobo Jelly Jiggler]] and [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Iron Tager]]) Later he would also be an announcer in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9''.
** Creator/JasonLiebrecht ([[Manga/BlackCat Train Heartnet]]) is the English voice of '''Abel'''.
** Creator/DaveMallow ([[Anime/{{FLCL}} Amarao]]) voices '''Akuma''', and '''Oni''' in ''AE'', both in English.\\

{{Taketora}} is the Japanese voice of both of them.
** Bob Carter ([[{{Dragonball}} Bojack]]) voices '''Balrog'''.
** Creator/CaitlinGlass ([[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Winry Rockbell]]) voices '''Cammy''' in English.\\

Creator/MiyukiSawashiro is her Japanese voice.
** Creator/LauraBailey ([[Manga/FullMetalAlchemist Lust]]) voices '''Chun-Li''' in English.\\
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Creator/FumikoOrikasa ([[Manga/{{Bleach}} Rukia Kuchiki]]) is her Japanese voice actress.
** Michael T. Coleman voices '''Cody''', giving him a neutral-sounding accent, dipping occasionally into a more Brooklyn-sounding accent, as evidenced with his intro and some of his attacks (i.e. "Criminal Uppa!").
** Creator/MichelleRuff ([[Manga/{{Bleach}} Rukia Kuchiki]], Arcueid and [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Yoko Littner]]) voices '''C. Viper''' in English.\\
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Creator/MieSonozaki ([[Manga/{{Bleach}} Sode no Shirayuki]]) is her Japanese seiyuu.
** Toshiyuki Kusuda ([[VideoGame/{{Onimusha}} Soki]]) voices '''Dan''' in Japanese.
** DaisukeEgawa voices '''Dhalsim''' in Japanese.
** StuartMcLean voices '''Dudley''' in English.
** YoshikazuNagano voices '''E. Honda''' in Japanese.
** Creator/TravisWillingham ([[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Roy Mustang]]) voices '''Guile''' in English.\\
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Creator/HirokiYasumoto is his Japanese VA.
** TsuguoMogami voices '''Guy''' in Japanese.
** Kat Steel ([[ThereWillBeBrawl Princess Peach]]) voices '''Ibuki''' in English.\\
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Creator/AyumiFujimura voices her in Japanese.
** Jessica Straus ([[VideoGame/{{inFamous}} Sasha]]) voices '''Juri''' in English.\\
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Creator/EriKitamura ([[VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten Vulcanus]], [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka Miki]] and [[spoiler: her witch form Oktavia von Seckendorff]], [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Roxie]], [[{{LightNovel/Bakemonogatari}} Karen Araragi]]...) voices her in Japanese.
** Creator/ReubenLangdon ([[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]]) voices '''Ken''' in English.\\
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Creator/YujiKishi ([[Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger Kyousuke Jinnai/Red Racer]]) is his Japanese voice.
** Creator/NorioWakamoto ([[Anime/CodeGeass Emperor Charles zi Britannia]] and [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Chiyo-chichi]]) voices '''M. Bison''' in Japanese.
** Creator/AkenoWatanabe voices '''Rose''' in Japanese.
** [[Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith Chris Kent]] ([[DissidiaFinalFantasy The]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyII Emperor]]) voices '''Rufus''' in English.
** Creator/KyleHebert ([[DragonBall Son Gohan]]) voices '''Ryu''' (and '''Evil Ryu''') in English.\\
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Creator/HirokiTakahashi is the Japanese voice actor of both of them.
** Creator/MisatoFukuen voices '''Sakura''' in Japanese. Also overlaps with CastingGag, since [[Anime/StrikeWitches it's not the first time she's voiced someone wearing a Sailor Fuku before]]...
** Creator/AkioOhtsuka ([[VideoGame/KingdomHearts Xehanort]], [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]]) voices '''Seth''' in Japanese.\\
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His English voice actor is Creator/MichaelMcConnohie ([[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft The Lich King]]).
** Creator/DavidVincent ([[Manga/{{Bleach}} Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez]] and [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Jin Kisaragi]]) voices '''T. Hawk''' in English.
** Creator/DougErholtz ([[Manga/{{Bleach}} Gin Ichimaru]], [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Terumi Yuuki]]) voices '''Vega''' in English.\\
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Creator/JunichiSuwabe is his Japanese voice.
** Creator/ToddHaberkorn and Creator/JohnnyYongBosch voice '''Yun''' and '''Yang''' in English, both of whom have previously voiced twin characters ([[Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub Hikaru Hitachiin]] and [[Anime/PleaseTwins Maiku Kamishiro]], respectively) in the past. For their cameo in Chun-Li's prologue in vanilla SFIV, Ted Sroka (the voice of Dan in English) voiced [[SpeakInUnison both of them at once]].
** Anthony Landor ([[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Golbez]]) voices '''Zangief''' in English.\\
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Creator/KentaMiyake is his Japanese voice.
** Creator/MatthewMercer ([[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} Tygra]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Chrom]]) voices '''Fei Long''' in English.\\
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Creator/YuuichiNakamura is his Japanese voice. Meaning [[Anime/MacrossFrontier he's a pretty pretty Princess ~ ]]
* MemeAcknowledgment: At Comic-Con 2011, a panel featuring the voice directors for ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'' had Taliesin Jaffe (the English VA for Blanka and Adon in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'') belting out "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xG2vGg8ygc&t=13m54s Would anybody like...SOME POUND CAKE?!]]" and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xG2vGg8ygc&t=12m11s JAGUAR SLEEPOVER!]]" The former is a meme originating from one of [[AwesomeSeries Egoraptor's]] sketches from the ''[[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/495979 Street Fighter Collab]]'' on {{Newgrounds}} and the latter is an oft-quoted {{Mondegreen}} of Adon's Jaguar Revolver Ultra in ''IV''.
* TheOtherDarrin: The Japanese version of ''IV'' has all characters recast for some reason, except Bison, Blanka, Ken, Makoto, Yun, and Yang.
* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** [[Creator/PatrickSeitz Hugo]], [[Creator/DavidVincent T. Hawk]], [[Creator/LauraBailey Chun-Li]], [[Creator/MichelleRuff C. Viper]], [[Creator/DougErholtz Vega/Claw]], [[Creator/TravisWillingham Guile]] and [[Creator/JamiesonPrice the announcer]] are [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Ragna the Bloodedge, Jin Kisaragi, Platinum The Trinity, Carl Clover, Hazama, Relius Clover and Iron Tager]].
** [[KatSteel Ibuki]], [[Creator/MatthewMercer Fei Long]] and [[Creator/KyleHebert Ryu]] are [[ThereWillBeBrawl Princess Peach, Ganondorf and Wario]].
** [[Creator/CaitlinGlass Cammy]], [[Creator/LauraBailey Chun-Li]], [[Creator/ToddHaberkorn Yun]] and [[Creator/TravisWillingham Guile]] are [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Winry Rockbell, Lust, Ling Yao and Roy Mustang]].
** [[Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith Rufus]], [[Creator/DougErholtz Vega]], [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch AE!Yang]] and [[AnthonyLandor Zangief]] are [[DissidiaFinalFantasy The Emperor, Squall Leonhart, Firion and Golbez]].
** [[BobCarter Balrog]], [[Creator/KyleHebert Ryu]] and [[Creator/DameonClarke Rolento]] are [[DragonBallZ Bojack, Adult Gohan and Cell]].
** [[GeraldCRivers M. Bison]], [[Creator/MichaelMcConnohie Seth]], [[Creator/MatthewMercer Fei-Long]], [[BobCarter Balrog]], [[Creator/PatrickSeitz Hugo]], [[Creator/KarenStrassman Poison]] and [[Creator/JamiesonPrice the announcer]] went on to voice [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 Jax, Kano/Ermac, Stryker, Shao Kahn/Baraka, Scorpion, Kitana/Mileena and Noob Saibot]]. Funnily enough, Price does also voicework as an announcer in [=MK9=].
** ''Ultra'' adds [[Creator/AtsukoTanaka Poison]] and [[Creator/WataruTakagi Hugo]], who are [[VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} Bayonetta and Enzo]]. Additionally, [[Creator/NorioWakamoto M.Bison]] is Father Balder and [[Creator/MieSonozaki C.Viper]] is Jeanne.
** Gen and Akuma are [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Squatt and Baboo]].
** [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch Yang]], [[Creator/LauraBailey Chun-li]] and [[Creator/KyleHebert Ryu]] are [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld Emil Castagnier, Marta Lualdi and Richter Abend]].
** [[Creator/ReubenLangdon Ken]], [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch Yang]], [[Creator/PatrickSeitz Hugo]], [[Creator/LauraBailey Chun-Li]], [[Creator/TravisWillingham Guile]], [[Creator/MatthewMercer Fei-Long]], [[Creator/KarenStrassman Poison]], [[Creator/MichaelMcConnohie Seth]], [[Creator/MichaelSorich Gen]], [[KatSteel Ibuki]] and [[ChristopherBevins Dhalsim]] are [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara Date Masamune, Sanada Yukimura, Chosokabe Motochika, Oichi, Katakura Kojiro, Maeda Keiji, Saika Magoichi, Takeda Shingen, Otani Yoshitsugu, Tsurihime and Azai Nagamasa]].
** [[Creator/ReubenLangdon Ken]] and [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch Yang]] are [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante and Nero]].
** [[Creator/LauraBailey Chun-Li]], [[Creator/JessicaStone Makoto]], [[Creator/JBBlanc El Fuerte]], [[Creator/KarenStrassman Poison]], [[Creator/StuartMcLean Dudley]], [[Creator/PatrickSeitz Hugo]], [[Creator/PeterBeckman Zangief]], and [[Creator/TaliesinJaffe Blanka/Adon/The English voice director]] are [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} young!Integra Hellsing/Schrödinger, teenage!Walter C. Dornez, the Cheddar Priest/Enrico Maxwell, Heinkel Wolfe, Sir Penwood, Luke Valentine, Spirit of the Harkonnen, and Lief/the English voice director]]. Including the [[Anime/{{Hellsing}} first anime]] [[Creator/IsaacCSignletonJr Sagat]] is also Incognito.
* ShrugOfGod: The ''Arcade Edition'' and the game's staff are insisting in every way possible the ambiguity of Oni's identity, he who basically all fandom has accepted as a new SuperMode for Akuma, but the in game material still says otherwise: the character is just named Oni, all of his available quotes so far bears almost no connection to Akuma aside from their power-hungry nature, his fighting stance resembles Gouken's more than anyone else, his face has minor differences compared to Akuma's (notably the nose), and the already leaked ending is even more dull than Akuma's as one cannot tell anything about the character by just watching it (well, except the fact he can destroy volcanos with a single punch and possess flight abilities); still it is safe to say that the logical conclusion is that Oni indeed is Akuma. WordOfGod finally confirmed Oni as Akuma via Seth Killian.
* TalkingToHimself: In English, Blanka shares a VA with Adon in ''Super''.
* TrollingCreator: Yoshinori Ono openly admits to being this. For example, Decapre's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC-Hl33Xqpk Introduction video]] quickly gets the fandom's hopes up and swiftly dashes them, with R. Mika standing up to Bison and vowing to defeat him, only for her to be easily blasted away.
* {{Vaporware}}: For many years after ''Street Fighter III'', the idea of another ''Street Fighter'' game was seen as a joke. [[CueTheFlyingPigs But when it was announced...]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Abel was originally conceived as a skinny, {{Bishonen}} [[http://kotaku.com/5380701/which-street-fighter-iv-character-was-this Judo-ka]], that was intended as "a character who [[ViewerGenderConfusion could be mistaken for a girl]]."
** Originally, Rufus was named "Cobra King," and was a [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/ba/Rufus-design1.jpg lean muscular black man wearing a stylish karate gi]]. He was still planned to be acrobatic fighter, but employed a fusion of breakdancing and kung-fu (breakung-fu) instead of his self-taught kung-fu. Marketing research on the preferences of American gamers had a big hand in Cobra King's design.\\
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Then, [=SF4=]'s art director suggested that Cobra King should be made overweight. The series of changes after that led to Cobra King becoming Rufus. According to [=SF4's=] producer, they used Rufus' current look because it would "freak people out," and because "over-the-top" characters sets Street Fighter apart from the other fighting game franchises.\\
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** Creator/ToddHaberkorn and Creator/JohnnyYongBosch voices '''Yun''' and '''Yang''' in English. For their cameo in Chun-Li's prologue in the non-AE games, Ted Sroka (the voice of Dan in English) voiced both of them.

** Toshiyuki Kusuda ([[{{Onimusha}} Soki]]) voices '''Dan''' in Japanese.

* ActorAllusion: Creator/ToruOkawa voiced Ryu back in ''3rd Strike''. In ''IV'', Gouken has access to the Shin Shoryuken and Denjin Hadouken as Ultras, both of which were previously used by Ryu as Super Arts in ''III''.

* ActorAllusion: Creator/TohruOokawa voiced Ryu back in ''3rd Strike''. In ''IV'', Gouken has access to the Shin Shoryuken and Denjin Hadouken as Ultras, both of which were previously used by Ryu as Super Arts in ''III''.

* ActorAllusion: TohruOokawa voiced Ryu back in ''3rd Strike''. In ''IV'', Gouken has access to the Shin Shoryuken and Denjin Hadouken as Ultras, both of which were previously used by Ryu as Super Arts in ''III''.

* ActorAllusion: Ookawa voiced Ryu back in ''3rd Strike''. In ''IV'', Gouken has access to the Shin Shoryuken and Denjin Hadouken as Ultras, both of which were previously used by Ryu as Super Arts in ''III''.

MieSonozaki ([[Manga/{{Bleach}} Sode no Shirayuki]]) is her Japanese seiyuu.

** "Evil May Lee/Chae Lim" for Juri as a ShoutOut to ''TheKingOfFighters''.

** [[Creator/ReubenLangdon Ken]], [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch Yang]], [[Creator/PatrickSeitz Hugo]], [[Creator/LauraBailey Chun-Li]], [[Creator/TravisWillingham Guile]], [[Creator/MatthewMercer Fei-Long]], [[Creator/KarenStrassman Poison]], [[Creator/MichaelMcConnohie Seth]], [[MichaelSorich Gen]], [[KatSteel Ibuki]] and [[ChristopherBevins Dhalsim]] are [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara Date Masamune, Sanada Yukimura, Chosokabe Motochika, Oichi, Katakura Kojiro, Maeda Keiji, Saika Magoichi, Takeda Shingen, Otani Yoshitsugu, Tsurihime and Azai Nagamasa]].

** [[Creator/LauraBailey Chun-Li]], [[Creator/JessicaStone Makoto]], [[Creator/JBBlanc El Fuerte]], [[Creator/KarenStrassman Poison]], [[Creator/StuartMcLean Dudley]], and [[Creator/PatrickSeitz Hugo]] are [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} young!Integra Hellsing/Schrödinger, teenage!Walter C. Dornez, the Cheddar Priest/Enrico Maxwell, Heinkel Wolfe, Sir Penwood, and Luke Valentine]]. Including the [[Anime/{{Hellsing}} first anime]] [[Creator/IsaacCSignletonJr Sagat]] is also Incognito.