Hadoken/Pop Culture

The Hadoken has been referenced several times in popular culture ever since its introduction in the original Street Fighter.

Other Games

 * The Hadouken appears as a taunt attack in Valve's FPS, Team Fortress 2, and is used by the Pyro. If the fireball connects, it instantly kills any enemy player unfortunate enough to be hit. While it is called "Hadoken", technically it is a Shakunetsu Hadoken (as the attack is in itself a melee-range puff of flames that leaves its victims on fire).
 * In the game Megaman X, if the player collects all items and completes Armored Armadilo's stage 5 times, at the end of the level above the boss door, the player will find a secret capsule in which Dr. Light (dressed as Ryu) will teach X the Hadoken. The way it is performed is the same as in the games. Unlike the usual Hadouken from the Street Fighter Series, it is quite lethal, as it can kill all bosses in one hit, although X will need to be at full health in order to use it.
 * In the Nexon-imported game Dungeon Fighter, the Fighter possesses a Hadoken-like move, Nen Blast, that uses the same command as Hadoken. This could be seen as a nod to the legacy of the attack.
 * In the Super Smash Bros. series, both Mewtwo and Lucario's Standard Special Moves (Shadow Ball and Aura Sphere, respectively) seem to resemble the Denjin Hadouken, both in pose and projectile.
 * In the popular MMORPG World of Warcraft, the Troll's spell-casting animation mirrors the Hadouken.
 * In the Worms game series, there is an attack called the "Fireball" (later renamed as "Dragonball"), which is a clear parody of the Hadouken.
 * In one scene in Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time, Dr. Nefarious plays a game, where he uses a attack which parodies the Hadoken.
 * In Killer Instinct and Killer Instinct 2, the character Jago uses an attack that is respectively similar to the Hadoken, called Endokuken.
 * In the game The Adventures of Dr. Franken, Franky uses a fireball projectile that greatly resembles the Hadoken. He also uses similar-looking Sonic Boom and Flash Kick-like moves. This can be at seen at 2:54 in this video.
 * The Kirby series of games has a Fighter ability that allows Kirby to use a fireball that resembles the Hadoken, and even wears a headband as a tribute to Ryu.
 * To go even further, in "Kirby's Return to Dreamland" pressing down, forward, and then "1" on the Wiimote, Kirby can perform an instant fireball. This is similar to the actual move's activation
 * Dark Jak's "Dark Strike" move is used in a similar way to a Denjin Hadoken; Jak charges dark energy, with dark sparks being created, and mimics the hand thrust of the Hadoken fireball being released. However, the Dark Charge projectile itself is two dark-powered fireballs twirling at once.
 * In Final Fantasy VI (Final Fantasy III in North America), one of Sabin's Blitzes, "Aura Cannon", has the same button commands as the Hadoken, and is visually similar to the crossover variant.
 * In a recent Saints Row: The Third clip called Saints Flow, Pierce uses a move similar to the Shakunetsu Hadouken at one point. There is also a taunt named "Quarter circle forward + A" in the game, and it does a stance similar to a Hadouken.
 * In Call of Duty: Black Ops, Takeo, the stereotypical Japanese character from the Zombies mode, will yell "Hadoken!" at certain times in the game (usually when he gets a gun that shoots electricity, which is unavailable most of the time). In one of the maps, Kino Der Toten, it's a quote that didn't make it into the final version of that map, but it's hidden within the files on the disc. In other maps, he actually does say the quote, though very rarely.
 * In the Sonic Rush series, Blaze in her Blazing form can throw fireballs similar to Shakunetsu Hadoken.

Television

 * In episode 33 of the anime Keroro Gunso, the character Tamama uses a parody version of Shinku Hadoken called Shinku Tamamaken; the attack looks exactly the same.
 * In one of the episodes of "Random Cartoons!", during the short "Hero Heights", Brainiac does a move similar to the Shinku Hadoken, yelling out: HADAYUKEN!
 * In Family Guy, during the parody of Street Fighter 2 Peter uses the Hadoken, yelling out "HENYUGEN!!!"
 * Stand up comedian Daniel Tosh references the Hadoken as a "finisher" in order to kill his grandmother in his stand up special, "Happy Thought's". However, he implies that it is from Mortal Kombat, another popular fighting game in which a player can finish their oppenent by using a "Fatality".

Webcomics

 * In Brawl in the Family, a reputable comic series inspired by Smash Bros., Kirby can use Hadouken after "copying" Snake, and shaving his beard, leaving his headband, which resembles Ryu's.
 * In the webcomic 8-bit Theater, created by Brian Clevinger, the character Black Mage uses the Hadoken to deal massive amounts of damage to different enemies. The move looks like a steady stream, similar to one of Akuma's. It is used as a clear parody.
 * Fighter tries to perform the Hadouken at one point but performs the Shoryuken instead, saying he "messed up the buttons".

Music

 * A band, Hadoken!, is named after the move.

Web TV

 * The Angry Video Game Nerd uses the Hadoken various times while fighting the Nostalgia Critic.
 * The Angry Video Game Nerd uses the Hadouken, along with the Sonic Boom, in his Top Gun review.