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** Darryl’s glasses having several adjustments to them (most notably having a fork in place of one of its hinges.) can be passed off as evidence of his geeky qualities. However, given that it is heavily implied that He and his family live in a poor neighborhood, it’s likely that Darryl simply didn’t have enough money to buy a replacement and had to resort to using his intelligence to work with what he had.
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** Kevin taking karate classes makes a lot of sense. After all He does live in a crime ridden neighborhood, so it makes sense he would seek training in order to defend himself and his family.
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* CultClassic: While it the film flopped commercially and was reviewed poorly by critics when it was released. The movie gained more positive attention through reruns in tv and video releases. Nowadays, it’s viewed as a quirky little deconstruction of the superhero genre.

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* CultClassic: While it the film flopped commercially and was reviewed poorly by critics when it was released. The movie gained more positive attention through reruns in tv and video releases. Nowadays, it’s viewed as a quirky little lighthearted deconstruction of the superhero genre.
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* CultClassic: While it the film flopped commercially and was reviewed poorly by critics when it was released. The movie gained more positive attention through reruns in tv and video releases. Nowadays, it’s viewed as a quirky little deconstruction of the superhero genre.
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** Throughout the movie he tried to convince his brother, Kevin, to be his sidekick, ultimately guilt tripping him into doing it. Yet, despite leading his brother into this extremely dangerous endeavor, he never bothered to make his suit bulletproof.

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** Throughout the movie he Darryl tried to convince his brother, Kevin, to be his sidekick, ultimately guilt tripping him into doing it. Yet, despite leading his brother into this extremely dangerous endeavor, he never bothered to make his suit bulletproof.
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* CrazyAwesome: Blankman himself.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Darry really such an innocent NiceGuy?

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Darry Darryl really such an innocent NiceGuy?



** Throughout the movie he tried to convince his brother to be his sidekick, ultimately guilt tripping him into doing it. Yet despite leading his brother into this extremely dangerous endeavor he never bothered to make his suit bulletproof.
*** Given how his brother can be a jerkass to him, sometimes, some of Darryl's pettiness towards him is deserved.
* CrazyAwesome: Blankman

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** Throughout the movie he tried to convince his brother brother, Kevin, to be his sidekick, ultimately guilt tripping him into doing it. Yet Yet, despite leading his brother into this extremely dangerous endeavor endeavor, he never bothered to make his suit bulletproof.
*** Given how his brother can be a jerkass {{jerkass}} to him, sometimes, some of Darryl's pettiness towards him is deserved.
* CrazyAwesome: BlankmanBlankman himself.
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** Despite the {{Narm}}, J-5's "dying" moment after the bomb goes off is surprisingly moving.

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** Despite the {{Narm}}, J-5's "dying" moment after the bomb goes off is surprisingly moving.moving.
** The entire reason Darryl becomes Blank Man was due to him crossing the DespairEventHorizon.
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* MemeticMutation: "Slap me around and call me Susan!" ''(Cue ScreamsLikeALittleGirl)''
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* OlderThanTheyThink: A lot of people think ''ComicBook/KickAss'' was the first movie to focus on super-heroes in reality aspect. But this film beat it to the punch first.
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** When he got the key to the city, instead of thanking his brother who shared his tragedy and saved him from being killed in his first outing he thanked his LoveInterests.
** Throughout the movie he tried to convince his brother to be his side kick, ultimately guilt tripping him into doing. Yet despite leading his brother into this extremely dangerous endeavor he never bothered to make his suit bulletproof.

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** When he got the key to the city, instead of thanking his brother who shared his tragedy and saved him from being killed in his first outing he thanked his LoveInterests.
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** Throughout the movie he tried to convince his brother to be his side kick, sidekick, ultimately guilt tripping him into doing.doing it. Yet despite leading his brother into this extremely dangerous endeavor he never bothered to make his suit bulletproof.
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* FridgeLogic: Why didn’t they just throw the bag of explosives down the hole

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* FridgeLogic: Why didn’t they just throw the bag of explosives down the holehole?
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Darry really such an innocent NiceGuy

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Darry really such an innocent NiceGuyNiceGuy?
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*** Given how his brother can be a jerkass to him, sometimes, some of Darryl's pettiness towards him is deserved.
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** When he got the key to the city instead of thanking his brother who shared his tragedy and saved him from being killed in his first outing he thanked his LoveInterests.
Throughout the movie he tried to convince his brother to be his side kick, ultimately guilt tripping him into doing. Yet despite leading his brother into this extremely dangerous endeavor he never bothered to make his suit bulletproof.

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** When he got the key to the city city, instead of thanking his brother who shared his tragedy and saved him from being killed in his first outing he thanked his LoveInterests.
** Throughout the movie he tried to convince his brother to be his side kick, ultimately guilt tripping him into doing. Yet despite leading his brother into this extremely dangerous endeavor he never bothered to make his suit bulletproof.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Darry really such an innocent NiceGuy
** When he got the key to the city instead of thanking his brother who shared his tragedy and saved him from being killed in his first outing he thanked his LoveInterests.
Throughout the movie he tried to convince his brother to be his side kick, ultimately guilt tripping him into doing. Yet despite leading his brother into this extremely dangerous endeavor he never bothered to make his suit bulletproof.


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* FridgeLogic: Why didn’t they just throw the bag of explosives down the hole
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** Darryl sobs so hard during his grandmother's funeral that you can't help but cry along with him.
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-->'''Harris:''' She was a good woman. I'll give her your love.

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-->'''Harris:''' She was a good woman. I'll give her your love.love.
** Despite the {{Narm}}, J-5's "dying" moment after the bomb goes off is surprisingly moving.
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* TearJerker: One surprisingly moving scene: just before Mayor Harris' death, Darryl briefly unmasks to tell him "Eleanor Walker was my grandmother. She really looked up to you."

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* TearJerker: One surprisingly moving scene: just before Mayor Harris' death, Darryl briefly unmasks to tell him "Eleanor Walker was my grandmother. She really looked up to believed in you."
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* CrazyAwesome: Blankman

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* CrazyAwesome: BlankmanBlankman
* TearJerker: One surprisingly moving scene: just before Mayor Harris' death, Darryl briefly unmasks to tell him "Eleanor Walker was my grandmother. She really looked up to you."
-->'''Harris:''' She was a good woman. I'll give her your love.

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