History YMMV / KickAss

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: What Katie did to Dave after he confessed he wasn't gay was a pretty awful thing to do, but she didn't deserve to be raped and have her family killed.]]
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: Chris, who dies saving Mindy and asking her to apologize to his mother for ruining her life]].

** In Kick-Ass 2 they pull out all the stops to make the villains seem unstomachably cruel, clearly in an attempt to eradicate any surrogate thrill the reader might get from their exploits. Don't-give-a-shit wanton violence is such a primal power-fantasy, they really wanted it to seem as disgusting as it would in real life. Most common criticism is that they went too far in this, parts of the book are just really unpleasant to read.

* TheWoobie: Dave and Mindy. Angie Genovese becomes this in Volume 3 where she becomes a social pariah for the crimes Chris did.

* WhatAnIdiot: Pointed out by Kick-Ass in Volume 2, [[spoiler:after he & Hit-Girl find out that the Mother Fucker's plan is to burn New York to the ground - Chris is asthmatic, so ''what's he going to do when he blows up all of the pharmacys & hospitals, and he needs his medication?'']]

* TheScrappy: Big Daddy for [[spoiler: turning his daughter into a killer just because he was bored with his life]].

* JerkassWoobie: Katie in Volume 2. Good ''lord'', did she not deserve that to happen to her.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: A major and recurring complaint about the comic. Many feel that Millar went so far with the deconstruction that the result was a comic that became downright unreadable at times. This is also a major reason that many consider the film adaptation BetterThanCanon.

* ShipTease: For better or for worse, a lot of the scenes between Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl are framed from an odd angle where it looks like one is kissing the other (the dialogue bubbles dispel the notion, but the imagery is there), in addition to the two being about as close as anyone in the comic can be. The very large age difference may put it into NoYay territory, but Hit-Girl being both more mature and more experienced may not, so it's a [[ShippingGoggles YMMV/perception thing]].

* StoicWoobie: Hit Girl. [[spoiler:However, not so much after her father died]].

** Creator/AaronJohnson (Dave/Kick-Ass) and Evan Peters (Todd) will both play {{Quicksilver}} in [[Film/TheAvengersAgeOfUltron two]] [[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast different]] [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] films.

** During the torture scene, Dave reflects on the fact that he would miss out on seeing what he and Katie's kids would look like. However, in ''KickAss2'', [[spoiler: they break up early in the film]].
** During Dave's opening narration, he mentioned that since his mother died of Aneurysm in the kitchen, the viewers won't be expecting an "[[YouKilledMyFather I will avenge you mother]]!" storyline. [[spoiler: This is exactly what happened in the [[Film/KickAss2 sequel]] when Chris/The Motherfucker had his father brutally tortured to death]].

** Hit-Girl giving Kick-Ass a flying kiss becomes this after seeing the final scene of ''KickAss2''. Doubles as HeartwarmingInHindsight.
*** Another example was that ChloeGraceMoretz and AaronJohnson were both considered for the roles of [[TheHungerGames Katniss and Peeta]] respectively.

*** This will evidently continue in the sequel, as Red-Mist as Motherfucker's more violent acts are going to be removed, particularly [[MoralEventHorizon the rape]], to which Christopher Mintz-Plasse flat-out said "''Thank God.''" He's still pretty evil in the sequel though as he [[spoiler:murders Dave's father, kills Colonel Stars And Stripes, and attempts to rape Night Bitch (and when that fails, he puts her in the hospital)]].

* Squick:

* {{Wangst}}: Dave's narration can be accused of this. But everyone else have their moments too.

* CompleteMonster: Red Mist/Motherfucker. While [[Film/KickAss the movie adaptation]] made him more [[WellDoneSonGuy sympathetic]], he was just as much of a bastard as his father in the comics. For one, he expressed sadistic glee when he [[spoiler: thought he killed Hit Girl]]. But issue 4 of the sequel had him cross a bigger MoralEventHorizon: he [[spoiler: killed a group of children after they told him where Kate lived, had his goons kill a neighborhood of people, killed Kate's father, and then raped her with his other cohorts]]. Even his own lackeys [[EvenEvilHasStandards thought they went too far]].
** [[spoiler: After it's all said & done, he managed to get [[CorruptCop Vic Gigante]] telling him that the police will no longer turn a blind eye to his actions ''and'' the various mafia families are all gunning for him.]]

** Hit-Girl giving Kick-Ass a flying kiss becomes this after seeing the final scene of ''KickAss2''.

** Hit-Girl giving Kick-Ass a flying kiss becomes hilarious after seeing the final scene of ''KickAss2''.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Hit-Girl

* HarsherInHindsight: During the torture scene, Dave reflects on the fact that he would miss out on seeing what he and Katie's kids would look like. However, in ''KickAss2'', [[spoiler: they break up early in the film]].

** Also, "Tunk," the new swear word that Dave's friends made up (basically the male equivalent of Cunt) catches on unbelievably fast.

** [[spoiler: Red Mist and his father manage to cross it at the same time, after setting up Kick-Ass and the others. First, they beat the shit out of them. When Hit Girl tries to fight back, Johnny G orders his men to shoot her in the back, which they gladly do, sending her flying out a window. Red Mist then raves about how awesome that was, demonstrating that he's either a total sociopath or at least isn't very good at separating comic books from reality. In either case, that's the moment when both of them stop being mere villains and cross the line into CompleteMonster territory. Interestingly, the film turned this into a humanising EvenEvilHasStandards moment for Red Mist by having him instead be suitably horrified.]]

** In Kick-Ass 2 they basically pull out all the stops to make the villains seem unstomachably cruel, clearly in an attempt to eradicate any surrogate thrill the reader might get from their exploits. Don't-give-a-shit wanton violence is such a primal power-fantasy, they really wanted it to seem as disgusting as it would in real life. Most common criticism is that they went too far in this, parts of the book are just really unpleasant to read.
* TheScrappy: Big Daddy for [[spoiler: basically turning his daughter into a killer just because he was bored with his life]].

* EightPointEight: Creator/RogerEbert '''''hated''''' this movie. He was one of the few critics to thoroughly pan it. Needless to say, he got a lot of backlash for it, and he even predicted he would in the review itself.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Frank Da'mico a CompleteMonster, or is he a subtle case of EvenEvilHasLovedOnes?

* DracoInLeatherPants: Red-Mist has a lot of fanart. Granted, most of it is from the [[JerkassWoobie movie]] rather than the [[CompleteMonster comics]].

** Red-Mist [[LonelyRichKid to a]] [[WellDoneSonGuy lesser extent]]. He's much more sympathetic in the movie in comparison to the CompleteMonster he was in the comic.

* MoralEventHorizon: D'Amico is most firmly established as a complete psycho-ass when he murders both some guy unfortunate enough to be wearing a Kick-Ass costume and an innocent witness to said murder. Of course, he ''did'' believe it was the real Kick-Ass and that he'd been killing D'Amico's men. He really crosses the line when he finds out Kick-Ass had nothing to do with it but still insisted on him being [[spoiler: beaten and executed on a live webcast]]. The sheer look of sadistic pleasure on his face and the disgusted look Chris gives him when they're both watching it said volumes about what a CompleteMonster he was.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: While the theatrical trailers for the film show plenty of foul language, violence, and countless other clues that this is not a kid's film, the television trailers are censored. Because of the young ages of the superheroes, there's a chance some parents may get a nasty surprise if they took their child to see it. Of course, since the title of the movie is Kick-Ass, [[WhatAnIdiot they'd sort of deserve what they got if they did that, especially since the movie is rated R.]]

* EightPointEight: RogerEbert '''''hated''''' this movie. He was one of the few critics to thoroughly pan it. Needless to say, he got a lot of backlash for it, and he even predicted he would in the review itself.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the ''Hit-Girl'' interquel, Mindy mentions that she hopes to gain friends in school with knowledge on ''Film/TheHungerGames''. Not only was ChloeMoretz considered for the part of Katniss, but Creator/AaronJohnson for Peeta.

* EightPointEight: RogerEbert '''''hated''''' this movie. He was one of the few critics to thoroughly pan it. Needless to say, he got a lot of backlash for it, and he even predicted he would in the review itself.

* EightPointEight: RogerEbert '''''hated''''' this movie. He was one of the few critics to thoroughly pan it. Needless to say, he got a lot of backlash for it, and he even predicted he would in the review itself.

** [[spoiler: On the topic of Red Mist, in ''Kick-Ass Volume 2'', in the space of an afternoon, Red Mist rapes Katie, kills her parents, several children & police officers. After it's all said & done, he managed to get [[CorruptCop Vic Gigante]] telling him that the police will no longer turn a blind eye to his actions ''and'' the various mafia families are all gunning for him.]]