Influence On Popular Culture
- In the Dragon Ball series, when the first tournament is held, Master Roshi is disguised as "Jackie Chun" and he tries to use a Drunken Fist technique on Goku. Akira Toriyama said that Drunken Master was one of his major inspirations for the Dragon Ball series.
- The PlayStation game Jackie Chan Stuntmaster includes a bonus level in which he wears his traditional Drunken Master dress and drinks wine while fighting. He even gives the Drunken Punch as his charge punch throughout the game.
- In popular PC online game Guild Wars, there is a stance-skill called "Drunken Master" which temporarily increases movement and attack speed. This effect is doubled if character is drunk.
- In The King of Fighters series, the character Chin Gentsai was modeled after Su Hua Chi.
- Jamaican musicians Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, and The Revolutionaries recorded a reggae song called Drunken Master which was released in 1981 by Island on an album called Sly and Robbie Present Taxi.
- In the Japanese Anime/Manga, Naruto, one of the characters 'Rock Lee' is seen performing similar fighting styles after consuming alcohol. Known as the 'Drunken Fist' in the series' Japanese version and the 'Loopy Fist' in the English.
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