History Film / WarriorsOfVirtue

* FiveManBand: The Warriors of Virtue.
** TheHero: Yun, Virtue of Benevolence.
** TheLancer: Lai, Virtue of Order.
** TheSmartGuy: Chi, Virtue of Wisdom.
** TheBigGuy: Yee, Virtue of Righteousness.
** TheChick: Tsun, Virtue of Loyalty.

* WeaponOfChoice: Yun and Tsun wield [[CoolSword swords]], Lai has a wooden staff, Chi uses [[WhipItGood fire whips]], and Yee carries [[RingsOfDeath huge metal rings]].

* WeaponOfChoice: Yun and Tsun wield [[CoolSword swords]], Lai has a [[SimpleStaff wooden staff]], Chi uses [[WhipItGood fire whips]], and Yee carries [[RingsOfDeath huge metal rings]].

* MoralDissonance:
** At the end of the movie, Ryan demonstrates his newfound virtue by [[spoiler:leaving Brad stranded at the Treatment plant behind a torrent of water, leading the rest of Brad's 'friends' away while they mock the terrified jock. He says he's going to call the police and get Brad out, but even so...]]
** Just so we're all clear on this point, [[spoiler:the Warriors forgave Komodo, the insane, self-obsessed warlord, and offered him a place in their community even though he tried to kill them all and callously destroyed their ecosystem. Whereas a mere jerky football player is unworthy of your sympathy. To be fair, it's apparent he's no longer the same man, and doesn't even remember anything from before though.]]

* MoralDissonance: In "Yun and the Sea Serpent", Yun deals with the beast by [[spoiler: [[MouthStitchedShut sewing its mouth shut]], while it's awake, aware and ''thrashing in agony''. True, he says that he leaves enough slack for it to eat plankton, and it was to correct the serpent's [[ImAHumanitarian original dietary habits]], but ''still''...]]

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Everyone in the film pronounces Tao as T-ao. As the name of a fantasy world it's fine on its own, but it ends up sounding like they're trying to say the religious term phonetically.

* EvilIsHammy: Komodo, like you wouldn't believe. Creator/AngusMacFayden was clearly having the time of his life devouring the scenery.

* EvilIsHammy: Komodo, like you wouldn't believe. Angus McFayden was clearly having the time of his life devouring the scenery.

* EvilIsHammy: Komodo, like you wouldn't believe.

* LargeHam: '''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i99ovxEGVU Komodo]]"'''. Also, Ming when he shows off while cooking.

* HeelFaceTurn: General Grillo turns good after Komodo is defeated along with (it's implied) all the rest of his followers, ordering that they release the imprisoned villagers.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Tracy, a female member of Brad’s clique, serves as the deuteragonist of the book “Tsun and the Rats”.

* JerkJock: Brad.
* KickTheDog: Barbarocious [[spoiler: killing Elysia]], and then Komodo killing Barbarocious in response to that. He clearly has no romantic feelings for her since she's just a pawn to him, [[spoiler: Elysia is the one he loves.]]

* [[LikeASonToMe Like A Brother To Me]]: Ryan to Elysia. [[spoiler:This is what gets her killed.]]

* TokenBlackFriend: Like so many family films of the era, Ryan’s only true friend is a black kid named Chucky.
* ThisIsUnforgivable:
** [[spoiler:Elysia has never forgiven Yun for the death of her brother, even though it was an accident. She believes that it was still a life and also broke the Warriors' creed.]]

* WeaponOfChoice: Yun and Tsun wield [[CoolSword swords]], Lai has a [[SimpleStaff wooden staff]], Chi uses [[WhipItGood fire whips]], and Yee carries [[RingsOfDeath huge metal rings]].

A series of five books were released afterward as a set of sequels: each volume followed one of the Roos as they split up (accompanied by a Ryan, Chucky and some of their so-called friends) to solve a problem facing each Warrior's homeland.

A series of five books were released afterward as a set of sequels: each volume followed one of the Roos as they split up (accompanied by a TagalongKid) to solve a problem facing each Warrior's homeland.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Everyone in the film pronounces Tao as T-ao. As the name of a fantasy world it's fine on it's own, but it ends up sounding like they're trying to say the religious term phonetically.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Komodo seems genuinely broken up over Elysia's death when she's killed.]]

* MoralityPet: [[spoiler: Ryan for Elysia.]]

* AwardBaitSong: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHYkEwf_8go#t=1h38m47s Inside of You]]" by Richie Havens, followed by "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHYkEwf_8go#t=1h40m36s You Can Fly]]" by Wade Hubbard.

* BlackBestFriend: Chucky. He tells Ryan how important he is and what he should do and he gets left behind in the Real World. He returns with a bigger role in the sequel.

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Subverted. Dogon settled to give Ryan and the other characters a FateWorseThanDeath.

* CatScare: "Lai and the Headhunters".

* TagalongKid

* WomanInWhite: Elysia looks like an angel in her flowing white dress. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, looks are deceiving in this case.]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Shit happens.

* HeelFaceTurn: General Grillo turns good after Komodo is defeated along with (it's implied) all the rest of his followers, ordering that they release all their prisoners.

* LargeHam: '''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i99ovxEGVU Komodo]]"'''.
** Also, Ming when he shows off while cooking.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: General Grillo was once with the Warriors of Virtue, and Yun tries appealing to this when they're captured by Komodo. However, even then they were apparently rivals, and Grillo reminds Yun of that, rejecting his plea.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: General Grillo was once with the Warriors of Virtue, and Yun tries appealing to this when they're captured by Komodo. However, even then they were apparently rivals.

* NoodleIncident: [[spoiler:We know that Yun killed Elysia's brother. But we never learn anything else about it or the circumstances of it. It's possible that he was a civilian and he may have gotten caught in the crossfire of Yun and Komodo's minions' fight. Another possibility would be he followed Komodo, just as Elysia ends up doing.]]

** At the end of the movie, Ryan demonstrates his newfound virtue by [[spoiler:leaving Brad stranded at the Treatment plant behind a torrent of water, leading the rest of Brad's 'friends' away while they mock the terrified jock. Uh...?]]
** Just so we're all clear on this point, [[spoiler:the Warriors forgave Komodo, the insane, self-obsessed warlord, and offered him a place in their community even though he tried to kill them all and callously destroyed their ecosystem. Whereas a mere jerky football player is unworthy of your sympathy.]]
** [[spoiler: He says he's going to go call the police to get the jock out. What else would a sensible person do in that situation?]]

* NoodleIncident: [[spoiler:We know that Yun killed Elysia's brother. But we never learn anything else about it or the circumstances of it. It's possible that he was a civilian and he may have gotten caught in the crossfire of Yun and Komodo's minions' fight.]]

* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: "Shit happens."
** Not to mention Elysia's low-cut dresses later in the movie.

* BlackBestFriend: Chucky. He tells Ryan how important he is and what he should do and he gets left behind in the Real World.
** He returns with a bigger role in the sequel.

* EasilyForgiven: The Warriors of Virtue were surprisingly accepting when Komodo returned with a unexplained case of amnesia and a level in kindness. Despite the fact that he killed their master, almost killed them, then enslaved their world.

* LaughingMad: Kind of a subversion, because Komodo's laughing doesn't tell he goes insane...it tells that he IS insane. Seriously, you can never predict when he bursts to maniacal laughter.

* MoralDissonance: At the end of the movie, Ryan demonstrates his newfound virtue by [[spoiler:leaving Brad stranded at the Treatment plant behind a torrent of water, leading the rest of Brad's 'friends' away while they mock the terrified jock. Uh...?]]
** Just so we're all clear on the above point, [[spoiler:the Warriors forgave Komodo, the insane, self-obsessed warlord, and offered him a place in their community even though he tried to kill them all and callously destroyed their ecosystem. Whereas a mere jerky football player is unworthy of your sympathy.]]

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Elysia.]]
** [[spoiler:This is debatable. She didn't have a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes she just didn't want Ryan to get hurt]].]]

* ShoutOut: "[[Film/TheWarriors Warriors!]] Come out and plaaaay!"

* ThisIsUnforgivable: [[spoiler:Elysia has never forgiven Yun for the death of her brother, even though it was an accident. She believes that it was still a life and also broke the Warriors' creed.]]

* ThouShaltNotKill: An integral part of the Warriors' Code. Results in a world-threatening war that has rages for years and apparently produced *one* casualty by the Warriors - of an innocent person. Since Komodo's forces were, presumably, not restricted by the Warriors' Code and could kill and enslave all they wanted, it's no wonder the good guys were on the ropes by the time Ryan showed up...

** It turns out there's another reason that rule is in place: [[spoiler: If you use your powers to kill someone, you temporarily ''lose'' them. This is ultimately what leads to Komodo's defeat.]]

* WeCanRuleTogether: When he captures Ryan, Komodo attempts to sway him to his side.
** [[spoiler:It's unknown if he did this with Elysia or if she was already on his side.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Dogon decided that Ryan and his friends' punishment was to live in his shame and ''staying outside of the cells'' was more efficient than killing them off or locking them up. If only he knew how this would come back to hurt him later.
** Admittedly, they were tied up and under heavy guard. Though not killing them was a pretty dumb move.

* BrattyHalfPint: Chi admits to being one in "Chi and the Giant", as well as a former [[ThePrankster Prankster]] who used trickery to get back at the others teasing him for being the youngest.

* TakeThat: While describing the land of Tao to Ryan, Ming tells him there are "no guns, no lasers, no morphing...", a rather clear swipe at that [[MightyMorphinPowerRangers other martial-arts-focused franchise involving guns, lasers, and morphing]] which was fairly popular at the time this film was released.

* GutturalGrowler: One of the Warriors of Virtue sounds like [[InspectorGadget Doctor Claw]].

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Everyone in the film pronounces Tao as T-ao.