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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Daredevil is a Marvel Comics Superhero created by Stan Lee and Bill Everett, with artistic input from Jack Kirby and Wally Wood. Daredevil was an attempt to recreate Lee's earlier success with the archetypal "everyman" hero Spider-Man, this time with an adult central character and a somewhat Darker and Edgier tone. The new character first appeared in "Daredevil" #1 (April, 1964)Daredevil has the ultimate in Disability Superpower — he's blind, but his other senses are superhumanly sharp. This is the result of his having been blinded by a radioactive substance whilst rescuing a blind man (oh, the irony) from the path of an oncoming trucknote reportedly, that same ooze also had an even more dramatic effect on some baby turtles. He is also a superb gymnast and martial artist, having been trained from an early age by a mysterious blind sensei called Stick as well as showing him how to control his senses to live normally. His Secret Identity is that of Matt Murdock, attorney-at-law.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Despite his book having been home to some of the most respected writers (Stan Lee, Frank Miller, Ann Nocenti, Kevin Smith, Brian Michael Bendis, Ed Brubaker, and Mark Waid) and artists (Klaus Janson, John Romita Jr, Alex Maleev, Bill Sienkiewicz and David Mazzucchelli) in the business, Daredevil has never really succeeded in making the breakthrough into mainstream popular culture in the way that stablemates such as Spider-Man and the X-Men have, and he was generally considered to be at best a C-list character until Frank Miller took over the title in 1981 and introduced what are now considered to be some of the defining elements of the Daredevil mythos, including the characters of The Kingpin (originally a Spider-Man villain), Bullseye, and Elektra.Part of the reason for the character's relative lack of popularity may lie in the fact that, Bullseye, Elektra, The Hand, and The Kingpin (and possibly Mr. Fear and Mr. Hyde) aside, he has been lumbered with arguably the least impressive Rogues Gallery in comics, including such threats to Western civilization as Shotgun (a guy with a gun), Ammo (a guy with lots of guns), The Jester (a failed actor with some toys and yo-yos for weaponsnote although he sounds like The Joker knockoff, his actual character is surprisingly different: The Jester's not even insane, he just has a gigantic ego), The Owl (a gang boss who can fly — v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y), the Matador (whose entire gimmick revolves around making you unable to see him note keep in mind that Daredevil is blind and his other senses are extremely sharp, making invisibility useless against him), Leap-Frog (who is a man in a frog suit who's able to jump very high), and Stilt-Man (who unfortunately is just what he sounds like). Luckily, in later years the writers have been working to remedy this (see Echo, Purple Man, Bushwhacker, Gladiator, Bullet, Nuke and Typhoid Mary). Keep in mind that some of these villains were merely Rescued from the Scrappy Heap. Purple Man, Bullseye and Gladiator were created before Frank Miller took over the title but subsequently managed to become much more threatening in later years. Even Owl is now one of Daredevil's most dangerous rogues thanks to him being given an extra dose of Nightmare Fuel, while Mark Waid has actually made Jester a relevant antagonist with his current take on the character.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })A Daredevil film was released in 2003, starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, but despite being one of the most faithful comic-to-screen adaptations ever made — it lifted whole scenes and even entire chunks of dialogue from Miller's run — and some strong casting, it was a critical failure, in no small part due to being a vehicle for nu-metal and having severe Executive Meddling done to it; the director's cut is far better received. Some people prefer to believe that it never happened, though many liked Colin Farrell as Bullseye and Michael Clarke Duncan as Kingpin. Despite it making back more than double its budget at the box office, they did not do a direct sequel, but a spin-off starring Garner as Elektra. It didn't go over well. On a lighter note, Garner and Affleck (who met on the first film) later married in real life, have had three children, though in June of 2015 they announced that they were divorcing. As for the film property's future, the rights have reverted to Marvel.In 2015 Marvel released Daredevil (2015) exclusive to Netflix, as part of a multi-series deal including Luke Cage (2016), Iron Fist (2017), and Jessica Jones (2015). The series is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and stars Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock. So far it has garnered rave reviews, with many considering it to be among the best, if not the best, works in the MCU.Daredevil has also made the occasional animated appearance, with guest appearances in the 1990s Fantastic Four and Spider-Man: The Animated Series (the former leans more closely to his Silver Age appearance, while the latter show took after the Miller version). Several animated series have been proposed over the years, but never came to fruition.The character was also one of two characters created by Stan Lee to have never been an Avenger, until he was added to the New Avengers line-up in 2011.After a long stretch of very dark stories, Mark Waid's lighter take —spanning two volumes between 2011 and 2015— was well-received by critics and audiences alike. Charles Soule took over the title with a new volume in late 2015 during the All-New, All-Different Marvel initiative — perhaps due to the success of the Netflix series, his run seems to be Darker and Edgier in contrast to Waid's, even giving him a new black costume similar to the one he wears on the show. Soule's run has its own page. In 2019, Chip Zdarsky took over. | |
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Super Reflexes: Part of his training. | |
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Crosses the Line Twice | |
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Also, his archenemy Bullseye is defined by this trope. His entire gimmick is that he can kill anybody with anything, which often Crosses the Line Twice. In The Movie this is shown when he kills people with paperclips and peanuts, and later uses pieces of a shattered window as ersatz throwing knives/shuriken. | |
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Darker and Edgier | |
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Villain Team-Up | |
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Villain Team-Up: Electro and Typhoid Mary would both organize their fellow Daredevil villains in order to try and get revenge on the horn-headed hero. One of the earliest multi-issue arcs featured Daredevil facing off against the Ani-Men, who were already a team when he met them. | |
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Gone Horribly Right | |
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Gone Horribly Right: The Kingpin, having discovered Daredevil's true identity, manages to make Matt Murdock's life a living hell. Murdock has no hope left. Having nothing more to hold on to means that he has nothing to lose. | |
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David Versus Goliath | |
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David vs. Goliath: Daredevil runs up against much larger, much more powerful enemies with shocking regularity. Rarely does he face true giants, but the spirit remains the same. Less literally, one of Daredevil's CMOA's was when he beat to death (with a stick) Ultron, a killer robot who regularly causes much more powerful heroes to fudge their undies. An early CMOA had Daredevil go up against Namor back when Namor was enough to take on either the whole of The Avengers or the whole of the Fantastic Four. Daredevil doesn't win the fight per se, but Namor cancels his attack in respect to Daredevil's bravery and tenacity. | |
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TheRival | |
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The Rival: Frank Miller brought The Punisher in for a story arc, highlighting the vast differences in the methods, personalities, and ideologies of the two vigilantes. The relationship stuck and they often show up in each other's series, usually as an antagonist but occasionally as an ally. In an aversion of the usual arc, at first Punisher took a liking to Daredevil and considered it an honor to meet him, but over time grew less and less tolerant of him, going from tolerable ass to intolerable ass. | |
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Reality Ensues | |
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Reality Ensues: Discussed by the other Defenders. Jessica points out that if you fight crime by delivering brutal beatings to criminals, even if you don't intend to kill, there is a significant chance of them dying of their injuries anyway. | |
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Kung-Fu Clairvoyance | |
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Kung-Fu Clairvoyance: Courtesy of his Radar and other Super Senses. | |
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Heterosexual Life-Partners | |
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Heterosexual Life-Partners: Matt's relationship with his law partner Foggy Nelson. Also DD and Spider-Man, who know each other's secret identities. Until they don't (or, rather, until no one knows Spidey's). | |
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Vice City | |
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Vice City: Hell's Kitchen is usually portrayed in this way. | |
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Alternate Company Equivalent | |
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Alternate Company Equivalent: Daredevil's enemy Mr. Fear is much the same as DC's version of the Scarecrow, a longtime Batman villain. They both use a combination of creepy costumes, fear-inducing chemicals, and psychological manipulation to achieve their goals. | |
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Nebulous Evil Organisation | |
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Nebulous Evil Organisation: Daredevil fights these now and then, but he has an intimate history with one in particular: Black Spectre. The second arc of the Mark Waid series involves Black Spectre and rival organizations AIM, Hydra, the Secret Empire, and Agence Byzantine all gunning for DD's head. | |
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Aborted Arc | |
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Aborted Arc: Near the end of Miller's run, Stick revealed to Daredevil that his super senses were not unique. In the past, every one had the same senses he does, they just lost them over time. The radiation only unlocked his senses, it didn't create them. Their conversation is interrupted by the arrival of a wounded Black Widow, and Stick dies soon afterwards. Sadly, no other writer picked up this thread. | |
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Beneath Suspicion | |
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Beneath Suspicion: Basically, the whole reason Matt is able to get away with being Daredevil for so many years and passing Daredevil off as just an ally. Who would ever consider a blind man being a costumed crime-fighter? | |
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Mythology Gag | |
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Mythology Gag: Waid's run introduces a Shadow Archetype of sorts to Daredevil: Ikari, who has all of Daredevil's powers along with sight, which was accomplished by recreating Daredevil's origin. Appropriately enough, his costume resembles Daredevil's original yellow and red. | |
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Parental Abandonment | |
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Parental Abandonment: Matt's father dies in his origin story, and he never knew his mother; she's finally introduced some twenty years later, in the Born Again storyline. | |
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Give Me a Sign | |
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Give Me a Sign: Matt asks God for a sign, and takes the next thing he overhears as one. | |
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Combo Platter Powers | |
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Combo Platter Powers: Well, this one was added by Ann Nocenti, actually. Typhoid Mary possessed telekinesis, pyrokinesis, limited Mind Control powers, and outstanding swordsmanship skills. The catch was that her Split Personality disorder left her Ax-Crazy and possessing different levels of control over her abilities at different times. | |
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Psycho for Hire | |
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Psycho for Hire: Bullseye and Nuke, as well as the Daredevil impersonator from Born Again. | |
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Rogues' Gallery Transplant | |
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Rogues-Gallery Transplant: It's often been pointed out that most of Daredevil's villains are someone else's "castoffs". While Electro earned his spurs fighting Spider-Man, he was also the first supervillain Daredevil defeated, and returned to tangle with Matt on a semi-regular basis. Daredevil would also have one-off fights with other villains, such as Klaw (an enemy of the Black Panther), the Absorbing Man (an enemy of The Mighty Thor), the Blob and Pyro (enemies of the X-Men), and Nitro (an enemy of Captain Mar-Vell). Similarly, the Kingpin was originally a Spider-Man villain who was eventually permanently transplanted to Daredevil to the point that the character was officially licensed in other media adaptations, which meant no Spider-Man film appearances until recently. Unlike many transplants, Kingpin can and does routinely appear in Spider-Man stories still, given the extent of his criminal empire (and Fisk's hatred for superheroes in general). Mysterio, again a Spider-Man villain, had Daredevil as his "adopted" nemesis during an arc because The Clone Saga deal kept Mysterio from knowing if Spider-Man was the real thing or just a clone. And the Eel (originally a Human Torch foe) and Mr. Hyde (originally an enemy of Thor) both became more associated with Daredevil as time went on. | |
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Dead Guy Junior | |
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Dead Guy Junior: Jack, Matt's son from the 50th Anniversary issue. | |
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Arch-Enemy | |
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Arch-Enemy: Kingpin and Bullseye. | |
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Pinball Projectile: Bullseye and Daredevil have both pulled this off. | |
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Living Lie Detector | |
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Living Lie Detector: DD is a human polygraph who can hear your heartbeat and smell your sweat. | |
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Blessed with Suck | |
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Blessed with Suck: Well, would you trade in your eyesight for improved touch (everything HURTS more!), taste, smell, hearing, and a nebulously-defined "radar sense"? While Stick taught Murdock to control his senses enough to function normally, The Movie has his senses seem to cause chronic pain, so he chomps painkillers like candy and he can only get to sleep in a sensory deprivation tank. Or next to a smoking hot babe. Guess natural dopamine still trumps artificial. | |
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Curb-Stomp Battle | |
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Curb-Stomp Battle: When the Yakuza try to muscle into Hell's Kitchen, Daredevil makes a direct attack on their headquarters — and brings along Iron Fist, Luke Cage, and Spider-Man. Sixty hardened killers with swords and automatic weapons go down like tenpins. | |
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Rock Bottom | |
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Rock Bottom: Hit this during Shadowland. Since then Matt has had nowhere to go but up. | |
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Pun-Based Title: The first arc is titled "Know Fear". | |
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First-Name Basis | |
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First-Name Basis: Curiously averted with his longest-term girlfriend, whom he still thinks of by her full name, Karen Page. | |
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Wretched Hive | |
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Wretched Hive: Hell's Kitchen is also often portrayed in this way. | |
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Honor Before Reason | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_44fc28e8 | comment |
Honor Before Reason: Pretty much Matt's defining character trait. He believes everyone deserves equal treatment under the law and that killing is always wrong, even if the victim is a psychopathic monster. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Daredevil / Comicbook / int_44fc28e8 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_45332ff5 | type |
Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_45332ff5 | comment |
Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_45332ff5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_45332ff5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_45332ff5 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_48126ac0 | type |
CIA Evil, FBI Good | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_48126ac0 | comment |
CIA Evil, FBI Good: Subverted to hell and back. There are government agencies that view Kingpin as a necessary evil and resort to False Flag Operations to keep him in power. But the FBI hates both Daredevil and Kingpin, and even put them in the same prison hoping that they would end up killing each other. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_48126ac0 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_48126ac0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_48126ac0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_4852f325 | type |
I Just Want to Be Normal | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_4852f325 | comment |
I Just Want to Be Normal | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_4852f325 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_4852f325 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_4852f325 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_49d3b595 | type |
Cradle of Loneliness | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_49d3b595 | comment |
Cradle of Loneliness: After Elektra's death, one cover showed a grieving Daredevil hugging her headstone. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_49d3b595 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_49d3b595 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_49d3b595 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_49fb5ccb | type |
Combat Pragmatist | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_49fb5ccb | comment |
Combat Pragmatist: Despite being an anti-hero of quite high moral standard, DD has no qualms about using creative measures in a fight... Whether it's going for low blows, sucker-punches, grabbing a gun in the midst of fisticuffs, pushing you into oncoming traffic, using ambush tactics, or holding a loved one captive as psychological leverage. Being a Badass Normal, he kinda has to be pragmatic if he wants to keep up with the likes of Wolverine and Spider-Man. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_49fb5ccb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_49fb5ccb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_49fb5ccb | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_4b316d47 | type |
Break the Cutie | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_4b316d47 | comment |
Break the Cutie: Daredevil has several nervous breakdowns; unfortunately for him, There Are No Therapists. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_4b316d47 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_4b316d47 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_4b316d47 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_4de1a4f7 | type |
Improvised Weapon | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_4de1a4f7 | comment |
... as well as any weapon of opportunity he comes across. Although not as elaborate as Bullseye, Matt does tend to weaponize most stuff that isnt nailed down at one point or another. Whether it be trash cans, coins, traffic signs, government issue mailboxes, pool cues, couches, free weights or unfortunate opponents. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_4de1a4f7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_4de1a4f7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_4de1a4f7 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_4e3d253b | type |
Downer Ending | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_4e3d253b | comment |
Downer Ending: The end of one of Ed Brubaker's arcs has DD's wife being committed to a mental hospital, Mr. Fear in control of Ryker's (with nobody knowing) and the Hood having both his organisation and Mr. Fear's to use to control Hell's Kitchen. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_4e3d253b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_4e3d253b | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_50b9282e | type |
Blind Weaponmaster | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_50b9282e | comment |
Blind Weaponmaster: Daredevil himself, natch. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_50b9282e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_50b9282e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_50b9282e | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_50ca4422 | type |
Unresolved Sexual Tension | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_50ca4422 | comment |
Unresolved Sexual Tension: Between Matt and Mindy. Made more complicated by Mindy's husband being Mafia. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_50ca4422 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_50ca4422 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_50ca4422 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_529a3369 | type |
Fights Like a Normal | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_529a3369 | comment |
Fights Like a Normal: He has superhuman senses, but no Super Strength or anything like that, so he gets by with being a highly skilled martial artist; enough to have beaten both Wolverine and The Punisher in one-on-one fights. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_529a3369 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_529a3369 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_529a3369 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_53f261f | type |
Masquerading As the Unseen | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_53f261f | comment |
Masquerading As the Unseen: In an early story, Foggy Nelson claimed he was the Man Without Fear to impress Karen Page. This led to Melvin Potter/the Gladiator targeting him in the belief he really was Daredevil, despite the fact it was Potter's costume shop he got his DD costume from. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_53f261f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_53f261f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_53f261f | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_54cc6b24 | type |
Le Parkour | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_54cc6b24 | comment |
Le Parkour: Matt has been a poster-boy for this trope since his debut in the 60s. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_54cc6b24 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_54cc6b24 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_54cc6b24 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_555ff395 | type |
ILoveNuclearPower | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_555ff395 | comment |
I Love Nuclear Power: In some versions, his augmented senses are the result of the radioactive materials which blinded him. Frank Miller believed that was the Stupidest Thing He'd Ever Heard, instead integrating him into a 'Verse of Supernatural Martial Artists that has become integral to the character. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_555ff395 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_555ff395 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_555ff395 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5979acea | type |
Fragile Speedster | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5979acea | comment |
Fragile Speedster: his standing habit of taking on opponents far above his own weight class makes Daredevil this trope. He tends to prevail through his formidable agility, speed and fighting skill... and its usually by the skin of his teeth. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5979acea | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5979acea | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5979acea | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5a60637c | type |
Spandex, Latex, or Leather | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5a60637c | comment |
Spandex, Latex, or Leather | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5a60637c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5a60637c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5a60637c | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5aa8d3d8 | type |
Friendly Enemy | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5aa8d3d8 | comment |
Friendly Enemy: The Punisher... sometimes. Matt thinks Frank is a psychopath whose methods are far too brutal to be justifiable, while Frank thinks that Matt is a self-righteous asshole who needs to mind his own business and stay out of his way. But they can be surprisingly civil with each other when they're NOT trading blows, with Spider-Man even comparing them to an old married couple during Greg Rucka's Omega Effect storyline. Famously, Frank allowed himself to get arrested so he could foil a plot to assassinate Matt while he was in prison. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5aa8d3d8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5aa8d3d8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5aa8d3d8 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5b6e57e | type |
Required Secondary Powers | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5b6e57e | comment |
Required Secondary Powers: Bruiser's distinctive lack of these is what enabled Daredevil to defeat him. Bruiser can shift his gravity to augment his physical might or become impossible to knock down or throw, but he isn't invulnerable by any means and his powers put a lot of stress on his joints — one solid blow to his knee had him screaming in pain. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5b6e57e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5b6e57e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5b6e57e | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5d1eca88 | type |
Awesome McCoolname | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5d1eca88 | comment |
Awesome Mc Coolname: It's more low key than most, but Matt Murdock. Just say it and see how Badass it sounds. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5d1eca88 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5d1eca88 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5d1eca88 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5f3bb274 | type |
Late-Arrival Spoiler | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5f3bb274 | comment |
Even earlier when Kingpin realizes that after ruining Matt Murdock's personal life, he has nothing left to hope for and consequently nothing left to be fearful for. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5f3bb274 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5f3bb274 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5f3bb274 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5f52cfcf | type |
Intrepid Reporter | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5f52cfcf | comment |
Intrepid Reporter: Ben Urich | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5f52cfcf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5f52cfcf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_5f52cfcf | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_608b26d | type |
Uniqueness Decay | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_608b26d | comment |
Uniqueness Decay: Matt Murdock's radar sense was originally a super power, the freak result of the accident that blinded him. Later, Frank Miller introduced a mentor character and revealed that anyone could learn to "see" without their eyes the way that Matt does. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_608b26d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_608b26d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_608b26d | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_64d27c5 | type |
Forgot the Disability | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_64d27c5 | comment |
Forgot the Disability: Characters will frequently forget that Matt Murdock is blind, immediately apologizing afterwards for being insensitive. Though Matt always casually brushes it off while acting amused by the mistake. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_64d27c5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_64d27c5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_64d27c5 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_66ea7e5c | type |
Brought Down to Normal | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_66ea7e5c | comment |
Brought Down to Normal: Alternative universe Matt in the 50th Anniversary issue ends up losing his radar sense. Also, during DD's appearance in Superior Iron Man, Tony Stark cures him of his blindness via Extremis. It only lasts for one issue, though. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_66ea7e5c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_66ea7e5c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_66ea7e5c | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_68068108 | type |
Evil Laugh | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_68068108 | comment |
When the Yakuza try to muscle into Hell's Kitchen, their thugs nearly kill Daredevil. The next night, he bursts into their makeshift headquarters, and we see that they have over sixty men with swords and automatic weapons. The yakuza's Evil Laugh trails off when the dust clears and they see that Daredevil brought Iron Fist, Luke Cage, and Spider-Man. Cue Curb-Stomp Battle. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_68068108 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_68068108 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_68068108 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6a2ae11f | type |
Improbable Weapon User | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6a2ae11f | comment |
Improbable Weapon User: His weapon of choice is a billy-club with a built-in grappling hook, that he disguises as a white-stick when out of costume. ... as well as any weapon of opportunity he comes across. Although not as elaborate as Bullseye, Matt does tend to weaponize most stuff that isnt nailed down at one point or another. Whether it be trash cans, coins, traffic signs, government issue mailboxes, pool cues, couches, free weights or unfortunate opponents. Also, his archenemy Bullseye is defined by this trope. His entire gimmick is that he can kill anybody with anything, which often Crosses the Line Twice. In The Movie this is shown when he kills people with paperclips and peanuts, and later uses pieces of a shattered window as ersatz throwing knives/shuriken. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6a2ae11f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6a2ae11f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6a2ae11f | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6b5a92dc | type |
Uncanny Valley | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6b5a92dc | comment |
Uncanny Valley: In-Universe. Detective Cole is very unnerved to see a man (Spider-Man) jump fifteen feet, and complains that at least Daredevil moved like a human. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6b5a92dc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6b5a92dc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6b5a92dc | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6bda9a30 | type |
Meaningful Name | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6bda9a30 | comment |
Meaningful Name: Mindy Libris runs a bookstore. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6bda9a30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6bda9a30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6bda9a30 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6d6dfca1 | type |
Wearing a Flag on Your Head | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6d6dfca1 | comment |
Wearing a Flag on Your Head: Nuke's got the American flag tattooed on his face. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6d6dfca1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6d6dfca1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6d6dfca1 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6dec2f19 | type |
Swiss-Army Weapon | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6dec2f19 | comment |
Swiss Army Weapon: DD's billy club has many different functions and features. It also doubles as his cane, enabling him to carry it all the time without attracting suspicion. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6dec2f19 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6dec2f19 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6dec2f19 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6ee15499 | type |
Token Motivational Nemesis | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6ee15499 | comment |
Token Motivational Nemesis: The Fixer, who traumatized Matt into the man he is today, unceremoniously dies of a heart-attack at the end of the first volume of the comics, having served his narrative purpose. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6ee15499 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6ee15499 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6ee15499 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6fbe85e6 | type |
Adaptation Personality Change | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6fbe85e6 | comment |
Adaptation Personality Change: The Netflix series' interpretation of Wilson Fisk seems to have stuck. In the comics he was always portrayed as an ice-cold psychopath, before. Perhaps his role as mayor has taken its toll. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6fbe85e6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6fbe85e6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_6fbe85e6 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_71152dd | type |
One Dialogue, Two Conversations | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_71152dd | comment |
One Dialogue, Two Conversations: In issue 17 of Mark Waid's run, a flashback to the early days of their law office shows Matt and Foggy having a spat about the division of workload. Foggy accidentally makes an insensitive remark about sight and apologizes, but artwork implies that Matt's retort to this was actually obliquely referring to his double life as Daredevil. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_71152dd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_71152dd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_71152dd | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_71a223fc | type |
Up to Eleven | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_71a223fc | comment |
This is taken Up to Eleven in a story arc where Mr. Hyde will only accept having Matt as his lawyer. Hyde is adamant that, for all the other crimes he's committed over the years, he is innocent of the murder he's being accused of. Matt is skeptical, but takes the case anyway. He eventually clears Hyde's name by ferreting out the true murderer as Daredevil. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_71a223fc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_71a223fc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_71a223fc | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_73733868 | type |
Awesomeness by Analysis | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_73733868 | comment |
Awesomeness by Analysis: Matt often uses his "radar sense" to figure out what he can't see and use it to his advantage. When he fought Bruiser, a villain who can change his center of gravity, he discovered that his body couldn't keep up with the changes and used a precise strike against a fracturing bone to take him down. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_73733868 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_73733868 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_73733868 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_7796aabe | type |
Boxing Battler | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_7796aabe | comment |
Boxing Battler: In a rather unusual move for a cop, Detective North prefers to get into fist fight over pulling a gun. Justified when you find out he once shot a kid by accident. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_7796aabe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_7796aabe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_7796aabe | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_79c34029 | type |
The Nose Knows | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_79c34029 | comment |
The Nose Knows: Among Daredevil's powers is enhanced smelling. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_79c34029 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_79c34029 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_79c34029 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_7bd44eb9 | type |
Smart People Play Chess | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_7bd44eb9 | comment |
Smart People Play Chess: #9: Matt plays with Reed Richards, despite being blind. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_7bd44eb9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_7bd44eb9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_7bd44eb9 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_7d163c9c | type |
Dating Catwoman | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_7d163c9c | comment |
Dating Catwoman: If the comics introduce a female antagonist, Matt will be in bed with her at some point. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_7d163c9c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_7d163c9c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_7d163c9c | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_8077793f | type |
Open Secret | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_8077793f | comment |
Open Secret: As of Mark Waid's run, virtually everyone suspects Matt is Daredevil — forcing him to play the bumbling blind man in an attempt to throw people off his scent. It hasn't been working too well, and Matt's career is in danger. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_8077793f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_8077793f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_8077793f | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_820a3792 | type |
Identity Impersonator | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_820a3792 | comment |
Identity Impersonator: After a mix-up where Spider-Man thought Foggy was Daredevil, Foggy tried to convince Karen this was true to impress her. A series of further misunderstandings caused more and more people to fall for it at first, even the Gladiator, the guy Foggy bought his Daredevil costume from. Much more recently, Danny Rand, the Immortal Iron Fist, acted as Daredevil while Matt Murdock was in prison. Spider-Man has also done a turn in the horned tights as a favor when Matt wanted to "prove" to the world that he (Murdock) wasn't Daredevil. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_820a3792 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_820a3792 | featureConfidence |
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Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_820a3792 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_83641c73 | type |
Logical Weakness | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_83641c73 | comment |
Logical Weakness: It's long been established that Daredevil can read ordinary print thanks to his super-sensitive touch. In the 21st century, though, more and more vital information appears on screens. Because it's not (currently) common knowledge that DD is blind, this has occasionally left him screwed, as when Elektra handed him a piece of plot-critical evidence on her smartphone. | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_83641c73 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_83641c73 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_83641c73 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_8448fdd0 | type |
Superhero | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_8448fdd0 | comment |
Super Hero: Duh! | |
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Humiliation Conga | |
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Karen Page, who gets dumped repeatedly for "bad girls" and turned into a drug-addicted porn star before... getting back with Matt and being happy again just before she goes into another nervous breakdown and gets killed by Bullseye. Okay... | |
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Teeth Flying | |
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Teeth Flying: One issue briefly but specifically mentions this; Daredevil lands a blow on Max the Ax that'll cost him a lot of money in dental work. He does this to Bullseye in another issue. Bullseye just uses them as weapons. | |
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By-the-Book Cop | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_8cb4ea46 | comment |
By-the-Book Cop: Detective Cole North, who has a particular hatred for vigilante justice, and targets both Daredevil and Spider-Man. However, he's also not corrupt. This is slowly changing as the words of the local vigilantes start getting to him, and he sees the corruption in New York's authorities. | |
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Wham Episode | |
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Wham Episode: Volume 4, issue 36 ends with the New York Bar Association reluctantly disbarring Matt for previous perjury (i.e. denying to be Daredevil on record) and the questionable ethics and legality of his vigilantism. As Kristen points out, it's nearly impossible to get onto another state's bar unless you've practiced law there before...and Matt did previously work in San Francisco, California, prompting a move. | |
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Asshole Victim | |
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Asshole Victim: Tyrone. | |
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Demonic Possession | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_906365a2 | comment |
Demonic Possession: Possessed by the Beast, the demonic man behind the man of The Hand and the real Big Bad of the "Shadowlands" event. | |
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BandageWince | |
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Bandage Wince: Apparently having hypersenses just makes iodine sting that much more. | |
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Not Me This Time | |
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Not Me This Time: Mr. Hyde once contacted Matt Murdock and demanded he defend him, as while Hyde is a known killer and was planning on killing the victim, someone else beat him to it. | |
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Multilayer Façade | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_9826b657 | comment |
Multilayer Façade: For a while, Matt Murdock pretended to also be his non-blind twin brother Mike, who everyone suspected was secretly Daredevil. | |
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Not So Different | |
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The Punisher has also had this talk with Matt. On one occasion, when Murdock was at a particularly low point, Frank specifically arranged a meeting between the two of them so that he could remind Matt that Not So Different is still a bit different. | |
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Take Up My Sword | |
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There's also Darkdevil, who takes up the billyclub in Marvel Comics 2. | |
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Nothing Is the Same Anymore | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_99dfd4fc | comment |
Nothing Is the Same Anymore: The series is rather famous for massive status quo shake-ups on a regular basis. | |
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Supernatural Fear Inducer | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_9bfe4c17 | comment |
Supernatural Fear Inducer: Daredevil foe Mister Fear is able to use his fear gas to instill unrelenting terror in his victims. In lesser doses, he can induce a constant feeling of paranoia (as opposed to all-out screaming terror) which can be far more deadly in the long run. | |
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Evil Costume Switch | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_9cb5e4bb | comment |
Evil Costume Switch: During the "Shadowland" storyline, Daredevil abandoned his iconic red suit in favor of a black suit with larger horns, a larger & more stylised DD chest insignia, and blades attached at the wrists.◊ | |
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Made of Iron | |
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Made of Iron | |
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Brought to You by the Letter "S" | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_9d1a935f | comment |
Brought to You by the Letter "S": Two interlocked "D"s. The original yellow costume just had one D. | |
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Good Lawyers, Good Clients | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_9e1f8fde | comment |
Good Lawyers, Good Clients: Most of Matt's clients are this, although there is the odd subversion where Matt ends up defending assorted scumbags because they still have the right to legal representation. This is taken Up to Eleven in a story arc where Mr. Hyde will only accept having Matt as his lawyer. Hyde is adamant that, for all the other crimes he's committed over the years, he is innocent of the murder he's being accused of. Matt is skeptical, but takes the case anyway. He eventually clears Hyde's name by ferreting out the true murderer as Daredevil. | |
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One-Man Army | |
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One-Man Army: Most famously shown when the Yakuza send 100 mooks to Matt's address, decked out with guns, swords and nearly half of them being hopped up on an imitation of the Super Soldier Serum. It does not end well... for the Mooks. | |
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Rogues Gallery | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_a0396574 | comment |
Rogues Gallery: Bullseye, Elektra, Gladiator, Leap-Frog, Mister Hyde, Nuke, Ikari, Bullet, Man-Bull, Electro, the Eel, Typhoid Mary, Stilt-Man, Death-Stalker, Mister Fear, the Kingpin, the Owl, Bruiser, etc. You could arguably count the Punisher here, too. | |
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Good Parents | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_a30c287 | comment |
Good Parents: Jack Murdock may have been a brutish, brawling loser of a boxer, but he at least did his best to raise Matt to apply himself intellectually and become a successful lawyer. Unfortunately, Jack's violent streak occasionally got the best of him and Matt did not completely escape that bad influence. | |
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It's Not You, It's My Enemies | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_a4878b81 | comment |
It's Not You, It's My Enemies: Inverted with Mindy,twice. First she starts cheated on her husband to escape the pressure of his criminal life, and then she dumps Matt for advising her to leave the city and stay out of trouble. | |
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Rule of Drama | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_a5f0752f | comment |
Rule of Drama | |
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Gratuitous Ninja | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_a6441fa | comment |
Gratuitous Ninja: A major part of Frank Miller's makeover of the series consisted of turning Matt into this trope, as well as using it as a reoccurring theme. | |
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Status Quo Is God | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_a6e8221e | comment |
Status Quo Is God: Subverted, especially since the Bendis years. | |
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Handicapped Badass | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_a7b324e | comment |
Daredevil invokes this trope despite being blind himself. His superb hearing and "radar" senses allows him to "see" in the dark much to the disadvantage of the criminals who can actually see. While they're paranoid and distracted, he's calm and controlled and kicks their asses. | |
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And I Must Scream | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_a8a04f6f | comment |
And I Must Scream: The ultimate fate of Bullseye in Issue #27, Volume 3. After having been revived with locked-in syndrome due to injuries he received from Daredevil, he gets radioactive chemicals in his eyes, also blinding him. | |
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Christianity Is Catholic | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_a8a5e4ed | comment |
Christianity Is Catholic: Well, Daredevil himself is, at least. Oh, and his mother is a nun. Frank Miller added this to his character as a joke. "I figured Daredevil must be Catholic because only a Catholic could be both an attorney and a vigilante." | |
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Super-Senses | |
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Super Senses: Duh! | |
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To Be Lawful or Good | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_a922f8de | comment |
To Be Lawful or Good: Discussed by Spider-Man and detective Cole - well, more Spider-Man lecturing Cole - as he points out that there's no rule book for superheroes but they still swore an oath. In a later chapter, Cole gives a similar lecture to every single cop in the district, telling them to choose between following the orders of the higher ups and ignore Hell's Kitchen, or do their actual jobs and go stop crime and save lives. Most of them team up with Cole. | |
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Mole in Charge | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_a9f2e259 | comment |
Mole in Charge: For a while, Daredevil ostensibly ran the evil ninja assassin cabal called the Hand. | |
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Obfuscating Disability | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_aa07ca54 | comment |
Obfuscating Disability: Subverted. A running bit is that whenever someone finds out the truth of Daredevil's identity, they immediately jump to the conclusion he's faking being blind as a way to throw people off as it makes more sense than him having some sort of super-senses to make up for it. | |
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Save the Villain | |
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Save the Villain: Daredevil saves Bullseye from drowning in radioactive chemicals in the latter's latest appearance. However, he is left a prisoner in his own body due to the injuries that accumulated over time. | |
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Aesop Collateral Damage | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_ad118ed1 | comment |
Aesop Collateral Damage: Since the late '90s, the supporting cast has begun to notice that they tend to be the damage that teaches Matt Murdock a lesson. | |
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Oh, Crap! | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: When the Masked Marauder realizes Daredevil is unaffected by his blinding eye beams. Even earlier when Kingpin realizes that after ruining Matt Murdock's personal life, he has nothing left to hope for and consequently nothing left to be fearful for. When the Yakuza try to muscle into Hell's Kitchen, their thugs nearly kill Daredevil. The next night, he bursts into their makeshift headquarters, and we see that they have over sixty men with swords and automatic weapons. The yakuza's Evil Laugh trails off when the dust clears and they see that Daredevil brought Iron Fist, Luke Cage, and Spider-Man. Cue Curb-Stomp Battle. | |
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Pyrrhic Victory | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_ad9fbc1e | comment |
Pyrrhic Victory: Since Miller's run, Murdock has generally only been able to achieve these, at best. But he carries on. | |
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Retcon | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_b2280b66 | comment |
Retcon: A pretty minor one, all things considered, but Frank Miller retconned what age Matt was when his father was killed. Originally, he was already in college. In Frank Miller's miniseries, Daredevil: The Man Without Fear, Matt is younger, and is instead in 12th grade. So instead of his father pressuring him to be important and Matt studying and then enrolling in law right before his father died, Matt was pressured to study and picked law... but didn't necessarily have to follow through, since he had already acted as a vigilante at the time and his father was dead. | |
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Epic Fail | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_b4eff8a8 | comment |
Epic Fail: In-universe. During issue 14 of Volume 3, Daredevil is losing his senses thanks to nanoprobes from Doctor Doom's henchmen. He escapes and, without his radar sense or any form of sight or hearing, jumps over a fence and believes he's free... only to land back on the same side. To quote a Scans_Daily commenter, "Ouch. Right in the dignity." | |
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Take That! | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_b53077b3 | comment |
Issue 11 of Waid's run has Daredevil rather conspicuously call out Punisher's partner Cole for believing in this trope — there are millions of cops and firefighters who simply want to do what's right, and claiming that they aren't as driven as someone with a dead loved one is a "vomitous insult". | |
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Internal Homage | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_b545453b | comment |
Internal Homage: Issue #264, "Baby Boom". In the middle of a gritty, emotional story arc about the fall of Daredevil, corruption on the streets, and all hell breaking loose (literally, as it was an Inferno tie-in), the book's regular artist took time off to get married. Marvel got the legendary Steve Ditko to fill in, and for one issue the book became a goofy throwback to the Silver Age, with artwork and coloring that could've been unearthed from the '60s, a light, frothy plot about a missing baby being hunted by bee-bopping baby boomers who speak hippie slang, and a remarkably cheerful Matt Murdock temporarily ditching the angst and gloom that had hung over him like a stormcloud. Then, the next week, it was right back to a crumbling society and Black Widow fighting demons. | |
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Too Dumb to Live | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_b58b4e3c | comment |
Too Dumb to Live: Thomas Libris, who thought that charging in the criminal headquarters with nothing but a handgun was a good idea. | |
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Shadow Archetype | |
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Shadow Archetype: Bullseye. And the Kingpin, whose constant evasion of criminal convictions cause Murdock to seriously doubt the law's ability to deal with the most calculating criminals. | |
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Throwing the Fight | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_ba112560 | comment |
Throwing the Fight: Daredevil's father was killed when he refused to take a dive. | |
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Child by Rape | |
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Child by Rape: The Purple Children, offsprings of the Purple Man, who were only born because he used his Compelling Voice to rape their mothers. They are not happy with him. | |
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Knight Templar | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_bbfaa837 | comment |
Knight Templar: As the leader of The Hand, read Shadowland. | |
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Costume Copycat | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_bc281366 | comment |
Costume Copycat: As noted below, Foggy tried to use a Daredevil costume to keep up the lie that he was really Daredevil. Then there was the time that Matt was exposed as Daredevil and sent to prison, and another person mysteriously took up the Daredevil mantle while he was behind bars. Though it later turned out to be Danny Rand AKA Iron Fist, who was just filling in as a favor to his friend Matt. There's also the time during the "Born Again" arc where a murderous maniac was given a DD suit and told to go crazy on Matt's friends. This in turn leads to a CMOA, as Matt beats the living shit out of the psycho, and takes AND USES the psycho's costume and billy club for the rest of the arc (as all of Matt's belongings had been destroyed earlier). Plus the time that Matt Murdock put Daredevil on the stand during a trial - it was actually Spider-Man doing Matt a favour. There's also also the case of D-Man / Demolition Man, a c-level superhero from the 80s who originally sported a very close imitation of Daredevil's costume because he was a huge fan. D-Man went through some dark times - he was Marvel's homeless superhero for a while in the 90s - before falling into the orbit of the Captain America crew (both Steve and Sam) as a mechanic / aide. | |
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Clear My Name | |
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Clear My Name: Daredevil is accused of murdering a robber, and looks for evidence of a conspiracy against him. Unfortunately, he finds out he did kill the man by accident. | |
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Berserk Button | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_bc74ef27 | comment |
Berserk Button: Wilson Fisk, poor man, has a bit of a problem with people making jokes about him and calling him fat. | |
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Cement Shoes | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_bccb6703 | comment |
Cement Shoes: The impracticality of this trope is discussed by Mindy's mother-in-law. Also played straight by her mother to make a point. | |
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Improbable Aiming Skills | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_bcd27e37 | comment |
Improbable Aiming Skills: Although not on Bullseye's level, Matt still is able to return bullets to sender (courtesy of his billy clubs), shoot like Annie Oakley (despite never training with guns), and hit opponents with ricochet projectiles, thrown in manners that circle them around the target. He's also quite nifty with pulling off the Robin Hood archery stunt of splitting several arrows in a bulls-eye. | |
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Thrill Seeker | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_bd798dd5 | comment |
Thrill Seeker: Foggy calls Matt out and accuses him of being addicted to danger. Matt doesn't even try to tell him he's wrong. | |
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Real Men Love Jesus | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_bdb5c651 | comment |
Real Men Love Jesus: Daredevil is often presented as a devout Catholic; in fact, his faith and how he deals with it while being a vigilante is a main source of drama in his comics. | |
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Daredevil / Comicbook / int_be009bbc | type |
Alliterative Name | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_be009bbc | comment |
Alliterative Name: Matthew Michael Murdock. Hell, Daredevil is an alliterative name — that's why he wears the interlinked "DD" on his front. | |
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Really Gets Around | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_bf1255fa | comment |
Really Gets Around: While his rep as "the greatest himbo who ever wore a pair of tights" has been called into question, citing such facts as Matt only having had about fifteen flirts and girlfriends, the run kicks off with Matt having a one-night stand with a girl he meets in a bar, and it only gets worse from there. | |
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Keeping the Handicap | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_c15f1f71 | comment |
Keeping the Handicap: The main character, Matt Murdock, lost all vision after a childhood accident, but obtained Super Senses (including a radar sense) in exchange. In a number of plotlines, his eyesight is restored by some means or another, but Matt loses his enhancements and ends up incredibly disoriented and incapable of fighting. In one story, he outright begs the alien who returned his sight to him to take it back. | |
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Stuffed into the Fridge | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_c1f755e8 | comment |
Stuffed into the Fridge: Karen Page, who gets dumped repeatedly for "bad girls" and turned into a drug-addicted porn star before... getting back with Matt and being happy again just before she goes into another nervous breakdown and gets killed by Bullseye. Okay... Again with Matt's wife Milla Donovan, who had to suffer through Daredevil's secret identity being leaked to the press, Matt being sent to jail, and then driven crazy by Mr. Fear to the point of being in a near catatonic state, with Matt being too busy trying to find a cure to be with her, and eventually we learn that there is no cure. Issue 11 of Waid's run has Daredevil rather conspicuously call out Punisher's partner Cole for believing in this trope — there are millions of cops and firefighters who simply want to do what's right, and claiming that they aren't as driven as someone with a dead loved one is a "vomitous insult". | |
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Badass Bookworm | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_c3478f1d | comment |
Badass Bookworm: A variant in that he's not a scientific genius like most versions of this trope, but rather an expert lawyer. Although, apparently he crammed a master's degree in applied mechanical engineering in his spare time. Also, he's uncommonly knowledgeable in chemistry. Of course, that probably comes with the territory when you're able to identify different types of metals by scent. | |
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Appropriated Appellation | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_c4842ab1 | comment |
Appropriated Appellation: "Daredevil" was originally an Ironic Nickname given to Matt by the kids who bullied him at school. | |
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Fallen Hero | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_c6655b23 | comment |
Fallen Hero, see "Break The Cutie" | |
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Daredevil / Comicbook / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: Mindy and a vampire fan discuss Anne Rice in Mindy's introductory panel in issue #8. To Charles Dickens, specifically Bleak House. | |
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Large and in Charge | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_c7f294da | comment |
Large and in Charge: The Kingpin again | |
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Legacy Character | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_c9e5a0db | comment |
Legacy Character: Danny Rand/Iron Fist took his place briefly during the Civil War. Black Panther briefly took over as the defender of Hell's Kitchen after the events of Shadowland. There's also Darkdevil, who takes up the billyclub in Marvel Comics 2. And Ray Connor, the second Daredevil in the Ultimate Marvel universe. He didn't last long. | |
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Charles Atlas Superpower | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_ca04edd6 | comment |
Charles Atlas Superpower: His athletic abilities are so close to superhuman that it makes no difference. In at least one instance, he overturned a freaking LIMO, with 4 people in it. Add dodging bullets point blank, as well as knocking them back at the shooter with pin point accuracy. And being able to handle getting stabbed, electrocuted, and knocked off buildings in rapid succession. DD also tends to hit people hard enough to send them flying several meters, parallel to the ground. Although, how he does so without killing them is anybody's guess. | |
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No Name Given | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_ca87e3ec | comment |
No Name Given: In the 50th Anniversary issue, the identity of Jack's mother is never given, merely that she's a mayor. | |
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Dodge the Bullet | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_cd682fe1 | comment |
Add dodging bullets point blank, as well as knocking them back at the shooter with pin point accuracy. | |
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Killed Off for Real | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_cda501da | comment |
Killed Off for Real: In the Ultimate Marvel universe, during Ultimatum. | |
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Lighter and Softer | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_ce6555f0 | comment |
Lighter and Softer: Mark Waid accepted the offer to write Daredevil on the condition that he could move the series away from the overwhelming bleakness that had dominated the character for the better part of thirty years. Surprisingly, the results have been rather successful. | |
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Cassandra Truth | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_cf92fea8 | comment |
Cassandra Truth: It happens every time that he reveals his secret identity to someone. He gets accused of Obfuscating Disability, as people can hardly believe that he's blind and can fight so well. It's easier to believe that he was feigning to be blind the whole time. | |
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What the Hell, Hero? | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_d39e327f | comment |
What the Hell, Hero?: Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Iron First, Spider-Man and Elektra all give rather friendly versions of this to Matt, as they're all concerned about his recent recklessness and want him to get his head back straight. Later, Spider-Man calls out detective Cole on setting up a fake mugging just to catch him. | |
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HurtingHero | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_d3b0ad08 | comment |
Hurting Hero: More so since Bendis and Brubaker have been writing, though Frank Miller helped quite a bit. | |
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WouldNotHurtAChild | |
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Would Not Hurt A Child: The mook who kidnapped Belle. | |
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Dark Action Girl | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_d5b3df2d | comment |
Dark Action Girl: Elektra | |
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The Chessmaster | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_d62dd556 | comment |
The Chessmaster: Even after his many years as Kingpin of Crime of Hell's Kitchen, Wilson Fisk had so thoroughly entangled his criminal enterprises with legitimate business that there is NO hard evidence with which to prosecute him after his arrest. His deal to get OUT of federal custody is the epitome of this trope: he can't be prosecuted, but the feds aren't going to let him free, so he makes a bargain to provide undeniable proof that Matt Murdock is Daredevil in exchange for his release. In short, he lures Matt to the law office that holds the paper evidence, gets Bullseye to ambush him and then lure him out into the open street where Matt is then shot. The brilliance behind this plan? There was never any evidence. He tricked Matt into donning his Daredevil persona and obstructing justice by attempting to claim the papers before the feds. Furthermore, he now has a bullet wound that matches that given to Daredevil. Bullseye became one when he had locked-in syndrome. | |
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Highly-Visible Ninja | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_d635e82c | comment |
Highly Visible Ninja: The Hand is a whole bunch of these. Not to mention Elektra, the Stripperiffic Greek ninja. | |
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Sex with the Ex | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_d678747d | comment |
Sex with the Ex: Apparently that's what happens when you work with Elektra. | |
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Daredevil / Comicbook / int_d93b3103 | type |
Step into the Blinding Fight | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_d93b3103 | comment |
Step into the Blinding Fight Daredevil invokes this trope despite being blind himself. His superb hearing and "radar" senses allows him to "see" in the dark much to the disadvantage of the criminals who can actually see. While they're paranoid and distracted, he's calm and controlled and kicks their asses. Turned on its head though any time his superior senses are overloaded, such as when in the movie Bullseye causes a raucous of noise and disorients Daredevil, thus making him "blind" to any attack Bullseye can impose on him. | |
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All Girls Want Bad Boys | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_db2f3581 | comment |
All Guys Want Bad Girls: He made a life out of having affairs with bad girls such as the Black Widow, Elektra, or Typhoid Mary. | |
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Lightning Bruiser | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_db6230b7 | comment |
Lightning Bruiser: The Bruiser, aptly enough. Daredevil describes him as "fast as a freight train and half as nimble". Also DD himself, being fast enough to respond to bullets in mid-flight as well as possessing formidable strength and durability for a street-level character. | |
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Orgy of Evidence | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_dc3d9a68 | comment |
Orgy of Evidence: In Daredevil: Born Again, this phenomena was what finally convinced Matt Murdock that the recent misfortunes he had suffered was being caused by the Kingpin rather than simply being a string of bad luck. | |
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Triple Shifter | |
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Triple Shifter | |
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Continuity Snarl | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_df582b0b | comment |
Continuity Snarl: The Man Without Fear, Miller's origin story for Matt (originally intended as a screenplay), doesn't mesh very well with his existing origin; writers using elements from both versions makes it somewhat unclear what the actual canon is. In Marvel 2099, the new Daredevil was Samuel Fisk, who was strongly implied to be Wilson Fisk's grandson, but definitely a descendant. However, several years later, Fisk's son Richard was murdered, and it remains unknown if he had children or not. This matter was not addressed in Sam's short cameo in Spider-Man 2099; he introduces himself as "Sam" and that's it. | |
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Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_dfa71e43 | comment |
Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Turk, who is pretty much the pettiest criminal in Hell's Kitchen and has the incredible ability to always snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Except for the time in Born Again when a barely-sane Matt stumbled in front of Turk on the street and got almost fatally stabbed. Turk barely gave the guy a second glance. | |
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Cruel Mercy | |
Daredevil / Comicbook / int_e19e68 | comment |
Cruel Mercy | |
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The Cowl | |
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The Cowl: Just look at the page image. | |
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We Need a Distraction: Wesley's reaction to news of Fisk's barehanded murder of Tyrone. He has Fisk murder a guy to hide that he murdered a guy. | |
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Expy | |
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Expy: When Daredevil was first created and Stan Lee was writing him, Daredevil was little more than an Expy of Spider-Man. Both traveled by swinging around the city, both had an acrobatic fighting style, and both had some kind of enhanced senses that allowed them to spot danger. Daredevil's personality wasn't particularly distinctive either. Thankfully, future writers fleshed out the character. A lot. | |
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Determinator | |
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Determinator: In some respects, this is Daredevil's defining character trope. He's had to adjust to being blinded and having his senses dramatically enhanced, having his secret identity exposed and his girlfriends murdered, losing his law license and practice, being possessed by demons, and fighting villains and heroes who by all rights should be completely out of his league. But no matter what, Matt Murdock just Keeps. On. Going. Matt goes so far with this trope, it actually enabled him to save New York City when he ended up fighting Namor the Sub-Mariner. Although Daredevil lost the actual fight, Namor was so impressed with Daredevil's refusal to give up that he decided to spare the city. Did the same with the Incredible Hulk, lasting long enough for the green guy to calm down and end his rampage. DD went straight to the hospital, but it worked. | |
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Ambiguous Disorder | |
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Ambiguous Disorder: It is never acknowledged, but his symptoms match those of Sensory Processing Disorder, right down to the inconsistencies – except for the part where most of the time he has no trouble processing what his senses tell him, largely due to training. | |
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Fake Twin Gambit | |
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Fake Twin Gambit: Matt Murdock (Daredevil's secret identity) pretended to be his own non-existent twin brother Mike Murdock to trick his friends into believing that "Mike" was Daredevil, after they began suspecting his identity. | |
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Me's a Crowd | |
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Me's a Crowd: After Matt withdraws from the scene, a whole bunch of civilians in Daredevil masks or full-blown costumes pick up the pace of his crime-fighting work. | |
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Big Damn Heroes | |
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Big Damn Heroes: Born Again. Between a bloodthirsty psychopath in a Daredevil costume and a murderous drug dealer coming for them pretty much at the same time, it looks like Karen and Foggy are screwed. Enter a reinvigorated Matt Murdock who manages to lay out both threats without breaking a sweat. | |
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Useless Without Powers | |
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Useless Without Powers: In an issue of Daredevil crossing over with Secret Wars II the Beyonder gives Matt Murdock his sight back. Murdock assumes that this will make him an even better crimefighter, but he can't adjust (including losing his Hyper-Awareness) and gets the Beyonder to take back the "gift." | |
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Cartwright Curse | |
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Cartwright Curse: Karen Page included, Daredevil's female companions have a nasty tendency to die, go crazy, or both. Sometimes more than once. The Black Widow was lucky to emerge relatively unscathed. Of course, she's a big enough character in the Marvel Universe to have some Plot Armor. | |
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Building Swing | |
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Building Swing: Via his billy club, which doubles as a walking stick. | |
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Climb, Slip, Hang, Climb | |
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Climb, Slip, Hang, Climb: Used as a central metaphor in the classic Elektra story, where the monastery of the heroic ninjas is atop a forbidding cliff that only the spiritually pure can climb. | |
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IncrediblyLamePun | |
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Incredibly Lame Pun: In the Return of the King arc, Master Izo tells Fisk: "not so fast, fatso", and points out that it is an anagram himself. | |
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Would Hit a Girl | |
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Would Hit a Girl: Daredevil keeps having to tangle with female enemies at a remarkable frequency. He's savvy not to underestimate them due to gender. Especially when most of them are equally or more super-powered than he is. | |
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Enemy Civil War | |
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Enemy Civil War: When Fisks steps down from his position as the Kingpin of Crime, every criminal organisation in Hell's Kitchen is out to fill the gap; it starts with the Owl's men trying to kill the Lybris family while they're having dinner, and it escalates. | |
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Combat Parkour | |
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Combat Parkour: An integral part of DD's fighting style. | |
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Department of Redundancy Department | |
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Department of Redundancy Department: Fisk feels Mr. Stromwell is doing this trope when he calls a tragedy "avoidable". | |
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Accidental Murder | |
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Accidental Murder: Early in the run, Matt kills a criminal while fighting with a concussion. | |
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