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[[File:gymkata.jpg|frame|Hu! Ha! Gymkata!]]

 

{{quote|''You are invited to witness the deadliest martial art of them all...''|The ''Gymkata'' tagline}}

 

For the general trope of gymnastic moves being used for combat, see [[She Fu]] or [[Dance Battler]].

 

* [[B-Movie]]

* [[Banned in China|Banned In Finland]]: The movie was banned in Finland to avoid angering the Soviet Union.

* [[Love Interest]]

* [[Martial Arts and Crafts]]: Gymnastics + "kata" (Japanese term for a fighting style) = "Gymkata"

* [[Mentor Archetype]]: Cabot's master.

* [[Mook Chivalry]]: A particularely [[Egregious]] example. In the pommel horse fight scene, all the mooks look somewhat menacing with their pitchforks and such, but they're not even making an effort to ''appear'' as if they're aching to jump Cabot if not for his combat skills. Most are quite literally [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gTkUcXGF_Q&feature=related just standing still] until its their turn.

* [[Ninja]]

* [[No Name Given]]: Cabot's master.

* [[Town with a Dark Secret]]: The village at the end of the Game route {{spoiler|is populated entirely by lunatics}}.

 

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