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The ''3 Ninjas'' series is about [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|three improbable ninjas]] who are not actual ninjas. The original ''3 Ninjas'' is an 1992 martial arts comedy, directed by Jon Turteltaub. It features Mori Tanaka (Victor Wong), a Japanese grandfather who teaches his American grandsons martial arts.

Said grandsons are promptly introduced and receive proper codenames. Samuel Douglas Jr. ([[Michael Treanor]]), is physically strong, tough, and remains strong and cool under pressure. His codename is "Rocky". Jeffrey Douglas (Max Elliott Slade) is fast and free, "with the spirit of a young wild horse", receiving the codename of "Colt". Michael Douglas (Chad Power) is a [[Big Eater]]. His codename is "Tum Tum". The trio must help their grandfather against a rogue student of his, who has turned career criminal: the dangerous Hugo Snyder (Rand Kingsley).

The film continues with the boys facing Snyder and his agents, having a rivalry with some school bullies, along with some scenes establishing Rocky's relationship with his first [[Love Interests|love interest]] Emily (Kate Sargeant). This results in her being kidnapped by the villains and the trio having to save her.

Not that original perhaps but it was a modest box office hit, by the way, earning $29,000,301 in the United States market.

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* [[Big Eater]]: Guess how Tum Tum got his name...

* [[Big No]]: Rocky gets one in the final battle between Snyder and Grandpa, in slow motion no less.

* [[Big "Shut Up!"]]: When the boys overreact to a practice dummy.

* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: In ''Kick Back.''

* [[Bring My Brown Pants]]: subverted in that the person in question actually makes it to the bathroom.

* [[Broken Record]]: ''Rocky loves Emily! Rocky loves Emily! Rocky loves Emily!''

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "We Should Run!" "We Should Hide!" "We Should Kick Their Butts!"; "Let's murderlize 'em!"

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'''Colt''': Where are all the weapons?! The slingshots, the knifethrowers?! }}

* [[Die Hard on an X]]: In ''High Noon at Mega Mountain''.

* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Emily in the first film, Jennifer in the fourth film.

* [[The Dragon]]/[[Giant Mook]]: Rushmore in the first movie.

* [[The Family for the Whole Family]]

* [[Follow the Leader]]: One of the handful of "It's like the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] but with our target audience as the ninjas!" movies from the nineties. This one's an extremely obvious follower since it fairly blatantly defines "ninja" as "heroic do-gooder", due to the TMNT association.

* [[Franchise Killer]]: ''High Noon on Mega Mountain.'' The paltry box office gross and the universal hatred of this film among critics and fans alike pretty much killed any hopes of a sequel or a [[Continuity Reboot|reboot of the franchise.]]

* [[Funny Foreigner]]: Miyo.

* [[Groin Attack]]: Twice in the first film. First on Fester, lastly on Rushmore.

* [[Girl of the Week]]: Er, Girl Of the Movie. Rocky seems to be quite the player.

* [[Hollywood Genetics]]: Surprisingly averted. While it's clear they're trying to justify [[Mighty Whitey|white-washing]], it is entirely possible for the Douglas brothers to be white. The more an ethnic group reproduces outside of its own, the more the common genetic traits of that ethnic group are diluted. The grandfather married a white woman, making the boys' mother half-Asian, and the mother married a white man, making the boys only a quarter Asian. With so little Asian blood left, they are more likely to resemble their Caucasian father; the only ethnic trait dominant enough to survive is the characteristic tilt to the eyes (which they do not have).

* [[Improvised Weapon]]: "Everything around us can be our friend. Be friendly to our an environment. That is the ninja way." About a minute later, Rocky takes out a mook with a ''telephone''.

* [[Injun Country]]: In ''Knuckle Up''.

* [[Kevlard]]: Rushmore in the first movie. Until the heroes figured out where his weak point was, their blows simply did not register.

* [[Kid Hero]] meets [[Kung Fu Kid]]: 3 of 'em.

* [[Knight, Knave, and Squire]]: Rocky, Colt and Tum Tum

* [[If You Know What I Mean]]: In ''Kick Back'', Miyo is skilled in ninjitsu but wants to learn how to be better at baseball. Her speech pattern has her jumble the words "bat" and "butt". She wants to [[Double Entendre|"kick bat"]] and [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|"Swing my butt!"]]

* [[Little Miss Badass]]: Miyo manages to defeat multiple opponents with relative ease.

* [[Match Cut]]: The brothers' parents talking while driving back home. The mother tells her husband that the boys love their grandpa and the ninja teachings. The father worries that "someone could get hurt". Then we cut to Emily entering inside the house where the three [[Surfer Dude|surfer dudes]] are about to ambush her.

* [[McNinja]]

* [[Mooks]]: both the ninjas and the incompetent kidnappers.

* [[The Nineties]]

* [[Old Master]]: Grandpa.

* [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]]: The three goons insistently refers to themselves as "kidnappers", not "robbers". However, they haven't actually kidnapped them.

{{quote|'''Colt:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|Oh no! Robbers!]]

'''Fester:''' Robbers? I thought we were kidnappers.

'''Marcus:''' We are. }}

* [[Power Trio]]

* [[Punch-Punch-Punch Uh-Oh]]: The kids' "beating up grown mercenaries" mojo isn't so effective against [[The Dragon|Rushmore]].

** At the film's climax, they get around it with Mori's help in the "Light up the eyes!" scene.