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[[File:booster18.jpg|frame|The greatest hero history will never know!]]

 

 

 

Originally intending to call himself Goldstar, at his first public appearance he flubbed it, [[Appropriated Appellation|combining his football nickname Booster with his intended superhero name]]. Booster then went on to be a part of the [[Justice League of America|Justice League International]], where he met and befriended [[Gadgeteer Genius|Ted Kord]], the second [[Blue Beetle]].

Was the star of his own series once again, from October 2007 to August 2011, in which he roamed the timestream protecting history from enemies who -- if they ever saw past his foolish reputation and realized he was the one foiling their schemes -- would not only kill him but do it in such a way that Booster Gold never existed. So now instead of promoting himself, Booster had to do everything in his power to make people think he was an inept idiot, in order to carry out his mission to defend time itself. However, with the Nu52 on the rise, this series -- along with a number of others -- was canceled. Currently, Booster's in the new [[Justice League International]] series, though that will also be canceled with #12.

 

 

And for the last time [[Justice League Unlimited|He's not the Green Lantern]]

* [[Arch Enemy]]: Maxwell Lord.

* [[Badass Family]]: The Carter's.

* [[Barrier Warrior]]: Booster, Volume 2 added Goldstar.

* [[Blue Oni Red Oni]]: Booster (Red Oni) and Michelle (Blue Oni) have a bit of this trope.

* [[Break Out the Museum Piece]]: Though the point of going to the 20th century is that these 25th century "museum pieces" are still incredibly advanced tech by our standards

* [[Butterfly of Doom]]: Features in the various time travel plots. Such as Max Lord taking over the world because Ted lived.

* [[Character Development]]: Booster's increasing popularity is largely the result of enormous amounts of character development following Ted Kord's death. A good measure of how far he's come? 1980s JLI had Booster as largely ineffectual comic relief. 2010's JLI has Booster quickly asserting himself as the natural leader.

* [[Chest Insignia]]: Both Booster and Goldstar share a simple blue 5 pointed star.

* [[Clothes Make the Superman]]: All of Booster's superpowers come from his costume and equipment.

* [[Clothing Damage]]: Booster

* [[Color Character]]

* [[Continuity Nod]]: They're almost constant, since this series has the entire history of the DCU to play around with.

* [[Daydream Believer]]: When Booster suggests they make a pit stop in the 1950's, Rip answers, "for the last time, [[Happy Days|The Fonz]] is a fictional character!" Booster replies that Rip is just being mean.

* [[Dramatic Unmask]]: When we find out who stole the Supernova suit (but not the identity of Black Beetle).

* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: Michelle as Goldstar.

* [[Dystopia]]: Any of the [[Bad Future|Bad Futures]], but Booster's home time has a few elements of a dystopia. Fortunately we know that it's gone by the time of the Legion.

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Arguably Booster.

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Maxmillion to Skeets, the third Supernova for Booster. Maybe the Chronos Twins to Booster and Goldstar.

* [[Family Business]]: Being a Time Master is turning into this.

* [[Fan of the Past]]: Booster was a history major specializing in the Age of Superheroes.

* [[Figure It Out Yourself]]: Booster uses a variation on this, {{spoiler|to his past self.}}

* [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]]

* [[Flying Brick]]/[[Flying Firepower]]:

** [[Flight]]: The Legion Flight Ring.

** [[Nigh Invulnerability]]: [[Barrier Warrior|Forcefield]].

** [[Super Strength]]: [[Power Armor]] and/or [[Clothes Make the Superman]].

** Plus the [[Time Travel]] Circuitry.

* [[Foe Yay]]: Maxwell Lord. Generation Lost #1. Wow.

* [[Goggles Do Something Unusual]]: They have a targeting system built in, among other things.

* [[The Greatest Story Never Told]]: Booster's ''Justice League Unlimited'' episode, the [[Trope Namer]]. Also part of Booster's current title, as he has to let history think he's an idiot in order to do what he does.

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: {{spoiler|Booster, on learning that his only legacy will be the egotistical Peter Platinum. Michelle, when she finds out that she should have died.}}

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Booster and Ted.

* [[Identical Grandson]]: In this case, great-great-great (etc.) grandson: Booster bears a striking resemblance to Daniel Carter, his present-day ancestor, including personality and life experiences.

* [[Kaleidoscope Eyes]]: Rip Hunter.

* [[Kaleidoscope Hair]]: Rip Hunter again.

* [[Kid From the Future]]: {{spoiler|Rip Hunter is Booster Gold's son.}}

* [[Large Ham]]: In his Smallville Episode ''Booster''.

* [[Legacy Character]]: Goldstar; the first Goldstar was Trixie Collins. [[Blue Beetle]] -- in fact it has all the Blue Beetles (including the futuristic Black Beetle) in one shot. Michelle and Trixie (as stated above). Booster becomes Supernova at one time, then gives it to Daniel Carter and in the future Booster's father even has the suit! Not to mention it's been hinted that Rip would take up the Booster Gold mantle at some point. So yeah.

* [[Mythology Gag]]: There's one to [[The Greatest Story Never Told]] in the comic. The Space Museum where Booster used to work? It had its ''own series'' back during DC's [[Silver Age]].

* [[No Hero to His Valet]]: In Booster's first series, Dirk Davis and Trixie Collins have this reaction when they find out Booster's backstory. {{spoiler|Also Broderick.}}

* [[Ominous Multiple Screens]]: In Rip Hunter's lab, and in the Vanishing Point when it's the Time Stealers' base.

* [[Place Beyond Time]]: Vanishing Point.

* [[Power Armor]]: They even had their own [[Fan Nickname]].

* [[Putting the Band Back Together]]:

* [[Ring of Power]]: Booster's Flight Ring.

* [[Ripple Effect Indicator]]: Booster's Justice League membership in the first arc of Volume 2.

* [[Secret Keeper]]: Booster discovered that Batman had the photos of him trying to help Barbara Gordon when he tried to prevent [[The Killing Joke]]. When Batman acknowledged that Booster has a more important job to do, he became Booster's Secret Keeper.

* [[Secret Legacy]]: Played with. {{spoiler|Booster thinks that the only legacy that he's going to leave behind is the egotistical Peter Platinum. In actuality his legacy is that his family becomes the Time Masters.}} Also, in the Millennium event, it was revealed that {{spoiler|Booster is a descendent of the Chosen and will aid in humanity's evolution; he still doesn't know about this.}}

* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: Part of Booster's current job.

* [[Straight Man and Wise Guy]]: Booster was the straight man and [[Blue Beetle]] was the wiseguy. Then these roles were reversed.

* [[Superhero Sobriquets]]: The Greatest Hero You Have Never Heard Of! Previously the Corporate Crusader.

* [[Super Zeroes]]: Booster is thought of this way.

* [[Theme Twin Naming]]: Michael (Booster) and his twin sister, Michelle.

* [[Those Two Guys]]: Booster and Ted.

* [[Throwing the Fight]]: Originally Booster was expelled from sports for betting on his own games; over time this has morphed into throwing games in order to get money to get his mother medical treatment.

* [[Thirteen Is Unlucky]]: Thirteen was Booster's Football number.

* [[Time Machine]]: The Time Sphere is of the [[Time and Relative Dimensions In Space|TARDIS]] type where you can program where and when you want to go.

* [[Translator Microbes]]: The [[Red Baron]], [[The Renaissance|Renaissance Italians]], and [[Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptians]] all speaking modern English seems like a lazy, irritating flaw, until the writers thought to add a [[Hand Wave|quick line about Universal Translator Tech from the future]].

* [[Unlimited Wardrobe]]: Booster has had a lot of costumes, [http://www.boosterrific.com/booster/costume.php here] is a list of them.

* [[Warts and All]]: Despite his flaws, Booster really is the hero he presents himself as.

* [[You Can't Fight Fate]]: Partially averted, partially played straight. While it is possible to change some things in the past to affect the rest of the timeline, this can lead to a Butterfly Effect that can change everything; usually the only reason Booster can affect the past is because it has already been changed/is in danger of changing on it's own due to timeholes. However the played straight part comes with the theorem of "solidified time", in which some events in time become so important to future events that they cannot be changed or will at least still happen eventually; Booster can't save Barbara Gordon because she won't then become Oracle, [[Blue Beetle]] still dies {{spoiler|"officially"}} because then the events leading to Max Lord's death won't happen, which stops [[Infinite Crisis]] from occurring, which in turn means [[The Multiverse]] wouldn't exist.

 

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