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[[caption-width-right:350: I'm a reasonable guy. But, I've just experienced some very unreasonable things.]]
[[caption-width-right:350: I'm a reasonable guy. But, I've just experienced some very unreasonable things.]]
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* PsychoticSmirk: Often wears one.
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* ImplacableMan: The most controlled of the trio, going beyond TheStoic.
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* MightyWhitey: Parodied. He's doing his best, but he's entirely in over his head and just wants to get his truck back.
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* FunnyForeigner: At least in Little China he is. Loud, brash, and constantly needing things explained to him that everyone else seems to know about, and always good for some slapstick. He is what you get when you drop an EagleLand character into a supernatural kung-fu flick.
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* MightyWhitey: As an alternative to FakeMixedRace, she's another parody of this trope like Jack, meaning she's just a white reporter who has immersed herself in Little China and fancies herself an expert on the place and the people who live there. Note that before she gets kidnapped, she keeps explaining to the other Chinese and Chinese-American characters stuff that they already know.
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* BlatantLies: After Jack shoots a mook, he gets a horrified expression on his face. When Eddie asks if it's the first time he's ever "plugged somebody," Jack suddenly adopts a macho facade and says, "'Course not!" .
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* AwesomeButImpractical: Lightning's lightning bolts are extremely powerful and impressive, but very inaccurate. He hardly ever hits what he aims at on the first try.
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Lo Pan needs to marry a girl with green eyes to become flesh again. He doesn't care about her consent.
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* AudienceSurrogate: Jack, being unfamiliar with the world he's entering, asks all the same questions that the audience is.
** "What is that--don't tell me!"
** "It will come out no more!" "''What?!'' Huh? ''What'' will come out no more?!"
** "'Jack' what? I'm supposed to buy this shit? Come on, Dave, you've been around for ten thousand years and you still can't find one girl who will fit the bill? You must be doing something seriously wrong."
** "What is that--don't tell me!"
** "It will come out no more!" "''What?!'' Huh? ''What'' will come out no more?!"
** "'Jack' what? I'm supposed to buy this shit? Come on, Dave, you've been around for ten thousand years and you still can't find one girl who will fit the bill? You must be doing something seriously wrong."
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* AttackReflector: Egg Shen uses a mirrored fan to send Lightning's lightning bolt attack back at him.
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* * AlmightyJanitor: To the public, Egg Shen is just a tour bus driver... who also happens to be a sorcerer capable of standing up to an immortal wizard. It's lampshaded when Wang points out Egg is actually quite rich (owning the entire city block) and just plays it up for the tourists.
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* * AlmightyJanitor: To the public, Egg Shen is just a tour bus driver... who also happens to be a sorcerer capable of standing up to an immortal wizard. It's lampshaded when Wang points out Egg is actually quite rich (owning the entire city block) and just plays it up for the tourists.
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* ShockAndAwe: Can summon lightning from his hands.
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* CoveredInKisses: As a result, Jack has Gracie's lipstick smeared on his mouth when he's facing Lo Pan.
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* FiringInTheAirALot: Tries this at the start of a fight scene but bits of the ceiling break off and knock him out.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After their first confrontation with Lo Pan, Jack says he's going home and tells Wang to keep the money he owes him.
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* ActionSurvivor: Jack's not an action guy despite his macho facade, and by the end is simply glad to be out of there. Despite this he leans more toward the badass side of this trope. He is brave, sort of competent, and Wang constantly asking for his help implies Jack has a bit of a reputation as a tough guy. He's just out of his element when dealing with magic.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Zig-zagged. Jack seems to have been waiting his whole life to be a larger-than-life action hero, but not in a story like this. He spends most of the film a step behind the plot and is often humiliated, but he eventually ''does'' achieve all of his goals and becomes a hero.
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* HelloAttorney: She is played by Kim Cattrall and a lawyer.
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* HelloAttorney: She is played by Kim Cattrall Creator/KimCattrall and a lawyer.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:How he dies, courtesy of Wang throwing his sword at him while he's jumping towards him with no way to dodge in mid-air]].
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He is a jackass, but he will unhesitatingly help anybody he considers a friend.
* LargeHam: Lines like "Keep the home fires burning, and if we don't return, call the President!" really
* ImmigrantPatriotism: His toast before drinking the potion is as Eagleland as it gets.
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-->'''Egg Shen''': This is black blood of the Earth!
-->'''Burton''': You mean oil?
-->'''Egg Shen''': [[NotHyperbole I mean black blood of the Earth!]]
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* {{Archenemy}}: To Lo Pan.
* BadAssGrandpa: An old man but still able to take on Lo Pan.
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* EvilIsHammy: You can tell James Hong had fun playing this role.
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* EvilIsHammy: You can tell James Hong Creator/JamesHong had fun playing this role.
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* ShallowLoveInterest: We find out almost nothing about her.
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* ShallowLoveInterest: SatelliteLoveInterest: We find out almost nothing about her.
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* AllAmericanFace: A DeconstructiveParody of this. Burton sports a Creator/JamesDean pompadour and drawls like Creator/JohnWayne, but lives up to these iconic images of American masculinity with less than perfect aplomb. Overconfident and always slightly behind the information curve, his bombast sometimes pays off, but more often makes him the butt of a slapstick gag. For a light comic performance, KurtRussell walks a very precise tightrope, giving Jack a puppyish quality that redeems his made-in-America arrogance. The audience roots for him to succeed, and to be taken down a peg or two along the way.
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* AllAmericanFace: A DeconstructiveParody of this. Burton sports a Creator/JamesDean pompadour and drawls like Creator/JohnWayne, but lives up to these iconic images of American masculinity with less than perfect aplomb. Overconfident and always slightly behind the information curve, his bombast sometimes pays off, but more often makes him the butt of a slapstick gag. For a light comic performance, KurtRussell Creator/KurtRussell walks a very precise tightrope, giving Jack a puppyish quality that redeems his made-in-America arrogance. The audience roots for him to succeed, and to be taken down a peg or two along the way.
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* AllAmericanFace: A DeconstructiveParody of this. Burton sports a JamesDean pompadour and drawls like JohnWayne, but lives up to these iconic images of American masculinity with less than perfect aplomb. Overconfident and always slightly behind the information curve, his bombast sometimes pays off, but more often makes him the butt of a slapstick gag. For a light comic performance, KurtRussell walks a very precise tightrope, giving Jack a puppyish quality that redeems his made-in-America arrogance. The audience roots for him to succeed, and to be taken down a peg or two along the way.
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* AllAmericanFace: A DeconstructiveParody of this. Burton sports a JamesDean Creator/JamesDean pompadour and drawls like JohnWayne, Creator/JohnWayne, but lives up to these iconic images of American masculinity with less than perfect aplomb. Overconfident and always slightly behind the information curve, his bombast sometimes pays off, but more often makes him the butt of a slapstick gag. For a light comic performance, KurtRussell walks a very precise tightrope, giving Jack a puppyish quality that redeems his made-in-America arrogance. The audience roots for him to succeed, and to be taken down a peg or two along the way.
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An ancient Chinese sorcerer cursed by Shang Di to become a bodiless spirit. He is now leader of a criminal syndicate in Chinatown.
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An ancient Chinese sorcerer cursed by [[UsefulNotes/QinShiHuangdi Shang Di Di]] to become a bodiless body-less spirit. He is now leader of a criminal syndicate in Chinatown.
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* BadAss: Appears less so compared to [[TheHero Wang]], but he is a legitimate badass too, willing to walk into mortal danger beside Wang, taking out quite a few {{Mooks}} over the course of the film, and of course [[spoiler:killing Lo Pan.]]
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* BadAss: Starts as a BadassNormal and gets an upgrade to BadassAbnormal.
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* BadAss: Noteworthy among the three Storms, as he uses no fancy powers in combat aside from flight--his swordfight with Wang Chi is otherwise a contest of pure skill.
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* AllAmericanFace: A DeconstructiveParody of this. Burton sports a JamesDean pompadour and drawls like JohnWayne, but lives up to these iconic images of American masculinity with less than perfect aplomb. Overconfident and always slightly behind the information curve, his bombast sometimes pays off, but more often makes him the butt of a slapstick gag. For a light comic performance, KurtRussell walks a very precise tightrope, giving Jack a puppyish quality that redeems his made-in-America arrogance. The audience roots for him to succeed, and to be taken down a peg or two along the way.
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* ThirdPersonPerson: Frequently, although it doesn't always work.
-->"Ah, you know what ol' Jack Burton says at a time like this?"\\
"Who?"\\
"Jack Burton! Me!"
-->"Ah, you know what ol' Jack Burton says at a time like this?"\\
"Who?"\\
"Jack Burton! Me!"
