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No relation to [[Send in The Clones]]. Do not confuse with [[Shotacon]], and God help you if you do. Subtrope of [[Fountain of Expies]].

* The [[Trope Maker]], of course, is the ''[[Street Fighter]]'' series itself. [[Ryu and Ken]] began purely as headswaps, and although rather more lethal, Akuma's style is not far from their own (due to Akuma training under Goutetsu with Gouken, Ryu and Ken's sensei). Dan, who is considered a [[Joke Character]], tends to at least share Ryu and Ken's basic techniques; although his specials are different, they tend to fit the fireball/uppercut/special-kick roles. Sakura may or may not be a Ryu-type; her unusual permutations of Ryu's special moves (and some different basic moves) shift her away from the model, but how different she is varies from game to game.

** In the [[Gaiden Game|gaiden series]] ''Street Fighter EX'', there are Allen Snider and Kairi, though the former mixes in some kickboxing moves with the usual fireball and uppercut, while the latter has a Dan-style flying kick and [[Divergent Character Evolution|gains an entirely different fireball and supers in later games]].

* In the [[Humongous Mecha]] [[Fighting Game]] ''[[One Must Fall]]: 2097'' the Jaguar mech had a projectile and a leap attack. Though its leap attacked more forward then upward.

** The [[Katanas Are Just Better|Katana]] may be an even better fit. It has a horizontally-spinning attack like the Hurricane Kick, an invincible Dragon Punch equivalent, and, when fully powered up, a Fireball.

* The Dagger fighting style in ''[[Soul Calibur]] 3''. The Hadoken is throwing an infinite supply of bombs.

* X, in ''[[Mega Man X]]'' and ''X2'', alternately can get the Hadoken and Shoryuken as secret moves, with the same joystick input as Ryu. He can't have them both at the same time, though, since they appear in different games.

* ''Seifuku Densetsu Pretty Fighter'', a [[No Export for You|Japanese-only]] [[Bishoujo Series]] fighting game released on the Super Famicom and [[Updated Rerelease|later ported to the Sega Saturn]], featured a [[Sailor Fuku]]-clad young woman who was able to execute both a Hadoken and Shoryuken-esque special move, and doubled as [[The Mario]].

* [[Kid Hero|Marco]] and [[Chainsaw Good|Urs]] from ''[[Battle Fantasia]]''.

* Non-game example: The [[http://read.homeunix.com/onlinereading/?image=Sasameki%20Koto/Sasameki<!-- 20Koto20c006/06_15.png&server=nas.html Murasame brothers]] from SasamekiKoto are clearly modeled after Ryu, and are pretty much copypasted as if they were on an assembly line, right down to their expressions and poses. -->

* Makoto Mizoguchi in the ''[[Fighters History]]'' series, although he didn't get the uppercut until later, but it slides first before going straight up, while Ryu and Ken's go straight diagonally upward.

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