Not Wearing Tights/Playing With: Difference between revisions

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'''Basic Trope''': A character possesses superpowers, displays heroic traits and frequently is involved in [[Superhero]] [[Comic Book]] style situations, but does not identify as a superhero or use traditional tropes of the genre.

* '''Straight''': Rachel has superpowers which she uses to fight evil and engage in heroic actions, but she doesn't wear a superhero-style costume and doesn't possess a superhero name or [[Secret Identity]] while doing so.

* '''Exaggerated''': The way Rachel received her superpowers could have come straight out of a 1960s Marvel Comics book, although she doesn't wear a traditional superhero costume there's a distinct 'theme' to the clothes she does wear, and she routinely battles a selection of lurid and over-the-top supervillains. She is also indistinguishable personality-wise from [[The Cape]].Despite this, everyone dances around using the terms 'superhero' or 'like a comic book' to describe Rachel or her life.

* '''Exaggerated''': The way Rachel received her superpowers could have come straight out of a 1960s Marvel Comics book, although she doesn't wear a traditional superhero costume there's a distinct 'theme' to the clothes she does wear, and she routinely battles a selection of lurid and over-the-top supervillains. She is also indistinguishable personality-wise from [[The Cape (trope)]].Despite this, everyone dances around using the terms 'superhero' or 'like a comic book' to describe Rachel or her life.

* '''Justified''': Rachel lives in the real world, or a close approximation of same, where someone going around dressed like a comic book superhero would look ridiculous or too absurd to be taken seriously.

** Superheroes and superhero comic books don't actually exist in this fictional universe, so while the viewers might recognise what's going on the characters themselves have no real frame of reference.

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* '''Parodied''': Rachel actually ''does'' wear a traditional superhero costume and to all intents and purposes acts like a traditional superhero, but bitterly resents actually being called a 'superhero'.

* '''Deconstructed''': Because Rachel refuses to call herself a super hero, she gets called a vigilante instead, and is treated as such by the police and public.

* '''Reconstructed''': While Rachel refuses to call herself a super hero, her list of good deeds speak for her and the public and police still treat her like [[The Cape]] she is.

* '''Reconstructed''': While Rachel refuses to call herself a super hero, her list of good deeds speak for her and the public and police still treat her like [[The Cape (trope)]] she is.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Rachel fluctuates over whether she's comfortable acting as a superhero or not.

* '''Averted''': Rachel is referred to as a superhero and acts in the manner and according to the traditional tropes of a superhero, including a costume, code name, [[Secret Identity]], etc.