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This is how we are introduced to the [[Marvel Comics]] series ''[[Runaways]]''. Chase, Alex, Nico, Karolina, Molly, and Gert are old acquaintances. Once a year, their rich parents meet up and hold a charity meeting, and they are stuck in the family room to play while the parents discuss grown up stuff. But one year, when the parents were having their meeting, Alex discovers a secret passageway which allows them to see what really happens in their meetings. They discover their parents are a [[Legion of Doom|secret organisation]] called The Pride.

* [[Alien Invasion]]:

* [[Competence Zone]]: Anyone over a certain age is useless, even super heroes. [[Spider-Man]] managed to get a cool big brother spot, though, and [[Cloak and Dagger (comics)|Cloak and Dagger]] have some competence (because their [[Backstory]] is that they were also runaways). This is subverted with Molly. Everyone treats her as naive and weak, needing protection, but she is really powerful and knows a lot more than she lets on.

* [[Evil Power Vacuum]]: LA from volume two onwards: with the Pride gone, minor supervillains are pouring in, wanting either to replace the Pride or simply take advantage of an easy target.

* [[Irony]]: Early on in the series, the Runaways encounter a {{spoiler|vampire}} who dupes them into thinking he's in the same situation as they are. When he {{spoiler|gets Nico alone and tries to turn her, he gets stabbed through the chest with her staff. When she seems surprised that he hasn't dusted, he tells her "Whedon got it wrong," and that the only thing that would kill him is sunlight.}} [[Joss Whedon]], of course, later joined the writing staff.

* [[Only Child Syndrome]]: Justified - the six couples agreed to donate their spots to a single child each, rather than worry about which six of them the Gibborim would select once the plan was complete.

** When asked what he was dreaming about, Victor answered '[[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep|electric sheep]]'.

** In the alternate future of volume 4, Victor as Victorious' appearance and MO is exactly like [[The Incredibles|Syndrome]]. Killing all superheroes? A black one piece costume with domino mask and the first letter of his codename? Electricity-based powers?

** When Victor first meets the team, he calls them the [[Teen Girl Squad]].

* [[Sins of Our Fathers]] - Karolina gets hit with this in the first arc of Volume 3.

* [[Small Reference Pools]]: Subverted. Just LOOK at the Shout Outs this series has.

* [[Tangled Family Tree]]: Victor's mere existence causes this with some characters outside of the team. {{spoiler|As Ultron's son he is: Vision's Brother, Wiccan and Speed's Uncle, and Hank Pym's Grandson. And his sister-in-law's brother-in-law's brother is in fact Scott Summers.}}

* [[Throwaway Country]]: Karolina's [[Doomed Hometown|homeworld Majesdane]] was nuked by the Skrulls. When Xavin wonders why {{spoiler|Gerts'}} death affects the team more, Karolina actually mentions that [[A Million Is a Statistic]].

* [[Vancian Magic]]: Sort of - the Staff of One can perform each spell once and only once.

* [[You Have Failed Me]]: Lieutenant Flores in the first volume's last arc, after an unsanctioned attempt to bring in the kids nearly gets them killed {{spoiler|and destroys the first Hostel}}. Alex's dad is waiting for him {{spoiler|when the cops get him out of the rubble}}, and is ''not'' happy.

{{quote|"Oh thank God. [[Tempting Fate|I thought I was dead.]]"

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