Street Fighter (TV series)

For the Japanese animated TV series based on the Street Fighter video games, see Street Fighter II V.

Street Fighter
From left to right: Chun-Li, Ken, Guile, Blanka, Ryu, and Cammy
Created by	Graz Entertainment Inc.
Starring	Michael Donovan, Donna Yamamoto, Scott McNeil, Richard Newman, Tong Lung, John Payne, Paul Dobson, Kathleen Barr, Lisa Ann Beley
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	22 minutes approx.
Original release
Network	USA Network
Release	October 21, 1995 – May 14, 1997
Release	List of Street Fighter episodes
Release	List of Street Fighter episodes
Release	List of Street Fighter episodes
Release	List of Street Fighter episodes
Release	List of Street Fighter episodes
Release	List of Street Fighter episodes
Release	List of Street Fighter episodes

Street Fighter is an American animated series produced by InVision Entertainment based on the Street Fighter live action movie, which was in turn based on the Street Fighter video game franchise. The series aired as part of the USA Network's Cartoon Express and Action Extreme Team lineups. It lasted two 13-episode seasons which aired from 1995 to 1997, for a total of 26 episodes.

Premise

The TV series centers around Colonel William Guile, an American martial artist who leads an international team of experts codenamed "Street Fighter" against Shadaloo, General Bison's criminal empire. The series is loosely based on the Street Fighter II games, but borrows plot elements and characterizations from the live-action Street Fighter film as well. Unlike the games, the principle characters Ryu and Ken play only supporting roles. Later episodes of the series would incorporate characters from the Street Fighter Alpha series and the Final Fight series as well. The intro theme tune for the series is a rerecorded version of the attract mode music from the World Warrior arcade game.

Characters

Street Fighters

• William Guile (voiced by Michael Donovan) - He is the lead character of the series and is depicted as the de-facto leader of the "Street Fighters", a fictional peacekeeping force composed of several main characters from the games. He retains his rank and full name from the live action movie (Colonel William F. Guile). Unlike in the video games, Guile is single and has no children. He has an on and off relationship with an ex-girlfriend named Lucinda (an original character), and has a mutual attraction with Cammy. He appears in all Season 1 episodes and in most of Season 2.
• Chun-Li Xiang (v.b. Donna Yamamoto) - Chun-Li serves as the lead female character in the series and appears in most episodes like Guile. Like in the games, she seeks to avenge her father's death, who was killed by Bison. Like her movie counterpart, she also works as a news reporter.
• Blanka (v.b. Scott McNeil) - Like in the movie, the Blanka of the TV series is Guile's combat buddy Charlie, who was turned into a mutant by Dr. Dhalsim. He reverts to his human form in "Eye of the Beholder", where he wears an outfit similar to the Charlie from the Street Fighter Alpha games, but with a green version of the same vest and still wears his shackles. He reverts to his mutated form by the end of the episode.
• Ken Masters (v.b. Scott McNeil) - Ken is depicted as a traveling con-man who prefers to find ways to get rich rather than helping Guile and his team. He becomes a more prominent character during the second season and is the only character in the series to defeat Akuma in "The World's Greatest Warrior".
• Ryu Hoshi (v.b. Tony Lung) - He is portrayed as Ken's traveling partner and is depicted as the more mature of the duo. Like Ken, he becomes more prominent during the second season and retains his rivalry with Sagat from the games. His surname is "Hoshi" in the series and has a cousin who appears in "The Hand That Feeds You" (though he has no relatives in the actual games).
• Cammy White (v.b. Lisa Ann Beley) - Cammy is portrayed as an MI5 agent who harbors a mutual attraction with Guile. In "Chunnel Vision", she leaves her former unit, Delta Red, to become a member of Guile's team. However, she is brainwashed by Bison in "Cammy and the Bachelor", and appears thorough the remainder of the series as one of his agents, until her brainwashing wears off in the final episode "Cammy Tell Me True".
• E. Honda (v.b. Paul Dobson) - He is depicted as a computer whiz, who loves hacking government files.
• Dee Jay (v.b. Paul Dobson) - Unlike in the movie, he is one of the heroes. He serves as the team's computer expert and helicopter pilot.
• T. Hawk (v.b. Paul Dobson) - Not much is known about T. Hawks backstory in the series other than he temporary quit the Street Fighters to work for the Satin Hammer. Unlike in the games, T Hawk has the ability to fly in the first 2 episodes he appears in but for unknown reasons he looses this power later.

Shadaloo

• M. Bison (v.b. Richard Newman) - Like in the games, he is the ruler of Shadaloo. Serves as the primary antagonist of the series.
• Zangief (v.b. Michael Donovan) - Zangief is depicted as one of Bison's recurring lackeys in the series, despite not working for him in the games.
• Victor Sagat (v.b. Robert O. Smith) - Bison's second-in-command until he turned on him when he heard about Bison's plan.
• Vega (v.b. Mark Hildreth) - He appears in two episodes, "Eye of the Beholder" and "Face of Fury", both times as Blanka's rival.
• Balrog (v.b. Paul Dobson) - He makes a single appearance in "The Medium is the Message", where he appears as a computer specialist working for Bison. Amusingly, he is still attired in his videogame coustume and is seen to type wearing boxing gloves.

Other characters

• Fei-Long (v.b. Paul Dobson) - A martial arts movie actor.
• Dhalsim (v.b. Gary Chalk) - He is depicted as a former scientist who retreated to the Himalayan mountains to shun technology.
• Rose (v.b. Teryl Rothery) - Like the other Alpha characters, she has a non-speaking cameo appearance in "The Medium is the Message", but plays a major role in "The Flame and The Rose" as a psychic who enlist the help of Ken and Blanka to battle against Bison
• Sakura (v.b. Saffron Henderson) - She appears in "Second to None" as a young Japanese girl who got into martial arts after witnessing Ryu's fight with Sagat.
• Guy (v.b. Jim Byrnes) - Guy makes a non-speaking cameo appearance as Blanka's opponent in "Medium is the Message", but plays a major role in "Final Fight", where he and Cody are assisted by Ryu and Ken to fight against the Mad Gear gang in order to rescue Haggar's daughter Jessica.
• Cody Travers (v.b. Michael Dobson) - He makes a cameo appearance as part of the cheering crowd (along with his girlfriend Jessica) in "The Medium is the Message" and later appears in the episode "Final Fight" as a short-tempered fighter who seeks to save Jessica from Mad Gear. Since the series predates the production of Street Fighter Alpha 3, Cody is depicted in his original outfit from Final Fight.
• Rolento (v.b. Scott McNeil) - One of the leaders of the Mad Gear gang. Appears in the episode "Final Fight".
• Andore - Appears briefly in the episode "Final Fight" as one of Mad Gear's henchmen.
• Sodom - He makes a few appearances from within the series, first being shown as an unknown fighter in "The Medium is the Message", being one of Bison's minions in "Cammy and the Bachelor", and later appearing briefly in the episode "Final Fight" as one of Mad Gear's henchmen.
• Mike Haggar (v.b. David Kaye) - Along with Cody and Jessica, Haggar also makes a cameo appearance as part of the cheering crowd in "The Medium is the Message" and later appears in the episode "Final Fight". Unlike his video game counterpart, he is unable to act against the Mad Gear gang due to them holding his daughter hostage.
• Adon - Appears briefly in "The Medium is the Message" and has a non-speaking role as an unnamed street fighter.
• Birdie - He first appears as an unknown fighter in "The Medium is the Message" and later appears in "Cammy and the Bachelor" as a minion for Bison and Shadaloo.
• Gouken - Ryu and Ken's master. Appears in "The World's Greatest Warror", depicted as he appears in the Street Fighter II manga.
• Akuma (v.b. David Kaye) - The evil brother of Gouken. He forces Bison and Guile to fight against him in "Strange Bedfellows", and later fights against Ryu and Ken in "The World's Greatest Warrior".
• Satin Hammer - An intelligent women with a dying body (hence her cyborg life suit), she is unique to the series and leads a group of cyborg men who are bent on getting revenge on the US government.

Episodes

Season 1

#	Title	Writer(s)	Original airdate	Production order
1	"The Adventure Begins"	Michael Edens, Julia Lewald, Eric Lewald	October 21, 1995 (1995-10-21)	101
While working undercover for the Street Fighter operation, Guile gets contacted by Escher. Bison had just stolen a biological virus that can kill in 24 hours that he stole from Guile's old flame, Lucinda (or "Cindy"). Guile assembles a team consisting of Chun-Li, Ryu, Ken and Blanka, and heads to the jungle to put an end to Bison's schemes. Unfortunately, both Ryu and Blanka contract the virus and that the group must race against the clock in order to get the antidote needed to save their friends.
2	"The Strongest Woman in the World"	Richard Stanley	October 28, 1995 (1995-10-28)	102
Bison commandeers a nuclear facility in China, which is coincidentally situated near Chun-Li's birthplace which Bison had destroyed years prior. Guile assembles Blanka and Chun-Li for the mission to stop Bison. However, Chun-Li is only focused on getting her revenge against Bison and cares little whether the nuclear plant is destroyed. Eventually, Guile's scolding gets through to her and she lets Bison escape so that innocent people wouldn't be harmed.
3	"Getting to Guile"	Mark Onspaugh	November 4, 1995 (1995-11-04)	103
Dee Jay relays to Escher and Chun-Li that he and Guile were ambushed by Bison and Zangief and that Guile was captured. Bison hooks Guile into a mind-probing device to find his Achilles heel so he can reprogram Guile to destroy the rest of the Street Fighters. Meanwhile Chun-Li rallies Blanka, Dee Jay, Ryu and Ken to help rescue Guile and infiltrate Bison's stronghold. After battling many mutants, the team saves Guile and reminds him of the Street Fighter code: Discipline, justice, and commitment.
4	"No Way Out"	Bruce Reid Schaefer	November 11, 1995 (1995-11-11)	104
Sagat uses his vast army to wage war on a US embassy in Shadaloo, all the while a young boy is trapped in the building while it's being evacuated. Blanka, Chun-Li and Guile head the rescue operation, but Guile gets trapped in the building along with the boy as well. Both Guile and his young friend try to escape Sagat's patrolling forces and were able to gain access to some secret computer files, which were very important apparently.
5	"Demon Island"	Francis Moss, Ted Pederson	November 18, 1995 (1995-11-18)	105
Bison steals a top secret military plane that can turn invisible at the push of a button, so it's up to Guile, Dee Jay, Cammy and Blanka to get it back. They arrive on a mysterious island where Bison currently has set up shop and unfortunately, Zangief is patrolling the area in a hovercraft. Dee Jay blames Zangief for ruining his fighting career, and they begin to fight while Guile fends off Bison. The Street Fighters eventually steal the plane back just as the island explodes inexplicably.
6	"Desert Thunder"	Jeremy Cushner	December 2, 1995 (1995-12-02)	106
Escher receives word that a new military laser was stolen by the female cyborg, the Satin Hammer and her cohort, T. Hawk. While T. Hawk was originally supposed to be undercover in order to monitor the Satin Hammer's activities, Escher believes that T. Hawk has switched sides. He charges Guile and Blanka to get to the bottom of the situation. They eventually confront T. Hawk, who still maintains he's on their side, even though it's clear he's sympathetic towards the Satin Hammer. Eventually however, T. Hawk throws himself into the Satin Hammer's computer system and destroys it, even though the Satin Hammer manages to escape capture from him and the others.
7	"Dark Heart"	Matt Edens	December 9, 1995 (1995-12-09)	107
The millennium comet is on its scheduled 1000-year voyage in the skies over Earth, but Bison uses his magnetic chi powers to redirect the comet towards the planet and threatens to rip apart the continent of the US through the comet's crash unless he gets a huge sum of money. Guile, Blanka, Ryu and Ken go the Himalayas to stop Bison, but the group gets separated by an avalance. Blanka meets up Dhalsim while in the mountains and blames blames him for his monstrous appearance. With Dhalsim's help, Guile and Blanka manage to stop Bison's plan while saving Ryu and Ken from within the process.
8	"The Medium is the Message"	Matthew Malach	December 16, 1995 (1995-12-16)	108
A Street Fighter tournament is being held in India, and Escher sends Guile and the rest of the Street Fighters to compete. Bison is attending as well, and has a double threat of a plan; use his new mutant combatants to destroy the Street Fighters, or have Balrog create a false video of the Street Fighters defiling a Hindu temple. The mutants are introduced at tournament with Toccata and Fugue in D minor. Both of Bison's plans fail when Guile saves the captured scientist and performs a flash kick on a time bomb. This episode is notable for producing an Internet meme on YouTube (Bison's phrase of "This is delicious!" and his enthusiastic shout of "YES! YES!" as he sees Guile being defeated)
9	"Eye of the Beholder"	Doug Booth	December 30, 1995 (1995-12-30)	109
Word comes in that a scientist in Hawaii is concocting a serum that could help Blanka revert into his human form. Vega also hears of this serum and wants to use it to make himself eternally young. Vega captures the scientist and holds him for ransom. Blanka is forced to give Vega the cure, in exchange for the doctor's life. Also, Blanka makes out with the scientist's assistant while falling from a plane. Vega drops the vial of serum from within the situation, losing his only chance for immortality.
10	"The Hand That Feeds You"	Steve Cuden	January 6, 1996 (1996-01-06)	110
Ryu's cousin goes missing in Hong Kong while the Street Fighters are investigating a local drug operation. Action star Fei Long says he'll show Guile the secrets of the city if Guile teaches him how to use Chi energy attacks. Eventually, Ryu and Ken get captured by the drug runners and it's up to Guile and Fei Long to save them.
11	"Keeping the Peace"	Matt Edens	January 20, 1996 (1996-01-20)	111
A small city near Shadaloo is in chaos as rare diamonds have been found to be rich in the region. Sagat and other warlords are lurking about and each faction wants a piece of the pie. Guile is asked by Escher to check out the situation on behalf of the Street Fighters. Meanwhile, Sawada has taken over Guile's former position in the Allied Nations (AN) and is currently in charge of the military presence. Hostilities run high as Guile manages to defuse several bombs in the area, with the help of his Sonic Boom attack.
12	"Chunnel Vision"	Len Wein	January 27, 1996 (1996-01-27)	112
Bison finally gets captured at the hands of Cammy's former British teammates, MI5. While the world thinks that Bison's capture is the first step to Shadaloo's destruction, Bison's supporters randomly start blowing up locations in England and threatens that it will continue until Bison is released, along with a 2 billion pound payoff. Zangief places bombs in a specific chunnel that connects a train track between England and France, so it's up to Guile, Dee Jay, Honda and Cammy to prevent the tunnel's destruction.
13	"Strange Bedfellows"	Bruce Reid Schaefer	February 3, 1996 (1996-02-03)	113
A mysterious warrior starts destroying both Bison's strongholds as well as those under Street Fighter jurisdiction. Both sides blame the other and it eventually comes down to Bison and Guile meeting on a volcano island for a final showdown. However, clumsy clues were given to both warriors which lead them to the location of the battle by none other than Akuma himself. Akuma wants both Bison and Guile to fight each other to death, where Akuma will then destroy the winner and steal their chi. Bison and Guile are forced to work together and eventually attack Akuma, only for him to escape via teleportation. This episode contained a lot of deformed animation. Making this a lot more cartoony than other episodes

Season 2

#	Title	Writer(s)	Original airdate	Production order
14	"The Hammer Strikes"	Jeremy Cushner, Will Meugniot (story)	September 21, 1996 (1996-09-21)	201
Needing the help of the Street Fighters, Dhalsim summoned them to his remote mountain temple by causing Blanka considerable mental pain. It seems that the Satin Hammer had returned and wanted to steal an atomic bomb that Dhalsim currently had in his possession. Guile brought Blanka, T. Hawk and Sawada along with him for the mission, even though personal feelings still existed between T. Hawk and the Satin Hammer. Eventually, the Street Fighters stopped the Satin Hammer's plot when Dhalsim deactivated the atomic bomb's countdown timer.
15	"Cammy and the Bachelor"	Len Wein, Will Meugniot (story)	September 28, 1996 (1996-09-28)	202
A crime wave has taken over London, and Bison is thought to be the one responsible for it, so Guile, Cammy and Honda join forces with the team at MI5 to take down Bison, Birdie, and Sodom. During the fight, Bison seemingly takes over Cammy's mind, and she immediately switches allegiances. With a backup plan in full readiness, Bison and Cammy manage to escape. This is much to the chagrin of Guile, who screams at them as they fly away.
16	"New Kind of Evil"	Bruce Reid Schaefer, Will Meugniot (story)	October 5, 1996 (1996-10-05)	203
Chun-Li is attacked by mysterious mutant assailants, as well as having her TV crew kidnapped. She calls for Guile and Blanka's help to track them down, which leads to a search of the sewers. They soon find out that a former scientist of Bison's is continuing mutant research and mutated 3 thugs into half-man/half eel/alligator/bat warriors. In the ensuing battle, Blanka receives a mega-dose of mutagen ooze, which turns him even more feral.
17	"The World's Greatest Warrior"	Steve Englehart, Will Meugniot (story)	October 12, 1996 (1996-10-12)	204
While visiting their master Gouken, Ryu and Ken are challenged by the evil Akuma, who claims to have stolen Gouken's chi and will do the same thing to them. Akuma gives Ryu and Ken time to train so they might stand a chance against him. During the course of their sparring sessions however, Ken injures Ryu's right arm, which leaves Ryu in a bad state during the time of the fight's progression. Akuma uses this advantage to easily defeat Ryu, only to get defeated himself by the power of Ken.
18	"So, You Want to be in Pictures"	Marv Wolfman, Will Meugniot (story)	November 5, 1996 (1996-11-05)	205
Ryu and Ken are asked to help Fei Long with his latest movie project. Investors in the film however pull funding out of the movie, which leaves Fei Long with no way to raise awareness about the evil crime boss, Lo Fat. Ken is forced to ask his father to re-invest in the film, so it can continue. Ken gets creative license for the script, and writes himself in as the star instead of Fei Long. Both men have a climatic showdown, which results in Ken burning down the entire movie studio.
19	"Face of Fury"	Steve Perry, Will Meugniot (story)	November 15, 1996 (1996-11-15)	206
Guile and Blanka take a trip to the Middle East to cool hostilities between the Arabs and the Israelis, but Blanka's temper gets the best of him, and he attacks them all. Vega, watching this drama unfold on a prison TV set, swears revenge against Blanka for destroying his face. Vega easily escapes, and flies to Hawaii for a final battle while taking Mei Lei, Blanka's love interest, hostage. Blanka almost manages to kill Vega, but with the combined efforts of Mei Lei, Guile and Chun-Li, they were able to prevent Vega's death at the hands of Blanka.
20	"Cammy Must Die!"	Len Wein, Will Meugniot (story)	November 23, 1996 (1996-11-23)	207
Bison charges Cammy and his cybernetic creation La Lupa, to steal a priceless Kali statue for him. The statue has meditative powers that Bison hopes will help him heal his wounds from his previous battle with Guile. The Street Fighters team up with MI5 to help get to the bottom of Cammy's switched allegiances and during the battle, Cammy gets knocked on the head which frees her from Bison's mental control. Cammy then lures the Street Fighters to Bison's hideout, where she betrays them once more. Bison and Cammy are then able to escape.
21	"The Flame and the Rose"	Steve Englehart, Will Meugniot (story)	December 9, 1996 (1996-12-09)	208
The mystical psychic known as Rose senses that many powers in the world are fluctuating wildly out of control. She blames Ken and Blanka for this sudden energy spike and believes they are the catalysts to the end of the world. Rose kidnaps them both and forces them to fight against one another, only to realize that they are not evil at all. With their help, she tracks down Bison, who is the true manifestation of evil she had sensed. She then attacks Bison in the mental world just as Ken and Blanka destroy the kali statue, which destroys Bison's entire castle. Mysteriously, everyone in uninjured, and Bison eludes capture once more.
22	"The Warrior King"	Kat Likkel, Will Meugniot (story)	January 4, 1997 (1997-01-04)	209
The powerful Warrior King has defended his country from the evil Mages for years, but when his Orb of Power is flung into a vortex, he follows it as well. The orb lands in a nation close to Shadaloo, and Bison claims it as his own. The orb has the power to control all weather, and Bison threatens the world with its power. The Street Fighter team is assembled, and Chun-Li is the first to confront Bison. The Warrior King magically appears, and fights Bison's minions with Chun-Li's help. The two quickly fall in love until another vortex appears, and the Warrior King is forced to leave Chun-Li forever.
23	"The Beast Within"	George Bloom	February 18, 1997 (1997-02-18)	210
Blanka searches the jungle for a mysterious healing plant that could revert him to his normal form. Guile and Lucinda go to track him down, and hear the same story of the plant from the jungle natives. Blanka then encounters a wild jungle boy who swears revenge against the natives for killing his family. The boy is actually an alien who had crash-landed on Earth along with his family. Blanka befriends the boy, and along with Guile and Lucinda, they defeat the evil natives and the boy returns to his home planet.
24	"Second to None"	Kat Likkel, Will Meugniot (story)	April 11, 1997 (1997-04-11)	211
Ryu is a legend in Shadaloo and Sakura is his most adamant admirer, but when Sagat patrols the streets regularly making sure to burn down any building with posters of Ryu in it, Sakura leaps into action. She boards a plane headed for New York to seek out her idol, who had just been visiting Ken in the hospital, as Ken had swallow some water while on a mission in Africa. Ryu meets Sakura, and she convinces him to come to Shadaloo to defeat Sagat once more. Sagat welcomes the challenge, and he and Ryu have another epic confrontation.
25	"Final Fight"	Larry Parr, Will Meugniot (story)	April 27, 1997 (1997-04-27)	212
The plot of this episode is based on the arcade game with the same title. The new Mayor of Metro City, Mike Haggar, finds himself in a tough situation when his daughter Jessica is kidnapped by a ruthless street gang known as Mad Gear, so it's up to Ryu and Ken to save her, along with Jessica's boyfriend Cody and fellow friend Guy (despite the fact that in the arcade game, Mike Haggar goes out to rescue his daughter with Guy and Cody [1] ). Escher, Guile, and Haggar devise a plan to put Ken and Ryu undercover to infiltrate the gang and discover the whereabouts of Jessica, but Cody takes exception to this as he constantly screams at everyone in protest, nearly jeopardizing the entire plan. The four fighters encounter the Mad Gear gang's leader, Belger from within the group's headquarters and an intense fight happens. Ryu and Ken, along with Cody and Guy, are able to fight against Belger and his minions and in the end, the quartet defeats Belger and saves Jessica from complete danger while Haggar himself enters into the situation at the very end by breaking a door down.
26	"Cammy Tell Me True"	Will Meugniot	May 14, 1997 (1997-05-14)	213
Bison captures the MI5 team in a brief battle and the British government are adamant about getting them back, as they know critical government secrets. Bison compiles doomsday codes, which are the launch protocols for every known nuclear bomb on Earth, and plans to not take over the world, but to destroy it. Guile and Chun-Li are given a package from Sagat, containing the secret of Cammy's past, as Sagat does not want the world destroyed by Bison. They infiltrate Bison's base, and everyone, including MI5, team up to stop Bison, and destroy his computer console with one second left on the doomsday timer.

DVD releases

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The Code of Honor DVD set.

ADV Films has released the complete series on Region 1 DVD. The first set, Street Fighter: Code of Honor, was released on April 13, 2003 and contains all the Season 1 episodes; while the second set, Street Fighter: Soul Powers, released on May 13, 2003, and contains all the Season 2 episodes. Both of the DVD sets are now out of print.

Other releases

The Final Fight episode was included as an unlockable extra in Final Fight: Double Impact, released for Playstation Network and Xbox Live Arcade on April 14, 2010.

In popular culture

Fans of the franchise often criticize the cartoon for the overall bad quality in terms of writing, art, voice acting as well as featuring a greater degree of inaccuracies over the official canon than the movie it was loosely based on. However, these elements have often been used for humorous effects in internet memes, most notably the scene which M. Bison is watching Guile being beaten by a monster created by himself while talking to Balrog about fake footage tapes, usually noted for quotes like "This is delicious" and "Yes! Yes!". Other scenes commonly used in such memes usually involve either Guile screaming out "no" while a brainwashed Cammy kisses Bison in a helicopter or Bison saying "yes", as well as Sagat's "You like some cornflakes?" phrase. The show has thus been regarded as "So Bad It's Good", with many phrases from the show being often quoted by fans like the above mentioned lines.

External links

• Episode overviews
• Street Fighter: The Animated Series at IMDb
• Retrojunk Streetfighter intro
• Street Fighter (TV series) on Street Fighter Wiki, an external wiki
• See all episodes in English at Street Fighter RPG Brazil