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* It's hard to tell whether ''Marvel: The Lost Generation'''s Hipster, a skinny, goateed beatnik and total [[Jive Turkey]] operating in late 1950s San Francisco, is intended as a spoof or a completely straight portrayal of this trope. However, he's inarguably an example. When he meets Sunshine, a woman with psychadelic powers, he changes his costume and name to become Captain Hip. |
* It's hard to tell whether ''Marvel: The Lost Generation'''s Hipster, a skinny, goateed beatnik and total [[Jive Turkey]] operating in late 1950s San Francisco, is intended as a spoof or a completely straight portrayal of this trope. However, he's inarguably an example. When he meets Sunshine, a woman with psychadelic powers, he changes his costume and name to become Captain Hip. |
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* DC's Super Young Team subverts this while trying to play it straight. They aren't tied to any specific trend, but they're obsessed with staying fresh and current. That said, Most Excellent Superbat, the most materialistic of the lot, is adamant that they're also somehow more than all that. |
* DC's Super Young Team subverts this while trying to play it straight. They aren't tied to any specific trend, but they're obsessed with staying fresh and current. That said, Most Excellent Superbat, the most materialistic of the lot, is adamant that they're also somehow more than all that. |
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* Video game example: the Koopalings, introduced in ''[[Super Mario Bros 3]]'', were generally given a punk aesthetic to reflect [[The Eighties|Eighties]]-era trends (the most notable exception being [[Ludwig Van Beethoven|Ludwig von Koopa]]). They went on hiatus after ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'', which would seem to reflect on Nintendo abandoning past fads. Luckily for them, they got a comeback in the last dungeon of ''[[Mario |
* Video game example: the Koopalings, introduced in ''[[Super Mario Bros 3]]'', were generally given a punk aesthetic to reflect [[The Eighties|Eighties]]-era trends (the most notable exception being [[Ludwig Van Beethoven|Ludwig von Koopa]]). They went on hiatus after ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'', which would seem to reflect on Nintendo abandoning past fads. Luckily for them, they got a comeback in the last dungeon of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', followed by top billing in ''[[New Super Mario Bros Wii]]''; [[Weird Al Effect]] is definitely present, though. |
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* Another DC creation was the short-lived Brother Power, The Geek, a hippie-themed hero [http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2011/10/07/comic-book-legends-revealed-335/ whose exploits must simply be seen to be believed]. |
* Another DC creation was the short-lived Brother Power, The Geek, a hippie-themed hero [http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2011/10/07/comic-book-legends-revealed-335/ whose exploits must simply be seen to be believed]. |
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** In 2009, there was an issue of ''[[The Brave and the Bold]]'' that was written, which essentially put forth the idea that Brother Power was too tied to the past to exist in the present. The issue ends with him burning to death after realizing he doesn't belong in the 21st century. |
** In 2009, there was an issue of ''[[The Brave and the Bold]]'' that was written, which essentially put forth the idea that Brother Power was too tied to the past to exist in the present. The issue ends with him burning to death after realizing he doesn't belong in the 21st century. |
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