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''CJ7'' is a Hong Kong movie directed by Stephen Chow of ''[[Shaolin Soccer]]'' and ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'' fame.
'''''CJ7''''' is a Hong Kong movie directed by Stephen Chow of ''[[Shaolin Soccer]]'' and ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'' fame.


Chow, a homeless single-father laborer, and his young son, Dicky, make a meager living, their home an abandoned lot near a garbage dump. One day, the laborer scavenges the dump for usable items when he comes across something that's literally out of this world...
Chow, a homeless single-father laborer, and his young son, Dicky, make a meager living, their home an abandoned lot near a garbage dump. One day, the laborer scavenges the dump for usable items when he comes across something that's literally out of this world...


The name CJ7 actually comes from a known riverboat in China; "CJ" means ''Chang Jiang'', the Chinese name for the Yangtze River.
The name CJ7 actually comes from a known riverboat in China; "CJ" means ''Chang Jiang'', the Chinese name for the Yangtze River.

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==== ''CJ7'' has examples of: ====
* [[All Just a Dream]]: Dicky's first day at school with CJ7.
* [[All Just a Dream]]: Dicky's first day at school with CJ7.
* [[Always a Bigger Fish]]
* [[Always a Bigger Fish]]
* [[Androcles' Lion]]: Parodied.
* [[Androcles' Lion]]: Parodied.
* {{spoiler|[[Back From the Dead]]: Chow, after a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] by [[CJ7]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Back From the Dead]]: Chow, after a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] by CJ7}}
* [[Cow Tools]]: CJ7 can be seen pulling out a multitude of tools, including a ray gun and a propeller-driven alarm clock... [[All Just a Dream|but that's just during a dream sequence...]] However, afterwards we see the elementary schoolkids chasing down CJ7 using the kind of foreign objects you'd see at a wrestling match...
* [[Cow Tools]]: CJ7 can be seen pulling out a multitude of tools, including a ray gun and a propeller-driven alarm clock... [[All Just a Dream|but that's just during a dream sequence...]] However, afterwards we see the elementary schoolkids chasing down CJ7 using the kind of foreign objects you'd see at a wrestling match...
* [[Crosscast Role]]: Xu Jiao, who plays Dicky, is actually a ''girl''. Many of the supporting boy cast are actually young girls.
* [[Crosscast Role]]: Xu Jiao, who plays Dicky, is actually a ''girl''. Many of the supporting boy cast are actually young girls.
** Maggie, Dicky's love interest, is played by Yong Hua Han, ''a large weightlifting man''.
** Maggie, Dicky's love interest, is played by Yong Hua Han, ''a large weightlifting man''.
* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]: when playing with [[CJ7]] by making him mimic different emotions, one kid actually suggests [[You Killed My Father]].
* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]: when playing with CJ7 by making him mimic different emotions, one kid actually suggests [[You Killed My Father]].
* [[Disaster Dominoes]]: {{spoiler|Played painfully straight with Chow's [[Disney Death]].}}
* [[Disaster Dominoes]]: {{spoiler|Played painfully straight with Chow's [[Disney Death]].}}
* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]: That one teacher who has it in for Dicky is conveniently bespectacled.
* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]: That one teacher who has it in for Dicky is conveniently bespectacled.
* {{spoiler|[[Fridge Horror]]: The movie ends with a UFO landing in broad daylight, and [[CJ7]] leading hordes of scurrying fellow aliens all over the place. [[Bolivian Army Ending|Aliens normally do that when they're INVADING]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Fridge Horror]]: The movie ends with a UFO landing in broad daylight, and CJ7 leading hordes of scurrying fellow aliens all over the place. [[Bolivian Army Ending|Aliens normally do that when they're INVADING]].}}
** {{spoiler|[[The Simpsons|"And I, for one, welcome our new fuzzy overlords."]]}}
** {{spoiler|[[The Simpsons (animation)|"And I, for one, welcome our new fuzzy overlords."]]}}
* [[Gonk]]: Maggie, who looks like a full-grown fat guy.
* [[Gonk]]: Maggie, who looks like a full-grown fat guy.
* [[Homage]]: Several, including [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to ''[[Shaolin Soccer]]'' and ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]''.
* [[Homage]]: Several, including [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to ''[[Shaolin Soccer]]'' and ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]''.
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[[Category:Films of the 2000s]]
[[Category:Films of the 2000s]]
[[Category:CJ7]]
[[Category:CJ7]]
[[Category:Science Fiction Films]]
[[Category:Hong Kong Films]]
[[Category:Chinese Films]]
[[Category:Film]]

Latest revision as of 16:10, 2 October 2020

CJ7 is a Hong Kong movie directed by Stephen Chow of Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle fame.

Chow, a homeless single-father laborer, and his young son, Dicky, make a meager living, their home an abandoned lot near a garbage dump. One day, the laborer scavenges the dump for usable items when he comes across something that's literally out of this world...

The name CJ7 actually comes from a known riverboat in China; "CJ" means Chang Jiang, the Chinese name for the Yangtze River.

Tropes used in CJ7 include:
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