Chun-Li/Pop Culture

Chun-Li is one of the earliest female video game protagonists to achieve widespread popularity. Prior to Street Fighter II being released in 1991, most female characters in games existed as objectives to be rescued or cast in the roles of other supporting characters, such as townspeople, girlfriends, the occasional opponent, or simply background decoration; as such, there were very few heroines in action-based video games. After the success of Street Fighter II and Chun-Li's popularity, female protagonists became increasingly common. Since then, in games with selectable characters, at least one of them will almost always be female; and a number of games released since then have placed a female character in the lead role.

Like Ryu, Chun-Li has been referenced countless times in pop culture ever since her introduction in Street Fighter II.

Comics and Manga

 * Chun-Li made a cameo appearance in the manga Faeries' Landing.

Television and Animations

 * She was seen in a background scene in the U.S. cartoon Jackie Chan Adventures.

Music

 * British indie rock band Arctic Monkeys has a song entitled "Chun-Li's Spinning Bird Kick", an instrumental track still unreleased as of now.