The Toxic Avenger

The Toxic Avenger, first released in late 1984, is the most famous movie made by Troma Entertainment, known for producing low budget B-movies with campy concepts. Virtually ignored upon its first release, The Toxic Avenger caught on with moviegoers after a long and successful midnight movie engagement at the famed Bleecker Street Cinemas in New York City in late 1985.

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1984 - Troma Entertainment - B-movie - Campy - Bleecker Street Cinemas - 1985

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Melvin, a stereotypical geek, is constantly harassed at the health club where he works. His tormentors get more and more violent until he is tricked into wearing a pink tutu and kissing a sheep. He was then chased around the health club by laughing witnesses of the event where he eventually jumped out of a second story window. He lands in a drum of toxic waste and is deformed and radiated by the accident. He becomes a hideously deformed creature of superhuman size and strength. Controlled by his Tromatons he cannot help himself but to destroy all evil. Eventually he finds love with a girl who loves him more for his personality since she can't see. He is also reportedly the first superhero from New Jersey.

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Stereotypical - Geek - Tutu

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The film was followed by three sequels in 1989, The Toxic Avenger Part II and The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie and Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Part IV in 2001. A fifth Toxie movie, Saving Private Toxie, was announced, but has been dropped by Troma.

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There was also an animated tv series, Toxic Crusaders , where Toxie was the leader of a team of mutated superheroes who fought against evil alien polluters.

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In 2004, a stage musical adaptation of the movie debuted at the Blue Barn Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska, coproduced by Troma Entertainment, featuring a script by playwright/director Rob Urbinati and a musical score by Kevin Hayes.

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Omaha - Nebraska

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