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'''''Tai Chi Master''''' (also known as '''''Twin Warriors''''') is a 1993 martial arts films starring [[Jet Li]] and [[Michelle Yeoh]].

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* [[Action Girl]]: Siu, Li, and even the Governor's niece.
* Adorkable: Junbao may be a [[Badass]], but he's pretty naive on worldly matters for the first half of the movie.
* [[Badass]]: Tianbo, Junbao, the monks.
* [[Bad Boss]]:  {{spoiler|Tianbo after his [[Face Heel Turn]]. He applies [[Training from Hell]] which actually kills his soldiers and [[Grievous Harm with a Body|uses them as human missiles against Junbao in their final battle.]] They eventually desert him.}}
* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]
* [[Chaste Hero]]: Junbao during the first half of the movie was actually scared of touching Siu. He was raised to be a monk, so this is justifiable.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]:  {{spoiler|The scroll.}}
* [[Combat Medic]]: The rebels have one, who pretends to be a kooky fortuneteller.
* [[Counter Attack]]: Just look at the title.
* [[Crapsack World]]: The government is corrupt, the peasants will kill you if offered money... even in the temple there were bullies.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Junbao's fights after developing Tai Chi becomes this.
* [[Deadly Counter]]: Junbao does this after developing Tai Chi, most notably against  {{spoiler|Tienbo}}.
*  {{spoiler|[[Evil Former Friend]]}}
* [[Face Heel Turn]]:  {{spoiler|Tienbo}}.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]:  {{spoiler|Junbao}} has a BIG one.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Tianbo.  {{spoiler|Turns into full-on [[Jerkass]] after his [[Face Heel Turn]].}}
* [[La Résistance]]
* [[Love Interest]]: The two women seem to be this for our protagonists. However  {{spoiler|only Siu actually is; Li gets killed for refusing to be Tienbo's concubine. They're not specifically shown to have gotten together, though.}}
* [[Made of Iron]]: Junbao and Tianbo. A group of hired guards beat them up at one point. Their reaction? Pick the coins on the ground.
{{quote|"Earning money is so easy!"}}
* [[Martial Pacifist]]: Junbao, especially after his powerup.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Junbao was renamed Zhang Sanfeng by the doctor who tried to treat his madness. Sanfeng was explained in-movie as meaning "3-times crazy". Junbao later mistook the Feng part to be prosperity.
* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]: or rather mid-movie upgrade.
* [[Training Montage]]: Several times.
* [[The Mole]]: Tienbo.  {{spoiler|Not}}.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: The movie feels like a comedy for the first half; afterwards... [[It Got Worse]].
** This troper thinks watching Junbao as a crazy man was still pretty funny. Sad, but funny.
* [[Wuxia]]
*  [[Wire Fu]]

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