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Line 1: {{trope}} [[In a World\|In a World]] [[City of Adventure\|~~world~~ filled with superpowered heroes and villains constantly battling overhead]], a world where property damage is common and evil minions run rampant every now and then, have you ever wondered how the [[Innocent Bystander\|normal citizens]] ''cope'' with all that crazyness? In this trope, the story focuses solely on those citizens. Often centres on a police force trying to stop normal crimes and having to put up with [[Death Ray\|death rays]], or the feeling of inadequacy when the heroes catch perps before they do. [[Fantastic Racism]] is also a prevalent theme. ~~Can be seen as a~~A subtrope of [[~~Perspective~~Mundane ~~Flip~~Side]]. When it's just one episode of a larger series, it's a [[Lower Deck Episode]]. See also [[Perspective Flip]]. ---- {{examples~~\|Examples~~ }} == Comic Books == * ''[[Powers]]'' by Brian Michael Bendis is an ongoing series focusing on regular police officers trying to solve crimes when their world is literally ''stuffed'' with crazy superpowers and mad science. Investigations often revolve around the murder of a superhero. ▼ === Marvel === * ''[[Gotham Central]]'' was a series following the Major Crimes Unit of Gotham City, and all the difficulties of corruption and supervillains in their way. ▼ * ''[[Watchmen (Comic Book)\|Watchmen]]'' is told partly from the perspective of the normal police officers investigating the deeds of so-called superheroes and an ''actual'' superhero (Dr. Manhattan). ▼ * ''[[Damage Control]]'' is a Marvel series following the construction company of the same name, that specialises in clean-up and general rebuilding after large cataclysmic superhero fights. A slight subversion of the trope, as the company has several superpowered employees to help with heavy lifting etc. * ''[[Marvels]]'' is the early days of the [[Marvel Universe]] from the POV of a muggle newspaper reporter. ** Its sequel, ''Eye of the Camera'', is much the same way. * Since the ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)\|Civil War]]'' event, Marvel have been using "Front Line" style tie-ins for all their recent crossover events, to show how those events are affecting the [[Innocent Bystanders]] of the Marvel Universe (or at least New York...) === DC === ▲* ''[[Gotham Central]]'' was a series following the Major Crimes Unit of Gotham City, and all the difficulties of corruption and supervillains in their way. * Before ''[[Gotham Central]]'', there was ''Metropolis SCU'', a [[DC Comics]] miniseries about the special police squad trained to deal with supervillains in ''[[Superman]]''. * And ''Science Police'', the same thing with the [[Space Police]] organisation from ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (~~Comic Book~~comics)\|Legion of Super-Heroes]]''. === Others === ▲* ''[[Powers]]'' by Brian Michael Bendis is an ongoing series focusing on regular police officers trying to solve crimes when their world is literally ''stuffed'' with crazy superpowers and mad science. Investigations often revolve around the murder of a superhero. ▲* ''[[Watchmen (~~Comic Book~~comics)\|Watchmen]]'' is told partly from the perspective of the normal police officers investigating the deeds of so-called superheroes and an ''actual'' superhero (Dr. Manhattan). {{reflist}} Line 19 ⟶ 25: [[Category:Pages Needing Wicks]] [[Category:Plots]] [[Category:~~Innocent Bystander Series~~{{PAGENAME}}]]