History Main / BruceLeeClone

* Jet Chan from ''[[{{Games/EvilGenius Evil Genius]]'' is clearly Bruce Lee by appearance, though obviously his name is a reference to Jet Li and Jackie Chan. He is also ThatOneBoss.

A staple of {{Fighting Game}}s. When you want a {{Badass}} for your series, who better to use than [[BruceLee the Dragon]] himself? Members of this trope love [[CompletelyMissingThePoint flashy]], [[MartialArtsDoNotWorkThatWay unrealistic moves]], and may sometimes have a penchant for [[{{Kiai}} high-pitched screams]] while fighting. One-inch punches, bowl-cuts, [[GameOfDeath yellow jumpsuits]] and nunchaku galore.

* The above example aside, comic books have pretty much {{averted}} this trope... by just putting Bruce in comics [[TooSoon years after he died]]. The last attempt was Malibu's six-issue miniseries titled, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin appropriately]], ''Bruce Lee''.

* In OnePiece, Bepo the talking, kickboxing Polar Bear has the kicks and the shouts, moreso in the Anime, but Of course being a Bear, he doesn't look too much like Lee.

AKA "Brucesploitation".

* Might Gai and Rock Lee (who shares Bruce Lee's birthday) of ''{{Naruto}}'' come complete with bowl-cuts and ugly jumpsuits. Gai even uses nunchaku. [[YourMileageMayVary Luckily]] no {{Shirtless Scene}}s.
** Incidentally, Gai even does the "ACHOOOOO" sound at least once.
*** Rock Lee does the "ACHOOOO" sound during his fight with Kimimaro...while using the Drunken Fist style. So is that Bruce or Jackie cloning?
** Rock Lee also uses nunchaku (made out of his ankle weights) in the third movie.
*** Gai uses nunchaku in Shippuden, when fighting Kisame[[supersecretspoiler:'s clone.]]

** Fei Long's status as a BruceLeeClone is lampshaded in his ''Super Street Fighter II'' ending, where he acknowledges that he'll never be able to match up to "The Great One" if he simply imitates him, and leaves film to find his own path. Then again, by the time ''Street Fighter IV'' rolls around, he's making movies again.
*** But that's in the English ending of SSFII. The original Japanese ending says nothing of the sort, as the director runs to Fei Long and begs him to return to the movies, but Fei Long tells him that he'll seek his own path and train to become stronger. The English translation is Capcom making things up just to make sure the American audience would know how did they come up with Fei Long, as if his physical resemblance wasn't obvious enough.

** [[CompletelyMissingThePoint You've got the new Resident Evil controversy?]]

* Alexander Fu Sheng was probably more a successor to Bruce Lee than Jackie Chan. Fu Sheng possessed Lee's leading man good looks, charisma, and was Hong Kong's biggest star after Lee's death and before the rise of Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung. Unfortunately, his life seemed to mirror Lee's. Like Lee, he died young and in the prime of his career. He was killed in an car accident at age 28. Ironically, after Bruce's death, Fu Sheng had moved into his old house in Hong Kong which some say was cursed.

* Alexander Fu Sheng was probably more a successor to Bruce Lee than Jackie Chan. Fu Sheng possessed Lee's leading man good looks, charisma, and was Hong Kong's biggest star after Lee's death and before the rise of Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung. Unfortunately his life seemed to mirrors Lee's. Like Lee, he died young and in the prime of his career. He was killed in an car accident at age 28. Ironically, after Bruce's death, Fu Sheng moved into his old house in Hong Kong which some say was cursed.

* Kefong from ''The Intimates'', who even wears a ''Game of Death'' style jumpsuit in his first year (and one with the colors reversed in the second). He's also immune to psychic assault because he is ''that zen''. He's also a bit of a subversion in that he's literally always relaxed and calm.

* Might Gai and Rock Lee (who shares Bruce Lee's birthday) of ''{{Naruto}}'' come complete with bowl-cuts and ugly jumpsuits. Gai even uses nunchaku. Luckily no {{Shirtless Scene}}s.

AKA "Brucesploitation".

* Ready 2 Rumble Boxing's Jet "Iron" Chin has the look, physique, and mannerisms down pat (he even speaks fluent Chinese). His even has a Bruce Lee-esque rapid-fire punch barrage for his Rumble Flurry, although it was toned down a lot in the sequel.

** He still uses Jun Fan and Nunchaku, though, {{So Yeah}}.

* In Frank Bruno's Boxing for the ZX Spectrum, there is a clearly Bruce-Lee-inspired character named Fling Long Chop. And, since the game was a rip-off of ''Super PunchOut!!'' (see above), that made Fling Long Chop a rip-off of a rip-off.

* Kim Kaphwan from KingOfFighters does the Bruce Lee screams.

* "Bruce Meow" in ''ShadowHearts: From The New World" is a blatant parody; then again, they also include [[TheKarateKid Cat Morita]], among others...