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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Sammo instructs a class of students that if they are faced with a gun, they should surrender, something Sammo did when faced with armed robbers. This was how [[spoiler: Grace was caught when she tried to escape from Lee Hei.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Sammo instructs instructed a class of students that if they are faced with a gun, they should surrender, something Sammo did when faced with armed robbers. This surrender. Later in the episode, this was how [[spoiler: Grace was caught when she tried to escape from Lee Hei.]]
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* MotorMouth: Terrell.
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** In another first season episode, he and his partner have to get into a building that's surrounded by a high fence that's topped with razor wire. His partner asks if he's going to do some sort of crazy kung fu jump over the fence. Sammo gives him an incredulous look and asks if he's kidding. They find another way around the fence.
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This 1999 show was largely inspired by the mid-90's Creator/JackieChan craze, and the fights scenes were in the same vein of being fast-paced and filled with "blink and you'll miss it" actions. Not coincidentally, Creator/SammoHung is also a long time friend of and frequent collaborator with Jackie. Sammo also had a noticeable brevity in speaking lines he spoke in English, due to a difficulty grasping the English language.
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This 1999 show was largely inspired by the mid-90's Creator/JackieChan craze, and the fights scenes were in the same vein of being fast-paced and filled with "blink and you'll miss it" actions. Not coincidentally, Creator/SammoHung is also a long time friend of and frequent collaborator with Jackie. Sammo also had a noticeable brevity in speaking lines he spoke that were in English, due to a difficulty grasping the English language.
a language foreign to his own cultural dialect.
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This 1999 show was largely inspired by the mid-90's Creator/JackieChan craze, and the fights scenes were in the same vein of being fast-paced and filled with "blink and you'll miss it" actions. Not coincidentally, Creator/SammoHung is also a long time friend of and frequent collaborator with Jackie.
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* TheOtherDarrin: Season two's BigBad, The One, was initially played (in a voice-only role) by Creator/TimCurry, but when he appeared on-camera in the last episodes he was played by the somewhat slimmer Christopher Neame ([[FlashbackWithTheOtherDarrin who also overdubbed Tim Curry's lines]] in the appropriate "Previously On ''Martial Law''" bits).
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** Creator/ChuckNorris' Series/WalkerTexasRanger appears in one episode and Sammo appears in his show for the conclusion.
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** Which suggests all three shows [[SharedUniverse share a universe]] with ''Series/ChicagoHope'', since ''Early Edition'' crossed over with that one as well.
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* ParentsAsPeople: Winship's brother was trying hard to raise his daughter Justine after his wife's death but as Justine pointed out, he was so involved in his work that he hardly paid attention to her at all and shuffled her off to a boarding school.
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* HostageSituation: How the robbers in episode 10 made their escape once they realized they were outclassed by Sammo and Grace.
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* MistakenForForeigner: Played with. Grace or Pei Pei was born in China but raised in the United States before returning back to China. The fact that she speaks English fluently and is knowledgeable about American norms surprises some characters.
* MistakenForServant: This was how Sammo and Terrell met where Terrell believed that Sammo was one of the caterers.
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* BullyingTheDragon: In the first episode, cop Portman mocks and insults Sammo, despite hearing that Sammo was the top cop in Shanghai and the senior officer in training of hand to hand combat. Sammo shows him quite politely how he earned the those titles.
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* BullyingTheDragon: In the first episode, cop Portman mocks and insults Sammo, despite hearing that Sammo was the top cop in Shanghai and the senior training officer in training of martial arts and hand to hand combat. Sammo shows him quite politely how he earned the those titles.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Sammo is one of the friendlier characters but if you threaten civilians or his friends, prepare for a world of beating.
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* CultureClash: Often happens frequently with Sammo and the other cops and even between Sammo and Grace, due to Grace being raised in the United States.
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* ReplacedTheThemeTune: As part of the revamp, Mike Post's Asian-influenced rock theme was replaced with a more businesslike one by the late Joel Goldsmith (son of the late Music/JerryGoldsmith).
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Subverted with Lee Hei. When he [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace accidentally shoots and kills his wife]] in the second episode, he's shocked, but he gets over it real fast. He also quite clearly states that ItsAllAboutMe when he is perfectly willing to let his daughter rot in jail.
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* CliffhangerCopoutCliffhangerCopout: The end of season 1 saw Sammo and Big Bad Lee Hei falling out of a helicopter over the ocean. Sometime during the summer, though, it was decided to retool the show, and instead of season 2 picking up off where the first had ended, it opened with a regular episode, with only scant allusions to a resolution to the previous events—Sammo asking if someone who's trying to kill him with a bomb is seeking vengeance for Lee Hei's death, and a fellow officer asking Sammo, "Hey, you fell out of a helicopter into the Pacific and survived... how much worse could a bomb be?" There was also no explanation for how Grace, who had been BoundAndGagged in the chopper (which, BTW, was also being piloted by one of Lee Hei's goons) managed to escape.
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* PutOnABus: Dana was written out of the show after only 5 episodes. Episode 6 did not even address her disappearance, and it wasn't until episode 7 that viewers learned her character transferred to a police department in Missouri to be closer to her parents. Meanwhile, both Louis & Lt. Winship were booted from the cast as part of the second season's ReTool, explained in-story as the former transferring to NYPD while the latter retired.
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'''''Martial Law''''' -- Sammo Law, a top flight cop and hand-to-hand combat instructor from UsefulNotes/Shanghai, China comes to Los Angeles to search for a crime boss and a female undercover cop whom his department lost contact with. Once there, his temporary mission is turned into an ongoing exchange position and he is partnered with a pair of cops and is met with a clash in culture. As they battle the criminal elements of the city, his skill in martial arts proves to be a big help.
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'''''Martial Law''''' -- Sammo Law, a top flight cop and hand-to-hand combat instructor from UsefulNotes/Shanghai, UsefulNotes/{{Shanghai}}, China comes to Los Angeles to search for a crime boss and a female undercover cop whom his department lost contact with. Once there, his temporary mission is turned into an ongoing exchange position and he is partnered with a pair of cops and is met with a clash in culture. As they battle the criminal elements of the city, his skill in martial arts proves to be a big help.
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'''''Martial Law''''' -- Sammo Law, a top flight cop and hand-to-hand combat instructor from Shanghai, China comes to Los Angeles to search for a crime boss and a female undercover cop whom his department lost contact with. Once there, his temporary mission is turned into an ongoing exchange position and he is partnered with a pair of cops and is met with a clash in culture. As they battle the criminal elements of the city, his skill in martial arts proves to be a big help.
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'''''Martial Law''''' -- Sammo Law, a top flight cop and hand-to-hand combat instructor from Shanghai, UsefulNotes/Shanghai, China comes to Los Angeles to search for a crime boss and a female undercover cop whom his department lost contact with. Once there, his temporary mission is turned into an ongoing exchange position and he is partnered with a pair of cops and is met with a clash in culture. As they battle the criminal elements of the city, his skill in martial arts proves to be a big help.
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'''''Martial Law''''' -- Sammo Law, a top flight cop and hand-to-hand combat instructor from Shanghai, China comes to Los Angeles to search for a crime boss and a female undercover cop whom his department lost contact with. Once there, his temporary mission is turned into an ongoing exchange position and he is partnered with a pair of cops and is met with a clash in culture. As they battle the criminal elements of the city, his skill in martial arts proves to be a big help.
The show is largely inspired by the mid-90's Creator/JackieChan craze, and the fights scenes are in the same vein of being fast-paced and "blink and miss it" actions. Creator/SammoHung is also a long time friend and frequent collaborator with Jackie.
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!!''Martial Law'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* {{Acrofatic}}: Sammo
* AmoralAttorney: One of the villains in early episodes.
* AncientConspiracy: One appear near the end of the second season [[spoiler: and Sammo's son is one of the members]]
* ArchEnemy: Lee Hei to Sammo.
* ByTheBookCop: Amy, at the start of season 2.
* CoolCar: Sammo won a cool convertible that accidentally rolled into the bay during a fight TheTeaser of one episode. He replaced it with a used taxi, to Terrell's disgust.
* CliffhangerCopout
* CombatPragmatist: Sammo, and his niece.
* {{Crossover}}:
** Creator/ChuckNorris' Series/WalkerTexasRanger appears in one episode and Sammo appears in his show for the conclusion.
** Sammo later appears in an episode of ''Series/EarlyEdition''.
* TheDanza: SammoHung playing Sammo Law.
* DetectiveMole
* DoesntLikeGuns: Not that he doesn't like them, he just doesn't get one. HandWaved as the brass being afraid things might get volatile if he had one. [[MST3KMantra Don't think about it]]. Just don't.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In season two a crooked guard has no problem with ''threatening'' a city with a binary nerve gas to get a huge pay-off. When he finds out his partner plans to ''use it'' on the city whether or not they pay makes him try to stop him.
* FairCop: Just about.
* FakeDefector: Pei Pei does this to Lee Hei.
* EpunymousTitle
* GameShowAppearance: In the first episode, Sammo furnishes his apartment by winning stuff in ''ThePriceIsRight''.
* HeelRealization: Near the end of second season [[spoiler: Sammo managed to talk his son out to make him think about his position in the secret society]], without the audience knowing that he was successful.
* HilariousOuttakes
* ImprovFu: The show has [[TheDanza Sammo Law]] present this art in its finest form.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Not terribly surprising given Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan were contemporaries in the Peking Academy of Opera.
* ManchurianAgent: One episode features a group of people who were turned into these during their studies in East Germany. A criminal uses them as an Killer-for-hire service.
* MarriedToTheJob: Sammo's co-workers are even afraid to tell him that he has to take a week off.
* MartialPacifist: Sammo
* OffscreenTeleportation: Terell apparently pulled this off, two bad guys thought that they pinned him down with gunfire, only for him to appear behind them with [[GunsAkimbo a gun on each hand]].
* PrisonRape: Referenced when Sammo and Terrell go undercover in a prison. We're shown the shower, which pans over to Terrell showering with every single piece of his clothing on. At the end of the scene, he drops the soap, and watches the other prisoners cautiously as he picks it up.
* RealityEnsues: When Sammo leaves the airport in the first episode, he ends up in a con-man's taxi. The con man drives him out to a remote area, where he is surrounded by a half-dozen men and robbed, [[AntiClimax without fighting back]]. Because that would be stupid, seeing as they were armed and could've plugged him full of holes. When they get back from commercial, he's reporting the crime at the police station, and everything is recovered at the end of the episode.
* ReTool
* ReverseMole: [[spoiler:Sammo's son]] apparently did a HeelFaceTurn and did his own gambit by [[spoiler:shooting Sammo with a tranquilizer to bring him into the SupervillainLair]].
* RuleThirtyFour: Sammo's goes to a house looking for a suspect, and ends up in a meeting for people who are sexually aroused by engine vibrations.
* TokenWhite: Louis in season 1, after Dana left. Amy during season 2.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Eveybody's surprised the first time they offer Sammo something to drink, and instead of tea he asks for Diet Coke; it usually happens OncePerEpisode.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In episode "Cop Out" Sammo infiltrates into a group of policemen who kill criminals that have not been sentenced.
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The show is largely inspired by the mid-90's Creator/JackieChan craze, and the fights scenes are in the same vein of being fast-paced and "blink and miss it" actions. Creator/SammoHung is also a long time friend and frequent collaborator with Jackie.
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!!''Martial Law'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* {{Acrofatic}}: Sammo
* AmoralAttorney: One of the villains in early episodes.
* AncientConspiracy: One appear near the end of the second season [[spoiler: and Sammo's son is one of the members]]
* ArchEnemy: Lee Hei to Sammo.
* ByTheBookCop: Amy, at the start of season 2.
* CoolCar: Sammo won a cool convertible that accidentally rolled into the bay during a fight TheTeaser of one episode. He replaced it with a used taxi, to Terrell's disgust.
* CliffhangerCopout
* CombatPragmatist: Sammo, and his niece.
* {{Crossover}}:
** Creator/ChuckNorris' Series/WalkerTexasRanger appears in one episode and Sammo appears in his show for the conclusion.
** Sammo later appears in an episode of ''Series/EarlyEdition''.
* TheDanza: SammoHung playing Sammo Law.
* DetectiveMole
* DoesntLikeGuns: Not that he doesn't like them, he just doesn't get one. HandWaved as the brass being afraid things might get volatile if he had one. [[MST3KMantra Don't think about it]]. Just don't.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In season two a crooked guard has no problem with ''threatening'' a city with a binary nerve gas to get a huge pay-off. When he finds out his partner plans to ''use it'' on the city whether or not they pay makes him try to stop him.
* FairCop: Just about.
* FakeDefector: Pei Pei does this to Lee Hei.
* EpunymousTitle
* GameShowAppearance: In the first episode, Sammo furnishes his apartment by winning stuff in ''ThePriceIsRight''.
* HeelRealization: Near the end of second season [[spoiler: Sammo managed to talk his son out to make him think about his position in the secret society]], without the audience knowing that he was successful.
* HilariousOuttakes
* ImprovFu: The show has [[TheDanza Sammo Law]] present this art in its finest form.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Not terribly surprising given Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan were contemporaries in the Peking Academy of Opera.
* ManchurianAgent: One episode features a group of people who were turned into these during their studies in East Germany. A criminal uses them as an Killer-for-hire service.
* MarriedToTheJob: Sammo's co-workers are even afraid to tell him that he has to take a week off.
* MartialPacifist: Sammo
* OffscreenTeleportation: Terell apparently pulled this off, two bad guys thought that they pinned him down with gunfire, only for him to appear behind them with [[GunsAkimbo a gun on each hand]].
* PrisonRape: Referenced when Sammo and Terrell go undercover in a prison. We're shown the shower, which pans over to Terrell showering with every single piece of his clothing on. At the end of the scene, he drops the soap, and watches the other prisoners cautiously as he picks it up.
* RealityEnsues: When Sammo leaves the airport in the first episode, he ends up in a con-man's taxi. The con man drives him out to a remote area, where he is surrounded by a half-dozen men and robbed, [[AntiClimax without fighting back]]. Because that would be stupid, seeing as they were armed and could've plugged him full of holes. When they get back from commercial, he's reporting the crime at the police station, and everything is recovered at the end of the episode.
* ReTool
* ReverseMole: [[spoiler:Sammo's son]] apparently did a HeelFaceTurn and did his own gambit by [[spoiler:shooting Sammo with a tranquilizer to bring him into the SupervillainLair]].
* RuleThirtyFour: Sammo's goes to a house looking for a suspect, and ends up in a meeting for people who are sexually aroused by engine vibrations.
* TokenWhite: Louis in season 1, after Dana left. Amy during season 2.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Eveybody's surprised the first time they offer Sammo something to drink, and instead of tea he asks for Diet Coke; it usually happens OncePerEpisode.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In episode "Cop Out" Sammo infiltrates into a group of policemen who kill criminals that have not been sentenced.
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