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The [[Inverted Trope|inverse]] of [[I Know Madden Kombat]]; this trope covers instances where martial arts are used for mundane tasks, or a martial art is developed from humble beginnings. This trope is sometimes invoked by games that seek to be [[PVP Balanced|balanced for PVP]] or [[Competitive Balance|competitive dueling]].

 

 

Contrast [[What the Fu Are You Doing]]

 

== Anime & Manga ==

** It also seems that every mundane task in [[The Verse]] gets not only a martial art, but specific fighting moves in Anything Goes. Crouch of the Wild Tiger, anyone?

* And then of course there's ''[[Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo]]'', which lives on this. The main character uses "Fist of the Nose Hair", which is basically [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]. That is only the beginning of the martial arts madness. There's a full list [http://bobobo.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Shinken here].<br />It must be noted that, although the Finishing Attacks of each school do indeed fit the theme indicated by the name, most of the actual fighting in the series, no matter the formal school used, boils down to confusing the enemy to the point where they can't defend themselves against that finishing attack. Bobobo at one point laments that, aside from a basic hand chop and the "confuse them" strategy, he really only has a single special attack.

* Every school club in ''[[Futaba Kun Change (Manga)|Futaba Kun Change]]'' seems to have a martial art based upon whatever the club's focus is. Including martial arts calligraphy.

* The chainsaw-fu that protagonist Fumio in ''[[Saitama Chainsaw Shoujo]]'' uses on her classmates was originally meant to aid her when she inherited her grandfather's lumber company.

* Stephen Chow's earlier film ''[[God of Cookery (Film)|God of Cookery]]'' featured Shaolin-style cooking, complete with an over-the-top martial arts contest.

* In ''[[Hero (Film)|Hero]]'', one's skill in swordsmanship directly crosses over into skill at calligraphy. Nameless studies Broken Sword's calligraphy to get a better impression of his warrior skills. This is actually a reference to some Samurai beliefs -- the way you hold a brush and the way you hold a sword have a symbolic relationship.

* In ''Kung Fu Dunk'', the main characters uses a [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|special martial arts technique]] in the finals of a basketball game to ''travel through time'' in order to make the winning basket. In the same vein, his [[Mentors|Masters from Kung Fu School]] show up to play after the most of his team is incapacitated by the opposing one. [[Hilarity Ensues|Projectile weapons are thrown, over-the-top slow motion is used and pressure points are hit]].

* In the first ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' movie, Leo puts his swords by slicing up a pizza and distributing the slices to the plates. The last one ends up falling on Splinter's head!

** No, that honor has to go to the obsessed vampire who turns people he bites into werewolves.

** No, that honor has to go to the sociopathic teddy bear [[Played for Laughs]]. NMS, by the way, has ninja bookkeepers. Not just bookkeepers who are ninja, but people ''trained in the art of ninja bookkeeping''. Both bookkeeping with ninja skills, [[Ambiguous Syntax|and]] keeping ninja books. *stage whisper*: They really only call it that to make the extremely elderly bookkeepers feel better about not reliably being [[Badass Grandpa|Badass Great-Great-Grandparents]].*/stage whisper*

* ''[[Freefall (Webcomic)|Freefall]]''

** The [[McNinja|French ninjas]] of "Le Restaurant des Ninjas" run their restaurant without being seen. Everything from directing patrons to their tables, to delivering [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1100/fv01082.htm menus], [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1100/fv01093.htm food] (including [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01110.htm desserts], [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1100/fv01083.htm drinks] (including [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1100/fv01090.htm refills]), and the [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01112.htm bill], all while being completely stealthy. Well, ''[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1100/fv01081.htm almost]'' [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01113.htm completely]. They're so effective at hiding, [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1100/fv01079.htm they hide their restaurant.]

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