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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Rick falls into a HeroicBSOD [[spoiler:after Aunt Lucille's death]] and gives up on being a hero, Uncle Albert calls him out for sitting at home, eating junk food, [[spoiler:and wearing a fake beard]].



* BeardOfSorrow: Parodied. [[spoiler: It's fake]].

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* BeardOfSorrow: Parodied. [[spoiler: It's fake]].[[spoiler:After Aunt Lucille's death,]] Trey and Uncle Albert find a depressed Rick sitting at home with an unkempt beard, seemingly implying that [[TimeSkip weeks if not months have passed]]. [[spoiler:During the conversation, Albert suddenly pulls the fake beard straight off, revealing that it's barely even been a day.]]

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* BadassPreacher: In one scene, the Pope beats up Dragonfly, marking him as this (Especially if we consider that an earlier scene, Dragonfly had defeated several security guards easily).

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* BadassPreacher: In one scene, Both Desmond Tutu and the Pope beats up Dragonfly, marking him as this (Especially if we consider take part in the fight that an earlier scene, Dragonfly had defeated several security guards easily).breaks out at the World Humanity Awards in the climax.


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* DoomedNewClothes: UsefulNotes/NelsonMandela wears a fine new suit while attending the World Humanity Awards. When trying to expose the Hourglass, Dragonfly inadvertently causes UsefulNotes/DesmondTutu to trip and spill some red wine on Mandela's shirt, causing a massive fight to break out among the World Leaders.


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* HypocriticalHumor: When the World Leaders break out into a massive brawl, UsefulNotes/ThePope can be seen holding up his hands and calling for peace. Until a bread roll is thrown at his head, at which point [[NotSoAboveItAll he grabs the man who threw it and punches him]].
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* ClothespinNosePlug: Rick Riker is trying to have a serious conversation with his crush, Jill Johnson, only for Rick's {{gasshole}} Aunt Lucille who's napping nearby to unleash an [[ToiletHumor uncontrollable barrage of farts while in her sleep]]. Cue Jill using ''tampons'' as an improvised noseplug until Rick brings out a scented candle.
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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Lou's assistant (played by Brent Spinner), when Lou reveals his powers and massacres his board of directors.

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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Lou's assistant (played by Brent Spinner), Spiner), when Lou reveals his powers and massacres his board of directors.

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* FartsOnFire: Rick and his girlfriend attempt to have a meaningful conversation by candlelight. Too bad Rick's sleeping aunt keeps farting...

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* FartsOnFire: Rick and his girlfriend attempt to have a meaningful conversation by candlelight. Too bad Rick's [[{{Gasshole}} sleeping aunt aunt]] keeps farting...


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* HyperDestructiveBouncingBall: When the Hourglass attacks Rick's home, Rick hurls a bronze paperweight at the villain. It missed, bounces around the room for around ten seconds before [[EpicFail hitting Rick in the head and knocking him out]].
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* VampiricDraining: The CEO Lou Landers is dying from an unknown terminal disease that will kill him in an hour. To avoid that fate he becomes a guinea pig for a machine that he built, which is supposed to "restore the body to perfect health". The experiment seeminlgy fails only to reveal that Landers gained the power to drain what appears to be the life force of others, aging them to death while healing him. However it's only temporary and his body breaks down after some time, forcing him to drain the life of people at regular intervals. This leads him to concoct an EvilPlan where he will steal the life force of thousands of people at once to cure him for good and [[ImmortalitySeeker even make him immortal]].
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Not by Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg, it's actually from Creator/CraigMazin and David Zucker, the creative team behind ''Scary Movie 3'' and ''4''. While ''Superhero Movie'' (2008) still relies on some of their gags, it can still be considered as good a quality movie as the ''Film/ScaryMovie'' series.

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Not by Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg, it's actually from Creator/CraigMazin and [[Creator/ZuckerAbrahamsAndZucker David Zucker, Zucker]], the creative team behind ''Scary Movie 3'' and ''4''. While ''Superhero Movie'' (2008) still relies on some of their gags, it can still be considered as good a quality movie as the ''Film/ScaryMovie'' series.
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** Pamela Anderson as Invisible Woman

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** Pamela Anderson as Invisible WomanWoman. She only appears in one scene, but has her cleavage prominently shown.
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* ThatPoorCat: When Jill and her father have a violent inside her house, we hear many disruptive sounds, including a cat yowl.

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* ThatPoorCat: When Jill and her father have a violent fight inside her house, we hear many disruptive sounds, including a the stock cat yowl.



* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Despite being a wacky comedy, Hourglass can be pretty intimidating and has the least slapstick and moments of stupidity of the film's characters. That his powers are actually fairly horrifying certainly adds to his Villainous presence.

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* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Despite being a wacky comedy, Hourglass can be pretty intimidating and has the least slapstick and moments of stupidity of the film's characters. That and his powers are actually fairly horrifying certainly adds to his Villainous presence.
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* UncoolUndies: In a deleted scene, a wardrobe malfunction makes Rick's tighty-whities partially visible to a crowd of people, much to his embarrassment. This embarrassment is likely exacerbated by the fact that so many people saw him in tighty-whities, a stereotypically nerdy type of underwear, as opposed to a "cooler" type such as boxers or boxer briefs.
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* ComedicUnderwearExposure: In a deleted scene, Rick shows up dressed as Dragonfly ready to fight Hourglass. However, Rick does not realize that he did not put on the Dragonfly suit properly, and the left leg of his pants has slipped off. It is not until he notices the crowd (which includes his love interest, Jill) staring at him in puzzled amusement that he realizes that his tighty-whities are partially on display for everyone to see.
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* ThatPoorCat: When Jill and her father have a violent inside her house, we hear many disruptive sounds, including a cat yowl.
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* FanDisservice: When Rick briefly walks away from spying on Jill from his window, he returns to spy on her, but looks through the wrong window and sees a fat hairy man with no shirt on.

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* ArtisticLicenseCars: The "1983 Nissan" that Rick finds online is actually (what's left of) a 1991 Peugeot 309. Likewise, the banner ad for a used Hyundai actually depicts a Volkswagen Golf.


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* ArtisticLicenseCars: The "1983 Nissan" that Rick finds online is actually (what's left of) a 1991 Peugeot 309. Likewise, the banner ad for a used Hyundai actually depicts a Volkswagen Golf.
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* TheAllegedCar: The 1983 Nissan Shitbox (yes, that's its real name). It does not make an actual appearance, but it is briefly listed on a site when Rick tries to see what kind of car he can get with only $300. [[http://i.imgur.com/al3fc.png Its description]] explains it all:
-->This is a salvage title for a previously very nice ride, call about the car. Salvageable parts, and many square inches of un-bent sheet metal. Use for your own sculpture projects, landscaping or restore to like-new condition. Wheels extra, 3 included in trunk.
* ArtisticLicenseCars: The "1983 Nissan" that Rick finds online is actually (what's left of) a 1991 Peugeot 309. Likewise, the banner ad for a used Hyundai actually depicts a Volkswagen Golf.
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Not by Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg, it's actually from Craig Mazin and David Zucker, the creative team behind ''Scary Movie 3'' and ''4''. While ''Superhero Movie'' (2008) still relies on some of their gags, it can still be considered as good a quality movie as the ''Film/ScaryMovie'' series.

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Not by Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg, it's actually from Craig Mazin Creator/CraigMazin and David Zucker, the creative team behind ''Scary Movie 3'' and ''4''. While ''Superhero Movie'' (2008) still relies on some of their gags, it can still be considered as good a quality movie as the ''Film/ScaryMovie'' series.
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** Later on there's Rick's attempts to throw aside one of the Hourglass' projectiles. Cue someone shouting "My eye!" in thr background.

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** Later on there's Rick's attempts to throw aside one of the Hourglass' projectiles. Cue someone shouting "My eye!" in thr the background.
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* OnlySaneMan: Whilst Rick is just as likely to swing into the craziness of what's going on, his FascinatingEyebrow moments and general attitude give the impression he has his head screwed on a little tighter, if just barely.



* SelfMadeOrphan: Rick is a rare accidental example; In trying to save his parents from a mugger, he inadvertantly inflicted fatal injures upon them.

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* SelfMadeOrphan: Rick is a rare accidental example; In trying to save his parents from a mugger, he inadvertantly inadvertently inflicted fatal injures upon them.
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* SpiderManSendUp: Rick Ricker is about as deliberate a Spider-Man parody as you could make, specifically [[Creator/TobeyMaguire Tobey Maguire's]] interpretation of Spider-Man.

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* SpiderManSendUp: Rick Ricker Riker is about as deliberate a Spider-Man parody as you could make, specifically [[Creator/TobeyMaguire Tobey Maguire's]] interpretation of Spider-Man.
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** Lou's / The Hpurglass' attempt at a LargeHam gloating while smashing an hourglass quickly turns into a NegatedMomentOfAwesome when a shard ends up in his eye.

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** Lou's / The Hpurglass' Hourglass' attempt at a LargeHam gloating while smashing an hourglass quickly turns into a NegatedMomentOfAwesome when a shard ends up in his eye.
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** Lou's / The Hpurglass' attempt at a LargeHam gloating while smashing an hourglass quickly turns into a NegatedMomentOfAwesome when a shard ends up in his eye.
--> [''gloating mode''] "From now on, I shall be known as, '''the hourglass'''! [''smashes an hourglass'']... ow, my eye!"
** Later on there's Rick's attempts to throw aside one of the Hourglass' projectiles. Cue someone shouting "My eye!" in thr background.


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* NotWhatItLooksLike: When Lou accidentally kills his assistant by draining her life with single touch, his attempts to hide her corpse in a locker by repeatedly shoving her from the back have a janitor interrupting. Said janitor quickly does a SorryToInterrupt and leaves.


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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Lou's assistant (played by Brent Spinner), when Lou reveals his powers and massacres his board of directors.


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* SpinningPaper: Used in the montage of Rick Riker's / The Dragonfly's rise to popularity.

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* ActorAllusion: Leslie Nielsen [[spoiler:accidentally sends Stephen Hawking's wheelchair into some railing, and launching Mr. Hawking flying into the air]], almost exactly as he did to OJ Simpson in the first ''[[Film/TheNakedGun Naked Gun]]'' movie.



* ShoutOut: Leslie Nielsen [[spoiler:accidentally sends Stephen Hawking's wheelchair into some railing, and launching Mr. Hawking flying into the air]], almost exactly as he did to OJ Simpson in the first ''[[Film/TheNakedGun Naked Gun]]'' movie.
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* YourCostumeNeedsWork: Done to Rick by a HollywoodNerd at the Hero-Con.

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* YourCostumeNeedsWork: Done to Rick by a HollywoodNerd nerd at the Hero-Con.
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* AlliterativeName: '''R'''ick '''R'''iker (Drake Bell), '''J'''ill '''J'''ohnson (Sara Paxton) and '''L'''ou '''L'''anders (Christopher [=McDonald=]) and his son '''L'''ance (Ryan Hansen).

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* AlliterativeName: '''R'''ick '''R'''iker (Drake Bell), '''J'''ill '''J'''ohnson (Sara Paxton) and '''L'''ou '''L'''anders (Christopher [=McDonald=]) and his son nephew '''L'''ance (Ryan Hansen).
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* LogoJoke: The Dimension Pictures logo turn green at the end, representing the color of the main character's costume.

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* LogoJoke: The Dimension Pictures Creator/DimensionFilms logo turn green at the end, representing the color of the main character's costume.

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!!''Superhero Movie'' contains examples of:


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* LogoJoke: The Dimension Pictures logo turn green at the end, representing the color of the main character's costume.
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* TragicVillain: Hourglass. After he gains his powers, he has to kill each day to live each day.

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