Line #12 Film/ElfMan


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4	''Elf-Man'' is a 2012 DirectToVideo [[ChristmasMoviesIndex Christmas Movie]] (doubling as an AffectionateParody of classic superhero films) written and directed by Ethan Wiley and distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment. It stars Creator/JasonAcuna as the titular character, and Creator/JeffreyCombs as the main villain.
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6	Eric Harper, an amateur inventor and recent widower, invites his mother over for Christmas with his two kids, Kasey and Ryan. The family is spending their first Christmas without his late wife, and his children are understandably bummed. But on Christmas Eve, he finally makes a breakthrough in his work and invents a new clean energy source that has the potential to change the world. A trio of bumbling criminals catch wind of his discovery and kidnap him to get the chip in the hopes they'll be able to get rich off it. Meanwhile, a disaffected Elf is mistakingly left behind on the roof of the Harper residence by Santa Claus. Kasey thinks he's there to grant her [[ChristmasMiracle Christmas Wish]] and asks him to bring her father home. He tries, and HilarityEnsues. In the end, he'll need [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman a change of clothes]] before everything is resolved.
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8	Not to mistaken with Music/DannyElfman, or the movie ''Film/{{Elf}}''.
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10	!Tropes in Elf-Man include:
11	* BadSanta: Downplayed; Santa in this depiction is a bit of a JerkAss who doesn't care much about his elves (even leaving Elf-Man behind after he says he wants a raise and seemingly forgetting about him), but he still [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold expresses sympathy toward Kasey when she cries.]]
12	* BerserkButton: The Elf doesn't like being mistaken for a Hobbit, a troll, and ''especially not'' a leprechaun.
13	* BrattyHalfPint: Ryan, who resents Amy for being attracted to his father so soon after his mother died.
14	* ChristmasElves: They accompany Santa when he goes out and are played by Little Persons in this film.
15	* ChristmasSongs: Most of the film's soundtrack.
16	* DullSurprise: A lot of the film's performances have this, but the news anchor at the parade announcing Santa's sleigh being discovered for the first time by the Air Force acts [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry extremely unalarmed despite purporting to be surprised by the incredible event.]]
17	* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:The new powers and new upgraded costume Elf-Man suddenly gains via ThePowerOfLove right as the criminals have him cornered.]]
18	* ElvisImpersonator: An Elfbook post claims that [[PunnyName "Elfis"]] has been seen alive.
19	* GrannyClassic: Eric's mother, fittingly only referred to as Grandma, who is [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} a bit odd]] but otherwise stands as a wise and courageous figure to her grandchildren.
20	* {{Homage}}: Professes to be one to ''Film/{{Home Alone}}'', as well as old superhero films.
21	* HomeAloneAntics: Much of the film's runtime is spent on the kids' and Elf-Man's attempts to stop the criminals this way.
22	* InstantCostumeChange: Happens when [[spoiler:Elf-Man gets his [[EleventhHourSuperpower last-minute power upgrade.]] See The Power Of Love.]]
23	* LethalHarmlessPowers: Inverted: Elf-Man can transform objects, but only into harmless Christmas-related ones. [[spoiler:He eventually gains the power of flight, however.]]
24	* MakeAWish: Invoked, strangely; the wooden elf toy passed down through Eric's family that Kasey wishes on for a good Christmas is an actual piece of technology that interfaces with Santa, and flags the family as having made a "special wish".
25	* MeetCute: Eric and Amy's romantic subplot begins when he picks up a roast from her shop and he invites her over for Christmas.
26	* NeverSayDie: The film never actually explicitly states that the kids' mother died despite Grandma all but saying it.
27	* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:Eric and Amy's kissing under the mistletoe not only restores Elf-Man to normal, it spontaneously gives him a new costume and new powers right before he's about to be defeated.]]
28	* RoadApples: Elf-Man is, much to his dissatisfaction, assigned as reindeer-poop-catcher the night he finally gets sleigh duty.
29	* SecondLove: Amy is Eric's LoveInterest after the latter's wife seemingly passed away.
30	* SuperZeroes: Elf-Man starts out as one, but gradually gets more serious as the stakes escalate.
31	* ThoseTwoGuys: Technically three guys: Mickey, an ex-Navy Seal who was the only survivor of an encounter with a troll (supposedly) and who seems to suffer from PTSD (Combs); Jean-Pierre, the [[PaperThinDisguise self-professed]] "World's Most Famous Master Of Disguise" and Big Bucket, the ScaryBlackMan except he occupies more of a comic-relief role like the others.
32	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The film's main hook comes from Santa forgetting about the elf and leaving him behind on the family's roof, but despite Elf-Man continually mentioning that he needs to get back to Santa, it's never addressed if he'll ever come back.
33	* WeaksauceWeakness: Elf-Man's is mistletoe, which [[spoiler:drains his magic and almost outright kills him, until he's saved by ThePowerOfLove.]]
34	* WhenIWasYourAge: Elf-Man rants about how they used to be able to just give kids "some mud and a few sticks" in the old days, but now children demand all kinds of new gadgets and toys.
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