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3	''I Can Do Bad All by Myself'' is a musical romantic dramedy released in 2009 by Creator/TylerPerry.
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5	The movie starts with April, an alcoholic bar singer, doing her routine at a nightclub. Meanwhile, in another part of town, Madea and her brother, Joe, catch three kids (named Jennifer, Manny, and Byron) breaking into their house. After she hears their side of the story, Madea feeds and decides to help them, especially after Manny tells her that they haven't seen their grandma, Rose, in a little under a week and their mom died, so the only family they have is their aunt, April.
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7	Later, Madea drops the kids with April, who isn't so thrilled to have them there. During this, a pastor from the local church asks her to take in a Colombian immigrant, Sandino, to which she unwillingly does.
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10	!!''I Can Do Bad All by Myself'' provides examples of:
11	* AbusiveParents: April's sister, according to an anecdote, as, due to her drug habits, she traded Jennifer for crack when she was nine, put Byron in the oven, and burned Manny with her crackpipe.
12	** Considering that Randy is willing to bully and patronize children who aren’t his (and even tried to rape sixteen year old Jennifer), one could only imagine how he treats his own children.
13	* AdaptedOut: In the original play, Cora and Mr. Brown had main roles, while, they don't even make an appearance here, besides the former being mentioned. Likewise, the characters "Vianne", "Keisha", "Bobby", "Maylee", and "Anthony", don't make an appearance, either. Adding to this, the plot was different in the original play.
14	* AddledAddict: April's sister (who isn't named) was a crack addict and, from what we can guess, this lead to her death.
15	* TheAlcoholic: April is this, as she constantly drinks to get away from her issues.
16	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Jennifer sees her brothers as this at times.
17	* BigDamnHeroes: When Jennifer is about to get raped by Randy, Sandino comes out of nowhere and beats him with a bat.
18	* BigDamnKiss: April and Sandino share this during their wedding ceremony.
19	* BrutalHonesty: Tanya lets April know how selfish she really is.
20	* CelebrityParadox: Madea mentions Music/MaryJBlige at one point. Blige portrays Tanya in the film.
21	* ChildHater: It's obvious that Randy doesn't like children. When his wife tells him she's pregnant again, he's not happy. When he taunts the kids with a candy bar and Byron takes the bait, he cruelly twists the boy’s arm.
22	* DyingAlone: A variant in that, while[[spoiler: Rose quietly dies of an aneurysm]], no one really notices. When they did, they thought she was sleeping.
23	* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:April and Sandino get married and the kids are taken in by April]].
24	* ElectrifiedBathtub: [[spoiler: When April confronts Randy about the latter nearly raping Jennifer, he is taking a bath. April drops a plugged-in stereo in the tub, but Randy manages to jump out just before it hits the water. He still gets electrocuted, however.]]
25	* FreudianExcuse: We find out the reason April is caustic and selfish is that her stepfather, a guy named "Lee", sexually abused her and lied to her mother, Rose, which made her lose faith in those that care about her.
26	* HateSink: Randy. Treats April like crap? Check. Cheating on his wife ''with'' April? Check. Hates kids? Check. Tries to rape Jennifer? CHECK. There's no sympathy for him when he gets his ass beat by Sandino and almost electrocuted by April.
27	* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]: Manny has asthma and diabetes thanks to his mother abusing drugs when she was pregnant with him. Jennifer has had to give him insulin shots twice and even shoplifted needles from a drugstore to help with his shots.
28	* ImpliedDeathThreat: Randy gives one to Sandino, however, this kind was more obvious.
29	-->"I'll send you back to your country in a pine box."
30	** Madea seems to have these as a part of her usual dialogue, as the below quote will tell you.
31	-->"I will hit you so hard that your cranium and your urethra tube will all be tied up together inside of each other. You wouldn't be able to do nothing but pee and run."
32	* {{Jerkass}}:
33	** April comes off as this to almost everyone around her, as she's selfish, rude, and hates people. It's understandable though, as she was sexually abused by her stepfather, who lied to her mother, causing her to lose faith in her loved ones.
34	** Randy as well, being abrasive to Sandino and calling him "Mexico" (even though he's from Colombia). He escalates it when he tries to rape Jennifer.
35	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
36	** Jennifer can be mouthy and abrasive towards her elders, but she still cares about her brothers and respects her aunt when she’s in a good mood.
37	** Madea, as usual.
38	* MamaBear: April's response to finding out that Randy tried to rape Jennifer was to try to electrocute him.
39	* MouthyKid: Though she's older than the usual, Jennifer is this towards her elders. Madea does call her out on it, albeit nicely.
40	* NiceGuy: Sandino is this. Really, he goes out of his way to help a woman and kids he doesn't know, let alone has met before.
41	* ParentalAbandonment: Jennifer, Byron, and Manny's mother is dead and there's no mention of a father (though, we could guess that their mother really got around). What makes things worse is that we find out that [[spoiler: Rose, their grandmother, died on a bus of a brain aneurysm]].
42	* ParentalSubstitute: Sandino wants to be this for the kids. We eventually learn why, as [[spoiler: during his childhood, he was employed in child labor and was made to go out to get other kids to do the same. Adding to this, he's implied to be an orphan]]
43	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Randy is prejudiced against Latin-Americans judging by the way he treats Sandino, calling him "Mexico" (even though he's Colombian), asking if he's legal, thinking he doesn't speak English and more.
44	* PromotedToParent: Jennifer to her brothers, with their mom dead and their grandmother missing (later on [[spoiler: dead]]). However, this is a deconstruction, as, because her mother was a crack addict, she didn't really have a choice. As she tells April, "I'm sixteen, when's my life gonna start?!"
45	* PartingWordsRegret: After being informed that [[spoiler: Rose died]], Sandino asks when April spoke to her last, too which she tells him that the last conversation they had was [[spoiler: an argument about Rose asking April to look after the kids]].
46	* VagueAge: We know that Jennifer is 16 but her brothers' ages are hard to guess, however, we can guess that Byron is the middle child and Manny is the youngest (apparently, he's ten).
47	* TheVoiceless: Byron only speaks two words in the entire movie.
48	* WhatTheHellHero: April gets called out by Tanya for being so selfish towards her niece and nephews.

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