History Main / TheAdjectivalSuperhero

* The ''Mighty'' [[ComicBook/CarolDanvers Captain Marvel]]

* Especially in the 70s and 80s, there was a trend to give hyperbolic names to HumongousMecha series. For example: ''Anime/ZettaiMutekiRaijinOh'', which translates literally into [[BoringInvincibleHero "Absolutely Invincible Thundergod-King"]]. The 90s largely replace these with [[WordSaladTitle Word Salad Titles]], such as ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.

** During TheNewTens, [[ComicBook/Thor2014 Jane Foster]] took over as the new Thor, along with the "Mighty" title, after the original somehow lost his right to use his hammer. When the original Thor got a series of his own again to complement Jane's, it was titled The ''Unworthy'' Thor.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''
** Although within the setting, the term Miraculous is not just an adjective, but also a noun.

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* The ''Unsinkable'' Molly Brown

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* [[HeroesUnite Heroes Unite/Heroes Alliance]]'s The Impractical Mr Imp.

** The ''Great and Powerful'' [[ThirdPersonPerson Trixie]] from the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]." Trixie appears to be a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', given that it's ''exactly'' the same phrase ("I am Oz, the Great and Powerful! ... Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.")

** Miles Morales is often referred to as the [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan Ultimate Spider-Man]], referring to his original book to distinguish him from Parker.

* ''Magnificent'' Ms. Marvel, the March 2019 relaunch of ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2014''.

* In ''Magnificent'' Ms. Marvel, the March 2019 relaunch of ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2014''.

** Miles Morales is often referred to as the [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan Ultimate SpiderMan]], referring to his original book to distinguish him from Parker.

** Miles Morales is often referred to as the [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan Ultimate Spiderman]], referring to his original book to distinguish him from Parker.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', where Peter B. Parker - the [[LoserProtagonist jaded, middle-aged slob version of Spider-Man]] - is dubbed by his so-called protege Miles Morales as "The Janky Old Broke Hobo Spider-Man."

* PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', where Peter B. Parker the [[LoserProtagonist jaded, middle-aged slob version of Spider-Man]], is dubbed by his so-called protege Miles Morales as "The Janky Old Broke Hobo Spider-Man."

** Special notice goes to the ''[[ComicBook/AllNewXMen All]]-[[ComicBook/AllNewXMen2016 New]]'' X-Men, who are actually [[ComicBook/TimeDisplacedXMen the team's founding members in their teenage years, flung forward in time into the present]]. It's an ironic thing, obviously.

** Special notice goes to the ''All-New'' X-Men, who are actually the team's founding members in their teenage years, flung into the present. It's an ironic thing, obviously.

** The ''Infamous'' Iron Man is ComicBook/DoctorDoom trying to lay claim to the name while Tony Stark is taking a break from heroics. (Lucky for everyone, there's still someone acting as an actual heroic Iron Man in the ''Invincible'' book.)

** The most well known incarnation of the Hulk, the green, childlike one who (typically) speaks HulkSpeak, is known as the ''Savage'' Hulk, which has been used as a title for a series at least once.
** There's also the ''ComicBook/TotallyAwesomeHulk'', who is ComicBook/AmadeusCho, not Bruce Banner; and the descriptor reflects how Amadeus is an immature teenager who enjoys his powers rather than angsting about them as Bruce does.
* The ''Savage''/''[[ComicBook/SensationalSheHulk Sensational]]'' ComicBook/SheHulk
** The titles are currently being used to differentiate between multiple She-Hulks: The "Sensational" She-Hulk is Banner's cousin Jennifer Walters; while the "Savage" She-Hulk is Lyra, the Hulk's daughter from an alternate future.

** For a team made up of both Avengers and X-Men members, they titled it ''Uncanny'' Avengers ("Uncanny" being associated with the X-Men).

* The ''Mighty'' [[ComicBook/MsMarvel Captain Marvel]]''

* Despite common misconceptions, Golden Age hero ''ComicBook/TheAtomicThunderbolt''simply goes by the Thunderbolt in-story. The "Atomic" part is simply a description of his nuclear-based abilities.

* Back in 2006, DC busted out The ''All-New'' Atom! Sadly, they brought back the original Atom not long after, and the all-new one got left by the roadside.

* The episode of [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] where Michelangelo adopts a superhero identity is called "The ''Unconvincing'' Turtle Titan".

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

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

** ''Anime/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.