History Franchise / StreetFighter

*** Chun-Li -- the original {{Qipao}}-wearing, [[SheFu acrobatic]] [[Anime/ChineseGirl Chinese]] action girl

*** Rose -- the smoking hot, [[TheFashionista immaculately dressed]], raven-haired [[LatinLover latina beauty]]; to twist the knife a bit, however, she's also noted to be UsefulNotes/{{Ro|mani}}[[HotGypsyWoman ma]]

** This led to the inevitable MassiveMultiplayerCrossover (see CapcomVsWhatever for full details), which includes ''X-Men vs. Street Fighter'' (self-explanatory), ''Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter'' (again, self-explanatory), ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' (which now included characters from other Capcom games like VideoGame/MegaMan and VideoGame/CaptainCommando), ''Marvel vs. Capcom 2'' (which introduced even more Capcom characters, including some odd {{original|Generation}} ones like Amingo, the granddaughter of the original Son Son and the pirate Ruby Heart), ''Creator/{{Namco|Bandai}} [[VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom x Capcom]]'' (a genre shift to turn-based strategy RPG), ''Creator/{{Tatsunoko|Production}} [[VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom vs. Capcom]]'' (self-explanatory), and ''Marvel vs. Capcom 3''.
*** The ''[[SNKVsCapcom Capcom vs. SNK]]'' series, is an even ''bigger'' MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, featuring characters from two different companies both known for their 2D fighting games. Although, the original ''Capcom vs. SNK'' and its upgraded rerelease ''Capcom vs. SNK Pro'' merely consisted of ''Street Fighter'' and ''VideoGame/{{The King of Fighters}}'' characters (with Morrigan from ''Darkstalkers'' and Nakoruru from ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown''), the sequel ''Capcom vs. SNK 2'' contains a greater range of characters from both companies' fighting game catalog. Later on, Creator/{{SNK}} made their own title, ''[[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos]]''. Unlike the other titles, the roster choices were a bit more... [[UnexpectedCharacter unorthodox]].

* CapcomSequelStagnation: Perhaps the purest example alongside ''VideoGame/MegaMan''.

* KamehameHadoken: The second part of the name is the name of the fireball move by Ryu, Ken, and others (just wasn't called that in the West, even though they still said it in the game). [[note]]The [[EnergyBall regular Hadouken]] and its Shinkuu Hadouken Super Combo variant usually do not count. It in only in crossovers (''[=MvC=]'' and ''[=TvC=]'' [[PowerCreepPowerSeep in particular]]) where the Shinkuu Hadouken assumes the form of a giant beam of ki associated with the trope.[[/note]]

* {{Shoryuken}}: From the DragonPunch... sorry... ''Rising Dragon Fist'', to the Tiger Uppercut, and even kick versions with Chun-Li, Cammy, and Fei Long.
* {{Shotoclone}}: Ryu, Ken, Akuma, Dan, Sakura, and Sean; Sean's projectile attacks take the form of basketballs (save for his first Super Art, the Hadou Burst), though. Amazingly enough, Gouken is actually a ''subversion'' of this, as he fights very differently from the typical Ryu/Ken-type - he does have his own unique take on the Hadouken, but his Shoryuken is only used as a super, and he has many other moves that no other Ryu/Ken-type has. There's also Allen Snider and Kairi from the ''EX'' series; Kairi, in particular, became the Akuma analogue when Akuma [[PutOnABus left]] after the first game.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: While for the most part the cast of the games have plausible skin tones, the series manages to give us a few exceptions: we have green-skinned Blanka, blood-red Hakan, yellow-toned Oro, Necro and Twelve that are as white as the snow, [[ThatOneBoss Gill]] who's ''half red, half blue'', no less, Dhalsim who also tends to have some unnatural alternate skin colors like grey or orange among the others, Birdie who has a green color, grey M. Bison. Slate-Blue Seth (justified since he's an artificial creation) and let's not get started about the various {{palette swap}}s.

** CapcomVsWhatever: A constant staple, with characters from the series having appeared in the three main crossovers (''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom Marvel vs. Capcom]]'', ''[[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcom Capcom vs. SNK]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom Tatsunoko vs. Capcom]]''), ''VideoGame/{{Namco x Capcom}}'', and ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'' games.

* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Ryu and Ken used to be identical in almost every aspect gameplay-wise ([[JustifiedTrope justified]] as it was the only way back then to have a pure [[MirrorMatch mirror match]]), but from ''Super Street Fighter II'' onward, they both received several changes that made the characters much different from each other (Ryu's refined Hadouken techniques, Ken's different kicks and the Flaming Shoryuken). In ''3rd Strike'', Ken's EX Hurricane Kicks hit multiple times and launch the enemy while Ryu's hit once for the normal versions and hits the enemy away while keeping him in place in the EX version.

--> '''Ryu:''' Shoes? No, I can certainly afford them; I go barefoot for comfort.

* GentleGiant: Happens a few times over the course of the series, or as gentle as these characters get: the running theme that [[SpiritedCompetitor loving the challenge of the fight does not necessarily make you a violent person]]. Judging by in game quotes, Zangief, Hugo, T. Hawk, Honda and Hakan, some of the largest and most physically imposing characters in the series, are all extremely nice, modest, social people who fulfill a "gentle warrior" archetype. Most of them have a LetsFightLikeGentlemen approach to fighting, and are mostly concerned about having fun and a challenge, not hurting people. Sagat also gains shades of this after his HeelFaceTurn.

** [[PlayedWith Played with]] Akuma, as he wraps his ''with rope''.

* IntercontinuityCrossover: The ''Alpha'' series brings over several characters from the original ''Final Fight'' as playable characters. Namely Cody, Guy, Sodom, Rolento, and Maki. This extends to ''Super Street Fighter IV'' with Cody and Guy [[spoiler: and then to ''Ultra Street Fighter IV'' with Rolento, Hugo, and Poison]].

** Subverted in ''Street Fighter III 2nd Impact''. Every character that returned from ''New Generation'', excluding Ken, Sean, and Gill, received a new version of their previous theme, but in ''3rd Strike'', everyone except for Alex and Yun & Yang were given new themes. In fact, Dudley and Ibuki's themes in ''IV'' are based off of their ''3rd Strike'' themes.

** MindControlEyes: Both Ryu and Chun-Li in the ''Street Fighter II V'' series and Ken in ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie''. In each case, all three victims' sclera of the eye turn pink instead of white (moreso in ''Street Fighter II V''). This is most likely as a result of Bison's Psycho Power which helped brainwash them.

** {{UsefulNotes/Japan}}

** {{UsefulNotes/China}}
*** Chun Li -- the original {{Qipao}}-wearing, [[SheFu acrobatic]] [[ChineseGirl Chinese]] action girl

*** Fei Long -- a straight-up BruceLeeClone
** {{UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates}}

** {{UsefulNotes/Britain}}

** {{UsefulNotes/Russia}}

** {{UsefulNotes/France}}

** {{UsefulNotes/Italy}}
*** Rose -- the smoking hot, [[TheFashionista immaculately dressed]], raven-haired latina beauty
** {{UsefulNotes/Spain}}

** {{UsefulNotes/India}}

** {{UsefulNotes/Mexico}}
*** El Fuerte -- a PintsizedPowerhouse MaskedLuchador, voiced like a pitched-down SpeedyGonzales

* OffModel: Between the Capcom sequels, animated and live action films, and the [[ArtShift art shift]] from sprite to 3D model, no one knows what "on model" is supposed to look like anymore.

* PinballSpinoff

* [[PromotedToPlayable Promoted to Playable]]: Bison and his lieutenants.

* WorldOfBadass: Every playable character is a martial artist to some extent and four of the five main series iterations revolve around worldwide tournaments. Each and every character being a {{badass}} in their own right is to be expected.

* WorldOfMuscleMen: Especially in ''Street Fighter IV''. [[AmazonianBeauty However, most the women are also jacked as well.]] This is definitely a case of [[AuthorAppeal author appeal]] on the character designer's behalf, as he's even admitted to liking Chun-Li's muscular trademark thunder thighs.

*** Zangief -- the [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong enormous, hulking]], [[CossackDance coassack-dancing]] HuskyRusskie

*** Ryu - presents the Japanese heroic ideal; [[JapanesePoliteness calm, dignified and humble]]
*** E.Honda - the classic BoisterousBruiser sumo
*** Sakura - archetypal [[GenkiGirl spirited]], [[PluckyGirl plucky]] {{Joshikousei}}

*** Chun Li - the original {{Qipao}}-wearing, [[SheFu acrobatic]] [[ChineseGirl Chinese]] action girl
*** Gen - the deadly OldMaster kung-fu movie archetype
*** Fei Long - a straight-up BruceLeeClone

*** Guile - {{Eagleland}} Type 1 incarnate; the manly, patriotic hero
*** Rufus - {{Eagleland}} Type 2 incarnate; the obese, mouthy, American idiot
*** Ken - very much a mixed example of the above; he's loud, cocky and brash, but also heroic and a NiceGuy at heart

*** Dudley (and Eagle) - the classic QuintessentialBritishGentleman
*** Birdie - the {{Foil}} to the above; the punkish, anarchic BritishRockstar type
*** Cammy - the British BondGirl [[ForeignFanservice bomb-shell]] archetype

*** Zangief - the [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong enormous, hulking]], [[CossackDance coassack-dancing]] HuskyRusskie
*** Necro (Illia) - [[RussianGuySuffersMost the tragic, Chernobyl-victim type]]

*** Remy - the brooding, [[TheFatalist fatalistic]] FrenchJerk, filled with Gallic ennui

*** Rose - the smoking hot, [[TheFashionista immaculately dressed]], raven-haired latina beauty

*** Vega - the [[TheFightingNarcissist prideful]], [[TorosYFlamenco flashy matador]]

*** Dhalsim - the [[MartialPacifist peaceful]], Ghandi-inspired Hindu yogi

*** El Fuerte - a PintsizedPowerhouse MaskedLuchador, voiced like a pitched-down SpeedyGonzales

** ''Japan''

** ''China''

** ''USA''

** ''England''

** ''Russia''

** ''France''

** ''Italy''

** ''Spain''

** ''India''

** ''Mexico''

* NationalStereotypes: Used with great effect since the series' inception to enhance characterization -- some classic examples below are listed by nation:

*** Zangief - the [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStronger enormous, hulking]], [[CossackDance coassack-dancing]] HuskyRusskie
*** Necro (Illia) - the tragic, Chernobyl-victim type

*** Gen - the deadly OldMaster kung-fu movie archetytpe

*** Ken - very much a mixed example of the above; he's loud, cocky and brash, but heroic and a NiceGuy at heart

*** Dudley (and Eagle) - the classic QunitessentialBritishGentleman

*** Cammy - the British BondGirl bomb-shell archetype
**

* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXMegaMan'' is more of an {{Ascended|FanFic}} ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' fan game, but nonetheless features a roster of ''Street Fighter'' characters as bosses.

* KamehameHadoken: The second part of the name is the name of the fireball move by Ryu, Ken, and others (just wasn't called that in the west, even though they still said it in the game). [[note]]The [[EnergyBall regular Hadouken]] and its Shinkuu Hadouken Super Combo variant usually do not count. It in only in crossovers (''[=MvC=]'' and ''[=TvC=]'' [[PowerCreepPowerSeep in particular]]) where the Shinkuu Hadouken assumes the form of a giant beam of ki associated with the trope.[[/note]]

** PlayedWith with Akuma, as he wraps his ''with rope''.

* IconicSequelCharacter: Chun-Li wasn't introduced until ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' Due to SequelDisplacement, the entire SFII cast is better known than the non-holdovers from the first game.

* IntercontinuityCrossover: The ''Alpha'' series brings over several characters from the original ''Final Fight'' as playable characters. Namely Cody, Guy, Sodom, Rolento, and Maki. This extends to ''Super Street Fighter IV'' with Cody and Guy.

* BloodKnight: The [[KillingIntent Satsui no Hadou/Surge of Murderous Intent]] grants immense fighting power, but ultimately has the user develop a insatiable desire to fight, driving it to wander the world challenging strong fighters to a battle to the death.

* BonusMaterial: There are a few of these. Most of them seem to make fun of Ryu and his LimitedWardrobe.

* {{Fanservice}}: Pretty much every female fighter's outfit, with the exception of Makoto (at least until you use one of her Ultra Moves in ''Super Street Fighter IV'' or a foot fetishist; ''Street Fighter III'' marked the first time Capcom introduced any female barefoot fighters, and Makoto [[DoesNotLikeShoes doesn't like shoes]]).

* MindControlDevice: The cyberchips as well as some help from a statue and Bison's psycho-power in ''Street Fighter II V'' and a machine in ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' also with help from Bison's Psycho Power. Both of these also tie in with...

* OffModel: Between the Capcom sequels, animated and live action films, and the ArtShift from sprite to 3D model, no one knows what "on model" is supposed to look like anymore.

* PromotedToPlayable: Bison and his lieutenants.

* TalkingIsAFreeAction[=/=]TransformationIsAFreeAction: In ''Street Fighter IV'', activating a LimitBreak momentarily stops time. Even if the opponent was in the middle of an attack.

** The underlying plot of the ''Street Fighter'' world is essentially TournamentPlay, too: the ''Street Fighter'' tournaments exist to crown the greatest fighter in the world.
* UrbanLegendOfZelda: The infamous Sheng Long rumor, perhaps the first and most famous example of this trope. Several other ''Street Fighter''-related legends are outlined on that trope's page.
* WorldOfBadass: Every playable character is a martial artist to some extent and four of the five main series iterations revolve around worldwide tournaments. Each and every character being a {{Badass}} in their own right is to be expected.
* WorldOfBuxom: Pretty much every gal in the series has a lot of... [[UnusualEuphemism stuff]] above [[AmazonianBeauty those pecs]]. Even the [[TokenMiniMoe younger girls]] are quite well-endowed.

* WorldOfMuscleMen: Especially in ''Street Fighter IV''. [[AmazonianBeauty However, most the women are also jacked as well.]] This is definitely a case of AuthorAppeal on the character designer's behalf, as he's even admitted to liking Chun-Li's muscular trademark thunder thighs.
* WorldTour: A trademark of the series - you travel around the world to fight other characters.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: You can make a case for the trope everywhere in the series with the obvious differences between artwork and sprites, but the most evident case of this is in ''IV'', where the in-game models look drastically different than the CGI-models used for artwork and bios (for example, Rose's [[http://capcomdatabase.wikia.com/wiki/File:SSFIVRose.png render]] [[ComicBookFantasyCasting has her resemble]] Creator/MonicaBellucci, whereas her in-game model [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VOpwLqXHX0 is more along the line of this]]).

Also, despite the name and being made by the same company this franchise has absolutely nothing to do with ''VideoGame/StreetFighter2010''.

* ''Film/StreetFighter'' (the first live-action movie)

* ''[[VideoGame/SaturdayNightSlamMasters Slam Masters]]'', known as ''Muscle Bomber'' in Japan, a trilogy of wrestling games featuring artwork by Tetsuo Hara (of ''Manga/{{Fist of the North Star}}'' fame) and featuring Haggar of ''Final Fight'' fame. The first two games, ''Saturday Night Slam Masters'' and ''Muscle Bomber Duo'' ([[OddlyNamedSequel the only game to retain its Japanese name in the overseas versions]]) were arcade-style wrestling games with ''Street Fighter''-esque special moves added to the mix, while ''Ring of Destruction: Slam Masters II'' (a.k.a. ''Super Muscle Bomber'') was a ''Super Street Fighter II''-esque fighting game with a wrestling theme.
* ''VideoGame/CaptainCommando'', a beat 'em up set in a [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture future]] version of [[VideoGame/FinalFight Metro City]] and starring the titular Captain Commando, an early and since abandoned mascot for Capcom [[note]]The first three letters of both of his names form the name Capcom[[/note]].

In addition to the aforementioned spin-offs, the series also inspired at least three different {{Animated Adaptation}}s, a little-known live-action Chinese action/comedy adaptation starring PaletteSwap {{Captain Ersatz}}'s of the main characters ''FutureCops'', Japanese manga, plus several toylines (one of which was actually mixed in with ''Franchise/GIJoe''). An officially sanctioned, fan-made short film was released on May 6, 2010 and [[StreetFighterTheLaterYears a parody]] of ''Street Fighter II''. It also had a [[TabletopGames Tabletop RPG]] that used the White Wolf system, better known for angsty gothic horror.

Outside of the main series, a confirmed DLC pack for ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' has the [[{{Crossover}} title character going up against Ryu, Akuma, and Evil Ryu]] [[spoiler:(and Oni, too)]]. The story in ''Asura's Wrath'' also provides the possibility that ''Street Fighter'' takes place [[spoiler:thousands of years after ''Asura's Wrath''.]]

* {{Shoryuken}}: From the DragonPunch... sorry... ''Rising Dragon Fist'', to the Tiger Uppercut, and even kick versions with Chun-Li, Cammy, and Fei-Long.

* ''VideoGame/CaptainCommando'', a beat 'em up set in a [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture future]] version of [[VideoGame/FinalFight Metro City]] and starring the titular Captain Commando, an early and since abandoned mascot for Capcom [[hottip:*:The first three letters of both of his names form the name Capcom]].

** UDON released the ''World Warrior Encyclopedia'' in late 2010, featuring character profiles cobbled together from every official source imaginable, no matter how obscure--essentially, collecting everything into one handy compendium.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: While for the most part the cast of the games have plausible skin tones, the series manages to give us a few exceptions: we have green-skinned Blanka, blood-red Hakan, yellow-toned Oro, Necro and Twelve that are as white as the snow, [[ThatOneBoss Gill]] who's ''half red, half blue'', no less, Dhalsim who also tends to have some unnatural alternate skin colors like grey or orange among the others, Birdie who has a green color, grey M. Bison. Slate-Blue Seth (justified since he's an artificial creation)... and let's not get started about the various {{Palette Swap}}s.

* CirclingBirdies: And stars... and mini-Grim Reapers.

* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Ryu and Ken used to be identical in almost every aspect gameplay-wise (a JustifiedTrope, as it was the only way back then to have a pure MirrorMatch), but from ''Super Street Fighter II'' onward, they both received several changes that made the characters much different from each other (Ryu's refined Hadouken techniques, Ken's different kicks and the Flaming Shoryuken). In ''3rd Strike'', Ken's EX Hurricane Kicks hit multiple times and launch the enemy while Ryu's hit once for the normal versions and hits the enemy away while keeping him in place in the EX version.

* {{Fanservice}}: Pretty much every female fighter's outfit, with the exception of Makoto (at least until you use her Ultra in ''IV''...or a foot fetishist: SF3 marked the first time Capcom introduced any female barefoot fighters, after all (took them that long?), and Makoto DoesNotLikeShoes).

* OffModel: Between the Capcom sequels, animated and live action films, and the ArtShift from sprite to 3D model, no one knows what "On Model" is supposed to look like anymore.

* PassionIsEvil: The Dark Hadou (or Satsui no Hadou in original Japanese) is the surge of violent emotion that drives the nameless martial art used by Ryu, Ken, Akuma, Dan and Gouken. The more fiercely and passionately one fights, the easier it is to become lost to the Satsui no Hadou. According to some sources, merely ''attempting'' to use the Raging Demon (Shun Goku Satsu) forever alters the personality of the user and drives them insane. Akuma is the first and only known person to use it and remain ''some'' lucidity (although not completely unchanged).
** Discussed by Jean Grey in ''MarvelVsCapcom3'', when she defeats Akuma.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: The infamous Sheng Long rumor, perhaps the first and most famous example of this trope.
** Several other ''Street Fighter''-related legends are outlined on that trope's page.

* WorldOfMuscleMen: Especially in''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''. [[AmazonianBeauty However, most the women are also jacked as well.]] This is definitely a case of AuthorAppeal on the character designer's behalf, as he's even admitted to liking Chun-Li's muscular trademark thunder thighs.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: You can make a case for the trope everywhere in the series with the obvious differences between artwork and sprites, but the most evident case of this is in ''IV'', where the in-game models look drastically different than the CGI-models used for artwork and bios (for example, Rose's [[http://capcomdatabase.wikia.com/wiki/File:SSFIVRose.png render]] [[ComicBookFantasyCasting has her resemble]] MonicaBellucci, whereas her in-game model [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VOpwLqXHX0 is more along the line of this]]).

* ''VideoGame/StreetFighter2010'' ([[OddballInTheSeries not a fighting game]])

* ''VideoGame/CaptainCommando'', a beat 'em up set in a [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture future]] version of [[VideoGame/FinalFight Metro City]] and starring the titular Captain Commando whose first three letter of both of his names form the name Capcom.

* ''[[StreetFighterAlphaTheAnimation Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation]]''

* RyuAndKen: And Akuma and Sakura and Dan and Sean. Also Guile and Charlie (and Remy to a lesser extent); Cammy, Juni, and Juli; Gill and Urien; and Yun and Yang (who underwent DivergentCharacterEvolution starting with ''Street Fighter III 2nd Impact'').

-->''[[KamehameHadoken "HADOUKEN!"]]''

** This led to the inevitable MassiveMultiplayerCrossover (see CapcomVsWhatever for full details), which includes ''X-Men vs. Street Fighter'' (self-explanatory), ''Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter'' (again, self-explanatory), ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' (which now included characters from other Capcom games like VideoGame/MegaMan and VideoGame/CaptainCommando), ''Marvel vs. Capcom 2'' (which introduced even more Capcom characters, including some odd {{original|Generation}} ones like Amingo, the granddaughter of the original Son Son and the pirate Ruby Heart), ''Creator/{{Namco|Bandai}} [[VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom x Capcom]]'' (a genre shift to turn-based strategy RPG), ''{{Tatsunoko|Production}} [[VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom vs. Capcom]]'' (self-explanatory), and ''Marvel vs. Capcom 3''.