History Film / TrickyBrains

Meet Koo Jing, a [[TheTrickster trick expert]] of the highest magnitude who lends his skills to those with enough money. Essentially, he's an assassin if you replaced the weapons with devious devices and mechanisms and the killing with manipulations and ''[[SanitySlippage causing people to go insane]].''

He is eventually hired by a man named Macky Kim to ruin the romance between Che Man-Kit and Lucy Ching, who Kim is romantically interested in. Jing accepts the job and disguises himself as Kit's long lost brother, who takes very much after their eccentric father Yan. Posing as Che's ditzy long-lost sibling, Jing goes on to ruin Kit and Lucy's relationship any chance he gets.

''Tricky Brains'', also known as ''The Ultimate Trickster'', stars Creator/StephenChow, Creator/AndyLau and Creator/WaiseLee, and is directed by Wong Jing.

* MasochistsMeal: Jing pretends to eat tofu in the spiciest way possible. He then feeds said tofu to Yan, and then feeds him [[Blazing inferno hellfire sauces super spicy sauce]] to "[[FireBreathingDiner calm]]" the spiciness.

* PrinceOfPranksters: Koo Jing, the Trick... [[InsistentTerminology er-hem,]] the Handsome Trick Expert. [[spoiler: So is the Ultimate Trick Expert, and Jing is not pleased when that guy comes to usurp his title.]]

* PunchClockVillain: Jing. People pay him to trick some person or make that person's life hell. Let it by good people like the divorced woman at the beginning, or evil-intentioned folks like Macky, Jing will do it on whoever they want him to pull pranks on.

* MasochistsMeal: Jing pretends to eat tofu in the spiciest way possible. He then feeds said tofu to Yan, and then feeds him [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce super spicy sauce]] to "[[FireBreathingDiner calm]]" the spiciness.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[invoked]][[spoiler:Jing's mother is basically a gender-bent version of Jing. [[ActingForTwo Both are played by Stephen Chow]].]]

%%* HeelFaceTurn: Jing

* LongLostRelative / LukeYouAreMyFather: Jing invokes this trope to infiltrate Kit's family and get close to him. [[spoiler:Then the ending reveals that Jing is indeed Kit's long-lost brother via a one night stand Yan had.]]

* MundaneMadeAwesome: Jing and the Che family discuss about how to apologize to Banana ''to the tune of Cantonese opera''.

* MundaneMadeAwesome Jing and the Che family discuss about how to apologize to Banana ''to the tune of Cantonese opera''.

* PrinceOfPranksters: Jing-Koo, the Trick... [[InsistentTerminology er-hem,]] the Handsome Trick Expert. [[spoiler: So is the Ultimate Trick Expert, and Jing is not pleased when that guy comes to usurp his title.]]

* TheTrickster: Jing-Koo is a master at this trope, [[spoiler: along with his eventual nemesis, the Ultimate Trick Expert.[[note]]is not[[/note]] ]]

%%* NiceGuy: Kit.

* ObfuscatingInsanity / [[ObfuscatingStupidity Stupidity]]: Jing is a master at this. Count how many times he's not being stupid or insane while pretending to be Kit's sibling.

%%* TheRival: Kit to Macky.

He is eventually hired by a man named Macky Kim to ruin the romance between Che Man-Kit and Lucy Ching, who Kim is romantically interested in. Jing accepts the job and disguises himself as Kit's long lost brother, who takes very much after their eccentric father Yan. Posing as Che's ditzy sibling, Jing goes on to ruin Kit and Lucy's relationship any chance he gets.

Meet Jing-Koo, a [[TheTrickster trick expert]] of the highest magnitude who lends his skills to those with enough money. Essentially, he's an assassin if you replaced the weapons with devious devices and mechanisms and the killing with manipulations and ''[[SanitySlippage causing people to go insane]].''

''Tricky Brains'', also known as ''The Ultimate Trickster'', stars Creator/StephenChow and Creator/AndyLau and is directed by Wong Jing.

* HeelFaceTurn: Jing

* NakedPeopleAreFunny: After getting a chief guard's hands stuck on his hair, Jing brings him out ''right in front of a large crowd and takes away his towel'', leaving him naked and panicking.
* NiceGuy: Kit.

* TheRival: Kit to Macky.

* InstantCostumeChange: Jing somehow changes into a business suit while Yan briefly turned around.

* LukeYouAreMyFather: Jing invokes this trope to infiltrate Kit's family and get close to him. [[spoiler:Then the ending reveals that Jing is indeed Kit's long-lost brother via a one night stand Yan had.]]

* ObfuscatingInsanity / [[ObfuscatingStupidity Stupidity]]: How Jing ruins Kit and some other people like Banana.
* OverlyLongName: Jing prefers to be called the "Handsome Prank Expert" ([[LostInTranslation it's much longer in Cantonese]]).

* PrinceOfPranksters: Jing-Koo, the Trick... [[InsistentTerminology er-hem,]] the Handsome Trick Expert. [[spoiler: He is not pleased when the Ultimate Trick Expert comes to usurp his title.]]
* PunchClockVillain: Jing

* VillainProtagonist: In a weird way, Jing. Fortunately he turns against Macky later on.

* SparseListOfRules: Jing's rules of being the Trick Expert. We don't get to hear a lot about it, but all we know that he set those rules up, cannot change them at all, and most importantly, has to go celibate should he break any of them.
* SpontaneousChoreography: PlayedForLaughs with Jing and Kit's ''horrendous'' singing about working hard... which ends in the two [[EpicFail falling down the stairs.]]
* StickySituation: First to a chief guard when trying to wash away the dust from Jing's ring box trap by Jing swapping out shampoo with super glue, causing his hands to be stuck on his head, [[spoiler: then Jing splattering super glue underneath the muscle-stiffened, retreating Ultimate Trick Expert's feet.

* {{Ashface}}: Yan eats an explosive grape, leading to this.
* BagOfHolding: Jing's box of tricks that he uses against the Ultimate Trick Expert.
* BerserkButton: Inverted. Kit's father becomes absolutely estatic and screams "Papa!" whenever someone mentions any words meaning "father."

* CharacterDevelopment: Jing eventually comes to grow fond of the Che family.
* ChekhovsGun: The irresistible aphrodisiac.

* {{Crossdresser}}: Yan disguises himself as Kit's date when they go to Macky's party.

* GenreSavvy: Jing is well-versed in trickery enough to know that the gift basket Macky and the Ultimate Trick Expert left in his office is filled with explosive fruit.
* HulkingOut: Kit is forcefed some "irresistible aphrodisiac" and becomes extremely muscular and strong instead of overdosing and dying like intended.

* LeaveHimToMe: Jing confronts and faces off against the Ultimate Trick Expert while Yan and Kit go to confront Macky.

* TheRival: The Ultimate Trick Expert to Jing and Kit to Macky.
* RuleOfFunny

* TheTrickster: Jing-Koo is a master at this trope, along with his eventual nemesis, the Ultimate Trick Expert.]]is not]].
* TruthSerums: The Ultimate Trick Expert shoves a bun full of "Honest Paste" into Jing's mouth to make him tell the truth for thirty seconds. However, Jing manages to switch the bun out with one filled with "Lying Paste." He then gives the Expert a lolipop that causes him to ashamedly reveal his past crimes. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also that he's gay]].

* WeddingDeadline: Subverted in that while the circumstances and measures taken are what one would expect, the main characters are actually trying to stop Macky from proposing to Lucy.

* MistakenForGay: Banana briefly tells Macky's boss that the Ultimate Trick Expert is his boyfriend.

* TruthSerums: Jing injects the Ultimate Trick Expert with one and gets some...far too personal confessions.

He is eventually hired by a man named Macky Kim to ruin the romance between Che Man-Kit and Lucy Ching, who Kim is romantically interested in. Jing accepts the job and disguises himself as Kit's long lost brother, who takes very much after their eccentric father. Posing as Che's ditzy sibling, Jing goes on to ruin Kit and Lucy's relationship any chance he gets.