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{{quote|''"This is delicious!"''
'''''[[Big Yes|"YES! YES!"]]'''''|[[Memetic Mutation|M. Bison]]}}
In 1995, the [[USA Network]] and InVision Entertainment decided to make a kid-friendly [[Animated Adaptation]] of ''[[Street Fighter]]''. The problem was that they didn't seem to know which ''Street Fighter'' to use as the template: the video game ''[[
As the [[Opening Narration]] above explains, Guile leads a group of Street Fighters against terrorism, mainly related to Shadaloo. The majority of the ''Street Fighter'' movie's story had taken place in this show and most of the characters who were given full names (William F. Guile, Ryu Hoshi, Carlos "Charlie" Blanka, Viktor Sagat, etc.) and new roles (Dr. Dhalsim, computer-savvy Honda, Dee Jay and Balrog) were kept. However, the characters look like they did in the games, Fei-Long and Akuma (who were omitted in the actual movie) appear in the show, and everybody's alliances in the show (except Zangief, who even at the end of the movie was good) reflect how they were in the games.
The series had its share of problems. Some fans didn't like how the characters retained aspects from the movie -- for example, Guile being the main character rather than Ryu. The show also had [[Off
That being said, ''Street Fighter'' lasted two seasons for a total of 26 episodes. It had more ''Street Fighter'' characters seen throughout its run than any other animated adaptation of ''Street Fighter'', considering the inclusion of the ''[[
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: Akuma, voiced by [[David Kaye]], drops a dramatic [[Beast Wars
▲* [[Actor Allusion]]: Akuma, voiced by [[David Kaye]], drops a dramatic [[Beast Wars (Animation)|"Yeeesss..."]]
* [[Adaptational Villainy]]: Zangief, who is among M. Bison's lackeys.
* [[Aesop Amnesia]]: Even after being [[What the Hell, Hero?|called out]] for being an irresponsible [[Jerkass]], Ken still acts like one.
* [[Animated Adaptation]]: The American series is the source of many [[
* [[Artistic License Physics]]: The series has far, far, ''far'' too many examples of this to list here, so let's just have a quote from Dhalsim sum it up:
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* [[A
* [[Beam Spam]]: Guile. When all else fails, he'll just constantly throw Sonic Booms and Flash Kicks. Case in point: Guile and {{spoiler|Sagat}}'s method of ambushing Bison in the series finale "Cammy Tell Me True".
* [[Big No]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLjIOzQTBHc&feature=related All over the place.] One of the more notable examples is when Guile screams this and shakes his fists like an angry child when a brainwashed Cammy retreats with Bison and kisses him.
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* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Season 2 ends with {{spoiler|Bison finally being defeated and the world saved, but Cammy has no idea what to do anymore.}}
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Bison is able to brainwash both Guile and Cammy on separate occasions.
* [[Broad Strokes]]: The series implies that the events of [[Street Fighter (
* [[Bullying a Dragon]]: Yes, Middle Easterners, go ahead and throw rocks at the big green monster with electrical powers!
* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Satin/Saturn Hammer.
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* [[Composite Character]]: Blanka and Charlie were made into one character, just like in the movie. A flashback in "The Medium is the Message" shows a pre-mutation Blanka looking just like Charlie did in ''Street Fighter Alpha'', but with a color scheme closer to Blanka (black hair with a green vest and brown pants). He reverts back to his human form for a while in "Eye of the Beholder."
* [[Continuity Cameo]]
** "The Medium is the Message" features almost all the new characters from the first ''Street Fighter Alpha'' (which was being released for home consoles at the time) as competitors in an underground tournament. Birdie, Adon, Rose and Guy are all featured in this episode, along with [[Off
** Guile's opponent in "Keeping the Peace" is Bred from ''Final Fight''.
** In "New Kind of Evil", Blanka's opponent is Mike Haggar in his ''[[Saturday Night Slam Masters]]'' incarnation.
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** Dhalsim abandoning science for Yoga.
** Cammy {{spoiler|being brainwashed by Bison.}}
* [[Crossover]]: One episode revolves around Ryu and Ken helping [[Final Fight|Cody and Guy rescue Jessica]]. This happened during Season 2 when ''[[Street Fighter Alpha
* [[Cultural Translation]]: In two ways. First off, Guile is clearly intended to be the primary character of the series. This goes to the point that he overshadowed [[Ryu and Ken]] themselves. Secondly, Ken (the American half of the duo) was the one who received most of the spotlight in comparison to Ryu (the Japanese half). For example, Ken was the only character who actually defeated Akuma in single combat and became "The World's Greatest Warrior" for his success.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Guile tends to knock down most opponents with one Sonic Boom, including Sagat and Zangief, both more physically imposing than him.
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* [[Doesn't Like Guns]]: Guile, who explicitly states that "Guns are for wimps!". And not only that but he manages to rip apart the license for getting the weapons by just crumpling it in his hand.
* [[Doomsday Device]]: In "Cammy Tell Me True," under the influence of a priceless statue Cammy stole for him in a previous episode, Bison decides not to [[Take Over the World]], but instead destroy it by activating all the nuclear missiles on Earth.
* [[Easter Egg]]: An unintentional one is contained in the 5th episode of season 2, with a frame of
* [[Enemy Mine]]: In the appropriately titled episode "Strange Bedfellows," Guile and Bison are left with no choice but to form a temporary alliance to counter Akuma.
** [[I Owe You My Life]]: At the end, in an extreme [[Out
* [[Evil Laugh]]
* [[Evil Tastes Good]]:
** For Bison, watching Guile get his ass kicked by one of his mutant soldiers in "The Medium is the Message".
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** Satin/Saturn Hammer is also prone to stating her view on the tastiness of whatever is currently happening.
* [[Family
* [[Flat Character]]: How most of the characters are handled.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: The premise resembles ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' more than it does ''Street Fighter''.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Sagat}} in the final episode, as he does not want the planet to be destroyed.
* [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]]: When it's not [[A
* [[Jerkass]]: These American adaptations have a thing for turning Ken into a colossal douchebag.
* [[Large Ham]]:
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* [[Moral Dissonance]]: Despite boasting about Justice, Discipline, and Commitment, Guile ''very often'' attacks his opponents from behind.
* [[Motor Mouth]]: In "The Hammer Strikes", everyone sounds like this at times, especially Sawada.
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: Characters often substitute it with "destroy", but there are rare exceptions.
* [[No Pronunciation Guide]]: Ryu, again being called Rye-you.
* [[Nothing Is the Same Anymore]]: Cammy in "Cammy Tell Me True".
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* [[Off
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4nWu7N3hLM One particular moment is when Dee Jay appears to ''shrink'']. He got out of an elevator by running out of it, and then he turned to his left while still running. Some guy was shooting at him. But by running towards the left, he was supposed to become "closer" to the camera. Instead, it's as if the distance wasn't even changed; if anything, he was actually getting smaller. And that's how he avoided being shot. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Plus they spelled "MAXIMUM" wrong on his trousers.]]
** In "Keeping the Peace", a sniper take aim at Sawada. Guile pushes him out of the way. The sniper miss, but the shot appears to hit Guile's shoulder anyway, [[Just a Flesh Wound|with no lasting effects.]]
** "Desert Thunder": At one point a superweapon that Satin/Saturn Hammer commandeers misfires thanks to Guile and one of her shots goes wide and heads in Escher's direction. It looks as if it was supposed to miss Escher according to script but seems to hit him in the arm and the head. [[Made of Iron|It doesn't affect him in any way]] despite having the power to obliterate islands.
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** Bison, Akuma and Guile all have a different facial expression in "Strange Bedfellows".
** In "The Warrior King", Bison has ''eight'' different facial expressions.
* [[Out
** Ken, while he's fighting Akuma. While it's OOC in comparison to his normal [[Jerkass|douchiness]] in this series, it's ironically closer to his actual [[Jerk
** As mentioned above, Bison saving Guile's life.
* [[Percussive Maintenance]]: At one point, Guile throw a Sonic Boom at a bomb to defuse it.
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* [[Poirot Speak]]: Zangief dips into this.
* [[Say My Name]]:
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'''''DHALSIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM!!!!''''' }}
* [[Self
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[[But for Me It Was Tuesday|...And for him, it was Tuesday.]] }}
* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: Mai-Lei, the girl Blanka falls in love with in "Eye of the Beholder", doesn't really have much going for her in terms of personality.
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]:
** The famous "YES! YES!" scene is accompanied by a brassy, heroic fanfare (actually [[Johann Sebastian Bach|"Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor"]]), even though Bison is the [[Big Bad]] and might've finally triumphed over the heroes. Guile's [[Big No]] mentioned above also features a brassy stinger that wouldn't sound out of place on ''[[
** While the build up to it is much shorter, the upbeat, heroic fanfare returns in a similarly inappropriate spot in the ''Final Fight'' episode, where Belger is firing a laser gun at Cody, Guy and Jessica who are hiding behind a table.
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** That same fanfare is used when Guile and Bison go into the house which then turns into a bacon monster in Guile's nightmare.
* [[Third Person Person]]: Blanka starts speaking like this for no reason when fighting Zangief (who also speaks the same way) in the episode "The Flame and the Rose".
* [[Vocal Dissonance]]: The feral boy in the episode "The Beast Within", who has the voice of a 10-year-old despite having the body of a teenager.
* [[What Happened to
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Fei-Long chews out Ken in "So, You Want to be in Pictures" for allowing his fame to get in the way of his training, making him a sloppy and unreliable mess during filming. To elaborate, he and Ken were filming a scene where Ken's character was meant to die. However, thanks to getting more funds for the film from his dad (and being handed creative control for the film), Ken rewrote the scene to have him get up triumphantly, amongst other things.
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