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* GoodParents: Both of the Parker parents.
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* LikeFatherLikeSon: Luke and his father share a love for comics and sci-fi. He even name Luke as Luke Skywalker.
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* LikeFatherLikeSon: Luke and his father share a love for comics and sci-fi. He even name named Luke as Luke Skywalker.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Averted BIG TIME with Luke and Zack, whose parents are both still alive, still together, and very much involved with the lives of their sons.
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** In chapter one of book 4 Luke mentions a cousin in Birmingham. This cousin is the time-traveller in book 5.
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* BadassNormal: Cara, who manages to spend days on an alien spaceship and avoid detection, with nothing but school supplies to use as weapons. Luke also counts.
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** Luke alsocounts.counts, holding pretty well on his own without superpowers.
** Luke also
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* SixthRanger: Dinah, Luke and Zach's time-travelling adoptive cousin, joins S.C.A.R.F. in book 5.
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* AuthorAvatar: Arthur Veesat in Book 5 is all but stated to be David Solomons.
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* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: Luke records all of his adventures on notepaper. [[spoiler: He gives these to Arthur Veesat, an author, who then writes in-universe the ''My Brother is a Superhero'' series.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In Book 5, Zach points out that many of the things he and Luke have had to save the world from - aliens trying to invade Earth, Lor-ayn escaping from her prison - only happened ''because'' he became a superhero.
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* VacationEpisode: Book 4 involves Luke, Zach, their family and friends taking a trip to Great Minds resort.
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** Several lines in Chapter 29 of ''My Gym Teacher is an Alien Overlord'' hint at the plots of the next few books. Luke thinks of the similarities between himself and Christopher Talbot: "We shared a brain. Not a giant-brain-in-a-jar-with-electrodes sense." In Book 4 of the series he actually does ecounter a brain-in-a-jar. Later when he and Serge make up: "I couldn't imagine a universe in which Serge and I weren't best friends." [[spoiler: In the alternate universe of book 3 he and Serge ''aren't'' friends.]]
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** Several lines in Chapter 29 of ''My Gym Teacher is an Alien Overlord'' hint at the plots of the next few books. Luke thinks of the similarities between himself and Christopher Talbot: "We shared a brain. Not a giant-brain-in-a-jar-with-electrodes sense." In Book 4 of the series he does actually does ecounter encounter a brain-in-a-jar. Later when he and Serge make up: "I couldn't imagine a universe in which Serge and I weren't best friends." [[spoiler: In the alternate universe of book 3 he and Serge ''aren't'' friends.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the second book Luke sees a cape flapping behind his reflection in the videogame console. Later in the alien's teleporter he sees a vision of himself as a superhero. [[spoiler: This isn't a vision but actually an alternate version of himself who received superpowers instead of Zach, who makes a physical appearance at the end of the book and who drives the plot of ''My Evil Twin is a Supervillain''.]]
** Several lines in Chapter 29 of ''My Gym Teacher is an Alien Overlord'' hint at the plots of the next few books. Luke thinks of the similarities between himself and Christopher Talbot: "We shared a brain. Not a giant-brain-in-a-jar-with-electrodes sense." In Book 4 of the series he actually does ecounter a brain-in-a-jar. Later when he and Serge make up: "I couldn't imagine a universe in which Serge and I weren't best friends." [[spoiler: In the alternate universe of book 3 he and Serge ''aren't'' friends.]]
** Several lines in Chapter 29 of ''My Gym Teacher is an Alien Overlord'' hint at the plots of the next few books. Luke thinks of the similarities between himself and Christopher Talbot: "We shared a brain. Not a giant-brain-in-a-jar-with-electrodes sense." In Book 4 of the series he actually does ecounter a brain-in-a-jar. Later when he and Serge make up: "I couldn't imagine a universe in which Serge and I weren't best friends." [[spoiler: In the alternate universe of book 3 he and Serge ''aren't'' friends.]]
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* FakeRelationship: In book 1 Luke pretends to be dating Lara to excuse spending a lot of time with her while she tries to uncover Star Lad's secret identity. Really, Luke is trying to keep tabs on her and make sure she doesn't find out it's Zach.
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* FakeRelationship: In book 1 Luke pretends to be dating Lara to his family to excuse spending a lot of time with her while she tries to uncover Star Lad's secret identity. Really, Luke is trying to keep tabs on her and make sure she doesn't find out it's Zach.
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* ThatPoorCat: Luke uses a hammer to test Zach's force field. It rebounds and flies out of the tree-house.
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--> '''Luke:''' Yes. I think it was Mrs Wilson's cat.
--> '''Zach:''' Did you hear that?
--> '''Luke:''' Yes. I think it was Mrs Wilson's cat.
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** Averted in later books with Colonel Crowe and Star Squad, who were put in place specifically to assist Star Lad, Mrs Dunham and Saoirse. [[spoiler: Christopher Talbot also proves helpful, despite his ambiguous morality.]]
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** Averted in later books with Colonel Crowe and Star Squad, who were put in place specifically to assist Star Lad, [[spoiler: the real Mrs Dunham Dunham]] and Saoirse. [[spoiler: Christopher Talbot also proves helpful, despite his ambiguous morality.]]
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* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: When Luke [[spoiler: in Zach's body]] asks Mrs Dunham to prove her identity in Book 4, she recounts a story that Zach swore her not to tell anyone else, when she saved him from walking in front of a packed swimming pool audience with a hole in his trunks.
--> '''Mrs Dunham:''' I know we promised never to speak of this again but under the circumstances I have no option. I hope you can forgive me.
--> '''Mrs Dunham:''' I know we promised never to speak of this again but under the circumstances I have no option. I hope you can forgive me.
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* DitzyGenius: Despite his odd tendencies, Luke seems to grasp some pretty advanced scientific concepts for his age, and is reading Creator/CharlesDickens novels before he goes to middle school.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: In Book 2 Star Lad (along with Dark Flutter) saves three planes from crashing. Luke's mother notes to Luke that the passengers on the plane were very lucky, as had something like that happened anywhere else in the world, Star Lad would not have been around to save them. This is what arouses Luke's suspicions. [[spoiler: It turns out not to have been an accident at all but to have been deliberately done by the sue-dunhams as a way of figuring out Star Lad's strengths.]]
* DitzyGenius: Despite his odd tendencies, Luke seems to grasp some pretty advanced scientific concepts for his age, and is reading Creator/CharlesDickens novels before he goes to middle school. He's also very good at thinking on his feet, using his comic-book knowledge to come up with effective plans, such as when he works out how to use an alien teleporter to escape back to Bromley after being [[AlienAbduction abducted by aliens in book 2.]]
* DitzyGenius: Despite his odd tendencies, Luke seems to grasp some pretty advanced scientific concepts for his age, and is reading Creator/CharlesDickens novels before he goes to middle school. He's also very good at thinking on his feet, using his comic-book knowledge to come up with effective plans, such as when he works out how to use an alien teleporter to escape back to Bromley after being [[AlienAbduction abducted by aliens in book 2.]]
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* LikeABrotherAndSister: [[spoiler: Luke is relieved to find that Lara only thinks of him in this way in Book 2. It ends up being Serge who she gets together with in the end, but they separate by Book 5.]]
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* LikeABrotherAndSister: LikeBrotherAndSister: [[spoiler: Luke is relieved to find that Lara only thinks of him in this way in Book 2. It ends up being Serge who she gets together with in the end, but they separate by Book 5.]]
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* RealityEnsues: When Zach's radar sense develops, he becomes aware that a bank is being robbed but has no way to get there in time to stop it.
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--> '''Zach:''' It's ten miles away. How do I get there?
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** {{Telepathy}}. Oddly this power seems to be the most draining and is only meant for emergencies.
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** {{Telepathy}}. Oddly this power seems to be the most draining and is only meant for emergencies. Later in the series, Zach becomes much more skilled with his telepathy and uses it more often, to the point where he gets annoyed at Luke for using it for trivial reasons.
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* WritingAroundTrademarks: PlayedForLaughs. Zack decides that he will call himself Starman!...until Luke mentions that [[Comicbook/{{Starman}} DC Comics has that name copyrighted]]. So instead he'll be Star Boy! [[Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Wait, they own that one, too]]? Hence, "Star Guy."
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* WritingAroundTrademarks: PlayedForLaughs. Zack decides that he will call himself Starman!...until Luke mentions that [[Comicbook/{{Starman}} DC Comics has that name copyrighted]]. So instead he'll be Star Boy! [[Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Wait, they own that one, too]]? Hence, "Star Guy."Guy" and finally Star Lad.
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* FakeRelationship: In book 1 Luke pretends to be dating Lara to excuse spending a lot of time with her while 'helping' with her report for the school newspaper. Really, Luke is trying to keep tabs on her while she tries to find out Star Lad's secret identity.
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* FakeRelationship: In book 1 Luke pretends to be dating Lara to excuse spending a lot of time with her while 'helping' with her report for the school newspaper. she tries to uncover Star Lad's secret identity. Really, Luke is trying to keep tabs on her while and make sure she tries to doesn't find out Star Lad's secret identity.it's Zach.
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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Serge, who is as big a comic book fan as Luke, is often the only other person on his wavelength.
--> '''Serge:''' My maman says now that I have commenced secondary school I am poised on the edge of a bigger world.
--> '''Luke:''' Middle earth?
--> '''Serge:''' Yes, I asked that too. But it is not what she meant.
--> '''Serge:''' My maman says now that I have commenced secondary school I am poised on the edge of a bigger world.
--> '''Luke:''' Middle earth?
--> '''Serge:''' Yes, I asked that too. But it is not what she meant.
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* DoubleInLawMarriage: {{Downplayed}}, but Zack has a crush on Cara (who’s dating someone else) while Luke has ShipTease with Lara.
* DynamicAkimbo: Zack, in a few dramatic moments.
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* DoubleInLawMarriage: {{Downplayed}}, but Zack has a crush on Cara (who’s dating someone else) while Luke has ShipTease with Lara. \n [[spoiler: The former don't end up dating in the series, though it's implied that they might eventually, and while Lara ends up dating Serge for a time, she and Luke have no romantic feelings for each other.]]
* DynamicAkimbo: Zack, in a few dramaticmoments. moments.
* FakeRelationship: In book 1 Luke pretends to be dating Lara to excuse spending a lot of time with her while 'helping' with her report for the school newspaper. Really, Luke is trying to keep tabs on her while she tries to find out Star Lad's secret identity.
* DynamicAkimbo: Zack, in a few dramatic
* FakeRelationship: In book 1 Luke pretends to be dating Lara to excuse spending a lot of time with her while 'helping' with her report for the school newspaper. Really, Luke is trying to keep tabs on her while she tries to find out Star Lad's secret identity.
* LikeABrotherAndSister: [[spoiler: Luke is relieved to find that Lara only thinks of him in this way in Book 2. It ends up being Serge who she gets together with in the end, but they separate by Book 5.]]
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* LovesMyAlterEgo: Cara seems to have at least some romantic interest in Star Guy (whose first public act involved saving her), but thinks of Zack as "that weird kid from school who stalks me."
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* LovesMyAlterEgo: Downplayed: Cara seems to have at least some romantic interest in Star Guy (whose first public act involved saving her), but thinks of Zack as "that weird kid from school who stalks me." Even then, it doesn't go much further than that and she is very much in a relationship with Matthias, her boyfriend. [[spoiler: In fact, her kissing Star Lad in Book 2 is what convinces Lara that "Cara" is an imposter.]]
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** Averted in later books with Colonel Crowe and Star Squad, who were put in place specifically to assist Star Lad, Mrs Dunham and Saoirse. [[spoiler: Christopher Talbot also proves helpful, despite his ambiguous morality.]]
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* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: At the end of the first book, [[spoiler:Lara also gets superpowers]].
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* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: FirstEpisodeTwist: At the end of the first book, [[spoiler:Lara also gets superpowers]].
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* AccidentalMisnaming: For the first half of the first book, Luke seems incapable of remembering Zorbon the Decider’s name. He admits this might be a bit of a mental block due to how bitter he is toward the guy.
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** For the first half of the first book, Luke seems incapable of remembering Zorbon the Decider’s name. He admits this might be a bit of a mental block due to how bitter he is toward the guy.
** For the first half of the first book, Luke seems incapable of remembering Zorbon the Decider’s name. He admits this might be a bit of a mental block due to how bitter he is toward the guy.
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* ShoutOut: To many, many comic books. Also, ''Film/StarWars,'' which Luke and his father both love. (Guess where Luke got his name from.)
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* FreakyFridayFlip: Zack and Luke switch bodies during the fourth book.
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* HeroicWannabe: Luke [[spoiler:and Christopher Talbot]].
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* LovesMyAlterEgo: Cara seems to have at least some romantic interest in Star Guy (whose first public act involved saving her), but thinks little of Zack.
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* ObliviouslyEvil: It takes a surprisingly long time for [[spoiler:Christopher Talbot]] to get that he's not acting like a superhero.
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* ObliviouslyEvil: It takes a surprisingly long time for [[spoiler:Christopher Talbot]] the first book's villain to get that he's not acting like a superhero.
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* SinkOrSwimMentor: To test Zack’s [[BarrierWarrior force field]], Luke's idea is basically "throw bricks at him." Then PlayedForDrama in the climax: [[spoiler:to activate Zack's final power, which Luke is convinced must be {{Flight}}, he lets go of the villain's PoweredArmor mid-flight and lets himself plummet toward the Earth, forcing Zack to save him]].
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* SinkOrSwimMentor: To test Zack’s [[BarrierWarrior force field]], Luke's idea is basically "throw bricks at him." Then ** PlayedForDrama in the climax: climax of the first book: [[spoiler:to activate Zack's final power, which Luke is convinced must be {{Flight}}, he lets go of the villain's PoweredArmor mid-flight and lets himself plummet toward the Earth, forcing Zack to save him]].
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‘‘My Brother is a Superhero’‘ is a series of [[SuperheroLiterature superhero novels]] for kids, written by David Solomon.
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‘‘My Brother is a Superhero’‘ is a novel by Creator/DavidSolomons. It also has a sequel, ‘‘My Gym Teacher is an Alien Overlord.’‘
Protagonist Luke Parker is an obsessive comic book fan with a nerdy older brother named Zack. One night, the two are hanging out in their tree house when Luke leaves to go to the bathroom. During his five-minute absence, [[TheChooserOfTheOne Zorbon the Decider]] shows up in an interdimensional spaceship, gives Zack [[SuperpowerLottery six superpowers]] and then leaves.
Protagonist Luke Parker is an obsessive comic book fan with a nerdy older brother named Zack. One night, the two are hanging out in their tree house when Luke leaves to go to the bathroom. During his five-minute absence, [[TheChooserOfTheOne Zorbon the Decider]] shows up in an interdimensional spaceship, gives Zack [[SuperpowerLottery six superpowers]] and then leaves.
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‘‘My Brother is a Superhero’‘ is a novel series of [[SuperheroLiterature superhero novels]] for kids, written by Creator/DavidSolomons. It also has a sequel, ‘‘My Gym Teacher is an Alien Overlord.’‘
David Solomon.
Protagonist Luke Parker is an obsessive comic book fan with a nerdy older brother named Zack. One night, the two are hanging out in their tree house when Luke leaves to go to the bathroom. During his five-minute absence, [[TheChooserOfTheOne Zorbon the Decider]] shows up in an interdimensional spaceship, gives Zack [[SuperpowerLottery six superpowers]] and thenleaves.leaves just before Luke gets back.
Protagonist Luke Parker is an obsessive comic book fan with a nerdy older brother named Zack. One night, the two are hanging out in their tree house when Luke leaves to go to the bathroom. During his five-minute absence, [[TheChooserOfTheOne Zorbon the Decider]] shows up in an interdimensional spaceship, gives Zack [[SuperpowerLottery six superpowers]] and then
The series includes:
* ''My Brother is a Superhero''
* ''My Gym Teacher is an Alien Overlord''
* ''My Evil Twin is a Supervillain''
* ''My Arch-Enemy is a Brain in a Jar''
* ''My Cousin is a Time-Traveler'' (coming 2019)
* ''My Brother is a Superhero''
* ''My Gym Teacher is an Alien Overlord''
* ''My Evil Twin is a Supervillain''
* ''My Arch-Enemy is a Brain in a Jar''
* ''My Cousin is a Time-Traveler'' (coming 2019)
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* AccidentalMisnaming: For the first half of the first book Luke seems incapable of remembering Zorbon the Decider’s name. He admits this might be a bit of a mental block due to how bitter he is toward the guy.
** The BigBad, messing up his dramatic reveal.
-->'''[[spoiler:Christopher Talbot]]:''' Luke, Laura, how nice to see you both again.\\
** The BigBad, messing up his dramatic reveal.
-->'''[[spoiler:Christopher Talbot]]:''' Luke, Laura, how nice to see you both again.\\
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* AccidentalMisnaming: For the first half of the first book book, Luke seems incapable of remembering Zorbon the Decider’s name. He admits this might be a bit of a mental block due to how bitter he is toward the guy.
**The BigBad, Christopher Talbot, messing up his dramatic reveal.
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* AdultsAreUseless: With Zack kidnapped and the world in danger, Luke actually ''does'' tell his parents that Zack is Star Guy...but they think that he’s making it up as a defense mechanism due to all the stress. He then tries the police, but there are so many fake leads about Star Guy’s disappearance that they too prove unhelpful.
* AscendedFanboy: DoubleSubverted--the whole gimmick is that Luke, who loves superheroes, MissedTheCall in favor of his nerdy older brother, Zack. That said, when Zack gets kidnapped it’s Luke and his friends who need to find the villain and save him.
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* AdultsAreUseless: With Zack kidnapped and the world in danger, Luke actually ''does'' tell his parents that Zack is Star Guy...but they think that he’s making it up as a defense mechanism due to all the stress. He then tries the police, but there are so many fake leads about Star Guy’s disappearance that they
* AscendedFanboy: DoubleSubverted--the whole gimmick is that Luke, who loves superheroes, MissedTheCall in favor of his nerdy older brother, Zack. That said,
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* LovesMyAlterEgo: Cara seems to have at least some romantic interest in Star Guy, but thinks little of Zack.
* MissedTheCall: Luke left the tree house for ''five minutes'' in order to go to the bathroom. During that time, an interdimensional alien showed up to give his brother superpowers.
* MissedTheCall: Luke left the tree house for ''five minutes'' in order to go to the bathroom. During that time, an interdimensional alien showed up to give his brother superpowers.
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* LovesMyAlterEgo: Cara seems to have at least some romantic interest in Star Guy, Guy (whose first public act involved saving her), but thinks little of Zack.
Zack.
* MissedTheCall: Luke left the tree house for ''five minutes'' in order to go to the bathroom. During that time, an interdimensional alien showed up to give his brother superpowers. [[RunningGag This happens repeatedly]].
* MissedTheCall: Luke left the tree house for ''five minutes'' in order to go to the bathroom. During that time, an interdimensional alien showed up to give his brother superpowers. [[RunningGag This happens repeatedly]].
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-->"Look around you, [[spoiler:Christopher Talbot. We're in your secret volcano headquarters, surrounded by your robot henchmen, with a genuine superhero--''whom you kidnapped''--hooked up to your superpower-sucking machine, while you put the whole world at risk]]. Face it, doesn't get more villainous than that."
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-->"Look around you, [[spoiler:Christopher Talbot. Talbot]]. We're in your secret volcano headquarters, surrounded by your robot henchmen, with a genuine superhero--''whom you kidnapped''--hooked up to your superpower-sucking machine, while you put the whole world at risk]].risk. Face it, doesn't get more villainous than that."
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* PstandardPsychicPstance: Generally done when using telekinesis.
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* RescueRomance: Zack manages to rescue his crush, Cara, during his big superhero premiere.
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* RescueRomance: Zack manages to rescue Zack's big superhero premiere involves stopping a runaway bus that his crush, Cara, during his big superhero premiere.
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* SinkOrSwimMentor: To test Zack’s [[BarrierWarrior force field]], Luke's idea is basically "throw bricks at him." Then PlayedForDrama in the climax: [[spoiler:to activate Zack's final power, which Luke is convinced must be {{Flight}}, he lets go of the villain's PoweredArmor mid-flight and lets himself plummet toward the Earth. Thankfully, it works]].
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* SinkOrSwimMentor: To test Zack’s [[BarrierWarrior force field]], Luke's idea is basically "throw bricks at him." Then PlayedForDrama in the climax: [[spoiler:to activate Zack's final power, which Luke is convinced must be {{Flight}}, he lets go of the villain's PoweredArmor mid-flight and lets himself plummet toward the Earth. Thankfully, it works]].Earth, forcing Zack to save him]].
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* SuperheroesWearCapes: Luke makes Zack a cape, but he refuses to wear it. [[BlatantLies Not that Luke is bitter or anything]]. (Christopher Talbot agrees with Luke on this issue.) [[spoiler:He eventually agrees when Lara claims that Cara “has a thing” for capes]].
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* SuperheroesWearCapes: Luke makes Zack a cape, but he refuses to wear it. [[BlatantLies Not that Luke is bitter or anything]]. (Christopher Talbot agrees with Luke on this issue.) [[spoiler:He eventually agrees when Lara claims Zack finally starts wearing one by the end of the first book, upon learning that Cara “has supposedly "has a thing” thing" for capes]].them.
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* VaguenessIsComing: Zorbon the Decider tells Zack that “Nemesis is coming.” He neglects to tell him what Nemesis is.
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:Christopher Talbot offers to share Zack’s powers with Luke, making him his sidekick]]. Luke admits that he’s more tempted by this than he should be. (”Come on, I was eleven.”)
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:Christopher Talbot offers to share Zack’s powers with Luke, making him his sidekick]]. Luke admits that he’s more tempted by this than he should be. (”Come on, I was eleven.”)
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* VaguenessIsComing: As Luke notes, Zorbon the Decider tells Zack that “Nemesis is coming.” He neglects tends to tell him what Nemesis is.
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* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:ChristopherTalbot Talbot]] offers to share Zack’s powers with Luke, making him his sidekick]].sidekick. Luke admits that he’s more tempted by this than he should be. (”Come on, I was eleven.”)
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:Christopher
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* ShirtlessCaptives[=/=]ShirtlessScene: [[spoiler:Christopher Talbot]] keeps Zack this way when he’s experimenting on him. {{Justified}} because it’s presumably to monitor the glowing stars on his chest. Zack apparently shirtless through the whole climax, since Luke mentions when his stars are glowing.
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* ShirtlessCaptives[=/=]ShirtlessScene: [[spoiler:Christopher Talbot]] keeps Zack this way when he’s experimenting on him. {{Justified}} because {{Justified}}, as it’s presumably to monitor the glowing stars on his chest. Zack apparently remains shirtless through the whole climax, since Luke mentions when his stars are glowing.
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* SuperheroesWearCapes: Luke makes Zack a cape, but he refuses to wear it. [[BlatantLies Not that Luke is bitter or anything.anything]]. (Christopher Talbot agrees with Luke on this issue.) [[spoiler:He eventually agrees when Lara claims that Cara “has a thing” for capes]].
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'''Zack:''' ''(shrug)'' So I'll be the first.
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'''Zack:''' ''(shrug)'' So I'll be the first.first.
* WritingAroundTrademarks: PlayedForLaughs. Zack decides that he will call himself Starman!...until Luke mentions that [[Comicbook/{{Starman}} DC Comics has that name copyrighted]]. So instead he'll be Star Boy! [[Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Wait, they own that one, too]]? Hence, "Star Guy."
* WritingAroundTrademarks: PlayedForLaughs. Zack decides that he will call himself Starman!...until Luke mentions that [[Comicbook/{{Starman}} DC Comics has that name copyrighted]]. So instead he'll be Star Boy! [[Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Wait, they own that one, too]]? Hence, "Star Guy."
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* DitzyGenius: Despite his odd tendencies, Luke seems to grasp some pretty advanced scientific concepts for his age, and is reading Creator/CharlesDickens novels before he goes to middle school.
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* ObliviouslyEvil: It takes a surprisingly long time for [[spoiler:Christopher Talbot]] to get that he's not acting like a superhero.
-->"Look around you, [[spoiler:Christopher Talbot. We're in your secret volcano headquarters, surrounded by your robot henchmen, with a genuine superhero--''whom you kidnapped''--hooked up to your superpower-sucking machine, while you put the whole world at risk]]. Face it, doesn't get more villainous than that."
-->"Look around you, [[spoiler:Christopher Talbot. We're in your secret volcano headquarters, surrounded by your robot henchmen, with a genuine superhero--''whom you kidnapped''--hooked up to your superpower-sucking machine, while you put the whole world at risk]]. Face it, doesn't get more villainous than that."
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* RescueRomance: Zack manages to rescue his crush, Cara, during his big superhero premiere.
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‘‘My Brother is a Superhero’‘ is a novel by Creator/DavidSolomons. It also has a sequel, ‘‘My Gym Teacher is an Alien Overlord.’‘
Protagonist Luke Parker is an obsessive comic book fan with a nerdy older brother named Zack. One night, the two are hanging out in their tree house when Luke leaves to go to the bathroom. During his five-minute absence, [[TheChooserOfTheOne Zorbon the Decider]] shows up in an interdimensional spaceship, gives Zack [[SuperpowerLottery six superpowers]] and then leaves.
Luke is, understandably, annoyed. Nevertheless, he decides to teach Zack about becoming a superhero, and will ultimately have to save him when a villain finds out his SecretIdentity.
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!!The books contain examples of:
* AccidentalMisnaming: For the first half of the first book Luke seems incapable of remembering Zorbon the Decider’s name. He admits this might be a bit of a mental block due to how bitter he is toward the guy.
** The BigBad, messing up his dramatic reveal.
-->'''[[spoiler:Christopher Talbot]]:''' Luke, Laura, how nice to see you both again.\\
'''Lara:''' It’s Lara.\\
'''[[spoiler:Christopher Talbot]]:''' ''(prissy look)''
* AdultFear: You have to feel bad for Luke and Zack’s parents. First their oldest son disappears. Less than a day later, they find out that the world is a week away from ending, and have to comfort their other son about the very strong chance of imminent death. (Though Luke is less concerned than they are.)
* AdultsAreUseless: With Zack kidnapped and the world in danger, Luke actually ''does'' tell his parents that Zack is Star Guy...but they think that he’s making it up as a defense mechanism due to all the stress. He then tries the police, but there are so many fake leads about Star Guy’s disappearance that they too prove unhelpful.
* AscendedFanboy: DoubleSubverted--the whole gimmick is that Luke, who loves superheroes, MissedTheCall in favor of his nerdy older brother, Zack. That said, when Zack gets kidnapped it’s Luke and his friends who need to find the villain and save him.
* BlahBlahBlah: Zack says that he discovered a new power, and then launches into a story about going to the local sports center:
-->''This is what I heard: “Blah blah blah. Excellent shower facilities. Blah blah blah. Delicious chicken sandwich. Blah blah blah. [[SuperNotDrowningSkills I can breathe underwater]]. Blah blah--\\
“What!?”''
* ChestInsignia: Luke uses a brooch to make Zack a “sigil” with the letters SG spelled out in little stars.
** The three glowing stars that Zack actually has on his chest would probably make a good one, too, but oddly enough Zack doesn’t think of using them on his costume. [[spoiler:Christopher Talbot uses a variant of them]].
* TheChooserOfTheOne: Zorbon the Decider. Admittedly, he just seems to give powers to the first person he finds.
* TheChosenOne: Zack. [[spoiler:And then also Lara]].
* CloudCuckoolander: Luke seems to be a borderline example, as he often seems unable to tell fiction from reality. (Of course, [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight some of those fictional things turn out to be true]]...)
* DoubleInLawMarriage: {{Downplayed}}, but Zack has a crush on Cara (who’s dating someone else) while Luke has ShipTease with Lara.
* DynamicAkimbo: Zack, in a few dramatic moments.
* FamilyThemeNaming: The sisters Cara and Lara.
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: At the end of the first book, [[spoiler:Lara also gets superpowers]].
* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler:Luke missing Zorbon the Decider’s return, during which he gives Lara powers]].
* HeroicWannabe: Luke [[spoiler:and Christopher Talbot]].
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Luke is understandably jealous about not getting superpowers. [[spoiler:Christopher Talbot, too, to a much nastier extent]].
* IntrepidReporter: Lara, for the school paper. Her goal at the beginning of the first book is to discover Star Guy’s secret identity.
* LivingBattery: [[spoiler:Christopher Talbot finds a way to drain Zack’s powers, but not take them totally; he needs to keep Zack around to repeatedly recharge himself]].
* LovesMyAlterEgo: Cara seems to have at least some romantic interest in Star Guy, but thinks little of Zack.
* MissedTheCall: Luke left the tree house for ''five minutes'' in order to go to the bathroom. During that time, an interdimensional alien showed up to give his brother superpowers.
* NotWearingTights: Despite playing most superhero tropes straight, Zack insists on just wearing a dark hoodie as his superhero costume, with the hood pulled down over his face. The only addition is the “[[ChestInsignia sigil]]” that Luke makes him.
* PoirotSpeak: Serge, who’s French, lapses into this.
* PsmithPsyndrome: Zack is initially unsure if he wants to be “Star Guy” or “Starguy.” He opts for the former when he realizes that a plain “S” insignia [[Comicbook/{{Superman}} is already taken]].
* PstandardPsychicPstance: Generally done when using telekinesis.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Zack, when he’s trying to be dramatic.
-->”I. Am. Star Guy! [[PsmithPsyndrome Or perhaps Starguy]]. I. Haven't. Decided. Yet.”
* RootingForTheEmpire: InUniverse--when he was six, Luke first saw ''Film/StarWars'' and was shocked to learn that Darth Vader was his father’s favorite character.
* SamusIsAGirl: Luke spends most of the first book assuming that Nemesis is a girl, simply because the internet told him that Nemesis was a female figure in Myth/ClassicalMythology. [[spoiler:Nemesis is an ''asteroid,'' and the BigBad is male]].
* SecretKeeper: Luke. When Zack is kidnapped, he extends the group to Lara and Serge.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: To test Zack’s [[BarrierWarrior force field]], Luke's idea is basically "throw bricks at him." Then PlayedForDrama in the climax: [[spoiler:to activate Zack's final power, which Luke is convinced must be {{Flight}}, he lets go of the villain's PoweredArmor mid-flight and lets himself plummet toward the Earth. Thankfully, it works]].
* ShirtlessCaptives[=/=]ShirtlessScene: [[spoiler:Christopher Talbot]] keeps Zack this way when he’s experimenting on him. {{Justified}} because it’s presumably to monitor the glowing stars on his chest. Zack apparently shirtless through the whole climax, since Luke mentions when his stars are glowing.
* ShoutOut: To many, many comic books. Also, ''Film/StarWars,'' which Luke and his father both love. (Guess where Luke got his name from.)
* StarPower: Gaining powers gives Zack three glowing stars on his chest, hence why he calls himself “Star Guy.” [[spoiler:It turns out that he needs exposure to starlight to charge his powers]].
* SuperheroesWearCapes: Luke makes Zack a cape, but he refuses to wear it. Not that Luke is bitter or anything. (Christopher Talbot agrees with Luke on this issue.) [[spoiler:He eventually agrees when Lara claims that Cara “has a thing” for capes]].
* SuperpowerLottery: Zorbon the Decider tells Zack that he has six new powers, which he and Luke discover as the story goes on:
** {{Telekinesis}}
** [[BarrierWarrior A force field]].
** [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling A sort of mental radar telling Zack what’s happening in the surrounding area]].
** [[SuperNotDrowningSkills The ability to breathe underwater]]. [[spoiler:[[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace Or in space]]]].
** {{Telepathy}}. Oddly this power seems to be the most draining and is only meant for emergencies.
** [[spoiler:{{Flight}}]]
* VaguenessIsComing: Zorbon the Decider tells Zack that “Nemesis is coming.” He neglects to tell him what Nemesis is.
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:Christopher Talbot offers to share Zack’s powers with Luke, making him his sidekick]]. Luke admits that he’s more tempted by this than he should be. (”Come on, I was eleven.”)
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Luke’s initial reaction to “Star Guy.”
-->'''Luke:''' You can't call yourself Star Guy!\\
'''Zack:''' Why not?\\
'''Luke:''' Because there's not a single superhero in history called 'guy.' What's why not.\\
'''Zack:''' ''(shrug)'' So I'll be the first.
Protagonist Luke Parker is an obsessive comic book fan with a nerdy older brother named Zack. One night, the two are hanging out in their tree house when Luke leaves to go to the bathroom. During his five-minute absence, [[TheChooserOfTheOne Zorbon the Decider]] shows up in an interdimensional spaceship, gives Zack [[SuperpowerLottery six superpowers]] and then leaves.
Luke is, understandably, annoyed. Nevertheless, he decides to teach Zack about becoming a superhero, and will ultimately have to save him when a villain finds out his SecretIdentity.
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!!The books contain examples of:
* AccidentalMisnaming: For the first half of the first book Luke seems incapable of remembering Zorbon the Decider’s name. He admits this might be a bit of a mental block due to how bitter he is toward the guy.
** The BigBad, messing up his dramatic reveal.
-->'''[[spoiler:Christopher Talbot]]:''' Luke, Laura, how nice to see you both again.\\
'''Lara:''' It’s Lara.\\
'''[[spoiler:Christopher Talbot]]:''' ''(prissy look)''
* AdultFear: You have to feel bad for Luke and Zack’s parents. First their oldest son disappears. Less than a day later, they find out that the world is a week away from ending, and have to comfort their other son about the very strong chance of imminent death. (Though Luke is less concerned than they are.)
* AdultsAreUseless: With Zack kidnapped and the world in danger, Luke actually ''does'' tell his parents that Zack is Star Guy...but they think that he’s making it up as a defense mechanism due to all the stress. He then tries the police, but there are so many fake leads about Star Guy’s disappearance that they too prove unhelpful.
* AscendedFanboy: DoubleSubverted--the whole gimmick is that Luke, who loves superheroes, MissedTheCall in favor of his nerdy older brother, Zack. That said, when Zack gets kidnapped it’s Luke and his friends who need to find the villain and save him.
* BlahBlahBlah: Zack says that he discovered a new power, and then launches into a story about going to the local sports center:
-->''This is what I heard: “Blah blah blah. Excellent shower facilities. Blah blah blah. Delicious chicken sandwich. Blah blah blah. [[SuperNotDrowningSkills I can breathe underwater]]. Blah blah--\\
“What!?”''
* ChestInsignia: Luke uses a brooch to make Zack a “sigil” with the letters SG spelled out in little stars.
** The three glowing stars that Zack actually has on his chest would probably make a good one, too, but oddly enough Zack doesn’t think of using them on his costume. [[spoiler:Christopher Talbot uses a variant of them]].
* TheChooserOfTheOne: Zorbon the Decider. Admittedly, he just seems to give powers to the first person he finds.
* TheChosenOne: Zack. [[spoiler:And then also Lara]].
* CloudCuckoolander: Luke seems to be a borderline example, as he often seems unable to tell fiction from reality. (Of course, [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight some of those fictional things turn out to be true]]...)
* DoubleInLawMarriage: {{Downplayed}}, but Zack has a crush on Cara (who’s dating someone else) while Luke has ShipTease with Lara.
* DynamicAkimbo: Zack, in a few dramatic moments.
* FamilyThemeNaming: The sisters Cara and Lara.
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: At the end of the first book, [[spoiler:Lara also gets superpowers]].
* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler:Luke missing Zorbon the Decider’s return, during which he gives Lara powers]].
* HeroicWannabe: Luke [[spoiler:and Christopher Talbot]].
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Luke is understandably jealous about not getting superpowers. [[spoiler:Christopher Talbot, too, to a much nastier extent]].
* IntrepidReporter: Lara, for the school paper. Her goal at the beginning of the first book is to discover Star Guy’s secret identity.
* LivingBattery: [[spoiler:Christopher Talbot finds a way to drain Zack’s powers, but not take them totally; he needs to keep Zack around to repeatedly recharge himself]].
* LovesMyAlterEgo: Cara seems to have at least some romantic interest in Star Guy, but thinks little of Zack.
* MissedTheCall: Luke left the tree house for ''five minutes'' in order to go to the bathroom. During that time, an interdimensional alien showed up to give his brother superpowers.
* NotWearingTights: Despite playing most superhero tropes straight, Zack insists on just wearing a dark hoodie as his superhero costume, with the hood pulled down over his face. The only addition is the “[[ChestInsignia sigil]]” that Luke makes him.
* PoirotSpeak: Serge, who’s French, lapses into this.
* PsmithPsyndrome: Zack is initially unsure if he wants to be “Star Guy” or “Starguy.” He opts for the former when he realizes that a plain “S” insignia [[Comicbook/{{Superman}} is already taken]].
* PstandardPsychicPstance: Generally done when using telekinesis.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Zack, when he’s trying to be dramatic.
-->”I. Am. Star Guy! [[PsmithPsyndrome Or perhaps Starguy]]. I. Haven't. Decided. Yet.”
* RootingForTheEmpire: InUniverse--when he was six, Luke first saw ''Film/StarWars'' and was shocked to learn that Darth Vader was his father’s favorite character.
* SamusIsAGirl: Luke spends most of the first book assuming that Nemesis is a girl, simply because the internet told him that Nemesis was a female figure in Myth/ClassicalMythology. [[spoiler:Nemesis is an ''asteroid,'' and the BigBad is male]].
* SecretKeeper: Luke. When Zack is kidnapped, he extends the group to Lara and Serge.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: To test Zack’s [[BarrierWarrior force field]], Luke's idea is basically "throw bricks at him." Then PlayedForDrama in the climax: [[spoiler:to activate Zack's final power, which Luke is convinced must be {{Flight}}, he lets go of the villain's PoweredArmor mid-flight and lets himself plummet toward the Earth. Thankfully, it works]].
* ShirtlessCaptives[=/=]ShirtlessScene: [[spoiler:Christopher Talbot]] keeps Zack this way when he’s experimenting on him. {{Justified}} because it’s presumably to monitor the glowing stars on his chest. Zack apparently shirtless through the whole climax, since Luke mentions when his stars are glowing.
* ShoutOut: To many, many comic books. Also, ''Film/StarWars,'' which Luke and his father both love. (Guess where Luke got his name from.)
* StarPower: Gaining powers gives Zack three glowing stars on his chest, hence why he calls himself “Star Guy.” [[spoiler:It turns out that he needs exposure to starlight to charge his powers]].
* SuperheroesWearCapes: Luke makes Zack a cape, but he refuses to wear it. Not that Luke is bitter or anything. (Christopher Talbot agrees with Luke on this issue.) [[spoiler:He eventually agrees when Lara claims that Cara “has a thing” for capes]].
* SuperpowerLottery: Zorbon the Decider tells Zack that he has six new powers, which he and Luke discover as the story goes on:
** {{Telekinesis}}
** [[BarrierWarrior A force field]].
** [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling A sort of mental radar telling Zack what’s happening in the surrounding area]].
** [[SuperNotDrowningSkills The ability to breathe underwater]]. [[spoiler:[[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace Or in space]]]].
** {{Telepathy}}. Oddly this power seems to be the most draining and is only meant for emergencies.
** [[spoiler:{{Flight}}]]
* VaguenessIsComing: Zorbon the Decider tells Zack that “Nemesis is coming.” He neglects to tell him what Nemesis is.
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:Christopher Talbot offers to share Zack’s powers with Luke, making him his sidekick]]. Luke admits that he’s more tempted by this than he should be. (”Come on, I was eleven.”)
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Luke’s initial reaction to “Star Guy.”
-->'''Luke:''' You can't call yourself Star Guy!\\
'''Zack:''' Why not?\\
'''Luke:''' Because there's not a single superhero in history called 'guy.' What's why not.\\
'''Zack:''' ''(shrug)'' So I'll be the first.
