History ShoutOut / StreetFighter

** His tenth alternate costume in ''SSFIV'' consists of [[WarioLand a yellow shirt, purple overalls, and white gloves.]]

** Her most recent alternate outfit is directly inspired by Alita's clothes in Last Order.

** The idea of his projectiles fizzing out (aside from being a TakeThat to {{SNK}}) may have also come from [[http://www.lakupo.com/grblitz/kuri1.gif Kuei]], the hero of another BeatEmUp, Taito's ''Kuri Kinton''.

* '''Q''' resembles [[RobotDetective Robot Keiji]], the robot detective from the series of the same name by Shotaro Ishinomori, creator of ''KamenRider''.

* The Bison troopers Blade, Arkane, F7 and Khyber from [[StreetFighterTheMovieTheGame the game based on the movie]] are expies of [[MortalKombat Cyrax, Sektor, and Cyborg Smoke]].

!Characters and stuff introduced in Game/StreetFighter

* '''Vega/Balrog''' may be an {{expy}} of [[Game/StreetFighter Geki]]. They're both claw-wielder fighters trained in the Art of Ninjutsu. It's also possible that Geki was the one who taught Vega the Ninja Arts to begin with.

** In the intro for ''Super IV'' and in some artwork from the time of ''Alpha 3'', Cody smahes through a wall with 'Street Fighter' written in graffiti, reminiscent of the intros to both the first ''Final Fight'' and the first ''Game/StreetFighter''.

* '''Yun and Yang''' are essentially [[Game/StreetFighter G]][[StreetFighterAlpha e]][[StreetFighterIV n]] split into two different characters and then extrapolated.

* '''C. Viper''''s moveset as well as the idea of a combat suit and the shades were actually taken from CaptainCommando, Capcom's original mascot, who reappeared in [[CapcomVsWhatever titles]] such as ''MarvelVsCapcom'' and ''NamcoXCapcom''. Not only does she share some similar moves and normal attacks, her third alternate outfit from SuperStreetFighterIV bears a not so visible star emblem similar to [[FanNickname CapCom]]'s. The fact that CaptainCommando takes place in the future of the same SharedUniverse has led some fans to speculate that her gear is an early version of what will eventually become CapCom's armot.

--> "See? The stronger fighter always wins! As easy to understand as a flowchart!".

* '''Dee Jay''' is likely based on Billy Blanks, who is a famous Kickboxer and actor, as opposed to him who is a kickboxer and musician.

** His Siberean Blizzard ultra combo in ''SuperStreetFighterIV'' is the [[{{Kinnikuman}} Kinniku Driver]]. The only difference is the lock up and the landing.

** In some official ''StreetFighterII'' artwork as well as ''StreetFighterIV'', his belt has four kanji emblazoned upon it: kaze (? wind), hayashi (? woods), hi (? fire) and yama (? mountain); these four kanji make up the furinkazan. The four words are based on chapter seven of Sun Tzu's ''{{The Art of War}}'', which dictates how one should conduct battle.

* The enemies Fei Long faces in the Chinese sector of the Street Fighter tournament in II Tubo are all parodies of famous Kung Fu Movies: there is a drunken fist using Jackie Chan parody, a parasol using Jet Li Parody, an old man using the flying guillotine, and a woman with long white hair presumably based on the wuxia character. Chun Li fights against martial artists whose styles are all based on animals: Monkey, Crane, Tiger, Snake, and Mantis.

** His new Ultra Combo in ''IV'' ends with the an Izuna Otoshi (a technique used by several ninja in fiction) and the name of the Ultra is the Bushin [[NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Goraisenpuujin]].

** His new Ultra Combo in ''IV'' ends with the [[{{Naruto}} Front/Primary Lotus]] and the name of the Ultra is the Bushin [[NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Goraisenpuujin]].

* '''Blanka''''s design is borrowed from [[http://fightingstreet.com/folders/variousinfofolder/ripofffolder/ripoff_pics/bludge.jpg Bludge]], an enemy [[{{Mooks}} mook]] found in the ''Cadillacs And Dinosaurs'' BeatEmUp, also from Capcom. They both share green skin, orange spiky hair, metal bracelets and ripped shorts.
** Actually this is not true- the arcade game was released in 1993, SF2 was released in 1991.
** One of Blanka's alternate costumes in ''SSFIV'' looks exactly like {{Lobo}}.

** One of his alternate outfits in ''IV'' is taken from ''Enter the Dragon''.

* '''Q''' resembles [[RobotDetective Robot Keiji]], the robot detective from a series of the same name by the creator of ''KamenRider''.

* '''Q''' resembles Robot Keiji, robot detective from a series of the same name by the creator of ''KamenRider''.
** He's Capcom's version of {{Robot Detective K}}.

** He also looks a hell of a lot like [[{{Watchmen}} Dr. Manhattan]]. A PC GameMod takes this to its logical conclusion.

* '''Dhalsim''' is based on a villain from an old kung fu film, ''Master of the Flying Guillotine''. The villain was a Hindu mystic who could stretch his limbs.

** His Siberean Blizzard ultra combo in ''SuperStreetFighterIV'' is the [[{{Kinnikuman}} Kinniku Driver]].

** His ultra in SSFIV, Siberian Blizzard, is clearly a shout to the Kinniku Driver. The only difference is the lock up and the landing.