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The ''Heroic Trio'' is a 1993 Hong Kong action film directed by Johnny To, featuring an [[All
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]]. 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.
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* '''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
* '''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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.
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* [[All Amazons Want Hercules]] - Averted with Invisible Girl and her somewhat nerdy boyfriend.
** Invoked with Wonder Woman's husband who is a [[Badass Normal]] cop that, in the first scene, jumps out of a window and intimidates a car-thief into putting handcuffs on himself.
* [[Anti
* [[Anti
* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]] - All three main characters remain gorgeous for the most part, despite getting bloody and dirty.
** 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."
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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.
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* [[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
** To say nothing of Anita Mui and Maggie Cheung co-starring with [[Jackie Chan]] a few times. Maggie was also in [[Hero (Film)|Hero]].
* [[Horseback Heroism]] - Two of the ladies ride horses in slo-mo with Thief Catcher on her motorcycle.
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* [[Make Me Wanna Shout]] - The Evil Master screams and destroys Invisible Girl's chain weapon.
* [[Mood Whiplash]] - The movie can go from goofy, to heartwarming, to disturbing in the span of minutes.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]] - Theif Catcher tries to lure the baby-knapper out in the open by using a baby as live bait. The baby ends up dying in a fight between the three ladies.
* [[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.}}
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* [[Only a Flesh Wound]] Each member of the Heroic Trio is pummeled to the point where they're squirting blood out of their mouths. They seem just fine by the end of the movie.
* [[Out of the Inferno]] - The Evil Master.
* [[Paper
** Granted, her husband eventually finds out... through completely different means.
* [[Power Trio]] - The most obvious time this trope is invoked is the brief fight between Theif Catcher and Invisible Girl right before Wonder Woman breaks it up and straightens them out.
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* [[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 The Mouse?]] - So Wonder Woman and Invisible Girl were trained by an [[Old Master]] that wanted them to "fight for justice" and all we see are two flashbacks with no actual mention of even his name.
* [[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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* [[Batman Gambit]] - Mr. Kim manipulates a Colonel and a spiritual leader in a plot to become president.
* [[Battle Couple]] - Chat and her [[Love Interest]] Tak team up towards the end.
* [[Evil, Inc.]]. - Mr. Kim's water company.
* [[Furo Scene]] - It takes place in Wonder Woman's house and not at a public bath, but the effect is the same. There is even a [[Skinship Grope]] or two involved.
* [[Held Gaze]] - When it comes time for Chat to fall in love with [[The Rival]], she does this.
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* [[Love Confession]] - Chat and Tak both demand one from the other.
* [[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.
* [[Refused 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.
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* [[Stuffed in The Fridge]] - As with the last one, the love interests for these women get put through the ringer. It's almost a [[Cartwright Curse]].
* [[Unexplained Recovery]] - Kau is back as an ally, is mute, and possibly deformed. There is little explanation why he has returned, although since he was so hard to kill in the last movie, it makes sense that he was [[Only Mostly Dead]].
* [[Why Won't You Die?]] - Mr. Kim proves much harder to kill than expected, resulting in Chat saying a variation of this.
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