History FistOfTheNorthStar / TropesQToZ

* ThisIsUnforgivable: When Kenshiro growls this phrase at you, it goes without saying that you're pretty much screwed. Kenshiro goes one further after [[spoiler:Shu]]'s death: "When I get done with you... There will be nothing left!!!"

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Many Western fans erroneously think that the TV series' theme song "Ai o Torimodose!!" was sung by a male and female duo. In fact, it was two men. Also some Japanese fans mistakenly believe "Tough Boy" singer Tom to be male when she is female.

* Creator/StreamlinePictures: The English dub of the movie by Streamline Pictures removed most of the backstory regarding the history of Hokuto and Nanto and how their styles worked, had some of the names anglicized or mispronounced (in particular, Raoh pronounces Ryuken's name as "Rye-ah-ken" instead of the proper "Ree-ooh-ken"), and even changed the cause of death of Shin (in the Japanese version, Raoh easily defeats Shin while in the English version, Kenshiro apparently does (making as if he doesn't know his own strength), making it a half-assed anti-climactic CurbStompBattle. On the plus side, it had James Avery ([[Series/FreshPrinceOfBelAir Uncle Phil]]/[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Shredder]]) as the voice of the Fang King.

* StreamlinePictures: The English dub of the movie by Streamline Pictures removed most of the backstory regarding the history of Hokuto and Nanto and how their styles worked, had some of the names anglicized or mispronounced (in particular, Raoh pronounces Ryuken's name as "Rye-ah-ken" instead of the proper "Ree-ooh-ken"), and even changed the cause of death of Shin (in the Japanese version, Raoh easily defeats Shin while in the English version, Kenshiro apparently does (making as if he doesn't know his own strength), making it a half-assed anti-climactic CurbStompBattle. On the plus side, it had James Avery ([[FreshPrinceOfBelAir Uncle Phil]]/[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Shredder]]) as the voice of the Fang King.

* SuperDeformed: There is a spinoff manga with a super deformed art style called ''DD Fist of the North Star''. In this story, "...the characters of Fist of the North Star are living in peaceful Japan. In particular, Kenshirō is a convenience store worker, Raoh works at a factory, and wracked by illness, Toki is looking for work." A TV anime adaptation is planned. This is all stated in this Anime News Network article: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-12-24/dd-fist-of-the-north-star-manga-gets-tv-anime

** In the finale of the anime, the vocal version is played when Kenshiro performs his final blow on Kaioh.

** The Joker is a clear shout to the [[TheJoker eponymous DC villain]].

* TooDumbToLive: A ''lot'' of glaring villain examples in the filler episodes, in particular a BadBoss who has just witnessed Kenshiro ''demolish his fifteen-feet tall henchman'' (whom he brainwashed as a slave since childhood) ''with ONE hand.'' When Kenshiro took pity on the giant and gave him a second chance to be a good person, said BadBoss just '''had''' to murder said-giant in cold-blood, '''then''' taunts the dying man for being a weakling complete with EvilLaugh in front of the horrified-and-angry STILL PRESENT Kenshiro. WhatAnIdiot. Fortunately averted by Souther's troops after his defeat, once Kenshiro's walked back down the pyramid stairs. There's obvious shame and regret over what they were fighting for, but in the first ''Raoh Den'' movie, the kids actually put ''themselves'' between the troops and Kenshiro. Had the troops in that one made a move, Kenshiro would have been ''right there''.

* RazorSharpHand[=/=]RazorWind: Nanto Seiken uses a combination of both - rapid movements of the hands and feet create razor-sharp 'blades' of air pressure, letting practitioners cut off heads with their hands, poke their fingers through ribcages and slice dozens of enemies apart with a single spinning kick. Hyui, the wind-themed member of the Nanto Gohasei, has a similar style that uses pure long-ranged RazorWind.

** In episode #3 of the 1st animé series, the bad mofos make some poor sod shoot down a tin can from the head of his own son. This is a clear ShoutOut to the story about the famous Swiss FolkHero WilhelmTell.

** In episode #3 of the 1st animé series, the bad mofos make some poor sod shoot down a tin can from the head of a child. This is a clear ShoutOut to the story about the famous Swiss FolkHero WilhelmTell.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only prominent female combatant in the original manga is Mamiya, and she's not exactly a powerhouse like the other men. The Arc System Works fighting game and ''Hokuto Musou'' both made her the sole female playable character, although she is the single most powerful playable character in the latter. There are actually quite a number of female martial artists in the franchise as a whole, but almost all of them are [[CanonForeigner anime or game original characters]] or characters from later spin-offs published years after the conclusion of the original manga.

* StoutStrength: Mr. Heart and, to a lesser extent, Fudoh.

* SpamAttack: Hokuto Hyakuretsuken is a classic example.

* StayInTheKitchen: One of the franchise's hang-ups is that it is written to portray women in a particularly patronizing way, even women (such as Mamiya, or Reina from the movies) who are way more competent than the average male villager, mooks, and villain of the week. The sad thing is that the show clearly thought it was pro-woman in some episodes, but it was just incredibly paternalistic.

* ThisIsUnforgivable: When Kenshiro growls this phrase at you, it goes without saying that you're pretty much screwed. Kenshiro goes one further after [[spoiler:Shu]]'s death: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S_e7s7YV8Y#t=10m17s When I get done with you... There will be nothing left!!!]]"

* RazorSharpHand[=/=]RazorWind: Sometimes difficult to tell. The art of Nanto Seiken cuts with the fingers and hands, as well as a subset of longer range techniques that fall under this. They both cut like swords, so in close combat it's hard to tell whether it's their hands or the wind from their hands. Yuda's long range ground slashes and Rei's attack against the fire breather are explicitly classed here. Hyui, the wind-themed member of the Nanto Gohasei, has a similiar style that uses these attacks exclusively with no close combat at all.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only prominent female combatant in the original manga is Mamiya, and she's not exactly a powerhouse like the other men. The Arc System Works fighting game and ''Hokuto Musou'' both made her the sole female playable character, though apparently she's relatively more powerful in the latter. There are actually quite a number of female martial artists in the franchise as a whole, but almost all of them are [[CanonForeigner anime or game original characters]] or characters from later spin-offs published years after the conclusion of the original manga.

* RapidFireFisticuffs: The ''Hokuto Hyakuretsuken'', one of the main character's signature moves. Oddly enough, ''Hokuto Ujoumoushouha'' is just that except ending with a "merciful" gut punch instead of YourHeadASplode. That's averted in ''Hokuto Musou'' gameplay (where it's a series of spinning high kicks followed by a giant uppercut that sends out an energy wave), but is kept for the cutscene of Souther's defeat.

** The "Dream Mode" of ''Hokuto Musou'' plays with this with a series of "what if" scenarios. But at the end of all of them, they turn out to literally be dreams and the character goes on to meet their intended destiny regardless of whether their life may have been better or worse for it.
*** With the somewhat tragicomic exception of Jagi--he actually takes the dream to heart, and is packing his things to get the fuck out of Dodge so that he avoids Kenshiro when one of his mooks tells him that Kenshiro is in the building.

* RazorSharpHand: The whole ''Nanto Seiken'' school generally works upon this sort of work. Most famous among them is Rei, whose style literally cuts people into shreds.
* RazorWind: Sometimes difficult to tell. The art of Nanto Seiken cuts with the fingers and hands, as well as a subset of longer range techniques that fall under this. They both cut like swords, so in close combat it's hard to tell whether it's their hands or the wind from their hands. Yuda's long range ground slashes and Rei's attack against the fire breather are explicitly classed here. Hyui, the wind-themed member of the Nanto Gohasei, has a similiar style that uses these attacks exclusively with no close combat at all.

* RazorSharpHand: The whole ''Nanto Seiken'' school generally works upon this sort of work called. Most famous among them is Rei, whose style literally cuts people into shreds.

* ShonenDemographic: The archetypal example.