History Main / TheTriadsAndTheTongs

* In KungFuHustle, several gangs are causing trouble in Shanghai with the Axe gang being the most powerful one. In fact, the beginning starts with a small gang bullying a police station, only to get eliminated by the Axe gang.

[[AcademyOfSuperheroes ASH]]: The Onyx Eye tong are a crime syndicate and a villainous martial arts school.

* The ''DoctorWho'' story "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" has the Tong of the Black Scorpion as {{Mooks}} serving their PhysicalGod Weng-Chiang (who turns out to be a psychotic time-traveller from the future who bamboozled them with high-tech tricks).

* In MayuShinjo's ''Haou Airen'', an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent named Kurumi Akino saves the life of a handsome stranger and nurses him back to health. It turns out he's Uon Hakuron, a dangerous and sexy Triad leader, and few after said incident she's pretty much kidnapped from school and taken to Hong Kong...

* ''Election'', in which the oldest HK Triad kills and maims more of its own members than the rival gang.

** Mr. Chang, from ''{{Black Lagoon}}'''s Triad, on the other hand, is an [[DeconstructedTrope sickening perversion]] of Chow Yun-Fat's character; he is cool enough with the guns to earn [[HeroicSociopath Revy's]] respect, but in the "Bloodsport Fairy Tale" arc which features CreepyTwins Hansel and Gretel, he's shown to be a heartlessly cynical beast completely unlike Mark who does not care one whit about anything but profit (the entire point of a mob, according to his selectively narrow, WorldHalfEmpty point of view) and has no compunctions about murdering children in order to get said profit.
*** To be fair; the kids in question, the CreepyTwins of the arc, [[strike:had murdered several of his gang]] were a pair of [[ColdBloodedTorture sadistic]] [[PsychoForHire psychopaths]] who had spent the last few days [[ForTheEvulz killing and torturing people for fun]], and would have doubtlessly have gone on to kill, maim and torture countless more [[ShootTheDog had they not been put down.]] So let's just chalk this one up to BlackAndGreyMorality.

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* In David Wingrove's ''ChungKuo'' series, the Triads become increasingly powerful in the lower Levels
* The YellowPeril variant is referenced, and averted, in John Steinbeck's ''East of Eden'', in which Adam Trask's Chinese servant Lee tells Adam and Samuel about going for help to his "family association".
-->'''Samuel:''' "I have heard of them."
-->'''Lee:''' "You mean Chinee hatchet man fightee Tong war over slave girl? It's a little different from that, really."
** How different? Well, it turns out that Lee and his Tong leaders have been studying ancient Hebrew in order to analyse a single word in TheBible.
* The Triads in Hong Kong are a persistent thorn in Dirk Struan's side in James Clavell's ''Tai-Pan.'' Unknown to him, several Chinese characters are members, including [[spoiler: his illegitimate son.]]
* Hong Kong Triads feature in DarkHeavens, led by [[spoiler: Simon Wong.]]

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* In ''JudgeDredd'', the judicial system of Hong Tong (the future Hong Kong) has been largely infiltrated and taken over by Triads, much as the Hondo-Cit (Japan) Judges were overtaken by the {{Yakuza}}.
* The Triads play a prominent role in the CortoMaltese book ''Corto Maltese in Siberia'' (''Corte sconta detta Arcana''), as well as in the AnimatedAdaptation based on the book, ''Corto Maltese: La Cour secrète des Arcanes''.
* New York's Chinatown Tongs are a major force in ''{{DMZ}}'', especially due to their cunning leader [[spoiler:Wilson]].

* In KungFuHustle, several gangs are causing trouble in Shanghai with the Axe gang being the most powerful one. In fact, the beginning starts with a small gang bullying a police station, only to get eliminated by the Axe gang (which was under the [[strike: protection]] rule of the Axe gang.)

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[[caption-width:507:Just your average gentleman's "society."]]

* ''Young And Dangerous'', a series of films based on a comic. Blamed for glamorizing Triad life among young people.

* In KungFuHustle, several gangs are causing trouble in Shanghai with the Axe gang being the most powerful one. In fact, the beginning starts with a small gang bullying a police station, only to get eliminated by the Axe gang (which was under the [strike: protection] rule of the Axe gang.)

* Triads are mentioned in ''CityOfHeroes''... as being wiped out by the Tsoo, a magically tattooed gang of ninjas and wizards. Really.

The patron god of the Triads is none other than Guan Yu (of both [[RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms literary]] and [[DynastyWarriors video game]] note). He is also the patron god of the police... ''and'' a patron god for business. SoYeah...

Compare and contrast with TheSyndicate, {{Yakuza}}, TheMafia, and TheMafiya.

** The DS game ''Chinatown Wars'' obviously features them far more heavily than other GTA games. The player is the nephew of a triad leader.