History Characters / RushHourFilm

** Carter's number one theory of every major crime is that a rich white man is always involved behind-the-scenes. Not only is Carter right about this in regards to Steven Reign in the second film, but this applies to the first and third films; [[spoiler:The first movie has Juntao who is actually British commander Thomas Griffin, who was supposedly a friend of Han. In the third movie, French ambassador and chairman of the World Criminal Court, Varden Reynard is actually working for the Triads]].

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Carter always has a comeback and one-liner to every villain's insult but when Soo Yung's life is on the line and Jasmine asks him her catchphrase, Carter can only say with a "no". Not only that, Carter says it with a rather low tone, showing how scared he is for both himself and Soo Yung.

* SuicideAttack: [[spoiler: After Ricky Tan's death, Hu Li finds Carter & Lee and attempts to detonate a bomb that would kill them, her, and anyone one the same floor.]]

* SupportingProtagonist: While Carter is a major player all three films, it's always Lee who has a connection to the current BigBad and a more personal stake in the story.

* UncleTomFoolery: He turned into this type of character in the second film where he took almost nothing seriously and he seemed to annoy Lee more than he helped him and he would make a joke out of almost every situation, and would try to avoid the action the best way he could. That still didn't stop him from doing his job, though. Luckily, in ''3'' gets rid of this, while he reminds

* CharacterDevelopment: In the first film, he refuses to work with a partner or any other forms of assistance due to what happened to his dad and is negative about working in the LAPD, instead dreaming of getting hired by the FBI and leaving the department. By the end of the film, he forms a bond with Lee, the latter becoming one of the few people he's willing to work with, and he refuses a spot in the FBI in response to how the Agent Russ and Whitney dicked him around. In later films, he's shown to value his partnership/friendship with Lee almost more than Lee does, as shown when he gets pissed off at Lee for refusing to let him in and help in the cases when they get personal for Lee.

* DarkActionGirl / DarkChick: Creates sexual tension with one of the heroes, and is one of the higher up and more dangerous fighters on the baddies side.

* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: Knows Japanese, likely due to his ties with Kenji.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: It becomes clear that Kenji, despite trying to kill Lee in all their encounter, still loves him very much. [[spoiler:After seeing that Lee is still willing to save him when both of them are dangling from the Eiffel Tower's safety net, Kenji chooses to let go of Lee's hand, allowing his foster brother to live]].

* CharacterDevelopment: In the first film, he refuses to work with a partner or any other forms of assistance due to what happened to his dad and is negative about working in the LAPD, instead dreaming of getting hired by the FBI and leaving the department. By the end of the film, he forms a bond with Lee, the latter becoming one of the few people he's willing to work with, and he refuses a spot in the FBI in response to how the Agent Russ and Whitney dicked him around. In later films, he's shown to value his partnership/friendship with Lee almost more than Lee does, as shown when he gets pissed off at Lee refusing to let him in and help in the cases when they get personal for Lee.

* NeverMyFault: Carter tends to blame Lee (or any other person) for whatever the problem he started.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Carter always has a comeback and one-liner to every villain's insult but when Soo Yung's life is on the line and Jasmine asks him her catchphrase, Carter can only says with a "no". Not only that, Carter says it with a rather low tone, showing how scared he is for both himself and Soo Yung.

%%* DeadpanSnarker

* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Her aforementioned attempt at Taking You with Me just consists of holding a bomb in her hands while expecting Lee and Carter to stay in place. Naturally, they decide to flee out the open window.]]

* EvilAllAlong: It's revealed that he's working with the Triads after initially acting chummy with everyone and making it look like he was targeted by them. Even him telling Lee where Geneviève was preforming was a disguised attempt to get Lee killed.

* DeathByIrony: The woman who spends most of the film bombing various buildings is killed by one of her own explosives. What prevents this from being a KarmicDeath is she was going for a suicide bomb.

* DragonTheirFeet: [[spoiler:Seemingly killed by a polearm to her chest, but shows up right after Ricky Tan falls to his death. She dies for real shortly after.]]

* MadBomber: Is the one who sent the bombs that kicked off the plot, and tries to kill Lee and Carter with one in her last moments.

* TakingYouWithMe: After they defeat Ricky Tan, she [[spoiler: tries to kill Lee and Carter with a bomb. They barely escape before it goes off leaving her to die alone.]]

* IHaveYourDaughter: Kidnaps Soo Yung.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Grew up with Lee and they considered each other like brothers.

* GratuitousEnglish: She has only 2 lines in English: "Some apple?" and "Out!" This was due to Creator/ZhangZiyi's limited fluency in English.

* AllThereInTheManuel: Lee’s full name is “Kit Hong Lee”, though it’s never said in any of the movie.

!!Geneviève [[spoiler:aka Shy Shen]](Noémie Lenoir)

!!Chief Inspector Lee (Creator/JackieChan)

* EvilOldFolks: He's working with the Triads.

* NotSoDifferent: While he is more professional than Carter, he's prone to making the same mistakes the latter makes, like acting on his emotions too much and refusing help when he needs it.

* OneManArmy: He is able to defeat many people at once due to his kungfu skills, despite him trying to avoid a fight.

* FrenchJerk: Has Carter and Lee strung up and beaten with phone books and anal search

* CowboyCop: Deconstructed in both the first and third films. In the first film, he does an unauthorized sting operation without any back-up that led to two cops getting injured by an arms dealer and the dealer's car blowing up after Carter shot the C4 in the guy's trunk; it's implied that Carter was on the verge of suspension after this stunt and would have been put on leave if his captain had decided not to punish him by having him babysit Lee for the FBI. In the third film, he's been demoted to a traffic cop for some accident involving him accidentally shooting Lee's FBI girlfriend in the neck (she's okay) and his captain refuses to lift the demotion even after the shooting of Consul Han (he's fine, too).

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:He falls to his death while fighting Lee.]]

!!Consul Solon Han (Creator/TziMa)

* ShoutOut: Look closely at his name. [[Franchise/StarWars What does it sound like?]]

* DamselInDistress: Justified in the first film, since she's a 10-year-old girl.

* TookALevelInBadass: In the third film.

* DirtyCop: He used to be part of Hong Kong police, until he became a Triad boss.

* VillainInAWhiteSuit: He and his men are dressed in white suits in the climax of ''Rush Hour 3''. Notably, Lee is wearing black in the climax.

!!Jasmine (Youki Kudoh)
* {{Catchphrase}}: ''"[[PreAsskickingOneLiner Would you like to know our secret, cop?]]"''

* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:We never see her death on screen but the sound that is heard as she is crushed to death lets the audience know that it was not pretty.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:She tries to kill Soo Yung by dropping her from the Eiffel Tower. Carter saves Soo Yung and accidentally kicks Jasmine into a rotating crank which crushes her in half.]]

* FrenchJerk

* BigScrewedUpFamily: His mother disapproves of his profession and his brother blames him for going to jail for hosting cock fights.

* CowboyCop: Deconstructed in both the first and third films.

* NobleMaleRoguishMale: The roguish to Lee's noble

* DeathByMaterialism: He tries [[spoiler: hitting Lee with his suitcase full of money, only for the case to break open and slip from his grip; when he lunges for it, he accidently topples over the narrow catwalk he was walking on and ends up hanging on Lee for dear life, but falls to his death, landing in a decorative pool, after the bomb vest Lee had on broke]]

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Goes from a collected, cultured Englishman to a screaming, raving madman in the finale when he tries to escape and especially when he loses the money briefcase.]]

* CreepyMonotone: Has a chilly voice when he speaks in some parts of the film.
* DirtyCoward: He never fought Lee and/or Carter in a fair fight and tends to run away in most of his encounters. When cornered near the ending, he tells Carter to "fight like a man" and drop his gun, but when he does [[spoiler: he whips out another gun, only to get shot by Carter]]

* KnifeNut: Seems to use knives as her WeaponOfChoice. The knives in her CombatHandFan are even retractable for her to use them as throwing knives.