Character: Britt Reid Fandom: The Green Hornet (2011) Character Notes: History: Britt Reid is the sole heir of Daily Sentinel founder, James Reid. He inherits his father's newspaper company after his father dies of a mysterious bee-sting. Having partied and mooched off his father's success his whole life, he now has to determine what it is to be a responsible adult. Returning home, he fires his father's entire staff except for the maid. But upon waking up, he discovers a horrible truth: his coffee is all wrong. The maid informs him that's because he fired Kato, his father's mechanic, who also made the coffee. He immediately calls Kato and rehires him when he meets the man. Kato shows him all the cars in the garage and how he modified them. Britt and Kato get drunk and decide to steal the head off James's commemorative statue.
When they arrive, there's a mugging going on, and Britt tries to step in. But he's soon overpowered and is in deep trouble until Kato comes to save him. It's then Britt finds out that Kato is a martial arts expert, in addition his asset as a barista. When they return to the mansion, Britt theorizes that they could do this - they could become masked heroes. But they would do differently is appear as criminals to throw the bad guys off. This causes the law enforcement to hunt them too, but it's the best way to help, Britt determines. The next day, Britt goes to his father's newspaper and tells them to cover the story of the thugs in the park. They call the "criminal" the Green Hornet (a play on the green surveillance footage and the fact that his father was killed by a bee).
Britt has his new secretary research "What the Green Hornet Will Do Next" and uses it as a gameplan. As The Green Hornet draws more media coverage, D.A. Frank Scanlon starts to get nervous. The more crime is covered the worse he looks, as he was supposed to be cleaning up the streets. And with reelection in the near future, he tries to bribe Britt. Britt refuses, saying his father would never allow such a thing. But Scanlon implies that he has the wrong idea about the nature of his and his father's relationship. Upon further research, he gleans that his father did stop printing things about violent crime. And he loses faith in his father's memory, and himself.
Kato and he have a falling out, and crime is on the rise again. Chudnofsky, the sole crime leader in all of L.A., decides to become Bloodnofsky in order to stay hip. Scanlon, working with Chudnofsky, hires the Green Hornet to kill Britt, or. Attempts to. But seeing as the Green Hornet is Britt, he gets a hold of Kato instead. Kato agrees, and when Britt again refuses to join Scanlon in downplaying hard crime, Kato appears with a gun. It is revealed here that D.A. Scanlon murdered his father by administering epitoxin, which is basically the chemical form of a beesting. Just when Britt thinks all hope is lost, Kato tells him all is forgiven, and turns the gun on Scanlon. Before Kato can shoot, Britt hits the D.A. and they escape.
Britt, having thought he had voice-recorded Scanlon through the whole conversation, goes with Kato to the Daily Sentinel to upload the recording and ruin Scanlon for good. Against all odds, and an endless slew of Chudnofsky's men, he discovers that his drive didn't record anything and all of this was for nought. He gets shot in the shoulder by the Swat team, and Kato drives The Black Beauty (their equivalent of the Batmobile) into Scanlon and out the window. They pull ejector seats, and Scanlon is killed.
Because he can't go the hospital, lest his identity be revealed, he holds a press conference about D.A.Scanlon's tragic death. Kato crashes it and pretends to shoot him in the shoulder.
Britt wakes Kato up and declares they must go on "their most important mission yet." This is, of course, to put his father's statue head back on his statue body.
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Fandom: The Green Hornet (2011)
Character Notes:
History: Britt Reid is the sole heir of Daily Sentinel founder, James Reid. He inherits his father's newspaper company after his father dies of a mysterious bee-sting. Having partied and mooched off his father's success his whole life, he now has to determine what it is to be a responsible adult. Returning home, he fires his father's entire staff except for the maid. But upon waking up, he discovers a horrible truth: his coffee is all wrong. The maid informs him that's because he fired Kato, his father's mechanic, who also made the coffee. He immediately calls Kato and rehires him when he meets the man. Kato shows him all the cars in the garage and how he modified them. Britt and Kato get drunk and decide to steal the head off James's commemorative statue.
When they arrive, there's a mugging going on, and Britt tries to step in. But he's soon overpowered and is in deep trouble until Kato comes to save him. It's then Britt finds out that Kato is a martial arts expert, in addition his asset as a barista. When they return to the mansion, Britt theorizes that they could do this - they could become masked heroes. But they would do differently is appear as criminals to throw the bad guys off. This causes the law enforcement to hunt them too, but it's the best way to help, Britt determines. The next day, Britt goes to his father's newspaper and tells them to cover the story of the thugs in the park. They call the "criminal" the Green Hornet (a play on the green surveillance footage and the fact that his father was killed by a bee).
Britt has his new secretary research "What the Green Hornet Will Do Next" and uses it as a gameplan. As The Green Hornet draws more media coverage, D.A. Frank Scanlon starts to get nervous. The more crime is covered the worse he looks, as he was supposed to be cleaning up the streets. And with reelection in the near future, he tries to bribe Britt. Britt refuses, saying his father would never allow such a thing. But Scanlon implies that he has the wrong idea about the nature of his and his father's relationship. Upon further research, he gleans that his father did stop printing things about violent crime. And he loses faith in his father's memory, and himself.
Kato and he have a falling out, and crime is on the rise again. Chudnofsky, the sole crime leader in all of L.A., decides to become Bloodnofsky in order to stay hip. Scanlon, working with Chudnofsky, hires the Green Hornet to kill Britt, or. Attempts to. But seeing as the Green Hornet is Britt, he gets a hold of Kato instead. Kato agrees, and when Britt again refuses to join Scanlon in downplaying hard crime, Kato appears with a gun. It is revealed here that D.A. Scanlon murdered his father by administering epitoxin, which is basically the chemical form of a beesting. Just when Britt thinks all hope is lost, Kato tells him all is forgiven, and turns the gun on Scanlon. Before Kato can shoot, Britt hits the D.A. and they escape.
Britt, having thought he had voice-recorded Scanlon through the whole conversation, goes with Kato to the Daily Sentinel to upload the recording and ruin Scanlon for good. Against all odds, and an endless slew of Chudnofsky's men, he discovers that his drive didn't record anything and all of this was for nought. He gets shot in the shoulder by the Swat team, and Kato drives The Black Beauty (their equivalent of the Batmobile) into Scanlon and out the window. They pull ejector seats, and Scanlon is killed.
Because he can't go the hospital, lest his identity be revealed, he holds a press conference about D.A.Scanlon's tragic death. Kato crashes it and pretends to shoot him in the shoulder.
Britt wakes Kato up and declares they must go on "their most important mission yet." This is, of course, to put his father's statue head back on his statue body.