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* [[Brand X]]: Wally's World Superstore (where Kenneth works), Primary Insurance Company Inc. (where Kenneth's father works)
* [[Cartwright Curse]]: Kenneth believes that superheroes have this
{{quote|'''''Narrator:''' He liked Allison, but he doubted he could burden her with that kind of information [being a superhero]. After all, in his comic books, any love interest that isn’t a superhero themselves end
* [[City of Adventure]]: New Sharden
* [[Day in the Life]]: How the story begins.
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'''Kenneth:''' “Have you ever seen Super Nova and ''me'' in the same place together? For that matter, I’ve never seen you and Sunburst in the same place together. How do I know you’re not Sunburst just trying to throw me off?” }}
* [[Shout-Out]]: To [[DC Comics]] heroes. The names of the bank robbers ([[Superman|Calvin Elliot]], [[Wonder Woman|Dwayne Troy]], and [[Batman|Wayne Bates]]) and a guest writer for ''Captain Magnificent'', [[Green Lantern|Jordan Halverson]]
** Claire's "Mask" is a [[Shout-Out]] to [[
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Nicholas Trent again. He even named his spiders after Cassie and Stacy.
* [[Stock Superhero Day Jobs]]: Super Nova works as a stock clerk, Sunburst is a college student.
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* [[Uncanny Valley]]: In the [[All There in the Manual|Thoughtspace]], Claire's face becomes something like an [[Expressive Mask]].
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