10 Absurd Comic Book Characters Who Will Never Get A Film

7. Bouncing Boy

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Alright, so this one is just a little difficult to take seriously, if only for the image of the Bouncing Boy himself. If you were to see a male version of Violet Beauregarde from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a complete sphere helplessly bounding towards you, it could hardly strike fear into your heart. And if it doesn't scare you, how could it possibly be expected to scare hardened criminals, who are presumably used to that sort of thing?

Yeah, he's invulnerable in balloon form, but at the high cost of looking pretty ridiculous. There are other comic book characters who are unfairly lampooned for their perceived lack of powers (Squirrel Girl comes to mind, although she was able to single-handedly defeat Iron Man's enemy Doctor Doom, so how useless could she really be?) but the Bouncing Boy is just a silly concept on the face of it and there's just not a whole lot of point to it.

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Audrey Fox is an ex-film student, which means that she prefers to spend her days in the dark, watching movies and pondering the director's use of diegetic sound. She currently works as an entertainment writer, joyfully rambling about all things film and television related. Add her on Twitter at @audonamission and check out her film blog at 1001moviesandbeyond.com.