History Film / BlackDynamite

* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: One of the militants does this frequently."''The militants turn, startled''. This is private... ''Sarcastically'', I am in charge." Much later in the film, he mentions what he's going to do when he goes home: "[[{{Retirony}} retire]], ''shows [[FatalFamilyPhoto picture]]''..."

* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: One of the militants does this frequently."The militants turn, startled. This is private... Sarcastically, I am in charge." Much later in the film, he mentions what he's going to do when he goes home: "[[{{Retirony}} retire]], ''shows [[FatalFamilyPhoto picture]]''..."

** Black Dynamite himself is several blaxploitation stars rolled into one. His predilection for Kung Fu and {{Kiai}} screams is taken from Jim Kelly, his purpose as a ridiculously over-the-top womanizing badass and tough as nails detective has echoes of both Film/{{Dolemite}} and Film/{{Shaft}}. Him being "Played by former Football star Ferronte Jones" is a reference to Fred Williamson, a Blaxploitation star who likewise was a former Pro American Football athlete.

** The line "Suddenly I'd like to leave your island!" is from Bruce Lee's 1973 film ''Film/EnterTheDragon''. It was said by Williams, another black kung fu guy.

* VillainousValour: [[spoiler:Nixon doesn't hesitate to take on Black Dynamite in hand-to-hand combat]].

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Black Dynamite says he didn't understand the Vietnamese child's "Chinese" last words, saying it sounding like "some kind of cartoon shit." Later, he reveals that he actually does know actual Chinese when talking to Fiendish Dr. Wu.

* BatDeduction: Black Dynamite's EurekaMoment at a diner, where he figures out the evil plot by some InsaneTrollLogic. Starting from M & M's slogan, with an extended trip to Ancient Greece and Rome, which of course everyone is familiar with, and ending up at Music/LittleRichard. [[note]]They are at a diner that serves waffles who melt in your mouth. [=M&Ms=] also melt in your mouth (And not in your hand) and are made by the Mars Candy Company. Mars is the Roman God of War, and his Greek counterpart is Ares. Mars backwards without the S reads "Ram", which is the symbol for Aries. Ares' half sister is Athena, who is the namesake for Athens, Greece. Zodialogical Astronomy was invented by the Greeks in 785 BC (everyone around the table knows this). 785 is the area code of Topeka Kansas. Which can be shortened to Code Kansas. Code Kansas backwards without one of the S gives Snake Doc. AKA Snake Doctor. Aesculapius is the Greek Demigod of Medecine who believed snakes' tongues had mystical healing power and whose staff surrounded by snakes is the symbol for medicine. Apollo is Aesculapius' father, and a legend involving him and snakes is in both Greek and Roman mythology - Apollo slew the serpent at Delphi. The Serpent was "a big-ass snake." The South American anaconda is the biggest snake in the world. Anaconda Malt Liquor has the slogan "Anaconda Malt Liquor gives you Whooooooooooo!" "Whooooooooooooo!" sounds like Music/LittleRichard. So the motto really is: "Anaconda Malt Liquor gives you Music/LittleRichard". Dick is another name for Richard. So the real motto (and the sinister plot) is that Anaconda Malt Liquor gives you a small dick. And their conclusion is immediately proven correct.[[/note]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Richard Nixon]].

* BigDamnHeroes: After BD dispatches almost all of Chicago Wind's goons, the last one remaining points a gun at him, letting Wind escape. Almost right afterward, Bullhorn appears, knocking the gun out of the minion's hand, and giving Dynamite a chance to chase after Chicago.

* BlackIsBiggerInBed: The protagonist manages to [[GagPenis have sex with three women simultaneously, and please all of them equally.]] And to take the gag up to eleven, it is revealed that three or four more women were asleep next to the bed at the time, already having been pleasured. It's also a rare situation where this becomes a ''plot point'': the villains of the movie [[spoiler:are trying to shrink black men's penises to eliminate their, ahem, "racial advantage."]]

* DrivingADesk: The rear projection shows Chicago Wind's car making some pretty big turns, despite him not looking at the road. Then when he turns to look at the road, he instantly screams as he's about to run over a cliff that ''wasn't'' in the rear projection.

* FightSceneFailure: [[invoked]]While most of the fight scenes involving Black Dynamite himself are surprisingly good, the other actors tend to be visibly clumsier, throwing punches that clearly miss. In one scene, Bullhorn even accidentally punches a guy for real, at which the visibly pissed-off guy advances on him, and then a cut replaces him with a different guy that Bullhorn easily beats up.

* {{Flashback}}: Black Dynamite has one to Vietnam. It is the least reverent and tasteful Vietnam War story ever, complete with a Vietnamese child who he [[InterchangeableAsianCultures repeatedly refers to as Chinese]] and whose last words are actually telling him "[[BilingualBonus you're full of shit]]" in Vietnamese.

* FreudianExcuse: A heroic inversion: The reason why Dynamite jumps at the chance to help out orphans is because he didn't exactly have the best childhood growing up after he became one himself.

* {{Homage}}: Black Dynamite's look and signature kiais are modeled on Jim Kelly, a martial arts-fighting blaxploitation star.

An [[WesternAnimation/BlackDynamite animated series]] premiered on Creator/AdultSwim on July 15 2012, with many of the movie's cast reprising their roles. Also has an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaQlNSndToc upcoming ]] SpiritualSuccessor, ''Outlaw Johnny Black'', which seems to take the adventures to TheWestern.

* FriendlyNeighborhoodGangster: Beautifully parodied to perfection with the pimp council. The movie mines some great jokes out of the fact that, although they're a frequent choice for protagonists in the blaxpoitation genre, most pimps in real life aren't exactly nice people.

* TruthSerums: Gunsmoke uses one to make the Anaconda Malt Liquor worker reveal the basic details of Code Kansas.

* VoiceClipSong: BD briefly discusses during with Gloria, saying that the people of the ghetto don't understand what she or Congressman James are talking about, [[RhymesOnADime but at least they can put his to a beat]].

* StuntCasting / NonActorVehicle : In-universe, in the "fake" trailer. Black Dynamite is apparently played by "all-star running back Ferrante Jones", referencing sportsmen-turned-actors Fred Williamson and Jim Brown. "That bad Bullhorn" also appears AsHimself.