The Medium
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the Message
Street Fighter episode 8 |
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For a detailed overview of this episode, click here.
Bison lures the Street Fighters to a tournament, where his new creations are ready to fight them.
Original USA broadcast date: December 16th, 1995
Contents
1) Synopsis
2) Notes
3) Errors
Synopsis
Guile is entered into a tournament in Chhatarpur. Escher believes that some of the new fighters there have come out of Shadaloo. Guile heads there and meets with his team, which consists of Blanka, Chun-Li, Cammy, Ken and Ryu. However the tournament has been setup by Bison to lure the Street Fighters there, so he can unleash his new creations on them. The three mutants have been created by a Dr. Kurst, who Bison captured and forced him to work, using Dhalsim's old research. The Street Fighters start participating in the tournament matches. |
As extra insurance, Bison has Balrog create a tape of altered footage, showing some of the Street Fighters defiling a temple. However Bison doesn't use the tape yet, as his three mutants start fighting Guile, Blanka and Chun-Li. It seems the mutants can't be beaten until Guile and Chun-Li throw their projectiles at a light above, causing it to crash down and defeat the new enemies. |
The tape is then played, and everyone in Chhatarpur is enraged when they see Guile, Blanka and Chun-Li destroy a statue. The Street Fighters split up, with most of the group distracting the crowds, whilst Guile and Blanka are able to find Kurst. Kurst explains that Bison and Balrog are gone, and Bison intends to destroy the lab by detonating the explosive ankle bracelet he is wearing. Blanka gets the bracelet off and Guile runs out with it. Kurst sets up a broadcast and tells the people of Chhatarpur that the Street Fighters are here to help them, and shows them footage of Guile running with the explosive. Guile throws it and destroys it, causing a large explosion in the air. Later on, the team watch the next big thing: caged competition. |
-The waitress in the diner appears to be using the same character model as Violet, the waitress seen at the start of the previous episode. |
-When Escher is watching footage of the tournament, the exact same clip of Birdie moving forward gets played twice. |