Arrogant Kung- Fu Guy - TV Tropes. Gee, thanks a lot, dick."I did twenty years of martial arts training in ten years by skipping the discipline part so bring it!"More Sonny Chiba than Bruce Lee, the Arrogant Kung- Fu Guy is a loner. He's simply too mean to have friends. Unparalleled in combat, he has The Gift. His interpersonal skills are nonexistent, and his temper is best described as "volcanic." Living in a constant state of aggravation, his only joy comes from Trash Talking and putting "foolishfools" in their place (and sometimes even that's a stretch). He may not actually enjoy fighting, or even want to if he can help it, but it's all he knows, possibly through being trained by a Thug Dojo. Their view of the world means they can never understand the concept of the Worthy Opponent, as they are either better than you or you are the roadblock standing in the way of greatness. With this character, Failure Is the Only Option. They are almost always defeated by The Hero and are never the protagonist (except whenthey are). Much of the time, they aren't as talented as they let on. If taken seriously, they might defeat the hero or a member of the supporting cast, only to be defeated by the protagonist in a rematch. Often, if you're in an anime or eastern videogame, they'll spout off a line about how you are a hundred or more years too early to be fighting them. If this character is the protagonist, expect Break the Haughty to come into play or for them to in some other way learn An Aesop that true mastery comes from patience, discipline and humility. If not, then they may be a Designated Hero or at least a Showy Invincible Hero. Despite the name, this trope does not merely apply to merely those that know Chinese martial arts. Indeed all martial arts are probably represented at least once in this trope somewhere. Nor is the limit there — any skill may apply. The Cooking Duel is about as likely to involve one as anything else. That said, at least for martial arts, due to their a having strong national identity it's probably more likely for a foreigner to display this trope for some bonus Cultural Posturing about their proud history, especially if the native land has its own martial arts traditions. Which probably explains why many Japanese- made examples do use Kung Fu for this trope, while China might, say, have an arrogant boxer instead. Tends to have a foil in a Martial Pacifist, the inverse of this trope. See also Smug Super, Jerk Jock. Contrast/See also Cavalier Competitor and Insufferable Genius. Seven Deadly Sins The Gluttony Series 1 Statue - Geek Toys - Horror - Statues - Nom nom nom. everything tastes so good! Disgusting The Gluttony Statue sits on a. Kung Fu Panda 2 is the 2011 Sequel to DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda. Long ago, a peacock named Lord Shen sought to harness the power of fireworks for a more. Amidst all this, Fu Sheng took the time to appear in two more movies for his 'father', Chang Cheh for the last two installments of his BRAVE ARCHER series, BRAVE. Yie Ar Kung-Fu (Chinese: 一二功夫; pinyin: yī èr gōngfū; literally: 'One Two Kung Fu') features the protagonist Oolong (Chinese: 烏龍; pinyin: Wūlóng. Cheatbook your source for Cheats, Video game Cheat Codes and Game Hints, Walkthroughs, FAQ, Games Trainer, Games Guides, Secrets, cheatsbook. John Liu kicking masterpiece! One of his best ever! Subscribe and enjoy the best in Martial Arts action! Watch One Piece Episodes English Subbed & Dubbed at WatchOP: WatchOP is now back! Our old URL (watchop.com,watchop.eu is not anymore available. please bookmark the. Cute meets extremely deadly! This Assassin's Creed Syndicate Evie Frye Pop! Vinyl Figure features the assassin from the continuation of the hit video game franchise. Also an inversion of Miles Gloriosus, who has the social skills to maintain a facade but zero bravery or combat skill to back it up. Anime and Manga One Piece Kuroobi, part of Arlong's Quirky Miniboss Squad. He brags about his prowess in Fishman Karate, gets Sanji on the ropes for most of their fight due to most of it taking place in water, and only loses because he stops to boast and can't finish his ultimate move (when the first attack hardly did any damage at all) resulting in Sanji curb- stomping him. As a bonus, his name translates to English as "black belt". Bellamy constantly thinks he's more powerful than Luffy due to the belief that Luffy is weak because he still believes in his dreams and had let Bellamy beat him up as he found fighting him pointless. Plus he regarded bounties as power levels and that his 5. Beri trumped Luffy's (at the time) 3. Beri. However, Bellamy made the mistake of beating up his friends and disregarding the new 1. Beri bounty as an attempt to scare him. So when the two confronted each other again, it was virtually a no contest; Luffy floored himwith one hit. At first, Whitebeard appeared to be like this, ripping up Shanks' letter and demanding he come in person to deliver his message. However, we see that Whitebeard may be proud but not smug. He is fully aware of his decreasing health and when one of his comrades stabbed him, rather than kill the guy outright, he calmly embraced the traitor, calling him his son and forgiving him. He had charged into battle, expecting to die, in order to save Ace. If anything, he is more of a Jerk with a Heart of Gold. Rob Lucci. Gives up his key so it won't distract from his fight with Luffy. Is unconcerned about anything else but defeating Luffy. Trash talks through the entire thing about how he is more powerful than a mere pirate. And unlike virtually every One Piece main villain, he never suffers a Villainous Breakdown. He's arrogant up until the exact moment of his defeat, and doesn't have time for anything but an Oh Crap! Like Whitebeard, Lucci is more than justified in his belief though: until Luffy comes alongm Lucci had never lost and was (short of the Admirals) the strongest agent the World Government had (and had more operational freedom). Had Luffy not been a Determinator Lucci would have beaten him and gone to successfully massacre his crew and take Robin back. Neji Hyuuga is an uppercrust example (for a time, he was the trope picture) as is Sasuke Uchiha. Neither are exactly smack- talkers, however: Neji tends to use long speeches about fate, while Sasuke prefers long, lingering stares. Neji gets better thanks to Defeat Means Friendship. Sasuke is a much harder sell, as it turns out this trope is ingrained in the Uchiha clan at the genetic level. The signature Uchiha arrogance reaches a peak in ol' Madara himself, who has powers close to a god and will not hesitate to remind you of it. Any and all villains from Dragon Ball, particularly Frieza, Tao Pai Pai, Vegeta, and Tien (though the latter two did a HeelFace Turn). Vegeta is the KING of this trope for Modern Shonen. You could rename this trope to "The Vegeta" without any confusion. His HeelFace Turn in the Buu saga was cemented by him precisely realizing that he was the embodiment of the Arrogant Kung- Fu guy and coming to grips with his inability to surpass Goku. Tien is actually a subversion. His arrogance comes from believing he has a better master and Goku doesn't fight or train seriously but when he finds out Crane was having Chiaotzu use his powers on Goku to throw the fight, he demands his friend stopand gives Goku a free shot to try and make the fight fair again. When he wins by virtue of Goku hitting a car seconds before he hit the ground, he tries to request a rematch as he felt that the victory should be Goku's. Hercule/Mr. Satan is a subversion. He's the official world martial arts champion (a title he got because Goku and his friends were too busy saving the world to participate in the tournament) and incredibly arrogant about it. He thinks Dudes flying around and shooting energy blasts are all trickery, and when he learns that it's real, he still acts like it isn't publicly. Among all the main characters in the series, he's easily the weakest. At the same time, he is legitimately the greatest martial artist in the world among normal human beings, so it's not like that bravado comes from nowhere either. Frieza may very well be this trope incarnate. It's mentioned that he's a mutant amongst his species and was born so powerful that he never bothered to train a day in his life. As a result, Frieza is utterly Drunk with Power and cannot/will not accept that there could possibly be anyone in the universe who could be stronger than him, let alone beat him. Cell. What makes him stand out among the rest, however, is that he is a very skilled fighter who doesn't have the shortcomings of the Saiyans and Frieza. He can sense energies like the heroes, suppress his power down to almost nonexistent, can think on his feet in the heat of battle, and does not rely on pure brute strength to get ahead. He shows more battle experience and understanding of fighting than Trunks and Gohan and actually rivals Goku and Piccolo in fighting instricts. This is mostly thanks to his genetics which gives him the power and experience of the universe's greatest fighters. Out of all the Buu forms, Super Buu. He prides himself on being the strongest in the universe and will throw a tantrum if anyone surpass him in power. Before he absorbs Piccolo, he is not that well trained, relying on force and his regeneration. He become much more disciplined once he starts absorbing people. Ruki Makino/Rika Nonaka (depending on the dub) from Digimon Tamers. Being a Mon series, this applies to her tactical abilities rather than her melee prowess, to the point where she nearly has the main character's partner killed for experience. This attitude only lasts until she acknowledges that Digimon are living beings. Eyeshield. 21 has a bunch of arrogant football guy but one who could even be an arrogant kung fu guy without I Know Madden Kombat is Kongo Agon. Agon is a freak of nature with time reaction that couldn't be possible otherwise that allows him to become an expert in everything and he has endless stamina all thanks to him winning the genetic lottery. He is also a borderline sociopath who enjoys crushing the dreams of people with less inane talent and those who actually have talents just make him want to crush them harder. Samurai Champloo featured Shouryuu, a Japanese kendo student- cum- Shaolin martial arts master who killed reputable samurai in order to prove his superiority. He takes every fight seriously; After his return to Japan, he killed another student during a sparring match. In B't X, there's Ron, the hot- headed spiritual guardian. Kaiser Ryo of Yu- Gi- Oh! GX post his Freak Out; his addiction to sadistic duelling eventually killed him in another world.. Hiei from Yu. Yu Hakusho comes close to becoming one if he wasn't already a dark Bad Ass or the The Comically Serious. Issei Tsubaki from Full Metal Panic! Lyon (for a time),Zancrow,Neinhart,Ajeel,Minerva and the entire Sabertooth guild.. Almost every antagonist in the Fairy Tail world is arguably this. Chang Wufei of Gundam Wing. When you scowl all day and beat up hyenas without batting an eye, you wind up here.
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