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In [[Superhero|Super Hero]] [[Comic Books]], the [[Status Quo Is God]]. It might not seem like that at first, what with all the [[Killed Off for Real|deaths]], [[Back
Yet, take a look at the major characters of [[The DCU]] or the [[Marvel Universe]] today and five or ten years ago. Things will be different, but not ''that'' different, and most of the major changes will seem to have happened recently. The companies that own these characters, like all large corporations, are conservative, and all these dramatic changes have a noticeable tendency to cancel out in the long run. Once a character establishes an iconic status quo, or becomes part of another character's iconic status quo, it can be extremely difficult to change anything major about that character.
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* The current Knight (the "Batman of Britain") is the original Squire. Admittedly, the Knight and Squire hadn't appeared anywhere for about fifty years until this version showed up, so it was less a change in the status quo and more the introduction of a might-as-well-be-new character...
** Similarly, the Ranger of Austalia was killed during his reintroduction, and his sidekick Scout took over. Chief Man-of-Bats' sidekick Little Raven went the more Nightwingy route of creating his own adult identity (Raven Red). Man-of-Bats still tends to call him Little Raven, though.
* <s>Vayne Aurelius</s> '''#2''' of ''[[Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al
== Literature ==
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== Live-Action TV ==
* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the Doctor and his companions aren't exactly superheroes and sidekicks, but three of his companions have gone on to have major roles in holding down the fort in modern-day Earth: in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]],'' Sarah Jane Smith and the [[You Meddling Kids|meddling kids]] solve weirdness they're alerted to by "Mr. Smith," Sarah Jane's ultra-supercomputer. Jack Harkness is the leader of [[The Men in Black]] in ''[[Torchwood]].'' Martha Jones doesn't have her own [[Spin-Off]] (yet) but she [[Took a Level
** The only reason Rose Tyler isn't holding down the fort in modern-day Earth is because she's doing the same on a parallel version thereof. Mickey did it as well during series 2, though he eventually moved back to his own Earth. (In fact, there was originally supposed to be a Rose Tyler-based spinoff called ''Rose Tyler: Earth Defence,'' which got pretty far into pre-production before being cancelled by Russel T. Davies on the grounds that a spin-off would kill the emotional impact of her departure in ''Doomsday.'' Between what information we know and how she appeared in later episodes like ''Turn Left,'' it appeared to be something of a proto-''Torchwood.''
** This seems to happen to everyone the Doctor takes on as a companion in the new series; they all grow from their time with him and become heroic alien-fighters in their own right. {{spoiler|Except Donna. Poor, poor, Donna. Although even she qualified, before she got her memory wiped.}} Davros brought this up during the season four finale, although he put a rather dark spin on it.
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