History Characters / MCUTenRings

* DiscOneFinalBoss: He is the main antagonist until a little after Tony escapes from the cave.

* AdaptationalNameChange: In the comics, Razor Fist's real name is William Young, Douglas Scott, or William Scott. In the MCU, his name is Mattias. Douglas Scott has already appeared in the ''Film/BlackPanther'' prelude one-shot comic book.

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-> See [[Characters/MCUOtherSupervillains Other Supervillains]].

-> See [[Characters/MCUOtherSupervillains Other Supervillains]].

-> See [[Characters/MCUOtherSupervillains Other Supervillains]].

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler: After one of the Dweller's demons kills Death Dealer and another one nearly kills him, he quickly agrees to the offer of an alliance with Tao Lo.]]

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Despite being Shang-Chi's ''younger'' sister, Xialing looks a bit older than him when they reunite in adulthood. Add the fact that the actress Meng'er Zhang is two years older than Simu Liu in real life, despite portraying his younger sister.

* BladeOnARope: She uses a [[spoiler:dragon-scale]] rope dart as her WeaponOfChoice during the Battle of Ta Lo, given to her by [[spoiler:her aunt]] Ying Nan. As the young Shang-Chi is shown to have trained in the rope dart, it is no surprise that Xialing is shown to be already proficient in it, having secretly trained herself by watching and imitating the lessons of her brother and her father's soldiers.

* WeaponOfChoice: Rope darts.

* DeviousDaggers: His WeaponOfChoice is {{Dual Wield|ing}}ed knives, and he is quite proficient in using them, even performing a ''[[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Winter Soldier]]''-esque toss and catch. He also uses [[StuffBlowingUp explosive knives]] on occasion.

-> See [[Characters/MCUTheMandarin The Mandarin]].

-> See [[Characters/MCUShangChi Shang-Chi]].

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* BerserkButton: He doesn't take it well when he thinks Tony and Yinsen are lying to him and treating him like an idiot (which is true). He almost ends up burning Yinsen's face for this.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Despite being Shang-Chi's ''younger'' sister, Xialing looks significantly older than him when they reunite in adulthood. Add the fact that the actress Meng'er Zhang is two years older than Simu Liu in real life, despite portraying his younger sister.

!The Ten Rings

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See [[Characters/MCUTheMandarin The Mandarin]].
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See [[Characters/MCUShangChi his entry]] for more details.

!Associates

!!''Obadiah Stane''
->See the [[Characters/MCUOtherSupervillains MCU: Other Supervillains]] page.

!!''Ivan Vanko''
->See the [[Characters/MCUOtherSupervillains MCU: Other Supervillains]] page.

!!''Darren Cross''
->See the [[Characters/MCUOtherSupervillains MCU: Other Supervillains]] page.

!!''Mitchell Carson''
->See the [[Characters/MCUHYDRALeadership MCU: HYDRA – Leadership]] page.

* AdaptationNameChange: Has her name changed from [[Literature/FuManchu Fah Lo Suee]] (later [[WritingAroundTrademarks Zheng Bao Yu/Cursed Lotus]]) to Xialing, as Fu Manchu (her and Shang-Chi's father in the comics) is legally ExiledFromContinuity, with Wenwu [[CompositeCharacter absorbing that role]] in the film. Even in the comics, Fah Lo Suee was dropped, she is no longer mentioned, in the miniseries ''ComicBook/ShangChi2020'' and the series ''ComicBook/ShangChi2021'', written by Creator/GeneLuenYang, Zheng Shi-Hua/Sister Hammer replaces Zheng Bao Yu.

* MythologyGag: The name of the Golden Daggers club owned by Xu Xialing came from a sect ruled by Zheng Bao Yu before he took over his father's organization.

!!!'''Citizenship:''' Chinese

* {{Foil}}: To [[Characters/MCUTheHand The Hand]]. Both are {{Nebulous Evil Organisation}}s that have existed for centuries, utilize a mix of martial arts, guerilla weaponry and magic, are Chinese in origin and are ran by their immortal founders. Though whereas The Hand works exclusively in the criminal underworld and utilize front-companies, espionage and gang warfare to gain money and power, the Ten Rings are a paramilitary terrorist organization that functions out in the open. Both organizations seek to invade an [[TheShangriLa interdimensional, magical Chinese city strongly associated with a divine dragon]], but whereas The Hand's end-goal is to claim [[Characters/MCUKunLun K'un Lun]] and its secrets so that the Hand's high-ranking members can live forever, Wenwu only wanted access to Ta Lo out of curiosity and to conquer it, later under the belief that his wife is being held prisoner there. Furtheremore, while the Hand's leadership (the Five Fingers) [[AHouseDivided has taken towards backstabbing each other]] (bringing in their followers into the mess), the singular leadership of Wenwu (as well as their tangential respect of his offspring, Shang-Chi and Xialing) meant there was never any contest in leadership. Wenwu, for that matter, succeeded in inspiring UndyingLoyalty to all his subordinates, as the Ten Rings seem to have taken his retirement in stride up until he returned--and has no issue with Xialing taking up the reins after his death.

* AdaptationNameChange: Has her name changed from [[Literature/FuManchu Fah Lo Suee]] (later [[WritingAroundTrademarks Zheng Bao Yu/Cursed Lotus]]) to Xialing, as Fu Manchu (her and Shang-Chi's father in the comics) is legally ExiledFromContinuity, with Wenwu [[CompositeCharacter absorbing that role]] in the film. Even in the comics, Fah Lo Suee was dropped, she is no longer mentioned, in the miniseries ''ComicBook/ShangChi (2020)'' and the series ''ComicBook/ShangChi (2021)'', written by Creator/GeneLuenYang, Zheng Shi-Hua/Sister Hammer replaces Zheng Bao Yu.

* AdaptationNameChange: Has her name changed from [[Literature/FuManchu Fah Lo Suee]] (later [[WritingAroundTrademarks Zheng Bao Yu/Cursed Lotus]]) to Xialing, as Fu Manchu (her and Shang-Chi's father in the comics) is legally ExiledFromContinuity, with Wenwu [[CompositeCharacter absorbing that role]] in the film. Even in the comics, Fah Lo Suee was dropped, she is no longer mentioned, in the miniseries ComicBook/ShangChi, written by Creator/GeneLuenYang, Zheng Shi-Hua/Sister Hammer replaces Zheng Bao Yu.

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: One can make the argument that they are this to the League of Shadows from Creator/DCComics' ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''. Both are ancient and mysterious Asia-based terrorist organizations who [[CreateYourOwnHero were instrumental in the origin stories]] of a [[CrimefightingWithCash wealthy superhero]] (The League by training Batman, the Ten Rings by kidnapping Tony Stark and forcing him to build what would become the Iron Man suit). Appropriate, since the comic book Mandarin in his modern depictions is often compared to ComicBook/RasAlGhul. Another similarity is that the Mandarin of the MCU has two children who have a complicated tie to his legacy, [[spoiler: inviting between the Mandarin's children Shang-Chi and Xialing and Ra's al Ghul's Talia and Nyssa]].

* BladeOnARope: She uses a [[spoiler:dragon-scale]] rope dart as her weapon of choice during the Battle of Ta Lo, given to her by [[spoiler:her aunt]] Ying Nan. As the young Shang-Chi is shown to have trained in the rope dart, it is no surprise that Xialing is shown to be already proficient in it, having secretly trained herself by watching and imitating the lessons of her brother and her father's soldiers.

See his entry in Characters/MCUOtherSuperheroes for more details.