History Characters / MysteryMen

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Captain Amazing makes his first appearance stopping the Red-Eyes Gang's attack on the nursing home, beating them effortlessly while Mr. Furious, the Shoveler, and Blue Raja couldn't do anything meaningful to stop them. He gives shallow and half-hearted praise to the latter two wannabe heroes when they go to greet him, with only Mr. Furious realizing the insincerity in his words. He then rudely pushes aside a boy asking him to autograph his cap, pushes aside a man in a wheelchair without concern for his safety, while gleefully answering the press's questions and showing concern when he hears that he's lost his Pepsi endorsement. All of this tells us that while he may have the might of a hero, he doesn't have the heart of one, and at his core he's really an egotistical man who only cares for fame, publicity, and keeping his sponsors happy while having no respect for people individually.

* RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun: In an attempt to get Mr. Furious over his existential crisis, his teammates remind him of a time he lifted a bus. [[SubvertedTrope Though it turns out]] he actually just pushed the bus...while the driver's foot was on the accelerator...

* UnstoppableRage: Supposedly, he is a "time bomb of fury". [[spoiler: It just requires ''genuine'' rage rather than just pretending to be mad.]]

* FakeUltimateHero: Captain Amazing is a genuinely powerful superhero with an impressive arsenal of technology. But he's such a GloryHound that he actually conspires to release a dangerous supervillain out into the streets just so he can fight him and get praised by the public once again. Naturally, this backfires when said supervillain manages to outwit and capture him, and it leads to the circumstances that would cause his [[PoorCommunicationKills Self-inflicted]] KarmicDeath.
* FatalFlaw: His desire to preserve his fame and sponsorship leads Captain Amazing to vouch for a dangerous supervillain's release from the asylum, his arrogance and ego lead him to severely underestimate said supervillain's cunning and get him captured instead, and his obnoxiousness causes him to yell at the heroes and call them stupid when they're [[PoorComunicationKills unable to understand his confusing instructions]], leading to his self-inflicted KarmicDeath.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Captain Amazing makes his first appearance stopping the Red-Eyes Gang's attack on the nursing home, beating them effortlessly while Mr. Furious, the Shoveler, and Blue Raja couldn't do anything meaningful to stop them. He gives shallow and half-hearted praise to the latter two wannabe heroes when they go to greet him, with only Mr. Furious realizing the insincerity in his words. He then rudely pushes aside a boy asking him to autograph his cap, pushes aside a man in a wheelchair without concern for his safety, while gleefully answering the press's questions and showing concern when he's heard that he's lost his Pepsi endorsement. All of this tells us that while he may have the might of a hero, he doesn't have the heart of one, being an egotistical man who only cares for fame, publicity, and keeping his sponsors happy.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Captain Amazing makes his first appearance stopping the Red-Eyes Gang's attack on the nursing home, beating them effortlessly while Mr. Furious, the Shoveler, and Blue Raja couldn't do anything meaningful to stop them. He gives shallow and half-hearted praise to the latter two wannabe heroes when they go to greet him, with only Mr. Furious realizing the insincerity in his words. He then rudely pushes aside a boy asking him to autograph his cap, pushes aside a man in a wheelchair without concern for his safety, while gleefully answering the press's questions and showing concern when he's heard that he's lost his Pepsi endorsement. All of this tells us that while he may have the might of a hero, he doesn't have the heart of one, being an egotistical man who only cares for fame and publicity.

* EngineeredHeroics: He vouches for Casanova to be released so he can have "extra-ordinary" battles with him again to protect the city and be praised by it..

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The plot of the movie kicks off when he gets Casanova Frankenstein freed from prison just so he can have a high-profile battle with him.

** Well, ''he's'' happy. She's had just about enough of this idiotic 'super hero' business. This crisis in their marriage is one of the subplots. "Lot of other men I coulda married, Eddie. Still are."

* HeroismAddict: He vouches for Casanova to be released so he can have "extra-ordinary" battles with him again to protect the city and be praised by it..

* AwesomeMccoolname: [[TheCasanova Casanova]]. Film/{{Frankenstein|1931}}. The filmmakers actually chose him from the Mystery Men's RoguesGallery to be the film's BigBad purely by virtue of how cool his name was.

%%%* PantyShot: When they're hit by the shrink ray.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Because he'd taken down all of his villains, lethally or otherwise, there was no more trouble for him to stop. A more lethal example occurs when he lets loose a mad scientist who has the knowledge and ability to defeat him.
%%* DeadpanSnarker:

* HellBentForLeather: His costume basically consists of a leather jacket and FingerlessGloves.

* BoringButPractical: His original, home-made crime-fighting outfit isn't really a costume at all - just protection. Denim, leather, knee pads, padded vest, and hard hat.

* {{Mook}}: Real small-timers, but ''still'' too much for the original PowerTrio.

* HappilyMarried: Downplayed. The trouble in their marriage are a running subplot but it's not because they don't love each other, it's because she thinks he's wasting his time on the superhero hobby and doesn't like to see him constantly disappointed. In the end of the movie despite promising to leave him if he goes out on another mission she is shown waiting for him at home, proud of him for helping to save the city, likely because she realize he’s serious about the imminent danger.

* HappilyMarried: Downplayed. The trouble in their marriage are a running subplot but it's not because they don't love each other, it's because she thinks he's wasting his time on the superhero hobby and doesn't like to see him constantly disappointed. In the end of the movie despite promising to leave him if he goes out on another mission she is shown waiting for him at home, proud of him for helping to save the city.

* HappilyMarried: Downplayed. The trouble in their marriage are a running subplot but it's not because they don't love each other, it's because she thinks he's wasting his time on the superhero hobby and doesn't like to see him constantly disappointed. In the end of the movie despite promising to leave him if he goes out on another mission she is shown waiting for him at home, proud of him for helping to save the city.

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* AmbiguousSexuality: She's butch-looking, doesn't show any interest in men and looks on and makes a joke when the Furries' clothes shrink.