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Were hitmontlee and hitmonchan really based off of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan?

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Its what pokemaster said on the question called clever pokemon names

I thought it was a joke. Is it really true?

asked May 4, 2012 by mechacharizard

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They are.
HitmonLEE: Bruce Lee
HitmonCHAN: Jackie Chan

answered May 4, 2012 by Mewderator
whoa. 3 seconds.
commented May 4, 2012 by ∞Skynet∞
COOL.. Up-Vote
commented May 5, 2012 by Spark Pichu
LMAO funny thing is Bruce Lee's Chinese name is Lixiaolong, and it was actually supposed to be "Bruce Li", but no Americans figured out how to pronounce it >.<
commented May 6 by lixiaolong

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