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* BadassGay: Sarah Rainmaker is a lesbian just as she was in ''Gen 13'' and one of the most powerful characters around.

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Sarah Rainmaker is a lesbian just as she was in ''Gen 13'' and one of the most powerful characters around.



* DemonicPossession: Christopher, AKA Burden. [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane It's ambiguous]] whether or not he's genuinely possessed or simply has metahuman powers. Burden thinks the former, but the rest of the team thinks the latter.

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* DemonicPossession: Christopher, AKA Burden. [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane It's ambiguous]] whether or not he's genuinely possessed or simply has metahuman powers. Burden thinks the former, but the rest of the team thinks the latter. [[spoiler:The end of issue #7 reveals that he's in fact possessed]].



* KidHero: Barring Katharsis and Tremor, none of The Movement's members are over 18. In fact, their leader, Virtue is only 16.

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* KidHero: Barring Katharsis and Tremor, none of The Movement's members are over 18. In fact, their leader, Virtue is only 16.16.
* [[KnightOfCerebus Knights of Cerebus]]: When the police fail to stop the Movement, Jack Cannon calls in a group of sadistic metahumans called the Graveyard Faction. Their first act? [[spoiler:Beating Mouse within an inch of his life]].



* MissionControl: Vengeance Moth stays at the hideout to keep an ear on the streets.

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* MissionControl: Vengeance Moth stays at the hideout to keep an ear on the streets. While she does have powers, her muscular dystrophy makes her incredibly weak, physically.



* MythologyGag: Gail Simone had worked on the ''Gen13'' reboot following Wildstorm's "Worldstorm" reboot. She's since reintroduced Rainmaker specifically to the DCU while Fairchild and Grunge both appeared in ''{{Superboy}}''.

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Gail Simone had worked on the ''Gen13'' reboot following Wildstorm's "Worldstorm" reboot. She's since reintroduced Rainmaker specifically to the DCU while Fairchild and Grunge both appeared in ''{{Superboy}}''.



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Burden. His real name is Christopher, but he's not telling that to his team.



* ShipTease: Rainmaker gives Virtue her number. Virtue loudly denies having any interest in calling her...but does pocket the number.
* SuddenDownerEnding: Issue 6 has Burden having his demon finally exorcised, Tremor and Katharsis making amends after their fight, and [[spoiler: them finding Mouse dead and left hanging by a lamppost by the Graveyard Faction]].

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Rainmaker gives Virtue her number. Virtue loudly denies having any interest in calling her... but does pocket the number.
** Mouse has feelings for Tremor and in issue 6, he tries to write a love letter to her.
* SuddenDownerEnding: Issue 6 has Burden having his demon finally exorcised, exorcised ([[spoiler:though not really]]), Tremor and Katharsis making amends after their fight, and [[spoiler: them finding Mouse dead beaten up and left hanging by a lamppost by the Graveyard Faction]].

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* AmbiguouslyGay: [[spoiler:Virtue, due to the ShipTease with Rainmaker.]]


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** As [[WordOfGay confirmed by Simone]], [[spoiler:Virtue]].
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* SuddenDownerEnding: Issue 5 has Burden having his demon finally exorcised, Tremor and Katharsis making amends after their fight, and [[spoiler: them finding Mouse dead and left hanging by a lamppost by the Graveyard Faction]].

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* SuddenDownerEnding: Issue 5 6 has Burden having his demon finally exorcised, Tremor and Katharsis making amends after their fight, and [[spoiler: them finding Mouse dead and left hanging by a lamppost by the Graveyard Faction]].
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* SuddenDownerEnding: Issue 5 has Burden having his demon finally exorcised, Tremor and Katharsis making amends after their fight, and [[spoiler: them finding Mouse dead and left hanging by a lamppost by the Graveyard Faction]].
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler: Vengeance Moth.]]


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** A character named Ms. Smythe in #5 is mentioned to have a deceased husband. This may be a nod to the Mr. Smythe from ''SecretSix'', who attempted to run a prison to house Artemis and her Amazon sisters before he was killed by Deadshot.
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* SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains: The Movement ([[WalkingShirtlessScene except Mouse]]) mostly wear modest outfits. All but two of the Graveyard Faction wear sexy, revealing outfits.
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* TeamMom: Vengeance Moth. The first thing she asks the two captured cops after introducing herself is if they want a fruit snack.
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** Played with in the case of Katharsis, who was seen as this by her fellow officers after what she did to an accused rapist, but sees her own actions as justified.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Virtue's powers allow her to see that the Captain's wife is cheating on him with Officer Yee. He confronts Yee about this the next time he sees him by punching him in the face.

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* YourCheatingHeart: Virtue's powers allow her to see that the Captain's wife is cheating on him with Officer Yee.Yee and she tells him about it. He confronts Yee about this the next time he sees him by punching him in the face.

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* TheDreaded: Rainmaker, AKA Sarah. her weathers powers make her a powerhouse and the Movement only stops her by threatening to harm her one of followers.

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* TheDreaded: Rainmaker, AKA Sarah. her Her weathers powers make her a powerhouse and the Movement only stops her by threatening to harm her one of followers.


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* YourCheatingHeart: Virtue's powers allow her to see that the Captain's wife is cheating on him with Officer Yee. He confronts Yee about this the next time he sees him by punching him in the face.

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* {{Retcon}}: The details of Katharsis' backstory are changed from "castrated an accused child molester later found innocent" to "scarred, but didn't castrate, a rapist and murderer who got away with it." May be a case of UnreliableNarrator, though.

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* {{Retcon}}: The details of Katharsis' backstory are changed from "castrated an accused child molester later found innocent" to "scarred, but didn't castrate, a rapist and murderer who got away with it." May WordOfGod suggests that UnreliableNarrator may be a case of UnreliableNarrator, though.at work and later in the series we'll get another perspective on the incident.


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* UnreliableNarrator: WordOfGod is to take Katharsis' backstory as related by her, especially in regards to what she [[GroinAttack may or may not have done]] to an accused rapist, with a grain of salt and that we'll get another take on it later.
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* GeniusCripple: Discussed when one of the captured cops asks Vengeance Moth if she's the one who set up the headquarters to be off the power grid with an internet connection, which she denies. Also possibly a MythologyGag to Gail's earlier work on ''BirdsOfPrey'', which featured the wheelchair-bound super hacker Oracle.

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* GeniusCripple: Discussed when one of the captured cops asks Vengeance Moth if she's the one who set up the headquarters to be off the power grid with an internet connection, which she denies. Also possibly a MythologyGag to Gail's earlier work on ''BirdsOfPrey'', which featured the wheelchair-bound super hacker Oracle.Oracle and the fact that people made comparisons when Vengeance Moth was first introduced.
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* {{Retcon}}: The details of Katharsis' backstory are changed from "castrated an accused child molester later found innocent" to "scarred, but didn't castrate, a rapist and murderer who got away with it." May be a case of UnreliableNarrator, though.

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* {{Retcon}}: The details of Katharsis' backstory are changed from "castrated an accused child molester later found innocent" to "scarred, but didn't castrate, a rapist and murderer who got away with it." " May be a case of UnreliableNarrator, though.
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* GeniusCripple: Discussed when one of the captured cops asks Vengeance Moth if she's the one who set up the headquarters to be off the power grid with an internet connection, which she denies. Also possibly a MythologyGag to Gail's earlier work on ''BirdsOfPrey'', which featured the wheelchair-bound super hacker Oracle.
-->'''Vengeance Moth''': I get this a lot. Because everyone in a wheelchair is automatically Stephen Hawking, right?
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* {{Retcon}}: The details of Katharsis' backstory are changed from "castrated an accused child molester later found innocent" to "scarred, but didn't castrate, a rapist and murderer who got away with it." May be a case of UnreliableNarrator, though.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: [[spoiler:Virtue, due to the ShipTease with Rainmaker.]]
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* BadassGay: Sarah Rainmaker is a lesbian just as she was in ''Gen 13'' and one of the most powerful characters around.


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* NeutralNoLonger: Rainmaker in issue 4, who decides to help the Movement after initially reluctance.
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* {{Asexual}}: Tremor, which is also a carryover from her time in ''Secret Six''.
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* TheMole: [[spoiler:Tremor is a spy for Amanda Waller to keep an eye on the Movement]]. They defect because they considers the Movement her TrueCompanions.

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* TheMole: [[spoiler:Tremor is a spy for Amanda Waller to keep an eye on the Movement]]. They defect Movement. She defects because they she considers the Movement her TrueCompanions.]]
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* ShipTease: Rainmaker gives Virtue her number. Virtue loudly denies having any interest in calling her...but does pocket the number.

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* TheMole: [[spoiler:Tremor is a spy for Amanda Waller to keep an eye on the Movement]]. They quit because they considers the Movement her TrueCompanions.

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* MissionControl: Vengeance Moth stays at the hideout to keep an ear on the streets.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Tremor is a spy for Amanda Waller to keep an eye on the Movement]]. They quit defect because they considers the Movement her TrueCompanions.
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* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: The police and the mayor of Coral City label the Movement as Terroists. The disenfranchised call them heroes.
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* TheAtoner: Tremor's backstory reveals she has SurvivorsGuilt from being the only survivor in a drunk driving car crash. She wants to make up for it by joining the Movement [[spoiler:so she can spy on them for Amanda Waller]].

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* TheAtoner: Tremor's backstory reveals she has SurvivorsGuilt from being the only survivor in a drunk driving car crash. She wants to make up for it by joining the Movement [[spoiler:so she can spy on them [[spoiler:and quits being a mole for Amanda Waller]].



* OriginStory: Issue 4 tells the backstories of Mouse, Katharsis, Tremor, Burden

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* OriginStory: Issue 4 tells the backstories of Mouse, Katharsis, Tremor, Burdenand Burden.

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* TheAtoner: Tremor's backstory reveals she has SurvivorsGuilt from being the only survivor in a drunk driving car crash. She wants to make up for it by joining the Movement [[spoiler:so she can spy on them for Amanda Waller]].



* BigDamnHeroes: When the cops send choppers against the Movement, Rainmaker lends a hand and takes them out.



* TheMole: [[spoiler:Tremor is a spy for Amanda Waller to keep an eye on the Movement]]. They quit because they considers the Movement her TrueCompanions.



* OriginStory: Issue 4 tells the backstories of Mouse, Katharsis, Tremor, Burden



* WingedHumanoid: Katharsis wears mechanical wings to fly.

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* WingedHumanoid: Katharsis wears mechanical wings [[WrenchWench she built herself]] to fly.

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* KidHero: Barring Katharsis, none of The Movement's members are over 18. In fact, their leader, Virtue is only 16.
** Actually, Gail Simone confirmed on tumblr that Tremor is in fact 19.

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* KidHero: Barring Katharsis, Katharsis and Tremor, none of The Movement's members are over 18. In fact, their leader, Virtue is only 16.
** Actually, Gail Simone confirmed on tumblr that Tremor is in fact 19.
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** Actually, Gail Simone confirmed on tumblr that Tremor is in fact 19.
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* PrisonerExchange: When Katharsis is captured, Virtue offers the police captain to exchange her for the two cops the Movement has captured. He angrily refuses; forcing the Movement to take Katharsis back the hard way.

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* PrisonerExchange: When Katharsis is captured, Virtue offers the police captain to exchange her for the two cops the Movement has captured. He angrily refuses; refuses, largely because he's [[LockedOutOfTheLoop unaware that Katharsis is in the police station]], forcing the Movement to take Katharsis back the hard way.
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* PrisonerExchange: When Katharsis is captured, Virtue offers the police chief to exchange her for the two cops the Movement has captured. He angrily refuses; forcing the Movement to take Katharsis back the hard way.

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* PrisonerExchange: When Katharsis is captured, Virtue offers the police chief captain to exchange her for the two cops the Movement has captured. He angrily refuses; forcing the Movement to take Katharsis back the hard way.
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* PrisonerExchange: When Katharsis is captured, Virtue offers the police chief to exchange her for the two cops the Movement has captured. He angrily refuses; forcing the Movement to take Katharsis back the hard way.

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* TheBeastmaster: Jayden, AKA Mouse, controls mice and rats.

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* TheBeastmaster: Jayden, AKA Mouse, controls mice and rats. He loves every one of them and considers all of them to be his favorite.
* BigBad: Jack Cannon is the only one with no redeeming qualities. He wants to create a city with no poor people by exterminating them.



* ColdBloodedTorture: Katharsis gets captured and Jack Cannon personally beats her to get info. [[TooKinkyToTorture She doesn't break easily]].



* TheDreaded: Rainmaker.

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* TheDreaded: Rainmaker.Rainmaker, AKA Sarah. her weathers powers make her a powerhouse and the Movement only stops her by threatening to harm her one of followers.



* WeatherManipulation: Rainmaker.

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* WeatherManipulation: WeatherManipulation:
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** The Cornea Killer: He leaves a puddle around his victims to frame
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