The Shocking History of Dhalsim ! - A Street Fighter Character Documentary (1991 - 2022)

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[@devingiles6597]

Top Hat Gaming Man, you should do a Street Fighter character documentary video on Rainbow Mika.

[@876Trendy_lovee]

Hey TopHat big fan bro keep doing what you doing really do appreciate and enjoy your videos such great content just love it 💯🙏

[@toyplaywithjay4513]

Do Karin or Kolin next pls

[@Iqzzy-KO]

Can you do Ryu next please? :)

[@Liquidcadmus]

Dhalsim and Blanka were the first bizarre fighters in the franchise that set the tradition for future games in the universe to always have at least one weird character in the roster. I didn't like him that much at first when SF2 came out, but eventually grew fond of him. great character!

[@RM668]

I await to see Necro and Oro again in SF6

[@warrenbradford2597]

It is good that Dhalsim is still going strong to this day. He has gained new moves as well as having his lore improved over the years.

[@krishrama]

it is impressive he is still around in SF games... even made it to sf6 now. respect to capcom.

[@warrenbradford2597]

@@krishrama They did well. Yes.🙂

[@ymkyourmoneyking8157]

@@krishrama he’s a street fighter character stop acting surprised

[@MezTZO]

According to the Street Fighter Canon Plot Guide, a Japanese writeup in "Hadouken no Nazou" claims Dhalsim's fighting style is based on kalaripayattu. His training in Yoga is what gave him his flexibility and stretching abilities, while the ability to breathe fire was already covered in the video above.

[@dexocube]

Dhalsim wasn't one of my favourite characters when I started playing SF2 but he became one of my favourites later on. Infuriating my mates no end. Props for mentioning Master of the Flying Guillotine, love that movie.

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

I remember hearing that the skulls he wears are from 3 children who died in his village. I also heard Balrog once punched 1 of the tusks off of 1 of Dhalsim's elephants

[@jeremyhall2727]

Yeah that's truth

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

@@jeremyhall2727 Both?

[@orionhan2431]

i heard he breathes fire because of spicy food. Even if they retcon it, for me it will always be Spicy Food!

[@orionhan2431]

@@VictorHernandez-nj2lo first is definitely true. never heard 2nd, might not be canon anymore

[@jagergerg9771]

So why does he wear them? Kinda creepy

[@cheesyhado]

Now THIS is one i've been waiting for! Dhalsim has always been iconic yet I did not know about his past...the joy of seeing he was a good man! Thanks Top Hat Man!

[@arrownoir]

I always thought Blanka would be the one with the shocking history.

[@sevaplotnichenko51]

awesome video as always. I'm not the biggest fan of dhalsim, but I'll always be down to learn the history behind the characters!

[@stevensonchambers5577]

A good Dhalsim player is a nightmare matchup for many characters. He is not easy to master but is a force to be reckoned with once he is.

[@raimu301]

another great video, its really interesting how many characters start from stereotypes that evolve to be more than the sum of its parts

[@bravo1oh1]

Wow! Thank you! I've been asking for this video for a while! You delivered top hat!

[@shinespike7346]

Another awesome vid!

[@DipherOneCICrew]

Awesome video Top Hat Man, liked it and subbed to your channel. Word.

[@immahustlahomie]

Thank you for all your time and work on these !

[@ChazTheYouthful]

If he was named after lentils and beans that explains how he can produce gas for his fire techniques.

[@Gurziak]

Master of The Flying Guillotine is still one of the best kung fu movies of all time. Change my mind

[@waynegoddard4065]

Kabbadi is great stuff to watch. They used to have it on channel 4 years ago. Absolutely mental game.

[@Ez-market]

Great video , huge fan ,thanks so much!

[@IsaacKuo]

Obviously the Dark Stalkers series didn't go very far, but Dhalsim's unconventional move set would have made him a really cool unlockable character in that series. Also, his long range attacks would be fun to use in a beat 'em up game.

[@tracyndiyob162]

while i hated fighting him the most in sf2(with how clunky it was he always tripped me the second it started.) i always liked dhalsim's history like his fire being from agni/how in the comics it's illusion based by expecting the pain long enough to be striked,his son being friends with guile's daughter,being the reason cammy broke free and thought it was cool in 5(also funny he just kicks ibuki & birdie out of the helicopter when they invade the shadaloo base.) he teaches the police officer to breath flames like him really alongside other characters showing anyone can learn their techniques in time. also thought it was a bit funny in svc chaos he calls mai shiranui fat when she's not that different from other snk games(would say chun li's more closer.) outside maybe 15 and was my favorite part of street fighter 2v(liked the way ryu learnt the hadoken alongside exploring an ancient temple to focus his spirit fighting the illusion as an akuma esque monster to see he and ken were fighting each other to control their strength and actually remember an old video of dhalsim teaching ryu & ken hado where it explained his techniques being real life teachings.:3) being what i wish they did with him in the animated movie after he sensed ryu's energy(would've liked him being the calcutta girl's father and after ryu saves her alongside sensing his energy he helps ryu train alongside e. honda.) which i like is extending to the games with 5 that i hope continues to 6.(would love him,oro,karin & rose/menat being ryu or the player characters guides.)

[@SirChocula]

Dhalsim was my first character I ever chose in the SF2 arcade back then. I thought his long limbs would give me an edge, I was wrong xD mainly bc I had no clue what I was doing, lol.

[@peacefulscrimp5183]

This was unbelievably enjoyable 👌

[@mrfreeze2446]

Watching to support after your refreshingly honest post about this character, well played man ✌️

[@ecosmith7852]

You're the one who has been saying that all of my moves are cheap and that my arms are stretchy and that it is not fair how dare you sir!

[@ATiM-]

As always very interesting video. Keep it up big daddy! 😊👍

[@TheSTeWMaN29]

Thanks for all of your videos on the history of all of the Street Fighter characters, I'm a Huge player and fan, Great Job, I love Dhalsim in the Street Fighter 2 V cartoon series

[@sumit92artist]

wtf his name is based on Daal and Sem??!!😂😂 bwahaha! gonna tell my friends and siblings about this. I'm Indian btw and those dishes are like regular at home.

[@robertmatthews9650]

His yoga drill mixups were a problem back in the day.

[@brandonsolomon6485]

Did you know, the voice actor of dhalsim in street fighter 2v was steve blum.

[@AshWilliams-v3e]

Street fighter 2????? reall???

[@johnpittsii7524]

Thanks for covering Dhalism . Much ❤

[@chadgarrett6947]

I mean, considering his bio always says he is less than 6 foot tall and like 110 pounds, they sure make him tall and enormous muscularly.

[@jeremybowers3181]

FINALLY!!! Been waiting for this one!! "Yoga!!"🔥

[@guntherhendrix7028]

Zangief's presidential kossack dance is the most memorable to me.

[@snapclub8751]

One of my favorite Street Fighter characters. Great job.

[@taylorbee4010]

There's actually a set of Hinduism that he more resembles. But it's one that actually deals with things that are defiling on purpose. They do wear skull necklaces and do stunts. I forgot the name The fire breathing thing is also a street trick.

[@JihadBunnydick]

The Aghoris... Sometimes they're covered in ash. Hence why one of his sprites is gray.

[@vh-ali_n-teen]

The irony in Dhalsim’s name (beans/lentils) “Vegetarian Cannibal” or “vegetable guy” as a side effect of consumption of narcotics which makes him weak and slow in movement . The AGHORIS apart from consuming the corpse, the tribe members practicing cannibalism utilize the dead body to the fullest. For instance, they transform human skulls into bowls and carve pieces of bones into jewelry. Every Aghori possesses a human skull which they use as a bowl. Why? Because according to their belief system, the human life of a deceased clings to the skull’s top. Additionally, for them to transcend, they need to face death directly. Due to this belief, the Aghoris gather the human ashes from the cremation grounds, smearing them on their whole bodies - from head to toe. This act, according to them, brings them closer to their Lord Shiva and protects them from future diseases. After smearing the human ashes all over, the Aghoris meditate and pray.

[@vh-ali_n-teen]

Today, the Kāpālika tradition survives within its Shaivite offshoots: the Aghori order, Kaula, and Trika traditions.

[@LordEvan5]

Guile would clearly be named Cheese Burger

[@marlonmontelhiggins8570]

Either that or something else like "Sammich".

[@vh-ali_n-teen]

Limb burger

[@r1konTheAutomator]

Hey nice! I think you're pronouncing his name right 😅 out of character for you lol. Love your vids bro, thanks for all your hard work for the community

[@TopHatGamingManChannel]

We eat Dhal all the time!

[@faytelinegod9541]

Pop-Tart 🤣. U always taking cheap shots at my home country and I'm here for it.

[@hobokoala2623]

I had to pause the video at that part and check the comments to see if anyone else laughed as hard as I did

[@MikeEZ]

Wait.. is it just me or does the outfit of the guy in the movie resembles Fang's outfit?🤔🤔

[@shikarbabulall3897]

Er when u meditate it calms the mind and gets rid of anger or anxiety , now that you mentioned it after 30 years or so you playing it , u cannot meditate and destroy! .............I guess playing the game so much and loving it for so many years you tend to miss these things.

[@AlphaProto]

Nice video.

[@valiantcorgi5162]

I read recently of an India cannibal tribe called the "Aghori". I thought maybe Dhalsim was based off that. Like he was part of the tribe at first then denounced the ways of it and started practicing Yoga. Because it does seem odd that he's wearing skulls which would be the "yang" and doing yoga is the "ying". IDK. Just a theory that's probably wrong, although that would make a great repenting backstory for him.

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

Please do a videos on Ryu, Rolento, Ibuki, & Elena

[@joshualedesmasegovia]

Which Street Fighter Returning Characters that weren't not present in Street Fighter 5 should appear in Street Fighter 6 for me Fei Long and T Hawk

[@demonreturns4336]

This dude was a nightmare in SFXT especially if you pair him up with someone who covered all his weaknesses His teleport/ overhead mix up game was 😬

[@vagabond4113]

Based on his name Dhalsim could have been an Indian Saiyan. 🇮🇳💪🏾

[@gordonstaples5096]

This one is long overdue.

[@Lord_Deimos]

Stretching one's limbs... does it count for EVERY limb and is it possible to learn this power? Asking for a friend...

[@devingiles6597]

Hey, Top Hat Gaming Man! Can you please do a Street Fighter character documentary on E. Honda?

[@shenglongisback4688]

Street Food Fighters lol DLC Chowder..ha-food-ken Actually That Movie was the 1st World Tornament Movie with each character having their own theme music costume from the respective Countries. Jimmy Wang Yu main actor and director of the one arm martial series which Flying Gullotine is apart of. The theme for the evil blind monk is frickin epic everytime his character shows up.

[@barbedwire4452]

i vote to call his fighting style YOGATSU

[@CaptainCool336]

Vindaloo Narrative sounds like the best name ever for a band.

[@level9drow856]

Guile would be Tater Tot.

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

Actually,Dhalsim was in the original version of SF4 as well

[@battlericky17]

I love these videos

[@vh-ali_n-teen]

Like Zangief who was meant to be named Vodka Gobalski after Punch Out character Vodka Drunkeski/Soda Popinski (1984/1987) an USSR wrestler champion also “Bear Hugger” (1987) punch out an canadian hillbilly or lumper jack .

[@joedent3323]

I prefer to call him Bindi Bhaji. or Cornershop.

[@JDDK28]

Pop tart? You’re giving the US pop tart? It should have been hot dog! 😅

[@shikarbabulall3897]

Good stuff , I wasn't aware he was named after Indian food 😃

[@marcusprime357]

Please cover YUN AND YANG! Thanks!

[@Ming1975]

I like the story line of Dhalsim is 1 of the 4 grandmasters among Gouken, Akuma & Gen but Dhalsim & Gen are both declining and the next among the 4 are Sagat, Ryu & ChunLi because Akuma just refuse to retire and die!!!

[@Rationalific]

Besides that stretchy-armed guy in the Justin Trudeau flick, I'm sure that a large part (especially the minimal clothing and emaciated look and dislike of violence) comes from Mohandas Gandhi (and maybe some other gurus).

[@r1konTheAutomator]

4:22 - lol alot of SFII's cast were themselves racist caricatures 😅

[@ridesq]

Dhalsim would be 69 today per the English manual.

[@partofthetribe3277]

Master of the flying guillotine is an awesome movie.

[@saiken811]

The naming strategy is legit. I mean Kobe Bryant was name after a Japanese steak dish.... lol

[@MuhammadAli-xw4yc]

Dhalsim was thrash in street fighter 2. As a teenager most teenagers dismissed him as thrash tier. And when teenagers the minority who did pick him. They 9 times out of 10 got bodied and quickly dropped him 🤣. He got absolutely destroyed at every arcade by majority of the cast. When street fighter 2 turbo came around. Dhalsim once again was the pathetic bendy punching bag. What a joke he was. Alpha games he got destroyed once again. He only got good in sft 4 and sft 5. His best appearance is street fighter 5 without a doubt and possibly street fighter 6

[@snapclub8751]

That’s actually quite shocking. I guess it does take more than stretchy limbs to make you top tier.

[@barbedwire4452]

who knew yoga could be so deadly :) Yoga flame

[@jeremyallen7925]

Demitri Maximoff please!

[@GenoGenerations]

Dhalsim’s only L wasn’t even an L, bro just got distracted by a stronger ki.

[@trapsolekage]

Do a video on all the Dolls

[@bruceaskew2107]

USA = gullie = pop tarts 😒🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That's hilarious top hat

[@jamesmoss3424]

Dhalism is an amazing street fighter.😀👍🇮🇳🇺🇸🎮

[@211inprogress]

Love it. ⚡🥘⚡ Yeahhhh.

[@LorenzoLeBlanc]

Quite awesome indeed.

[@mallen73101]

Came here from the short 😤

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

Look up Street Fighter Red Tape,the clip on Dhalsim XD

[@vioviooo4567]

Dalshim and Blanka the real street fighters

[@skaiphoenix7605]

Woohoo!!! 😁

[@dwightphillips7578]

Street fighter ex plus alpha music in the background!

[@StreetFighter2010]

Master of the Flying Guillotine was not racist, any more than Street Fighter 2 is racist. Merely representing an Indian martial artist as a fighter with traditional Indian clothes doesn’t mean that character was meant to be of an inferior race.

[@stefurness3982]

It’s just Reed Richards

[@Imawesomedude20]

We gonna ignore how he has three skulls around his neck?

[@kenyattakariem9708]

At what point did Dahlism started to take HGH or steroids cuz he went from skinny cut up to bodybuilder size

[@krishrama]

lolz. ...well around alpha series era. he got a slight redesign. more buffed. always found that odd and interesting capcom did that. i think its also inspired from the epic SFII animated movie. which capcom tooks tons of ideas from as well.

[@KingStreetBrody]

Went into a Caloric surplus lol

[@madebydante7869]

Ah yes my main

[@gotoastal]

Your pronunciation is weird. Raiyu instead of Ryu, brief instead of breathe, wiv instead of with.

[@mrkeystrokegaming]

Yoga!🔥🧘🏾‍♂️🐐

[@vicenzogames5535]

Dhalsim's fire has been changed yet again being stated as an illusion created by him that give the feeling of burning, i guess it could fit dhalsim's pacifist nature and it is much more plausible

[@jagergerg9771]

The skulls are creepy Knowing they are children

[@xprettyboix18]

Did they apologize to India like they did Brazil?

[@DiscoJoseph]

Fun character…difficult to master.

[@driftingmemories5737]

🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@kwokatsooff]

I was a Dhalsim main, the guy in the video definitely doesnt know how to play him LOL

[@SirStarGazer00]

What in the world is payela? I think you meant Paella. Pronounced Pa-eh-yah

[@MrLeLaitier]

Who is from south asia and has the ability to stretch limbs ?

[@CaptainJacksIsland]

Does everything have to be racist? Someone put on make up and acted, which is kind of what movies are known for. So unless you can prove that they specifically wanted to demean Indians, it's just an insular nation making a movie, which didn't need to pander to sensitivities since they made it for themselves. And I know full well about racism permeating through Chinese culture, but let's not throw that term around flippantly and make a mountain out of a mole hill. Thoughts and the words we choose to express them should be accurate.

[@DadIsNotANounIshmaelStreet79]

yes.. Black face is racist

[@dionneking8]

love him

[@ulrichenry4881]

True martial arts of India, Kalaripayattu Shastar Vidiya Kushti Inbuan vajra mushti gatka

[@officialtruvotru-druvevoch7049]

I'm in a mood for Cous cous Curry Roti and Bussup Shut with some Chick Peas and Hot Pepper! Yoga Yogaaa!