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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 [[Power Trio]] of [[Action Girl|Action Girls]]s. The [[Rule of Cool]] helps to excuse some of the more over-the-top action sequences. The fight scenes are all highly choreographed [[Unnecessary Combat Roll|whirling mayhem]] filmed with sweeping tracking shots and plenty of ringing and swishing sound effects.
 
'''Characters:'''
 
* '''Wonder Woman''' (no, not [[Wonder Woman|THAT]] one) or Tung - played by Anita Mui, is a mild-mannered domestic [[Housewife]] by day and a super ninja-skilled [[Action Girl]] with a [[Cool Mask]] by night. Her weapons of choice are a sword and [[Absurdly Sharp Blade|absurdly sharp]] throwing shurikens that can [[Implausible Fencing Powers|deflect and destroy bullets in mid-flight]].
* '''Thief Catcher''' or Mercy or Chat, depending on who did the subtitles - played by Maggie Cheung, is the [[Plucky Comic Relief]], a spunky wise-cracking [[Biker Babe|biker girl]] with a fondness for [[Shotguns Are Just Better|shotguns]] and [[Stuff Blowing Up|dynamite]]. [[So Bad It's Good|Delightful outfit]] includes [[Goggles Do Nothing|goggles]], leather [[Badass Longcoat]], and kneepads. Her main superpower seems to be always being [[Crazy Prepared]], as she never seems to run out of ammo or explosives. Practices [[Gun Fu]].
* '''Invisible Girl''' (not [[Fantastic Four|THAT]] one, either) or Ching or San - played by Michelle Yeoh, is a [[Byronic Hero|brooding assassin]] who steals an [[Invisibility Cloak]] from her [[Mad Scientist]] boyfriend. Slave to the Evil Master, she carries out the grim task of kidnapping male babies for her master. Her weapon of choice is a [[wikipedia:Chain whip|chain whip]], constructed of bullet-proof [[Variable-Length Chain]].
* '''Evil Master''' - This guy's the [[Big Bad]]. Commands Invisible Girl to kidnap babies for his evil plan to find a successor. Turns babies into demon cannibal evil babies, when he's not killing them. Throws [[Poisoned Weapons|poison darts]]. See [[Weaksauce Weakness]] below.
* '''Kau''' - This guy's [[The Dragon]]. Fully grown version of one of Evil Master's demon babies. This guy's [[Made of Iron|tough]] and, it seems, [[Immune to Bullets]]. [[Obviously Evil|Eats songbirds.]] Decapitates victims with an [[Impossibly Cool Weapon]].
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=== Other examples of tropes in this film: ===
 
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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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* [[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 Fromfrom Hell]] - All the girls gets this. Since Invisible Girl and Theif Catcher got this from the Evil Master, it's an almost literal example.
* [[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.
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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.
* [[RefusedRefusal of the Call]] - Ching tries to get the group back together to take out Mr. Kim. It basically takes the length of an entire movie to get the three women back together.
* [[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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[[Category:Fantasy Films]]
[[Category:Hong Kong Films]]
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[[Category:Films of the 1990s]]
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