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• Awesome Ego: For all his incompetence and short comings, Jack Burton's confidence and sarcasm are truly awesome to behold.
• Awesome Music:
  • Biiiiig trouble... In little China!
  • Some of the other music ain't that bad either, with the main title, alley fight and Wing Kong Exchange themes being notable highlights.
• Cult Classic: This film has become a huge cult hit as time has passed, to the point of being Vindicated by History.
• Fountain of Memes: It's a movie from the 80's, so it's expected. Jack Burton in particular is extremely quotable.
• Memetic Badass: Jack Burton.
• Non Sequitur Scene: The... THING in the sewer. The only one who questions what the hell just happened is Jack because Rule of Funny.
• So Cool It's Awesome: Kurt Russell + John Carpenter + magic + kung fu fighting = uncontrollable levels of awesome.
• Unintentionally Sympathetic: While Lo Pan is a monster, he does have a moment between himself and Jack Burton that anyone who can't hold down a relationship can relate to.

Jack Burton: I'm supposed to buy this shit? 2000 years, he can't find one broad to fit the bill? Come on, Dave, you must be doing something seriously wrong! David Lo Pan: There have been others, to be sure. There are always others. But you know, Mr. Burton, the difficulties between men and women. How seldom it works out? Yet we all keep trying, like fools.