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A 2010 Black Comedy action film written and directed by James Gunn, Super stars Rainn Wilson as Frank Darbo, a man whose wife, Sarah (Liv Tyler), falls under the spell of a charismatic drug dealer named Jacques (Kevin Bacon). To deal with the trauma and take down Jacques, Frank fights crime using the superhero identity the Crimson Bolt, armed with a garish patchwork suit and a wrench. He's aided by an unstable comic book store employee named Libby (Elliot Page), who becomes his sidekick, Boltie.It originally screened at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival and was released in select theaters on April 1, 2011, with a VOD release the 8th of that same month.
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Rasputinian Death
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Rasputinian Death: The mook who falls into a puddle of gasoline Frank lights up setting him on fire before stabbing him several times.
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Badass Adorable
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Badass Adorable: Libby is a cute young Action Girl who gleefully stabs or mauls criminals while wearing a tight superhero outfit, if that.
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Little Miss Badass
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Little Miss Badass: Boltie is a fully grown adult, but her small stature and relative youth make her a borderline example, given her asskicking.
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Never Trust a Trailer
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Never Trust a Trailer: The trailer makes the film out to be a quirky indie film when in reality, it's way darker and bleaker.
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The Cameo
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The Cameo: Lloyd Kaufman of Troma fame (where James Gunn got his start), William Katt of The Greatest American Hero, and Nathan Fillion (part of Gunn's Production Posse) all make appearances on the television. Rob Zombie is the voice of god.
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Villain Ball
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Villain Ball: If Jacques had just shot Frank/The Crimson Bolt in the head, or another vital organ, or anywhere but repeatedly through the arm, he wouldn't have gotten stabbed by him.
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Looks Like Jesus
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Looks Like Jesus: Nathan Fillion requested that the Holy Avenger have long hair because of this.
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Pay Evil unto Evil
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Pay Evil unto Evil: Frank sees himself as doing this. So does (and more so) Libby.
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I Surrender, Suckers
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I Surrender, Suckers: Jacques immediately hands over Sarah when Frank reaches him, and then tries to appease Frank by noting that he personally killed the guy who tried to rape her (obviously leaving out the fact that Jacques killed him for different reasons entirely). Then, once it's clear that Frank is distracted, Jacques starts shooting.
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Ambiguous Situation
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Ambiguous Situation: It's kept ambiguous as to how much romantic interest Frank has in Libby. He repeatedly spurns her advances because he's married to Sarah and is focused on getting her back. However, he has a romantically charged moment with her "between the panels" and only half-heartedly attempts to stop her forcing herself onto him. In the end, the portrait he's drawn of her "between the panels" is suspiciously more realistic and flattering than the rest of his drawings, and the last shot is of him looking at it with a tear rolling down his cheek. Have his feelings toward her changed now that she's gone and he's alone? It's not entirely clear if Sarah truly wanted to have an affair with Jacques, or if her part in the relationship was entirely motivated by him taking advantage of her drug addiction.
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Cute and Psycho
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Cute and Psycho: Libby.
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All Crimes Are Equal
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All Crimes Are Equal: "You don't butt in line! You don't sell drugs! You don't molest little children!" All these things will get you a wrench to the face.
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Black Comedy
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Black Comedy: A Man smashing people's heads in with a Pipe Wrench shouldn't be as funny as it looks.
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Chekhov's Gun
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Chekhov's Gun: Frank's projectile-thingy. He shows it to Libby at one point, and then uses it to disarm Jacques at the end via a pretty undesirable Groin Attack when he has Frank at gunpoint. Subverted with Libby's bulletproof vest. The plastic bag Frank throws his costume in is later used to hide it while he is wearing it when he shows up to Libby's party. The rabbit. Frank sees it when he visits a pet store early in the movie, but hesitates on buying it...that is, until we see he got it come the end of the movie.
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Genre Deconstruction
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Genre Deconstruction: Yet another answer to the question, "What would a superhero be like in real life?" The film shows what kind of troubled mind it takes to start attacking criminals while wearing a silly costume. It also shows how finding crime to fight would probably amount to just waiting around sketchy areas, bored out of your mind.
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Ascended Fanboy
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Ascended Fanboy: Libby is a comic book fan and browbeats herself into a position as a superhero sidekick. Frank wasn't interested in comics at all before his recently developed curiosity regarding gadgets used by unpowered superheroes, though he does seem to watch The Holy Avenger quite often.
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The Dreaded
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The Dreaded: When Jacques mentions the Crimson Bolt is outside to Mr. Range, he’s scared enough to the point that he attempts to leave immediately.
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More Dakka
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More Dakka: Frank and Libby decide they need to gear up before storming Jacques's compound. While gun shopping, Libby tries out a pink .22 rifle, but Frank takes it away and hands her a bazooka.
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Ax-Crazy
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Ax-Crazy: Frank when he gets deep into his mission as the Crimson Bolt, to the point of splitting open the heads of a man and woman who butt in line at a box office. Libby is even worse.
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Thou Shalt Not Kill
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Thou Shalt Not Kill: Inverted by Frank, and even more-so by Boltie. However, a downplayed variation of this trope does show up in that Frank did object to Boltie trying to kill the keying guy. It's not clear whether it was the severity of the crime (or lack thereof), the fact that Boltie didn't seem sure they had the right guy or this trope that was the cause. That said, the guys he was fine with killing (by himself or Boltie) were part of Jacques' drug ring. So, either it was because those guys were more dangerous, or it may be a case of It's Personal.
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Scary Black Man
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Scary Black Man: Mr Range, Jacques' drug dealer client.
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Even Evil Has Standards
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Even Evil Has Standards: Frank, the insane and violent wannabe superhero who sent two people to an intensive care unit for butting in line at a theater, was horrified that Libby was willing to kill a man for keying her friend's car, which spurred Frank to stop her and having to lecture Libby about how killing isn't always necessary. Frank also had to calm Libby down when she was about to stab another man who bumped into her at a gun store (which she likely mistook for a grope). Jacques' lead henchman Abe is visibly upset while hearing Sarah's screaming in protest to Jacques' client forcing himself on her.
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Stuff Blowing Up
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Stuff Blowing Up: Frank uses homemade bombs to blast several of Jacques' mooks in smithereens during the final battle.
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We Have to Get the Bullet Out!
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We Have to Get the Bullet Out!: Defied. Libby is altogether too eager to start digging around in Frank's leg with a knife, but he stops her, saying it was a through-and-through.
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Kick the Dog
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Kick the Dog: Jacques sending an intoxicated and insensible Sarah upstairs with his Scary Black Man drug client.
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Bile Fascination
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Bile Fascination: What the Holy Avenger comics seem to be in-universe.
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Properly Paranoid
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Properly Paranoid: Frank realizes that his wife Sarah had left him, shortly after she relapsed, and finds a man named Jacques asking for her. He quickly concludes based on these events, that Jacques had actually taken his wife and got her back on drugs. Despite this seemingly being quite a leap, and as the police had noted, not much evidence to back it up (even the photo of Jacques with her was taken after he had already came to that conclusion), that is exactly what happened.
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Surprisingly Realistic Outcome
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Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: One of the funniest and most gruesome things about the movie is how realistically injuries are portrayed. People go down screaming after one hit from a wrench, a glass vase broken over someone's head leaves broken shards in his face and him concussed on the ground, and that's just what the heroes do. Also, saving the Damsel in Distress/Love Interest doesn't mean you get your Happily Ever After with her. At the end of the dance number in the opening credits, all the characters are visibly winded.
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Blatant Lies
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Blatant Lies: Frank talking to Hamilton after a news item on TV about Crimson Bolt. Frank yammering to the detective after he notices him repeatedly looking at his closet. Somewhat less so when trying to convince Libby he isn't Crimson Bolt. Frank's pretty bad at this.
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Bittersweet Ending
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Bittersweet Ending: Frank survives, kills the drug-dealers, and rescues Sarah. She leaves him after a few months, but Frank accepts it and moves on, dedicating his life to doing good things and becoming an honorary uncle to Sarah's kids. Frank looks at his wall of accomplishments with his new bunny and seems content. However, Libby has been killed, and the last shot of the film is a tear rolling down Frank's cheek as he looks at a picture of her during their most romantically charged moment.
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Shut Up, Hannibal!
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Shut Up, Hannibal!: Jacques meets a "Shut up, crime" twice in the final showdown. First after his "The Reason You Suck" Speech above, and then after Frank has him set to kill:
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Stylistic Suck
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Stylistic Suck: The Holy Avenger TV show is laughably crude and silly, with cheesy acting, low production values and ham-fisted morals. One nice detail is the way the Holy Avenger turns to look at characters before they've started to say their lines. It seems to be based on Bibleman. The comic book version has crude art based on the work of bizarre Golden Age comic artist Fletcher Hanks. Frank's childish cartoon drawings are a motif. The credit sequence is based on his style.
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Damsel in Distress
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Also, saving the Damsel in Distress/Love Interest doesn't mean you get your Happily Ever After with her.
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Spoiler Title
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Spoiler Title: One of the songs on the soundtrack is titled "Libby goes down". What makes this frustrating is that this song plays for a good chunk of the climax and could have easily been called something less spoilery.
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Surrounded by Idiots
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Surrounded by Idiots: Abe, Jacques' lead henchman, must feel like this with the two other mooks that follow him.
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Manic Pixie Dream Girl
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Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Libby's personality is a darker variation of this archetype and she desperately tries to be this sort of girlfriend for Frank, but he insists on remaining loyal to his wife.
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Intergenerational Friendship
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Intergenerational Friendship: Frank is pushing 40, while Libby is 22.
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Butt-Monkey
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Butt-Monkey: Frank, for most of the film. Even during his crusade as The Crimson Bolt. As he tells God, part of the reason he wants Sarah back is that she is just about the only good thing he has ever had in his entire life.
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Paper-Thin Disguise
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Paper-Thin Disguise: Frank. The gangsters instantly recognize him in costume and it takes the police detective about five seconds to work it out from a photo-fit picture. Frank's clearly fake beard when posing as a college student merely confuses the librarian.
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Coitus Uninterruptus
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Coitus Uninterruptus: Frank thinks back to when he caught his prom date having sex with another guy. She just waved him away without stopping.
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Laughing Mad
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Laughing Mad: Libby has a tendency to do this.
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Advertised Extra
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Advertised Extra: Linda Cardellini gets her own spot in the animated opening credits despite only being in one scene.
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One Head Taller
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One Head Taller: Libby is barely over 5', while Frank is described as about 6'5. The dichotomy emphasizes Libby's youth and helps sell her as his "kid sidekick."
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Black Comedy Rape
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Black Comedy Rape: Libby forces herself on the groggy Frank, who awkwardly resists, stating that he's married, before finally tossing her off of himself and then running off to puke. It's played for creepy physical comedy, and the comedy itself comes from how bad Libby is at seduction.
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Self-Surgery
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Self-Surgery: Libby is there too, but Frank decides he'd rather patch himself up after being freaked out by her approach to the job.
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Improvised Weapon
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Improvised Weapon: Inverted. Frank goes to the comics shop to research weapons that he can use as a superhero. In the next scene he's wielding... a wrench, something you'd expect he would have come upon by chance rather than careful planning.
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Animated Credits Opening
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Animated Credits Opening: Featuring a dance sequence including every character shown in the movie, large and small.
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Disproportionate Retribution
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Disproportionate Retribution: Frank beats a man half to death for butting into a line, then clubs a woman over the head for defending him. Later, Boltie nearly kills someone for (maybe) keying her friend's car.
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Crazy Jealous Guy
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Crazy Jealous Guy: It's ambiguous at the start whether Frank is a Knight In Shining Armour trying to rescue a Damsel in Distress, or just a jealous jilted lover who thinks his wife's new lover is "stealing her from me". The latter implication is certainly the one the police take, understandably. However, over the course of them film Jacques treatment of Sarah and Frank's willingness to graciously give her up when she ultimately leaves him of her own free will suggest the latter is not the case. At least not entirely.
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Book Dumb
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Book Dumb: Frank is a fry cook who thinks that Jacques's name is "Jock" for most of the film. Libby is even worse, not knowing what a robin is.
 Super / int_53136954
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_53136954
 Super / int_5313c266
type
Bookends
 Super / int_5313c266
comment
Book Ends: The movie begins with Frank recounting his two "perfect moments", and getting the idea to draw pictures of them as reminders. The movie ends with Frank looking at his perfect moment pictures again, which are now so numerous that they cover an entire wall and then some.
 Super / int_5313c266
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1.0
 Super / int_5313c266
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1.0
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Super / int_5313c266
 Super / int_537dd8fe
type
Affably Evil
 Super / int_537dd8fe
comment
Affably Evil: Jacques is remarkably friendly and laid-back in spite of being a drug-dealing homewrecker. He lets Frank's attempts to pick a fight with him slide for an amazingly long time, to the point that he even points out how nice he's being by not reacting.
 Super / int_537dd8fe
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1.0
 Super / int_537dd8fe
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1.0
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Super / int_537dd8fe
 Super / int_53b6ab6a
type
Jumped at the Call
 Super / int_53b6ab6a
comment
Jumped at the Call: A call straight from God, no less.
 Super / int_53b6ab6a
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1.0
 Super / int_53b6ab6a
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1.0
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Super / int_53b6ab6a
 Super / int_53f5119f
type
The Dragon
 Super / int_53f5119f
comment
The Dragon: Abe, Jacques' lead henchman. Strangely, the Animated Credits Opening shows him breathing fire.
 Super / int_53f5119f
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1.0
 Super / int_53f5119f
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1.0
 Super
hasFeature
Super / int_53f5119f
 Super / int_55232afa
type
Politically Incorrect Hero
 Super / int_55232afa
comment
Politically Incorrect Hero: Boltie uses the word "gay" in a derogatory fashion. In fact, Libby's first encounter with Frank has her describing the characters in the Holy Avenger comic as "looking like mongoloids."
 Super / int_55232afa
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1.0
 Super / int_55232afa
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1.0
 Super
hasFeature
Super / int_55232afa
 Super / int_566f1565
type
10-Minute Retirement
 Super / int_566f1565
comment
10-Minute Retirement: Frank asks for a sign to know whether he should stop or keep going, it comes later than he expects so he has to return for his outfit.
 Super / int_566f1565
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1.0
 Super / int_566f1565
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1.0
 Super
hasFeature
Super / int_566f1565
 Super / int_5979acea
type
Fragile Speedster
 Super / int_5979acea
comment
Fragile Speedster: Libby's pretty fragile and more berserk than fast, but this is her general advantage.
 Super / int_5979acea
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1.0
 Super / int_5979acea
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1.0
 Super
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Super / int_5979acea
 Super / int_59907e4f
type
Police Are Useless
 Super / int_59907e4f
comment
Police Are Useless: The police don't listen to Frank about Jacques, but only because he has no evidence that anything criminal is going on, and Frank never tries going to them again afterward, even after going to their address and seeing piles of drugs and money lying around. The police are useless in tracking down the Crimson Bolt. Frank drives his own car in full view of bystanders, and even though he notes aloud that people can clearly see his license plate, it's never an issue. Only one detective actually suspects Frank, but he's killed while trespassing in Frank's house.
 Super / int_59907e4f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Super / int_59907e4f
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1.0
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Super / int_59907e4f
 Super / int_5d5cc3fd
type
Through the Eyes of Madness
 Super / int_5d5cc3fd
comment
Through the Eyes of Madness: It's left unclear if Frank actually heard God's voice and received visions from him, or is just mentally ill. The latter is quite possible given his unhinged behavior, and even he's unsure at one point if he's really hearing God's voice or just in his mind.
 Super / int_5d5cc3fd
featureApplicability
1.0
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1.0
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hasFeature
Super / int_5d5cc3fd
 Super / int_6023a9bc
type
Bloody Hilarious
 Super / int_6023a9bc
comment
Bloody Hilarious: The violence in the film is so shockingly bloody that it's darkly humorous.
 Super / int_6023a9bc
featureApplicability
1.0
 Super / int_6023a9bc
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1.0
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Super / int_6023a9bc
 Super / int_60547993
type
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
 Super / int_60547993
comment
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: At least arguably so. A couple of months after the gunfight at Jacques' ranch, Sarah leaves Frank, but this time he doesn't mind because she's happy (unlike when she's drawn into Jacques' drug ring).
 Super / int_60547993
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1.0
 Super / int_60547993
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1.0
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Super / int_60547993
 Super / int_61313315
type
Off the Wagon
 Super / int_61313315
comment
Off the Wagon: Frank's entire character arc is to save Sarah from her relapse.
 Super / int_61313315
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1.0
 Super / int_61313315
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1.0
 Super
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Super / int_61313315
 Super / int_619985d7
type
Sacrificial Lion
 Super / int_619985d7
comment
Sacrificial Lion: Boltie.
 Super / int_619985d7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Super / int_619985d7
featureConfidence
1.0
 Super
hasFeature
Super / int_619985d7
 Super / int_64713b04
type
Pedophile Priest
 Super / int_64713b04
comment
Pedophile Priest: The child molester Frank stops and beats up as the Crimson Bolt is a priest.
 Super / int_64713b04
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1.0
 Super / int_64713b04
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1.0
 Super
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Super / int_64713b04
 Super / int_64c8eea8
type
Wolverine Claws
 Super / int_64c8eea8
comment
Wolverine Claws: Boltie's preferred weapons. Also doubles as Actor Allusion since her actor is part of the X-Men Film Series.
 Super / int_64c8eea8
featureApplicability
1.0
 Super / int_64c8eea8
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1.0
 Super
hasFeature
Super / int_64c8eea8
 Super / int_680bb6b1
type
Hot-Blooded
 Super / int_680bb6b1
comment
Hot-Blooded: Libby gets easily riled up.
 Super / int_680bb6b1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Super / int_680bb6b1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Super
hasFeature
Super / int_680bb6b1
 Super / int_6860368a
type
Mook Horror Show
 Super / int_6860368a
comment
Mook Horror Show: The final showdown at the ranch, most notably during the sequence where the Crimson Bolt hangs a dead mook from the roof with a sign on his chest (painted in blood) that reads "BEHIND YOU", only for him to burst in through the window and violently kill the remaining henchmen.
 Super / int_6860368a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Super / int_6860368a
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1.0
 Super
hasFeature
Super / int_6860368a
 Super / int_6b05b601
type
Jerkass Has a Point
 Super / int_6b05b601
comment
Jerkass Has a Point: Jacques, the drug dealer who steals Frank's wife, gets her addicted to heroin, and pimps her out to his client; accuses Frank of being motivated in his vigilantism by getting his wife back, than any calling to fight evil. He's not entirely wrong. Notably, when Frank kills Jacques and rescues Sarah, he apparently gives up the superhero life.
 Super / int_6b05b601
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1.0
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1.0
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hasFeature
Super / int_6b05b601
 Super / int_6e8a4791
type
Heroic Comedic Sociopath
 Super / int_6e8a4791
comment
Heroic Comedic Sociopath: The Crimson Bolt and (even more so, due to a complete lack of remorse) Boltie.
 Super / int_6e8a4791
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1.0
 Super / int_6e8a4791
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1.0
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Super / int_6e8a4791
 Super / int_6f44042b
type
The Immodest Orgasm
 Super / int_6f44042b
comment
The Immodest Orgasm: Libby when she rapes Frank.
 Super / int_6f44042b
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_6f44042b
 Super / int_7043a964
type
Grammar Nazi
 Super / int_7043a964
comment
Grammar Nazi: One of Jacques's mooks corrects Abe when he uses a double-negative.
 Super / int_7043a964
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1.0
 Super / int_7043a964
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1.0
 Super
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Super / int_7043a964
 Super / int_7104ae6a
type
Wrench Whack
 Super / int_7104ae6a
comment
Wrench Whack: Crimson Bolt's weapon. Played realistically — people hit with it don't come out looking pretty, one even getting a cracked skull on-screen.
 Super / int_7104ae6a
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_7104ae6a
 Super / int_729c69f3
type
Politically Incorrect Villain
 Super / int_729c69f3
comment
Politically Incorrect Villain: Jacques refers to his "business partner" after shooting him as a "nigger."
 Super / int_729c69f3
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1.0
 Super / int_729c69f3
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1.0
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Super / int_729c69f3
 Super / int_72f98935
type
Heroic Build
 Super / int_72f98935
comment
Heroic Build: Averted despite the Superhero theme. Frank whilst tall and having a large frame, is closer to Skinny-Fat than Athletic, whereas Libby is both small framed and underweight (to the point of struggling to walk when wearing a modestly sized ballistic vest without getting fatigued). Hilariously, Frank's intimidating presence generated by his merciless attacks on criminals, led witnesses to describe him to the local news as being a "muscular six foot five man with dark eyes" with his police sketch depicting him as having a stereotypically square Superhero jaw, despite him actually being a rather soft looking man with a dad bod.
 Super / int_72f98935
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-1.0
 Super / int_72f98935
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1.0
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Super / int_72f98935
 Super / int_7301ae04
type
Serial Killer
 Super / int_7301ae04
comment
Serial Killer: Averted. Frank had no intention of ever being a serial killer, but a detective on the news was concerned that because the Crimson Bolt was in his view a psychopath, that it wasn't a stretch that he would one day move on from serial beatings into carrying out serial murders.
 Super / int_7301ae04
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-1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_7301ae04
 Super / int_7464705c
type
Arc Words
 Super / int_7464705c
comment
Arc Words: "Some of His Children Are Chosen"
 Super / int_7464705c
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1.0
 Super / int_7464705c
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1.0
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Super / int_7464705c
 Super / int_758c3034
type
Prison Rape
 Super / int_758c3034
comment
Prison Rape: Frank imagines him being subjected to this if people find out his true identity, and it freaks him out.
 Super / int_758c3034
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1.0
 Super / int_758c3034
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1.0
 Super
hasFeature
Super / int_758c3034
 Super / int_765a1683
type
Enemy Rising Behind
 Super / int_765a1683
comment
Enemy Rising Behind: Behind You...
 Super / int_765a1683
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1.0
 Super / int_765a1683
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1.0
 Super
hasFeature
Super / int_765a1683
 Super / int_77575053
type
Loss of Inhibitions
 Super / int_77575053
comment
Loss of Inhibitions: While wearing the mask as Boltie, Libby's worst impulses are unleashed, causing her to commit actions such as violent assault, attempt outright murder, and rape.
 Super / int_77575053
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1.0
 Super / int_77575053
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1.0
 Super
hasFeature
Super / int_77575053
 Super / int_7815ba15
type
N-Word Privileges
 Super / int_7815ba15
comment
N-Word Privileges: Jacques drops an N-bomb in the climax.
 Super / int_7815ba15
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1.0
 Super / int_7815ba15
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1.0
 Super
hasFeature
Super / int_7815ba15
 Super / int_7bc90010
type
Hearing Voices
 Super / int_7bc90010
comment
Hearing Voices: Frank frequently hears a voice which he believes is God's. Even he is unclear on whether it's just in his own mind at times however.
 Super / int_7bc90010
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1.0
 Super / int_7bc90010
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1.0
 Super
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Super / int_7bc90010
 Super / int_7d89315b
type
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
 Super / int_7d89315b
comment
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Jacques gives Frank an absolutely vicious one after the ranch shootout. And truth be told, he's not wrong, though it leaves Frank a very dangerous opening:
 Super / int_7d89315b
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1.0
 Super / int_7d89315b
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1.0
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Super / int_7d89315b
 Super / int_808cbaeb
type
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
 Super / int_808cbaeb
comment
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Crimson Bolt beats people up for drug dealing, child molesting, and cutting in line at the theater.
 Super / int_808cbaeb
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1.0
 Super / int_808cbaeb
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1.0
 Super
hasFeature
Super / int_808cbaeb
 Super / int_820133fd
type
Tragic Hero
 Super / int_820133fd
comment
Tragic Hero: Frank is a troubled loser who resorts to beating up "criminals" on the street to cope with losing his wife.
 Super / int_820133fd
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1.0
 Super / int_820133fd
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1.0
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hasFeature
Super / int_820133fd
 Super / int_823c6e3e
type
Large Ham
 Super / int_823c6e3e
comment
Large Ham: Frank and Libby both have a lot of bombast when they're in character as the Crimson Bolt and Boltie.
 Super / int_823c6e3e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Super / int_823c6e3e
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1.0
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hasFeature
Super / int_823c6e3e
 Super / int_863fa679
type
What Happened to the Mouse?
 Super / int_863fa679
comment
What Happened to the Mouse?: After detective John Felkner gets murdered in Frank's house, it's never brought up or referenced to again in any way after that. They did say they were getting rid of the body, however.
 Super / int_863fa679
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1.0
 Super / int_863fa679
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1.0
 Super
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Super / int_863fa679
 Super / int_8767b1f3
type
Black-and-Gray Morality
 Super / int_8767b1f3
comment
Black-and-Gray Morality: Jacques has no redeeming values whatsoever, but Frank and Libby are both pretty crazy as well.
 Super / int_8767b1f3
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1.0
 Super / int_8767b1f3
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1.0
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Super / int_8767b1f3
 Super / int_88088476
type
Cheap Costume
 Super / int_88088476
comment
Cheap Costume: They really do look like shit. Frank's is a patchwork mess, and Libby's is just cheap-looking spandex.
 Super / int_88088476
featureApplicability
1.0
 Super / int_88088476
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1.0
 Super
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Super / int_88088476
 Super / int_8ae880f7
type
Deconstruction
 Super / int_8ae880f7
comment
Deconstruction: The film is a deconstruction of super heroes, vigilantism, and Pay Evil unto Evil. While Frank generally has the moral highground, he views all crime as evil and worthy of vicious beatings, to the point where he's more upset Libby might have the wrong guy than that she nearly killed someone over keying a car. This seems over the top until you read any given superhero comic where someone beats the shit out of a purse-snatcher.
 Super / int_8ae880f7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Super / int_8ae880f7
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1.0
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hasFeature
Super / int_8ae880f7
 Super / int_8b442f50
type
Did Not Get the Girl
 Super / int_8b442f50
comment
Did Not Get the Girl: Frank at the end briefly reconciles with his wife, but she ultimately leaves him for another man (which he accepts, because her new husband was not a lowlife like Jacques). Frank attracts romantic interest from his sidekick Boltie, but he rejects her advances out of loyalty to his wife, and she dies towards the end which precludes him having any relationship with her after his wife leaving him for the second time. He does get a new pet bunny, however.
 Super / int_8b442f50
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1.0
 Super / int_8b442f50
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1.0
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Super / int_8b442f50
 Super / int_8b606a51
type
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
 Super / int_8b606a51
comment
There Is No Kill Like Overkill: An extremely disturbing example occurs at the end when Frank starts to massacre Jacques' gang; he stabs a guy to death after setting him on fire, he blows three guys away with a pipe bomb, blasts two clearly dead bodies with a shotgun, blasts a guy who lost his arms in the pipe bomb attack and was begging not to be killed, headshots a gangster in the house, smashes the back of Michael Rooker's head into jelly on the corner of a fireplace foundation, and stabs Jacques over and over until the screen fades to red.
 Super / int_8b606a51
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1.0
 Super / int_8b606a51
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1.0
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Super / int_8b606a51
 Super / int_8e0bedfe
type
Kid Sidekick
 Super / int_8e0bedfe
comment
Kid Sidekick: Boltie is a twist on the trope. She insists on following the Crimson Bolt and treats him as a mentor even though he's not exactly the most competent of heroes himself. Although she's 22, her relative youth and small stature in comparison to Frank, as well as her emotional immaturity, make her seem more kidlike.
 Super / int_8e0bedfe
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1.0
 Super / int_8e0bedfe
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1.0
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Super / int_8e0bedfe
 Super / int_8ed5c6e4
type
Asshole Victim
 Super / int_8ed5c6e4
comment
Asshole Victim: Deconstructed with the couple who cut in line. They're obvious assholes with no likable qualities introduced in their time onscreen, but that didn't even remotely justify what they got, and their horror at the attack and the long-term effects of their injuries aren't glossed over. Played straight later on, when the public starts noticing that most of the Crimson Bolt's victims are child molesters, rapists, drug dealers, and murderers, cluing them in that he's not just a psychopath handing out beatings indiscriminately. Outside of the Crimson Bolt's targets, the Scary Black Man drug dealer that rapes Sarah to sweeten the agreement is promptly shot in the head when he walks out of his deal with Jacques.
 Super / int_8ed5c6e4
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1.0
 Super / int_8ed5c6e4
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1.0
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Super / int_8ed5c6e4
 Super / int_8fd7af48
type
Sir Swears-a-Lot
 Super / int_8fd7af48
comment
Sir Swears-a-Lot: Libby, to the point that Frank chastises her about it.
 Super / int_8fd7af48
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1.0
 Super / int_8fd7af48
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1.0
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Super / int_8fd7af48
 Super / int_94e4b975
type
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
 Super / int_94e4b975
comment
Vomit Indiscretion Shot: After Libby rapes Frank, we see him throw up into a toilet. Then we see inside the toilet.
 Super / int_94e4b975
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1.0
 Super / int_94e4b975
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1.0
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Super / int_94e4b975
 Super / int_957e5fc2
type
Villainous Breakdown
 Super / int_957e5fc2
comment
Villainous Breakdown: Jacques goes from being self-assured and affable to practically frothing at the mouth when The Crimson Bolt's presence scares off his client.
 Super / int_957e5fc2
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1.0
 Super / int_957e5fc2
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1.0
 Super
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Super / int_957e5fc2
 Super / int_9591377d
type
Heel Realization
 Super / int_9591377d
comment
Heel Realization: Zigzagged. Frank has some awareness that he's crossing lines with his actions and has more than one What Have I Done, especially when witnessing Boltie in action, but he doesn't stop and he actually becomes more violent as he goes.
 Super / int_9591377d
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1.0
 Super / int_9591377d
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1.0
 Super
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Super / int_9591377d
 Super / int_984ef9ef
type
"Not So Different" Remark
 Super / int_984ef9ef
comment
"Not So Different" Remark: Jacques tries this with Frank/The Crimson Bolt during his Hannibal Lecture. It doesn't quite work.
 Super / int_984ef9ef
featureApplicability
1.0
 Super / int_984ef9ef
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1.0
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hasFeature
Super / int_984ef9ef
 Super / int_9bcd82c0
type
Took a Level in Badass
 Super / int_9bcd82c0
comment
Took a Level in Badass: Frank goes from a harmless cry baby with low self esteem who was a magnet for bullying his entire life, to an aspiring superhero that valiantly tackled a drug dealer (but ultimately lost the fight with him, embarrassingly forcing him to retreat), then Frank ultimately becoming a truly tough vigilante that causes fear amongst even the most hardened criminals, and slaughtering Jacques and his thugs (who effortlessly beat up the then defenseless Frank in the beginning of the movie) during a raid on their compound
 Super / int_9bcd82c0
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_9bcd82c0
 Super / int_9c3a9415
type
What the Fu Are You Doing?
 Super / int_9c3a9415
comment
What the Fu Are You Doing?: Libby tries to sell her combat prowess by rolling around the floor and throwing wild strikes in every direction like an overactive child.
 Super / int_9c3a9415
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1.0
 Super / int_9c3a9415
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1.0
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Super / int_9c3a9415
 Super / int_9c5e78d0
type
Kill the Cutie
 Super / int_9c5e78d0
comment
Kill the Cutie: Poor Libby. Sure she was crazy, but... OK, so she was a rapist, actually.
 Super / int_9c5e78d0
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1.0
 Super / int_9c5e78d0
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1.0
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Super / int_9c5e78d0
 Super / int_9d12bbc1
type
Foreshadowing
 Super / int_9d12bbc1
comment
Foreshadowing: Libby is uncharacteristically apprehensive about storming Jacques' compound and tries to dissuade Frank twice. She's killed soon thereafter.
 Super / int_9d12bbc1
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1.0
 Super / int_9d12bbc1
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1.0
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Super / int_9d12bbc1
 Super / int_9e0c3153
type
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
 Super / int_9e0c3153
comment
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: You don't BUTT IN LINE!
 Super / int_9e0c3153
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1.0
 Super / int_9e0c3153
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1.0
 Super
hasFeature
Super / int_9e0c3153
 Super / int_9e0d9594
type
Death by Secret Identity
 Super / int_9e0d9594
comment
Death by Secret Identity: Almost everyone who knows Frank is The Crimson Bolt gets killed. That includes the police detective who puts two-and-two together, and gets shot by Jacques' men at Frank's house thinking that it was him. To those same drug dealers near the climax, and even his Kid Sidekick gets killed. The only person who lives is Sarah. And after he saves her, he gives up crime fighting for good.
 Super / int_9e0d9594
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1.0
 Super / int_9e0d9594
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1.0
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Super / int_9e0d9594
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It's Personal
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That said, the guys he was fine with killing (by himself or Boltie) were part of Jacques' drug ring. So, either it was because those guys were more dangerous, or it may be a case of It's Personal.
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Super / int_a0db7803
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Hentai
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Hentai: Frank flips past a hentai anime and later has a hentai-inspired dream.
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Super / int_a1151910
 Super / int_a1a1491e
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Homage
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comment
Homage: The Holy Avenger is a riff on Bibleman. The comic book Holy Avenger art style is based on the work of Fletcher Hanks.
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Super / int_a1a1491e
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Stupid Crooks
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comment
Stupid Crooks: Jacques' mooks are all idiots, with the possible exception of Abe.
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1.0
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Super / int_a1d48853
 Super / int_a1e4de7
type
Never Bring a Knife to a Gun Fight
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Never Bring A Knife To A Gunfight: Frank brings his trademark wrench the first time he goes to Jacques' compound (that he happens to know a gang of drug dealers operates out of). The moment they see him, they all pull out handguns. Cue Oh, Crap! and running for his life.
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1.0
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Super / int_a1e4de7
 Super / int_a2492aff
type
Dogged Nice Guy
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comment
Dogged Nice Guy: Frank seems like this at first, but he takes far too much pleasure in his "crime fighting" and violence.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_a2492aff
 Super / int_a4c37cbe
type
Mood Whiplash
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comment
Mood Whiplash: The whole movie.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_a4c37cbe
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type
Celibate Hero
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comment
Celibate Hero: Frank turns down Libby's advances because he still considers himself to be a married man. She doesn't take 'no' for an answer.
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1.0
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Super / int_a5d92fce
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type
Amicable Exes
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comment
Amicable Exes: Frank and Sarah ultimately becomes this, with the former even becoming an Honorary Uncle to the latter's children.
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1.0
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Super / int_a681bfc6
 Super / int_a70223
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Karma Houdini
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Karma Houdini: Played with. Frank ends up not getting much of a happy ending, losing a potential new love interest in Boltie, ultimately losing his old wife Sara who ends up leaving him anyways despite all his efforts, and ends his tenure in the movie in tears like he's about to break down in spite of telling himself he's fine with Sara being happy with another man and getting to be their kids' Honorary Uncle. Psychologically, that could be seen as punishment enough. On the other hand, he also doesn't face any legal or physical comeuppance for some of the disturbing things he does throughout the film, and continues to believe that everything he did was justified.
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Super / int_a70223
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Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
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comment
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: This is the only thing that saves Frank from bringing a wrench to a gunfight. Unluckily for him, The Dragon is better than his colleagues, stopping to aim and Lead the Target before hitting Frank in the leg as he vaults the fence.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_a796d2a6
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Black-and-White Insanity
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comment
Black-and-White Insanity: How Frank sees the world.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_a808063f
 Super / int_ad1db87c
type
Oh, Crap!
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comment
Oh, Crap!: Jacques gets a hell of a good one when he realizes that Frank is really going to go through with stabbing him to death. Behind You The drug dealer that was Frank's first target get one of these when Frank comes back for him... this time with a wrench.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_ad1db87c
 Super / int_ad641426
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Trademark Favorite Food
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comment
Trademark Favorite Food: Abe, Jacques's lead henchman, is often seen munching on Good 'n' Plenty.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_ad641426
 Super / int_ae853f28
type
Parody
 Super / int_ae853f28
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Parody: The Holy Avenger is a parody of Bibleman and other Religious Edutainment.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_ae853f28
 Super / int_af616e40
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Accidental Misnaming
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comment
Accidental Misnaming: Up until his closing monologue, Frank refers to Jacques as "Jock," as does Libby, since Frank was the one who tells her about him.
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1.0
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Super / int_af616e40
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Catchphrase
 Super / int_b01abe4f
comment
Catchphrase: "Shut up, Crime!"
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_b01abe4f
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type
Ms. Fanservice
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comment
Ms. Fanservice: Libby in her Boltie costume.
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1.0
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Super / int_b032e4ed
 Super / int_b14836af
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JustAFleshWound
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Just a Flesh Wound: Frank gets hit non-fatally in the leg by The Dragon, but he has to spend a while recuperating and going through painful physical therapy before he can get back in the game.
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Super / int_b14836af
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Super Zeroes
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Super Zeroes: The story makes it pretty clear that Frank's actions as a superhero are the result of an unhinged mind first, a man looking for something to do after losing the woman he loved second and a man looking to do good a pretty close third.
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1.0
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Super / int_b4b811ac
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Epic Fail
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The drug dealer that was Frank's first target get one of these when Frank comes back for him... this time with a wrench.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_b4eff8a8
 Super / int_b707726f
type
Hypocritical Humor
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comment
Hypocritical Humor: After telling Frank not to make a joke about her name ("Libby's on your label") after she introduces herself, Libby makes fun of him when he tells her his name, which he immediately points and complains about.
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Super / int_b707726f
 Super / int_b98b60fe
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Dissonant Laughter
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comment
Dissonant Laughter: Libby is prone to cackling maniacally whenever something violent is happening.
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Super / int_b98b60fe
 Super / int_ba72eebb
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Waif-Fu
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comment
Waif-Fu: Deconstructed. Libby's build has her struggling with the bulky body armor and the only hand-to-hand fight, not surprisingly, has her thrown against a wall pretty quickly. Her demonstration in her apartment of her acrobatic fighting style is pure What the Fu Are You Doing?.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_ba72eebb
 Super / int_bbfaa837
type
Knight Templar
 Super / int_bbfaa837
comment
Knight Templar: The Crimson Bolt and Boltie. Although Boltie seems more to be in it for the thrills of "stopping crime", than any sense of justice.
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1.0
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Super / int_bbfaa837
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Berserk Button
 Super / int_bc74ef27
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Berserk Button: Cutting in line in front of Frank. Pretty much anything to Boltie.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_bc74ef27
 Super / int_bcb509
type
Sensual Spandex
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comment
Sensual Spandex: Libby invokes this when she first wore her Boltie costume. Frank is visibly uncomfortable.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_bcb509
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type
Anti-Hero
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comment
Anti-Hero: Frank is perhaps pragmatic, but Libby is downright unscrupulous.
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1.0
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Super / int_beb9a361
 Super / int_becf7306
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Dead Sidekick
 Super / int_becf7306
comment
Dead Sidekick: Boltie, during the final confrontation. It drives Frank berserk.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_becf7306
 Super / int_bf74d357
type
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
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comment
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Sarah is a beautiful yet fragile recovering drug addict who uses Frank as a source of stability. Frank is a loser fry cook who bemoans his "ugly face."
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Super / int_bf74d357
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Evil Gloating
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comment
Evil Gloating: Jacques stops short of gunning down an already wounded Frank to give him a vicious "The Reason You Suck" Speech which is enough to piss him off to extremes and provoke a Heroic Second Wind. Things end up very badly for Jacques after that.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_c0d598fe
 Super / int_c2393191
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Show Within a Show
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comment
Show Within a Show: The Holy Avenger has a comic book and an educational TV show.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_c2393191
 Super / int_c2619557
type
Girl with Psycho Weapon
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comment
Girl with Psycho Weapon: Libby straps a pair of Wolverine Claws to her hand.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_c2619557
 Super / int_c289826f
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Double Standard Rape: Female on Male
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comment
Double Standard Rape: Female on Male: A mild example. Libby forcing herself on the groggy Frank is played for dark comedy, though the characters themselves are clearly both disturbed by it. It's never referenced again, and both characters seem to just put it behind them. To compare one of Jacques' clients raping an intoxicated Sarah shortly afterwards uses far more discretion, is designed to show what a sleaze Jacques and his partners are, and is perhaps the most bleakly and unironically Played for Drama moment in the movie.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_c289826f
 Super / int_c2d978fe
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Car Fu
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comment
Car Fu: Libby smashes her car into a man and pins him to a wall, crushing his legs.
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1.0
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Super / int_c2d978fe
 Super / int_c3585f4a
type
Boom, Headshot!
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comment
Boom, Headshot!: Several characters, including Libby.
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1.0
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Super / int_c3585f4a
 Super / int_c3c18143
type
Hope Spot
 Super / int_c3c18143
comment
Hope Spot: Jacques gets one at the end.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_c3c18143
 Super / int_c40c8b74
type
And Starring
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comment
And Starring: Nathan Fillion gets the "With" during the Animated Credits Opening.
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1.0
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Super / int_c40c8b74
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type
Bulletproof Vest
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comment
Bulletproof Vest: Subverted. Frank's vest only stops a single pistol round shot from a fair distance, and even then Frank is clearly winded for several moments. Every other shot that hits him is in an unprotected area. And then there's Libby, who catches the first bullet aimed at her with her face, rendering her heavy, bulky vest useless.
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Super / int_c547cd6d
 Super / int_c59cfa2e
type
Felony Misdemeanor
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comment
Felony Misdemeanor: "You don't BUTT IN LINE!"
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_c59cfa2e
 Super / int_c660bc15
type
Fan Disservice
 Super / int_c660bc15
comment
Fan Disservice: Libby in spandex raping Rainn Wilson.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_c660bc15
 Super / int_c75df49a
type
Shout-Out
 Super / int_c75df49a
comment
Shout-Out: Libby name-drops a number of superhero comic characters such as The Avengers, Batman, Green Arrow, Captain America and Catwoman. Later Hamilton refers to the Crimson Bolt as a "crazy motherfucker dressed like Superman". The Holy Avenger is one of the signature weapons from Dungeons & Dragons.
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1.0
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Super / int_c75df49a
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Interplay of Sex and Violence
 Super / int_c8ba12ee
comment
Interplay of Sex and Violence: Libby is clearly turned on by violence, coming onto Frank several times after fights (despite his whole crusade being to rescue his wife) and ultimately raping him.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_c8ba12ee
 Super / int_caa28b82
type
Cloudcuckoolander
 Super / int_caa28b82
comment
Cloudcuckoolander: Libby has her moments.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_caa28b82
 Super / int_cb70651c
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Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
 Super / int_cb70651c
comment
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: Whether Frank is actually having visions or if he is just hallucinating is never revealed. If he is actually having visions, then it would mean that the Holy Avenger is more than some TV actor playing a role, that he's real, and some sort of actual emissary from God.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_cb70651c
 Super / int_ce2969d8
type
Spiritual Antithesis
 Super / int_ce2969d8
comment
Spiritual Antithesis: It's Kick-Ass but with Travis Bickle as the main protagonist.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_ce2969d8
 Super / int_ceec4df5
type
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
 Super / int_ceec4df5
comment
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: After Libby gets killed, Frank goes absolutely batshit. It is one of the most disturbing, distressing, depressing things you will ever see. Accompanied by comic-book style sound effect balloons!
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_ceec4df5
 Super / int_cfdb9e17
type
Cerebus Syndrome
 Super / int_cfdb9e17
comment
Cerebus Syndrome: The film is pretty dark right from the start, but it's still funny... at first. As the violence increases, it becomes less funny and more disturbing. Once Libby gets killed just before the climax, there's pretty much no more humor to be found.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_cfdb9e17
 Super / int_d08595d3
type
Broken Bird
 Super / int_d08595d3
comment
Broken Bird: Sarah is recovering from her addiction.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_d08595d3
 Super / int_d39e327f
type
What the Hell, Hero?
 Super / int_d39e327f
comment
What the Hell, Hero?: Frank gives one of these to Libby after she almost kills a guy for (maybe) keying her friend's car.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_d39e327f
 Super / int_d5522f3a
type
Non-Powered Costumed Hero
 Super / int_d5522f3a
comment
Non-Powered Costumed Hero: Neither Frank or Libby have superpowers, and Frank specifically asks Libby to help him pick out comics featuring superheroes without powers for inspiration.
 Super / int_d5522f3a
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_d5522f3a
 Super / int_d7bc08e9
type
Superhero Packing Heat
 Super / int_d7bc08e9
comment
Superhero Packing Heat: Averted at first, but the heroes load up for the final battle.
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-1.0
 Super / int_d7bc08e9
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1.0
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Super / int_d7bc08e9
 Super / int_dae5c997
type
Action Girl
 Super / int_dae5c997
comment
Action Girl: Boltie fights crime with a little too much enthusiasm.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_dae5c997
 Super / int_dc031fde
type
Inelegant Blubbering
 Super / int_dc031fde
comment
Inelegant Blubbering: "People look stupid when they cry." Frank deliberately does so in front of a mirror, apparently as a kind of self-flagellation.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_dc031fde
 Super / int_dc11b29e
type
Naughty Tentacles
 Super / int_dc11b29e
comment
Naughty Tentacles: Frank's television shows a crude cartoon about that. When he has the intense vision that inspires him to become the Crimson Bolt, the same tentacles appear in live-action to hold his head still and open up his skull for God's finger to touch his brain.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_dc11b29e
 Super / int_de7b7cbf
type
Drugs Are Bad
 Super / int_de7b7cbf
comment
Drugs Are Bad: At least in Frank's worldview (which is consistently of questionable connection to reality), everyone involved in drugs is either a hopeless addict or a total scumbag.
 Super / int_de7b7cbf
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_de7b7cbf
 Super / int_e1fa333c
type
Hannibal Lecture
 Super / int_e1fa333c
comment
Hannibal Lecture: Jacques tries one on Frank after the Groin Attack. Frank just tells him to Shut Up, Hannibal! and stabs him to death.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_e1fa333c
 Super / int_e21e21be
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Red and Black and Evil All Over
 Super / int_e21e21be
comment
Red and Black and Evil All Over: Demonswill, the Big Bad of the Show Within a Show. Also, the film's actual Big Bad wears a red polo in his overall black suit.
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1.0
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1.0
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Super / int_e21e21be
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The Cape
 Super / int_e2415f
comment
The Cape: The Holy Avenger.
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The Cowl: Crimson Bolt.
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Expy
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Expy: The Holy Avenger, of Bibleman.
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Gorn
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Gorn: Boltie ends up with a wound not unlike the T-1000. Unlike him, she's human.
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Determinator: Most people when their wife is taken away from them by a charismatic drug dealer would either let the police deal with it, or failing that, try to cope and live their lives. Most people after their first attempt at heroism goes horribly wrong, would decide to quit. However, most people aren't Frank Darbo.
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Groin Attack
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Groin Attack: Shut up, Crime...
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Big Damn Heroes
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Big Damn Heroes: Frank tries.
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Honorary Uncle
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Honorary Uncle: Frank ends up as this to Sarah's kids.
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Boobs-and-Butt Pose: Libby poses like this when modelling her Boltie costume for Frank.
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Would Hit a Girl
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Would Hit a Girl: When fighting crime, Frank tolerates no one.
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Earn Your Happy Ending
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Earn Your Happy Ending
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Dude, Where's My Respect?
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Dude, Where's My Respect?: Subverted. Frank is initially seen as a serial attacker, but public opinion changes when it becomes clear that most of his victims are criminals. When Frank helps someone, they are usually appreciative afterwards, even the woman whose neck was accidentally injured due to Frank's actions. Even though Sarah eventually leaves Frank, it's implied that she would have left much sooner if not for the obligation she felt towards him because of what he did for her.
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Attempted Rape: This happens to Sarah at the end with one of Jacques' 'clients.'
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Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Whilst Jacques wasn't entirely wrong in assuming that Frank's feud with him was (at least in part) motivated by jealously, though in saying to Frank that "this isn't about good or evil, it's about how I had her, and you don't", he didn't seem to recognize that Frank was genuinely concerned for Sarah's safety (which was reasonable, since Frank correctly identified Jacques as a drug dealer, who also turned out to be a pimp), and that Frank has a genuine hatred of evil doers (and everyday assholes) that he passionately extends even to troublemakers who don't affect his life personally in any form, whom he severely injures on a routine basis during his vigilante activities. When Frank and Libby attacked Jacques' ranch, Jacques' drug dealing associate Mr Range accused him of calling the Crimson Bolt on him, indicating that Mr Range had incorrectly assumed that Frank is just a selfish thug who is willing to work as an attack dog for rival drug dealers (presumably for money), rather than a man who whilst having a personal hatred of Jacques and his gang, still fights all drug dealers indiscriminately out of principle, and is truly concerned for his wife.
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Beware the Nice Ones
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Beware the Nice Ones: Frank is a nice guy, but he's harboring a lot of pent-up rage that he unleashes on crime.
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Beauty Is Never Tarnished
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Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Subverted. Libby's face still looks good at the climax, it's just that after a gunshot wound, half of it is missing.
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Buffy Speak
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Frank's projectile-thingy. He shows it to Libby at one point, and then uses it to disarm Jacques at the end via a pretty undesirable Groin Attack when he has Frank at gunpoint.
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