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* BloodKnight: Black Dynamite loves a good fight. Particularly highlighted in the animated series' Vietnam episode in which he recall his time in Vietnam fondly; the initial flashbacks show him fighting in Vietnam with a massive SlasherSmile on his face.
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* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: A former special ops soldier and CIA officer. In the animated series, Bullhorn refers to him as a former Navy SEAL.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: In the animated series' Vietnam episode, he suffers from traumatic flashbacks of his time in Vietnam. He's confused by this because he apparently enjoyed his time in Vietnam.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the movie, she's a minor character with no fighting skills. In the show, she's a bonafide ass-kicker.
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* {{Cloudcukoolander}}: AmbiguouslyGay: Has no qualms about sucking dicks in exchange for drugs or to make a few extra bucks, and regularly whores himself out at gay pride parades. However, it's difficult to tell if he would still be performing sexual acts with other men if he weren't doing it for money.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Given that he's a drug addict, he's prone to saying and doing bizarrethings.things.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: We never find out his real name- everyone just calls him "Base Head."
* DrugsAreBad: In a rare moment of clarity, he admits that he was on a successful path before his addiction consumed every aspect of his life.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Given that he's a drug addict, he's prone to saying and doing bizarre
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* AddledAddict: Constantly high as a kite and on some kind of drug.
* {{Cloudcukoolander}}: Given that he's a drug addict, he's prone to saying and doing bizarre things.
* GeniusDitz: Prone to poor decisions and spacing out due to his drug addiction, but there are suggestions throughout the series that Base Head is a very intelligent man and was on his way to a good career before succumbing to his addiction. He was apparently a political science major (and possibly an athlete) in college before failing a drug test and dropping out of school. In his own words, "I coulda been a doctor, or a lawyer, 'cause I'm smarter, but it's harder to think when broke."
* {{Gonk}}: His meth addiction has left him with no teeth and gaunt cheeks.
* ProgressivelyPrettier: A ''very'' downplayed case. In earlier episodes, he looked considerably older and more disturbing. In later episodes, aside from his missing teeth, he's somewhat decent-looking.
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* WouldHurtAChild: In the episode "Warriors Come Out", he straight up dropped kicked a trick-or-treating child who threatened to tepee his orphanage with toilet paper.
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the universally liked OJ Simpson.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: He had a lonely childhood where his father abandoned him and his mother without a care starting his bitterness, and grew up taunted for being black, leading him to lash out with violence. A such he grew up heavily unliked disliked as the unappreciated rival to to
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* NominalHero: He's a good guy insofar in that he stops bad guys...he also has a homicidal temper, general disregard for collateral damage, is mildly racist irreverently racist, and is just unpleasant to hang around. around because of his own aggressive behavior. Not to mention the fact he's been stated to be a pimp "black revolutionary, vigilante, pimp, and revolutionary AntiHero".
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* SociopathicHero: Black Dynamite displays shades of this, particularly when he [[StuffBlowingUp drops the drug kingpin's car]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill with a helicopter]], killing him, and [[LaughingMad laughs uncontrollably]]. All the way home. His next target's home.
* SociopathicHero: Black Dynamite displays shades of this, particularly when he [[StuffBlowingUp drops the drug kingpin's car]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill with a helicopter]], killing him, and [[LaughingMad laughs uncontrollably]]. All the way home. His next target's home.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: He seems to lack a any sense of tact and sensitivity to Asians ("Chinamen"), ninjas, puppets and even other Black people sometimes.
* SociopathicHero: Black Dynamite displays shades of this, particularly when he [[StuffBlowingUp drops the drug kingpin's car]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill with a helicopter]], killing him, and [[LaughingMad laughs uncontrollably]]. All the way home. His next target's home. He even referred to his time spent in the Vietnam during the Vietnam War as relaxing and fun due to all the killing he got to do while he was there.
* SociopathicHero: Black Dynamite displays shades of this, particularly when he [[StuffBlowingUp drops the drug kingpin's car]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill with a helicopter]], killing him, and [[LaughingMad laughs uncontrollably]]. All the way home. His next target's home. He even referred to his time spent in the Vietnam during the Vietnam War as relaxing and fun due to all the killing he got to do while he was there.
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* ComicallyInvincibleHero: Black Dynamite takes his fighting prowess to parodic levels, effortlessly defeating pretty much everyone who tries to attack him. In fact, the only one who came remotely close to defeating him in the film is [[spoiler: Richard Nixon. That is, until a certain former president Abraham Lincoln's ghost intervenes in the battle.]]
* ComicallyInvincibleHero: Black Dynamite takes his fighting prowess to parodic levels, effortlessly defeating pretty much everyone who tries to attack him. In fact, the only one who came remotely close to defeating him in the film is [[spoiler: Richard Nixon. That is, until a certain former president Abraham Lincoln's ghost intervenes in the battle.]]
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well or harmed in any intentional way.
* ComicallyInvincibleHero: Black Dynamite takes his fighting prowess to parodic levels, effortlessly defeating pretty much everyone who tries to attackhim.him and being able to do things that are superhuman on a daily basis. In fact, the only one who came remotely close to defeating him in the film is [[spoiler: Richard Nixon. That is, until a certain former president Abraham Lincoln's ghost intervenes in the battle.]]
* ComicallyInvincibleHero: Black Dynamite takes his fighting prowess to parodic levels, effortlessly defeating pretty much everyone who tries to attack
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He had a lonely childhood where his father abandoned him and his mother without a care starting his bitterness, and grew up taunted for being black, leading him to lash out with violence. A such he grew up heavily unliked as the unappreciated rival to OJ Simpson.
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* InnocentBigot: While his prejudice to [[spoiler:"honkies", "honkies", ninjas and "the man"]] man" are not so innocent, his stance on the [=LGBT=] comes across as simply "confused" instead of actual fear and hatred.
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* WouldntHitAGirl: In the episode "Warriors Come Out" or "Mean Queens of Halloween", Black Dynamite refused to actually fight back when he was being chased by Hollywood's [=LGBT=] community because he was told by his mother to "never hit anybody without balls." Due to the various factions of the [=LGBT=] community possessing such a wide spectrum of gender ambiguity, Black Dynamite has a hard time deciding whether or not he can "kick [their] asses in the dick" for this very reason.
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* NoSenseOfHumor: While he does laugh on occasion, Black Dynamite is the only person immune to [[TheUnwittingComedian Richard Pryor's]] comedic skills.
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** Black Dynamite wears a stoic, badass expression no matter what he's doing.
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