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* [[Civilian Villain]]: Many supervillains have managed to forge successful and lucrative 'legitimate' careers through their 'reformations.'
* [[Civilian Villain]]: Many supervillains have managed to forge successful and lucrative 'legitimate' careers through their 'reformations.'
* [[Clean Up the Town]]: Initially.
* [[Clean Up the Town]]: Initially.
* [[Cold Blooded Torture]]: This happens. A lot.
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: This happens. A lot.
* [[Come With Me If You Want to Live]]: Pretty much guaranteed to come up at some point. Right?
* [[Come With Me If You Want to Live]]: Pretty much guaranteed to come up at some point. Right?
* [[The Commissioner Gordon]]: Standard policy for the understaffed police force, which has little choice but to cooperate with vigilantes in order to keep the City safe.
* [[The Commissioner Gordon]]: Standard policy for the understaffed police force, which has little choice but to cooperate with vigilantes in order to keep the City safe.
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* [[Designated Victim]]: [[Sweet Valley High|Jessica Wakefield]] manages to suffer more than [[Transformers|Waspinator.]]
* [[Designated Victim]]: [[Sweet Valley High|Jessica Wakefield]] manages to suffer more than [[Transformers|Waspinator.]]
* [[Die Hard On an X]]: One plot had Superjail held hostage by [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazis]] and supervillains, while [[Die Hard (Film)|John McClane]] and [[Inglourious Basterds|Aldo Raine]] were loose inside. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilarity Ensued.]]
* [[Die Hard On an X]]: One plot had Superjail held hostage by [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazis]] and supervillains, while [[Die Hard (Film)|John McClane]] and [[Inglourious Basterds|Aldo Raine]] were loose inside. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilarity Ensued.]]
* [[Differently Powered Individual]]: Most player characters are referred to as 'Imports' or 'metahumans.' And now artificially-created native superhumans are called 'Metamen.'
* [[Differently-Powered Individual]]: Most player characters are referred to as 'Imports' or 'metahumans.' And now artificially-created native superhumans are called 'Metamen.'
* [[Discount Lesbians]]: A [[Running Gag]] with Zatanna and Wonder Woman.
* [[Discount Lesbians]]: A [[Running Gag]] with Zatanna and Wonder Woman.
* [[Dysfunction Junction]]: Where to start.
* [[Dysfunction Junction]]: Where to start.
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* [[Hate Plague]]: Cylon-Nazi nerve gas that slowly drove people into conflict with each other.
* [[Hate Plague]]: Cylon-Nazi nerve gas that slowly drove people into conflict with each other.
* [[Holding Out for A Hero]]: The initial premise of the game was that the player characters were the only hope of restoring law and order in the City after the police force vanished. Since the government declared the place a disaster area and failed to act, it was up to them to fight crime and rebuild the justice system.
* [[Holding Out for A Hero]]: The initial premise of the game was that the player characters were the only hope of restoring law and order in the City after the police force vanished. Since the government declared the place a disaster area and failed to act, it was up to them to fight crime and rebuild the justice system.
* [[If Its You Its Okay]]
* [[If It's You It's Okay]]
* [[Involuntary Transformation]]: In a [[Fisher Kingdom]] style, the Porter assigns all non-humanoid characters (like Transformers and [[Talking Animal|Talking Animals]]) a human form, sometimes with [[Transformation Trauma]] in the meantime. There have also been plots where characters were unexpectedly transformed into animals and robots.
* [[Involuntary Transformation]]: In a [[Fisher Kingdom]] style, the Porter assigns all non-humanoid characters (like Transformers and [[Talking Animal|Talking Animals]]) a human form, sometimes with [[Transformation Trauma]] in the meantime. There have also been plots where characters were unexpectedly transformed into animals and robots.
* [[Kid Hero]]: Awesome Force and the Teen Titans.
* [[Kid Hero]]: Awesome Force and the Teen Titans.