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* TheCombatPragmatist: During training, The Sphinx asks The Shoveler how many weapons he wields. The Shoveler says one, and The Sphinx responds, "No! The fist, the knee, the elbow, the head! You must lash out with every limb, like the octopus who plays the drums."
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* ConvertedIntoAWeapon: [[ActionGirl The Bowler]] wields a Bowling Ball inhabited by the ghost of her dead father. More often than not, she ends up arguing with it.
-->'''Blue Raja:''' Am I to understand that you have inserted your ''father's'' skull into that... ball for bowling?
-->'''The Bowler:''' No, no, of course not. The guy at the pro shop did it.
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* TheTeam
** TheBigGuy: The Mystery Men have a number of heavy hitters.
*** Spleen's gas attack is "silent but deadly".
*** Dr. Heller has an arsenal of non-lethal weaponry
*** Bowler's bowling ball is like a guided missile and returns when she throws it.
*** When he's truly angry, Mr. Furious is a formidable fighter.
** TheFace: Invisible Boy's biggest contribution to the team is his networking ability. "I know lots of super heroes."
** TheLeader: The Shoveler gives the RousingSpeech. Interestingly, when he says "Leadership, it's what we've been missing." He was looking at Mr.Furious as if disappointed that he didn't live up to this role.
** TheSmartGuy:
*** Dr. Heller is the Gadgeteer Genius who made their gear and transport.
*** The Blue Raja has vast array of specialized forks, a well-researched back story and is a rather knowledgeable history buff.
** MentorArchetype: The Sphinx trained them all.
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* AnachronismStew: The movie is implied to be set in 1999, the year of its release (Lance says "let us set the tone for the new millennium", the Blue Raja mentions the British Raj having ruled India "until the early part of ''this'' century"), but still takes place in a futuristic super-metropolis with thousand-floor skyscrapers, ever-present zeppelins, billboards cowritten in English and various Asian languages, strange money (the big bills are red, the coins have square holes in them) and bizarre advanced gadgets. All of this is deliberately invoked to parody the conventions of UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks, the contemporary [[Film/BatmanForever Schumacher Batman films]] and alternate-history superhero fiction like ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}''.

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* AnachronismStew: The movie is implied to be set in 1999, the year of its release (Lance says "let us set the tone for the new millennium", the Blue Raja mentions the British Raj having ruled India "until the early part of ''this'' century"), but still takes place in a futuristic super-metropolis with thousand-floor skyscrapers, ever-present zeppelins, billboards cowritten in English and various Asian languages, strange money (the big bills are red, the coins have square holes in them) and bizarre advanced gadgets. All of this is deliberately invoked to parody the conventions of UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks, MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks, the contemporary [[Film/BatmanForever Schumacher Batman films]] and alternate-history superhero fiction like ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}''.
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--->'''The Blue Raja:''' [[spoiler: Oh! My God. Oh, my God. We killed him.]]\\
'''The Shoveler:''' [[spoiler: What do you mean ''we''? I was standing right here.]]

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--->'''The Blue Raja:''' [[spoiler: Oh! My Oh, my God. Oh, my God. We God, we killed him.]]\\
'''The Shoveler:''' [[spoiler: What do you mean ''we''? "we"? I was standing right here.]]
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* CheapCostume: ''Everyone''.

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* CheapCostume: ''Everyone''. Before the climax, the heroes actually all take the time to sew themselves significantly better ones under the Sphinx's tutelage. They're still pretty cheap, but they look significantly less lame.

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