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Aug 6, 1999 · Mystery Men: Directed by Kinka Usher. With Hank Azaria, Janeane Garofalo, William H. Macy, Kel Mitchell. A group of inept amateur superheroes must try to save the day when a supervillain threatens to destroy a major superhero and the city.
- Kinka Usher
- 494
- 2 min
- History
- Powers and Abilities
- Paraphernalia
Carmine was a professional bowler living in Champion City in the 1970's. He had a daughter and named her Carol. At some point in his life he decided to put his exceptional bowling skills to better use and became the superhero known as Carmine The Bowler. During his crimefighting career, he fought the Disco Boys gang an unknown number of times. Duri...
Powers
•Immortality: After returning from the grave to avenge his murder, his supernatural nature protects him from conventional means of harm. •Levitation: After returning from the grave, he is able to levitate and move independently even after being placed in a bowling ball by his daughter. He is able to use his bowling ball encased body as a projectile weapon. •Telepathic Communication: After returning from the grave, he can no longer speak in the traditional sense (no longer having lips). However he is able to communicate with his daughter through some, as of yet unexplained, form of supernatural telepathy. It isn't specified whether or not he is able to speak with people other than his daughter or if he deliberately chooses not to.
Abilities
•Expert Bowler: Expert level bowling skills he learned during his time as a professional bowler.
Weapons
•Bowling Ball: His weapon of choice. Used with incredible skill and accuracy due to his skill as a bowler. Formerly used by him as a projectile weapon. Currently he is supernaturally possessing his skull, which is encased in a bowling ball and being used as a projectile weapon by his daughter.
Aug 15, 2023 · A Look Back at Janeane Garofalo's The Bowler in Mystery Men. Traditionally known as Carol ( Janeane Garofalo ), she became The Bowler in the wake of her superhero father's untimely death. A known hero of Champion City, Carmine the Bowler perished at the hands of the Disco Boys. At the time, Carol was just an average grad student, but his death ...
- 20 min
Mystery Men is a 1999 American superhero comedy film directed by Kinka Usher (in his feature-length directorial debut), written by Neil Cuthbert, loosely based on Bob Burden's Flaming Carrot Comics, starring Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, William H. Macy, Greg Kinnear, Claire Forlani, Kel Mitchell, Paul Reubens, Janeane Garofalo, Wes Studi, Geoffrey Rush, Lena Olin, Eddie Izzard, and Tom Waits.
- $33.5 million
- August 6, 1999
- $68 million
- Stephen Warbeck
How wonderfully eccentric while simultaneously being a complete waste of our time. Good day, sir. I say good day. [the Spleen walks to the Bowler making kissing noises and clicks tongue] The Bowler : There's not enough beer in the world, Spleen, I'm sorry.
