Did you spot them all?
Zenless Zone Zero’s newest playable agent, Ju Fufu, has finally arrived! If you’ve been following her agent demos, trailers, and story episodes, you probably already have a pretty good (and hilarious) impression of the game’s cutest orange kitty Tiger Thiren, who is part of the Yunkui Summit.
But were you able to spot all the cool references in her latest video, Self-Cultivation Through Food? The song is obviously focused on Senior Ju Fufu’s love for food, but it’s also chock-full of really cool easter eggs from Hong Kong and Kung Fu comic books, movies, and more.
Here are all nine references we found in the Ju Fufu EP:
Vampire vs Vampire (1989)

The first one is a movie poster of Ju Fufu with a fake moustache, holding out a talisman, and wearing an orange robe with Hu Wei (Ju Fufu’s popcorn maker) behind her. This is a direct reference to the movie poster for Vampire vs Vampire (一眉道人), a 1989 Hong Kong comedy horror film about a Chinese exorcist who lives with a Jiangshi child (a hopping corpse equivalent to western vampires) going against a European vampire.
The Way of the Dragon (1972) and Enter the Dragon (1973)

The video also pays homage to Bruce Lee through a funny video poster of an extremely muscular version of Senior Fufu, with nunchucks and a highly-detailed facial expression in an art style common of Hong Kong comic books.
Fufu’s pose and facial expression resemble Bruce Lee's, from a movie poster for The Way of the Dragon. This film was co-produced and directed by Bruce Lee himself, and also starred in the lead role. This film was also famous as Chuck Norris’ debut role.
Interestingly enough, Ju Fufu’s poster had clones posing like the main image, lined up like she was in a room full of mirrors. This is a nod to the multiple-mirror scene from another Bruce Lee Film, Enter the Dragon (1973).
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

The third film is a slightly newer entry (if you call 25 years new) compared to the rest. In the poster, Jufufu is depicted as a female Kung Fu warrior wearing a long-sleeved tunic and holding her sword and hand out a specific way. This looks similar to the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon poster, where Zhang Zhiyi poses in a similar way. The text above her says it all, though. When translated, it reads “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Cat.”
Rumble Bronx (1995) and Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 (2011)

Another poster pays homage to Jackie Chan’s Rumble in the Bronx. The poster is a very close parody to the original, with muscular, sleeveless Ju Fufu making a hilarious express as if ready to punch, a fiery explosion behind her, and part of New Eridu with tall buildings and a hollow further behind.
Interestingly enough though, Jufufu is also wearing black pigtail-like ribbons, and spiky bracelets—which is pretty close to Chun-Li's alternate black-and-red costume in the 2011 fighting game Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3. Granted, we may be reaching a little for the Chun-Li similarities here, as she makes the same pose in most Street Fighter video games as an idle animation.
Tiger Shark (1994)

The scene where Ju Fufu roars like a Super Saiyan was definitely harder for us to figure out, because it looked like the Super Saiyan 3 in Dragon Ball Z. However, keen-eyed netizens in Chinese forums pointed out that this was actually a reference to a popular Hong Kong comic book series in the 90s called Tiger Shark by Ocean Comics (not to be confused with the Tiger Shark from DC Comics).
The Tiger Shark comic series ran from 1994 to 1997. At the time, Tiger Shark greatly influenced Hong Kong’s comic book art styles and content.
Drunken Master (1978)

The easter eggs don’t end with movie posters, because there are plenty of scenes in Ju Fufu’s music video that recreate popular scenes from Kung Fu movies.
One such scene was a chibi version of Ju Fufu with knees slightly bent, balancing some heavy stones with two hands. Her facial expression and her posture is elmost exactly like Jackie Chan’s training montage with the Drunken Master. The way Ju Fufu looked up while concentrating gives it away, too.
This wasn’t in the movie itself, but behind-the-scenes footage from the movie also featured Jackie Chan doing push-ups with a large stone on his back. Apparently, Ju Fufu found this a good idea for training as well, as she tries to do the same in her EP.
Mulan (1998)

A very brief and almost imperceptible Easter egg concerns the music video's pole scene. Here, Senior Fufu was looking up a tall pole, ready to climb up and reach the prize (which is Hu Wei, her popcorn maker).
This is none other than a reference to the famous scene in the 1994 cartoon Mulan. Disguised as Ping, Mulan looked up at an arrow stuck in a tall pole, before attempting and succeeding to retrieve the arrow to secure her place in the army.
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

There’s another big cat reference in the Kung Fu Hustle movie and it’d be such a missed opportunity if Ju Fufu’s video didn’t capitalise on that. Although Ju Fufu didn’t copy the Landlady’s Lion’s Roar, a scene in the music video paid homage to her.
When Ju Fufu jumped to avoid the truck, she flipped around in the air much like the Landlady did in Kung Fu Hustle, before hitting a billboard face flat. Again, just like the Landlady did when she was chasing the protagonist.
God of Cookery (1996)

At first, we thought the music video scenes that featured food had no references at all, because after all, the video was named Self-Cultivation Through Food. But one Redditor pointed out that a particular scene featuring Ju Fufu and a hot pot with grilled food was likely a reference to God of Cookery, starring Stephen Chow.
The scene in the music video starts with Ju Fufu's hand holding out skewered meat on top of a grill, which is a direct reference to the scene where Stephen Chow was cooking meat on top of a fiery stove. The video then zooms out to Ju Fufu in front of a spread of raw ingredients, cooking with a skewer with her left hand and placing her hand close to the claypot on her right, which is exactly how that scene played out in the movie.
It looks like Zenless Zone Zero won’t stop feeding its fans with pop culture references, and we’re here for it! Which reference is your favourite, or have you spotted a few that we missed out on?