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* BeachEpisode: At one point the Bruces wander onto a nude beach at a point when a bunch of the local girls are there. For some reason, whether the girls are completely nude or wearing their swimsuit bottoms changes between shots.
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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Professor Lucas become disgruntled because he feel that he wasn't compensated enough for creating the Bruce Lee clones, so he decides to embark on his own diabolical plan using the clones to TakeOverTheWorld. Somehow he decides to make the remaining clones battle to the death [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne until only one remains]]]].

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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Professor Lucas become becomes disgruntled because he feel feels that he wasn't compensated enough for creating the Bruce Lee clones, so he decides to embark on his own diabolical plan using the clones to TakeOverTheWorld. Somehow he decides to make the remaining clones battle to the death [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne until only one remains]]]].remains]], but gets foiled by his assistants]].



** Professor Lucas thought cloning the recently deceased Bruce Lee to fight crime is a sensible idea. [[spoiler:He later attempt to use them to take over the world himself.]]

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** Professor Lucas thought cloning the recently deceased Bruce Lee to fight crime is a sensible idea. [[spoiler:He later attempt attempts to use them to take over the world himself.]]
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: MadScientist Professor Lucas create clones of Bruce Lee who quickly gain incredible mastery of martial arts. Hey, did you really think that the knowledge of kung fu is [[GeneticMemory recorded in the genes]]?

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: MadScientist Professor Lucas create clones of Bruce Lee through a vial of his blood, who emerge as adults and quickly gain incredible mastery of martial arts. Hey, did you really think that the knowledge of kung fu is [[GeneticMemory recorded in the genes]]?




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* TrainingMontage: The clones develop their martial arts skills through a montage (where one of their trainers is Bolo Yeung), completely with unlicensed use of "Gonna Fly Now".
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: MadScientist Professor Lucas clones Bruce Lee to get an incredible master of martial arts. Hey, did you really think that the knowledge of kung fu is recorded in the genes?

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: MadScientist Professor Lucas create clones of Bruce Lee to get an who quickly gain incredible master mastery of martial arts. Hey, did you really think that the knowledge of kung fu is [[GeneticMemory recorded in the genes? genes]]?

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* ArtificialHuman: Besides the titled clones of Bruce Lee, the villain Dr. Nai also created an army of bronze men with impervious skin.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: A scene of the Bruce clones battle with Dr. Nai's bronze men is interrupted by a mother with two children who live in Dr. Nai's garden, who tells them that the grass is poisonous. Guess how the Bruces dispatch the bronze men later?

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: A scene of the Bruce clones battle with Dr. Nai's bronze men is interrupted by a mother with two children who live living in Dr. Nai's garden, who tells them that the grass is poisonous. Guess how the Bruces dispatch the bronze men later?



* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: After one of the titular Bruce Lee clones infiltrates a movie shoot (actually a front for a gold smuggling racket) as a martial arts stuntsman, the director realizes that the clone could be a government agent and schemes to have him shot on-camera through a staged weapons malfunction and profit off the coverage...which sort of becomes HarsherInHindsight when you recall what happened to Bruce's son, Creator/BrandonLee...

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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: After one of the titular Bruce Lee clones infiltrates a movie shoot (actually a front for a gold smuggling racket) as a martial arts stuntsman, stuntman, the director realizes that the clone could be a government agent and schemes to have him shot on-camera through a staged weapons malfunction and profit off the coverage...which sort of becomes HarsherInHindsight when you recall what happened to Bruce's son, Creator/BrandonLee...

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: BigBad clones Bruce Lee to get an incredible master of martial arts. Hey, did you really think that the knowledge of kung fu is recorded in the genes?

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: BigBad MadScientist Professor Lucas clones Bruce Lee to get an incredible master of martial arts. Hey, did you really think that the knowledge of kung fu is recorded in the genes?



* HaHaHaNo: The villain Dr. Ni gives a hearty laugh, then immediately yells "Silence!" at all his henchmen laughing with him.

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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Professor Lucas become disgruntled because he feel that he wasn't compensated enough for creating the Bruce Lee clones, so he decides to embark on his own diabolical plan using the clones to TakeOverTheWorld. Somehow he decides to make the remaining clones battle to the death [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne until only one remains]]]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: A scene of the Bruce clones battle with Dr. Nai's bronze men is interrupted by a mother with two children who live in Dr. Nai's garden, who tells them that the grass is poisonous. Guess how the Bruces dispatch the bronze men later?
* HaHaHaNo: The villain Dr. Ni Nai gives a hearty laugh, then immediately yells "Silence!" at all his henchmen laughing with him.



* MadScientist: Dr. Nai may have been influenced by Thomas Edison; he's a mad scientist who actually has other people do all the inventing for him, such as a vegetation-destroyer, while he wears a business suit and yells at his scientists to invent faster.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: One of the villains does this - after one of the titular Bruce Lee clones infiltrates a movie shoot (actually a front for a gold smuggling racket) as a martial arts stuntsman, the director realizes that the clone could be a government agent and schemes to have him shot on-camera through a staged weapons malfunction...which sort of becomes HarsherInHindsight when you recall what happened to Bruce's son, Brandon...
* NoEnding: The film just stops as the bad guy is hauled away to jail.
* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: A MadScientist gets some DNA from the recently deceased Creator/BruceLee and makes some clones. Eventually he plans to TakeOverTheWorld. But for some reason his method of doing so involves only creating three Bruces, and then having them fight to the death because he only wants the best one.

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* MadScientist: MadScientist:
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Dr. Nai may have been influenced by Thomas Edison; he's a mad scientist who actually has other people do all the inventing for him, such as a vegetation-destroyer, while he wears a business suit and yells at his scientists to invent faster.
** Professor Lucas thought cloning the recently deceased Bruce Lee to fight crime is a sensible idea. [[spoiler:He later attempt to use them to take over the world himself.]]
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: One of the villains does this - after After one of the titular Bruce Lee clones infiltrates a movie shoot (actually a front for a gold smuggling racket) as a martial arts stuntsman, the director realizes that the clone could be a government agent and schemes to have him shot on-camera through a staged weapons malfunction...malfunction and profit off the coverage...which sort of becomes HarsherInHindsight when you recall what happened to Bruce's son, Brandon...
Creator/BrandonLee...
* NoEnding: The film just stops as the bad guy Professor Lucas is hauled away to jail.
jail, no end credits whatsoever.
* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: A MadScientist [[spoiler:A MadScientist, Professor Lucas, gets some DNA from the recently deceased Creator/BruceLee Bruce Lee and makes some clones. Eventually he plans to TakeOverTheWorld. TakeOverTheWorld after being disgruntled by the lack of financial compensation. But for some reason his method of doing so involves only creating three Bruces, and then having them fight to the death because he only wants the best one.
one.]]
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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: One of Dr. Nai's lackeys has the unfortunate fate of getting acid poured on his face by one of the Bruces, who looks on dispassionately, calls him and animal and barks at him to cough up information.

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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: One of Dr. Nai's lackeys has the unfortunate fate of getting acid poured on his face by one of the Bruces, who looks on dispassionately, calls him and an animal and barks at him to cough up information.
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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: One of Dr. Nai's lackeys has the unfortunate fate of getting acid poured on his face by one of the Bruces, who looks on dispassionately, calls him and animal and barks at him to cough up information.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: BigBad clones Bruce Lee to get an incredible master of martial arts. Hey, did you really think that the knowledge of kung fu is recorded in the genes?
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Three Bruce Lee clones are created by the Hong Kong government to replace the master. Together, TheyFightCrime.

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Three Bruce Lee clones are created by the Hong Kong government to replace the master. Together, TheyFightCrime.
they fight crime.
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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: One of the villains does this - after one of the titular Bruce Lee clones infiltrates a movie shoot (actually a front for a gold smuggling racket) as a martial arts stuntsman, the director realizes that the clone could be a government agent and schemes to have him shot on-camera through a staged weapons malfunction...which sort of becomes a FunnyAneurysmMoment when you recall what happened to Bruce's son, Brandon...

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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: One of the villains does this - after one of the titular Bruce Lee clones infiltrates a movie shoot (actually a front for a gold smuggling racket) as a martial arts stuntsman, the director realizes that the clone could be a government agent and schemes to have him shot on-camera through a staged weapons malfunction...which sort of becomes a FunnyAneurysmMoment HarsherInHindsight when you recall what happened to Bruce's son, Brandon...
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''The Clones of Bruce Lee'' is a 1981 ExploitationFilm, one of a number of "Brucesploitation" films made after the death of martial arts expert and movie star Creator/BruceLee to cash in on his popularity.

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''The Clones of Bruce Lee'' is a 1981 ExploitationFilm, one of a number of "Brucesploitation" "Bruceploitation" films made after the death of martial arts expert and movie star Creator/BruceLee to cash in on his popularity.
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* HongKongDub: You can tell that the voices you're hearing clearly don't belong to the actors on screen.


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* NoEnding: The film just stops as the bad guy is hauled away to jail.
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* BruceLeeClone: Three ''literal'' Bruce Lee clones become a team.

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* BruceLeeClone: Three ''literal'' Bruce Lee clones become a team. And they team up with a fourth Bruce Lee impersonator, playing Special Agent Chuck.
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* MadScientist: Dr. Nai may have been influenced by Thomas Edison (see Tom's entry below in Real Life); he's a mad scientist who actually has other people do all the inventing for him, such as a vegetation-destroyer, while he wears a business suit and yells at his scientists to invent faster. For the curious, WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment did a review of this movie (you are unlikely to ever be able to find the original copy...).

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* MadScientist: Dr. Nai may have been influenced by Thomas Edison (see Tom's entry below in Real Life); Edison; he's a mad scientist who actually has other people do all the inventing for him, such as a vegetation-destroyer, while he wears a business suit and yells at his scientists to invent faster. For the curious, WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment did a review of this movie (you are unlikely to ever be able to find the original copy...).faster.
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* ThereCanBeOnlyOne A MadScientist gets some DNA from the recently deceased Creator/BruceLee and makes some clones. Eventually he plans to TakeOverTheWorld. But for some reason his method of doing so involves only creating three Bruces, and then having them fight to the death because he only wants the best one.

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* ThereCanBeOnlyOne ThereCanBeOnlyOne: A MadScientist gets some DNA from the recently deceased Creator/BruceLee and makes some clones. Eventually he plans to TakeOverTheWorld. But for some reason his method of doing so involves only creating three Bruces, and then having them fight to the death because he only wants the best one.
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* BruceLeeClone: Three ''literal'' Bruce Lee clones become a team.
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''The Clones of Bruce Lee'' is a 1981 ExploitationFilm, one of a number of "Brucesploitation" films made after the death of martial arts expert and movie star Creator/BruceLee to cash in on his popularity.

Three Bruce Lee clones are created by the Hong Kong government to replace the master. Together, TheyFightCrime.

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!!This film provides examples of:

* HaHaHaNo: The villain Dr. Ni gives a hearty laugh, then immediately yells "Silence!" at all his henchmen laughing with him.
* MadScientist: Dr. Nai may have been influenced by Thomas Edison (see Tom's entry below in Real Life); he's a mad scientist who actually has other people do all the inventing for him, such as a vegetation-destroyer, while he wears a business suit and yells at his scientists to invent faster. For the curious, WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment did a review of this movie (you are unlikely to ever be able to find the original copy...).
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: One of the villains does this - after one of the titular Bruce Lee clones infiltrates a movie shoot (actually a front for a gold smuggling racket) as a martial arts stuntsman, the director realizes that the clone could be a government agent and schemes to have him shot on-camera through a staged weapons malfunction...which sort of becomes a FunnyAneurysmMoment when you recall what happened to Bruce's son, Brandon...
* ThereCanBeOnlyOne A MadScientist gets some DNA from the recently deceased Creator/BruceLee and makes some clones. Eventually he plans to TakeOverTheWorld. But for some reason his method of doing so involves only creating three Bruces, and then having them fight to the death because he only wants the best one.

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