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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Chon losing his queue means that he can't return to China.
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** Chon blowing bubbles at the bordello is in homage to ''Film/DrunkenMaster''.
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* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Roy changes his mind about Chon after the BarBrawl.
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* BilingualBonus: In the title sequence of ''Noon'', the Chinese text is a Chinese translation of ''The Frog Prince''.
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* GilliganCut: In ''Noon'', after a very long drinking game, Roy has gotten tired, but Chon wants another game. Roy tells Chon "No mas. No more drinking." Cut to them furiously playing again.
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* ActorAllusion: Roy is off to fight [[QueerAsFolk a sissy]] lord.
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** Roy is off to fight [[QueerAsFolk a sissy]]lord.lord.
** Chon Wang's American name is John Wayne. The name "John Wayne" was briefly seen in Film/RushHour when James Carter took Lee (also played by Jackie Chan) to Chinatown.
** Roy is off to fight [[QueerAsFolk a sissy]]
** Chon Wang's American name is John Wayne. The name "John Wayne" was briefly seen in Film/RushHour when James Carter took Lee (also played by Jackie Chan) to Chinatown.
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** And BridgetJones' mom is Queen Victoria.
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** And BridgetJones' Literature/BridgetJones' mom is Queen Victoria.
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* ActionGirl: Lin. Princess Pei Pei gets a brief spurt of ass-kicking against Lo Fong at the end of the first.
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* ActionGirl: Lin. Princess Pei Pei Pei-Pei gets a brief spurt of ass-kicking against Lo Fong at the end of the first.
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** Princess Pei Pei Pei-Pei can kick some ass too.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Princess Pei Pei (played by Creator/LucyLiu) in the first movie.
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* KingIncognito: Pei Pei is held prisoner without her identity to the railroad slaves being revealed. Chon blows her cover when he bows to her.
* KneelBeforeFrodo: When Chon finally gets to the imprisoned Pei Pei, he bows to her and refuses to get up. This reveals her identity to the other railroad workers, who also kneel before her.
* KneelBeforeFrodo: When Chon finally gets to the imprisoned Pei Pei, he bows to her and refuses to get up. This reveals her identity to the other railroad workers, who also kneel before her.
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* KingIncognito: Pei Pei Pei-Pei is held prisoner without her identity to the railroad slaves being revealed. Chon blows her cover when he bows to her.
* KneelBeforeFrodo: When Chon finally gets to the imprisonedPei Pei, Pei-Pei, he bows to her and refuses to get up. This reveals her identity to the other railroad workers, who also kneel before her.
* KneelBeforeFrodo: When Chon finally gets to the imprisoned
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* LetsGetDangerous: As Lo Fong corners a weakened Chon, Princess Pei Pei springs into action (even as she's injured herself) and kicks Lo Fong's ass long enough for Chon to get the upper hand for good.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Chon initially has to fight off an Imperial Guard in the climax before they realize Pei Pei's in danger and must confront Lo Fong.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Chon initially has to fight off an Imperial Guard in the climax before they realize Pei Pei's in danger and must confront Lo Fong.
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* LetsGetDangerous: As Lo Fong corners a weakened Chon, Princess Pei Pei Pei-Pei springs into action (even as she's injured herself) and kicks Lo Fong's ass long enough for Chon to get the upper hand for good.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Chon initially has to fight off an Imperial Guard in the climax before they realizePei Pei's Pei-Pei's in danger and must confront Lo Fong.
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Pei Pei does not wish to return to the Forbidden City, as she feels she can be a more involved ambassador in the States. She ends up burning the scroll that contains the Imperial Guard's orders to bring her back as an act of finality.
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Pei Pei Pei-Pei does not wish to return to the Forbidden City, as she feels she can be a more involved ambassador in the States. She ends up burning the scroll that contains the Imperial Guard's orders to bring her back as an act of finality.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Lucy Liu in the first movie.
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* BattleDiscretionShot: When Chon skirmishes with Roy inside the saloon
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* BarBrawl: When Chon Wang meets Roy again in a saloon after getting married by accident, he unwittingly exposes Roy's cheating in cards. Chaos ensues.
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* BattleDiscretionShot: When Chon skirmishes with Roy inside the
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* TheChiefsDaughter: The Sioux chief has two. Chon Wang saves the younger from a bunch hostile Crow warriors, then ends up married to her elder sister.
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* AccidentalMarriage: Chon Wang ends up accidentally married (from his POV) to the Sioux chief's daughter (who knew exactly what she was doing). She follows him around for the rest of the movie, periodically saving his ass, only to end up trading him in for Roy at the end. [[spoiler:She ditches them BOTH in the sequel.]]
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* AccidentalMarriage: Chon Wang ends up accidentally married (from his POV) to the Sioux chief's elder daughter (who knew exactly what she was doing). She follows him around for the rest of the movie, periodically saving his ass, only to end up trading him in for Roy at the end. [[spoiler:She ditches them BOTH in the sequel.]]
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* ChessmasterSidekick: The Sioux chief's daughter, in the first movie, helps them out just about every time the protagonists are incapable of helping themselves.
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* TheChiefsDaughter: The Sioux chief has two. Chon Wang saves the younger from a bunch hostile Crow warriors, then ends up married to her elder sister.
* TheChiefsDaughter: The Sioux chief has two. Chon Wang saves the younger from a bunch hostile Crow warriors, then ends up married to her elder sister.
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* CombatPragmatist: Usually utilised by the bad guys while Chon Wang is all about fighting honorably, however in the sequel [[spoiler: after he realises he can't defeat Rathbone in a swordfight Chon cuts the the rope supports on the platform they're both standing on, throwng him out the window.]]
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* CombatPragmatist: Usually utilised by the bad guys while Chon Wang is all about fighting honorably, however in the sequel [[spoiler: after he realises he can't defeat Rathbone in a swordfight Chon cuts the the rope supports on the platform they're both standing on, throwng him out the window.]]
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In the sequel directed by David Dobkin, ''Shanghai Knights'', they travel to Victorian London to foil a plot against [[QueenVicky the Queen]]. Also starring Singaporean actress [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fann_Wong Fann Wong]] as Chon Wang's sister, Chon Lin. In the 1880's, Chon Wang's father and keeper of the Imperial Seal has been murdered by Parliament and royal family member Rathbone, who steals the Imperial Seal, with Chon Wang's sister, Chon Lin, witnessing the murder. Chon Lin follows Rathbone to London to kill him, while sending Chon a letter telling him of the murder. Chon then travels to New York for Roy O'Bannon. Together they travel to England and meet up with Chon Lin to kill Rathbone and get the Imperial Seal back.
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In the sequel directed by David Dobkin, ''Shanghai Knights'', they travel to Victorian London to foil a plot against [[QueenVicky the Queen]]. Also starring Singaporean actress [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fann_Wong Fann Wong]] as Chon Wang's sister, Chon Lin. In the 1880's, Chon Wang's father and keeper of the Imperial Seal has been murdered by Parliament and royal family member Rathbone, who steals the Imperial Seal, with Chon Wang's sister, Chon Lin, witnessing the murder. Chon Lin follows Rathbone to London to kill him, while sending Chon a letter telling him of the murder. Chon then travels to New York for Roy O'Bannon. Together they travel to England and meet up with Chon Lin to kill defeat Rathbone and get the Imperial Seal back.
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* AllAsiansAreAlike: In the second film, Roy tells Chon to wobble his head to look more Indian. When Chon protests that he's Chinese, Roy says they're the same thing. {{Justified}} in that Chon is actually pretending to be Indian.
** And then dismissed immediately after: Rathbone has spent time in India and China but [[SureWhyNot doesn't make a scene]], in favor of [[IShallTauntYou blithely discussing his hopes that China follows India's example of accepting British rule.]]
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* InterchangeableAsianCultures: In the second film, Roy tells Chon to wobble his head to look more Indian. When Chon protests that he's Chinese, Roy says they're the same thing. {{Justified}} in that Chon is actually pretending to be Indian.
** And then dismissed immediately after: Rathbone has spent time in India and China but [[SureWhyNot doesn't make a scene]], in favor of [[IShallTauntYou blithely discussing his hopes that China follows India's example of accepting British rule.]]
** And then dismissed immediately after: Rathbone has spent time in India and China but [[SureWhyNot doesn't make a scene]], in favor of [[IShallTauntYou blithely discussing his hopes that China follows India's example of accepting British rule.]]
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* LandInTheSaddle: Roy and Chon do this to escape Van Cleef. Roy is successful; Chon, who has never done before and is drunk besides, lands on the horse backwards and then falls over.
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* ProducePelting: One of the spectators when Roy and Chon are about to be hanged.
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* CombatPragmatist: Usually utilised by the bad guys while Chon Wang is all about fighting honorably, however in the sequel [[spoiler: after he realises he can't defeat Rathbone in a swordfight Chon cuts the the rope supports on the platform they're both standing on, throwng him out the window.]]
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** [[Film/XMenFirstClass Azazel]] is Artie Doyle.
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* WantedPoster: Chon Wang and Roy O'Bannon find wanted posters for themselves. Guess which one has a higher reward?
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-->''"[[JohnWayne Chon Wang]]? [[ItWillNeverCatchOn That's a terrible name for a cowboy]]!"''
''Shanghai Noon'' is a comedy {{Western}} film starring JackieChan and Owen Wilson. Chan plays a Chinese guardsman, Chon Wang, who travels to America to rescue a kidnapped Imperial princess, teaming up along the way with disreputable gunslinger Roy O'Bannon (played by Owen), a small time robber with delusions of grandeur. Together, the two forge through one misadventure after another. Directed by Tom Dey, it was written by [[{{Smallville}} Alfred Gough and Miles Millar]]. The movie, set in Nevada and other parts of the west in the 19th century, is a juxtaposition of a western with a JackieChan kung fu action movie with extended martial arts sequences. It also has elements of comedy and the "Buddy Cop" film genre, as it involves two men of different personalities and ethnicities (a Chinese imperial guard and a Western outlaw) [[TheyFightCrime who team up to stop a crime]].
''Shanghai Noon'' is a comedy {{Western}} film starring JackieChan and Owen Wilson. Chan plays a Chinese guardsman, Chon Wang, who travels to America to rescue a kidnapped Imperial princess, teaming up along the way with disreputable gunslinger Roy O'Bannon (played by Owen), a small time robber with delusions of grandeur. Together, the two forge through one misadventure after another. Directed by Tom Dey, it was written by [[{{Smallville}} Alfred Gough and Miles Millar]]. The movie, set in Nevada and other parts of the west in the 19th century, is a juxtaposition of a western with a JackieChan kung fu action movie with extended martial arts sequences. It also has elements of comedy and the "Buddy Cop" film genre, as it involves two men of different personalities and ethnicities (a Chinese imperial guard and a Western outlaw) [[TheyFightCrime who team up to stop a crime]].
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* GatlingGood: Rathbone's Gatling Gun, though he refers to it as a Machine Gun, a weapon that wouldn't be invented for a few more decades.
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* AllAsiansAreAlike: In the second film, Roy tells Chon to wobble his head to look more Indian. When Chon protests that he's Chinese, Roy says they're the same thing. {{Justified}} in that Chon is actually pretending to be Indian.
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** [[Film/XMen [[Film/XMenFirstClass Azazel]] is Artie Doyle.
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-->'''Owen Wilson''': Roy, 'John', come back here, I'm talking to you!
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* BlindObedience: Chon's character arc in ''Noon'' revolves around him learning how to think for himself and not blindly following orders.
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* GentlemanThief: Roy was a particularly nice one of these as leader of his gang before meeting Chon, but had the unfortunately poor judge of character to choose underlings who are cruel, stupid, AxCrazy and far too ambitious all at once.
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** [[Film/XMen Azazel]] is Artie Doyle.
** [[LethalWeapon Uncle Benny]] is Chon's father.
** The doctor from IronMonkey is TheDragon.
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-->''"[[JohnWayne Chon Wang]]? [[ItWillNeverCatchOn That's a terrible name for a cowboy]]!"''
''Shanghai Noon'' is a comedy {{Western}} film starring JackieChan and Owen Wilson. Chan plays a Chinese guardsman, Chon Wang, who travels to America to rescue a kidnapped Imperial princess, teaming up along the way with disreputable gunslinger Roy O'Bannon (played by Owen), a small time robber with delusions of grandeur. Together, the two forge through one misadventure after another. Directed by Tom Dey, it was written by [[{{Smallville}} Alfred Gough and Miles Millar]]. The movie, set in Nevada and other parts of the west in the 19th century, is a juxtaposition of a western with a JackieChan kung fu action movie with extended martial arts sequences. It also has elements of comedy and the "Buddy Cop" film genre, as it involves two men of different personalities and ethnicities (a Chinese imperial guard and a Western outlaw) [[TheyFightCrime who team up to stop a crime]].
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In the sequel directed by David Dobkin, ''Shanghai Knights'', they travel to Victorian London to foil a plot against [[QueenVicky the Queen]]. Also starring Singaporean actress [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fann_Wong Fann Wong]] as Chon Wang's sister, Chon Lin. In the 1880's, Chon Wang's father and keeper of the Imperial Seal has been murdered by Parliament and royal family member Rathbone, who steals the Imperial Seal, with Chon Wang's sister, Chon Lin, witnessing the murder. Chon Lin follows Rathbone to London to kill him, while sending Chon a letter telling him of the murder. Chon then travels to New York for Roy O'Bannon. Together they travel to England and meet up with Chon Lin to kill Rathbone and get the Imperial Seal back.
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This film series provides examples of:
* AccidentalMarriage: Chon Wang ends up accidentally married (from his POV) to the Sioux chief's daughter (who knew exactly what she was doing). She follows him around for the rest of the movie, periodically saving his ass, only to end up trading him in for Roy at the end. [[spoiler:She ditches them BOTH in the sequel.]]
-->'''Sioux Shaman''' ''(to the chief):'' Hey, it could be worse. She could have married a white guy.
* ActorAllusion: Roy is off to fight [[QueerAsFolk a sissy]] lord.
** [[JackieChan "You could do your own stunts!"]]
* ActionGirl: Lin. Princess Pei Pei gets a brief spurt of ass-kicking against Lo Fong at the end of the first.
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: A horse who knew "sit" and probably a few other commands. Played for laughs, as it's a partial parody of the Improbably Well-Trained Horse common to a lot of Westerns.
* AnachronismStew: A major source of comedy.
* TheArtfulDodger: Creator/CharlieChaplin
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: [[spoiler:Rathbone basically hands Chon his head.]]
** From the same film, [[spoiler:Rathbone's partner in regicide Wu Chow ''also'' hands Chon his rear.]]
** Princess Pei Pei can kick some ass too.
* BaldOfEvil: Lo Fong. Shiny pates may be kinda pretty, but this guy's attitude more than makes up for the dome.
* BattleDiscretionShot: When Chon skirmishes with Roy inside the saloon
-->'''Van Cleef''': What the hell is going on in there?
-->*Roy is thrown through the front window out into the street*
* BigBadDuumvirate: Both films.
* BigDamnHeroes: Chon and Roy fail at this whenever the RuleOfFunny calls for it, but succeed whenever the RuleOfDrama is in play.
* BlindObedience: Chon's character arc in ''Noon'' revolves around him learning how to think for himself and not blindly following orders.
* BloodstainedGlassWindows: '''Guns and swords''' in a church. And Roy dressed up as a monk...
* BolivianArmyEnding: Subverted and parodied, [[spoiler: [[BrickJoke the Indians Chon befriended earlier]] [[BigDamnHeroes show up to save the day]]]]. The shot is even matched.
* BookcasePassage: The fireplace subtype. It's a woman's breast.
* BritishRoyalGuards: In ''Knights'', Roy, after failing to provoke a reaction from a guard, gives the guard a friendly pat on the shoulder, and receives a GroinAttack with the butt of the guard's rifle in return.
* BuriedAlive: At least from the neck down.
* CaliforniaDoubling
* CatchAndReturn: Unexpected, because it's done by a random Indian warrior to Chon Wang, the Chinese martial artist.
* ChessmasterSidekick: The Sioux chief's daughter, in the first movie, helps them out just about every time the protagonists are incapable of helping themselves.
* ChineseLaborer: Prominently featured in ''Noon''.
* ClickHello: In ''Noon'', first done by Roy to Long, then by the Marshal to everybody.
* ClockTower: ''Shanghai Knights'' [[spoiler:has its climax in Big Ben. Rathbone is tossed out of it, and Wang and O'Bannon must go the same way. But they have a flag to slow their descent.]]
* CrashingDreams: From surrounded by lovely ladies, to playful biting, to waking up and getting half-eaten by vultures in the first movie.
** And again in the second movie, the same character dreams of the girl he likes making out with him, then wakes up accompanied by a sheep.
* DeadpanSnarker: Van Cleef falls into this at times.
-->'''Roy (missing wildly)''': Did I hit you?!
-->'''Van Cleef''': No. But you're getting ''really'' close.
* DestinationDefenestration: Chon Wang tosses Roy out of a window when he realizes that being associated with Roy makes him a wanted outlaw.
* DescriptionCut: In the beginning of ''Knights'', Chon Wang insists that Roy has changed. Cue the next scene, which shows Roy being the same old HandsomeLech and surrounded by women.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Happens in Shanghai Knights when [[spoiler: Chon cuts the supports and sends Rathbone flying out the clock tower face. Rathbone falls to his death and even gets a Wile E. Coyote puff of smoke when he hits the ground.]] Subverted immediately after when [[spoiler: Chon and Roy fall off the clock tower as well, but survive after grabbing the flag and landing in the Queen's carriage]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Roy wasn't entirely evil, but at the time he was a bandit he was disgusted that Wallace killed Chon Wang's uncle. He even outs Wallace for the crime when Chon confronted him about it.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Lucy Liu in the first movie.
* EvilBrit: Lord Rathbone in ''Knights''.
* FishOutOfWater: Jackie Chan as a Chinese imperial guard in the Old West. HilarityEnsues!
* FunWithAcronyms: Thief Roy O'Bannon has his initials on his gun: R.O.B.
* FunWithForeignLanguages: The [[ThoseTwoGuys two hilarious Native Americans]] in the first film.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: "I don't know karate but I know kah-razy!" (with apologies to James Brown).
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Subverted -- "Oh, you mean the sick prisoner routine? Does that still work in China? 'Cause here it's [[DeadHorseTrope sorta been done to death]]."
* HandsomeLech: Roy O'Bannon.
* HeyItsThatGuy!: Singaporeans may recognize Lin from the second movie as actress Fann Wong.
** There's also Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, and Lucy Liu. And Donnie Yen in the second movie.
** And BridgetJones' mom is Queen Victoria.
** [[Series/GameOfThrones Littlefinger]] is apparently 10th in line to the British throne.
** There isn't a cowboy named {{Shane}} in "Noon", but there is [[TheShield Shane]] as a cowboy.
** Chon's deputy in ''Knights'' is voice actor MattHill.
** Roy nearly gets killed by [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer's boss.]]
** In the UK, Jason Connery gets a much higher billing.
** The young Charlie Chaplin is really [[{{Film/Kick-Ass}} kickass.]]
* HilariousOuttakes: As the credits roll, just like in ''RushHour'' (but actually a CallBack to Jackie Chan's Hongkong movies, with outtakes of [[WrittenInInfirmity a more painful variety]])
* HistoricalInJoke: WAY too many to list here. We start with ''Charlie Chaplin'' tagging with the heroes, who get him into the film business.
* HistoricalPersonPunchline: That kid who's been hanging around all movie? His name's Charlie Chaplin.
** And the bumbling Inspector who always wished to be a author? [[spoiler: [[SherlockHolmes Arthur Conan Doyle]]]].
* HorsingAround: The palomino ridden by Chon Wang has a mind of its own and rarely responds to his wishes unless it wants to.
* IHaveNoSon: At the start of the second movie, Chon's father has disowned him for abandoning the family for America. Chon does not take this very well when Lin informs him of this, especially since [[spoiler: his father said it shortly before he was murdered by Rathbone.]] However, [[spoiler: Chon is given a puzzle box containing a message from his father that he was indeed proud of him.]]
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: In the second movie, while [[spoiler: being captured by Rathbone]], after initially objecting to the idea of a relationship between his sister Lin and Roy, Chon accepts it, but adds, "Break her heart, I break your legs," to which Roy replies, "That's fair."
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: A hero example in the first film with Roy during the whole movie. The second film has one of the villains using a mounted machine gun but doesn't hit any of his intended targets, although it's slightly justified in that no one's really used one before.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Chon Wang employs them in every fight scene.
* IndianMaiden
* IndyPloy: Parodied, where Roy - at this point a train robber - comes up with an elaborate and well-timed plan to stop the train and get the money seamlessly. His men - who aren't the brightest of the bunch - stare blankly and Roy reluctantly agrees to "wing it."
* InscrutableOriental: This trope comes to mind during the jail scene in ''Noon'', in which Roy keeps trying to get Chon to relax.
* InThePastEveryoneWillBeFamous: In the second movie, the main characters create the personas of SherlockHolmes and [[TheWatson Watson]], freely give the idea to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and take on a young Creator/CharlieChaplin as a sidekick. Oh, and Roy O'Bannon's real name is [[spoiler:Wyatt Earp.]]
** RuleOfFunny applies in spades: Doyle is inaccurately depicted as a policeman, and the film is set two years before Chaplin was even ''born''.
* IronicEcho: In the first film: "This is the West, not the East. And the sun may rise there, but here is where it sets."
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: O'Bannon dismisses Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective stories as ridiculous and is glad he invested his money in zeppelins instead of that new-fangled "automobile". He finally strikes gold with motion pictures.
* [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou Jackie Chan Is About To Give You The Best High Five Ever!]]: While Owen Wilson shoots at something in the distance.
** [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou Jackie Chan Is About To Kick You In The Shoulder!]]: While Owen Wilson jumps up and down.
* KingIncognito: Pei Pei is held prisoner without her identity to the railroad slaves being revealed. Chon blows her cover when he bows to her.
* KneelBeforeFrodo: When Chon finally gets to the imprisoned Pei Pei, he bows to her and refuses to get up. This reveals her identity to the other railroad workers, who also kneel before her.
* LetsGetDangerous: As Lo Fong corners a weakened Chon, Princess Pei Pei springs into action (even as she's injured herself) and kicks Lo Fong's ass long enough for Chon to get the upper hand for good.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Chon initially has to fight off an Imperial Guard in the climax before they realize Pei Pei's in danger and must confront Lo Fong.
* LineOfSightName: In ''Shanghai Knights'', Roy comes up with the pseudonym "SherlockHolmes" in this manner. No, not from seeing anything written by Arthur Conan Doyle: In fact, he's the one who inspires Sir Arthur to use that name.
* LovableRogue: Roy.
* MexicanStandoff: Lampshaded. The corrupt sheriff comes in during the ransom money trade-off and pulls out dual pistols, which equates to a lot of weapons drawn and a lot of targets.
-->'''Sheriff Van Cleef''': What do you know...it's a Mexican standoff...[[CrowningMomentOfFunny only we ain't got no Mexicans.]]
* MonumentalBattle: [[spoiler: Big Ben]] in the second film.
* MuggingTheMonster: JackTheRipper tried to attack Lin after she just left their inn in a bad mood. End result is, at least we know why the killings suddenly stopped.
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: "My life is flashing before my eyes! Wait! I don't remember ''her''."
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Chon Wang acts like this when Lin and Roy starts getting along.
* NoodleImplements: "She picked the lock using a deck of rather risque playing cards, then she scaled the walls using a mop, a fork, and various pilfered undergarments. You've got to hand it to the Chinese; they're really quite ingenious, aren't they?"
* OhCrap: [[TheDragon Wu Chow]] has this expression right before [[spoiler: he explodes]]. Rathbone also gets an ...off putting look on his face when Chon cuts the support ropes.
** In the first film, Lo Fong gets a brief one [[spoiler: before the rope hangs him skyward]]. Chon gets a comedic one when an Indian catches his thrown axe.
* OneBulletLeft: This first movie has this in probable homage to ''A Fistful of Dollars''. Roy O'Bannon has one bullet left in his gun, and says as much to Van Cleef. Out of a "sense of fair play", Van Cleef mimes emptying his still fully-loaded revolvers, leading to a final shootout with Roy's one bullet vs. his 12. [[spoiler:Roy gets him right through the heart.]]
-->'''Van Cleef''': [[spoiler:"Now how the hell did that happen?" *collapses*]]
** [[spoiler:By the way, this is the only time in the movie Roy successfully shoots anything. When he tells Chon, he doesn't believe him at all. Roy notes that the baddie's bullets all went through the robe he was wearing without leaving a scratch on him]].
* ParasolOfPain: Chon also had a memorable umbrella fight in ''Shanghai Knights'', complete with a {{Homage}} to ''Film/SinginInTheRain''.
** Directly in front of Charlie Chaplin. Can you read the subtext?
* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: In both movies, Chon and Roy are split when one overhears the other saying they're not really friends; Roy tells a woman he's not friends with Chon in ''Noon'' and Chon tells Lin Roy isn't really his friend in ''Knights''. They get better.
* PocketProtector: [[spoiler:Subverted. When Roy shoots the corrupt sheriff at the climax of the first movie, the bullet goes right through the center of the sheriff star, leaving a big hole.]]
** [[spoiler:Also subverted when Doyle is shot in the second movie.]]
* PortraitPaintingPeephole: Chon thinks that he sees the eyes in a painting move, while Roy, engrossed in a book about the Kama Sutra, dismisses him - until he sees it for himself and freaks out. It turns out that Chon's sister had been hiding "inside" the painting.
* PrecisionFStrike: In the outtakes:
-->'''Owen Wilson''': Roy, come back here, I'm talking to you!
-->'''Jackie Chan''': Ask me if I give a shit! *[[{{Corpsing}} corpses]]*
* PreMortemOneLiner: Chon to Lo Fong: "Adios, partner!"
* PrepareToDie: Lo Fong to Chon at the end of the first: "Now it is time for you to die." Cue Chon's PreMortemOneLiner.
* PunBasedTitle: Based on the classic Western ''HighNoon''.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Pei Pei does not wish to return to the Forbidden City, as she feels she can be a more involved ambassador in the States. She ends up burning the scroll that contains the Imperial Guard's orders to bring her back as an act of finality.
* SequelGoesForeign: ShanghaiKnights shifts the setting to London.
* ShoutOut: In the first film, before almost being hanged, the hangman says to Chon and Roy "No offense, boys.", just like in [[Film/BlazingSaddles another western comedy]].
** In the first film, Roy says "I don't know karate, but I do know crazy", which is a line from the JamesBrown song "Payback".
* ShutUpKiss: At the end of the first movie, Chon's utterly silent Indian wife (from an AccidentalMarriage) performs this on a babbling Roy, then delivers her only English line in the film: "Shut up, Roy; you talk too much."
* StarMakingRole: Owen Wilson
* StealthHiBye: Wu Chow's favorite way of showing up, which does not amuse Rathbone one bit.
-->'''Rathbone''': MUST you keep doing that?
* StockYuck
* SwordFight: At the climax of Shanghai Knights.
* TakingYouWithMe: At the climax of ''Shanghai Knights'', [[spoiler:Chon Wang is clearly outmatched by Lord Rathbone, so he cuts the ropes supporting the platform they are both standing on and sends both of them through the glass face of Big Ben. Chon is caught by Roy O'Bannon, who was knocked through the same glass a little earlier.]]
* ThisCannotBe: The sheriff is a little more than taken aback when [[spoiler: Roy shoots him despite only having one bullet to the sheriff's loaded dual pistols, and through the badge no less.]]
-->'''Van Cleef''': How the hell did that happen?
* TrainingMontage: From the first film, as Roy teaches Chon how to be a cowboy, with KidRock's "Cowboy" as soundtrack no less.
* TraumaticHaircut: The first movie has Chon lose his long pony tail when Chon and Roy are captured by the princess's kidnapper, Lo Fong; he cuts Chon's hair off, knowing exactly what this means for him if he should try to return. (See the Real Life example on that page for the significance of this act.)
* TheTropeKid: Chon is listed on a wanted poster as "The Shanghai Kid." His partner notes, "That's a really cool nickname, too." Jackie's character immediately complains that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint he's not really from Shanghai.]]
* {{Tuckerization}}: In ''Shanghai Noon'', Jackie Chan's character is named Chon Wang (John Wayne), and in the sequel, ''Shanghai Knights'', Owen Wilson's character uses the name Sherlock Holmes as an alias. A nearby Arthur Conan Doyle hears the name, and likes it. While Owen Wilson's character goes by Roy O'Bannon, he reveals at the end of the first movie that he changed it from Wyatt Earp. Finally, the kid sidekick in the second film is none other than Creator/CharlieChaplin.
* UnexpectedSuccessor: The second movie had an noble who was way, way far down the line of succession hatch a conspiracy to kill everybody ahead of him so he could ascend to the throne.
* UnwillingSuspension: ''Shanghai Knights''
* WhereDoYouThinkYouAre: "This isn't the East, this is the West. The sun doesn't rise here, it sets."
* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: Happened in ''Shanghai Knights'', where Roy tries to sell Jackie Chan's character, a Chinese cowboy named Chon Wang (say it out loud and see who it sounds like) on the idea of the then-new "moving pictures", even going so far as to suggest "You could do your own stunts." In a slight subversion, Chon nods and replies:
-->'''Chon''': Chon Wang, movie star? It could work.
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-->''"[[JohnWayne Chon Wang]]? [[ItWillNeverCatchOn That's a terrible name for a cowboy]]!"''
''Shanghai Noon'' is a comedy {{Western}} film starring JackieChan and Owen Wilson. Chan plays a Chinese guardsman, Chon Wang, who travels to America to rescue a kidnapped Imperial princess, teaming up along the way with disreputable gunslinger Roy O'Bannon (played by Owen), a small time robber with delusions of grandeur. Together, the two forge through one misadventure after another. Directed by Tom Dey, it was written by [[{{Smallville}} Alfred Gough and Miles Millar]]. The movie, set in Nevada and other parts of the west in the 19th century, is a juxtaposition of a western with a JackieChan kung fu action movie with extended martial arts sequences. It also has elements of comedy and the "Buddy Cop" film genre, as it involves two men of different personalities and ethnicities (a Chinese imperial guard and a Western outlaw) [[TheyFightCrime who team up to stop a crime]].
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In the sequel directed by David Dobkin, ''Shanghai Knights'', they travel to Victorian London to foil a plot against [[QueenVicky the Queen]]. Also starring Singaporean actress [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fann_Wong Fann Wong]] as Chon Wang's sister, Chon Lin. In the 1880's, Chon Wang's father and keeper of the Imperial Seal has been murdered by Parliament and royal family member Rathbone, who steals the Imperial Seal, with Chon Wang's sister, Chon Lin, witnessing the murder. Chon Lin follows Rathbone to London to kill him, while sending Chon a letter telling him of the murder. Chon then travels to New York for Roy O'Bannon. Together they travel to England and meet up with Chon Lin to kill Rathbone and get the Imperial Seal back.
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This film series provides examples of:
* AccidentalMarriage: Chon Wang ends up accidentally married (from his POV) to the Sioux chief's daughter (who knew exactly what she was doing). She follows him around for the rest of the movie, periodically saving his ass, only to end up trading him in for Roy at the end. [[spoiler:She ditches them BOTH in the sequel.]]
-->'''Sioux Shaman''' ''(to the chief):'' Hey, it could be worse. She could have married a white guy.
* ActorAllusion: Roy is off to fight [[QueerAsFolk a sissy]] lord.
** [[JackieChan "You could do your own stunts!"]]
* ActionGirl: Lin. Princess Pei Pei gets a brief spurt of ass-kicking against Lo Fong at the end of the first.
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: A horse who knew "sit" and probably a few other commands. Played for laughs, as it's a partial parody of the Improbably Well-Trained Horse common to a lot of Westerns.
* AnachronismStew: A major source of comedy.
* TheArtfulDodger: Creator/CharlieChaplin
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: [[spoiler:Rathbone basically hands Chon his head.]]
** From the same film, [[spoiler:Rathbone's partner in regicide Wu Chow ''also'' hands Chon his rear.]]
** Princess Pei Pei can kick some ass too.
* BaldOfEvil: Lo Fong. Shiny pates may be kinda pretty, but this guy's attitude more than makes up for the dome.
* BattleDiscretionShot: When Chon skirmishes with Roy inside the saloon
-->'''Van Cleef''': What the hell is going on in there?
-->*Roy is thrown through the front window out into the street*
* BigBadDuumvirate: Both films.
* BigDamnHeroes: Chon and Roy fail at this whenever the RuleOfFunny calls for it, but succeed whenever the RuleOfDrama is in play.
* BlindObedience: Chon's character arc in ''Noon'' revolves around him learning how to think for himself and not blindly following orders.
* BloodstainedGlassWindows: '''Guns and swords''' in a church. And Roy dressed up as a monk...
* BolivianArmyEnding: Subverted and parodied, [[spoiler: [[BrickJoke the Indians Chon befriended earlier]] [[BigDamnHeroes show up to save the day]]]]. The shot is even matched.
* BookcasePassage: The fireplace subtype. It's a woman's breast.
* BritishRoyalGuards: In ''Knights'', Roy, after failing to provoke a reaction from a guard, gives the guard a friendly pat on the shoulder, and receives a GroinAttack with the butt of the guard's rifle in return.
* BuriedAlive: At least from the neck down.
* CaliforniaDoubling
* CatchAndReturn: Unexpected, because it's done by a random Indian warrior to Chon Wang, the Chinese martial artist.
* ChessmasterSidekick: The Sioux chief's daughter, in the first movie, helps them out just about every time the protagonists are incapable of helping themselves.
* ChineseLaborer: Prominently featured in ''Noon''.
* ClickHello: In ''Noon'', first done by Roy to Long, then by the Marshal to everybody.
* ClockTower: ''Shanghai Knights'' [[spoiler:has its climax in Big Ben. Rathbone is tossed out of it, and Wang and O'Bannon must go the same way. But they have a flag to slow their descent.]]
* CrashingDreams: From surrounded by lovely ladies, to playful biting, to waking up and getting half-eaten by vultures in the first movie.
** And again in the second movie, the same character dreams of the girl he likes making out with him, then wakes up accompanied by a sheep.
* DeadpanSnarker: Van Cleef falls into this at times.
-->'''Roy (missing wildly)''': Did I hit you?!
-->'''Van Cleef''': No. But you're getting ''really'' close.
* DestinationDefenestration: Chon Wang tosses Roy out of a window when he realizes that being associated with Roy makes him a wanted outlaw.
* DescriptionCut: In the beginning of ''Knights'', Chon Wang insists that Roy has changed. Cue the next scene, which shows Roy being the same old HandsomeLech and surrounded by women.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Happens in Shanghai Knights when [[spoiler: Chon cuts the supports and sends Rathbone flying out the clock tower face. Rathbone falls to his death and even gets a Wile E. Coyote puff of smoke when he hits the ground.]] Subverted immediately after when [[spoiler: Chon and Roy fall off the clock tower as well, but survive after grabbing the flag and landing in the Queen's carriage]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Roy wasn't entirely evil, but at the time he was a bandit he was disgusted that Wallace killed Chon Wang's uncle. He even outs Wallace for the crime when Chon confronted him about it.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Lucy Liu in the first movie.
* EvilBrit: Lord Rathbone in ''Knights''.
* FishOutOfWater: Jackie Chan as a Chinese imperial guard in the Old West. HilarityEnsues!
* FunWithAcronyms: Thief Roy O'Bannon has his initials on his gun: R.O.B.
* FunWithForeignLanguages: The [[ThoseTwoGuys two hilarious Native Americans]] in the first film.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: "I don't know karate but I know kah-razy!" (with apologies to James Brown).
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Subverted -- "Oh, you mean the sick prisoner routine? Does that still work in China? 'Cause here it's [[DeadHorseTrope sorta been done to death]]."
* HandsomeLech: Roy O'Bannon.
* HeyItsThatGuy!: Singaporeans may recognize Lin from the second movie as actress Fann Wong.
** There's also Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, and Lucy Liu. And Donnie Yen in the second movie.
** And BridgetJones' mom is Queen Victoria.
** [[Series/GameOfThrones Littlefinger]] is apparently 10th in line to the British throne.
** There isn't a cowboy named {{Shane}} in "Noon", but there is [[TheShield Shane]] as a cowboy.
** Chon's deputy in ''Knights'' is voice actor MattHill.
** Roy nearly gets killed by [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer's boss.]]
** In the UK, Jason Connery gets a much higher billing.
** The young Charlie Chaplin is really [[{{Film/Kick-Ass}} kickass.]]
* HilariousOuttakes: As the credits roll, just like in ''RushHour'' (but actually a CallBack to Jackie Chan's Hongkong movies, with outtakes of [[WrittenInInfirmity a more painful variety]])
* HistoricalInJoke: WAY too many to list here. We start with ''Charlie Chaplin'' tagging with the heroes, who get him into the film business.
* HistoricalPersonPunchline: That kid who's been hanging around all movie? His name's Charlie Chaplin.
** And the bumbling Inspector who always wished to be a author? [[spoiler: [[SherlockHolmes Arthur Conan Doyle]]]].
* HorsingAround: The palomino ridden by Chon Wang has a mind of its own and rarely responds to his wishes unless it wants to.
* IHaveNoSon: At the start of the second movie, Chon's father has disowned him for abandoning the family for America. Chon does not take this very well when Lin informs him of this, especially since [[spoiler: his father said it shortly before he was murdered by Rathbone.]] However, [[spoiler: Chon is given a puzzle box containing a message from his father that he was indeed proud of him.]]
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: In the second movie, while [[spoiler: being captured by Rathbone]], after initially objecting to the idea of a relationship between his sister Lin and Roy, Chon accepts it, but adds, "Break her heart, I break your legs," to which Roy replies, "That's fair."
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: A hero example in the first film with Roy during the whole movie. The second film has one of the villains using a mounted machine gun but doesn't hit any of his intended targets, although it's slightly justified in that no one's really used one before.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Chon Wang employs them in every fight scene.
* IndianMaiden
* IndyPloy: Parodied, where Roy - at this point a train robber - comes up with an elaborate and well-timed plan to stop the train and get the money seamlessly. His men - who aren't the brightest of the bunch - stare blankly and Roy reluctantly agrees to "wing it."
* InscrutableOriental: This trope comes to mind during the jail scene in ''Noon'', in which Roy keeps trying to get Chon to relax.
* InThePastEveryoneWillBeFamous: In the second movie, the main characters create the personas of SherlockHolmes and [[TheWatson Watson]], freely give the idea to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and take on a young Creator/CharlieChaplin as a sidekick. Oh, and Roy O'Bannon's real name is [[spoiler:Wyatt Earp.]]
** RuleOfFunny applies in spades: Doyle is inaccurately depicted as a policeman, and the film is set two years before Chaplin was even ''born''.
* IronicEcho: In the first film: "This is the West, not the East. And the sun may rise there, but here is where it sets."
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: O'Bannon dismisses Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective stories as ridiculous and is glad he invested his money in zeppelins instead of that new-fangled "automobile". He finally strikes gold with motion pictures.
* [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou Jackie Chan Is About To Give You The Best High Five Ever!]]: While Owen Wilson shoots at something in the distance.
** [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou Jackie Chan Is About To Kick You In The Shoulder!]]: While Owen Wilson jumps up and down.
* KingIncognito: Pei Pei is held prisoner without her identity to the railroad slaves being revealed. Chon blows her cover when he bows to her.
* KneelBeforeFrodo: When Chon finally gets to the imprisoned Pei Pei, he bows to her and refuses to get up. This reveals her identity to the other railroad workers, who also kneel before her.
* LetsGetDangerous: As Lo Fong corners a weakened Chon, Princess Pei Pei springs into action (even as she's injured herself) and kicks Lo Fong's ass long enough for Chon to get the upper hand for good.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Chon initially has to fight off an Imperial Guard in the climax before they realize Pei Pei's in danger and must confront Lo Fong.
* LineOfSightName: In ''Shanghai Knights'', Roy comes up with the pseudonym "SherlockHolmes" in this manner. No, not from seeing anything written by Arthur Conan Doyle: In fact, he's the one who inspires Sir Arthur to use that name.
* LovableRogue: Roy.
* MexicanStandoff: Lampshaded. The corrupt sheriff comes in during the ransom money trade-off and pulls out dual pistols, which equates to a lot of weapons drawn and a lot of targets.
-->'''Sheriff Van Cleef''': What do you know...it's a Mexican standoff...[[CrowningMomentOfFunny only we ain't got no Mexicans.]]
* MonumentalBattle: [[spoiler: Big Ben]] in the second film.
* MuggingTheMonster: JackTheRipper tried to attack Lin after she just left their inn in a bad mood. End result is, at least we know why the killings suddenly stopped.
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: "My life is flashing before my eyes! Wait! I don't remember ''her''."
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Chon Wang acts like this when Lin and Roy starts getting along.
* NoodleImplements: "She picked the lock using a deck of rather risque playing cards, then she scaled the walls using a mop, a fork, and various pilfered undergarments. You've got to hand it to the Chinese; they're really quite ingenious, aren't they?"
* OhCrap: [[TheDragon Wu Chow]] has this expression right before [[spoiler: he explodes]]. Rathbone also gets an ...off putting look on his face when Chon cuts the support ropes.
** In the first film, Lo Fong gets a brief one [[spoiler: before the rope hangs him skyward]]. Chon gets a comedic one when an Indian catches his thrown axe.
* OneBulletLeft: This first movie has this in probable homage to ''A Fistful of Dollars''. Roy O'Bannon has one bullet left in his gun, and says as much to Van Cleef. Out of a "sense of fair play", Van Cleef mimes emptying his still fully-loaded revolvers, leading to a final shootout with Roy's one bullet vs. his 12. [[spoiler:Roy gets him right through the heart.]]
-->'''Van Cleef''': [[spoiler:"Now how the hell did that happen?" *collapses*]]
** [[spoiler:By the way, this is the only time in the movie Roy successfully shoots anything. When he tells Chon, he doesn't believe him at all. Roy notes that the baddie's bullets all went through the robe he was wearing without leaving a scratch on him]].
* ParasolOfPain: Chon also had a memorable umbrella fight in ''Shanghai Knights'', complete with a {{Homage}} to ''Film/SinginInTheRain''.
** Directly in front of Charlie Chaplin. Can you read the subtext?
* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: In both movies, Chon and Roy are split when one overhears the other saying they're not really friends; Roy tells a woman he's not friends with Chon in ''Noon'' and Chon tells Lin Roy isn't really his friend in ''Knights''. They get better.
* PocketProtector: [[spoiler:Subverted. When Roy shoots the corrupt sheriff at the climax of the first movie, the bullet goes right through the center of the sheriff star, leaving a big hole.]]
** [[spoiler:Also subverted when Doyle is shot in the second movie.]]
* PortraitPaintingPeephole: Chon thinks that he sees the eyes in a painting move, while Roy, engrossed in a book about the Kama Sutra, dismisses him - until he sees it for himself and freaks out. It turns out that Chon's sister had been hiding "inside" the painting.
* PrecisionFStrike: In the outtakes:
-->'''Owen Wilson''': Roy, come back here, I'm talking to you!
-->'''Jackie Chan''': Ask me if I give a shit! *[[{{Corpsing}} corpses]]*
* PreMortemOneLiner: Chon to Lo Fong: "Adios, partner!"
* PrepareToDie: Lo Fong to Chon at the end of the first: "Now it is time for you to die." Cue Chon's PreMortemOneLiner.
* PunBasedTitle: Based on the classic Western ''HighNoon''.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Pei Pei does not wish to return to the Forbidden City, as she feels she can be a more involved ambassador in the States. She ends up burning the scroll that contains the Imperial Guard's orders to bring her back as an act of finality.
* SequelGoesForeign: ShanghaiKnights shifts the setting to London.
* ShoutOut: In the first film, before almost being hanged, the hangman says to Chon and Roy "No offense, boys.", just like in [[Film/BlazingSaddles another western comedy]].
** In the first film, Roy says "I don't know karate, but I do know crazy", which is a line from the JamesBrown song "Payback".
* ShutUpKiss: At the end of the first movie, Chon's utterly silent Indian wife (from an AccidentalMarriage) performs this on a babbling Roy, then delivers her only English line in the film: "Shut up, Roy; you talk too much."
* StarMakingRole: Owen Wilson
* StealthHiBye: Wu Chow's favorite way of showing up, which does not amuse Rathbone one bit.
-->'''Rathbone''': MUST you keep doing that?
* StockYuck
* SwordFight: At the climax of Shanghai Knights.
* TakingYouWithMe: At the climax of ''Shanghai Knights'', [[spoiler:Chon Wang is clearly outmatched by Lord Rathbone, so he cuts the ropes supporting the platform they are both standing on and sends both of them through the glass face of Big Ben. Chon is caught by Roy O'Bannon, who was knocked through the same glass a little earlier.]]
* ThisCannotBe: The sheriff is a little more than taken aback when [[spoiler: Roy shoots him despite only having one bullet to the sheriff's loaded dual pistols, and through the badge no less.]]
-->'''Van Cleef''': How the hell did that happen?
* TrainingMontage: From the first film, as Roy teaches Chon how to be a cowboy, with KidRock's "Cowboy" as soundtrack no less.
* TraumaticHaircut: The first movie has Chon lose his long pony tail when Chon and Roy are captured by the princess's kidnapper, Lo Fong; he cuts Chon's hair off, knowing exactly what this means for him if he should try to return. (See the Real Life example on that page for the significance of this act.)
* TheTropeKid: Chon is listed on a wanted poster as "The Shanghai Kid." His partner notes, "That's a really cool nickname, too." Jackie's character immediately complains that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint he's not really from Shanghai.]]
* {{Tuckerization}}: In ''Shanghai Noon'', Jackie Chan's character is named Chon Wang (John Wayne), and in the sequel, ''Shanghai Knights'', Owen Wilson's character uses the name Sherlock Holmes as an alias. A nearby Arthur Conan Doyle hears the name, and likes it. While Owen Wilson's character goes by Roy O'Bannon, he reveals at the end of the first movie that he changed it from Wyatt Earp. Finally, the kid sidekick in the second film is none other than Creator/CharlieChaplin.
* UnexpectedSuccessor: The second movie had an noble who was way, way far down the line of succession hatch a conspiracy to kill everybody ahead of him so he could ascend to the throne.
* UnwillingSuspension: ''Shanghai Knights''
* WhereDoYouThinkYouAre: "This isn't the East, this is the West. The sun doesn't rise here, it sets."
* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: Happened in ''Shanghai Knights'', where Roy tries to sell Jackie Chan's character, a Chinese cowboy named Chon Wang (say it out loud and see who it sounds like) on the idea of the then-new "moving pictures", even going so far as to suggest "You could do your own stunts." In a slight subversion, Chon nods and replies:
-->'''Chon''': Chon Wang, movie star? It could work.
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