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* [[Actor Allusion]]:
* [[Hey It's That Guy]]: Red Mist is [[Superbad|McLovin]], his dad is [[Sherlock Holmes (Film)|Lord Blackwood]], his mom is [[Witchblade (TV)|Sara Pezzini]], Kick Ass is the love interest from ''Angus, Thongs, & Full-Frontal Snogging'', and Hit Girl is the little sister in ''[[Five Hundred Days of Summer (Film)|Five Hundred Days of Summer]]'' and Angie the newspaper editor from the ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid]]'' movie.. Marty also appeared in [[Superbad]], and recently played Jacob in ''[[Hot Tub Time Machine (Film)|Hot Tub Time Machine]]''. Two of D'Amico's [[Mooks]] are played by Dexter Fletcher and Agent Clay from [[Hellboy (Film)|Hellboy]]/[[Doctor Who (TV)|Henry Van Statten]]- see [[Fake American]]. Katie is both [[How I Met Your Mother (TV)|Ted Mosby's daughter]] as well as [[Desperate Housewives|Katherine Mayfair's]]. Todd is [[American Horror Story|Tate Langdon]].▼
** In the film, Big Daddy {{spoiler|[[The Wicker Man|was a cop and burns to death]]}}. Keep in mind, neither of these things happened in the comic when [[Nicolas Cage]] wasn't involved.
** While Big Daddy questioning Hit-Girl on [[John Woo]] was in the comics, it helps that he starred in one [[John Woo]] directed film, ''Face/Off''.
* [[The Danza]]: Christopher Mintz-Plasse plays Chris D'Amico.
* [[Dawson Casting]]: Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Red Mist) and Lyndsy Fonseca (Katie), as well as several other actors, are in their early 20's yet play teenage characters. Somewhat averted with Kick-Ass himself, [[Aaron Johnson]] was 19 when the film was released.
* [[Development Hell]]: The sequel. It was initially announced to be made for a 2012/2013 release but is on hold due to Aaron Johnson taking time off acting to be with his daughter and Matthew Vaughn directing other projects.
* [[Dueling Movies]]: With ''[[Defendor]]''.
* [[Executive Meddling]]: [[Averted]], or rather 'avoided'. It seems that before ending up in Lionsgate Studios, the producers of the movie tried several other studios who all had the same ultimatum: "We'll take it, if you drop Hit-Girl or make her 19." Thankfully, they didn't.
* [[Fake American]]: [[Aaron Johnson]] (Dave) and Mark Strong (Frank D'Amico) are both English.
** Also, Jason Flemyng and Dexter Fletcher, who play two of D'Amico's henchmen.
▲* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Red Mist is [[Superbad|McLovin]], his dad is [[Sherlock Holmes (
* [[Name's the Same]]: Mindy Macreedy is the name of a country singer.
* [[Playing Against Type]]: [[Superbad|Christopher Mintz-Plasse]] normally plays the [[Plucky Comic Relief]] -- here, he's a [[Lonely Rich Kid]] desperately seeking a [["Well Done, Son" Guy]], and when he {{spoiler|doesn't, he becomes the world's first supervillain}}.
** The Sequel takes it further with [[Jim Carrey]] playing Colonel Stars and Stripes - a no-nonsense former Mafioso-turned-Superhero with a thick Brooklyn accent.
* [[Shout-Out]]:
** The scene where Kick-Ass attempts to jump the roof is the same roof used in ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]]''.
** The movie ends with {{spoiler|Red Mist}} quoting [[The Joker]] from Tim Burton's ''[[Batman (film)|Batman]]''. "Wait till they get a load of me."
** A line from ''[[Frankenstein|Bride Of Frankenstein]]''.{{context}}
** Music from ''The [[Dollars Trilogy]]'' as Hit Girl enters the mafia safehouse.
** Hit Girl's nightvision rampage resembles ''[[Modern Warfare|Modern Warfare 2]]''{{'}}s multiplayer, where Hit-Girl's apparently using the USP with a tactical knife attachment. Which is what some criminals were playing earlier on in the film.
** When Dave was partly distraught about the prospect of his death because he won't get to see what happens on ''[[Lost]]''.
** Then he says "If you're reassuring yourself that I'm going to make it through this since I'm talking to you now, quit being such a smart-ass! Hell dude, you never seen ''[[Sin City]]''? ''[[American Beauty]]''? ''[[Sunset Boulevard]]''?"
** "With no power comes no responsibility" references [[Comes Great Responsibility|the famous mantra]] of the ''Spider-Man'' franchise.
** '''"I WILL AVENGE YOU, MOTHER!!!!"''' in a style reminiscent of Tobey lurking around ol' Uncle Ben's grave in said ''Spider-Man'' franchise. And then you get told off by Dave for expecting that.
** ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'' is among the many comics mentioned by name; coincidentally, the first trailer for ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'' was attached to ''Kick-Ass''.
** In the same scene, the shojo manga magazine ''Shojo Beat'' is mentioned.
** Big Daddy name-drops [[John Woo]] while quizzing Hit Girl.
** The microwave chamber torture scene is lifted almost wholesale from the ''[[James Bond (film)|James Bond]]'' movie ''[[Licence to Kill]]'', but in that movie it was a decompression chamber. [[Your Head Asplode|Same effect, though.]]
*** In light of this, the car crushing scene is likely a shout out to ''[[Goldfinger]]''
** When Kick-Ass dons his costume for the first time, this is accompanied by upbeat music resembling [[John Williams]]' ''[[Superman (film)|Superman]]'' march. Also, when Red Mist rides through the city in the Mist Mobile, the soundtrack heavily resembles the ''Batman'' theme from [[Batman (film)|the Tim Burton movies]].
** The [[Mook]] who {{spoiler|gets thrown under a bus to establish Red Mist as a superhero}} is named Tony Romita. John Romita Sr. was the second penciler on the original [[Spider-Man]] comic book and one of the most influential and best-known. His son, John Romita Jr., is also a comic book artist well-known for his own take on Spider-Man and, of course, the ''[[Kick-Ass (comics)|Kick-Ass]]'' comic book itself.
** The shoot-out in darkness is one big 'Hello!' to ''[[Equilibrium]]''.
** The music that plays during {{spoiler|Big Daddy's assault on the warehouse}} and {{spoiler|the end of the pitch-black shoot-out}} sound nearly identical to the themes from ''[[28 Days Later]]'' and ''[[Sunshine (film)|Sunshine]]'', both directed by [[Danny Boyle]].
*** Not "sounds nearly identical". They ''are'' those themes.
** The yellow car driven by Dexter Fletcher's character is the same one his character drove in ''[[Layer Cake]]'', also directed by Matthew Vaughn. Both characters are called Cody.
** Chris's bodyguard exclaims he's [[I Always Wanted to Say That|always wanted to yell]] [[Say Hello to My Little Friend|"SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND!!"]] as he's {{spoiler|preparing to shoot Hit-Girl with a bazooka}}.
** After he gets numerous metal implants to reinforce his broken bones, Dave is compared to [[Wolverine]].
** For those of you who watched the 2003 [[Anime]] series ''[[.hack|.hack//Dusk]]'', look ''very'' carefully in the background of the comic book store and you'll see a cardboard cutout of Rena in the background, as well as several [[Hellboy (comics)|Hellboy]] posters.
** In one scene Dave and his friends are reading an issue of ''[[Runaways (comics)|Runaways]]''.
** When Dave is leaving the hospital, his Dad puts a copy of ''[[Watchmen]]'' in his bag.
** [[Batman (film)|Who am I? I'm Kick-Ass!]]
** When Kick-Ass tries on his costume for the first time: "[[Taxi Driver|You talkin' to me?]]"
** Hit-Girl's way of slaughtering her adversaries is similar to [[Kill Bill|The Bride's modus operandi]].
* [[Star-Making Role]]: Hit-Girl, for [[Chloë Grace Moretz]].
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[[Category:Kick-Ass]]▼
[[Category:Trivia]]
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