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The ''[[Heroic Trio]]'' is a 1993 Hong Kong action film directed by Johnny To, featuring an [[All-Star Cast]] including [[Michelle Yeoh]], [[Maggie Cheung]] and the late Anita Mui as the titular trio.
This film is an example of Hong Kong [[Wuxia]], [[Wire Fu]], and [[Heroic Bloodshed]]. The three main characters form a [[
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* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]] - the Evil Master has quite a nice lair under the city streets.
* [[All Amazons Want Hercules]] - Averted with Invisible Girl and her somewhat nerdy boyfriend.
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** Lampshaded by Thief Catcher who, after escaping an explosion, turns and asks "Am I still pretty?". Wonder Woman brushes her off by saying "You look fine but I don't know what's wrong with you."
* [[Blood From the Mouth]] - When the Evil Master clutches Invisible Girl and Wonder Woman on the edge of the building, they cough a modest rivulet each.
* [[Blown Across the Room]] - Happens several times during the film.
* [[Body Horror]] - {{spoiler|The Evil Master's final form, and the fate of his victims.}}
* [[Brainwashed]] - Invisible Girl and all of the Evil Master's underlings. Invisible Girl got better at least.
* [[The Cape (trope)]] - Wonder Woman.
* [[Car Fu]] - well, Bike Fu, technically. Wonder Woman uses a flying, spinning motorcycle as a weapon against Kau.
* [[Catch a Falling Star]] - A number of babies are tossed around rather dramatically.
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* [[Empathic Environment]] - Lightning and [[Dramatic Wind]] seems to follow characters feeling internal conflict.
* [[Enemy Civil War]]: A more personal example than most. While Invisible Girl was still employed by the Old Master, it seemed that she had a rivalry with Kau; to the point where when she enters the secret lair, he attacks her from behind. She ends up chopping off one of his fingers for it and continues on her way.
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Extreme Omnivore]] - Kau not only eats humming birds but he also [[Squick|eats his own severed finger.]]
* [[Friend to All Living Things]] - both Wonder Woman and Invisible Girl have birds land in their hands in different scenes. Both Wonder Woman and Invisible Girl prove to be skilled equestrians. Wonder Woman saves a kitten (yes, a [[Tastes Like Diabetes|kitten]]).
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* [[Heel Face Turn]] - Invisible Woman
* [[Heroic Spirit]] - They all perservere through some pretty heavy stuff in order to do the right thing.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!|Hey, It's That Girl]] - Michelle Yeoh may be remembered by some as James Bond's [[Distaff Counterpart]] in ''[[
** To say nothing of Anita Mui and Maggie Cheung co-starring with [[Jackie Chan]] a few times. Maggie was also in [[Hero (
* [[Horseback Heroism]] - Two of the ladies ride horses in slo-mo with Thief Catcher on her motorcycle.
* [[Infant Immortality]] - Averted pretty damn hard, obviously.
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* [[No One Could Survive That]] - The Evil Master does this twice while surviving massive explosions.
** Kau also basically goes through this and stays gone {{spoiler|until the sequel.}}
* [[Off
* [[Oh Crap]] - The Master has two of the women [[Neck Lift|by the throat]], only to realize a stick of dynamite had been shoved into his robes.
* [[Old Master]] - The Evil Master and the master who trained Wonder Woman and Invisible Girl.
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* [[Rocket Ride]] - Thief Catcher straddles a steel drum, tosses a lit stick of dynamite into the open end, and rides it into combat.
* [[Runaway Train]] - Kau makes this happen. Once said train ends up in Kau's path, he tries [[Trainstopping]]. It doesn't work as well as planned.
* [[Separated
* [[Shout-Out]] - The final battle with the [[Big Bad]] has a rather obvious homage to the first [[Terminator]] movie.
** [[The Dragon|The Dragon's]] weapon could also be a [[Shout-Out]] to the Hong Kong movie, [[Master of the Flying Guillotine]].
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* [[Take My Hand]] - At least three times between Wonder Woman and Invisible Girl
* [[Title Drop]] - The trio get their name in the last scene.
* [[Training
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]] - After Invisible Girl left Wonder Woman as a child, she found the Evil Master and was trained alongside Theif Cacther. This time, Theif Catcher was the one who eventually escaped. Invisible Girl wasn't as lucky.
* [[Use Your Head]] - Theif Catcher does this multiple times in a row against the Evil Master to no avail.
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]] - Evil Master - kick him, shoot him, burn him, blow him up. Nothing works. Except... Love. Yep. Love. [[Your Head Asplode|Makes his head explode.]]
* [[Would Hurt a Child]] - The Evil Master kills a baby rather randomly. We also get briefly treated to a serial killer who attempts to kill newborns (and fails, luckily enough).
* [[What Happened to
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]] - See: [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]. Both the cops and Wonder Woman give Theif Catcher this after the baby's death.
* [[Why Won't You Die?]] - Happens with both the Evil Master and Kau. Bad guys in this movie can survive quite a lot.
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=== ''Contains examples of:'' ===
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* [[Mama Bear]] - Wonder Woman has a kid now. Don't mess with her.
* [[Money, Dear Boy]] - Chat is interested in getting paid more than helping out, at first.
* [[
* [[Retired Badass]] - Wonder Woman's got a kid nowadays and doesn't have much time for heroics... at first.
* [[Sissy Villain]] - Mr. Kim seems more appropriate as a [[Sailor Moon]] villain. He giggles a lot, has a heavy case of [[Ho Yay]] with his understudy, and wears a guady 1700's era long coat/mask combo.
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