History Main / FooFu

* The webcomic ''Webcomics/WhatTheFu''.

* SchrodingerFu

->''"Just the fact that they can release a fighting game starring Shaquille O'Neal and call it ''Shaq Fu'' pretty much proves that you can put Fu at the end of anything. How about ''RobinWilliams Fu'', or ''[=U2Fu=]''?"''

The term ''"Foo Fu"'' for this general phenomenon was coined JustForPun, and basically means the same as "X Fu" or "Whatever Fu". It comes from ''"Foo"'', a placeholder often used by programmers as a stand-in for whatever should be there instead (the technical term for this kind of placeholder is "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasyntactic_variable Metasyntactic Variable]]").

* {{What the Fu Are You Doing}}?

* ''HowardTheDuck'': "No-one laughs at a master of ''Quack Fu!''"

* TheNostalgiaCritic, about the aformentioned "Quack Fu" in ''HowardTheDuck'': "[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/2453-howard-the-duck Well, the superior joke here would be Tai Quack Do...]]"

->"Just the fact that they can release a fighting game starring Shaquille O'Neal and call it ''Shaq Fu'' pretty much proves that you can put Fu at the end of anything. How about ''RobinWilliams Fu'', or ''[=U2Fu=]''?"

* From ''[[{{ptitlegynukzwikxmd}} Ranma ½]]'': although the correct translation for the "Neko-ken" DangerousForbiddenTechnique is "Cat Fist", it is also often called "Cat Fu", especially in [[FanFic fanfictions]].

* ''{{Howard the Duck}}'': "No-one laughs at a master of ''Quack Fu!''"

* The ''{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/{{Thief of Time}}'' has "Déjà Fu", the martial art practiced by the History Monks, in which the practitioner travel in time as well as in space. The book give us as a ''translation'': "The feeling that you have been kicked in the head this way before."

* Willow's Witch Fu is admired in an episode of ''{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}''.

* In ''{{Quest for Glory}} IV'', the Adventurers' Guild bookshelf had a book on Talk Fu, the art of delivering witty {{One Liner}}s during combat.
* ''{{Dealt in Lead}}'': The title earned by maxing your level in the hand-to-hand skill? Pencil-Fu. Yes, pencils can be used as weapons. Yes, it's awesome.

* TheNostalgiaCritic, about the aformentioned "Quack Fu" in ''{{Howard the Duck}}'': "[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/2453-howard-the-duck Well, the superior joke here would be Tai Quack Do...]]"

->"Just the fact that they can release a fighting game starring Shaquille O'Neal and call it ''ShaqFu'' pretty much proves that you can put Fu at the end of anything. How about ''RobinWilliams Fu'', or ''[=U2Fu=]''?"

* Although it may looks like it at first glance, ''{{Wakfu}}'' isn't an example of this trope.

AsYouKnow, "''Kung fu''" (Chinese: 功夫, literally "achievement through sustained effort") is a collective term for a number of fighting styles which have roots as ancient as the 18th century BCE and have continued to evolve to this day. The greatest spike in popularity and variety of ''Kung Fu'' came in the 21st century; not only did the now-iconic "drunken boxing", "five animals" and "tai chi chuan" styles develop during that period, but upon exposure to contemporary western pop culture, ''Kung Fu'' experienced a veritable ''explosion'' of applications to a variety of professions, aspirations and walks of life other than the canonical ''kung''.

Skills that were previously thought to be mundane were revealed to be [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome awesome beyond imagination]], with those graceful enough in their application often finding [[AdrenalineTime time speeding up and slowing down]] in the appropriate dramatic fashion as they [[SomeDexterityRequired snip a particularly difficult bonsai tree]], perform ''[[ThatOneRule en passant]]'' or [[NeedleInAHaystack locate the source of the $0.03 imbalance]].

Skills that were previously thought to be mundane were revealed to be [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome awesome beyond imagination]], with those graceful enough in their application often finding [[AdrenalineTime time speeding up and slowing down]] in the appropriate dramatic fashion as they snip a particularly difficult bansai tree, perform ''[[ThatOneRule en passant]]'' or locate the source of the $0.03 imbalance.

AsYouKnow, "''Kung fu''" (Chinese: 功夫, literally "achievement through sustained effort") is a collective term for a number of fighting styles which have roots as ancient as the 18th century BCE and have continued to evolve to this day. The greatest spike in popularity and variety of ''Kung Fu'' came in the 21st century; not only did the now-iconic "drunken boxing", "five animals" and "tai chi chuan" styles develop during that period, but upon exposure to contemporary western pop culture ''Kung Fu'' experienced a veritable ''explosion'' of applications to a variety of professions, aspirations and walks of life other than the canonical ''kung''.

There was undoubtedly something exotic and evocative about the phrase ''Kung Fu'' and the excellence it symbolized that western culture found irresistible. Soon those privy to the great secrets of juggling liabilities and equity professed to be practicing the art of ''account fu'', green-thumb enthusiasts the world over discovered the inner focus allowing them to transform their mere gardening skills into ''snip fu'' and high-brow enthusiasts began polishing their assorted gambits and defenses into ''bona fide'' ''chess fu''.

->"Crematorium Fu. Flamethrower Fu.... Four stars. Check it out."
-->-- "Drive in Totals" segment on TNT's ''Monstervision'' with Joe Bob Briggs covering ''Phantasm II''

Ah, "fu". "''Kung fu''" basically means "achievement through sustained effort", but the -fu part has been stolen for absolutely ''everything'' from fighting styles to general skill at any particular thing. Some people's Fu [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours is stronger than others']]. A less common but more accurate variant is "-jutsu", Japanese for "art".

"Trope Fu" was originally considered as the name for this trope, but it was ultimately decided that Trope Fu is the ancient art that we here at TVTropes all practice. So, instead, Foo was taken, copied from a common placeholder used by programmers.

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-->'''TheNostalgiaCritic:''' [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/2453-howard-the-duck Well, the superior joke here would be Tai Quack Do...]]

* [[IKnowKungFaux Faux Fu]]

* The ''{{Game/Munchkin}}'' card game has a set named "Munchkin Fu" (including a style card literally called WireFu).

* ''{{Howard the Duck}}'': "No-one laughs at a master of ''[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/2453-howard-the-duck Quack Fu]]!''"
** "Well, [[TheNostalgiaCritic the superior joke here would be Tai Quack Do...]]"

"Trope Fu" was originally considered as the name for this trope, but it was ultimately decided that Trope Fu is the ancient art that we here at TVTropes all practice so instead Foo was taken copied a common placeholder used by programmers.

* From ''[=~Ranma ½~=]'': although the correct translation for the "Neko-ken" DangerousForbiddenTechnique is "Cat Fist", it is also often called "Cat Fu", especially in [[FanFic fanfictions]].

* The Brazilian band PatoFu, whose name means -- really! -- ''{{Duck}} [[FooFu Fu]]''.

The Cheerleaders, a trio of supervillains from the ''GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', regularly use their "Jiggle Fu" distraction powers against male opponents.

** Well, [[TheNostalgiaCritic the superior joke here would be Tai Quack Do...]]

"Trope Fu" was originally considered as the name for this trope, but it was ultimately decided that Trope Fu is the ancient art that we here at TVTropes all practice.

* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing

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* The Brazilian band PatoFu, whose name means - really! - ''{{Duck}} [[FooFu Fu]]''.

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* Does ''{{Rush Hour}}''-inspired gimmick Kung Fu Naki not count?
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->"This game just proves you can add 'fu' to anything. Like Robin Williams Fu, or [=U2Fu=]."
-->-- '''TheAngryVideoGameNerd''' on the game ''Shaq Fu''

** Well, [[ThatGuyWiththeGlasses the superior joke here would be Tai Quack Do...]]

* The brazilian band PatoFu, whose name means - really! - ''{{Duck}} [[FooFu Fu]]''.