History Film / BlackDynamite

** Fun fact: there really is a California-based restaurant called Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles. It's a different concept than the [[ForrestGump Bubba Gump Shrimp Company]] in that the restaurant was there before the movie was made.

-->Man, [[[WhoDares who DARE knock]] right when I'm about to plant my--

-->'''MY MAN DYNOMITE!'''

-->Who has the nerve to knock, right when I'm about to insert my C-

* DeadLittleBrother

* ShoutOut: The line "Suddenly I'd like to leave your island!" is from Bruce Lee's 1973 film ''EnterTheDragon''. It was said by Williams, another black kung fu guy.
** Black Dynamite's kiais sound like Jim Kelly's - the martial artist who played Williams in ''Enter the Dragon''.

** This movie has the largest number of phrases belted at full volume since ''[[ThreeHundred 300]].''

** Bullhorn turns out to be too effective at holding off the mook, because he apparently pisses off the ''actor'' so badly that he attacks Bullhorn's actor and they had replace him with a new one, covered up by a hilariously sloppy cut.

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** William T Michaelson ([[ForrestGump Mykelti]] [[ConAir Williamson]]) as Chicago Wind.

** Black Dynamite, when one of the militants confronts him.-->'''Black Dynamite:''' Listen, sucka. I'm blacker than the ace of spades and more militant than you and your whole damn army put together. While you're out there chantin' at rallies and brow beatin' politicians, I'm takin' out any money-frontin' sucka on a hummer that gets in my way. So I tell you what: when your so-called "revolution" starts, you call me, and I'll be right down front, showin' you how it's done. But until then, ''you need to shut the fuck up when grown folks is talkin'.''

** Black Dynamite, when one of the militants confronts him.
-->'''Black Dynamite:''' Listen, sucka. I'm blacker than the ace of spades and more militant than you and your whole damn army put together. While you're out there chantin' at rallies and brow beatin' politicians, I'm takin' out any money-frontin' sucka on a hummer that gets in my way. So I tell you what: when your so-called "revolution" starts, you call me, and I'll be right down front, showin' you how it's done. But until then, ''you need to shut the fuck up when grown folks is talkin'.''

* {{Casanova}}: Black Dynamite, who per movie tradition flirts with becoming a LadykillerInLove by the end.

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[[WesternAnimation/BlackDynamite The animated series]] premiered on AdultSwim on July 15 2012, with many of the movie's cast reprising their roles.

!!As Bullhorn would say, "The film as it was just described above, contains tropes that are examples examples of:"

!!The film contains examples of:

* OnlySaneMan: On the animated series, B.D. himself.

* [[NWordPrivileges C Word Privileges]]: During the interrogation scene, Black Dynamite keeps striking the worker for Anaconda Malt Liqour with his nunchucks everytime the latter calls Black Dynamite a coon.

* ShoutOut: [[ShoutOut/BlackDynamite See here.]]

* AwesomeDearBoy: Arsenio Hall agreed to a cameo when he saw the script had a character called [[CrazyAwesome "Captain Kangaroo Pimp."]]

--->'''Black Dynamite:''' Listen, sucka. I'm blacker than the ace of spades and more militant than you and your whole damn army put together. While you're out there chantin' at rallies and brow beatin' politicians, I'm takin' out any money-frontin' sucka on a hummer that gets in my way. So I tell you what: when your so-called "revolution" starts, you call me, and I'll be right down front, showin' you how it's done. But until then, ''you need to shut the fuck up when grown folks is talkin'.''

--->'''Officer Nancy:''' My God, men! Do you know what this means!? Do you know whose brother... this ghetto is gonna be turned upside down, I tell you, upside down! The streets are gonna run crimson with the blood of the men responsible for his brother's death. Man I'm speaking of is a veritable {{one man army}} and if you get on his bad side, brother, you're done for. Now it's only a matter of time before he finds out and when he does, no matter where he is, get ready gentlemen, because hell's a [[DoubleEntendre comin']], [[BiggerIsBetterInBed comin']], [[RuleOfThree comin']], [[GilliganCut comin']], [[OverlyLongGag comin']].

* WeaponOfChoice: BD prefers magnum revolvers and nunchaku.

* ShoutOut:
** The line "Suddenly I'd like to leave your island!" is from Bruce Lee's 1973 film ''EnterTheDragon''. It was said by Williams, another black kung fu guy.
** Black Dynamite's kiais sound like Jim Kelly's - the martial artist who played Williams in ''Enter the Dragon''.

* AfroAsskicker: Black Dynamite.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Cream Corn.
* AnimatedAdaptation: [[http://www.411mania.com/movies/news/197495/%5BTV%5D-Animated-Black-Dynamite-Pilot-Episode-Online.htm Episode 1.]] It is assumed that the animated series has a different continuity than the film.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Black Dynamite. Yes, this appears to be his legal given name.
* BadAss

* BadassLongcoat
* BadassMustache

* BerserkButton: BD is rather touchy about being interrupted. He also doesn't handle orphans hooked on drugs very well.

* BoringInvincibleHero: Played with, as Black Dynamite easily defeats almost everyone that tries to attack him. In fact, the only one who came remotely close to defeating him was [[spoiler: Richard Nixon. That is, until a certain former president's GHOST intervenes in the battle.]]

* GagPenis: Played straight in the film, [[spoiler: subverted in the animated series]].

* {{Kiai}}: Black Dynamite bellows out a kiai whenever he throws a strike. "HOOOO-EEEE!!"

* OneManArmy: BD is deservingly described as this.

* ParodySue: Black Dynamite.
* PerpetualFrowner: Black Dynamite wears a stoic, badass expression no matter what he's doing.
-->'''Black Dynamite:''' I ''am'' smiling.
** Subverted in a scene where he talks about how much the community's been cleaned up after taking down all the dealers in a very upbeat tone of voice, and a bright smile on his face. He then stares at the camera and promptly frowns again.

* RefugeInAudacity: The film and the animated series, easily. Arguably, the viral marketing for the film did this too, setting up a fictional charity ("Fight Smack In The Orphanage") and fictional public service announcements across Youtube. One bizarre PSA had Black Dynamite appearing on a fictional 1970's children's show that warned children against drug use. The PSA's title? "Drugs Are Fun".

* RhymesOnADime: Bullhorn. A funny moment occurs in the film when Bullhorn runs out of rhymes. Lampshaded by a villain in the animated series.

* SociopathicHero: Black Dynamite displays shades of this, particularly when he [[StuffBlowingUp destroys the drug kingpin's car]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill with a helicopter]] and [[LaughingMad laughs uncontrollably]].

The animated series premiered on AdultSwim on July 15 2012, with many of the movie's cast reprising their roles.

!!The animated series has examples of:
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Confirms what the movie implied in the Richard Pryor episode: His first name's Black and his last name's Dynamite.
-->'''Officer:''' Pryor, Richard. Dynamite, Black. You've made bail.
* BigDamnHeroes: Right as Bullhorn is about to be killed by [[spoiler: the Ku Klux Klan and the Black Pumas]], BD and co. (disguised as members of the former) open fire on his assailants, and the four work together to finish off the rest of them.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Upon realizing Bullhorn is one of only two black porn stars left with a black porn star SerialKiller on the loose:
-->'''Black Dynamite:''' With a stinger that intense, it's GOTTA be important!
* CharlieAndTheChocolateParody: In-Universe, Bullhorn stars in the world's first interracial porn: ''Willie Wanker and the Chocolate F**ktory''.
* [[ChekhovsGun Chevkov's Rock]]: The moon rock that Black Dynamite throws at Earth while cursing O.J. Simpson.
* [[ChekhovsGunman Chekhov's Gunman]]: The Head Ninja in Charge in ''Jackson Five Across Yo' Eyes'' ends up playing a crucial role.
* ChirpingCrickets: {{Lampshaded}}.
---> '''Black Dynamite:''' "Now who wants to help Black Dynamite spruce up this Christmas Douglas Fir?"
---> [=*Cricket chirps*=]
---> '''Black Dynamite:''' "I'm beginning to think that me and that cricket are the only ones with Christmas spirit. What gives?"
* ChristmasEpisode: ''A Crisis For Christmas''
* ContinuityNod
** The Pilot
*** Bullhorn gouges out one of the puppets' eyes just like how Black Dynamite did in the movie.
** ''A Crisis For Christmas''
*** When O.J. Simpson gets plowed by a comet while trying to stay clear of BD:
-->'''Black Dynamite:''' HA-HAH!! I THREW THAT ROCK BEFORE I LEFT THE MOON!!
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: When Black Dynamite interrogates a ninja, he asks said ninja what Fiendish Dr. Wu's doing and what he's up to. Lampshaded by the ninja:
--> '''Ninja:''' Wait, if I tell you what he's doing, then why do I have to tell you what he's up to? That's like the same thing!
** In another episode, Black Dynamite responds to a report of a murderous killing.
* DontExplainTheJoke: "They're a bit tied up at the moment... 'cause I tied 'em up."
* DualWielding: The Soviet Cosmonaut Chimp was appropriately carrying a hammer and a sickle.
* EitherOrTitle
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: The Ku Klux Klan and the Black Pumas (Black Panthers was already copyrighted) forming a temporary ceasefire in order to stop the first black-on-white porn film from being made]].
** Also, BD's gang and Fiendish Dr. Wu's ninjas team up to take on [[spoiler:Michael Jackson and his fellow aliens]].
* EnfantTerrible: [[spoiler: Michael Jackson]], who is, according to the show, actually a half-alien who intends for his race to overtake the planet.
* [[EscortMission Escort Episode]]: One episode has Black Dynamite & co. escorting a cocaine-addicted Richard Pryor to the Sunset Strip, while the IRS is busy hunting him for $60 thousand in unpaid taxes.
* GagPenis: Ringo Mandingo has one close to a meter at least. And when it was [[IncrediblyLamePun dismembered]] in his murder it was how Bullhorn recognized that Cousin Ringo was the victim.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Amazon Moon Bitches.
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler: Michael Jackson]] is one; being half-human, half-alien.
* HistoricalInJoke: Even more so than the movie, with strong doses of RefugeInAudacity.
** ''Jackson Five Across Yo' Eyes'' [[spoiler: depicts Michael Jackson's post-plastic surgery pale face and hair as being his actual HalfHumanHybrid form, and [[BlackComedy hilariously]] has Michael ''framing'' Joe Jackson for the childhood abuse]].
*** Jackson's distinctive "Shamone" catchphrase is also explained as [[spoiler: a constant reminder of the Jackson brother whom he beat to death.]]
** In ''Taxes and Death'' when BD and his crew are searching for Richard Pryor [[spoiler:they enlist the help of Paul Mooney to track him down, during which they suddenly see a basehead running and screaming while on fire and they give chase to him. After Mooney sedates him with blowgun darts laced with cocaine, vodka tonic and white woman saliva BD stomps out the fire literally... only to find out the basehead '''wasn't''' Richard Pryor]].
* IceCreamKoan: A ninja accompanying Black Dynamite on a trip to Michael Jackson's father gives us this little tidbit.
--> '''Head Ninja In Charge:''' Ninjas do wrong to each other sometimes, and in that way, the force of the earth comes around the moon, and at that presence, the dirt, it overshadows the grass, so you like "I can't cut this grass; there's no sun coming through." So in order to enable each other, the two fruits have to look each other in the eye, understand we can only be ripe as the ripe is wrong. You know what I mean?
--> '''Black Dynamite:''' Man, I never thought I'd see the day when the only person talking any sense was a damn ninja.
* InsaneTrollLogic: How Black Dynamite deduces who murdered Ringo Mandingo in Bullhorn Nights
* IronicEchoCut: Black Dynamite is chatting up a woman who works at a fast-food chicken restaurant. When asked, the woman hesitates to tell Black Dynamite the chicken's secret recipe. Cut to: [[spoiler: Black Dynamite's bedroom, where the woman is hilariously reciting the ingredients during sex with Black Dynamite.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: Overlaps with BrickJoke. After OJ Simpson betrays Black Dynamite and leaves him for dead in space, Black Dynamite lands on the moon and throws a moon rock at the earth while cursing OJ's name. OJ in the meantime, claims all the glory for being a NASA hero. Black Dynamite manages to get back home just in time to see the moon rock crash through the roof of the Whorephanage and knock OJ out. Black Dynamite even mentions it's the very same rock he threw right before he left the moon.
* ManOnFire: In ''Taxes and Death'', a basehead gets caught on fire while doing cocaine; Black Dynamite mistakes said basehead as Richard Pryor.
** Pryor ends up on fire for a short moment near the end, though.
* NWordPrivileges: Parodied with the ninjas in the first episode, who use the word "ninja" as a euphemism for the n-word proper; whereas Black Dynamite and co. are fine using ninja in that context, a white police officer who uses it gets beat up.
* OverlyLongGag: Although not as beautifully long as the one from the movie proper, Bullhorn Nights has Black Dynamite solve the episode's mystery with two minutes of InsaneTrollLogic.
* ParallelPornTitles: The second episode has examples in the form of ''[[BigTroubleInLittleChina Big Trouble in Little Vagina]]'', ''[[Film/OceansEleven Ocean's Eleven Inches]]'', and, for an example relevant to the story, ''[[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wanker and the Chocolate Fucktory]]''. The episode's title: ''[[BoogieNights Bullhorn Nights]], or [[MurderSheWrote Murder, She Throats]]''.
* RefugeInAudacity: Quite a lot of things in the series, but special mention goes to the [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Amazon Moon Bitches]], whose home base was shaped like a pregnant woman laying on her back with her legs spread open. The censored hole in between the legs was a WaveMotionGun designed to destroy the Earth.
* RhymesOnADime: Bullhorn apparently picked up the habit (and his mustache) from his mother.
* RunningGag
** Black Dynamite ''will'' be interrupted in the middle of something every episode.
** Roscoe still serves meals consisting of questionable combinations (turkey necks and muffins, jell-o and grits, etc.).
* ShoutOut
** The Pilot:
*** The antagonists are pastiches of [[TheMuppetShow the Muppets]], being led by a pimped-out (Literally) KermitTheFrog. He rides around on a [[StealthPun Big Bird]], and an Oscar the Grouch parody starts fighting with Black Dynamite and crew the second he sees them. Makes sense they'd live on [[SesameStreet Puppet Street]].
*** The exposition gives another Muppet-reference;
** ''Jackson Five Across Yo' Eyes''
*** BD's nightmare has Michael Jackson dressed up as PeterPan and he ends up taking Cream Corn and the occupants of the Whorephanage with him to [[IncrediblyLamePun Neverland]].
*** The alien spaceship chimes a familiar [[CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind tune]] as if Michael Jackson was Hee-Heeing it.
** ''Bullhorn Nights''
*** The plot kicks off with the murder of a porn star named [[{{Mandingo}} Ringo Mandingo]]. Other porn stars mentioned are [[IsaacHayes Isaac Layes]], [[StarWars Darth Invader]] and [[ElvisPresley Pelvis Presley]].
*** Both of the episode's titles are shout-outs, to ''BoogieNights'' and ''MurderSheWrote''.
** ''Taxes and Death''
*** Black Dynamite being hounded by the IRS for $60,000 might refer to Wesley Snipes getting nailed for tax evasion.
*** From the same episode:
--> ''Richard Pryor:'' [[Film/StirCrazy (while strutting into a jail cell) That's right; we bad, we bad!]]
** ''A Crisis For Christmas''
*** The Amazon Moon Bitches are a ShoutOut to ''AmazonWomenOnTheMoon''.
* SociopathicHero: Also in ''Taxes and Death'' after [[spoiler:the Movie Producer is killed by the falling sign]].
-->'''Black Dynamite:''' BURN, HOLLYWOOD, BURN!! Ha ha, get it!? BURN!! Hy-sterical.
* SpaceWhaleAesop: At the end of ''Bullhorn Nights'', we get two from Cream Corn and Honey Bee; respectively, "Never mix pornos and friendships" and "Don't fuck with a white bitch, or you'll end up dead."
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Black Dynamite finds a monkey cosmonaut onboard an abandoned soviet station, and understands ''everything'' that he says, including how the monkey ended up getting abandoned in space in the ''exact same method'' by the Russian government that NASA did to Black Dynamite.
--> '''Black Dynamite:''' Well that's amazing monkey cause you didn't even know I needed any rocks!
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Honey Bee pulls out ninja stars from out of her cleavage.
* WeaponOfChoice: Black Dynamite still prefers his revolver and nunchucks, while Honey Bee has taken a liking to the aforementioned ninja stars.
* WorldOfBadass
** WorldOfHam