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    Zangief

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    Zangief is a Soviet/Russian professional wrestler from the Street Fighter series, who fights for glory of his homeland. Although usually depicted in adaptations as a villain, he is undeniably a good guy in the games and often helps the other heroic/anti-hero characters face off against the title's antagonists.

    Zangief's Saving Throw

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    Edited By Ryan  Staff

    I'm not much of a Street Fighter guy, and I still hold a minor grudge against Zangief for biting his freshest moves from Metro City Player Mike Haggar, but there's no denying that the red cyclone has a certain knack for tossing dudes around. If you possess even a shred of doubt about Zangief's capacity for grabbing dudes and then throwing dudes, I'd like to direct your attention to this seven-minute video, which was brought to our attention by Capcom's Seth Killian, of 'Gief giving the grief to virtually every character in every game he's appeared in. No one is spared his spine-crushing fury!


      

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    #1  Edited By Ryan  Staff

    I'm not much of a Street Fighter guy, and I still hold a minor grudge against Zangief for biting his freshest moves from Metro City Player Mike Haggar, but there's no denying that the red cyclone has a certain knack for tossing dudes around. If you possess even a shred of doubt about Zangief's capacity for grabbing dudes and then throwing dudes, I'd like to direct your attention to this seven-minute video, which was brought to our attention by Capcom's Seth Killian, of 'Gief giving the grief to virtually every character in every game he's appeared in. No one is spared his spine-crushing fury!


      

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    #2  Edited By REDRUN

    Zangief can pile drive anything, even Godzilla. LOL

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    #3  Edited By LiveOrDie1212

    Zangief is da man. he gets things done

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    #4  Edited By End_Boss

    Wow.

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    #5  Edited By BinaryDragon

    ...even Godzilla....Wow.

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    #6  Edited By BoG

    Servbot got SERVED. And did he just piledrive a tyrannosaurus? Wow.

    the video also reminds me of how much I hate the fact that his ultra in SFIV can kill Chun Li with full life. probably.
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    #7  Edited By AndrewJD

    Good vid. Zangief rules!!

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    #8  Edited By coonce

    oh man - i hate me some gief spammers!

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    #9  Edited By RobDaFunk

    You can never tire of seeing Tha 'Gief wrestle a dinosaur.

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    #10  Edited By coonce

    who is this lil guy?



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    #11  Edited By coonce

    ....and this is just ridiculous.



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    #12  Edited By SpecialBuddy

    HAHA the Geif wins again!

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    #13  Edited By TheFreeMan

    The timing is this video was crazy. He countered some Hypers with perfect timing.

    Oh yeah, Zangief rules! Any man who can take piledriver Hulk, Juggernaut, and fire breathing T-Rexes is a legend.

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    #14  Edited By WholeFunShow

    IF YOU'RE NOT INDIE FUCK YOU!

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    #15  Edited By Thejugglingbum

    Where was Zangief throwing Zangief?

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    #16  Edited By singular

    I remember how much of a pain in the ass it was trying to finish SF2 on the SNES with Zangief.

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    #17  Edited By REDRUN
    Reason No. 23 to fear Zangief: He wears a banana hammock.



    Spam your fireballs or you would get a Gief 360.
    Spam your fireballs or you would get a Gief 360.


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    #18  Edited By Coltonio7

    And this is why my main is Zangief <3

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    #19  Edited By Vect

    That little dude is Servbot. It's a Megaman Character.

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    #20  Edited By REDRUN
    Vect said:
    "That little dude is Servbot. It's a Megaman Character."
    it doesn't matter, the little dude gets pile drived the same. xD
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    #21  Edited By Chokobo

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    That would be serv-bot.  He's from Mega Man.

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    #22  Edited By Muffin_Hunter
      

    This is the ultimate Zangief match-up as far as I'm concerned.
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    #23  Edited By FlipperDesert
    I'm glad I have an excuse to share this with you all now.
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    #24  Edited By Domstercool

    Zangief, good for doing challenges! :D

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    #26  Edited By nukesniper

    @Coonce The lil guy is Servbot, he is entertaining and awesome. He was in Marvel vs Capcom 2. I think he is somehow connected to the Mega Man series.


    All that matters is he is the best dude that gets crushed in this video, and that he throws little paper airplanes as a taunt =)
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    #27  Edited By Jimbo7676

    Man he just destroyed that dinosaur.

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    Concentrated ownage.

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    #29  Edited By comradecrash

    That...was...epic!!

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    #30  Edited By DoMakeSayThink

    Haha that was pretty flipping awesome, was crazy to see all those street fighter games aswell. I want to play the VS Capcom games now, they look insane.

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    #31  Edited By WiqidBritt

    interesting that they included a couple of Mugen games

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    #32  Edited By romeoinc

    What game is it where Zangief throws the table in a rather uncivil manner, it looks freakin awesome! It starts at 5:47.

    Akuma was so perplexed by the Gief's sheer mass that he took a dive!

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    #33  Edited By DannyJ

    He sure can tear people apart. Highlight was the table flipping special imo

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    #34  Edited By SoulTaker

    That was simply Awesome.

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    #35  Edited By harrisonave

    Wait... did he just fucking piledrive a dinosaur?  Fuck what you heard, Zangief for life, fool.

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    #36  Edited By MasturbatingBear

    I laughed like crazy when he slammed the t-rex, and the servbot

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    #37  Edited By Octopus_Prime

    best was the table flipping move
    brilliant

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    #38  Edited By Terrell

    Zangief is cheap, always has been. Always will be!

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    #39  Edited By Gregomasta

    Man, what an abusive asshole flipping that table over and ruining the lunch Morrigan made for him.

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    #40  Edited By frsty13

    The table flipping is in Super Gem Fighter.

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    #42  Edited By sweep  Moderator

    Zangief fighting Hulk would be fairly epic...

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    #43  Edited By innacces14

    LMAO at 5:37!

    Akuma: "Prepare youself..."

    Zangief: "...FOR MOTHER RUSSIA!!"

    *Zangief continues pwnage*

    XD

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    #44  Edited By Media_Master

    wow

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    #45  Edited By churrific

    that part with the aerial combo on rogue was the best

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    #46  Edited By ivanetc

    I wonder if Zangief can hug someone without throwing them.


    Cause I sure want a hug ;

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