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* ComesGreatResponsibility: Alluded to while discussing her origin
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* NoMoreForMe: Something a river rat would swear after seeing amassed crayfish
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* BunnyTropes: Several, since Velveteen is a riff off of ''TheVelveteenRabbit'' due to Marketing wanting to work her name and schtick off of her toy-related powers.
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''Velveteen Vs'' (2000) is a short story series by Creator/SeananMcGuire about a former superheroine named Velma "Velveteen" Martinez who was one of the young heroes "adopted" by The Super Patriots, Inc. On reaching legal adulthood she decided to walk away from the superhero life, but the Marketing Department wants her back, and are willing to do a great many things to do so.
The series is available to be read off [[http://seananmcguire.com/velhome.php the author's site]] as well as more recent updates on her LiveJournal. The first novel in the series has also just been published.
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''Velveteen Vs'' (2000) is a short story series by Creator/SeananMcGuire about a former superheroine named Velma "Velveteen" Martinez who was one of the young heroes "adopted" by The Super Patriots, Inc. On reaching legal adulthood she decided to walk away from the superhero life, but the Marketing Department wants her back, and are willing to do a great many things to do so.get her.
The series is available to be read off [[http://seananmcguire.com/velhome.php the author's site]] as well as more recent updates on her LiveJournal. The firstnovel anthology in the series has also just been published.
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Jory]]. [[spoiler: Probably Tag]].
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* ParentalIssues:
** ParentalAbandonment: Velveteen's team of the Junior Super Patriots West Coast Division was, except for the Claw, composed of kids who were sold by their parents to Super Patriots Inc.
** MissingMom [[=/=]]DisappearedDad: Velveteen's were abusive when she lived with them, and only cared about her as a meal ticket once her powers manifested.
** ParentalAbandonment: Velveteen's team of the Junior Super Patriots West Coast Division was, except for the Claw, composed of kids who were sold by their parents to Super Patriots Inc.
** MissingMom [[=/=]]DisappearedDad: Velveteen's were abusive when she lived with them, and only cared about her as a meal ticket once her powers manifested.
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* HeroicSacrifice: How alter-Velveteen ended up causing Velveteen-prime to reality hop.
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* WorldOfPun: Many of the superhero world has names that fall into pun territory: Victory Anna and Dairy Keen, for starters.
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* WorldOfPun: Many of the superhero world has cast have names that fall into pun territory: Jack O'Lope, Victory Anna and Dairy Keen, for starters.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Princess, Jackie, and Velveteen.
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* AWorldwidePunomeon: Many of the superhero world has names that fall into pun territory: Victory Anna and Dairy Keen, for starters.
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* CatchPhrase: Marketing helps heroes working for them come up with memorable ones.
** Velveteen has one that's pretty much only muttered to herself: "Fucked up times (number)."
** Velveteen has one that's pretty much only muttered to herself: "Fucked up times (number)."
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* UndercoverAsLovers: [[spoiler: Action Dude and Sparkle Bright]].
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* UndercoverAsLovers: UndercoverAsLovers[=/=]TheBeard: [[spoiler: Action Dude and Sparkle Bright]].
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* LovelessMarriage: Speculated on during several points in the narration.
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* AdultsAreUseless: From Velma's point of view, the adults are either borderline abusive, or Marketing.
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* FlyingBrick: Action Dude's power set and one of the more common ones.
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* {{Flashback}}: sometimes told in the form of DreamSequence.
* FlyingBrick: Majesty's power set, ActionDude's power set Dude's, and one of the more common ones.
* FlyingBrick: Majesty's power set, Action
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* CelebCrush: Marketing encourages these.
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: Starting with irradiated maple syrup and going from there with one bizarre origin story after another.
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* BunnyTropes: Several, since Velveteen is a riff off of 'TheVelveteenRabbit' due to Marketing wanting to work her name and schtick off of her toy-related powers.
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* StevenUlyssesPerhero: Several of the characters in the series, starting with 'Vel'ma Mar'tin'ez herself.
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* StevenUlyssesPerhero: Several of the characters in the series, starting with 'Vel'ma Mar'tin'ez ''Vel''ma Mar''tin''ez herself.
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* BunnyTropes: Several, since Velveteen is a riff off of Literature/TheVelveteenRabbit due to Marketing wanting to work her name and schtick off of her toy-related powers.
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* BunnyTropes: Several, since Velveteen is a riff off of Literature/TheVelveteenRabbit 'TheVelveteenRabbit' due to Marketing wanting to work her name and schtick off of her toy-related powers.
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* ArmouredClosetGay: [[spoiler: Sparkle Bright]]. The alternate universe version [[spoiler: Polychrome]] is out of the closet.
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* CorporateSponsoredSuperhero / HeroesRUs: Super Patriots Inc straddles the line between the two.
* CureYourGays: What Super Patriots Inc promised [[spoiler: Yelena's]] parents they would do.
* DominoMask: Part of Velma/Velveteen's costume.
* CureYourGays: What Super Patriots Inc promised [[spoiler: Yelena's]] parents they would do.
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* HeroicBuild: Action Dude
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* SecretIdentity: One of Super Patriots Inc's few redeeming qualities is its thorough protection of its under-age superheroes identities
* SpotOfTea: Victory Anna as part of her quasi-Victorian thing.
* SpotOfTea: Victory Anna as part of her quasi-Victorian thing.
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''Velveteen Vs'' (2000) is a short story series by Creator/SeananMcguire Creator/SeananMcGuire about a former superheroine named Velma "Velveteen" Martinez who was one of the young heroes "adopted" by The Super Patriots, Inc. On reaching legal adulthood she decided to walk away from the superhero life, but the Marketing Department wants her back, and are willing to do a great many things to do so.
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* AlternateUniverse: Velveteen finds herself in a alternate universe where her rival quit the Super Patriots and she co-leads the team.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Claw, of the animal abilities sub-variety
** TheBeastmaster: One of Claw's powers is to command the loyalty of crustaceasns
* AnimateDead: The power of Roadkill, an AlternateUniverse version of Velma who went full supervillain
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Claw, of the animal abilities sub-variety
** TheBeastmaster: One of Claw's powers is to command the loyalty of crustaceasns
* AnimateDead: The power of Roadkill, an AlternateUniverse version of Velma who went full supervillain
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* AlternateUniverse: Velveteen finds herself in a an alternate universe where her rival quit the Super Patriots and she co-leads the team.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Claw, of the animal abilitiessub-variety
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** TheBeastmaster: One of Claw's powers is to command the loyalty ofcrustaceasns
crustaceasns.
* AnimateDead: The power of Roadkill, an AlternateUniverse version of Velma who went fullsupervillainsupervillain.
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Jory]]Jory]].
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* MadScientist: Many, including Dr Darwin and Victory Anna
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''Velveteen Vs'' (2000) is a short story series by Creator/Seanan Mcguire about a former superheroine named Velma "Velveteen" Martinez who was one of the young heroes "adopted" by The Super Patriots, Inc. On reaching legal adulthood she decided to walk away from the superhero life, but the Marketing Department wants her back, and are willing to do a great many things to do so.
The series is available to be read off the author's site ''[[http://seananmcguire.com/velhome.php]]'' as well as more recent updates on her livejournal. The first novel in the series has also just been published.
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''Velveteen Vs'' (2000) is a short story series by Creator/Seanan Mcguire Creator/SeananMcguire about a former superheroine named Velma "Velveteen" Martinez who was one of the young heroes "adopted" by The Super Patriots, Inc. On reaching legal adulthood she decided to walk away from the superhero life, but the Marketing Department wants her back, and are willing to do a great many things to do so.
The series is available to be read offthe author's site ''[[http://seananmcguire.[[http://seananmcguire.com/velhome.php]]'' php the author's site]] as well as more recent updates on her livejournal.LiveJournal. The first novel in the series has also just been published.
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* ChildSoldiers: All of the Junior Super Patriots. It is also shown that the Super Patriots deliberately recruit kids young so that they will be more controllable.
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* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Claw, of the animal abilities sub-variety
** TheBeastmaster: One of Claw's powers is to command the loyalty of crustaceasns
* AnimateDead: The power of Roadkill, an AlternateUniverse version of Velma who went full supervillain
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Several, including many associated with seasonal holidays.
* ArtAttacker / ArtInitiatesLife: Tag's power is to give his pictures form and solidity
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Jory]]
* ChildSoldiers: All of the Junior Super Patriots. It is also shown that the Super Patriots deliberately recruit kids young so that they will be morecontrollable.
controllable.
* EmergencyTransformation: Claw's father changed him into what he is now to save his life from an unspecified illness.
* FlyingBrick: Action Dude's power set and one of the more common ones.
* LightEmUp: Sparkle Bright's base power.
* MadScientist: Many, including Dr Darwin and Victory Anna
* MegaCorp: Super Patriots Inc, crossing over into LawEnforcementInc
* {{Steampunk}}: Victory Anna's whole motif.
* {{Technopath}}: Velma's powers slide into this. Her specific power is to animate toys and that includes things like animatronic dinosaurs as well as plush animals.
** TheBeastmaster: One of Claw's powers is to command the loyalty of crustaceasns
* AnimateDead: The power of Roadkill, an AlternateUniverse version of Velma who went full supervillain
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Several, including many associated with seasonal holidays.
* ArtAttacker / ArtInitiatesLife: Tag's power is to give his pictures form and solidity
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Jory]]
* ChildSoldiers: All of the Junior Super Patriots. It is also shown that the Super Patriots deliberately recruit kids young so that they will be more
* EmergencyTransformation: Claw's father changed him into what he is now to save his life from an unspecified illness.
* FlyingBrick: Action Dude's power set and one of the more common ones.
* LightEmUp: Sparkle Bright's base power.
* MadScientist: Many, including Dr Darwin and Victory Anna
* MegaCorp: Super Patriots Inc, crossing over into LawEnforcementInc
* {{Steampunk}}: Victory Anna's whole motif.
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''Velveteen Vs'' (2000) is a short story series by Creator/Seanan Mcguire about a former superheroine named Velma "Velveteen" Martinez who was one of the young heroes "adopted" by The Super Patriots, Inc. On reaching legal adulthood she decided to walk away from the superhero life, but the Marketing Department wants her back, and are willing to do a great many things to do so.
The series is available to be read off the author's site ''[[http://seananmcguire.com/velhome.php]]'' as well as more recent updates on her livejournal. The first novel in the series has also just been published.
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