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** He then gets changed, as signified by a thoroughly Franchise/{{Superman}}-like shot of him pulling open his street clothes to reveal his Kick-Ass suit underneath.

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** He then gets changed, as signified by a thoroughly Franchise/{{Superman}}-like [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Superman]]-like shot of him pulling open his street clothes to reveal his Kick-Ass suit underneath.

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** The most notable part is what happens when Dave goes back and the criminals heckle him. At first, he appears meek and insecure, like their words are getting to him, but then you see his face change as he finds the confidence to advance towards them. In real time, you witness Dave Lizewski turn into Kick-Ass.

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** The most notable part is what happens when Dave he goes back and the criminals heckle him. At first, he appears meek and insecure, like their words are getting to him, but then you see his face change as he finds the confidence to advance towards them.him. In real time, you witness Dave Lizewski turn into Kick-Ass.



''(Dave looks around, meek and insecure from the criminals' words -- but then his face changes to brazen confidence as he advances towards them)''\\



* Hit-Girl's introduction again, where [[MookHorrorShow she wipes out an entire apartment full of mooks]] with nothing more than a couple of blades, [[SoundtrackDissonance all set to]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGblJtJlPbU the Dickies' version of the Banana Splits theme]].

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* Hit-Girl's introduction again, where [[MookHorrorShow she wipes out an Rasul and his entire apartment full of mooks]] with nothing more than a couple of blades, [[SoundtrackDissonance all set to]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGblJtJlPbU the Dickies' version of the Banana Splits theme]].

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** The most notable part is what happens when Dave goes back and the criminals heckle him. At first, he appears meek and insecure, like their words are getting to him. But then, you see his face change as he finds the confidence to advance towards them. In real time, you witness Dave Lizewski turn into Kick-Ass.

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** The most notable part is what happens when Dave goes back and the criminals heckle him. At first, he appears meek and insecure, like their words are getting to him. But then, him, but then you see his face change as he finds the confidence to advance towards them. In real time, you witness Dave Lizewski turn into Kick-Ass.



--->'''Kick-Ass:''' And three assholes! Laying into one guy while everyone else watches...! And you wanna know what's wrong with me?! Yeah, I'd rather die! NOW BRING IT ON!
** At the beginning of the fight, the thugs basically ignore Kick-Ass, even when he's hitting them, and prefer to go for their victim. But as the fight continues, it goes from one guy fighting him, to two, to all three once they realise [[{{Determinator}} he isn't going to give up]]. The icing on the cake is that the mugging victim, bloodied but alive, gasps out a delirious and repeated "thank you" to Kick-Ass.
* Kick-Ass going to confront Rasul to leave Katie alone. He walks into a bad neighborhood alone at night, enters a room where he's outnumbered by scary-looking bodyguards, and ''still'' finds the courage to not only relay the message to Rasul, but even ''threaten'' him.

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--->'''Kick-Ass:''' And three assholes! Laying assholes, laying into one guy while everyone else watches...! And you wanna know what's wrong with me?! ''me?!'' Yeah, I'd rather die! NOW BRING SO '''BRING IT ON!
ON!'''
** At the beginning of the fight, the thugs basically ignore Kick-Ass, even when he's hitting them, and prefer to go for their victim. But as the fight continues, it goes from one guy fighting him, to two, to all three once they realise [[{{Determinator}} he isn't going to give up]]. up]].
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The icing on the cake is that after the thug leaves, the mugging victim, bloodied but alive, gasps out a delirious and repeated "thank you" to Kick-Ass.
* Kick-Ass going to confront Rasul to leave Katie alone. He walks into a bad neighborhood alone at night, enters a room where he's outnumbered by scary-looking bodyguards, and ''still'' still finds the courage to not only relay the message to Rasul, but even ''threaten'' him.

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* The first appearance of Hit Girl, where she first appears ''after'' running a blade through a drug dealer and letting his body slump to the ground, quips, and then proceeds to slaughter everyone in the room, except for Kick-Ass.

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* The first appearance of Hit Girl, Hit-Girl, where she first appears ''after'' running a blade through a drug dealer and letting his body slump to the ground, quips, and then proceeds to slaughter everyone in the room, except for Kick-Ass.



* After being electrocuted ''by his testicles'' and watching Big Daddy take a bullet through the back of his head, Kick-Ass comes up with a frantic ''[[BatmanGambit and desperate]]'' last-ditch escape plan that revolves around taunting most of Frank Genovese's goons that are present to ''[[WhyDontYouJustShootHim punch and kick him to death instead of shooting him]]'', until the chair he's tied to ''shatters'', then he picks up the splintered parts of the broken legs to fight his way out. And it almost happens, if not for the presumed dead Hit Girl choosing that moment to jump out of the shadows and kill everyone.

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* After being electrocuted ''by his testicles'' and watching Big Daddy take a bullet through the back of his head, Kick-Ass comes up with a frantic ''[[BatmanGambit and desperate]]'' last-ditch escape plan that revolves around taunting most of Frank Genovese's goons that are present to ''[[WhyDontYouJustShootHim punch and kick him to death instead of shooting him]]'', until the chair he's tied to ''shatters'', then he picks up the splintered parts of the broken legs to fight his way out. And it almost happens, if not for the presumed dead Hit Girl Hit-Girl choosing that moment to jump out of the shadows and kill everyone.



** Also SugarWiki/{{Funny|Moments}}, as Johnnie screams that Kick-Ass just shot him in the "tunk", before Hit Girl yells: '''"TUNK YOU, ASSHOLE!"''' as she swings a meat cleaver into his head, and proceeds to kill everyone else in the room. Again. The entire time this is going on, Kick-Ass is just stood in amazement as to how fast the word "tunk" has caught on, as earlier in the series Kick-Ass is told by his high-school friends that they've created a new curse word, (tunk), to serve as the male equivalent to a certain other four lettered word.

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** Also SugarWiki/{{Funny|Moments}}, as Johnnie screams that Kick-Ass just shot him in the "tunk", before Hit Girl Hit-Girl yells: '''"TUNK YOU, ASSHOLE!"''' as she swings a meat cleaver into his head, and proceeds to kill everyone else in the room. Again. The entire time this is going on, Kick-Ass is just stood in amazement as to how fast the word "tunk" has caught on, as earlier in the series Kick-Ass is told by his high-school friends that they've created a new curse word, (tunk), to serve as the male equivalent to a certain other four lettered word.



* Hit Girl vs Mother Russia.

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* Hit Girl Hit-Girl vs Mother Russia.



* Hit-Girl's introduction again, where she wipes out an entire apartment full of [[MookHorrorShow mooks]] with nothing more than a couple of blades, all set to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGblJtJlPbU the Dickies' version of the Banana Splits theme]].
* The real moment where the film not only lives up to its title but goes above and beyond comes at the climax. Let's just say it involves a [[ChekhovsGun bazooka]] and the words:
-->'''Kick-Ass:''' Hey! Why don't you pick on someone your own size?
* Hit-Girl. Combat knife and rope dart. A Heckler & Koch USP Compact and a SIG-Sauer P232. Perhaps the single coolest thing ever done by a prepubescent girl in film history.
** That library corridor shootout. the build-up and payoff to this sequence is fantastic.
*** The fact it's executed to the background music of "Bad Reputation" makes it even more awesome.
*** When Hit-Girl gets two of Frank's goons to shoot ''themselves''.
*** At one point Hit-Girl actually reloads both pistols ''without touching the magazines'' as she charges. It was ''not'' CGI--lest we forget, the actress playing Hit-Girl did many of her own stunts. And this is not DawsonCasting--there really is an eleven-year-old doing this.
* Okay, so Big Daddy may not be an upstanding citizen, but come on, who cares?! Him [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Y7v9WyBug taking down all of Frank's mafiosi at the lumber warehouse]] with practiced ease, utilizing [[SwordAndGun a brass-knuckle Bowie knife and a Beretta 92FS]] in tandem, and then burning the warehouse down with grenades and a road flare thrown onto flammable liquids, is one of the seminal action scenes of the entire franchise. And it lasts less than thirty seconds! We see what it would be like if Batman didn't have [[ThouShaltNotKill his one rule]]...and it's ''terrifying.'' And ''awesome.''
** Special mention for how Big Daddy deals with the cornered crook hiding in the office with a frag grenade, then ''borrows'' a shotgun off the last mobster before gunning him down.
** Their return fire not even ''chipping'' whatever experimental composite plates Daddy is armored-up in. "Kevlar down to the underroos," indeed!
* Kick-Ass going ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' on the gangsters. With a pair of [=XM214=] Microguns grafted onto a jet-pack. While Elvis is rocking in the background. The OhCrap look on their faces when they saw him FLYING IN ON A FREAKING JET-PACK was completely priceless.
** Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl's subsequent jet-pack flight through the city--the SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic helps.
* We can't forget about Kick-Ass beating up three douches that seem intent on murdering a helpless man.

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* Hit-Girl's introduction again, where she wipes out an entire apartment full of [[MookHorrorShow mooks]] with nothing more than a couple of blades, all set to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGblJtJlPbU the Dickies' version of the Banana Splits theme]].
* The real moment where the film not only lives up to its title but goes above and beyond comes
Even though Dave's first attempt at the climax. Let's just say it involves a [[ChekhovsGun bazooka]] and the words:
-->'''Kick-Ass:''' Hey! Why don't you pick on someone your own size?
* Hit-Girl. Combat knife and rope dart. A Heckler & Koch USP Compact and a SIG-Sauer P232. Perhaps the single coolest thing ever done by a prepubescent girl in film history.
** That library corridor shootout. the build-up and payoff to this sequence is fantastic.
*** The fact it's executed to the background music of "Bad Reputation" makes it even more awesome.
*** When Hit-Girl gets two of Frank's goons to shoot ''themselves''.
*** At one point Hit-Girl actually reloads both pistols ''without touching the magazines''
crime-fighting as she charges. It was ''not'' CGI--lest we forget, the actress playing Hit-Girl did many of her own stunts. And this is not DawsonCasting--there really is an eleven-year-old doing this.
* Okay, so Big Daddy may not be an upstanding citizen, but come on, who cares?! Him [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Y7v9WyBug taking down all of Frank's mafiosi at the lumber warehouse]] with practiced ease, utilizing [[SwordAndGun a brass-knuckle Bowie knife and a Beretta 92FS]] in tandem, and then burning the warehouse down with grenades and a road flare thrown onto flammable liquids, is one of the seminal action scenes of the entire franchise. And it lasts less than thirty seconds! We see what it would be like if Batman didn't have [[ThouShaltNotKill his one rule]]...and it's ''terrifying.'' And ''awesome.''
** Special mention for how Big Daddy deals with the cornered crook hiding in the office with a frag grenade, then ''borrows'' a shotgun off the last mobster before gunning him down.
** Their return fire not even ''chipping'' whatever experimental composite plates Daddy is armored-up in. "Kevlar down to the underroos," indeed!
*
Kick-Ass going ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' on the gangsters. With a pair of [=XM214=] Microguns grafted onto a jet-pack. While Elvis is rocking in the background. The OhCrap look on their faces [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome goes horribly wrong]], there's something to be said about how he carries himself when entering the situation.
** First, he sees two guys breaking into a car;
they saw tell him FLYING IN ON A FREAKING JET-PACK was completely priceless.
to get lost, and he does. He hides behind a building, but he makes the conscious choice to go back and stop them, because he's gotten to the point where "fantasizing just doesn't do it for [him] anymore".
** He then gets changed, as signified by a thoroughly Franchise/{{Superman}}-like shot of him pulling open his street clothes to reveal his Kick-Ass suit underneath.
** The most notable part is what happens when Dave goes back
and Hit-Girl's subsequent jet-pack flight through the city--the SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic helps.
criminals heckle him. At first, he appears meek and insecure, like their words are getting to him. But then, you see his face change as he finds the confidence to advance towards them. In real time, you witness Dave Lizewski turn into Kick-Ass.
--->'''Criminal:''' What the fuck you looking at? I said, what the fuck are you looking at?\\
'''Kick-Ass:''' Two cheap-shit losers screwing with a car that someone probably worked their ass off to pay for.
* We can't forget about Kick-Ass Kick-Ass's first proper fight, and the one that propels him to [[InstantWebHit Internet stardom]] -- beating up three douches that seem seemed intent on murdering a helpless man.



** What made that especially awesome was the little hesitation he had in going in. Here's a kid with no fighting skills, no experience, no reason to care, and yet he charges in to help the guy anyway. ''And wins!''

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** What made that makes the moment especially awesome was the is how little hesitation he had has in going in. Here's a kid with no fighting skills, no experience, no reason to care, and yet he charges in to help the guy anyway. ''And wins!''



--->'''Kick-Ass:''' And three assholes! Laying into one guy while everyone else watches...! [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments And you wanna know what's wrong with me?! Yeah, I'd rather die!]] NOW BRING IT ON!
** At the beginning of the fight, they basically ignore Kick-Ass, even when he's hitting them, prefer to go for their victim. But as the fight continues, it goes from one guy fighting him, to two, to all three once they realise [[{{Determinator}} he isn't going to give up]]. The icing on the cake is that the mugging victim, bloodied but alive, gasps out a delirious and repeated "thank you" to Kick-Ass.
* Big Daddy coordinating Hit-Girl while being set on fire. He may be a near nut-job, but he's one hell of a {{Determinator}}.

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--->'''Kick-Ass:''' And three assholes! Laying into one guy while everyone else watches...! [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments And you wanna know what's wrong with me?! Yeah, I'd rather die!]] die! NOW BRING IT ON!
** At the beginning of the fight, they the thugs basically ignore Kick-Ass, even when he's hitting them, and prefer to go for their victim. But as the fight continues, it goes from one guy fighting him, to two, to all three once they realise [[{{Determinator}} he isn't going to give up]]. The icing on the cake is that the mugging victim, bloodied but alive, gasps out a delirious and repeated "thank you" to Kick-Ass.Kick-Ass.
* Kick-Ass going to confront Rasul to leave Katie alone. He walks into a bad neighborhood alone at night, enters a room where he's outnumbered by scary-looking bodyguards, and ''still'' finds the courage to not only relay the message to Rasul, but even ''threaten'' him.
-->'''Kick-Ass:''' You gotta stay away from Katie now. It's over. So if you just leave her alone, everything will be fine.\\
'''Rasul:''' What? Yo, kid, who the hell are you? And what is this?\\
'''Kick-Ass:''' I'm Kick-Ass. Look me up. And this is me giving you a message: leave Katie alone.\\
'''Rasul:''' Or what?\\
'''Kick-Ass:''' Or I'll come back...and break your fucking legs.
* Hit-Girl's introduction again, where [[MookHorrorShow she wipes out an entire apartment full of mooks]] with nothing more than a couple of blades, [[SoundtrackDissonance all set to]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGblJtJlPbU the Dickies' version of the Banana Splits theme]].
* Okay, so Big Daddy may not be an upstanding citizen, but come on, who cares?! Him [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Y7v9WyBug taking down all of Frank's mafiosi at the lumber warehouse]] with practiced ease, utilizing [[SwordAndGun a brass-knuckle Bowie knife and a Beretta 92FS]] in tandem, and then burning the warehouse down with grenades and a road flare thrown onto flammable liquids, is one of the seminal action scenes of the entire franchise. And it lasts less than thirty seconds! We see what it would be like if Batman didn't have [[ThouShaltNotKill his one rule]]...and it's ''terrifying.'' And ''awesome.''
** Special mention for how Big Daddy deals with the cornered crook hiding in the office with a frag grenade, then ''borrows'' a shotgun off the last mobster before gunning him down.
** Their return fire not even ''chipping'' whatever experimental composite plates Daddy is armored-up in. "Kevlar down to the underroos" indeed!
* Hit-Girl. Combat knife and rope dart. A Heckler & Koch USP Compact and a SIG-Sauer P232. Perhaps the single coolest thing ever done by a prepubescent girl in film history.
** That library corridor shootout. The build-up and payoff to this sequence is fantastic.

*** The fact it's executed to the background music of [[Music/JoanJett "Bad Reputation"]] makes it even more awesome.
*** When Hit-Girl gets two of Frank's goons to shoot ''themselves''.
*** At one point, Hit-Girl actually reloads both pistols ''without touching the magazines'' as she charges. It was ''not'' CGI--lest we forget, the actress playing Hit-Girl did many of her own stunts. And this is not DawsonCasting--there really is an eleven-year-old doing this.
* Kick-Ass going ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' on the gangsters. With a pair of [=XM214=] Microguns grafted onto a jet-pack. While Elvis is rocking in the background. The OhCrap look on their faces when they saw him FLYING IN ON A FREAKING JET-PACK is completely priceless.
** Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl's subsequent jet-pack flight through the city--the SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic helps.
* To Frank's credit, he did manage to defeat Hit-Girl in a fight. Yes, it's still a little girl, but considering the level of complete chaos she brings with her, it's still kinda awesome.
** It’s also impressive that Hit-Girl was able to hold her own in a physical fight with Frank. She’s a capable fighter even without her swords and guns.
* The real moment where the film not only lives up to its title but goes above and beyond comes at the climax. Let's just say it involves a [[ChekhovsGun bazooka]] and the words:
-->'''Kick-Ass:''' Hey! Why don't you pick on someone your own size?
* Big Daddy coordinating Hit-Girl while being set on fire.burning alive. He may be a near nut-job, but he's one hell of a {{Determinator}}.



* The final line of the movie, in an absolutely ''perfect'' ShoutOut to the '89 Batman film:
-->'''Red Mist:''' Well, as a [[ComicBook/TheJoker great man]] once said... wait till they get a loada me.
* How about the music? The Prodigy's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFFFwJ_DNFA&feature=related Stand Up]] just perfectly captures the whole "Why not?" theme behind the Kick-Ass series.
* To Frank's credit, he did manage to defeat Hit-Girl in a fight. Yes, it's still a little girl, but considering the level of complete chaos she brings with her, it's still kinda awesome.
** It’s also impressive that Hit Girl was able to hold her own in a physical fight with Frank. She’s a capable fighter even without her swords and guns.

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* The final line of the movie, in an absolutely ''perfect'' ShoutOut to [[Film/Batman1989 the '89 Batman film:
film]]:
-->'''Red Mist:''' Well, as a [[ComicBook/TheJoker great man]] once said... wait till 'till they get a loada me.
* How about the music? The Prodigy's Music/TheProdigy's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFFFwJ_DNFA&feature=related Stand Up]] "Stand Up"]] just perfectly captures the whole "Why not?" theme behind the Kick-Ass series.
* To Frank's credit, he did manage to defeat Hit-Girl in a fight. Yes, it's still a little girl, but considering the level of complete chaos she brings with her, it's still kinda awesome.
** It’s also impressive that Hit Girl was able to hold her own in a physical fight with Frank. She’s a capable fighter even without her swords and guns.
''Kick-Ass'' series.
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-->'''Gang-banger Leader:''' ''(flicks out switchblade)'' Give it up, man. Just walk away.
-->'''Kick-Ass:''' No. Never.
-->'''Gang-banger Leader:''' What the fuck is wrong with you, man? You'd rather die for some piece of shit that you don't even fuckin' know?
-->'''Kick-Ass:''' And three assholes! Laying into one guy while everyone else watches...! [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments And you wanna know what's wrong with me?! Yeah, I'd rather die!]] NOW BRING IT ON!

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-->'''Gang-banger --->'''Gang-banger Leader:''' ''(flicks out switchblade)'' Give it up, man. Just walk away.
-->'''Kick-Ass:''' --->'''Kick-Ass:''' No. Never.
-->'''Gang-banger --->'''Gang-banger Leader:''' What the fuck is wrong with you, man? You'd rather die for some piece of shit that you don't even fuckin' know?
-->'''Kick-Ass:''' --->'''Kick-Ass:''' And three assholes! Laying into one guy while everyone else watches...! [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments And you wanna know what's wrong with me?! Yeah, I'd rather die!]] NOW BRING IT ON!
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