Kung Fu Man (M.U.G.E.N)

*- Kung Fu Man's most famous catchphrase, along with it being one of his winning quotes.*

*- Kung Fu Man's other most famous winning catchphrases.*

## Character Overview:

### Alias:

Kung Fu Man
KFM
The Hero
The Fighter
The First Fighter
Kung Fu Man 720

### Powers/Skills:

Immortality (Implied)
Superhuman Strength
Extraordinary Human Speed
Extraordinary Endurance
Extraordinary Stamina
Highly Enhanced Durability
Peak Human Physicality
Genius-Level Intelligence
Mastery Of Combat
Hand-To-Hand Combat
Weapon Versatility
Strategic Skills
Strategizing
Martial Arts
Planning
Charisma
Stealth
Smooth-Talk
Marksmanship (Implied)
Knifesmanship (Possibly)

### Goals:

Save his girlfriend.
Stop Suave Dude and defeat Evil Kung Fu Man.
(Both Ongoing; Both Possibly Succeeded)
Fight anyone else along the way, or if anyone else challenges him.
(Has Succeeded Multiple times; Currently Ongoing)

### Hobby:

Watching TV.
Fighting people.
Hanging out with his girlfriend.
Hanging out with his best friends.
Training in martial arts.

### Family:

Unknown.
Unnamed Cousin. (Mentioned)

### Friends/Allies:

His Girlfriend.
Many other of the M.U.G.E.N fighters. (Implied)
Dee Bee Kaw
Omega-Tiger Woods
Dink Smallwood

### Enemies:

Suave Dude
Evil Kung Fu Man
Suave Dude's Minions
Many other of the M.U.G.E.N fighters. (Implied)

### Type of Hero:

Enigmatic Honorable Fighter

**Kung Fu Man** (often abbreviated to **KFM**) is the main protagonist of the 2D Platformer Fighting Action video game *M.U.G.E.N*, he's also the arch-nemesis of Suave Dude and Evil Kung Fu Man. Kung Fu Man is the heroic, brave, and honorable martial artist who not only fights with his true honor, but shows great respect when fighting others, it's commonly and comedically implied that Kung Fu Man is incredibly charismatic, smart, skilled, and is notably well known across presumably multiple multiverses/universes for being a powerfully talented fighter. It's also implied he and many other *M.U.G.E.N* fighters have presumably fought many times, and sometimes even won each other over and befriended due to the other's personality.

In *M.U.G.E.N*, Kung Fu Man was the very first M.U.G.E.N character ever made which he comes pre-installed with all versions of the *M.U.G.E.N* engine when downloaded from Elecbyte's website. He has been made four times by Elecbyte, the creators of M.U.G.E.N. All four versions are fundamentally the same, using simple attacks based around Chinese martial arts and presumably original sound effects; each version highlights some of the new features of an engine version that weren't present in previous versions, such as the third and fourth versions using localcoord, a feature introduced in M.U.G.E.N 1.0. Due to the character's nature as a template, many edits of Kung Fu Man exist that change his gameplay, moveset and/or even his name.

## Biography/Storyline:

Kung Fu Man's background remains entirely a mystery, though it's implied Kung Fu Man lived a life of honour and wealth somewhere around western Asia, and used this wealth to train himself to become a master fighter, even as a young child. It's also mentioned a couple times about an unnamed cousin of Kung Fu Man's family. Who, what, and where does his cousin live, currently remains a mystery, and whether or not his cousin is a trained fighter is also up for debate. Though what we do get of his history is where Kung Fu Man supposedly met and started to date his girlfriend, When he met his girlfriend is also up for debate. Kung Fu Man's main story begins with himself and his girlfriend going for a walk. Sometime during this walk, they are ambushed by Suave Dude and his minions; of course, Kung Fu Man fends off Suave Dude's minions, though while he is preoccupied, Suave Dude captures Kung Fu Man's girlfriend and retreats back to his secret hideout. In order to get his girlfriend back, Kung Fu Man sets off for Suave Dude's hideout, letting nothing stand in his way. It's implied many of the characters Kung Fu Man fights beyond this point are in fact many popular characters in fiction. It's also implied Kung Fu Man befriended and became enemies with many of the fictional characters, and some characters even offered to join Kung Fu Man on his journey to help stop Suave Dude, once befriended.

## Appearance:

Kung Fu Man is a tall, buff, fit, and overall enduranced Asian human man. Wearing a traditional Chinese/Japanese martial artist attire, with a blue headband, a white-tan robe, with a black belt to signify his training as a martial artist, blue soft-like sock shoes and a black plain t-shirt underneath. He also has slim, spiked, black hair.

## Trivia:

* The version of Kung Fu Man that comes prepackaged with M.U.G.E.N 1.1 does not work with M.U.G.E.N 1.0 due to Elecbyte using the 1.1-only ssfv2.1, despite the sprites otherwise being visibly identical between versions.
* Kung Fu Man's victory quotes contain a number of references:
	+ *"You must defeat Tu Shou to stand a chance."* might be a reference to the infamous *"You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance."* victory quote of Ryu's in *Street Fighter II*; furthering this, the Japanese version of the quote, *"カンフー突き手を破らぬ限り、お前に勝ち目はない！"*, roughly translates to *"If you cannot overcome the Kung Fu Palm, you cannot win!"*.
	+ *"十年早いんだぞ"* (*"Jū-nen hayain da**zo**"*) is almost identical to Akira Yuki's iconic *"十年早いんだよ！"* (*"Jū-nen hayain da**yo**!"*), though both roughly translate to *"You're ten years too early."*; the English version of this quote, *"You need a lot of training. Come back in ten years."*, still somewhat references this.
	+ *"What do you mean my girlfriend is in another temple?"* might be a reference to *Super Mario Bros.*, where Toad would greet Mario at the end of a castle, stating that the Princess was in another castle.