Kick-Ass (film)/Characters: Difference between revisions

** He ''is'' one of the more competent and likely the most experienced hero.

* [[Adorkable]]

* [[Ascended Fanboy]]

* [[Casual Kink]]: His superhero obsession is presented as such. Unusually for such a... weird fetish (but in line with the trope), it's shown to be a healthy outlet for his fantasies, since said fantasies involve community activism and an altruistic outlook on life and society.

* [[Determinator]]: The comic zigzags on whether this is a product of stupidity and nihilism or [[Heroic Willpower]], but it tends to be to his benefit.

* [[Did Not Get the Girl]]: {{spoiler|After finding out that Dave was pretending to be gay, Katie's reaction in the comic is ''a lot'' more likely to happen than her hooking up with him in the film}}.

* [[Super Zeroes]]: At least initially. He does toughen up however.

* [[This Loser Is You]]

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: Two large unfortunately dildo-like batons, which, if lost, he'll sometimes appropriate from the surrounding environment (like chair legs or plywood) and occasionally modify with nails to make them more like a mace.

 

=== Big Daddy/ Damon McCready ===

 

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Of Punisher, minus the skull. {{spoiler|And tragic backstory, it turns out}}.

* [[Gun Nut]]

* {{spoiler|[[I Just Want to Be Special]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}

 

 

* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Alliterative Name]]

* [[Badass Adorable]]

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Twice. Once {{spoiler|when Kick-Ass is about to be sliced open by Razul, and again when he and Big Daddy are just about to be set ablaze by Frank D'Amico's men.}}

* [[Blondes Are Evil]]

* [[He's Back]]: In Volume 2 #5, {{spoiler|after Red Mist bombs the funeral of Dave's father & tries to kidnap him}}.

* {{spoiler|[[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: In Volume 2, until issue 5}}

* [[Kids Are Cruel]]

* [[Knife Nut]]: She adores butterfly knives and swords, although she is a pretty good shot as well.

* [[Little Miss Badass]]: Possibly the epitome of this trope.

* [[Pay Evil Unto Evil]]

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]

* [[True Companions]]: With Kick-Ass, after her dad died. He's pretty much the only person she opens up to at all, and cares dearly for his well-being. He's also her go-to sidekick in the second volume.

* [[Tyke Bomb]]

* [[Weak but Skilled]]: Relies mostly on weapons, because her small size limits mobility and strength.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Purple Hair:]] It's a wig, but still.

 

* {{spoiler|[[From Nobody to Nightmare]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: Talks big, but when push comes to shove, he's just a [[Dirty Coward]] who hides behind his mooks}}.

* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: If you saw [[The Movie]] first, it comes as no surprise that {{spoiler|Red Mist is [[The Mole]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Mole]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Psychopathic Manchild]]}}

 

=== Johnny G ===

 

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}

 

=== Marty Eisenberg/Battle Guy & Todd Haynes/Ass Kicker ===

* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: In Volume 2

* [[Blatant Lies]]: Marty tells Justice Forever a story involving his parents being killed & eaten in front of him to serve as his motivation for becoming a vigilante. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Dave immediately sees through it & reveals that it's all a lie]].

* [[Memetic Mutation]]: In-universe, Marty & Todd are the source of "Tunk", the [[Spear Counterpart]] to... [[Country Matters|that word Hit Girl infamously said]].

* [[Those Two Guys]]

 

=== Kick-Ass/Dave Lizewski ===

'''Played By:''' [[Aaron Johnson]] }}

* [[Adorkable]]

* [[Ascended Fanboy]]

* [[Determinator]]

* [[Fake American]]: His actor's British.

* [[Super Zeroes]]: Though he eventually mans up and saves the day.

* [[This Loser Is You]]

 

=== Big Daddy/Damon McCready ===

'''Played By:''' [[Nicolas Cage]] }}

* [[Badass]]

* [[Badass Cape]]

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Of [[Batman]]

* [[Crusading Widower]]

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Like the typical [[Batman]] routine. However...

* [[Sociopathic Hero]]

* {{spoiler|[[I Just Want to Be Special]]: Heavily averted, prior to being framed by Frank D'Amico, he had no consideration of becoming a vigilante men. He had a happy, normal life. At least, until Frank D'Amico tears his family apart.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}

* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]

* [[Tragic Hero]]

* [[Vigilante Man]]

 

=== Hit-Girl/Mindy McCready ===

* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Alliterative Name]]

* [[Badass Adorable]]

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Twice. Once {{spoiler|when Kick-Ass is about to be sliced open by Razul, and again when he and Big Daddy are just about to be set ablaze by Frank D'Amico's men.}}

* [[Blondes Are Evil]]

* [[Child Soldier]]

* [[Cute Bruiser]]

* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]

* [[Enfant Terrible]]

* [[Good Is Not Nice]]

* [[Kids Are Cruel]]

* [[Knife Nut]]: She adores butterfly knives and swords, although she is a pretty good shot as well.

* [[Little Miss Badass]]: Possibly the epitome of this trope.

* [[Pay Evil Unto Evil]]

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]

* [[Sociopathic Hero|Sociopathic Heroine]].

* [[Tyke Bomb]]

* {{spoiler|[[The Worf Effect]]: Played straight, twice. She's a human killing machine, going through [[Mook|Mooks]] like they were nothing. However, during her [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] at the end of the film, she is almost killed when she runs out of ammo and was about to be killed by a rocket launcher when Dave/Kiss Ass came out to help with the jetpack they modified with mini-guns. And then, during her fight with Frank D'Amico, it was a [[Curb Stomp Battle]] that nearly ''killed'' her and was only lucky because Dave/Kiss Ass was able to grab the rocket launcher from before and use it to kill D'Amico. If it wasn't for Dave, she would have been dead both times.}}

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Purple Hair:]] It's a wig, but still.

 

=== Red Mist/Chris D'Amico ===

'''Played By:''' Christopher Mintz-Plasse }}

* [[Adaptation Name Change]]

 

=== Frank D'Amico ===

'''Played By:''' [[Mark Strong]] }}

* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: His comic book equivalent, Johnny G, spends ''far'' less time in focus than Frank.

* [[Big Bad]]

* [[Bald of Evil]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[The Don]]

* [[Kingpin in His Gym]]: Keeps a dojo in his penthouse and is a capable martial artist.

* [[Red Right Hand]]: The scar on his forehead, which looks like a cross between a spiral and parentheses.

* [[Would Hit a Girl]] / [[Would Hurt a Child]]: He has no qualms in giving a roundhouse kick to an eleven year old girl's face and then giving her a thorough vicious beat down. Though in his defense she is also an unstoppable killing machine who single handedly slaughtered his entire building full of mooks.

 

=== Big Joe ===

'''Played By:''' Michael Rispoli }}

* [[Affably Evil]]: He seems like such a nice guy when not murdering people on behalf of his boss.

* [[The Dragon]]: for Frank.

 

=== Katie Deauxma ===

'''Played By:''' Lyndsy Fonseca }}

* [[Fag Hag]]: She wishes

* [[The Messiah]]: Has this in common with Dave

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]

* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]: Her relationship with Dave. And she dated Rasul because she thought he was a kind [[The Woobie|woobie]] before realizing he was far from it.

 

=== Marty Eisenberg & Todd Haynes ===

* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: Significantly more screen time than the comic.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Marty.

 

=== Vic Gigante ===

* [[Corrupt Cop]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: He appears a little disturbed by the live online feed of Big Daddy and Kick-Ass being tortured. Not that he lifts a single finger to do anything or ever complains to Frank.

 

=== Marcus Williams ===

'''Played By:''' Omari Hardwick }}

* [[Black Best Friend]]

* [[Promotion to Parent]]

 

=== Some Armenian Kid With A History Of Mental Issues ===

* [[I Believe I Can Fly]]: Averted.

 

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