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%%* BadassAdorable: Huang Rong.
%%* BadassBookworm: Apothecary Huang and his daughter Huang Rong
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* BadassBookworm: There's a fair few in the series. Apothecary Huang and most of his disciples (and his daughter Lotus) qualify since Huang
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Guo Jing is about as nice as a human can get, until he decides that you are an enemy…
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Guo Jing is about as nice as a human can get, until he decides that you are an enemy… enemy.
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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Applies to 'every' martial artist; the translation notes that the term "kung fu" applies to any skill gained through hard work and practice. In this world, no one is born inhumanly strong and talented people are those who can learn and implement martial arts concepts quickly but it still takes years of practice to become truly strong. Early on a mid-rank martial artist, Qiu Chuji, carries an enormous urn full of wine on one hand. Accomplished martial artists are capable of felling trees with single blows of their hand. Late in the story, Guo Jing has no problem walking against the powerful current at the bottom of waterfall pool even though he's completely submerged. He also picks up an ox and holds it over his head without terribly much trouble.
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%%* CoolPet: The Condors
%%* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Zhou Botong, the "Old Urchin".
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Zhou Botong, the "Old
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* EvilCounterpart:
** The talented, well-bred, and clever [[spoiler:Yang Kang]] is this to the slow-witted, brutish, but kind-hearted Guo Jing.
%%** Wanyan Honglie is one to Genghis Khan.
* FailureToSaveMurder: More justified than most examples in [[spoiler:Monk Yideng]]'s case. [[spoiler:Ying Gu asked him to save her son with Zhou Botong and he agreed, but had an attack of jealousy at the last minute and decided to let the baby die.]]
** The talented, well-bred, and clever [[spoiler:Yang Kang]] is this to the slow-witted, brutish, but kind-hearted Guo Jing.
%%** Wanyan Honglie is one to Genghis Khan.
* FailureToSaveMurder: More justified than most examples in [[spoiler:Monk Yideng]]'s case. [[spoiler:Ying Gu asked him to save her son with Zhou Botong and he agreed, but had an attack of jealousy at the last minute and decided to let the baby die.]]
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* EvilCounterpart:
EvilCounterpart: They abound in the story.
** The talented, well-bred, and clever [[spoiler:Yang Kang]] is this to the slow-witted,brutish, but uneducated, and kind-hearted Guo Jing.
%%** Wanyan Honglie ** SmugSnake Ouyang Ke is one also a counterpart of Guo Jing. Ouyang is a manipulative HandsomeLech Casanova who won't keep himself away from trying to Genghis Khan.seduce and harass beautiful women he meets, while Guo is honest, chaste, and faithful.
** Wanyan Honglie has shades of this with Genghis Khan; They are both initially important but not the uncontested ruler of their peoples, and both are planning and working to ascend by pulling allies, favor, and resources to their cause. The difference is, Genghis Khan does become the ruler of the Mongolians, while Wanyan Honglie never becomes the Jin Emperor, despite his ambitions to overthrow his older brothers and possibly his father;
* FailureToSaveMurder: More justified than most examples in [[spoiler:Monk Yideng]]'s case. [[spoiler:Ying Gu asked him to save her son with Zhou Botong and he agreed, but had an attack of jealousy at the last minute anddecided to let dithered with his darker nature until it was clear the baby die.time had passed.]]
** The talented, well-bred, and clever [[spoiler:Yang Kang]] is this to the slow-witted,
** Wanyan Honglie has shades of this with Genghis Khan; They are both initially important but not the uncontested ruler of their peoples, and both are planning and working to ascend by pulling allies, favor, and resources to their cause. The difference is, Genghis Khan does become the ruler of the Mongolians, while Wanyan Honglie never becomes the Jin Emperor, despite his ambitions to overthrow his older brothers and possibly his father;
* FailureToSaveMurder: More justified than most examples in [[spoiler:Monk Yideng]]'s case. [[spoiler:Ying Gu asked him to save her son with Zhou Botong and he agreed, but had an attack of jealousy at the last minute and
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* GoodIsNotSoft: A lot of famous heroic fighters earn their reputation by beating down foreign invaders, traitors to the nation, and perpetrators of injustice. For example: Hong Qigong, Qiu Chuji, the Seven Freaks, and later, Guo Jing and Lotus Huang.
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:Monk Yideng, the Southern Great, had a very brief bout of this. His ex-wife's lovechild with Zhou Botong was badly wounded and needed his help. Instead, he let the baby die after seeing that there was a love poem from Zhou Botong to Ying Gu on the baby's clothing.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:Monk Yideng, the Southern Great, had a very brief bout of this. His ex-wife's lovechild with Zhou Botong was badly wounded and needed his help. Instead, he let the baby die after seeing that there was a love poem from Zhou Botong to Ying Gu on the baby's clothing.]]
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* GoodIsNotSoft: A lot of famous heroic fighters earn their reputation by beating down foreign invaders, traitors to the nation, and perpetrators of injustice. For example: Hong Qigong, Qiu Chuji, the Seven Freaks, and later, Guo Jing and Lotus Huang.
Huang. Most notably, Qiu Qianren calls out how you can have killed people and still call yourself good, and Hong Qigong gives the exact count of how many men he's killed (over two hundred), and that his conscience is easy with himself because he vetted each one thoroughly and struck with certainty that their deaths would save lives and stop harm.
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:Monk Yideng, the Southern Great, had a very brief bout of this. His ex-wife's lovechild with Zhou Botong was badly wounded and needed his help.Instead, When he let the baby die after seeing went to help, he saw that there was a love poem from Zhou Botong to Ying Gu on the baby's clothing.clothing and wrestled with himself for so long the child passed the point of help.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:Monk Yideng, the Southern Great, had a very brief bout of this. His ex-wife's lovechild with Zhou Botong was badly wounded and needed his help.
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* ChekhovsSkill: "Quick Hands" Zhu Cong from the Seven Freaks was also known for being an expert pickpocket. [[spoiler:Prior to his death,]] he lifted the evidence that helped Lotus Huang uncover the real identity of the murderer.
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* ChekhovsSkill: "Quick Hands" Zhu Cong from the Seven Freaks was also known for being an expert pickpocket. [[spoiler:Prior Prior to his death,]] [[spoiler:his death]], he lifted the evidence that helped Lotus Huang uncover the real identity of the murderer.
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* CloudCuckoolander: Zhou Botong and [[spoiler: Ouyang Feng in the sequel]].
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* CloudCuckoolander: Zhou Botong and [[spoiler: Ouyang [[spoiler:Ouyang Feng in the sequel]].
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Yang Kang and Ouyang Feng. The first one dies, the second one goes mad.]]
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Yang [[spoiler:Yang Kang and Ouyang Feng. The first one dies, the second one goes mad.]]
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:Watching your baby son, the only reminder of a lover who left you, slowly suffer and die over the course of a day because the only person who could save him was a GreenEyedMonster that you broke up with in the past. No wonder Yinggu went [[DiseaseBleach white with the shock.]]]]
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:Watching your baby son, the only reminder of a lover who left you, slowly suffer and die over the course of a day because the only person who could save him was a GreenEyedMonster that you broke up with in the past. No wonder Yinggu went [[DiseaseBleach white with the shock.]]]]shock]].]]
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* PowerFloats: One of the many kung fu skills are the ones related to lightness, allowing to climb steep cliffs running, make impossible jumps and so on. When the fake Qiu Qianren is introduced, everyone thinks he has a superhuman level of martial arts because he could walk over water.
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* PowerFloats: One of the many kung fu kung-fu skills are the ones related to lightness, allowing to climb steep cliffs running, make impossible jumps and so on. When the fake Qiu Qianren is introduced, everyone thinks he has a superhuman level of martial arts because he could walk over water.
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* SharedUniverse: Alongside ''Literature/TheReturnOfTheCondorHeroes'' and ''Literature/HeavenSwordAndDragonSabre'', its two sequels, and ''Sword of the Yue Maiden'' (a distant prequel), ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' is noted to take place in the same continuity as the ancient Chinese classic ''Literature/WaterMargin'', as one of the main characters is [[HeroicLineage descended from one of the 108 heroes in the classic]].
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* SharedUniverse: Alongside ''Literature/TheReturnOfTheCondorHeroes'' and ''Literature/HeavenSwordAndDragonSabre'', its two sequels, and ''Sword of the Yue Maiden'' (a [[DistantSequel distant prequel), prequel]]), ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' is noted to take place in the same continuity as the ancient Chinese classic ''Literature/WaterMargin'', as one of the main characters is [[HeroicLineage descended from one of the 108 heroes in the classic]].
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* TeenGenius: Huang Rong is still in her mid-teens during this course of this story, but she shown to be an excellent fighter, cook, scholar, musician, and strategist, even amongst the adults and elders, [[spoiler:and becomes the leader of the Beggar's Sect, one of the largest and most respected ''wulin'' factions.]]
** [[spoiler:UpToEleven: She becomes the brains behind Guo Jing's successful military campaigns that dismantled several barbaric kingdoms and the Jin Empire.]]
** [[spoiler:UpToEleven: She becomes the brains behind Guo Jing's successful military campaigns that dismantled several barbaric kingdoms and the Jin Empire.]]
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* TeenGenius: Huang Rong is still in her mid-teens during this course of this story, but she shown to be an excellent fighter, cook, scholar, musician, and strategist, even amongst the adults and elders, [[spoiler:and becomes the leader of the Beggar's Sect, one of the largest and most respected ''wulin'' factions. In her adulthood, she becomes the brains behind Guo Jing's successful military campaigns that dismantled several barbaric kingdoms and the Jin Empire.]]
** [[spoiler:UpToEleven: She becomes * ThemeNaming: All of Apothecary Huang's initial students have two characters in their given names, with the brains behind Guo Jing's successful military campaigns that dismantled several barbaric kingdoms second character being 風/风 (''fēng'', "wind") -- Qu Ling'''feng''' (曲靈'''風'''), Chen Xuan'''feng''' (陳玄'''風'''), Mei Chao'''feng''' (梅超'''風'''), Lu Cheng'''feng''' (陸乘'''風'''), Wu Mian'''feng''' (武眠'''風'''), and Feng Mo'''feng''' (馮默'''風'''). The English translation preserves this theme by giving them all wind-themed names, [[DubNameChange renaming them]] Tempest, Hurricane, Cyclone, Zephyr, Galeforce, and Doldrum, respectively.[[note]]The Doldrums is an area of sea near the Jin Empire.]]Equator where ships are unable to move because there is no wind.[[/note]]
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* TrainingFromHell: Guo Jing's ten years at the hands of the Six Freaks... Not that it did him much good, though.
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* TrainingFromHell: Guo Jing's ten years at the hands of the Six Freaks... Not not that it did him much good, though.
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* WaxOnWaxOff: Guo Jing's slow acquisition of martial skills is the despair of his shifus until he meets a traveling Taoist priest, Ma Yu, who doesn't agree to become his master, but offers to teach him some "breathing exercises" to help him focus and sleep better. Guo Jing takes up the exercises, and suddenly he's picking up kung-fu techniques in days that would previously have taken him the better part of a year to acquire. Turns out that what Ma Yu has been teaching him were the basic ''neigong'' techniques of his Taoist sect, without their names.
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* WaxOnWaxOff: Guo Jing's slow acquisition of martial skills is the despair of his shifus ''shifus'' until he meets a traveling Taoist priest, Ma Yu, who doesn't agree to become his master, but offers to teach him some "breathing exercises" to help him focus and sleep better. Guo Jing takes up the exercises, and suddenly he's picking up kung-fu techniques in days that would previously have taken him the better part of a year to acquire. Turns out that what Ma Yu has been teaching him were the basic ''neigong'' techniques of his Taoist sect, without their names.
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* DubNameChange: The English translation changes the names of about half of the characters, including two of the main characters. In most cases, [[DownplayedTrope though]], the translated names are related to the characters' original names via meaning in one way or another.
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* DubNameChange: The English translation changes the names of about half of the characters, including two of the main characters.characters, so much that it appears like LocalizedNameInANonLocalizedSetting. In most cases, [[DownplayedTrope though]], the translated names are related to the characters' original names via meaning in one way or another.
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''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' (射鵰英雄傳 / 射雕英雄传) is a {{Wuxia}} novel written by Chinese author Creator/JinYong (pen name for Louis Cha) and the first part of the Condor Trilogy. It was first serialised from January 1957 to May 1959 in the newspaper ''Hong Kong Commercial Daily''. It follows the adventures of many members of the ''jianghu'' world, especially Guo Jing, a slow-witted, talentless child who, with the help of lady luck and many incredibly talented masters, slowly rises to a prominent position in the martial arts world.
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''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' (射鵰英雄傳 / 射雕英雄传) (射鵰英雄傳[=/=]射雕英雄传) is a {{Wuxia}} novel written by Chinese author Creator/JinYong (pen name for Louis Cha) and the first part of the Condor Trilogy. It was first serialised from January 1957 to May 1959 in the newspaper ''Hong Kong Commercial Daily''. It follows the adventures of many members of the ''jianghu'' world, especially Guo Jing, a slow-witted, talentless child who, with the help of lady luck and many incredibly talented masters, slowly rises to a prominent position in the martial arts world.
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** Especially jarring when even the Mongolian are portrayed more sympathetically than the Jin, given the nationalistic undertones in the series, because historically, it was the Mongolians, not the Jin, who wipes out the Song Dynasty.[[note]]The Jurchen Jin did wipe out the Northern Song; the Southern Song was taken out by the Mongolian Yuan, along with the Jurchen Jin[[/note]] This may have been due to lingering anti-Manchu sentiment, given the numerous problems China faced during the later Manchu Qing Dynasty.
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** Especially jarring when even the Mongolian are portrayed more sympathetically than the Jin, given the nationalistic undertones in the series, because historically, it was the Mongolians, not the Jin, who wipes out the Song Dynasty.[[note]]The Jurchen Jin did wipe out the Northern Song; the Southern Song was taken out by the Mongolian Yuan, along with the Jurchen Jin[[/note]] Jin.[[/note]] This may have been due to lingering anti-Manchu sentiment, given the numerous problems China faced during the later Manchu Qing Dynasty.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:watching your baby son, the only reminder of a lover who left you, slowly suffer and die over the course of a day because the only person who could save him was a GreenEyedMonster that you broke up with in the past. No wonder Yinggu went [[DiseaseBleach white with the shock.]]]]
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:watching [[spoiler:Watching your baby son, the only reminder of a lover who left you, slowly suffer and die over the course of a day because the only person who could save him was a GreenEyedMonster that you broke up with in the past. No wonder Yinggu went [[DiseaseBleach white with the shock.]]]]
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** Mercy Mu [[labelnote:*]]Mu Nianci[[/labelnote]] is more of a FauxActionGirl or OvershadowedByAwesome. She was briefly instructed by Hong Qigong and easily takes down the first few challengers in her marriage contest and effortlessly downs armed mooks, proving that she is quite a badass compared to a normal person. Unfortunately for her, this is a WorldOfBadass.
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** Mercy Mu [[labelnote:*]]Mu Mu[[labelnote:*]]Mu Nianci[[/labelnote]] is more of a FauxActionGirl or OvershadowedByAwesome. She was briefly instructed by Hong Qigong and easily takes down the first few challengers in her marriage contest and effortlessly downs armed mooks, proving that she is quite a badass compared to a normal person. Unfortunately for her, this is a WorldOfBadass.
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* HandicappedBadass: Ke Zheng'e and eventually Cyclone Mei[[labelnote:*]]Mei Chaofung[[/labelnote]] are blind for most if not all of the novel, and both of them kick serious ass.
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* HandicappedBadass: Ke Zheng'e and eventually Cyclone Mei[[labelnote:*]]Mei Chaofung[[/labelnote]] Chaofeng[[/labelnote]] are blind for most if not all of the novel, and both of them kick serious ass.
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* ActionGirl: All of the female martial arts practitioners qualify as this, most notably Lotus Huang and Jade Han, the latter of whom being [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only woman]] of the Seven Freaks of the South.
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* ActionGirl:
** Lotus Huang[[labelnote:*]]Huang Rong[[/labelnote]] fits the role perfectly.
** Mercy Mu [[labelnote:*]]Mu Nianci[[/labelnote]] is more of a FauxActionGirl or OvershadowedByAwesome. She was briefly instructed by Hong Qigong and easily takes down the first few challengers in her marriage contest and effortlessly downs armed mooks, proving that she is quite a badass compared to a normal person. Unfortunately for her, this is a WorldOfBadass.
* AdultFear: [[spoiler:How about watching your baby son, the only reminder of a lover who left you, slowly suffer and die over the course of a day because the only person who could save him was a GreenEyedMonster that you broke up with in the past? No wonder Yinggu went [[DiseaseBleach white with the shock.]]]]
** Lotus Huang[[labelnote:*]]Huang Rong[[/labelnote]] fits the role perfectly.
** Mercy Mu [[labelnote:*]]Mu Nianci[[/labelnote]] is more of a FauxActionGirl or OvershadowedByAwesome. She was briefly instructed by Hong Qigong and easily takes down the first few challengers in her marriage contest and effortlessly downs armed mooks, proving that she is quite a badass compared to a normal person. Unfortunately for her, this is a WorldOfBadass.
* AdultFear: [[spoiler:How about watching your baby son, the only reminder of a lover who left you, slowly suffer and die over the course of a day because the only person who could save him was a GreenEyedMonster that you broke up with in the past? No wonder Yinggu went [[DiseaseBleach white with the shock.]]]]
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:watching your baby son, the only reminder of a lover who left you, slowly suffer and die over the course of a day because the only person who could save him was a GreenEyedMonster that you broke up with in the past. No wonder Yinggu went [[DiseaseBleach white with the shock.]]]]
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* WorldOfActionGirls:
** Lotus Huang[[labelnote:*]]Huang Rong[[/labelnote]] fits the role perfectly.
** Mercy Mu [[labelnote:*]]Mu Nianci[[/labelnote]] is more of a FauxActionGirl or OvershadowedByAwesome. She was briefly instructed by Hong Qigong and easily takes down the first few challengers in her marriage contest and effortlessly downs armed mooks, proving that she is quite a badass compared to a normal person. Unfortunately for her, this is a WorldOfBadass.
** Lotus Huang[[labelnote:*]]Huang Rong[[/labelnote]] fits the role perfectly.
** Mercy Mu [[labelnote:*]]Mu Nianci[[/labelnote]] is more of a FauxActionGirl or OvershadowedByAwesome. She was briefly instructed by Hong Qigong and easily takes down the first few challengers in her marriage contest and effortlessly downs armed mooks, proving that she is quite a badass compared to a normal person. Unfortunately for her, this is a WorldOfBadass.
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* SharedUniverse: Alongside ''Literature/TheReturnOfTheCondorHeroes'' and ''Literature/HeavenSwordAndDragonSabre'', its two sequels, and ''Sword of the Yue Maiden'' (a distant prequel), ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' is noted to take place in the same continuity as the ancient Chinese classic ''Literature/WaterMargin'', as one of the main characters is [[HeroicLineage descended from one of the 108 heroes in the classic]].
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* FailureToSaveMurder: [[spoiler:More justified than most examples in Monk Yideng's case. Ying Gu asked him to save her son with Zhou Botong and he agreed, but had an attack of jealousy at the last minute and decided to let the baby die.]]
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* FailureToSaveMurder: More justified than most examples in [[spoiler:Monk Yideng]]'s case. [[spoiler:Ying Gu asked him to save her son with Zhou Botong and he agreed, but had an attack of jealousy at the last minute and decided to let the baby die.]]
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* EverybodyWasKungFuFighting: Not quite everyone. The Mongols and two of the main protagonists' mothers (Charity Bao and Lily Li) don't... but practically every other named character does to at least some degree, from heroes and villains to side characters. This ''is'' a {{wuxia}} novel, after all.
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* WaxOnWaxOff: Guo Jing's slow acquisition of martial skills is the despair of his shifus until he meets a traveling Taoist priest, Ma Yu, who doesn't agree to become his master, but offers to teach him some "breathing exercises" to help him focus and sleep better. Guo Jing takes up the exercises, and suddenly he's picking up kung-fu techniques in days that would previously have taken him the better part of a year to acquire. Turns out that what Ma Yu has been teaching him were the basic ''neigong'' techniques of his Taoist sect, without their names.
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%%* BadassBookworm: Apothecary Huang Yaoshi and his daughter Huang Rong
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* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: Huang Yaoshi's brutality can be traced to the eloping of two of his students, which led to his wife's death. Ying Gu's vengeance-filled mindset is the result of losing her son.]]
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* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: Huang Yaoshi's [[spoiler:Apothecary Huang's brutality can be traced to the eloping of two of his students, which led to his wife's death. Ying Gu's vengeance-filled mindset is the result of losing her son.]]
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* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:Six of the Seven Freaks suffer this fate after becoming Guo Jin's mentor.]]
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* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:Six of the Seven Freaks suffer this fate after becoming Guo Jin's Jing's mentor.]]
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** Yang Kang is a weird version for his father[[spoiler:(actually stepfather)]], Wanyan Honglie. No matter what evil things he does over the course of the book, he loves and wants the best for Yang Kang.
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** Yang Kang is a weird version for his father[[spoiler:(actually father [[spoiler:(actually stepfather)]], Wanyan Honglie. No matter what evil things he does over the course of the book, he loves and wants the best for Yang Kang.
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''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' (射雕英雄传)is (射鵰英雄傳 / 射雕英雄传) is a {{Wuxia}} novel written by Chinese author Creator/JinYong (pen name for Louis Cha) and the first part of the Condor Trilogy. It was first serialised from January 1957 to May 1959 in the newspaper ''Hong Kong Commercial Daily''. It follows the adventures of many members of the Jianghu ''jianghu'' world, especially Guo Jing, a slow-witted, talentless child who, with the help of lady luck and many incredibly talented masters, slowly rises to a prominent position in the martial arts world.
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** Especially jarring when even the Mongolian are portrayed more sympathetically than the Jin, given the nationalistic undertones in the series, because historically, it was the Mongolians, not the Jin, who wipes out the Song Dynasty. [[note]]The Jurchen Jin did wipe out the Northern Song; the Southern Song was taken out by the Mongolian Yuan, along with the Jurchen Jin[[/note]] This may have been due to lingering anti-Manchu sentiment, given the numerous problems China faced during the later Manchu Qing Dynasty.
* ActionGirl: Huang Rong fits the role perfectly.
** Mu Nianci is more of a FauxActionGirl or OvershadowedByAwesome. She was briefly instructed by Hong Qigong and easily takes down the first few challengers in her marriage contest and effortlessly downs armed mooks, proving that she is quite a badass compared to a normal person. Unfortunately for her, this is a WorldOfBadass.
* AdultFear: [[spoiler: How about watching your baby son, the only reminder of a lover who left you, slowly suffer and die over the course of a day because the only person who could save him was a GreenEyedMonster that you broke up with in the past? No wonder Ying Gu went [[DiseaseBleach white with the shock.]]]]
* AnyoneCanDie
* ArrangedMarriage: Poor Guo Jing runs into tons of these, and the ones with the girl he actually likes don’t stick past the hour.
* BadassAdorable: Huang Rong.
* BadassBookworm: Huang Yaoshi and his daughter Huang Rong
* BastardBastard: [[spoiler: Ouyang Ke]]
* BestHerToBedHer: Mu Nianci and her father literally said that they would marry her to the man who defeats her in the contest they had set up. [[spoiler: Though her father was against it, she does end up with the man who defeated her on that stage.]]
* ActionGirl: Huang Rong fits the role perfectly.
** Mu Nianci is more of a FauxActionGirl or OvershadowedByAwesome. She was briefly instructed by Hong Qigong and easily takes down the first few challengers in her marriage contest and effortlessly downs armed mooks, proving that she is quite a badass compared to a normal person. Unfortunately for her, this is a WorldOfBadass.
* AdultFear: [[spoiler: How about watching your baby son, the only reminder of a lover who left you, slowly suffer and die over the course of a day because the only person who could save him was a GreenEyedMonster that you broke up with in the past? No wonder Ying Gu went [[DiseaseBleach white with the shock.]]]]
* AnyoneCanDie
* ArrangedMarriage: Poor Guo Jing runs into tons of these, and the ones with the girl he actually likes don’t stick past the hour.
* BadassAdorable: Huang Rong.
* BadassBookworm: Huang Yaoshi and his daughter Huang Rong
* BastardBastard: [[spoiler: Ouyang Ke]]
* BestHerToBedHer: Mu Nianci and her father literally said that they would marry her to the man who defeats her in the contest they had set up. [[spoiler: Though her father was against it, she does end up with the man who defeated her on that stage.]]
to:
** Especially jarring when even the Mongolian are portrayed more sympathetically than the Jin, given the nationalistic undertones in the series, because historically, it was the Mongolians, not the Jin, who wipes out the Song Dynasty. [[note]]The Jurchen Jin did wipe out the Northern Song; the Southern Song was taken out by the Mongolian Yuan, along with the Jurchen Jin[[/note]] This may have been due to lingering anti-Manchu sentiment, given the numerous problems China faced during the later Manchu Qing Dynasty.
*ActionGirl: Huang Rong ActionGirl:
** Lotus Huang[[labelnote:*]]Huang Rong[[/labelnote]] fits the role perfectly.
** Mercy MuNianci [[labelnote:*]]Mu Nianci[[/labelnote]] is more of a FauxActionGirl or OvershadowedByAwesome. She was briefly instructed by Hong Qigong and easily takes down the first few challengers in her marriage contest and effortlessly downs armed mooks, proving that she is quite a badass compared to a normal person. Unfortunately for her, this is a WorldOfBadass.
* AdultFear:[[spoiler: How [[spoiler:How about watching your baby son, the only reminder of a lover who left you, slowly suffer and die over the course of a day because the only person who could save him was a GreenEyedMonster that you broke up with in the past? No wonder Ying Gu Yinggu went [[DiseaseBleach white with the shock.]]]]
*AnyoneCanDie
AnyoneCanDie: Let's see... by the end of the novel, the death toll includes and is not limited to [[spoiler:4/5 of the main characters' parental figures, 6/7 of the Seven Freaks of the South, and uh, at least one of the main characters.]]
* ArrangedMarriage: Poor Guo Jing runs into tons of these, and the ones with the girl he actually likesdon’t don't stick past the hour.
* %%* TheAtoner: Monk Yideng.
%%* BadassAdorable: Huang Rong.
* %%* BadassBookworm: Huang Yaoshi and his daughter Huang Rong
* BastardBastard:[[spoiler: Ouyang Ke]]
[[spoiler:Ouyang Ke]] is the bastard son of [[spoiler:Ouyang Feng]] and a lecherous SmugSnake who is mourned by practically no one other than his father.
* BestHerToBedHer: Mercy MuNianci and her father literally said that they would marry her to the man who defeats her in the contest they had set up. [[spoiler: Though [[spoiler:Though her father was against it, she does end up with the man who defeated her on that stage.]]
*
** Lotus Huang[[labelnote:*]]Huang Rong[[/labelnote]] fits the role perfectly.
** Mercy Mu
* AdultFear:
*
* ArrangedMarriage: Poor Guo Jing runs into tons of these, and the ones with the girl he actually likes
%%* BadassAdorable: Huang Rong.
* BastardBastard:
* BestHerToBedHer: Mercy Mu
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* BigBad: Not a clear-cut case, due to the serialized nature of the original novel. Wanyan Honglie is the political and ideological Big Bad who instigates the plot, but he is very removed from the Wulin aspect of the story. Ouyang Feng is the one who presents the greatest physical threat to the heroes in battle, but his motivations and ambitions are less far-reaching than Wanyan Honglie’s.
* BigEater: Hong Jiugong
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: A lot of conflicts arise in this story because almost every character operates on this. Han people are good, Jin people are bad. Hong Qigong is good, Huang Yaoshi (and by extension, his daughter) is bad, and so on.
* BreakTheCutie: Guo Jing and Mu Nianci.
* CharacterDevelopment: Huang Yaoshi was an AxCrazy murderer who broke the legs of his innocent students and kept Zhou Botong jailed on his island, [[spoiler: but over the course of the story, he begins make amends to his students, saved and spared many lives in his fights, and ultimately becomes someone the heroes could rely on for support.]]
* ChekhovsSkill: Second Master from the Seven Freaks was also known for being an expert pickpocket. [[spoiler: Prior to his death,]] he lifted the evidence that helped Huang Rong uncover the real identity of the murderer.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Is there anyone [[spoiler: Yang Kang]] didn’t betray at some point in the story?
* ClingyJealousGirl: Huang Rong and Huazhen.
* CloudCuckoolander: Zhou Botong and [[spoiler: Ouyang Feng in the sequel]]
* ComfortingTheWidow: Wanyan Honglie’s plan regarding Bao Xiruo.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: A lot of conversation with the slow-witted Guo Jin ends this way
* CoolPet: The Condors
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Zhou Botong, the "Old Urchin".
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Hong Qigong lampshades that the formidably smart and powerful Huang Yaoshi would not appreciate the slow-witted Guo Jin as a son-in-law. This trope is subverted as Huang Rong actively tries to change Guo Jin into someone her father would approve of by making the famous Qigong take him on as a student.
* FailureToSaveMurder: [[spoiler: More justified than most examples in Monk Yideng's case. Ying Gu asked him to save her son with Zhou Botong and he agreed, but had an attack of jealousy at the last minute and decided to let the baby die.]]
* EvilCounterpart: The talented, well-bred, and clever [[spoiler: Yang Kang]] is this to the slow-witted, brutish, but kind-hearted Guo Jing.
** Wanyan Honglie is one to Genghis Khan.
* BigEater: Hong Jiugong
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: A lot of conflicts arise in this story because almost every character operates on this. Han people are good, Jin people are bad. Hong Qigong is good, Huang Yaoshi (and by extension, his daughter) is bad, and so on.
* BreakTheCutie: Guo Jing and Mu Nianci.
* CharacterDevelopment: Huang Yaoshi was an AxCrazy murderer who broke the legs of his innocent students and kept Zhou Botong jailed on his island, [[spoiler: but over the course of the story, he begins make amends to his students, saved and spared many lives in his fights, and ultimately becomes someone the heroes could rely on for support.]]
* ChekhovsSkill: Second Master from the Seven Freaks was also known for being an expert pickpocket. [[spoiler: Prior to his death,]] he lifted the evidence that helped Huang Rong uncover the real identity of the murderer.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Is there anyone [[spoiler: Yang Kang]] didn’t betray at some point in the story?
* ClingyJealousGirl: Huang Rong and Huazhen.
* CloudCuckoolander: Zhou Botong and [[spoiler: Ouyang Feng in the sequel]]
* ComfortingTheWidow: Wanyan Honglie’s plan regarding Bao Xiruo.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: A lot of conversation with the slow-witted Guo Jin ends this way
* CoolPet: The Condors
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Zhou Botong, the "Old Urchin".
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Hong Qigong lampshades that the formidably smart and powerful Huang Yaoshi would not appreciate the slow-witted Guo Jin as a son-in-law. This trope is subverted as Huang Rong actively tries to change Guo Jin into someone her father would approve of by making the famous Qigong take him on as a student.
* FailureToSaveMurder: [[spoiler: More justified than most examples in Monk Yideng's case. Ying Gu asked him to save her son with Zhou Botong and he agreed, but had an attack of jealousy at the last minute and decided to let the baby die.]]
* EvilCounterpart: The talented, well-bred, and clever [[spoiler: Yang Kang]] is this to the slow-witted, brutish, but kind-hearted Guo Jing.
** Wanyan Honglie is one to Genghis Khan.
to:
* BigBad: Not a clear-cut case, due to the serialized nature of the original novel. Wanyan Honglie is the political and ideological Big Bad who instigates the plot, but he is very removed from the Wulin aspect of the story. Ouyang Feng is the one who presents the greatest physical threat to the heroes in battle, but his motivations and ambitions are less far-reaching than Wanyan Honglie’s.Honglie's.
* %%* BigEater: Hong Jiugong
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: A lot of conflicts arise in this story because almost every character operates on this. Han people are good, Jin people are bad. Hong Qigong is good, Apothecary HuangYaoshi (and by extension, his daughter) is bad, and so on.
*on. In reality, it's more of a MoralityKitchenSink.
%%* BreakTheCutie: Guo Jing andMu Nianci.
Mercy Mu.
* CharacterDevelopment: Apothecary HuangYaoshi was an AxCrazy murderer who broke the legs of his innocent students and kept Zhou Botong jailed on his island, [[spoiler: but [[spoiler:but over the course of the story, he begins make amends to his students, saved and spared many lives in his fights, and ultimately becomes someone the heroes could rely on for support.]]
* ChekhovsSkill:Second Master "Quick Hands" Zhu Cong from the Seven Freaks was also known for being an expert pickpocket. [[spoiler: Prior [[spoiler:Prior to his death,]] he lifted the evidence that helped Lotus Huang Rong uncover the real identity of the murderer.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Is there anyone[[spoiler: Yang [[spoiler:Yang Kang]] didn’t didn't betray at some point in the story?
* ClingyJealousGirl: Lotus HuangRong and Huazhen.Huazheng are both this to [[LoveTriangle their mutual love interest]], Guo Jing.
* CloudCuckoolander: Zhou Botong and [[spoiler: Ouyang Feng in thesequel]]
sequel]].
* ComfortingTheWidow: WanyanHonglie’s Honglie's plan regarding Bao Xiruo.Charity Bao.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: A lot of conversation with the slow-witted GuoJin Jing ends this way
*way.
%%* CoolPet: The Condors
* %%* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Zhou Botong, the "Old Urchin".
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Hong Qigong lampshades that the formidably smart and powerful Apothecary HuangYaoshi would not appreciate the slow-witted Guo Jin as a son-in-law. This trope is subverted as Lotus Huang Rong actively tries to change Guo Jin Jing into someone her father would approve of by making the famous Hong Qigong take him on as a student.
* DubNameChange: The English translation changes the names of about half of the characters, including two of the main characters. In most cases, [[DownplayedTrope though]], the translated names are related to the characters' original names via meaning in one way or another.
* FailureToSaveMurder:[[spoiler: More [[spoiler:More justified than most examples in Monk Yideng's case. Ying Gu asked him to save her son with Zhou Botong and he agreed, but had an attack of jealousy at the last minute and decided to let the baby die.]]
*EvilCounterpart: EvilCounterpart:
** The talented, well-bred, and clever[[spoiler: Yang [[spoiler:Yang Kang]] is this to the slow-witted, brutish, but kind-hearted Guo Jing.
** %%** Wanyan Honglie is one to Genghis Khan.
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: A lot of conflicts arise in this story because almost every character operates on this. Han people are good, Jin people are bad. Hong Qigong is good, Apothecary Huang
*
%%* BreakTheCutie: Guo Jing and
* CharacterDevelopment: Apothecary Huang
* ChekhovsSkill:
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Is there anyone
* ClingyJealousGirl: Lotus Huang
* CloudCuckoolander: Zhou Botong and [[spoiler: Ouyang Feng in the
* ComfortingTheWidow: Wanyan
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: A lot of conversation with the slow-witted Guo
*
%%* CoolPet: The Condors
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Hong Qigong lampshades that the formidably smart and powerful Apothecary Huang
* DubNameChange: The English translation changes the names of about half of the characters, including two of the main characters. In most cases, [[DownplayedTrope though]], the translated names are related to the characters' original names via meaning in one way or another.
* FailureToSaveMurder:
*
** The talented, well-bred, and clever
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* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: [[spoiler: Zig-zagged. Ouyang Feng's adultery with his older brother's wife, for the brief time it's mentioned, is used to highlight his evil behavior. On the other hand, Zhou Botong and Ying Gu, Monk Yideng's ex-queen, had their affair portrayed sympathetically.]]
* GoodIsNotNice: a mild case in Huang Rong, who is by no means evil, but she would prank people and rile them up for the heck of it.
* GoodIsNotSoft: A lot of famous heroic fighters earn their reputation by beating down foreign invaders, traitors to the nation, and perpetrators of injustice. For example: Hong Qigong, Qiu Chuji, The Seven Freaks, and later, Guo Jin and Huang Rong
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: Monk Yideng, the Southern Emperor, had a very brief bout of this. His ex-wife's lovechild with Zhou Botong was badly wounded and needed his help. Instead, he let the baby die after seeing that there was a love poem from Zhou Botong to Ying Gu on the baby's clothing.]]
* HandicappedBadass: Ke Zheng'e, Mei Xiaofeng after being blinded.
* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler: Yang Kang is a little too happily adopted, given the father who raised him actually killed his biological father]]
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Subverted. It's pretty safe to say that Guo Jing had a lot less natural talent for kung fu than Yang Kang. However, due to Huang Rong's help, his own ridiculous amount of persistence, along with some of the most legendary kung fu masters pounding all their techniques into his slow head, he eventually manages to surpass Yang Kang and become very strong.
* HeroicBSOD: hits Guo Jing hard, twice, with the deaths of [[spoiler: his five masters, and later, his mother]].
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Genghis Khan.
* HonorBeforeReason: Guo Jing and, to a lesser extent, the Seven Freaks.
* GoodIsNotNice: a mild case in Huang Rong, who is by no means evil, but she would prank people and rile them up for the heck of it.
* GoodIsNotSoft: A lot of famous heroic fighters earn their reputation by beating down foreign invaders, traitors to the nation, and perpetrators of injustice. For example: Hong Qigong, Qiu Chuji, The Seven Freaks, and later, Guo Jin and Huang Rong
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: Monk Yideng, the Southern Emperor, had a very brief bout of this. His ex-wife's lovechild with Zhou Botong was badly wounded and needed his help. Instead, he let the baby die after seeing that there was a love poem from Zhou Botong to Ying Gu on the baby's clothing.]]
* HandicappedBadass: Ke Zheng'e, Mei Xiaofeng after being blinded.
* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler: Yang Kang is a little too happily adopted, given the father who raised him actually killed his biological father]]
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Subverted. It's pretty safe to say that Guo Jing had a lot less natural talent for kung fu than Yang Kang. However, due to Huang Rong's help, his own ridiculous amount of persistence, along with some of the most legendary kung fu masters pounding all their techniques into his slow head, he eventually manages to surpass Yang Kang and become very strong.
* HeroicBSOD: hits Guo Jing hard, twice, with the deaths of [[spoiler: his five masters, and later, his mother]].
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Genghis Khan.
* HonorBeforeReason: Guo Jing and, to a lesser extent, the Seven Freaks.
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* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: [[spoiler: Zig-zagged.[[spoiler:Zig-zagged. Ouyang Feng's adultery with his older brother's wife, for the brief time it's mentioned, is used to highlight his evil behavior. On the other hand, Zhou Botong and Ying Gu, Monk Yideng's ex-queen, had their affair portrayed sympathetically.]]
* GoodIsNotNice:a A mild case in Huang Rong, who is by no means evil, but she would prank people and rile them up [[TheGadfly for the heck of it.it]].
* GoodIsNotSoft: A lot of famous heroic fighters earn their reputation by beating down foreign invaders, traitors to the nation, and perpetrators of injustice. For example: Hong Qigong, Qiu Chuji,The the Seven Freaks, and later, Guo Jin Jing and Huang Rong
Lotus Huang.
* GreenEyedMonster:[[spoiler: Monk [[spoiler:Monk Yideng, the Southern Emperor, Great, had a very brief bout of this. His ex-wife's lovechild with Zhou Botong was badly wounded and needed his help. Instead, he let the baby die after seeing that there was a love poem from Zhou Botong to Ying Gu on the baby's clothing.]]
* HandicappedBadass: KeZheng'e, Mei Xiaofeng after being blinded.
Zheng'e and eventually Cyclone Mei[[labelnote:*]]Mei Chaofung[[/labelnote]] are blind for most if not all of the novel, and both of them kick serious ass.
* HappilyAdopted:[[spoiler: Yang [[spoiler:Yang Kang is a little too ''too'' happily adopted, given the father who raised him actually killed his biological father]]
father.]]
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Subverted. It's pretty safe to say that Guo Jing had a lot less natural talent for kung fu than Yang Kang. However, due toHuang Rong's Lotus Huang's help, his own [[{{Determinator}} ridiculous amount of persistence, persistence]], along with some of the most legendary kung fu masters pounding all their techniques into his slow head, he eventually manages to surpass Yang Kang and become very strong.
* HeroicBSOD:hits Hits Guo Jing hard, twice, with the deaths of [[spoiler: [[spoiler:five of his five masters, and later, his mother]].
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Multiple characters are based on various figures in Chinese history, but the most notable one would definitely be Genghis Khan.
* %%* HonorBeforeReason: Guo Jing and, to a lesser extent, the Seven Freaks.
* GoodIsNotNice:
* GoodIsNotSoft: A lot of famous heroic fighters earn their reputation by beating down foreign invaders, traitors to the nation, and perpetrators of injustice. For example: Hong Qigong, Qiu Chuji,
* GreenEyedMonster:
* HandicappedBadass: Ke
* HappilyAdopted:
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Subverted. It's pretty safe to say that Guo Jing had a lot less natural talent for kung fu than Yang Kang. However, due to
* HeroicBSOD:
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Multiple characters are based on various figures in Chinese history, but the most notable one would definitely be Genghis Khan.
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* IdiotBall: the last story arc was kicked off because Guo Jin and Ke Zheng'e fell for a plot designed to split up Guo Jin and Huang Rong. It is somewhat justified because Guo Jing is always dense and Ke Zheng'e is blind, but the immense burst of stupidity is still rather jarring even for their characters.
to:
* IdiotBall: the The last story arc was kicked off because Guo Jin Jing and Ke Zheng'e fell for a plot designed to split up Guo Jin Jing and Huang Rong.Lotus Huang. It is somewhat justified because Guo Jing is always dense and Ke Zheng'e is blind, but the immense burst of stupidity is still rather jarring even for their characters.
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* LoveMakesYouDumb: [[spoiler: contributes significantly to Bao Xirou, Mu Nianci and Guo Jing’s inability to recognize Yang Kang’s true colors.]]
* LoveMakesYouEvil: All over the place. [[spoiler: Huang Yaoshi became a grouchy, brutal old man after the death of his beloved wife. Wanyan Honglie [[MurderTheHypotenuse murdered Yang Tiexin]] for Bao Xiruo. Monk Yideng had a very brief stint of this that left him TheAtoner and inflicted this trope on his ex-wife Ying Gu. Mei Chaofeng and Chen Xuanfeng were this for each other.]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Yang Kang]] doesn't take this revelation too well.
* ManChild: Zhou Botong, to the point that his nickname is "Old Urchin."
* LoveMakesYouEvil: All over the place. [[spoiler: Huang Yaoshi became a grouchy, brutal old man after the death of his beloved wife. Wanyan Honglie [[MurderTheHypotenuse murdered Yang Tiexin]] for Bao Xiruo. Monk Yideng had a very brief stint of this that left him TheAtoner and inflicted this trope on his ex-wife Ying Gu. Mei Chaofeng and Chen Xuanfeng were this for each other.]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Yang Kang]] doesn't take this revelation too well.
* ManChild: Zhou Botong, to the point that his nickname is "Old Urchin."
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* LoveMakesYouDumb: [[spoiler: contributes [[spoiler:Contributes significantly to Bao Xirou, Charity Bao, Mercy Mu Nianci and Guo Jing’s Jing's inability to recognize Yang Kang’s true colors.]]
* LoveMakesYouEvil: All over the place.[[spoiler: [[spoiler:Apothecary Huang Yaoshi became a grouchy, brutal old man after the death of his beloved wife. Wanyan Honglie [[MurderTheHypotenuse murdered Yang Tiexin]] Tiexin (Ironheart)]] for Bao Xiruo.Charity Bao. Monk Yideng had a very brief stint of this that left him TheAtoner and inflicted this trope on his ex-wife Ying Gu. Mei Chaofeng and Chen Xuanfeng were this for each other.]]
* LukeIAmYourFather:[[spoiler: Yang [[spoiler:Yang Kang]] doesn't take this revelation too well.
* ManChild: Zhou Botong, to the point that his nickname is "OldUrchin."Imp/Urchin".
* LoveMakesYouEvil: All over the place.
* LukeIAmYourFather:
* ManChild: Zhou Botong, to the point that his nickname is "Old
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* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler: six of the Seven Freaks suffers this fate after becoming Guo Jin's mentor.]]
* MoralityPet: Yang Kang is a weird version for his father[[spoiler: actually stepfather]], Wanyan Honglie. No matter what evil things he does over the course of the book, he loves and wants the best for Yang Kang.
* MoralityPet: Yang Kang is a weird version for his father[[spoiler: actually stepfather]], Wanyan Honglie. No matter what evil things he does over the course of the book, he loves and wants the best for Yang Kang.
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* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler: six [[spoiler:Six of the Seven Freaks suffers suffer this fate after becoming Guo Jin's mentor.]]
*MoralityPet: MoralityPet:
** Yang Kang is a weird version for hisfather[[spoiler: actually stepfather]], father[[spoiler:(actually stepfather)]], Wanyan Honglie. No matter what evil things he does over the course of the book, he loves and wants the best for Yang Kang.
*
** Yang Kang is a weird version for his
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** Huang Rong is something of one for her father, who tones down his AxCrazy to appease her.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: And then adopt his son, if you're Wanyan Honglie. Huang Yaoshi also offers to kill Huazhen for this reason, for his daughter's sake.]]
* NotSoDifferentRemark: [[spoiler: Before his ultimate defeat,]] Wanyan Honglie points out that all the great empires, be it Song or Jin or Mongolia, will rise and fall with time, leaving a bloodbath in its wake. This is especially poignant considering the AcceptableEthnicTargets and ethnic pride as a motif throughout the books.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: [[spoiler: the real Qiu Qianren,]] who turns out to be every bit as powerful as his lying and bumbling twin boasted to be.
* OhCrap: Huang Rong, upon realizing the Qiu Qianren she's fighting is the real deal.
* PapaWolf: Huang Yaoshi, in spades.
** Ouyang Feng is a dark version. While he was pretty terrible at instilling any sort of ethics into Ouyang Ke, he's still very protective of his nephew [[spoiler: who is actually his illegitimate son. He becomes a full-on non-evil version to Yang Guo in the sequel, despite also being a CloudCuckoolander.]]
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: And then adopt his son, if you're Wanyan Honglie. Huang Yaoshi also offers to kill Huazhen for this reason, for his daughter's sake.]]
* NotSoDifferentRemark: [[spoiler: Before his ultimate defeat,]] Wanyan Honglie points out that all the great empires, be it Song or Jin or Mongolia, will rise and fall with time, leaving a bloodbath in its wake. This is especially poignant considering the AcceptableEthnicTargets and ethnic pride as a motif throughout the books.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: [[spoiler: the real Qiu Qianren,]] who turns out to be every bit as powerful as his lying and bumbling twin boasted to be.
* OhCrap: Huang Rong, upon realizing the Qiu Qianren she's fighting is the real deal.
* PapaWolf: Huang Yaoshi, in spades.
** Ouyang Feng is a dark version. While he was pretty terrible at instilling any sort of ethics into Ouyang Ke, he's still very protective of his nephew [[spoiler: who is actually his illegitimate son. He becomes a full-on non-evil version to Yang Guo in the sequel, despite also being a CloudCuckoolander.]]
to:
** Lotus Huang Rong is something of one for her father, who tones down his AxCrazy to appease her.
* MurderTheHypotenuse:[[spoiler: And [[spoiler:And then adopt his son, if you're Wanyan Honglie. Apothecary Huang Yaoshi also offers to kill Huazhen Huazheng for this reason, for his daughter's sake.]]
* NotSoDifferentRemark:[[spoiler: Before [[spoiler:Before his ultimate defeat,]] Wanyan Honglie points out that all the great empires, be it Song or Jin or Mongolia, will rise and fall with time, leaving a bloodbath in its wake. This is especially poignant considering the AcceptableEthnicTargets and ethnic pride as a motif throughout the books.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain:[[spoiler: the [[spoiler:The real Qiu Qianren,]] who turns out to be every bit as powerful as his lying and bumbling twin boasted to be.
* OhCrap:Huang Rong, Lotus Huang, upon realizing the Qiu Qianren she's fighting is the real deal.
*PapaWolf: PapaWolf:
** Apothecary HuangYaoshi, is this to his daughter Lotus in spades.
** Ouyang Feng is a dark version. While he was pretty terrible at instilling any sort of ethics into Ouyang Ke, he's still very protective of his nephew[[spoiler: who [[spoiler:who is actually his illegitimate son. He becomes a full-on non-evil version to Yang Guo in the sequel, despite also being a CloudCuckoolander.]]
* MurderTheHypotenuse:
* NotSoDifferentRemark:
* NotSoHarmlessVillain:
* OhCrap:
*
** Apothecary Huang
** Ouyang Feng is a dark version. While he was pretty terrible at instilling any sort of ethics into Ouyang Ke, he's still very protective of his nephew
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* PunchParry: happens quite a lot, specially with palm strikes.
* RaisedByOrcs: [[spoiler: Subverted for Yang Kang. His adoptive father loved him and gave him a happy childhood, even though he was the one who murdered Yang Kang's real father to begin with.]]
** Play more straight with Guo Jin, who grew up in the Mongolian Camps despite living with his biological mother. His childhood friends are Mongolian, and he appreciates their food and sport, which is hinted to be less sophisticated than those of the Han people.
* SignatureMove: all of the Five Greats get at least one, as does Zhong Botong.
* RaisedByOrcs: [[spoiler: Subverted for Yang Kang. His adoptive father loved him and gave him a happy childhood, even though he was the one who murdered Yang Kang's real father to begin with.]]
** Play more straight with Guo Jin, who grew up in the Mongolian Camps despite living with his biological mother. His childhood friends are Mongolian, and he appreciates their food and sport, which is hinted to be less sophisticated than those of the Han people.
* SignatureMove: all of the Five Greats get at least one, as does Zhong Botong.
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* PunchParry: happens Happens quite a lot, specially with palm strikes.
*RaisedByOrcs: [[spoiler: Subverted RaisedByOrcs:
** [[spoiler:Subverted for Yang Kang. His adoptive father loved him and gave him a happy childhood, even though he was the one who murdered Yang Kang's real father to begin with.]]
** Play more straight with GuoJin, Jing, who grew up in the Mongolian Camps camps despite living with his biological mother. His childhood friends are Mongolian, and he appreciates their food and sport, which is hinted to be less sophisticated than those of the Han people.
%%* TheRival: Both Ouyang Ke and Yang Kang could be considered to fill this position towards Guo Jing.
* SignatureMove:all All of the Five Greats get at least one, as does Zhong Botong.
*
** [[spoiler:Subverted for Yang Kang. His adoptive father loved him and gave him a happy childhood, even though he was the one who murdered Yang Kang's real father to begin with.]]
** Play more straight with Guo
%%* TheRival: Both Ouyang Ke and Yang Kang could be considered to fill this position towards Guo Jing.
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* TeenGenius: Huang Rong is still in her mid-teens during this course of this story, but she shown to be an excellent fighter, cook, scholar, musician, and strategist, even amongst the adults and elders, [[spoiler: and becomes the leader of the Beggar’s Sect, one of the largest and most respected Wulin factions. ]]
** [[spoiler: UpToEleven: she becomes the brains behind Guo Jing’s successful military campaigns that dismantled several barbaric kingdoms and the Jin Empire.]]
* TheAtoner: Monk Yideng
* TheRival: both Ouyang Ke and Yang Kang could be considered to fill this position towards Guo Jing.
** [[spoiler: UpToEleven: she becomes the brains behind Guo Jing’s successful military campaigns that dismantled several barbaric kingdoms and the Jin Empire.]]
* TheAtoner: Monk Yideng
* TheRival: both Ouyang Ke and Yang Kang could be considered to fill this position towards Guo Jing.
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* TeenGenius: Huang Rong is still in her mid-teens during this course of this story, but she shown to be an excellent fighter, cook, scholar, musician, and strategist, even amongst the adults and elders, [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and becomes the leader of the Beggar’s Beggar's Sect, one of the largest and most respected Wulin factions. ]]
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* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: murder of the Five Freaks, who are portrayed as heroic and competent fighters throughout the story. It causes a giant rift in Guo Jing and Huang Rong’s relationship, fractured a tenuous alliance between the Wulin masters who should be fighting the Jin and Ouyang Feng, and significantly changes Guo Jing’s character and position.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: Both Guo Jing and [[spoiler: Yang Kang]] are ''supposed'' to have this for Wanyan Honglie, but what complicates things is that [[spoiler: Wanyan Honglie is Yang Kang's adoptive father who genuinely loved him.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: Both Guo Jing and [[spoiler: Yang Kang]] are ''supposed'' to have this for Wanyan Honglie, but what complicates things is that [[spoiler: Wanyan Honglie is Yang Kang's adoptive father who genuinely loved him.]]
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* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: [[spoiler:The murder of the Five Freaks, who are portrayed as heroic and competent fighters throughout the story. It causes a giant rift in Guo Jing and Huang Rong’s Lotus Huang's relationship, fractured a tenuous alliance between the Wulin ''wulin'' masters who should be fighting the Jin and Ouyang Feng, and significantly changes Guo Jing’s Jing's character and position.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: Both Guo Jing and[[spoiler: Yang [[spoiler:Yang Kang]] are ''supposed'' to have this for Wanyan Honglie, but what complicates things is that [[spoiler: Wanyan [[spoiler:Wanyan Honglie is Yang Kang's adoptive father who genuinely loved him.]]
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''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' (射雕英雄传)is a {{Wuxia}} novel written by Chinese author Creator/JinYong (pen name for Louis Cha) and the first part of the Condor Trilogy. It was first serialised from January 1957 to May 1959 in the newspaper ''Hong Kong Commercial Daily''. It follows the adventures of many members of the Jianghu world, especially Guo Jing, a slow-witted, talentless child who, with the help of lady luck and many incredibly talented masters, slowly rises to a prominent position in the martial arts world.
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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: [[spoiler: Before his ultimate defeat,]] Wanyan Honglie points out that all the great empires, be it Song or Jin or Mongolia, will rise and fall with time, leaving a bloodbath in its wake. This is especially poignant considering the AcceptableEthnicTargets and ethnic pride as a motif throughout the books. \n** Qiu Qianren pleads this when the Great Masters come after him for the people he had killed on his quest for power.
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* AcceptableEthnicTargets : As far as the heroes are concerned, everyone aligned with the (Jurchen, or Manchu) Jin Empire is evil by the virtue of being aligned with the Jin Empire. While it is justified in-universe because the Han people were being invaded, the work as whole never attempts to contradict this prejudice.
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* BlackAndWhiteMorality: A lot of conflicts arise in this story because almost every character operates on this. Han people are good, Jin people are bad. Hong Qigong is good, Huang Yaoshi (and by extension, his daughter) is bad, and so on
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''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' (射雕英雄传)is a {{Wuxia}} tetralogy novel written by Chinese author Creator/JinYong (pen name for Louis Cha).Cha) and the first part of the Condor Trilogy. It follows the adventures of many members of the Jianghu world, especially Guo Jing, a slow-witted, talentless child who, with the help of lady luck and many incredibly talented masters, slowly rises to a prominent position in the martial arts world.
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# ''A Hero Born'' (2019)
# ''A Bond Undone'' (2020)
# ''A Snake Lies Waiting'' (2020)
# ''A Heart Divided'' (2021)
# ''A Hero Born'' (2019)
# ''A Bond Undone'' (2020)
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It's one of Jin Yong's most widely known works, and it has been adapted to many media, including television series in [[Series/TheLegendOfTheCondorHeroes2008 2008]] and [[Series/TheLegendOfTheCondorHeroes2017 2017]].
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It's one of Jin Yong's most widely known works, and it has been adapted to many media, including television series in [[Series/TheLegendOfTheCondorHeroes2003 2003]], [[Series/TheLegendOfTheCondorHeroes2008 2008]] and [[Series/TheLegendOfTheCondorHeroes2017 2017]].
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''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' is (射雕英雄传)is a {{Wuxia}} tetralogy written by Chinese author Creator/JinYong (pen name for Louis Cha). It follows the adventures of many members of the Jianghu world, especially Guo Jing, a slow-witted, talentless child who, with the help of lady luck and many incredibly talented masters, slowly rises to a prominent position in the martial arts world.
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** Especially jarring when even the Mongolian are portrayed more sympathetically than the Jin, given the nationalistic undertones in the series, because historically, it was the Mongolians, not the Jin, who wipes out the Song Dynasty. This may have been due to lingering anti-Manchu sentiment, given the numerous problems China faced during the later Manchu Qing Dynasty.
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** Especially jarring when even the Mongolian are portrayed more sympathetically than the Jin, given the nationalistic undertones in the series, because historically, it was the Mongolians, not the Jin, who wipes out the Song Dynasty. [[note]]The Jurchen Jin did wipe out the Northern Song; the Southern Song was taken out by the Mongolian Yuan, along with the Jurchen Jin[[/note]] This may have been due to lingering anti-Manchu sentiment, given the numerous problems China faced during the later Manchu Qing Dynasty.
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* BadassGrandpa: Every single old man in the books, to a varying degree. Foremost among them are Huang Yaoshi and the Beggar King Hong Qigong.
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It's one of Jin Yong's most widely known works, and it has been ported to many media, including an acclaimed TV series.
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!! ''Legend of the Condor Heroes'' presents examples of:
* AcceptableEthnicTargets : As far as the heroes are concerned, everyone aligned with the (Jurchen, or Manchu) Jin Empire is evil by the virtue of being aligned with the Jin Empire. While it is justified in-universe because the Han people were being invaded, the work as whole never attempts to contradict this prejudice.
** Especially jarring when even the Mongolian are portrayed more sympathetically than the Jin, given the nationalistic undertones in the series, because historically, it was the Mongolians, not the Jin, who wipes out the Song Dynasty. This may have been due to lingering anti-Manchu sentiment, given the numerous problems China faced during the later Manchu Qing Dynasty.
* ActionGirl: Huang Rong fits the role perfectly.
** Mu Nianci is more of a FauxActionGirl or OvershadowedByAwesome. She was briefly instructed by Hong Qigong and easily takes down the first few challengers in her marriage contest and effortlessly downs armed mooks, proving that she is quite a badass compared to a normal person. Unfortunately for her, this is a WorldOfBadass.
* AdultFear: [[spoiler: How about watching your baby son, the only reminder of a lover who left you, slowly suffer and die over the course of a day because the only person who could save him was a GreenEyedMonster that you broke up with in the past? No wonder Ying Gu went [[DiseaseBleach white with the shock.]]]]
* AnyoneCanDie
* ArrangedMarriage: Poor Guo Jing runs into tons of these, and the ones with the girl he actually likes don’t stick past the hour.
* BadassAdorable: Huang Rong.
* BadassBookworm: Huang Yaoshi and his daughter Huang Rong
* BadassGrandpa: Every single old man in the books, to a varying degree. Foremost among them are Huang Yaoshi and the Beggar King Hong Qigong.
* BastardBastard: [[spoiler: Ouyang Ke]]
* BestHerToBedHer: Mu Nianci and her father literally said that they would marry her to the man who defeats her in the contest they had set up. [[spoiler: Though her father was against it, she does end up with the man who defeated her on that stage.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Guo Jing is about as nice as a human can get, until he decides that you are an enemy…
* BigBad: Not a clear-cut case, due to the serialized nature of the original novel. Wanyan Honglie is the political and ideological Big Bad who instigates the plot, but he is very removed from the Wulin aspect of the story. Ouyang Feng is the one who presents the greatest physical threat to the heroes in battle, but his motivations and ambitions are less far-reaching than Wanyan Honglie’s.
* BigEater: Hong Jiugong
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: A lot of conflicts arise in this story because almost every character operates on this. Han people are good, Jin people are bad. Hong Qigong is good, Huang Yaoshi (and by extension, his daughter) is bad, and so on
* BreakTheCutie: Guo Jing and Mu Nianci
* CharacterDevelopment: Huang Yaoshi was an AxCrazy murderer who broke the legs of his innocent students and kept Zhou Botong jailed on his island, [[spoiler: but over the course of the story, he begins make amends to his students, saved and spared many lives in his fights, and ultimately becomes someone the heroes could rely on for support.]]
* ChekhovsSkill: Second Master from the Seven Freaks was also known for being an expert pickpocket. [[spoiler: Prior to his death,]] he lifted the evidence that helped Huang Rong uncover the real identity of the murderer.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Is there anyone [[spoiler: Yang Kang]] didn’t betray at some point in the story?
* ClingyJealousGirl: Huang Rong and Huazhen.
* CloudCuckoolander: Zhou Botong and [[spoiler: Ouyang Feng in the sequel]]
* ComfortingTheWidow: Wanyan Honglie’s plan regarding Bao Xiruo.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: A lot of conversation with the slow-witted Guo Jin ends this way
* CoolPet: The Condors
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Zhou Botong, the "Old Urchin".
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Hong Qigong lampshades that the formidably smart and powerful Huang Yaoshi would not appreciate the slow-witted Guo Jin as a son-in-law. This trope is subverted as Huang Rong actively tries to change Guo Jin into someone her father would approve of by making the famous Qigong take him on as a student.
* FailureToSaveMurder: [[spoiler: More justified than most examples in Monk Yideng's case. Ying Gu asked him to save her son with Zhou Botong and he agreed, but had an attack of jealousy at the last minute and decided to let the baby die.]]
* EvilCounterpart: The talented, well-bred, and clever [[spoiler: Yang Kang]] is this to the slow-witted, brutish, but kind-hearted Guo Jing.
** Wanyan Honglie is one to Genghis Khan.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: Huang Yaoshi's brutality can be traced to the eloping of two of his students, which led to his wife's death. Ying Gu's vengeance-filled mindset is the result of losing her son.]]
* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: [[spoiler: Zig-zagged. Ouyang Feng's adultery with his older brother's wife, for the brief time it's mentioned, is used to highlight his evil behavior. On the other hand, Zhou Botong and Ying Gu, Monk Yideng's ex-queen, had their affair portrayed sympathetically.]]
* GoodIsNotNice: a mild case in Huang Rong, who is by no means evil, but she would prank people and rile them up for the heck of it.
* GoodIsNotSoft: A lot of famous heroic fighters earn their reputation by beating down foreign invaders, traitors to the nation, and perpetrators of injustice. For example: Hong Qigong, Qiu Chuji, The Seven Freaks, and later, Guo Jin and Huang Rong
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: Monk Yideng, the Southern Emperor, had a very brief bout of this. His ex-wife's lovechild with Zhou Botong was badly wounded and needed his help. Instead, he let the baby die after seeing that there was a love poem from Zhou Botong to Ying Gu on the baby's clothing.]]
* HandicappedBadass: Ke Zheng'e, Mei Xiaofeng after being blinded.
* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler: Yang Kang is a little too happily adopted, given the father who raised him actually killed his biological father]]
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Subverted. It's pretty safe to say that Guo Jing had a lot less natural talent for kung fu than Yang Kang. However, due to Huang Rong's help, his own ridiculous amount of persistence, along with some of the most legendary kung fu masters pounding all their techniques into his slow head, he eventually manages to surpass Yang Kang and become very strong.
* HeroicBSOD: hits Guo Jing hard, twice, with the deaths of [[spoiler: his five masters, and later, his mother]].
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Genghis Khan.
* HonorBeforeReason: Guo Jing and, to a lesser extent, the Seven Freaks.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Yang Kang and Ouyang Feng. The first one dies, the second one goes mad.]]
* IdiotBall: the last story arc was kicked off because Guo Jin and Ke Zheng'e fell for a plot designed to split up Guo Jin and Huang Rong. It is somewhat justified because Guo Jing is always dense and Ke Zheng'e is blind, but the immense burst of stupidity is still rather jarring even for their characters.
* LoveHurts: How many couples did not end up with a widow(er), years of separation, or a unrequited love sort of scenario?
* LoveMakesYouDumb: [[spoiler: contributes significantly to Bao Xirou, Mu Nianci and Guo Jing’s inability to recognize Yang Kang’s true colors.]]
* LoveMakesYouEvil: All over the place. [[spoiler: Huang Yaoshi became a grouchy, brutal old man after the death of his beloved wife. Wanyan Honglie [[MurderTheHypotenuse murdered Yang Tiexin]] for Bao Xiruo. Monk Yideng had a very brief stint of this that left him TheAtoner and inflicted this trope on his ex-wife Ying Gu. Mei Chaofeng and Chen Xuanfeng were this for each other.]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Yang Kang]] doesn't take this revelation too well.
* ManChild: Zhou Botong, to the point that his nickname is "Old Urchin."
* MasterPoisoner: Ouyang Feng, the "Old Poison".
* MeaningfulName: Guo Jing and Yang Kang, whose given names together is a reference to the Jingkang Incident. Qiu Chuji named them, hoping they would grow up to be patriotic like their fathers and help the Song Dynasty fend off the invading Jin. It doesn't quite go as planned.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler: six of the Seven Freaks suffers this fate after becoming Guo Jin's mentor.]]
* MoralityPet: Yang Kang is a weird version for his father[[spoiler: actually stepfather]], Wanyan Honglie. No matter what evil things he does over the course of the book, he loves and wants the best for Yang Kang.
** Mu Nianci is also something of this for Yang Kang, who seems to genuinely love her and wants her love in return, despite all his other faults.
** Huang Rong is something of one for her father, who tones down his AxCrazy to appease her.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: And then adopt his son, if you're Wanyan Honglie. Huang Yaoshi also offers to kill Huazhen for this reason, for his daughter's sake.]]
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: Before his ultimate defeat,]] Wanyan Honglie points out that all the great empires, be it Song or Jin or Mongolia, will rise and fall with time, leaving a bloodbath in its wake. This is especially poignant considering the AcceptableEthnicTargets and ethnic pride as a motif throughout the books.
** Qiu Qianren pleads this when the Great Masters come after him for the people he had killed on his quest for power.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: [[spoiler: the real Qiu Qianren,]] who turns out to be every bit as powerful as his lying and bumbling twin boasted to be.
* OhCrap: Huang Rong, upon realizing the Qiu Qianren she's fighting is the real deal.
* PapaWolf: Huang Yaoshi, in spades.
** Ouyang Feng is a dark version. While he was pretty terrible at instilling any sort of ethics into Ouyang Ke, he's still very protective of his nephew [[spoiler: who is actually his illegitimate son. He becomes a full-on non-evil version to Yang Guo in the sequel, despite also being a CloudCuckoolander.]]
* PersonOfMassDestruction: The Five Masters could easily become this if they were so inclined.
* PowerFloats: One of the many kung fu skills are the ones related to lightness, allowing to climb steep cliffs running, make impossible jumps and so on. When the fake Qiu Qianren is introduced, everyone thinks he has a superhuman level of martial arts because he could walk over water.
* PunchParry: happens quite a lot, specially with palm strikes.
* RaisedByOrcs: [[spoiler: Subverted for Yang Kang. His adoptive father loved him and gave him a happy childhood, even though he was the one who murdered Yang Kang's real father to begin with.]]
** Play more straight with Guo Jin, who grew up in the Mongolian Camps despite living with his biological mother. His childhood friends are Mongolian, and he appreciates their food and sport, which is hinted to be less sophisticated than those of the Han people.
* SignatureMove: all of the Five Greats get at least one, as does Zhong Botong.
* SupremeChef: Huang Rong. Actually used as a plot point once.
* TeenGenius: Huang Rong is still in her mid-teens during this course of this story, but she shown to be an excellent fighter, cook, scholar, musician, and strategist, even amongst the adults and elders, [[spoiler: and becomes the leader of the Beggar’s Sect, one of the largest and most respected Wulin factions. ]]
** [[spoiler: UpToEleven: she becomes the brains behind Guo Jing’s successful military campaigns that dismantled several barbaric kingdoms and the Jin Empire.]]
* TheAtoner: Monk Yideng
* TheRival: both Ouyang Ke and Yang Kang could be considered to fill this position towards Guo Jing.
* TookALevelInBadass: Throughout the books, the mastery levels of many characters varies wildly due to training, meditation and discovery of ancient secrets. Guo Jing and Zhong Botong deserve a special mention. The former went from being a nobody to a level nearing those of the supreme Five Masters in less than a year, while the latter went from truly skilled to probably being the most powerful martial artist of the time.
* TranquilFury: Huang Yaoshi rarely loses his composure, even as he plans and executes your painful demise for having upset his daughter.
* TrainingFromHell: Guo Jing's ten years at the hands of the Six Freaks... Not that it did him much good, though.
* TheWhitePrince: Yang Kang at the start.
* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: murder of the Five Freaks, who are portrayed as heroic and competent fighters throughout the story. It causes a giant rift in Guo Jing and Huang Rong’s relationship, fractured a tenuous alliance between the Wulin masters who should be fighting the Jin and Ouyang Feng, and significantly changes Guo Jing’s character and position.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: Both Guo Jing and [[spoiler: Yang Kang]] are ''supposed'' to have this for Wanyan Honglie, but what complicates things is that [[spoiler: Wanyan Honglie is Yang Kang's adoptive father who genuinely loved him.]]
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It's one of Jin Yong's most widely known works, and it has been ported to many media, including an acclaimed TV series.
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!! ''Legend of the Condor Heroes'' presents examples of:
* AcceptableEthnicTargets : As far as the heroes are concerned, everyone aligned with the (Jurchen, or Manchu) Jin Empire is evil by the virtue of being aligned with the Jin Empire. While it is justified in-universe because the Han people were being invaded, the work as whole never attempts to contradict this prejudice.
** Especially jarring when even the Mongolian are portrayed more sympathetically than the Jin, given the nationalistic undertones in the series, because historically, it was the Mongolians, not the Jin, who wipes out the Song Dynasty. This may have been due to lingering anti-Manchu sentiment, given the numerous problems China faced during the later Manchu Qing Dynasty.
* ActionGirl: Huang Rong fits the role perfectly.
** Mu Nianci is more of a FauxActionGirl or OvershadowedByAwesome. She was briefly instructed by Hong Qigong and easily takes down the first few challengers in her marriage contest and effortlessly downs armed mooks, proving that she is quite a badass compared to a normal person. Unfortunately for her, this is a WorldOfBadass.
* AdultFear: [[spoiler: How about watching your baby son, the only reminder of a lover who left you, slowly suffer and die over the course of a day because the only person who could save him was a GreenEyedMonster that you broke up with in the past? No wonder Ying Gu went [[DiseaseBleach white with the shock.]]]]
* AnyoneCanDie
* ArrangedMarriage: Poor Guo Jing runs into tons of these, and the ones with the girl he actually likes don’t stick past the hour.
* BadassAdorable: Huang Rong.
* BadassBookworm: Huang Yaoshi and his daughter Huang Rong
* BadassGrandpa: Every single old man in the books, to a varying degree. Foremost among them are Huang Yaoshi and the Beggar King Hong Qigong.
* BastardBastard: [[spoiler: Ouyang Ke]]
* BestHerToBedHer: Mu Nianci and her father literally said that they would marry her to the man who defeats her in the contest they had set up. [[spoiler: Though her father was against it, she does end up with the man who defeated her on that stage.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Guo Jing is about as nice as a human can get, until he decides that you are an enemy…
* BigBad: Not a clear-cut case, due to the serialized nature of the original novel. Wanyan Honglie is the political and ideological Big Bad who instigates the plot, but he is very removed from the Wulin aspect of the story. Ouyang Feng is the one who presents the greatest physical threat to the heroes in battle, but his motivations and ambitions are less far-reaching than Wanyan Honglie’s.
* BigEater: Hong Jiugong
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: A lot of conflicts arise in this story because almost every character operates on this. Han people are good, Jin people are bad. Hong Qigong is good, Huang Yaoshi (and by extension, his daughter) is bad, and so on
* BreakTheCutie: Guo Jing and Mu Nianci
* CharacterDevelopment: Huang Yaoshi was an AxCrazy murderer who broke the legs of his innocent students and kept Zhou Botong jailed on his island, [[spoiler: but over the course of the story, he begins make amends to his students, saved and spared many lives in his fights, and ultimately becomes someone the heroes could rely on for support.]]
* ChekhovsSkill: Second Master from the Seven Freaks was also known for being an expert pickpocket. [[spoiler: Prior to his death,]] he lifted the evidence that helped Huang Rong uncover the real identity of the murderer.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Is there anyone [[spoiler: Yang Kang]] didn’t betray at some point in the story?
* ClingyJealousGirl: Huang Rong and Huazhen.
* CloudCuckoolander: Zhou Botong and [[spoiler: Ouyang Feng in the sequel]]
* ComfortingTheWidow: Wanyan Honglie’s plan regarding Bao Xiruo.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: A lot of conversation with the slow-witted Guo Jin ends this way
* CoolPet: The Condors
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Zhou Botong, the "Old Urchin".
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Hong Qigong lampshades that the formidably smart and powerful Huang Yaoshi would not appreciate the slow-witted Guo Jin as a son-in-law. This trope is subverted as Huang Rong actively tries to change Guo Jin into someone her father would approve of by making the famous Qigong take him on as a student.
* FailureToSaveMurder: [[spoiler: More justified than most examples in Monk Yideng's case. Ying Gu asked him to save her son with Zhou Botong and he agreed, but had an attack of jealousy at the last minute and decided to let the baby die.]]
* EvilCounterpart: The talented, well-bred, and clever [[spoiler: Yang Kang]] is this to the slow-witted, brutish, but kind-hearted Guo Jing.
** Wanyan Honglie is one to Genghis Khan.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: Huang Yaoshi's brutality can be traced to the eloping of two of his students, which led to his wife's death. Ying Gu's vengeance-filled mindset is the result of losing her son.]]
* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: [[spoiler: Zig-zagged. Ouyang Feng's adultery with his older brother's wife, for the brief time it's mentioned, is used to highlight his evil behavior. On the other hand, Zhou Botong and Ying Gu, Monk Yideng's ex-queen, had their affair portrayed sympathetically.]]
* GoodIsNotNice: a mild case in Huang Rong, who is by no means evil, but she would prank people and rile them up for the heck of it.
* GoodIsNotSoft: A lot of famous heroic fighters earn their reputation by beating down foreign invaders, traitors to the nation, and perpetrators of injustice. For example: Hong Qigong, Qiu Chuji, The Seven Freaks, and later, Guo Jin and Huang Rong
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: Monk Yideng, the Southern Emperor, had a very brief bout of this. His ex-wife's lovechild with Zhou Botong was badly wounded and needed his help. Instead, he let the baby die after seeing that there was a love poem from Zhou Botong to Ying Gu on the baby's clothing.]]
* HandicappedBadass: Ke Zheng'e, Mei Xiaofeng after being blinded.
* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler: Yang Kang is a little too happily adopted, given the father who raised him actually killed his biological father]]
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Subverted. It's pretty safe to say that Guo Jing had a lot less natural talent for kung fu than Yang Kang. However, due to Huang Rong's help, his own ridiculous amount of persistence, along with some of the most legendary kung fu masters pounding all their techniques into his slow head, he eventually manages to surpass Yang Kang and become very strong.
* HeroicBSOD: hits Guo Jing hard, twice, with the deaths of [[spoiler: his five masters, and later, his mother]].
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Genghis Khan.
* HonorBeforeReason: Guo Jing and, to a lesser extent, the Seven Freaks.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Yang Kang and Ouyang Feng. The first one dies, the second one goes mad.]]
* IdiotBall: the last story arc was kicked off because Guo Jin and Ke Zheng'e fell for a plot designed to split up Guo Jin and Huang Rong. It is somewhat justified because Guo Jing is always dense and Ke Zheng'e is blind, but the immense burst of stupidity is still rather jarring even for their characters.
* LoveHurts: How many couples did not end up with a widow(er), years of separation, or a unrequited love sort of scenario?
* LoveMakesYouDumb: [[spoiler: contributes significantly to Bao Xirou, Mu Nianci and Guo Jing’s inability to recognize Yang Kang’s true colors.]]
* LoveMakesYouEvil: All over the place. [[spoiler: Huang Yaoshi became a grouchy, brutal old man after the death of his beloved wife. Wanyan Honglie [[MurderTheHypotenuse murdered Yang Tiexin]] for Bao Xiruo. Monk Yideng had a very brief stint of this that left him TheAtoner and inflicted this trope on his ex-wife Ying Gu. Mei Chaofeng and Chen Xuanfeng were this for each other.]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Yang Kang]] doesn't take this revelation too well.
* ManChild: Zhou Botong, to the point that his nickname is "Old Urchin."
* MasterPoisoner: Ouyang Feng, the "Old Poison".
* MeaningfulName: Guo Jing and Yang Kang, whose given names together is a reference to the Jingkang Incident. Qiu Chuji named them, hoping they would grow up to be patriotic like their fathers and help the Song Dynasty fend off the invading Jin. It doesn't quite go as planned.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler: six of the Seven Freaks suffers this fate after becoming Guo Jin's mentor.]]
* MoralityPet: Yang Kang is a weird version for his father[[spoiler: actually stepfather]], Wanyan Honglie. No matter what evil things he does over the course of the book, he loves and wants the best for Yang Kang.
** Mu Nianci is also something of this for Yang Kang, who seems to genuinely love her and wants her love in return, despite all his other faults.
** Huang Rong is something of one for her father, who tones down his AxCrazy to appease her.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: And then adopt his son, if you're Wanyan Honglie. Huang Yaoshi also offers to kill Huazhen for this reason, for his daughter's sake.]]
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: Before his ultimate defeat,]] Wanyan Honglie points out that all the great empires, be it Song or Jin or Mongolia, will rise and fall with time, leaving a bloodbath in its wake. This is especially poignant considering the AcceptableEthnicTargets and ethnic pride as a motif throughout the books.
** Qiu Qianren pleads this when the Great Masters come after him for the people he had killed on his quest for power.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: [[spoiler: the real Qiu Qianren,]] who turns out to be every bit as powerful as his lying and bumbling twin boasted to be.
* OhCrap: Huang Rong, upon realizing the Qiu Qianren she's fighting is the real deal.
* PapaWolf: Huang Yaoshi, in spades.
** Ouyang Feng is a dark version. While he was pretty terrible at instilling any sort of ethics into Ouyang Ke, he's still very protective of his nephew [[spoiler: who is actually his illegitimate son. He becomes a full-on non-evil version to Yang Guo in the sequel, despite also being a CloudCuckoolander.]]
* PersonOfMassDestruction: The Five Masters could easily become this if they were so inclined.
* PowerFloats: One of the many kung fu skills are the ones related to lightness, allowing to climb steep cliffs running, make impossible jumps and so on. When the fake Qiu Qianren is introduced, everyone thinks he has a superhuman level of martial arts because he could walk over water.
* PunchParry: happens quite a lot, specially with palm strikes.
* RaisedByOrcs: [[spoiler: Subverted for Yang Kang. His adoptive father loved him and gave him a happy childhood, even though he was the one who murdered Yang Kang's real father to begin with.]]
** Play more straight with Guo Jin, who grew up in the Mongolian Camps despite living with his biological mother. His childhood friends are Mongolian, and he appreciates their food and sport, which is hinted to be less sophisticated than those of the Han people.
* SignatureMove: all of the Five Greats get at least one, as does Zhong Botong.
* SupremeChef: Huang Rong. Actually used as a plot point once.
* TeenGenius: Huang Rong is still in her mid-teens during this course of this story, but she shown to be an excellent fighter, cook, scholar, musician, and strategist, even amongst the adults and elders, [[spoiler: and becomes the leader of the Beggar’s Sect, one of the largest and most respected Wulin factions. ]]
** [[spoiler: UpToEleven: she becomes the brains behind Guo Jing’s successful military campaigns that dismantled several barbaric kingdoms and the Jin Empire.]]
* TheAtoner: Monk Yideng
* TheRival: both Ouyang Ke and Yang Kang could be considered to fill this position towards Guo Jing.
* TookALevelInBadass: Throughout the books, the mastery levels of many characters varies wildly due to training, meditation and discovery of ancient secrets. Guo Jing and Zhong Botong deserve a special mention. The former went from being a nobody to a level nearing those of the supreme Five Masters in less than a year, while the latter went from truly skilled to probably being the most powerful martial artist of the time.
* TranquilFury: Huang Yaoshi rarely loses his composure, even as he plans and executes your painful demise for having upset his daughter.
* TrainingFromHell: Guo Jing's ten years at the hands of the Six Freaks... Not that it did him much good, though.
* TheWhitePrince: Yang Kang at the start.
* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: murder of the Five Freaks, who are portrayed as heroic and competent fighters throughout the story. It causes a giant rift in Guo Jing and Huang Rong’s relationship, fractured a tenuous alliance between the Wulin masters who should be fighting the Jin and Ouyang Feng, and significantly changes Guo Jing’s character and position.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: Both Guo Jing and [[spoiler: Yang Kang]] are ''supposed'' to have this for Wanyan Honglie, but what complicates things is that [[spoiler: Wanyan Honglie is Yang Kang's adoptive father who genuinely loved him.]]
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