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Comic Book

Kick-Ass/Dave Lizewski

  • The Ace: He's not, but Justice Forever gladly accept his offer to join the team based on his reputation as one.
    • He is one of the more competent and likely the most experienced hero.
  • Adorkable
  • Anti-Hero: Type I throughout, though he's quite a bit more competent than most other examples.
  • Ascended Fanboy
  • Casual Kink: His superhero obsession is presented as such. Unusually for such a... weird fetish (but in line with the trope), it's shown to be a healthy outlet for his fantasies, since said fantasies involve community activism and an altruistic outlook on life and society.
  • Costumed Nonsuper Hero
  • Determinator: The comic zigzags on whether this is a product of stupidity and nihilism or Heroic Willpower, but it tends to be to his benefit.
  • Did Not Get the Girl: After finding out that Dave was pretending to be gay, Katie's reaction in the comic is a lot more likely to happen than her hooking up with him in the film.
  • Memetic Badass: An in-universe example. Even though the clip clearly shows him being terrible at being a superhero, because he refuses to give up the fight, he becomes so popular that he inspires a comic based on himself as a legitimate superhero along the lines of Green Arrow or Batman.
  • The Messiah: Like many other superheroes in the movement, he enjoys doing good for the sake of doing good, both on the level of vigilantism and basic social work.
  • Mistaken for Gay
  • Nice Guy
  • Parental Abandonment: His mother died of aneurysm some time before the start of the story. His father is later killed by Red Mist's goons after claiming to be Kick-Ass in order to prevent Dave from going to prison
  • Super Zeroes: At least initially. He does toughen up however.
  • This Loser Is You
  • Took a Level in Badass: Goes from being absolutely pathetic in a fight in Volume 1, to able to single handedly take on several thugs and win in Volume 2.
  • Wide-Eyed Idealist: And rather incredibly, refuses to become a Knight in Sour Armor in spite of all the harsh realities of life he is exposed to.
  • Weapon of Choice: Two large unfortunately dildo-like batons, which, if lost, he'll sometimes appropriate from the surrounding environment (like chair legs or plywood) and occasionally modify with nails to make them more like a mace.


Big Daddy/ Damon McCready


Hit-Girl/ Mindy McCready


Red Mist/The Motherfucker/Chris Genovese

Johnny G

Marty Eisenberg/Battle Guy & Todd Haynes/Ass Kicker

Movie

Kick-Ass/Dave Lizewski

Come on, be honest with yourself, at some point in our lives we all wanna be a superhero.
Played By: Aaron Johnson

Big Daddy/Damon McCready

Tool up, honey bunny. It's time to get bad guys.
Played By: Nicolas Cage

Hit-Girl/Mindy McCready

So, you wanna play?
Played By: Chloë Grace Moretz

Red Mist/Chris D'Amico

As a great man once said... wait 'til they get a load of me.
Played By: Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Frank D'Amico

I gotta send a public service message to the people out there that being a superhero is bad for your health.
Played By: Mark Strong

Big Joe

Gentlemen...time to die.
Played By: Michael Rispoli

Katie Deauxma

Dave? What the fuck are you doing? Why are you dressed as Kick-Ass?
Played By: Lyndsy Fonseca

Marty Eisenberg & Todd Haynes

Played By: Clark Duke & Evan Peters

  • Adaptation Expansion: Significantly more screen time than the comic.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Marty.
  • Jail Bait Wait: After seeing Hit Girl save Kick-Ass & Big Daddy, Todd exclaims that he thinks he's in love with her, only for Marty to point out that she's around 11. He then declares he'll save himself for her.
  • Pair the Spares: Subverted, Marty winds up hooking up with Erica but Todd is still single at the end of the film.
  • Those Two Guys

Vic Gigante

Played By: Xander Berkeley

Marcus Williams

You owe that girl a childhood.
Played By: Omari Hardwick

Some Armenian Kid With A History Of Mental Issues

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