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* MundaneUtility: One scene has Jeff using his UngestingKnowledge powers to grade his students' work faster.

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* MundaneUtility: One scene has Jeff using his UngestingKnowledge IngestingKnowledge powers to grade his students' work faster.
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* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: There is pretty much no rhyme or reason to the laundry list of superpowers Jefferson gets. Whatever powers he exhibits are just whatever's convenient for him or funny in the moment.

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** "I WILL BE GOD ON THIS PLANET!"

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[[TheHero Jefferson Reed]] is a mild-mannered schoolteacher in a neighborhood terrorized by gang activity. Jeff tries to help a woman who is being mugged by two kids who are apparently trying to get into the Golden Lords, the most powerful of the local criminal gangs and which has member groups even amongst toddlers (Termed "Baby Lords"). The woman flees but the entire gang shows up and proceeds to chase Jeff. He hides in a dumpster for hours. After leaving the dumpster, he spots a falling meteor and tries to run away. [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive But his life is changed dramatically]] when he awakes in the hospital and realizes the effects of the meteor gave him [[ComboPlatterPowers a number of different superpowers.]] He decides to don a superhero identity, Meteor Man, and to use his powers to fight crime.

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[[TheHero Jefferson Reed]] is a mild-mannered schoolteacher in a neighborhood terrorized by gang activity. Jeff tries to help a woman who is being mugged by two kids who are apparently trying to get into the Golden Lords, the most powerful of the local criminal gangs and which has member groups even amongst toddlers (Termed (termed "Baby Lords"). The woman flees but the entire gang shows up and proceeds to chase Jeff. He hides in a dumpster for hours. After leaving the dumpster, he spots a falling meteor and tries to run away. [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive But his life is changed dramatically]] when he awakes in the hospital and realizes the effects of the meteor gave him [[ComboPlatterPowers a number of different superpowers.]] He decides to don a superhero identity, Meteor Man, and to use his powers to fight crime.
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''The Meteor Man'' is a 1993 {{Superhero}} movie, starring Creator/RobertTownsend alongside an EnsembleCast ranging from well known black actors and comedians such as [[Series/TheJeffersons Marla Gibbs]], [[Franchise/StarWars James Earl Jones]], Creator/RobertGuillaume, [[Film/JingleAllTheWay Sinbad]] and even Creator/BillCosby himself, to up-and-coming black actors such as Creator/DonCheadle, [[Creator/TinyLister Tom Lister Jr.]] and Eddie Griffin. Townsend also wrote and directed it, just as he did with his previous film, ''The Five Heartbeats''. Although neither film [[BoxOfficeBomb fared very well at the box office]], they both are considered cult classics to African-American viewers like most of his work.

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''The Meteor Man'' is a 1993 {{Superhero}} movie, starring Creator/RobertTownsend alongside an EnsembleCast ranging from well known black actors and comedians such as [[Series/TheJeffersons Marla Gibbs]], [[Franchise/StarWars James Earl Jones]], Creator/RobertGuillaume, [[Film/JingleAllTheWay Sinbad]] and even Creator/BillCosby himself, to up-and-coming black actors such as Creator/DonCheadle, [[Creator/TinyLister Tom Lister Jr.]] and Eddie Griffin. Townsend also wrote and directed it, just as he did with his previous film, ''The Five Heartbeats''. Although neither film [[BoxOfficeBomb fared very well at the box office]], they both are considered cult classics to African-American viewers viewers, like most of his work.
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''The Meteor Man'' is a 1993 {{Superhero}} movie, starring Creator/RobertTownsend alongside an EnsembleCast ranging from well known black actors and comedies such as [[Series/TheJeffersons Marla Gibbs]], [[Franchise/StarWars James Earl Jones]], Creator/RobertGuillaume, [[Film/JingleAllTheWay Sinbad]] and even Creator/BillCosby himself, to up-and-coming black actors such as Creator/DonCheadle, [[Creator/TinyLister Tom Lister Jr.]] and Eddie Griffin. Townsend also wrote and directed it, just as he did with his previous film, ''The Five Heartbeats''. Although neither film [[BoxOfficeBomb fared very well at the box office]], they both are considered cult classics to African-American viewers like most of his work.

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''The Meteor Man'' is a 1993 {{Superhero}} movie, starring Creator/RobertTownsend alongside an EnsembleCast ranging from well known black actors and comedies comedians such as [[Series/TheJeffersons Marla Gibbs]], [[Franchise/StarWars James Earl Jones]], Creator/RobertGuillaume, [[Film/JingleAllTheWay Sinbad]] and even Creator/BillCosby himself, to up-and-coming black actors such as Creator/DonCheadle, [[Creator/TinyLister Tom Lister Jr.]] and Eddie Griffin. Townsend also wrote and directed it, just as he did with his previous film, ''The Five Heartbeats''. Although neither film [[BoxOfficeBomb fared very well at the box office]], they both are considered cult classics to African-American viewers like most of his work.

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%%* NoSell: Meteor Man vs Tiny Lister.

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%%* * NoSell: Meteor Man vs Tiny Lister.the goon played by "Tiny" Lister. Both times he punches Meteor Man, he breaks his hand and Meteor Man is not even mussed.


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* TotalitarianGangsterism: The Golden Lords are outrageously ruthless and rule over the neighborhood with a gold-laced cast-iron fist. The appearance of a superhero in town almost instantly leads them to try to massacre a town meeting just to give Meteor Man a message: "you can't be everywhere."

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* CanonWelding: The sequel comic is set in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse.



* CanonWelding: The sequel comic is set in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse.


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* CostumeTestMontage: When it comes time for Jefferson to embrace his powers and become a superhero, we are treated to a montage of various superhero looking costume that he tries on.
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* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jefferson chews out the whole community when he learns that they're going to surrender to the Golden Lords after he starts losing his powers, saying that they had no right to say that he hadn't done enough when nobody else had done anything. This shames the ghetto into helping him out in the final battle.
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[[TheHero Jefferson Reed]] is a mild-mannered schoolteacher in a neighborhood terrorized by gang activity. Jeff tries to help a woman who is being mugged by two kids who are apparently trying to get into the Golden Lords, the most powerful of the local criminal gangs and which has member groups even amongst toddlers (Termed "Baby Lords"). The woman flees but the entire gang shows up and proceeds to chase Jeff. He hides in a dumpster for hours. After leaving the dumpster, he spots a falling meteor and tries to run away. [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive But his life is changed dramatically]] when he awakes in the hospital and realizes the effects of the meteor gave him [[ComboPlatterPowers a number of different superpowers.]] He decides to don a superhero identity, Meteor Man, and to use his powers [[TheyFightCrime to fight crime.]]

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[[TheHero Jefferson Reed]] is a mild-mannered schoolteacher in a neighborhood terrorized by gang activity. Jeff tries to help a woman who is being mugged by two kids who are apparently trying to get into the Golden Lords, the most powerful of the local criminal gangs and which has member groups even amongst toddlers (Termed "Baby Lords"). The woman flees but the entire gang shows up and proceeds to chase Jeff. He hides in a dumpster for hours. After leaving the dumpster, he spots a falling meteor and tries to run away. [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive But his life is changed dramatically]] when he awakes in the hospital and realizes the effects of the meteor gave him [[ComboPlatterPowers a number of different superpowers.]] He decides to don a superhero identity, Meteor Man, and to use his powers [[TheyFightCrime to fight crime.]]


* AwesomeMcCoolname: Uzi of the Golden Lords, possibly the only Lord with a cool name.
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%%* SomethingPerson * SomethingPerson: Meteor + Man.
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* UnfortunateNames: Some of the Golden Lords qualify, but Don Cheadle's is by far the worst: Goldilocks. He proves to be one of the tougher Lords, however.

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* UnfortunateNames: Some of the Golden Lords qualify, but Don Cheadle's is by far the worst: Goldilocks. He proves to be one of the tougher Lords, however.
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* ComboPlatterPowers: The meteor gives anyone that touches it a very diverse set of powers, including: {{Flight}}, HealingFactor, HealingHands, IngestingKnowledge, SpeaksFluentAnimal, SuperSpeed, SuperStrength, {{Telekinesis},{{Telepathy}} and XRayVision.

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* ComboPlatterPowers: The meteor gives anyone that touches it a very diverse set of powers, including: {{Flight}}, HealingFactor, HealingHands, IngestingKnowledge, SpeaksFluentAnimal, SuperSpeed, SuperStrength, {{Telekinesis},{{Telepathy}} {{Telekinesis}}, {{Telepathy}} and XRayVision.



* IngestingKnowledge With the powers of the meteor, you can ingest all of the information in a book just from touching it, but can only retain the information for 30 seconds.

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* IngestingKnowledge IngestingKnowledge: With the powers of the meteor, you can ingest all of the information in a book just from touching it, but can only retain the information for 30 seconds.



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%%* MagicMeteor * MagicMeteor: Jefferson gets his superpowers from a meteor crashing on him.

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* AsHimself: The one and only Biz Markie.

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* AsHimself: The %%The one and only Biz Markie.



* BadassAdorable: Although the older guys are pretty scary and one of them even has a pet tiger, the Baby Lords are ready for war and were the last gang members to retreat at the end of the movie.
** Also, they dress more like high-ranking mobsters than low-level street punks.

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* BadassAdorable: Although the older guys are pretty scary and one of them even has a pet tiger, the Baby Lords are ready for war and were the last gang members to retreat at the end of the movie.
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movie. Also, they dress more like high-ranking mobsters than low-level street punks.



* ComboPlatterPowers: The meteor gives anyone that touches it a very diverse set of powers, including:
** {{Flight}}
** HealingFactor
** HealingHands
** IngestingKnowledge: With the powers of the meteor, you can ingest all of the information in a book just from touching it, but can only retain the information for 30 seconds.
** SpeaksFluentAnimal
** SuperSpeed
** SuperStrength
** {{Telekinesis}}
** {{Telepathy}}
** XRayVision

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* ComboPlatterPowers: The meteor gives anyone that touches it a very diverse set of powers, including:
** {{Flight}}
** HealingFactor
** HealingHands
** IngestingKnowledge: With the powers of the meteor, you can ingest all of the information in a book just from touching it, but can only retain the information for 30 seconds.
** SpeaksFluentAnimal
** SuperSpeed
** SuperStrength
** {{Telekinesis}}
** {{Telepathy}}
** XRayVision
including: {{Flight}}, HealingFactor, HealingHands, IngestingKnowledge, SpeaksFluentAnimal, SuperSpeed, SuperStrength, {{Telekinesis},{{Telepathy}} and XRayVision.



* FashionShow: Parodied. Jefferson absorbs a book about kung fu by Creator/BruceLee, but scrambles to find it again when the knowledge wears off. Instead he grabs a book about runway modeling, which the villain also touches. They even engage in a CatFight before the absorption wears off.

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* FashionShow: Parodied. Jefferson absorbs a book about kung fu by Creator/BruceLee, but scrambles to find it again when the knowledge wears off. Instead Instead, he grabs a book about runway modeling, which the villain also touches. They even engage in a CatFight before the absorption wears off.



* HeelFaceTurn: Squirrel twice, though the first one was more or less helping the enemy.
* HospitalHottie: Played straight and subverted beginning with Lela Rochon, followed by Angela Robinson-Witherspoon, and lastly by LaWanda Page (the old nurse that says to Jeff, "What can she do that I can't?").
* HowDoIShotWeb
* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum

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* %%* HeelFaceTurn: Squirrel twice, though the first one was more or less helping the enemy.
* %%* HospitalHottie: Played straight and subverted beginning with Lela Rochon, followed by Angela Robinson-Witherspoon, and lastly by LaWanda Page (the old nurse that says to Jeff, "What can she do that I can't?").
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* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum IngestingKnowledge With the powers of the meteor, you can ingest all of the information in a book just from touching it, but can only retain the information for 30 seconds.



* MagicMeteor
* MonochromeCasting: Pretty much everybody in this movie is black.
** Justified in that it's set in a Washington D.C. ghetto.
* NoSell: Meteor Man vs Tiny Lister.

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* MonochromeCasting: Pretty much everybody in this movie is black.
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight
* TheVoiceless: Bill Cosby's character never talks.
** Au contraire! He [[SpeaksFluentAnimal speaks Dog]].
** Luther Vandross says nothing throughout the movie; this probably makes him that much more devilish.

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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight
* TheVoiceless: Bill Cosby's character never talks.
** Au contraire! He [[SpeaksFluentAnimal speaks Dog]].
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%%* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Luther Vandross says nothing throughout the movie; this probably makes him that much more devilish.
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''The Meteor Man'' is a 1993 {{Superhero}} movie, starring Creator/RobertTownsend alongside an EnsembleCast ranging from well known black actors and comedies such as [[Series/TheJeffersons Marla Gibbs]], [[Franchise/StarWars James Earl Jones]], [[Series/{{Benson}} Robert Guiliaume]], [[Film/JingleAllTheWay Sinbad]] and even Creator/BillCosby himself, to up-and-coming black actors such as Creator/DonCheadle, [[Creator/TinyLister Tom Lister Jr.]] and Eddie Griffin. Townsend also wrote and directed it just as he did with his previous film, ''The Five Heartbeats''. Although neither film [[BoxOfficeBomb fared very well]], they both are considered cult classics to African-American viewers like most of his work.

[[TheHero Jefferson Reed]] is a mild-mannered schoolteacher in a neighborhood terrorized by gang activity. Jeff tries to help a woman who is being mugged by two kids apparently trying to get into the Golden Lords, the most powerful of the local criminals and which has member groups even amongst toddlers (Termed "Baby Lords"). The woman flees but the entire gang shows up and proceeds to chase Jeff. He hides in a dumpster for hours. After leaving the dumpster, he spots a falling meteor and tries to run away. [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive But his life is changed dramatically]] when he awakes in the hospital realizes the effects of the meteor gave him [[ComboPlatterPowers a number of different superpowers.]] He decides to don a superhero identity, Meteor Man, and to use his powers [[TheyFightCrime to fight crime.]]

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''The Meteor Man'' is a 1993 {{Superhero}} movie, starring Creator/RobertTownsend alongside an EnsembleCast ranging from well known black actors and comedies such as [[Series/TheJeffersons Marla Gibbs]], [[Franchise/StarWars James Earl Jones]], [[Series/{{Benson}} Robert Guiliaume]], Creator/RobertGuillaume, [[Film/JingleAllTheWay Sinbad]] and even Creator/BillCosby himself, to up-and-coming black actors such as Creator/DonCheadle, [[Creator/TinyLister Tom Lister Jr.]] and Eddie Griffin. Townsend also wrote and directed it it, just as he did with his previous film, ''The Five Heartbeats''. Although neither film [[BoxOfficeBomb fared very well]], well at the box office]], they both are considered cult classics to African-American viewers like most of his work.

[[TheHero Jefferson Reed]] is a mild-mannered schoolteacher in a neighborhood terrorized by gang activity. Jeff tries to help a woman who is being mugged by two kids who are apparently trying to get into the Golden Lords, the most powerful of the local criminals criminal gangs and which has member groups even amongst toddlers (Termed "Baby Lords"). The woman flees but the entire gang shows up and proceeds to chase Jeff. He hides in a dumpster for hours. After leaving the dumpster, he spots a falling meteor and tries to run away. [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive But his life is changed dramatically]] when he awakes in the hospital and realizes the effects of the meteor gave him [[ComboPlatterPowers a number of different superpowers.]] He decides to don a superhero identity, Meteor Man, and to use his powers [[TheyFightCrime to fight crime.]]



*** Subverted big time with Michael; when a powerless Jefferson was forced to fight Simon there was some intense build up to make you assume the trope would be played straight. It ultimately ended in EpicFail for him.

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*** Subverted big time with Michael; when a powerless Jefferson was forced to fight Simon Simon, there was some intense build up to make you assume the trope would be played straight. It ultimately ended in EpicFail for him.



* ChildSoldiers: It seems as if the bulk of the Golden Lords are kids. The even name them according to age (i.e. Junior Lords and Baby Lords. They don't kill anyone, however due to the PG rating [[spoiler: nobody dies, so the adult Lords don't kill anyone either.]] They all seem very eager to kill though. Especially the Baby Lords.

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* ChildSoldiers: It seems as if the bulk of the Golden Lords are kids. The They even name them according to age (i.e. Junior Lords and Baby Lords. They don't kill anyone, however due to the PG rating [[spoiler: ([[spoiler: nobody dies, so the adult Lords don't kill anyone either.]] ]]) They all seem very eager to kill though. Especially though, especially the Baby Lords.



** IngestingKnowledge: With the powers of the meteor, one could ingest all of the information in a book just from touching it, but could only retain the information for 30 seconds.

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** IngestingKnowledge: With the powers of the meteor, one could you can ingest all of the information in a book just from touching it, but could can only retain the information for 30 seconds.



* ComicBookAdaptation: Bert Hubbard and Dwight Coye wrote a six issue series where Jeff meets ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' and ''[[ComicBook/NewWarriors Night Thrasher]]''.
* DePower: [[spoiler: It turns out that the meteor powers are only temporary... or at least will fluctuate periodically over his career.]]

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* ComicBookAdaptation: Bert Hubbard and Dwight Coye wrote a six issue six-issue series where Jeff meets ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' and ''[[ComicBook/NewWarriors Night Thrasher]]''.
* DePower: [[spoiler: It [[spoiler:It turns out that the meteor powers are only temporary... or at least will fluctuate periodically over his career.]]



* EveryoneJoinTheParty: At the end, when the last of the gangsters asks Jefferson to leave town, the entire community stands on all nearby rooftops with their weapons ready to fire. This drives the rest of the criminals away.

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* EveryoneJoinTheParty: At the end, when the last of the gangsters asks Jefferson to leave town, the entire community stands on all nearby rooftops with their weapons ready to fire. This drives the rest of the criminals away.



* AGodAmI: The BigBad after he [[spoiler: gains powers from the meteor and bests Meteor Man in battle.]]

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* AGodAmI: The BigBad after he [[spoiler: gains [[spoiler:gains powers from the meteor and bests Meteor Man in battle.]]



** Justified in that its set in a Washington D.C. ghetto.

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** Justified in that its it's set in a Washington D.C. ghetto.



* ShoutOut: The leader of the Golden Lords says, while discussing the cities under their control to the other high-ranking members, he says that their next move will be to take over New York. Then he says " if I can make it there, I can make it anywhere." Which is a line from the theme song of "New York, New York"

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* ShoutOut: The leader of the Golden Lords says, while discussing the cities under their control to the other high-ranking members, he says that their next move will be to take over New York. Then he says " if "if I can make it there, I can make it anywhere." Which is a line from the theme song of "New York, New York"York".



* SuddenlyFluentInGibberish: When Jefferson casually asks Max what he wants to eat, he was surprised by the reply.

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* SuddenlyFluentInGibberish: When Jefferson casually asks Max what he wants to eat, he was is surprised by the reply.



** Luther Vandross says nothing throughout the movie, this probably makes him that much more devilish.
* TooDumbToLive: Yeah Michael impersonate Meteor Man then make an announcement on the radio that you'll show up at a public area. With the Golden Lords listening in. Just because you wanted to meet a news reporter that you like so much. Lucky Jeff was there to save your ass.
** Did Digit honestly believe he'd stand a chance fighting Meteor Man again? Despite the last fight resulted in him getting a broken arm.

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** Luther Vandross says nothing throughout the movie, movie; this probably makes him that much more devilish.
* TooDumbToLive: Yeah Michael Michael, impersonate Meteor Man Man, then make an announcement on the radio that you'll show up at a public area. With the Golden Lords listening in. Just because you wanted to meet a news reporter that you like so much.like. Lucky Jeff was there to save your ass.
** Did Digit honestly believe he'd stand a chance fighting Meteor Man again? Despite again, despite the last fight resulted resulting in him getting a broken arm.arm?



* UnfortunateNames: Some of the Golden Lords qualify. But Don Cheadle's if by far the worst, Goldilocks, he proves to be one of the tougher Lords, however.

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* UnfortunateNames: Some of the Golden Lords qualify. But qualify, but Don Cheadle's if is by far the worst, Goldilocks, he worst: Goldilocks. He proves to be one of the tougher Lords, however.
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''The Meteor Man'' is a 1993 {{Superhero}} movie, starring Robert Townsend alongside an EnsembleCast ranging from well known black actors and comedies such as [[Series/TheJeffersons Marla Gibbs]], [[Franchise/StarWars James Earl Jones]], [[Series/{{Benson}} Robert Guiliaume]], [[Film/JingleAllTheWay Sinbad]] and even Creator/BillCosby himself, to up-and-coming black actors such as Creator/DonCheadle, [[Creator/TinyLister Tom Lister Jr.]] and Eddie Griffin. Townsend also wrote and directed it just as he did with his previous film, ''The Five Heartbeats''. Although neither film [[BoxOfficeBomb fared very well]], they both are considered cult classics to African-American viewers like most of his work.

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''The Meteor Man'' is a 1993 {{Superhero}} movie, starring Robert Townsend Creator/RobertTownsend alongside an EnsembleCast ranging from well known black actors and comedies such as [[Series/TheJeffersons Marla Gibbs]], [[Franchise/StarWars James Earl Jones]], [[Series/{{Benson}} Robert Guiliaume]], [[Film/JingleAllTheWay Sinbad]] and even Creator/BillCosby himself, to up-and-coming black actors such as Creator/DonCheadle, [[Creator/TinyLister Tom Lister Jr.]] and Eddie Griffin. Townsend also wrote and directed it just as he did with his previous film, ''The Five Heartbeats''. Although neither film [[BoxOfficeBomb fared very well]], they both are considered cult classics to African-American viewers like most of his work.
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* UnderwearOfPower: Meteor Man wears something akin to a black speedo on the outside of his costume.
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* ComicBookAdaptation: Bert Hubbard and Dwight Coye wrote a six issue series where Jeff meets ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' and ''ComicBook/NightThrasher''.

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* ComicBookAdaptation: Bert Hubbard and Dwight Coye wrote a six issue series where Jeff meets ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' and ''ComicBook/NightThrasher''.''[[ComicBook/NewWarriors Night Thrasher]]''.

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* AGodAmI: The BigBad after he [[spoiler: gains powers from the meteor and bests Meteor Man in battle.]]
** "I WILL BE GOD ON THIS PLANET!"


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* CanonWelding: The sequel comic is set in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse.


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* ComicBookAdaptation: Bert Hubbard and Dwight Coye wrote a six issue series where Jeff meets ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' and ''ComicBook/NightThrasher''.


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* AGodAmI: The BigBad after he [[spoiler: gains powers from the meteor and bests Meteor Man in battle.]]
** "I WILL BE GOD ON THIS PLANET!"


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* SuperSpeedReading: Jeff can know the contents of a book by touching it.
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* BulletCatch: Made easy with SuperSpeed, but this was done when the power was weakening.
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''The Meteor Man'' is a 1993 {{Superhero}} movie, starring Robert Townsend alongside an EnsembleCast ranging from well known black actors and comedies such as [[Series/TheJeffersons Marla Gibbs]], [[Franchise/StarWars James Earl Jones]], [[Series/{{Benson}} Robert Guiliaume]], [[Film/JingleAllTheWay Sinbad]] and even Creator/BillCosby himself, to up-and-coming black actors such as Creator/DonCheadle, Tom Lister Jr. and Eddie Griffin. Townsend also wrote and directed it just as he did with his previous film, ''The Five Heartbeats''. Although neither film [[BoxOfficeBomb fared very well]], they both are considered cult classics to African-American viewers like most of his work.

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''The Meteor Man'' is a 1993 {{Superhero}} movie, starring Robert Townsend alongside an EnsembleCast ranging from well known black actors and comedies such as [[Series/TheJeffersons Marla Gibbs]], [[Franchise/StarWars James Earl Jones]], [[Series/{{Benson}} Robert Guiliaume]], [[Film/JingleAllTheWay Sinbad]] and even Creator/BillCosby himself, to up-and-coming black actors such as Creator/DonCheadle, [[Creator/TinyLister Tom Lister Jr. Jr.]] and Eddie Griffin. Townsend also wrote and directed it just as he did with his previous film, ''The Five Heartbeats''. Although neither film [[BoxOfficeBomb fared very well]], they both are considered cult classics to African-American viewers like most of his work.
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''The Meteor Man'' is a 1993 {{Superhero}} movie, starring Robert Townsend alongside an EnsembleCast ranging from well known black actors and comedies such as [[Series/TheJeffersons Marla Gibbs]], [[Franchise/StarWars James Earl Jones]], [[Series/{{Benson}} Robert Guiliaume]], [[Film/JingleAllTheWay Sinbad]] and even Creator/BillCosby himself, to up-and-coming black actors such as Don Cheadle and Eddie Griffin. Townsend also wrote and directed it just as he did with his previous film, ''The Five Heartbeats''. Although neither film [[BoxOfficeBomb fared very well]], they both are considered cult classics to African-American viewers like most of his work.

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''The Meteor Man'' is a 1993 {{Superhero}} movie, starring Robert Townsend alongside an EnsembleCast ranging from well known black actors and comedies such as [[Series/TheJeffersons Marla Gibbs]], [[Franchise/StarWars James Earl Jones]], [[Series/{{Benson}} Robert Guiliaume]], [[Film/JingleAllTheWay Sinbad]] and even Creator/BillCosby himself, to up-and-coming black actors such as Don Cheadle Creator/DonCheadle, Tom Lister Jr. and Eddie Griffin. Townsend also wrote and directed it just as he did with his previous film, ''The Five Heartbeats''. Although neither film [[BoxOfficeBomb fared very well]], they both are considered cult classics to African-American viewers like most of his work.
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''The Meteor Man'' is a 1993 {{Superhero}} movie, starring Robert Townsend alongside an EnsembleCast ranging from well known black actors and comedies such as [[TheJeffersons Marla Gibbs]], [[Franchise/StarWars James Earl Jones]], [[Series/{{Benson}} Robert Guiliaume]], [[Film/JingleAllTheWay Sinbad]] and even Creator/BillCosby himself, to up-and-coming black actors such as Don Cheadle and Eddie Griffin. Townsend also wrote and directed it just as he did with his previous film, ''The Five Heartbeats''. Although neither film [[BoxOfficeBomb fared very well]], they both are considered cult classics to African-American viewers like most of his work.

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''The Meteor Man'' is a 1993 {{Superhero}} movie, starring Robert Townsend alongside an EnsembleCast ranging from well known black actors and comedies such as [[TheJeffersons [[Series/TheJeffersons Marla Gibbs]], [[Franchise/StarWars James Earl Jones]], [[Series/{{Benson}} Robert Guiliaume]], [[Film/JingleAllTheWay Sinbad]] and even Creator/BillCosby himself, to up-and-coming black actors such as Don Cheadle and Eddie Griffin. Townsend also wrote and directed it just as he did with his previous film, ''The Five Heartbeats''. Although neither film [[BoxOfficeBomb fared very well]], they both are considered cult classics to African-American viewers like most of his work.
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* WhatTheHellTownspeople: Jefferson calling the neighborhood community out on their cowardice of not standing up to the Golden Lords and placing the community's troubles on him, despite the fact that it was the community who pressured Jefferson into becoming Meteor Man in the first place.
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''The Meteor Man'' is a 1993 {{Superhero}} movie, starring Robert Townsend alongside an EnsembleCast ranging from well known black actors and comedies such as [[TheJeffersons Marla Gibbs]], [[StarWars James Earl Jones]], [[{{Benson}} Robert Guiliaume]], [[Film/JingleAllTheWay Sinbad]] and even Creator/BillCosby himself, to up-and-coming black actors such as Don Cheadle and Eddie Griffin. Townsend also wrote and directed it just as he did with his previous film, ''The Five Heartbeats''. Although neither film [[BoxOfficeBomb fared very well]], they both are considered cult classics to African-American viewers like most of his work.

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''The Meteor Man'' is a 1993 {{Superhero}} movie, starring Robert Townsend alongside an EnsembleCast ranging from well known black actors and comedies such as [[TheJeffersons Marla Gibbs]], [[StarWars [[Franchise/StarWars James Earl Jones]], [[{{Benson}} [[Series/{{Benson}} Robert Guiliaume]], [[Film/JingleAllTheWay Sinbad]] and even Creator/BillCosby himself, to up-and-coming black actors such as Don Cheadle and Eddie Griffin. Townsend also wrote and directed it just as he did with his previous film, ''The Five Heartbeats''. Although neither film [[BoxOfficeBomb fared very well]], they both are considered cult classics to African-American viewers like most of his work.
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* ComboPlatterPowers: The meteor gives anyone that touches it a VERY diverse set of powers, including:

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* ComboPlatterPowers: The meteor gives anyone that touches it a VERY very diverse set of powers, including:
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* HospitalHottie: Played straight and subverted, first with the hot young Lela Rochon and the Angela Robinson-Witherspoon, then with LaWanda Page, the old nurse that even says to Jeff "What can she do that I can't?"

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* HospitalHottie: Played straight and subverted, first subverted beginning with the hot young Lela Rochon and the Rochon, followed by Angela Robinson-Witherspoon, then with and lastly by LaWanda Page, the Page (the old nurse that even says to Jeff Jeff, "What can she do that I can't?"can't?").

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