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=== Cultural impact === ==== Film industry ==== Numerous films from around the world have taken inspiration from Jackie Chan's fight sequences and action choreography. Examples include ''[[The Matrix]]'' and ''[[Kill Bill]]'' (both choreographed by his former colleague [[Yuen Woo-ping]]), the ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'' series (where he also voiced Monkey), ''[[The Raid: Redemption]]'' (2011) from [[Indonesian cinema]], ''[[Kingsman: The Secret Service]]'' (2014), the ''[[John Wick]]'' series, ''[[Atomic Blonde]]'' (2017), [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] films such as ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]'' (2018) and ''[[Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings]]'' (2021), the [[DC Extended Universe]] film ''[[Birds of Prey (2020 film)|Birds of Prey]]'' (2020), and the [[Netflix]] film ''[[Extraction (2020 film)|Extraction]]'' (2020).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chrysostomou |first1=George |title=10 Fight Sequences In Action Films That Were Influenced By Jackie Chan |url=https://screenrant.com/jackie-chan-influenced-fight-sequences-choreography-john-wick-the-matrix/ |access-date=13 November 2021 |work=[[Screen Rant]] |date=11 February 2021}}</ref> British filmmaker [[Edgar Wright]] cited Chan as an influence and said that, "No matter how many people try and rip off Jackie Chan movies, there's something which they can't rip off which is Jackie Chan himself."<ref name="Wright" /> [[Tom Holland]] also cited Chan as an influence on several action scenes in ''[[Uncharted (film)|Uncharted]]'' (2022), noting Chan's use of his surroundings to fight people in unique ways.<ref>{{cite news |title=@UnchartedMovie stars @TomHolland1996 and @markwahlberg chat about crazy stunts, bonding on the golf course, and their favorite action heroes |url=https://twitter.com/IMDb/status/1494763872124874756 |access-date=20 February 2022 |publisher=[[IMDb]] |via=Twitter |date=18 February 2022}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=September 2024}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ke |first1=Bryan |title='I hope I can work with Holland': Tom Holland, Jackie Chan exchange praise for 'Uncharted' action scenes |url=https://news.yahoo.com/hope-holland-tom-holland-jackie-205523617.html |access-date=17 March 2022 |publisher=[[Yahoo! News]] |agency=[[Yahoo]] |date=14 March 2022}}</ref> ==== In popular culture and media ==== Chan has been the subject of [[Ash (band)|Ash]]'s song "[[Kung Fu (Ash song)|Kung Fu]]", [[Heavy Vegetable]]'s "Jackie Chan Is a Punk Rocker", [[Leehom Wang]]'s "[[Change Me (album)|Long Live Chinese People]]", as well as in "Jackie Chan" by [[Frank Chickens]], and television shows ''[[Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!]]'', ''[[Celebrity Deathmatch]]'' and ''[[Family Guy]]''.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} He has been cited as the inspiration for [[manga]] and [[anime]] such as ''[[Dragon Ball]]'', which was particularly inspired by ''Drunken Master'',<ref name="Guide">{{cite book |title=TV Anime Guide: Dragon Ball Z Son Goku Densetsu |date=2003 |publisher=[[Shueisha]] |isbn=4088735463 |chapter=Akira Toriyama × Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru |chapter-url=https://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/son-goku-densetsu-toriyama-x-nakatsuru/ |access-date=21 November 2019 |archive-date=3 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903173254/https://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/son-goku-densetsu-toriyama-x-nakatsuru/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Dragon Ball Z Legend: The Quest Continues |date=2004 |publisher=DH Publishing Inc |isbn=978-0-9723124-9-3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/dragonballzlegen00iked/page/n8 7] |url=https://archive.org/details/dragonballzlegen00iked|url-access=registration }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Interview — Dragon Power / Ask Akira Toriyama! |journal=[[Shonen Jump (magazine)|Shonen Jump]] |date=January 2003 |issue=1 |url=https://www.kanzenshuu.com/press-archive/shonen-jump-january-2003-interview-dragon-power-ask-akira-toriyama/ |access-date=23 June 2020 |archive-date=3 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903173305/https://www.kanzenshuu.com/press-archive/shonen-jump-january-2003-interview-dragon-power-ask-akira-toriyama/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the fight scenes in Jackie Chan movies;<ref name="Illustrations">{{cite book |script-title=ja:DRAGON BALL 大全集 1: COMPLETE ILLUSTRATIONS|year=1995|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|pages=206–207|language =ja|isbn=4-08-782754-2}}</ref><ref name="Story">{{cite book |script-title=ja:DRAGON BALL 大全集 2: STORY GUIDE|year=1995|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|pages=261–265|language=ja|isbn=4-08-782752-6|url=https://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/daizenshuu-2-akira-toriyama-super-interview/}}</ref> the show pays homage with a character by the alias "[[Master Roshi|Jackie Chun]]".<ref>{{cite web |last=Hebert |first=James |title=Inspiration for Dragonball |work=San Diego Tribune |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20030822-9999_1c22tribute.html |date=22 August 2003 |access-date=1 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011143847/http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20030822-9999_1c22tribute.html |archive-date=11 October 2007 }}</ref> Toriyama said he had a young Jackie Chan in mind for a live-action [[Goku]], stating that "nobody could play Goku but him."<ref>{{Cite episode |title=『漫道コバヤシ』~映画「ドラゴンボールZ神と神」公開記念!出でよ神龍!!鳥山明先生、アンケート答えておくれーーーっ!!!!!SP~ |trans-title=A Public Movie Celebration For "Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods"! Come forth, Shenlong! Akira Toriyama-sensei, Answers Our Questionnaire!!!! Special |series=Mandō Kobayashi |series-link=:ja:漫道コバヤシ |first=Kendō |last=Kobayashi |author-link=Kendo Kobayashi |network=[[Fuji TV]] One Two Next |date=24 March 2013 |number=2 |quote=If it were back when Jackie Chan was still young, I suppose I would have thought nobody could play Goku but him. |lang=ja}}</ref> Chan himself was a fan of the series, and had expressed some interest in adapting ''Dragon Ball'' into a live-action film, but said it would require "a lot of amazing special effects and an enormous budget."<ref>{{cite book |last= Toriyama |first=Akira |author-link=Akira Toriyama |script-title=ja:DRAGON BALL 大全集 1: COMPLETE ILLUSTRATIONS |date=25 June 1995 |publisher=[[Shueisha]] |language=ja |isbn=4-08-782754-2 |page=7 |chapter=I Love Dragon Ball #1: Jackie Chan}}</ref> The [[parkour]] movement was also inspired by Chan.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stratford |first1=Elaine |title=Geographies, Mobilities, and Rhythms over the Life-Course: Adventures in the Interval |date=2014 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-135-11742-9 |page=79 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d4yLBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA79}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Hunt |first1=Leon |last2=Wing-Fai |first2=Leung |title=East Asian Cinemas: Exploring Transnational Connections on Film |date=2010 |publisher=[[I.B. Tauris]] |isbn=978-0-85771-227-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pzgBAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA229}}</ref> A number of [[video games]] have been based on, or featured, Jackie Chan. His film ''[[Wheels on Meals]]'' (called ''Spartan X'' in Japan) spawned the hit 1984 [[beat 'em up]] [[arcade game]] ''[[Kung-Fu Master (video game)|Spartan X]]'' (released as ''Kung-Fu Master'' in Western markets), and its sequel ''[[Spartan X 2]]'' for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Nintendo Famicom]] console. ''Spartan X'' laid the foundations for the beat 'em up genre,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Spencer |first1=Spanner |title=The Tao of Beat-'em-ups |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/the-tao-of-beat-em-ups-article?page=2 |access-date=20 July 2020 |work=[[Eurogamer]] |date=6 February 2008 |page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Stuart |first1=Keith |title=Bruce Lee, UFC and why the martial arts star is a video game hero |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/09/bruce-lee-ea-sports- |access-date=20 July 2020 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=9 April 2014}}</ref> and inspired other games including ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' (1985)<ref name="Miyamoto">{{cite AV media |people=[[Shigeru Miyamoto]] |date=December 2010 |title=Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary – Interview with Shigeru Miyamoto #2 |language=Japanese |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNa0M1gymgA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/DNa0M1gymgA| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|publisher=[[Nintendo Channel]] |access-date=12 April 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dingman |first1=Shane |title=Thirty things to love about Mario as Nintendo's star turns 30 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/tech-news/30-things-to-love-about-mario-as-nintendos-star-turns-30/article26329371/ |access-date=13 December 2021 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=11 September 2015 |url-access=registration}}</ref> and ''[[Street Fighter (video game)|Street Fighter]]'' (1987).<ref name="polygon">{{cite web |last1=Leone |first1=Matt |title=Street Fighter 1: An oral history |url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/7/7/21270906/street-fighter-1-oral-history-takashi-nishiyama |website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |access-date=16 July 2020 |date=7 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Connor |first1=James |title=Street Fighter Was Inspired By A Loose Game Adaptation Of A Jackie Chan Movie |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/street-fighter-was-inspired-by-a-loose-game-adapta/1100-6479503/ |access-date=12 April 2021 |work=[[GameSpot]] |date=8 July 2020}}</ref> ''[[Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu]]'' was released in 1990 for the [[PC-Engine]] and Nintendo Entertainment System. In 1995, Chan was featured in the arcade game ''[[The Kung-Fu Master Jackie Chan|Jackie Chan The Kung-Fu Master]]''. A series of [[Japanese video games]] were released on the [[MSX]] computer by Pony, based on several of Chan's films (''Project A'', ''Project A 2'', ''Police Story'', ''The Protector'' and ''Wheels on Meals''). Other games based on Jackie Chan include ''[[Jackie Chan Stuntmaster]]'', ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (video game)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]'' and ''[[Jackie Chan J-Mat Fitness]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jackie Chan Video Games |publisher=Hardcore Gaming 101 |url=http://hg101.kontek.net/jackiechan/jackie.htm |date=6 February 2010}}</ref> Chan also inspired video game characters such as [[Lei Wulong]] in ''[[Tekken]]'' and the fighting-type [[Pokémon]] [[Hitmonchan]].<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Masters of the Martial Arts |series=Celebrity Deathmatch |series-link=Celebrity Deathmatch |airdate=1999 |season=1 |number=12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite episode |title=Breaking Out Is Hard to Do |episode-link=Breaking Out Is Hard to Do |series=Family Guy |series-link=Family Guy |airdate=17 July 2005 |season=4 |number=9}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Orecklin |first=Michael |title=Pokemon: The Cutest Obsession |newspaper=Time |date=10 May 1999 }}</ref> On 25 June 2013, Chan responded to a hoax Facebook page created a few days earlier that alleged he had died. He said that several people contacted him to congratulate him on his recent engagement, and soon thereafter contacted him again to ask if he was still alive. He posted a Facebook message, commenting: "If I died, I would probably tell the world!"<ref>{{cite news |title=Jackie Chan response to RIP hoax |work=United Press International |url=http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Blog/2013/06/25/Jackie-Chan-responds-to-RIP-hoax-Im-not-dead/4391372179550/ |date=25 June 2013 |access-date=25 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jackie Chan declares well-being |publisher=Yahoo! |url=http://sg.news.yahoo.com/jackie-chan-declares-well-being-facebook-063000177.html |date=25 June 2013 |access-date=25 June 2013}}</ref> In 2015, a made-up word inspired by Chan's description of his hair during an interview for a commercial, ''[[duang]]'', became an internet viral meme particularly in China. The Chinese character for the word is a composite of two characters of Chan's name.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-31689148 |title=Millions share new Chinese character |date=2 March 2015 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> A wax figure of Jackie Chan was revealed at [[Madame Tussauds New York]] in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/new-york/information/news/madame-tussauds-new-york-challenges-guests-to-bring-their-drunken-feet-pose-for-instagramable-moment-with-iconic-new-figure-launch-of-famous-actor-and-martial-arts-master-jackie-chan/|title=Madame Tussauds New York Challenges Guests to 'Bring Their Drunken Feet' Pose for Instagramable Moment with Iconic New Figure Launch of Famous Actor and Martial Arts Master, Jackie Chan|date=27 January 2020|access-date=4 March 2024|publisher=Madame Tussauds New York}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/movies/jackie-chan-gets-his-own-wax-figure-at-madame-tussauds-in-time-for-chinese-new-year/|title=Jackie Chan Gets His Own Wax Figure at Madame Tussauds in Time for Chinese New Year|date=28 January 2020|access-date=4 March 2024|work=People}}</ref>
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