History Film / BladeTrilogy

In the movies, Blade's SuperHeroOrigin is that vampires attacked his mother during childbirth, which had a bizarre side-effect in making him [[HalfVampire part-vampire]]. He remained mostly human but gained [[CursedWithAwesome all the strengths of a vampire and (almost) none of their weaknesses]]. He can walk in sunlight, is not allergic to garlic or silver, [[HealingFactor heals quickly]] and has all their enhanced senses. There is a slight catch, however: Blade still gets the "hunger" for blood and is never quite satisfied with an artificial substitution. While vastly outnumbered, Blade makes do working with his mentor, a grizzled veteran vampire hunter named Abraham Whistler, who manages to devise all sorts of vampire hunting gear.

Blade is a vampire hunter [[ComicBook/{{Blade}} comic book character]] from Creator/MarvelComics created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan who debuted in ''Comicbook/TheTombOfDracula'' #10 (July, 1973). Creator/NewLineCinema acquired the film rights to the character in the mid-1990s, and released several films from 1998 to 2004, comprising the '''''Blade Trilogy''''', starring Creator/WesleySnipes in the eponymous role.

That same year, Marvel announced that New Line's film rights to Blade had expired and reverted to them, and that they had no plans to introduce him to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. Nonetheless, rumors of a revival persisted years later, with Snipes himself saying he had been approached to reprise the role. Eventually, a ''Blade'' ContinuityReboot set in the MCU was announced, alongside the reveal that Creator/MahershalaAli would be portraying the character going forward. The film is planned to arrive on September 6, 2024 as part of Marvel's Phase 5 slate.

That same year, Marvel announced that New Line's film rights to Blade had expired and reverted to them, and that they had no plans to introduce him to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. Nonetheless, rumors of a revival persisted years later, with Snipes himself has said he has been approached to reprise the role. Eventually, a ''Blade'' ContinuityReboot set in the MCU was announced, alongside the reveal that Creator/MahershalaAli would be portraying the character going forward. The film is planned to arrive on September 6, 2024 as part of Marvel's Phase 5 slate.

All three movies star Wesley Snipes as Blade and Creator/KrisKristofferson as Whistler. In addition to the movies there was a spinoff TV show titled, creatively, ''[[Series/{{Blade}} Blade: The Series]]''. The first film helped usher in the current era of consistently well-done, serious comic book films, coming earlier than ''Film/XMen1'' or ''Film/SpiderMan1''. As part of a four series deal between Marvel and Creator/{{Madhouse}} (the others being ''Anime/MarvelAnimeXMen'', ''Anime/MarvelAnimeWolverine'', and ''Anime/MarvelAnimeIronMan''), he stars in his own [[Anime/MarvelAnimeBlade anime]], which premiered on July 1st, 2011.

-->'''Blade:''' Still heavy ''[referring to UV Flashlight]''.\\

All three movies star Wesley Snipes as Blade and Creator/KrisKristofferson as Whistler. In addition to the movies there was a spinoff TV show titled, creatively, ''[[Series/{{Blade}} Blade: The Series]]''. The first film helped usher in the current era of consistently well-done, serious comic book films, coming earlier than ''Film/XMen1'' or ''Film/SpiderMan1''. As part of a four series deal between Marvel and Creator/{{Madhouse}} (the others being ''Anime/XMen'', ''Anime/{{Wolverine}}'', and ''Anime/IronMan''), he stars in his own [[Anime/{{Blade}} anime]], which premiered on July 1st, 2011.

* PreMortemOneLiner: Blade has a few in true action hero quality.
-->Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill. (a quip made by Snipes off-camera that the director decided to [[ThrowItIn write into the script]])
-->[[IronicEcho Can you blush?]]
-->"Go. You've got twenty seconds. [3 seconds later] TWENTY."

--> "Catch you fuckers at a bad time!?" (proceeds to cut down half the room with a minigun)

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: No one bats an eyelash at Blade's appearance while he walks around in broad daylight with a leather duster and sword, nor when he does things like beat up cops on the street. Especially in the third film when he's being hunted by the FBI. This was averted several times in the series, however.

That same year, Marvel announced that New Line's film rights to Blade had expired and reverted to them, and that they had no plans to introduce him to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. Nonetheless, rumors of a revival persisted years later, with Snipes himself has said he has been approached to reprise the role. Eventually, a ''Blade'' ContinuityReboot set in the MCU was announced, alongside the reveal that Creator/MahershalaAli would be portraying the character going forward. The film is planned to arrive on November 3, 2023 as part of Marvel's Phase 5 slate.

* WeaponOfChoice: Blade's sword. He also has many other sharp blades in his arsenal (boomerangs, knives).

* AwesomeMcCoolName:
** Blade, Deacon Frost, and (Abraham) Whistler
** The entire Blood Pack from the second film [[Creator/RonPerlman Reinhardt]], Chupa, [[Creator/DonnieYen Snowman]], Lighthammer and Verlaine.
** [[Creator/RyanReynolds Hannibal King]] and [[Wrestling/TripleH Jarko Grimwood]] from the third film.

* DeadpanSnarker

* FangsAreEvil

That same year, Marvel announced that New Line's film rights to Blade had expired and reverted to them, and that they had no plans to introduce him to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. Nonetheless, rumors of a revival persisted years later, with Snipes himself has said he has been approached to reprise the role. Eventually, a ''Blade'' ContinuityReboot set in the MCU was announced, alongside the reveal that Creator/MahershalaAli would be portraying the character going forward. The film is planned to arrive sometime in 2022 or later as part of Marvel's Phase 5 slate.

* KnifeNut: While he favors his sword and guns, Blade also always has several knives on hand. Some he throws (including his signature double bladed "Glaive" throwing knife), some he stabs with, one he carries is even attached to a wire or chain of some sort and can be shot out, allowing it to double as a combination Ballistic Knife / EpicFlail.

->'''Blade''': There are worse things out tonight than vampires.
->'''Karen''': Like what?
->'''Blade''': ''[[BadassBoast Like me.]]''

--> Blade: Still heavy (referring to UV Flashlight).
--> Whistler: But you're so ''big''.

* ''Film/{{Blade}}'' (1998)

** In ''Blade'', two people beating up ''a uniformed police offer'' in broad daylight doesn't attract any attention. Nor is Frost holding the young girl hostage, nor Blade saving said girl from being hit by a bus.

* VampireHunter: Blade is another Dhampyr example. In the second movie he also hunts vampires that feed on other vampires.

* GunsAreWorthless: Toyed with. As normal guns will hurt a vampire, maybe even knock it off its feet, but then it'll be back up, complaining about the pain and biting your throat out. Now, if your gun happens to fire silver bullets or launch stakes, you'll have a pile of ashes that used to be a vampire.

* GunsAreWorthless: Toyed with; as normal guns will hurt a vampire, maybe even knock it off its feet, but then it'll be back up, complaining about the pain and biting your throat out. Now, if your gun happens to fire silver bullets or launch stakes, you'll have a pile of ashes that used to be a vampire.

* BadassBiker: Blade is often seen riding a motorcycle and wears leather.

* CityOfWeirdos: No one bats an eyelash at Blade's appearance while he walks around in broad daylight with a leather duster and sword, nor when he does things like beat up cops on the street. Especially in the third film when he's being hunted by the FBI. This was averted several times in the series, however.
** In ''Blade'', two people beating up ''a uniformed police offer'' in broad daylight doesn't attract any attention. Nor is Frost holding the young girl hostage, nor Blade saving said girl from being hit by a bus.

* EverythingFades: Vampires explode into embers upon death. [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome It's awesome.]]

%%* AudibleSharpness

** In ''Blade'' Two people beating up ''a uniformed police offer'' in broad daylight doesn't attract any attention. Nor is Frost holding the young girl hostage, nor Blade saving said girl from being hit by a bus.

%%%* CoolGarage: All the movies have a form of this.

%%* MentorArchetype: Whistler in the films, Jamal Afari in the comic.

%%* MonsterLord
%%** Dragonetti in ''Blade''.
%%** Damaskinos in ''Blade II''.
%%** Drake ([[spoiler:Dracula]]) In ''Blade: Trinity''.

%%* OneLiner: Blade is full of them.

%%* SupervillainLair

* VampiresOwnNightClubs: Younger vampires (i.e. modern generation) tend to immediately relish in their superhuman nature, enjoying the activity of hunting humans and seeking pleasurable gratification. They operate most of the nightlife and street criminal operations.

All three movies star Wesley Snipes as Blade and Kris Kristofferson as Whistler. In addition to the movies there was a spinoff TV show titled, creatively, ''[[Series/{{Blade}} Blade: The Series]]''. The first film helped usher in the current era of consistently well-done, serious comic book films, coming earlier than ''Film/XMen1'' or ''Film/SpiderMan1''. As part of a four series deal between Marvel and Creator/{{Madhouse}} (the others being ''Anime/XMen'', ''Anime/{{Wolverine}}'', and ''Anime/IronMan''), he stars in his own [[Anime/{{Blade}} anime]], which premiered on July 1st, 2011.