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Line 1: {{trope}} {{quote\|''"I must warn you that I am an ''expert'' in Cockadoodle-Fu."''~~\|''[[Spy Fox]]''}}~~ \|''[[Spy Fox]]''}} The [[Big Bad]] has arrived. [[The Cavalry]] is nowhere to be seen. The [[Redshirt Army]] just got trampled on. No need to fear, because the hero is a [[I Know Karate\|master of an ancient martial art]]. Line 8 ⟶ 9: '''I Know Kung Faux''' is the trope for silly fictional martial arts of all types. While Kung Faux techniques are often [[Rule of Funny\|played for comedy]], they can also have [[Rule of Cool\|more serious uses]]. Fictional martial arts styles intended to be taken seriously are a [[Fantastic Fighting Style]]. Inventing a Kung- Faux fictional fighting technique is simplicity itself: Just pick a name ending in "-fu" or "-ito" (or name it after an exotic animal), shroud it in near-legendary mysticism, and then have your actors [[Wimp Fight\|flail at each other]] [[Martial Arts Do Not Work That Way\|in haphazard fashion]]. Related to [[Foo Fu]], [[What the Fu Are You Doing?]] and [[Martial Arts and Crafts]]. Line 15 ⟶ 16: {{examples}} == [[Anime]] &and [[Manga]] ==▼ ▲== Anime & Manga == * Almost every significant character in ''[[Bobobo-Bo Bo-bobo]]''. * Shinogi Kanno of ''[[Baki the Grappler]]'' practices a "cord-cutting" style of karate which allows him to sever his opponent's nerves and tendons, crippling or even blinding them with a single blow. * This is ''[[Ranma ½]]''{{'}}s bread and butter. The number of martial arts styles that ''aren't'' a ridiculously weaponized version of something completely unthreatening (dinner parties, for example) could be counted on one hand. == [[Comic Books]] == * ''[[Howard the Duck (comics)\|Howard the Duck]]'' is an expert in Quack Fu. == [[Fan Works]] == * In the ''[[Ranma ½]]'' fan fic ''[[Girl Days]]'', Ranma faces practitioners of a couple of these even more extreme than normally seen in the original work. First there's Big Pocky, who has a style based entirely around snack foods. And then there's Kenchuro Tojo, the creator of the "[[Baka]]-ken", whose Art is based on the idea that one can be so bizarrely incompetent that it goes completely through failure and out the other side into mastery. Ranma refuses to fight him on the grounds that [[Insistent Terminology\|he's a loony]]. == [[Film]] == * Wimp Lo from ''[[Kung Pow]]'' was deliberately trained wrong as a joke. {{quote\|"My-Face-to-Your-Foot style, how'd ya like it?!" }} * ''[[Orgazmo\|]]'': Choda Boy]] and his Hamster style kung fu. ** They made it up, aside from the more... hamstery aspects, by combining aspects of Monkey and Crane styles of kung fu. * Featured in ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'', with techniques like the Buddhist Palm style, the Frog style, and the [[Musical Assassin]]s. Line 38 ⟶ 39: * The [[Jackie Chan]] movie ''Snake in the Eagle's Shadow'' has him as a bullied janitor who gets taught Snake Fist by an old master. When the old man is menaced by a master of the rival school Eagle Claw, Jackie steps in but gets his butt kicked. He ends up inventing his own martial art by mimicking a cat fighting a snake, complete with meowing and washing his face. At the end of the film the old master asks what he plans on calling his style and he responds with a [[Title Drop]]. == [[Literature]] == * ''[[Discworld]]'': Played with in ''[[~~Discworld/Thief of Time\|~~Thief of Time]]'', where Lobsang asks Lu-Tze about his renowned mastery of several martial arts, including ''Okidoki'', ''Upsi-Dasi'', and ''Deja-Fu.'' Lu-Tze mocks them all and says that "none of the monks here know ''Deja-Fu''". {{spoiler\|[[Exact Words\|As it turns out, that's because he never taught them, and he himself isn't a monk]].}} From the name and the fact the monks can manipulate time, it seems likely that ''Deja-Fu'' involves making people feel the sensation of being punched just before you actually hit them while they're reeling from the blow you're about to deliver. The book does mention that the literal translation of "Deja-Fu" is "the sensation of having been kicked in the head like this before". Plus [[Bullet Time\|time slicing]] and (if humans are capable of it, and not just [[Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti\|yeti]]) [[Save Scumming]]. Evidently they are, since it gets used as a [[Chekhov's Gun]] by {{spoiler\|Lu-Tze}}. ** ''[[~~Discworld/Making Money\|~~Making Money]]'' refers to sloshi, the art of Martial Arts Clowning. == [[Live -Action TV]] ==▼ ▲== Live Action TV == * ''[[The Goodies]]'' had Ecky-Thump, the ancient Lancastrian art of self-defence. It involved the use of black puddings as weapons. * Joe Garelli from ''[[News Radio]]'' is an expert in "[[Just for Pun\|Joe-jitsu]]". * Zack from ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' added [[Dance Battler\|dance moves]] to his martial arts training to make "Hip-Hop-Kido". * In ''[[Dollhouse]]'', Topher warns an intruder that he has uploaded himself with many deadly martial arts skills. Said intruder then punches him in the face and knocks him out cold. {{quote\|'''Topher:''' I have imprinted myself with [[Large Ham\|MANY USEFUL SKILLS]] ~~- ''gets knocked out''}}~~ ''gets knocked out''}} == [[Radio]] ==▼ * The CBC radio sketch comedy group ''[[The Frantics]]'' made famous the ~~famous~~ancient art of "Tae Kwon Leep" ~~routine~~. ~~The fake martial art~~This consists primarily of two things: Boot to the head, and getting in the first shot.▼ == [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] == ▲== Radio == * George Smilovici's 1984 routine [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBqUBnFHfhc "I'm Tuff"] includes the line ▲* The CBC radio sketch comedy group ''[[The Frantics]]'' made the famous "Tae Kwon Leep" routine. The fake martial art consists primarily of two things: Boot to the head, and getting the first shot. {{quote\|Don't hassle me, I have a black belt in Macrame.}} == [[Tabletop Games]] ==▼ ▲== Tabletop Games == * Parodied in the ''[[Munchkin (game)\|Munchkin]]'' card game supplement ''Munchkin Fu'', with Drunken Monkey Kung Fu, Fee Fi Fo Fu, and Stomach Fu. == [[Toys]] ==▼ ▲== Toys == * The [[LEGO]] "Ninjago" toy line has characters mastering Spinjitzu, where characters spin and become tornadoes to fight enemies. * Occurs often in the various ''[[Transformers]]'' series, most notably with Metallikato, Crystalocution, and Circuit-su. == [[Video Games]] ==▼ ▲== Video Games == * ''[[Spy Fox]]'': See page quote. [[Rule of Funny\|Sometimes it works.]] * The ''[[Lego Universe]]'' fanon has Spatula-Fu, an ancient order of Jedi-like warriors who wield large pizza spatulas. * ''[[Earthbound]]'' has ~~cpt~~Cpt. Strong, who uses Super Ultra Mambo-Tango-Foxtrot Martial Arts. * ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' has "Jarate, the jar-based karate" (that is, throwing a jar of your urine at an opponent). ** The ~~advertisment~~advertisement for Jarate does make a point of mentioning that Jarate is neither affiliated with, nor a substitute, for actual Karate, though. == [[Web Comics]] == * ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'': When Elan attempts to dethrone the evil general {{spoiler\|Tarquin, his father}}, he is criticized for his lack of combat skills. He then reveals himself to have been studying the fine art... of ''[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0761.html pun dueling!]'' {{spoiler\|He then gets his puns handed to him as Tarquin reveals, in the silliest duel ever, that he also has trained in that art.}} ** That could also be called [[Incredibly Lame Pun\|Pun Fu.]] == [[Western Animation]] == * ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' also knew Quack Fu. * ''[[Kim Possible]]'' features Monkey Kung-Fu, as practised by the villain Monkey Fist and Kim's sidekick Ron Stoppable.