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* TrainingMontage: Shi had to undergo a training scene while being supervised by Master Ding's daughter, to maje himself stronger. Naturally he spends much of the sequence goofing off.

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* TrainingMontage: Shi had to undergo a training scene while being supervised by Master Ding's daughter, to maje make himself stronger. Naturally he spends much of the sequence goofing off.
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* FacialMarkings: on Shih's three final opponents, the Three Elites - a trio of deadly martial artists whose faces are painted in red, blue and white, in that order, and with the motif of a burning fire on their foreheads. Their facial markings denotes them to be the toughest boss fights in the finale.


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* JailBake: A variant: the all-important MacGuffin, a metal plaque, is baked into a pancake. It inevitably ends up in Shih Potian's hands, and he ends up biting into it while hungry.
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* IdiotHero: Shi Potian is definitely '''not''' the sharpest knife in the drawer.


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* TrainingMontage: Shi had to undergo a training scene while being supervised by Master Ding's daughter, to maje himself stronger. Naturally he spends much of the sequence goofing off.
* WireFu: Of course.

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A 1982 Hong Kong film directed by Creator/ChangCheh that has a wanderer (Creator/PhilipKwok) being repeatedly mistaken for someone else and being drawn into violent battles.

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A 1982 Hong Kong Creator/ShawBrothers film directed by Creator/ChangCheh that has a wanderer (Creator/PhilipKwok) being repeatedly mistaken for someone else and being drawn into violent battles.




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* DualBoss: This film has a live-action ''Triple'' Boss example in the form of the White Tiger, Red Bird and Green Dragon, that Shi Potian have to fight, and defeat, at the end of the film.



* SpitTake: There's a scene where Grandmaster Ding questions Shi of his name, only for Shi freely admitting that his name is "Bastard". Cue the Grandmaster spitting his tea.

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* SpitTake: There's a scene where Grandmaster Ding questions Shi of his name, only for Shi freely admitting that his name is "Bastard". Cue the Grandmaster spitting his tea.tea.
* TerribleTrio: The three final villains that poses a threat to the martial art clans, which Shi Potian had to defeat, nicknamed the White Tiger, Red Bird and Green Dragon, serves as the lengthy final boss battle of the film.
* {{Wuxia}}: A LighterAndSofter variety.
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A 1982 Hong Kong film directed by Creator/ChangCheh that has a wanderer (Creator/PhilipKwok) being repeatedly mistaken for someone else and being drawn into violent battles.

The movie also stars Creator/WenHsuehErh, Creator/YauChuiLing, Creator/TeresaHa, Creator/ChiangSheng, and Creator/ChuKo.

It was released on December 16, 1982.

!Tropes for the film:
* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: A subplot involves Shi Potian, a hooligan reluctantly dragged into a martial arts clan conspiracy, being forced to marry a Clan chief's granddaughter, but the wedding is interrupted by an ambush the next day.
* BareHandedBladeBlock: Master Xie's ''qi'' is so powerful, he can block Shi's huge sword with ''two fingers''.
* FingerPokeOfDoom: Master Xie's first scene had him poking four expert fighters in their foreheads, which kills them on the spot with a small bloody hole where he touched. Later on he kills all 20 members of a rival clan by fingerpoking their foreheads, ''one at a time''.
* KneelBeforeFrodo: Shi, appearing to a beggar and drifter, proving himself as the true successor of his clan. Cue the entire clan, including the seniors, kneeling.
* SpitTake: There's a scene where Grandmaster Ding questions Shi of his name, only for Shi freely admitting that his name is "Bastard". Cue the Grandmaster spitting his tea.

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