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'''''Shadowboy''''' is a 2014 Superheo Superhero novel narrated by Travis Colfax, the titular Shadowboy at the end of his term as a sidekick. As the only non-powered member of a family of Heroes, Tavis Travis doubts his ability to continue as a solo member of the Hero Community. Thanks largely to a literal {{Hero Insurance}} requirement for people with a strong connection to active Heroes, he can't afford to walk away.
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* OhCrap: Valeria's appearance for Travis, followed soon thereafter with one for Doctor Omicron when Travis notes that the only thing separating them is a thin polycarbonate window. Comes back in the Sequel when Donny speaks the phrase verbaitum as he realizes he's the target of a cluster bomb.
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* OhCrap: Valeria's appearance for Travis, followed soon thereafter with one for Doctor Omicron when Travis notes that the only thing separating them is a thin polycarbonate window. Comes back in the Sequel when Donny speaks the phrase verbaitum verbatim as he realizes he's the target of a cluster bomb.
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!! Shadowboy contains examples of:
* {{Absurdly Sharp Blade}} : Icerazor's sword is among the few things reliably able to carve through force fields and psychic constructs, making steel (galvanized pipe, Omicron bots) mundane in comparison.
* {{Action Girl}} : Pam, though her first outing ended poorly.
* {{Artistic License Martial Arts}} : (Lampshaded) - Travis admits to using overly showy moves when he has an audience, despite the act coming back to bite him immediately.
* {{Badass Cape}} : Jack wears one, though the wind doesn't always cooperate.
* {{Badass Longcoat}} : Doctor Omicron's heavy black labcoat acts as one.
* {{Body Horror}} : Implied off-screen for Pam's transformation, and [[spoiler:Jasmine Greeler]]'s death.
* {{Dark Age of Supernames}} : Razordemon, also notable that the character picked up the name during the dark age.
* {{Eldritch Abomination}} : Masquerade partly summons one during his final battle.
* {{Electronic Eyes}} : [[spoiler:Travis']] replacement after his run-in with Uth-sk.
* {{Evil Genius}} : Doctor Omicron
* {{Evil Pays Better}} : Working at the Community Fund gives little in the way of disposable income, especially after paying for Hero Insurance.
* {{Eye Scream}} : [[spoiler:Travis']] encounter with Uth-sk.
-->'''Uth-sk''': ''"Fine, we'll move on. It's time for an examination of the primitive human eye."''
* {{Eyepatch of Power}} : [[spoiler:Travis]] gets one for his civilian identity because he shouldn't be able to afford the electronic replacement.
* {{Flying Brick}} : Jack
* {{Fragile Speedster}} : Nora
* {{Half-Human Hybrid}} : Xiv, the result of attempting to reverse engineer a male dragon from fragmentary female DNA.
* {{Hero Insurance}} : Literal Hero Insurance issued by the government with premiums adjusted for the licencee's destructive potential.
* {{Hero With Bad Publicity}} : The backstory for Miss Pain and her motivation for joining the team.
* {{Hormone Addled Teenager}} : Visible mostly in Travis' narration, which leads to occurances of Male Gaze
* {{Idle Rich}} : Jack keeps up this persona for his Secret Identity.
* {{Killed off for real}} : Both Cupric and Agent Six suffer this fate.
* {{Leader Wannabe}} : Miss Pain at first
* {{Magic Pants}} : (Averted) The Shapeshifting bestowed by Project Thirteen devastates clothing. Pam's outfit had to be specially made to allow partial transformation without taking damage.
* {{Male Gaze}} : The Narrator being an aforementioned Hormone Addled Teenager.
* {{Man in the Machine}} : Doctor Omicron, after what the Nazis did to him, he could only survive in a life support suit, which he has built up into powered armor.
* {{Mecha-Mooks}} : Omicron Bots, being cheap, easily replaced robots Doctor Omicron regards as disposable.
* {{Missing Mom}} : Mrs. Colfax was dead before the events of the story, as is the previous Ixahau.
* {{Mooks}} : A plethora, including Omicron Bots, Final Star Cultists, Ygnaza soldiers and Morlock Society members.
* {{Morally Ambiguous Doctorate}} : Doctor Omicron
* {{No Sell}} : By Several Characters, most notably, Xiao shrugs off everything Travis and Xiv throw at him until the very end of the fight.
* {{Number Two}} : Stephanie as the only other member with a leadership endorsement, and takes over the role of team lead when Travis is out of commission.
* {{Oh Crap}} : Valeria's appearance for Travis, followed soon thereafter with one for Doctor Omicron when Travis notes that the only thing separating them is a thin polycarbonate window. Comes back in the Sequel when Donny speaks the phrase verbaitum as he realizes he's the target of a cluster bomb.
* {{Omnidisciplinary Scientist}} : Doctor Omicron
* {{Only in it For the Money}} : Doctor Omicron only aids the Final Star Cultists for the paycheck, and even offers his services to the heroes against the Ygnaza for the right price.
* {{Partial Transformation}} : Pam and the survivors of Project Thirteen can opt to only partially switch between forms.
* {{Powers Do the Fighting}} : Miss Pain works this way as she fights using psychic constructs.
* {{Psychic Powers}} : Miss Pain, more in the sequel with Serar and Irvin Keyes.
* {{Retired Badass}} : Neutrino and an informed trait of the entire Fund Board.
* {{Secret Identity}} : Everyone has one because criminals started targetting family.
* {{Shooting Superman}} (Averted) : The Greelers realize in short order that their bullets do nothing to Jack.
* {{Squishy Wizard}} : Stephanie has to build up power before an attack, and has few defenses beyond her magic.
* {{Standard Superhero Setting}} : Fully embraced short of Death is Cheap.
* {{Superpowerful Genetics}} : Virtually everyone with a powered parent inherited the potential.
* {{Swallowed Whole}} : Travis suffers this fate at the hands of Valeria, but manages to escape.
* {{Talkative Loon}} : Masquerade talks to everyone, even himself. He doesn't wait for a response most of the time.
* {{Team Pet}} : Xiv, arguably
* {{Team Prima Donna}} : Miss Pain started this way, but got better.
* {{Terror Hero}} : Razordemon treats his reputation as a weapon all its own.
* {{The Big Guy}} (Girl) : Pam after gaining her powers.
* {{The Heros Birthday}} : Both Shadowboy and Gruefield start near Travis' birthday.
* {{The Lancer}} : Miss Pain
* {{The Leader}} : Travis
* {{The Medic}} : Stephanie
* {{The Reliable One}} : Travis sees himself as this and strives towards that goal. Got him elected leader of the team.
* {{The Sneaky Guy}} : Travis, lacking powers, relies more on stealth to survive.
* {{The Stoic}} : Stephanie, because Magic requires a great deal of mental discipline.
* {{The Team Benefactor}} : The Community Fund as embodied by Neutrino
* {{Trophy Room}} : Albeit one that is mostly empty
* {{Voluntary Shapeshifting}} : Pam and the survivors of Project Thirteen gained the ability to change between human and demi-dragon forms.
* {{Where the Hell is Springfield}} : Other than being slightly east of the great plains, the location of New Port Arthur is never given.
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A 2014 Superheo novel narrated by Travis Colfax, the titular Shadowboy at the end of his term as a sidekick. As the only non-powered member of a family of Heroes, Tavis doubts his ability to continue as a solo member of the Hero Community. Thanks largely to a literal {{Hero Insurance}} requirement for people with a strong connection to active Heroes, he can't afford to walk away.
While the bulk of the community's attention is on an alien threat, Travis tracks down a handful of missing gang members only to stumble onto a carefully hidden plot by the amoral {{Omnidisciplinary Scientist}} Doctor Omicron. Though soundly beaten, Travis agrees to remain active until Omicron can be tracked down and his plans foiled.
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!! Shadowboy contains examples of:
* {{Absurd Cutting Power}} : Icerazor's sword is among the few things reliably able to carve through force fields and psychic constructs, making steel (galvanized pipe, Omicron bots) mundane in comparison.
* {{Action Girl}} : Pam, though her first outing ended poorly.
* {{Artistic License - Martial Arts}} : (Lampshaded) - Travis admits to using overly showy moves when he has an audience, despite the act coming back to bite him immediately.
* {{Badass Cape}} : Jack wears one, though the wind doesn't always cooperate.
* {{Badass Longcoat}} : Doctor Omicron's heavy black labcoat acts as one.
* {{Body Horror}} : Implied off-screen for Pam's transformation, and [spoiler:Jasmine Greeler]'s death.
* {{Dark Age of Supernames}} : Razordemon, also notable that the character picked up the name during the dark age.
* {{Eldritch Abomination}} : Masquerade partly summons one during his final battle.
* {{Electronic Eyes}} : [[spoiler:Travis']] replacement after his run-in with Uth-sk.
* {{Evil Genius}} : Doctor Omicron
* {{Evil Pays Better}} : Working at the Community Fund gives little in the way of disposable income, especially after paying for Hero Insurance.
* {{Eye Scream}} : [[spoiler:Travis']] encounter with Uth-sk.
* {{Eyepatch of Power}} : [[spoiler:Travis]] gets one after his run-in with Uth-sk.
* {{Flying Brick}} : Jack
* {{Fragile Speedster}} : Nora
* {{Half-Human Hybrid}} : Xiv, the result of attempting to reverse engineer a male dragon from fragmentary female DNA.
* {{Hero Insurance}} : Literal Hero Insurance issued by the government with premiums adjusted for the licencee's destructive potential.
* {{Heroic BSOD}} : Travis suffers one in the sequel after being plugged into the Imager.
* {{Hormone Addled Teenager}} : Visible mostly in Travis' narration, which leads to occurances of Male Gaze
* {{Idle Rich}} : Jack keeps up this persona for his Secret Identity.
* {{Killed off for real}} : Both Cupric and Agent Six suffer this fate.
* {{Leader Wannabe}} : Miss Pain at first
* {{Magic Pants}} : (Averted) The Shapeshifting bestowed by Project Thirteen devastates clothing. Pam's outfit had to be pecially made to allow partial transformation without taking damage.
* {{Male Gaze}} : The Narrator being an aforementioned Hormone Addled Teenager.
* {{Man in the Machine}} : Doctor Omicron, after what the Nazis did to him, he could only survive in a life support suit, which he has built up into powered armor.
* {{Mecha-Mooks}} : Omicron Bots
* {{Missing Mom}} : Mrs. Colfax was dead before the events of the story, as is the previous Ixahau.
* {{Mooks}} : Omicron Bots, Final Star Cultists, Ygnaza soldiers and Morlock Society members.
* {{Morally Ambiguous Doctorate}} : Doctor Omicron
* {{No Sell}} : By Several Characters, most notably, Xiao shrugs off everything Travis and Xiv throw at him until the very end of the fight.
* {{Number Two}} : Stephanie as the only other member with a leadership endorsement, and takes over the role of team lead when Travis is out of commission.
* {{Oh Crap}} : Valeria's appearance for Travis, followed soon thereafter with one for Doctor Omicron when Travis notes that the only thing separating them is a thin polycarbonate window. Comes back in the Sequel when Donny speaks the phrase verbaitum as he realizes he's the target of a cluster bomb.
* {{Omnidisciplinary Scientist}} : Doctor Omicron
* {{Only in it For the Money}} : Doctor Omicron only aids the Final Star Cultists for the paycheck, and even offers his services to the heroes against the Ygnaza for the right price.
* {{Partial Transformation}} : Pam and the survivors of Project Thirteen can opt to only partially switch between forms.
* {{Powers Do the Fighting}} : Miss Pain
* {{Psychic Powers}} : Miss Pain, more in the sequel with Serar and Irvin Keyes.
* {{Retired Badass}} : Neutrino and an informed trait of the entire Fund Board.
* {{Secret Identity}} : Everyone has one.
* {{Shooting Superman}} (Averted) : The Greelers realize in short order that their bullets do nothing to Jack.
* {{Squishy Wizard}} : Stephanie
* {{Standard Superhero Setting}} : Embraced short of Death is Cheap.
* {{Superpowerful Genetics}} : Virtually everyone with a powered parent.
* {{Swallowed Whole}} : Travis suffers this fate at the hands of Valeria, but manages to escape.
* {{Talkative Loon}} : Masquerade
* {{Team Chef}} : Travis (in the Sequel)
* {{Team Pet}} : Xiv
* {{Team Primma Donna}} : Miss Pain started this way, but got better.
* {{Terror Hero}} : Razordemon treats his reputation as a weapon all its own.
* {{The Big Guy}} (Girl) : Pam
* {{The Hero's Birthday}} : Both Shadowboy and Gruefield start near Travis' birthday.
* {{The Lancer}} : Miss Pain
* {{The Leader}} : Travis
* {{The Medic}} : Stephanie
* {{The Reliable One}} : Travis sees himself as this and strives towards that goal. Got him elected leader of the team.
* {{The Sneaky Guy}} : Travis
* {{The Stoic}} : Stephanie
* {{The Team Benefactor}} : The Community Fund as embodied by Neutrino
* {{Trophy Room}} : Albeit mostly empty
* {{Voluntary Shapeshifting}} : Pam and the survivors of Project Thirteen gained the ability to change between human and demi-dragon forms.
* {{Where the Hell is Springfield?}} : Other than being slightly east of the great plains, the location of New Port Arthur is never given.
* {{Ye Olde Nuclear Silo}} : The team moves into a rennovated Gruefield 18 Nuclear Missile facility.
While the bulk of the community's attention is on an alien threat, Travis tracks down a handful of missing gang members only to stumble onto a carefully hidden plot by the amoral {{Omnidisciplinary Scientist}} Doctor Omicron. Though soundly beaten, Travis agrees to remain active until Omicron can be tracked down and his plans foiled.
The Author's home page is at http://evcombine.net
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!! Shadowboy contains examples of:
* {{Absurd Cutting Power}} : Icerazor's sword is among the few things reliably able to carve through force fields and psychic constructs, making steel (galvanized pipe, Omicron bots) mundane in comparison.
* {{Action Girl}} : Pam, though her first outing ended poorly.
* {{Artistic License - Martial Arts}} : (Lampshaded) - Travis admits to using overly showy moves when he has an audience, despite the act coming back to bite him immediately.
* {{Badass Cape}} : Jack wears one, though the wind doesn't always cooperate.
* {{Badass Longcoat}} : Doctor Omicron's heavy black labcoat acts as one.
* {{Body Horror}} : Implied off-screen for Pam's transformation, and [spoiler:Jasmine Greeler]'s death.
* {{Dark Age of Supernames}} : Razordemon, also notable that the character picked up the name during the dark age.
* {{Eldritch Abomination}} : Masquerade partly summons one during his final battle.
* {{Electronic Eyes}} : [[spoiler:Travis']] replacement after his run-in with Uth-sk.
* {{Evil Genius}} : Doctor Omicron
* {{Evil Pays Better}} : Working at the Community Fund gives little in the way of disposable income, especially after paying for Hero Insurance.
* {{Eye Scream}} : [[spoiler:Travis']] encounter with Uth-sk.
* {{Eyepatch of Power}} : [[spoiler:Travis]] gets one after his run-in with Uth-sk.
* {{Flying Brick}} : Jack
* {{Fragile Speedster}} : Nora
* {{Half-Human Hybrid}} : Xiv, the result of attempting to reverse engineer a male dragon from fragmentary female DNA.
* {{Hero Insurance}} : Literal Hero Insurance issued by the government with premiums adjusted for the licencee's destructive potential.
* {{Heroic BSOD}} : Travis suffers one in the sequel after being plugged into the Imager.
* {{Hormone Addled Teenager}} : Visible mostly in Travis' narration, which leads to occurances of Male Gaze
* {{Idle Rich}} : Jack keeps up this persona for his Secret Identity.
* {{Killed off for real}} : Both Cupric and Agent Six suffer this fate.
* {{Leader Wannabe}} : Miss Pain at first
* {{Magic Pants}} : (Averted) The Shapeshifting bestowed by Project Thirteen devastates clothing. Pam's outfit had to be pecially made to allow partial transformation without taking damage.
* {{Male Gaze}} : The Narrator being an aforementioned Hormone Addled Teenager.
* {{Man in the Machine}} : Doctor Omicron, after what the Nazis did to him, he could only survive in a life support suit, which he has built up into powered armor.
* {{Mecha-Mooks}} : Omicron Bots
* {{Missing Mom}} : Mrs. Colfax was dead before the events of the story, as is the previous Ixahau.
* {{Mooks}} : Omicron Bots, Final Star Cultists, Ygnaza soldiers and Morlock Society members.
* {{Morally Ambiguous Doctorate}} : Doctor Omicron
* {{No Sell}} : By Several Characters, most notably, Xiao shrugs off everything Travis and Xiv throw at him until the very end of the fight.
* {{Number Two}} : Stephanie as the only other member with a leadership endorsement, and takes over the role of team lead when Travis is out of commission.
* {{Oh Crap}} : Valeria's appearance for Travis, followed soon thereafter with one for Doctor Omicron when Travis notes that the only thing separating them is a thin polycarbonate window. Comes back in the Sequel when Donny speaks the phrase verbaitum as he realizes he's the target of a cluster bomb.
* {{Omnidisciplinary Scientist}} : Doctor Omicron
* {{Only in it For the Money}} : Doctor Omicron only aids the Final Star Cultists for the paycheck, and even offers his services to the heroes against the Ygnaza for the right price.
* {{Partial Transformation}} : Pam and the survivors of Project Thirteen can opt to only partially switch between forms.
* {{Powers Do the Fighting}} : Miss Pain
* {{Psychic Powers}} : Miss Pain, more in the sequel with Serar and Irvin Keyes.
* {{Retired Badass}} : Neutrino and an informed trait of the entire Fund Board.
* {{Secret Identity}} : Everyone has one.
* {{Shooting Superman}} (Averted) : The Greelers realize in short order that their bullets do nothing to Jack.
* {{Squishy Wizard}} : Stephanie
* {{Standard Superhero Setting}} : Embraced short of Death is Cheap.
* {{Superpowerful Genetics}} : Virtually everyone with a powered parent.
* {{Swallowed Whole}} : Travis suffers this fate at the hands of Valeria, but manages to escape.
* {{Talkative Loon}} : Masquerade
* {{Team Chef}} : Travis (in the Sequel)
* {{Team Pet}} : Xiv
* {{Team Primma Donna}} : Miss Pain started this way, but got better.
* {{Terror Hero}} : Razordemon treats his reputation as a weapon all its own.
* {{The Big Guy}} (Girl) : Pam
* {{The Hero's Birthday}} : Both Shadowboy and Gruefield start near Travis' birthday.
* {{The Lancer}} : Miss Pain
* {{The Leader}} : Travis
* {{The Medic}} : Stephanie
* {{The Reliable One}} : Travis sees himself as this and strives towards that goal. Got him elected leader of the team.
* {{The Sneaky Guy}} : Travis
* {{The Stoic}} : Stephanie
* {{The Team Benefactor}} : The Community Fund as embodied by Neutrino
* {{Trophy Room}} : Albeit mostly empty
* {{Voluntary Shapeshifting}} : Pam and the survivors of Project Thirteen gained the ability to change between human and demi-dragon forms.
* {{Where the Hell is Springfield?}} : Other than being slightly east of the great plains, the location of New Port Arthur is never given.
* {{Ye Olde Nuclear Silo}} : The team moves into a rennovated Gruefield 18 Nuclear Missile facility.