History Main / BruceLeeClone

* ''Characters/ShangChi, Master of Kung Fu'' is a Bruce Lee Clone at the initiative of Paul Gulacy, with [[DependingOnTheArtist some artists]] even giving him Lee's facial features. The homage was furthered during Creator/WarrenEllis' ''Comicbook/SecretAvengers'' stint, where Shang-Chi even wore a black and red variant of Lee's iconic ''Game of Death'' tracksuit. (Comicbook/{{Ultimate|Marvel}} Shang-Chi, by contrast, is a Creator/JackieChan Clone -- his ''Ultimate Marvel Teamup'' appearance even featured Uncle from ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''.) In the film Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings, many scenes were inspired by Jackie Chan, Brad Allan (1973-2021), choreographer who worked with Jackie Chan, also collaborated on the film.

* ''Comicbook/ShangChi, Master of Kung Fu'' is a Bruce Lee Clone at the initiative of Paul Gulacy, with [[DependingOnTheArtist some artists]] even giving him Lee's facial features. The homage was furthered during Creator/WarrenEllis' ''Comicbook/SecretAvengers'' stint, where Shang-Chi even wore a black and red variant of Lee's iconic ''Game of Death'' tracksuit. (Comicbook/{{Ultimate|Marvel}} Shang-Chi, by contrast, is a Creator/JackieChan Clone -- his ''Ultimate Marvel Teamup'' appearance even featured Uncle from ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''.)

--> '''Wonder Woman:''' ''Standing over the defeated man'' This really hasn't developed into a very good day, has it?

** Sometimes people would become Bruce Lee Clones without their knowledge, as their films would be repackaged in non-asian markets to cash in on Bruce. The most notable example is the South Korean martial arts film The Stranger, which was repackaged as ''Bruce Lee Fights Back From The Grave'', and its star, Taekwondo grandmaster Jun Chong, was rechristened "Bruce K.L. Lea".

* {{Series/Warrior2019}} is based on Lee's writings, and so has two. There's [[AntiHero Ah Sahm]] and [[NobleTopEnforcer Li Yong]], who both tend to mimick Lee's body language and fighting style.

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In film, the use of Bruce Lee lookalikes was common after the man's untimely death when, naturally, [[AuthorExistenceFailure the real Lee was no longer available]], and films with Bruce Lee lookalikes are often bundled under the subgenre of "Bruceploitation."

* [[WebAnimation/DeathBattle DBX]] has the episode "Bruce Lee vs The World" which has the original fighting against different expies of himself: [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Fei Long]], [[Franchise/MortalKombat Liu Kang]], [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Marshall Law]], [[Anime/{{Naruto}} Rock Lee]] and [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Hitmonlee]] for good measure. [[spoiler: The original wins.]]

* Might Gai and Rock Lee (who shares Bruce Lee's birthday) of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' come complete with bowl-cuts and ugly jumpsuits. Both even use nunchaku, and both do the "ACHOOOOO" sound at least once. Also, in the English dub at least, Gai sounds a little like Music/ElvisPresley sometimes, being one of a couple characters to take influences from both.
* In ''Manga/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. The jumpsuit is also shared between him and the other members of Trafalgar Law's crew.

* Creator/JetLi is generally considered to be the true successor to Bruce Lee, being renowned for his film presence and fighting ability rather than merely trying to imitate him. While Bruce's influence created the chop socky style of kung fu movies in the 70's, Jet Li helped to build the classical {{Wuxia}} genre in the 80's and 90's.

* ''Comicbook/ShangChi, Master of Kung Fu'' is a Bruce Lee Clone, with [[DependingOnTheArtist some artists]] even giving him Lee's facial features. The homage was furthered during Creator/WarrenEllis' ''Comicbook/SecretAvengers'' stint, where Shang-Chi even wore a black and red variant of Lee's iconic ''Game of Death'' tracksuit. (Comicbook/{{Ultimate|Marvel}} Shang-Chi, by contrast, is a Creator/JackieChan Clone -- his ''Ultimate Marvel Teamup'' appearance even featured Uncle from ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''.)

* The above examples aside, comic books have pretty much {{averted|Trope}} this trope... by [[http://www.comicvine.com/bruce-lee/29-35606/ putting Bruce in comics years after he died.]] The last attempt was Malibu's six-issue miniseries titled, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin appropriately]], ''Bruce Lee''.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanSoulOfTheDragon'' did a RaceLift on ComicBook/RichardDragon, turning him from a MightyWhitey to a man of Asian descent that looks just like Bruce Lee. He even does Lee's famous BattleStrip during the finale of the movie.

* In ''Kung Fu Chivalry'', a {{Wuxia}}-themed beat-em-up for Macintosh, the first player character is obviously modeled after Bruce Lee, with hints of TheAhnold, while the second somewhat resembles Jackie Chan.

* In ''Kung Fu Chivalry'', a {{Wuxia}}-themed beat-em-up for Macintosh, the first player character is obviously modeled after Bruce Lee, while the second somewhat resembles Jackie Chan.

* Empty Hand from ''Film/ShaolinSoccer'', right down to the bowl cut and black-striped yellow jumpsuit.

** This was toned down considerably in [[Film/MortalKombat the movie]], which made him a shaggy-haired snarker and reluctant hero, more of a Jackie Chan that the universe was pushing into a Bruce Lee role.

* 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 a 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.
* Creator/MarkDacascos might actually be a ''Brandon'' Lee clone.

* ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' has the Martial Arts All-Stars, a group of five different [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]] that Kirby takes on in the second part of the two-part Snack Attack episode, with each one specializing in a different class of martial arts. His first opponent out of all five is Kung Fu Lee, a figurine monster who, just like his name, specializes in kung fu. Guess who he's based on?

* ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' has the Martial Arts All-Stars, a group of five different [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]] that Kirby takes on in the two-part Snack Attack episode, with each one specializing in a different class of martial arts. His first opponent out of all five is Kung Fu Lee, a figurine monster who, just like his name, specializes in kung fu. Guess who he's based on?

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* Spike from ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' has a love for the 20th century icon, and bases his style on Jeet Kune Do. He states that he is a follower of Bruce's brand of philosophy. He apparently has a knowledge of nunchaku, but never used them in actual fights.
* A nunchaku-wielding martial artist malcontent from ''VideoGame/{{Medabots}}'', rather transparently. He had cropped black hair and the tracksuit and everything.
* One appears very early in ''Manga/DragonBall'' during the 21st Strongest Under The Heavens Tournament, facing off against Krillin. After the latter [[NoSell no-sold]] a flurry of kicks from him, he promptly quits. Amusingly, this was also the tournament where Master Roshi first enters [[CharlieBrownFromOuttaTown under his "Jackie Chun" persona]]. Goku faces another one in a street fight. He takes a beating, but refuses to give up until one of Goku's missed kicks breaks a brick wall, which then scares him into surrendering.

* Shin of ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' is a football player version of Bruce Lee, though he doesn't make any high pitched noises. None the less, his signature "Trident Tackle" looks more like a martial arts move than anything legal in a real football game.
* One appeared in the [[Manga/YuGiOh manga]] and "Season Zero" of ''[[Anime/YuGiOhFirstAnimeSeries Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', an extremely ArrogantKungFuGuy and bully who idolized Bruce Lee, and claimed to be able to perform the one inch punch. He [[DisproportionateRetribution angrily beat up Yugi for beating him in a video game]], but was taken down by Jounouchi.

* Power Joe from ''Anime/BravePoliceJDecker'' qualifies, with his stances, cries and preference towards using nunchaku (his toy even included one!). From a Japanese syllabic standpoint, his name is even based on Bruce's.
* Ryu Harumaki from the gag manga ''Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku''. He is the main characters' school teacher, obsessed with martial arts fighting even wearing the iconic jumpsuit, and speaks with a verbal tic using "-cho" in each sentence. But he's a dimwit unable to teach class, very weak that you can compare him to [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Mr. Burns]], and living in PerpetualPoverty. He's pretty much one the series many ''[[ButtMonkey Butt Monkeys]]''.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' has "Hitmonlee", a humanoid Pokemon known for it's kicking abilities. There's also "Hitmonchan" named after Jackie Chan.
* From ''Anime/BakutenShootBeyblade'', we have Bruce, a boy from Hong Kong who had ambitions of joining the Bái Hǔ Zú, but had to let that go. He knows Kung-Fu, has a ShirtlessScene, wears his hair in a minor adjustment of a bowl-cut, and has nunchaku as his custom shooter.

* Dashiell "Dash" Bad Horse from ''Comicbook/{{Scalped}}'' trained in Jeet Kune Do and even uses ''nunchaku'' to beat up criminals. His childhood room has a Bruce Lee poster.
* ''Prime-8s'' features Chimp Chan Z, an intelligent chimpanzee who was altered to roughly human size. He's an expert martial artist who wields nunchaku and has a black stripe down the sides of his yellow uniform. He becomes a movie star when the Prime-8s disband, and he even has the hair.
* Creator/{{Disney}} Italy being Disney Italy, they put a Bruce Lee clone in ''ComicBook/DoubleDuck'' as The Agency's self-defense instructor. One that warns you he's going to attack with a punch, give you a flying kick, and then warn you to "'''Never''' trust your opponent". Hey, at least this one is a CombatPragmatist as the original.

* One issue of the ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' comics had Jedi Master Bruu Jun Fan. On top of his Asian appearance and distinctive fighting style, "Jun Fan" is also Lee's chinese name (like many Hong Kong natives, he had both a Western and a Chinese first name).

* Leroy Green a.k.a. [[PunnyName Bruce Leroy]] from ''Film/TheLastDragon''. It should be noted that only the fighting style and name was taken from Bruce Lee. The character was an African American.
* ''Enter the Fat Dragon'' stars Creator/SammoHung as a Bruce Lee fan who, in one scene, is cast as a mook in one of Lee's films. Unfortunately, "Bruce Lee" is really just a lookalike cashing in on Lee's name, and when Hung points that out, "Bruce" strikes him, then jokes about how slow Sammo is. Sammo then proceeds to deliberately mess up the fight scene by kicking the fake's ass, along with everyone else in the room, proving that he's a far superior Bruce Lee clone than that guy will ever be. The film itself is a parody of ''Film/WayOfTheDragon'', so Sammo Hung is himself a clone in that respect too.
* Creator/MarkDacascos might actually be a ''Brandon'' Lee clone.

* Trong Tchen from ''[[Literature/JetlagTravelGuides Phaic Tăn]]'', a kickboxing champion who starred in a number of action films, including a movie adaptation of Theatre/{{Hamlet}}.

* Pictured above: Fei Long from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' comes complete with [[{{Kiai}} high-pitched shrieks]]. Shirt not included.
** Fei Long's alternate costume in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' is Bruce Lee's outfit in ''Enter the Dragon''. More than a few people who don't get the reference however, just wonder why he's wearing shorts. His newer alternate costume in ''Super Street Fighter IV'' is basically a sleeveless Kato costume.
** Fei Long's status as a Bruce Lee clone is lampshaded in his English ending of ''Super Street Fighter II'', 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 (the Japanese version makes no reference to Lee). Then again, by the time ''Street Fighter IV'' rolls around, he's making movies again.
** [[VideoGame/StreetFighterEX Vulcano Rosso]] subverts this as, while he directly copies the signature Bruce Lee-style flying kick, he shares nothing else in common with the trope's source inspiration (similar to how [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters K' and Kula]] use Jeet Kune Do techniques like the one-inch punch despite distinctly ''not'' drawing from Bruce Lee in design). However, since he greatly resembles Maxi from ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur]]'' (who, as seen below, ''is'' a Bruce Lee Clone), he's technically one by proxy.
* ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'' subverted the trend while it was still young; rather than a Bruce Lee clone who imitates Lee's moves from the movies, there's Jacky, a blond American who practices ''actual'' Jeet Kune Do with Wing Chun influence, or at least as close an approximation as it can get in a fighting game. He still has some flashy moves, such as a somersault kick, but the flair Jacky adds is all his own.
* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' has 2 of these, Marshall Law and his son Forrest though Forrest strangely resembles another well known Bruce Lee imitator Dragon Lee of South Korea.
** Lee Chaolan, who started as a {{palette swap}} of Law, derives his name from Li Xiaolong, Bruce Lee's Chinese screen name.
** Also has a Jackie Chan clone, Lei Wulong.
*** And to top it off, what's Lei's nickname? Film/SuperCop.
*** It's actually safe to say any drunken master style fighter, including but not limited to Brad Wong from ''Dead or Alive'', is based wholesale off Chan's performance in the movie ''Drunken Master''.
** Tekken seems to have a [[Film/{{Blade}} Wesley Snipes]] clone too: Raven. Really, Tekken often bases its LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters on existing culture. And who can blame 'em?

* Liu Kang from ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' was a fighter of this type until midway through the first continuity, when he was killed by Shang Tsung in ''Deadly Alliance'' and then brought back as a zombie. He still uses Jun Fan (basically JKD with Bruce Lee's baptism name, as JKD had already been taken by Johnny Cage) and nunchaku, though. The physical resemblance also decreased later in the series.
** Said fighting style and weapon had both been used by Johnny Cage before in ''Deadly Alliance'', despite him being a Jean-Claude Van Damme clone instead.
** The comparisons to Bruce Lee ratchet right back up with the release of ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', most notably with his Brutalities, which are pose-for-pose references to famous moves performed by Bruce Lee in real life.
** This was toned down considerably in [[Film/MortalKombat the movie]], which made him a shaggy-haired snarker and reluctant hero, more of a Jackie Chan that the universe was pushing into a Bruce Lee role.
* Kim Dragon from ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' is a transparent rip-off of Lee complete without a shirt, as per the game's NoCelebritiesWereHarmed casting rules. Oddly enough, despite the rest of the game stealing heavily from ''Street Fighter'' and ''VideoGame/FatalFury'', he ''[[OlderThanTheyThink predated]]'' the aforementioned Fei Long. He's also one of the few ones to not be ethnically Chinese; he is instead South Korean.
* ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'':
** Maxi in ''Soulcalibur'' combines Bruce Lee's yells, fighting style... and an [[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis]] haircut. Now if only we could hear him sing. He's also a student/substitute to Li Long, who has a more obvious name shout-out.
** ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburV'' allows you to edit and create costumes for playable characters. Some creative sticker editing and placement, as well as the right outfit and hair selections, can actually make him look like a dead ringer for Lee's ''Game of Death'' appearance.
* Daigo from the doujin game ''[[VideoGame/BigBangBeat Big Bang Beat: 1st Impression]]''. He wears a (blue and white) tracksuit and has nearly the same hair (barring the two devil-horn style cowlicks, and the fact that his hair's red). One of his alternate color schemes has more... appropriate colors for both. And his fighting style, down to the yelling, is a 1:1 match, as well.
* Hon Fu from the ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' series is partially based on Lee (with the nunchaku and all), but mostly on Jackie Chan, to whom he bears an uncanny likeness for a reason (also due to him being more of a LethalJokeCharacter). Cheng Sinzan might be partially based on Sammo Hung.
* Dragon Chan of ''[[VideoGame/PunchOut Super Punch-Out]]!!'' is Bruce Lee with boxing gloves.
* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'': Jon Talbain busts out nunchaku and similar Lee-ish poses for his taunt and win poses, shares a few flying kicks with Lee, and has howls that sound an awful lot like Lee's famous yells, although he bears no physical resemblance to him in either form. Although in human form, Talbain rocks a Kung Fu outfit complete with pajamas and slippers, and in both forms has a relatively lean-but-skinny body. He's definitely one of the less obvious Bruce Lee references and perhaps the most unique.
* Chie Satonaka from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' has the haircut, fights using kicks, and says things like "[[DontThinkFeel Don't think, feel.]]" and "[[FunnyBruceLeeNoises WAAAAHTAAAH!]]". Her persona, Tomoe, wears the famous yellow tracksuit from ''Game of Death''. Being an outspoken fan of kung-fu flicks, it makes sense in-story and in-universe.
** In the UpdatedRerelease, ''Persona 4 Golden'', you can acquire a costume that is a direct shout-out to Lee, it's the previously-mentioned tracksuit, sneakers and all. It even changes her victory pose to a stereotypical Kung-Fu kickflip.
* 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 VideoGame/PunchOut!!'' (see above), that made Fling Long Chop a rip-off of a rip-off.

* Dante of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' fame exhibits these quirks in [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening the third game]] when wielding the tripartite [[AnIcePerson ice]] nunchaku Cerberus. One of his attacks (Satellite) even has Dante produce a high-pitched "WOOOOO-''AAAAAAAA!''" {{kiai}}. The RapidFireFisticuffs, however, were included as part of his moveset with [[PowerFist Beo]][[ArmedLegs wulf]].
** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' sees Dante receive a new Cerberus Devil Arm to replace the original (which was broken in the game's prequel novel ''Before the Nightmare''), this time formed from the king of the Cerberus tribe, possessing [[FireIceLightning three different elemental affinities]], and with the ability to [[MorphWeapon assume the form]] of a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-section_staff three-section staff]] and a more "standard fare" [[SimpleStaff bo staff]] in addition to the default nunchaku. [[ContinuityNod The very first thing Dante does when showing off with King Cerberus?]] Flail around his nunchaku and belt out the FunnyBruceLeeNoises, which feature much more prominently in-game when players get to use the weapon for themselves.
* VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} is a rare female example once you give her the Gun-chucks, Sai-Fung. When doing the five punch combo, she even does the high-pitched shrieks and "ACHOOOO!" for extra measure. The point is driven home when you realize that Sai-Fung is actually one of Bruce Lee's old nicknames and buy Sai-Fung's costume set.
* Ai Rin from ''VideoGame/AnarchyReigns'' is another rare female example. Her default color scheme looks exactly like Bruce Lee's tracksuit, and she fights with [[FightingWithChucks laser nun-chucks]] called Huanglong. Which actually translates to "Yellow Dragon."
* "Bruce Meow" in ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts: From The New World'' is a blatant parody; then again, they also include [[Film/TheKarateKid Cat Morita]], among others...
* ''VideoGame/Ready2RumbleBoxing'''s Jet "Iron" Chin has the look, physique, and mannerisms down pat. 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.
* Jet Chan from ''VideoGame/EvilGenius'' is clearly Bruce Lee by appearance, though obviously his name is a reference to Jet Li and Jackie Chan. He is also ThatOneBoss.

* The ''VideoGame/FireProWrestling'' game series is rather notorious for using very blatant {{Captain Ersatz}}es of existing professional wrestlers and mixed martial artists, however the second Game Boy Advance game, Final Fire Pro Wrestling (aka "Fire Pro Wrestling 2") went one step further and included more famous martial artists and film characters including Franchise/{{Rocky}}, Creator/ChuckNorris and of course Bruce Lee himself, under the name "Kung-Fu Liu".

* The shirtless Stage 2 boss from the Creator/{{Sega}} BeatEmUp ''D.D. Crew''.
* Long from the Chinese online fighting game ''VideoGame/XuanDouZhiWang''. [[spoiler: [[CloningBlues Literally.]]]]
* The UsefulNotes/AmstradCPC version of ''[[VideoGame/BadDudes Dragon Ninja]]'' had a Bruce Lee clone posing in front of a Chinese dragon on the title screen, for no better reason than the title.
* Ryu from ''Burning Fight'' wears an orange jumpsuit, has a fighting style based on roundhouse kicks, flying kicks and RapidFireFisticuffs, and [[MeaningfulName is named after the Japanese word for "dragon."]]
* Chin Wo from ''VideoGame/EternalChampions: Challenge from the Dark Side'' is one in appearance, but not in playstyle, making use of monkey kung fu, acupuncture needles and elemental special moves.
* The star of the Astro Fight MV in the ''VideoGame/{{DJMAX}}'' series.
* In ''Kung Fu Chivalry'', a {{Wuxia}}-themed beat-em-up for Macintosh, the first player character is obviously modeled after Bruce Lee, while the second somewhat resembles Jackie Chan.

* [[WebAnimation/DeathBattle DBX]] has the episode "Bruce Lee vs The World" which has the original fighting against different expies of himself: [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Fei Long]], [[Franchise/MortalKombat Liu Kang]], [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Marshall Law]], [[Anime/{{Naruto}} Rock Lee]] and [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Hitmonlee]] for good measure. [[spoiler: The original wins.]]

* The {{Music/Gorillaz}} G-Bite "Game of Death" shows ten-year-old Noodle and Russel having a mock fight, with Noodle wearing a yellow jumpsuit and [[CallingYourAttacks yelling out her punches and kicks]] (she also yells "ACHOOOO!" at one point). Noodle, [[ActionGirl being]] [[PintSizedPowerhouse Noodle]], [[CurbStompBattle mops the floor]] with Russel pretty quickly. Then, it's revealed that 2D and Murdoc are pretending to play a fighting game, and Murdoc (who's "playing" Russel) starts loudly complaining that his controller's broken.

* Li in ''VideoGame/FrontMission 3''.

* Kim Dragon from ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' is a transparent rip-off of Lee complete without a shirt, as per the game's NoCelebritiesWereHarmed casting rules. Oddly enough, despite the rest of the game stealing heavily from ''Street Fighter'' and ''VideoGame/FatalFury'', he ''[[OlderThanTheyThink predated]]'' the aforementioned Fei Long.

* Ryu from ''Burning Fight'' wears an orange jumpsuit, has a fighting style based on roundhouse kicks, flying kicks and RapidFireFisticuffs, and [[AProtagonistIsRyu is named after the Japanese word for "dragon."]]