History Main / TheAdjectivalSuperhero

** The ''Incredible'' [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]]. This one actually transferred to two television shows and a movie.

* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderman''. Named after the original comic.

--> — '''SF Debris''' on ''TheDarkKnight''

* Especially in the 70s and 80s, there was a trend to give hyperbolic name to HumongousMecha series. Example: ''ZettaiMutekiRaijinOh'', which translates literally into [[BoringInvincibleHero "Absolutely Invincible Thundergod-King"]]. The 90s largely replace it with WordSaladTitle, such as ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
** ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', as a {{Reconstruction}} of the SuperRobot genre, would be a callback to this - the protagonists' main mecha is the Gurren Lagann, and "Tengen Toppa" means "Heaven-Piercing". However, the two most powerful mecha the heroes use are actually called the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, being the size of a galaxy and ''a hundred times bigger'' respectively.
* [[DragonBallZ The Great Saiyaman!]]

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*** Comicbook/{{Spider-Girl}} also eventually inherited ''Amazing'' and later ''Spectacular'' from her dad.

*** Lampshaded by PeterDavid (who else?) in a story where the Hulk meets [[{{Sidekick}} Rick Jones]]' mother-in-law. When she exclaims "Green skin! Amazing!" he replies "No, ''Spider-Man'' is amazing. ''I'm'' [[InsistentTerminology incredible]]!"

** When Comicbook/{{the Avengers}} split, the pro-registration team became the ''Mighty'' Avengers. (There have been other "_____ Avengers" teams, but none with titles quite overblown enough for the trope.)

* As a superhero parody, ''[[{{Normalman}} normalman]]'' has been called the ''Unconvinceable'' normalman and the ''Excruciatingly Average'' normalman.

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* The ''Mighty Mighty'' Bosstones. Their earliest compilation appearances credited them as just The Bosstones (which is still something fans call them for short), but it turned out there had already been a group called The Bosstones in the 50's.

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* From ''GirlGenius'': The ''Unstoppable'' Airman Higgs.

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* [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in the {{Futurama}} episode "The Tip of the Zoidberg": "He's turned into some kind of Believable Hulk!"

** And on ''TheColbertReport'', whenever Colbert does his "Better Know A (Congressional) District" segment the district is called "The ''Fighting'' Xth".

** Averted with DoctorStrange, who uses SuperheroSobriquets instead, but his enemies often fit this trope (the ''Dread'' Dormammu, the ''Unrelenting'' Umar).

* Briefly invoked at the beginning of SpectacularSpiderMan, though it's rarely used after that.
* UltimateSpiderMan, on the other hand, is known to abuse of this trope in-Universe. Pretty ironical considering the serie has nothing to do with the comic book of the same name and said comic never had Spidey referring to himself that way.

* Thanks to ''All-Star {{Batman}}'' and MemeticMutation, DC finally has one: "the ''Goddamn'' Batman".

->"Of all the descriptive names of all the things people say when they hear a hero in action, The Amazing Spiderman, The Incredible Hulk, The Invincible Iron Man, the only descriptive word for this guy is 'The God-damn Batman!"

*** During the run of a series called just ''Spider-Man'' it was given the FanNickname ''The Adjectivless Spider-Man''.

** Comicbook/{{X-Men}} has ''Uncanny'', ''Astonishing'', and (briefly) ''[[XtremeKoolLetterz X-Treme]]''. In fact, any series that doesn't have a name like this is referred to as ''The Adjectiveless X-Men''.
*** "All New, All Different" is also them: originally it was the tagline of the early ChrisClaremont era: you see, the series had just been {{Retool}}ed, once about the original five (then seven), but now a whole new MultinationalTeam. Any use since is homaging it, and only occasionally fits (such as X-Factor going from "the original five together again" to its current (and by now more familiar) WestCoastTeam form.) It's since become a classic phrase associated with new team rosters and series launches.

*** Furthermore, Red Hulk is the star of the comic simply titled "Hulk", which inverts this.

*** With the ComicBook/NewAvengers, the YoungAvengers, the DarkAvengers, and the Secret Avengers getting their own books, the main team has become the [[FanNickname [Adjectiveless] Avengers]].

** Averted with DoctorStrange, who uses SuperheroSobriquets instead, but his enemies often fit this trope (the Dread Dormammu, the Unrelenting Umar).
** Marvel even [[SelfDeprecation made fun of themselves]] for this trope back in the '60s with ''Not Brand Echh''. For example, their [[{{Hulk}} muscular green guy in ripped pants]] was the ''Inedible'' Bulk. You [[BrattyHalfPint whippersnappers]] might have seen him in {{Nextwave}}.

* DC's 2011 reboot includes The ''Savage'' {{Hawkman}}.

* An SClub7 song refers to the band as "The One and Only Wonderful S Club"
* The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
* The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Their earliest compilation appearances credited them as just The Bosstones (which is still something fans call them for short), but it turned out there had already been a group called The Bosstones in the 50's.

* Parodied with "The Mundane Spider-Man" in [[http://www.savagechickens.com/2011/09/the-mundane-spider-man.html this]] 'SavageChickens''.

Keep in mind that not just any descriptors qualify for the trope - "New Trope-Man" is too simple, but "All-New, All-Different Trope-Man" can be sufficiently over-the-top. Now mostly used in the modern day either due to the GrandfatherClause or as a deliberate homage to the SilverAge.

** And don't forget "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E8TheMysteriousMareDoWell The Mysterious Mare-Do-Well]]."

* The Great and Powerful [[ThirdPersonPerson Trixie]] from the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]".

* ''The Incredible Mr. Limpet''

*** Comicbook/{{Spider-Girl}} also eventually inherited ''Amazing'' and later ''Spectacular'' from her dad. What's so amazing?

* Especially in the 70s and 80s, there was a trend to give hyperbolic name to HumongousMecha series. Example: ''ZettaiMutekiRaijinOh'', which translates literally into "Absolutely Invincible Thundergod-King". The 90s largely replace it with WordSaladTitle, such as ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''.

->'''Betty:''' My! Marlo wasn't exaggerating. I see... green skin... amazing!

* ''TheFantasticMrFox''

*** Comicbook/{{Spider-Girl}} also eventually inherited ''Amazing'' and later ''Spectacular'' from her dad. What's so amazing, IfYouKnowWhatIMean?