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Villains who are Fad Supers have a higher chance of being kept, since they are usually intended to be [[Disco Dan|eccentric, out of place, and theme-based]].
This isn't the same as an ''existing'' hero's ability or story being tweaked in response to the times, such as [[Silver Age]] technobabble revisionism. Compare with [[Totally Radical]], [[
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* [[Wonder Woman]] was once caught up in this trope. For a time in the late 60s and early 70s, Wonder Woman lost her powers and familiar uniform, gained a wise old Asian mentor who taught her martial arts, and had espionage adventures wearing a white jumpsuit ... right around the time spy shows like ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' were popular. Most people hated this, Gloria Steinem even commenting how it was a needless depowering of the strongest female hero in comics, and it's pretty well in a [[Dork Age]].
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