Minor Acts of Heroism

Minor Acts of Heroism is a webcomic written and illustrated by Adriana Ferguson and Kristen Van Dam since May of 2010.

The first chapter focuses on the introduction of the two main characters: Simon, the foul-mouthed stepson of Dr. Bradley Thorne, and Sergio, the ward of Julius Catargiu, the "old fashioned" friend of the aforementioned doctor. The two boys find some common ground when Simon sees Sergio's room and finds out that he's a fan of Everywhere Kid, a superhero with the power of teleportation. As the boys explore Julius's mansion, they discover an underground water passageway that leads to an enormous door that, when opened, unleashes a monster that threatens to drown Sergio. This leaves Simon, Bradley and Julius no choice but to

The comic is ongoing, updated often (but with no set schedule), and in full color.

"Simon: So, what? Your parents just ship you off to Weird-Mcfancy-Man-Alcoholic outta the blue? Or is this punishment or something? This feels sort of like punishment. Your shirt's buttoned so high."
 * A Child Shall Lead Them: is the king of Atlantis. Also an example of
 * Adorkable: How can you NOT love Sergio?
 * All There in the Manual: Any powers in Sergio have not been addressed or apparent as of yet, but there is merchandise already for sale of him in a superhero costume reminiscent of The Gentleman's. One of the artists called him The Young Gentleman when she posted a picture of him in this costume that was later to become the banner for the website on her tumblr. Sketches of other, yet-to-be-introduced characters are also posted on the creators' tumblrs.
 * Atlantis: The reigning king of Atlantis makes an appearance in the first chapter
 * Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny:

"Simon: Okay. So, kicking water does nothing."
 * Motor Mouth
 * Badass: Everywhere and The Gentleman.
 * Badass Adorable: Everywhere Kid and Nilus.
 * Big Bad Wannabe: Jet really doesn't know his place.
 * Big Eater: Everywhere Kid, to sustain constant teleportation.
 * Captain Obvious:

"Sergio: (in the terrifying pool) It probably goes right to a pile of dead nephews."
 * Black Eyes: Jet.
 * Blue Eyes: Julius, Sergio and Aedh.
 * Occult Blue Eyes: Sky-blue with heart-shaped pupils.
 * Bond Creatures/Familiar: The puppy to Sergio.
 * Brown Eyes: The Everywheres.
 * Casual Danger Dialog: Everywhere and The Gentleman discussing education whilst beating up mooks.
 * Chest Insignia: The Everywheres' uniforms, and in-universe merchandise you see Simon wearing: Everywheres-print boxers ("He got them at Target~").
 * Classical Movie Vampire: Julius and his home appear this way. Lampshaded on several occasions by Simon,
 * Cluster F-Bomb/Symbol Swearing: Simon does this a lot.
 * Cultured Badass: The Gentleman.
 * Cute Shotaro Boy: Both Simon and Sergio provide different flavors of this trope.
 * Dark-Skinned Blond: Nilus and Samekh are this, though Nilus has brown hair in human form.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Simon is this often, and Sergio has his moments.

"Simon:"He's a really bag guy. Like a 'KILLS EVERYONE WHEN HE SHOWS UP'  guy."
 * Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: Sergio tends to think out loud, often forgetting the person he's thinking about can hear him perfectly fine.
 * Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?: Yes, Simon, yes, you did. Now kindly stop pointing at.
 * Dirty Coward: The second someone manages to catch him off guard, Jet starts going to pieces.
 * The Dreaded:.

"Bradley: If anyone can make him [Sergio] less shy by example, it's Simon. I just hope he's not being rude... Simon: *to Sergio* So, what's up with the Dracula house and the mortuary clothes? Is this for me 'cause, like, Bradley didn't say nothing about dressing up. I don't high tea or whatever you people do in horror movie mansions."
 * Dynamic Entry: Hi, Samekh.
 * Emotionless Boy: Quinton, who also seems to have the
 * Evil Albino: Quinton, though so far, he hasn't done anything openly antagonistic.
 * Never mind, yes, he has.
 * Expressive Mask: This trope is averted with The Gentleman in that his eyebrows are visible above his mask, doing all the expressing necessary. The Everywheres' masks cover most of their faces (including their eyes), but the indentation of their eyebrows are visible. The eyeholes on their costumes thus remain reasonably static.
 * Fragile Speedster: Successfully grab Jet and he's a goner.
 * Friendly Neighborhood Vampire:
 * Frozen Fashion Sense: Julius,
 * Gilligan Cut:

"Unsound Effect: SLOW"
 * Goth: Jet.
 * Guyliner: Why is Jet wearing makeup?
 * Hot-Blooded: Simon.
 * I'm Standing Right Here: Simon and Nilus can hear you, Sergio.
 * Insistent Terminology: A mild example in Simon pointing out that Bradley is his stepfather, not biological father.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Simon doesn't have a filter on his mouth but he means well.
 * Keet: Simon is this, but a little less colorful and a little more crass.
 * Kidanova: Simon, who seems to flirt with both Sergio and Nilus.
 * Lampshade Hanging: Nilus turns out to have magic that lets her disguise herself as a normal human, albeit one with purple eyes. Simon's response: "Wow. that's extremely convenient."
 * Little Miss Badass: Don't mess with Nilus, okay?
 * Luminescent Blush: Pick any page of Sergio interacting with either Nilus or Simon. But mostly the latter.
 * Magma Man: The Magnatist, for all the good it does him.
 * Making a Splash: can control water. She is shown pulling it around herself to create a sort of water monster.  can also do this, so presumably it's an Atlantean thing.
 * Man in White: The Everywheres and Quinton.
 * Monochromatic Eyes: Happens when the characters put on masks (ex. the Everywheres and The Gentleman). Justified in the case of the Everywheres, since it seems that their masks actually do cover their eyes. Nilus's eyes are monochromatic black, with a purple sheen to them. Strangely enough, the only other Atlantean introduced in the story doesn't have Monochromatic Eyes, so it can be gathered that Nilus's eyes are unusual, even among Atlanteans.
 * Mundane Utility: Everywhere using his teleportation powers to to retrieve the handcuffs he forgot at his house.
 * Ninja: Jet, it seems.
 * Not Distracted by the Sexy: Bradley doesn't seem to even notice the increasingly forward invitations of a hot science chick who visits his office.
 * Not So Different: When Simon starts pointing out how weird it is that
 * Not What It Looks Like: Julius and Bradley in this page. It took this Yaoi Fangirl Troper quite a few pages even after to realize that they weren't lovers.
 * Perky Goth: Julius and Sergio.
 * Power Fist: The Magnatist.
 * Precious Puppy: The cutest puppy ever!
 * Ridiculously Cute Critter
 * The Quiet One: Quinton and Samekh.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: Quinton.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Simon and Sergio, respectively. From what we've seen of them, Bradley and Julius (also respectively) may also qualify.
 * Jet and Quinton.
 * Run or Die: Simon has to explain this to Nilus.
 * Scarf of Asskicking: Jet. Unfortunately, he's a Big Bad Wannabe.
 * She Is the King:  is very insistent about being referred to as "king."
 * Shrinking Violet: Sergio.
 * Single-Minded Twins: The twins that Quinton calls "Binary".
 * Super Strength: Nilus seems to have this, as she crumples a dumpster when she gets grumpy with Simon.
 * Teleport Spam: Simon has been seen using his teleportation powers to move a few feet, embarrass Sergio, and even just to move from a laying-down position to a standing-up position.
 * Jet as well.
 * Three Amigos: Simon, Sergio, and Nilus.
 * The Unintelligible: General Samekh Atlantus, Atlantis's military attaché accompanying Nilus. So far, none of his few lines have been in English (or any other language recognizable by any characters other than Nilus and Julius).
 * Unsound Effect: This page has one, when Sergio realizes a few pages after the fact that
 * The Unintelligible: General Samekh Atlantus, Atlantis's military attaché accompanying Nilus. So far, none of his few lines have been in English (or any other language recognizable by any characters other than Nilus and Julius).
 * Unsound Effect: This page has one, when Sergio realizes a few pages after the fact that


 * What Beautiful Eyes!: Sergio has quite attractive eyes (with hearts shaped pupils), as much of the fanbase likes to comment. Julius has similar eyes as well, but not many people seem to notice.
 * Wingding Pupils: Lord Aedh has them too.