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* AmbiguousDisorder: It's strongly implied that Seiji is autistic. He never speaks at all, never goes to school, and spends his days watching cartoons and playing toys. At one point, Noboru calls him a "retard kid".
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* {{Animesque}}: The second issue story, ''Toy Soldiers'', being set in Japan, is drawn in a manga-esque style.
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* JerkJock: Dunk from ''The Changeling'' is the classic school bully wearing a sports jacket who torments the mild mannered nerd Jared. [[spoiler:Until Jared snaps.]]
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* EthnicityObscuringMutation: Ankhi is a Swedish girl who is shown to have been white with black hair before her mutation, and she becomes bald and has pitch-black skin after the mutation kicks in.
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* EthnicityObscuringMutation: Ankhi. a Swedish girl who is shown to have been white with black hair before her mutation, becomes bald and has pitch-black skin after the mutation kicks in.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:"Arrested Development" ends with Riek overexerting himself and suffering a heart attack, and "The Patriot Game" ends with Liam possibly getting euthanized. [[AvertedTrope euthanized, [[SubvertedTrope until]] he [[SurprisinglyHappyEnding Miraculously]] shows up in [[ComicBook/LegionMarvelComics X-Men: Legacy]] ]]
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* AmbiguouslyBi: It's strongly hinted, but never outright said, that Jisa has feelings for Nata.
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* StartOfDarkness: The first issue could very well count as one. [[spoiler:Jared kills his nemesis and his childhood best friend, but everyone sees him as a hero because his nemesis turned out to be a mutant]]...
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* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Seiji's telekinetic powers only work on toys. But he has a ''whole army'' of toys.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Love, Jisa" was basically a lesbian romance story, released at a time when Marvel was squeamish about telling such stories.
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'''''Muties''''' was a 2002 comic-book miniseries from Creator/MarvelComics. Written by Creator/KarlBollers and drawn by a number of artists including Salgood Sam, Dean Haspiel, Trent Kanuiga, Patrick Spaziante, and Charlie Adlard, each issue told the story of a mutant from a different corner of the globe, often living in less-than-ideal situations.
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* BadassGay: Nata is a lesbian who can kick all kinds of ass.
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* VerySpecialEpisode: Some might call the entire series this. For an added bonus, some of the issues had installments of the Spider-Man and Creator/JayLeno anti-drug miniseries included in them.
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* VerySpecialEpisode: Some might call the entire series this. For an added bonus, some of the issues had installments of the Spider-Man and Creator/JayLeno anti-drug miniseries included in them.them.
* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:Jared turns out to be the villain of "Changeling".]]
* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:Jared turns out to be the villain of "Changeling".]]
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* TimeStandsStill: Riek's powers allow him to slow down time. [[spoiler:At the end of his story, he manages to stop time completely, but this also ends up killing him]].
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* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: In the first issue, Jared has a huge crush on his best friend Kate.
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* FantasticRacism: This being a series tangentially related to ''ComicBook/XMen'', there is naturally prejudice towards mutants. In "Toy Soldiers" and "Third Eye Blind", there are references to government-sponsored efforts to control mutants, while in "Love, Jisa", Nata says she's only tolerated because people are afraid of her. In "Changeling", [[spoiler:Jared becomes a local hero because his selfish rampage killed a mutant.]]
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* ArtShift: "The Changeling" shifts back and forth between between different styles, representing Jared's fluctuating emotions as he transforms [[spoiler:into a school shooter]].
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: [[spoiler:The ending of "The Changeling" implies that Jared's going to jail, but only for the accidental death of Katie, whereas his premeditated murder of Dunk will be treated as "self-defense" because of Dunk being a mutant.]]
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'''''Muties''''' was a 2002 comic-book miniseries from Creator/MarvelComics. Written by Creator/KarlBollers and drawn by a number of artists including Creator/SalgoodSam, Creator/DeanHaspiel, Creator/TrentKanuiga, Creator/PatrickSpaziante, Salgood Sam, Dean Haspiel, Trent Kanuiga, Patrick Spaziante, and Creator/CharlieAdlard, Charlie Adlard, each issue told the story of a mutant from a different corner of the globe, often living in less-than-ideal situations.
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'''''Muties''''' was a short-lived 2002 comic-book series miniseries from Creator/MarvelComics. Written by Creator/KarlBollers and drawn by a number of artists including Creator/SalgoodSam, Creator/DeanHaspiel, Creator/TrentKanuiga, Creator/PatrickSpaziante, and Creator/CharlieAdlard, each issue told the story of a mutant from a different corner of the globe, often living in less-than-ideal situations.
* UsefulNotes/TheTroubles: ''The Patriot Game''
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* AmbiguousDisorder: It's strongly implied that Seiji is autistic. He never speaks at all, never goes to school, and spends his days watching cartoons and playing toys. At one point, Noboru calls him a "retard kid".
* AmbiguousEnding:Ankhi's fate is particularly ambiguous.[[spoiler:Ankhi's story ends with her detoxing in jail, then meeting with an unknown man who tells her that her powers are far greater than she realizes, while Nata's story ends with her being ganged up on, and it's unclear whether or not she survives.]]
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* CreatorProvincialism: This series was very deliberately set in places ''other'' than New York City.
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* TheDogBitesBack: A frequent occurrence in this series.
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* TheDogBitesBack: A frequent occurrence in this series.
series. Most of the protagonists are kids in very unhappy situations. When they discover their powers, it usually occurs to them to use those powers for revenge.
* DownerEnding:"Arrested Development", "Love, Jisa", [[spoiler:"Arrested Development" ends with Riek overexerting himself and suffering a heart attack, and "The Patriot Game"Game" ends with Liam getting euthanized.]]
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* GrimUpNorth: Sweden, as presented in "Third Eye Blind".
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Seiji at the end of A frequent occurrence with this series:
** In "Changeling", [[spoiler:Jared shoots up his school.]]
** In "ToySoldiers".Soldiers", [[spoiler:Seiji unleashes his toys at his stepfather.]]
** In "Arrested Development", [[spoiler:Riek slows down time to kill the Reverend and his men.]]
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* TimeStandsStill: Riek's powers allow him to slow down time. [[spoiler:At the end of his story, he manages to stop time completely.
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->''"They're a curse. And someday, they'll get me killed. My parents knew that. That's why they made me leave. I'm tolerated now, out of fear and ignorance, but I'm not stupid. I know it won't last forever. It never does for my kind."''
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* BlessedWithSuck: Liam is capable of creating explosions when under duress. He lives in Northern Ireland. There's a lot of people who want to use him for their own ends.
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* AxesAtSchool: [[spoiler:Jared brings a gun to school to kill Dunk]].
* BadassGay: Nata.
* BittersweetEnding: "Toy Soldiers" ends with [[spoiler:Seiji's abusive stepfather falling to his death, but crushing Seiji himself, leaving him paralyzed, possibly completely. On the other hand, his mother is safe, and it's implied that he can still live vicariously through his action figures]].
* BlessedWithSuck: Liam is capable of creating explosions when under duress.He Problem is, he lives in Northern Ireland. There's a lot of people who want to use him for their own ends.ends.
* BreakTheCutie: Prior to meeting Nata, Jisa was kicked out of her home by her parents and then knocked up by her asshole boyfriend.
* BadassGay: Nata.
* BittersweetEnding: "Toy Soldiers" ends with [[spoiler:Seiji's abusive stepfather falling to his death, but crushing Seiji himself, leaving him paralyzed, possibly completely. On the other hand, his mother is safe, and it's implied that he can still live vicariously through his action figures]].
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* DownerEnding: "Arrested Development", "Love, Jisa", and "The Patriot Game"
* DownerEnding: "Arrested Development", "Love, Jisa", and "The Patriot Game"
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Love, Jisa" was basically a lesbian romance story, released at a time when Marvel was squeamish about telling such stories.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Jared attempts this in "The Changeling". It backfires terribly.
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'''''Muties''''' was a short-lived comic-book series from Creator/MarvelComics. Each issue told the story of a mutant from a different corner of the globe, often living in less-than-ideal situations.
!!This series provides examples of:
* AmbiguouslyBi: It's strongly hinted, but never outright said, that Jisa has feelings for Nata.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Nata is all but stated to be a lesbian.
* BlessedWithSuck: Liam is capable of creating explosions when under duress. He lives in Northern Ireland. There's a lot of people who want to use him for their own ends.
* ChildSoldiers: Riek is kidnapped from his school and forced to fight in an {{Expy}} of the Lord's Resistance Army.
* CursedWithAwesome: Nearly all of the kids in this series have cool powers, but live in situations where having any powers at all will make their lives worse.
* TheDogBitesBack: A frequent occurrence in this series.
* {{Expy}}: The Reverend is an obvious Expy for Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony.
* GrimUpNorth: Sweden, as presented in "Third Eye Blind".
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Seiji's telekinetic powers only work on toys. But he has a ''whole army'' of toys.
* PowerIncontinence: Liam has very little control over his powers, which enable him to create explosions.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Seiji at the end of "Toy Soldiers".
* StartOfDarkness: The first issue could very well count as some future supervillain's origin story.
* SuperToughness: Nata.
* ThirdEye: Ankhi has one, and it is pretty dangerous.
* TranquilFury: Riek is ''very'' calm as he carries out his revenge against the Reverend. And sweet merciful Jesus, is it frightening.
* TykeBomb: Riek in the fourth issue, and Liam (quite literally) in the last issue.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: In the first issue, Jared has a huge crush on his best friend Kate.
* UnreliableNarrator: Jared.
* VerySpecialEpisode: Some might call the entire series this. For an added bonus, some of the issues had installments of the Spider-Man and Creator/JayLeno anti-drug miniseries included in them.
!!This series provides examples of:
* AmbiguouslyBi: It's strongly hinted, but never outright said, that Jisa has feelings for Nata.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Nata is all but stated to be a lesbian.
* BlessedWithSuck: Liam is capable of creating explosions when under duress. He lives in Northern Ireland. There's a lot of people who want to use him for their own ends.
* ChildSoldiers: Riek is kidnapped from his school and forced to fight in an {{Expy}} of the Lord's Resistance Army.
* CursedWithAwesome: Nearly all of the kids in this series have cool powers, but live in situations where having any powers at all will make their lives worse.
* TheDogBitesBack: A frequent occurrence in this series.
* {{Expy}}: The Reverend is an obvious Expy for Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony.
* GrimUpNorth: Sweden, as presented in "Third Eye Blind".
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Seiji's telekinetic powers only work on toys. But he has a ''whole army'' of toys.
* PowerIncontinence: Liam has very little control over his powers, which enable him to create explosions.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Seiji at the end of "Toy Soldiers".
* StartOfDarkness: The first issue could very well count as some future supervillain's origin story.
* SuperToughness: Nata.
* ThirdEye: Ankhi has one, and it is pretty dangerous.
* TranquilFury: Riek is ''very'' calm as he carries out his revenge against the Reverend. And sweet merciful Jesus, is it frightening.
* TykeBomb: Riek in the fourth issue, and Liam (quite literally) in the last issue.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: In the first issue, Jared has a huge crush on his best friend Kate.
* UnreliableNarrator: Jared.
* VerySpecialEpisode: Some might call the entire series this. For an added bonus, some of the issues had installments of the Spider-Man and Creator/JayLeno anti-drug miniseries included in them.
