Heroic Trio

Membership: Invisible Girl; Thief-Catcher; Wonder Woman

Purpose: To fight the Evil Master

Affiliations: see individual entries

Enemies: Evil Master

Base of Operations: Hong Kong

First Appearance: Dung fong saam hap (English translation - The Heroic Trio; movie, 1992)

History: When babies are kidnapped from hospitals by an invisible kidnapper, both vigilante Wonder Woman and mercenary Thief-Catcher offer their services to the authorities to rescue the children. Thief-Catcher figures out that her old boss, Evil Master, is behind the crime.

Thief-Catcher lures the kidnapper Invisible Girl (and accidentally Wonder Woman too) out of hiding by taking the next victim herself. A three-way fight erupts, during which the child is mortally wounded. Escaping, a grief ridden Thief-Catcher rethinks her mercenary ways. After much soul searching, all three women join forces to bring about the downfall of the Evil Master.

Comments: Thanks to Ronald Byrd for informing me of these characters and providing information on them.

There is a website devoted to the film at www.heroictrio.com

Invisible Girl

Real Name: Ching

Identity/Class: Normal human using magical artifact

Occupation: originally servant of the Evil Master; later superhero

Affiliations: (originally) servant of the Evil master; (current) member of the Heroic Trio

Enemies: Evil Master

Known Relatives: None known

Aliases: None known

Base of Operations: Hong Kong

First Appearance: Dung fong saam hap (English translation - The Heroic Trio; movie, 1992)

Powers/Abilities: Ching is a superb martial artist. She also has a cloak which allows her to become invisible.

History: Ching fell in love with a scientist who developed a cloak which would grant the wearer invisibility, but he became terminally ill as a by-product of creating this invention. Somehow she fell into the service of the Evil Master, and kidnapped babies for him, until an encounter with two other heroines turned her life around.

Comments: Played by Michelle Yeoh

Thief-Catcher

Real Name: Chat

Identity/Class: Normal human

Occupation: Mercenary

Affiliations: member of the Heroic Trio

Enemies: Evil Master

Known Relatives: None known

Aliases: None known

Base of Operations: Hong Kong

First Appearance: Dung fong saam hap (English translation - The Heroic Trio; movie, 1992)

Powers/Abilities: Ching is an excellent martial artist, and skilled with most weapons. She particularly likes explosives.

History: Thief-Catcher is a mercenary who used to work for the Evil Master. Escaping his service, she worked for hire for a while, before the death of a child made her re-evaluate her avaricious ways.

Comments: Played by Maggie Cheung.

Wonder Woman

Real Name: Tung

Identity/Class: Normal human (?)

Occupation: Vigilante

Affiliations: member of the Heroic Trio

Enemies: Evil Master

Known Relatives: Lau (husband, police inspector)

Aliases: None known

Base of Operations: Hong Kong

First Appearance: Dung fong saam hap (English translation - The Heroic Trio; movie, 1992)

Powers/Abilities: Skilled martial artist, able to run across power lines or jump entire buildings.

History: Tung, the wife of a police officer, turned masked vigilante heroine, Wonder Woman. Investigating baby kidnappings,  she encountered Invisible Girl and Thief-Catcher, and became a member of the Heroic Trio.

Comments: Played by Anita Mui

CLARIFICATIONS: The Heroic Trio should not be confused with

Invisible Girl should not be confused with

Wonder Woman should not be confused with

Any Additions/Corrections? Please let me know.

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