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''I Can Do Bad All by Myself'' is a musical romantic dramedy released in 2009 by Tyler Perry.

''I Can Do Bad All by Myself'' is musical romantic dramedy released in 2009 by Tyler Perry.
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The movie starts with April, an alcoholic bar singer, doing her routine at a nightclub. Meanwhile, in another part of town, Madea and her brother, Joe, catch three kids (named Jennifer, Manny, and Byron) breaking into their house. After she hears their side of the story, Madea feeds and decides to help them, especially after Manny tells her that they haven't seen their grandma, Rose, in a little under a week and their mom died, so the only family they have is their aunt, April.

Later, Madea drops the kids with April, who isn't so thrilled to have them there. During this, a pastor from the local church asks her to take in a Colombian immigrant, Sandino, to which she unwillingly does.

!''I Can Do Bad All By Myself'' provides examples of:

* WhatTheHellHero: April gets called out by Tanya for being so selfish towards her niece and nephews.

* IllBoy: Manny has asthma and diabetes thanks to his mother abusing drugs when she was pregnant with him. Jennifer has had to give him insulin shots twice and even shoplifted needles from a drugstore to help with his shots.

* ChildHater: It's obvious that Randy doesn't like children. When his wife tells him she's pregnant again, he's not happy.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:April and Sandino get married]].

* CelebrityParadox: Madea mentions Creator/MaryJBlige at one point. Blige portrays Tanya in the film.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Byron. It's not really clear what's the matter with him but it is clear that he's "special". He doesn't say a line throughout much of the film until he sees the room Sandino fixed up for him and his siblings, saying "My bed"

* {{Corpsing}}: Most times during Madea's dressing down of Jennifer, Byron is seen trying not to crack up.

* IllBoy: Manny, who's an asthmatic and a diabetic.
-->'''April''': "What don't you have?"
-->'''Manny''': "Cancer."
** Through a few snippets of conversation, up until her death of a [[spoiler:brain aneurysm]], Rose was this, most likely due to her age.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Byron. It's not really clear what's the matter with him but it is clear that he's "special". He doesn't say a line throughout much of the film until he sees [[spoiler: the room Sandino fixed up for him and his siblings, saying "My bed"]]

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: When Jennifer is about to get raped by Randy, Sandino comes out of nowhere and beats him with a bat]].
* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:April and Sandino share this during their wedding ceremony]].

* FreudianExcuse: We find out the reason April is caustic and selfish is because [[spoiler: her stepfather, a guy named "Lee", sexually abused her and lied to her mother, Rose, which made her lose faith in those that care about her]].
* HateSink: Randy. Treats April like crap? Check. Cheating on his wife ''with'' April? Check. Hates kids? Check. [[spoiler: Tries to rape Jennifer?]] CHECK. There's no sympathy for him when he [[spoiler: gets his ass beat by Sandino and almost electrocuted by Arpil.]]

** Through a few snippets of conversation, up until her death of a [[spoiler:brain aneurysm]], Rose was this, most likely do to her age.

** April comes off as this to almost everyone around her, as she's selfish, rude, and hates people. It's understandable though, as [[spoiler:she was sexually abused by her stepfather, who lied to her mother, causing her to lose faith in her loved ones]].
** Randy as well, being abrasive to Sandino and calling him "Mexico" (even though he's from Colombia). He escalates it when [[spoiler: he tries to rape Jennifer]].

* MamaBear: April's response to finding out that [[spoiler: Randy tried to rape Jennifer was to try to electrocute him]].

* WhatTheHellHero: April gets called out by Tanya for being so selfish towards her niece and nephews.
* YourCheatingHeart: Randy is married with kids. One of the opening segments of the movie has him answering his cellphone from his wife informing him that she's pregnant again.

* AbusiveParents: April's sister, according to an anecdote, as, due to her drug habits, she traded Jennifer for crack when she was nine, put Byron in the oven, and burned Manny with her crackpipe

* ChildHater: It's obvious that Randy doesn't like children.

* [[spoiler: ElectrifiedBathtub]]: [[spoiler: When April confronts Randy about the latter nearly raping Jennifer, he is taking a bath. April drops a plugged-in stereo in the tub, but Randy manages to jump out just before it hits the water.]]

* VagueAge: We know that Jennifer is 16 but her brothers' ages are hard to guess, however, we can guess that Byron is the middle child and Manny is the youngest.

** April comes off as this to almost everyone around her, as she's selfish, rude, and hates people.
** Randy as well, though he escalates it when [[spoiler: he tries to rape Jennifer]].

Later,

* YourCheatingHeart: Randy is married with kids.
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!! I Can Do Bad All By Myself provides examples of:

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: When Jennifer is about to get raped by Randy, Sandino comes out of nowhere and saves Jennifer from getting raped by attacking Randy]].

** April comes off as this to almost everyone around her.
** Randy as well.

* MouthyKid: Jennifer is this towards her elders. Madea does call her out on it, albeit nicely.
* NiceGuy: Sandino is this.
* ParentalSubstitute: Sandino wants to be this for the kids.
* TheStoner: April’s mom is implied to have been this, which may have caused her death.
* WhatTheHellHero: Jennifer gets called out by Tanya for being so selfish towards her niece and nephews.

* WhatTheHellHero: Jennifer gets called out by for being so selfish towards her niece and nephews.