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3''Lasko – Die Faust Gottes'' (''Lasko – The Fist of God'') is a German TV show produced by Action Concept and [[UsefulNotes/GermanTVStations RTL]], the companies behind ''Series/AlarmFuerCobra11'', and is based on the movie ''Lasko - Im Auftrag des Vatikans'' (released as ''Death Train'' in the USA), which serves as a prologue to the series.
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5It is about a German monk named Lasko, who used to be a soldier in the Kosovo force but decided to become a monk after a [[HeroicBSOD traumatizing event]]. In the order of Pugnus Dei, he is trained in martial arts and uses these to fight against evil organisations and terrorists.
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8!!''Lasko – Die Faust Gottes'' provides examples of:
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10* AllMonksKnowKungFu: The premise of the series.
11* BareFistedMonk: The order of Pugnus Dei contains several of these.
12* ChurchMilitant: The secret society Ares play with the trope, for they are not the church themselves, but "merely" wish to strengthen the Vatican.
13* DirtyOldMonk: Brother Gladius.
14* GirlOfTheWeek: Subverted since there are one-episode-only female characters with attraction to the main character, but Lasko is a CelibateHero.
15* HeroicBSOD: Lasko has one of these in the Kosovo war and decided to become a monk afterward.
16* NebulousEvilOrganisation: Secret society Ares take this role.
17* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: "The 5th Gospel", where the eponymous book ends up being burned (along with the villain).
18* PoisonedWeapons: Taken to extremes when an evil pharmaceutical company plans on poisoning a whole city with a train coated with contact poison.
19* PoliceAreUseless: While our main heroes are aided by policewomen (mainly from the ''Bundeskriminalamt''), they are not too useful very often.
20* RatedMForManly: Hello? A monk kicking arse all over the place, what more could you want?
21* ReligiousBruiser: Lasko obviously, but (with maybe the exception of Brother Gladius) the whole order Pugnus Dei.
22* ShirtlessScene: If it [[LetsGetDangerous gets serious]], you get one of these: a muscle-bound, bare-chested monk fighting another man.
23* StockPhrases:
24-->'''Scientist:''' Only over my dead body.\
25'''Villain:''' If you wish...
26* TitleDrop: "Pugnus Dei" is Latin for "The Fist of God".
27* TraintopBattle: Well, it's actually inside the train...
28* WarriorMonk: Obviously.

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