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** [[spoiler:Bruce is on the receiving end of this when after the Boxer attack that ruined his mother's attempt at becoming the head of the Triads, with her pointing out how much she sacrificed for him all his life including skipping meals just to give him a popular backpack.]]
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** [[spoiler:Bruce is on the receiving end of this when after the Boxer attack that ruined his mother's attempt at becoming the head of the Triads, with her pointing out how much she sacrificed for him all his life including skipping meals just to give afford him a popular backpack.backpack at school without him ever being grateful or do something in return.]]
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** [[spoiler:Bruce is on the receiving end of this when after the Boxer attack that ruined his mother's attempt at becoming the head of the Triads, with her pointing out how much she sacrificed for him all his life including skipping meals just to give him a popular backpack.]]
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* HarmfulToMinors: The first person Charles ever killed was an assassin that had been sent after his parents. Charles was only 14 at the time and was deeply traumatized by what he had been forced to do, although his father could not have been more proud.
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* HarmfulToMinors: The first person Charles ever killed was an assassin that had been sent after his parents. Charles was only 14 at the time and was deeply traumatized by what he had been forced to do, although his father could not have been more proud. [[Spoiler:The final episode reveals that Big Sun orchestrated this incident to complete Charles's transition into his ultimate enforcer.]]
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* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:The Boxers, whose goal is to eradicate the Triads, who are vicious organized crime syndicates profiting of the misery and vices of other people.]]
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* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:The Boxers, whose goal is to eradicate the Triads, who are vicious organized crime syndicates profiting of the misery and vices of other people.]]]] It is only their ruthless methods and almost complete disregard for collateral damage that keeps them from being [[HeroAntagonist hero antagonists]].
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* HarmfulToMinors: Charles made his first kill when he only 14.
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* {{Omniglot}}: Drowsy Lee speaks English, Mandarin, Russian, French and Korean.
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* ThemeTwinNaming: The twin sisters May and June. Bonus points for May, the oldest of the twins, being named after the preceding month.
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* BoringButPractical: While Charles' preferred method of acquiring information is beating up or intimidating people into telling him what he wants, May prefers the simple but less thrilling way of simply asking questions or listening to local gossip. This is how she finds the Giant's name and address, for example.
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* CompletelyUnnecessaryTranslator: Charles takes TK along as a Korean to broker the use of a Korean spa for the peace talks. It turns out the Korean gangsters also speak English.
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* ChefOfIron: Charles loves baking and is an excellent fighter.
* CombatCueStick: Zhi Zhu mentions seeing Charles kill a man by impaling him with a pool cue.
* CompletelyUnnecessaryTranslator: Charles takes TK along as a Korean translator to broker the use of a Korean spa for the peace talks. It turns out the Korean gangsters also speak English.
* CombatCueStick: Zhi Zhu mentions seeing Charles kill a man by impaling him with a pool cue.
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* BloodKnight: The first episode has Charles being attacked by three assassins and killing all three of them. His father criticizes him for not leaving at least one of them alive to interrogate, stating that he enjoys killing too much.
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* UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem: One of the assassins who attack Charles in the first episode brandishes a knife which Charles uses to stab him with.
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The Brothers Sun is an American black comedy action television series created by Brad Falchuk and newcomer Byron Wu for Creator/{{Netflix}} It premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}} on January 4, 2024.
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The Brothers Sun is an American black comedy action television series created by Brad Falchuk and newcomer Byron Wu for Creator/{{Netflix}} Creator/{{Netflix}}. It premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}} premiered on January 4, 2024.
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The Brothers Sun is an American black comedy action television series created by Brad Falchuk and newcomer Byron Wu for Creator/{{Netflix}} It premiered on January 4, 2024.
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The Brothers Sun is an American black comedy action television series created by Brad Falchuk and newcomer Byron Wu for Creator/{{Netflix}} It premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}} on January 4, 2024.
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On March 3, 2024, it was announced that the series was cancelled.
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*SympatheticVillainDespicableVillain: [[spoiler:The BigBadEnsemble is composed of Grace, Bruce's LoveInterestTraitor and high-ranking member of the Boxers, a tragic, if fanatical, WellIntentionedExtremist who wants revenge on the Triads who ruined the life of so many people ; and Big Sun, the father of the titular brothers who turns out to be an abusive HateSink who preaches "family must be protected" while actually being ready to manipulate and even kill them if it suits his ambitions of expanding his criminal empire.]]
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* MeetCute: Bruce meets Grace when they sit next to each other at a test and talk about how they tend to poop when they're nervous.
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* Alexis incapacitates a would-be assassin by poking him in the eyes with uncooked spicy noodles.
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* YouKilledMyFather: After kidnapping Bruce and TK, June reveals she did it to bring down Charles, under the mistaken impression that he was the one responsible for her sister May's death. After being convinced of Charles' innocence, she joins up with the Suns to kill the real perpetrators. [[spoiler:Grace also reveals that she has a [[ItsPersonal very personal]] stake in trying to bring down the triads with the Boxers, as her father had been murdered by her parents' triad labor traffickers.]]
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** After kidnapping Bruce and TK, June reveals she did it to bring down Charles, under the mistaken impression that he was the one responsible for her sister May's death. After being convinced of Charles' innocence, she joins up with the Suns to kill the real perpetrators.
** [[spoiler:Grace also reveals that she has a [[ItsPersonal very personal]] stake in trying to bring down the triads with the Boxers, as her father had been murdered by her parents' triad labor traffickers.]]
** After kidnapping Bruce and TK, June reveals she did it to bring down Charles, under the mistaken impression that he was the one responsible for her sister May's death. After being convinced of Charles' innocence, she joins up with the Suns to kill the real perpetrators.
** [[spoiler:Grace also reveals that she has a [[ItsPersonal very personal]] stake in trying to bring down the triads with the Boxers, as her father had been murdered by her parents' triad labor traffickers.]]
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* TrappedInVillainy: [[spoiler:Despite all his hidden misgivings about the Triad life, his inability to kill his own brother on his father's orders, and learning that his very existence as a Triad was rooted in a lie, Charles ''still'' can't bring himself to oppose his father since it's all he'd known his entire life. Just returning to his father afterwards and begging him to spare his brother and mother is a monumental ask, and he can't even begin to entertain the notion of killing Big Sun when that's the only way Bruce and Eileen would be safe.
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* TrappedInVillainy: [[spoiler:Despite all his hidden misgivings about the Triad life, his inability to kill his own brother on his father's orders, and learning that his very existence as a Triad was rooted in a lie, Charles ''still'' can't bring himself to oppose his father since it's all he'd known his entire life. Just returning to his father afterwards and begging him to spare his brother and mother is a monumental ask, and he can't even begin to entertain the notion of killing Big Sun when that's the only way Bruce and Eileen would be safe.]]
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* BeingEvilSucks: [[spoiler:Despite all his criticisms towards Bruce for not falling in with the family and showing utmost loyalty to them and their triad dealings, it becomes increasingly obvious that Charles secretly hates doing the things he does and [[IJustWantToBeNormal just wants a normal life]], trying to pursue a hobby in baking and watching soap operas and baking shows in his spare time, and Bruce repeatedly calls him out on it while trying to extricate their family from their dangerous lifestyle. It ultimately comes to a head when Eileen confesses to him that the incident where he became a murderer as "Chairleg Sun" was just completely staged to see if he could be molded into a killer, breaking his UndyingLoyalty to his father as he realizes he'd doomed himself to the life of a triad for nothing at all.]]
* MortonsFork: [[spoiler:Bruce's ultimatum to Big Sun is effectively this after his father fails to have him killed--Bruce has just non-lethally shot him in the gut, and he has to make a choice between either bleeding out or being arrested after calling an ambulance. No matter what he does, he's stuck in a position where he can't ruin his family's lives any more, and Bruce doesn't even have to properly kill him to do so.]]
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:As it appears more likely that Suns will be the head of the Taiwanese triads, TK asks Bruce if he can join up with the Jade Dragons. Bruce then berates TK for even thinking he could make it in the triad life and then lists all of his failures including how he immediately caved to police interrogation, got his thumbs broken by June, and got beaten by his own Korean gang brethren with golf balls until he pissed himself. [[EveryoneHasStandards Even Charles–with his own doubts on Bruce's ability to protect the family, let alone survive being a part of the criminal underworld at all–is unnerved by this speech.]]]]]] As Eileen points out, however, [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim this is Bruce's attempt to keep him out of harm's way]], though it doesn't actually pan out and TK stays with Bruce anyway since he knew what he was trying to do.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Bruce's involvement in the Triads' meeting effectively ruins ''everything'' for ''everyone''. He tells the Boxers where the meeting is held so they can wipe everyone out under the assumption that his family would make it out, ruining both of his parents' plans to claim the title of Dragon Head when they attack. He also gets worried for their safety after the fact and goes after them, intruding on the meeting to get rid of a bomb that would have killed all of the Triads and subsequently causing both them and the Boxers to slaughter each other. He even takes Charles' coat with him after his brother had mistakenly taken his, and with it the phone that Alexis had bugged while Charles was laying low with her, causing the FBI to join in a three-way firefight that results in them arresting any Triad who hadn't been killed in the preceding fight. Bruce can't even take solace in knowing his family got out due to the massive danger he'd put all of them in, and that's before he has to deal with the problems of his brother and then Xing attempting to murder him.]]
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* ArcWords: "The riddance of evil must be thorough" is the slogan of the organization targeting the Suns.
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* GuileHero: Despite having absolutely no experience in the world of organized crime, Bruce manages to pull off pretty clever moves that manage to get his family members out of trouble through nothing more than outside-the-box thinking.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:Big Sun makes a big deal out of the idea of "protecting the family", but is really only after power, each member of his supposed "family" being either a tool or a threat. Charles finally points out his hypocrisy when he realizes exactly how '''insane''' the idea of killing his younger brother and breaking his mother's spirit in order to "protect the family" sounds.]]
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:The Boxers, who are targeting organized crime but use torture and terrorism. They also don't really care about collateral damage.]]
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* GambitPileup: Eileen has a vast network of GossipyHens who serve as spies as well as being a skilled investigator herself as she tries to figure out who attacked her family. [[spoiler:She then takes advantage of her husband's coma to appoint herself as Dragon Head of all the triads. But Big Sun reveals he was faking his coma, had Xing spying on the family, and turns Charles against her by nominating him as Dragon Head. Meanwhile, Alexis is [[HoneyTrap manipulating]] Charles on behalf of the police while Grace is manipulating Bruce on behalf of the boxers. This culminates in a three-way gunfight between the Triads, cops, and Boxers at a Chinese restaurant.]]
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* GambitPileup: Eileen has a vast network of GossipyHens who serve as spies as well as being a skilled investigator herself as she tries to figure out who attacked her family. [[spoiler:She then takes advantage of her husband's coma to appoint herself as Dragon Head of all the triads. But Big Sun reveals he was faking his coma, had Xing spying on the family, and turns Charles against her by nominating him as Dragon Head. Head and excluding her from the meeting. But then Eileen conspires with Frank Ma to get herself invited to the meeting on a technicality. Meanwhile, Alexis is [[HoneyTrap manipulating]] Charles on behalf of the police while Grace is manipulating Bruce on behalf of the boxers.Boxers. This culminates in a three-way gunfight between the Triads, cops, and Boxers at a Chinese restaurant.]]
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* GossipyHens: Eileen's mahjong buddies, who unwitting serve as her eyes and ears.
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* AndIMustScream: Eileen [[spoiler:alters Big Sun's hospital charts to say he's diabetic. This means he will get regular unnecessary insulin injections that render him conscious but unable to move or speak]].
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* AwesomeButImpractical: The lime green Lamborghini that Big Sun gifts to Bruce. Bruce doesn't know how to drive stick shift and it only has two seats, meaning that at one point TK has to ride on June's lap. [[spoiler:Charles later tracks down Bruce when he sees the distinctive car in the parking lot of a seedy motel]].
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* ActorAllusion: While [[PlanningWithProps planning out a seating chart for a Triad meeting]], one of the bosses is represented with a googly eye. This is a reference to ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce'', which also starred Michelle Yeoh.
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