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In the world of the [[Legion of Lawndale Heroes]], '''The Buckaroo Banzai Trilogy''' is a highly successful film franchise composed of eleven films (ten released and one in pre-production). ''The Buckaroo Banzai Trilogy'' follows the adventures of the fictional character 'Buckaroo' Banzai - a half-Japanese, half-American neurosurgeon, inventor and adventurer - who also possesses great scientific skills and musical talents (demonstrated as the head of his band - the ''Hong Kong Cavaliers''), and leads a group of eccentric yet highly skilled individuals known as ''Team Banzai''.
The franchise began in 1984 with ''The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across The Eighth Dimension'', which starred Peter Weller, Jeff Goldblum, Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow and Clancy Brown (famed for his roles in ''Highlander'' and his wildly successful television show ''Earth 2'', who has a tendency to die in every film but be resurrected in the next). Unlike in our universe, where no further movies were made and ''Buckaroo Banzai'' became a 1980's cult classic film, in this world, ''Buckaroo Banzai'' was the #2 film of 1984 and won several awards, including
(Peter Weller, the actor who played the title character, went on to have a career as an A-list actor, spurred on by his two wildly successful characters of Banzai and ''Robocop''; in this reality, the writers/producers retained the tone of the first film in the second and third, as well as keeping the cast as intact as possible and focusing on the plot point of 'Murphy' attempting to come to grips with his 'lost humanity'. ''Robocop 2'', by working this theme in a surprisingly sensitive manner that resonated with critics and moviegoers alike, was lauded as a superior film and was nominated for a Best Original Screenplay Academy Award, as well.)
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