Alpha Flight: Difference between revisions

* Guardian/Vindicator, a scientist (and later, his wife) wearing a suit of [[Powered Armor]] with [[Captain Patriotic|Canadian nationalistic motifs]].

* Sasquatch, another scientist with the ability to turn into a superstrong monster form (named after another word for 'bigfoot').

* Aurora and Northstar, [[Half-Identical Twins]] with flight, [[Super Speed]] and the ability to generate intense light [[Wonder Twin Powers|when they touch]].

* Box, a [[Humongous Mecha|robot suit of armor that could carry its pilot inside]] (and thus a 'box'.)

** After [[The Incredible Hercules|Chaos War]], all dead members of Alpha Flight are back.

** [[Like a Badass Out of Hell]]: Puck, who apparently died somewhere between return of his dead teammates and start of the new series. He went to Hell, and teamed up with Wolverine to escape, but only Logan managed to get out, while Puck slayed demon who imprisoned him and took his place. And upon learning his teammates may be in trouble, he immiediately gave it up to return and save them.

* [[Body Backup Drive]]: The handicapped Robert Bochs has a robot body called Box which he can transfer into and out of at will. During one story arc when Walter Langkowski (Sasquatch) dies his consciousness is transferred to Box until they can find him a new body. They think they found one out in deep space, but it turns out that it's [[The Hulk]]. Langkowski decides to let his soul dissipate.

* [[Body Horror]]: Scramble the Mixed-Up Man used his powers to create these, the last of which was Omega, a fusion of himself and Roger Bochs. It was just... messy.

* [[Diabolus Ex Machina]]: The first Guardian's death was unwittingly caused by his own wife. After a particularly nasty fight with a supervillain, his suit goes into meltdown and he has to disassemble it, like, fast. At the last second, Heather barges in the room, distracting Mac. Kaboom.

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Shaman lost his wife. His response? ''Abandon his six-year old daughter for ten years.''

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: In the new Alpha Flight book, Kara Killgrave pulled one and now calls herself Purple Woman. Like Father like daughter.

* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]: Alpha Flight's members and enemies were always a blend of [[Badass Normal|Badass Normals]], [[Mutants]], aliens, robots, magical beings, and so on. There ''were'' times when the team's membership was mostly mutants and its enemies mostly magical, but it was always an interesting blend.

* [[Gender Bender]]: Sasquatch's stint as "Wanda" Langkowski.

* [[Genius Bruiser]]: Sasquatch, both a radiation expert and a high-level powerhouse. Puck had elements of this too, especially once he got a power-upgrade to lift upwards of ten tons.

* [[Legacy Character]]: The second Puck from the mid-2000s revival, a sprightly Asian-Canadian girl with super-strength.

* [[Lighter and Softer]]: The third series is laugh out loud comedy.

* [[Magical Native American]]: Shaman and his daughter Talisman.

* [[Meganekko]]: Heather Hudson.

* [[Misplaced Wildlife]]: Snowbird's animal shapeshifting was initially limited to animals native to Canada. During a fight where she is rendered unable to see, she mentions that she could use a bat's sonar, but was unable to since bats do not live in Canada. [[Did Not Do the Research|Except that they do]].

* [[Remote Body]]: In early issues Handicapped [[Gadgeteer Genius]] Roger Bochs had a robot called Box that he control with a neural interface helmet.

* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]: Notably averted. Aurora would wear a scarf with one of her more revealing costumes during winter/arctic missions. However, the blue scarf visually clashed with the white-and-yellow costume, and at least once a villain tried to strangle her with it.

* [[Split Personality]]: Aurora. Whooo boy. At her ''least complicated'', she is split between a free-spirited [[Femme Fatale]] who loves her mutant powers and being a superhero ("Aurora"), and a stuffy schoolmarm who would rather lead a quiet life teaching and is religious to the point of bigotry against her own brother Northstar ("Jeanne-Marie"). However, villains who treat this as a weakness learn not to make that mistake twice. Once Jeanne-Marie conceded to helping Alpha Flight, her unique perspective came in handy a few times, and she had energy powers that even Aurora was unaware of.

* [[Team Mom]]: After Mac's apparent death, Heather was chosen as the new leader for this very reason, even though she was still a civilian (she didn't become Guardian till later).

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Heather, when she became Vindicator (and later taking the name Guardian). Even when her husband, the original Guardian came back, he acknowledged that she had built up more experience using the suit than he did.

* [[UST]]: Wolverine with both Snowbird and Heather. However, both ladies figured legitimately into his backstory before [[Expansion Pack Past|Wolverine]] [[Wolverine Publicity|Mania]] started getting out of hand. Heather helped calm him down after the adamantium procedure, while he and Snowbird shared a mutual attraction during his time on the team.

* [[Winter Royal Lady]]: Snowbird