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2 | Samurai Girl is an Creator/ABCFamily MiniSeries, that aired in September 2008, about a girl named [[MeaningfulName Heaven]] and her journey as a {{Samurai}}. It is based off of the book series of the same name by Carrie Asai. |
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4 | The series consists of six episodes that aired over the course of three days, with Friday airing the ''Book of the Sword'' two-parter, Saturday airing ''Book of the Heart'' parts one and two, and Sunday finishing with the final two episodes, ''Book of the Shadow''. |
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6 | !!This miniseries provides examples of: |
7 | %% * AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[spoiler:Everyone still ends up single in the end]]. |
8 | * AndTheAdventureContinues: The series ends with [[spoiler:Heaven bumping into Sato and a bunch of ninja, ready to take them out]]. |
9 | %% * ArrangedMarriage: Heaven Kogo and Teddy Yukemura. |
10 | %% * BadassBiker: Jake. |
11 | %% * BoundAndGagged: [[spoiler:Karen does this to Cheryl when kidnapping her]]. |
12 | %% * CoolSword: ''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Whisper of Death]]''. |
13 | %% * DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler:Karen]]. |
14 | %% * DeadManWriting: The video version is included in a bag that Heaven's brother had given Jake the night he died. |
15 | %% * DeepCoverAgent: [[spoiler:Karen is really Kylie Devlin]]. |
16 | %% * DesignatedGirlFight: The final battle between Heaven and [[spoiler:Karen]]. |
17 | * FeedTheMole: Heaven gives a fake location of where to take the artifacts so that [[spoiler:Karen]] will relay the wrong location. |
18 | %% * GagEcho: "Be my shining knight on a dark, dark day." |
19 | %% * GroinAttack: Heaven used this a lot before getting actual training. |
20 | %% * HollywoodHacking: Otto's specialty. |
21 | * InTheBack: [[spoiler:Karen]] throws a knife at [[spoiler:Jake]] right after [[spoiler:he]] finds out that [[spoiler:she's TheMole]]. |
22 | * InterchangeableAsianCultures: You'd think something with ''{{Samurai}}'' in the title would be heavy in Japanese people. Instead, it's just heavy in [[FakeNationality Asians in general]].[[invoked]] |
23 | * InterruptedSuicide: Sato ordered Noriyuki to kill himself, but Heaven and Jake thankfully arrive just in time. |
24 | %% * LostInACrowd: Good thing that Japanese wedding happened within walking distance of a costume party. |
25 | * LoveDodecahedron: Heaven is engaged to Teddy who actually liked her, but Heaven has a crush on Jake. Then Heaven meets Otto who has a major crush on her, but so does Jake. Then Jake's (ex-)fiance, Karen arrives back in town with much approval from Otto. |
26 | * MeaningfulName: She's called Heaven because it seemed as if she fell from the sky as the sole survivor of a plane crash. |
27 | %% * MiniSeries |
28 | %% * TheMole: [[spoiler:Karen]]. |
29 | * NakedFirstImpression: When Heaven and Otto "officially" meet, Otto is [[PantsFree not wearing pants]]. |
30 | * NotTheFallThatKillsYou: [[spoiler:Heaven]] is forced to [[spoiler:cut Jake's rope]] while rock climbing and [[spoiler:he falls to his supposed death]]. |
31 | %% * NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Jake]]. |
32 | %% * TheOnlyOneITrust: The reason that Heaven finds Jake to begin with. |
33 | * PrecisionFStrike: In the ''first episode'' no less! |
34 | --> '''Heaven:''' "Shh. Keep your voice down. Can you help me get outta here?" |
35 | --> '''Woman:''' "She's in here!" |
36 | --> '''Heaven:''' "Bitch!" |
37 | * RaceLift: Jake was Asian in the books. |
38 | %% * RebelliousPrincess: Heaven. |
39 | %% * {{Rotoscoping}}: Used for the {{Eyecatch}}es. |
40 | * RunawayBride: Heaven. Although, it's not like she had much of a choice. |
41 | * SamuraiInNinjaTown: Ninja are frequently used as the antagonists. |
42 | %% * ThoseTwoGuys: Cheryl and Otto. |
43 | %% * TrainingMontage: Naturally. |
44 | * WeddingsInJapan: Inverted. Heaven has an Eastern-style wedding, but travels to California to have it. |
45 | %% * WeddingSmashers: Heaven's wedding is attacked by ninjas. |
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