History YMMV / ShaolinSoccer

* EvilIsSexy: Team Evil's goalie (portrayed by Cao Hua) is ''incredibly'' pretty.

* EvilIsSexy: Team Evil's goalie is ''incredibly'' pretty.

* HarsherInHindsight: Fung's struggles in the film become much harder to stomach after knowing his actor Ng Man-tat's life after the film. This was the last movie Ng would star in alongside Chow. The pair's relationship soured allegedly during the filming of ''Film/KungFuHustle'', when Chow let another actor take the role which was meant for Ng. Over the next two decades, the relationship gradually mended, but was never the same again. Ng also had multiple health problems: diabetes, heart disease and liver cancer, among others.[[note]]Chow had actually invited Ng to star in ''Film/TheMermaid'' in 2015, but Ng had to decline due to his poor health.[[/note]] Just before his death in February 2021, Ng even said publicly that he's still open to collaboration with Chow as long as "Stephen's not retired, and I'm not dead". Even more poignantly, Tin Kai-man (Iron Shirt) was the one who made the announcement of Ng's death on behalf of his family.

* HarsherInHindsight: Fung's struggles in the film become much harder to stomach after knowing his actor Ng Man-tat's life after the film. This was the last movie Ng would star in alongside Chow. The pair's relationship soured allegedly during the filming of Film/KungFuHustle, when Chow let another actor take the role which was meant for Ng. Over the next two decades, the relationship gradually mended, but was never the same again. Ng also had multiple health problems: diabetes, heart disease and liver cancer, among others.[[note]]Chow had actually invited Ng to star in ''Film/TheMermaid'' in 2015, but Ng had to decline due to his poor health.[[/note]] Just before his death in February 2021, Ng even said publicly that he's still open to collaboration with Chow as long as "Stephen's not retired, and I'm not dead". Even more poignantly, Tin Kai-man (Iron Shirt) was the one who made the announcement of Ng's death on behalf of his family.

* HarsherInHindsight: Fung's struggles in the film become much harder to stomach after knowing his actor Ng Man-tat's life after the film. This was the last movie Ng would star in alongside Chow. The pair's relationship soured allegedly during the filming of Film/KungFuHustle, when Chow took Ng's lead actor role. Over the next two decades, the relationship gradually mended, but was never the same again. Ng also had multiple health problems: diabetes, heart disease and liver cancer, among others.[[note]]Chow had actually invited Ng to star in ''The Mermaid'' in 2015, but Ng had to decline due to his poor health.[[/note]] Just before his death in February 2021, Ng even said publicly that he's still open to collaboration with Chow as long as "Stephen's not retired, and I'm not dead". Even more poignantly, Tin Kai-man (Iron Shirt) was the one who made the announcement of Ng's death on behalf of his family.

* ColbertBump: Expect a surge of interest in this movie anytime UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup rolls around.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: When Sing first meets Mui at the bun stand, he sings a song to compliment her use of cooking and Tai Chi. When she accuses him of mocking her, a nearby patron backs up his sincerity with his own song, which inspires ''everyone'' nearby to join in a synchronized dance number. Naturally, this scene was deleted from the American release. Sing's song is mimicking a famous scene from 1960 Chinese musical called Liu San Jie (renamed Third Sister Liu in English), where the male lead first meets the female lead with a song, the same song that Sing sings to Mui.

* {{Woolseyism}}: In the American dub, the first Team that Team Shaolin goes against is called Team Puma, based off of the puma logo on their uniforms. In the original Cantonese dub? [[UnfortunateNames Team Tofu.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: Fung's struggles in the film become much harder to stomach after knowing his actor Ng Man-tat's life after the film. This was the last movie Ng would star in alongside Chow. The pair's relationship soured allegedly during the filming of Film/KungFuHustle, when Chow took Ng's lead actor role. Over the next two decades, the relationship gradually mended, but was never the same again. Ng also had multiple health problems: diabetes, heart disease and liver cancer, among others. Just before his death in February 2021, Ng even said publicly that he's still open to collaboration with Chow as long as "Stephen's not retired, and I'm not dead". Even more poignantly, Tin Kai-man (Iron Shirt) was the one who made the announcement of Ng's death on behalf of his family.

* HarsherInHindsight: This was the last movie Ng Man-tat (Fung) would star in alongside Chow. The pair's relationship soured allegedly during the filming of Film/KungFuHustle, when Chow took Ng's lead actor role. Over the next two decades, the relationship gradually mended, but was never the same again. Just before his death in February 2021, Ng even said publicly that he's still open to collaboration with Chow as long as "Stephen's not retired, and I'm not dead". Even more poignantly, Tin Kai-man (Iron Shirt) was the one who made the announcement of Ng's death on behalf of his family.

* HarsherInHindsight: This was the last movie Ng Man-tat would star in alongside Chow. The pair's relationship soured allegedly during the filming of Film/KungFuHustle, when Chow took Ng's lead actor role. Over the next two decades, the relationship gradually mended, but was never the same again. Just before his death in February 2021, Ng even said publicly that he's still open to collaboration with Chow as long as "Stephen's not retired, and I'm not dead". Even more poignantly, Tin Kai-man (Iron Shirt) was the one who made the announcement of Ng's death on behalf of his family.

* HarsherInHindsight: This was the last movie Ng Man-tat would star in alongside Chow. The pair's relationship soured allegedly during the filming of Film/KungFuHustle, when Chow took Ng's lead actor role. Over the next two decades, the relationship gradually mended, but was never the same again. Just before his death in February 2021, Ng even said publicly that he's still open to collaboration with Chow as long as "Stephen's not retired, and I'm not dead".

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: When Sing first meets Mui at the bun stand, he sings a song to compliment her use of cooking and Tai Chi. When she accuses him of mocking her, a nearby patron backs up his sincerity with his own song, which inspires ''everyone'' nearby to join in a synchronized dance number. Naturally, this scene was deleted from the American release. Sing's song is mimicking a famous scene from 1960 Chinese musical called Liu San Jie (renamed Third Sister Liu in English), where the male lead first meets the female lead with a song. The same song that Sing sings to Mui.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: When Sing first meets Mui at the bun stand, he sings a song to compliment her use of cooking and Tai Chi. When she accuses him of mocking her, a nearby patron backs up his sincerity with his own song, which inspires ''everyone'' nearby to join in a synchronized dance number. Naturally, this scene was deleted from the American release.
* Sing’s song is mimicking a famous scene from 1960 Chinese musical called Liu San Jie (renamed Third Sister Liu in English), where the male lead first meets the female lead with a song. The same song that Sing sings to Mui.

Sing’s song is mimicking a famous scene from 1960 Chinese musical called Liu San Jie (renamed Third Sister Liu in English), where the male lead first meets the female lead with a song. The same song that Sing sings to Mui.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: "Empty Hand", Team Shaolin's goalie, who is also a BruceLeeClone. In fact, this earned Danny Chan a role in a legitimate Creator/BruceLee [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Bruce_Lee 2008 television biopic]] after this, including a RoleReprisal as Lee in ''Film/IpMan3''.

* ValuesDissonance: Presumably why the [[DudeNotFunny underwear no-hospital scene]] was PlayedForLaughs.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlGrkQLtiUc The opening credits]]

* TheWoobie: Mui, a humble baker who has poor self-esteem and a harsh boss. [[spoiler:She tries to make herself more beautiful but it ended up hurting her even more, [[AllLoveIsUnrequited her crush on Sing gets turned down]]; it broke her so much she ended up getting fired since the stress caused her to mess up her baking.]] She does get better at the end, thankfully.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlGrkQLtiUc The opening credits]]
* EnsembleDarkhorse: "Empty Hand", Team Shaolin's goalie, who is also a BruceLeeClone. In fact, this earned Danny Chan a role in a legitimate Creator/BruceLee [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Bruce_Lee 2008 television biopic]] after this, including a RoleReprisal as Lee in the ''Film/IpMan3''.

* HilariousInHindsight - The [[OminousLatinChanting ominous Buddhist droning-chanting]] we hear as Team Shaolin recovers their abilities may have a different effect on viewers now that the 2010 South Africa World Cup has popularized the vuvuzela.
** Speaking of which, Empty Hand has been compared to Guillermo Ochoa, and curb-stomp matches shown in this movie aren't that far from reality after what Germany did to Brazil in the 2014 World Cup.

* MemeticMutation: Iron Head's shocked face is a popular reaction image macro.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Several uses of TheOner to depict Team Shaolin's rampage across the field, practical wirework and all, make the CGI soccer ball even more obvious.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: "Empty Hand", Team Shaolin's goalie, who is also a BruceLeeClone. In fact, this earned Danny Chan a role in a legitimate Creator/BruceLee [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Bruce_Lee 2008 television biopic]] after this, including a RoleReprisal as Lee in the third ''Film/IpMan'' film.

* ColbertBump: Expect a surge of interest in this movie anytime the WorldCup rolls around.