M. Bison/Pop Culture

M. Bison  stands among one of the most recognizable villains in the video game industry, and is often considered the official villain of the series, and has been referenced many times in pop culture ever since its introduction in the original Street Fighter.

Street Fighter series

 * Bison's over-the-top characterization in the live-action movie and the subsequent cartoon has proven popular, with most of the movie's scenes (especially those featuring Bison) being lampooned frequently on sites like Youtube, and his "But for me, it was Tuesday" speech inspiring a trope on TV Tropes due to the high camp factor.
 * This quote is eventually used by Bison himself when he taunts in  Street Fighter X Tekken  ("For me, it was a Tuesday").  Street Fighter  producer Yoshinori Ono also once used this quote during an interview for fun (and was specifically asked to do so).
 * ​ Bison is also the subject of a popular internet meme. In the US Street Fighter cartoon,  Bison watches as the Street Fighters are beaten up  in the ring, which prompts him to laugh and say "This is DELICIOUS!" This memorable line is often used when showing great approval over something. After watching Guile get beaten some more, overly dramatic music starts playing as Bison yells "YES! YES!" This even more popular line is referenced whenever showing great approval or celebrating something.

Other Video Games

 * Brocken from the World Heroes series is very similar to Bison in terms of appearance and moves. This may have been an attempt by rival company ADK to imitate Street Fighter, similar to Hanzo and Ryu. These most notable main characters seem to be the only ones potentially imitated. Brocken also bears a resemblance to Brocken Jr. which ran from 1979-87, predating Bison's debut.
 * In the popular free-to-play FPS " Team Fortress 2 ", there is a community-made hat named the " Team Captain ", which is M. Bison's hat. The description for the item is "Our lawyers say YES! YES!", referencing the previously mentioned Internet meme.

Television

 * In an episode of "How I Met Your Mother", a comedic example occurs when Marshall sees a contract that Barney's company has with Portugal that if they, "are not executed precisely, we will be at war with Portugal." To which Barney responds, "Please, that's a Tuesday for me." (that alludes to one of Bison's infamous line "For me, it was Tuesday.") He then grabs the contracts and shreds them.
 * WWE Superstar Daniel Bryan popularized the "Yes!" chants ever since he won the World Heavyweight Champion from Big Show in 45 seconds. This chant grew in popularity, and has been even heard outside WWE events, at Major League Baseball ,National Hockey League and National Basketball Association and even at music concerts, in particular at Andrew W.K. concerts in both Glasgow and Manchester, UK.
 * Coincidentally, after his heel turn after WrestleMania 28 and losing his title to Sheamus in 18 seconds, Bryan begins chanting "No!" while the crowd mocks him by continuing his "Yes!" chants, much to his annoyance. Shortly after the formation of Team Hell No, Bryan began saying "Yes!" again on occasion, but still used "No!" as his main catchphrase.

Web Originals

 * Internet reviewer Douglas Darien Walker ( The Nostalgia Critic ) turned Bison's desire of world domination into a running gag on his own, whenever a character in the movie he reviews is revealed to have the ambition to take over the world, he would cut to a clip from a scene in the Street Fighter movie wherein Bison yells out "OF COURSE!".


 * ​ For its two-year anniversary, entertainment website That Guy With the Glasses (where the aforementioned Douglas Walker's reviews can be found) produced a web-movie called Kickassia, wherein the site's talent take over a micro nation. During the takeover, Walker was dressed as M. Bison, complete with an altered Shadaloo logo on his hat, displaying the website's logo with wings instead of a skull. The above mentioned running gag returned in Kickassia, when another member of the site interviews him with various questions about his desire to take over the micro-nation of Molossia (located on the Nevada-California border near Reno) with the intention of getting Walker to say the line, only to be responded with comedic variations like "NATURALLY!" and "EVENTUALLY!". It wasn't until he was asked one final unrelated question that he says it.