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* [[ExploitedTrope Exploited]] in FreddieWong's ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN8E8L5c9WI Kung Fooled]]''.

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* ''{{Futurama}}'' likes to mock this trope. In one episode about ''StarTrek'', Asian-American GeorgeTakei complains that people should not expect him to know karate just because of his Asian ancestry. It turns out that he does (which is true in RealLife) but that they shouldn't have ''assumed'' that he could.

* Comes up in the comedy ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Call_Me_Bruce They Call Me Bruce?]]'' (not the one with BruceCampbell). Since he's asian everybody assumes he knows kung fu.

* Played straight in FullMetalAlchemist, where ''all'' the characters from Xing have insane fighting skills, from [[BadassGrandpa the old man Fu]] to [[CuteBruiser the little girl May Chang]], kicking the Elric brothers' ass and roasting the Homunculi more than once.

* In the beginning of ''TheTuxedo'', JackieChan gets his ass walloped by a NY cyclist and notes regretfully that not all Asian people are BruceLee. Of course this all changes the moment that he gets the titular magic [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman tuxedo]] from Jason Isaac.

* Lampshaded (of course) by {{Knorkator}}'s ''Arschgesicht'', which is sung by one of the band members small son who has a thai mother.

* {{Invoked}} and {{Lampshaded}} in the new KarateKid movie: after telling his mother that he's being taught kung fu by the maintenance man, Dre replies, "Mom, it's China - everyone knows kung fu."

* In the new KarateKid movie, after telling his mother that he's being taught kung fu by the maintenance man, Dre replies, "Mom, it's China- Everyone knows kung fu."

See also EverybodyWasKungFuFighting. AllMonksKnowKungFu is this trope applied to all kinds of monks. Can lead to a ChopSockey.

* Count D in PetshopOfHorrors pulls this trope on (blond) LA cop Leon Orcot after performing an impossible leap (he's not entirely human.) "All Chinese people know martial arts." It's not the first or the last thing he blames on being Chinese, either. To give Leon credit, he knows perfectly well that D is bullshitting him outrageously. There just isn't much he can do about it except grumble.

In Western-made works, Asian characters, especially those who are otherwise unassuming {{Funny Foreigner}}s, are likely to know some kind of martial arts and demonstrate it proficiently, if not superlatively. For instance, the stereotypical "Jap" character in many Western works written in the first half of the 20th century will probably demonstrate his jujitsu skills on some other character at some point.

* Amusingly invoked in ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''. Kenji comments that "it's true that all ''{{Chinese people}}'' are martial artists" after seeing a waiter dealing with unruly customer (and [[CoverBlowingSuperpower feigning weakness]] at that). The waiter, of course, was the guy more widely known as "Black Angel of Death" on yet another JanitorImpersonationInfiltration.

** Although somewhat justified in that all the Xing characters are noted to be highly trained warriors, and at least one example of the non-warrior variety is shown (a very minor character involved in illegal border crossings).

* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080528 Doctor Sun]] of ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''. Frankly, it wouldn't be true to its pulp roots if he didn't.
* Nanase of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is a Japanese-American who was introduced as a highly skilled [[SuperNaturalMartialArts Supernatural Martial Artist]].

** Korea has similar clubs of kempo and tae-kwan-do, among other martial arts. It should also be noted that young men must enist in the military which means a signifcant number of citizens have recieved combat training.

** Korea has similar clubs of kempo and tae-kwan-do, among other martial arts.

* Amusingly invoked in ''DarkerThanBlack''. Kenji comments that "it's true that all ''{{Chinese people}}'' are martial artists" after seeing a waiter dealing with unruly customer (and [[CoverBlowingSuperpower feigning weakness]] at that). The waiter, of course, was the guy more widely known as "Black Angel of Death" on yet another JanitorImpersonationInfiltration.

* More specific variation in ''{{Touhou}}'': the majority of the cast is Japanese, and the token Chinese girl Hong Meiling is depicted as very skilled in martial arts.
* In ''{{Earthbound}}'', Poo is the only Asian party member, and he actually gets a disadvantage to his attacks when he's equipped with weapons apart from his InfinityPlusOneSword. However, from what we see of his home country, [[AllAsiansAreAlike it's more akin to India than China or Japan.]]

See also EverybodyWasKungFuFighting and IKnowKungFu. AllMonksKnowKungFu is this trope applied to all kinds of monks. Can lead to a ChopSockey.

* Played straight in FullMetalAlchemist, where ''all'' the characters from Xing have insane fighting skills, from [[BadassGrandpa the old Who]] to [[CuteBruiser the little girl May Chang]], kicking the Elric brothers' ass and roasting the Homunculi more than once.