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* [[Affirmative Action Girl]]: The Superhomeys made her a member because of some "gender quota", not because she was an awesome superhero.

* [[Animal-Eared Headband]]: As Schrodinger's [[Catgirl]].

* [[Ascended Fanboy|Ascended Fangirl]]: Loves superheroes so much that she took it as a college course. Then she became one and found out what most of the 'heroes' in her chosen superteam were like. She still fangirls over the leader of the Superhomies, to the point of themed underwear.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't compare her to [[Jennifer Lopez|JLo]], or say anything else that might be misunderstood as "you're fat".

* [[Brains and Bondage]]: Subverted; what with the number of times Emp gets tied up, it is in NO WAY a turn-on. NONE. {{spoiler|Apart from when she first met Thugboy. Ocelotina comments, later: "That guy was practically making love to you with that rope!"}}

* [[Combo-Platter Powers]]

* [[A Degree in Useless]]: Emp studied Suprahuman Studies

* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Subverted - Emp talks like a [[Valley Girl]], but is actually quite smart.

** [[Super Strength]]

** [[Nigh Invulnerability]]: Sorta... it acts like ablative armour; bullets and blows tear off bits of the suit but leave her undamaged. If there's at least a tattered bikini's worth left of the suit, she can survive a ten-story fall.

*** [[Heart Is an Awesome Power|Which, given what villains know about a "suitless" Emp, has its uses]].

** [[Wall Crawl|Gecko-like adhesion to walls and ceilings]]

* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: In-comic, {{spoiler|the girl who'll become Ocelotina.}}

* [[Expy]]: Why hello there, [[Livewires|Social Butterfly]]! (Note that Emp draws our attention to this herself.)

* [[Extraordinarily Empowered Girl]]

* [[Faux Action Girl]]: At least in the beginning.

* [[Future Loser]]: Has this in a kind of [[Imagine Spot]], where kid Emp meets her future superheroine self.

Current Emp: "Thanks a lot, younger version of me." }}

* [[Geek]]: She is a [[Yaoi Fangirl]] and took "superhuman studies" at college. OK, if you consider her looks, make that [[Hollywood Geek]].

* [[Genre Savvy]]

** Examples of this include:

** {{spoiler|When she blasted those ninja into little specks of carbonised particles.}}

** {{spoiler|So were the}} [[Livewires]].

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Also [[Ms. Fanservice]] in-universe due to the nature of her suit and God, does she hate it.

** [[Mix and Match]] of {{spoiler|[[Power Floats]]}} and {{spoiler|[[Power Gives You Wings]].}}

** {{spoiler|[[X-Ray Vision]]: She uses this to save the life of a [[Punch Clock Villain]].}}

* [[But Not Too Foreign]]

* [[Cold Sniper]]

* [[Cool Shades]]: He even wears them indoors.

* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]

* {{spoiler|[[Love Redeems]]}}

* [[Muggle Power]]: Of the "kill 'em" variation.

* [[One Head Taller]] than Emp

* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: What he used to be.

Emp's best friend and part-time [[The Lancer|Lancer]]. Originally introduced to us as a [[Punch Clock Villain]], she quickly turned into a sparky, confident foil and emotional support for the self-doubting main character. Then plot happened, and we discovered why she drinks so much...

 

* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Badass Normal]]: Almost to [[Charles Atlas Superpower]] levels. E.g. can identify people from 20 feet away [[The Nose Knows|by scent alone]].

* [[Berserk Button]]/[[Compliment Backfire]]: Ninjette doesn't like to be called a "happy, pleasant drunk". Daddy issues, you know.

* [[Bottle Fairy]]: She sometimes demonstrates the disadvantages of heavy drinking.

* {{spoiler|[[Celibate Hero]]: Ninjette seems to be be enhancing her [[Badass Normal|Mad Ninja Skillz]] by avoiding sex, although she is allowed...}}

* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]

* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]: How she became a [[Bottle Fairy]].

* [[Drunken Master]]

* [[Greek Chorus]]

* [[Hidden Depths]]: {{spoiler|After six volumes of overly wordy monologues, he drops the mask and reveals that not only can he speak normally, he was once mortal and can see backwards and forwards in time, like Dr. Manhattan.}}

** [[Fridge Brilliance|Of course]] he respects her. ''[[Not So Harmless|She]]'' managed to capture ''[[Eldritch Abomination|him.]]''

* [[Large Ham]]

* [[The Nicknamer]]: Emp is "the Alpha Wench", Thugboy is "the Boy of Thug" (if he's not the P-whipped princeling), Ninjette is "the Ninja Wench" or "the boobless booby", Sistah Spooky is "the mystical Wench", Mind████ is {{spoiler|the Sapphic/Psychosensual Wench}}, and so on. Also counts as a parody of [[Superhero Sobriquets]].

* [[Only Sane Man]]: The threshold for this is not that high. That an [[Eldritch Abomination]] that habitually describes himself as "The Caged Demonwolf, Molester of Worlds" gets to be the Only Sane Man in the cast tells you everything about this comic you needed to know in one sentence.

* [[Yuri Fanboy]]: ...and sometimes, only Emp and 'Jette.

 

* [[Dark-Skinned Redhead]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Foot Focus]]: Again, wrapped feet.

* [[Master of Disguise]]

* [[Sir Swearsalot]]

 

* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Spooky's [[Backstory]] (and consequent [[Freudian Excuse]]) also has her being cruelly tormented by blonde, voluptuous Libbies whilst herself a child, hence the chip on her shoulder regarding Emp.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't say anything about her race. Don't be a beautiful blonde girl. And so on.

* {{spoiler|[[Bi the Way]]}}

* [[Broken Bird]]

* [[Dark Magical Girl]]: Older than the other examples, but still fits the trope.

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: For how much she hates Emp, she wasn't among the ones who {{spoiler|nominated her for a Capey Award as a joke}}, and actually warned her of what was happening.

* [[The Faceless]]: Initially, we only see her without her mask in flashbacks.

* {{spoiler|[[Blondes Are Evil]]: Seemingly subverted... but then consider how she ''could '' have been.}}

* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]?: [[The Speechless|Talks entirely via telepathy]] -- which means that [[Brutal Honesty|background thoughts leak out]].

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Interrupted Declaration of Love]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Lipstick Lesbian]]}}

* [[Mind Over Manners]]

* [[Mind Rape]]: one possible use of her powers. {{spoiler|Her backstory reveals that she constantly did this to herself to avoid becoming a sociopath like her brother.}}

* [[Power Perversion Potential]]: "[[Mental Affair|Mindfriends with benefits]]". Ask for it by name! It's possible that their entire relationship was conducted 'long-distance', given later revelations.

** {{spoiler|Further revelation - Spooky knew, just Mind████ is ''really'' bad at real sex.}}

 

A super-strong, none-too-bright [[Jerk Jock]]. That's about it for his character. Because of this, we can cheer when he gets his just desserts. ( {{spoiler|Although given that he is one of the one and a half survivors left over when his team confronted Willy Pete...}})

 

* [[A Father to His Men]]: He truly cares for his teammates, just not Emp. {{spoiler|His description of trying to save Turbobrain from Willy Pete's fire is quite sad.}}

* [[Asshole Victim]]: To the Chloroformaster. {{spoiler|And arguably to Willy Pete.}}

* [[Battle Cry]]: "'SCUSE ME WHILE I CRY HAVOC!!!"

* [[Book Dumb]]: Another superhero states that he dropped out after third grade. He may have been joking, but still...

* [[Handsome Lech]]

* [[Jerkass]]

* [[Nigh Invulnerable]]: {{spoiler|Willy Pete's fire, which has the heat of a nuke, just knocked him out and destroyed his shirt.}}

* [[The Worf Effect]]: Have we seen any battles where he didn't get the ████ kicked out of him? Even [[Badass Normal|Ninjette]] defeats him once.

The leader of the team. Made entirely of metal. Surprisingly, not a [[Jerkass]] (he has the decency to at least suppress his laughter at Emp's humiliation).

 

* [[Chrome Champion]]

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]

'''Syndablokk (sic!)'''

 

 

* [[Big Brother Mentor]]

* [[Destructive Savior]]: He tries to avoid using his powers as much as possible because his powers ''are'' massive property damage.

** [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: When he DOES get serious though, he's quite possibly one of the most powerful supers in the series.

* [[Dishing Out Dirt]]: More specifically: concrete, pavement, and masonry.

* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Half-man, half-... concrete?

'''Heavy Artillery'''

* [[BFG]] (which he has as his head!)

* [[Yaoi Fanboy]]: Averted, he points out that "this yaoi crap is drawn by women, for women".

 

* [[Blob Monster]]

* [[Boldly Coming]]: His background story. Apparently gaining powers from alien/robot STDs are relatively common.

* [[Insistent Terminology]]: Pro''tean'', not Protein. No, it's not "Glorpp" either.

 

* [[Badass Beard]]

* [[Bald of Awesome]]

* [[Dirty Old Man]]

* [[Empathic Weapon]]

 

'''Divangelic'''

* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: He wields an explosive broom, throws doily shuriken, fights in stiletto heels with little bows on them and villains are terrified of him. The only male [[Meido]] as badass is [[Kamen no Maid Guy|Kogarashi]].

* {{spoiler|[[Split Personality]]: Apparently, his civilian identity, while aware of his alter ego's exploits as Maid Man, does not approve of them. Or know how to get bloodstains out of clothing.}}

* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: Does it hurt that I want those spiffy heels of his?

 

* [[Catgirl]]: "Nyaan!"

* [[Even Evil Has Standards|Even Perverts Have Standards]]: "Inappropriate, I'm not into breathplay <ref>a BDSM practice of denying the bottom air</ref>, jackass."

* [[Femme Fatalons]]

* [[The Load]]: "Please save me... because I'm really, really cute!".

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: ''This is all she is''.

* [[From Nobody to Nightmare]]: Played with - he was always powerful, but simply not known.

* [[Hero-Killer]]

* [[Implacable Man]]: That's what ultimately triggered Thugboy's "whatever" mode: he is only alive because Willy Pete hasn't found him ''yet''.

* [[Knight of Cerebus]]

* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Willy Pete" is (US) military jargon for [[wikipedia:White phosphorus|White Phosphorus]].

* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]

* [[Pyromaniac]]

 

* [[Kidanova]]: Manny has a bit of this.

* [[Littlest Cancer Patient]]

 

'''Deathmonger'''

* [[And I Must Scream]]: {{spoiler|1=The fate of any SuperDead he captures.}}

* [[The Dreaded]]

* [[Evil Genius]]: Was a superscience savant before becoming a criminal.

* [[The Ghost]]: Deathmonger was mentioned in the very first story of volume 1 as the villain the Superhomies were arguing over how to defeat. Later in that volume was described as "a popular '''sell out''' supervillain" and an "overhyped jackass" by a disgruntled Big Iron. He was the central villain of the chapter 'Diseased Wench' with an army of "scythebots" but since Emp never made it to the battle nothing of him was seen. After volume 1 he dropped out of the series until volume 6- where he finally appeared after having been reimagined as [[The Dreaded]] [[Complete Monster]] that he was. Even then, his mask still left him as [[The Faceless]].

* [[Hero-Killer]]

** {{spoiler|1=Emp lassos him with [[It Makes Sense in Context|a Super tongue]] he severed, causing [[Teleporters and Transporters|Ubiquitease,]] a SuperDead he enslaved, to leave without him at just the right moment.}}

** {{spoiler|He sets [[I Love Nuclear Power|Tommy Tokamak's carcass]], which is powering his facility, to detonate his [[Collapsing Lair]]... And it does, with him inside thanks to Emp... although it appears that teleport sparkles are appearing around him before the explosion.}}

* [[Night of the Living Mooks]]: Literally. {{spoiler|1=The SuperDead, as a result of their abilities, are aware and helpless to do his bidding.}}

* [[Retcon]]: From his early mentions in volume 1, nothing about Deathmonger suggested that he was anything other than a death-themed supervillain commanding an army of "scythebots", although in the first chapter Emp mentioned him drawing power from a "pan-dimensional link" which she suggested the Superhomies try to cut off. When he reappeared in volume 6, he was reimagined as an actual [[Necromancer]] who commands armies of the {{spoiler|super}}dead. This could be purposeful on his part as the cover story on the subject benefits his activities, but the apparent difference was never addressed.

 

'''Ninjette's Father'''

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