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{{quote|''"Particle Man, Particle Man
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** And Iron Lad of the Young Avengers
* The [[Metal Men]], with individual elements as members; Gold, Iron, Tin, Lead, Mercury, and [[The Chick|token female]] Platinum (although these days, she's joined by Copper).
** [[The Breeders]]
{{quote|Over my head the hot wire was sparking
I got something down on my chest
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* The [[Legion of Super-Heroes]], amongst its approximately 100 members, mostly all have names of this makeup. The most popular suffixes are "-Boy", "-Lad", "-King", "-Girl", "-Lass", "-Queen", "and "-Kid". Some notable examples are Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad, Bouncing Boy, Invisible Kid, Chemical King, Insect Queen, Shadow Lass and, of course, [http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=715:matter-eater-lad&catid=36:stupor-powers-index&Itemid=38 Matter Eater Lad]...
** ''Wizard'' magazine once parodied this practice with a Top 10 list of rejected Legion characters, including "Lad Lass" and "Keep-Squeezing-Them-Monkeys Lad".
** ...of course, they were about 30 years late to the party; the Legion of Substitute Heroes existed back in [[The Silver Age of Comic Books]], with characters like Stone Boy, who had the ability to turn into an immobile statue; Color Kid, who could change the color of things;<ref>though, if the [[Green Lantern]] Corps got their hands on him, he'd be indispensable</ref>
*** Don't forget the ''[[wikipedia:Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man|Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man]]''.
**** [[Phil Foglio]], in ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' magazine's ''[[What's New with Phil and Dixie]]'' feature, suggested a transforming superhero named Gazebo Boy (who proved completely vulnerable to The Mighty Termite).
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{{quote|'''Stan Lee:''' And what's your name?
'''Contestant:''' I am ''Hommmmmeeeeeeeleeeesssss Maaaaaan''! }}
* When Cyclops is injured in an issue of ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|Astonishing X-Men]]'', he hallucinates having a Fire-Man, Clothing-Man, and Ability-To-Hop-Man on his team along with the real
* [[The Incredibles|Elastigirl]], of course. (Brief mention was made of other "supers" with names following this pattern: Strato-girl, Dynaguy, etc.)
* The Mavericks from the ''[[Mega Man X]]'' games deserve mention, as they (mostly) fall into the "something-''animal''" naming scheme.
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