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  • In the first film, when the Shaho Gang attempted to extort what little money a poor tea-house proprietor had, Doctor Wong methodically and single-handedly defeats all of them with his signature weapon; a Western Umbrella.
    • The villains later getting their comeuppance, with the Shaho Gang leader Tong being burnt alive by the women he attempted to sell into slavery, and Jackson being killed by a bullet being flung by Wong's fingers.
  • Master Wong and Master Yen's iconic and cataclysmic battle in a forest of ladders within the tea warehouse of Jackson's American fort.
  • Jet Li's Wong Fei-hung vs Donnie Yen's General Narlan Yuenshu at the climax of the second film, also representative of two great martial arts actors at their height.
  • Wong delivering a "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Prime Minister Li Hongzhang at the end of the third film, noting the waste of lives cause by the lion dance tournament while the Western powers are slowly conquering China, before throwing the victory medal back at Li.
  • Wong Fei-hung assaulting the Red Lantern compound in the fourth film and dodging all their elaborate traps.
  • Wong versus the seemingly immortal pirate king Cheung in the fifth film, on top of his treasure horde.

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