History Film / GodOfCookery

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* InMediaRes: ''God of Cookery'' starts after Stephen loses his business empire and is kicked to the streets.

* NoNameGiven: Despite playing an important role, Ng Man Tat's character of Stephen and Bull's buisness parter/triad boss is never named.

* {{Woolseyism}}: The inevitable English translation that comes from the Netflix version.

The film is now available on Creator/Netflix.

* BadBoss: Stephen at first, later Bull Tong
* BadMoonRising: Bull gets worried when he sees nine stars in alignment during the final competition

* BulletTime: Preparing ingredients while they are in the air
* CallingYourAttacks: Or in this case, calling your frying, chopping, etc. cooking techniques
* TheCatCameBack: [[spoiler: When Stephen runs off to mainland China to get away from Turkey]]

* ChefOfIron: Starts with Bull and escalates steadily from there
* ContrivedCoincidence: How Stephen found the Shaolin temple

* DeceptiveDisciple: Bull to Stephen

* DistractedByTheSexy: Subverted; Nancy does an extended dance sequence while walking back and forth along the row of competitiors, then promptly eliminates the contestants for watching her instead of cooking. Subverted because it's humorously bizarre rather than alluring.
* DivineIntervention: Counts as a BigLippedAlligatorMoment
* DressedInLayers: Bull, twice in the movie

* FateWorseThanDeath: Bull's business partner [[spoiler: is reverted to his "true" form of a dog via DivineIntervention]]

* ImpossiblyDeliciousFood[=/=]OrgasmicallyDelicious: This causes an ImagineSpot twice
* InMediaRes: ''God of Cookery'' starts after Stephen loses his business empire and is kicked to the streets

* JustInTime: [[spoiler: Stephen barely makes it to the second contest]]
* {{Kayfabe}}: [[spoiler: The first contest is entirely rigged to make Stephen look good]]
* KickTheDog: Too many moments by both Stephen and the villains to count

* MartialArtsAndCrafts: Cooking has never been so dangerous!
* MundaneMadeAwesome: The last third of the film makes cooking ''awesome''
* MundaneUtility: Chi blasts to cook food, among others
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Performed by the Eighteen Brassmen of Shaolin on Stephen

* ThePowerOfLove: The winning dish "Sorrowful Rice"

* ThreeActStructure: Each roughly 30 minutes or so
* TookALevelInBadass: Stephen after training in the hidden monastery
* TransformationSequence: Try to say "Magical Chef Transformation Sequence" with a straight face
* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: [[spoiler: The entire cooking association lead by Steven's right-hand man]]

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** There are multiple references to JinYong:

** In one scene, Stephen states "I don't mean to show others I'm capable: I just want to tell others that I can get back what I've lost". This dialogue is similar to the one used by Mark Lee in ''Film/ABetterTomorrow''. Furthermore, another reference to the film is used when [[DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangsta Stephen lights his cigar using a Hong Kong bank note.]]

** In one scene, Stephen states "I don't mean to show others I'm capable: I just want to tell others that I can get back what I've lost". This dialogue is similar to the one used by Mark Lee in ''Film/ABetterTomorrow''. Furthermore, another reference to the film is used when Stephen lights his cigar using a Hong Kong bank note.

* CookingDuel: Begins with one, [[spoiler: [[BookEnds ends with one]]]].

* SpecialEffectFailure: When Bull is cutting up the ingredients for his "Assorted Noodles" dish, it's obvious the ingredients in mid-air are computer generated.

Creator/StephenChow plays Stephen Chow ([[LostInTranslation the Chinese characters in his name are different from his actual name]]), the undisputed "[[TitleDrop God Of Cookery]]". His respect highly valued and his skills beyond compare, he's supported by TheTriadsAndTheTongs and big businesses alike, making him untouchable, until all of a sudden his support dries up and he's cast aside for Bull Tong, who reveals Stephen can't actually cook. Thrown and beaten to the street, he's helped by a disfigured noodle vendor named Turkey, until he's dead smack in the middle of brutal gang politics of street food vendors between Turkey and her rival Goosehead. Can Stephen find a way to regain his honor and title?

!!Provides Examples Of:

* AbhorrentAdmirer: The "fangirl" who brings flowers. Also, Turkey; [[spoiler: she becomes less abhorrent after some plastic surgery]].

* AssKickingPose: Eighteen Brassmen of Shaolin! Before and ''during'' Stephen's subsequent ass-kicking.
* BadassGrandpa: The Headmaster of Shaolin Temple, "Wet Dream"...no, seriously. He drifts away like a ghost, teleports, and makes you bleed out of all your orifices in one strike.

* BadMoonRising: Bull gets worried when he sees nine stars in alignment during the final competition.
* BarehandedBladeBlock: Deconstructed - Turkey's left hand is [[BloodyHandprint lacerated severely]] from grabbing Goosehead's machete. Still, she's just too angry to let that stop her, leading to an OhCrap moment from Goosehead.

* BreakTheHaughty: Sort of. At first, Stephen does act a bit nicer once he loses his empire, but as soon as he's on the track to getting in back, he's back to his old tricks. It's not towards the end he finally becomes a better person.

* CallingYourAttacks: Or in this case, calling your frying, chopping, etc. cooking techniques.
* TheCatCameBack: [[spoiler: When Stephen runs off to mainland China to get away from Turkey]].
* CausticCritic: Nancy Sit, playing as herself and the judge, seems this way until she finishes winnowing down the competition to the only two characters that matter, only to breathlessly invert this trope.
* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: Stephen brings out a chair to beat up Bull in the middle of their CookingDuel. Nancy compliments his use of the chair in the same terms as she does the cooking.
* ChefOfIron: Starts with Bull and escalates steadily from there.

* DistractedByTheSexy: Subverted. Nancy does an extended dance sequence while walking back and forth along the row of competitiors, then promptly declares the contestants "out" for watching her instead of cooking. It's humorously bizarre rather than alluring.

* FoodPorn: "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall" is a real Fujian Chinese dish containing dozens of meats, fish, and shellfish in a stew that takes two days to prepare due to the need to let some of the ingredients to sit overnight. It was named by a scholar who thought it was so delicious that Buddha himself would give up vegetarianism to try it. Here's [[http://chinesefood.about.com/library/blrecipe078.htm one version of the recipe]].

* HeelFaceTurn: Goosehead and his food stall staff/gang joins with Turkey and Stephen.

* JustInTime: [[spoiler: Making it to the second contest]]
* {{Kayfabe}}: [[spoiler: The first contest is entirely rigged to make Stephen look good]].
* KickTheDog: Too many moments by both Stephen and the villains to count.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown:
** Bull does this once to show he's now the boss...an even ''more'' ruthless boss than Stephen.
** The {{irony}} is Stephen still does this later while pretending to calm down a fight.
* LockedIntoStrangeness: Stephen's hair goes white as a result of the HumiliationConga and TrainingFromHell he endures.

* MacheteMayhem: The favorite weapon of many a street thug. Also, one of the most unpleasant {{Bare Handed Blade Block}}s you'll ever see.

* MundaneMadeAwesome: The last third of the film makes cooking ''awesome''.
* MundaneUtility: Chi blasts to cook food, among others.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Eighteen Brassmen of Shaolin!.

* ShoutOut: To {{JinYong}}'s works: Chow's final dish [[spoiler: after his ex-business partner ruins his Buddha Jumps Over The Wall]] is a simple rice-vegetable-meat combo Turkey made for him when they first met each other. It's dubbed Rice of Sorrow by the judge. [[ReturnOfTheCondorHeroes Yang Guo's]] strongest [[WuXia style]] is the [[EmpathicWeapon Palm of Sorrow]].
* SuckOutThePoison: Stephen by Wet Dream, though PlayedForLaughs. May count as {{Squick}}.
* SupremeChef: Stephen, [[spoiler:but subverted when he starts out pretending to be one. Play straight by the end of the movie]].
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: [[spoiler: The cheap beef Stephen's business partner sets him up with]].

* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: [[spoiler: The entire cooking association lead by Steven's right hand man]]

* AbhorrentAdmirer: The "fangirl" who brings flowers. Also, Sister Turkey. [[spoiler: She becomes less abhorrent after some plastic surgery.]]

* BadassGrandpa: The Headmaster of Shaolin Temple, Wet Dream...no, seriously: he drifts away like a ghost, teleports, and makes you bleed out of all your orifices all in one move.
* BadBoss: Stephen at first, and Bull Tong later.

* BarehandedBladeBlock: Deconstructed - Turkey's left hand is [[BloodyHandprint lacerated severely]] from grabbing a machete. Still, she's just too angry to let that stop her, leading to an OhCrap moment from Goosehead, who's holding the weapon.
* BerserkButton: Turkey is quiet about it, but [[spoiler: she loves Stephen and if you attempt to harm him, literally or figuratively, you'll need more than machetes to stop her.]]

* BoringButPractical: The folding chair.

* BulletTime: Preparing ingredients while they are in the air.

* CausticCritic: Nancy Sit, playing as herself and the judge, seems this way until she finishes winnowing down the competition to the only two characters that matter. Then she breathlessly inverts this trope.
* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: Stephen brings out a chair to beat up Bull Tong, in the middle of their CookingDuel. The food critic compliments his use of the chair in the same terms as she does the cooking.

* ContrivedCoincidence: How Stephen found the Shaolin temple.
* CookingDuel: Begins with one, [[spoiler: ends with one]].

* DistractedByTheSexy: Subverted. Nancy does an extended dance sequence while walking back and forth along the row of judges, then promptly declares a contestant "out" for watching her instead of cooking. It's humorously bizarre rather than alluring.
* DivineIntervention: Counts as a BigLippedAlligatorMoment.
* DressedInLayers: Bull. Twice.
* EverybodyWasKungFuFighting: Semi-subversion: Nancy seems to know an awful lot about Shaolin martial arts, even though she doesn't partake in any fighting at all.
* FateWorseThanDeath
* FoodPorn: "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall" is a real Fujian Chinese dish containing dozens of meats, fish, and shellfish in a stew that takes really does take 2 days to prepare due to the need to let some ingredients sit overnight. It was named by a scholar who thought it was so delicious that Buddha himself would give up vegetarianism to try it. Here's [[http://chinesefood.about.com/library/blrecipe078.htm one version of the recipe]].
* {{Gonk}}: Turkey [[spoiler: until the end of the movie]] and the "fangirl". Most Stephen Chow movies have at least one.

* HostageSituation: [[spoiler: The bad guys have recruited the contest judge's son.]]
* ImpossiblyDeliciousFood / OrgasmicallyDelicious: This causes an ImagineSpot twice.
* {{Jerkass}}: Stephen, who at first raises pettiness almost to the point of [[EvilIsPetty outright evil]].
* JustInTime: [[spoiler: Making it to the second contest.]]
* {{Kayfabe}}: [[spoiler: The first contest is entirely rigged to make Stephen look good.]]
* KickTheDog: Too many moments by both Stephen and the villains to recount.

** The irony is Stephen still does this later while pretending to calm down a fight.

* LotusPosition With [[LevitatingLotusPosition subverted levitation]]: Headmaster Wet Dream sits down like this in the middle of the last contest and appears to be levitating, [[spoiler: the camera moves and reveals that he's being carried out by security]].

* NoNameGiven: Despite playing an important role, Ng Man Tat's character of Stephen and Bull's buisness parter/Triad boss is never named.
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Turkey returns and [[SheCleansUpNicely Cleans Up Nicely]] thanks to MagicPlasticSurgery.]]
* OvenLogic: Subverted by RuleOfCool when Bull cooks Buddha Jumps Over the Wall that takes normally takes 49 hours in 2 minutes, powered by his internal chi.
* ThePowerOfLove: The winning dish "Sorrowful Rice".
* SeriousBusiness: Cooking. It's big business as well.
* SuckOutThePoison: Stephen by the temple's dean. PlayedForLaughs. May count as {{Squick}}.
* SupremeChef: Stephen starts out pretending to be one but actually becomes one by the end of the movie.

* ThreeActStructure: Each roughly 30 minutes or so.
* TookALevelInBadass: Stephen after training in the hidden monastery.
* TransformationSequence: Try to say "Magical Chef Transformation Sequence" with a straight face.
* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: [[spoiler: The entire cooking association lead by Steven's right hand man.]]
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Stephen is a serious asshole for like 2/3 of the movie.

* BloodyHandprint: As a result of the previously mentioned BarehandedBladeBlock.

* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: Stephen brings out a chair to beat up Bull Tong, in the middle of their CookingDuel.

* [[SeriousBusiness Cooking Is Serious Business]] Apparently, you need to be a kungfu master.

* DistractedByTheSexy: Subversion: Nancy wiggles her hips and does a little jig while walking past some of the contestants, then disqualifies them for taking their eyes off their cooking. It's a subversion since it's less than sexy and more of "WTF?" from the looks on the competitors' faces.

* FoodPorn / ForeignQueasine: "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall" is a real Fujian Chinese dish containing dozens of meats, fish, and shellfish in a stew that takes really does take 2 days to prepare due to the need to let some ingredients sit overnight. It was named by a scholar who thought it was so delicious that Buddha himself would give up vegetarianism to try it. Here's [[http://chinesefood.about.com/library/blrecipe078.htm one version of the recipe]].

* [[MartialArtsAndCrafts Martial Arts And Crafts And Cooking]]

Creator/StephenChow plays Stephen Chow ([[LostInTranslation the Chinese characters in his name are different from his actual name]]),the undisputed "[[TitleDrop God Of Cookery]]". His respect highly valued and his skills beyond compare, he's supported by TheTriadsAndTheTongs and big businesses alike, making him untouchable, until all of a sudden his support dries up and he's cast aside for Bull Tong, who reveals Stephen can't actually cook. Thrown and beaten to the street, he's helped by a disfigured noodle vendor named Turkey, until he's dead smack in the middle of brutal gang politics of street food vendors between Turkey and her rival Goosehead. Can Stephen find a way to regain his honor and title?

StephenChow plays Stephen Chow ([[LostInTranslation the Chinese characters in his name are different from his actual name]]),the undisputed "[[TitleDrop God Of Cookery]]". His respect highly valued and his skills beyond compare, he's supported by TheTriadsAndTheTongs and big businesses alike, making him untouchable, until all of a sudden his support dries up and he's cast aside for Bull Tong, who reveals Stephen can't actually cook. Thrown and beaten to the street, he's helped by a disfigured noodle vendor named Turkey, until he's dead smack in the middle of brutal gang politics of street food vendors between Turkey and her rival Goosehead. Can Stephen find a way to regain his honor and title?

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: The entire last third of the movie.

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!!!Provides examples of:

* BarehandedBladeBlock: Deconstructed brutally: Turkey's left hand is [[BloodyHandprint lacerated severely]] from grabbing a machete. Still, she's just too angry to let that stop her, leading to an OhCrap moment from Goosehead, who's holding the weapon.

StephenChow plays "Stephen Chow" ([[LostInTranslation the Chinese characters in his name are different from his actual name]]) is the undisputed "[[TitleDrop God Of Cookery]]". His respect highly valued and his skills beyond compare, he's supported by TheTriadsAndTheTongs and big businesses alike, making him untouchable, until all of a sudden his support dries up and he's cast aside for Bull Tong, who reveals Stephen can't actually cook. Thrown and beaten to the street, he's helped by a disfigured noodle vendor named Turkey, until he's dead smack in the middle of brutal gang politics of street food vendors between Turkey and her rival Goosehead. Can Stephen find a way to regain his honor and title?

StephenChow plays "Stephen Chow" ([[LostInTranslation The Chinese characters in his name are different from his actual name]]) is the undisputed "[[TitleDrop God Of Cookery]]". His respect highly valued and his skills beyond compare, he's supported by TheTriadsAndTheTongs and big businesses alike, making him untouchable, until all of a sudden his support dries up and he's cast aside for Bull Tong, who reveals Stephen can't actually cook. Thrown and beaten to the street, he's helped by a disfigured noodle vendor named Turkey, until he's dead smack in the middle of brutal gang politics of street food vendors between Turkey and her rival Goosehead. Can Stephen find a way to regain his honor and title?

StephenChow plays "Stephen Chow" [([LostInTranslation The Chinese characters in his name are different from his actual name]]) is the undisputed "[[TitleDrop God Of Cookery]]". His respect highly valued and his skills beyond compare, he's supported by TheTriadsAndTheTongs and big businesses alike, making him untouchable, until all of a sudden his support dries up and he's cast aside for Bull Tong, who reveals Stephen can't actually cook. Thrown and beaten to the street, he's helped by a disfigured noodle vendor named Turkey, until he's dead smack in the middle of brutal gang politics of street food vendors between Turkey and her rival Goosehead. Can Stephen find a way to regain his honor and title?

StephenChow plays "Stephen Chow" [[LostInTranslation the characters in his name are different from his actual name]]. is the undisputed "[[TitleDrop God Of Cookery]]". His respect highly valued and his skills beyond compare, he's supported by TheTriadsAndTheTongs and big businesses alike, making him untouchable, until all of a sudden his support dries up and he's cast aside for Bull Tong, who reveals Stephen can't actually cook. Thrown and beaten to the street, he's helped by a disfigured noodle vendor named Turkey, until he's dead smack in the middle of brutal gang politics of street food vendors between Turkey and her rival Goosehead. Can Stephen find a way to regain his honor and title?

* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: [[spoiler: The cheap beef his business partner sets him up with]].

* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: Stephen brings out a chair to beat up Bull Tong, in the middle of their cooking contest.

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