History Film / TheGreenHornet

* VillainousBreakdown: Chudnovsky undergoes a slow, gradual one through pretty much the length of the whole film, starting in the second scene when Crystal Clear tells him he isn't scary. However, [[spoiler:'''Bloodnofsky''' is just enough of a sociopath to gather his men around him.]] (The creators note that this is a combination of insecurities and a mid-life crisis.)

* DarkerAndEdgier

* CoolGun: Chudnovsky's double-barreled HandCannon of a handgun. The barrels can ''move independently'' to automatically target two different people. He even lampshades how much of an ImpossiblyCoolWeapon it is in one scene by pointing out it was ''very'' expensive to have it made.

* ApparentlyPowerlessPuppetmaster: Anyone who hears Britt Reid speak for five minutes realizes he is a buffoonish ManChild. His father left him the Sentinel, but obviously Britt is an UpperClassTwit who cannot do anything for himself. Then you realize he doesn’t need to do anything for himself: he continuously and successfully manipulates people much more intelligent than him ([[HypercompetentSidekick Kato]], [[TheStrategist Casey]] and [[DaEditor Mike Axford]]) into doing exactly what Britt wants them to do.

* {{Deconstruction}} / {{Reconstruction}}: Arguably of the Hero/Sidekick dynamic. Two people with strong enough personalities to dress up in costumes, fill multiple cars with enough guns to take out a small country, and spend their nights kicking criminals asses without a care to the police are ''not'' going to work effectively in that kind of partnership. Since the movie is a ''bit'' more optimistic than, say, ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', Britt and Kato eventually learn how to work together.

* AbusiveParents: James Reid was a workaholic who always put his own business before his own son and was barely present for young Britt in his life. Whenever he was physically present for the kiddo, it was just to rub in his face how much of a disappointment he was to him. When Britt is sent to home from school because he tried to defend someone from bullies, James angrily scolds him and then snaps the head off Britt's superhero toy.
* ActorAllusion: Kato singing along to "Gangstas' Paradise"; Jay Chou is primarily a [=hip-hop/R&B=] artiste, with alleged gang connections simply from the production values of his concept videos and the nature of his initial fanbase. Then there's him playing the piano [[spoiler:when he sees Lenore behind Britt's back.]] As for the mention of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHrq3Ew0T-I nunchucks...]]

* HeroWithBadPublicity: [[InvokedTrope Intentional on Britt's part.]] He wants to get in with the criminals who corrupted the city, so he uses the Sentinel to make the Green Hornet more of a perceived menace.
** Britt specifically brings up a number of problems with being a 'hero' and concludes that appearing as a 'villain' will give him more freedom to act. Interestingly, at least initially this could be justified as a desire to find the man who desecrated his father's grave - and then he becomes an 'actual' menace.

* HyperCompetentSidekick: Kato in the 2010 movie. He '''built''' Black Beauty (and several duplicates), made all the toys he and Green Hornet use, fights like he came off the set of ''Film/TheMatrix'', and did many of the things his partner is given credit for. Reid, by comparison, is a klutzy, stupid man with no combat training who leads mostly because Kato doesn't make the effort to. This is endlessly {{lampshaded}}.
** And somewhat deconstructed as it more or less becomes the basis to the film's conflicts.

* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Chudnofsky kills one of his minions when he pounds his gun on a table for emphasis.

* ImprovisedWeapon: Both Britt and Kato during their brawl in Britt's mansion.

* {{Jerkass}}: Britt again.
** His father in the opening scene of the movie, he scolds his son for being sent home ''just because he was trying to protect someone at school'' then popping the head of the poor kid's action figure off.
*** Hell, even Kato admits that Reid Sr. was "a bit of a dick."

* ManChild: Creator/SethRogen can play this role in his sleep. This is one of the driving tropes behind his decision to become a hero -- because it's childishly awesome.

* ApparentlyPowerlessPuppetmaster: Anyone who hears Britt Reid speak for five minutes realizes he is a buffoonish ManChild. His father left him the Sentinel, but obviously Britt is a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob who cannot do anything for himself. Then you realize he doesn’t need to do anything for himself: he continuously and successfully manipulates people much more intelligent than him ([[HypercompetentSidekick Kato]], [[TheStrategist Casey]] and [[DaEditor Mike Axford]]) into doing exactly what Britt wants them to do.

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Britt to a double-T. It's only once he's made owner of the Sentinel that he has an actual job AND that he finds a purpose for his life (as the Green Hornet) - and that was largely by accident.

* RuleOfCool[=/=]RuleOfFunny

* EpicTrackingShot: Taken UpToEleven literally.

* ManChild: Creator/SethRogen can probably play this role in his sleep. This is one of the driving tropes behind his decision to become a hero -- because it's childishly awesome.

* ActorAllusion: Kato singing along to "Gangstas' Paradise"; Jay Chou is primarily a [=hip-hop/R&B=] artiste, [[NeverLiveitDown with alleged gang connections simply from the production values of his concept videos and the nature of his initial fanbase]]. Then there's him playing the piano [[spoiler:when he sees Lenore behind Britt's back.]] As for the mention of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHrq3Ew0T-I nunchucks...]]

* CarChaseShootOut: The climax of the movie is one big long action scene that begins with the Green Hornet and Kato being chased by the BigBad and his henchmen because they have [[spoiler:a recording of his confession]]. While in pursuit on the highway, they're fired upon by villains, one of whom tries taking them out with a rocket launcher.

* StunGuns: The Green Hornet's gas gun makes a return, but getting the potency right so a person is merely knocked out, not put in a coma for 11 days, is shown to be a little tricky.

* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: The falling out between Britt and Kato over who gets the girl and who the real hero is. It culminates with an argument over whether they're a boss and employee, or friends. They make up in time to face off with the BigBad.

** Kato shouts [[Franchise/StreetFighter "Hadouken!"]] when launching Britt out of a bed during their fight.