History Film / KungFury

''Kung Fury'' is an over-the-top action comedy ShortFilm written and directed by David Sandberg and funded by Website/{{Kickstarter}}. The movie features: arcade-robots, dinosaurs, Nazis, Vikings, Norse gods, mutants and a super kung-fu cop called Kung Fury, all wrapped up in an 80s style action packed adventure. The film was released for free on May 28, 2015 on Website/YouTube and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.

It has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTidn2dBYbY music video,]] featuring Creator/DavidHasselhoff, as well as a video game adaptation called ''Kung Fury: Street Rage''.

* AdolfHitlarious: Kung Führer. Supposedly the greatest Kung Fu Master of all time [[spoiler: but actually a DirtyCoward]].
* AffectionateParody: It delivers all the awesome parts of the 80s... and takes them way past the point of absurdity.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Parodied. Laser-eye raptors and a T-rex in UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge, and a triceratops cop in the [=80s=].

* ArtShift: The heaven sequence after [[spoiler: Kung Fury dies]].
* AsideGlance: Done by [[spoiler: Cobra when Kung Fury thinks heaven looks real, ArtShift notwithstanding]].

* BadassNormal: Despite being an anthropomorphic dinosaur, Triceracop is this. He has no superpowers, especially compared to his teammates, only his service pistol. He still more than holds his own and [[spoiler:takes out a large portion of the Nazi army solely by [[GroinAttack shooting them in the groin.]]]]

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Triceracop, Hackerman, Thor, Barbarianna and Katana all show up to help Kung Fury when he's wounded in his battle with Hitler.]]

** Kung Fury could tell immediately that his partner was dead, after [[spoiler:he was cut in half by the kung fu master]].

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: After Triceracop incapacitates several Nazis by [[GroinAttack shooting them in the dick]], one unlucky soldier tries to cover his groin with his hands. He's shot once in each shoulder, disabling his arms so his groin is exposed, is ''promptly'' shot in the dick, and to top it off [[spoiler: gets eaten by a Tyrannosaurus Rex]].

* DeathIsCheap: [[spoiler:Kung Fury badasses himself back to life by almost kicking out his spirit animal, Cobra. Although it's unknown if that would actually work as Cobra himself said that he couldn't help, but Hackerman turns out to be the one to save him in the end]].

* DiegeticSwitch: Inverted at least three times[[note]] twice when people walk in front of the arcade and once during a sequence consisting of shots of Miami[[/note]]. In each of them, the quality of the BackgroundMusic decreases as a radio is shown, and it becomes SourceMusic.

* EverybodyLaughsEnding: After [[spoiler: (temporarily) defeating Hitler]], Kung Fury says he's got to do a lot of paperwork. This makes everyone laugh.

** [[spoiler: Thor's hammer can send people through time. Being hit by it is how Hitler ended up in the 80s.]]

* GatlingGood: Barbarianna [[spoiler:and Kung Fuhrer]].

** Kung Fury shoots the rampaging arcade machine from atop his Lamborghini. While it's flying through the air at high speed. From a distance of probably several hundred yards. With a ''pistol''. [[UpToEleven WITHOUT HITTING THE HOSTAGE.]]

During an unfortunate series of events, Kung Fury (a Kung Fu CowboyCop) loses nearly his entire precinct to the most dangerous kung fu master criminal of all time; UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, a.k.a Kung Führer. Because he was hit by lightning and bitten by a cobra at the same time, which would have killed any normal human, Kung Fury has become a kung fu master and a threat to Hitler's power. Kung Fury decides to travel back in time, to Nazi Germany, in order to kill Hitler and end the Nazi empire once and for all.

[[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kungfury/kung-fury Here's its Kickstarter page]] and its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72RqpItxd8M trailer.]]

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS5P_LAqiVg&feature=youtu.be Watch it here.]]

* NotSoDifferent: Parodied. Kung Führer makes some not very convincing attempts at using this on Kung Fury.

** Kung Fury and the Viking Babes ride a ''TyrannosaurusRex''.

** Said fight also has Kung Fury tear the head and spine of a Nazi soldier right out of them, pretty much exactly like [[VideoGame/MortalKombat Sub-Zero's Fatality]].

For Russians, Dmitry “Goblin” Puchkov did a voiceover translation of the film, ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice-over_translation#In_Russia Gavrilov-style]]''. It is available [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMj4rSYK_38 here]] and officially endorsed by the authors. ''Warning:'' features appropriate Russian swearing.

In the [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kungfury/kung-fury/posts/1436467 29th May 2016 Kickstarter update,]] a photograph of the ''Kung Fury II'' script was shown. Nearly two years later, Creator/MichaelFassbender and Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger were cast for the film.

During an unfortunate series of events, Kung Fury (a Kung Fu CowboyCop) loses nearly his entire precinct to the most dangerous kung fu master criminal of all time; UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, a.k.a Kung Führer. Because of being hit by lightning and being bitten by a cobra, which would have killed any normal human, Kung Fury has become a kung fu master and a threat to Hitler's power. Kung Fury decides to travel back in time, to Nazi Germany, in order to kill Hitler and end the Nazi empire once and for all.

In the [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kungfury/kung-fury/posts/1436467 29th May 2016 Kickstarter update]], a photograph of the ''Kung Fury II'' script was shown. Nearly two years later, Creator/MichaelFassbender and Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger were cast for the film.

** Laser Raptors. Dinosaurs that fire FrickinLaserBeams from their eyes. 'Nuff said.

* [[NonIndicativeName Non-Indicative Babe]]: Viking babe Katana wields an Uzi.

* SceneryPorn

* SssssnakeTalk: Subverted and parodied with Cobra who has a lisp.

* StylisticSuck: The fight between Kung Fury and the arcade deathbot skips scenes because of "bad VHS quality". Anyone who remembers VHS tapes will recognize that horrid static anywhere. Can also count towards the intentionally bland acting.

* SuperStrength: Kung Fury can lift a tank by the barrel of its cannon.
* TalkingAnimal: [[spoiler:The T-Rex that follows the Viking babes to Nazi Germany can talk, but it only opens its mouth once so that it can remind the audience about the importance of teamwork.]]

* WhamLine: [[spoiler: In heaven, Cobra says to Kung Fury, "You're dead!" twice.]] Parodied, as it's repeated and an overly dramatic echo effect is applied on both times.

** Barbarianna rides a giant wolf. Like Anime/PrincessMononoke.

** Barbarianna rides a giant wolf. Like Anime/PrincessMononoke.

* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: The group breaks into hugs and friendly handshakes after the final fight, with Dinomite, Barbarianna's t-rex, [[SuddenlyVoiced delivering an important lesson about friendship and teamwork]].

* ReachingBetweenTheLines: Hitler attacks the police station by calling the police chief and [[BulletsDoNotWorkThatWay firing his pistol into the phone, causing bullets to exit the other end]].

** The ''Laser Unicorns'' arcade game is flanked by a ''VideoGame/TrackAndField'', ''VideoGame/{{TRON}}'', ''VideoGame/MissileCommand'', and ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong''.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Hitler is still in the present day, with his robot eagle as well, which neatly sets up a possible follow-up.]]

* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: What Cobra appears to be in the end. Note that he never actually does anything evil, Fury [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood just mistook]] ''[[IdiotHero his own spirit animal]]'' [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood for a villain, even after he told Fury that he couldn't help him escape]].

* DeathIsCheap: [[spoiler:Kung Fury badasses himself back to life by almost kicking out his spirit animal, Cobra. It's unknown if that would actually work as Cobra himself said that he couldn't help, but Hackerman turns out to be the one who saved him in the end.]].

* DeathIsCheap: [[spoiler:Kung Fury badasses himself back to life by punching out his spirit animal, Cobra. It definitely helps when you have a Hackerman on your side]].

* BulletsDoNotWorkThatWay: Kung Führer kills DaChief and most of the precinct by shooting through a phone he's calling DaChief with.

* ReachingBetweenTheLines: Hitler attacks the police station by calling the police chief and firing his pistol into the phone, causing bullets to exit the other end.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Oh man, pretty much everyone has one. Kung Fury, Barbarina, ''Katana'', even the somewhat silly named "Hackerman" is sort of cool...