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[edit] Nationality

Chun-Li is either Chinese or Cantonese. --PJ Pete

  • I think it'll be safer to just assume that she is Chinese rather than infer she is Cantonese, since she speaks the Mandarin dialect in Street Fighter III ["Zhu Ni Hao Yun (good luck)" and "Xie Xie (thank you)"].

[edit] Chinese Material Arts

If her fighting style is Chinese Material Arts, what stands for Chinese Material Arts? --PJ Pete

[edit] Trivia Removal

As part of the wikiproject to reduce the amount of trivia, I went through the trivia section and removed the more 'trivial trivia' and some trivia without references. If some of what I removed is deemed by the editors of this article to be necessary information, please find a way to incorporate it into the article proper, rather than re-adding it to the trivia section. Wikipedia does not outright ban trivia, but it strongly recommends that it not be included in articles. The guidelines state that trivia sections are particularly okay in new articles because they can add information before the article is formatted. However, once an article is as developed as this one is, the trivia needs to be removed from the trivia section and incorporated into the article proper. I strongly recommend that editors here try and do this if they want the trivia information to stay as there is a growing movement to remove trivia. More trivia may be removed if not incorporated. And, think about it this way: you'll never see a Featured Article with trivia. --The Way 02:10, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

  • No objections here; I honestly think we can do without a lot of those musical references, though. Danny Lilithborne 02:11, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Feel free to remove more. Frankly, I'd like to see it all removed. Trivia, by its very nature, is unencyclopedic. Any well-developed article should have NO trivia section; anything that's important should be incorporated into the article, everything else should be removed. You'd never see a featured article with trivia. --The Way 02:19, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
And you're head of the council that chooses them, I assume? While I agree that it's a good idea to try to incorporate these facts into the article, having a trivia section does not automatically make the article a failure.--Agent Aquamarine 23:39, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Media Appearances

Added this section to lend the piece some more structure. Also trimmed some trivia and integrated into the article. Please expand on this, and restrain from reverting like last time. This information is entirely relevant to Chun-Li.

[edit] Arctic Monkeys: Spinning/Flying Bird Kick

Jube, that Grammy website you looked at has the wrong information. The tracklisting on the actual Artic Monkeys CD, I Bet That You Look Good on the Dancefloor, has the song listed as "Chun Li's Spinning Bird Kick", even without the dash between 'Chun' and 'Li'. See here 1. And even on their official website, the song is listed with "Spinning", not "Flying". See here 2 -Unreasonable

  • Okay, thanks. :) JuJube 00:41, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 16-bit era appearance

"Introduced in Street Fighter II in the 16-bit era [...]" It is somewhat true, but since Street Fighter II is essentially an arcade game, the current generation of home consoles at the time of its release is not related to this matter. It's more accurate to say she was introduced in the early 90's or something. Suggestions? --Woops 23:32, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clothing

Under the clothing section there is are two lines that read

"She was originally supposed to wear a peach-colored qipao, as seen in her in-game profile and ending in the original Street Fighter II. This was corrected in the Super Nintendo release of the game."

I do not know how to take this as in the original Street Fighter 2 for the SNES her outfit was blue, there was no "correction" to a "correct" peach color, which is what this line sounds like it is saying. I removed the last line as if that is what the author meant, they were incorrect. Draknfyre 02:57, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

    • In the arcade version, Chun-Li wears a peach outfit in her profile picture, but a blue outfit in-game. JuJube 07:00, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gen

i was wondering if someone could give some sort of verification that gen is chun-li's teacher. i say this because her dialog between gen in street fighter two makes it sound like she has never met him before.

Chun Li's father's name is "Dorian". I can't remember where you could find this info, but I just remember it from many, many years ago. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.169.17.49 (talk) 14:28, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

I recall that, too, but that was from either a comic or an unofficial strategy guide. Either way, it's not canon. JuJube (talk) 18:33, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rap reference

"In Lil Wayne's song Pussy Money Weed, Carter says: "I do me, I say hey miss Chun-li / I like to see your booty""

Actually, if you look up the lyrics, he calls her "Miss Chung-Lee". He means it as a stereotypical Chinese name, because its a chauvinist verse about Asian girls. Since its not accurate, I'm removing this from the media section. Johnnyfog 20:34, 8 April 2008 (UTC)