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1	[[quoteright:182:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_candy_tangerine_man.jpg]]
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3	->''"Git back, Jack! Give him no jive! He's the BAAADEST cat in '75."''
4	-->-- '''{{Tagline}}'''
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6	''The Candy Tangerine Man'' is a 1975 {{Blaxploitation}} film.
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8	Roy Lewis masquerades as a mild-mannered businessman, but is really a pimp known as "the Black Baron." His pimping business is very lucrative, but he has to deal with the Mob wanting to put him out of business.
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11	!!This film contains examples of:
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13	* ArchEnemy: The Black Baron has a pair of unnamed cops who will commit any crime to bring him down.
14	* BigBad: Vincent de Nunzio, the crime boss who is trying to run the Baron out of business.
15	* DeceptivelySillyTitle: Sounds like a children's tale about a magical being, but is really a crime thriller about a pimp.
16	* DirtyHarriet; The Baron encounters the crossdressing variant immediately after the opening credits. He [[GroinAttack crushes the man's Johnson in order to escape]].
17	* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:The two cops' car is knocked off a cliff by the Baron, with them inside.]]
18	* EvilPlan: Vincent de Nunzio seeks to take over a rival pimp's territory.
19	* ExactWords: [[spoiler:The Baron tells the two cops pursuing him that he'll "let [them] go if they give him some information. They do, and he knocks their car off the cliff it was hanging onto.]]
20	* TheMafia: The main antagonists are stereotypical mobsters who want to ruin the Baron's business.
21	* NonIndicativeName: There is no "Candy Tangerine Man." The protagonist goes by "the Black Baron."
22	* RabidCop: The secondary antagonists are a pair of racist cops who are willing to [[spoiler:assault and rape a teenage girl]] to catch the Baron.
23	* SecretIdentity: Roy's family and neighbours do not know that he is the Black Baron.
24	* VillainProtagonist: Roy "The Black Baron" Lewis, a pimp who spends the film brutalizing anybody who stands in his way and lies to his family about what he does. [[spoiler:He does redeem himself by the end, but is still a brutal murderer.]]
25	* WeaponizedCar: The Baron has machine guns in his headlights.

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