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* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:He comes dangerously close to crossing it after his father is murdered. Hit-Girl snaps him out of it and encourages him to go for revenge]].

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* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:He comes dangerously close to crossing it after his father is murdered. Hit-Girl snaps him out of it and encourages him to go for revenge]].use it as motivation to continue working as a superhero]].
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* HiddenDepths: She's a ballerina teacher.

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* AntiHero: In spite of being a good guy, he isn't perfect.



* GoodIsNotSoft: NiceGuy he may be, but Kick-Ass is willing to put down the worst kind of criminals permanently if necessary. Best shown at the end of the first film when using the minigun.



* TheIdealist: And rather incredibly, refuses to become a KnightInSourArmor in spite of all the harsh realities of life he is exposed to. His biggest motivation for becoming a superhero was to help people out first and foremost, not hurt people, in contrast to Hit-Girl and Big Daddy.



* ThisLoserIsYou: A geeky high-school student with a crush on a popular girl who wants to be special; the movie knows its audience.

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* ThisLoserIsYou: A geeky high-school student with a crush on a popular girl who wants to be special; the movie knows its audience. Slowly inverted over the course of the two films as he TookALevelInBadass and gains a group of TrueCompanions.



* WideEyedIdealist: And rather incredibly, refuses to become a KnightInSourArmor in spite of all the harsh realities of life he is exposed to.
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* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Dated Rasul [[spoiler:and supposedly cheated on Dave with a guy called Malik]].
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* IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: ''"Say hello to my little friend!"''

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* IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: ''"Say ''"[[Film/Scarface1983 Say hello to my little friend!"''friend!]]"''
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* BuxomIsBetter: She's well-endowed, which did not escape Dave's attention.

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* BuxomIsBetter: BuxomBeautyStandard: She's well-endowed, which did not escape Dave's attention.

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* AntiHero: He wants to take down [[TheDon Frank D'Amico]] by taking out his assets. Big Daddy may be good inside, but his [[KillEmAll methods]] push him here.

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* AntiHero: He wants to take down [[TheDon Frank D'Amico]] by taking out his assets. Big Daddy may be good inside, but his [[KillEmAll methods]] methods push him here.
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* FightingWithChucks: In ''Kick-Ass 2'', she uses a pink nunchaku along with her double-ended glaive to take on four thugs who were about to kill Dave early on in the film.
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* AgeLift: In the comics, she's 10 in ''Kick-Ass 1'' and 12 in ''2.'' The respective films age her up to 12 and 15.

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* DefrostingIceQueen: Towards Dave.

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* DefrostingIceQueen: Towards Dave.She's dismissive towards Dave for much of the first movie, but reconsiders her views on him after he assists her at multiple points during the fight against Frank D'Amico.



%%* UnscrupulousHero

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%%* UnscrupulousHero* UnscrupulousHero: She fights terrible people, but she's all too eager to resort to torture, mutilation, and murder to get the job done.



%% * BigGood



* ParentsAsPeople: He does genuinely care about his daughter, and they share a close and loving relationship, but he also effectively robbed her of a childhood and raised her into becoming a foul-mouthed killing machine in his pursuit of Frank D'Amico.



%%* PragmaticHero



%%* SacrificialLion
%%* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight
* SociopathicHero: Oddly averted to some degree. He's more or less a normal father but he wants revenge against Frank D'Amico.

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%%* SacrificialLion
%%* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:He's killed by Frank D'Amico's men as a means of signaling the third act of the first movie.]]
* SociopathicHero: Oddly averted to some degree. He's more or less a normal loving father but he wants who just happened to have his values of proper childrearing warped by his revenge against Frank D'Amico.



%%* {{Ubermensch}}
%%* TheUnfettered

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%%* {{Ubermensch}}
%%* TheUnfettered
* TheUnfettered: Torturing henchmen and turning his own daughter into a killing machine are not off the table when it comes to his one-man crusade against Frank D'Amico.



* WellIntentionedExtremist: A rare "good" example.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: What Frank D'Amico did drove him into this.

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: A rare "good" example.
example. He regularly murders and tortures Frank D'Amico's underlings and turned his daughter into basically a ChildSoldier in his crusade, but it shouldn't be undersold that Frank D'Amico is a genuinely terrible man in most respects.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: What He used to be an honest cop who was just really good at putting away bad people. Then Frank D'Amico did drove got him into this.locked up on false charges, his wife committed suicide, and both he and his daughter were robbed over several years of their respective lives. Now he's hell-bent on tearing down Frank D'Amico's criminal empire.
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* KnifeNut: She adores balisongs and swords, although she is a pretty good shot as well.
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* FiveTokenBand: They consist of an Italian-American (The Motherfucker), two Americans (Black Death and The Tumor), a Chinese (Genghis Carnage) and a Russian (Mother Russia). Their implied TeamDad[=/=]TeamMom is Hispanic (Javier).

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* FiveTokenBand: They consist of an Italian-American (The Motherfucker), two Americans an African-American (Black Death and The Death), a white American (The Tumor), a Chinese man (Genghis Carnage) Carnage), and a Russian woman (Mother Russia). Their implied TeamDad[=/=]TeamMom is Hispanic (Javier).

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Alphabetization.


* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: [[ZigzaggingTrope Zigzagged]]. While his origin as a wronged cop with a vendetta against the mob remains intact, [[spoiler:a major twist in the comic is that it's a complete lie, and he's actually a low-life comic book fan who abducted his daughter and became a vigilante just to make his life more interesting. In the film, his backstory is real.]]



* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: [[ZigzaggingTrope Zigzagged]]. While his origin as a wronged cop with a vendetta against the mob remains intact, [[spoiler:a major twist in the comic is that it's a complete lie, and he's actually a low-life comic book fan who abducted his daughter and became a vigilante just to make his life more interesting. In the film, his backstory is real.]]



* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler:His obsession with revenge prevents him from just living a normal life with his daughter. Unfortunately, he never gets to see his ArchEnemy die]].



* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler:His obsession with revenge prevents him from just living a normal life with his daughter. Unfortunately, he never gets to see his ArchEnemy die]].



%%* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight



%%* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight



* ArchEnemy: To Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl, or at least [[LaughablyEvil he tries to be]].



* ArchEnemy: To Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl, or at least [[LaughablyEvil he tries to be]].
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Absolute Cleavage has been cut per this TRS tread:[1] Appropriate examples are moved to Navel Deep Neckline


* AbsoluteCleavage: She tends to wear outfits with a plunging neckline.

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* {{Stereotype}}: Pointed out InUniverse as Javier explains having a character called Mother Russia alongside another called Motherfucker may be a bad idea.



* UnfortunateImplications: Pointed out InUniverse as Javier explains having a character called Mother Russia alongside another called Motherfucker maybe a bad idea.

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* BadassBiker: Owns and rides a purple Ducati motorcycle in ''Kick-Ass 2''.



* BikerBabe: Owns and rides a purple Ducati motorcycle in ''Kick-Ass 2''.

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Absolute Cleavage was renamed Navel Deep Neckline. Removing examples that don't fit the trope.


* AbsoluteCleavage: Her costume shows off a lot of cleavage.



* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her costume...is not designed for protection. In any sense of the word.

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* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her costume...is not designed for protection. In any sense costume shows off a lot of the word.cleavage and has BareYourMidriff.
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* StrongAndSkilled: Frank is a tall, strong fighter with enough experience and skill to take down Hitgirl.
* VibrantOrange: Inverted. His signature color is orange, but he's a brutal, remorseless criminal.
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* CryCute: Yes, Mindy ''does'' have a soft and vulnerable side, and it's darned adorable. We get to see it when she goes to Dave in tears after bullies stranded her in a forest by pretending to be her friends.
--> '''Mindy:''' I just wanted to see my Robin...
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* BastardBoyfriend: To Katie, very briefly.
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* AngryBlackMan: Averted, as he's nice and friendly to Chris. However, if someone comes up to Chris even to talk with him, the first thing Stu would say was to "fuck off".
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Wrong genre savvy is for in-universe genre savvy.


* WrongGenreSavvy: As far as Brooke is concerned, she's in a High School Movie and the only way to deal with Mindy, is to employ High School Drama tactics such as pranks and tormenting. However she's in a Superhero Movie and she made the mistake of pissing off not only a hero, but a trained killer to boot.

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* AdultFear: They have no idea if their child is still alive or dead.


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* MissingChild: They have no idea if their child is still alive or dead.
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* BaldOfAwesome: The guy has one shiny head.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Purple. It's a wig, but still.
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* ButterflyKnife: Got two for her 12th birthday.

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Eviler Than Thou is when one villain easily defeats another to show how much of a threat they are.


* WeakButSkilled: Uses weapons a lot more than she uses her fists in combat, but it's [[{{Justified}} justified]] seeing as she's only a child (albeit, a highly trained one with extensive combat experience) who fights against adult criminals.

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* WeakButSkilled: Uses weapons a lot more than she uses her fists in combat, but it's [[{{Justified}} justified]] {{justified}} seeing as she's only a child (albeit, a highly trained one with extensive combat experience) who fights against adult criminals.



* EvilerThanThou: Proves this to Chris by having one of his minions [[spoiler:kill Javier]].
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His reaction to Stu having a bazooka is not a deadpan snarked moment. The trope that applies to that moment is Unusually Uninteresting Sight.


* DeadpanSnarker: Some of his lines are very deadpan, as such in the case when [[TheBrute Stu]] goes to get a rocket launcher.
-->'''Frank:''' [[GodzillaThreshold A bazooka]] ({{Beat}}) Okay.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Some of his lines are very deadpan, as such in the case as when [[TheBrute Stu]] goes to get Joe tells him about a rocket launcher.
new microwave.
-->'''Frank:''' [[GodzillaThreshold A bazooka]] ({{Beat}}) Okay.That is neat. I think you must be confusing me with someone who gives a shit about the fucking lumber!
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* AllLovingHero: Dave finds it screwed-up that nobody cares enough to protect his fellow man, and became Kick-Ass to do something about it.

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* AllLovingHero: Dave finds it screwed-up that nobody cares enough to protect his fellow man, and became Kick-Ass to do something about it. [[spoiler: In Kick-Ass 2, he tries to save Chris from falling to his death, despite the fact that he arranged his father’s murder.]]
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SirSwearsaLot: He says the f word constantly when talking to people.

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SirSwearsaLot: * SirSwearsALot He says the f word constantly when talking to people.

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