History VideoGame / DongDongNeverDie

** Ken is the actual [[Characters/StreetFighterKenMasters Ken]], who got pulled out of [[Franchise/StreetFighter his home franchise]] for unknown reasons. He enters the competition looking for a way to get himself back to his own world.

** Ken is...[[Characters/StreetFighterKenMasters Ken]].

*** Speaking of which, Dong Dong has a move that looks like Iori's Shiki Aoi Bana and a move similar to Akuma's Shun Goku Satsu, but otherwise seems to be a pastiche of [[Characters/StreetFighterRyu Ryu]] and Kyo Kusanagi.

* GlassCannon: Fei Fei and Wu Liao Jun
* GratuitousEnglish: Mian Hua Tang sometimes says "Hey, guys! Come on!" and all of Yin Yin's lines are in English. Sheng Hua Nan also sings "[[Music/RKelly I Believe I Can Fly]]" in one of his winposes.

* LethalJokeCharacter: Ming Boy looks ridiculous, has a short melee range, takes noticeably more damage than anyone else...and not only does he have indestructible multi-hitting projectiles designed to keep people blocking, he's also the only other fighter that can heal, and can do so to the same extent as the final boss, albeit minus the invincibility.

** Jiang Bao is a stock speculator and the grandson of [[Creator/{{StephenChow}} Stephen Chow's]] character from Film/KungFuHustle. While not the best martial artist, he has learns some skills from his grandfather, and hopes to use the prize money to invest in the stock market.

* BonusBoss: At the end of the game, after you defeat [[FinalBoss Sheng Hua Nan]], you face the rest of the cast in three intervals. You have one chance to beat them all, and your reward for completing it is a preview for the developer's ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' fangame.

** A Shuang: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkhJjbimL5E Yell Dead Cell]] from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2''.

** Fei Fei: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNvSV0c3XxA For Liberty]] from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4''.

** Violent Dong Dong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWUKt6kPMuo The World Needs Only One Big Boss]] from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2''.

[[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes,]] [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay that's]] [[CrackFic all]] [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext really part]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs of the plot.]]

** Ken is the actual ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' Ken, who got pulled out of his game for unknown reasons. He enters the competition looking for a way to get himself back to his own world.

** Ken is...[[{{Franchise/StreetFighter}} Ken]].

*** Speaking of which, Dong Dong has a move that looks like Iori's Shiki Aoi Bana and a move similar to Akuma's Shun Goku Satsu, but otherwise seems to be a pastiche of [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]] and Kyo Kusanagi.

[[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes,]] [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay that's]] [[CrackFic all]] [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext really part of the plot.]]

* TimeTravel: Naturally, given that the game's plot is ''Terminator 2''.

* RatedMForManly: Jian Ci Lang has a bit of [[{{Franchise/StreetFighter}} Zangief's]] move set, fights at a construction site (to [[Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar Ai wo Torimodose]]), considers two heavy-duty crossed chains an adequate replacement for a shirt, wields a claw hammer, wears another heavy-duty chain wrapped around his forearm as a bracer, and his winpose has him take the place of [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro alongside Bat and Lin]]. Yes.

* ObviousBeta: Tuo Lei has an incomplete moveset and requires hacking to play as except in the latest version.

** Mian Hua Tang is a female Shizumaru.And her dialogue 'HEY GUYS C'MON' is basically also a homage to Terry Bogard.

* [[MultiArmedAndDangerous Multi-armed and Dangerous]]: One of Wu Liao Jun's supers has him stab his two arms into the ground, only to unleash a flurry of at least six.

* [[PintSizedPowerhouse Pint-sized Powerhouse]]: Mario is much smaller than the other characters, but just as dangerous. Sometimes even more, as his small size makes many attacks against him miss.

* Ken is the actual ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' Ken, who got pulled out of his game for unknown reasons. He enters the competition looking for a way to get himself back to his own world.

** Wu Liao Jun: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpujJTkG0Ts 9th and Divided (Ain't Got Anytime 24/7 Remix)]] from ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''.

** Xiao Pan: A remix of [[Franchise/StreetFighter Guile's theme]].

* GratuitousEnglish: Mian Hua Tang sometimes says "Hey, guys! Come on!" and all of Yin Yin's lines are in English.

The product of group of high-passion, low-material early Chinese game developers, ''Dong Dong Never Die'' shamelessly lifts plots, characters, and everything else from all sections of pop culture and blends them into a ridiculous, hilarious, unbalanced, and surprisingly fun fighting game. Instead of drawn sprites, the developers took thousands of photographs and chained them together to create the game's sprites, creating an uncanny yet bizarrely hilarious "artstyle". It's free to download, and is one of the few places where you can have [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms Zhuge Liang]] order a volley of arrows against a Terminator who celebrates his victory by drinking a bottle of water and singing "[[Music/RKelly I Believe I Can Fly]]."

A product of an enthusiastic but rather handicapped era for Chinese game developers, ''Dong Dong Never Die'' shamelessly lifts plots, characters, and everything else from all sections of pop culture and blends them into a ridiculous, hilarious, unbalanced, and surprisingly fun fighting game. Instead of drawn sprites, the developers took thousands of photographs and chained them together to create the game's sprites, creating an uncanny yet bizarrely hilarious "artstyle". It's free to download, and is one of the few places where you can have [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms Zhuge Liang]] order a volley of arrows against a Terminator who celebrates his victory by drinking a bottle of water and singing "[[Music/RKelly I Believe I Can Fly]]."

* KnifeNut: Tuo Lei has a kukri.

** Jiang Bao is a stock speculator and the grandson(?) of [[Creator/{{StephenChow}} Stephen Chow]]. While not the best martial artist, he has learns some skills from his grandfather, and hopes to use the prize money to invest in the stock market.

** Dong Dong is a police officer who participates in Guangzhou's fighting tournament to investigate a case related to missing fighters. He has a [[SuperpoweredEvilSide dark side]] lurking inside of him after his involvement in a case a few years ago.

** Sheng Hua Nan is a Terminator who seeks to kill Dong Dong. He has trapped all the fighters in a "space-time illusion" based on a 2D fighting game world.

** Jiang Bao is a stock speculator and the grandson(?) of [[Creator/StephenChow]]. While not the best martial artist, he has learns some skills from his grandfather, and hopes to use the prize money to invest in the stock market.

** Jiang Bao is a stock speculator and the grandson(?) of [[Creator/{{StephenChow}}]]. While not the best martial artist, he has learns some skills from his grandfather, and hopes to use the prize money to invest in the stock market.

* AllThereInTheManual: Some of the characters have their backstories listed in the creator's blog.
* AllWomenLoveShoes: Apparently, Ming Hua Tang's motivation for fighting in the tournament is get money to buy pricey brand-name shoes.

** Tuo Lei: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYU-BgtSwJk The Sun Also Rises]], the main theme for the 2010 film ''Let The Bullets Fly'', when you fight him in Inner Mongolia. %%I'm afraid I cannot identify the song when you fight him on the wing of an air plane. It's likely Metal Gear related...

** Tuo Lei: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYU-BgtSwJk The main theme]] for the 2007 film ''The Sun Also Rises'' when you fight him in Inner Mongolia. %%I'm afraid I cannot identify the song when you fight him on the wing of an air plane. It's likely Metal Gear related...