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* RedIsHeroic/RedIsViolent: As the [[MeaningfulName Crimson]] Bolt, Frank is a costumed vigilante with a red costume. However, he's also become a violent AntiHero prone to DisproportionateRetribution.
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* TheDreaded: After gaining a reputation as a violent vigilante, even Mr. Range becomes scared of the Crimson Bolt.
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* CatchPhrase: His catchphrase as the Crimson Bolt is "Shut up, crime!"
* LoserProtagonist: He's a mentally-disturbed nobody who becomes a violent vigilante with a laughably bad costume as a way of coping with losing his wife.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: [[spoiler:When cornered by Frank, he refers to Mr. Range by the N-Word]].
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Even after rescuing her, Sarah chooses to break up with him due to her trauma (especially in how she saw him stab Jacques to death). Nonetheless, it's shown that the two remain close and he's shown to be happy that he helped her create a new life with someone else]].
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* WrenchWhack: His WeaponOfChoice.Uses a wrench as his main weapon.
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* {{Expy}}: He's what would happen if Dwight from [[{{Series/TheOffice}} The Office]] became a superhero, [[ActorAllusion right down to the actor]].
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* {{Expy}}: He's what would happen if Dwight from [[{{Series/TheOffice}} ''[[Series/TheOfficeUS The Office]] Office]]'' became a superhero, [[ActorAllusion right down to the actor]].
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* TheDragon: To Jacques. [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CYXESU0UkAAx2Tl.png He's even depicted breathing fire in the animated opening credits sequence.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: Was cheating on Frank with Jacques, and quickly abandons Frank for him when she could.
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!"Superheroes"
A down on his luck loser who, after the world has slighted him too many times, becomes the Crimson Bolt.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: He seems to have a hard time understanding or following social cues, leading to awkward conversations sparking easily, misreading a room often, and generally, him making an ass of himself in public.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: To say he's a little loopy would be an understatement.
* {{Expy}}: He's what would happen if Dwight from [[{{Series/TheOffice}} The Office]] became a superhero, [[ActorAllusion right down to the actor]].
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/LivTyler
* BrokenBird: Due to her drug addiction and the abuse she endures at Jacques' hands.
* OffTheWagon: She is a recovering drug addict, and relapses again when drug dealer Jacques enters her life. The entire film is about Frank trying to rescue her from Jacques.
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!!Sarah Helgeland
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* BrokenBird: Due to her drug addiction and the abuse she endures at Jacques' hands.
* OffTheWagon: She is a recovering drug addict, and relapses again when drug dealer Jacques enters her life. The entire film is about Frank trying to rescue her from Jacques.
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!!Sarah Helgeland
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* BrokenBird: Due to her drug addiction and the abuse she endures at Jacques' hands.
* OffTheWagon: She is a recovering drug addict, and relapses again when drug dealer Jacques enters her life. The entire film is about Frank trying to rescue her from Jacques.
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* {{Jerkass}}: A complete piece of shit to say the least.
* LackOfEmpathy: Feels absolutely no sympathy for Frank when Sarah has an affair with him.
* LackOfEmpathy: Feels absolutely no sympathy for Frank when Sarah has an affair with him.
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/NathanFillion
* {{Expy}}: Of religious "superhero" edutainment characters like Bibleman.
* LooksLikeJesus: With long and well-kept tresses (which are pretty clearly a wig) and Fillion's "ruggedly handsome" LanternJawOfJustice.
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!!The Holy Avenger
->'''Played By:''' Creator/NathanFillion
* {{Expy}}: Of religious "superhero" edutainment characters like Bibleman.
* LooksLikeJesus: With long and well-kept tresses (which are pretty clearly a wig) and Fillion's "ruggedly handsome" LanternJawOfJustice.
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* PetTheDog: Offers Frank some candy when they first meet upon learning Sarah left him.
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* {{Mook}}: The best description of their role in Jacques' drug ring.
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* BlackBestFriend: To Frank.
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!Frank's Associates
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!!Sarah Helgeland
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* BrokenBird: Due to her drug addiction and the abuse she endures at Jacques' hands.
* OffTheWagon: She is a recovering drug addict, and relapses again when drug dealer Jacques enters her life. The entire film is about Frank trying to rescue her from Jacques.
* YourCheatingHeart: Was cheating on Frank with Jacques, and quickly abandons Frank for him when she could.
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!!Hamilton
->'''Played By:''' Creator/AndreRoyo
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* BlackBestFriend: To Frank.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Is genuinely good friends with Frank, but has a pretty aggressive way of showing it.
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!Others
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!!Maria, the Pet Store Employee
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* NiceGirl: Genuinely loves animals and is pretty openly friendly toward Frank.
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!!The Holy Avenger
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* {{Expy}}: Of religious "superhero" edutainment characters like Bibleman.
* LooksLikeJesus: With long and well-kept tresses (which are pretty clearly a wig) and Fillion's "ruggedly handsome" LanternJawOfJustice.
* SuperZeroes: Is treated pretty openly as a joke in-universe...[[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Except by Frank]].
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* AffablyEvil: She'll help you pick out comics, invite you over to a cozy housewarming party, bandage you up when you've been shot in the leg, kill someone for (probably) keying a friend's car, save your life, go out shopping with you, and [[spoiler:rape you]]. Really, she's less "affably evil," more "affably sociopathic".
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* AffablyEvil: He's quite friendly and laid back, especially for a drug lord with a bunch of mooks on his payroll. Even when Frank is trying to pick a fight with him, he gives him multiple chances to back off.
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* AffablyEvil: She'll help you pick out comics, invite you over to a cozy housewarming party, bandage you up when you've been shot in the leg, kill someone for (probably) keying a friend's car, save your life, go out shopping with you, and rape you.[[spoiler:rape you]]. Really, she's less "affably evil," more "affably sociopathic".
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* {{Badass}}: Easily the most dangerous of Jacques' henchmen.
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* BerserkButton: ''Everything''. Frank did a bad-thing when he allowed her to be a superhero and do something about the things that enrage her.
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* MoralSociopathy: She hates crime as much as Frank, but doesn't seem to [[TheUnfettered have any mental filter]] that allows her to respond to it proportionately. She nearly killed a guy in his home for allegedly keying her friend's car, and almost stabbed a man to death for bumping into her. She also was as happy as a kid in a candy store stabbing one of Jacques' men to death with her WolverineClaws.
* OffTheWagon: She is a recovering drug addict, and relapses again when drug dealer Jacques enters her life. The entire film is about Frank trying to rescue her from Jacques.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: Somewhat averted: it's made clear that the gorgeous Sarah is emotionally fragile when she marries Frank so quickly, using him as a source of stability. Libby, the smokin' SensualInSpandex kid sidekick, is just downright crazy.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: Somewhat averted: it's made clear that the gorgeous Sarah is emotionally fragile when she marries Frank so quickly, using him as a source of stability. Libby, the smokin' SensualInSpandex SensualSpandex kid sidekick, is just downright crazy.
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* SweetTooth: Is frequently seen eating candy.
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* AllCrimesAreEqual: He holds a firm belief in this.
* AmicableExes: [[spoiler:Frank ends up being this with Sarah.]]
* BerserkButton: Cutting in line. It's wrong, and by the might of Frank's wrench you will pay for it.
* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:Frank's 'heroics' are initially born out of a desire for revenge, religious hallucinations and an obsession with Sarah. Had he stopped for one second in his relationship with her, he would've realized that their relationship was built on her own fragile state of mind in the wake of her sobriety. He seems to think she'll end up back with him once he 'saves' her, and she does but only out of a sense of obligation. It's Frank's understanding that they can be friends and she must be free to live her own life that heralds his CharacterDevelopment. And adopting the rabbit.]]
* CelibateHero: Frank, being religious, does not believe in premarital sex.
* HonoraryUncle: [[spoiler:To Sarah's kids, eventually. It's clear he adores them and the feeling is mutual.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Frank has few to zero social skills and can be charitably described as 'intense' but at heart he's a good man struggling with some serious issues.
* MissionFromGod: Hallucinations make him think this.
* PaperThinDisguise: Frank is not good at disguising himself. Pretty much everyone who knows him can tell it's him right away (even by looking at a sketch of him in disguise) when he's dressed as the Crimson Bolt.
* ReligiousBruiser: He's very religious, with much of his motivation coming from hallucinations of God.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Somewhat averted: it's made clear that the gorgeous Sarah is emotionally fragile when she marries Frank so quickly, using him as a source of stability. Libby, the smokin' SensualInSpandex kid sidekick, is just downright crazy.
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* BastardBoyfriend: To Sarah, who he gets back on drugs. [[spoiler:And ultimately gives her up for Mr. Range to rape.]]
* BigBad: He's the main antagonist.
* DirtyCoward: At the end of the day, he's a big fish in a small pond. When he tries to move up to the big leagues and makes an arrangement with Mr. Range the drug kingpin, Jacques is clearly nervous and overly accommodating.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Jacques is all smiles, flattery and understanding, but there's a constant undercurrent of contempt and condescension. He also flips his lid easily.
* GroinAttack: [[spoiler:Frank shoots his blade weapon into Jacques' crotch.]]
* LeanAndMean: His suit hangs off him.
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* {{Badass}}: Easily the most dangerous of Jacques' henchmen.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's pretty disturbed when [[spoiler:Jacques sets Sarah up to be raped by Mr. Range.]]
* TheDragon: To Jacques.
* HellbentForLeather: Always seen in his leather jacket.
* HypercompetentSidekick: He seems to be the only professional in Jacques' entire gang.
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!!Frank Darbo / The Crimson Bolt
->'''Played By:''' Creator/RainnWilson
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!!Libby / Boltie
->'''Played By:''' Creator/EllenPage
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!!Sarah Helgeland
->'''Played By:''' Creator/LivTyler
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!!Jacques
->'''Played By:''' Creator/KevinBacon
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!!The Holy Avenger
->'''Played By:''' Creator/NathanFillion
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!!Abe
->'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelRooker
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!!Det. John Felkner
->'''Played By:''' Creator/GreggHenry
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!!Hamilton
->'''Played By:''' Creator/AndreRoyo
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!!Frank Darbo / The Crimson Bolt
->'''Played By:''' Don Mac
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!!Frank Darbo / The Crimson Bolt
->'''Played By:''' Creator/RainnWilson
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!!Libby / Boltie
->'''Played By:''' Creator/EllenPage
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!!Sarah Helgeland
->'''Played By:''' Creator/LivTyler
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!!Jacques
->'''Played By:''' Creator/KevinBacon
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!!The Holy Avenger
->'''Played By:''' Creator/NathanFillion
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!!Abe
->'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelRooker
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[[folder:Det. John Felkner]]
!!Det. John Felkner
->'''Played By:''' Creator/GreggHenry
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!!Hamilton
->'''Played By:''' Creator/AndreRoyo
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!!Frank Darbo / The Crimson Bolt
->'''Played By:''' Don Mac
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