Muscle Power
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| Muscle Power | |
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 Muscle Power in World Heroes 2 |
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| Game series | World Heroes series |
| First game | World Heroes |
| In-Universe Information | |
| Birthplace |  USA |
| Blood type | A |
| Fighting style | Wrestling |
Muscle Power (マッスルパワー?) is a fictional character designed for the World Heroes game series.
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[edit] About Muscle Power
Mucle Power (ring name), an American wrestler from the XXI century, was the first competitor to win every Heavyweight Championship from every wrestling association. He accepted Doc Brown's invitation to fight Geegus because he took Geegus as a challenger of his multiple belts.
[edit] Special Moves
- Muscle Bomber
- Tornado Breaker
- Super Drop Kick
- Giant Breaker
[edit] Appearances
- World Heroes
- World Heroes 2
- World Heroes 2 Jet
- World Heroes Perfect
[edit] Trivia
- Muscle Power is obviously based on Hulk Hogan. Apart from his appearance, he adopts Hogan's "arm flexing" pose, his common phrase of "Number One!" is a complete translation of Hogan's catchphrase of "Ichiban!" spoken while he was a member of New Japan Pro Wrestling, and his Muscle Bomber lariat mimics the Axe Bomber.
- He actually resembled Hogan less and less with each game in the series. In World Heroes 2, he no longer had Hogan's mustache. In World Heroes 2 Jet, he no longer had Hogan's shirt-ripping opening pose. And in World Heroes Perfect, he was given a new winning pose (for winning without taking any damage), a dance with his hand on his hip, rather than Hogan's flexing.
- Some also believe that the character parallels Lex Luger during his tenure in the World Wrestling Federation, though Luger's "All American" gimmick (with very similar red, white, and blue flag-patterned tights) started a year after World Heroes' was released.
- One of his win quotes in the first WH game is translated as "You can find my picture in the dictionary under the word 'ultimate'." This is likely a reference to both Mr. Perfect (who employs a very similar line in a Game Boy WWF title) and The Ultimate Warrior, both of whom still retained some popularity at the time the game was released.
- His hair color is variable between the games and the artworks. In-game, has blonde hair, but in artworks has tow-headed.
- Also, Muscle Power is considerated as an "American Zangief" by the fans.
