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* [[Heel Face Turn]]: In the third version of Return of the Condor Heroes, Jinlun Fawang relents at the end and saves Guo Xiang from a burning wooden tower (that he had tied her to in the first place) [[Redemption Equals Death|at the cost of his life.]]

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: There's Wang Chongyang and Duan Zhixing. Apparently, they were such good friends that they decided to lock themselves up in a room for around one year to practice kung fu together. This had the unfortunate effect of causing Duan Zhixing's married life to become destroyed, to say the least.

* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Quite a few of them make their appearances in the novels; most memorably, Genghis Khan is a supporting character in ''Condor Heroes''. Also, Emperor Qianlong was a main character in ''The Book and the Sword''. And in ''The Deer and the Cauldron'', Emperor Kangxi is a ''very'' important character.

* [[Honor Before Reason]]: A lot of the protagonists. The most extreme examples are Guo Jing, Zhang Wuji, and Xiao Feng. For Guo Jing's case, he actually became (in)famous even among his ''enemies'' for being an incredibly honorable goody-two-shoes.

* [[Selective Obliviousness]]: Linghu Chong does not see his master's [[Smug Snake|true nature]], that would be just too unfilial.

* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: A notable example includes Sha Gu (from ''Legend of the Condor Heroes''). Although she's crazy and retarded, it's revealed that after they cleaned her up, she was actually quite pretty. Yang Guo deliberately invokes this in his later years by always wearing an ugly mask to hide his face given how many girls' hearts he unwittingly broke over the years. Given what happened to Guo Xiang after she saw him...it may not be such a bad idea.

* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]: Huang Rong towards Guo Jing - as a matter of fact, a huge reason why she decided to start following him and chasing him was because he was just ''such'' a nice guy to her, regardless of whether she was dressed as a beggar. And then there's Ah Shiu towards Shi Potian, who is attracted to his kind, naive personality (in contrast to his [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|bad boy]], rapist [[Evil Twin]] brother).

* [[Smug Snake]] - Yue Bu Qun. Would have been a [[Magnificent Bastard]], if he hadn't taken the "bastard" part [[Moral Event Horizon|too far]], and in the end all of his plots came tumbling down. Ditto Murong Fu (and he ultimately failed, too, very, ''very'' badly).

* [[Villainous Crossdresser]]: In ''The Smiling, Proud Wanderer'', those who learn the [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]] all end up a little...queer, to say the least.

* [[Wall of Text]] - Jin Yong will sidetrack so often to pontificate about the [[Backstory]] of the most recently arrived character that it's very easy to lose track of the main plot.

* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: Most of his protagonists except for Wei Xiaobao.

* [[Woman Scorned]]: Zhou Zhiruo is the epitome of this. ''All'' hell breaks loose when Wuji leaves her during the wedding.

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