Hotshot
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The hotshot or badass is a stock character in works of fiction, known for taking more risks, action and pain than the other characters in the story. This type of character is usually present in action-driven tales. What differentiates the hotshot from an action hero is that a hotshot works within the context of a group or team. The Hotshot is not always the main hero or protagonist of the story. He/she is also not always the leader of the team. In some sense, the term can be applied to an "action-byronic hero".
Frequent characteristics of the hotshot character includes some level of arrogance, abrasive manners, aggressiveness, a tendency to prefer to be alone even to the point of working alone, and sometimes an inability to work with his/her teammates. Younger hotshot characters may exhibit attitudes that construe them as jerks, although they are cheerful and easy going with their team mates. What they all have in common is a tendency to have much of the action focused on them and a drive to fight longer and harder after his/her comrades have been put away. This may be because of a preference of the writer or editorial pressure or fan favoritism.
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May refer to
Hotshot or Hotshots or Hot Shot or Hot Shots may refer to:
- Heated shot, a heated projectile fired from a cannon
- Less than truckload shipping, industry jargon for smaller sized equipment that can move freight faster than tractor-trailers
- Hot shot (or hot load), a lethal injection of heroin or another opiate
- Interagency hotshot crew, an elite team of wildland firefighters
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Books
- Hotshot, in the Hero Hotline comic series
- Hotshot, in the Starriors comic and toy line
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Film and TV
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Film
- Hotshot (film), 1987 American soccer film
- Hotshots, 1984 Philippines film with Aga Muhlach, Gary Valenciano, Eula Valdez
- Hot Shots (1956 film), a 1956 film starring The Bowery Boys
- Hot Shots!, a 1991 comedy film starring Charlie Sheen
- Hot Shots! Part Deux, a 1993 sequel to the 1991 film
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Television
- Hot Shot (TV series), a 2008 Taiwanese drama Featuring Wu Chun, Show Luo & Jerry Yan
- Hot Shots (Canadian TV series), a Canadian drama series airing in 1986
- Hot Shots (U.S. TV series), an American shooting sports series
- "Hot Shots" (The Wire), a 2003 episode of HBO's The Wire
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Games
- Hot Shots Golf (series), the North American name of the video game franchise Everybody's Golf
- HotShot (video game)
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Music
- Hotshot (band) (핫샷) 2014-present, a South Korean boy band
- Hotshot (1980s-2000s band), band including Mike Pont
- The Hotshots, a 1970s UK male vocal group, performers of the song Snoopy vs. the Red Baron
- Hotshots, a CD:UK British music programme series
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Albums
- Hot Shot (Karen Young album), a 1978 disco/pop album by American singer Karen Young
- Hot Shot (Shaggy album), a 2000 album by Shaggy
- Hot Shots (album), a 1979 album by Canadian band Trooper
- Hot Shots II, a 2001 album by The Beta Band
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Songs
- "Hot Shot" (Barry Blue song), a 1974 song by Barry Blue and Lynsey de Paul
- "Hot Shot" (Karen Young song), a 1978 song by Karen Young
- "Hot Shot" (Cliff Richard song), a 1979 song by Cliff Richard from Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile
- "Hot Shot", a 1985 song by Jimmy Cliff from Cliff Hanger
- "Hot Shot", a 2003 song by Krokus from Rock the Block
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Sports
- Arizona Hotshots, a professional American football team based in Tempe, Arizona
- Hotshot (basketball), a basketball shooting game
- Houston Hotshots, an indoor soccer team in Houston, Texas
- Southern Hotshots, an Australian field hockey team
- West Coast Hotshots, a basketball team based in Bend, Oregon
- Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters, formerly Pepsi Hotshots, a Philippine basketball team
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In professional wrestling
- Hotshot (strategy), short-term promotional strategy (of any of several kinds)
- Hotshot (throw), a style of throw
- Reverse hotshot, or reverse hangman, a style of attack
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Other uses
- Hot Shot (Transformers), the name of several robot superhero characters in the Transformers robot superhero franchise.
- Hot Shots (dance companies), a collective name for two Swedish dance companies that specialize in African American dances
- Hot Shot Hamish, a character in a British football-themed comic strips
- Hot Shot!, the 2009–10 FIRST Tech Challenge competition
- Ford Hot Shots, a curling competition
- Hot Shot, the brand name for a line of hot water makers made by Sunbeam Products
- Hot Shot, the brand name for an insecticide using Lambda-cyhalothrin
- Hot shot wind tunnel, for hypersonic testing
- Hotshot (railway), rail terminology for some high-priority trains
- Hotshot crew, a firefighting crew specially trained in wildland firefighting
- Granite Mountain Hotshots, a fire crew in the Prescott, Arizona Fire Department
- Pantech Hotshot, a 3G device manufactured for Verizon
- Okay Hot-Shot, Okay! (1963), a painting by Ray Lichtenstein
- Hotshot Charlie, cartoon series by George Wunder
- Hotshot Eastbound (1956), photo by O. Winston Link
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Examples
- James Bond, main character in his own franchise
- John Rambo in the Rambo film series
- Han Solo in the Star Wars films
- Martin Riggs in the Lethal Weapon series
- John McClane in the Die Hard film series
- Nick Conklin in Black Rain
- Flash in Justice League
- Wolverine in X-Men
- Col. Nick Fury in S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Jack Bauer in 24
- Priss Asagiri in Bubblegum Crisis
- Flint, Leatherneck and Lt. Falcon in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero franchise
- Hot Shot from Transformers: Armada
- Johnny Storm aka the Human Torch from the Fantastic Four comics and film
- Ronon Dex in Stargate Atlantis
- Sergeant First Class William James in The Hurt Locker
- "Iceman" in Top Gun
- Cheetor in Beast Wars and Beast Machines
- Phoenix Ikki in the Saint Seiya franchise.
- Falco Lombardi in the Star Fox video games
- Lieutenant Starbuck and Kara Thrace, from the two versions of Battlestar Galactica
- Raphael from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series
- Daryl Dixon from The Walking Dead
- Hot Rod from The Transformers: The Movie
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