History Fridge / KickAss

** Further enhancing this - [[spoiler: there '''are''' comics of Kick-Ass being sold "in 'verse" at the beginning of Kick-Ass 2.]]

*** Sort of addressed in the sequel, Red Mist takes on a new identity as Mother Fucker and takes his revenge on Dave, the mob is mentioned but there's no power struggle[[spoiler: Frank's right-hand man murders Red Mist's bodyguard]], the police do crack down on superheroes after Mother Russia goes on a cop kiling rampage [[spoiler: at the end Dave has to leave behind Kick Ass and Hit Girl has to leave New York to avoid going to jail]]

*** In the movie, this can be chalked up to Macready's {{mangst}} over his dead wife driving him to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge seek insane levels of revenge]], no matter what the cost. In the comic, the fridge horror is much worse because [[spoiler: that version of Damon made up the story of his wife being killed, and just really wanted to be a superhero like Kick-Ass did, and he essentially kidnapped his own daughter to be his sidekick.]]

** Cage is not only a fan of comic books; ''Comicbook/GhostRider'' is one of his favorites. Enough so that he has a tattoo of the character on his arm. This had to be covered up during the making of the movie to avoid the paradox of his character having a tattoo of [[Film/GhostRider his own future self]].

*** Cage is a full-on [[JustForFun/OneOfUs comic book geek]]. In addition to the aforementioned facts, he named his son [[{{Superman}} Kal-El]], and according to rumors, the reason he was in Ghost Rider in the first place was that he auditioned for ''every single'' comic book movie he could until someone gave him a role. He really wanted to be in a film adaption of a comic book.

** What if Big Daddy and Hit-Girl were full blown villains? They seemed unstoppable before Kick-Ass came into their lives. Makes you wonder if Big Daddy was evil, could he and Hit-girl succeed in taking over the city.
*** This is really getting into WildMassGuessing territory, but they probably would have been hunted down by law enforcement if they were villains. In a bustling metropolis full of violent gangs and organized crime, the deaths of some down and dirty criminals are of lower priority to police. When Hit Girl is first introduced, she kills a room full of drug dealing gang members. Police who find the bodies probably wouldn't be shedding too many tears over them, and they could attribute the deaths to a rival gang. In RealLife, gang members kill each other all the time, and police know it. Now, if Hit Girl and Big Daddy were villains killing suburban families instead of drug dens, there would be more of an incentive for police to prioritize their capture.
*** Why would super-villains kill a bunch of civilians? They'd be more likely to become powerful crime-lords by murdering every possible rival for the territory.

* During Hit-Girl's first fight, she takes a brief second to look at Dave with the same SlasherSmile she gives to the people she is killing. On the surface (At least to Dave.) it looks as if he's the next target after she gets them all. But when she kills all of Rasul's men (save for the one that almost sneak attacked her if not for Big Daddy) she helps him up and gets him out of the area. It's later revealed that thanks to her [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood extensive]] [[TrainingFromHell training her whole life,]] she has NoSocialSkills. So that look can be interpreted as checking to see if Dave is ok, while that smile coulda just been her actually happy [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming that he]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold is ok.]]

*** In the movie, this can be chalked up to Macready's {{mangst}} over his dead wife driving him to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge seek insane levels of revenge]], no matter what the cost. In the comic, the fridge horror is much worse when you find out that [[spoiler: Damon made up the story of his wife being killed, and just really wanted to be a superhero like Kick-Ass did, and he essentially kidnapped his own daughter to be his sidekick.]]

*** Cage is a full-on [[OneOfUs comic book geek]]. In addition to the aforementioned facts, he named his son [[{{Superman}} Kal-El]], and according to rumors, the reason he was in Ghost Rider in the first place was that he auditioned for ''every single'' comic book movie he could until someone gave him a role. He really wanted to be in a film adaption of a comic book.

* Fridge Brilliance bordering on {{Fridge Horror}}. When Hit Girl rescues Big Daddy and Kick Ass, we find out that her gun attachments are named after things related to superheroes. The last attachment Big Daddy calls out is called Robin's Revenge. Considering what Big Daddy's costume looks like, his and Hit Girl's [[Comicbook/{{Robin}} relationship]] and [[KilledOffForReal what later happens to him]], that seems pretty appropriate, if not poignant.

* When the film adaptation of ''Film/KickAss'' was first announced, I was actually very surprised that they were able to get a big name celebrity like NicolasCage in a film that they couldn't even find a studio willing to work with (for those who don't know, after being rejected from every studio they could find, Matthew Vaughn, the director, wound up having to pull some strings to finance the movie independently). It was only while reading a review of the film that it suddenly hit me: OF COURSE Nicolas Cage would want to be in this. He loves comics so much that he named himself after a comic book character!

* The End of Volume 3 also reveals that Superior exists in their world too....meaning that there is a likely chance that there are super-powered villains still out there!

** Big Daddy may seem like a hero, but any alternate interpretation can show another side of him: he trained his daughter to become a SerialKiller to fight his battles for him. Hit-Girl has absolutely no remorse for the innumerable corpses left in her wake. Big Daddy irreparably damaged her to the point where killing is completely natural and even responds with horror if she displays behavior normal for a twelve year old. At least Frank tried not to involve his son in violence. Big Daddy made it her entire life (this is also the major reason why RogerEbert [[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100414/reviews/100419986 disliked this movie.]])

* When the film adaptation of ''Film/KickAss'' was first announced, I was actually very surprised that they were able to get a big name celebrity like NicolasCage in a film that they couldn't even find a studio willing to work with (for those who don't know, after being rejected from every studio they could find, Matthew Vaughn, the director, wound up having to pull some strings to finance the movie independently). It was only while reading a review of the film that it suddenly hit me: OF COURSE Nicolas Cage would want to be in this. He loves comics so much that he named himself after a comic book character! - Tobias Drake
** Cage is not only a fan of comic books; ''Comicbook/GhostRider'' is one of his favorites. Enough so that he has a tattoo of the character on his arm. This had to be covered up during the making of the movie to avoid the paradox of his character having a tattoo of [[Film/GhostRider his own future self]]. - MKing49001

* When Hit Girl dresses up as a schoolgirl to get into Frank D'Amico's stronghold, she tells them that she's lost her mommy and daddy. SHE HAS. -MCSmizzle

* ''Film/{{Kick-Ass}}'' has tons of Fridge Horror and Fridge Logic:

* When the film adaptation of ''KickAss'' was first announced, I was actually very surprised that they were able to get a big name celebrity like NicolasCage in a film that they couldn't even find a studio willing to work with (for those who don't know, after being rejected from every studio they could find, Matthew Vaughn, the director, wound up having to pull some strings to finance the movie independently). It was only while reading a review of the film that it suddenly hit me: OF COURSE Nicolas Cage would want to be in this. He loves comics so much that he named himself after a comic book character! - Tobias Drake

* Fridge Brilliance bordering on {{Fridge Horror}}. When Hit Girl rescues Big Daddy and Kick Ass, we find out that her gun attachments are named after things related to superheroes. The last attachment Big Daddy calls out is called Robin's Revenge. Considering what Big Daddy's costume looks like, his and Hit Girl's [[Comicbook/Robin relationship]] and [[KilledOffForReal what later happens to him]], that seems pretty appropriate, if not poignant.

* When Stu Riley's character makes his allusion to ''{{Scarface}}'', it could have been just the simple line and pointing a giant gun, but if he had been more ''{{genre savvy}}'' he would have known he was destined to be filled with bullets soon after saying that line. -firebreatherman

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* What if Big Daddy and Hit-Girl were full blown villains? They seemed unstoppable before Kick-Ass came into their lives. Makes you wonder if Big Daddy was evil, could he and Hit-girl succeed in taking over the city.

* Fridge Brilliance bordering on {{Fridge Horror}}. When Hit Girl rescues Big Daddy and Kick Ass, we find out that her gun attachments are named after things related to superheroes. The last attachment Big Daddy calls out is called Robin's Revenge. Considering what Big Daddy's costume looks like, his and Hit Girl's [[BatmanAndRobin relationship]] and [[KilledOffForReal what later happens to him]], that seems pretty appropriate, if not poignant.

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!!The Film
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* When the film adaptation of ''KickAss'' was first announced, I was actually very surprised that they were able to get a big name celebrity like NicolasCage in a film that they couldn't even find a studio willing to work with (for those who don't know, after being rejected from every studio they could find, Matthew Vaughn, the director, wound up having to pull some strings to finance the movie independently). It was only while reading a review of the film that it suddenly hit me: OF COURSE Nicolas Cage would want to be in this. He loves comics so much that he named himself after a comic book character! - Tobias Drake
** Cage is not only a fan of comic books; ''GhostRider'' is one of his favorites. Enough so that he has a tattoo of the character on his arm. This had to be covered up during the making of the movie to avoid the paradox of his character having a tattoo of his own future self. - MKing49001
*** Cage is a full-on [[OneOfUs comic book geek]]. In addition to the aforementioned facts, he named his son [[{{Superman}} Kal-El]], and according to rumors, the reason he was in Ghost Rider in the first place was that he auditioned for ''every single'' comic book movie he could until someone gave him a role.
** When Hit Girl dresses up as a schoolgirl to get into Frank D'Amico's stronghold, she tells them that she's lost her mommy and daddy. SHE HAS. -MCSmizzle
** Cage, as Big Daddy, looks like Batman, and speaks in an overly dramatic, irrhythmic, Adam West-esque voice. Cage is doing it on purpose - he's channelling Adam West's Batman, because that's what McReady, would do.