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7	[[caption-width-right:300:''"I have come many miles and now have traveled, disguised as a pimp to help you!"'']]
8	->''"Twenty five years ago, an ancient legend of this sacred art came alive. It spoke of a foreign child who would come among us and become a Ninja master unlike any other. How he arrived on our shores will forever remain a mystery. We Ninjas thought that this child would be the great white Ninja of the legend. We were wrong. We were very wrong."''
9	-->-- '''The Sensei'''
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11	''Beverly Hills Ninja'' is a 1997 comedy film starring Creator/ChrisFarley and Creator/ChrisRock. It is a parody of the ''Film/AmericanNinja'' film series and the ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'' franchise.
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13	Haru is a white man raised by a {{Ninja}} clan in Japan, after he was found as a baby on a shipwreck. They believed he might be the "White Ninja" prophesied by their legends, a foreigner who would grow up to become [[TheChosenOne their greatest member]]. However, Haru grows up to become both clumsy and clueless. Although disappointed in him, his clan still loves him like one of their own. In turn Haru idolizes Gobei (Creator/RobinShou), his "older brother" and the best Ninja of the clan.
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15	One night, while the rest of the Clan is away, their Dojo is visited by a beautiful woman named Sally (Nicolette Sheridan) who wants to hire a Ninja to spy on her businessman boyfriend, whom she suspects is involved in shady deals. Haru, taken in by her beauty, tells her he is a full Ninja (he hasn't actually graduated yet) and goes on the mission. It turns out that her lover is indeed a criminal, involved with the {{Yakuza}} in an international counterfeiting scheme- and a cold-blooded killer to boot. Obsessed with protecting Sally, he decides to go to Beverly Hills to find her. Unknown to him, Gobei is following him, and keeping him out of danger without his noticing.
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17	In Beverly Hills, Haru meets Joey Washington (Rock) a hotel employee who, realizing that Haru is a ninja, begs him to be trained as one and helps him get around. Eventually Haru meets Sally again and, after several madcap events, finally confronts the criminals. When he finds out Gobei is in danger, he spontaneously develops full Ninja powers and rescues him and defeats the bad guys. In the end, Haru, now declared a full Ninja by his clan, decides to stay in Beverly Hills (with Sally) though he proves to still be an accidental threat to people around him.
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19	This was Farley's last film to be released during his lifetime. His last starring role, ''Film/AlmostHeroes'', was released posthumously a year later.
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21	!!''Beverly Hills Ninja'' contains examples of:
22	* AchievementsInIgnorance: [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Haru]] has achieved at doing acts of competence when he tries to do what he can for mainly saving someone and helping everyone out in ''some'' instances (e.g when Sally was locked with a bomb in the room, some of his ideas didn't work out at first. At the very end where he manages to shoot a giant, metallic arrow through the wall and into a window, breaking through the wall Haru was trying to get into when it successfully led the bomb onto the villain's vehicle and manages to save Sally without knowing what would actually happen afterward).
23	* {{Acrofatic}}: Haru. And probably Chris Farley as well, since the credits label Farley as doing his own stunts.
24	* AdaptationalHeroism: Haru's ninja clan. The sensei is shocked when he hears reports of a ninja committing a murder. Odd for a group that developed as spies and assassins for hire. Their training techniques, temple layout, orange clothing, and aversion to murder seems to show they were not based off ninja, but instead Shaolin monks.
25	* AnythingButThat: This is Gobei's response when the sensei tasks him to follow Haru to Beverly Hills to get the job done.
26	* AshesToCrashes: While alone at the dojo, Haru is tasked to look after the place, part of which includes shelves containing jars of cremated remains of past ninjas. He tries to spot it up, but it collapses and plenty of jars that were on there shatter once they hit the floor. Haru is quite remorseful about this.
27	* AstralProjection: Apparently a standard Ninja power, though Haru isn't very good at it.
28	* BackToBackBadasses: Haru and Gobei during the final fight.
29	* BigBad: Martin Tanley, the mastermind of a scheme to produce counterfeit money.
30	* BigBrotherInstinct: Well repaid by Haru, especially in the final battle. This quote sums it up best:
31	-->''"I may not be the best ninja, I may not be one with the universe, but I will tell you this: NO ONE MESSES WITH MY BROTHER!"''
32	* BigNo:
33	** Whenever Haru enters and exits the Plane of Enlightenment.
34	** Whenever someone thinks Haru killed a person Tanley killed.
35	* BlindfoldedTrip: Parodied. Haru is blindfolded when he is first taken to the Tanley's warehouse. Later, he blindfolds himself and tries to use his "ninja skills" to remember the route. He is completely clueless, of course. Luckily, Gobei knows the route well and takes the wheel without Haru knowing.
36	* CoolOldGuy: Sensei.
37	* TheChewToy: Gobei. He endures so much punishment in this movie, you come to think that the world hates him.
38	** Haru at times is prone to AmusingInjuries.
39	* TheChosenZero: Haru was said to be the Great White Ninja. He mostly sucks at being a ninja.
40	* ClearMyName: Haru ends up suspected of a murder he didn't commit. Twice.
41	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Haru again. He is viewed as strange to many.
42	* CombatPragmatist: In the final fight, while [[TheDragon Nobu]] and the rest of Tanley's mooks fight Haru and Gobei with martial arts, Tanley himself fights Haru and Gobei using a machine gun.
43	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Haru tells Sensei about Sally Jones, Sensei revealed that there's no one in the hotel she's supposedly staying in by that name. There's an Allison Page who fits "Sally"'s description. Haru suspects "Sally" gave the hotel a false name to hide her identity, while Sensei believes the woman most likely gave Haru a false name. But Haru's 'ninja intuition' tells him she wasn't lying.
44	-->'''Sensei:''' You do not even have ''normal'' intuition!
45	* CounterfeitCash: The villains' plans revolve around stolen printing plates.
46	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Haru in the climactic fight. It's actually hinted at during the entire movie. During the training montage at the beginning, when Haru gets caught on the flypaper on the floor, notices he had already crossed two before getting stuck. He also shows at least some skill with the whip chain, an incredibly difficult-to-use weapon. His bird hat disguise also seems to genuinely impress his sensei.
47	* DamselInDistress: Sally.
48	* DeusExMachina: ''Possibly'' justified if Haru really is the 'White Ninja'. [[spoiler:Even he isn't sure afterwards.]]
49	* DisguisedInDrag: Gobei at one point disguises himself as a woman to blend in and watch Haru without giving himself away.
50	* DistractedByTheSexy: Haru. First by Allison/Sally and second by the strippers. Sensei even accuses him of being led around by his "short sword".
51	* TheDragon: Nobu is Tanley's right-hand man and enforcer.
52	* TheDulcineaEffect
53	* EarnYourHappyEnding: You gotta give it Haru, he keeps trying.
54	* EverybodyMustGetStoned: Haru tries to use a "truth dust" on a prisoner, who not only gets a hefty dose himself, but sneezes at the critical moment and ends up spraying the rest of the dust into Haru and Allison's faces.
55	* ForceFeeding: Haru and Allison at one point dump "The Laughing Mushroom" (a concoction of herbs) down an agent's throat to force information out of him. He is merely unconcscious as this is going on with him
56	* TheFool: Also Haru, although he is also aware of his ineptitude and delusions of grandeur, he means well and successfully saves the day in doing so.
57	* GarbageHideout: Haru, upon being noticed by Japanese police near a murder, is chased by them only for him to hide in a bunker full of salmon and lose them. This leaves him filthy, and he has to be washed down when he gets back to the dojo.
58	* GeniusDitz: For all of Haru's stupidity and ineptitude of a ninja, he can show ''some'' quick wit to compensate and can come up with some unique plans aside from his [[TheDitz ditziness]] (e.g Haru tricked the gunner when shooting a white bag thinking it was Haru's belly in order for him to run out of bullets, [[spoiler: which was where he TookALevelInBadass]]).
59	* GrievousBottleyHarm: Gobei does this with one of the bad goons at the brawl in the restaurant.
60	* TheHero: Haru. The movie focuses on his development of becoming a ninja.
61	* HighlyVisibleNinja: Played straight with Haru, who at one point goes so far as to charge into enemy territory wearing black with a sword on his back through the front gate in ''broad daylight''. Averted with Gobei, who's very good at staying hidden or blending in.
62	* HilarityEnsues
63	* IdTellYouButThenIdHaveToKillYou: Haru tells this to a little boy on the plane when he asks him about his secret mission.
64	* ItCameFromBeverlyHills
65	* IronButtMonkey: Gobei
66	* {{Jerkass}}: The desk manager at the Rodeo Plaza Hotel.
67	* TheJinx: And again. Gosh Haru, how many of these are you going to collect?
68	* TheKlutz: Guess who.
69	* KarmaHoudini: The honored elder at the Little Tokyo Temple. {{Lampshade\|Hanging}}d when one of the Kobudosai gang members, after the elder favors Tanley with the plates instead of the Kobudosai, says, "You won't get away with this!" the elder replies, "Yes, I will!" while the elder and Tanley's men point their guns at the Kobudosai.
70	* LetsGetDangerous: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7iGuEr-u0s NO ONE MESSES WITH MY BROTHER!!!!]]
71	* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Haru comes across one of these in Beverly Hills who he initially mistakes for Allison, as he is trying to find her. But then he reveals his face, and he apologizes profusely.
72	* MasterOfDisguise: [[HypercompetentSidekick Gobei]] does this to help Haru (and to an extent, Haru while doing this in a foolish manner).
73	* McNinja: Haru is caucasian, and raised in a ninja clan.
74	* MightyWhitey: Parodied. Haru is the most incompetent ninja in the entire movie, although this says less about his race than it does [[TheDitz his character]].
75	* MistakenForBadass: Almost the entire plot hinges on Haru being consistently mistaken for a badass ninja.
76	* MsFanservice: Allison Page[=/=]Sally Jones.
77	* MysteriousProtector: Gobei is assigned by Sensei to follow Haru to America and protect him in secret, wanting to keep Haru safe while letting him think he's doing all the ninja work himself.
78	* NotWhatItLooksLike: Every scene where Haru is framed. Martin Tanley kills someone, the body lands near Haru, a witness or a cop sees it and thinks Haru did it.
79	* PaperThinDisguise: Haru's disguises frequently include fake mustaches.
80	* ParryingBullets: Haru is finally able to demonstrate ninja skills at the end of the movie with this trope, by using a pair of swords to parry submachinegun clip bullets.
81	* PimpDuds: After Haru arrives in America, he goes to a costume shop to swap his ninja attire for something that will blend in better. He walks out wearing a pimp costume.
82	* PutOnAPrisonBus: It initially seems like Martin Tanley is going to be killed by [[spoiler:the time bomb landing in his truck, but he jumps out after the explosion no worse for wear]]. Martin and his gang are last seen being taken away by the police.
83	* RunningGag:
84	** Haru keeps leaving his shoes outside the hotel, where the janitor keeps taking them.
85	** Haru has a problem with the landing whenever he returns from the Plane of Enlightenment.
86	* SexySilhouette: Allison does this behind a slide board. Haru does this as well, but this more of FanDisservice.
87	* ShamuFu: Haru at one point beats up a thug with a pair of giant fish. It actually works pretty well.
88	* SheepInSheepsClothing: Haru is convinced that Allison is trustworthy. Sensei thinks Haru is just DistractedByTheSexy, and believes Allison is involved in Martin's criminal schemes. However, it turns out that Allison really is a good person, and she's secretly working against Martin.
89	* {{Sidekick}}: Joey
90	* SoftWater: At the end of the movie, Haru accidentally send a wheelchair-ridde Gobei dragged by the bus that he is driving in, and has him launched hundreds of feet in the air only for him to land in water. Yet he emerges looking no worse for wear.
91	* SpinToDeflectStuff: Haru does this with two swords in the final battle when Taru shoots at him. It works, despite the fact that he is not spinning them quite fast enough.
92	* TalkToTheFist: When Haru unintentionally scares a boy on the plane that he is travelling on to Beverly Hills, the boy goes to blab to his father, [[PapaWolf which causes him to angrily confront him]]. Haru starts to defend himself by preaching talk of samurai code, but the man just interrupts him by punching him in the face.
93	* ThatPoorCat: In a failed attempt to spy on Alison and her boss, Haru decides to just ditch the grappling hook he was using by throwing it away out of screen, and a cat yowling is heard.
94	* ThemeMusicPowerUp: Occurs in the final battle involving the song Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas.
95	* TimeBomb: In the climax, Martin ties Allison to a chair and locks her in a room with a bomb that conveniently has a digital clock displaying the time until detonation.
96	* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:For most of the film Haru is hopelessly inept at being a ninja. But during the final battle he suddenly becomes a badass, surprising the hell out of Gobei.]]
97	* TreeBuchet: Haru uses this to get into the enemy warehouse. He succeeds. Joey Washington himself tries to replicate this, and it also succeeds, only in this instance he crashes through a window.
98	* {{Troperrific}}
99	* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: Done, of course, with Haru involving a three-section staff during his training at the beginning.
100	* YouTalkinToMe: In a ShoutOut to ''Film/TaxiDriver'': "Are you communicating with me?" Haru proceeds to attack the mirror.

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