History Trivia / StreetFighter

** [[Characters/StreetFighterChunLi Chun-Li]]

** ButForMeItWasTuesday: With HamAndCheese.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Per Will Meguniot, "The cartoons were performing pretty well for USA, with ''Street Fighter'' actually pulling in better numbers than [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Superman]] on [[Creator/KidsWB The WB]]. But, management noticed that the audience flow to the following live action shows and [[Series/WWERaw wrestling]] was pretty much non-existent, and decided it might be better to sacrifice the kid audience to get better viewer continuity for the advertisers. They made a classic error of sacrificing an audience they had for the audience they wanted -- and never got."

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Per Will Meguniot, "The cartoons were performing pretty well for USA, with ''Street Fighter'' actually pulling in better numbers than [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Superman]] on [[Creator/KidsWB The WB]]. But, management noticed that the audience flow to the following live action shows and wrestling was pretty much non-existent, and decided it might be better to sacrifice the kid audience to get better viewer continuity for the advertisers. They made a classic error of sacrificing an audience they had for the audience they wanted -- and never got."

** '''Amy''' is Guile's daughter. [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Raphael Sorel's adopted daughter]], [[Manga/SailorMoon Sailor Mercury's civilian name]], [[{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}} a young intern working for Planet Express]] and [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog a young pink hedgehog]] share the name.

** Crimson Viper's real name is '''Maya'''. No, she is not [[Film/ZeroDarkThirty the CIA agent who hunted down bin Laden]], nor is she the deceased twin sister of [[ParasiteEve Aya Brea]]. We can also confirm that she is not [[VideoGame/KillerInstinct a knife-wielding Amazon queen]], the [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Yellow Galaxy Ranger]] or the [[Franchise/AceAttorney psychic assistant to a lawyer]].

** Just ''barely'' avoided by Wes Studi (Sagat), who was a well-established dramatic actor long before ''Street Fighter''.

** Capcom wanted Japanese actor Kenya Sawada to play Ryu, but de Souza wanted someone with better English skills and more comedic talent. The role of Captain Sawada was created as a compromise.
** Vega was supposed to die after being impaled on his own claws. The scene was heavily re-edited after the MPAA threatened the movie with an R-rating, which is why in the finished film, Vega is knocked to the ground by Ryu in an awkward cut and then just lays there, as well as why he's [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse never seen again after that]].
** A scene of Ryu using the Shoryuken on Sagat was cut, presumably for violence, but can be seen in the comic book adaptation.
** In 2003, the movie was slated to finally have a sequel. Van Damme and Damien Chapa were to return as Guile and Ken, respectively, Music/HollyValance was to take over for Music/KylieMinogue as Cammy, Creator/ByronMann was in talks to return as Ryu and Creator/DolphLundgren was supposed to appear in an unspecified role. However, once the rights to the franchise left Creator/{{Universal}} and went to [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox Fox]], the sequel was scrapped and turned into a reboot called ''Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi'', which was ''far'' less received than this cult classic. In the sequel, it would have been revealed that Blanka and Dhalsim survived and the chemicals that made Dhalsim bald also gave him his stretching powers.

** During the editing process, the film received an R-rating, which de Souza believes came from [[TooSoon a then-recent school shooting]] that had made people sensitive to violence in children's movies. This resulted in many of the fight scenes being heavily trimmed down and reedited, which sometimes messed up the flow and even caused continuity issues. Despite Capcom's insistence, many of the special moves also ended up being cut due to the level of violence or there simply not being enough time to create the necessary special effects.

** During the editing process, the film received an R-rating, which de Souza believes came from a then-recent school shooting that had made people sensitive to violence in children's movies. This resulted in many of the fight scenes being heavily trimmed down and reedited, which sometimes messed up the flow and even caused continuity issues. Despite Capcom's insistence, many of the special moves also ended up being cut due to the level of violence or there simply not being enough time to create the necessary special effects.

** While the jungles of Thailand made for some beautiful exterior shots, the soundstage the movie had rented was rundown and full of holes, making it unsuitable for filming. A series of minor catastrophes befell the production: a crew member required medical attention for skin irritation caused by contact with the water of the Chao Phraya River; the line producer suffered a heart attack and never returned to the production; another producer, the one in charge of the film's completion bond, unaccustomed to driving on the alternate side of the road, turned into oncoming traffic and collided with a bus, sustaining serious injuries; one of the actors was arrested by Australian customs for steroid posession; and the local generator had a burnout. Many of the actors also lost weight due to being unfamiliar with the local cuisine, as well as the extremely humid temperature. Some of the young male actors had also let their salaries go to their heads, and had begun frequenting Thai massage parlors in order to receive sexual favors. Due to a threat of a coup, the military closed all roads, so the cast and crew had to be transported by high-speed boats and often arrived on set soaking wet. By the end of the Thailand shoot, the movie was 15 days behind schedule.

** The rescheduling angered Charlie Picerni, a veteran stunt coordinator, who had previously worked on big films like ''Film/DieHard''. He had taken the job on the condition that he be given enough time to properly plan everything, as capturing the high-flying martial arts moves of the game required extensive wirework and staging, as well as ample rehearsal time. With the schedule flipped, a lot of the fight scenes had to be improvised, sometimes moments before filming was about to begin. Additionally, many of the actors didn't have actual martial arts experience, which only exasperated things.

** Like Ming-Na, Creator/ByronMann (Ryu) basically had his film career derailed, but continues to work in TV.

** During the editing process, the film received an R-rating, which de Souza believes came from a [[TooSoon then-recent school shooting that had made people sensitive to violence in children's movies]]. This resulted in many of the fight scenes being heavily trimmed down and reedited, which sometimes messed up the flow and even caused continuity issues. Despite Capcom's insistence, many of the special moves also ended up being cut due to the level of violence or there simply not being enough time to create the necessary special effects.

* TooSoon: TheStinger showing Bison's survival was omitted from theatrical prints in light of Raul Julia's death. It was added back in for video and TV versions.

** Though the movie was behind schedule, Capcom was adamant that the movie still be ready by its coveted December release date. The film had also struck a partnership with Hasbro, who needed the movie to be released on time so they could have the toys ready for Black Friday. The tight schedule led to things being very rushed, and the second unit team having to shoot entire scenes by themselves. Tensions also began to flare between de Souza and Picerni, as Picerni didn't want to incorporate the game's more outlandish combat elements, like the trademark {{Ki Attack}}s. Things eventually got so heated that Picerni threatened to leave the film. By the time filming finished in Australia, 20 pages of the script still needed to be filmed. At Capcom's request, de Souza also had to reshoot some of Picerni's fight scenes in Vancouver to make them look more like the fights in the game, complete with the fireballs and other special moves.

** First up, is '''Ryu'''. There's the [[VideoGame/NinjaGaiden two]] most [[Franchise/StreetFighter obvious ones]].

** First up, is '''Ryu'''. Aside from the [[VideoGame/NinjaGaiden most obvious one]], [[AProtagonistIsRyu the list]] would be pretty long to name.

** Depending on the location, '''Balrog''' could either be the American boxer or the Spanish Ninja. That, or [[Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings demonic beings running amply in Middle-earth.]] That or the [[{{VideoGame/Diablo}} tall, muscular demonic beings seen in the sequel]].

** Juliá knew that he was about to make his last film, because he was dying of cancer, so he let his kids choose his last role.

** The film became a minor case of this for Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme; he was relegated to the B-list of martial arts superstars for 15 years until his self-titled movie, but kept a large following.

** Kenya Sawada, who played Captain Sawada in the film, was a promising up-and-coming Japanese actor who was also in the process of becoming Capcom's "live action" mascot. Capcom's experiment didn't pan out and he never had a role in Hollywood ever again, although he did manage to have a career in Japan.

** Chage and Aska, a very popular Japanese music duo at the time, tried to enter the American market by releasing both a song and a music video for the film. It failed to chart, and they never tried again. The duo remained somewhat popular in Japan until they went on hiatus in 2009. They came back in 2013, but Aska and his girlfriend were arrested for drug possession in 2014 and it is unknown if the duo will continue.[[note]] He received a 3 year suspended sentence.[[/note]]

* RoleReprisal: The Colombian Spanish dub shares the ''same'' voice cast with the dub of ''Anime/StreetFighterIIV'', due to the fact both series were sold to Latin American broadcasters as a part of the same package and were broadcasted one after the end of the another.