History Videogame / MarvelAvengersAlliance

** Future Countdown is a hidden passive that only activates when both characters in the party are FF members ''and'' wearing their Future Foundation alts ([[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and Human Torch's Annihilus alt.]]).

* BonusBoss: Epic Boss battles, which can only be accessed by completing every fight and deployment in whatever mission they're hidden in.
** Epic Bosses are usually the 25th and final task required to unlock the central hero in [=SpecOps=] missions.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: the [[BonusBoss Epic Boss]] the player needed to defeat in order to unlock Havok? ComicBook/NormanOsborn, a.k.a. the Green Goblin, the last character you'd ever expect in a Havok-centric storyline. (Previous Spec Ops bosses, normal or Epic, at least follow the general theme of the operation's story.)

** In Chapter 1.5 of Mission 2, the Heroic Battle is clash between Thor and Hercules, a grudge match so common in the comics that Marvel published [[http://www.amazon.com/Thor-vs-Hercules-Stan-Lee/dp/0785149740/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1387096338&sr=8-1&keywords=thor+vs+hercules a collection]] of their [[JustForPun greatest hits]].

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** Spec Ops 12 (Ares): ComicBook/DarkReign and ComicBook/CivilWar

** The "Dark Thor" from Spec Ops 12 is the mechanical Thor from ComicBook/CivilWar

* TeensAreShort: The Runaways' character sprites are smaller than the adult characters, even though most of them are old enough to be at their adult height.

** Two of the rankings that you can get in [=PvE=] fights ("Amazing" and "Superior") are, of course, two [[TheAdjectivalSuperhero monikers]] long-associated with Franchise/SpiderMan.[[note]]Though the latter can now be associated with Iron Man as well, given the advent of "Superior Iron Man" coming soon in the comics.[[/note]]

* JackOfAllStats: The Generalist class, which is neither strong nor weak against other classes. Heroes with a Tactician base-class also starts with a very balanced set of stats. However, upon LevelUp the Generalist Agent would increase all stats equally.

* FiveManBand: The Runaways form one within the larger Alliance.
** TheHero: Nico Minoru
** TheLancer: Chase Stein
** TheBigGuy: Molly Hayes
** TheSmartGuy: Victor Mancha
** TheChick: Karolina Dean

*** To be fair, it's more like half, since his mutant ability plays into at least half his playing style and drastically affects his playing strategy.

* BareYourMidriff: Modern Emma Frost, Thundra, Tigra, X-23...

Naturally, the criminal underworld is eager to capitalize on this new opportunity. The smaller minds merely want to take advantage of the global confusion, but the bigger players quickly grasp the possibilities of this new source of power. Some of the biggest names in villainy were in the Iso-8 game -- HYDRA, A.I.M., the Hand, the Maggia criminal syndicate, the Wrecking Crew, the Brotherhood of Mutants, ComicBook/TheHood, each with their own agendas. And some of the Marvel Universe's greatest [[TheChessmaster Chess Masters]], like ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, [[ComicBook/IronMan the Mandarin]], Loki, [[Comicbook/DoctorStrange Dormammu]], and even Comicbook/DoctorDoom, may be pulling strings behind the scene to form a villainous Syndicate of a scope never before considered. And what's all this talk about "The Circle of Eight"? It's clear S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers had their work cut out for them.

** "Agent, I'm sure you have heard about [[Comicbook/XMen Charles Xavier]]..."

* LostInTranslation: In English, the Serpent once said that "I am Comicbook/FearItself". In the Spanish translation, he says "Yo soy el miedo", and the reference to the crossover gets lost (as the comic was published under the name "El miedo mismo").

** Spec Ops 12 (Ares): Comicbook/DarkReign and Comicbook/CivilWar
** Spec Ops 13 (Black Bolt): ''Comicbook/{{Infinity}}'' and Comicbook/TheInhumans themed gear.

** Spec Ops 15 (Nico Minoru): Comicbook/AvengersArena themed gear.
** Spec Ops 16 (Iceman): Comicbook/AgeofApocalypse and HorsemenOfTheApocalypse-themed gear.

** Spec Ops 18 (Anti-Venom): PowerNullifier and Comicbook/MaximumCarnage themed gear.

** Spec Ops 20 (Star-Lord): ImportedAlienPhlebotinum and Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy themed gear.

** In chapter 1.1 of the second season the agent Coulson mentions Apocalypse's temporal divergence, and Colossus that it is his fault that the Sugar Man is in their reality. They are talking about the Comicbook/AgeOfApocalypse.
** The "Dark Thor" from Spec Ops 12 is the mechanical Thor from Comicbook/CivilWar

** Two of the rankings that you can get in [=PvE=] fights ("Amazing" and "Superior") are, of course, two [[Main/TheAdjectivalSuperhero monikers]] long-associated with Franchise/SpiderMan.[[note]]Though the latter can now be associated with Iron Man as well, given the advent of "Superior Iron Man" coming soon in the comics.[[/note]]

* HeroicBuild: Applies to the character portraits, which look like they've come straight from the pages of a well-drawn comic book. The character sprites themselves zigzag this trope. Mr. Fantastic looks too [[IncrediblyLamePun reedy]] to qualify, while Hercules, Hulk, and Thing are arguably [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerations]].

* IncrediblyLamePun:
** Many, but when considering just moves - 'Raise Hell' (raises "hellth"), 'Tired' (tyre throw), 'Smashing' (a literal ground smash), 'Money Shot' and 'Unsafe' (safe throw) are a few.
** The team-up bonus titles are about 1/3 incredibly lame puns, 1/3 stock phrases, and 1/3 {{Shout Out}}s.

** Piledriver in Mission 5-1 has a move called "Money Shot" or "Unsafe" which involves him throwing a safe full of dollar bills at you. A similar attack is also called "[[IncrediblyLamePun Tired]]".

* WorkingWithTheEx: Heavily implied with Cyclops and Phoenix, since Emma Frost is confirmed to be romantically connected to Scott. Jean and Scott's Team-Up Bonus even denotes them as "[[IncrediblyLamePun X-Lovers]]." Also suggested to be the case for Hank Pym & Wasp, and Hawkeye & Mockingbird (but ''not'' Black Panther & Storm, who are still HappilyMarried in this continuity).

* CoolPet: Old Lace, Chase Stein's ''Deinonychus'' companion.

* HornyDevils: The succubus-type enemies.

* EpicFlail: The villain Thunderball's WeaponOfChoice.

* LevelGrinding: Tactically wise in standard missions but useless in Bonus Missions and Spec Ops (where [[LevelScaling enemies are all set at the Agent's current level]]), and worse than useless in Challenge Mode (where [[DifficultySpike the enemies are set at five levels above the Agent's current level]]).

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: or worse with "Iso-Saurs" (as Tony called them) in Spec Ops 21. [[http://avengersalliance.wikia.com/wiki/Skulker This]] is just one of example how Savage Lander Saurians can be used as Iso-8 subject.
** Played straight with Old Lace, Chase Stein's Deinonychus companion.

* DubNameChange: Rogue and Juggernaut are translated as "Titania" and "Leviatán" for the game in Spanish. Perhaps because those were the names used in Spanish translation of ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' back in the 1990s, the first big non-comic book production featuring the X-Men. FirstInstallmentWins, so who cares about the movies and later animated series, where those translated names were not used?