Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Film / InChinaTheyEatDogs

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:


%% ZeroContextExample entries are not allowed on wiki pages. All such entries have been commented out. Add context to the entries before uncommenting them.

to:

%% ZeroContextExample Administrivia/ZeroContextExample entries are not allowed on wiki pages. All such entries have been commented out. Add context to the entries before uncommenting them.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Appearently, not an example after all.


* KarmaHoudini: PlayedForLaughs, (if {{downplayed| trope}} slightly). [[spoiler:Arvid is allowed to enter Heaven alongside God at the end of the film. This is so exorbitant [[LampshadeHanging that Arvid himself starts complaining about it]]. God is eventually forced to admit that the whole thing is only happening because He owes Arvid's father a favor.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* KarmaHoudini: PlayedForLaughs, (if {{downplayed| trope}} slightly). [[spoiler:Arvid is allowed to enter Heaven alongside God at the end of the film. This is so exorbitant [[LampshadeHanging that Arvid himself starts complaining about it]]. God is eventually forced to admit that the whole thing is only happening because He owes Arvid's father a favor.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
if he died in a shoot-out, he was not scot-free


* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Arvid is allowed to enter Heaven alongside God at the end of the film. This is so exorbitant [[LampshadeHanging that Arvid himself starts complaining about it]]. God is eventually forced to admit that the whole thing is only happening because He owes Arvid's father a favor.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Arvid is allowed to enter Heaven alongside God at the end of the film. This is so exorbitant [[LampshadeHanging that Arvid himself starts complaining about it]]. God is forced to admit that the whole thing is only happening because He owes Arvid's father a favor.]]

to:

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Arvid is allowed to enter Heaven alongside God at the end of the film. This is so exorbitant [[LampshadeHanging that Arvid himself starts complaining about it]]. God is eventually forced to admit that the whole thing is only happening because He owes Arvid's father a favor.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: [[spoiler:Satan basically sends everyone who God doesn't claim as His own to Hell for what is basically [[FelonyMisdemeanor really minor sins and crimes]], and God is a drunken LazyBum who has a really bad handle on His paperwork.]]

to:

* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: [[spoiler:Satan basically sends everyone who God doesn't claim as His own to Hell for what is basically [[FelonyMisdemeanor really minor sins and crimes]], and God is happens to be a drunken LazyBum who has a really bad handle on His paperwork.]]



* HawaiianShirtedTourist: [[spoiler:Turns out that he is actually God.]]

to:

* HawaiianShirtedTourist: The guy at the bar. [[spoiler:Turns out that he is actually God.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Arvid is allowed to enter Heaven alongside God at the end of the film. This is so exorbitant [[LampshadeHanging that Arvid himself starts complaining about it]]. God is forced to admit that the whole he is only happening because He owes Arvid's father a favor.]]

to:

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Arvid is allowed to enter Heaven alongside God at the end of the film. This is so exorbitant [[LampshadeHanging that Arvid himself starts complaining about it]]. God is forced to admit that the whole he thing is only happening because He owes Arvid's father a favor.]]

Added: 247

Changed: 99

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Arvid is allowed to enter Heaven alongside God at the end of the film. This is so exorbitant [[LampshadeHanging that Arvid himself starts complaining about it]].]]

to:

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Arvid is allowed to enter Heaven alongside God at the end of the film. This is so exorbitant [[LampshadeHanging that Arvid himself starts complaining about it]]. God is forced to admit that the whole he is only happening because He owes Arvid's father a favor.]]


Added DiffLines:

* YouOweMe: [[spoiler:Arvid and Harald's father somehow managed to make ''God'' indebted to him. At the end of the film, this allows the recently deceased Arvid to enter Paradise, despite all the bad things he has done in the course of the film.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* HawaiianShirtedTourist: [[spoiler:Turns out that he is actually God.]]



%%* KarmaHoudini: So exorbitant [[LampshadeHanging the bad guy himself starts complaining about it]].

to:

%%* * KarmaHoudini: So [[spoiler:Arvid is allowed to enter Heaven alongside God at the end of the film. This is so exorbitant [[LampshadeHanging the bad guy that Arvid himself starts complaining about it]].]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: [[spoiler:Satan basically sends everyone who God doesn't claim as His own to Hell for {{Felony Misdemeanor}}s, and God is a drunken LazyBum who has a really bad handle on His paperwork.]]

to:

* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: [[spoiler:Satan basically sends everyone who God doesn't claim as His own to Hell for {{Felony Misdemeanor}}s, what is basically [[FelonyMisdemeanor really minor sins and crimes]], and God is a drunken LazyBum who has a really bad handle on His paperwork.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: [[spoiler:Satan basically sends everyone to Hell who God doesn't claim as His own, and God is a drunken LazyBum who has a really bad handle on His paperwork.]]

to:

* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: [[spoiler:Satan basically sends everyone to Hell who God doesn't claim as His own, own to Hell for {{Felony Misdemeanor}}s, and God is a drunken LazyBum who has a really bad handle on His paperwork.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* CausticCritic: [[spoiler:At the end, as God takes Arvid to Heaven, Arvid asks why he is allowed to enter Paradise, seeing how he murdered an entire rock band. God answers that he really doesn't mind as the band "weren't any good."]]

to:

* CausticCritic: [[spoiler:At the end, as God takes Arvid to Heaven, Arvid asks why he is allowed to enter Paradise, seeing how he murdered an entire rock band. God answers that he He really doesn't mind as the band "weren't any good."]]

Added: 234

Changed: 164

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* EasyRoadToHell: [[spoiler:Cheat at gambling? HELL!!! Gay? HELL!!! Cuckold your husband once? HELL!!! -Oh, wait a sec, that last one wasn't enough and she should have gone to heaven? Oh well, too bad for her...]]

to:

* EasyRoadToHell: [[spoiler:Cheat at gambling? HELL!!! Gay? HELL!!! Cuckold your husband once? HELL!!! -Oh, wait a sec, that last one wasn't enough and she should have gone to heaven? Oh Oh, well, too bad for her...]]



%%* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks

to:

%%* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: [[spoiler:Satan basically sends everyone to Hell who God doesn't claim as His own, and God is a drunken LazyBum who has a really bad handle on His paperwork.]]


Added DiffLines:

* CausticCritic: [[spoiler:At the end, as God takes Arvid to Heaven, Arvid asks why he is allowed to enter Paradise, seeing how he murdered an entire rock band. God answers that he really doesn't mind as the band "weren't any good."]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


''In China They Eat Dogs'' (Danish: ''I Kina Spiser de Hunde'') is an excellent and ''very'' dark action comedy from writer Anders Thomas Jensen and director (and former stuntman) Lasse Spang Olsen.

to:

''In China They Eat Dogs'' (Danish: ''I Kina Spiser de Hunde'') is an excellent and ''very'' dark action comedy from writer Anders Thomas Jensen Creator/AndersThomasJensen and director (and former stuntman) Lasse Spang Olsen.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* GreyAndGrayMorality: One of the themes of the film, and is encapsulated when Harald tells Arvid that "[[TitleDrop In China, they eat dogs,]]" during a discussion about morality. The point is that there is no such thing as moral absolutism; what can be considered "right" and "wrong" often comes down to perspective and can vary widely from situation to situation.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ButtMonkey: Vuk.

to:

* %%* ButtMonkey: Vuk.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


It follows two brothers — a [[NiceGuy mild-mannered bank clerk]] and a [[{{Jerkass}} ruthless restaurant owner]] — in their brutal misadventures.

to:

It follows two brothers — a the [[NiceGuy mild-mannered bank clerk]] clerk]], Arvid, and a [[{{Jerkass}} ruthless restaurant owner]] — in their brutal misadventures.
owner]], Harald. After being dumped by his girlfriend for being too boring of a person, Arvid decides to lead a more exciting life. A chance presents itself when he suddenly when robbery happens at the bank and he helps stopping it. The wife of the would-be bank robber tracks Arvid down and tells him her husband was robbing the bank only so he could pay for medical treatments so they could have a child. Because of his revelation, he comes to sympathize with the bank robber and imagining he can help the couple and prove himself to be a dangerous outlaw all at once, Arvid plots a robbery of his own bank with the help of Harald and some fellow wannabe criminals.



%%* ButtMonkey: Vuk.

to:

%%* * ButtMonkey: Vuk.



* ChekhovsGunman: The tourist and the bartender '''(WARNING: HUGE ENDING SPOILER)'''[[spoiler:who are actually God and Satan, respectively.]]

to:

* ChekhovsGunman: The tourist and the bartender '''(WARNING: HUGE ENDING SPOILER)'''[[spoiler:who [[spoiler:who are actually God and Satan, respectively.]]



* EasyRoadToHell- [[spoiler:Cheat at gambling? HELL!!! Gay? HELL!!! Cuckold your husband once? HELL!!! -Oh, wait a sec, that last one wasn't enough and she should have gone to heaven? Oh well, too bad for her...]]

to:

* EasyRoadToHell- EasyRoadToHell: [[spoiler:Cheat at gambling? HELL!!! Gay? HELL!!! Cuckold your husband once? HELL!!! -Oh, wait a sec, that last one wasn't enough and she should have gone to heaven? Oh well, too bad for her...]]



* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Harald's two assistants, much their chagrin - all they want is to work the restaurant's kitchens normally.

to:

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Harald's two assistants, much their chagrin - -- all they want is to work the restaurant's kitchens normally.like normal chefs.

Changed: 8

Removed: 119

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
More ZC Es.


* DissonantSerenity: Arvid, bordering on DullSurprise. Except that here, [[TropesAreNotBad it works]].

to:

* %%* DissonantSerenity: Arvid, bordering on DullSurprise. Except that here, [[TropesAreNotBad it works]].



* GenderBlenderName: The actor playing Harald's name is ''Kim'' Bodnia. I '''dare''' you to make fun of it to his face.



* KarmaHoudini: So exorbitant [[LampshadeHanging the bad guy himself starts complaining about it]].

to:

* %%* KarmaHoudini: So exorbitant [[LampshadeHanging the bad guy himself starts complaining about it]].



* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Harald, much to everybody's consternation.
* TheEndingChangesEverything: Well, not really, but it's still a hell of a curveball. Most spoilers here are related to said ending.

to:

* %%* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Harald, much to everybody's consternation.
* %%* TheEndingChangesEverything: Well, not really, but it's still a hell of a curveball. Most spoilers here are related to said ending.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
?


* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Harald, much to everybody's consternation and the audience's joy.

to:

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Harald, much to everybody's consternation and the audience's joy.consternation.

Added: 163

Changed: 93

Removed: 30

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Commented out Zero Context Examples.


%%
%%
%% ZeroContextExample entries are not allowed on wiki pages. All such entries have been commented out. Add context to the entries before uncommenting them.
%%
%%



* {{Badass}}: Harald.
* BlackComedy
* ButtMonkey: Vuk.
* CatchPhrase: "We are chefs."

to:

* {{Badass}}: Harald.
*
%%* BlackComedy
* %%* ButtMonkey: Vuk.
* %%* CatchPhrase: "We are chefs."



* FaceHeelTurn: Arvid, under the guidance of his brother.

to:

* %%* FaceHeelTurn: Arvid, under the guidance of his brother.



* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks

to:

* %%* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks



* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Arvid, of course.

to:

* %%* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Arvid, of course.



* KickTheDog: The dog's name is Vuk.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution

to:

* %%* KickTheDog: The dog's name is Vuk.
* %%* MurderIsTheBestSolution


* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain[=/=]PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Harald, much to everybody's consternation and the audience's joy.

to:

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain[=/=]PoliticallyIncorrectHero: PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Harald, much to everybody's consternation and the audience's joy.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Trope and pothole misuse.


* [[HenpeckedHusband Henpecked Boyfriend]]: Arvid, at first.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:


* [[CrossesTheLineTwice Crosses The Line Too Many Times To Keep Track So We Default To Laughing]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Do not spoiler tag trope names on work pages or the names of works on trope pages; please see Handling Spoilers for more information.


* [[spoiler:EasyRoadToHell- Cheat at gambling? HELL!!! Gay? HELL!!! Cuckold your husband once? HELL!!! -Oh, wait a sec, that last one wasn't enough and she should have gone to heaven? Oh well, too bad for her...]]

to:

* [[spoiler:EasyRoadToHell- Cheat EasyRoadToHell- [[spoiler:Cheat at gambling? HELL!!! Gay? HELL!!! Cuckold your husband once? HELL!!! -Oh, wait a sec, that last one wasn't enough and she should have gone to heaven? Oh well, too bad for her...]]



* [[spoiler:GodAndSatanAreBothJerks]]

to:

* [[spoiler:GodAndSatanAreBothJerks]]GodAndSatanAreBothJerks
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Page move

Added: 13

Changed: 13

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* BlackComedy



* [[Spoiler: EasyRoadToHell: Cheat at gambling? HELL!!! Gay? HELL!!! Cuckold your husband once? HELL!!! -Oh, wait a sec, that last one wasn't enough and she should have gone to heaven? Oh well, too bad for her...]]

to:

* [[Spoiler: EasyRoadToHell: [[spoiler:EasyRoadToHell- Cheat at gambling? HELL!!! Gay? HELL!!! Cuckold your husband once? HELL!!! -Oh, wait a sec, that last one wasn't enough and she should have gone to heaven? Oh well, too bad for her...]]



* JumpingDownTheSlipperySlope: Arvid, of course.

to:

* JumpingDownTheSlipperySlope: JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Arvid, of course.



* TanquilFury: Harald has a HairTriggerTemper and is almost constantly pissed at something or someone, but he almost never goes beyond looking and sounding mildly annoyed. Mind you, he's not the type you should even mildly annoy.

to:

* TanquilFury: TranquilFury: Harald has a HairTriggerTemper and is almost constantly pissed at something or someone, but he almost never goes beyond looking and sounding mildly annoyed. Mind you, he's not the type you should even mildly annoy.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* [[Spoiler:EasyRoadToHell: Cheat at gambling? HELL!!! Gay? HELL!!! Cuckold your husband once? HELL!!! -Oh, wait a sec, that last one wasn't enough and she should have gone to heaven? Oh well, too bad for her...]]

to:

* [[Spoiler:EasyRoadToHell: [[Spoiler: EasyRoadToHell: Cheat at gambling? HELL!!! Gay? HELL!!! Cuckold your husband once? HELL!!! -Oh, wait a sec, that last one wasn't enough and she should have gone to heaven? Oh well, too bad for her...]]

Added: 877

Changed: 129

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ChekhovsGunman: the tourist and the bartender '''(WARNING: HUGE ENDING SPOILER)'''[[spoiler:who are actually God and Satan, respectively.]]

to:

* ChekhovsGunman: the The tourist and the bartender '''(WARNING: HUGE ENDING SPOILER)'''[[spoiler:who are actually God and Satan, respectively.]]



* DissonantSerenity: Arvid

to:

* DissonantSerenity: ArvidArvid, bordering on DullSurprise. Except that here, [[TropesAreNotBad it works]].
* [[Spoiler:EasyRoadToHell: Cheat at gambling? HELL!!! Gay? HELL!!! Cuckold your husband once? HELL!!! -Oh, wait a sec, that last one wasn't enough and she should have gone to heaven? Oh well, too bad for her...]]



* GenderBlenderName: The actor playing Harald's name is ''Kim'' Bodnia. I '''dare''' you to make fun of it to his face.



* [[HenpeckedHusband Henpecked Boyfriend]]: Arvid, at first.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Harald's crew. [[CatchPhrase "We are chefs!"]]
* ItGetsEasier: Once Arvid starts on the path to crime, he finds himself surprised at how fast he gets used to it.
* JumpingDownTheSlipperySlope: Arvid, of course.



* MurderIsTheBestSolution



* TheEndingChangesEverything: Well, not really, but it's still a hell of a curveball.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Harald's two assistants, much they're chagrin - all they want is to work the restaurant's kitchens normally.

to:

* TheEndingChangesEverything: Well, not really, but it's still a hell of a curveball.
curveball. Most spoilers here are related to said ending.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Harald's two assistants, much they're their chagrin - all they want is to work the restaurant's kitchens normally.normally.
* TanquilFury: Harald has a HairTriggerTemper and is almost constantly pissed at something or someone, but he almost never goes beyond looking and sounding mildly annoyed. Mind you, he's not the type you should even mildly annoy.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ChekovsGunman: the tourist and the bartender '''(WARNING: HUGE ENDING SPOILER)'''[[spoiler:who are actually God and Satan, respectively.]]

to:

* ChekovsGunman: ChekhovsGunman: the tourist and the bartender '''(WARNING: HUGE ENDING SPOILER)'''[[spoiler:who are actually God and Satan, respectively.]]

Added: 840

Changed: 96

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



Had a prequel called ''Old Men In New Cars'', mostly about said restaurant owner and his crew.



* AmusingInjuries: Poor Vuk survives a cartoonish amount of punishment that leaves him more and more covered in bandages [[spoiler:until he finally bites it]].
* {{Badass}}: Harald.
* ButtMonkey: Vuk.



* ChekovsGunman: the tourist and the bartender '''(WARNING: HUGE ENDING SPOILER)'''[[spoiler:who are actually God and Satan, respectively.]]
* [[CrossesTheLineTwice Crosses The Line Too Many Times To Keep Track So We Default To Laughing]]



* KarmaHoudini: So exorbitant the bad guy himself starts complaining about it.

to:

* [[spoiler:GodAndSatanAreBothJerks]]
* KarmaHoudini: So exorbitant [[LampshadeHanging the bad guy himself starts complaining about it.it]].



* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain[=/=]PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Harald, much to everbody's consternation and the audience's joy.

to:

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain[=/=]PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Harald, much to everbody's everybody's consternation and the audience's joy.joy.
* TheEndingChangesEverything: Well, not really, but it's still a hell of a curveball.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Harald's two assistants, much they're chagrin - all they want is to work the restaurant's kitchens normally.

Top