Rufus (Street Fighter)

Rufus is one of the major protagonists in the Street Fighter series of fighting games. He is an obese American kung-fu fighter and the rival of Ken Masters.
==History==
After reading an article praising Ken as the best warrior in the United States, Rufus was naturally and insulted. Candy suggested that he beat Ken in front of the audience to determine who is the best. Rufus smiled and accepted the advice of his girlfriend. He eventually found the tournament and Ken, although the outcome of the battle was unknown. Ken may have won this fight.
However, after the tournament, Rufus and Candy magnified Ken and Ryu on the wasteland and temporarily stopped to insult. Not long after, he always saw him pushing a motorcycle because the gasoline was exhausted. Ken rolled up his stylish SUV with a Candy's hat and provided a trailer.
Rufus proudly rejected the offer and said the push was part of his training. Ken shrugged and then drove off. Candy suggested helping, but Rufus insisted that she stayed and cursed Ken for his misfortune.
== Appearance ==
Rufus' basic appearance is that of a tall, morbidly obese man with blond hair in a braided ponytail and a mustache and beard. He wears yellow and black jumpsuit and black short-necked combat boots.
For Super Street Fighter IV, a third outfit intended to resemble the Chinese Jiang Shi was included, consisting of a long Chinese robe, black hat with his ponytail extruding from the top, yellow and black striped pants, and a yellow strip of paper meant to represent a sealing charm extending from the front of the hat and over his face.
== Personality ==
Rufus is a loudmouthed, vituperative, and temperamental master of Kung-Fu, hailing from the U.S. Believing himself to be the strongest in America, he develops a personal hatred for Ken Masters, who carries that title officially. He notably tends to call Ken by his full name. Rufus can be very combative and hasty, constantly jumping to conclusions to reach a goal, which often results in him sacrificing accuracy for speed.
Despite his goofy appearance and personality, he is a highly skilled and influential master of Kung-Fu, which even surprises several of the other characters. In fact, he actually gives some good advice to Fei Long in his win quote about being more calm and stoic in his movements while using Kung Fu instead of shouting with flashy moves (not that he practices it that much himself). He also seems to know quite a bit about sumo wrestling rules, and not just stereotypical rules, as he is the only one of three people (the others being Gouken and Dan) that actively points out that sumo is done in the ring, and what E. Honda is doing is against the sumo code itself.
==Trivia==
*Out of all of the other characters, Rufus has the longest Super Street Fighter IV prologue in arcade mode; spanning over two minutes. This is due to his talkative nature, prolonging the duration.
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