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Surprisingly similar.

One might almost imagine Kung Fury was heavily inspired by Danger 5. At around 7:30 in the YouTube video, they add Hitler. And then he shoots the phone; a trope memorably used in Danger 5. Also, the cop with the triceratops head - people with dinosaur and animal heads are another major trope of Danger 5.

I'm still appreciating Kung Fury, though. Just an observation.

It also reminds me a great deal of Far Cry: Blood Dragon, which used many of the same tropes.

But all the tropes are lifted straight from 80's action flicks with some irony thrown in so it's not surprising that they appear in a lot of these throwbacks.

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