Revenge of the Nerd: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Empowered (Comic Book)|Empowered]]'' gives a gender-flipped example. Most superheroes in the setting are [[Designated Hero|assholes with undeserved praise heaped upon them.]] At a superhero award show, the heroes nominated an unpopular, D-list superhero for a major award, only to humiliate him onstage. The guy used his shapeshifting powers to create a new identity for himself, and his new persona let him become a respected superhero. At first he was content with his new life, until he learned that heroes who humiliated him were planning to pull the same trick on the protagonist. As a result, [[Reunion Revenge|he snapped and attempted to kill everyone during the ceremony.]]