History TabletopGame / FreedomCity

* PlayfulHacker: Digital Demon, one of the Cybertribe. Leads to a CrowningMomentOfFunny when the report on him is handwritten, with some choice personal comments from the investigator.

** The Pale Ranger in ''Worlds of Freedom'''s "Freedom by Gaslight" is basically Marvel's Phantom Rider, although he's got Franchise/TheLoneRanger's origin (but the Silver Sheriff is the one who inherited a silver mine and used it to make bullets). He's also Doc Prophet's father, which could be a nod to the Lone Ranger being the uncle of Franchise/TheGreenHornet.

'''Freedom City''' is the default setting for the ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds'' game system. Freedom City, the actual town, is the default setting for the 1st and 2nd editions of the game and is where most setting information is provided for. Also known as [[TheVerse the Freedom Universe]]. In the World of Freedom, superheroes appeared roughly at the same time that comic book heroes did in the real world.

*** 3rd edition Lady Liberty (a young woman from an ethnic minority who inherits the mantle of a major heroine) may be inspired by Comicbook/MsMarvel.

*** His OppositeSexClone/adopted daughter Jonni Quick, in the "Future Freedom" setting and 3rd Edition, is a {{Gender Flip}}ped Bart Allen with Wally West elements.

*** Commander USA is a {{genderflip}}ped and {{Race Lift}}ed Miss America. His origin is similar to the Human Bomb.

*** Commander USA is a genderflipped and {{Race Lift}}ed Miss America. His origin is similar to the Human Bomb.

*** His OppositeSexClone/adopted daughter Jonni Quick, in the "Future Freedom" setting, is a {{Gender Flip}}ped Bart Allen with Wally West elements.

* AffirmativeActionLegacy: The most recent person to take the name of Johnny Rocket, the setting' premiere NPC speedster, is openly gay.
** The current Star Knight, actually the first Terran-born human to be invited to join the Order of Star Knights, is the American-born daughter of immigrants from Greece and Central America.

* HeroAntagonist: The Cybertribe, a group of cyborgs and {{Digitized Hacker}}s who work as thieves...[[AssholeVictim against some]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive very evil]] people, and only to get the money to repair their mechanical parts-which doubles as a life-support system. Explicitly called out in the overview of Heavy Metal, since if you rupture his PowerArmor, it's likely because he's [[HeroicSacrifice trying to buy time for the others to escape]].

** UnscrupulousHero: The current wielder of the Crimson Katana is explicitly described as an anti-hero who fights people much worse than she is, though her situation is complicated by the fact that her father, one of those people, [[GrandTheftMe routinely hijacks her body.]] The Silencer, as the setting's Punisher analogue, could be this ...

* FromNobodyToNightmare: The Mastermind was just a prehistoric hunter-gatherer, when the [[{{Precursors}} Preservers]] dissected him to serve as cloning material to create the various HumanAliens. His mind survived as a DigitizedHacker, and he has now become a WellIntentionedExtremist {{Ubermensch}} dedicated to bringing humanity to it's true potential...under his guidance.

** Filled by the Star Knight Corps, combined Expys of the GreenLanternCorps and ComicBook/RomSpaceKnight

** Lady Liberty is a mix of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and Franchise/WonderWoman. Her name, Beth Walton, references Betsy Ross and TheWaltons.

The tone of Freedom City is light and airy, roughly meant to simulate TheModernAgeOfComicBooks. While there are darker characters such as the villainous Jack-A-Knives, it is primarily a place of fun and whimsy.

* CutLexLuthorACheck: The Thieves' Guild, mentioned in ''Freedom's Most Wanted'' and the 2E ''Time of Crisis'', are six brilliant scientists who've managed to develop technolgoy from extremely detailed holograms to Batman-level bolo-themed gadgets, to cryokinesis to weather controlling. They use these inventions to rob banks. It's even noted in their descriptions that they could have made millions were they all not more than a bit crazy. (They're specifically a group CaptainErsatz of Franchise/TheFlash's Rogues, who were pretty much the same.)

* CutLexLuthorACheck: The Thieves' Guild, mentioned in ''Freedom's Most Wanted'' and the 2E ''Time of Crisis'', are six brilliant scientists who've managed to develop technolgoy from extremely detailed holograms to Batman-level bolo-themed gadgets, to cryokinesis to weather controlling. They use these inventions to rob banks. It's even noted in their descriptions that they could have made millions were they all not more than a bit crazy. (They're specifically a group CaptainErsatz of TheFlash's Rogues, who were pretty much the same.)

** Dr. Simian is equal parts [[Comicbook/DoomPatrol Monsieur Mallah]] and [[TheFlash Gorilla Grodd]].

** Johnny Rocket is an expy of TheFlash; his name, Johnny Wade, references [[Franchise/FantasticFour Johnny Storm]] and Creator/MarkWaid. His being gay is in homage to [[ComicBook/AlphaFlight Northstar]], another speedster.

** The Thieves Guild are one-to-one homages to TheFlash's Rogues: Huckster is Trickster; Bola is Captain Boomerang; Looking Glass is Mirror Master; Weather Mistress is Weather Wizard; Firebug is Heatwave; and the Mad Maple is Captain Cold. (Although the Maple's name and Canadian origin are also a ShoutOut to BigNameFan Jim "T. M. Maple" Burke.)

** Dr. Sin references [[YellowPeril all those sinister oriental masterminds from the pulps]], especially FuManchu and Marvel's Yellow Claw, as well as Ra's al Ghul.

*** He's much more like the Preserver of the same continuity. And MarvelComics' Collector.

** The Curator shares much in common with Brainiac, specifically the version from the {{DCAU}}.

** Fear Master (both of them) shares much in common with Batman's foe the Scarecrow, and the original's costume borrows heavily from the [[{{DCAU}} Phantasm]].

** Toy Boy is the {{DCAU}} Toyman expy. His last name, Lettam, is a SdrawkcabName.

** Patriot, the main ComicBook/CaptainAmerica expy, is Jack Simmons, named after Cap's creators JackKirby and Joe Simon.

** Master Lee's School of Self Defense is named for two eponymous masters: [[BruceLee Bruce]] and [[Creator/StanLee Stan]].

* CaptainErsatz: Just about all the pre-made characters are derived from either better-known {{Marvel}} and {{DC Comics}} heroes, or heroes from Kurt Busiek's ''ComicBook/AstroCity''.

** Mastermind partakes of elements from {{Magneto}}, VandalSavage, and [[ComicBook/AlphaFlight The Master of the World]].

* AlternateUniverse: [[AfterTheEnd After-Earth]], [FunnyAnimal Ani-Earth]], [[MirrorUniverse Anti-Earth]], [[EverythingIsBetterWithMonkeys Earth-Ape]], ''[[StupidJetpackHitler Erde]]'', Terra-Roma, [[HeroicFantasy Verecia]].

** Lady Liberty is a mix of CaptainAmerica and WonderWoman. Her name, Beth Walton, references Betsy Ross and TheWaltons.

*** Taking things even further, the ''Hero High'' sourcebook (which details Next Gen and the Claremont Academy in particular and teen heroes in general) has three archetypes that are quite blatantly Starfire (Alien Exile), Raven (Child of Darkness) and Robin (Protégé) with the names removed and nothing else. The Construct archetpe, meanwhile, has artwork that is basically Colossus of ''ComicBook/TheXMen'' with some heavy weaponry slapped on.

** Patriot, the main CaptainAmerica expy, is Jack Simmons, named after Cap's creators JackKirby and Joe Simon.