Hit-Girl and Big Daddy inform Kick-Ass that they can work together, and they will keep in contact.īelieving Kick-Ass to be responsible for numerous deaths within his crew and the theft of his drug money, local crime syndicate leader Frank D'Amico orders his men to eliminate him. Later, they visit Kick-Ass, having tracked him down by tracing his MySpace account. He is rescued by costumed vigilante Hit-Girl, who kills all the attackers and then leaves with her father, Big Daddy.
He then investigates, ending up in an apartment full of violent lowlifes who try to kill him. While spending time with Katie, she admits that she was being harassed by a drug dealer he convinces her to ask Kick-Ass for help. Dave sets up a MySpace account so people can contact Kick-Ass. The video becomes a YouTube phenomenon, making Kick-Ass an overnight sensation. A bystander records the event on his phone and also captures Dave dubbing himself "Kick-Ass". Undeterred by his earlier setback, Dave intervenes in a gang fight, defending against three men using modified night-sticks. He goes along with this in an effort to spend time with her. Thinking he is gay, she wants to take care of him. Returning to school Dave finds his longtime crush Katie Deauxma is surprisingly interested in him. He spends several weeks in the hospital, where his bones have been repaired with metal plates, and nerve damage has diminished his ability to feel pain. He convinces paramedics to say nothing of his costume and pretends he was brought in naked. He buys a scuba suit on eBay as his costume and becomes a masked crime fighter, despite the fact he has no Superpowers or training of any kind.ĭave fails miserably: he is beaten, stabbed, and hit by a car. After being mugged while a bystander watches and does nothing, he decides to become a real-life superhero. Dave Lizewski, an average teenager, wonders why no one has ever decided to become a real-life superhero like the ones in the comic books.