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In popular culture, there exists a large number references to Bruce Lee, a Chinese American martial artist and martial arts actor widely regarded as one of the most influential martial artist of the 20th century.
Anime and Manga
Lee Bailong (Lee Pai-Long) in the anime and manga Shaman King, especially the manga resembles Bruce Lee, not only in appearance, but had a similar role in life as an influential martial artist and movie star. The character was killed so that his body could be made into a Jiang Shi in service to the Tao family.
Rock Lee from Naruto, resembles and is a tribute to Bruce Lee (as does his teacher Gai). In the anime and manga, the character is a martial arts master with a similar fighting style as Bruce Lee. Rock Lee is a very spirited taijutsu specialist who is the paragon of hard work and his hobby is hard work. Rock Lee also shares Bruce Lee's birthday of November 27. However, he seems to emulate Jackie Chan as well because he fights more effectively when he's drunk (i.e. Drunken Master)
Also from Naruto, Hatake Kakashi is seen doing two-finger pushups popularized by Bruce Lee at the 1964 Long Beach International Karate Championships.
The Pokémon Hitmonlee was named after Bruce Lee and uses primarily kicks. Similarly the Pokémon Hitmonchan was named after Jackie Chan and uses primarily punches.
Spike Spiegel, a bounty hunter on the anime TV series Cowboy Bebop, is highly skilled in Jeet Kune Do. He uses the quote "be like water" in the Cowboy Bebop episode Waltz for Venus when teaching the Jeet Kune Do to the promising student, Roco. Spike Spiegel also fights in a fashion similar to the fights in Lee's movies. Spike uses the nunchaku as Lee does and shares similar fighting stances. Cowboy Bebop incorporates many elements of Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do philosophy as the theme. Spike's innate fighting abilities and martial arts style (Jeet Kune Do) were borrowed from martial artist Bruce Lee, whose influence is seen many times in the series. The name of the bounty in the second episode is Abdul Hakim, borrowed from the Bruce Lee film Game of Death that co-starred Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who played a character called "Hakim". On two other separate occasions, Spike also makes mention of both Enter the Dragon and Way of the Dragon, two more Bruce Lee films and Spike is seen using nunchaku in the episode Stray Dog Strut. The creator of Cowboy Bebop stated that Cowboy Bebop was a tribute to Bruce Lee.
In the anime Bleach, there is a female character named Soifon, the same as Lee's feminine name. Her fighting style and appearance resembles Lee's.
Kenshiro from the manga and anime Fist of the North Star has the same famous "cat screech" noise and "atatatah" battle cry as Lee whenever Kenshiro is punching his enemies. The creator Tetsuo Hara admits that he is a big fan of Lee's movies and his character Kenshiro is a tribute to Lee.
In the anime Tenjho Tenge, there is a minor character named Dan Inosanto (borrowing the name from one of Bruce Lee's students and friends). He not only resembled Bruce Lee, but his attire is a "reverse color" of Lee's "Game Of Death" jumpsuit (black with yellow stripes), and he is seen using nunchakus as well as Bruce's trademark battle cries.
In the anime Urusei Yatsura's episode titled "The Mendo Family's Masquerade War", Ataru was wearing a yellow tracksuit with black stripes while trying to court Mendou's sister who is sporting nunchakus. Both Ataru's yellow tracksuit and the Mendou sister's nunchakus are a homage to Bruce lee. Sources:
http://lum-chan.bbox.org/eps-guide/81-90.html and
http://forum.lum-chan.com/index.php?...ic=517.new#new
Seta Noriyasu from Love Hina the anime is featured as a character who is an exceedingly good martial artist, its mentioned in the english dubb by Sarah McDougall in episode 14 that Seta will beat Keitaro up with his skills in jeet kune do, in episode 16 Motoko challenges Seta to a fight due to her noticing his fighting stance (Similar to Bruce Lee stance), No one ever actually defeates Seta in the anime, the most frequent Bruce Lee refferences are made in DVD volumes 3 and 4, episodes 11, 14, 16
Videogames
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Lee is one of the very few actors to have commercially released computer and console videogames named after themselves, not after a character they played.[1] These include
Bruce Lee, by Datasoft, for Commodore 64, PC Booter, and Apple II. (1984)
Bruce Lee, by Ocean Software, for ZX Spectrum. (1984)
Bruce Lee Lives: The Fall of Hong Kong Palace, by The Software Toolworks, for DOS. (1989)
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, by Acclaim Entertainment, for SNES and Game Gear (1993)
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, by Atari Corporation, for Jaguar. (1994)
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, by Acclaim, for Sega Master System. (1995)
Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon, by Universal Interactive Studios, for Xbox. (2002)
Bruce Lee: Return of the Legend, by Vivendi Universal Games, for Game Boy Advance (2003). Lee plays a revenge-seeking character called Hai Feng.
In addition, many fighting games have characters based on Bruce Lee, enough that it has become an archetype within the fighting game genre. Notable examples include:
Fei Long in the Street Fighter series, strongly resembles Bruce Lee as do his movements and fighting style. This Bruce Lee tribute has been featured in several movies and games.
K' (K Dash) and Kula Diamond from King of Fighters 2000/2001, the characters use Bruce Lee's fighting stance and even have a move that imitates Bruce Lee's One Inch Punch, the move is named One Inch.
Marshall Law and his son Forest in the Tekken series. In the early Tekken games, one of Marshall's outfits was a yellow tracksuit from the Game of Death. In addition, the sounds Marshall Law makes when he attacks are like the whoops and shouts Lee is famous for. The player can equip him in Tekken 5 with the nunchaku seen in Game of Death. He can also be equipped with the black mask and chauffeur hat to make him resemble the character Kato, which Bruce Lee acted as in his early career.
Furthermore, in Tekken 5, the name of the song played in the Waterfall stage is Formless Like Water, a reference to Lee's quote, "Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water."
Kim Dragon in the World Heroes series.
Liu Kang in the Mortal Kombat series. In the game Mortal Kombat: Deception he fights with the style Jun Fan. Also he uses nunchakus as his weapon. Even his screams resemble Lee's. Some referred to his yells as " turkey calls."
Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance uses both nunchaku and Jeet Kune Do. Although, originally he was based on Belgian actor Jean Claude Van Damme, he sort of replaces Liu Kang because of his absence in the game. He's also known for being a great martial artist and a movie star. His clothing in Deadly Alliance resembles Bruce Lee's clothing.
Jann Lee in the Dead or Alive series shares many similarities with and is closely modeled after martial artist Bruce Lee. The character have the same body type as his real-life counterpart; that is, "steely" abdominal muscles. In fact, their personas and attires are almost identical. Also, Jann Lee often yells and whoops in a Bruce Lee-like high pitched voice. The most obvious connection is their actual fighting style. "Light feet" play heavily, with neither staying motionless for more than a second a time. Jann Lee is one of the fastest striking characters in the Dead or Alive video game, with quick, intricate, string combos as well as sudden, hard hitting, jab moves. In Dead or Alive 4, Jann Lee has the yellow track suit with the a dragon on the back as well as the Kanji for it in refernce to Bruce's nick name little dragon.
Li Long in the Soul series of fighting games is based on Bruce Lee, uses Bruce Lee's style of nunchakus and is seen to have a similar fighting stance to Bruce Lee. Li Long also yells and screams like Lee. Many of his moves are fast and showy. (Li was replaced in Soul Calibur and Soul Calibur II by the character Maxi, who inherited much of Li Long's style and techniques, but who also closely resembles Elvis Presley.)
Ling Tong in Dynasty Warriors 5 uses a Nunchaku, moves quickly, and has similar physical characteristics and movements as Bruce Lee.
Fei Fong Wong in Xenogears has a similar fighting style, techniques, and stance as Bruce Lee. The character's name Fei Fong Wong is Chinese and also tributes the martial art master Wong Fei Hung and Bruce Lee. His moves also similar to Jeet Kune Do. Fei also wears similar pants Bruce Lee wore in many of his movies.
Reiji in Kakuto Chojin fights using Jeet Kune Do. Reiji's physical appearance also resembles Bruce Lee and wears sunglasses similar to Bruce Lee's
In Double Dragon, Billy and Jimmy Lee are a tribute to Bruce Lee (the surname Lee is a big give away). In the remake Double Dragon Advance, there are Bruce Lee posters during the China Town level and in the cutscenes Billy and Jimmy looks similar to Lee when angry.
When Dante Sparda wields his three-pronged Nunchaku in Devil May Cry 3, his shouts emulate Lee's famous whoops and howls.
Jacky Bryant in Virtua Fighter has Jeet Kune Do, listed as his fighting style. Many of the moves resemble Lee's. One move includes a grapple, known as the one inch punch.
In Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories a set of clothing the player unlocks is the jump suit Lee wore in Game of Death (also probably a hint of Kill Bill).
Kung Fu Master (1984) resembles the movie Game of Death.
Super Punch-Out!! and Super Punch-Out!! (SNES version). Appearing in the Major Circuit as the second opponent, Dragon Chan is a fighter with Bruce Lee's physique and often yelps like him.