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The Forbidden Kingdom
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About two-thirds of a kung-fu action fantasy film set in ancient China with Jet Li and Jackie Chan and loosely based on Journey to the West.The rest of the film is about a modern-day American teenager who finds himself in ancient China after discovering the Monkey King's magical staff. He accompanies Jackie Chan and Jet Li on their quest to return the staff to its rightful owner while trying to avoid the minions of the evil Jade Warlord.The writer and the director claim that they considered a story with a Chinese-American teenager being the protagonist in a "get in touch with his roots" story, but Jackie Chan thought it would be better for the main character be a white kid. That way, the outsider, who was obsessed with kung fu movies but did not understand the meaning and philosophy behind kung fu as a martial art, would gain a deeper appreciation for lessons he learned along the way. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_1235f055 | type |
Dirty Coward | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_1235f055 | comment |
Dirty Coward: Lupo's gang members. At the end, when Jason finally beats up Lupo in self-defense, he gives a Death Glare to the other gang members, who quickly retreats away, abandoning a defeated Lupo in the process. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_135b9977 | type |
Bloodless Carnage | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_135b9977 | comment |
Bloodless Carnage: The only blood you will see is Jason's cheek being cut and few slashes on the Silent Monk's torso and arms during his duel with Jade Warlord. Both instances are usedentirely for The Worf Effect, as they can't keep up with their opponents. Keep in mind that a bunch of people get their throats slashed throughout the movie, but no blood shows up anywhere. | |
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Instant Expert | |
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Instant Expert: Averted. While Jason gets remarkably good at kung-fu, in the fight between him and Ni Chang it is blatantly obvious that he is not an expert. Also, his hair is in longer and longer ponytails during the training montage. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_17a606bd | type |
Master Swordsman | |
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Master Swordsman: Golden Sparrow knows Kung Fu and is a master at throwing darts and Dual Wielding short-swords. | |
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Death by Origin Story | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_1aa76d29 | comment |
Death by Origin Story: Golden Sparrow's parents, both in the mercy of the Jade Warlord. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_222969af | type |
All There in the Script | |
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All There in the Script: Ni-Chang is never referred to by name in the movie and is only called such in various official literature. Even accompanying behind-the-scenes footage calls her "White Haired Demoness". | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_22cf536c | type |
Chekhov's Gun | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_22cf536c | comment |
Chekhov's Gun: The Monkey King's clones. It turns out that Jet Li's character is a clone all along. Golden Sparrow once threw her jade hairpin like a dart to demonstrate its sharp tip. In the finale, Jason uses it to stab and defeat the Jade Warlord. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_246c5b47 | type |
Ascended Fanboy | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_246c5b47 | comment |
Ascended Fanboy: Did we mention that Jason is a kung fu movie fan? | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_267a0440 | type |
My Parents Are Dead | |
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My Parents Are Dead: When the monk tells Golden Sparrow to go home to her mom and dad, she tells him that they're dead. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_26ac510e | type |
Mythology Gag | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_26ac510e | comment |
Mythology Gag: Ni Chang interrogating some witnesses to the bar brawl and claiming that "all men are liars". Her character is a shout-out to the best known Woman Scorned in Chinese fiction. | |
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Teach Me How To Fight | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_2d85bd6d | comment |
Teach Me How To Fight: Kung fu isn't the main reason that Jason's wandering in ancient China with a magical staff, but then again, he's bound to ask for lessons given his fascination with wuxia movies. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_321a5791 | type |
Magical Asian | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_321a5791 | comment |
Magical Asian: Almost all the main Asian characters save for Golden Sparrow, who compensates with kung fu skills, years-refined aim, and an Immortal Breaker dart. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_33ebf487 | type |
Never Bring a Gun to a Knife Fight | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_33ebf487 | comment |
Never Bring a Gun to a Knife Fight: Lupo gets kicked through a wire gate before he can even draw his gun on Jason. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_36e63b81 | type |
Rule of Cool | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_36e63b81 | comment |
Rule of Cool: Jackie Chan vs. Jet Li!!! | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_392372f9 | type |
Actor Allusion | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_392372f9 | comment |
Actor Allusion: Jackie Chan as the Drunken Master! Also, Jet Li as a Shaolin monk! To the uninitiated, Drunken Master was Chan's starmaking film, and The Shaolin Temple was Jet Li's. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_3cb1d38d | type |
Bad Boss | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_3cb1d38d | comment |
Bad Boss: The Jade Warlord kills one of his own men for interrupting him while selecting a concubine for the night. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_3d699462 | type |
Curb-Stomp Battle | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_3d699462 | comment |
Curb-Stomp Battle: Ni-Chang overwhelms Jason in a one-sided battle for the right to the elixir of immortality. Lampshaded by the Jade Warlord, who mocks Jason: | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_4276401c | type |
Shoot the Messenger | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_4276401c | comment |
Shoot the Messenger: Or stab him, and let his comrades drag him out. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_455341fe | type |
Cradling Your Kill | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_455341fe | comment |
Cradling Your Kill: Jason embraces the Jade Warlord when he's flung by the Monkey King right into the dart held by Jason. He then spitefully keeps him in a hug as he dies. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_474e3977 | type |
You Have Failed Me | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_474e3977 | comment |
You Have Failed Me: The Jade Warlord kills a soldier for bringing him news of the staff's reappearance. Possibly because he was in the process of selecting a girl for the night. | |
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Let's Fight Like Gentlemen | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_47ae290f | comment |
Let's Fight Like Gentlemen: Subverted in the prologue, when the Jade Warlord challenges the Monkey King to a fair fight without using magic or weapons. Monkey puts aside his staff and the Jade Warlord quickly breaks his own promise. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_49d59be9 | type |
Scenery Porn | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_49d59be9 | comment |
Scenery Porn: Mountains, valleys, forests, deserts, bamboo grove, peach tree grove... yeah, the film loves showing off Chinese landscapes. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_4c663897 | type |
You Will Be Beethoven | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_4c663897 | comment |
You Will Be Beethoven: In this milieu, the wandering monk Tripitaka(Sanskrit for "Three Baskets") is actually Jason Tripitikas, a modern Caucasian with Greek ancestry. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_4eb66c8d | type |
White Male Lead | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_4eb66c8d | comment |
White Male Lead: Jason is an unusual example because while White Male Leads are normally meant to attract white interest in a film with a minority-heavy cast, Jason made very few appearances in the trailer. As can be seen above, Jason doesn't even appear on the poster. Most of the marketing focused on Jackie Chan and Jet Li. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_4ebc2ce5 | type |
Opposed Mentors | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_4ebc2ce5 | comment |
Opposed Mentors: Jackie Chan and Jet Li literally fight over the protagonist; it's like he's just another facet for their feud. It even provides a quote, "Two tigers can't rule the same mountain." They agree to team up when it becomes apparent that Jason really has a long way to go. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_5313c266 | type |
Bookends | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_5313c266 | comment |
Book Ends: The beginning and end of the movie are set in an extreme version of Hollywood Boston. Since parts of the movie were actually filmed in Boston's Chinatown district, it is justified. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_53407671 | type |
Action Survivor | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_53407671 | comment |
Action Survivor: Jason has no skills in his new martial arts world and spends first half of the story barely getting by and running away from danger. Even once he gets skilled enough to survive in fight, he still has to resort to stalling and running away when facing anyone else than Mooks. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_59e20134 | type |
Immortal Breaker | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_59e20134 | comment |
Immortal Breaker: A jade dart, which Golden Sparrow saves for the Jade Warlord. It also doubles as a hairpin. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_5bdcc85a | type |
Disney Villain Death | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_5bdcc85a | comment |
Disney Villain Death: Ni Chang plummets off a cliff after having her hair cut as she was holding on to Lu with it, trying to climb back up. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_627264e0 | type |
Death Glare | |
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Death Glare: Many throughout the movie, but the topper has to be the one Jason gives to the Jade Warlord as he kills him in revenge for the Warlord killing Sparrow. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_6377d6e6 | type |
Grievous Harm with a Body | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_6377d6e6 | comment |
Grievous Harm with a Body: During the fight in the tea house, once Lu finds out that Jason is completely useless in combat, he instead uses him as a massive mace, simply hurling and twisting him over the charging soldiers. Jason is obviously not pleased, but they have no time to argue. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_643618e5 | type |
Replacement Goldfish | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_643618e5 | comment |
Replacement Goldfish: In the closing Bookend, there is a modern girl who bears a remarkable resemblance to Golden Sparrow. It may be Reincarnation Romance, given the context of the main part of the story, or an Alternate Self. | |
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Instrument of Murder | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_655d406a | comment |
Instrument of Murder: Golden Sparrow is deadly with the tuning pegs of her pipa. | |
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The Reveal | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_6b2b3b59 | comment |
The Reveal: Two minor ones. First, the Silent Monk turns out to be one of the Monkey King's clones, and then at the end, Lu Yan is the old Chinese man Jason was friends with in the present. | |
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Meaningful Name | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_6bda9a30 | comment |
Meaningful Name: Jason Tripitikas. Jason famously went on a quest for the Golden Fleece in Greek mythology, and Tripitikas is a crashingly obvious Shout-Out to Journey to the West. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_716c0b1b | type |
And the Adventure Continues | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_716c0b1b | comment |
And the Adventure Continues: In the end, Jason returns to his place and time with all the Kung Fu training he learned in the past, to begin a life Walking the Earth as a modern Wuxia hero. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_7315fd38 | type |
Covers Always Lie | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_7315fd38 | comment |
Covers Always Lie: The DVD cover is basically the same as the poster above, with the protagonist clearly absent in both name and image. For bonus points, Jackie Chan's character is the one that has the least to do with the staff, but he's the one holding it on the cover. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_732db874 | type |
ForceField | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_732db874 | comment |
Golden Sparrow, to some extent, as she's able to down a few mooks with her pipa's tuning pegs and could have done in the Jade Warlord if it weren't for his Force Field. | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_737a65f4 | type |
The Watson | |
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The Watson: The viewpoint character is foreign so as to enable exposition about Chinese culture. | |
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Arc Words | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_7464705c | comment |
Arc Words: "Two tigers can't rule the same mountain." | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_75196a1d | type |
Translation by Volume | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_75196a1d | comment |
Translation by Volume: Jason attempts it, until getting called out by Lu Yan. | |
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Black-and-White Morality | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_7abd339f | comment |
Black-and-White Morality: Pretty straightforward tale of good vs. evil, where the Jade Warlord is an Evil Overlord and our Ragtag Bunch of Misfits are on the noble quest to depose him. | |
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Celebrity Paradox | |
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Celebrity Paradox: Jason is a kung fu movie fan, but apparently does not recognise Jet Li and Jackie Chan's characters as eerily similar in appearance to their actors. | |
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Dramatic Wind | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_816c63d4 | comment |
Dramatic Wind: It seems to always accompany Ni-Chang, as her hair just keeps moving in the most dramatic fashion. That, or it's a foreshadowing of them being prehensile. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_816c63d4 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_876c28ff | type |
Excessive Evil Eyeshadow | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_876c28ff | comment |
Excessive Evil Eyeshadow: The Evil Overlord sure likes the color green. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_876c28ff | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_876c28ff | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_876c28ff | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_8797239c | type |
Bait-and-Switch | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_8797239c | comment |
Bait-and-Switch: Lu Yan tries to pray for rain in the middle of a desert. It seems to work... but then Yan looks up and realizes it's not exactly the kind of "rain" he was looking for, courtesy of the Silent Monk. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_8797239c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_8797239c | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_8ad43dc9 | type |
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_8ad43dc9 | comment |
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: The four protagonists, best explained by Ni Chang when she encounters them together. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_8ad43dc9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Forbidden Kingdom / int_8ad43dc9 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_8bb79fdf | type |
Designated Girl Fight | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_8bb79fdf | comment |
Designated Girl Fight: Zig-Zagged. During the duel in the finale, Jason faces off against Ni Chang, but since he's no match for her, she proceeds to dodge and parry every single one of his attacks, while beating the crap out of him in the process. Cue the arrival of The Cavalry and it's Golden Sparrow who faces off against Ni Chang when it comes to people who can actually fight against her on equal footing. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_8bb79fdf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_8bb79fdf | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_8c681acc | type |
Third-Person Person | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_8c681acc | comment |
Third-Person Person: Golden Sparrow. It is probably meant to signify her traumatic past, and the way she has subsumed her identity into her mission, though in the end, she does get one line in first person, after Jason completes her mission by killing the Jade Emperor. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_8c681acc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_8c681acc | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_8cb844c6 | type |
Mr. Exposition | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_8cb844c6 | comment |
Mr. Exposition: Jason is handed a long, elaborate story about the Monkey King and his eventual duel with the Jade Warlord, while they are sitting in a tea house. Rather than it being just the two characters talking, it simply shows all the events. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_8cb844c6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_8cb844c6 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_90d44f44 | type |
Karmic Death | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_90d44f44 | comment |
Karmic Death: The Jade Warlord dies after Jason stabs him with a jade dart owned by Golden Sparrow, whom he fatally wounded just minutes earlier. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_90d44f44 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_90d44f44 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_90d44f44 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_94d2506d | type |
Can't Catch Up | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_94d2506d | comment |
Can't Catch Up: Although Jason clearly becomes a better fighter, he still loses to Ni Chang due to the latter's far greater experience. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_94d2506d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_94d2506d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_94d2506d | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_9bcd82c0 | type |
Took a Level in Badass | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_9bcd82c0 | comment |
Took a Level in Badass: The main character, by the end of the movie, is competent enough to fight mooks and street bullies. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_9bcd82c0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_9bcd82c0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_9bcd82c0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_9d12bbc1 | type |
Foreshadowing | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Foreshadowing: The Silent Monk pees on Lu Yan when the latter prays for rain. It's such an unexpected move from a stoic monk, but it shows that he can be goofy just like the Monkey King. Then it's revealed that the monk is actually a clone of the Monkey King. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_9d12bbc1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_9d12bbc1 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_a1b74f5d | type |
And That's Terrible | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_a1b74f5d | comment |
And That's Terrible: When our Ragtag Bunch of Misfits comes across innocent civilians hanged in the middle of a ransacked village, we get "Behold the tyranny of the warlord." Golden Sparrow even says "He must be stopped" in response. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_a1b74f5d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_a1b74f5d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_a1b74f5d | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_a3458bf2 | type |
More Deadly Than the Male | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_a3458bf2 | comment |
More Deadly Than the Male: Golden Sparrow racks up more kills than the rest of the group combined - but that's solely because she doesn't care and just goes straight for the kill in the first place. At least in one of the mass brawls, she kills just to make it faster. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_a3458bf2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_a3458bf2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_a3458bf2 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_a90df178 | type |
Guyliner | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_a90df178 | comment |
Guyliner: Jade Soldiers in general, but their leader, the Jade Warlord, goes for eyeliner and peacock eyeshadow. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_a90df178 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_a90df178 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_a90df178 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_abd29ad8 | type |
No-Sell | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_abd29ad8 | comment |
No-Sell: The Jade Warlord shrugs off every attack by the Silent Monk, including absorbing a thrust with his throat. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_abd29ad8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_abd29ad8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_abd29ad8 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_abdf7d09 | type |
Weirdness Censor | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_abdf7d09 | comment |
Weirdness Censor: Jason is a Caucasian male in a country that, quite possibly, has yet to see a Caucasian male. The most that happens is Jet Li going "Are you sure he's the chosen one? He's not even Chinese!" | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_abdf7d09 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_abdf7d09 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_abdf7d09 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_acb05df3 | type |
MacGuffin Escort Mission | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_acb05df3 | comment |
Macguffin Escort Mission: Jason has to reach the Five Elements Mountain to bring the staff of Sun Wukong back to its rightful owner. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_acb05df3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_acb05df3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_acb05df3 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_ad1db87c | type |
Oh, Crap! | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: Ni Chang is visibly shocked when Lu Yan brings out a knife to cut her hair and send her plummeting. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_ad1db87c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_ad1db87c | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_b09bf442 | type |
Whip of Dominance | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_b09bf442 | comment |
Whip of Dominance: The White-Haired Witch Ni Chang is Dark Action Girl who wields a whip as her primary weapon and is even able to use her own Prehensile Hair as a whip if disarmed, complementing her cold, domineering, and ruthless personality that seems to take joy in beating down her opponents, often having a taunting and smug expression in her face whenever she has the upper hand. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_b09bf442 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_b09bf442 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_b0a91b69 | type |
Convection, Schmonvection | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_b0a91b69 | comment |
Convection, Schmonvection: Averted. The Jade Warlord's volcano is hot, hot enough to burn his robe without it having to touch the lava. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_b0a91b69 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_b0a91b69 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_b99bed67 | type |
No-Nonsense Nemesis | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_b99bed67 | comment |
No-Nonsense Nemesis: Just shoot the heroes? Ni Chang does, with an arrow, from a great distance. If she had more arrows, the movie would have ended right there. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_b99bed67 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_b99bed67 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_b99bed67 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_bae7be59 | type |
Wire Fu | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_bae7be59 | comment |
Wire Fu: Are you surprised? It's a wuxia film! | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_bae7be59 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_bae7be59 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_bae7be59 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_bcd27e37 | type |
Improbable Aiming Skills | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_bcd27e37 | comment |
Improbable Aiming Skills: Ni Chang is able to shoot Lu Yan in the back from miles away. Golden Sparrow, to some extent, as she's able to down a few mooks with her pipa's tuning pegs and could have done in the Jade Warlord if it weren't for his Force Field. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_bcd27e37 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_bcd27e37 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_bce16d24 | type |
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_bce16d24 | comment |
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: Played with. One of the evil Southies has a three-minute long fist-fight with Jason before finally pulling the gun he was so trigger-happy with earlier. To be fair though, as far as he is concerned, Jason just fell off a roof about a minute ago. How is he to know that about a year's worth of kung fu training from Jackie Chan and Jet Li occurred between roof and ground? Guns are messy and bring the cops. The second he realises he stands no chance in a brawl, he does go for the gun, but is disarmed before he can even fully unholster it. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_bce16d24 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_bce16d24 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_bf487e2b | type |
Translator Microbes | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_bf487e2b | comment |
Translator Microbes: When Jason complains that he doesn't understand ancient Chinese, Lu Yan says "That's because you're not listening!" | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_bf487e2b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_bf487e2b | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c02f148d | type |
Both Sides Have a Point | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c02f148d | comment |
Both Sides Have a Point: The Jade Warlord already promised the elixir to Ni Chang in exchange for finding the Monkey King's staff. However, Jason is the one who brings the staff to the warlord in exchange for the elixir, something that Ni Chang failed to do. Amused at seeing the two argue on who's right, the Jade Warlord says this trope almost word-for-word, and suggests another option: the two would fight to the death and the elixir goes to the victor. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c02f148d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c02f148d | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c06ec675 | type |
Gang of Bullies | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c06ec675 | comment |
Gang of Bullies: The protagonist gets harassed and almost killed by a one of those. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c06ec675 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c06ec675 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c06ec675 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c0d598fe | type |
Evil Gloating | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c0d598fe | comment |
Evil Gloating: Several instances, most notably the Jade Warlord before he tries to have Jason executed. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c0d598fe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c0d598fe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c0d598fe | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c28692cf | type |
Mystical Jade | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c28692cf | comment |
Mystical Jade: It is established that jade is the only thing that can kill Taoist Immortals, Golden Sparrow having fashioned a dart out of jade with the express purpose of killing the Jade Warlord. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c28692cf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c28692cf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c28692cf | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c3245c20 | type |
I Lied | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c3245c20 | comment |
I Lied: The Jade Warlord proposes a fist fight with the Monkey King in the prologue. This was a setup in order to trick the Monkey King into setting aside his weapon, leaving him vulnerable to petrification. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c3245c20 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c3245c20 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c3bdfbb9 | type |
Let's You and Him Fight | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c3bdfbb9 | comment |
Let's You and Him Fight: Jackie Chan vs. Jet Li! There's a in-universe reason for it, but everyone knows this trope is the real reason. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c3bdfbb9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c3bdfbb9 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: Lots of these, including references and Actor Allusions to kung-fu films: Jackie Chan's Drunken Master character as Lu Yan to Drunken Master, obviously. Golden Sparrow to Golden Swallow, the female protagonist of 1966 wuxia classic Come Drink With Me (å¤§é†‰ä¿ ). Sparrow even invites her enemy to "come drink with me" in an additional tip of the hat. Ni Chang to 1993 wuxia film The Bride With White Hair (白å�‘é”å¥³ä¼ ). Jason mentions Bruce Lee and his martial art "The Way of the Intercepting Fist" (jeet kune do), but Lu Yan and the Silent Monk stare at each other and back at Jason, apparently utterly confused. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_c75df49a | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_ce40dbf7 | type |
Fake Action Prologue | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_ce40dbf7 | comment |
Fake Action Prologue: A dream about the Monkey King. A subversion of one aspect, because while it looks fake and is revealed to be a dream, those events actually did happen. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_ce40dbf7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_ce40dbf7 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_cec8b87a | type |
This Is for Emphasis, Bitch! | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_cec8b87a | comment |
This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!: One of the film's few uses of profanity. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_cec8b87a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_cec8b87a | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d08049db | type |
Taken for Granite | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d08049db | comment |
Taken for Granite: The Monkey King turns into a statue early in the story. The whole point of the quest is to bring him back to life. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d08049db | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d08049db | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d08049db | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d442f9d1 | type |
ToiletHumor | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d442f9d1 | comment |
Toilet Humor: Jet Li pees on Jackie Chan from an overhead platform. It's only shown from a distance, though. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d442f9d1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d442f9d1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d442f9d1 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d500b978 | type |
Adaptational Wimp | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d500b978 | comment |
Adaptational Wimp: The Monkey King in Chinese Mythology is a literal god who defeated all of Heaven's army which consisted of 600 thousand different deities, the 28 constellations and heavenly generals and lords SINGLEHANDEDLY. He moved across the Milk Way Galaxy and lifted it on the top of head, which in mythology is EVER EXPANDING AND INFINITE. He also wrote his and all monkeys out of the Book of Life and Death, granting him Complete Immortality and an attempt to try and convert him into an elixir by boiling him in a divine crucible, he not only survived, but when he jumped out of it was impervious to physical harm with the only means of defeating him being trickery or seals from high-ranking gods. In the film however the Monkey Kong's power appears to mainly come from his staff and only retains his ability to create clones of himself with strands of his hair. While he is physically unbeatable with the staff and capable of matching the Jade Warlord blow by blow, he never shows any of the levels of power he had in mythology. As for his immortality, it's quite possible he still wrote his name out of the Book of Life and Death, as the Jade Warlord turned him to stone rather than use an immortal-slaying weapon. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d500b978 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d500b978 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d5b3df2d | type |
Dark Action Girl | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d5b3df2d | comment |
Dark Action Girl: Ni Chang, a white-haired witch with a cutthroat attitude, improbable archery skills, and a love for lashing her enemies. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d5b3df2d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d5b3df2d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d5b3df2d | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d66cd0e6 | type |
Training from Hell | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d66cd0e6 | comment |
Training from Hell: The character Jason underwent this during the movie. What you didn't know was that Michael Angarano, Jason's actor, though somewhat athletic, also did not know kung fu and had to learn it during the shooting of the movie, undergoing some Training from Hell. Some of the stuff went a little like this: | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d66cd0e6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d66cd0e6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d66cd0e6 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d75a1703 | type |
Year Outside, Hour Inside | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d75a1703 | comment |
Year Outside, Hour Inside: Jason falls from the roof of the store with the Magical Staff of the Monkey King and is transported back to Ancient China. When he completes his quest to save the Monkey King and defeat the Jade Warlord, he is returned back to his world and continues the fall as if a second hadn't passed by without him. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d75a1703 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d75a1703 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_d75a1703 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_da484c4a | type |
Drunken Master | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_da484c4a | comment |
Jackie Chan's Drunken Master character as Lu Yan to Drunken Master, obviously. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_da484c4a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_da484c4a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_da484c4a | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_da4cec2d | type |
Would Harm a Senior | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_da4cec2d | comment |
Would Harm a Senior: Lupo confronts the elderly Hop and robs his pawn shop, and wastes no time gunning him down after he strikes one of the hooligans with the golden staff. | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_da4cec2d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | hasFeature |
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_da4cec2d | |
| The Forbidden Kingdom / int_db7342a8 | type |
Sexy Villains, Chaste Heroes | |
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Sexy Villains, Chaste Heroes: Ni-Chang, who manages to be a sexy vamp despite all her overthetopness and serves as a great foil to chaste and prim Golden Sparrow as a Dark Action Girl. Being played by Li Bingbing definitely helps, too. | |
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Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny | |
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Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny: This movie was marketed as the answer to the age-old question of Jackie Chan vs. Jet Li. Their characters fight to a draw. | |
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Ship Tease | |
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Ship Tease: Jason and Sparrow start to develop a clear attraction for one another. Sadly, Sparrow is killed by the Jade Warlord during the final battle. However, Jason ends up meeting a girl who bears a strong resemblance to Sparrow. | |
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Despair Event Horizon | |
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Despair Event Horizon: In the desert, Jason goes through a "We're not gonna make it, are we?" moment. A quick pep talk gets him through it. | |
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Absurdly Sharp Blade | |
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Absurdly Sharp Blade: The blade of the Jade Warlord's guandao is smashed into the floor, and then dragged across the room. It cuts through the stone floor like butter. During Sparrow's fight with Ni-Chang, Ni-Chang disarms her of her dagger and gently tosses it aside. It embeds several inches into a wood and stone pillar. | |
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Translation Convention | |
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Translation Convention: An interesting one. Initially, all the dialogues of the locals are in Chinese. But after Lu Yan calls out Jason for simply not listening to what is being said and needlessly panicking, everything is rendered in English... as long as Jason can actually hear it. Any scenes without him present or with characters talking behind his back are back in Chinese, with subtitles provided to the audience. | |
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Koan | |
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Koan: Jet Li and Jackie Chan's narration about the nature of kung fu includes quotes from the Tao Te Ching and Chuang Tzu, two classics of Taoist (Daoist) philosophy. For example "Learn the form, but seek the formless", "Hear the soundless", "Learn it all, then forget it all", "Learn The Way, then find your own way.", etc. Lu Yan also does the classic "you must empty your cup before I can fill it" but instead of telling Jason the story, he just tries to fill his tea cup. | |
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Hate Sink | |
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Hate Sink: Lupo, the hooligans' leader who serves nothing than a dirty scoundrel, ranging from coercing Jason into helping him rob Hop's shop, to the point of shooting Hop when he tried to intervene. And when Jason regains consciousness from his fall, Lupo attempts to beat him up to a pulp and shoot him down with a loaded gun, ultimately forcing a furious Jason to beat him down with his newfound skills. | |
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Clothing Damage | |
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Clothing Damage: As the Silent Monk and Jade Warlord keep fighting, monk's robe is getting more and more torn, as he barely parries the incoming blows of Warlord's guandao | |
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Mystical White Hair | |
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Mystical White Hair: It gets even longer whenever Ni Chang uses it as a weapon. | |
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But Now I Must Go | |
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But Now I Must Go: Following the Jade Warlord's defeat, Jason elects to return home to South Boston after the Jade Emperor offers him one wish to fulfill. | |
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Would Hit a Girl | |
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Would Hit a Girl: The Jade Warlord killed Sparrow's mother with an arrow to the back and kills Sparrow by blowing her into a wall. | |
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Super Gullible | |
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Super Gullible: Exploited. The Jade Warlord takes advantage of the Monkey King's trustfulness and proposes a fist fight, successfully tricking him into setting aside his staff and leaving him vulnerable to petrification. | |
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Meta Casting | |
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Meta Casting: Jackie Chan is basically playing Beggar So in this movie. The student has become the teacher. | |
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The Dog Bites Back | |
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The Dog Bites Back: After Jason resurfaces in present day South Boston, Lupo, accompanied by his gang, confronts and attacks him. Thanks to the training he underwent in ancient China, Jason is able to fight back against him and sends him flying before he can gun him down, scaring the rest of the hooligans into retreating. | |
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Grail in the Garbage | |
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Grail in the Garbage: Jason finds the staff of the Monkey King at a pawn shop that mostly seems specializing in wuxia movie DVDs. | |
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Mighty Whitey | |
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Mighty Whitey: Largely averted. While Jason becomes very proficient in kung-fu in a seemingly short time, and is able to beat up any number of Jade Soldiers in single combat, he is significantly weaker than any of the other, more experienced named characters. Add in that he is being trained in the use of a staff in the kung fu manner, a skill that focuses highly on defense. | |
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