Click here partner.bokksu.com/gaijingoombah and use my code "GAIJIN15" to get $15 off your first Bokksu Japanese snack box! This was a SUPREME TRIP! Honest thank you to Justin for sending me the VHS'. Despite how horribly 90's this movie was, it lead me to some good research and surprising results!

"WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING?" I'm pretty sure you have asked me that before. LOL

Regarding the "a ninja never uses their power on someone weaker than themselves", the movie actually demonstrates this fairly well. The boys wouldn't use their grandfather's teachings to bully other kids, but they use his lessons of manipulating psychological and physical weaknesses to "punch up". Everyone they use their training on are fully grown adults who would otherwise vastly overpower children of their size and stature. A historical ninja would use a gun because guns are a tremendous equalizing tool that allows the small to conquer the large.

It's like they do their research on ninjas, but then go in a meeting and say "how can we make all of this family friendly??" So yeah, kudos for their high points and lets laugh (since it is part comedy) at the other part

Home Alone but with more hand to hand combat. These movies were some of my baby sit movies growing up.

I'm surprised at the historical accuracy of this movie. Of course, the core tenants of Ninjitsu are toned down for the sake of it being a kids movie. However, that is easily explained as the grandfather wanted the boys to use their skills for altruistic and selfless causes. Even the bits of combat are solely meant to distract or subdue, never to harm.

Remember that Mori is mainly teaching them all this to learn how to defend themselves, hence why he tells them "a Ninja never uses their power on someone weaker than themselves", no it isn't true, but he doesn't want his boys using their training to pick fights at school, and basically tells them this to make sure they only use their training for Self Defense, which is when they do need their training. Adults know not to do that, but kids will want to show off their training and "look what i can do" and Mori quickly figured that out and told them a lie to hopefully give them enough discipline to follow that teaching, which they do! That also explains why the boys think "real ninja's don't use guns" he doesn't want the boys to use them, so he told them that lie. it pays to think "why do they think that?", because their grandfather told them that, and who says he didn't bend the truth here and there? I am also surprised you didn't cover how "Colt" actually did use camouflage right, by painting his clothes white to blend into that one room and then sneak attack when they didn't expect him.

Finally a mention of the chestnut method of using the metsubushi, which ironically enough Shiek and Impa are VERY fond of in Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, the blinding flash of Deku Nuts being a 1 to 1 analog of using chestnuts to hold blinding powders. Extrapolate this further and they could put gunpowder into the shells and throw them into an enemy encampment's fires at night and cause all kinds of hell as the shell ether burns away or pops open inside causing a massive flash of light and noise...they could probably hollow out the nuts, put in the gunpowder, seal them up tighter, and then when thrown into the fire they would work like little grenades and send ash and embers all over the place.

I absolutely loved 3 Ninjas as a kid. I watched that movie every day. I feel bad for my mom

The thing that I've always found interesting is that so many of the stereotypes pop culture associates with ninja probably came about because of what people _believed_ ninja were, which is a foundational part of deception. For example, the ever present myth about ninja wearing black falls apart when you think about it logically, but it probably never even occurred to the people who actually encountered them that black stands out against the night sky. This and because ninja tended to operate in low visibility and rely on concealment and camouflage meant the people giving the accounts would have no idea what they were actually seeing. But they _believed_ they were seeing shadowy figures, and shadows generally appear to be black, so by association they likely assumed ninja must be wearing black as well. In fact most of the stereotypes about ninja having magical powers seem to stem from what people believed was happening, or more specifically what ninja _wanted_ them to believe was happening. They wanted people to think they were duplicating themselves or running on water or teleporting in a puff of smoke, so that's exactly how we portrayed them. So when you think about it, the fact that we portray ninja so differently from how they actually were just speaks to how thoroughly they fooled us. And that might be their greatest deception of all.

While it is nice to see how some media do ninja right, it is just as interesting to see the mistakes in portraying ninjas as well.

Yeah, this the movie that started my interest with Ninja. For my brothers it was TMNT, but for me, it was Rocky, Colt and Tum-Tum. Now that I'm *much* older, I can see why they're not really that ninja, but to be fair to myself, and to them, they were using Ninja fighting moves as one would want and expect any child in a martial arts field: self-defense. I mean these kids *aren't* living in the period where Ninja had their rise. Nowadays if they did a lot of this stuff, they'd be looked upon as criminals. Their dad isn't wrong in his dislike of his sons learning the ways of the Ninja in that sense.

I actually watched this movie a lot as a kid, and loved it, it was just fun.

I guess the 90’s was the era of the ninja for a reason True ninja knowledge hidden

Can't say how happy I am to see you cover this diamond in the rough of a movie franchises. I remember rewatching this for nostalgia's sake some time back and thinking it had a ton of ninja-isms (that you taught me, thanks btw) and you'd have a field day going over. Also I'm sure you already notice but while every other ninja had black shozuku, Grandpa Mori is the only one who pimped in rocking a blue one! Doubt it'll happen but kinda hope you expound on this with the 3rd movie when they go to Japan!

Though now I am curious on how ninja Casey Jones is given he’s a long time ally of the TMNT and unlike April, has a longer standing career as a fighter.

This movie makes me feel so damn old 👴🏿 I was 7 years old when this came out and now I'm 37 years old so yeah this movie is pretty much a time capsule of the 90s in every way and I'll admit it this movie was a guilty pleasure of mine as a 90s kid.

KZfaq finally reminded me I am still subbed to Gajin Goombah. Is it just me or if you want to watch your favorite channel you have to go out of your way to watch them? I guess I should just ring the bell at this point.

I've suggested the Phantom a few times for a future episode of Which Ninja?. With a publication that arguably is the oldest in superhero history, being published for the first time all the way back in February of 1936, Lee Falk created an icon that influenced almost every masked hero that came after his first appearance (including, among others, Batman). But yeah, a guy running around the African jungle in purple doesn't seem all that practical for a shinobi archetype, except there's one little thing about The Phantom that makes him quite possibly one of the shinobi in popular media, in my opinion. The Phantom is known by the monikers of the "The Ghost Who Walks" and the "The Man Who Can Not Die," which feed into a clever control of information that he is, in fact, the same person from all the way back in the Age of Sailing when the truth is that the Phantom is a mantle passed from parent to child (usually Father to Son but there are actually some instances in the Phantom's publication history where a sister of the Phantom took up the mantle when the son was not yet old enough and the Phantom's mission at that time needed to be completed on a short timetable). The Phantom is trained to the physical peak of what it means to be an ordinary human, part of his training is blending into the environment to use it to his advantage, and he often has other tricks up his sleeve. Part of the Phantom's attire is a pair of old signet rings, one of which is modeled after a skull, and this is important. The "Skull Mark" is used by the Phantom to mark those who are villains that fight with him in close proximity, he literally punches the mark into the skin of the target, but it's actually not a feat of strength; in one comic we see the one who holds the mantle of the Phantom training his successor in a few of the comics, and the mentor tells the mentee that the mark is actually caused by an allergic reaction induced by the sap of a very specific plant because if someone were to actually punch with enough force to stamp the skull mark into someone, they would be hitting with enough force to break bones. While the Phantom today has his iconic purple and black suit, there was a time during the transition to color when he actually wore blue, and in some cases, it is shown a Phantom in-training wearing a blue outfit. Now, as to why the fully realized Phantom wears purple, I'm not aware of the in-universe reason. And the Phantom gets even more ninja in the limited series from the 1990s called Phantom 2040, where the Phantom of that time lives in a dystopian world where New York City has turned into a cyberpunk megacity called Metropia, with some of the equipment he has built into his suit. I realize the Phantom has a lot of material to go through, given his literal history in our world, from the comics (original, Marvel, and DC; yes, there was a time that Marvel and DC each had publication rights to the Phantom), to the 1996 movie, to his appearances in animation. But I think you are possibly doing this series a disservice by not doing a video (or possibly more, there is a lot of material to comb through) on The Phantom, given that he literally influenced and inspired other characters that have videos in this series.

This was my favorite ninja movie growing up. Surf Ninjas was also quite good.

I am so glad you checked out 3 Ninjas. I have asked a few times since Which Ninja was announced. I understand it is responsible to point out the stereotypes the movie used, pointing out and appreciating the authentic similarities there are was what I hoped for in checking out this movie. Thank you for putting in the time and effort towards Which Ninja!

No mention of the one kid painting his mask and outfit to blend in with the room in mid-renovation so he could get the drop on the goons? That was pretty ninja.

1:22 Love the choice of BGM for maximum 90's nostalgia. 😆 For the uninitiated, the theme comes from TMNT: Turtles in Time, specifically the stage theme "Alley Cat Blues".

12:18 I was just thinking of this while finishing FF7R, the heroes tried to sneak into Shinra by riding on the roof of a Shinra van. Almost made it but once they got to the parking garage and passed inspection, as soon as the van started moving again, Barret, who served as the comic relief, fell off. Oh Barret... (Wonder if he was comic relief in the original (especially after the then-optional character, Yuffie joins), still need to play it, I have the remaster on Steam). It was Cloud's idea and Cloud kept insisting on stealth to the point when Barret suggested they go in guns blazing (a general attitude of his I'm entirely certain was in the original due to his righteous indignation toward Shinra), he absolutely burned the guy alive with "Why did we bring you again?"

Funny you should mention how the boys used whatever they could find to make weapons. In one of the sequels, the boys were making their own weapons to help rescue their friend's father and they've used a lot of the techniques you'd expect ninjas would do. They used a toy snake with a rattler to scare the guard from his post, they've used barbed wire as makibishi to slow down their perusers and used slingshots and nunchucks they've built on their own. Say what you will about a lot of the slapstick antics and gags, but they know how ninjas uses the environment to their advantage.

I'm a little surprised you didn't mention that Grandpa Mori's ninja garb that he puts on is blue. Showing that Hollywood actually got it right for at least one character. Although I could also see that bloating the run time a bit. Also I loved this movie as a kid. Only saw one of the sequels and I was a big fan, but the first still holds a special place in my heart.

Interesting. Never heard of this film until now, but I'd love to check it out myself soon. Now, for a suggestion for the next Which Ninja: Oboromaru from Live A Live. I dunno about you guys, but honestly, having the game make you go through without killing a single human being or massacring the entire place altogether really opens the game up, and the fact that you can also desert the mission you were assigned is really interesting. Sure, ninja magic is there, but there's also the mechanic of Oboromaru that's literally the Hannon-gakure-no-jutsu, the act of hiding behind a cloth! For all the cheese of that chapter, I'd say the Edo Chapter does a good job representing a ninja mission.

I've been praying for this episode ever since my daughter was old enough to share this movie with and I had that "other than the tropes...." thought... I'm so glad he had the same thought-processes. and almost point for point, I had seen most of the merits and flaws he did. I just didn't have the historical and cultural knowledge to make the video anywhere near as informative as GG did here. But it does show that he's a good teacher if I can spot all of the same things and simply don't know the cool background info.

One part you didn't cover was the part immediately after the Home Alone reference. Colt turned his clothes inside out and spray painted his mask to make them all white to blend in with the room that was in the process of being painted at the time. This would be a great example of a Ninja using camouflage in his environment... if Colt didn't blow his cover shortly after.

5:42 I must respectfully disagree here with Little G; Ninjutsu, when looked through a lense of being a system of techniques for espionage and subterfuge, widely incorporated a number of martial arts - from unarmed taijutsu to swordsmanship and other weapon combat styles - to aid not only with self defense, but battlefield survival. Facilitating the ability for a ninja to disguise themselves as a foot soldier or other military official, instruction on use of common battlefield weapons let ninja "walk the walk" just as effectively as they did "talk the talk". This was often less common practice within systems of Ninjutsu at varying points of history, and likely gained more steam as nobles and feudal lords grew wise to the idea of employing ninja as either mercenaries or loyal agents. Remember, ninja also trained on sciences often overlooked by warrior castes; astronomy, chemistry (the manufacture of explosives, as an example), and philosophy were taught among ninja along with more conventional skills and field craft for their trade. Swimming, principles of stealth, horsemanship - these were all skills that Ninjutsu incorporated to mold practitioners (often from the moment a child learned to walk) into the seemingly supernatural agents we associate with the ninja today.

The fact that the stuff they mainly get wrong about ninjas can be written off by "Their granddad wanted to teach the kids to be good people and only use ninjutsu for self defense" is really surprising.

Favorite scene was when Colt painted his mask white and hid in the room that was being renovated. Creepy and funny when he got them to hit each other

I genuinely can't remember how many times I watched this movie as a kid but I'm surprised that he didn't say anything about the scene where the boy camouflages himself in white in the white room to appear invisible

The fact this had as much legit ninja stuff as it did is as fascinating as the fact this movie had sequels! Awesome work man 😁

Just from that clip montage in the beginning, the 90s are already far better than where we are rn.

Great video, Gaijin. Here's some other characters you could cover: Gray Fox (Metal Gear) Daredevil (Marvel) Vega (Street Fighter) Storm Shadow (GI Joe) Ra's Al Ghul and the League of Assassins/Shadows (DC) Corvo (Dishonored) Raizo (Ninja Assassin) The Onmitsukidō Stealth Force (Bleach)

1:32 The SNES came out in 1991, an _entire year_ after 3 Ninjas was released. My control freak of a next door neighbor had one though (his dad was buddies with one of my uncles so they were friends of the family, he took after his dad in all the wrong ways...) and it was a part of my childhood because of that (not as much as my Genesis or my dad's SNES though). I lowkey let him push me around just so I could play with his stuff. Including his Learning Company computer games (mostly Reader Rabbit and Super Solvers/Seekers), loved the heck out of those as a kid. Had another friend I actually was friends with who had Pajama Sam and Put Put games too (he also had a Genesis).

My past has finally come back to haunt me. I was obsessed with this movie as a 90's kid... embarrassingly so. I thought i could banish it from my mind as an adult, yet here it is.

Does this mean...Surf Ninjas will also get an analysis?😏😁

After watching the Which Ninja on the TMNT, a Which Samurai on the original Usagi Yojimbo is going to be good. Watching this video and remembering my childhood watching the two movies honestly made me think huh. Also the futurama clips of Bender laughing were on point.

ive watched your stuff since 2015, as i far i as know you have changed the views i had since i was a kid and got first in contact with japanese culture with some of 90's chessy movies. thank you bro, for everything you have brought to me culturally.

I think being historically inaccurate in the modern day, teaching a child that a ninja is honorable when you're training them to be literal ninjas, is probably a net positive. I think it's good to instill restraint while still acknowledging that knowing how to fight in self defense is a good thing.

Not to mention grandpas ninja uniform at the end (while shiny) was Blue

Oh man, 3 Ninjas. I was crazy about all things martial arts and ninja back in the 80s and 90s, so I was super into this, even if it was goofy kids' fare (after all, I was a _mature_ young lady of 11!). I always figured that while the martial arts aspect might hold up, that there probably wasn't a lot of actual ninja going on, given the boys' brightly colored gi and masks, but it's nice to be surprised. I was just in it for the fun martial arts romp back in the day, but it's cool how the connections and the research are in fact kinda there, just made super kid-friendly. Also, I know a ton of folks have mentioned in the comments about _why_ Mori might have taught them a sort of Bushido-esque code of honor that doesn't exactly bring to mind stealthy ninja assassins and spies, but I'd like to point out that the idea of then turning around and teaching the boys about the various vulnerable points on the human body is a perfectly sensible thing to still have. The 90s were still a time when "Stranger Danger" and being able to keep yourself safe were a big part of children's media, so it makes sense to throw in a little tidbit of "Here's how to hurt someone if they're trying to hurt _you_ first," into the mix, after first reminding the audience that "A ninja never uses their power on someone weaker than themselves." It's basically saying "Protect yourself if you have to, but don't be a bully." And _when_ do the boys use these vulnerable target points? When they're up against an opponent who's too tough for them to handle with the normal attacks that have handled all their other opponents up until this point. They also don't even think to use those strikes until Mori basically gives them the okay to do so, acknowledging that they will need that sort of offense to win. Up until that point, they've been incapacitating their enemies in a variety of different ways, including the comedic Home Alone chase through the house, but they never went in for the proverbial "kill" until that moment. A good demonstration of the difference between punching down and being a bully, versus punching up against a superior foe. (Also, I think their goofy "ambush" on Mori was intended to seem ridiculous, and to show how much further they actually have to go in their training. Hence the all-black gear, the direct assaults, the constant "kiai" yells that are a thing people just assume is a part of any type of martial arts combat. After all, he _does_ handily defeat all three of them, though he does regret his choice of hiding spot when he perches himself in a tree full of thorns after pulling a vanishing act on them. It's a perfect example of the "Never attack, unless you're going to win" philosophy he's trying to teach them, as they learned a head-on attack against a superior opponent will fail.) I hadn't really thought on it after all these years (has it seriously been _30 years_ since this came out? Man, do I feel old), but man, this brought back memories. Even some really oddball, kind of embarrassing ones. Like how my dad was incredibly in love with the three surf-goons' van, particularly the "Die Yuppie Scum" stencil in place of the front license plate. He had a decal of it on his motorcycle helmet as a result.

I'm so glad that you got around to finally doing a Which Ninja on this movie. I hope you plan to do the other three. In any case, keep up the good work.

This is one of my favorite movies from my childhood. I remember renting it from Blockbuster the first time. I was disappointed that the Ninja Turtles wasn’t available,but my dad suggested this, and that disappointed quickly dissipated. I’d still get the Turtles over it if it was available, but I’ve never rented a movie more.

Thank you for covering this. I didn't expect it ask for this, but I definitely group up watching this every day for probably a year growing up. I understand now how over the top it was, but when I heard you were analyzing it, I couldn't wait to see the nuggets you would pick out from it with your keen eye.

Wow, what a blast from the past. I’m more familiar with the sequel where they went to Japan, didn’t even know it was a sequel, really liked it too.

dude, we need to see you do a deep dive on other ninja movies like Enter the Ninja, Ninja Terminator or New York Ninja because they seem to have some some interesting interpretations of ninjas.

The Wano Kuni arc just finished and there's enough content to make several videos about it and characters

You didn't mention the renovation room scene, and my heart died a little bit...

OMFG!!! I am so glad you did this episode!!!!! After watching your channels for years, you made me look back more objectivly and I realized the first movie actually got some stuff right. Thanks again for making this episode after I have been hoping for it for years.

I used to watch that movie to death when I was a child

I forgot Victor Wong was in this movie. Also, that said, I would say that an important aspect to ninja is invisibility. I have come to the realization that this does not mean actual invisibility, but rather being unassuming. People would suspect a lethal ninja attack from an old man or 3 kids. One would just see them as an old man or 3 kids and are not much of a threat, but they would be trained to take advantage of this assumption. Think drunken boxing style of fighting or even Yoda when he has to fight Count Dooku. You see Yoda limping along with his staff and expect him to just fall over and die, right until the point where he opens a can of whoop-ass, then immediately after the fight is over, he leans back on his staff. Strike hard, then fade back into the cover of your invisibility.

1992 3 Ninjas is still my favourite childhood movie. Still throw it on for the nostalgia

I love as soon as Little G mentioned snack, he had a traumatic flashback of Bokksu and was then vibe checked by Bokksu yet again

Gaijin, I just learned the director of 3 Ninjas franchise was the same director who him and his wife were kidnapped by North Korea and forced to make movies including the legendary Pulgasari. You gotta talk about this! I know you're focus is culture, but man I think it's too important not to mention.

15:17 Ancient ninja:I wish we had that. Forcing them to go to the bathroom, or not paying as much attention trying to hold it in. And, not as many bodies to be discovered means less alarms, and lower security. That makes getting to mission target much easier.

I remember binging your culture shock videos on game theory when I was in like middle school, glad to see you’re still making videos!

This movie does show one thing all ninjas needed. Creativity. You will never find anyone more creative at the time than a ninja who could use anything in a useful way.

I'm surprised they called out how the black outfits while they were in a low danger area training but didn't mention the high danger painted room where he does match his surroundings

I remember three movies like this but it was them going to Japan to help their grandpa, then help land not be turned into a waste, then help stopping a hostage situation at a theme park

I wonder if you might consider another ninja trio to cover for this show. Mike, Owen, and Amanda from Nickelodeon's "Supah Ninjas". Admittedly more comical, there have been instances where it felt like the three behaved like ninja. At least historically accurate techniques being concerned. That one might be tougher to find clips for, but it could be something to look up after you did this one. But this one was cool too. I never watched the movie myself, but it is interesting how much accurate shinobi techniques and practices were true to form in even the 90s, as proven with Magic Treehouse prior.

6:42 I was waiting for the black silhouette to turn navy at some point, then I saw that it was right on the other corner of the video! XD

I was actually wondering when you were going to do this movie! I loved this movie as a kid!

aaaaaaaaaaaand yet again I go whole three videos without a single notification about these videos.....

13:15 Sewer Surfin'! Gaijin really wants us to kick shell this weekend, lol.

Oh, god, this video brought back so many memories! At one point, I actually owned a copy of all four movies. And honestly, I never thought I'd see them covered here at all.

Oddly enough, I saw the second movie, but not the first. Rather strange though is that earlier this week I randomly remembered the movie and wondered if Gaijin Goombah would ever do a Which Ninja video on it. Two days later I got a notification on my phone about this video. I'm a little freaked out by that.

I’m glad somebody was mailing these to you. Thought that I’d have to do that

Alright I know that home alone got cut, but I would love to see an episode on Macgyver. Maybe it can become a psudo side series of these shows that use similar techniques or something but Mac was the primary thing I thought about during my reading of the bansenshukai

This was a great watch and a blast from the past. I hope you still do home alone one day

As a kid, this movie and Surf Ninjas were always a blur and I couldn't keep them completely separate in my head.

When will Gaijin cover how ninja are the 2nd Squad from Bleach?

I knew there was more reasons why I loved this movie growing up in the 90’s.

I love this movie. I'm so glad you did an episode on it.

As a 90s kid, I have to say " I loved watching the 3 Ninjas" It was funny, exciting, educational, and the movies had great plots from beginning to ending. I am going be honest if you were a kid in the 90s and didn't enjoy watching movie 1 and 3 you had a very sad childhood in 90s facts! The 3 Ninjas is a 90s treasure that only kids from that era could only understand.✌🏾❤

I wouldn't mind seeing a Which Ninja video on the human Cyber Ninja Planeswalker Kaito Shizuki one of the more recent anti-hero protagonists to be introduced into Magic the Gathering's lore/canon with Kaito being introduced in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, and Kaito is a twin Mana user with his two Mana colors being the combo most Ninja/Shinobi/Kunoichi have Blue and Black. In lore Kaito's use of Blue Mana is similar to Jace in that his Blue Mana Spells consists of a combination of Illusion/Charm Magic, and Aquamancy/Water Magic, and his Black Mana Spells consisting of spells that either disable enemies, weaken them in someway like sapping their strength or infecting them with a disease, or if need be outright killing them with some dabbling in the art of Necromancy though like the insta-death spells the few Necromancy spells he has are in that branch of his Black Mana Spells that he only busts out when necessary basically this quote of his sums up his application of his Black Mana Spells mostly why he only busts the insta-kill spells and Necromancy spells when he deems it necessary. "I'm a thief and a supplier of info and needed goods, not an assassin or hired killer who revels in the taking of lives if I have to end my enemy's life or attack my enemy's soul it's only as a last resort, or if I'm given no other option."

I'd love to see you cover the Ninjas from League of Legends. Shen and Zed. And Kennen and Akali, I guess (Their trait in Teamfight Tactics was call Ninja)

I wasn't born until the 2000's, but I have seen these movies. Thanks for refreshing my memories of these movies, it's been about 2 years since I'd seen them. However, I only saw the first movie once about 5 or 6 years ago so I don't really remember it.

I don't mean to interrupt but Gaijin you need to cover the creatures of Shang chi even though it it is not based in japanies culture all the creatures of Shang Chi are direct depictions of Chinese Mythical creatures and though not Japanese to see direct representation like this that can possibly spark both the young and old to learn and resurch another culture like this is amazing

So I've been watching Which Ninja since it began, and last month or in June I finally decided to watch them all again, and I catalogued as much as I could on different unique things that are talked about that are accurate, and even this episode adds a couple things I hadn't gotten (I don't exactly have the books to research in depth myself, and I thought this would be a interesting experiment), so while what I have is sort of simplified on many things for the sake of size, I think I got most things down, and there was a wide variety of stuff I wrote down in a Google doc, not to mention I got at least one thing represented in most letters of the alphabet (the ones that I don't have are D, L, P, Q, R, V, and X)

This is one of the movies that inspired me to take martial arts when I was a kid. It’ll always hold a special place in my heart

Time for a ninja Bounty Hunt (Pseudo Aussie Accent)

outside of some tropes it did surprisingly well. espectionally considering poisoning could not be shown but was represented in acurately in spirit. if it did not have the kids film limitation it would be really good for its time.

I'm a 2000s kid, and I friggin' loved 3 ninjas at high noon. it was an awesome movie that i watched many times with my brother. Granted I didn't remember the name of it until I hear you say it on the unexpectables, or remember most of anything that happened. BUT it was a good movie.

Watching this, it made me wonder if the Iga training in the mountains was like how athletes will train up a mountain before a feat, like fighters doing before their big fight, but more akin to the Gurkha mercenaries training in the mountains altering their physicality (also, my brother and I loved this stupid movie when we were kids and surprised that the oldest wearing blue wasn't compared to real ninja wearing blue)

What I remember about this movie most, is that I watched the international version, and when I watched americna version, it was cut down. International had a cartoony intro, AND there was a subplot about the school bully, who gets beaten up by the boys at the end, but in the American version the conflict has been resolved by a basketball game.

Thank you for the video.

Okay, so no joke, I literally thought about suggesting this to you just a few days ago after Facebook Watch kept pushing clips from the first film and one of its sequels. It's like you read my mind!

I mean 3 Ninja's Kick Back was a favorite of my childhood, it was a bit dumb but funny and a large part of my inspiration to learn self defense.

This once again makes me want to see a which ninja on Randy Cunningham, the 9th grade ninja Seems like there'd be plenty surprisingly applicable ninja knowledge transfered into a more middle school understanding

I always took the grandpa telling the boys not to miss-use their skill was more about him wanting them to grow up to be good people more than good ninjas

This movie is a huge guilty pleasure for me. The sequel too. Which is currently on Netflix and I need to watch it at some point.

Im surprised you didn't mention 'Colt' inverting his attire and painting his mask white so he could blend in with the background of a white room XD

Although a kid of the 90s, I've never seen this movie. Here in Germany it didn't get a theatrical release but only came out on VHS. Also it was rated for 16 years or older, which wasn't the targeted audience I can imagine. But now I think I'll give the movie a try.

Waaaaaait a minute... Fujiwara no Chikata... Fujiwara Chika... IS THIS WHY CHIKA IS SO UNCANNY AT SHOWING UP AT THE WORST POSSIBLE MOMENT?!

Ah, I remember that 'ninja boom'... back then, it was accepted as an iron-clad fact that REAL ninja didn't use guns. Anyone who did was either a Fake Ninja or an Evil Ninja, or more likely both, and would be defeated by the REAL, katana-and-shuriken-wielding Ninja as inevitably as the tides. Thinking of it now, I suspect there's more to this sharp difference between Hollywood Ninjas and Historical Ninjas than just 'gotta keep it kid-friendly' - it's also a matter of cultural differences. In Sengoku-era Japan, the Ninja having access to firearms was scary and impressive, since hardly anyone did back then - the crafting of black powder was a well-kept secret, and the weapon itself was still new and strange to the Japanese. In modern (and for that matter 90's-era) America, however, it's a lot more impressive to NOT need guns - because *everybody* has and uses guns at this point. Hence, not using guns creates the same mystique and fear-factor for the Nineties Ninja that *using* guns did for the historical ones... Another point in that particular trope's favor is that while the historical ninja absolutely did use guns and explosives, they didn't *rely* on them - even without access to such things, they still had dozens of tricks up their sleeves, be it for escape, evasion, or assassination... setting them apart from your average gun-toting mook or, for that matter, most established armies. To paraphrase Tony Stark, "If you're nothing without your gun, you shouldn't have it in the first place!"

13:45 "..., lord knows what else." Remember, Gaijin, that Coffee Mate is a combustible material. That's right, my fellow viewers, you can get a handful of powdered Coffee Mate and make it explode!

Just watched the sequel with my kids. I grew up on this slapstick family film, and my kids loved it just like I did 😆 Still dumb, still funny