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Wire Fu

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24 feature instances
83 referencing feature instances

Wire Fu	type	FeatureClass
Wire Fu	label	Wire Fu
Wire Fu	page	WireFu
Wire Fu	comment	A Live-Action Special Attack assisted by the fact that the actor is tethered to the ceiling. A (comparatively) easy way to make a fight scene more impressive is to use fine wires to support the actor during acrobatics that would not be possible for a normal human: long lateral jumps, jumping "off the air", being thrown back by an explosion, or even hanging suspended. Wires can also be used to slow down an actor's movement without the undesirable side effects of Overcranking. Wire Fu is an important device of the entire Toku genre and of cinematic genres such as Wuxia. Also called "Wirework" (though that term is more general; "Wire Fu" usually refers only to the use of wirework for fight scenes). Expensive and time-consuming, it is often now replaced by computer-generated effects. Not to be confused with Master of Threads. Examples
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Wire Fu / int_1a8d488a	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_1a8d488a	comment	Munchkin: The "Munchkin Fu" set has a fighting style literally called Wire Fu. It grants +6 to your combat score, but prevents you from wearing armor. The "with visible wires" card reduces the target monster's combat score by 5.
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Wire Fu / int_2212773a	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_2212773a	comment	Fight scenes in Angel made use of this in contrast to Buffy, where people only went flying into the air when kicked up there. One commenter on the show speculated that it was specifically moving to Los Angeles that granted vampires the ability to jump really high. Buffy did make at least one use of wire fu that was gratuitously conspicuous.
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Angel	hasFeature	Wire Fu / int_2212773a
Wire Fu / int_2ba1d958	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_2ba1d958	comment	The Matrix is this trope's Trope Codifier in the west.
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Wire Fu / int_2ea6ae26	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_2ea6ae26	comment	Star Trek: Picard: Whenever Elnor does a flip in the air, Evan Evagora's stunt double is assisted by wirework. The character is super-agile, so the wires are necessary to portray his Fantastic Fighting Style. This is a slow-motion video of a stunt rehearsal from "Absolute Candor."
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Wire Fu / int_3708c77a	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_3708c77a	comment	Batman Live is full of Wire Fu, all of which is used beautifully.
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Wire Fu / int_44127c7c	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_44127c7c	comment	Power Rangers, in every episode. Surprisingly, Super Sentai (and big brother franchise Kamen Rider) use very little Wire Fu in comparison. Used quite ludicrously on one episode: the Yellow Ranger is surrounded by Putties, leaps into the air, hovers for a few seconds (surely there was some Chroma Key involved here), falls back down to Earth, and then beats them up. The jump accomplished nothing, but the Red Ranger then compliments her on her "good move". On another occasion (possibly from the very same episode), an out-of-costume Blue Ranger leaps into the air and lands with his legs around a Putty's head, killing it. That's right, he killed a guy with his crotch.
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Wire Fu / int_5022a2c4	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_5022a2c4	comment	Xena: Warrior Princess makes copious use of Wire Fu in almost every episode.
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Xena: Warrior Princess	hasFeature	Wire Fu / int_5022a2c4
Wire Fu / int_5b3356f8	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_5b3356f8	comment	In Turning Red, the members of 4Town use wires to give the impression that they can fly during their concert.*
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Turning Red	hasFeature	Wire Fu / int_5b3356f8
Wire Fu / int_6449f850	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_6449f850	comment	Shows up in-universe in Monster Musume, when the girls help Ils Nineta, the ninetailed fox put on a show, Rachnera uses her webs to help with the stunts and transformations on stage.
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Wire Fu / int_6a8aff51	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_6a8aff51	comment	The Stormlight Archive: This series's particular Not Quite Flight works by binding and redirecting the Surge of Gravitation, meaning that Surgebinders don't so much "fly" as "fall upwards" (or sideways, or whichever direction they want to go). It's repeatedly mentioned that this makes them look as though they're getting yanked around by invisible wires.
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The Stormlight Archive	hasFeature	Wire Fu / int_6a8aff51
Wire Fu / int_72078fd2	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_72078fd2	comment	Heroic Trio seems to have been filmed with multiple wire-rigs working at once since practically every character knows wire-fu... and it is glorious.
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Wire Fu / int_8c1076c1	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_8c1076c1	comment	Responsible for the flying sequences in various stagings of Peter Pan, which includes aerial sword fighting.
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Peter Pan (1954) (Theatre)	hasFeature	Wire Fu / int_8c1076c1
Wire Fu / int_8d7e861e	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_8d7e861e	comment	GARO has a lot of wirework, surprisingly well done considering the heavy suits worn by the stuntmen and actors, and the fact that it's a TV show. Combined with chroma key and CG, some spectacular fights are produced. The Skyscraper fight in Makai Senki has to be seen to be believed.
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Wire Fu / int_9f33fbac	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_9f33fbac	comment	The female lead in the Korean drama Secret Garden is a stuntwoman whose specialties include Wire Fu. The workings of how it's done are demonstrated, and there are some spectacular finished scenes as well from the projects she's performing in.
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Wire Fu / int_a22d3698	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_a22d3698	comment	Hong Kil Dong is a North Korean martial arts movie done on a North Korean shoestring budget, but it features some surprisingly effective Wire Fu, most notably in the final scene where Kil Dong the martial arts hero is fighting the evil Japanese ninja.
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Wire Fu / int_a7da6dff	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_a7da6dff	comment	KÀ originally had a wire fu battle serving as its climax, but a performer fell to her death during a performance on June 29, 2013. Further performances were put on hold as a result, and when the show reopened it replaced the battle scene with a "Dressing Ritual". The scene was eventually reinstated in late 2014.
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KA (Theatre)	hasFeature	Wire Fu / int_a7da6dff
Wire Fu / int_b2fba3e0	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_b2fba3e0	comment	The Ultra Series franchise uses this in its movies, especially the Ultraman Zero movies. The movies use it quite often because of their higher budget and because they're usually set in space, as opposed to the TV shows which almost never use the technique (and which are set on earth, with gravity).
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Wire Fu / int_c43df4d8	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_c43df4d8	comment	Doctor Who: In the Classic episode "The Web Planet", the Menoptera fight the Zarbi in this way. Justified because they are insects and can fly. The effect is actually good, and not just by the standards of the time. The fish people in "The Underwater Menace" do this to simulate being underwater. The weightless scenes on the outside of spaceships in "Frontier in Space" are done with quite visible wires.
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Wire Fu / int_cfa85ecb	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_cfa85ecb	comment	The revised stage production of The Little Mermaid'' has Ariel and the other merfolk "swimming" on wires.
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Wire Fu / int_d53b46c1	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_d53b46c1	comment	The teaser trailer for The Other Guys spoofs this by having the two main heroes striking a flying kick pose and firing guns before hitting each other in midair and swinging from their wires.
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Wire Fu / int_e548c08a	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_e548c08a	comment	Many Toku fans consider this trope to be one of Koichi Sakamoto's Director Trademarksnote The other being ludicrous background explosions which Power Rangers fans have dubbed "Kalisplosions". It's especially apparent in Kamen Rider Fourze (Sakamoto is the show's overall director), which is handwaved thanks to Fourze having a jetpack and Meteor being a Bruce Lee Clone. Likewise, Kamen Rider Double gained a fair bit of wirework in The Gaia Memories of Fate, which of course was directed by Sakamoto.
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Wire Fu / int_eb46e06a	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_eb46e06a	comment	Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome played this straight by having the combatants in Thunderdome attached to elastic ropes. At one point Max gains a temporary advantage by cutting his opponent's ropes with his spear.
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Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome	hasFeature	Wire Fu / int_eb46e06a
Wire Fu / int_efd2ad78	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_efd2ad78	comment	There is a really out-of-place instance of this in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life, when Lara confronts the black market smuggler Chen Lo in a cavern. They engage in a martial arts battle, and at one point Lara jumps on the heads of Terracotta warrior statues as Chen Lo smashes them beneath her feet.
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Wire Fu / int_fbf33963	type	Wire Fu
Wire Fu / int_fbf33963	comment	Averted in the "corridor fight" scene in Inception. When the one mook falls down a side corridor when gravity shifts to the side, the stuntman's fall was slowed by regular wirework, as were the parts when gravity completely stops. However, for the fight between Arthur and a mook when gravity is spinning out of control, the director went for an even more expensive and time consuming solution, building an entire set inside a huge metal cylinder that could actually be rotated. But it was completely worth the effort, as the result looks infinitely better than any Wire Fu. Because it IS real.
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Wire Fu	processingCategory2	Flying Tropes
Wire Fu	processingCategory2	Foo Fu
Wire Fu	processingCategory2	Martial Arts Movie
Wire Fu	processingCategory2	Small Reference Pools
Wire Fu	processingCategory2	This Index Knows Kung-Fu
Wire Fu	processingCategory2	Tokusatsu Tropes
The Castle of Cagliostro / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
The Matrix / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
A History of Violence / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
A Touch of Zen / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Austin Powers / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Big Trouble in Little China / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Brothers Five / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Butterfly and Sword / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
City Lights / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Detective Dee / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Dragon from Russia / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Duel to the Death / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Fearless (2006) / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Flirting Scholar / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Golden Swallow / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Hero (2002) / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Hong Kil Dong / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
House of Flying Daggers / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Iron Monkey / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Judgement of an Assassin / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Magnificent Warriors / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Moon Warriors / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Polite Society / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Return of the Deadly Blade / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Rumble in the Bronx / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Secret Garden / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Sha Po Lang / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Temple Of The Red Lotus / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
The Avenging Eagle / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
The Black Panther Warriors / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
The Bride With White Hair / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
The Burning of Red Lotus Temple / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
The Deadly Duo / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
The Forbidden Kingdom / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
The Good, The Bad, The Weird / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
The Imperial Swordsman / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
The Man with the Iron Fists / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
The Myth / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
The One / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
The Sorcerer and the White Snake / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
The Sword Stained With Royal Blood / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Woman in the Moon / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Chou Sei Shin Series (Franchise) / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Power Rangers (Franchise) / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Super Sentai (Franchise) / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
The Return of the Condor Heroes / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
NeverBringAKnifeToAFistfight	seeAlso	Wire Fu
OngBak	seeAlso	Wire Fu
Ptitled06sy1ye	seeAlso	Wire Fu
Daily Life with Monster Girl (Manga) / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Monster Musume (Manga) / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Alphas / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
American Born Chinese (2023) / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Chou Sei Shin Series / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Guest from the Future / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Joy of Life / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Mortal Kombat: Conquest / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Nirvana in Fire / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Princess Returning Pearl / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Scrubs / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Secret Garden / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Star Trek: Picard / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Stargirl (2020) / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
The Amazing Race / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
The Untamed / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
This is Wonderland / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Xena: Warrior Princess / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Batman Live (Theatre) / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
N (Video Game) / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! / int_bae7be59	type	Wire Fu
wirefu	sameAs	Wire Fu

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