History Film / DrunkenMaster

Later, there was a sequel of sorts in the form of ''Drunken Master II'', released in North America as ''Legend of Drunken Master''. Wong Fei-Hung accidentally comes into possession of several valuable Chinese artifacts, which smugglers are trying to sell to {{Evil Brit}}s. In 2005, Time Magazine declared this movie one of the 100 best movies of all time, and Roger Ebert rates the climactic foundry fight as one of the best fight scenes ever committed to film.

* AddictionPowered: Of course, seeing how his mastery is ''drunken''.

Later, there was a sequel of sorts in the form of ''Drunken Master II'', released in North America as ''Legend of Drunken Master''. Wong Fei-Hung accidentally comes into possession of several valuable Chinese artifacts, which smugglers are trying to sell to {{Evil Brit}}s. In 2005, Time Magazine declared this movie one of the 100 best movies of all time, and RogerEbert rates the climactic foundry fight as one of the best fight scenes ever committed to film.

* DuelingDubs: The first one (circa 1979) called Fei-Hung Freddie Wong, Beggar So was called Sam Seed, and Yan Ti San was called Thunderfoot. The original dub could be seen on older bootleg VHS tapes. In the 2005s remasterd DVD dub, Fei Hung and his father are still Freddie and Robert Wong. Beggar So is now called So Hei. Yan is called Thunderlegs. The original dub was a product of its time with usual cartoony voice acting, awkward dialogue, and inflections. Much like all the Kung Fu dubs of the time with the unintentional hilarity. The DVD dub had both voice acting and dialogue which tended to be stilted or subdued at times in order to avoid the signature quirks of older kung fu movie dubs. Most of the humor remains in what is being said as opposed to how funny it sounds to the ear. Also, much of the translation in the DVD relsease is more literal. So-Hei has a voice that is curiously similar to Sam Seed's. Interestingly enough, Yan's original English dub sported an accent reminiscent of characters in Spaghetti Westerns. His voice in the later dub gave him a lower, more subdued, deadly sounding voice. Mr. Lee and Gorilla both had cartoony voices (similar to Piglet from Franchise/WinnieThePooh) in the original dub but were given more appropriately deeper voices in the DVD dub. However, Freddie's voice actor was definitely hamming it up in the new dub.

* DuelingDubs: The first one (circa 1979) called Fei-Hung Freddie Wong, Beggar So was called Sam Seed, and Yan Ti San was called Thunderfoot. The original dub could be seen on older bootleg VHS tapes. In the 2005s remasterd DVD dub, Fei Hung and his father are still Freddie and Robert Wong. Beggar So is now called So Hei. Yan is called Thunderlegs. The original dub was a product of its time with usual cartoony voice acting, awkward dialogue, and inflections. Much like all the Kung Fu dubs of the time with the unintentional hilarity. The DVD dub had both voice acting and dialogue which tended to be stilted or subdued at times in order to avoid the signature quirks of older kung fu movie dubs. Most of the humor remains in what is being said as opposed to how funny it sounds to the ear. Also, much of the translation in the DVD relsease is more literal. So-Hei has a voice that is curiously similar to Sam Seed's. Interestingly enough, Yan's original English dub sported an accent reminiscent of characters in Spaghetti Westerns. His voice in the later dub gave him a lower, more subdued, deadly sounding voice. Mr. Lee and Gorilla both had cartoony voices (similar to Piglet from WinnieThePooh) in the original dub but were given more appropriately deeper voices in the DVD dub. However, Freddie's voice actor was definitely hamming it up in the new dub.

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* TrainingFromHell: The usual methods apply here. Scooping water from a bucket with teacups only to fill another bucket while upside down is this Troper's favorite.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: This one is Wong Fei-H'''u'''ng. JetLi's character in ''OnceUponATimeInChina'' is Wong Fei H'''o'''ng.

Wong Fei-Hung is a young, [[ArrogantKungFuGuy irresponsible martial arts student]] who, in the space of one day, manages to antagonize his aunt by [[KissingCousins making advances towards her daughter]], and a local nobleman for beating the crap out of his ([[RoyalBrat very snooty]]) son. As punishment, his father sends him to train under Beggar So, who has a reputation for crippling his students. Naturally, Fei-Hung doesn't like this idea, and so he escapes, only to run into Beggar So, who gives him brutally rigorous training. At first, Fei-Hung hates his mentor, but he comes to respect him and becomes a much more proficient martial artist. At the end, Fei-Hung uses his new knowledge to defeat an assassin after his father.

* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours: One reason Fei-Hung returns to Beggar-So and takes his training more seriously is his defeat at the hands of another martial artist, Yan Ti San.

Wong Fei-Hung is a young, irresponsible martial arts student who, in the space of one day, manages to antagonize his aunt by [[KissingCousins making advances towards her daughter]], and a local nobleman for beating the crap out of his ([[RoyalBrat very snooty]]) son. As punishment, his father sends him to train under Beggar So, who has a reputation for crippling his students. Naturally, Fei-Hung doesn't like this idea, and so he escapes, only to run into Beggar So, who gives him brutally rigorous training. At first, Fei-Hung hates his mentor, but he comes to respect him and becomes a much more proficient martial artist. At the end, Fei-Hung uses his new knowledge to defeat an assassin after his father.

Later, there was a sequel of sorts in the form of ''Drunken Master II'', released in North America as ''Legend of Drunken Master''. Wong Fei-Hung accidentally comes into possession of several valuable Chinese artifacts, which smugglers are trying to sell to {{Evil Brit}}s. In 2005, Time Magazine declared this movie one of the 100 best movies of all time.

Later, there was a sequel of sorts in the form of ''Legend of Drunken master''.

Wong Fei-Hung is a young, irresponsible martial arts student who, in the space of one day, manages to antagonize his aunt by making advances towards her daughter, and a local nobleman for beating the crap out of his (very snooty) son. As punishment, his father sends him to train under Beggar So, who has a reputation for crippling his students. Naturally, Fei-Hung doesn't like this idea, and so he escapes, only to run into Beggar So, who gives him brutally rigorous training. At first, Fei-Hung hates his mentor, but he comes to respect him and becomes a much more proficient martial artist. At the end, Fei-Hung uses his new knowledge to defeat an assassin after his father.

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Wong Fei-Hung is a young, irresponsible martial arts student who, in the space of one day, manages to antagonize his aunt by making advances towards her daughter, and a local nobleman for beating the crap out of his (very snooty) son. As punishment, his father sends him to train under Beggar So, who has a reputation for crippling his students. Naturally, Fei-Hung doesn't like this idea, and so he escapes, only to run up against notorious assassin Yan Ti San.

* TheTrickster: Fei-Hung is equally sneaky, one reason why he's so in enough trouble to be sent for special training.
* [[TricksterMentor Trickster Mentor]]: Beggar-So finds interesting ways to keep Fei-Hung from running away from his (often) brutal training.

* Badass: Fei-Hung (After mastering drunken boxing), Beggar So, and Yan Ti San.

* [[TricksterMentor Trickster Mentor]]: Beggar-So finds interesting ways to keep Fei-Hung from running away from his (often) brutal training.
* TheTrickster: Fei-Hung is equally sneaky, one reason why he's so in enough trouble to be sent for special training.

* [OldMaster}: Beggar-So is exactly the kind of wandering master one wouldn't expect to be a master. He's also usually drunk.

* DrunkenBoxing: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin If it wasn't obvious.]]
* TrainingFromHell: The usual methods apply here. Scooping water from a bucket with teacups only to fill another bucket while upside down is this Troper's favorite.

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* TrainingFromHell: The usual methods apply here. Scooping water from a bucket with teacups only to fill another bucket while upside down isn't terrible...ish.

* [[TheTrickster Tricksters]]: Both Wong Fei-Hung and Beggar So tend to use underhanded methods: Wong Fei-Hung to run away from Beggar So and Beggar So to keep Wong Fei-Hung around.
* [[DrunkenMaster Drunken Masters]]. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin if it wasn't obvious]].

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