Everything's Better with Samurai: Difference between revisions

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[[File:~~stormtrooper_samurai~~.jpg|link=Star Wars|frame|~~<small>~~Man, wouldn't the movies have been even better with this?<ref>[[What Could Have Been|And it almost happened in the early drafts]].</ref~~></small~~> ]]

[[File:stormtrooper samurai.jpg|link=Star Wars|frame|Man, wouldn't the movies have been even better with this?<ref>[[What Could Have Been|And it almost happened in the early drafts]].</ref> ]]

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* Meta Knight in ''[[Kirby]]'s'' [[Kirby of the Stars|anime]] [[The Anime of the Game|of the game]] would talk about Musou ("peerlessness"). One time he stands to fight for Kirby, declaring [[I Am Your Opponent|I WILL BE YOUR OPPONENT]] as leaves blow by.

* Twilight Suzuka in ''[[Outlaw Star]]''. Slightly less out-of-nowhere, at least in that it's no stranger than the Chinese Magic-using [[Space Pirates]] they already introduced.

* Mr. Bushido in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' ~~-- who~~ is actually American. Additional to it, a samurai mobile suit. 3, in fact.

* Mr. Bushido in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]''—who is actually American. Additional to it, a samurai mobile suit. 3, in fact.

* Elites in ''[[Halo Legends (Anime)|Halo Legends]]'' have samurai-ified armor, clothes and hairstyle(s). And buildings. Do buildings count?

* Toudoh in ''[[Code Geass]]'' is another future samurai.

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== Films -- Live-Action ==

* In ''[[Brazil (film)|Brazil]]'', Sam's later [[Dream Sequence~~|Dream Sequences~~]] have him fighting a samurai. Apparently, "samurai" is supposed to be a [[Stealth Pun]].

* In ''[[Brazil (film)|Brazil]]'', Sam's later [[Dream Sequence]]s have him fighting a samurai. Apparently, "samurai" is supposed to be a [[Stealth Pun]].

* ''[[Red Sun]]'' is a western with a samurai thrown in. Better than it sounds. Considering who plays the samurai ([[Toshiro Mifune]]), it should be.

* ''[[Six String Samurai]]'' is an epic [[After the End]] tale where the King, Elvis, has died, and samurai Buddy Holly travels to "Lost Vegas" to take his place. Standing in his way are Bowlers, Communists, and the [[Grim Reaper]] aka Slash from [[Guns N' Roses]].

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== Music ==

* [[Barenaked Ladies]]. In their song "One Week", mention is made to this mentality. "Kay I don't make films, but if I did, they'd have a samurai."

* Gakupo from [[Vocaloid~~|Vocaloids~~]] is a Dancing Samurai.

* Gakupo from [[Vocaloid]]s is a Dancing Samurai.

* Hodgy Beats of [[OFWGKTA]] has a song titled "Samurai" on his Untitled EP

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* The penultimate boss of ''[[Blaz Blue]]'' is Hakumen, a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Cyborg Zombie Samurai]].

* The ''[[Kirby]]'' games' "Quick Draw" minigame have the characters dressed as samurai. (Though earlier English translations replaced samurai with cowboys, turning a [[Single-Stroke Battle]] into a wild west shootout.)

* In ''[[Pokémon]]'', [[Pokémon Black and White|the starter Oshawott's]] entire evolutionary line is based around ~~samurai--Oshawott~~ is either a wannabe samurai or an inexperienced apprentice, Dewott is either a ronin, an apprentice, or a normal samurai, and Samurott not only has samurai in its name, but it is likely based on a ''daimyo'', or ''samurai warlord''. The best part? [[Improbable Weapon User|THEY USE THEIR SHELLS AS SWORDS.]]

* In ''[[Pokémon]]'', [[Pokémon Black and White|the starter Oshawott's]] entire evolutionary line is based around samurai—Oshawott is either a wannabe samurai or an inexperienced apprentice, Dewott is either a ronin, an apprentice, or a normal samurai, and Samurott not only has samurai in its name, but it is likely based on a ''daimyo'', or ''samurai warlord''. The best part? [[Improbable Weapon User|THEY USE THEIR SHELLS AS SWORDS.]]

* The old and mostly forgotten ''First Samurai'' bilogy of platform games. The title is also a pun on ''The Last Ninja'' series of games.