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* AMinorKidroduction: A flashback scene midway shows how Meng, Sister Ko, and Yip meet as kids and how they become sworn [[BloodBrothers blood siblings]].
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* AMinorKidroduction: A flashback scene midway shows how Meng, Sister Ko, and Yip meet as kids and how they become sworn [[BloodBrothers [[SwornBrothers blood siblings]].
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* BladeOnAStick: The self-proclaimed "No. 1 Bladesman in China" uses a ''guandao'' as his weapon. He still gets his ass kicked by Meng anyways.
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* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: More than one martial artist / swordsman uses a form of SpinAttack during battles, most notably Yip during his fight with TheDragon.
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* SpinAttack: More than one martial artist / swordsman uses a form of SpinAttack during battles, most notably Yip during his fight with TheDragon.
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* CoolHat: Sister Ko, Meng Sing-wan and Yip Cheung all wears different headgears at various points of the film.
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''Butterfly and Sword'' is a 1993 {{Wuxia}} [[GenreMashup martial arts / romance / action / drama film]] starring Creator/MichelleYeoh, Creator/TonyLeung, Creator/{{Tony Leung|Chiu Wai}}, Creator/DonnieYen, Joey Wong and Jimmy Lin. It is an InNameOnly remake of the 1976 martial arts film ''Film/KillerClans'', and one of the most well-known 90s entry of wuxia cinema for its EnsembleCast, over-the-top special effects, and ridiculous amounts of gore which often crossed into BloodyHilarious territory.
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''Butterfly and Sword'' is a 1993 {{Wuxia}} [[GenreMashup martial arts / romance / action / drama film]] starring Creator/MichelleYeoh, Creator/TonyLeung, Creator/DonnieYen, Joey Wong and Jimmy Lin. It is an InNameOnly remake of the 1976 martial arts film ''Killer Clans'', and one of the most well-known 90s entry of wuxia cinema for its EnsembleCast, over-the-top special effects, and ridiculous amounts of gore which often crossed into BloodyHilarious territory.
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''Butterfly and Sword'' is a 1993 {{Wuxia}} [[GenreMashup martial arts / romance / action / drama film]] starring Creator/MichelleYeoh, Creator/TonyLeung, Creator/DonnieYen, Joey Wong and Jimmy Lin. It is an InNameOnly remake of the 1976 martial arts film ''Killer Clans'', ''Film/KillerClans'', and one of the most well-known 90s entry of wuxia cinema for its EnsembleCast, over-the-top special effects, and ridiculous amounts of gore which often crossed into BloodyHilarious territory.
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* ClothFu: Most notably Sister Ko's scarf, but Meng and Yip occasionally use their coats and scarves as defense too.
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* CanonForeigner: The Prince played by Jimmy Lin is created just for this movie, and doesn't have a counterpart in the 1976 original.
* ClothFu: Most notably Sister Ko's scarf, but Meng and Yip occasionally use their coats and scarves asdefense weapons too.
* ClothFu: Most notably Sister Ko's scarf, but Meng and Yip occasionally use their coats and scarves as
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Veteran ass-kicker and fighter Sister Ko (played by Michelle Yeoh) is the Tomboy, to the feminine and demure damsel Butterfly (Played by Joey Wang).
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* EvilOldFolks: Eunuch Tsao, also an EvilAlbino, and the true BigBad of the film.
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* PowerFist: Eunuch Tsao wears a fiendish-looking spiked gauntlet on his right hand, which turns out to contain a secret projectile launcher and can be fired, RocketPunch style.
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* TrickedOutGloves: Eunuch Tsao wears a fiendish-looking spiked gauntlet on his right hand, which turns out to contain a secret projectile launcher and can be fired, RocketPunch style.
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* OffWithHisHead: Happens more than once. Sister Ko ripped off a guy's head with her sash the moment she shows up, and later on there is Lord Suen's [[TheDragon dragon]] killing 4 other martial artists by removing their craniums.
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* OffWithHisHead: Happens more than once. Sister Ko ripped off a guy's head with her sash the moment she shows up, and later on there is Lord Suen's [[TheDragon dragon]] killing 4 other martial artists by removing their craniums. See also RasputinianDeath below.
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** [[spoiler: Lord Suen is finally killed when Meng craves a tunnel through his midsection, one wide enough for Meng to walk across]].
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** [[spoiler: Lord Suen is finally killed when Meng craves carves a tunnel through his midsection, one wide enough for Meng to walk across]].
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-> "A shooting star burns but briefly, but while it burns what other star in the heavens is as bright, as brilliant. When a shooting star appears not even the stars in the enduring constellations can match its light. The life of a butterfly is delicate even more fragile than flowers, but alas it lives only in the spring. It is beauty, it is freedom, it is flight. Although its life is short it is fragrant. Only swords, in comparison are eternal. A swordsman holds his light, his brilliance and light in his hands, but should the sword feel emotion will its brilliance be as short as that of a meteor." - '''Ancient Martial Arts Proverb'''
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-> "A shooting star burns but briefly, but while it burns what other star in the heavens is as bright, as brilliant. When a shooting star appears not even the stars in the enduring constellations can match its light. The life of a butterfly is delicate even more fragile than flowers, but alas it lives only in the spring. It is beauty, it is freedom, it is flight. Although its life is short it is fragrant. Only swords, in comparison are eternal. A swordsman holds his light, his brilliance and light in his hands, but should the sword feel emotion will its brilliance be as short as that of a meteor." - "
-->-- '''Ancient Martial Arts Proverb'''
-->-- '''Ancient Martial Arts Proverb'''
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* AllStarCast: Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen, Tony Leung, Jimmy Lin (a popular Taiwanese singer at the time) and Joey Wang of Film/AChineseGhostStory fame.
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* AllStarCast: Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen, Tony Leung, Jimmy Lin (a popular Taiwanese singer at the time) and Joey Wang of Film/AChineseGhostStory fame.
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* EnsembleCast: Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen, Tony Leung, Jimmy Lin (a popular Taiwanese singer at the time) and Joey Wang of Film/AChineseGhostStory fame.
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* EnsembleCast: Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen, Tony Leung, Jimmy Lin (a popular Taiwanese singer There are at the time) least 5 main characters (Meng Sing-wan, Sister Ko, Prince Chai, Butterfly, Yip Cheung) and Joey Wang they get roughly equal amounts of Film/AChineseGhostStory fame.screen-time and development.
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* MrFanservice: Meng Sing-wan, played by Tony Leung, who have at least 4 ShirtlessScene throughout the film.
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* MrFanservice: MrFanservice:
** Meng Sing-wan, played by Tony Leung, who have at least 4 ShirtlessScene throughout thefilm.film.
** Donnie Yen's Yip Cheung have one ShirtlessScene to, and the camera lingers rather close to his pecs in that scene.
** Meng Sing-wan, played by Tony Leung, who have at least 4 ShirtlessScene throughout the
** Donnie Yen's Yip Cheung have one ShirtlessScene to, and the camera lingers rather close to his pecs in that scene.
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* JustFriends: Meng considers Sister Ko to be this, despite her romantic advances being clear she has the hots for him. Also between Yip and Butterfly, since Yip knew Butterfly is Meng’s fiancé and he have no business getting between them.
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* JustFriends: Meng considers Sister Ko to be this, despite her romantic advances being clear she has the hots for him. Also between Yip and Butterfly, since Yip knew Butterfly is Meng’s fiancé fiance; and he have no business getting between them.
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* SpysSuspiciousSpouse: Or Assassin’s Suspicious Spouse. Butterfly doesn’t have a clue that her lover/fiancé, Meng is actually an assassin by trade, and tries to find out what he does for a living.
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* SpysSuspiciousSpouse: Or Assassin’s Suspicious Spouse. Butterfly doesn’t have a clue that her lover/fiancé, lover/fiance, Meng is actually an assassin by trade, and tries to find out what he does for a living.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: More than one opponent receives some degree of over-the-top, excessively gory [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill overkills]] throughout the film.
** In the bamboo forest fight, Yip stomps on an opponent's head, causing said opponent's entire body to sink through solid ground with only the head remaining. The opponent then pukes blood and dies, just a single head sticking out of the ground.
** In the same scene, Yip impales a guy into a bamboo tree, then forcibly twirls his sword numerous times until his victim's carcass is crunched by several bamboo splinters.
** [[spoiler: Exhibit C, Eunuch Tsao. See RasputinianDeath below]].
** In the bamboo forest fight, Yip stomps on an opponent's head, causing said opponent's entire body to sink through solid ground with only the head remaining. The opponent then pukes blood and dies, just a single head sticking out of the ground.
** In the same scene, Yip impales a guy into a bamboo tree, then forcibly twirls his sword numerous times until his victim's carcass is crunched by several bamboo splinters.
** [[spoiler: Exhibit C, Eunuch Tsao. See RasputinianDeath below]].
** Meng somehow did this with ''himself'' in the opening scene, launching himself through the air with his bow into a group of enemy soldiers.
** Later on during the battle with Lord Suen, Sister Ko uses her sash to launch Meng through the air so that Meng can land a lethal hit on Suen.
** Later on during the battle with Lord Suen, Sister Ko uses her sash to launch Meng through the air so that Meng can land a lethal hit on Suen.
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* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThatTheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: A written version. After Meng left for the city, a week later Butterfly receives a scroll from him, which is his letter to her. In his letter, he wrote, "Hey, stop eating cookies on our bed!"... just as she is eating cookies while seated on their bed and reading his letter. Its one of the most hilarious moments of the movie.
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
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* VineSwing: During their more intimate scenes, Meng and Butterfly would spend their time swinging from tree-to-tree in the woods outside their humble home.
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* BattleCoupleBattleCouple: Sister Ko and Yip Cheung in the bamboo forest fight, the two of them taking out a small legion of rival fighters.
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ClothFu: Most notably Sister Ko's scarf, but Meng and Yip occasionally use their coats and scarves as defense too.
*CoolBigSisCoolBigSis: Sister Ko to Meng and Yip. Adoptive sister, to be precise, but close enough.
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* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning
EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: More than one martial artist / swordsman uses a form of SpinAttack during battles, most notably Yip during his fight with TheDragon.
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EvilOldFolks: Eunuch Tsao, also an EvilAlbino, and the true BigBad of the film.
*EvilOldFolks
EvilVsEvil: Eunuch Tsao vs Lord Suen. Neither of them are on the side of good, but unfortunately our heroes Meng, Yip and Sister Ko knows nothing about the truth.
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* FakingTheDeadFakingTheDead: Halfway through the movie, Meng faked his death to distract the authorities hot on his trail because of the killings he did in the opening scene. Bonus points that his "killers" are none other than Sister Ko and Yip Cheung, and they even staged a MeaningfulFuneral for him!
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ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Happens during the bamboo forest battle, with more than one rival swordsman getting the pointy end through their midsections. The last two, notably, gets impaled when Sister Ko slices a bamboo tree ''vertically'' into half, and then splits it, causing the halved tree to impale both opponents at the same time.
*ImprovisedWeaponImprovisedWeapon: In the final battle, Eunuch Tsao briefly used a ''pillar'' he ripped out of the ground with his bare hands to fight Sister Ko and Meng.
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* RasputinianDeathRasputinianDeath: Eunuch Tsao; [[spoiler: after getting a hole ripped through his guts by Meng, and his head kicked off by Prince Chai, his chamber then collapses right on top of him. After Meng, Sister Ko and Prince Chai escape his CollapsingLair to the outside, they stop to catch their breath... only for Tsao's headless corpse with a massive hole in it, reanimated by his ''chi'', to come leaping towards them. Yip arrives in time however to deliver the final blow, slicing what's left of Tsao into ribbons]].
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* TorsoWithAView: Lord Suen is finally killed when Meng craves a tunnel through his midsection, one wide enough for Meng to walk across.
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* TorsoWithAView: TorsoWithAView:
** [[spoiler: Lord Suen is finally killed when Meng craves a tunnel through his midsection, one wide enough for Meng to walkacross.across]].
** [[spoiler: Meng did this again to Eunuch Tsao, but the Eunuch is MadeOfIron and survives]].
** [[spoiler: Lord Suen is finally killed when Meng craves a tunnel through his midsection, one wide enough for Meng to walk
** [[spoiler: Meng did this again to Eunuch Tsao, but the Eunuch is MadeOfIron and survives]].
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''Butterfly and Sword'' is a 1993 {{Wuxia}} [[GenreMashup martial arts/romance/action/drama arts / romance / action / drama film]] starring Creator/MichelleYeoh, Creator/TonyLeung, Creator/DonnieYen, Joey Wong and Jimmy Lin. It is an InNameOnly remake of the 1976 martial arts film ''Killer Clans'', and one of the most well-known 90s entry of wuxia cinema for its EnsembleCast, over-the-top special effects, and ridiculous amounts of gore which often crossed into BloodyHilarious territory.
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* AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu
AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu: Every single named character, except Butterfly, is a martial artist and assassin of some sort.
*BaldOfEvilBaldOfEvil: Eunuch Tsao, although he's not immeddiately identified as the real villain. But then again he does look ObviouslyEvil.
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* BladeOnAStick: The self-proclaimed “No. 1 Bladesman in China” uses a guandao as his weapon. He still gets his ass kicked by Meng anyways.
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* BladeOnAStick: The self-proclaimed “No. "No. 1 Bladesman in China” China" uses a guandao ''guandao'' as his weapon. He still gets his ass kicked by Meng anyways.
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* LudicrousGibsLudicrousGibs: Happens throughout the film, but most notably in Meng's EstablishingCharacterMoment; rushing into a group of enemy soldiers, and then slicing a row of men into mincemeat almost effortlessly.
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* OffWithHisHeadOffWithHisHead: Happens more than once. Sister Ko ripped off a guy's head with her sash the moment she shows up, and later on there is Lord Suen's [[TheDragon dragon]] killing 4 other martial artists by removing their craniums.
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* ScarfOfAsskickingScarfOfAsskicking: Sister Ko's sash, which she used to kick massive amounts of ass. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment involves her using her sash to rip off an enemy's head.
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* SpysSuspiciousSpouse: Or Assassin’s Suspicious Spouse. Butterfly doesn’t have a clue that her lover/fiancé Meng is actually an assassin by trade, and tries to find out what he does for a living.
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* SpysSuspiciousSpouse: Or Assassin’s Suspicious Spouse. Butterfly doesn’t have a clue that her lover/fiancé lover/fiancé, Meng is actually an assassin by trade, and tries to find out what he does for a living.
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* TearOffYourFaceTearOffYourFace: Right away in the opening scene, we have Yip Cheung slicing away a traitor's face.
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* TorsoWithAViewTorsoWithAView: Lord Suen is finally killed when Meng craves a tunnel through his midsection, one wide enough for Meng to walk across.
* TrickedOutGloves: Eunuch Tsao wears a fiendish-looking spiked gauntlet on his right hand, which turns out to contain a secret projectile launcher and can be fired, RocketPunch style.
* TrickedOutGloves: Eunuch Tsao wears a fiendish-looking spiked gauntlet on his right hand, which turns out to contain a secret projectile launcher and can be fired, RocketPunch style.
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* WaifFuWaifFu: Sister Ko's fighting patterns have traces of these. Being played by Michelle Yeoh, that's a given.
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YouAreAlreadyDead: One fight scene had Yip fighting Lord Suen's [[TheDragon dragon]], one-on-one. Yip's opponent managed to disarm Yip, knocking Yip's sword out of his hands. Yip only smirks, and as TheDragon approaches, suddenly a dozen wounds on his body starts gushing blood, the same spots Yip had injured a few moments ago, enough to kill him instantly.
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-> "A shooting star burns but briefly, but while it burns what other star in the heavens is as bright, as brilliant. When a shooting star appears not even the stars in the enduring constellations can match its light. The life of a butterfly is delicate even more fragile than flowers, but alas it lives only in the spring. It is beauty, it is freedom, it is flight. Although its life is short it is fragrant. Only swords, in comparison are eternal. A swordsman holds his light, his brilliance and light in his hands, but should the sword feel emotion will its brilliance be as short as that of a meteor." - Ancient Martial Arts Proverb
''Butterfly and Sword'' is a 1993 {{Wuxia}} [[GenreMashup martial arts/romance/action/drama film]] starring Creator/MichelleYeoh, Creator/TonyLeung, Creator/DonnieYen, Joey Wong and Jimmy Lin. It is an InNameOnly remake of the 1976 martial arts film ''Killer Clans'', and one of the most well-known 90s entry of wuxia cinema for its EnsembleCast, over-the-top special effects, and ridiculous amounts of gore which often crossed into BloodyHilarious territory.
''Butterfly and Sword'' is a 1993 {{Wuxia}} [[GenreMashup martial arts/romance/action/drama film]] starring Creator/MichelleYeoh, Creator/TonyLeung, Creator/DonnieYen, Joey Wong and Jimmy Lin. It is an InNameOnly remake of the 1976 martial arts film ''Killer Clans'', and one of the most well-known 90s entry of wuxia cinema for its EnsembleCast, over-the-top special effects, and ridiculous amounts of gore which often crossed into BloodyHilarious territory.
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-> "A shooting star burns but briefly, but while it burns what other star in the heavens is as bright, as brilliant. When a shooting star appears not even the stars in the enduring constellations can match its light. The life of a butterfly is delicate even more fragile than flowers, but alas it lives only in the spring. It is beauty, it is freedom, it is flight. Although its life is short it is fragrant. Only swords, in comparison are eternal. A swordsman holds his light, his brilliance and light in his hands, but should the sword feel emotion will its brilliance be as short as that of a meteor." - Ancient '''Ancient Martial Arts Proverb
Proverb'''
''Butterfly and Sword'' is a 1993 {{Wuxia}} [[GenreMashup martial arts/romance/action/drama film]] starring Creator/MichelleYeoh, Creator/TonyLeung, Creator/DonnieYen, Joey Wong and Jimmy Lin. It is an InNameOnly remake of the 1976 martial arts film ''Killer Clans'', and one of the most well-known 90s entry of wuxia cinema for its EnsembleCast, over-the-top special effects, and ridiculous amounts of gore which often crossed into BloodyHilariousterritory.territory.
Ming Dynasty Swordsman and assassin Meng Sing-wan (Tony Leung) grew up with his best friend Yip Cheung (Donnie Yen) and elder Sister, Ko (Michelle Yeoh); as orphans, the trio spend most of their lives training to be the best of martial artists and fighters in the clan they were raised, but now adults, Meng is engaged to his fiance Butterfly (Joey Wang), not knowing that Sister Ko secretly harbours a crush on him. And at the same time, Yip Cheung have a similar crush on Sister Ko, despite all three of them being oblivious to each others' true feelings.
All that lovey-dovey stuff can wait, however, because their clan leader Grand Eunuch Tsao have plans for them to assassinate Master Suen of a rival clan, who have plans of his own to take over the martial arts world. Their only potential ally is Prince Chai (Jimmy Lin), a secret member of their clan who have snuck into the Imperial palace as a spy for the trio. However their master isn't what he may truly seem, because in the world of ''wuxia'' martial arts, always expect the unexpected...
Actually, screw having a plot, because when a film opens with a guy launching himself with his own bow, and flying horizontally through the air and then slicing a dozen faceless extras into giblets, before segueing into another scene where a woman rips off a dude's head with her sash, you'd pretty much know you're '''NOT''' here for the plot. Bring on the blood and gore!
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!!This film contains examples of:
* AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu
* BaldOfEvil
* BattleCouple
* BladeOnAStick: The self-proclaimed “No. 1 Bladesman in China” uses a guandao as his weapon. He still gets his ass kicked by Meng anyways.
* ClothFu
* CoolBigSis
* CoolHat: Sister Ko, Meng Sing-wan and Yip Cheung all wears different headgears at various points of the film.
* DramaticThunder: Featured in the one scene where Sister Ko pledges Meng to confess his true feelings about her, to her…. His confession is interrupted by a sudden bolt of dramatic thunder.
* EnsembleCast: Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen, Tony Leung, Jimmy Lin (a popular Taiwanese singer at the time) and Joey Wang of Film/AChineseGhostStory fame.
* EunuchsAreEvil: Eunuch Tsao, the real BigBad and TheManBehindTheMan of the conspiracy threatening to rip the martial arts world apart.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning
* EvilAlbino
* EvilOldFolks
* EvilVsEvil:
* FakingTheDead
* FastballSpecial:
* FuroScene: One scene had Sister Ko (the absolutely gorgeous Michelle Yeoh) in a bathtub.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice
* ImprovisedWeapon
* JustFriends: Meng considers Sister Ko to be this, despite her romantic advances being clear she has the hots for him. Also between Yip and Butterfly, since Yip knew Butterfly is Meng’s fiancé and he have no business getting between them.
* LudicrousGibs
* AMinorKidroduction: A flashback scene midway shows how Meng, Sister Ko, and Yip meet as kids and how they become sworn [[BloodBrothers blood siblings]].
* MrFanservice: Meng Sing-wan, played by Tony Leung, who have at least 4 ShirtlessScene throughout the film.
* OffWithHisHead
* PrecociousCrush: Inverted. It’s Sister Ko, the elder sister-by-blood of Meng Sing-wan, who had a crush on him.
* RasputinianDeath
* ScarfOfAsskicking
* ShootTheBullet: A variant. Meng shoots an arrow out of mid air with his own bow and arrow.
* SpysSuspiciousSpouse: Or Assassin’s Suspicious Spouse. Butterfly doesn’t have a clue that her lover/fiancé Meng is actually an assassin by trade, and tries to find out what he does for a living.
* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat
* TearOffYourFace
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
* TorsoWithAView
* UnfriendlyFire: Combined with DeadlyDodging. During the fight between Sister Ko and Lord Suen, Suen’s son, Kim, tries to ambush Sister Ko by throwing a couple of darts at her. Sister Ko dodges, causing said darts to fly towards Lord Suen, who deflects both darts… accidentally sending one into Kim’s forehead.
* VineSwing:
* WaifFu
* WifeHusbandry: The crush relationship between Sister Ko and Meng plays out like this trope, having spend their childhood days growing up together before she started having feelings for him.
* WireFu: Most of the fight scenes features this trope, especially the bamboo forest battle where Sister Ko and Yip takes out several opponents.
* {{Wuxia}}: One of the most popular wuxia of the 90s.
* YouAreAlreadyDead
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''Butterfly and Sword'' is a 1993 {{Wuxia}} [[GenreMashup martial arts/romance/action/drama film]] starring Creator/MichelleYeoh, Creator/TonyLeung, Creator/DonnieYen, Joey Wong and Jimmy Lin. It is an InNameOnly remake of the 1976 martial arts film ''Killer Clans'', and one of the most well-known 90s entry of wuxia cinema for its EnsembleCast, over-the-top special effects, and ridiculous amounts of gore which often crossed into BloodyHilarious
Ming Dynasty Swordsman and assassin Meng Sing-wan (Tony Leung) grew up with his best friend Yip Cheung (Donnie Yen) and elder Sister, Ko (Michelle Yeoh); as orphans, the trio spend most of their lives training to be the best of martial artists and fighters in the clan they were raised, but now adults, Meng is engaged to his fiance Butterfly (Joey Wang), not knowing that Sister Ko secretly harbours a crush on him. And at the same time, Yip Cheung have a similar crush on Sister Ko, despite all three of them being oblivious to each others' true feelings.
All that lovey-dovey stuff can wait, however, because their clan leader Grand Eunuch Tsao have plans for them to assassinate Master Suen of a rival clan, who have plans of his own to take over the martial arts world. Their only potential ally is Prince Chai (Jimmy Lin), a secret member of their clan who have snuck into the Imperial palace as a spy for the trio. However their master isn't what he may truly seem, because in the world of ''wuxia'' martial arts, always expect the unexpected...
Actually, screw having a plot, because when a film opens with a guy launching himself with his own bow, and flying horizontally through the air and then slicing a dozen faceless extras into giblets, before segueing into another scene where a woman rips off a dude's head with her sash, you'd pretty much know you're '''NOT''' here for the plot. Bring on the blood and gore!
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!!This film contains examples of:
* AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu
* BaldOfEvil
* BattleCouple
* BladeOnAStick: The self-proclaimed “No. 1 Bladesman in China” uses a guandao as his weapon. He still gets his ass kicked by Meng anyways.
* ClothFu
* CoolBigSis
* CoolHat: Sister Ko, Meng Sing-wan and Yip Cheung all wears different headgears at various points of the film.
* DramaticThunder: Featured in the one scene where Sister Ko pledges Meng to confess his true feelings about her, to her…. His confession is interrupted by a sudden bolt of dramatic thunder.
* EnsembleCast: Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen, Tony Leung, Jimmy Lin (a popular Taiwanese singer at the time) and Joey Wang of Film/AChineseGhostStory fame.
* EunuchsAreEvil: Eunuch Tsao, the real BigBad and TheManBehindTheMan of the conspiracy threatening to rip the martial arts world apart.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning
* EvilAlbino
* EvilOldFolks
* EvilVsEvil:
* FakingTheDead
* FastballSpecial:
* FuroScene: One scene had Sister Ko (the absolutely gorgeous Michelle Yeoh) in a bathtub.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice
* ImprovisedWeapon
* JustFriends: Meng considers Sister Ko to be this, despite her romantic advances being clear she has the hots for him. Also between Yip and Butterfly, since Yip knew Butterfly is Meng’s fiancé and he have no business getting between them.
* LudicrousGibs
* AMinorKidroduction: A flashback scene midway shows how Meng, Sister Ko, and Yip meet as kids and how they become sworn [[BloodBrothers blood siblings]].
* MrFanservice: Meng Sing-wan, played by Tony Leung, who have at least 4 ShirtlessScene throughout the film.
* OffWithHisHead
* PrecociousCrush: Inverted. It’s Sister Ko, the elder sister-by-blood of Meng Sing-wan, who had a crush on him.
* RasputinianDeath
* ScarfOfAsskicking
* ShootTheBullet: A variant. Meng shoots an arrow out of mid air with his own bow and arrow.
* SpysSuspiciousSpouse: Or Assassin’s Suspicious Spouse. Butterfly doesn’t have a clue that her lover/fiancé Meng is actually an assassin by trade, and tries to find out what he does for a living.
* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat
* TearOffYourFace
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
* TorsoWithAView
* UnfriendlyFire: Combined with DeadlyDodging. During the fight between Sister Ko and Lord Suen, Suen’s son, Kim, tries to ambush Sister Ko by throwing a couple of darts at her. Sister Ko dodges, causing said darts to fly towards Lord Suen, who deflects both darts… accidentally sending one into Kim’s forehead.
* VineSwing:
* WaifFu
* WifeHusbandry: The crush relationship between Sister Ko and Meng plays out like this trope, having spend their childhood days growing up together before she started having feelings for him.
* WireFu: Most of the fight scenes features this trope, especially the bamboo forest battle where Sister Ko and Yip takes out several opponents.
* {{Wuxia}}: One of the most popular wuxia of the 90s.
* YouAreAlreadyDead
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-> "A shooting star burns but briefly, but while it burns what other star in the heavens is as bright, as brilliant. When a shooting star appears not even the stars in the enduring constellations can match its light. The life of a butterfly is delicate even more fragile than flowers, but alas it lives only in the spring. It is beauty, it is freedom, it is flight. Although its life is short it is fragrant. Only swords, in comparison are eternal. A swordsman holds his light, his brilliance and light in his hands, but should the sword feel emotion will its brilliance be as short as that of a meteor." - Ancient Martial Arts Proverb
''Butterfly and Sword'' is a 1993 {{Wuxia}} [[GenreMashup martial arts/romance/action/drama film]] starring Creator/MichelleYeoh, Creator/TonyLeung, Creator/DonnieYen, Joey Wong and Jimmy Lin. It is an InNameOnly remake of the 1976 martial arts film ''Killer Clans'', and one of the most well-known 90s entry of wuxia cinema for its EnsembleCast, over-the-top special effects, and ridiculous amounts of gore which often crossed into BloodyHilarious territory.
-> "A shooting star burns but briefly, but while it burns what other star in the heavens is as bright, as brilliant. When a shooting star appears not even the stars in the enduring constellations can match its light. The life of a butterfly is delicate even more fragile than flowers, but alas it lives only in the spring. It is beauty, it is freedom, it is flight. Although its life is short it is fragrant. Only swords, in comparison are eternal. A swordsman holds his light, his brilliance and light in his hands, but should the sword feel emotion will its brilliance be as short as that of a meteor." - Ancient Martial Arts Proverb
''Butterfly and Sword'' is a 1993 {{Wuxia}} [[GenreMashup martial arts/romance/action/drama film]] starring Creator/MichelleYeoh, Creator/TonyLeung, Creator/DonnieYen, Joey Wong and Jimmy Lin. It is an InNameOnly remake of the 1976 martial arts film ''Killer Clans'', and one of the most well-known 90s entry of wuxia cinema for its EnsembleCast, over-the-top special effects, and ridiculous amounts of gore which often crossed into BloodyHilarious territory.
