What's the Difference between Kick-Ass the Graphic Novel and Kick-Ass the Movie?
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Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
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Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
Portrayed by: Aaron Johnson
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Kick-Ass Graphic Novel vs Movie
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In the Movie |
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Big Daddy quizzes Hit Girl on a communication device whilst she is killing gangsters in a bar, with him providing over-watch with a sniper rifle. |
He quizzes Hit Girl in the armory while she plays with her new knife. |
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Big Daddy and Hit Girl follow Kick-Ass to his home. |
They track him to his home by re-routing his IP address and tracing a discharge from his taser.
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Big Daddy is not actually an ex-cop in the comics, as he admits to Genovese and Dave shortly before his death. He was in fact an accountant who, much like Dave, fantasized about being a superhero. He made up a fake history of himself and lied that he was an ex-cop with a personal vendetta against John Genovese. |
Big Daddy is a former Cop who was framed as a drug dealer. This is why he was thrown off the force. |
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Big Daddy gets shot in the back of the neck with the bullet exiting through his eye socket. |
He is set on fire and dies from his burns.
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When Kick-Ass is being tortured he has a car battery hooked up to his testes and is shocked extensively. |
He gets beaten up and the attack is broadcast on the internet. |
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Red Mist composes an email to Kick-Ass in which he vows revenge. |
He just says it to himself.
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Kick-Ass finds Red Mist and beats him up using two wooden boards. Hit Girl kills everyone. |
Kick-Ass uses a jetpack fitted with machine guns to kill several people along with Hit Girl. |