Jet Dream (webcomic): Difference between revisions

* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: "Virus-X" is both (used as a weapon) the cause of the Thunderbird Squadron's sex changes, and (used as a voluntary treatment) envisioned as a source of new T-Girls.

* [[Attractive Bent Gender]]: The T-Birds were all transformed into attractive women, but they were also attractive ''men'' beforehand. The exception is Cookie Jarr, a short, skinny boy with glasses who became an extremely attractive girl, to the point that [[Even the Girls Want Her]].

* [[The Big Guy|The Big Girl]]: Marlene is a Class 5 Big Girl, both a genius scientist and T-Girl strongwoman after her sex change.

* [[Bio Augmentation]]: Virus-X gives T-Girls enhanced strength, agility, and endurance in addition to its most obvious effect.

* [[Bi the Way]]: Harmony and Marlene (though not with each other.)

* [[Brainy Brunette]]: Marlene, whose skills at [[For Science!|Doing Science]] are unsurpassed.

* [[Cold War]]: Mostly averted in the original comic (which largely dealt with generic "enemy agents"), but played straight (Communist adversaries) in the main ''Jet Dream'' title, and parodied (the "Cool War" propaganda campaigns to win over the world's teens) in ''It's Cookie!''

* [[Comics Code]]: Despite the heavy emphasis on [[Gender Bender|sex changes]] and [[Wholesome Crossdresser|"Fem Is In!"]] activities, the fictional publisher of the Jet Dream titles sought the approval of the Comics Code Authority. Aside from the occasional double-entendre and hints of [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot|lesbian relationships]], the books generally ''do'' stay within the limits of the Comics Code circa 1970.

* [[Dating Catwoman]]: Jack/Harmony Thunder and Raven Red.

* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Marlene, who haff no time for and no interest in der kissing or der romance... or so she says.

* [[Different for Girls]]: Lampshaded but mostly averted. The T-Girls are quite comfortable in their new feminine roles, but mostly because they [[Took a Level in Badass|Took A Level In Girl]] after [[Training from Hell|comically extensive training]] in the recent past.

* [[Double Entendre]]: The comic is presented in such a way that it ''might'' theoretically have been approved by the [[Comics Code]] Authority circa 1970, if they could buy the basic [[Gender Bender]] premise. Thus, almost all references to sex are veiled ones.

* [[Good Hair, Evil Hair]]: J.E.T. T.E.E.N. Boy Booster Phil Philpott is obsessed with this trope.

{{quote|'''Phil:''' "But he had facial hair! That says 'Evil' in my book!"

* [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]]: The (fictional) publisher of Jet Dream comics limited [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Elle-Boy]] contact with other boys to "D-F-K" (Dance-Flirt-Kiss), and then only for "training purposes." This was apparently in a misguided attempt to pass [[Comics Code]] muster and due to his own idiosyncratic belief that men needed to adopt a [[We Can Rule Together|"Fem Is In!"]] lifestyle to survive in the [[Cloudcuckooland|brave new mostly-female world]] that will ultimately arise from Womens' Lib, sperm banks, test-tube babies, and cloning.

* [[Holding Back the Phlebotinum]]: Jet Dream has developed its own beneficial and voluntary [[Gender Bender|feminization]] treatment, but it's apparently only available in limited amounts for the very best J.E.T. T.E.E.N. recruits. Also, a recruit is not eligible for the treatment until after his 18th birthday. This explains why J.E.T. T.E.E.N.'s [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Elle-Boys]] don't all just become girls, and why there are still many Elle-Boys in the Jet Dream Auxiliary Corps.

* [[If I Can't Have You]]: Raven Red, toward Harmony Thunder. She specifically wants Harmony back ''as a man'' - something [[Genre Savvy|everyone else]] knows to be [[First Law of Gender Bending|impossible]]. If she can't have ''Jack'' Thunder, well....

* [[Jumping the Gender Barrier]]: Inverted. Before her T-Girl transformation, T-Bird Squadron leader Jack Thunder had a [[Dating Catwoman|relationship]] with Raven Red, leader of the [[Amazon Brigade|Dynamic Dare-Dolls]]. Raven Red didn't react well to Harmony's change, due to [[Incompatible Orientation]]. As a result, Raven Red became a [[Psycho Ex-Girlfriend]], obsessed with either changing Harmony back into Jack, or [[If I Can't Have You|killing her as a last resort]].

* [[The Millstone]]: Appears to be Phil Philpott's main function on J.E.T. T.E.E.N. missions.

* [[Nebulous Evil Organization]]: Z.E.R.O., replacing the original comic's CIPHER.

* [[Non-Indicative Name]]: The full title of the feature is ''Jet Dream and her T-Girl Counterspies'', inherited from the original comic book feature, ''[[Jet Dream (Comic Book)|Jet Dream]] and her Stunt-Girl Counterspies''. However, in the Remix Comic, "Jet Dream" is the name of the ''organization'', not the lead character, whose name is Harmony Thunder. She's occasionally referred to as "the Jet Dream Queen" as partial [[Justified Trope|justification]], but [[Word of God|in truth]], the title was chosen because photoshopping out the letters "STUN" made for a quick and dirty title change that also fit [[Gender Bender|the main theme of the series]].

* [[Psycho Rangers]]: Raven Red and her Dynamic Dare-Dolls, another all-girl squadron, made up of the national stereotypes not used for Jet Dream's own characters.

* [[Remix Comic]]: Primarily using the original ''Jet Dream'' comic as source material. Other comics used for material include the "Diana Prince, [[Wonder Woman]]" stories, [[Millie the Model]], and various other "Teen Humor" and romance titles.