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If you're even slightly familiar with the ''Street Fighter'' storyline (what little it has, anyway), you'll notice something seems a little... well, ''off.''

The producers had some strange ideas about how to work the complex characters and storylines in the live action production. They didn't get a lot of them right, to say the least.<ref> Then again this was at the time when the series was still in its infancy and hardly had any information on the characters let alone the story.</ref> The film is sometimes lucky enough to go in the [[So Bad ~~Its~~ Good]] category due to the late Raul Julia's portrayal of M. Bison, who took the job knowing [[Doing It for The Art|he was dying of stomach cancer and let his children pick out which movie would be his last]], and apparently wanted to [[Ham and Cheese|go out on a loud note]] for his final performance. Unfortunately, there are plenty of people who don't think this was enough to save the movie and continue to insist it's so bad it's just bad. Considering all the memes that stemmed from it, its most likely a [[Cult Classic]].

The producers had some strange ideas about how to work the complex characters and storylines in the live action production. They didn't get a lot of them right, to say the least.<ref> Then again this was at the time when the series was still in its infancy and hardly had any information on the characters let alone the story.</ref> The film is sometimes lucky enough to go in the [[So Bad It's Good]] category due to the late Raul Julia's portrayal of M. Bison, who took the job knowing [[Doing It for The Art|he was dying of stomach cancer and let his children pick out which movie would be his last]], and apparently wanted to [[Ham and Cheese|go out on a loud note]] for his final performance. Unfortunately, there are plenty of people who don't think this was enough to save the movie and continue to insist it's so bad it's just bad. Considering all the memes that stemmed from it, its most likely a [[Cult Classic]].

Aspects of the movie were expanded on in the cartoon ''[[Street Fighter (Animation)|Street Fighter]]'', which came out shortly after the film.

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* [[But for Me It Was Tuesday]]: After Chun-Li explains how Bison's forces attacked her village and [[You Killed My Father|killed her father]], Bison responds with this.

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=== This film provides examples of: ===

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* [[Banana Republic]]: Shadaloo.

** [[Holiday in Cambodia|Holiday in Shadaloo.]]

* [[Berserk Button]]: Openly [[You're Insane|questioning M. Bison's sanity]] is definitely ''not'' recommended for anyone keen on staying alive and healthy. He plans to sic Blanka on the kidnapped AN workers simply because they called him "mad".

* [[Berserk Button]]: Openly [[You're Insane!|questioning M. Bison's sanity]] is definitely ''not'' recommended for anyone keen on staying alive and healthy. He plans to sic Blanka on the kidnapped AN workers simply because they called him "mad".

* [[Big Bad]]: M. Bison.

* [[Blunt Yes]]:

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* [[Dumb Muscle]]: The [[Dirty Communist]] Zangief, to the point where he ''actually thought'' that Bison's group were the good guys, fighting against the evil, oppressive AN - despite the fact that he knew Bison had taken hostages and was in the middle of ransoming them.

** And of course the scene with the TV.

* [[Dying Moment of Awesome]] of the real life kind: see [[Awesome Dear Boy]] in the Trivia tab. Julia did it because he was dying of cancer. His children chose his final role.

* [[Dying Moment of Awesome]] of the real life kind: see [[Awesome, Dear Boy]] in the Trivia tab. Julia did it because he was dying of cancer. His children chose his final role.

* [[Egopolis]]: Bisonopolis.

* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: '''''[[Overly Long Gag|OF COURSE!]]'''''

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* [[Faking the Dead]]: Guile's death was staged so that Ken and Ryu could [[Shoot Your Mate|gain acceptance]] with Sagat's gang and [[Reverse Mole|infiltrate Shadaloo]].

* [[Faux Action Girl]]: Bison accuses Chun-Li of being this, {{spoiler|but that was part of her plan}}.

* [[Five Bad Band]]

* [[Five-Bad Band]]

** [[Big Bad]] - General M. Bison

** [[The Dragon]] - Viktor Sagat

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** [[The Brute|The Brutes]] / [[Sixth Ranger Traitor]] - Blanka and Zangief

** [[The Dark Chick]] - Vega

* [[Five Man Band]]

* [[Five-Man Band]]

** [[The Hero]] - Colonel Guile

** [[The Lancer|The Lancers]] - Lieutenant Cammy White and Sgt. T. Hawk

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* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Chun-Li teases Cammy about her change in hairstyle toward the end of the movie, which Cammy responds with "Look who's talking!" Chun-Li looks up at her hairstyle and wordlessly concedes that Cammy is right.

* [[Ignored Enemy]]: Ryu and Ken ignore their captors and have a brief fistfight in the prison camp, but it's a ruse to grab the keys to the lock.

* [[I Just Shot Marvin in The Face]]: Notably ''[[Averted]]'' in the scene when Sagat is making his weapons deal with Bison, everybody is keeping their fingers off the triggers and appears to be pointing the weapons away from each other (though of course, they are in a large room and it's unclear if they are pointing the weapons at anybody ''[[What Measure Is a Mook|else]]''.)

* [[I Just Shot Marvin in The Face]]: Notably ''[[Averted]]'' in the scene when Sagat is making his weapons deal with Bison, everybody is keeping their fingers off the triggers and appears to be pointing the weapons away from each other (though of course, they are in a large room and it's unclear if they are pointing the weapons at anybody ''[[What Measure Is a Mook?|else]]''.)

* [[It Got Worse]]: This line is actually used by Ken when he and Ryu are lamenting their situation in Sagat's arms market, saying it can't possibly get any worse, right before realizing they're in the middle of a stand off between Bison's [[Mook|mooks]] and Sagat's [[Mook|mooks]].

* [[Kaiju]]: The battle between E Honda and Zangief in the model of Bisonopolis looks like a Kaiju battle when viewed through a security camera.

* [[Large Ham]]: Raul Julia's version of Bison is even more fondly remembered than [[Norio Wakamoto]]'s portrayals.

{{quote| '''[[Cracked]]''': Raul Julia acted like his whole movie was a pantomime and displayed so little knowledge of the game that he probably thought a joystick was something you rented from a Thai ladyboy. But at least he was obviously enjoying himself. Raising the total number of people enjoying the movie to "One," or "[[Take That|One more than]] ''[[Street Fighter the Legend of Chun Li (Film)|Legend of Chun-Li]]''."}}

* [[Load Bearing Hero]]: Zangief in particular.

* [[Load-Bearing Hero]]: Zangief in particular.

* [[Logo Joke]]: The globe in the Universal [[Vanity Plate]] becomes embossed into the Shadaloo emblem seen on Bison's cap.

* [[Mercy Kill]]: Subverted. Guile is about to give one to Blanka but is stopped by Dhalsim.

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* [[Motive Rant]]: Bison explains to Zangief and Dee Jay that his [[Super Soldier]]-fueled army is intended to unite the world under one rule (his).

* [[Neck Lift]]: M. Bison does this to Dhalsim after Dhalsim makes the mistake of pressing Bison's [[Berserk Button]].

* [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero]]: Charlie is mutated and tortured halfway into insanity because Guile decided to make it clear (in front of the ''psychotic dictator'') that he was friends with the leader of the Allied Nations forces.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Charlie is mutated and tortured halfway into insanity because Guile decided to make it clear (in front of the ''psychotic dictator'') that he was friends with the leader of the Allied Nations forces.

* [[No Pronunciation Guide]]: Ryu's name is incorrectly pronounced "Rayu". Ironically, Guile, who fails to pronounce every other word in the dictionary, is the only character capable of saying it right.

** Bison does too, but he screws up Zangief's name right before that.

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* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: Bison invokes this when informed of Guile's (fake) death, lamenting that he wanted to be one to defeat Guile.

* [[Only Mostly Dead]]: Bison after the first part of the fight with Guile.

* [[Politically Incorrect Villain]]: Bison, especially with his "[[Tempting Fate|I know women and you are harmless]]" remark towards [[Action Girl|Chun-Li]].

* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: Bison, especially with his "[[Tempting Fate|I know women and you are harmless]]" remark towards [[Action Girl|Chun-Li]].

* [[The Power of Friendship]]: Invoked by Bison, of all people.

{{quote| "Had you worked together instead of against each other, you might have been successful."}}

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* [[Rousing Speech]]: Guile's "We Can All Go Home" speech.

* [[Sand in My Eyes]]: Or, as Cammie claims, tear gas.

* [[Screw the Rules I'm Doing What's Right]]: On the one hand, Guile did take out Bison in the end, but on the other hand, he disobeyed a direct order from his superiors and would very likely be court-martialed for military insurrection.

* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right]]: On the one hand, Guile did take out Bison in the end, but on the other hand, he disobeyed a direct order from his superiors and would very likely be court-martialed for military insurrection.

{{quote| ''"Well, I'm not going home. I'm going to get in my boat, and I'm going up the river, and I'm going to kick that son-of-a-bitch Bison's ass so hard, that the next Bison wannabe is gonna feel it. Now who wants to go home, and who wants to ''go with me?!''"''}}

* [[Shock and Awe]]: Bison uses this against Guile in their final battle.

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* [[Shirtless Scene]] : Ryu - twice. When his shirt is ripped off by one of Sagat's lady followers before he fights Vega at the beginning and by himself when he fights Vega at the end.

* [[Signed Up for The Dental]]: Dee Jay knows his employer is a power-mad dictator. But he pays well.

** [[Screw This I'm Outta Here]]: Realizing his job will soon [[Stuff Blowing Up|cease to exist]], Dee Jay hilariously drops out during Bison's [[Last Stand]] speech.

** [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: Realizing his job will soon [[Stuff Blowing Up|cease to exist]], Dee Jay hilariously drops out during Bison's [[Last Stand]] speech.

* [[The Stinger]]/[[The End or Is It]]: {{spoiler|Bison survives the massive explosion and immediately orders his computer to restart his world domination plans.}} [[Street Fighter (Animation)|This is to kick start the cartoon.]]

* [[Stock Scream]]: And it's one you'd least expect... wait for it... {{spoiler|WAH-HOO-HOO-HOO-HOOEY!}}

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* [[Those Two Guys]]: [[Ryu and Ken]]

* [[Title the Adaptation]]: Subverted. The movie is simply called ''Street Fighter''. ''Street Fighter: The Movie'' was the title used for [[Recursive Adaptation|the video game versions]].

* [[Turns Red]]/[[One Winged Angel]]: Guile kills Bison, then calls Cammy to give an update. Meanwhile, the computer revives Bison, pumps him full of adrenaline, then gives him the power to fly and shoot electricity.

* [[Turns Red]]/[[One-Winged Angel]]: Guile kills Bison, then calls Cammy to give an update. Meanwhile, the computer revives Bison, pumps him full of adrenaline, then gives him the power to fly and shoot electricity.

** This is quite funny when you realize this pretty much accurately portrays how [[Final Boss]] AI tends to work in [[Fighting Game|fighting game]]s. [[Let's Get Dangerous|You kick their ass in the first round, and then in the next, they suddenly get way tougher]]. [[SNK Boss|And sometimes even use moves they didn't before]] (although Bison could only use electricity in [[Recursive Adaptation|the game of the movie of the game]]).

* [[What Could Have Been]]: The production team had originally made Guile and most of the "good" characters UN peacekeepers. But due to visits from representatives of the UN, they changed it to AN or Allied Nations. See [[Brand X]] for more details.

* [[What Measure Is a Non Human]]: Dhalsim lectures Guile over this when he decides Charlie is [[Better Off Dead]].

* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: Dhalsim lectures Guile over this when he decides Charlie is [[Better Off Dead]].

* [[Will Not Be a Victim]]: Chun-Li.

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Bison seems to regard Guile as this.

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