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{{quote|'''Wilfred Woodruff''': You should know that I was thrice named ultimate sword master at the Southern Area Regional Volunteer Infantry Reenactment Regiment! |
{{quote|'''Wilfred Woodruff''': You should know that I was thrice named ultimate sword master at the Southern Area Regional Volunteer Infantry Reenactment Regiment! |
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'''Ned''': ''I'' wanted to be a [[Star Wars|Jedi]]!|''[[Pushing Daisies]]'', "[[The Fun in Funeral]]"}} |
'''Ned''': ''I'' wanted to be a [[Star Wars|Jedi]]!|''[[Pushing Daisies]]'', "[[The Fun in Funeral]]"}} |
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* ''[[The Three Musketeers (1973 film)|The Three Musketeers 1973]]'' (directed by Richard Lester) takes pride in giving fiction's most famous swashbucklers decidedly non-Flynn moves. Examples include sucker punching, groin kicking, blinding with cloaks or laundry, bashing with convenient chairs, and ''reversing the sword to beat the bad guy with the grip''. |
* ''[[The Three Musketeers (1973 film)|The Three Musketeers 1973]]'' (directed by Richard Lester) takes pride in giving fiction's most famous swashbucklers decidedly non-Flynn moves. Examples include sucker punching, groin kicking, blinding with cloaks or laundry, bashing with convenient chairs, and ''reversing the sword to beat the bad guy with the grip''. |
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* In the third ''[[The Librarian|Librarian]]'' film Flynn has a sword fight with a throwaway villain at the start. |
* In the third ''[[The Librarian|Librarian]]'' film Flynn has a sword fight with a throwaway villain at the start. |
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{{quote|'''Flynn''': I know two things; Your sword grip and stance show me you're fighting with a 14th century German style defeated only by the renaissance style taught by Hutton in 1892. |
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'''Mason''': What's the other thing you know? |
'''Mason''': What's the other thing you know? |
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'''Flynn''': The renaissance style taught by Hutton in 1892. }} |
'''Flynn''': The renaissance style taught by Hutton in 1892. }} |
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* ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' (2009) managed to work Sulu's fencing skill into the plot, when he confronted an axe-wielding Romulan with his fold-up saber. (Or maybe it was a fold-up cutlass. Or katana. All 23rd century folding swords look alike to me.) |
* ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' (2009) managed to work Sulu's fencing skill into the plot, when he confronted an axe-wielding Romulan with his fold-up saber. (Or maybe it was a fold-up cutlass. Or katana. All 23rd century folding swords look alike to me.) |