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Black Belt Jones is a 1974 Blaxploitation Martial Arts Movie starring Jim Kelly (you know, the black guy from Enter the Dragon) directed by Robert Clouse (who also directed Enter the Dragon) and choreographed by Bob Wall (one of the bad guys from Enter the Dragon) and co-starring Scatman Crothers.In it, The Mafia wants to buy Papa Byrd's (Crothers) dojo for the land under it, but Pop won't budge. After Byrd is killed by the mob, Black Belt Jones, a former student of his comes back to town to pay his respects and get some justice for Papa Byrd's murder. |
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Fat Idiot |
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Fat Idiot: Jelly. Is so useless in the fights that one starts to wonder why Pinky even keeps him around. |
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Adjective Noun Fred |
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Adjective Noun Fred: Black Belt Jones, which is apparently his actual name. |
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Beard of Evil |
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Beard of Evil: Pinky's mighty beard. |
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Arch-Enemy |
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Arch-Enemy: Jones has Don Steffano, a crime boss who killed his master and wants to buy out his childhood dojo. |
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Curb-Stomp Battle |
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Curb-Stomp Battle: Each side gets one in. Sydney is first with the "sick faggots"; Pinky's guys storm the karate school in response: |
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Blaxploitation |
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Blaxploitation: Duh. |
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N-Word Privileges |
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N-Word Privileges: Par for the course in Blaxploitation... |
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No Dead Body Poops |
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No Dead Body Poops: Averted at the start of the film. "Mark this down to five dollars a bottle - he shit his pants when he died." |
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Big Bad |
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Big Bad: Don Steffano, The Mafia boss trying to take Byrd's school. |
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Stay in the Kitchen |
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Stay in the Kitchen: Jones' initial reaction to Sydney joining him on his Roaring Rampage of Revenge. At one point, he tells her to stay at home and do the dishes; she responds by shooting said dishes. |
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Elite Mooks |
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Elite Mooks: The Bogarts. |
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Action-Hogging Opening |
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Action-Hogging Opening: The film opens with a bit of dialogue, then Jones jumping over a car and beating up a bunch of Mooks (who are actually his associates in the story proper). |
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The Ace |
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The Ace: Black Belt Jones, of course. |
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Revenge by Proxy |
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Revenge by Proxy: Sydney delivers a Curb-Stomp Battle to some of Pinky's associates; Pinky responds in kind at the academy. |
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Precision F-Strike |
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Precision F-Strike: "Who the FUCK just hit me?" "BATMAN, MuthaFUCKA!!!" |
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A Man Is Always Eager |
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A Man Is Always Eager: This bit of dialogue: |
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Killed Off for Real |
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Killed Off for Real: Papa Byrd. |
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