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* FollowTheLeader: A film in the mold of ''Film/TheKarateKid''.
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** In Barry's Wild West fantasy in the gym, Chuck portrays a [[WalkerTexasRanger Texas Ranger]].

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** In Barry's Wild West fantasy in the gym, Chuck portrays a [[WalkerTexasRanger [[Series/WalkerTexasRanger Texas Ranger]].
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** An AlternateAesopInterpretation is that Barry wanted to be badass more than anything and failed miserably because he just dreamed about. When he stopped daydreaming and ''became'' badass through hard work and training-- his dreams came true. It's an argument about stopping wishing for things and going out to do them.
*** Mind you, Chuck Norris joining Barry's team is ''unlikely'' but not impossible as he was still a major figure in American karate at the time of the film and the villain's attitude clearly bugged the hell out of him.


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** And the zero tolerance on bullying. There is a strong chance Randy would have been expelled for provoking the fight.

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** And the zero tolerance on bullying. There is a strong chance Randy would have been expelled for provoking the fight.fight (although some districts punish fighting back just as harshly).
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** Pluton, despite his limited appearances, manages to stick out as one of the most monstrous villains in the comic. Posessing the power of life-force draining, Pluton is shown having massacred over 4,000 people, with a [[WouldHurtAChild child]] and her father being just two of his victims. Detained at a maximum security prison after murdering four superheroes and five sidekicks, Pluton is [[TheDreaded still feared]] throughout the superhero community. Escaping prison with the help of other villains, Pluton attacks the man who released him, and murders any guards or sidekicks that get in his way. When confronted by more heroes, Pluton gleefully toys with them, revealing himslf to be an AxCrazy BloodKnight, then tries to kill one hero's sidekick in front of him just to torture him.

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** Pluton, despite his limited appearances, manages **[[BigBad Metheos]], once the hero Dunkelheit, [[FallenHero succumbed to stick out as greed and lust for power]]. Using one of the most monstrous villains in Pranas, the comic. Posessing three items that govern superpowers, Metheos stole the power body of life-force draining, Pluton is shown his partner Guardian and began to recruit budding supervillains to his side by stealing superpowers and distributing them. [[BadBoss Not even loyal minions were safe]], as Metheos would happily steal from them and "redistribute", leaving loyal followers to die if [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness a more convenient recruit arose]]. After stealing the body of Guardian's son, Metheos backstabs Guardian's former sidekick Camilla when she tries to protect him and attempts to annihilate multiple helpless sidekicks to force Metheos's own former sidekick to sacrifice his life. Awakening from a four-year coma, Metheos recharges his powers by draining the lives from thousands upon thousands of innocent people and initiates what he terms Project M.A.S.S.A.C.R.E: herding people from a city so he can drain their lives, filling up dozens of enormous mass graves, before having massacred over 4,000 his men slaughter any survivors for laughs. Not satisfied with simply restoring his powers, Metheos intends to reach a level of power greater than any other by draining the life from hundreds of millions of innocent people, consumed with a [[WouldHurtAChild child]] his hunger for power and [[AGodAmI believing all that exists should bow before him]].
** [[TheDragon Iblis]] is Metheos's most powerful servant, and easily his most evil. Once a sidekick-in-training named Olivia, Iblis was a [[AlphaBitch sadistic person]] even then. However, when Iblis failed
her father being just two of his victims. Detained final exam due to her cruel nature, she quickly became something far worse. Developing a seething hatred towards fellow student Lamia for becoming a sidekick, [[UngratefulBastard ignoring the fact that during their training together, Lamia attempted to help her win]], Iblis releases the psychopathic Pluton in an attempt to kill as many students as possible, her "best friend" Judy included, to leave her as the sole candidate for sidekick status. Failing at a maximum security prison after this, Iblis becomes Metheos's second-in-command, and immediately begins murdering four superheroes innocents by the dozen to test out her new powers and five sidekicks, Pluton is [[TheDreaded still feared]] throughout the to assist Metheos in his plans to wipe out every superhero community. Escaping prison with in the help of other villains, Pluton attacks the man who released world. When Metheos is plunged into a coma, Iblis revives him, having happily murdered her own minions and murders any guards or sidekicks that get in his way. When confronted by countless more heroes, Pluton innocents along the way, and has a key role in Project M.A.S.S.A.C.R.E., having supervillains round up thousands of innocents, then sacrifices them all to Metheos to restore his power, after which she and Metheos begin slaughtering millions of people at a time to steal their life force, gleefully toys having their minions massacre any survivors [[ForTheEvulz for fun]]. While dueling with them, revealing himslf to be an AxCrazy BloodKnight, then tries to kill one hero's the hero Limpid, Iblis {{Mind Rape}}s Limpid's sidekick in front before trying to force hundreds of him just people to torture him.kill themselves as distractions, eventually fleeing without a second thought when Metheos is defeated. Though sadistic, egomanical, and power hungry, Iblis' worst quality is no doubt her [[EvilIsPetty pettiness]], enabling the wholesale slaughter of tens of millions of people solely as a revenge scheme on Lamia for [[DisproportionateRetribution completely pathetic reasons]].


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** The aforementioned Pluton is a psychopathic brute who stands out as a particularly vile StarterVillain. A mass murderer who slaughtered close to 5,000 people in a cheerful rampage, notably [[WouldHurtAChild strangling a little girl to death]] after brutally murdering her father, all with a sick grin on his face, Pluton earned his reputation as a HeroKiller when he killed off 4 superheroes and 5 sidekicks sent to detain him. After being freed from his later imprisonment, Pluton carves through everything in his way, including the person who rescued him, and giddily brutalizes a group of sidekicks who attempt to stop him, speaking for the first time solely to reveal [[{{Sadist}} how much pleasure he's getting from hurting them]]. Even when nearly beaten, Pluton tries to sadistically murder a sidekick in front of Darkslug just to torture him. Utterly demented with no reason for his crimes beyond [[ForTheEvulz twisted enjoyment]], Pluton set the standard for all later villains to measure up to in sheer, unadulterated wickedness.
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* Headscratcher: It's a bit odd that the top two finishers in the Women's Kata at a '''karate''' tournament are quite clearly showing off katas from kung fu.
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* CompleteMonster: Pluton, despite his limited appearances, manages to stick out as one of the most monstrous villains in the comic. Possessing the power of life-force draining, Pluton is shown having massacred over 4,000 people, with a [[WouldHurtAChild child]] and her father being just two of his victims. Detained at a maximum security prison after murdering four superheroes and five sidekicks, Pluton is [[TheDreaded still feared]] throughout the superhero community. Escaping prison with the help of other villains, Pluton attacks the man who released him, and murders any guards or sidekicks that get in his way. When confronted by more heroes, Pluton gleefully toys with them, revealing himslf to be an AxCrazy BloodKnight, then tries to kill one hero's sidekick in front of him just to torture him.

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despite his limited appearances, manages to stick out as one of the most monstrous villains in the comic. Possessing Posessing the power of life-force draining, Pluton is shown having massacred over 4,000 people, with a [[WouldHurtAChild child]] and her father being just two of his victims. Detained at a maximum security prison after murdering four superheroes and five sidekicks, Pluton is [[TheDreaded still feared]] throughout the superhero community. Escaping prison with the help of other villains, Pluton attacks the man who released him, and murders any guards or sidekicks that get in his way. When confronted by more heroes, Pluton gleefully toys with them, revealing himslf to be an AxCrazy BloodKnight, then tries to kill one hero's sidekick in front of him just to torture him. him.
** [[MadScientist Dr. Max]] is a [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] robotics expert obsessed with creating the ultimate machine. To this end, Max manipulates a powerful businessman, Mr. Ellison, to fund his creations, whom he regularly uses to murder weak superheroes and sidekicks, and brutally murders Ellison in front of the man's daughter when [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he outlives his usefulness]]. Using his powerful robots for various purposes, from [[BadBoss massacring his entire lab staff]], to ordering them to lay waste to a highly-populated city as a test run, Max eventually implants his mind in a robot body, and uses his new strength to sadistically duel with numerous heroes, drawing out their pain for his own entertainment. After trying to murder an innocent woman, Max plans to absorb the comatose superhero [[LightningBruiser Darkslug]]'s cells into his own body, hoping to make himself the most powerful being in existence and finish his research. Though a minor villain when compared to the likes of [[BigBad Metheos]] or [[TheDragon Iblis]], Dr. Max stands out as a truly depraved lunatic who is willing to wipe out hundreds of people and kill any of his partners for minor reasons, all to quench his obsession with [[ForScience perfecting his research]].
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* AntiClimax: Randy was such an unlikable character that you'd hope he'd get some kind of comeuppance. Yet when he and Barry do confront each other in the Karate Tournament their conflict was settled in a brick breaking competition. All that build up to a rather mediocre payoff and whats to stop Randy from picking on Barry after that?
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* VanityProject: This film could be considered a vanity project, if not necessarily for ChuckNorris, then perhaps for his brother. The film stars Chuck Norris as himself and Johnathan Brandis who plays a kid who is obsessed with him. The film was also directed by Chuck's younger brother, Aaron Norris.

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* VanityProject: This film could be considered a vanity project, if not necessarily for ChuckNorris, Creator/ChuckNorris, then perhaps for his brother. The film stars Chuck Norris as himself and Johnathan Brandis who plays a kid who is obsessed with him. The film was also directed by Chuck's younger brother, Aaron Norris.
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** And the zero tolerance on bullying. There is a strong chance Randy would have been expelled for provoking the fight.

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** Barry's weapons demonstration also counts.



* Headscratcher: It's a bit odd that the top two finishers in the Women's Kata at a '''karate''' tournament are quite clearly showing off katas from kung fu.



* ValuesDissonance: The fistfight between Barry and Randy in the school gym definitely would result in their explusion and arrest nowadays in the post-Columbine school environment.

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* ValuesDissonance: The fistfight between Barry and Randy in the school gym definitely would result in their explusion and arrest suspension nowadays in the post-Columbine school environment.
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* TheCastShowoff: The martial arts skills of Norris and Julia Nickson stand out. Joe Piscopo also takes the time to show off how incredibly ripped he was.


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* FollowTheLeader: A film in the mold of ''Film/TheKarateKid''.
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* CompleteMonster: Pluton, despite his limited appearances, manages to stick out as one of the most monstrous villains in the comic. Posessing the power of life-force draining, Pluton is shown having massacred over 4,000 people, with a [[WouldHurtAChild child]] and her father being just two of his victims. Detained at a maximum security prison after murdering four superheroes and five sidekicks, Pluton is [[TheDreaded still feared]] throughout the superhero community. Escaping prison with the help of other villains, Pluton attacks the man who released him, and murders any guards or sidekicks that get in his way. When confronted by more heroes, Pluton gleefully toys with them, revealing himslf to be an AxCrazy BloodKnight, then tries to kill one hero's sidekick in front of him just to torture him.

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* CompleteMonster: Pluton, despite his limited appearances, manages to stick out as one of the most monstrous villains in the comic. Posessing Possessing the power of life-force draining, Pluton is shown having massacred over 4,000 people, with a [[WouldHurtAChild child]] and her father being just two of his victims. Detained at a maximum security prison after murdering four superheroes and five sidekicks, Pluton is [[TheDreaded still feared]] throughout the superhero community. Escaping prison with the help of other villains, Pluton attacks the man who released him, and murders any guards or sidekicks that get in his way. When confronted by more heroes, Pluton gleefully toys with them, revealing himslf to be an AxCrazy BloodKnight, then tries to kill one hero's sidekick in front of him just to torture him.
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* CompleteMonster: Pluton, despite his limited appearances, manages to stick out as one of the most monstrous villains in the comic. Posessing the power of Life-Force draining, Pluton is shown having massacred over 4,000 people, with a [[WouldHurtAChild child]] and her father being just two of his victims. Detained at a maximum security prison after murdering 4 Superheroes and 5 Sidekicks, Pluton is [[TheDreaded still feared]] throughout the superhero community. Escaping prison with the help of other villains, Pluton attacks the man who released him, and murders any guards or sidekicks that get in his way. When confronted by more heroes, Pluton gleefully toys with them, revealing himslf to be an AxCrazy BloodKnight, then tries to kill one heroes' sidekick in front of him just to torture him.

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* CompleteMonster: Pluton, despite his limited appearances, manages to stick out as one of the most monstrous villains in the comic. Posessing the power of Life-Force life-force draining, Pluton is shown having massacred over 4,000 people, with a [[WouldHurtAChild child]] and her father being just two of his victims. Detained at a maximum security prison after murdering 4 Superheroes four superheroes and 5 Sidekicks, five sidekicks, Pluton is [[TheDreaded still feared]] throughout the superhero community. Escaping prison with the help of other villains, Pluton attacks the man who released him, and murders any guards or sidekicks that get in his way. When confronted by more heroes, Pluton gleefully toys with them, revealing himslf to be an AxCrazy BloodKnight, then tries to kill one heroes' hero's sidekick in front of him just to torture him.
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* CompleteMonster: Pluton, despite his limited appearances, manages to stick out as one of the most monstrous villain in the comic. Posessing the power of Life-Force draining, Pluton is shown having massacred over 4,000 people, with a [[WouldHurtAChild child]] and her father being just two of his victims. Detained at a maximum security prison after murdering 4 Superheroes and 5 Sidekicks, Pluton is [[TheDreaded still feared]] throughout the superhero community. Escaping prison with the help of other villains, Pluton attacks the man who released him, and murders any guards or sidekicks that get in his way. When confronted by more heroes, Pluton gleefully toys with them, revealing himslf to be an AxCrazy BloodKnight, then tries to kill one heroes' sidekick in front of him just to torture him.

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* CompleteMonster: Pluton, despite his limited appearances, manages to stick out as one of the most monstrous villain villains in the comic. Posessing the power of Life-Force draining, Pluton is shown having massacred over 4,000 people, with a [[WouldHurtAChild child]] and her father being just two of his victims. Detained at a maximum security prison after murdering 4 Superheroes and 5 Sidekicks, Pluton is [[TheDreaded still feared]] throughout the superhero community. Escaping prison with the help of other villains, Pluton attacks the man who released him, and murders any guards or sidekicks that get in his way. When confronted by more heroes, Pluton gleefully toys with them, revealing himslf to be an AxCrazy BloodKnight, then tries to kill one heroes' sidekick in front of him just to torture him.
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* CompleteMonster:Pluton, despite his limited appearances, manages to stick out as one of the most monstrous villain in the comic. Posessing the power of Life-Force draining, Pluton is shown having massacred over 4,000 people, with a [[WouldHurtAChild child]] and her father being just two of his victims. Detained at a maximum security prison after murdering 4 Superheroes and 5 Sidekicks, Pluton is [[TheDreaded still feared]] throughout the superhero community. Escaping prison with the help of other villains, Pluton attacks the man who released him, and murders any guards or sidekicks that get in his way. When confronted by more heroes, Pluton gleefully toys with them, revealing himslf to be an AxCrazy BloodKnight, then tries to kill one heroes' sidekick in front of him just to torture him.

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* CompleteMonster:Pluton, CompleteMonster: Pluton, despite his limited appearances, manages to stick out as one of the most monstrous villain in the comic. Posessing the power of Life-Force draining, Pluton is shown having massacred over 4,000 people, with a [[WouldHurtAChild child]] and her father being just two of his victims. Detained at a maximum security prison after murdering 4 Superheroes and 5 Sidekicks, Pluton is [[TheDreaded still feared]] throughout the superhero community. Escaping prison with the help of other villains, Pluton attacks the man who released him, and murders any guards or sidekicks that get in his way. When confronted by more heroes, Pluton gleefully toys with them, revealing himslf to be an AxCrazy BloodKnight, then tries to kill one heroes' sidekick in front of him just to torture him.
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* CompleteMonster:Pluton, despite his limited appearances, manages to stick out as one of the most monstrous villain in the comic. Posessing the power of Life-Force draining, Pluton is shown having massacred over 4,000 people, with a [[WouldHurtAChild child]] and her father being just two of his victims. Detained at a maximum security prison after murdering 4 Superheroes and 5 Sidekicks, Pluton is [[TheDreaded still feared]] throughout the superhero community. Escaping prison with the help of other villains, Pluton attacks the man who released him, and murders any guards or sidekicks that get in his way. When confronted by more heroes, Pluton gleefully toys with them, revealing himslf to be an AxCrazy BloodKnight, then tries to kill one heroes' sidekick in front of him just to torture him.
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** In Barry's Wild West fantasy in the gym, Chuck portrays a [[WalkerTexasRanger Texas Ranger]].
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* ValuesDissonance: The fistfight between Barry and Randy in the school gym definitely would result in their explusion and arrest nowadays in the post-Columbine school environment.

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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: A bunch of them, but one in particular; during one of Barry's daydreams, based on Norris' movie The Hitman, Barry pulls out a small rocket launcher from inside his trenchcoat. Norris has a look on his face like, "WTF?" Barry, for his part, has a shit-eating grin on his.



* MomentOfFunny: A bunch of them, but one in particular; during one of Barry's daydreams, based on Norris' movie The Hitman, Barry pulls out a small rocket launcher from inside his trenchcoat. Norris has a look on his face like, "WTF?" Barry, for his part, has a shit-eating grin on his.

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* MomentOfFunny: A bunch of them, but one in particular; during one of Barry's daydreams, based on Norris' movie The Hitman, Barry pulls out VanityProject: This film could be considered a small rocket launcher from inside his trenchcoat. Norris has a look on his face like, "WTF?" Barry, vanity project, if not necessarily for ChuckNorris, then perhaps for his part, has brother. The film stars Chuck Norris as himself and Johnathan Brandis who plays a shit-eating grin on his.kid who is obsessed with him. The film was also directed by Chuck's younger brother, Aaron Norris.
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*MomentOfFunny: A bunch of them, but one in particular; during one of Barry's daydreams, based on Norris' movie The Hitman, Barry pulls out a small rocket launcher from inside his trenchcoat. Norris has a look on his face like, "WTF?" Barry, for his part, has a shit-eating grin on his.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: According to Chuck Norris, dreams come true if you want them bad enough. They don't come true if you earn them, deserve them or really need them to come true. In this case, Jerry dreams of fighting alongside Chuck Norris, and because he wanted it so bad, Chuck Norris just happened to drop by at the karate tournament he was competing in and agreed to help him out.

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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: According to Chuck Norris, dreams come true if you want them bad enough. They don't come true if you earn them, deserve them or really need them to come true. In this case, Jerry Barry dreams of fighting alongside Chuck Norris, and because he wanted it so bad, Chuck Norris just happened to drop by at the karate tournament he was competing in and agreed to help him out.
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* BoisterousWeakling: Stone, at least against Chuck Norris.
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* HilariousInHindsight: This movie was pretty much Chuck Norris Facts twenty years before Chuck Norris Facts.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Its very easy to see Barry as being not just a very imaginative teenager who daydreams a lot but as a schizophrenic who has hallucinations, as the NostalgiaCritic notes.

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Its very easy to see Barry as being not just a very imaginative teenager who daydreams a lot but as a schizophrenic who has hallucinations, as the NostalgiaCritic notes.hallucinations.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Its very easy to see Barry as being not just a very imaginative teenager who daydreams a lot but as a schizophrenic who has hallucinations, as the NostalgiaCritic notes.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: When Chuck Norris kicks the teacher's ass.
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: According to Chuck Norris, dreams come true if you want them bad enough. They don't come true if you earn them, deserve them or really need them to come true. In this case, Jerry dreams of fighting alongside Chuck Norris, and because he wanted it so bad, Chuck Norris just happened to drop by at the karate tournament he was competing in and agreed to help him out.
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