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{{quote|''"[[John Wayne|Chon Wang]]? [[It Will Never Catch On|That's a terrible name for a cowboy]]!"''}}
''[[Shanghai Noon]]'' is a comedy [[Western]] film starring [[Jackie Chan]] and Owen Wilson. Chan plays a Chinese guardsman, Chon Wang, who travels to America to rescue a kidnapped Imperial princess, teaming up along the way with disreputable gunslinger Roy O'Bannon (played by Owen), a small time robber with delusions of grandeur. Together, the two forge through one misadventure after another. Directed by Tom Dey, it was written by [[Smallville|Alfred Gough and Miles Millar]]. The movie, set in Nevada and other parts of the west in the 19th century, is a juxtaposition of a western with a [[Jackie Chan]] kung fu action movie with extended martial arts sequences. It also has elements of comedy and the "Buddy Cop" film genre, as it involves two men of different personalities and ethnicities (a Chinese imperial guard and a Western outlaw) [[They Fight Crime|who team up to stop a crime]].
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In the sequel directed by David Dobkin, ''Shanghai Knights'', they travel to Victorian London to foil a plot against [[Queen
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* [[Accidental Marriage]]: Chon Wang ends up accidentally married (from his POV) to the Sioux chief's daughter (who knew exactly what she was doing). She follows him around for the rest of the movie, periodically saving his ass, only to end up trading him in for Roy at the end. {{spoiler|She ditches them
{{quote|'''Sioux Shaman''' ''(to the chief):'' Hey, it could be worse. She could have married a white guy.}}
* [[Actor Allusion]]: Roy is off to fight [[Queer as Folk|a sissy]] lord.
** [[Jackie Chan|"You could do your own stunts!"]]
* [[All Animals Are Dogs]]: A horse who knew "sit" and probably a few other commands. Played for laughs, as it's a partial parody of the Improbably Well-Trained Horse common to a lot of Westerns.
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* [[Bolivian Army Ending]]: Subverted, {{spoiler|[[Brick Joke|the Indians Chon befriended earlier]] [[Big Damn Heroes|show up to save the day]]}}. The shot is even matched.
* [[Bookcase Passage]]: The fireplace subtype. It's a woman's breast.
* [[British Royal Guards]]: In ''Knights'', Roy, after failing to provoke a reaction from a guard, gives the guard a friendly pat on the shoulder, and receives a [[Groin Attack]] with the butt of the guard's rifle in return.
* [[Buried Alive]]: At least from the neck down.
* [[California Doubling]]
* [[Catch and Return]]: Unexpected, because it's done by a random Indian warrior to Chon Wang, the Chinese martial artist.
* [[Chinese Laborer]]: Prominently featured in ''Noon''.
* [[Click. "Hello."]]: In ''Noon'', first done by Roy to Long, then by the Marshal to everybody.
* [[Clock Tower]]: ''Shanghai Knights'' {{spoiler|has its climax in Big Ben. Rathbone is tossed out of it, and Wang and O'Bannon must go the same way. But they have a flag to slow their descent.}}
* [[Crashing Dreams]]: From surrounded by lovely ladies, to playful biting, to waking up and getting half-eaten by vultures in the first movie.
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** In the UK, Jason Connery gets a much higher billing.
** The young Charlie Chaplin is really [[Kick-Ass (film)|kickass.]]
* [[Hilarious Outtakes]]: As the credits roll, just like in ''[[Rush Hour]]'' (but actually a [[Call Back]] to Jackie Chan's
* [[Historical In-Joke]]: WAY too many to list here. We start with ''Charlie Chaplin'' tagging with the heroes, who get him into the film business.
* [[Historical Person Punchline]]: That kid who's been hanging around all movie? His name's [[Charlie Chaplin]].
** And the bumbling Inspector who always wished to be a author?
* [[Horsing Around]]: The palomino ridden by Chon Wang has a mind of its own and rarely responds to his wishes unless it wants to.
* [[I Have No Son]]: At the start of the second movie, Chon's father has disowned him for abandoning the family for America. Chon does not take this very well when Lin informs him of this, especially since
* [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...]]: In the second movie, while {{spoiler|being captured by Rathbone}}, after initially objecting to the idea of a relationship between his sister Lin and Roy, Chon accepts it, but adds, "Break her heart, I break your legs," to which Roy replies, "That's fair."
* [[Improvised Weapon]]: Chon Wang employs them in every fight scene.
* [[Indian Maiden]]
* [[Indy Ploy]]: Parodied, where Roy - at this point a train robber - comes up with an elaborate and well-timed plan to stop the train and get the money seamlessly. His men - who aren't the brightest of the bunch - stare blankly and Roy reluctantly agrees to "wing it."
* [[Inscrutable Oriental]]: This trope comes to mind during the jail scene in ''Noon'', in which Roy keeps trying to get Chon to relax.
* [[In the Past Everyone Will Be Famous]]: In the second movie, the main characters create the personas of [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[The Watson|Watson]], freely give the idea to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and take on a young [[Charlie Chaplin]] as a sidekick. Oh, and Roy O'Bannon's real name is {{spoiler|Wyatt Earp.}}
** [[Rule of Funny]] applies in spades: Doyle is inaccurately depicted as a policeman, and the film is set two years before Chaplin was even ''born''.
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* [[My Sister Is Off-Limits]]: Chon Wang acts like this when Lin and Roy starts getting along.
* [[Noodle Implements]]: "She picked the lock using a deck of rather risque playing cards, then she scaled the walls using a mop, a fork, and various pilfered undergarments. You've got to hand it to the Chinese; they're really quite ingenious, aren't they?"
* [[Oh Crap]]: [[The Dragon|Wu Chow]] has this expression right before {{spoiler|he explodes}}. Rathbone also gets an ...off putting look on his face when Chon cuts the support ropes.
* [[One Bullet Left]]: This first movie has this in probable homage to ''A Fistful of Dollars''. Roy O'Bannon has one bullet left in his gun, and says as much to his nemesis. Out of a "sense of fair play", the bad guy mimes emptying his still fully-loaded revolvers, leading to a final shootout with Roy's one bullet vs. the bad guy's 12. {{spoiler|Roy gets him right through the heart.}}
{{quote|'''Bad Guy''': {{spoiler|"Now how the hell did that happen?" *collapses*}}}}
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* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: Wu Chow's favorite way of showing up, which does not amuse Rathbone one bit.
* [[Stock Yuck]]
* [[Sword Fight]]: At the climax of Shanghai Knights.
* [[Taking You with Me]]: At the climax of ''Shanghai Knights'', {{spoiler|Chon Wang is clearly outmatched by Lord Rathbone, so he cuts the ropes supporting the platform they are both standing on and sends both of them through the glass face of Big Ben. Chon is caught by Roy O'Bannon, who was knocked through the same glass a little earlier.}}
* [[This Cannot Be!]]: The sheriff is a little more than taken aback when {{spoiler|Roy shoots him despite only having one bullet to the sheriff's loaded dual pistols, and through the badge no less.}}
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:Hong Kong Films]]
[[Category:film]]
[[Category:Films of the 2000s]]
▲[[Category:Shanghai Noon]]
[[Category:Film Westerns]]
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