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The Toxic Avenger (film)
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The Toxic Avenger is a 1984 film about a health club mop boy who, after accidentally falling in a vat of toxic waste, becomes the Toxic Avenger, the enemy of corruption, thuggish bullies and indifference.
Directed by Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman. Written by Joe Ritter and Lloyd Kaufman.
The first Super-Hero... from New Jersey!taglines
The Toxic Avenger
[as he kills Mrs. Haskell] Hohohoho. No ticky, no washy!
[to the Mayor] You fat slob! Let's see if you've got any guts. [he punches the mayor in the stomach and rips out his guts] Officer O'Clancy, take care of this toxic waste.
Cigar Face
Honest cops are all alike. A bunch of fuckin' faggots!
I owe you for the other night, monster faggot! So now we're gonna give you six new assholes. Compliments of me, Cigar Face!
Leroy
All right everybody, drop your tacos or I'll blow your brains out!
Hey Frank, teeny-boppers! You like video games, teeny-boppers? Your mom give you quarters for video games? Well, cough 'em up!
Look what we've got here. A little mother and a littler baby. You like Mexican food, little baby? [points his gun at the baby] Well, how would you like to have this hot tamale shoved down your throat?
Others
Frank: Now if you all do just what we tell you, you just might, just might, get ya asses home all intact.
Sara: Why, Melvin, you're beautiful. You're a beautiful person. You're so muscular. It's been two years since I've touched a man.
Dialogue
Cigar Face: [while counting money] When we lay this wad on O'Clancy, the boss is gonna have him by the balls!
Nipples: I don't think O'Clancy will take the money. Everybody says he's a honest cop.
Knuckles: He don't take the dough, I'm gonna give him a blow!
Bruce: I heard that the monster is soooo big.
Chauncey: Well, I bet he's got his eye on ME!
Bruce: For your information, everyone knows monsters prefer blondes.
[Julie and Wanda are looking at pictures of a dead kid that they ran over]
Julie: That new camera really captures the moments.
Wanda: I know. The reds are so red. It really gets me hot.
Frank: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. We are the entertainment for this afternoon. Now on the shotgun, we've got my man Leroy! On the cash register, we've got that magic fingers, Rico!
Rico: That's me!
Frank: And last but not least, yours truly, Frank, on the stick.
Wanda: Slug, are you sure no one will come in?
Slug: I paid Tony 15 bucks. He said the place is ours 'til tomorrow morning.
Slug: [to The Toxic Avenger] Get outta here, you pervert!
[Wanda pulls out a switchblade]
Wanda: Or I'll kill ya!
Officer O'Clancy: No way. You're wasting your time!
Cigar Face: No! That's where you're wrong. You're wasting our time! Now we're gonna waste you!
Taglines
Melvin was a 90lb. weakling until nuclear waste transformed him into...The Toxic Avenger
The first Super-Hero... from New Jersey!
He was 98 lbs. of solid nerd until he became...The Toxic Avenger
Cast
Mitch Cohen - The Toxic Avenger
Jennifer Babtist - Wanda
Cindy Manion - Julie
Robert Prichard - Slug
Gary Schneider - Bozo
Pat Ryan - Mayor Belgoody
Mark Torgl - Melvin Junko
Dick Martinsen - Officer O'Clancy
Chris Liano - Walter Harris
David Weiss - Chief Of Police
Dan Snow - Cigar Face
Doug Isbecque - Knuckles
Charles Lee Jr. - Nipples
External links
0090190 The Toxic Avenger
toxic_avenger The Toxic Avenger
Official site
Category:Comedy horror films
Category:Cult films
Category:Science fiction horror films
Category:1985 films
Category:Comedy science fiction films
Category:Black comedy films
Category:Superhero comedy films
Category:Films set in New Jersey
Category:Films directed by Lloyd Kaufman