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* [[Exposition of Immortality]]: a group of villains figure out that Adam Destine is immortal based on finding portraits of him, all at the same apparent age, spanning several hundred years.
* [[Fantasy-Forbidding Father]]: Walter forbids the twins to be superheroes, without much success.
* [[First -Name Basis]]: With the exception of Albert, Thaddeus and the twins, the Destines tend to call their father by his first name (although, apparently not their mother).
* [[Flaming Hair]]: Walter while [[Hulking Out]]. The hair is a good signifier for whether he transformed voluntarily (hair turns red but stays hair) or did so as a result of rage (hair bursts into flame).
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Newton Destine.
* [[Gravity Master]]: Youngest son Rory.
* [[Half -Human Hybrid]]: All the Destine siblings are half-genie.
* [[Healing Hands]]: Albert, although he doesn't have to touch someone to heal them- he's first introduced patching his sister up after her "resurrection", despite the fact that they're across the world from each other.
* [[The Hedonist]]: Kay basically lives to have as much fun as possible, and as many different experiences as she can. It's implied that part of the reason she's like this is that if she gets invested in individual friends or loved ones, it hurts her too much when she has to give up that "life" and find a new host body... although she undoubtedly just likes to party, too.
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* [[Invisibility]]: In the sequel miniseries, the twins figure out how to pull of the "bending light" variant by working together.
* [[The Knights Templar]]: Thaddeus, Adam and Elalyth's second child, was a member.
* [[Light 'Em Up]]: Youngest daughter Pandora, who controls all forms of radiant energy.
* [[Living Forever Is Awesome]]: Kay's attitude, through and through. Even though she's had some painful experiences because of her long life, she's reacted to them by becoming more and more [[The Hedonist]], rather than becoming dissatisfied with the idea of living forever.
* [[Magic Pants]]: Adam. Whenever he gets into a fight, his clothes will inevitably be shredded, but he will always retain his pants.
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* [[Mythology Gag]]: For those who also followed Davis's work on ''[[Excalibur (Comic Book)|Excalibur]]'', {{spoiler|Newton's girlfriend and gaming partner}} Satyr-Nun is another of Courtney Ross's counterparts.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Samantha was born in 1951 by [[Word of God]] (this appears not to have been changed by the [[Sliding Time Scale]]) and looks around twenty. Dominic looks around the same age as her, but is at least ten years older and possibly quite a bit more. The older siblings and Adam all fall into [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]], and the twins... actually look about their real age.
* [[One -Scene Wonder]]: Thaddeus appears in all of three pages, but it's a very memorable three pages.
* [[Puberty Superpower]]: The twins and Gracie. However, Walter first manifested his as a grown man of over a hundred years, so this isn't a constant for the Destines.
* [[Promotion to Parent]]: Walter and Florence for the twins; Newton for Domenic. Possibly also Kay for Gracie.
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* [[Red Eyes Take Warning]]: Elalyth seems to be a subversion. [[Depending On the Artist|Depending On The Colorist]], Walter (transformed state only) and occasionally Domenic also have red eyes. Walter's transformations tend to coincide with [[Unstoppable Rage]], so he plays the trope straight. On the other hand, Domenic is either a subversion or a coloring error, being somewhat irritable but not terribly dangerous.
* [[Redheaded Hero]]: Rory and Pandora. Several other Destines have red hair- the most consistent would be Domenic and Maurice- but the twins are the most conventionally heroic. (By [[Word of God]], Adam is ''supposed'' to be a redhead too, but the colorists almost always give him [[Hair of Gold]] instead.)
* [[Sibling Yin -Yang]]: Kay and Walter. Kay is hedonistic, Walter is responsible; Kay has lived dozens of lives in different bodies and different countries, while up until fairly recently Walter seems to have remained in England, in the military, posing as his own son over and over again. Kay encourages the twins' superhero aspirations while Walter vehemently disapproves, and so on. Even their powers are completely different- [[Psychic Powers]] versus [[Hulking Out]]. Subverted in that their father attributes their near-constant fighting to their ''similarities''. And when you think about it, they do share rather a lot: stubbornness, temper, pride, willingness to condone [[Shoot the Dog|Shooting The Dog]]...
** The sequel miniseries also has a flashback to [[Boisterous Bruiser]] Thaddeus and [[Actual Pacifist]] Albert, who seem to get on a lot better.
* [[Super Family Team]]: Rory, Pandora, Walter, Kay, Samantha, Dominic, and Adam form one, although in the absence of an emergency, "patrols" consist of the twins and one or two adults along to chaperon them.
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* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: Kay (seductress), Samantha (wife) and Pandora (child).
* [[We Hardly Knew Ye]]: Florence and Maurice in the first series; {{spoiler|Thaddeus}} in the recent mini.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Adam and Samantha to Kay (different occasions) for her complete lack of [[Mind Over Manners]]. Also, Domenic frequently calls Adam out for killing Vincent.
* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]: Adam at the beginning of the first series. He gets over it pretty quickly, particularly after {{spoiler|reconciling with Elalyth.}}
* [[Wonder Twin Powers]]: Rory and Pandora. Their powers developed early because they're twins... but they only ''have'' powers when in close proximity to each other.
 
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