Bruce Lee Clone: Difference between revisions

 

In a Japanese work, this trope may occur because [[All Chinese People Know Kung Fu]]. A Subtrope of [[Fountain of Expies]].

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* The [[Trope Codifier]] (in anime, anyways) would be Kenshiro of ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'', although his [[Touch of Death|fighting]] [[Your Head Asplode|style]] is ''very'' different from Lee's. However, his [[Funny Bruce Lee Noises|high pitched shrieks]] are spot on. Those are an invention of the anime, and almost certainly a deliberate invocation of this trope. He also has a ''lot'' more "[[Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs|ATATATATATATA!!]]" moments in the anime than the manga. He also looks a lot more like Lee in the original anime.

* Might Gai and Rock Lee (who shares Bruce Lee's birthday) of ''[[Naruto]]'' come complete with bowl-cuts and ugly jumpsuits. Both even use nunchaku, and both do the "ACHOOOOO" sound at least once. Also, in the English dub at least, Gai sounds a little like [[Elvis Presley]] sometimes, being one of a couple characters to take influences from both.

 

== Comic Books ==

* Kefong from ''The Intimates'', who even wears a ''Game of Death'' style jumpsuit in his first year (and one with the colors reversed in the second). He's also immune to psychic assault because he is ''that zen''. He's also a bit of a subversion in that he's literally always relaxed and calm - and identifies his role model as ''Dean Martin''.

* The above example aside, comic books have pretty much [[Averted]] this trope... by [http://www.comicvine.com/bruce-lee/29-35606/ putting Bruce in comics] [[Too Soon|years after he died]]. The last attempt was Malibu's six-issue miniseries titled, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|appropriately]], ''Bruce Lee''.

* [[Depending on the Writer]] And Artist, ''Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu'' is sometimes a Bruce Lee Clone. ([[Ultimate Marvel|Ultimate]] Shang-Chi, by contrast, is a [[Jackie Chan]] Clone—his ''Ultimate Marvel Teamup'' appearance even featured Uncle from ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]''.)

* Dashiell "Dash" Bad Horse from ''Scalped'' trained in Jeet Kun Do and even uses ''nunchaku'' to beat up criminals. His childhood room has a Bruce Lee poster.

 

== Film ==

* Especially in the wake of Bruce Lee's death, exploitation Kung-Fu filmmakers would market any martial artist who vaguely resembled him as a "Bruce Lee clone" (e.g. "Dragon Lee", Bruce Li). [[Lampshaded]] in the B-Movie "The Clones of Bruce Lee", which starred ''[[Rule of Three|three]]'' of the "clones" as [[Cloning Blues|literal clones.]]

** And there was also another figurative clone who didn't play a clone in the film.

**** Jackie actually gets his neck snapped on-camera by Bruce in ''Enter the Dragon''. It happens during the underground fight scene: Bruce wraps up Jackie's arm, kicks a random mook in the face, then the camera zooms in on Bruce's face as he delivers the coup de grace.

** At one point, Jackie explained why he could never have been a good Bruce Lee clone thusly: "Bruce kicks high, I kick low. Bruce breaks boards with his fist, I go 'ow.'"

* Alexander Fu Sheng was probably more a successor to Bruce Lee than Jackie Chan. Fu Sheng possessed Lee's leading man good looks, charisma, and was Hong Kong's biggest star after Lee's death and before the rise of Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung. Unfortunately, his life seemed to mirror Lee's. Like Lee, he died young and in the prime of his career. He was killed in a car accident at age 28. Ironically, after Bruce's death, Fu Sheng had moved into his old house in Hong Kong which some say was cursed.

* Empty Hand from ''[[Shaolin Soccer]]'', right down to the bowl cut and black-striped yellow jumpsuit.

* ''Enter The Fat Dragon'' stars Sammo Hung as a Bruce Lee fan who, in one scene, is cast as a mook in one of Lee's films. Unfortunately, "Bruce Lee" is really just a lookalike cashing in on Lee's name, and when Hung points that out "Bruce" strikes him, then jokes about how slow Sammo is. Sammo then proceeds to deliberately mess up the fight scene by kicking the fakes ass, along with everyone else in the room, proving that he's a far superior Bruce Lee clone than that guy will ever be. The film itself is a parody of ''[[Enter the Dragon]]'', so Sammo Hung is himself a clone in that respect too.

 

 

* Two episodes of [[Family Matters]] had Steve Urkel becoming ''Bruce Lee Urkel''.

 

== Professional Wrestling ==

* Ultimo Dragon, when he was first starting out in Mexico, was billed as the last student trained by Bruce Lee before he died (hence the name Último Dragón, which translates as "Last Dragon"). Basically, he was a luchador Bruce clone, though he has broadened his style since then.

 

== Toys ==

* Quick Kick from [[G.I. Joe]] qualified with his shirtlessness, baggy kung fu pants and nunchaku (although this was largely ignored by the cartoon, and slightly less so by the comic), but more recent Joe media and toys really pushed it even further, with more recent comics having him ape Bruce's moves and stances, and his newest action figure sporting the Onitsuka Tigers and yellow nunchaku from [[Game of Death]] and the claw wounds on the chest from [[Enter the Dragon]].

 

== Video Games ==