History Film / MysteryMen

'''Mr. Furious''': (Sarcastically) Then your rage will become your master? That's what you were about to say, right?\\
'''Sphinx:''' Maybe not.
* AllPeriodsArePMS: one of the potential recruits is the "PMS Avenger" but states she can only superhero 3 days a month.

-->'''The Sphinx''': If you do not control your anger-
-->'''Mr. Furious''': (Sarcastically) Your anger will control you?

* JustForPun:
** The Blue Raja drops a couple of fork and spoon-related puns during the course of the movie. He even practices some in front of a mirror.
** Tony P. manages to combine EvilGloating, a bad pun, and a disco-era movie reference.
---> '''Tony P.:''' Hello. I'm the guy who gave your daddy the Film/{{Shaft}}.

-->'''Vic:''' Look, I'm a publicist, not a magician. You want big news, you have to have big fights. A superhero needs a supervillain and, thanks to you, we've got none left.\\

-->'''Invisible Boy:''' Hey, dad, I'm going to my room with three strange men!'''

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Invisible Boy's power evolved from the way that everyone in his life ignored him.
-->'''Invisible Boy:''' Hey, dad, I'm going to my room with three strange men!'''\\
'''Dad:''' ''(grunts and ignores him)''

-->'''Furious:''' I'm remembering a certain oath that we made at a certain bar downtown. "I swear that I will fight crime and oppose injustice in any form, at any hour..."\\

'''Furious:''' "...and if I should break this vow... ''(both recite together)'' a brick should fall from a building of great height, and chip a little chunk off my skull, and my brain gets exposed to the oxygen, and I die."\\

''Mystery Men'' is a superhero/vigilante AffectionateParody, with bizarre, mostly minimal powers, and an odd look at (and much LampshadeHanging on) various conventions of the SuperHero Genre, and how they would fit into normal life.

** The Spleen; an organ which acts as a blood filter and doesn't really have anything to do with flatulence.

'''Casanova Frankenstein''': Ya ya ya. We've heard it all before.\\

** Invisible Boy actually can truly become transparent... but only when nobody, including himself, is looking directly at him. So he's already technically "invisible" even if he doesn't become transparent. [[spoiler:It actually does have a use, though. Turns out electronic cameras and sensors ''don't'' count as anybody looking.]]
** "Deathman is dead".

* The Blond Wonder Woman punches the Brunette Wonder Woman down low after the latter punched the former in the face.

* PowerWalk: Played straight on the way to Casanova's Mansion, then parodied as Mr. Furious doesn't feel powerful enough to continue, and turns around. The two nearest just hook him under the arms and keep walking, dragging him along without even turning their heads.

* ThatPoorCat: Happens while The Blue Raja is using a dartboard for target practice.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The last words of [[spoiler:Captain Amazing]] are a grousing "Uh-oh, wrong switch."

-->Yes, of course you may bring ze brewskies.

** Creator/EddieIzzard gets a few moments himself as Tony P.

** The gang "The Not-So-Goodie Mob" is played by... [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodie_Mob the Goodie Mob.]] CeeLo Green being the most recognizable member.

** Also, why shovels are the Shoveler's WeaponOfChoice; shoveling is what he does best.

* HeroismAddict: The impetus of the plot; Captain Amazing gets Casanova Frankenstein released so that Amazing has a real villain to fight and stops losing corporate sponsors.

* NiceHat: The Shoveler wears a hard hat with a spotlight.

** A guy who thinks he's [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk the Hulk]].

* BigBad: [[AwesomeMcCoolname Casanova Frankenstein]] leads the minor villains and executes an EvilPlan.

* CardboardPrison: Averted, since what kickstarts the plot is the ''lack'' of free-roaming supervillains for Captain Amazing to fight. A couple of AwesomeMcCoolname types are mentioned as being out of action for good... so he ''[[InvokedTrope invokes]]'' the trope and gets one released -- one potent enough to give him a fight worthy of publicizing... [[spoiler:one who kicks his ass, leaving the Mystery Men to save the day.]]