History YMMV / StreetFighterII

* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Out of all the ''SF'' characters, Chun-Li has the most fan-made pairings, namely with Ryu, Ken, Guile, and Charlie (and to a lesser extent, [[LesYay Cammy]]). While it's not really bad when it comes to most [[ShipToShipCombat shipping wars]], it has caused a bit of [[YourMileageMayVary varied mileages]] in the fandom. The ''Street Fighter'' anime from the 90s (and to a lesser extent the manga) have helped Ryu, Ken, and Guile in avoid this.

** Not the whole game, but the SegaGenesis port of ''Super II'' had ''horrible'' music. Quite pathetic considering the port of ''II Turbo'' had music that was very faithful to the CPS1 original music.

* [[ScrappyLevel Scrappy Game]]: The Xbox Live Arcade version of ''Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting''. The game had serious lag on most stages, even more lag on Balrog's stage, horrible balance, and an infinite timer on the character select screen. That last gaff, when coupled with the ability to de-select your character, led to long times at the character select screen due to counter-picking.

* MemeticMolester: Zangief is half man, half chest hair, and has a primarily hug-based moveset. Do the math.

* FollowTheLeader: All the knock-offs, which did eventually lead to a GenreLaunch with games like ''VirtuaFighter'' and ''{{Tekken}}''.

* FollowTheLeader: All the knock-offs, which did eventually lead to a GenreLaunch.

* [[CrowningMusic/StreetFighter Awesome Music - Street Fighter]]

* GrowingTheBeard[=/=]SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: The original ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness sucks by modern standards]]: [[RyuAndKen two playable characters that are just a few pixels from]] PaletteSwap, unresponsive controls, special moves that rarely if ever work. ''StreetFighterII'', on the other hand, became the TropeCodifier for the FightingGame.

* [[ScrappyLevel Scrappy Game]]: The Xbox Live Arcade version of ''Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting''. The game had serious lag on most stages, even more lag on Balrog's stage, horrible balance, and an infinite timer on the character select screen. That last gaff, when coupled with the ability to de-select your character, led to long times at the character select screen due to counter-picking.

* {{Squick}}: In the games with better animation (''VideoGame/CapcomVsSNKMillenniumFight2000'', ''StreetFighterIV''), you can see Dhalsim's limbs actually snapping back like a rubber band after doing one of his stretch attacks. Yech.

* {{Squick}}: In the games with better animation (''CapcomVsSNK'', ''StreetFighterIV''), you can see Dhalsim's limbs actually snapping back like a rubber band after doing one of his stretch attacks. Yech.

** Zangief is ''always'' a fan favorite, even though he's never been in a leading role. Fans clamor for him whenever he's missing from a game, to the point that neither Ken nor Akuma made it to the ''MarvelVsCapcom1'' roster, but the Red Cyclone did!

* Character Alignment: There's some to be had here.
** LawfulGood: Chun Li, Guile (after his ending), Cammy, Fei Long.
** NeutralGood: Ryu, Zangief, Dhalsim, E. Honda, T.Hawk.
** ChaoticGood: Ken.
** TrueNeutral: Blanka.
** ChaoticNeutral: Akuma, Sagat, Guile(during his story).
** LawfulEvil: M. Bison (dictator).
** NeutralEvil: Balrog (boxer).
** ChaoticEvil: Vega (claw).

** Bison qualifies in a roundabout manner, thanks to his hamminess in the [[Film/StreetFighter movie]] and [[YoutubePoop the]] [[Series/StreetFighter american]] AnimatedAdaptation. See MemeticBadass below and the [[Memes/StreetFighter Memes page]].

* CompleteMonster:
** M. Bison is pretty much the living embodiment of evil, since that's the gist of his powers.
** Vega.

** Most of the stage music of ''II'' qualifies: there are many gamers who will NEVER stop humming the stage themes of Ken and Guile.

** Zangief is ALWAYS a fan favorite, even though he's never been in a protagonic role. Fans CLAMOR for him whenever he's missing from a game. To the point that KEN AND AKUMA were left out of ''MarvelVsCapcom1'', but Zangief wasn't.
** Fei Long. Not to the extent of say, Cammy, but he ''was'' the only other "New Challenger" to make it to the console ports of ''IV''. That has to say something.
** Cammy: She was the first of the New Challengers to be present in most later games, and the ONLY New Challenger to be involved in crossovers.
* EvilIsCool: M. Bison.

** Also Bison, thanks to his hamminess in the [[Film/StreetFighter movie]] and [[YoutubePoop the]] [[Series/StreetFighter american]] AnimatedAdaptation. See "MemeticBadass" below and the Memes page.

** In ''Super Turbo'' and its successor ''HD Remix'', Akuma is banned for having ridiculously overpowered combos and juggles. He was eventually balanced out in later games, though, with his most balanced form so far being in ''IV''.

* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Out of all the ''SF'' characters, Chun-Li has the most fan-made pairings namely with Ryu, Ken, Guile, and Charlie for example (and to a lesser extent [[LesYay Cammy]]). While it's not really bad when it comes to [[ShipToShipCombat shipping wars]] but it has caused a bit of [[YourMileageMayVary YMMV]] in the fandom (such as for example Ken and Guile are already HappilyMarried). But in all fairness, the ''Street Fighter'' anime from the 90s (and to a lesser extent, the manga) have helped the first three in certain ways.

* MagnificentBastard: M. Bison.

** Also Bison, so much, especially thanks to TheMovie. And there's also...

* MemeticOutfit: Chun-Li. So iconic that when she was given a new outfit in ''Alpha'', all subsequent games in the series provided the option for the player to use her old outfit. Based on the number of requests for it and the reaction when it finally was announced as a downloadable alternate, her ''Alpha'' outfit is close to this as well.
* MemeticMolester:
** Zangief.
** [[spoiler:Balrog slowly heads this way thanks to his ''IV'' ending, where he takes a [[AmbiguousGender child]] out of the collapsing S.I.N. base.]]
** Bison, due to his actions in regards to [[BrainwashedAndCrazy The]] [[{{Lolicon}} Dolls]] (one of whom is his OppositeSexClone) and his female EnemyWithout [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Rose]] (who he's had a tendency of either knocking out, whisking away, or [[GrandTheftMe possessing]]) as well as his new Ultra in ''Super SSFIV'', the [[FanNickname Psycho Abortion]] get shades of this.

* [[ScrappyLevel Scrappy Game]]: The Xbox Live Arcade version of ''Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting''. The game had ridiculous lag (especially on Balrog's stage because there's so much animation going on in the background), horrible balance, and an infinite timer on the character select screen which, when coupled with the ability to de-select your character, lead to long times at the select screen due to counter-picking.
* SequelDisplacement

* ThatOneAttack:
** [[Memes/StreetFighter No, Blanka! Not the headbite!]]
* UnfortunateImplications: The title screen of the original edition of [=SF2=] has a white guy punching out a black guy. That got removed on all subsequent updates.

* {{Woolseyism}}: "Vega" is a fairly common Spanish surname, making it somewhat more appropriate for him.

** Zangief is ALWAYS a fan favorite, even though he's never been in a protagonic role. Fans CLAMOR for him whenever he's missing from a game. To the point that KEN AND AKUMA were left out of ''[=~Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of the Superheroes~=]'', but Zangief wasn't.

* FridgeLogic: While it makes sense for [[RyuAndKen Ken's]] [[CallingYourAttacks Attack Calls]] to be in Japanese (he trained with Ryu, after all), shouldn't [[ChineseGirl Chun Li's]] be in Chinese (specifically Mandarin)? The same could be said for Fei Long ([[HongKong Hong Konger]]) and Cantonese.

* {{Mondegreen}}:
** TesshoGenda's vocal rendition of the Sonic Boom (as noted by many) which is oddly fitting.
--> SHIT KABOOM!!
*** In Brazil, it has achieved [[MemeticMutation memetic]] status, with:
--> ALEX FULL!!
*** And then we have from ''[=SvC=]: Chaos''...
--> SIKE BOOM!!
** T. Hawk's "Condor Dive" attack can easily being misheard as "HUNT OR DIE!"
* {{Narm}}[=/=]NarmCharm:
--> '''Fei Long''': ''There's NO way you'll ever knock ME out!!!''
--> '''Fei Long''': ''I LOOOOOSSSSSSSSSST!!!!!!!!!''

* {{Squick}}: In the games with better animation (''Capcom vs. SNK'', ''Street Fighter IV''), you can see Dhalsim's limbs actually snapping back like a rubber band after doing one of his stretch attacks. Yech.

* GrowingTheBeard[=/=]SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: The original ''Game/StreetFighter'' [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness sucks by modern standards]]: [[RyuAndKen two playable characters that are just a few pixels from]] PaletteSwap, unresponsive controls, special moves that rarely if ever work. ''StreetFighterII'', on the other hand, became the TropeCodifier for the FightingGame.

* CharacterAlignment for characters debuting in these series:
** LawfulGood: Guile and Chun-Li. (Well, she is a cop after all)
** NeutralGood: E. Honda, Dhalsim, T. Hawk, Cammy.
** ChaoticGood: Fei Long, Blanka.
** LawfulNeutral: Zangief (A patriotic man through and through, though not particularly nice about it. Sometimes strays into NeutralGood territory, especially when children are concerned.)
** ChaoticNeutral: Balrog, (overlapping with NeutralEvil sometimes) and Akuma. (Although he probably thinks of himself as ChaoticGood)
** LawfulEvil: M. Bison.
** ChaoticEvil: Vega.

* [[ScrappyLevel Scrappy Game]]: The Xbox Live Arcade version of ''Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting''. The game had ridiculous lag (especially on Balrog's stage because there's so much animation going on in the background), horrible balance, and an infinite timer on the character select screen which, when coupled with the ability to de-select your character, lead to long times at the select screen due to counter-picking.

* FridgeLogic: While it makes sense for [[RyuAndKen Ken's]] [[CallingYourAttacks Attack Calls]] to be in Japanese (he trained with Ruy, after all), shouldn't [[ChineseGirl Chun Li's]] be in Chinese (specifically Mandarin)? The same could be said for Fei Long ([[HongKong Hong Konger]]) and Cantonese.

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