Lone Wolf and Cub: Difference between revisions

* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]

* [[Bowdlerise]]: When the movie adaptation was released under the American title ''Shogun Assassin'', among other things these were mercilessly Bowdlerised:

** [[Lull Destruction]]: Extraneous dialog and narration added to otherwise silent scenes, not to mention a grating synthesizer replacing the traditional music of the original.

** [[Noblewoman's Laugh]]: Given to the head Kunoichi in the English version (even in a scene that didn't originally have it), making her sound totally insane when the original was a barely audible snicker. It must be heard to be believed.

* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]: lampshaded, explained and justified. It works because he is perceived as a ronin/samurai with at least some shred of honor, which he is not (he's an assassin), thus catching his opponents completely off guard.

* [[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty]]: Itto exemplifies this trope. Whether it's using his own child as bait, holding somebody else's child hostage to persuade suicide, skewering a man mid-coitus (as well as the unfortunate woman he was bumping uglies with), cutting down pacifistic holy men or throwing his sword into somebody's face (see previous trope). Given the rigorous code of bushido, this is often [[Up to Eleven|cranked up to eleven]] in comparison. Usually followed by some mortally stricken foe yelling "WTF?!?... you can't DO that!!!" in total disbelief. Whereupon Itto flatly states that rules are for samurai and men... "having chosen the path of the demon (the road to hell), Daigoro and himself are excused from adhering to either".

* [[Video Nasties|Video Nasty]]: ''Shogun Assassin''.

* [[Weaponized Car]]: Or at least as close as you could get for that time and age. {{spoiler|Daigoro's babycart is a rolling armory of concealed knives, spears, spring-loaded blades, a multi-bareled rifle and steel plated bottom (which works quite well as a bulletproof shield). The cart is profiled enough to nearly qualify as a third protagonist throughout the early series.}}