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* [[The Ages of Super Hero Comics]]: The game plays around with this in interesting ways. Metropolis is ''very'' [[Silver Age]]; the first enemies you encounter as magic ([[Wonder Woman]]) or meta ([[Superman]]) heroes are dudes running around in stereotypical Egyptian costumes and ''sentient gorillas with rayguns'', respectively. While the level of "serious" fluctuates as you level across the story, it generally remains fairly silly. Gotham, meanwhile, features pretty much only Batman's rogues gallery, meaning you're fighting street toughs pushing steroids, madmen with fear gas and whatnot as a hero, and as a villain you're just straight-up roughing up cops and paying them off for the mob, and participating in a gang war; the feel is much more "[[The Dark Knight Saga|Nolan]]"/ModernAge. Even the alerts vary; the HIVE moon base is, [[Camp|well, yeah]], while Bludhaven is [[Darker and Edgier|quite a bit more serious]].
** Notably, in Metropolis it's always daytime (specifically a late-ish afternoon for [[Scenery Porn|maximum pretty]]); in Gotham, it's always night with [[Weird Moon|a huge moon]].
** Certain [[Modern Age]] elements do leak through into Metropolis, though. For example, while most characters are in their "classic" outfits (Superman and Wonder Woman are in their most famous ''[[Super Friends]]''-esque outfits, even Batman has a more bluish cowl, etc.), Giganta wears her One Year Later outfit (the [
** In general, the game seems to use traditional continuity elements, combined with a visual style that leans towards the lighter side. One such example of this is Killer Croc, who in this version, just looks like a big crocodile man, rather than a deformed monstrous human like some versions portray him as.
* [[Alternate Continuity]]: Another one for the Multiversal Orrery, presumably. Of note is the fact that, while everything up to [[Infinite Crisis]] seems to have happened here (Giganta's suit, Bane broke Batman's back, Doomsday is around, etc) the events of [[Final Crisis]] and [[Blackest Night]] don't seem to have happened... yet. Though that said, Barry Allen, who returned in ''Final Crisis'', is the Flash in the game.
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** The coolest examples are the cool armour that the player gets once reaching level 30. Batgirl (if you are Hero Tech) gives you a robotic batsuit, hell, Harley Quinn (Villain Tech) gives you a suit WITH A FREAKIN' ARMED BOMB ON IT.
** In addition, running 'The Vault' gives you the chance to get some costume pieces which are purely fanboy loot, such as hoodies with [[Green Lantern]] or [[Lobo]] logos and baseball caps emblazoned with [[Superman|Bizarro's]] or [[Batman|Robin's]] logos.
* [[Anti
* [[An Adventurer Is You|A Superhero Is You]]: Naturally. Everyone is capable of fulfilling a damage-dealing role in a group, while certain power groups are capable of filling certain other niches as demanded.
* [[Artistic License Biology]]: Users choosing Superman as their mentor have to complete a mission which they must defeat Gorilla Grodd and his... devolution device? It turns humans into apes... that's not how evolution works, people.
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* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: How Calculator apparently views The Riddler. "So he tells riddles. His checks clear."
* [[City of Adventure|Cities Of Adventure]]: Almost all the action (barring a couple missions) takes place in Metropolis and Gotham City.
* [[Climbing Climax]]: Given the commonality of flying powers, this is often averted. Inverted in the Lighthouse mission vs. Bane, where you enter through the top floor and fight your way to the bottom. All the better for him to [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies|drop it on your head.]]
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: In the Cape Carmine Lighthouse Duo instance, Bane's thugs think they hear a noise. One of them suggests that it's just rats. Another responds, "Ain't rats. Ain't never rats!" and warns the others to tell their boss.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: [[Mission Control|Calculator]] knows how to speak like a good villainous contact.
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* [[Fun With Acronyms]]: "Hate the powers you chose? Re-rig them here - for the right price - with our brand new Biological Adjustment Devices, or "BAD," courtesy of LexCorp. [[Don't Explain the Joke|Bad, get it? B- A... never mind]]."
** The hero equivalent is a similarly contrived bit of [[Techno Babble]] that comes out as "RAD".
* [[The Good,
* [[Grand Theft Me]]: Giganta attempts to do this to Wonder Girl. Depending on your alignment, she either succeeds (only for you to beat her down and put them back in the right bodies) or screws up and somehow gives Wonder Girl her powers, forcing you to save Giganta from a giant Wonder Girl.
* [[The Grinch]]: Larfleeze steals some presents as one of the Christmas missions.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]:
** [[Superman the Animated Series|Brainiac]], [[Batman the Animated Series|Harley Quinn]] , [[The Joker]], and [[Batman|The Goddamn Batman]] are all voiced by their [[DCAU]] voice actors.
** [[Lex Luthor]], [[Superman]] and [[Wonder Woman]] are voiced by [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Spike]], [[Firefly|Jayne]], and [[Serenity (Film)|Zoe]], [[Joss Whedon|respectively]].
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** Calculator had an epic one during the Hall of Doom Armory instance:
{{quote| '''Calculator:''' Okay, bad news, bad bad bad - Brainiac has activated the entire Armory missile silo. And we have a lot, A LOT, *A LOT* of missiles in there. We're talking extinction event, unless you can take Brainiac's System Breaker out!}}
* [[Tactical Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Combo finishers gained from Skill Point is this. Most of the combo finishers hit for a lot, but they are classified as Interrupt, and thus vulnerable to Block; performing said Interrupt against a Block would cause you to take damage and get stunned for a short while. Against Blocks, we have Block Breakers which are [[Unblockable Attack|unblockable]], but vulnerable to Interrupts. In short, Interrupt > Block Breaker > Block > Interrupt. You can avoid the [[Tactical Rock-Paper-Scissors]] by only using weapon combos with no finisher, but good luck actually killing anyone in [[
** Also applies to roles in [[
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: The intro brings this in, as seems to be the usual, between [[Batman]] and [[The Joker]]. Upon seeing Batman being, quite literally, beaten by Deathstroke, The Joker proceeds to make sure he gets the kill by shooting Batman. [[No Kill Like Overkill|With a bazooka]]. {{spoiler|Given that Future!Batman shows back up along with Future!Luthor...and Deathstroke does not makes you wonder if the Joker WAS aiming at Batman}}
* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: [[Meaningful Name|Tiny]], whose [[Genius Bruiser|gorilla fighting style has been honed by his fierce intelligence]].
* [[The Quisling]]: {{spoiler|Queen Bee.}}
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Superman, during the intro as well as the final battle against Meta-Villains. {{spoiler|It doesn't help him for long.}}
* [[Red Shirt]]: Fracture from one of the trailers, though he did manage to get a brief CMOA before {{spoiler|Luthor stabbed him in the back.}}
* [[Robot Me]]: {{spoiler|In the Level 30 mission for Tech heroes and villains, robot duplicates of Batman and The Joker invade the Batcave and Arkham Asylum respectively for Brainiac.}}
* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]
* [[Shapeshifting]]: One of the branches of the Nature power-set is based around this. You can take the form of a wolfman, a dinosaur, a insect creature, an ape, the list goes on.
* [[Shout
** [[Futurama|"All glory to the hypno-pollen!"]]
** [[Zero Wing|"All your souls are belong to us!"]]
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** Raven advises the hero player to never let Cyborg and Beast Boy talk them into a game of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SO-5BJ2vTc&feature=related Stink Ball].
** There's one hairstyle consisting of a small afro and sideburns called [[That 70s Show|"The Hyde"]].
** Another hairstyle consists of a small afro and a smallish beard/mustache. It's called the [
** In addition, many of the feats, especially the Styles section with examples like [[Inspector Gadget|"Go Go Gadgeteer"]], [[James Bond|"Shaken, Not Stirred"]], and [[The Frantics|"Boot to the Head"]].
*** And, referencing Certain Characters' long histories: [[Batman the Movie|"Some Days You Just Can't Get Rid Of A Bomb"]]
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** Also, the Flash in the game was originally intended to be Wally West (And likewise Hunter Zolomon as Zoom), but it was changed to Barry Allen (And again, likewise with Eobard Thawne as Professor Zoom).
** Concept Art was drawn for Vic Sage as [[The Question]], but the one you encounter in-game is Reneé Montoya.
* [[Yellow Lightning, Blue Lightning]]: Both variants appear in the Electricity powerset with Yellow Lightning for attacks and Blue Lightning for healing effects.
* [[You Shall Not Pass]]: Future!Batman takes on an army of Brainiac robots so Fracture can use the time machine. {{spoiler|only for Future!Luthor to betray them both.}}
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