Bruce Lee is the legend of martial arts, no doubt about it. Fighting games very obviously enough have a lot of martial arts influence, and lots of characters have been based off various personalities over the years! However nobody has been honoured/copied/riped off more than Bruce Lee and this video is about those characters!
0:00 – Intro
1:05 – Street Fighter
2:39 – Fatal Fury
3:33 – Mortal Kombat
4:40 – World Heroes
5:32 – Dead or Alive
7:16 – Virtua Fighter
8:23 – Soul Calibur
9:09 – Tekken
10:11 – In closing
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Douglas Carriço
12.12.2022Since Bruce Lee created his own fighting style, is kinda normal to have many homages
IcanoGihoren
11.12.2022He didn't go into Jann Lee's story but he learned to fight by watching Bruce Lee movies so he could fight for money since he grew up a street rat and now he's one of the strongest fighters in the world of DOA.
MadMax 49
11.12.2022I honestly thought Hon-Fu was more over a Jackie Chan than Bruce Lee.
MadMax 49
11.12.2022World heroes was fucking dope. FIGHT ME!!!
Kyle Flournoy
11.12.2022I get a lot of pushback for this one, but I would also put Fox McCloud from Smash on this list. As a character there isn't much of an intersection, but as a fighter he has the stance, he has the sounds when he attacks, and a number of his moves are Bruce Lee inspired. I always assumed that's why his up smash is a bicycle kick and his dash attack and neutral air are both the flying dragon kick. I would also make similar arguments for jam cloudberry in guilty gear
Aside from that, I would love to see a video, or maybe even a series, because there's so many, of all the fighting game characters inspired by real people. Or other mediums
Alex and Hugo from 3rd strike
Raven in Tekken
Zach in DOA
Pretty much any drunken fist character
Hell, even ryu himself is supposed to be based on kenshiro from fist of the North Star
XDoomriderX
11.12.2022The first 2 I was thinking about was Fei Long and Marshal Law… So when you didn't go straight from Long to Law I was thinking… he knows… he knows everyone is thinking about Law… so he is gonna drag it out LOL! And you did… DEAD LAST on the list hahahah!
Jack H
11.12.2022Who would win in a fight? All of the characters based off of Bruce Lee, or all of the characters created by Stan Lee?
Zetact
11.12.2022Interestingly, despite Bruce Lee's serious image he had an active sense of humor and most of his films had him playing something of a low-class bumpkin getting involved with being the caught in the middle of organized crime. I think that referencing those aspects of his filmography could make a really fresh take on the Bruce Lee inspired character.
BlackMasamune X
11.12.2022Kim Dragon wasn't bad.
Momo
11.12.2022I was thinking about this this morning. I fear the power of the monke
panache
11.12.2022Roofle sounds like chef john off allrecipes…and come to think of it I've never seen them in the same room before….
FireTrainer92
09.12.2022Fei Long the most famous clone? Lol
Riz
09.12.2022Great video Rooflemonger. How about reptile type characters in fighting games. So for example Riptar from Killer Instinct or Reptile from Mortal Kombat.
Hatts Harbringer
09.12.2022Jackie Chan has almost as many characters based on him as Bruce Lee. But it feels like almost every game has a Bruce Lee character.
CrashdummyX
09.12.2022Playing Jann Lee gives me the greatest sensations of actually controlling Bruce Lee. What I mean is that the freedom that DOA allows and the back-n-forth between baiting counters and hitting the opponent with powerful attacks.
Victoria Wang
09.12.2022annoying noises and no mention of adon?
Mike Hunt
09.12.2022Bruce Lee’s movie: Enter the Dragon
Fei Long’s (also an actor) name meaning: Flying Dragon
gobzdzilla
09.12.2022Bruce Lee is canon in Dead or Alive universe and Jann Lee is a big fan.
Also I always though Hon-Fu is Jackie Chan, being a Hong Kong cop chasing drug dealers and stuff.
Ranmaru Rei
09.12.2022About Jann Lee:
He learned Jeet Kune Do by watching various martial arts films; especially from BRUCE LEE.
Runehearth
09.12.2022Liu kang for me is the best incarnation of him away from all the magic god bullshit he has, it's like the most complete, Law too but I hate the fact that he has like 2 voice lines.
Also kof K' and Kula have the one inch punch in their kits for some reason lol
Mateusz Matys
09.12.2022Great video!
Rachel F. Harper
05.12.2022Raiden is based on Vader!
Wait, not THAT Raiden!
Wait wait not THAT Vader!
É.W.U.
05.12.2022Law, is definitely the most memorable for me. And I don't even play Tekken.
p funk
05.12.2022Jacky is such a badass…
YEAH!!!
Goose GHC
05.12.2022not so much fighting game related, but you can say Kenshiro. But than again, they do have the hokuto no ken fighting game on ps2.
PKTHUNDER27
05.12.2022Missing K' but yeah great list
Daniel Arizmendy
05.12.2022This is a series I didn’t know I needed. If there are more vids like this coming, I’m ready for it.
Rodney Sanon
05.12.2022Iron Fist UMVC3
Anki
05.12.2022Man, got two things to say.
I love your voice!
Your channel deserves more viewers and subsribers!
Take mine and make more great videos 🙂
Goro Majima
05.12.2022You forgot Chie.
Rude_Boi
05.12.2022Rock Lee from Naruto..
Robbie iezzi
02.12.2022There are some other characters that I also felt were inspired by Bruce. Although Lu Kang has the look and style, I always felt that Johnny Cage took on the story of Bruce, being a movie star that had to prove himself.
I also question if K from KOF is loosely inspired by Bruce. He's got that cocky attitude that Bruce would display at times and also uses that one inch punch. K isn't quite as obvious, but… I still think he could be.
RoqueFortStu
02.12.2022Shadow fighter on the Amiga is less known as it came out late in the Amiga's lifetime, it has a fighter named Lee Chen who ticks all the boxes
wasabi-in-my-eye
02.12.2022Kof Ramons neutral standing stance and walking animations look a lot like Bruce Lee.
Phdbot4
02.12.2022Thank you for this vid! I enjoy running Bruce Lee clones in various fighting games, especially the 3D ones.
Marshall Law was my personal favorite of all fighting game characters as I grew up with him starting with Tekken 2 as a kid, such that I'd even run Double Law in Tekken Tag 2, lol!
With all that in mind, I mained Jann Lee in DoA and felt right at home playing him. Since I never Virtua Fighter before, I'm glad to know that game had a more unique Bruce Lee character in the form of Jacky Bryant. I'll keep him in mind if I ever get my hands on a Virtua Fighter game! ^^
john dewberry III
02.12.2022I freakin love Brian Cranston lol i had no idea he played Fei long in the movie and I’ve watched countless times
Griselda Ghost
02.12.2022You know what bro? I think I WILL go and play some fighting games rn. Thanks for the suggestion 💪
Jeanne D'arc
02.12.2022Mokujin: mmmmmm mm interesting
Abhishek Jadli
02.12.2022Hon fu is a mix of bruce lee and Jackie chan
Bill Kyle
02.12.2022Both K’ and Kula from KOF are based off Bruce Lee in terms of their fighting styles (but obviously not their character designs)
Taskmaster
02.12.2022Boxing characters next
Balrog
Michael max
TJ combo
Dudley
Taskmaster
30.11.2022Jin from Marvel vs capcom and Genjero from Samurai showdown 2 is LOUD AS F!!! Dont believe me, play samurai showdown 2 and play as Genjero and see for yourself. I remember hearing his voice in the mall far from the Arcade shop.
No Can Do Slurms
30.11.2022"Fei Long was voiced by Bryan Cranston"
Once again, Rooflemonger has the secret tech.
Batdude
30.11.2022Pretty sure Captan Falcon's moveset was supposed to be Smash Bros' equivalent of the Bruce Lee clone.
small soul
30.11.2022Honestly, this is a super neat concept and I'd love to see more of this!
The kollector Mk11
30.11.2022Also, i just learned that Terminator was based off: The Terminator!!!
Crazy right.
Ky Reyes
30.11.2022Wasn't Hon Fu based on Jackie Chan?
paolonovero
30.11.2022There's also Chie in Persona 4 Arena. She has the bowl cut and is a huge Bruce Lee fan in the RPG's story
Thiago Ladislau
30.11.2022K' from KOF is often neglected, but he is full Bruce Lee. One inch punch and all.
Selofeals
30.11.2022Hon fu? Wasn't that like a show as well