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Not by Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg, it's actually from Creator/CraigMazin and [[Creator/ZuckerAbrahamsAndZucker David Zucker]], the creative team behind ''Scary Movie 3'' and ''4''. While ''Superhero Movie'' (2008) still relies on some of their gags, it can still be considered as good a quality movie as the ''Film/ScaryMovie'' series.

Being a parody of the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' films, it uses the basic premise. Kid isn't popular, goes on field trip to science-y place, gets bitten by a bug, gets superpowers. Meanwhile, the kid's crush's boyfriend's uncle's company is working on an untested device that can cure anything and tries it on himself to heal his terminal illness, which is due to kill him in one hour. It explodes, and gives him some nifty powers that allow him to suck the life out of people, starting with the board of directors who were observing his demonstration.
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!!''Superhero Movie'' contains examples of:
* AccidentalPervert: When Rick first gets his powers as the Dragonfly, several hijinxs ensue - largely due to his new power giving him extreme grip on anything he touches. At one point, this humorously results in his hands landing right on the breasts of the school principal (played by Amanda Carlin). He tries to pull his hands off in a panic, resulting in her breasts stretching comically until he finally launches himself off. The only other shot of her shows her getting up in surprise, with the part of her shirt where Rick's hands were now ripped away.
* ActorAllusion: Leslie Nielsen [[spoiler:accidentally sends Stephen Hawking's wheelchair into some railing, and launching Mr. Hawking flying into the air]], almost exactly as he did to OJ Simpson in the first ''[[Film/TheNakedGun Naked Gun]]'' movie.
* AdvertisedExtra: The parody versions of Professor Xavier, Storm and Invisible Woman have a prominent spot on the poster and DVD cover, despite their roles in the film being minimal with mere minutes of screentime (in the case of Pamela Anderson's Invisible Woman {{Expy}}, she's TheCameo at most).
* TheAllegedCar: The 1983 Nissan Shitbox (yes, that's its real name). It does not make an actual appearance, but it is briefly listed on a site when Rick tries to see what kind of car he can get with only $300. [[http://i.imgur.com/al3fc.png Its description]] explains it all:
-->This is a salvage title for a previously very nice ride, call about the car. Salvageable parts, and many square inches of un-bent sheet metal. Use for your own sculpture projects, landscaping or restore to like-new condition. Wheels extra, 3 included in trunk.
* AlliterativeName: '''R'''ick '''R'''iker (Drake Bell), '''J'''ill '''J'''ohnson (Sara Paxton) and '''L'''ou '''L'''anders (Christopher [=McDonald=]) and his nephew '''L'''ance (Ryan Hansen).
* AloneAmongTheCouples: Heavily parodied. After forcing himself to reject Jill, a saddened Rick walks down a street, the people he passes by being exclusively couples, performing more and more exaggerated romantic activities. It eventually leads to him coming across ''two inflatable tube puppets'' appearing to have sex with each other, to the disgust of Rick.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Rick falls into a HeroicBSOD [[spoiler:after Aunt Lucille's death]] and gives up on being a hero, Uncle Albert calls him out for sitting at home, eating junk food, [[spoiler:and wearing a fake beard]].
* ArtisticLicenseCars: The "1983 Nissan" that Rick finds online is actually (what's left of) a 1991 Peugeot 309. Likewise, the banner ad for a used Hyundai actually depicts a Volkswagen Golf.
* BadassPreacher: Both Desmond Tutu and the Pope take part in the fight that breaks out at the World Humanity Awards in the climax.
* BeardOfSorrow: Parodied. [[spoiler:After Aunt Lucille's death,]] Trey and Uncle Albert find a depressed Rick sitting at home with an unkempt beard, seemingly implying that [[TimeSkip weeks if not months have passed]]. [[spoiler:During the conversation, Albert suddenly pulls the fake beard straight off, revealing that it's barely even been a day.]]
* BlackComedy: Rick being tricked into attacking the Dalai Lama, and the fight that ensues.
** Uncle Albert tries to have sex with the corpse of a woman after [[spoiler:confusing her with his dead wife]].
* ButtMonkey: Rick. And Lance, to an extent. Creator/StephenHawking also suffers quite a lot of punishment.
* CliqueTour: Trey tells Rick about the bus cliques such as the jocks, the nerds, the emos, the Frodos, and the Scarface Society.
* ClothespinNosePlug: Rick Riker is trying to have a serious conversation with his crush, Jill Johnson, only for Rick's {{gasshole}} Aunt Lucille who's napping nearby to unleash an [[ToiletHumor uncontrollable barrage of farts while in her sleep]]. Cue Jill using ''tampons'' as an improvised noseplug until Rick brings out a scented candle.
* ComedicUnderwearExposure: In a deleted scene, Rick shows up dressed as Dragonfly ready to fight Hourglass. However, Rick does not realize that he did not put on the Dragonfly suit properly, and the left leg of his pants has slipped off. It is not until he notices the crowd (which includes his love interest, Jill) staring at him in puzzled amusement that he realizes that his tighty-whities are partially on display for everyone to see.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The Hourglass's titanium blades can cut through diamonds. But Dragonfly's ace in the hole...?
-->'''Dragonfly:''' I'm not wearing any diamonds.
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by an irritated eye-roll from the Hourglass immediately afterward.
* CompositeCharacter:
** Lance fills the roles of both [[JerkJock Flash Thompson]] and Harry Osborn.
** Jill clearly fills the role of Mary Jane, though her appearance is more akin to that of Gwen Stacy.
** Rick is mostly modeled after ComicBook/SpiderMan, but his backstory is that of Franchise/{{Batman}}.
* DoomedNewClothes: UsefulNotes/NelsonMandela wears a fine new suit while attending the World Humanity Awards. When trying to expose the Hourglass, Dragonfly inadvertently causes UsefulNotes/DesmondTutu to trip and spill some red wine on Mandela's shirt, causing a massive fight to break out among the World Leaders.
* EmbarrassingCoverUp: After [[spoiler:discovering Rick's identity]], Lou Landers excuses himself from Thanksgiving dinner by claiming to have "shat [his] pants."
* ExactWords:
-->'''Rick:''' I think I have...superpowers.\\
'''Uncle Albert:''' I find that hard to believe.\\
'''Rick:''' Ok, Go ahead and throw as many punches as you want- I bet you a hundred bucks you don't land one. [Sticks out his face smugly]\\
'''Uncle Albert:''' (turns and punches Trey in the face) Easy money! What else can you do?
* EyeScream:
** Lou's / The Hourglass' attempt at a LargeHam gloating while smashing an hourglass quickly turns into a NegatedMomentOfAwesome when a shard ends up in his eye.
--> [''gloating mode''] "From now on, I shall be known as, '''the hourglass'''! [''smashes an hourglass'']... ow, my eye!"
** Later on there's Rick's attempts to throw aside one of the Hourglass' projectiles. Cue someone shouting "My eye!" in the background.
* FakeHairDrama: Invisible Woman's weave is ripped off by Charles Xavier's wife.
* FanDisservice: When Rick briefly walks away from spying on Jill from his window, he returns to spy on her, but looks through the wrong window and sees a fat hairy man with no shirt on.
* FanserviceExtra:
** Pamela Anderson as Invisible Woman. She only appears in one scene, but has her cleavage prominently shown.
** One of the girls at the Herocon(vention) can be seen wearing a strapless corset teddy version of the Dragonfly costume.
* FartsOnFire: Rick and his girlfriend attempt to have a meaningful conversation by candlelight. Too bad Rick's [[{{Gasshole}} sleeping aunt]] keeps farting...
* GRatedDrug: After rejecting Jill, Rick starts drinking whipped cream and smoking frosting off a bong.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Jill who's blonde and a very sweet girl.
* HyperDestructiveBouncingBall: When the Hourglass attacks Rick's home, Rick hurls a bronze paperweight at the villain. It missed, bounces around the room for around ten seconds before [[EpicFail hitting Rick in the head and knocking him out]].
* HypocriticalHumor: When the World Leaders break out into a massive brawl, UsefulNotes/ThePope can be seen holding up his hands and calling for peace. Until a bread roll is thrown at his head, at which point [[NotSoAboveItAll he grabs the man who threw it and punches him]].
* IdentifyingTheBody: Spoofed. After Rick's aunt is killed by the Hourglass, Rick is asked to identify the body:
-->'''Doctor:''' This is going to be difficult, but we need you to identify the body.\\
'''Rick:''' ''[takes a look]'' That's not my aunt.\\
'''Doctor:''' I know. That's why it's so difficult.
* IFellForHours: At the end. Lampshaded by Rick.
-->'''Rick:''' Wow, this is a ''really'' tall building.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Lou's terminal illness that leads to him becoming the Hourglass involves him hacking up "[[BlatantLies healthy cough blood.]]"
* JerkJock: Lance.
* LogoJoke: The Creator/DimensionFilms logo turn green at the end, representing the color of the main character's costume.
* MessOfWoe: Uncle Albert comments on the state of the room when Rick has his BeardOfSorrow.
* MsFanservice: A few scenes involving Jill (Sara Paxton) can evoke this trope.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Rick seems to do this a lot.
* NoIndoorVoice: The editor-in-chief of the newspaper [[spoiler: (until he's taken away by the mental hospital attendants)]] yells much like J. Jonah Jameson, except he's even louder.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: When Lou accidentally kills his assistant by draining her life with single touch, his attempts to hide her corpse in a locker by repeatedly shoving her from the back have a janitor interrupting. Said janitor quickly does a SorryToInterrupt and leaves.
* OhCrap: Resulting in this PG-13 movie's PrecisionFStrike.
* OnlySaneMan: Whilst Rick is just as likely to swing into the craziness of what's going on, his FascinatingEyebrow moments and general attitude give the impression he has his head screwed on a little tighter, if just barely.
* OrbitalShot: There is one during Dragonfly and Hourglass' first fight that makes them both disoriented and [[VomitDiscretionShot makes Hourglass puke,]] prompting Dragonfly to [[BreakingTheFourthWall tell the cameraman to stop.]]
* OverlyLongGag: Considering this is coming from the creators of Scary Movie 3 and 4, this is a given.
* PrecisionFStrike
-->'''Lou:''' (''after [[spoiler: a crotch-mounted bomb is right in his face]]'') Oh fuck.
* RichesToRags: Rick's family was worth billions when he was a little boy. Unfortunately his father was a terrible investor (telling his son to get rid of Google stock and putting everything into Enron while he was dying), so by present day he is middle class.
* RoadsideWave: Happens to Rick courtesy of a "Just Married" limousine during his AloneAmongTheCouples montage.
* ScaryStingingSwarm: One of the projects at the school science fair is about how to raise bees. Rick accidentally knocks Stephen Hawking into the hive.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Lou's assistant (played by Brent Spiner), when Lou reveals his powers and massacres his board of directors.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Rick is a rare accidental example; In trying to save his parents from a mugger, he inadvertently inflicted fatal injures upon them.
* SkewedPriorities: Sure, an old man got shot and is probably dying, but this dancing monkey nearby is pretty neat!
* SpiderManSendUp: Rick Riker is about as deliberate a Spider-Man parody as you could make, specifically [[Creator/TobeyMaguire Tobey Maguire's]] interpretation of Spider-Man.
* SpinningPaper: Used in the montage of Rick Riker's / The Dragonfly's rise to popularity.
* StandInPortrait: At one point, Lou Landers poses behind a framed sheet of glass in the wall and walks out from behind it when a meeting starts.
* StickyBomb: Hourglass tends to use these. In the climax, he throws one at Rick, who proceeds to get it stuck to his hand...then his crotch.
* ThatPoorCat: When Jill and her father have a violent fight inside her house, we hear many disruptive sounds, including the stock cat yowl.
* TooDumbToLive: Rick's father. In one scene, Rick looks at photos which show him swimming with sharks, playing RussianRoulette, and dressing up as a Klu Klux Klan member among a group of less-than-amused black people.
* TragicVillain: Hourglass. After he gains his powers, he has to kill each day to live each day.
* UncoolUndies: In a deleted scene, a wardrobe malfunction makes Rick's tighty-whities partially visible to a crowd of people, much to his embarrassment. This embarrassment is likely exacerbated by the fact that so many people saw him in tighty-whities, a stereotypically nerdy type of underwear, as opposed to a "cooler" type such as boxers or boxer briefs.
* UnwantedAssistance: When the young Rick tries to fight off a mugger, the mugger's gun shoots wildly, injuring Rick's father and mother. Rick's father begs him to stop after a few moments of this.
* VampiricDraining: The CEO Lou Landers is dying from an unknown terminal disease that will kill him in an hour. To avoid that fate he becomes a guinea pig for a machine that he built, which is supposed to "restore the body to perfect health". The experiment seeminlgy fails only to reveal that Landers gained the power to drain what appears to be the life force of others, aging them to death while healing him. However it's only temporary and his body breaks down after some time, forcing him to drain the life of people at regular intervals. This leads him to concoct an EvilPlan where he will steal the life force of thousands of people at once to cure him for good and [[ImmortalitySeeker even make him immortal]].
* VomitDiscretionShot: The Hourglass. But at least ''he'' gets one, unlike...
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Rick. [[{{Squick}} And he ends up feeding the fishes with it]][[invoked]].
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Despite being a wacky comedy, Hourglass can be pretty intimidating and has the least slapstick and moments of stupidity of the film's characters. That and his powers are actually fairly horrifying certainly adds to his Villainous presence.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: Subverted when Uncle Albert is shot by a bank robber and Rick thinks he's about to give this speech.
--> '''Uncle Albert:''' Rick... With- With great power comes...\\
'''Rick:''' Great responsibility?\\
'''Uncle Albert:''' I was going to stick with [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatHotness "bitches,"]] but if you want to be a virgin for the rest of your life-\\
(Paramedics fit a respirator mid-sentence)
* YourCostumeNeedsWork: Done to Rick by a nerd at the Hero-Con.
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:During the credits, Lance tries to attack Dragonfly for killing his uncle, but is knocked out by Trey.]]
* YoureNotMyFather: Parodied:
-->'''Rick:''' You're not my father.\\
'''Uncle Albert:''' But I love you like your father did. I believe in you like your father did. [[BreadEggsMilkSquick I even had sex with your mother]] just like your father did!

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