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1	[[quoteright:335:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_black_cobra.jpg]]
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3	->''"There's muscle in his venom and fire in his heart!"''
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5	''The Black Cobra'' is a 1987 {{Italian\|Films}} {{blaxploitation}} film starring Creator/FredWilliamson.
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7	A photographer witnesses a murder by a gang of maniacal bikers. They notice her, and the chase is on! Only a lone police officer, Robert "Bob" Malon, can save her.
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9	The film was followed by three sequels - ''The Black Cobra 2'' in 1989, ''Black Cobra 3: The Manila Connection'' in 1990, and ''Detective Malone'' in 1991.
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11	!!This film contains examples of:
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13	* BadassLongcoat: Malone wears a leather one.
14	* BatmanColdOpen: Robert saving some hostages from a gang of bank robbers.
15	* BigBad: The unnamed leader of the bikers.
16	* CowboyCop: Malone will kill any criminal, even if it's against orders.
17	* EvilPlan: The bandit leader seeks to kill a woman who witnessed a murder his gang committed.
18	* ForTheEvulz: The biker gang leader just causes chaos for fun.
19	* GreaterScopeVillain: The reason Malone is so hard-line in his pursuit of justice is because some robbers killed his father figure when he was a child.
20	* KickTheDog: The bandit leader deciding to try and kill a reporter who photographed him even after learning the photos were unusable.
21	* {{Mockbuster}}: Of ''Film/{{Cobra}}''.
22	* PragmaticVillainy: The biker leader proibits his men to make use of drugs since he needs them all in good shape.
23	* {{Sadist}}: The bandit leader, who believes that true freedom is to cause chaos and hurt people for fun, but [[spoiler:abandons his men to die when the heroes come for them]].
24	* ShoutOut: During the climax, Malone does a near word-for-word recreation of the "Do I feel lucky?" speech from ''Film/DirtyHarry''.
25	* StraightEdgeEvil: The bandit leader doesn't allow his goons to use drugs, but this is simply because [[PragmaticVillainy he wants them in top shape]].
26	* WoundedGazelleGambit: The bikers cover one of their own in a victim's blood so they can bluff their way into a hospital to kill a witness.

Context Film / TheBlackCobra