History YMMV / KungFuHustle

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Brother Sum]] is the leader of [[AnAxeToGrind the Axe Gang]], who control most of Shanghai with an iron fist. Sum [[EstablishingCharacterMoment makes his debut]] hacking a rival gang leader to death, then telling the man's wife she will be spared. When she turns to leave, he shoots her InTheBack. When a martial artist injures a member of his gang, Brother Sum threatens to set a woman and [[WouldHurtAChild child]] on [[ManOnFire fire]] if he does not reveal himself. His underlings fare little better, as Sum [[BadBoss kills them with no hesitation]] if they irritate or [[YouHaveFailedMe fail]] him, sometimes for even mundane things like ''accidentally spilling tea'' on the table. Upon being humiliated by the Pig Sty Alley residents, Brother Sum hires a pair of {{Professional Killer}}s to murder the local martial artists, which they do. He then breaks into an asylum and releases [[BadassGrandpa the Beast]] so that he will kill [[BattleCouple the Landlady and Landlord]].

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Brother Sum]] is the leader of [[AnAxeToGrind the Axe Gang]], who control most of Shanghai with an iron fist. Sum [[EstablishingCharacterMoment makes his debut]] hacking a rival gang leader to death, then telling the man's wife she will be spared. When she turns to leave, he shoots her InTheBack. When a martial artist injures a member of his gang, Brother Sum threatens to set a woman and [[WouldHurtAChild child]] on [[ManOnFire fire]] if he does not reveal himself. His underlings fare little better, as Sum [[BadBoss kills them with no hesitation]] if they irritate or [[YouHaveFailedMe fail]] him. Upon being humiliated by the Pig Sty Alley residents, Brother Sum hires a pair of {{Professional Killer}}s to murder the local martial artists, which they do. He then breaks into an asylum and releases [[BadassGrandpa the Beast]] so that he will kill [[BattleCouple the Landlady and Landlord]].

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Most of these are mixed with below trope, but the most awesome goes to, of course, [[spoiler:Sing's final attack against The Beast and how he easily disarms his ''An Qi''.]]
* CrowningMomentOfFunny:

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome:
** The fight with the Musicians versus the Baker and Tailor. This is pretty much the Musician's schtick.
** The film score got pretty epic for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EQbynwxgDM Three Masters Reveal]].
** The Credits [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqifkpDcaqM song]] is pretty awesome too
** Pick a track, it's hard to go wrong. Realization will make you wince, no matter how many times you watch the movie. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP63rnMFcX8 "That's a pretty big fist you've got there."]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psAhtDdH410 Ballroom Blitz]]
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Yuen Qiu (Landlady), who earned an award nomination and several roles in later movies.
** She was allegedly just dropping a friend off who was auditioning but the staff thought she would make a great Landlady.

** She was allegedly just dropping a friend off who was auditioning but the staff thought she makes a great Landlady.

** Not to mention the scene directly after where Sing, fleeing from the enraged land lady, uses the knife stuck in his shoulder as a rearview mirrour.

* MagnumOpus: Usually considered Stephen Chow's masterpiece for its unique blend of cartoonish violence with character drama, legitimate Kung-Fu, tradional Chinese music and Looney Tunes references. It tends to be between Film/ShaolinSoccer and Film/KungFuHustle.

* CompleteMonster: Brother Sum is the leader of [[AnAxeToGrind the Axe Gang]], who control most of Shanghai with an iron fist. Sum [[EstablishingCharacterMoment makes his debut]] hacking a rival gang leader to death, then telling the man's wife she will be spared. When she turns to leave, he shoots her InTheBack. When a martial artist injures a member of his gang, Brother Sum threatens to set a woman and [[WouldHurtAChild child]] on [[ManOnFire fire]] if he does not reveal himself. His underlings fare little better, as Sum [[BadBoss kills them with no hesitation]] if they irritate or [[YouHaveFailedMe fail]] him. Upon being humiliated by the Pig Sty Alley residents, Brother Sum hires a pair of {{Professional Killer}}s to murder the local martial artists, which they do. He then breaks into an asylum and releases [[BadassGrandpa the Beast]] so that he will kill [[BattleCouple the Landlady and Landlord]].

* CompleteMonster: Brother Sum is the leader of [[AnAxeToGrind the Axe Gang]], who control Shanghai with an iron fist. Sum makes his debut hacking a rival gangleader to death, then telling the man's wife she will be spared. When she turns to leave, he shoots her InTheBack. When a martial artist injures a member of his gang, Brother Sum threatens to set a woman and [[WouldHurtAChild child]] on fire if he does not reveal himself. His underlings fare little better, as Sum [[BadBoss kills them with no hesitation if they irritate or fail him]]. Upon being humiliated by the Pig Sty Alley residents, Brother Sum hires a pair of ProfessionalKillers to murder the local martial artists, which succeeds. He then breaks into an asylum and releases [[BadassGrandpa the Beast]] so that he will kill [[BattleCouple the Landlady and Landlord]].

* AmericansHateTingle: Not the film itself, but Spanish audiences absolutely hated the dub it received, which made the characters speak in very stereotypical Spanish dialects and altered the dialogues at will to insert naff cultural jokes. The critics were enraged, and there were reports of people leaving theaters after a few minutes of film. Even nowadays, Spaniards consider it one of the worse examples of failed {{Woolseyism}} in history.

* EnsembleDarkhorse - Yuen Qiu (Landlady), who earned an award nomination and several roles in later movies.
* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs - What happens with the kung fu flick genre drinks a mixture of Red Bull and Powerthirst.

* TearJerker: The romantic subplot, believe it or not.

* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler: hinted at that the Lovers *might* be Sing's parents, who believed he died.]]

** The film score got pretty epic for the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZorwMyOyPOk Three Masters Reveal]].

The following are SubjectiveTropes relating to KungFuHustle.
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* CrazyAwesome: The Beast, especially his Toad Style.

** The Lion's Roar definitely counts.
*** Especially with a ''mega-phone'' [[spoiler: in the form of a bronze bell. Even The Beast didn't know what hit him]].

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: A lot, Sing and his useless sidekick's attempt to assassinate the land lady is but one of the many.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The fight with the Musicians versus the Baker and Tailor. This is pretty much the Musician's schtick.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: before the fight in Pig Sty Alley with the twins, a wolf jumps off the roof of the utility house, and gets killed off screen, for some reason only StephenChow knows.