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* OlderThanTheyThink: What's the first superhero movie with a Black lead? Not ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' or ''Film/Blade1998'' as many would think, or not even the maligned ''Film/{{Steel}}'', but this 1993 movie.

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* OlderThanTheyThink: What's the first superhero movie with a Black lead? Not ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' or ''Film/BlackPanther2018'', ''Film/Blade1998'' or ''Film/Spawn1997'' as many would think, or not even the maligned ''Film/{{Steel}}'', but this 1993 movie.
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* OlderThanTheyThink: What's the first superhero movie with a Black lead? Not ''Film/BlackPanther2018'', not ''Film/Blade1998'', or not even ''Film/{{Steel}}'', but this 1993 movie.

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* OlderThanTheyThink: What's the first superhero movie with a Black lead? Not ''Film/BlackPanther2018'', not ''Film/Blade1998'', ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' or ''Film/Blade1998'' as many would think, or not even the maligned ''Film/{{Steel}}'', but this 1993 movie.
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* OlderThanTheyThink: What's the first superhero movie with a Black lead? Not ''Film/BlackPanther2018'', not ''Film/Blade1998'', or not even ''Film/Steel'', but this 1993 movie.

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* OlderThanTheyThink: What's the first superhero movie with a Black lead? Not ''Film/BlackPanther2018'', not ''Film/Blade1998'', or not even ''Film/Steel'', ''Film/{{Steel}}'', but this 1993 movie.
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* Main/OlderThenTheyThink: What's the first superhero movie with a Black lead? Not ''Film/BlackPanther2018'', not ''Film/Blade1998'', or not even ''Film/Steel'', but this 1993 movie.

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* Main/OlderThenTheyThink: OlderThanTheyThink: What's the first superhero movie with a Black lead? Not ''Film/BlackPanther2018'', not ''Film/Blade1998'', or not even ''Film/Steel'', but this 1993 movie.
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* OlderThenTheyThink: What's the first superhero movie with a Black lead? Not ''Film/BlackPanther2018'', not ''Film/Blade1998'', or not even ''Film/Steel'', but this 1993 movie.

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* OlderThenTheyThink: Main/OlderThenTheyThink: What's the first superhero movie with a Black lead? Not ''Film/BlackPanther2018'', not ''Film/Blade1998'', or not even ''Film/Steel'', but this 1993 movie.
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* OlderThenTheyThink: What's the first superhero movie with a Black lead? Not ''Film/BlackPanther2018'', not ''Film/Blade1998'', or not even ''Film/Steel'', but this 1993 movie.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The greatest triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.
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** Also Prior to being ''Literature/WaitingToExhale'' Lela Rochon is Jeff's sexy nurse
** The announcer at the mall when Jeff's friend impersonated Meteor Man was an unbilled Creator/ChrisTucker.

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** Also Prior to being ''Literature/WaitingToExhale'' Lela Rochon is Jeff's sexy nurse
nurse, prior to being in ''Literature/WaitingToExhale'',
** The announcer at the mall when Jeff's friend impersonated impersonates Meteor Man was is an unbilled Creator/ChrisTucker.

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** Don Cheadle and Eddie Griffin both were relative unknowns when they made this movie.
** Also Prior to being Film/WaitingToExhale Lela Rochon is Jeff's sexy nurse
** The announcer at the mall when Jeff's friend impersonated Meteor Man was an unbilled Chris Tucker.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The greatest triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.

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** Don Cheadle Creator/DonCheadle and Eddie Griffin both were relative unknowns when they made this movie.
** Also Prior to being Film/WaitingToExhale ''Literature/WaitingToExhale'' Lela Rochon is Jeff's sexy nurse
** The announcer at the mall when Jeff's friend impersonated Meteor Man was an unbilled Chris Tucker.
Creator/ChrisTucker.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The greatest triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.nothing.
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Doesn't count as the trope if there was no mention of it anyway. Otherwise you could say 'imagine how amazing it would be if the DOG got the powers'


* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The greatest triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Imagine how interesting the movie would have went if the Golden Lords leader used Meteor Man's powers in a less noble manner than how Jefferson uses them.

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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The greatest triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Imagine how interesting the movie would have went if the Golden Lords leader used Meteor Man's powers in a less noble manner than how Jefferson uses them.
nothing.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Scores like this one make you wonder why Cliff Eidelman hasn't done more adventure movies in his career.

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Scores like this one make you wonder why Cliff Eidelman hasn't done more adventure movies in his career.
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* CultClassic: A flop when it was first released (it opened on the same day as ''TheFugitive''), it's more fondly remembered as one of the first major sendups of the superhero genre.

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* CultClassic: A flop when it was first released (it opened on the same day as ''TheFugitive''), ''Film/TheFugitive''), it's more fondly remembered as one of the first major sendups of the superhero genre.
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* FridgeBrilliance: Earnest Moses helping out Jeff turned out to be a redemption moment for him since he did witness a gang attack but did nothing to prevent it, which resulted in the elderly victim of it being hospitalized. And he wasn't going to let the same thing or worse happen to Jefferson at the hands of the Golden Lords.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The greatest triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.
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Hey Its That Guy cut by TRS decision. Ditto for Hey Its That Voice.


** Combined with HeyItsThatVoice: the announcer at the mall when Jeff's friend impersonated Meteor Man was an unbilled Chris Tucker.

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** Combined with HeyItsThatVoice: the The announcer at the mall when Jeff's friend impersonated Meteor Man was an unbilled Chris Tucker.
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** Combined with HeyItsThatVoice: the announcer at the mall when Jeff's friend impersonated Meteor Man was an unbilled Chris Tucker.

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** Combined with HeyItsThatVoice: the announcer at the mall when Jeff's friend impersonated Meteor Man was an unbilled Chris Tucker.Tucker.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Imagine how interesting the movie would have went if the Golden Lords leader used Meteor Man's powers in a less noble manner than how Jefferson uses them.
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** Also Prior to being WaitingToExhale Lela Rochon is Jeff's sexy nurse

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** Also Prior to being WaitingToExhale Film/WaitingToExhale Lela Rochon is Jeff's sexy nurse
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** Also Prior to being WaitingToExhale Lela Rochon is Jeff's sexy nurse

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** Also Prior to being WaitingToExhale Lela Rochon is Jeff's sexy nursenurse
** Combined with HeyItsThatVoice: the announcer at the mall when Jeff's friend impersonated Meteor Man was an unbilled Chris Tucker.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Scores like this one make you wonder why Cliff Eidelman hasn't done more adventure movies in his career.
* CultClassic: A flop when it was first released (it opened on the same day as ''TheFugitive''), it's more fondly remembered as one of the first major sendups of the superhero genre.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Don Cheadle and Eddie Griffin both were relative unknowns when they made this movie.
** Also Prior to being WaitingToExhale Lela Rochon is Jeff's SexyNurse

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* RetroactiveRecognition: RetroactiveRecognition:
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Don Cheadle and Eddie Griffin both were relative unknowns when they made this movie.
** Also Prior to being WaitingToExhale Lela Rochon is Jeff's SexyNursesexy nurse
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Don Cheadle and Eddie Griffin both were relative unknowns when they made this movie.
** Also Prior to being WaitingToExhale Lela Rochon is Jeff's SexyNurse

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