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-->'''Man-sai''': I wish you'd use my full name: Tat Man-sai.\\
'''Ling Ling-chat''': No problem, Man-sai!\\
'''Man-sai''': Thank you.\\
'''Ling Ling-chat''': Don't mention it, Man-sai.

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-->'''Man-sai''': -->'''Man-sai:''' I wish you'd use my full name: Tat Man-sai.\\
'''Ling Ling-chat''': Ling-chat:''' No problem, Man-sai!\\
'''Man-sai''': '''Man-sai:''' Thank you.\\
'''Ling Ling-chat''': Ling-chat:''' Don't mention it, Man-sai.
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* RunningJoke: Throughout the film, Ling Ling-chat never follows Man-sai's requests to use his full name.

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* RunningJoke: RunningGag: Throughout the film, Ling Ling-chat never follows Man-sai's requests to use his full name.
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* SuperFlyReflexes: Used to establish Ling-Ling-Chat's CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass credentials. While he claims to be a master with blades, he supposedly misses the plush doll he was aiming at in his initial display. Later, when Ling-Ling-Chat is taken hostage, his partner Kam realizes he [[ExactlyWhatIAimedAt hit a fly]] in the corner of the room, proving to her that he's very dangerous and that the bank robbers are about to be very dead.
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The movie also stars Creator/AnitaYuen, Creator/LawKarKing, Creator/WongKamKong, Creator/JoeCheng, Creator/PaulineChen, and Creator/WongYatFei.

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The movie also stars Creator/AnitaYuen, Creator/LawKarKing, Creator/WongKamKong, Creator/AnitaYuen (as Kam), Creator/LawKarYing (as Tat Man-sai), Creator/WongKamKong as The Man with the Golden Gun), Creator/JoeCheng, Creator/PaulineChen, Creator/PaulineChen (as the female spy from Shenyang), and Creator/WongYatFei.
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The movie also stars Creator/AnitaYuen, Creator/KarKingLaw, Creator/KamKongWong, Creator/JoeCheng, Creator/PaulineChen, and Creator/YatFeiWong.

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The movie also stars Creator/AnitaYuen, Creator/KarKingLaw, Creator/KamKongWong, Creator/LawKarKing, Creator/WongKamKong, Creator/JoeCheng, Creator/PaulineChen, and Creator/YatFeiWong.
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* DarkIsEvil: PlayedForLaughs with Yuen, whose [[FaceFramedInShadow face is constantly shadowed]] whenever he gives video briefings to Heung-kam when she's alone. As soon as Ling Ling-chat discovers them, Yuen immediately turns the lights on to keep his face well-lit.



* RogueSoldier: The [[FarEastAsianTerrorists Man with the Golden Gun]] is actually an officer in the People's Liberation Army named Yuen - the one who picked Ling Ling-chat for this assignment.

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* RogueSoldier: The [[FarEastAsianTerrorists Man with the Golden Gun]] is actually an officer in the People's Liberation Army named Yuen - Yuen, the one who picked Ling Ling-chat for this assignment.
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* ComicallySmallBribe: Ling Ling-chat narrowly escapes "death by firing squad" by bribing its commanding officer with just 100 RMB [[note]]about US$12 in 1994[[/note]] and some cigarettes for the whole squad.
* CrazyPrepared: One soldier in the firing squad [[NoKillLikeOverkill blows a prisoner out of the sky]] with a rocket launcher after he almost escapes with a flying leap.

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* ComicallySmallBribe: Ling Ling-chat narrowly escapes "death by firing squad" by bribing its commanding officer with just 100 RMB [[note]]about US$12 in 1994[[/note]] and some cigarettes for the whole squad.
soldiers.
* CrazyPrepared: One soldier man in the firing squad [[NoKillLikeOverkill blows a prisoner out of the sky]] with a rocket launcher after he stuns the others with a ShockwaveStomp and almost escapes with a flying leap.



* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Man with the Golden Gun is exactly that - a man with a single shot, gold-plated gun that fires explosive bullets, in addition to also wearing an impenetrable suit of armour.

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Man with the Golden Gun is exactly that - a man with a single shot, gold-plated gun that fires explosive bullets, in addition to bullets. Unlike the ''Bond'' villain though, he also wearing wears an impenetrable suit of armour.



* JurisdictionFriction: Deputy Captain Chan from Shenyang butts heads with Yuen, arguing that since the dinosaur skull was stolen in Shenyang, his agents should be the one handling the case. Unfortunately for him, Yuen ''is'' the Man with the Golden Gun - he doesn't survive the meeting.

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* JurisdictionFriction: Deputy Captain Chan from Shenyang butts heads with Yuen, arguing that since the dinosaur skull was stolen in Shenyang, his agents should be the one handling the case. Unfortunately for him, Chan, Yuen ''is'' the Man with the Golden Gun - he doesn't survive the meeting.
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* ComicallySmallBribe: Ling Ling-chat narrowly escapes "death by firing squad" by bribing its commanding officer with just '''100 RMB''' [[note]]about US$12 in 1994[[/note]].
* CrazyPrepared: The firing squad, who [[NoKillLikeOverkill blows a prisoner out of the sky]] with a rocket launcher after he almost escapes using martial arts.

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* ComicallySmallBribe: Ling Ling-chat narrowly escapes "death by firing squad" by bribing its commanding officer with just '''100 RMB''' 100 RMB [[note]]about US$12 in 1994[[/note]].
1994[[/note]] and some cigarettes for the whole squad.
* CrazyPrepared: The One soldier in the firing squad, who squad [[NoKillLikeOverkill blows a prisoner out of the sky]] with a rocket launcher after he almost escapes using martial arts.with a flying leap.



* TrickedIntoSigning: After surviving Heung-kam's assassination attempt, Ling Ling-chat returns to base to hand in his resignation to Yuen, who asks that he sign a document before being sent to hospital for further treatment. It's actually a false confession that lands him an ''immediate'' sentence in front of a firing squad.

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* TrickedIntoSigning: After surviving Heung-kam's assassination attempt, attempt and becoming disillusioned with his assignment, Ling Ling-chat returns to base to hand in his resignation to Yuen, who asks that he sign a document before being sent to hospital for further treatment. It's actually a false confession that lands him an ''immediate'' immediate sentence in front of a firing squad.

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* ComicallySmallBribe: Ling Ling-chat narrowly escapes "death by firing squad" by bribing its commanding officer with a single '''100 RMB bill''' [[note]]about US$12 in 1994[[/note]].

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* ComicallySmallBribe: Ling Ling-chat narrowly escapes "death by firing squad" by bribing its commanding officer with a single just '''100 RMB bill''' RMB''' [[note]]about US$12 in 1994[[/note]].



* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Man with the Golden Gun is exactly that - a man with a single shot, gold-plated gun that fires explosive bullets, in addition to also wearing an impenetrable suit of armour.



* RogueSoldier: The [[FarEastAsianTerrorists Man with the Golden Gun]] is actually an officer in the People's Liberation Army named Yuen - the man who picked Ling Ling-chat for this assignment.

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* RogueSoldier: The [[FarEastAsianTerrorists Man with the Golden Gun]] is actually an officer in the People's Liberation Army named Yuen - the man one who picked Ling Ling-chat for this assignment.



* WeHardlyKnewYe: The film opens with the previous agent, 006 (played by Creator/YuRongGuang) infiltrating a warehouse full of mooks and absolutely demolishing everyone before he's confronted by the main villain — Golden Gun — and then fatally shot. Cue the opening credits...

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* WeHardlyKnewYe: The film opens with the previous agent, 006 (played by Creator/YuRongGuang) infiltrating a warehouse full of mooks and absolutely demolishing everyone before he's confronted by the main villain — the Man with the Golden Gun — and then fatally shot. Cue the opening credits...
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* JurisdictionFriction: Deputy Captain Chan from Shenyang butts heads with Yuen, arguing that since the dinosaur skull was stolen in Shenyang, his agents should be the one handling the case. Unfortunately for him, Yuen ''is'' the Man with the Golden Gun.

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* JurisdictionFriction: Deputy Captain Chan from Shenyang butts heads with Yuen, arguing that since the dinosaur skull was stolen in Shenyang, his agents should be the one handling the case. Unfortunately for him, Yuen ''is'' the Man with the Golden Gun.Gun - he doesn't survive the meeting.



** Tat Man-sai is the Cantonese transliteration for Da Vinci.

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** Tat Man-sai is the Cantonese transliteration for Da Vinci.Vinci [[note]]Dá Wèn-xī in Mandarin[[/note]].



* RunningJoke: Throughout the film, Ling Ling-chat never follows Man-sai's requests to use his full name: Tat Man-sai.

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* RunningJoke: Throughout the film, Ling Ling-chat never follows Man-sai's requests to use his full name: Tat Man-sai.name.

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* ComicallySmallBribe: Ling Ling-chat narrowly escapes "death by firing squad" by bribing its commanding officer with a '''single''' 100 RMB bill [[note]]about US$12 in 1994[[/note]].

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* ComicallySmallBribe: Ling Ling-chat narrowly escapes "death by firing squad" by bribing its commanding officer with a '''single''' 100 single '''100 RMB bill bill''' [[note]]about US$12 in 1994[[/note]].



* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Seemingly just a bumbling, seriously out of practice agent, Ling Ling-chat quickly proves to be a master bladesman with a strong sense of honour.

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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Seemingly just a bumbling, seriously out of practice out-of-practice agent, Ling Ling-chat quickly proves to be a master bladesman with a strong sense of honour.moral compass.



* InsistentAppellation: Ling Ling-chat never follows Man-sai's requests to use his full name - Tat Man-sai.



* RogueSoldier: There is a [[FarEastAsianTerrorists Chinese terrorist named Golden Gun]], who specializes in using a Thompson Contender that has a bit of a gold finish. His public identity is an officer in the People's Liberation Army named Yuen.

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* RogueSoldier: There is a The [[FarEastAsianTerrorists Chinese terrorist named Man with the Golden Gun]], who specializes in using a Thompson Contender that has a bit of a gold finish. His public identity Gun]] is actually an officer in the People's Liberation Army named Yuen.Yuen - the man who picked Ling Ling-chat for this assignment.
* RunningJoke: Throughout the film, Ling Ling-chat never follows Man-sai's requests to use his full name: Tat Man-sai.
-->'''Man-sai''': I wish you'd use my full name: Tat Man-sai.\\
'''Ling Ling-chat''': No problem, Man-sai!\\
'''Man-sai''': Thank you.\\
'''Ling Ling-chat''': Don't mention it, Man-sai.



* WeHardlyKnewYe: The film opens with the previous agent, 006 (played by Creator/YuRongGuang) infiltrating a warehouse full of mooks, killing everyone before he's fatally shot by the main villain, Golden Gun. Cue opening credits.

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* TrickedIntoSigning: After surviving Heung-kam's assassination attempt, Ling Ling-chat returns to base to hand in his resignation to Yuen, who asks that he sign a document before being sent to hospital for further treatment. It's actually a false confession that lands him an ''immediate'' sentence in front of a firing squad.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: The film opens with the previous agent, 006 (played by Creator/YuRongGuang) infiltrating a warehouse full of mooks, killing mooks and absolutely demolishing everyone before he's fatally shot confronted by the main villain, villain — Golden Gun. Gun — and then fatally shot. Cue the opening credits.credits...
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* InsistentAppellation: Ling Ling-chat never follows Man-sai's requests to use his full name - Tat Man-sai.

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* BackwardsFiringGun: The film has which the assassin picked up from the table and use it as an assassination attempt, but only to hit herself in the arm. After explaining that it's a backwards-firing gun, she tries but hits herself again - it's called the 'Nicked gun" which fires backwards then forwards.
* ComicallySmallBribe: Ling Ling-chat narrowly escapes death by firing squad by bribing its commanding officer with 100 RMB - about US$ 12 in 1994.
* CrazyPrepared: The firing squad, who [[NoKillLikeOverkill blows a prisoner out of the sky]] with a rocket launcher after he attempts to escape using martial arts.
* JurisdictionFriction: Deputy Captain Chan from Shenyang butts heads with Yuen, arguing that since the dinosaur skull was stolen in Shenyang, his agents should be the one handling the case. Unfortunately for him, Yuen ''is'' the man with the Golden Gun.

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* BackwardsFiringGun: The film has which the assassin picked up from the table and Kam tries to use it as Ling Ling-chat's pistol against him in an assassination attempt, but only manages to hit herself in the arm. shoulder. After explaining he explains that it's a backwards-firing gun, she tries again but hits herself again - it's called in the 'Nicked other shoulder - since the so-called "Wicked gun" which fires backwards then forwards.
* CloudCuckoolander: Man-sai, who builds... a ''solar-powered torch'' that only lights up in the presence of another light source.
* ComicallySmallBribe: Ling Ling-chat narrowly escapes death "death by firing squad squad" by bribing its commanding officer with a '''single''' 100 RMB - about US$ 12 bill [[note]]about US$12 in 1994.
1994[[/note]].
* CrazyPrepared: The firing squad, who [[NoKillLikeOverkill blows a prisoner out of the sky]] with a rocket launcher after he attempts to escape almost escapes using martial arts.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Seemingly just a bumbling, seriously out of practice agent, Ling Ling-chat quickly proves to be a master bladesman with a strong sense of honour.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: By channelling his Chi, Ling Ling-chat claims to be able to cut through ''anything'' using even a cutlery knife. In the finale, he uses this know-how to carve through Yuen's seemingly invincible suit of armour with his trusty butcher's cleaver.
* JurisdictionFriction: Deputy Captain Chan from Shenyang butts heads with Yuen, arguing that since the dinosaur skull was stolen in Shenyang, his agents should be the one handling the case. Unfortunately for him, Yuen ''is'' the man Man with the Golden Gun.



** As mentioned earlier, Ling Ling-chat's name is ''basically'' 007.



** The male agent from Shenyang is a clear nod to Jaws, with his metal teeth.

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** The With his metal teeth, the male agent from Shenyang is a clear nod to Jaws, with his metal teeth.Jaws.



* TorpedoTits: The film has a female spy wearing a metal bra which are one-shot cannons. Unfortunately for her, they miss and her target shoots back with a rocket, after which nothing is left of her except the bra.

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* TorpedoTits: The film has a female spy wearing from Shenyang wears a metal bra which are one-shot cannons. contains a pair of flamethrowers. Unfortunately for her, they miss their fuel runs out mid-attack and her target shoots back with a rocket, after which the Golden Gun... nothing is left of her except the bra.

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* AdvancedTech2000: An InUniverse example with the "Kill-You-Dead 3000". An AffectionateParody of ''Film/JamesBond'' movies, this is "gadget" which was really a bunch of dangerous items roped together - picture of a keychain with a knife, stick, glass bottle, etc.

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* AdvancedTech2000: An InUniverse example with the "Kill-You-Dead 3000". An AffectionateParody of ''Film/JamesBond'' movies, this is "gadget" which was is really a bunch of dangerous items roped tied together with metal wire - picture of a keychain with a knife, stick, glass bottle, grenade, bicycle chain, pistol, etc.



* ComicallySmallBribe: Ling Ling-chat narrowly escapes death by firing squad by bribing its commanding officer with 100 RMB - about US$ 12 in 1994.
* CrazyPrepared: The firing squad, who [[NoKillLikeOverkill blows a prisoner out of the sky]] with a rocket launcher after he attempts to escape using martial arts.
* JurisdictionFriction: Deputy Captain Chan from Shenyang butts heads with Yuen, arguing that since the dinosaur skull was stolen in Shenyang, his agents should be the one handling the case. Unfortunately for him, Yuen ''is'' the man with the Golden Gun.
* MeaningfulName: The film's Chinese title [[note]]國產凌凌漆[[/note]], which roughly translates to "Domestically Produced Double-O Seven".
* PunnyName:
** Ling Ling-chat is a homophone for Double-O Seven [[note]]literally, zero-zero-seven[[/note]].
** Tat Man-sai is the Cantonese transliteration for Da Vinci.



* ShoePhone: Parodied in one scene. Ling Ling Chat has what appears to be a walkie-talkie... but it's actually a shaver. He also has what appears to be a shaver... but it's actually a hairdryer. His hairdryer... is actually a shaver. And his shoe? Another hairdryer.

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* ShoePhone: Parodied in one scene. Ling Ling Chat Ling-chat has what appears to be a walkie-talkie... but it's actually a shaver. He also has what appears to be a shaver... but it's actually a hairdryer. His hairdryer... is actually a shaver. And his shoe? Another hairdryer.hairdryer.
* ShoutOut: A given since the film is an affectionate parody of the ''James Bond'' franchise.
** The film's English title brings to mind ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove''.
** As mentioned earlier, Ling Ling-chat's name is ''basically'' 007.
** Man-sai works for what appears to be the Chinese equivalent of Q Branch.
** The male agent from Shenyang is a clear nod to Jaws, with his metal teeth.
** Yuen's alter ego — [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun the Man with the Golden Gun]] — is another ''Bond'' film title.
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* TorpedoTits: The film has a female spy wearing a metal bra which are one-shot cannons. Unfortunately for her, they miss and her target shoots back with a rocket, after which nothing is left of her except the bra.

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* TorpedoTits: The film has a female spy wearing a metal bra which are one-shot cannons. Unfortunately for her, they miss and her target shoots back with a rocket, after which nothing is left of her except the bra.bra.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: The film opens with the previous agent, 006 (played by Creator/YuRongGuang) infiltrating a warehouse full of mooks, killing everyone before he's fatally shot by the main villain, Golden Gun. Cue opening credits.
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A 1994 Hong Kong Spy Comedy directed by Creator/StephenChow and Creator/LeeLikChi that has an incompetent James Bond-wannabe (Chow) being sent to find a stolen dinosaur skull.

The movie also stars Creator/AnitaYuen, Creator/KarKingLaw, Creator/KamKongWong, Creator/JoeCheng, Creator/PaulineChen, and Creator/YatFeiWong.

It was released on September 14, 1994.

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!Tropes for the film:
* AdvancedTech2000: An InUniverse example with the "Kill-You-Dead 3000". An AffectionateParody of ''Film/JamesBond'' movies, this is "gadget" which was really a bunch of dangerous items roped together - picture of a keychain with a knife, stick, glass bottle, etc.
* BackwardsFiringGun: The film has which the assassin picked up from the table and use it as an assassination attempt, but only to hit herself in the arm. After explaining that it's a backwards-firing gun, she tries but hits herself again - it's called the 'Nicked gun" which fires backwards then forwards.
* RogueSoldier: There is a [[FarEastAsianTerrorists Chinese terrorist named Golden Gun]], who specializes in using a Thompson Contender that has a bit of a gold finish. His public identity is an officer in the People's Liberation Army named Yuen.
* ShoePhone: Parodied in one scene. Ling Ling Chat has what appears to be a walkie-talkie... but it's actually a shaver. He also has what appears to be a shaver... but it's actually a hairdryer. His hairdryer... is actually a shaver. And his shoe? Another hairdryer.
* TorpedoTits: The film has a female spy wearing a metal bra which are one-shot cannons. Unfortunately for her, they miss and her target shoots back with a rocket, after which nothing is left of her except the bra.

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