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'''Black Scorpion''' is a made-for-TV movie that first aired on Showtime in 1995. It was followed by a sequel, ''Black Scorpion: Aftershock'' (1997), and a live-action series on the Sci-Fi channel. The latter lasted a single season, running from January to June, 2001. It was very [[Camp|campy]], almost like a live-action [[Silver Age]] comic book, using deliberately exaggerated and unrealistic characters and events to comic effect. The television series in particular was heavily influenced by the [[The Sixties|1960s]] ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' series. The character was revived for a short-lived 2009 comic book from Blue Water Productions.
After her father is murdered before her eyes, police detective Darcy Walker becomes the vigilante Black Scorpion to avenge him. She is assisted in this goal by a former car thief, Argyle Sims, who turns her car into the [[Cool Car|Scorpion Mobile]] and acts as her confident. Other important characters include Darcy's partner, Steve Rafferty, who is determined to capture Black Scorpion (and is more than a little smitten with the crimefighter), the corrupt Mayor Worth, her comically inept fellow officers Specs and Slugger, and their idiot boss Captain Strickland.
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* [[Action Girl]]: Black Scorpion, of course.
* [[Adam Westing]]: Not only did Adam West take over the role of Breathtaker for the series, but Frank Gorshin of [[Batman (TV series)|60's Batman]] fame appeared as Clockwise.
* [[The Alcoholic]]: Judge Cheetum in "Crime Time" ''really'' likes his martinis, to the point that he keeps preparing one while Black Scorpion and [[Clock King|Clockwise]] battle in his office.
* [[All Crimes Are Equal]]: The attitude of a [[Punisher]]-like vigilante fittingly called the Angel of Death.
* [[Animal-Themed Superbeing]]
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Formerly heroic firefighter [[Playing
* [[Bachelor Auction]]: The episode "No Stone Unturned" features one of these, complete with the guy who thinks he's hot stuff getting a lower than starting bid (Slugger), and a straight guy being won by a gay man (Specs), however while Darcy bids on [[Love Interest]] Steve, she loses out to the vengeance-seeking Minerva Stone/Medusa.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Being a [[Distaff Counterpart|distaff]] [[Expy]] of Batman, Black Scorpion naturally has no superpowers. But she does have a lot of cool gadgets.
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* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: '''Medusa''' turns Steve into stone because years ago, after her face was horribly scared by acid, he let her down gently when she threw herself at him.
* [[Firemen Are Hot]]: Darcy falls for firefighter Adam Burns, making it all the more tragic when he becomes the supervillain Inferno.
* [[The Farmer and
* [[Hero
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: In each episode the villain's theme becomes a fountain head for various [[Incredibly Lame Pun|bad puns]] from the criminal or Black Scorpion.
* [[I Cannot Self-Terminate]]: Adam Burns/Inferno.
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** [[Green Thumb|Greenthumb]]/Eugene Gardner
** [[Weather Dissonance|Hurricane]]/Dr. Gail Waters
** [[Playing
*** That one is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by Darcy.
{{quote| '''Darcy:''' A fireman named Burns?}}
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* [[Nightmare Sequence]]: The episode "Out of Thin Air" is full of them, thanks to Breathtaker's plot to flood the city with fear gas.
** Darcy's personal nightmare? Being hunted by her own alter ego.
* [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]]: Argyle in the series. In the films he's merely [[The Old Convict|a former carjacker]] who tricked out Darcy's car thanks to stuff that [[Fell Off the Back of
** Argyle is [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: He knows that in his city, when a guy graduates from college, there is a high chance that he becomes a [[Super Villain]].
* [[Pointy-Haired Boss]]: Captain Strickland is a nice guy, but he's more or less completely incompetent.
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'''Slugger:''' "Plants and animals."<br />
'''Specs:''' "Basically future generations." }}
* [[Special Guest]]: The episode "Love Burns" features ''Dave Mustaine'' (of [[
* [[Stock Footage]]: The TV series was produced by [[Roger Corman]] and nearly every episode features stock footage from various Corman films. The car chase sequences are also always the same footage.
* [[Straw Feminist]]: Aerobicide is a man-hater with an axe to grind -- she and her minions rob men's clubs. Every male character in the series conveniently becomes a one-episode misogynist when she shows up.
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