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** When {{spoiler|Zodon}}'s parents said it would be better if he didn't have his power, he got them <s>wished into a cornfield</s> dragged into one of these. This version of him was an orphan, and the place had no metahumans, so it kind of ended to everyone's relief.
* [[And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt]]: "[http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/07082011/ Do I get a ''free T-shirt'' if I do it a ''third'' time?]" Also, [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/08012011/ this].
* [[Appropriated Appellation]]: Julie claimed her "[http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/08262009/ 84]" as the superhero name [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/05262014/ because] this way the number belongs to her and not she to the number. Little did she know ''what'' this can start...
* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: Cecil and Alec with "aliens". It's common knowledge that Atlas and Solar Crusader are extraterrestrials and superheroes, but Cecil used to ignore the part about metahumans and Alec used to ignore the part about aliens, until they were pulled into this mess all the way.
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* [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]]: The Crystal Skull, an ex-supervillain, after getting beaten by - and chatting with - Revenant, turned his intellect to taking money from people legally, and runs one of the higher-class casinos in Las Vegas.
* [[Deconstructor Fleet]]: Of the superhero genre.
* [[Did You Die?]]:
** "[http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/03022012/ Dad...]"
* [[Didn't Think This Through]]: Even super-geniuses step in this if they are not careful. Zodon suffers from this e.g. when he made himself a chair with [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/07202007/ voice controlled gadgets], but no security on that, despite being busy cracking the school's security measures. So one doesn't even need an actual replay attack, simply [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/07302007/ repeat what he said] and watch the fun. He's lucky Victor didn't get the wind of it right away.
* [[Does Not Know His Own Strength]]: A few. Also, [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/10302009/ wearing full armor is advised if you're going to compliment impulsive super-heroines.]
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* [[Drool Hello]]: When Malphast [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/06202008/ accidentally summon a tentacled thing], it naturally drools on Tyler.
** The Flea did this deliberately - {{spoiler|[http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/04152011/ dropped a lightbulb] when a Centurion hiding above his friends caught him. In an area with lots and lots of metahuman security... }}
* [[Equivalent Exchange]]: {{spoiler|The basis of Toby's [[Reality Warper]] powers. Doing things much more complicated than flight creates an after-effect to balance out what he did, for better or worse.}}
* [[Exposition Beam]]: Tyler learns of {{spoiler|Principal Cranston's backstory when his headband is damaged by reliving his memories}}.
* [[Expy]]: Almost every character who is not an outright [[Captain Ersatz]] is an expy of a known superhero comics archetype without blatantly referencing any one single comics character. An example would be Herschel Clay, {{spoiler|who turns out to be an expy of [[Iron Man]].}}
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* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: Zodon [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/09132013/ manages to convince] a [[Flying Brick]] pushover Forak, to guard a dimensional portal while he's on the other side with some of the other kids. The threats he makes are spoken of only in whispers, but Forak is terrified enough to even stand against the [[Creepy Child]] Alexandria Von Fogg when she shows up to disrupt matters. Towards the end, Hershel convince him to tell him what was said. Turns out that Zodon threatened to {{spoiler|delete all his Achievements}} if he didn't do as he was told. Terrifying!
* [[Flying Brick]]: Firedrake eventually [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/2014-12-01/ calls this setup by name].
** Deconstructed as being a [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/02182011/ F.I.S.S.] ([http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/05072010/ flight, invulnerability, strength and speed]) is not exctly glorious fate. This package is "[http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/05262014/ the most common of the uncommon]"
** Julie, one of the current PS238 students, is [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/08262009/ number 84]. She took a habit of approaching every other FISS for mutual commiseration for a while, then leaned over the other side and grew enough of confidence to [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/06172011/ wear the number openly on her cape] and not be shy of the "[[Stock Super Powers|Standard]] Superhero [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/05092014/ Stereotype]". Then she got ''fans'' for this.
** Further deconstructed when {{spoiler|Earth makes contact with Argos. [[Supernatural Elite|Flying bricks rule the planet in noble houses]] with normal people (called "softies") as an oppressed underclass. All other superpowers are referred to as "ferals" and are implied to have been culled from the Argonian gene pool long ago}}. Also, {{spoiler|''all'' FISS are vulnerable to Argonite radiation}}.
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* [[Gas Leak Coverup]]: [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/01032007/ here].
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Many of the heroes and the villains. One even [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/10242011/ notes] at one point that he '''has''' read the [[Evil Overlord List]].
* [[Good Angel, Bad Angel]]: Comes in [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/09162011/ internal] and [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/11282011/ external] versions.
* [[Good News, Bad News]]: [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/08012011/ Sometimes] it takes a mental effort.
{{quote|'''Miss Kyle''': Well... [[And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt|I got you a ''T-shirt'']]...
'''Principal Cranston''': That ''bad'', huh? }}
* [[Harmful to Minors]]: Firedrake, of all people, is concerned. Granted, it was about a fresh shallow crater and some smoke being all that's left of a superhero.
* [[Harmless Villain]]: Zodon. He ''would'' count as [[Not So Harmless]] as he has both a will and potential to cause a lot of carnage, but either [[Butt Monkey|events conspire]] to keep his malicious acts in check, or he's more interested in humiliation than harm. Victor Von Fogg probably counts for this as well.
* [[Her Codename Was Mary Sue]]: When the pupils are reading their creative writing assignments, Dylan's story features a very handsome and powerful version of himself defeating Victor's father and saving the world, while his rival Jenny is completely useless. It ends abruptly when Jenny and Victor sets his essay on fire.
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* [[Love Across Battlelines]] / [[Maligned Mixed Marriage]]: Malphast's parents, a [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/07072010/ demon] and an [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/07142010/ angel] who have kept their relationship, and particularly the fact that it has issue, secret because they expect unpleasant consequences if they're found out. Fortunately for Malphast, at least some of the higher beings in both camps seem to be annoyed with belligerent angels and demons themselves, but think of Malphast is a curiosity... as long as he doesn't upset the balance too much. His parents ''still'' play their usual game, just in a more amiable way than most of their peers.
* [[Magnetic Medium]]
** Satori Deacon, one of the Excelsior kids who turns out to have a power, can see ghosts and other supernatural phenomena.
** {{spoiler|Cecil, the conspiracy theorist who thinks the PS238 kids are (all) aliens, turns out to be able to sense metahumans. This being the series that it is, he gets what he sees, which sparks the conspiracy theories, presumably because he gets some sort of "otherness" feeling when the sense goes off. Notably, he doesn't seem to recognize Prospero, the ''actual alien'' - most likely because he's a ''normal'' alien and not a meta-alien.}}
* [[The Masquerade]]: The presence of PS238.
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