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* HeavySleeper: At some point after pinning him to the ground outside of the ring, Roseanne falls asleep on top of Kelsey. She somehow sleeps through the entire fight between Brandy and Courtney, including a ring-side interview with the latter and ''a wild animal'' roaring and ripping Courtney to shreds.

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* HeavySleeper: At some point after pinning him to the ground outside of the ring, Roseanne falls asleep on top of Kelsey. She presumably somehow sleeps through the entire fight between Brandy and Courtney, including a ring-side interview with the latter latter, and ''a wild animal'' roaring and ripping Courtney to shreds.shreds. She even ''sleeps through the alarm clock that Mills had set''.
* HeelFaceTurn: Courtney's hatred towards Brandy diminishes when she is gifted a bear cub as a token of friendship.



* TheToothHurts: Courtney manages to knock out some of Brandy's teeth.

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* TheToothHurts: TeethFlying: Courtney manages to knock out some of Brandy's teeth.teeth.
* TimedMission: Mills gives Kelsey 5 minutes to escape from Roseanne's pin, otherwise he will be disqualified.
** And even when that time runs out, Mills gives him an extra 5 seconds.
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* ACupAngst: Courtney is shown wearing a pink bra and skirt ensemble which exposes her midriff, but most importantly tries to emphasise her breasts. After explaining to Stacy about how angry she is that Brandy was cast to play Cinderella (because she wanted to be admired by the film's target audience), she then nonchalantly asks if her boobs look ok.


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* ActualPacifist: Brandy does nothing in her fight against Courtney, not even in self-defence.


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* BoobBasedGag

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* AccordionMan: In some behind the scenes footage from one of his films, Jackie Chan is shown to fall from the top of a building as part of a stunt. He's meant to land on an airbag to cushion his fall, but instead he misses and lands head-first on concrete, resulting in this trope.
* AssKicksYou: Early on in the fight, Roseanne launches herself into the air from the ropes, and crushes Kelsey Grammer's head with her butt.
* BearsAreBadNews: Courtney Love is mauled by a vicious (but justified) MamaBear when her cub is taken.

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* AccordionMan: In some behind the scenes footage from one of his films, Jackie Chan is shown to fall from the top of a building as part of a stunt. He's meant to land on an airbag to cushion his fall, but instead he misses and lands head-first on concrete, resulting in this trope.
* AssKicksYou: Early on in the fight, Roseanne launches herself into the air from the ropes, and crushes Kelsey Grammer's Kelsey's head with her butt.
* BearsAreBadNews: Courtney Love is mauled by a vicious (but justified) MamaBear when her cub is taken.



* ComplimentBackfire: Brandy tells Courtney Love that she loves the outfit she's wearing. Courtney responds by tearing some of it off and blindfolding her.
* CrowbarCombatant: Jackie Chan knocks Jean-Claude Van Damme down in what looks like one swift blur. However, when the footage is slowed down, it's revealed that he actually leaves the ring, enters the parking lot, grabs a crowbar from the trunk of a car, returns to the ring and hits Jean-Claude over the head with it.

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* ComplimentBackfire: Brandy tells Courtney Love that she loves the outfit she's wearing. Courtney responds by tearing some of it off and blindfolding her.
* CrowbarCombatant: Jackie Chan knocks Jean-Claude Van Damme down in what looks like one swift blur. However, when the footage is slowed down, it's revealed that he actually leaves the ring, enters the parking lot, grabs a crowbar from the trunk of a car, returns to the ring and hits Jean-Claude Van Damme over the head with it.



* FlayingAlive: Roseanne has Kelsey Grammer pinned to the floor outside the ring and refuses to release him, so Mills gives Kelsey 5 minutes to break free or he will be disqualified. At the end of the time limit, Kelsey manages to break free by breaking out of his own skin.
* GreenEyedMonster: According to pre-fight discussions, the reason why Courtney Love wants to fight Brandy is because Courtney is jealous that she wasn't cast for the lead role in ''[[Film/Cinderella1997 Cinderella]]''.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: Jackie Chan uses the corpse of Chuck Norris to defend himself against Jean-Claude Van Damme, and eventually decapitates him with Norris' arms.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Before he can officiate the fight, Chuck Norris is kicked in half by a confused Jean-Claude Van Damme.
* HollywoodHeartAttack: After waking up and seeing Kelsey Grammer completely void of any skin, Roseanne suffers a heart attack and dies on the spot.
* [[IDidntMeanToKillHim I Didn't Mean to Kill Her]]: Brandy says that she didn't mean for Courtney Love to get killed the way that she did.
* ImAHumanitarian: Kelsey Grammer is eaten alive by Roseanne during their fight. It's also implied that Roseanne has eaten other people before, judging by the pile of skulls that Kelsey finds in her stomach.
* MamaBear: Brandy gifts Courtney Love a bear cub during the fight, and it actually convinces Courtney to let her live. Moments later, the actual mama bear enters the arena, corners Courtney, and proceeds to maul her.
* MatchlightDangerRevelation: After being SwallowedWhole by Roseanne, Kelsey Grammer lights a match to find that there are a pile of human skills piled up inside her stomach.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Brandy is heartbroken that her gift to Courtney Love is what actually gets her killed.
* NotQuiteDead: While it's presumed that Courtney Love is mauled to death by a bear, it's revealed two seasons later that she actually survives the attack.
* OffWithHisHead: Jackie Chan manages to decapitate Jean-Claude Van Damme using Chuck Norris's dismembered arms.
* SpinAttack: Kelsey Grammer performs one which, in turn, sends Roseanne into a spinning frenzy against her control and allows Kelsey to repeatedly knock her into the ring posts.
** Jean-Claude Van Damme also utilizes one of his own - the Belgian Helicopter - which consists of him spinning around on his hands and using his legs to swing and kick Jackie Chan in rapid motion.
* SwallowedWhole: Roseanne does this to Kelsey Grammer during their fight.
* TheToothHurts: Courtney Love manages to knock out some of Brandy's teeth.
* UvulaEscapeRoute: Kelsey Grammer manages to escape from Roseanne's stomach by punching her uvula repeatedly.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Jean-Claude Van Damme is only wearing a pair of green pants during his fight.

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* FlayingAlive: Roseanne has Kelsey Grammer pinned to the floor outside the ring and refuses to release him, so Mills gives Kelsey 5 minutes to break free or he will be disqualified. At the end of the time limit, Kelsey manages to break free by breaking out of his own skin.
* GettingEatenIsHarmless: After Roseanne swallows Kelsey, Johnny comments that she must be planning on having her stomach acid deal damage. However, there's not a single drop of liquid inside her when the scene switches to Kelsey's perspective.
* GreenEyedMonster: According to pre-fight discussions, the reason why Courtney Love wants to fight Brandy is because Courtney is jealous that she wasn't cast for the lead role in ''[[Film/Cinderella1997 Cinderella]]''.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: Jackie Chan uses the corpse of Chuck Norris to defend himself against Jean-Claude Van Damme, and eventually decapitates him with Norris' arms.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Before he can officiate the fight, Chuck Norris is kicked in half by a confused Jean-Claude Van Damme.
* HeavySleeper: At some point after pinning him to the ground outside of the ring, Roseanne falls asleep on top of Kelsey. She somehow sleeps through the entire fight between Brandy and Courtney, including a ring-side interview with the latter and ''a wild animal'' roaring and ripping Courtney to shreds.
* HollywoodHeartAttack: After waking up and seeing Kelsey Grammer completely void of any skin, Roseanne suffers a heart attack and dies on the spot.
* [[IDidntMeanToKillHim I Didn't Mean to Kill Her]]: Brandy says that she didn't mean for Courtney Love to get killed the way that she did.
* ImAHumanitarian: Kelsey Grammer is eaten alive by Roseanne during their fight. It's also implied that Roseanne has eaten other people before, judging by the pile of skulls that Kelsey finds in her stomach.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Kelsey escapes from underneath Roseanne by having his skin detached from the rest of his body, and is reduced to a literal walking mass of muscle, organs, and bone. The ''only'' reaction he gives (other than scaring Roseanne to death) is to wrap his skin around him like a towel and simply walk away.
* MamaBear: Brandy gifts Courtney Love a bear cub during the fight, and it actually convinces Courtney to let her live. Moments later, the actual mama bear enters the arena, corners Courtney, and proceeds to maul her.
* MatchlightDangerRevelation: After being SwallowedWhole by Roseanne, Kelsey Grammer lights a match to find that there are a pile of human skills piled up inside her stomach.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Brandy is heartbroken that her gift to Courtney Love is what actually gets her killed.
* NotQuiteDead: While it's presumed that Courtney Love is mauled to death by a bear, it's revealed two seasons later that she actually survives the attack.
* OffWithHisHead: Jackie Chan manages to decapitate Jean-Claude Van Damme using Chuck Norris's dismembered arms.
* SpinAttack: SpinAttack:
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Kelsey Grammer performs one which, in turn, sends Roseanne into a spinning frenzy against her control and allows Kelsey to repeatedly knock her into the ring posts.
** Jean-Claude Van Damme also utilizes one of his own - the Belgian Helicopter - which consists of him spinning around on his hands and using his legs to swing and kick Jackie Chan in rapid motion.
* SwallowedWhole: Roseanne does this to Kelsey Grammer during their fight.
* TheToothHurts: Courtney Love manages to knock out some of Brandy's teeth.
* UvulaEscapeRoute: Kelsey Grammer manages to escape from Roseanne's stomach by punching her uvula repeatedly.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Jean-Claude Van Damme is only wearing a pair of green pants during his fight.
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* GagBoobs: During their pre-fight interview, Courtney Love asks Stacy if her boobs look good in her outfit.
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* MatchlightDangerRevalation: After being SwallowedWhole by Roseanne, Kelsey Grammer lights a match to find that there are a pile of human skills piled up inside her stomach.

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->''"Well, when I meet Courtney in the ring, I plan to ask her where she's been shopping for that fly designer gear. I mean, she looks so pretty and nice."''
-->--'''Brandy'''
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* FlayingAlive: Roseanne has Kelsey Grammer pinned to the floor outside the ring and refuses to release him, so Mills gives Kelsey 5 minutes to break free or he will be disqualified. At the end of the time limit, Kelsey manages to break free by breaking out of his own skin.

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* AccordionMan: In some behind the scenes footage from one of his films, Jackie Chan is shown to fall from the top of a building as part of a stunt. He's meant to land on an airbag to cushion his fall, but instead he misses and lands head-first on concrete, resulting in this trope.
* AssKicksYou: Early on in the fight, Roseanne launches herself into the air from the ropes, and crushes Kelsey Grammer's head with her butt.
* BearsAreBadNews: Courtney Love is mauled by a vicious (but justified) MamaBear when her cub is taken.



* ComplimentBackfire: Brandy tells Courtney Love that she loves the outfit she's wearing. Courtney responds by tearing some of it off and blindfolding her.
* CrowbarCombatant: Jackie Chan knocks Jean-Claude Van Damme down in what looks like one swift blur. However, when the footage is slowed down, it's revealed that he actually leaves the ring, enters the parking lot, grabs a crowbar from the trunk of a car, returns to the ring and hits Jean-Claude over the head with it.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Roseanne is implied to be this.
* GagBoobs: During their pre-fight interview, Courtney Love asks Stacy if her boobs look good in her outfit.
* GreenEyedMonster: According to pre-fight discussions, the reason why Courtney Love wants to fight Brandy is because Courtney is jealous that she wasn't cast for the lead role in ''[[Film/Cinderella1997 Cinderella]]''.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: Jackie Chan uses the corpse of Chuck Norris to defend himself against Jean-Claude Van Damme, and eventually decapitates him with Norris' arms.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Before he can officiate the fight, Chuck Norris is kicked in half by a confused Jean-Claude Van Damme.



* ImAHumanitarian: Kelsey Grammer is eaten alive by Roseanne during their fight. It's also implied that Roseanne has eaten other people before, judging by the pile of skulls that Kelsey finds in her stomach.



* UvulaEscapeRoute: Kelsey Grammer manages to escape from Roseanne's stomach by punching her uvula repeatedly.

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* SpinAttack: Kelsey Grammer performs one which, in turn, sends Roseanne into a spinning frenzy against her control and allows Kelsey to repeatedly knock her into the ring posts.
** Jean-Claude Van Damme also utilizes one of his own - the Belgian Helicopter - which consists of him spinning around on his hands and using his legs to swing and kick Jackie Chan in rapid motion.
* SwallowedWhole: Roseanne does this to Kelsey Grammer during their fight.
* TheToothHurts: Courtney Love manages to knock out some of Brandy's teeth.
* UvulaEscapeRoute: Kelsey Grammer manages to escape from Roseanne's stomach by punching her uvula repeatedly.repeatedly.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Jean-Claude Van Damme is only wearing a pair of green pants during his fight.
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This episode consists of three pre-determined fights. The first undercard fight is a battle of the high-brow/low-brow sitcoms with Creator/RoseanneBarr and Creator/KelseyGrammer. The second undercard fight sees {{Music/Brandy}} and Music/CourtneyLove battle for their happily ever after. The third fight and main event sees martial artists Creator/JackieChan and Creator/JeanClaudeVanDammebattle for supremacy.

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This episode consists of three pre-determined fights. The first undercard fight is a battle of the high-brow/low-brow sitcoms with Creator/RoseanneBarr and Creator/KelseyGrammer. The second undercard fight sees {{Music/Brandy}} and Music/CourtneyLove battle for their happily ever after. The third fight and main event sees martial artists Creator/JackieChan and Creator/JeanClaudeVanDammebattle Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme battle for supremacy.
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The eleventh episode of the first season of Celebrity Deathmatch, also known as '''Masters of the Martial Arts'''.

This episode consists of three pre-determined fights. The first undercard fight is a battle of the high-brow/low-brow sitcoms with Creator/RoseanneBarr and Creator/KelseyGrammer. The second undercard fight sees {{Music/Brandy}} and Music/CourtneyLove battle for their happily ever after. The third fight and main event sees martial artists Creator/JackieChan and Creator/JeanClaudeVanDammebattle for supremacy.

!!This episode contains examples of:
* BigEater: Not only does Roseanne manage to devour Kelsey Grammer whole, but Kelsey also discovers a whole bunch of random items inside her stomach, ranging from Spanish gold to random pieces of junk.
* BigSleep: The only way that Brandy can comprehend her situation, after Stacy has to remind her that she is fighting to the death.
* TheCameo: This episode features an appearance from Creator/ChuckNorris as the guest referee in the main event.
* HollywoodHeartAttack: After waking up and seeing Kelsey Grammer completely void of any skin, Roseanne suffers a heart attack and dies on the spot.
* [[IDidntMeanToKillHim I Didn't Mean to Kill Her]]: Brandy says that she didn't mean for Courtney Love to get killed the way that she did.
* MamaBear: Brandy gifts Courtney Love a bear cub during the fight, and it actually convinces Courtney to let her live. Moments later, the actual mama bear enters the arena, corners Courtney, and proceeds to maul her.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Brandy is heartbroken that her gift to Courtney Love is what actually gets her killed.
* NotQuiteDead: While it's presumed that Courtney Love is mauled to death by a bear, it's revealed two seasons later that she actually survives the attack.
* OffWithHisHead: Jackie Chan manages to decapitate Jean-Claude Van Damme using Chuck Norris's dismembered arms.
* UvulaEscapeRoute: Kelsey Grammer manages to escape from Roseanne's stomach by punching her uvula repeatedly.

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