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* SpiritualSuccessor: Can be seen as one for the movie Army Daze. It follows the same themes/ideas that the trilogy has.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped:
** Making an ass out of yourself (intentionally or not) will get you into trouble with everyone you know.
** Director Jack Neo mentions in a few interviews that he made the movies because of a growing generation of Singaporeans who are now questioning the legitimacy of National Service since there aren't any "threats" to its national security after the end of the Cold War.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Yet ''Ah Boys to Men'' film series have their moments of this too. Peoples getting gun shot, swear words plus sexual innunendos (such as whore), and a few etc... how crazy. [[MisaimedFandom Yet Singaporean kids were okay with that.]]

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Yet ''Ah Boys to Men'' film series have their moments of this too. Peoples getting gun shot, swear words plus sexual innunendos (such as whore), and a few etc... how crazy. [[MisaimedFandom Yet Singaporean kids kids]] [[ValuesDissonance were okay with that.]]
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** Director Jack Neo mentions in a few interviews that he made the movies because of a growing generation of Singaporeans who are now questioning the legitimacy of National Service since there aren't any "threats" to its national security after the end of the Cold War.

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** Director Jack Neo mentions in a few interviews that he made the movies because of a growing generation of Singaporeans who are now questioning the legitimacy of National Service since there aren't any "threats" to its national security after the end of the Cold War.War.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Yet ''Ah Boys to Men'' film series have their moments of this too. Peoples getting gun shot, swear words plus sexual innunendos (such as whore), and a few etc... how crazy. [[MisaimedFandom Yet Singaporean kids were okay with that.]]
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* DesignatedHero: Ken, despite his jerkass attitude and his spoiled upbringing.

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* DesignatedHero: Ken, despite his jerkass attitude and his spoiled upbringing. He eventually grows out of it by the end of the first film however.

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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: The urban warfare scenes that take place in the first movie with the invasion of the island nation by an [=OPFOR=] military.
** [[VideoGame/{{Battlefield4}} Then again, a Chinese PLA splinter cell has no qualms doing so]].

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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: The urban warfare scenes that take place in the first movie with the invasion of the island nation by an [=OPFOR=] military.
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military. [[VideoGame/{{Battlefield4}} Then again, a Chinese PLA splinter cell has no qualms doing so]].



* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Making an ass out of yourself (intentionally or not) will get you into trouble with everyone you know.

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** [[Franchise/{{Battlefield}} Then again, a Chinese PLA splinter cell has no qualms doing so]].

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** [[Franchise/Battlefield Then again, a Chinese PLA splinter cell has no qualms doing so]].

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** [[VideoGame/Battlefield Then again, a Chinese PLA splinter cell has no qualms doing so]].

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** [[VideoGame/BattlefieldIV Then again, a Chinese PLA splinter cell has no qualms doing so]].

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* MemeticMutation: "STEADY LAH!" (Hand gesture included)
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** Director Jack Neo mentions in a few interviews that he made the movies because of a growing generation of Singaporeans who are now questioning the legitimacy of National Service there aren't any "threats" to its national security after the end of the Cold War.

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** Director Jack Neo mentions in a few interviews that he made the movies because of a growing generation of Singaporeans who are now questioning the legitimacy of National Service since there aren't any "threats" to its national security after the end of the Cold War.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Making an ass out of yourself (intentionally or not) will get you into trouble with everyone you know.

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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Making an ass out of yourself (intentionally or not) will get you into trouble with everyone you know.know.
** Director Jack Neo mentions in a few interviews that he made the movies because of a growing generation of Singaporeans who are now questioning the legitimacy of National Service there aren't any "threats" to its national security after the end of the Cold War.
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Germans Love David Hasselhoff is for \"an audience well-divorced from the production source, particularly if the show is released in other countries\". In other words, the love has to come from non-Singaporeans.


* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Singaporeans Love Ah Boys To Men]]: The box office hits there and the themes resonate with the male Singaporean populace, especially for those who had been conscripted to serve in the Singaporean military.
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* DesignatedHero: Ken, despite his jerkass attitude and his spoiled upbringing.
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: The urban warfare scenes that take place in the first movie with the invasion of the island nation by an [=OPFOR=] military.
* OlderThanTheyThink: Army Daze has explored the theme of Singaporean men serving their national service obligations in the military.
* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Singaporeans Love Ah Boys To Men]]: The box office hits there and the themes resonate with the male Singaporean populace, especially for those who had been conscripted to serve in the Singaporean military.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Making an ass out of yourself (intentionally or not) will get you into trouble with everyone you know.

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