See also:
* [[AwesomeMusic/StreetFighter Awesome Music - Street Fighter]]
* [[Memes/StreetFighter Memetic Mutation - Street Fighter]]

Index:
* YMMV/StreetFighter
* YMMV/StreetFighterAlpha
* YMMV/StreetFighterIII
* YMMV/StreetFighterEX
* YMMV/StreetFighterIV
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* DracoInLeatherPants: Akuma is becoming a case of this as while to be fair Capcom is downplaying Akuma's role as a antagonist a bit but fans do it a lot more. The only good thing he actually did in the StreetFighter games is sparing Gen's life when he notices that Gen was ill during battle. Akuma's desire to "only fight those who are the absolute best" becomes an InformedAttribute ever since he regularly became a playable character in the series. Fans have tried to make him look like a noble and honorable warrior but in reality in the series he is at best a neutral but still destructive force. So in another words while Akuma is not a monster but he isn't one of the good guys either.
* EarWorm:
** Most of the stage music of ''II'' qualifies: there are many gamers who will ''never'' stop humming the stage themes of Ken and Guile.
** Also, the theme tune. If you can't hum that ''and'' see a nameless fighter punching his opponent's lights out in your mind's eye, you weren't even alive in 1991... or you were playing the {{SNES}} versions.
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** 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 ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfTheSuperheroes Marvel vs. Capcom 1]]'' roster, but the Red Cyclone did!
** Cammy was the first of the "New Challengers" to be present in most later games, and the only one other than Akuma to be involved in early crossovers.
** Not to the extent of Cammy, but Fei Long ''was'' the only other "New Challenger" to make it to the console ports of ''IV''. That has to say something.
* EvilIsCool: M. Bison. Must be the uniform.
* FountainOfMemes:
** Guile. Just [[Memes/StreetFighter check the page]].
** Bison qualifies in a roundabout manner, thanks to his hamminess in the [[Film/StreetFighter movie]] and [[YoutubePoop the]] [[WesternAnimation/StreetFighter american]] AnimatedAdaptation. See MemeticBadass below and the [[Memes/StreetFighter Memes page]].
* GameBreaker:
** World Warrior Guile status as a Game Breaker is legendary, to the point that some considered it as one of the most broken fighting game character of all time. In fact, it was considered the same character that invented Touch of Death-esque combo(hit confirm that resulted in a KO) into the genre with his Four Fierce Combo. This, on top of his ussual Flash kick and sonic boom.
** Bison's ''Champion Edition'' version has deadly priority with most of his attacks, and he has a scissor kick combo that can completely shut down half of the cast. Even when he was {{nerf}}ed in ''Hyper Fighting'' he still had some ridiculous combos.
** 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, with his most balanced form so far being in ''IV''.
* 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. ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'', on the other hand, became the TropeCodifier for the FightingGame.
* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Out of all the ''SF'' characters, Chun-Li has the most fan-made pairings, namely with Ryu, Ken, Guile, Charlie, [[LesYay Cammy, and Juri]]). While it's not really bad when it comes to most [[ShipToShipCombat shipping wars]], it has caused a bit of 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 this regard. Though while they are only good friends in the series one of the reasons why Ryu is fairly popular in this regard is that unlike the other 3 men mentioned here Ryu is the only one whose still alive and not HappilyMarried
** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in the case of Charlie since the official storyline states that they posed as husband and wife while traveling in search of Bison.
* MemeticBadass:
** Dhalsim. And it's not ''all'' memetic.
-->'''Dhalsim''': ''I will meditate and then destroy you.''
** Bison, due to his final boss difficulty and TheMovie.
--> ''"For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. [[ButForMeItWasTuesday But for me... it was Tuesday.]]"''
* MemeticMolester: Zangief is half man, half chest hair, is FriendToAllChildren, and has a primarily hug-based moveset. Do the math.
** Bison. Why ''else'' would a super powerful man get twelve beautiful teenage girls brainwashed into becoming his BodyguardBabes, huh?
* [[AmericansHateTingle Mexicans Hate T. Hawk. and Japan hates Dee Jay]]: Although no one seems to be complaining about their inclusion in ''SSFIV''. Probably because all the other great characters they brought in at the same time distracted people from complaining, or maybe because of the NostalgiaFilter from having the entire cast of ''Super II Turbo'' back again.
** [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales Brazil loves Blanka]]: Hilariously, Brazilian player adore Blanka and actually are disappointed that he's not a native Brazilian.
* PortingDisaster: 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.
** Not the whole game, but the SegaGenesis port of ''Super II'' had ''horrible'' music. Quite pathetic considering the earlier Special Champion Edition had music that was very faithful to the [=CPS1=] original music.
* [[FirstInstallmentWins Second Installment Wins]]
* SequelDisplacement: Before the Internet, you could count the number of people who played the first StreetFighter game on one hand. Turns out, it's for the best.
* {{Squick}}: In the games with better animation (''VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos'', ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''), you can see Dhalsim's limbs actually snapping back like a rubber band after doing one of his stretch attacks. Yech.
* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: One of the top examples of that trope.
* ThatOneAttack: [[Memes/StreetFighter No, Blanka! Not the headbite!]]
* UnfortunateImplications: The title screen of the original edition of ''[=SFII=]'' has a white guy punching out a black guy. That got removed on all subsequent updates.
* TheWoobie: Cammy.
** IronWoobie: Chun-Li and T. Hawk.
** StoicWoobie: Guile.
* {{Woolseyism}}: "Vega" is a fairly common Spanish surname, making it somewhat more appropriate for him than the dictatorial Bison.
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