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* FakeNationality: Not a single one of the actors who portrayed Fu Manchu is Chinese (or even East Asian).
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** Creator/RobertHolmes cited the Fu Manchu stories as an influence on the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"]], and secondary antagonist Li H'sen Chang is visibly modeled after the guy.
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** Creator/PhilipHinchcliffe and Creator/RobertHolmes cited the Fu Manchu stories as an influence on the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"]], and secondary antagonist Li H'sen Chang is visibly modeled after the guy.
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** Creator/RobertHolmes cited the Fu Manchu stories as an influence on the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"]], and secondary antagonist Li H'sen Chang is visibly modeled after the guy.
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* ReferencedBy: Creator/RobertHolmes cited the Fu Manchu stories as an influence on the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"]], and secondary antagonist Li H'sen Chang is visibly modeled after the guy.
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* ReferencedBy: Creator/RobertHolmes cited the Fu Manchu stories as an influence on the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"]], and secondary antagonist Li H'sen Chang is visibly modeled after the guy.
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** There's a number of unrealized Fu Manchu film projects, including a sixth Creator/ChristopherLee that was cancelled after ''Castle'' bombed, or one starring Creator/AntonioBanderas as Nayland-Smith.
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** There's a number of unrealized Fu Manchu film projects, including a sixth Creator/ChristopherLee that was cancelled after ''Castle'' bombed, or one starring Creator/AntonioBanderas as Nayland-Smith.Nayland-Smith.
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* UnderageCasting: Fu-Manchu was established in his first literary appearance as being over seventy. No actor that has ever portrayed him has been anywhere near seventy, let alone past it.
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* TheOtherDarrin: The long-running nature of the various Fu Manchu film series mean that certain cast members get replaced midway through. The Creator/ChristopherLee series has three different Nayland-Smith (Nigel Green in ''Face'', Douglas Wilmer in ''Brides'' & ''Vengeance'', and Richard Greene in ''Blood'' & ''Castle'').
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* FountainOfExpies: With the YellowPeril trope falling out of favor for obvious reasons, Fu Manchu is the only classic example remembered by the general public. As such, several other characters have recycled major aspects of his:
** Ming the Merciless from ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon'' has a similar personal style applied to the GalacticConqueror trope.
** Creator/IanFleming had him in mind when creating the title character of ''Literature/DrNo'', but now with his sinister aspects put more in Cold War terms.
** ComicBook/IronMan's nemesis the Mandarin was also written as a Cold War update, in his case with a lot of fantastic Jet Age gadgetry.
** While Middle Eastern rather than Far Eastern and less racialized to begin with, Franchise/{{Batman}} foe ComicBook/RasAlGhul has unmistakable Fu Manchu tendencies, including seeming immortality, greater-good justifications for his evil acts, and a FemmeFatale daughter.
** Ming the Merciless from ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon'' has a similar personal style applied to the GalacticConqueror trope.
** Creator/IanFleming had him in mind when creating the title character of ''Literature/DrNo'', but now with his sinister aspects put more in Cold War terms.
** ComicBook/IronMan's nemesis the Mandarin was also written as a Cold War update, in his case with a lot of fantastic Jet Age gadgetry.
** While Middle Eastern rather than Far Eastern and less racialized to begin with, Franchise/{{Batman}} foe ComicBook/RasAlGhul has unmistakable Fu Manchu tendencies, including seeming immortality, greater-good justifications for his evil acts, and a FemmeFatale daughter.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: ''The Face of Fu Manchu'' was shot entirely in Ireland, and was one of the first foreign film productions to do so.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Years after Rohmer's death, his friend Cay Van Ash (who had previously completed a biography of Rohmer at the request of his widow) was authorized by the Rohmer estate to produce sequels. ''Ten Years Beyond Baker Street'' and ''The Fires of Fu Manchu'' were released in 1984 and 1987, respectively; however, Van Ash died in 1994 while he and his wife, who were living in Paris, France and researching the setting in preparation for a third book. The incomplete manuscript for ''The Seal of Fu Manchu'' is now believed to be lost.
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** Years after Rohmer's death, his friend Cay Van Ash (who had previously completed a biography of Rohmer at the request of his widow) was authorized by the Rohmer estate to produce sequels. ''Ten Years Beyond Baker Street'' and ''The Fires of Fu Manchu'' were released in 1984 and 1987, respectively; however, Van Ash died in 1994 while he and his wife, who were living in Paris, France and researching the setting in preparation for a third book. The incomplete manuscript for ''The Seal of Fu Manchu'' is now believed to belost.lost.
** There's a number of unrealized Fu Manchu film projects, including a sixth Creator/ChristopherLee that was cancelled after ''Castle'' bombed, or one starring Creator/AntonioBanderas as Nayland-Smith.
** Years after Rohmer's death, his friend Cay Van Ash (who had previously completed a biography of Rohmer at the request of his widow) was authorized by the Rohmer estate to produce sequels. ''Ten Years Beyond Baker Street'' and ''The Fires of Fu Manchu'' were released in 1984 and 1987, respectively; however, Van Ash died in 1994 while he and his wife, who were living in Paris, France and researching the setting in preparation for a third book. The incomplete manuscript for ''The Seal of Fu Manchu'' is now believed to be
** There's a number of unrealized Fu Manchu film projects, including a sixth Creator/ChristopherLee that was cancelled after ''Castle'' bombed, or one starring Creator/AntonioBanderas as Nayland-Smith.
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* DevelopmentHell: William Patrick Maynard was authorized to write three Fu Manchu novels, with the first two releasing in 2009 and 2012. A third, ''The Triumph of Fu Manchu'', has been announced (along with when it's set), but no word has been heard since.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Years after Rohmer's death, his friend Cay Van Ash (who had previously completed a biography of Rohmer at the request of his widow) was authorized by the Rohmer estate to produce sequels. ''Ten Years Beyond Baker Street'' and ''The Fires of Fu Manchu'' were released in 1984 and 1987, respectively; however, Van Ash died in 1994 while he and his wife, who were living in Paris, France and researching the setting in preparation for a third book. The incomplete manuscript for ''The Seal of Fu Manchu'' is now believed to be lost.
