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Once Upon a Time in China

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Once Upon a Time in China	comment	Once Upon a Time in China is a 1991 Wuxia martial arts film directed by Tsui Hark, a long time collaborator with John Woo.The protagonist is Doctor Wong Fei-hung (played by the inimitable Jet Li), philanthropic physician of the Po Chi Lam clinic and the greatest warrior of Real Life 1875 Canton. Possessing a skill in the Martial Arts that was matched only by his kindness and mastery in healing, Master Wong was respected by friend and foe alike, protecting the citizens of Canton from the predations of The Triads and the Tongs and the greedy Western invaders who sought to exploit China's great riches. He inherits his father Wong Kei-Ying's title as one of the Ten Tigers of Canton — the greatest warriors of Southern China.The story begins when the love of his life, "13th Aunt" (not by relation, but because his grandfather and her father are blood brothers), returns from a 3-year education in England. Though the perspective and charm derived from her western education fascinates Fei-hung, an awkwardness forms in their relationship, as it clashes with his traditional eastern values. On that same day, a young, unemployed-acrobat — Leung Foon (played by Jackie Chan film veteran Yuen Biao in the first film, and Max Mok in all subsequent films) — wanders into Canton seeking instruction in the martial arts. Instead, he blunders into and insults the Shaho ("Sand River") Gang — a vicious Triad that terrorizes and fleeces the innocents of Canton, already destitute from simultaneous British and American exploitation.A great warrior though Wong Fei-hung may be, he can only watch helplessly as the Western government indiscriminately guns down many innocent Chinese at an opera performance in an attempt to apprehend assassins targeting Western dignitaries. He is then framed for the crime by the Shaho Gang and confined to his clinic by his own government so he could heal those injured and dying from the massacre. Now unhindered, the Shaho Gang start to kidnap scores of women to be sold into prostitution in America and gain the alliance of "Iron Vest" Yim - a martial artist whose skin can be broken by no weapon. With Leung Foon as his apprentice, Master Yim seeks to break out of poverty by challenging Master Wong to establish his school in Canton through the fame and respect of defeating the Tenth Tiger.It is in this desperate climate that Doctor Wong Fei-hung must fight not only to save the people of his country, but also to reconcile with what it means to be an idealistic and heroic Chinese warrior in an increasingly cynical and westernized world.Once Upon a Time in China revitalized not only Jet Li's (then) fledgling career, but revitalized credibility in Kung Fu and Wuxia cinema as a medium that is just as capable of conveying an emotionally rich and politically relevant story as any European Arthouse film, through a combination of magnificent cinematography, tour-de-force acting, and a heartfelt and human story. This paved the way for future films such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero (2002).Followed by two more sequels starring Jet Li before a falling out between him and Tsui Hark that resulted in him being replaced by ninteen-year-old Vincent Zhao Weng Zhou in the next two films; Tsui and Li would not work together until they reconciled for Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, 19 years later.In the mean time, Jet Li does return to play Wong Fei-hung twice more in the embarrassing slapstick In Name Only "sequel" Last Hero In China (which is completely separate from the continuity of the first 3 films), before returning to the franchise proper in Once Upon A Time In China And America, directed by Sammo Hung (who also choreographed the fight-scenes). In this film, the stage is moved to The Wild West era San Francisco, creating a unique (for the time) Wuxia meets Spaghetti Western film.Once Upon a Time in China is a continuation in the legacy of Wong Fei-hung films, which presently include over 100 films since the black-and-white era.No, it's not a spin-off of Once Upon a Time. Just look at the year of release. Also has nothing to do with the one in the American West, the one during the Mexican Revolution (when it's called by that name), the one in America, the other one in Mexico, or the one in Hollywood.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_138d573	comment	Knows the Ropes: Nap-lan Yun-seut's weapon in the second film is a thick coil of rope which he used to kick serious ass, even giving Fei-hung a hard time in their penultimate battle.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_14beeefd	type	Darker and Edgier
Once Upon a Time in China / int_14beeefd	comment	Darker and Edgier: The fourth film starring Vincent Zhao, which recycles elements from the second (a militant anti-foreigner organization being villains), and third (another lion dance competition) films. It also comes with a Downer Ending.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_17257125	comment	The Wild West: The stage for the sixth movie.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_1a3a91dd	type	Say My Name
Once Upon a Time in China / int_1a3a91dd	comment	Say My Name: Wong calls Aunt 13 by her real name in the second film when they have to part ways to survive.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_1bc2e445	type	End of an Age
Once Upon a Time in China / int_1bc2e445	comment	End of an Age: There is an ever-present melancholy that pervades the entire franchise, as the era of the noble and heroic Chinese warrior ends to pave way for materialistic Westernization.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_1d2400e9	type	Green-Eyed Monster
Once Upon a Time in China / int_1d2400e9	comment	Green-Eyed Monster: Wong occasionally gets this when another man shows interest in Aunt 13.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_1f518822	comment	In the third film, "Clubfoot" Qi goes from gang enforcer to one of the heroes in true Androcles' Lion fashion.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_1f799027	type	Obstructive Bureaucrat
Once Upon a Time in China / int_1f799027	comment	Wong delivers one to the Obstructive Bureaucrat Prime Minister Li Hongzhang in the third film, noting the futility of hold a martial arts/lion dance tournament in the face of the superior technology of the Western powers, and called for greater enlightenment of the Chinese people through education and political reforms.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_20a14df0	type	Wrong Genre Savvy
Once Upon a Time in China / int_20a14df0	comment	Wrong Genre Savvy: The Mexican bandit in the sixth film has some suprisingly decent martial arts skills and uses them against Wong Fei-hung once disarmed of his pistols. In a normal Western, he would pose a formidable challenge to any cowboy or lawman protagonist, but unfortunately for him, he is in a Hong Kong martial arts film, and his opponent is one of the greatest martial artists in Chinese history.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_21f60711	type	Good Is Not Soft
Once Upon a Time in China / int_21f60711	comment	Good Is Not Soft: Wong is a doctor who will go out of his way to help people, even showing kindness to his enemies. That doesn't mean he won't unleash a brutal beatdown on anyone who deserves it.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_221a4bf4	type	Iconic Sequel Character
Once Upon a Time in China / int_221a4bf4	comment	Iconic Sequel Character: "Clubfoot" Qi is an iconic and recurring character in the film franchise but doesn't appear in the series until the third movie.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_237404cc	type	Ironic Echo
Once Upon a Time in China / int_237404cc	comment	This makes Yim's desperate flailing of rage and pain as his OWN Queue was cut in his final battle with Wong Fei-hung doubly heartbreaking; here we watch the absolute dissolution of a warrior and a man, desperately trying to cling to what little cultural pride China has left to protect.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_24b88e85	type	Unwanted Assistance
Once Upon a Time in China / int_24b88e85	comment	Unwanted Assistance: Most of Wong's problems in the first movie stem from the impulsive actions of the militia he's training, which the authorities invariably blame on their trainer.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_259d5879	type	Anachronism Stew
Once Upon a Time in China / int_259d5879	comment	Anachronism Stew: Earlier installments just couldn't decide if they are set in 1850's, 1860's or 1890's. This is especially obvious with guns and Western male attire. Especially egregious since the whole series was filmed over a mere six years total and thus the actors barely age, yet it touches on historical events decades apart from one another. Pirate king Cheung Po Tsai in the fifth film actually died in the 1820's in real life, whereas the film is set shortly after the Boxer Rebellion in 1899/1900, and as such Cheung is over 120 years old by the time the film's events.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_2ae29c0d	type	The Dreaded
Once Upon a Time in China / int_2ae29c0d	comment	The Dreaded: Wong Fei-hung's name alone is enough to inspire fear and awe in anyone hearing it. More than once, his opponents immediately backed away or tried to run once they realized who they were dealing with. The fifth film's pirate king Cheung Po Tsai, who unlike all other villains in the series, is based on a real life person, who raided southern China and fought both the Qing Emperors and the Portuguese colonists in the early 1800's, making him over 120 years old by the time he fought Wong and seemingly immortal.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_2cd9889	type	No Place for a Warrior
Once Upon a Time in China / int_2cd9889	comment	No Place for a Warrior: A tragic example with Master Yim. He's a powerful martial arts master with a set of impressive skills that probably took a lifetime to master and can use the "Iron Shirt" technique to harden skin with chi to the extent that no blade may pierce him Despite that, he lives on the streets in constant poverty and disgrace, performing tricks for spare change just to survive. Even after defeating a capable, renowned warrior, at the end of the day he's on the street again starving in the pouring rain and getting miserably spat upon by prostitutes. He ends up joining the Shaho Gang to earn enough money to open his own school and gain some sense of belonging in a world that completely rejects him and his mastery of martial arts.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_2f50c5bf	type	Theme Music Power-Up
Once Upon a Time in China / int_2f50c5bf	comment	Theme Music Power-Up: "To Be A Hero" plays whenever Wong Fei-hung on the forces of evil in said-movie-series. Averted during the Curb-Stomp Battle of the sixth film, where Wong effortlessly took down the Mexican bandit.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_30de7a51	type	Chivalrous Pervert
Once Upon a Time in China / int_30de7a51	comment	Chivalrous Pervert: Leung Foon towards Aunt 13, much to Master Wong's annoyance.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_31fcc258	type	Training Montage
Once Upon a Time in China / int_31fcc258	comment	Training Montage: During the opening credits Wong is training the militia.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
Once Upon a Time in China / int_34dcfc96	comment	Kick the Dog: Done almost literally in the opening of the second film, which features the White Lotus society burning all Western material and influences they can get their hands on... including a dog.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_35a13198	type	World's Best Warrior
Once Upon a Time in China / int_35a13198	comment	World's Best Warrior: Doctor Wong's reputation across 1890's China In-Universe and In Real Life, so much so that his clinic is regularly the target of challengers to that title, such as Master Yim in the first film.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_3d29fed	type	NoKillLikeOverKill
Once Upon a Time in China / int_3d29fed	comment	No Kill like Overkill: Master Yim gets shot to death by American troops (who didn't realize he was technically on their side), and the troops waste easily over a dozen bullets on him, despite other characters being more of a threat to them. The Red Lantern leader in the fourth film, being riddled with bullets by German troops while ignorantly believing that she could block bullets, before being beheaded.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_3d699462	type	Curb-Stomp Battle
Once Upon a Time in China / int_3d699462	comment	Curb-Stomp Battle: Pretty much whenever Wong Fei-hung fights. Even the big final fights are one sided with the opponent usually getting only one or two hits in. Except in the second film, where Fei-hung and Yuenshu were nearly equal in skill. The Mexican bandit in the sixth movie, who is effortlessly beaten up by Wong once disarmed of his guns, despite being a decent brawler. Not much is expected from a simple Wild West outlaw versus one of China's greatest martial arts masters.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_4160410d	type	Damsel in Distress
Once Upon a Time in China / int_4160410d	comment	Damsel in Distress: Aunt 13, as the sole female protagonist in the cast and not trained in martial arts, frequently gets kidnapped or placed in danger.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_42207f0f	type	AcroFatic
Once Upon a Time in China / int_42207f0f	comment	Acro Fatic: Porky, one of Wong's disciples, though he hates the nickname and insists he's normal sized.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_44fc28e8	type	Honor Before Reason
Once Upon a Time in China / int_44fc28e8	comment	Honor Before Reason: The heart and soul of this series, especially represented by Master Yim in the first film, whose death hammers the point home.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_474a2a5e	type	Cultural Posturing
Once Upon a Time in China / int_474a2a5e	comment	Cultural Posturing: Subverted. While the series clearly runs on mild nationalism, it also points out in the second film that no culture or civilization is inherently better - we are all humans and should help each other, regardless of race, country or language.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Once Upon a Time in China / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Porky Wing, and also Leung Foon in the first film.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_479d4e5a	type	Would Hurt a Child
Once Upon a Time in China / int_479d4e5a	comment	Would Hurt a Child: The White Lotus members has no problem killing anyone and anything associated with Westernization, including children who were learning at the school. Their female counterparts, the Red Lanterns, are the same.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_48b9731f	type	Paper-Thin Disguise
Once Upon a Time in China / int_48b9731f	comment	Paper-Thin Disguise: Inverted. Porky in the first film accidentally shoos away the actor of a Chinese opera, so he hastily attempts to replace the actor and decides that wearing heavy Chinese opera make-up and costumes will make sure that nobody in the audience would recognize him. The moment he enters the stage, half of the audience instantly points him out and laughs out loud.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_49d59be9	type	Scenery Porn
Once Upon a Time in China / int_49d59be9	comment	Scenery Porn: Tsui-Hark's cinematography invokes a nostalgic-romanticism reminiscent of films like Gone with the Wind, wherein each freeze-framed shot resembles a living painting.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_49fb5ccb	type	Combat Pragmatist
Once Upon a Time in China / int_49fb5ccb	comment	Combat Pragmatist: Master Yim hides a knife at the end of his braided hair to catch opponents unaware. High Priest Gao claims to be immune to bullets, but actually hides a iron plate beneath his robes.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_4de1a4f7	type	Improvised Weapon
Once Upon a Time in China / int_4de1a4f7	comment	Improvised Weapon: Wong's Western umbrella, which is also his preferred weapon. Porky uses a cello, while Leung Foon uses a pig's leg, reflecting his side job as a butcher.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_4e3d253b	type	Downer Ending
Once Upon a Time in China / int_4e3d253b	comment	Downer Ending: The fourth film, where the main German villain escapes after Wong defeats his dragons, his new love interest being killed after her Heelâ€“Face Turn, and Wong and company being forced to flee the capital city in the midst of a Boxer Rebellion-like event.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_4f6cf75	type	Mirroring Factions
Once Upon a Time in China / int_4f6cf75	comment	Mirroring Factions: In the second film, there is a montage where Eastern and Western Medicine join forces to heal the innocents injured by the White Lotus cultists' vicious attacks, to the backdrop of Wong Fei-hung's classic "Under The General's Orders" musical motif, showing how in the end, all medicine is about healing the sick, wherever it may come from.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_4f84cdef	type	Smug Snake
Once Upon a Time in China / int_4f84cdef	comment	Smug Snake: Chiu Tin-bak from the third movie. He clearly sees him as some kind of brilliant schemer and successful businessman, but he's really just a loudmouthed, greedy criminal who repeatedly picks fights with Fei-hung and his family, and is practically a cartoon villain by the end of the movie.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_53f5119f	type	The Dragon
Once Upon a Time in China / int_53f5119f	comment	Tiger, Jackson's Dragon, was trying to strangle Leung Foon. During the struggle they both ended up with rope around their necks from opposing ends. He realizes it too late and Leung hangs him high.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_55ca8aa	type	The Mob Boss Is Scarier
Once Upon a Time in China / int_55ca8aa	comment	The Mob Boss Is Scarier: In the first film, the people hate and fear a local criminal gang, and throngs of people cheer to see Fei-hung beat up the boss and some of his goons. When Fei-hung asks for someone to testify against the gang however, all those people suddenly vanish.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_56515a39	type	Artistic License â€“ History
Once Upon a Time in China / int_56515a39	comment	Artistic License â€“ History: A few different places. Just to start, there was no massacre in Canton at the time or in the manner the film portrays. Also the death of Lu Haodong (Luke) in the second film happened very differently in real life, being executed along with several other captured revolutionaries after a show trial. The entire sixth film, since Wong never visited the United States in his lifetime.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_56ff2e35	type	Bat Deduction
Once Upon a Time in China / int_56ff2e35	comment	Bat Deduction: In III, Wong Fei-hung reads a letter that tells him the Chinese Prime Minister Li Hongzhang will be assassinated during a Lion Dance tournament, but he deduces all on his own the exact moment the assassination will take place and what the assassins will use as a distraction.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_5989e3b6	type	Enemy Mine
Once Upon a Time in China / int_5989e3b6	comment	Enemy Mine: The Shaho Gang in the first film begins to offer their services to the American slavers after repeated humiliations by Wong Fei-hung. General Nap-lan Yun-seut in the second film cooperates with the White Lotus Society cultists so after they storm the Western compound where Dr. Sun is offering his services, he can have an excuse to enter and root out the revolutionary.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_59907e4f	type	Police Are Useless
Once Upon a Time in China / int_59907e4f	comment	Police Are Useless: While Wong always states that they should always let the authorities handle issues rather than take the law into their own hands, he invariably ends up having to do so anyway. Even during the finale of the third film, where one Lion Dance team brought weapons to the tournament and were openly murdering the other teams, the hundreds of guards present do nothing to restore order, leaving the task of doing so to Wong, Foon, and Clubfoot.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_5ce7dbb9	type	Central Theme
Once Upon a Time in China / int_5ce7dbb9	comment	Central Theme: The central theme of the series shows the European stranglehold over the lives of the Chinese people during the twilight of Qing Dynasty, and the futility of romanticized Chinese ideals. While the evils of Western imperialism is a major topic, the films also take a more nuanced approach in arguing that Western people are also capable of good, and Western knowledge can also be used to aid the Chinese people, as shown by the positive portrayal of the Jesuit priest in the first film and medical practitioners in the second film. Furthermore, the second film depicts the White Lotus sect's anti-Western ideals as a dark mirror to the Europeans' imperialism and racism; showing that Cultural Posturing by either Chinese or Westerners can be negative to both the practitioners and the victims.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_5ee0a2d8	type	Token Heroic Orc
Once Upon a Time in China / int_5ee0a2d8	comment	Token Heroic Orc: The majority of Westerners in the series are portrayed as greedy, imperialistic, and jingoistic. However, the Jesuit priest in the first film is shown to genuinely want to help Wong and the people of China, and Wong cooperates with various Westerners in the second film (including some doctors practicing Western medicine) who aren't bad guys by any means.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_6092d940	type	HelpFaceTurn
Once Upon a Time in China / int_6092d940	comment	Despite being his best fighter, Chiu Tin-bak of the third film tosses Clubfoot out on the streets after he injures his leg in a battle rather than get him medical aid. After Wong finds him and fixes his leg, he changes sides.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_617f0563	type	Heelâ€“Face Turn
Once Upon a Time in China / int_617f0563	comment	Heelâ€“Face Turn: In the third film, "Clubfoot" Qi goes from gang enforcer to one of the heroes in true Androcles' Lion fashion. Miao Sanniang in the fourth film, who defects from the Red Lantern Society after witnessing their atrocities against foreigners, and helped rescue Wong's family and worshippers trapped in a burning church. She is killed off by her compatriots as a result.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_62df005b	type	Self-Restraint
Once Upon a Time in China / int_62df005b	comment	Self-Restraint: After he gets arrested, the captain of the Fushan police tells Wong that the guard thinks that the local governor was wrong to lock him up and offers him a chance to escape. Wong declines, saying that laws exist for a reason and shouldn't be disregarded casually. After Soo comes and informs him that Aunt 13 was captured by the Shaho Gang's human trafficking ring, he decides that this is a serious enough reason to justify breaking out, and leaves.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_6439de78	type	Heroic Sacrifice
Once Upon a Time in China / int_6439de78	comment	Heroic Sacrifice: Performed by the Jesuit missionary in the first film, saving Aunt 13 from a hail of bullets. Luke also pulls one off in the second film, saving Wong and Foon from General Yuenshu's bullets.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_653c5c73	type	Cannot Spit It Out
Once Upon a Time in China / int_653c5c73	comment	Cannot Spit It Out: Eventually averted in that Fei-hung is finally engaged to Aunt 13 by the sixth film, wedding ring and all.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_6896aae8	type	The Missionary
Once Upon a Time in China / int_6896aae8	comment	The Missionary: One shows up in the first film. He ends up being the only man in the entire community willing to testify against the Shaho Gang, and dies saving Aunt 13 in a shootout.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_6a2ae11f	type	Improbable Weapon User
Once Upon a Time in China / int_6a2ae11f	comment	Improbable Weapon User: General Nap-lan Yun-seut's weapon when he gets serious is a long bolt of fabric that he can somehow tighten up and swing with enough force to act like a combination of a whip and a staff. The first time we see it, it can be justified since it was obviously soaking in water for a long time, thus becoming very heavy. In the final battle, it will make sense to long time readers of Wuxia fiction that he channeled his Chi into the spun cloth-lance, much like how Master Yim channels chi through his body, and therefore hardens it's tactile strength enough to allow it to shatter stone while retaining its elasticity. In the sixth film, Wong uses some fabric to deflect bullets fired at him.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_6b35bdff	type	Serious Business
Once Upon a Time in China / int_6b35bdff	comment	Serious Business: Lion dancing in the third and fourth films.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_6c275297	type	The Fettered
Once Upon a Time in China / int_6c275297	comment	The Fettered: Wong, both morally and culturally. He doesn't abide any wrongdoing and will always try to diminish conflicts where he can, and is considerably reserved and anxious about admitting his affection for Aunt 13 due to their familial relationship. He's also considerably loyal to the Imperial government as reflected by his tonsured hair style even though the government is portrayed as inefficient, incredibly corrupt and Manchurian. In Wong's mind, it's still the Chinese government and therefore Chinese law. When given the opportunity to escape from prison after being wrongfully arrested, Wong initially decides to stay, because that's simply how law works. If Aunt 13 is in danger, however, he'll drop the rules and come running to the rescue.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_70ade2c4	type	Culture Clash
Once Upon a Time in China / int_70ade2c4	comment	Culture Clash: This happens occasionally with Wong and Aunt 13, as well as Wong and Dr Sun, the latter who practices modern Western medicine.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_71bd62b9	type	Calling Your Attacks
Once Upon a Time in China / int_71bd62b9	comment	Calling Your Attacks: Porky is very fond of doing this. Wong usually only calls out his most famous technique, "No Shadow Kick". It's hilariously averted in "Last Hero In China" where he calls out "No Shadow Kick" but does a completely different attack instead. His opponent is understandably confused and lampshades it.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_72a6bff0	type	Eloquent in My Native Tongue
Once Upon a Time in China / int_72a6bff0	comment	Eloquent in My Native Tongue: Inverted Trope for Bucktooth So, who is struggling to learn Chinese due to having spent most of his life in the America but able to speak and read English fluently. He did later manage to relay a message in fluent Chinese by memorising and repeating it.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_72cdfc33	type	Big Bad Ensemble
Once Upon a Time in China / int_72cdfc33	comment	Big Bad Ensemble: In I, Honor Before Reason martial arts master Yim is forced to join Tong from Shaho Gang to escape poverty and starvation. In turn, Shaho Gang Leader Tong teams up with a group of American slavers serving under Mr. Jackson to sell their own country's women into slavery. In II, High Priest Gao of the White Lotus Society and Evil Reactionary General Nap-lan Yun-seut. The former instigates the plot by launching a terror campaign against anything Western, while the latter takes advantage of the chaos the White Lotus cause to crush the Republican revolution of Sun Yat-sen. Fei-hung has to deal with them both. In III, Chiu Tin-ba is a Corrupt Corporate Executive and gangster who terrorizes the Wong family and seeks to win the lion dance tournament through bullying the competition, but much more serious is Tomanovsky who is plotting to use the tournament as a cover to carry out a political assassination on behalf of the Russians. In IV, an expy of the White Lotus Society return as the Red Lantern Society, an all female group of martial artists who want to forcibly remove all foreigners from the country, only to be overshadowed by an evil German general and his two henchmen.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_754df088	type	Put on a Bus
Once Upon a Time in China / int_754df088	comment	Bucktooth So returned in the sixth and final film after being Put on a Bus. He is played by another actor however.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_79ba6777	type	Pocket Protector
Once Upon a Time in China / int_79ba6777	comment	Pocket Protector: The pocket watch that Sun gave Leung Foon saves his life when he was shot by a bullet in the second film. Luke lampshades this. Sadly averted later in the filmwhere Luke got shot in an area where his own watch couldn't protect him.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_79fa704c	type	Training the Peaceful Villagers
Once Upon a Time in China / int_79fa704c	comment	Training the Peaceful Villagers: In the fifth film, Wong helps training the local militia in Canton to defend themselves against pirates, after the local governor fled due to pirate king Cheung Po Tsai's raiding campaigns.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_7b6e47a5	type	Armor-Piercing Question
Once Upon a Time in China / int_7b6e47a5	comment	Armor-Piercing Question: In the first film, Wong brushes aside a missionary's preaching with the question "I arrested a criminal today. Will Jesus be my witness?". A few scenes later, the Shaho Gang, with their leader Tong released because nobody would testify against him, commit another atrocity, and the missionary steps forward and provides an answer: "I will be your witness."
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Once Upon a Time in China / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Wong delivers one to the Obstructive Bureaucrat Prime Minister Li Hongzhang in the third film, noting the futility of hold a martial arts/lion dance tournament in the face of the superior technology of the Western powers, and called for greater enlightenment of the Chinese people through education and political reforms. Wong also delivers one to pirate king Cheung Po Tsai in the fifth film, calling out his misuse of an official uniform to engage in piracy and pillage, only for Cheung to respond by calling out Wong in serving the selfish agendas of the current Qing Emperor and wearing a Manchu braid.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_7ef728b1	type	Tsundere
Once Upon a Time in China / int_7ef728b1	comment	Tsundere: Aunt 13 in the later installments.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_81c72ad5	type	Vestigial Empire
Once Upon a Time in China / int_81c72ad5	comment	Vestigial Empire: Throughout the series, the cracks within the Qing China's might is shown with increasingly inefficient bureaucracy and the dwindling authority over their holdings, as the foreign interests gaining more jurisdiction over legal matters within China.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
Once Upon a Time in China / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: High Priest Gao of the White Lotus Society from the second film.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_85b5dc7	type	Never Bring a Knife to a Gun Fight
Once Upon a Time in China / int_85b5dc7	comment	Never Bring a Knife to a Gun Fight: Whenever a gun is comes into the narrative in this series, it's ruthless and unfeeling roar instantaneously shatters the romanticized heroism of martial arts combat. Although it's never a good idea to throw away your guns and take on Wong in hand-to-hand combat, as the Mexican bandit in part six found out.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_89443850	type	Absolute Xenophobe
Once Upon a Time in China / int_89443850	comment	In IV, an expy of the White Lotus Society return as the Red Lantern Society, an all female group of martial artists who want to forcibly remove all foreigners from the country, only to be overshadowed by an evil German general and his two henchmen.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_8b9c057e	type	Ethnic Menial Labor
Once Upon a Time in China / int_8b9c057e	comment	Ethnic Menial Labor: Chinese citizens, hopeful for a new start to get the vaunted wealth and success in America, are tricked by Chinese collaborators and dealers selling fake contracts with exit taxes on food and lodging for large amounts of money. The ones that don't get thrown overboard when ill on the way to America, are branded and used like animals upon arriving and are killed if they try to escape.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_8ff8d545	type	Kissing Cousins
Once Upon a Time in China / int_8ff8d545	comment	Kissing Cousins: Averted in that Wong Fei-hung and Aunt 13 are not blood related relatives.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_90d44f44	type	Karmic Death
Once Upon a Time in China / int_90d44f44	comment	Karmic Death: Tong the gang leader of the Shaho who is burnt alive in a furnace by all the women he attempted to sell into slavery. Pirate king Cheung Po Tsai in the fifth film, who is crushed by all the loot chests he gathered throughout his lifetime.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_92264449	type	Jabba Table Manners
Once Upon a Time in China / int_92264449	comment	Jabba Table Manners: The Shaho Gang slurp down pork and guzzle wine after joining the American invaders by selling out the women of their country to slavery.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_927b2f11	type	The Bus Came Back
Once Upon a Time in China / int_927b2f11	comment	The Bus Came Back: Bucktooth So returned in the sixth and final film after being Put on a Bus. He is played by another actor however. Aunt 13 returns in the fifth film after staying out of the fourth.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_928ca2cc	type	You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Once Upon a Time in China / int_928ca2cc	comment	You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Despite being his best fighter, Chiu Tin-bak of the third film tosses Clubfoot out on the streets after he injures his leg in a battle rather than get him medical aid. After Wong finds him and fixes his leg, he changes sides. In the same film, the Russians kill off Tomanovsky after Wong foils the assassination plot, in order to tie up loose ends and prevent the conspiracy from being exposed.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_94332264	type	Busman's Holiday
Once Upon a Time in China / int_94332264	comment	Busman's Holiday: Wong isn't seeking a martial arts war in during his travels in the second and third films (his intended goal in the second film is to attend a medical conference, and in the third to visit his father and seek his blessing for his impending marriage to Aunt 13, but he ends up having to fight one anyway.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_954ad71c	type	Evil Colonialist
Once Upon a Time in China / int_954ad71c	comment	Evil Colonialist: Almost all Westerners, although there are exceptions. The colonialists are shown heading the Western Movement, abusing and killing native Chinamen at their leisure and appropriating their resources while insulting their practices.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_955aba87	type	Mook Chivalry
Once Upon a Time in China / int_955aba87	comment	Mook Chivalry: Never more than three at the same time.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_95b7c400	type	Faux Affably Evil
Once Upon a Time in China / int_95b7c400	comment	Faux Affably Evil: Jackson is introduced as a greedy trader, but that's not covering his nature of Corrupt Corporate Executive and Smug Snake tendencies in the end, when he's revealed to be a human trafficker, holds the governor at knifepoint and is openly talking about killing him and sailing away scot-free.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_95ff52c7	type	Guns Do Not Work That Way
Once Upon a Time in China / int_95ff52c7	comment	Earlier installments just couldn't decide if they are set in 1850's, 1860's or 1890's. This is especially obvious with guns and Western male attire. Especially egregious since the whole series was filmed over a mere six years total and thus the actors barely age, yet it touches on historical events decades apart from one another.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_963d947b	type	It's Personal with the Dragon
Once Upon a Time in China / int_963d947b	comment	It's Personal with the Dragon: Tiger, Jackson's American martial artist bodyguard, ends up in a personal feud with Wong and his disciples to the point he decides to kill them off by himself.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_96d2011	type	Noble Profession
Once Upon a Time in China / int_96d2011	comment	Noble Profession: Wong Fei-hung is a doctor, and so is Dr. Sun Yat-sen in the second film. Also, the Jesuit priest from the first film is genuinely well-meaning, a rare thing for a Westerner in the series.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
Once Upon a Time in China / int_970c790a	comment	Though ironically, in the finale of the first film, Wong Fei-hung slays the American Big Bad by flinging a bullet so hard that it punches through his head.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_98a79aed	type	Occupiers Out of Our Country
Once Upon a Time in China / int_98a79aed	comment	Occupiers Out of Our Country: The White Lotus Sect from 2 are a group of anti-Western extremists who want all foreign influence, however beneficial, driven out of China. These guys are introduced by burning a dog to death because it was a foreign breed, are shown attacking and burning down a foreign language school, forcing Wong to take the displaced students of the school to the British consulate, and at one point, they even burn a cross in front of the consulate in a scene that may remind American viewers of another sect known for its bigotry and intolerance (though with far different goals than the White Lotus).
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_9b629c86	type	Pressure Point
Once Upon a Time in China / int_9b629c86	comment	Pressure Point: As a doctor versed in traditional Chinese medicine, Master Wong is also a master of acupuncture, and it is this knowledge that allows him to break through Yim's seemingly invincible "Iron Shirt Chi Gong" in their final battle.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_9ce6492a	type	Taking the Bullet
Once Upon a Time in China / int_9ce6492a	comment	Taking the Bullet: The Jesuit missionary in the first movie, shielding Aunt 13 from incoming bullets fired by Jackson's men. After General Yuenshu shoots Luke, Luke throws himself in front of Wong and Foon so that all the General's remaining shots strike a man already mortally wounded instead of the others.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_9d17b859	type	Made of Iron
Once Upon a Time in China / int_9d17b859	comment	Made of Iron: Master Yim's "Iron Vest" technique hardens his skin with chi to the extent that no blade may pierce him. Priest Gao in the second film seems to have also mastered this to the degree of repelling bullets except that all he had was an iron breastplate concealed beneath his tunic.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_9f6fb586	type	Leitmotif
Once Upon a Time in China / int_9f6fb586	comment	Leitmotif: As of this film, "A Man of Determination" has become Wong Fei-hung's official battle theme.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_a1d70162	type	I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Once Upon a Time in China / int_a1d70162	comment	I Just Shot Marvin in the Face: In the final fight between Yim and Wong, members from the Shaho Gang prepare to open fire until they are discovered when one of them accidentally shoots another while pointing it at him to instruct him on how to use it.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_a2492aff	type	Dogged Nice Guy
Once Upon a Time in China / int_a2492aff	comment	Dogged Nice Guy: Leung Foon, and to a lesser extent Master Wong.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_a32334b4	type	Canon Discontinuity
Once Upon a Time in China / int_a32334b4	comment	Canon Discontinuity: Once Upon A Time In China 4 and 5 (wherein Jet Li was replaced by Vincent Zhao) have for all intents and purposes being disowned from the continuity, so much so that in Eureka's UK Once Upon A Time In China Trilogy release, only the first-three and the sixth (the ones starring Jet Li) are included in the package. The Criterion Collection US box set, however, includes 4 and 5. The less said about the In Name Only sequel Last Hero In China, wherein Jet Li dresses up as a giant rooster to fight a centipede formation, the better.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
Once Upon a Time in China / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: Invoked by Jackson - after all, who will chase him in America? He didn't live long enough to get there.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_a7382a73	type	Imagine Spot
Once Upon a Time in China / int_a7382a73	comment	Imagine Spot: In the second film, while Wong was training her, Aunt 13 imagined that their shadows were dancing instead.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_a7ba94de	type	Inferiority Superiority Complex
Once Upon a Time in China / int_a7ba94de	comment	Inferiority Superiority Complex: Master Yi, an impoverished, starving, down-on-his-luck martial arts master who dreams of opening a Kung Fu school to give himself a sense of dignity, to which end he picks a fight with Wong Fei-hung, takes money from gangsters and even turns on his own student, all out of shame of the humiliating life he is now leading.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_a87e94fe	type	Worthless Foreign Degree
Once Upon a Time in China / int_a87e94fe	comment	Worthless Foreign Degree: The British ambassador declines Wong Fei-hung's offer of medical assistance to the people injured by the White Lotus cultists because he distrusts Chinese medicine, instead calling on the Western-trained Doctor Sun. This is later subverted when the ambassador comes to respect Doctor Wong, offers honest appreciation and admiration for his skills after Sun requests that he use his acupuncture skills to make up for a shortage of anesthetics.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_a9eb984b	type	Warrior Poet
Once Upon a Time in China / int_a9eb984b	comment	Warrior Poet: Wong Fei-hung himself
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_ac09dc0f	type	Alas, Poor Villain
Once Upon a Time in China / int_ac09dc0f	comment	Alas, Poor Villain: Master Yim. He mostly becomes a villain to escape crushing poverty and starvation, eventually selling himself to the services of the villainous Shaho Gang. In his dying gasps, he is forced to realize that Kung Fu, the only remaining pillar of his life, is insufficient in the face of advancing technology. Clubfoot / Ghostfoot Seven in III is a violent, Jerkass, Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy who serves as The Dragon for the local Corrupt Corporate Executive...until he ends up crippled while chasing Ah Foon, whereupon his boss promptly fires him and the other Mooks laugh at and mock him, and he is rendered homeless and humiliated. His fate is so miserable that Fei-hung and his father take him in and fix him up, causing him to break down in tears and undergo a Heelâ€“Face Turn, and becomes a series regular onwards. Tomanovsky in the same film. He shows genuine romantic interest in Aunt 13 but is forced by his Russian masters to engage in an assassination plot against Prime Minister Li Hongzhang. He fails due to Wong's intervention and is killed off by his masters to tie up loose ends.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_ac12cde1	type	Bully Hunter
Once Upon a Time in China / int_ac12cde1	comment	Bully Hunter: Dr Wong is feared by the villains of Canton for being this trope; and in the first film single handedly takes down the Tong and his gang terrorizing the boss of a Tea House for protection money.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_acecb17d	type	Chekhov's Skill
Once Upon a Time in China / int_acecb17d	comment	Chekhov's Skill: Wong's ability to fling a bullet hard enough to break things with it.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_b1fd7687	type	Kingpin in His Gym
Once Upon a Time in China / int_b1fd7687	comment	Kingpin in His Gym: When Wong Fei-hung meets General Nap-lan Yun-seut for the first time, he's busy working out his martial arts form before surprising Wong with a sparring match, establishing that he's Wong's equal, and not a scrubby Armchair Military-come-bureaucrat like the rest.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_b2cdd776	type	Bottomless Magazines
Once Upon a Time in China / int_b2cdd776	comment	Bottomless Magazines: People with guns have a ridiculous rate of fire for 19th century firearms.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_b67be25d	type	Firearms Are Revolutionary
Once Upon a Time in China / int_b67be25d	comment	Firearms Are Revolutionary: This trope is an essential plot point, as the presence of firearms is symbolic of the End of an Age where the era of the noble and heroic Chinese warrior ends to pave way for materialistic Westernization. Firearms in the film completely avert the common Guns Are Worthless tropes seen in this film genre when used by foreign colonialists and are ruthlessly effective at mowing down even the toughest fighter. Even Master Yim, a powerful Old Master and probably one of the greatest examples of traditional Chinese Martial Artist skill and Charles Atlas Superpower, is mowed down after being riddled with bullets. Summed up tragically by Yim himself upon his death.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_b7248073	type	My Country, Right or Wrong
Once Upon a Time in China / int_b7248073	comment	My Country, Right or Wrong: While the Imperial government is portrayed as inefficient, corrupt and Manchurian, it's still the Chinese government and Chinese law. When given the opportunity to escape from prison, Wong initially decides to stay, because that's how law works. Wong later delivers this point to both the bureaucratic Prime Minister Li Hongzhang and anarchist pirate king Cheung Po Tsai.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_b7e0c5ff	type	Love Triangle
Once Upon a Time in China / int_b7e0c5ff	comment	The fourth movie replaces Aunt 13 with Aunt 14, due to Rosamund Kwan's refusal to reprise the character without Jet Li. Kwan eventually returned in the fifth movie, leading Wong into a Love Triangle.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
Once Upon a Time in China / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: Hurting innocents - especially his loved ones - is not something Wong will tolerate well.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_bc8271df	type	In a Single Bound
Once Upon a Time in China / int_bc8271df	comment	In a Single Bound: A common staple of combat in the series, though Leung Foon in particular is fond of this.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_bd50ec63	type	Battle in the Rain
Once Upon a Time in China / int_bd50ec63	comment	Battle in the Rain: Master Wong Vs Master Yim.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_bfad4265	type	I Have You Now, My Pretty
Once Upon a Time in China / int_bfad4265	comment	I Have You Now, My Pretty: After capturing her, Shaho Gang Leader attempts to rape Aunt 13 before selling her off as a prostitute, but she injures him before being knocked unconscious. Foon's timely arrival ends up saving her.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_c011cd29	type	Path of Inspiration
Once Upon a Time in China / int_c011cd29	comment	In II, High Priest Gao of the White Lotus Society and Evil Reactionary General Nap-lan Yun-seut. The former instigates the plot by launching a terror campaign against anything Western, while the latter takes advantage of the chaos the White Lotus cause to crush the Republican revolution of Sun Yat-sen. Fei-hung has to deal with them both.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_c209fc7	type	Chaste Hero
Once Upon a Time in China / int_c209fc7	comment	Chaste Hero: Wong Fei-hung is endearingly prude and shy when it comes to matters of love.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_c2288824	type	A Nazi by Any Other Name
Once Upon a Time in China / int_c2288824	comment	A Nazi by Any Other Name: It's fairly obvious that the White Lotus Society of the second film are standing in for the Righteous Society of Harmonious Fists. Same applies to the Red Lantern Society in the fourth film, a Gender Flip of the White Lotus Society.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_c36cba70	type	Mooks
Once Upon a Time in China / int_c36cba70	comment	Mooks
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_c3fc812d	type	Wuxia
Once Upon a Time in China / int_c3fc812d	comment	Wuxia: The first in a movement of politically-relevant and artistically-respectable martial-arts films.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_c54522c3	type	Ghost Pirate
Once Upon a Time in China / int_c54522c3	comment	Ghost Pirate: The 120 year old pirate king Cheung Po Tsai is suggested to be this.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_c93a6560	type	Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Once Upon a Time in China / int_c93a6560	comment	Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: High Priest Gao
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_cbe687ab	type	Corrupt Corporate Executive
Once Upon a Time in China / int_cbe687ab	comment	In III, Chiu Tin-ba is a Corrupt Corporate Executive and gangster who terrorizes the Wong family and seeks to win the lion dance tournament through bullying the competition, but much more serious is Tomanovsky who is plotting to use the tournament as a cover to carry out a political assassination on behalf of the Russians.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_ce6555f0	type	Lighter and Softer
Once Upon a Time in China / int_ce6555f0	comment	Lighter and Softer: The fifth film starring Vincent Zhao, a lighthearted action adventure romp against a pirate king, in contrast to the Darker and Edgier fourth film.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_d001c42c	type	Anti-Villain
Once Upon a Time in China / int_d001c42c	comment	Anti-Villain: Master Yim of the first film who simply wants to survive and maintain China's martial arts traditions in times of change. General Nap-lan Yun-seut of the second film, who, from his perspective, is simply trying to hunt down and eliminate a group of traitors looking to overthrow the Qing Dynasty. Tomanovsky in the third film is caught up in a plot to assassinate the Chinese Prime Minister Li Hongzhang, but only because the Russians believe that doing so will avert a war.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_d03fc3f1	type	Good Shepherd
Once Upon a Time in China / int_d03fc3f1	comment	Good Shepherd: The Jesuit priest is genuinely well-meaning, and even helps Wong Fei-hung when his own people are too afraid to come forward as witnesses against the Shaho Gang and Taking the Bullet for Aunt 13 when the American Big Bad tries to have her shot.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_d397657d	type	Hoist by His Own Petard
Once Upon a Time in China / int_d397657d	comment	Hoist by His Own Petard: Tiger, Jackson's Dragon, was trying to strangle Leung Foon. During the struggle they both ended up with rope around their necks from opposing ends. He realizes it too late and Leung hangs him high. Tong, the leader of Shaho Gang was trying to burn Aunt 13 in the ship's boiler. He ended up inside, thrown there by all the women he attempted to sell into slavery.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_d3c6cf4f	type	Unwilling Suspension
Once Upon a Time in China / int_d3c6cf4f	comment	Unwilling Suspension: Leung Fu gets captured before the first film's climax, and was found hanging in the ship's interiors. He's released in time to assist Fei Hung later on.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_d58d2b7e	type	Post-Final Boss
Once Upon a Time in China / int_d58d2b7e	comment	Post-Final Boss: Jackson acts as this in the first movie. The climax fight of the film is between Master Wong and Yim. However, after that, Wong confronts Jackson towards the end and kills him with a flicked bullet to wrap up the plot.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_d9f97805	type	Wins by Doing Absolutely Nothing
Once Upon a Time in China / int_d9f97805	comment	Wins by Doing Absolutely Nothing: Master Yim claims to have beaten Wong in the first film because he never showed up to the duel. This despite the fact that Wong never accepted the challenge in the first place, since he couldn't accept any challenges until his present legal difficulties were resolved and he was released from house arrest.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_da3043c5	type	Fake Ultimate Hero
Once Upon a Time in China / int_da3043c5	comment	Fake Ultimate Hero: After Wong Fei-hung exposes and shuts down the slave trading ring at the end of the first film, the official who's been harassing him throughout the movie thanks him for "assisting" city hall in capturing the criminals.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_dae5c997	type	Action Girl
Once Upon a Time in China / int_dae5c997	comment	Action Girl: Miao Sanniang in the fourth film, although she began as dark variety, like the rest of the Red Lanterns.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_df4edb04	type	Corrupt Bureaucrat
Once Upon a Time in China / int_df4edb04	comment	Corrupt Bureaucrat: How most Qing officials are depicted in the series.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_dfe57573	type	Historical In-Joke
Once Upon a Time in China / int_dfe57573	comment	Historical In-Joke: The repeated failure to get a successful photo of Wong Fei-huong, since no actual photographs of him exist. Allegedly.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_e2d457	type	The Ditz
Once Upon a Time in China / int_e2d457	comment	The Ditz: 13th Aunt is a very sweet lady, but she's also rather... flighty. The first film had her trying to take a picture of Wong's home, with a flash camera, while it was on fire with her still inside!
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_e52e0dc1	type	Clothing Combat
Once Upon a Time in China / int_e52e0dc1	comment	General Nap-lan Yun-seut's weapon when he gets serious is a long bolt of fabric that he can somehow tighten up and swing with enough force to act like a combination of a whip and a staff. The first time we see it, it can be justified since it was obviously soaking in water for a long time, thus becoming very heavy. In the final battle, it will make sense to long time readers of Wuxia fiction that he channeled his Chi into the spun cloth-lance, much like how Master Yim channels chi through his body, and therefore hardens it's tactile strength enough to allow it to shatter stone while retaining its elasticity.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_eb4ee9eb	type	Guns Are Worthless
Once Upon a Time in China / int_eb4ee9eb	comment	Guns Are Worthless: Mostly averted, with historically (and heartbreakingly) accurate results. Though they can be worthless when the troops using them are proud graduates of the Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy. Though ironically, in the finale of the first film, Wong Fei-hung slays the American Big Bad by flinging a bullet so hard that it punches through his head.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_eb8ec7c8	type	Jerkass
Once Upon a Time in China / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Clubfoot / Ghostfoot Seven in III is a violent, Jerkass, Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy who serves as The Dragon for the local Corrupt Corporate Executive...until he ends up crippled while chasing Ah Foon, whereupon his boss promptly fires him and the other Mooks laugh at and mock him, and he is rendered homeless and humiliated. His fate is so miserable that Fei-hung and his father take him in and fix him up, causing him to break down in tears and undergo a Heelâ€“Face Turn, and becomes a series regular onwards.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_ed46da54	comment	Martial Pacifist: Doctor Wong Fei-hung again. He tries to stop sizable chunk of the fights during the series... by blocking blows coming from both sides.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_f068cba	comment	Oddball in the Series: The sixth film, being a combination of Wuxia and The Western, where Wong takes on a corrupt mayor and the bandit he hired. It is unlikely that they'd cross paths had Wong stayed in China. Also the fifth film, which takes on some supernatural elements as Wong fights a 120-year old pirate king who could move and fight just as well as a man less than half his age. Stock villains of the series such as Western colonialists and xenophobic Chinese cultists are entirely absent.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_f142aaf5	comment	Diner Brawl: Wong was just eating his noodles when the Tong and his gang from Shaho came in for protection money...
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_f5144b92	comment	Tag Team: Iron Fist and Duen Tin-lui, two fighters in service of the German villains who wish to overthrow the Manchus.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_f5a3e496	comment	Suspiciously Similar Substitute: The fourth movie replaces Aunt 13 with Aunt 14, due to Rosamund Kwan's refusal to reprise the character without Jet Li. Kwan eventually returned in the fifth movie, leading Wong into a Love Triangle. The same movie also contain another xenophobic organization bent on killing foreigners with martial arts, only being led by women this time.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_f729e5bc	comment	Sequel Goes Foreign: The sixth film set in the The Wild West, although Wong in real life never visited the United States.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_fdb3fcce	comment	My Kung-Fu Is Stronger Than Yours: Naturally. Master Yim tries to prove this against Wong to bolster his status.
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Once Upon a Time in China / int_ffad4e9f	comment	Shown Their Work: Real martial arts moves that belong to the style used by Fei-hung are employed by Jet Li. The moves of some of his opponents are also true to the styles of the times.
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