Martial Art

"**Martial Art**" is the 18th episode of the second season of *Lamput*, and the 64th episode of the show overall.

## Plot summary

*Lamput enjoys his favorite fungfu film but the Docs are back to get him!* ~Official description taken from Foxtel.

## Characters present

* Lamput
* Fat Doc
* Slim Doc

## Synopsis

Lamput is in a theater watching a martial arts film featuring a martial arts hero and an Asian monk ready to face off against each other when the docs arrive. In the film, an Asian monk snaps his fingers and summons some ninjas to surround and grab the main character; meanwhile, the Docs grab Lamput in time with the scene in the film. The martial arts hero in the movie then fends off all the ninjas in one swift move, and Lamput does the same to evade the grasp of the docs. Lamput goes back to his theater seat in a smug pose, and Fat Doc spouts gibberish at him accompanied by mock Chinese subtitles. Slim Doc swipes Lamput's popcorn and Fat Doc motions him to come forward, leading to Lamput making a fierce pose like a tiger and the docs, covering their mouths with their clothing, making their own animal poses (Fat Doc's is like a hawk and Slim Doc's is like snake) before starting to fight martial arts-style.

Lamput defends his popcorn from the docs with various simple martial arts moves, as well as briefly tickling Slim Doc in the armpit. Fat Doc kicks Lamput's popcorn up into the air near a ceiling fan, and Lamput jumps up to save his food before the fan destroys it. Slim Doc presses a switch to stop the fan from spinning, and he and Fat Doc make their way to the ceiling fan to continue the fight, bumping Lamput so that his popcorn winds up by itself on one of the fan blades. Lamput makes a leap for the popcorn, but Fat Doc turns the fan so that he falls. Lamput manages to swing himself back up and kicks Fat Doc, who bumps into the popcorn and makes it fly over the movie theater screen and to the back of it. Lamput goes after the falling snack, quickly collecting the separate popcorn kernels and putting them back into their container before landing on his legs and arm. The docs land on him and hold onto him again, but they and Lamput notice the popcorn is destroyed.

Lamput, upset that his popcorn is gone, gets angry at the docs and lunges right at them; meanwhile, in the film playing in the theater auditorium, the martial arts hero is making a leap for the monk when the docs emerge from the screen, creating rips in it. The docs have items with them from the back of the room that make them resemble the characters from the film, and the audience cheers for them. Lamput goes to the room's exit, making a bow to the docs before he leaves. The episode ends with the docs fainting as the movie screen displays a "THE END" card.

## Trivia

* The mock Chinese subtitles that accompany Fat Doc in one scene, "我們在胡說八道" (pinyin "Wǒmen zài húshuō bādào"), translate to "We are talking nonsense" in English. This is a joke about how none of the characters speak in coherent dialogue.

### Cultural references

* The "THE END" card has a logo that looks almost exactly like the one used by the Motion Picture Association of America, which usually appears at the end of films that they have certified for release.
* The episode as a whole is a tribute to Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, two well-known martial arts film actors. The animals that Fat Doc and Slim Doc's poses represent are a snake and an eagle, which specifically references the 1978 Jackie Chan film *Snake in the Eagle's Shadow*.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BpCGJ3ylPxF/