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An unofficial fan webcomic by Page Branson wherein [[Stephen Colbert]], [[The Daily Show|Jon Stewart]], and many other 'fake news' corespondents [[Superpower Lottery|receive superpowers]], receive a magical [[MacGuffin]], or just happened to have had superpowers all along and they've just come in handy today, because today's the day that Dick Cheney reveals himself as an [[Evil Overlord|Evil Alien Overlord]] bent on destroying our planet, stealing Stephen's magical [[MacGuffin]], and drinking the blood of pandas. Our heroes fight their way through monsters, possessed comrades, [[Evil Twin]]s and mountains of tropes on various [[Fetch Quest]]s and rescue missions.
Can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20131209113806/http://star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr.html here].
See also: [[The Colbert Report]] and [[The Daily Show]]
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* [[Evil Alien Conquerors]]: Dick Cheney.
* [[Evil Twin]]s: Stephanos and Yonatan to Stephen and Jon.
* [[Fastball Special]]: Rachel Maddow is positively gleeful about being able to [
* [[Flash Step]]: Stephanos and Anderson Cooper can both do this, and John Oliver can as well when he can get his time travelling screwdriver to work.
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: Anyone possessed by Cheney.
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{{quote|'''Stephen''': Jesus, can this place get more ominous?
'''Jon''': Needs more spikes. And glowy shit. }}
* [[Oh Crap]]: Jon during his fight with {{spoiler|a possesed Colbert.}} Seen [https://web.archive.org/web/20110715180428/http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_7_7.html here].
** Done by [[Evil Twin|Yonatan]] [http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_7_11.html here] right before he gets a tree dropped on him, also doubling as a [[Curse Cut Short]].
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: [[Evil Twin|Stephanos]] gives the speech almost verbatim [http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_7_19.html here]
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* {{spoiler|[[Pietà Plagiarism]]}}: {{spoiler|Stephanos holds Yonatan this way after the latter’s [[Heroic Sacrifice]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Please, I Will Do Anything!]]}}: {{spoiler|Stephanos’s bargain with Jon Stewart if he saves Yonatan’s life.}}
* [[Power Gives You Wings]]: Kinda-sorta [https://web.archive.org/web/20100401053301/http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_1_26.html here] when Stepehen gets his [[Blade on a Stick|spear.]]
* [[Sand in My Eyes]]: “And for the record, there’s dust in my eyes. Manly dust.” ([http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_11_31.html Spoilers])
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Steve seems to have enough money to do this to the laws of physics via some sort of wealth-related magic.
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** Contrary to popular belief, it is Paul Dinello who is the current owner of [[Captain America (comics)|Cap's shield]] after he grabbed it off of Stephen's mantlepeice during the fight with the [[Everything's Worse with Bears|hellbear]].
** Eric got his [[Star Wars|lightsaber]] from the same mantlepeice during the same fight as mentioned above.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20100309221127/http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_2_9.html The monster in the sewer] is a giant [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|mutant ninja turtle.]]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20100309205531/http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_2_7.html The thing behind the gate] {{spoiler|A.k.a. Steve Carell}} looks like the prison for the [[Naruto|nine-tailed fox]].
* [[Speak of the Devil]]: [http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_11_25.html Tek Jansen really should have known better.]
* {{spoiler|Superpowered Evil Side}}: {{spoiler|[[Doctor Who|Bad]] [http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_11_12.html Wolf.]}}
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