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* DeceptiveDisciple: The BigBad learned everything how to become a master ping-pong player by Master Wong, but left before his training was complete and became a crime lord with a penchant for ping-pong death-matches. The incompleteness of his training becomes a HoistByHisOwnPetard during his battle with Daytona.
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* DeceptiveDisciple: The BigBad learned everything in how to become a master ping-pong player by from Master Wong, but left before his training was complete and became a crime lord with a penchant for ping-pong death-matches. The incompleteness of his training becomes a HoistByHisOwnPetard during his battle with Daytona.
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** Feng being a white guy played by Creator/ChristopherWalken is treated as a surprise. But you wouldn't know it from ever piece of promotional material.
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* ThemeMusicPowerUp / MiracleRally: AvertedTrope ''and'' DefiedTrope: [[spoiler:when Randy turns on a DefLeppard song to perform a power-entry to his match with Karl (after a much-needed and sports-film-standard RousingSpeech by Wong regarding Randy's need to fight with his off (and unbroken) hand), the BigBad gets bored and kills both the radio ''and'' Karl]].
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19 Years years after a humiliating failure at the '88 Olympic Games, ping-pong prodigy Randy Daytona (Dan Fogler) is eking out a living as a trick-ping-pong-artist; on the day he gets fired, he is invited by Agent FBIAgent Ernie Rodriguez of the FBI (George Lopez) to be the Bruce Lee equivalent in a ping-pong themed ''Film/EnterTheDragon'' parody: reclusive criminal overlord hosting exclusive tournament in private fortress.
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* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: Subverted. Maggie punches a bad guy, kicks him, does a [[SoulSeries Sophitia-esque]] [[BuffySpeak leg-grip-neck-crunchy thing]] to him, and he doesn't even bat an eye. [[spoiler:Then he falls over.]]
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* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: Subverted. Maggie punches a bad guy, kicks him, does a [[SoulSeries [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Sophitia-esque]] [[BuffySpeak leg-grip-neck-crunchy thing]] to him, and he doesn't even bat an eye. [[spoiler:Then he falls over.]]
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* ThemeMusicPowerUp / MiracleRally: AvertedTrope ''and'' DefiedTrope: [[spoiler:when Randy turns on a DefLeppard song to perform a power-entry to his match with Karl (after a much-needed and sports-film-standard InspirationalSpeech RousingSpeech by Wong regarding Randy's need to fight with his off (and unbroken) hand), the BigBad gets bored and kills both the radio ''and'' Karl]].
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* DeceptiveDisciple: The BigBad learned everything how to become a master ping-pong player by Master Wong, but left before his training was complete and became a crime lord with a penchant for ping-pong death-matches. The incompleteness of his training becomes a HoistByHisOwnPetard during his battle with Daytona.
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* ThemeMusicPowerUp / MiracleRally: AvertedTrope ''and'' DefiedTrope: [[spoiler:when Randy turns on a DefLeppard song to perform a power-entry to his match with Karl (after a much-needed and sports-film-standard InspirationalSpeech by Wong regarding Randy's need to fight with his off hand), the BigBad gets bored and kills both the radio ''and'' Karl]].
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19 Years after a humiliating failure at the '88 Olympic Games, ping-pong prodigy Randy Daytona is eking out a living as a trick-ping-pong-artist; on the day he gets fired, he is invited by Agent Ernie Rodriguez of the FBI to be the Bruce Lee equivalent in a ping-pong themed ''{{Enter The Dragon}}'' parody: reclusive criminal overlord hosting exclusive tournament in private fortress.
19 Years after a humiliating failure at the '88 Olympic Games, ping-pong prodigy Randy Daytona is eking out a living as a trick-ping-pong-artist; on the day he gets fired, he is invited by Agent Ernie Rodriguez of the FBI to be the Bruce Lee equivalent in a ping-pong themed ''{{Enter The Dragon}}'' parody: reclusive criminal overlord hosting exclusive tournament in private fortress.
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19 Years after a humiliating failure at the '88 Olympic Games, ping-pong prodigy Randy Daytona is eking out a living as a trick-ping-pong-artist; on the day he gets fired, he is invited by Agent Ernie Rodriguez of the FBI to be the Bruce Lee equivalent in a ping-pong themed''{{Enter The Dragon}}'' ''Film/EnterTheDragon'' parody: reclusive criminal overlord hosting exclusive tournament in private fortress.
19 Years after a humiliating failure at the '88 Olympic Games, ping-pong prodigy Randy Daytona is eking out a living as a trick-ping-pong-artist; on the day he gets fired, he is invited by Agent Ernie Rodriguez of the FBI to be the Bruce Lee equivalent in a ping-pong themed
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* Expy: Jason Scott Lee plays the translator for "The Dragon," doubling as an ShoutOut to himself in ''Movie/EnterTheDragon'' ''Film/EnterTheDragon'' and also as a ShoutOut to the urban legend of Bruce Lee fighting for the ability to teach the ''kwailo'' kung fu. "The Dragon" herself is an Expy to Bruce Lee, in this case in the realm of ping pong.
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* NotJustATournament: As befits a parody of ''Film/EnterTheDragon'', the reason for the FBI being interested in the tournament is because of a crime lord funding it.
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* NotJustATournament: As befits a parody of ''Film/EnterTheDragon'', the reason for the FBI being interested in the tournament is because of a crime lord funding it.it... and using it to draw the attention of unlawful people interested in his product, which is undetectable plastic firearms.
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* CombatParkour: Maggie (played by [[TheDanza by]] MaggieQ) uses combat parkour when she takes on a group of martial artists.
* NotJustATournament: As befits a parody of ''Film/EnterTheDragon'', the reason for the FBI being interested in the tournament is because of a crime lord funding it.
* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass: Parodied. The directions to the rendezvous for the transport of the tournament are on the "Golden Racquet", as a Chinese riddle. Daytona seems to solve it, but then shows that the address was printed in English on the other side of the racquet, [[FailedASpotCheck which nobody had noticed until then]].
* SouthOfTheBorder: Although the compound and the BigBad ''scream'' YellowPeril, the place is situated "someplace in Latin America", and can even be reached by charter bus.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Karl Wolfschtagg coldly mocks Randy and his dead father over and over, laughing at his own jokes. When someone heckles him from the audience with "You suck!" Wolfschtagg meekly protests that insults "sting."
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* Expy: Jason Scott Lee plays the translator for "The Dragon," doubling as an ShoutOut to himself in [[Movie/EnterTheDragon]] ''Movie/EnterTheDragon'' and also as a ShoutOut to the urban legend of Bruce Lee fighting for the ability to teach the ''kwailo'' kung fu. "The Dragon" herself is an Expy to Bruce Lee, in this case in the realm of ping pong.
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* BilingualBonus: Averted.
---> Feng: "Ping pong! Or, as the Chinese call it, ping pong!"
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: "Congratulations, you beat the Dragon! Here's your money, too bad [[spoiler: it's got snot all over it." He then proceeds to blow his nose on the prize money.]]
---> Feng: "Ping pong! Or, as the Chinese call it, ping pong!"
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: "Congratulations, you beat the Dragon! Here's your money, too bad [[spoiler: it's got snot all over it." He then proceeds to blow his nose on the prize money.]]
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* Expy: Jason Scott Lee plays the translator for "The Dragon," doubling as an ShoutOut to himself in [[Movie/EnterTheDragon]] and also as a ShoutOut to the urban legend of Bruce Lee fighting for the ability to teach the ''kwailo'' kung fu. "The Dragon" herself is an Expy to Bruce Lee, in this case in the realm of ping pong.
* Expy: Jason Scott Lee plays the translator for "The Dragon," doubling as an ShoutOut to himself in [[Movie/EnterTheDragon]] and also as a ShoutOut to the urban legend of Bruce Lee fighting for the ability to teach the ''kwailo'' kung fu. "The Dragon" herself is an Expy to Bruce Lee, in this case in the realm of ping pong.
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19 Years after a humiliating failure at the '88 Olympic Games, ping-pong prodigy Randy Daytona is eking out a living as a trick-ping-pong-artist; on the day he gets fired, he is invited by George Lopez of the FBI to be the Bruce Lee equivalent in a ping-pong themed ''{{Enter The Dragon}}'' parody: reclusive criminal overlord hosting exclusive tournament in private fortress.
19 Years after a humiliating failure at the '88 Olympic Games, ping-pong prodigy Randy Daytona is eking out a living as a trick-ping-pong-artist; on the day he gets fired, he is invited by George Lopez of the FBI to be the Bruce Lee equivalent in a ping-pong themed ''{{Enter The Dragon}}'' parody: reclusive criminal overlord hosting exclusive tournament in private fortress.
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From a slate of obscure-sports sports movie parodies (''{{Dodgeball}}'',''{{Blades Of Glory}}''), ''BladesOfGlory''), that were popular in the mid-'00s.
19 Years after a humiliating failure at the '88 Olympic Games, ping-pong prodigy Randy Daytona is eking out a living as a trick-ping-pong-artist; on the day he gets fired, he is invited byGeorge Lopez Agent Ernie Rodriguez of the FBI to be the Bruce Lee equivalent in a ping-pong themed ''{{Enter The Dragon}}'' parody: reclusive criminal overlord hosting exclusive tournament in private fortress.
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19 Years after a humiliating failure at the '88 Olympic Games, ping-pong prodigy Randy Daytona is eking out a living as a trick-ping-pong-artist; on the day he gets fired, he is invited by
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* TheDanza: Maggie Q as Maggie Wong
* FashionVictimVillain: In Masters Wong's words, Feng dresses like "He stole from EltonJohn's garage sale."
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* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: Subverted. The ActionGirl TokenRomance punches a bad guy, kicks him, does a [[SoulSeries Sophitia-esque]] [[BuffySpeak leg-grip-neck-crunchy thing]] to him, and he doesn't even bat an eye. [[spoiler:Then he falls over.]]
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* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: Subverted. The ActionGirl TokenRomance Maggie punches a bad guy, kicks him, does a [[SoulSeries Sophitia-esque]] [[BuffySpeak leg-grip-neck-crunchy thing]] to him, and he doesn't even bat an eye. [[spoiler:Then he falls over.]]
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* WhenYouSnatchThePebble: Subverted: we never find out what lesson the cricket in James Hong's Master Wong's hand was meant to help impart, but it apparently wasn't "grab it as quick as you can."
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19 Years after a humiliating failure at the '88 Olympic Games, ping-pong prodigy Randy Daytona is eking out a living as a trick-ping-pong-artist; on the day he gets fired, he is invited by George Lopez of the FBI to be the Bruce Lee equivalent in a ping-pong themed ''{{Enter The Dragon}}'' parody: reclusive criminal overlord hosting exclusive tournament in private fortress.
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!!This film contains examples of the following tropes:
* ActionGirl: Maggie.
* AffablyEvil: The (formerly East) German rival of Randy.
* AssShove: "We're gonna have to sneak this in the old fashioned way..."
* ChekhovsSkill: Bouncing ping-pong balls off of people.
* ChristopherWalken: Pretty much the only reason to watch this movie. Either that or you lost a bet.
* TheDragon: ChristopherWalken's seems to be something like half-DragonLady, half-Mayday from ''{{A View To A Kill}}'', who was coincidentally also TheDragon to a ChristopherWalken villain.
* FakeNationality: Not only is Maggie Q only half-Asian, but the Asian half is ''Vietnamese''.
* GroinAttack: Happens a few times, including an incident with chopsticks.
* ImGoingToDisneyWorld: Randy, in a daze, blurts this out when he is humiliated at the Olympics. Years later, when greeting Feng's audience, a foreign national breaks the silence with, "how was Disney World?" making this statement an OldShame.
* InsultBackfire: "The joke's on you, its ladies speed stick!"
* [[spoiler:InvoluntaryBattleToTheDeath]]
* LittleMissBadass: [[spoiler:The Dragon.]]
* MeLoveYouLongTime
* MightyWhitey: Though Randy is referred to by his teacher as "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwailo gwailo]]" (literally "ghost man" but taken to mean "foreign devil"), he is acknowledged as the only player able to beat Feng's contestants (and Feng himself).
* MurderousThighs: See "[[BuffySpeak leg-grip-neck-crunchy thing]]" below.
* NoOSHACompliance: Lampshaded, at the end.
* OhCrap: Said by the blow dart chick after [[spoiler:she gets stuck with one of her own blow darts.]]
* PecFlex: Daytona's first opponent in the tournament (Mr. Terry Crews) does this excessively.
* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: Subverted. The ActionGirl TokenRomance punches a bad guy, kicks him, does a [[SoulSeries Sophitia-esque]] [[BuffySpeak leg-grip-neck-crunchy thing]] to him, and he doesn't even bat an eye. [[spoiler:Then he falls over.]]
* RuleOfFunny: The only reason the "grave site under a water slide" scene works. Zoning laws obviously wouldn't allow for such a thing to be possible.
* SeriousBusiness: "You killed him..." "Well, duh. What part of 'sudden death' didn't you understand?"
** Ping-Pong in general is taken VERY seriously in this movie.
* SophisticatedAsHell:
--> "I'm trying to sacrifice my life in the name of our love, quit being such a dick!"
* ThereWasADoor: Inverted. You could try to break through the armored door, but that's stupid when there's a window right next to it.
* TrainingFromHell: Naturally.
* WhenYouSnatchThePebble: Subverted: we never find out what lesson the cricket in James Hong's hand was meant to help impart, but it apparently wasn't "grab it as quick as you can."
* YellowPeril
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19 Years after a humiliating failure at the '88 Olympic Games, ping-pong prodigy Randy Daytona is eking out a living as a trick-ping-pong-artist; on the day he gets fired, he is invited by George Lopez of the FBI to be the Bruce Lee equivalent in a ping-pong themed ''{{Enter The Dragon}}'' parody: reclusive criminal overlord hosting exclusive tournament in private fortress.
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!!This film contains examples of the following tropes:
* ActionGirl: Maggie.
* AffablyEvil: The (formerly East) German rival of Randy.
* AssShove: "We're gonna have to sneak this in the old fashioned way..."
* ChekhovsSkill: Bouncing ping-pong balls off of people.
* ChristopherWalken: Pretty much the only reason to watch this movie. Either that or you lost a bet.
* TheDragon: ChristopherWalken's seems to be something like half-DragonLady, half-Mayday from ''{{A View To A Kill}}'', who was coincidentally also TheDragon to a ChristopherWalken villain.
* FakeNationality: Not only is Maggie Q only half-Asian, but the Asian half is ''Vietnamese''.
* GroinAttack: Happens a few times, including an incident with chopsticks.
* ImGoingToDisneyWorld: Randy, in a daze, blurts this out when he is humiliated at the Olympics. Years later, when greeting Feng's audience, a foreign national breaks the silence with, "how was Disney World?" making this statement an OldShame.
* InsultBackfire: "The joke's on you, its ladies speed stick!"
* [[spoiler:InvoluntaryBattleToTheDeath]]
* LittleMissBadass: [[spoiler:The Dragon.]]
* MeLoveYouLongTime
* MightyWhitey: Though Randy is referred to by his teacher as "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwailo gwailo]]" (literally "ghost man" but taken to mean "foreign devil"), he is acknowledged as the only player able to beat Feng's contestants (and Feng himself).
* MurderousThighs: See "[[BuffySpeak leg-grip-neck-crunchy thing]]" below.
* NoOSHACompliance: Lampshaded, at the end.
* OhCrap: Said by the blow dart chick after [[spoiler:she gets stuck with one of her own blow darts.]]
* PecFlex: Daytona's first opponent in the tournament (Mr. Terry Crews) does this excessively.
* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: Subverted. The ActionGirl TokenRomance punches a bad guy, kicks him, does a [[SoulSeries Sophitia-esque]] [[BuffySpeak leg-grip-neck-crunchy thing]] to him, and he doesn't even bat an eye. [[spoiler:Then he falls over.]]
* RuleOfFunny: The only reason the "grave site under a water slide" scene works. Zoning laws obviously wouldn't allow for such a thing to be possible.
* SeriousBusiness: "You killed him..." "Well, duh. What part of 'sudden death' didn't you understand?"
** Ping-Pong in general is taken VERY seriously in this movie.
* SophisticatedAsHell:
--> "I'm trying to sacrifice my life in the name of our love, quit being such a dick!"
* ThereWasADoor: Inverted. You could try to break through the armored door, but that's stupid when there's a window right next to it.
* TrainingFromHell: Naturally.
* WhenYouSnatchThePebble: Subverted: we never find out what lesson the cricket in James Hong's hand was meant to help impart, but it apparently wasn't "grab it as quick as you can."
* YellowPeril
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