History Main / WireFu

* The ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'' card game set "Munchkin Fu" has a style card literally called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Wire Fu]]. It gives a +6.
** But prevents you from wearing armor.
** There is also a monster -5 debuff "with visible wires"

* The revised stage production of ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid'' has Ariel and the other merfolk "swimming" on wires.

Not to be confused with MasterOfThreads

* ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'' played this straight by having the combatants in Thunderdome attached to elastic ropes. At one point Max gains a temporary advantage by cutting his opponent's ropes with his BladeOnAStick.

* The female lead in the Korean drama ''Series/SecretGarden'' is a stuntwoman whose specialties include WireFu. The workings of how it's done are demonstrated, and there are some spectacular finished scenes as well from the projects she's performing in.

* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' makes copious use of WireFu in almost every episode.

* ''Theatre/BatmanLive'' is full of WireFu, all of which is used beautifully.

* {{Wuxia}} films use Wire Fu to perform exaggerated feats of ''qinggong''. For example, the films ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'', ''Film/{{Hero}}'', and ''Film/HouseOfFlyingDaggers'' demonstrate perhaps the ultimate achievement in Wire Fu that Western audiences have seen.

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* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': Whenever Elnor does a flip in the air, Evan Evagora's stunt double is assisted by wirework. The character is super-agile, so the wires are necessary to portray his FantasticFightingStyle. [[https://www.instagram.com/p/B825tIJAg5y/ This is a slow-motion video]] [[note]]it's the fourth entry in the set[[/note]] of a stunt rehearsal from "[[Recap/StarTrekPicardS1E04AbsoluteCandor Absolute Candor]]."

* Shows up in-universe in ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'', when the girls help Ils Nineta, the ninetailed fox [[HeyLetsPutOnAShow put on a show]], [[SpiderPeople Rachnera]] uses her webs to help with the stunts and [[TransformationSequence transformations]] on stage.

* The video for [[Music/{{Erasure}}]]'s ''Always'' features wire-fu... flower aranging. Also some flying around and hanging in the air. Ditto "Chains of Love".

* The revised stage production of ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' has Ariel and the other merfolk "swimming" on wires.

* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': Whenever Elnor does a flip in the air, Evan Evagora's stunt double is assisted by wirework. The character is super-agile, so the wires are necessary to portray his FantasticFightingStyle. [[https://www.instagram.com/p/B825tIJAg5y/ This is a slow-motion video]] [[note]]it's the fourth entry in the set[[/note]] of a stunt rehearsal from "Absolute Candor."

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* ''Series/{{GARO}}'' has a lot of wirework, surprisingly well done considering the heavy suits worn by the stuntmen and actors, and the fact that it's a TV show. Combined with chroma key and CG, some spectacular fights are produced. The Skyscraper fight in ''Makai Senki'' has to be seen to be believed.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', in every episode. Surprisingly, ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' (and big brother franchise ''Franchise/KamenRider'') use very little Wire Fu in comparison.
** Used quite ludicrously on one episode: the Yellow Ranger is surrounded by [[{{Mooks}} Putties]], leaps into the air, hovers for a few seconds (surely there was some ChromaKey involved here), falls back down to Earth, and then beats them up. The jump accomplished nothing, but the Red Ranger then compliments her on her "good move".
** On another occasion (possibly from the very same episode), an out-of-costume Blue Ranger leaps into the air and lands with his legs around a Putty's head, killing it. That's right, he killed a guy with his crotch.
* Many {{Toku}} fans consider this trope to be one of Koichi Sakamoto's {{Director Trademark}}s[[note]]The other being [[StuffBlowingUp ludicrous background explosions]] which ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' fans have [[MisBlamed dubbed "Kalisplosions"]][[/note]]. It's especially apparent in ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' (Sakamoto is the show's overall director), which is handwaved thanks to Fourze having a jetpack and [[SixthRanger Meteor]] being a BruceLeeClone. Likewise, ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'' gained a fair bit of wirework in ''[[TheMovie The Gaia Memories of Fate]]'', which of course was directed by Sakamoto.

* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' makes copious use of WireFu in almost every episode.

* The ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' franchise uses this in it's movies, especially it's ''Franchise/UltramanZero'' movies. The movies use it quite often because of their higher budget and because they're usually set in space, as opposed to the TV shows which almost never use the technique (and which are set on earth, with gravity).

* ''Film/TheMatrix'' is this trope's [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome CMOA]] and TropeCodifier in the west.

* Responsible for the flying sequences in various stagings of ''Theatre/PeterPan'', which includes aerial sword fighting.

* Just about every single JetLi film. His training just makes it look really good.

* ''Film/TheMatrix'' is this trope's [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome CMOA]] in the west.

* ''XenaWarriorPrincess'' makes copious use of WireFu in almost every episode.

* The video for Erasure's ''Always'' features wire-fu... flower aranging. Also some flying around and hanging in the air.

** ''Theatre/{{KA}}'' originally had a wire fu battle serving as its climax, but [[FatalMethodActing a performer fell to her death]] during a performance on June 29, 2013. Further performances were put on hold as a result, and Cirque has confirmed that when it reopens it [[{{Retool}} will no longer have the sequence in question]].

WireFu is an important device of the entire {{Toku}} genre and of cinematic genres such as {{Wuxia}}.

* Geico's "Ancient Secrets" commercial.