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* HasTwoMommies: Coco’s son, who sees Auntie Yang as a ParentalSubstitute. After [[spoiler: May was apparently dealt with]], the boy quickly runs out of his mother’s grasp and towards Yang and hugs her as well.
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* BikerBabe: Coco’s preferred mode of transportation is her motorcycle, which she is seen riding a few times.
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* ActionGirl: May, Yang and Coco can all kick copious amounts of ass, but as the film progresses and May reveals her sinister true self, she starts becoming a DarkActionGirl instead.
* AdultFear: [[spoiler: Coco probably had it worst, with her son - her ''only'' child - being abducted by a sadistic psychopath who straps a bomb on him just ForTheEvulz]].
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* WorldOfActionGirls: May, Yang and Coco can all kick copious amounts of ass, but as the film progresses and May reveals her sinister true self, she starts becoming a DarkActionGirl instead.
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* DeadlySparring: During a training match, Yang gets her hips broken by [[FalseFriend May]], who is secretly trying to screw her over.
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* DragonLady: May’s attire in the final action scene invokes this, what with her clad in a red outfit with black, sleeveless coat with dragon markings emblazoned on it.
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* DragonLady: May’s attire in the final action scene invokes this, what with her clad in a [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red outfit with and a black, sleeveless coat coat]] with dragon markings emblazoned on it.
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* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: In the final shootout, May, [[spoiler: who had turned completely psycho and is now evil enough to kidnap and attempt to murder a child]] at this point, wears a red outfit with a black sleeveless jacket.
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''A Serious Shock! Yes Madam!'', also known as ''Death Triangle'' is a 1992 action film starring Creator/CynthiaKhan, Creator/YukariOshima Creator/YukariOshima, Creator/MoonLee and Creator/MoonLee.Creator/WaiseLee. One of many female-led action movies from early 90s Hong Kong, the movie surprisingly takes on a more dramatic turn, being more character-focused than the norm of these kind of movies being action-driven.
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''A Serious Shock! Yes Madam!'', also known as ''Death Triangle'' is a 1992 action film starring Cynthia Khan, Creator/CynthiaKhan, Creator/YukariOshima and Creator/MoonLee. One of many female-led action movies from early 90s Hong Kong, the movie surprisingly takes on a more dramatic turn, being more character-focused than the norm of these kind of movies being action-driven.
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* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Coco, who is skillful with tools and a WrenchWench, and spends most of the movie in overalls or slacks, but also likes wearing lipsticks and leaving her hair long.
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* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Coco, who is skillful with tools and a WrenchWench, and spends most of the movie in overalls or slacks, but also likes wearing lipsticks and leaving her hair long. It's worth noting that she starts becoming more feminine when she becomes a mother.
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* HateSink: Moon Lee has finally portrayed the most loathsome, despicable character in her career yet, with May the jealous FalseFriend to Yang and a StalkerWithACrush, trying to repeatedly screw over the wedding life between Yang and Wilson, despite Yang being kind enough to have May as her bridesmaid during her wedding. Hiding her jealousy towards her friend, May [[BeneathTheMask pretends to be smiling and cheerful]] in Yang’s presence, but is actually a BitchInSheepsClothing plotting on how to screw Yang over the worst ways possible. She uses a sparring exercise as an excuse to cripple her alleged best friend, and repeatedly beats Yang in front of two dozen police trainees to humiliate her. On the false pretense of making up for her misbehavior in training, May decides to have a friendly visit to Yang and Wilson during dinner, [[spoiler: only to ambush the couple and murder Wilson after subduing Yang, and subsequently frame Yang for Wilson’s death]]. When Yang finds a new friend in Coco, which May finds out later, [[spoiler: she deliberately kidnaps Coco’s son and threatens to blow up the child to force Yang out of hiding]].
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: May approaches the slope when she allows her jealousy of the happy marriage between Yang and Wilson to get the better of her, and she [[spoiler: took the plunge by killing Wilson and framing Yang fir the crime. She keeps falling and never looked back]]...
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: May approaches the slope when she allows her jealousy of the happy marriage between Yang and Wilson to get the better of her, and she [[spoiler: took the plunge by killing Wilson and framing Yang fir the crime. She keeps falling and never looked back]]...
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* HateSink: Moon Lee has finally portrayed the most loathsome, despicable character in her career yet, with May the jealous FalseFriend to Yang and a StalkerWithACrush, trying to repeatedly screw over the wedding life between Yang and Wilson, despite Yang being kind enough to have May as her bridesmaid during her wedding. Hiding her jealousy towards her friend, May [[BeneathTheMask pretends to be smiling and cheerful]] in Yang’s presence, but is actually a BitchInSheepsClothing plotting on how to screw Yang over the worst ways possible. She uses a sparring exercise as an excuse to cripple her alleged best friend, and repeatedly beats Yang in front of two dozen police trainees to humiliate her. On the false pretense of making up for her misbehavior in training, May decides to have a friendly visit to Yang and Wilson during dinner, [[spoiler: only to ambush the couple and murder Wilson after subduing Yang, and subsequently frame Yang for Wilson’s death]]. When Yang finds a new friend in Coco, which May finds out discovers later, [[spoiler: she deliberately kidnaps Coco’s son and threatens to blow up the child to force Yang out of hiding]].
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: May approaches the slope when she allows her jealousy of the happy marriage between Yang and Wilson to get the better of her, and she [[spoiler: took the plunge by killing Wilson and framing Yangfir for the crime. She keeps falling and never looked back]]...crime]].
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* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Coco looks a lot younger and well-maintained for a single mother (who doesn’t even have a stable job) of a child at elementary-school age.
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* AdultFear: [[spoiler: Coco probably had it worst, with her son - her ''only'' child - being abducted by a sadistic psychopath who straps a bomb on him just ForTheEvulz]].
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* LoveMakesYouEvil: May’s eventual turn into becoming a murderous psychopath is sparked off by being unable to let go of her past feelings for Wilson]].
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* HateSink: Moon Lee has finally portrayed the most loathsome, despicable character in her career yet, with May the jealous FalseFriend to Yang who is and a StalkerWithACrush, trying to repeatedly screw over the wedding life between Yang and Wilson, despite Yang being kind enough to have May as her bridesmaid during her wedding. Hiding her jealousy towards her friend, May [[BeneathTheMask pretends to be smiling and cheerful cheerful]] in Yang’s presence, but is actually a BitchInSheepsClothing plotting on how to screw Yang over the worst ways possible. She uses a sparring exercise as an excuse to cripple her alleged best friend, and repeatedly beats Yang in front of two dozen police trainees to humiliate her. On the false pretense of making up for her misbehavior in training, May decides to have a friendly visit to Yang and Wilson during dinner, [[spoiler: only to ambush the couple and murder Wilson after subduing Yang, and subsequently frame Yang for Wilson’s death.death]]. When Yang finds a new friend in Coco, which May finds out later, [[spoiler: she deliberately kidnaps Coco’s son and threatens to blow up the child to force Yang out of hiding]].
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: May eventually crosses the line when she tries to kidnap Coco’s son, and attempts to have the boy killed. She eventually gets shot dead when, in an attempt to kill Coco, she fails to notice the boy had picked up a nearby pistol and fired a shot from point-blank, hitting May in the throat and finishing her off for good]].
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: May eventually crosses the line when she tries to kidnap kidnaps Coco’s son, son and attempts to have the boy killed. killed to intimidate Yang and Coco. She eventually gets shot dead when, in an attempt to kill Coco, she May fails to notice that the boy had picked up a nearby pistol and fired a shot from point-blank, hitting May in the throat and finishing her off for good]].
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* ByTheHair: As seen on the poster above, during the final fight scene Yang briefly managed to subdue May by grabbing her hair and slamming her downwards, before pulling May across the floor by the hair.
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* WireDilemma: Averted, when [[spoiler: Coco attempts to cut the wires on a TImeBomb which is strapped onto her son. Yang, who is busy fighting May, shouts for Coco to "try the yellow one". It works]].
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* WireDilemma: Averted, when [[spoiler: Coco attempts to cut the wires on aTImeBomb TimeBomb which is strapped onto her son. Yang, who is busy fighting May, shouts for Coco to "try the yellow one". It works]].
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''A Serious Shock! Yes Madam!'', also known as ''Death Triangle'' is a 1992 action film starring Cynthia Khan, Creator/YukariOshima and Creator/MoonLee. One of many female-led action movies from early 90s Hong Kong, the movie surprisingly takes on a more dramatic turn, being more character-focused than the norm of these kind of movies being action-driven.
Inspector Yang (Cynthia Khan) and Inspector May (Lee) are partners and best buddies in the police force, but both of them had a crush on the same man, Wilson (Lawrence Ng). Despite Wilson eventually settling with Yang and the two of them becoming engaged, May is unwilling to let Wilson go, where she tries convincing him to cheat on Yang, but when Wilson remains loyal, May - driven by envy - decides to go on a self-destructive rampage and turn on her closest friend.
Along the way, there is a sub-plot involving Coco (Oshima), a former car thief-turned-mechanic, who used to be part of a triad and was once arrested by Yang, but have since attempted to turn straight after giving birth to her son. When May's treachery is revealed, Yang had to unexpectedly turn to Coco for assistance.
Despite the title, the movie has nothing to do with the Hong Kong ActionGirl classic, ''Film/YesMadam''. It was supposed to be a sequel of sorts, but the idea was scrapped in the last minute - nevertheless, for some baffling reason the studios decide to keep its name as it is.
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!!''A Serious Shock! Yes Madam!'' contains the following tropes
* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Coco looks a lot younger and well-maintained for a single mother (who doesn’t even have a stable job) of a child at elementary-school age.
* ActionGirl: May, Yang and Coco can all kick copious amounts of ass, but as the film progresses and May reveals her sinister true self, she starts becoming a DarkActionGirl instead.
* BikerBabe: Coco’s preferred mode of transportation is her motorcycle, which she is seen riding a few times.
* BlatantLies: A sobbing May telling her police Sergeant that [[spoiler: Yang murdered Wilson due to a family quarrel which May attempts to stop unsuccessfully]]… when the truth is, [[spoiler: May had Yang handcuffed to a staircase banister, and then brutally beats Wilson to death before shooting him with Yang’s pistol, then knocking Yang unconscious while wiping her fingerprints off the weapon]].
* BloodFromTheMouth:
**[[spoiler: May, after Coco presses a button on a remote which moves an overhead platform, causing her to slip and fall a hundred meters face-down]]. But somehow, that’s [[spoiler: not enough to kill her]].
** [[spoiler: Yang coughed up some blood after getting ambushed by the NotQuiteDead May]]. Her last words are asking for Coco’s son to call her "mom" one last time, although whether she survives the movie or not is an AmbiguousEnding.
* BulletProofVest: [[spoiler: In the final shootout, Yang manage to get the drop on May and shoot her several times in her chest and torso knocking her down, but May had a vest on her, and she quickly gets back up]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Halfway through the film, the audience catches a glimpse of Coco’s past, which involves her, while pregnant, [[spoiler: stabbing her cheating husband and his ManipulativeBitch of a mistress to death]]. She ends up being haunted by the memory of what she did in the past while having a ScreamingBirth.
* DesignatedGirlFight: Well, with a cast consisting of three of Hong Kong’s top action babes (Moon Lee as May, Cynthia Khan as Yang, Yukari Oshima as Coco), that’s expected. There is Yang vs. May, Coco vs. Yang, and [[spoiler: Coco and Yang vs. May in the climax]].
* DragonLady: May’s attire in the final action scene invokes this, what with her clad in a red outfit with black, sleeveless coat with dragon markings emblazoned on it.
* HasTwoMommies: Coco’s son, who sees Auntie Yang as a ParentalSubstitute. After [[spoiler: May was apparently dealt with]], the boy quickly runs out of his mother’s grasp and towards Yang and hugs her as well.
* HateSink: Moon Lee has finally portrayed the most loathsome, despicable character in her career yet, with May the jealous FalseFriend to Yang who is a StalkerWithACrush, trying to repeatedly screw over the wedding life between Yang and Wilson, despite Yang being kind enough to have May as her bridesmaid during her wedding. Hiding her jealousy towards her friend, May pretends to be smiling and cheerful in Yang’s presence, but is actually a BitchInSheepsClothing plotting on how to screw Yang over the worst ways possible. She uses a sparring exercise as an excuse to cripple her alleged best friend, and repeatedly beats Yang in front of two dozen police trainees to humiliate her. On the false pretense of making up for her misbehavior in training, May decides to have a friendly visit to Yang and Wilson during dinner, only to ambush the couple and murder Wilson after subduing Yang, and subsequently frame Yang for Wilson’s death. When Yang finds a new friend in Coco, which May finds out later, [[spoiler: she deliberately kidnaps Coco’s son and threatens to blow up the child to force Yang out of hiding]].
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: May eventually crosses the line when she tries to kidnap Coco’s son, and attempts to have the boy killed. She eventually gets shot dead when, in an attempt to kill Coco, she fails to notice the boy had picked up a nearby pistol and fired a shot from point-blank, hitting May in the throat and finishing her off for good]].
* LoveMakesYouEvil: May’s eventual turn into becoming aa murderous psychopath is sparked off by being unable to let go of her past feelings for Wilson]].
* LoveTriangle: Between Yang, May and Wilson. Despite the fact that Yang is Wilson’s fiancé, May still desperately clings on to Wilson until… lets just say the trope [[spoiler: MurderTheHypotenuse]] is there for a reason, shall we?
* MamaBear: Coco, who goes through hell and back to save her child. May learns her lesson of trying to kidnap Coco’s boy, the hard way when Coco kicks May off a tall platform and later [[spoiler: activates a remote that triggers an overhead realing May is on, causing May to fall for over a hundred meters on her face]].
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: May, during a casual visit to Wilson and Yang’s home and realizing she couldn’t have Wilson to herself, immediately grabs Wilson and beats him repeatedly like a punching bag, holding him to a wall and physically assaulting him, until Yang had to force her to stop by pointing a gun on May.
* ParentsAsPeople: Coco may be depicted as a con artist, gangster, tough WrenchWench and professional fighter, but behind all that, she’s still a mother who desperately does all she can to provide the best for her son.
* PsychoEx: May [[NotGoodWithRejection could not handle rejection from Wilson properly]], and her tendency of being a GreenEyedMonster causes her to stalk Wilson and Yang, dump a whole bucket of red paint on the bed in Wilson and May’s bedroom to intimidate them, proceed to make Yang’s life difficult while still posing as Yang’s friend, and ultimately [[spoiler: murder Wilson, frame Yang for the murder, and try to do the same to Yang]].
* RaceAgainstTheClock: The final battle, where Yang and Coco had to take on May while trying to locate Coco’s missing son, who had a TimeBomb strapped on him which is ticking away. Naturally they split up when they had the chance, Yang fighting May one-on-one while Coco frantically searches through various boxes and containers while calling her son’s name. [[spoiler: She managed to find him with the bomb poised to blow in 2 minutes, and when she finally cuts the wire the timer is at ''exactly'' '''[[RightOnTheTick ONE]]''' second left]].
* RoaringRampageOfRescue: [[spoiler: The final confrontation where Coco and Yang teams up to take on May, who had abducted Coco’s son and is using the boy to force both her targets out of hiding so that she can have them both killed]].
* ScreamingBirth: Coco, when giving birth to her child all by herself under a boat in the docks.
* StrugglingSingleMother: Coco, after the TimeSkip post-second act of the film when she becomes a mother to her son.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: May, at the end of the movie, turns out to be NotQuiteDead, and uses the last ounce of her strength to suddenly ambush Coco and Yang just as they were about to leave. She managed to stab Yang InTheBack and give Coco an AgonizingStomachWound, but before she can do worse Coco’s son picks up Yang’s dropped pistol and shoots May in the face]].
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Coco, who is skillful with tools and a WrenchWench, and spends most of the movie in overalls or slacks, but also likes wearing lipsticks and leaving her hair long.
* TrainingAccident: May "accidentally" breaking Yang’s hips and stomping her ribcage during as training exercise, which she deliberately executes a sharp, brutal strike on purpose to antagonize Yang for "stealing" Wilson from her.
* WireDilemma: Averted, when [[spoiler: Coco attempts to cut the wires on a TImeBomb which is strapped onto her son. Yang, who is busy fighting May, shouts for Coco to "try the yellow one". It works]].
* WouldHurtAChild: May would [[spoiler: strap a TimeBomb on a child just to get back at Yang and Coco]]…
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[[caption-width-right:350: Yukari Oshi-''mom'' will tear a new hole in anyone who's threatening her child.]]
''A Serious Shock! Yes Madam!'', also known as ''Death Triangle'' is a 1992 action film starring Cynthia Khan, Creator/YukariOshima and Creator/MoonLee. One of many female-led action movies from early 90s Hong Kong, the movie surprisingly takes on a more dramatic turn, being more character-focused than the norm of these kind of movies being action-driven.
Inspector Yang (Cynthia Khan) and Inspector May (Lee) are partners and best buddies in the police force, but both of them had a crush on the same man, Wilson (Lawrence Ng). Despite Wilson eventually settling with Yang and the two of them becoming engaged, May is unwilling to let Wilson go, where she tries convincing him to cheat on Yang, but when Wilson remains loyal, May - driven by envy - decides to go on a self-destructive rampage and turn on her closest friend.
Along the way, there is a sub-plot involving Coco (Oshima), a former car thief-turned-mechanic, who used to be part of a triad and was once arrested by Yang, but have since attempted to turn straight after giving birth to her son. When May's treachery is revealed, Yang had to unexpectedly turn to Coco for assistance.
Despite the title, the movie has nothing to do with the Hong Kong ActionGirl classic, ''Film/YesMadam''. It was supposed to be a sequel of sorts, but the idea was scrapped in the last minute - nevertheless, for some baffling reason the studios decide to keep its name as it is.
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!!''A Serious Shock! Yes Madam!'' contains the following tropes
* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Coco looks a lot younger and well-maintained for a single mother (who doesn’t even have a stable job) of a child at elementary-school age.
* ActionGirl: May, Yang and Coco can all kick copious amounts of ass, but as the film progresses and May reveals her sinister true self, she starts becoming a DarkActionGirl instead.
* BikerBabe: Coco’s preferred mode of transportation is her motorcycle, which she is seen riding a few times.
* BlatantLies: A sobbing May telling her police Sergeant that [[spoiler: Yang murdered Wilson due to a family quarrel which May attempts to stop unsuccessfully]]… when the truth is, [[spoiler: May had Yang handcuffed to a staircase banister, and then brutally beats Wilson to death before shooting him with Yang’s pistol, then knocking Yang unconscious while wiping her fingerprints off the weapon]].
* BloodFromTheMouth:
**[[spoiler: May, after Coco presses a button on a remote which moves an overhead platform, causing her to slip and fall a hundred meters face-down]]. But somehow, that’s [[spoiler: not enough to kill her]].
** [[spoiler: Yang coughed up some blood after getting ambushed by the NotQuiteDead May]]. Her last words are asking for Coco’s son to call her "mom" one last time, although whether she survives the movie or not is an AmbiguousEnding.
* BulletProofVest: [[spoiler: In the final shootout, Yang manage to get the drop on May and shoot her several times in her chest and torso knocking her down, but May had a vest on her, and she quickly gets back up]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Halfway through the film, the audience catches a glimpse of Coco’s past, which involves her, while pregnant, [[spoiler: stabbing her cheating husband and his ManipulativeBitch of a mistress to death]]. She ends up being haunted by the memory of what she did in the past while having a ScreamingBirth.
* DesignatedGirlFight: Well, with a cast consisting of three of Hong Kong’s top action babes (Moon Lee as May, Cynthia Khan as Yang, Yukari Oshima as Coco), that’s expected. There is Yang vs. May, Coco vs. Yang, and [[spoiler: Coco and Yang vs. May in the climax]].
* DragonLady: May’s attire in the final action scene invokes this, what with her clad in a red outfit with black, sleeveless coat with dragon markings emblazoned on it.
* HasTwoMommies: Coco’s son, who sees Auntie Yang as a ParentalSubstitute. After [[spoiler: May was apparently dealt with]], the boy quickly runs out of his mother’s grasp and towards Yang and hugs her as well.
* HateSink: Moon Lee has finally portrayed the most loathsome, despicable character in her career yet, with May the jealous FalseFriend to Yang who is a StalkerWithACrush, trying to repeatedly screw over the wedding life between Yang and Wilson, despite Yang being kind enough to have May as her bridesmaid during her wedding. Hiding her jealousy towards her friend, May pretends to be smiling and cheerful in Yang’s presence, but is actually a BitchInSheepsClothing plotting on how to screw Yang over the worst ways possible. She uses a sparring exercise as an excuse to cripple her alleged best friend, and repeatedly beats Yang in front of two dozen police trainees to humiliate her. On the false pretense of making up for her misbehavior in training, May decides to have a friendly visit to Yang and Wilson during dinner, only to ambush the couple and murder Wilson after subduing Yang, and subsequently frame Yang for Wilson’s death. When Yang finds a new friend in Coco, which May finds out later, [[spoiler: she deliberately kidnaps Coco’s son and threatens to blow up the child to force Yang out of hiding]].
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: May eventually crosses the line when she tries to kidnap Coco’s son, and attempts to have the boy killed. She eventually gets shot dead when, in an attempt to kill Coco, she fails to notice the boy had picked up a nearby pistol and fired a shot from point-blank, hitting May in the throat and finishing her off for good]].
* LoveMakesYouEvil: May’s eventual turn into becoming aa murderous psychopath is sparked off by being unable to let go of her past feelings for Wilson]].
* LoveTriangle: Between Yang, May and Wilson. Despite the fact that Yang is Wilson’s fiancé, May still desperately clings on to Wilson until… lets just say the trope [[spoiler: MurderTheHypotenuse]] is there for a reason, shall we?
* MamaBear: Coco, who goes through hell and back to save her child. May learns her lesson of trying to kidnap Coco’s boy, the hard way when Coco kicks May off a tall platform and later [[spoiler: activates a remote that triggers an overhead realing May is on, causing May to fall for over a hundred meters on her face]].
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: May, during a casual visit to Wilson and Yang’s home and realizing she couldn’t have Wilson to herself, immediately grabs Wilson and beats him repeatedly like a punching bag, holding him to a wall and physically assaulting him, until Yang had to force her to stop by pointing a gun on May.
* ParentsAsPeople: Coco may be depicted as a con artist, gangster, tough WrenchWench and professional fighter, but behind all that, she’s still a mother who desperately does all she can to provide the best for her son.
* PsychoEx: May [[NotGoodWithRejection could not handle rejection from Wilson properly]], and her tendency of being a GreenEyedMonster causes her to stalk Wilson and Yang, dump a whole bucket of red paint on the bed in Wilson and May’s bedroom to intimidate them, proceed to make Yang’s life difficult while still posing as Yang’s friend, and ultimately [[spoiler: murder Wilson, frame Yang for the murder, and try to do the same to Yang]].
* RaceAgainstTheClock: The final battle, where Yang and Coco had to take on May while trying to locate Coco’s missing son, who had a TimeBomb strapped on him which is ticking away. Naturally they split up when they had the chance, Yang fighting May one-on-one while Coco frantically searches through various boxes and containers while calling her son’s name. [[spoiler: She managed to find him with the bomb poised to blow in 2 minutes, and when she finally cuts the wire the timer is at ''exactly'' '''[[RightOnTheTick ONE]]''' second left]].
* RoaringRampageOfRescue: [[spoiler: The final confrontation where Coco and Yang teams up to take on May, who had abducted Coco’s son and is using the boy to force both her targets out of hiding so that she can have them both killed]].
* ScreamingBirth: Coco, when giving birth to her child all by herself under a boat in the docks.
* StrugglingSingleMother: Coco, after the TimeSkip post-second act of the film when she becomes a mother to her son.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: May, at the end of the movie, turns out to be NotQuiteDead, and uses the last ounce of her strength to suddenly ambush Coco and Yang just as they were about to leave. She managed to stab Yang InTheBack and give Coco an AgonizingStomachWound, but before she can do worse Coco’s son picks up Yang’s dropped pistol and shoots May in the face]].
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Coco, who is skillful with tools and a WrenchWench, and spends most of the movie in overalls or slacks, but also likes wearing lipsticks and leaving her hair long.
* TrainingAccident: May "accidentally" breaking Yang’s hips and stomping her ribcage during as training exercise, which she deliberately executes a sharp, brutal strike on purpose to antagonize Yang for "stealing" Wilson from her.
* WireDilemma: Averted, when [[spoiler: Coco attempts to cut the wires on a TImeBomb which is strapped onto her son. Yang, who is busy fighting May, shouts for Coco to "try the yellow one". It works]].
* WouldHurtAChild: May would [[spoiler: strap a TimeBomb on a child just to get back at Yang and Coco]]…
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