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* Sasquatch, another scientist with the ability to turn into a superstrong monster form (named after another word for 'bigfoot').
* Shaman, a [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|shaman]] with a pouch that could provide a lot of magical objects;
* 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'.)
* Marina, a [[Cute Monster Girl|humanoid fish-girl]] that was raised by humans.
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* [[The Ace]]: Mac Hudson, the original Guardian.
* [[Animal -Themed Superbeing]]: Sasquatch fits the ''Mythical Monster Motif'' type while Snowbird fits the ''All Animal Abilities'' type.
* [[Animorphism]]: Snowbird's best-known ability is to turn into an albino female version of any animal. Her favorite is a human-sized owl.
* [[Back From the Dead]]: Mac was killed in the first year of ''Alpha Flight'' and not resurrected until seven years later.
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* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Puck.
* [[Braids Beads and Buckskins]]: Shaman and Yukon Jack.
* [[Brother -Sister Team]]: Northstar and Aurora in their first appearances. They had identical powers and generated a blinding light upon physical contact. This was subverted when they fell out early in the book's run, causing Aurora to redesign her costume and even had her geneticist boyfriend Sasquatch alter her powers to further distinguish her from her brother. As a result, she isn't as fast (the difference between Mach 5 and Mach 2, but still), but can generate light on her own in addition to other abilities that seem to come and go with her multiple personalities.
* [[Canada, Eh?]]: given a [[Lampshade Hanging]] during the crapload of [[Alternate Universe|"unrealities"]] shown in the [[Crack Fic|34th issue]] of [[What If]].
* [[Captain Geographic]]: Guardian and Vindicator always had this going on, though the entire original team plays up some aspect of Canadian culture: Mac, Heather, and Puck are from Ontario; Marrina's from the Atlantic Coast; Northstar and Aurora are from Quebec (with Northstar being a former separatist); Snowbird's from the Northern Territories; Shaman represents the First Nations; and Sasquatch is from [[The Other Rainforest|British Columbia]].
* [[Clothes Make the Superman]]: Mac Hudson's original Guardian suit (which Heather used during the first series) was electromagnetic. After he came back, Heather was given her own suit that had geothermal powers (at which point she took the name Vindicator).
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* [[Morphic Resonance]]: Snowbird's animal forms are always albino.
* [[Nice Guy]]: Major Mapleleaf, often to the point of naivety.
* [[One -Man Army|One Robot Army]]: Madison Jeffries as Box; his ability to morph inorganic materials allowed him to reconfigure the Box robot into virtually any configuration he could think of, basically making him an unlimited-form [[Transforming Mecha]].
* [[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.
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* [[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).
* [[Third Line, Some Waiting]]: [[Fish People|Fish girl]] and Newfoundlander Marrina spent more time in her own subplot than on the team. Most readers know her better as an honorary Avenger and [[Sub-Mariner|Namor's wife]] whom he had to kill when her alien powers spiraled out of control.
* [[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.
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