History Series / KungFu2021

* SiblingTeam: Nicky's siblings help Shen in her fight to help people.

The show is produced by Christina M. Kim, Ed Spielman (who also produced the original Kung Fu series), Greg Berlanti, Martin Gero, and Sarah Schechter. It stars Olivia Liang, Kheng Hua Tan, Tzi Ma, Shannon Dang, Eddie Liu, Jon Prasida, Gavin Stenhouse and Vanessa Kai. It airs on the Creator/TheCW, and the first episode aired on April 7, 2021.

* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Nicky. Before the events of the series, she dropped out of Harvard Law School to get away from her controlling mother. She joined a martial arts monastery which for a time gave her some meaning, until Pei-Ling was killed by Zhilan. Nicky returns him as she has nowhere else to go and tries to reconnect with her family. She ultimately decides to take up the quest to avenge Pei-Ling and stop Zhilan.

* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: Episode 2 reveals that Zhilan and Pei-Ling are sisters. This was hinted at in the first episode where Pei-Ling tells Nicky she is not the only one with a difficult family]].
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Nicky. Before the events of the series, she dropped out of law school to get away from her controlling mother. She joined a martial arts monastery which for a time gave her some meaning, until Pei-Ling was killed by Zhilan. Nicky returns him as she has nowhere else to go and tries to reconnect with her family. She ultimately decides to take up the quest to avenge Pei-Ling and stop Zhilan.

* TheDreaded: "Pilot" mentions a businessman named Tony Kang, who's said to be a [[VillainWithGoodPublicity prominent businessman]] with ties to the TriadsAndTongs. Rightfully so as Chinatown residents dread hearing his name. And it takes the Shen siblings asking around for two 49ers to go after them as an example.

* AgentScully: Nicky's reaction to anything that might be supernatural. She sees the sword glow, but says it might just be reflections from a lightning storm. Ryan says she "walks on air" but she insists it was just an ordinary high jump.

* ExperiencedProtagonist: Nicky trained for three years in a Shaolin monastery at the start of the series.
* {{Gayngst}}: Nicky's brother Ryan came out to his parents about a year before Nicky's return. They aren't outright homophobic but they prefer to act like it never happened. He resents Nicky for leaving because she was the only person in their family he felt safe coming out to.

* MyBelovedSmother: Nicky's opinion of her mother Mei-Li.

''Kung Fu'' is a 2021 TV drama that reimagines the original ''Series/KungFu'' series (and to an extent, to ''Series/KungFuTheLegendContinues'') that starred Creator/DavidCarradine by updating the setting from the Old West to the 21st century and setting to the city of San Francisco and at the same time, to promote the diversity of Asians in a Hollywood-backed TV show, avoid the implications of {{Yellowface}} and promote awareness of Asian-Americans due to events of racism felt by Asians living in the Americas, Europe and Australia/New Zealand, which escalated due to events of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.

* {{Gayngst}}: Nicky's brother Ryan came out to his parents about a year before Nicky's return. They aren't outright homophobic but they prefer to act like it never happened.

* {{Gayngst}}: Nicky's brother is still not out to his parents, who, being conservative, aren't likely to take it well.

* AllMythsAreTrue: The sword stolen from China is said to date back to ancient times and was made by a Chinese shaman. Its use was made prominent in the Tang Dynasty. It's said that it's one of eight enchanted weapons that have gone missing.

* GratuitousSpecialEffects: The fire in the monastery in the opening episode is not very realistic.

* {{Gangst}}: Nicky's brother is still not out to his parents, who, being conservative, aren't likely to take it well.

* TheDreaded: "Pilot" mentions a businessman named Tony Kang, who's said to be a [[VillainWithGoodPublicity prominent businessman]] with ties to the TriadsAndTongs. Rightfully so as Chinatown residents dread hearing his name. And it takes the Shen siblings asking around for two 49ers to go after them as an example.

While on a trip to China, Chinese-American college student Nicky Shen disappeared from public life and retreated to Yunnan Province, where she trained in a Shaolin monastary. When Pei-Ling Zhang, Nicky's Shaolin mentor, was killed by mysterious forces under an unknown criminal named Zhilan, Nicky decides to come back to San Francisco to reconnect with her family and the city's Chinatown community. Seeing what happened to her father after he was nearly killed by Triad 49ers, Nicky decided to put her fighting skills and Shaolin values to good use to defend Chinatown and take on criminals and other bad guys.

* WouldNotHitAGirl: Averted with armed criminals who would have no problem hurting/killing Nicky if they needed to get her out of the way.

''Kung Fu'' is a 2021 TV drama that reimagines the original ''Series/KungFu'' series (and to an extent, to ''Series/KungFuTheLegendContinues'') that starred Creator/DavidCarradine by updating the setting from the Old West to the 21st century and setting to the city of San Francisco and at the same time, to promote the diversity of Asians in a Hollywood-backed TV show, avoid the implications of Yellowface and promote awareness of Asian-Americans due to events of racism felt by Asians living in the Americas, Europe and Australia/New Zealand, which escalated due to events of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.

The show is produced by Christina M. Kim, Ed Spielman (who also produced the original Kung Fu series), Greg Berlanti, Martin Gero, and Sarah Schechter. It stars Olivia Liang, Kheng Hua Tan, Tzi Ma, Shannon Dang, Eddie Liu, Jon Prasida, Gavin Stenhouse and Vanessa Kai. It airs in the Creator/TheCW. The first episode aired on April 7, 2021.

* AllMythsAreTrue: The sword stolen from China is said to dates back to ancient times, which was said to be made by a Chinese shaman. Its use was made prominent in the Tang Dynasty. It's said that it's one of eight enchanted weapons that have gone missing.

* MythologyGag: "Pilot" has some references to Kung Fu and Kung Fu: The Legend Continues:
** Nicky stays in China to train in Yunnan Province at a Shaolin monastary.
*** The monastary Nicky lived/trained in was also destroyed in a fire, albeit due to an armed criminal.