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* [[Bruce Lee]] likes this one:
** An old standard of Kung Fu movies is to have a group from a rival school (often Japanese) come in and start disrespecting the Hero's school and his recently deceased master, maybe making a pass at his girlfriend. ''Fist of Fury'', which uses the Chin Woo school as a basis, has a scene where this occurs and we get Lee standing there, taking the insults but with a knuckle crack to show how angry he is getting and to step up the tension.
** On the flip side, an example of the "cool" variety, before his fight with [[Chuck Norris]] at the Colosseum in ''[[Way of the Dragon]]'', both fighters step up to each other take off their shirts and then turn around to warm up. Norris only does some [[Knuckle
* ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'' uses it as a parody of/homage to (it's hard to tell which with Stephen Chow) Bruce Lee, when the Landlady menaces Brother Sum with knuckle-cracking to warn him away from Pig Sty Alley.
* ''[[My Demon Lover]]'', a film where Nick from ''[[Family Ties]]'' turns into [[The Devil]] whenever he gets an erection, has the, er... "hero" going nuts over a misplaced pack of Fritos followed by some gut-wrenching knuckle cracking.
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