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* [[The Legion of Super Heroes]]' Karate Kid, who has since moved beyond his fad into a fairly [[Rounded Character]].

** There was a karate fad in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. He was reworked to fit the kung fu fad of the 1970s. He still predates the movie ''[[The Karate Kid]]'' by decades, so he's not quite as derivative as he sounds.

'''Karate Kid:''' I have no idea. }}

* Similar to Karate Kid, Marvel's Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu, first appeared in 1972 as part of the '70s kung fu revival. Not only was Shang-Chi meant to invoke [[Bruce Lee]], but his origin came because Marvel owned the comic book rights to both [[Yellow Peril|Fu Manchu]] and ''[[Kung Fu]]'' at the time.