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When you want a [[Badass]] for your series, who better to use than [[Bruce Lee|the Dragon]] himself? Members of this trope love [[Completely Missing the Point|flashy]], [[Artistic License Martial Arts|unrealistic moves]] and may have a penchant for [[Kiai|high-pitched screams like "A-CHOOOO!"]]<ref name="Gesundheit">[[Comically Missing the Point|Gesundheit!]]</ref> and [[Funny Bruce Lee Noises|other sounds]] while fighting. One-inch punches, bowl-cuts, [[Game of Death|yellow jumpsuits]] and [[Fighting with Chucks|nunchaku]] are also common, despite Bruce Lee himself devoting his life to stripping away such extravagances, mysticism, and inefficient techniques in martial arts.
Members of this trope may have honed their bodies to superhuman levels through relentless training, [[Charles Atlas Superpower|Charles Atlas style]]. May have a penchant for [[Shirtless Scene|not wearing a shirt]] and stretching out their ribs to flaunt their well-deserved muscles. They'll also have a similar name, either with Lee, Li, and/or a reference to the word for dragon, Long.
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Lesser seen but a still common sub-trope is the [[Jackie Chan]] clone; a mop-haired, laid-back fighter who tends to incorporate either drunken boxing or the environment in his fighting style. These are almost always based on Chan's performance in the film ''Drunken Master''.
In a Japanese work, this trope may occur because [[All Chinese People Know Kung Fu]]. A Subtrope of [[Fountain of Expies]]. Compare [[Shirley Template]] and [[Elvis Impersonator]] for other examples of characters based on celebrities.
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== Anime and Manga ==▼
▲== Anime ==
* The [[Trope Codifier]] (in anime, anyways) would be Kenshiro of ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'', although his [[Touch of Death|fighting]] [[Your Head Asplode|style]] is ''very'' different from Lee's. However, his [[Funny Bruce Lee Noises|high pitched shrieks]] are spot on. Those are an invention of the anime, and almost certainly a deliberate invocation of this trope. He also has a ''lot'' more "[[Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs|ATATATATATATA!!]]" moments in the anime than the manga. He also looks a lot more like Lee in the original anime.
* Might Gai and Rock Lee (who shares Bruce Lee's birthday) of ''[[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 [[Elvis Presley]] sometimes, being one of a couple characters to take influences from both.
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* One appeared in the manga and "Season Zero" of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', an extremely [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]] and bully who idolized [[Bruce Lee]]. He [[Disproportionate Retribution|angrily beat up Yugi for beating him in a video game]], but was taken down by Jounouchi.
* ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' has Pao-lin Huang/Dragon Kid, a pint-sized Chinese martial artist superhero that even goes around wearing the "Game Of Death" jumpsuit in her spare time.
* Lord Petora from ''[[Wedding Peach]]'', who loves his "Achoo!" screams. He also gets beated in a fight by [[Tomboy|Hinagiku]]. [[Badass Normal|Without]] [[Magical Girl|transforming]].
* It's carefully hidden, but Makoto "Sailor Jupiter" Kino from the original anime version of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' is a practitioner of Jeet Kune Do, and at least a few of her battle stances are [http://40.media.tumblr.com/f91cf63d12e3f8bf78f01056892ab843/tumblr_nqr8jgMAcQ1r6tdkro1_500.jpg are practically rotoscopes of Lee in his films].
== Comic Books ==
* 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 - and identifies his role model as ''Dean Martin''.
* The above example aside, comic books have pretty much [[Averted]] this trope... by [http://www.comicvine.com/bruce-lee/29-35606/ putting Bruce in comics] [[Too Soon|years after he died]]. The last attempt was Malibu's six-issue miniseries titled, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|appropriately]], ''Bruce Lee''.
* [[Depending on the Writer]] And Artist, ''Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu'' is sometimes a Bruce Lee Clone. ([[Ultimate Marvel|Ultimate]] Shang-Chi, by contrast, is a [[Jackie Chan]] Clone—his ''Ultimate Marvel Teamup'' appearance even featured Uncle from ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]''.)
* Dashiell "Dash" Bad Horse from ''Scalped'' trained in Jeet Kun Do and even uses ''nunchaku'' to beat up criminals. His childhood room has a Bruce Lee poster.
* In ''[[Men]]'', Yolo is an ''actual'' clone of Bruce Lee, which is ironic since his name is an abbreviation for "You only live once."▼
== Film ==
* Especially in the wake of Bruce Lee's death, exploitation Kung-Fu filmmakers would market any martial artist who vaguely resembled him as a "Bruce Lee clone" (e.g. "Dragon Lee", Bruce Li). [[Lampshaded]] in the B-Movie "The Clones of Bruce Lee", which starred ''[[Rule of Three|three]]'' of the "clones" as [[Cloning Blues|literal clones.]]
** And there was also another figurative clone who didn't play a clone in the film.
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**** Jackie actually gets his neck snapped on-camera by Bruce in ''Enter the Dragon''. It happens during the underground fight scene: Bruce wraps up Jackie's arm, kicks a random mook in the face, then the camera zooms in on Bruce's face as he delivers the coup de grace.
** At one point, Jackie explained why he could never have been a good Bruce Lee clone thusly: "Bruce kicks high, I kick low. Bruce breaks boards with his fist, I go 'ow.'"
* In a similar vein Sonny Chiba was at first considered just [[
* 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.
* Empty Hand from ''[[Shaolin Soccer]]'', right down to the bowl cut and black-striped yellow jumpsuit.
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* ''Enter The Fat Dragon'' stars Sammo Hung 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 fakes 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 ''[[Enter the Dragon]]'', so Sammo Hung is himself a clone in that respect too.
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▲* In ''[[Men]]'', Yolo is an ''actual'' clone of Bruce Lee, which is ironic since his name is an abbreviation for "You only live once."
== Live-Action TV ==
* Two episodes of [[Family Matters]] had Steve Urkel becoming ''Bruce Lee Urkel''.
== Professional Wrestling ==
* Ultimo Dragon, when he was first starting out in Mexico, was billed as the last student trained by Bruce Lee before he died (hence the name Último Dragón, which translates as "Last Dragon"). Basically, he was a luchador Bruce clone, though he has broadened his style since then.
== Toys ==
* Quick Kick from [[G.I. Joe]] qualified with his shirtlessness, baggy kung fu pants and nunchaku (although this was largely ignored by the cartoon, and slightly less so by the comic), but more recent Joe media and toys really pushed it even further, with more recent comics having him ape Bruce's moves and stances, and his newest action figure sporting the Onitsuka Tigers and yellow nunchaku from [[Game of Death]] and the claw wounds on the chest from [[Enter the Dragon]].
== Video Games ==
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** He still uses Jun Fan and Nunchaku, though.
** Fighting style and weapon which had both been used by Johnny Cage before in ''Deadly Alliance'', despite him being a Jean-Claude Van Damme Clone instead.
** Although since the second game, he's looked less like Bruce Lee by having longer hair and a [[
* Kim Dragon from ''[[World Heroes]]'' is a transparent ripoff of Bruce, complete without a shirt, as per the game's [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] casting rules. Oddly enough, despite the rest of the game stealing heavily from ''[[Street Fighter]]'' and ''[[Fatal Fury]]'', he ''predated'' the aforementioned Fei Long.
* Maxi in ''[[Soul Series|Soul Calibur]]'', combines Bruce Lee's yells, fighting style... and an 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.
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* Jet Chan from ''[[Evil Genius (video game)|Evil Genius]]'' is clearly Bruce Lee by appearance, though obviously his name is a reference to Jet Li and Jackie Chan. He is also [[That One Boss]].
* Li in ''[[Front Mission]]'' 3.
* Thomas in ''[[Kung
* ''Dragon Wang'', a ''[[Kung
* The ''[[Fire Pro Wrestling]]'' 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 [[Rocky (film)|Rocky]], [[Chuck Norris]] and of course Bruce Lee himself, under the name "Kung-Fu Liu".
* The ''[[Kung
== Real Life ==
* Afghan martial artist [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30399187 Abbas Alizada] gained notoriety on social media for his uncanny resemblance to the late actor.
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