History WMG / Spinnerette

** Semi-Jossed. Mecha Maid's secret identity is a Korean woman by the name of Marilyn Seong.
*** [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/01/03/01032011/ Or perhaps not Jossed at all.]]
*** Confirmed in the latest cliffhanger ending. MM outright said she loves Spinny.

** Apparently confirmed with the newest (11/5/10) comic. Heather seems to think so, anyway.
*** Confirmed by the next comic.

* Eh, I don't think it could keep being an AffectionateParody if people start dying.
** Actually many AffectionateParody works feature deaths, and still remain true to the genre.
* Assuming the movie was the same as the comic book, the guy killed Uncle Ben because Peter ''didn't'' try to stop him hard enough, thus making him really understand what "great responsibility" entails. Since Heather JumpedAtTheCall and in fact her mistake was jumping into crime-fighting too recklessly, the same happening to her wouldn't make any sense. She's already learned the lesson that guy had to teach.

She's training Heather to be her replacement. Sort of a TearJerker version of Film/MenInBlack's final twist.

...and will end up getting an official lab sponsorship, with the lab providing better costume and PR and such in exchange for the rights to licensing and merchandising profits. Heather gets the aid that keeps Marvel lawyers off her back, and the lab gets a source of research income.
* I'd have to call that one Jossed as of the [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/12/06/12062010/ December 6, 2010]] comic. If the tape gets watched, well, she's got bigger problems, since her boss works for the most dangerous supervillain in Columbus, OH. The question is whether those security cameras in with the recombiner are part of the school security system, or a more personal one for the not so good doctor. If the latter, she could still be in danger.

* Heather may be [[MediumAwareness aware of her medium]], but she's still hopelessly WrongGenreSavvy at times. Thus far, Heather and Marilyn have had more scenes together, built more chemistry together, and most importantly, have a [[HoYay lot more subtext]]. From Heather being the latter's [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/06/14/06142010/ damsel in distress]], to [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/10/06/10062010/ Mecha Maid's reaction]] to her ClothingDamage, the [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/11/10/11102010/ hand]]-[[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/11/12/11122010/ holding]], and all the [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/12/27/12272010/ pictures of them together]]. But most damning of all, when Darien cooked up a plan to hook himself up with Heather by inviting her to a movie, she inadvertently ruined it when she instead spent the night chatting with Marilyn, sort of "choosing" her over him, however unintentionally.
** Sahira even straight-up thinks that Mecha Maid is in love with Heather.
*** though another take on that last one might be...
* [[http://www.spinnyverse.com/2012/06/22/06222012/ Sorta confirmed.]] Marilyn and Heather are currently dating.

* Mecha Maid's not out for Spinerette as a lover. She know how little time she has, and leading a double life means not even her own parents know everything about her. She may be attracted to Spinerette, but in the end, what she wants before she dies is someone who knows everything about her. Someone who doesn't just see Mecha Maid or Marylin Seong, but Marylin Seong who is Mecha Maid. Kind of stretched, and to be honest I don't mind seeing Spin and Maid hook up, but it's just another possible thought.

** The author doesn't just read the website, their a troper, inflaming the WMG!

*** Op here. I'm thinking this one's confirmed. I don't think that jacket is a coincidence...
**** [[FridgeLogic Does tvtropes even sell CMOA jackets?]] I'd buy one.

* This was before Doctor Universe became a major supervillain. The fame resulting from gunning down a superhero catapulted him to the top of Ohio's (admittedly small) supervillain community.
** Makes no sense. What purpose would that serve in the story?

By researching [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/01/14/01142011/ local supermarkets' deodorant sales.]]
* Wait how would that work supermarkets sell hundreds of those things.
** Track the credit cards. Spinnerette will be the person who's buying three times as often as anyone else. Yes, that's a whole shit-ton of data to go through, but he's a MadScientist SuperVillain. He can figure something out.
** He'd have to look through every store in the city and even then I don't think stores keep record of who buys what only how many items have been bought overall. On top of that what if she pays in cash?
** Yes, actually, stores do keep records of what's been bought by a given credit card. It's all in the receipts. Any business would be stupid to not keep records of every item it sells. Generally speaking, people don't buy their groceries (which usually includes toiletries) with cash, since it's just less convenient. Yes, it's ''possible'' that Spinnerette doesn't use a credit card, but it's unlikely.\\\
As for the actual searching, as I said, stores store this stuff electronically, which can make searching a hell of a lot easier (remember: MadScientist). She named her brand, which narrows it down considerably. So you've got a general area to search and a name-brand to search. You find whoever's buying Lady Speed Stick, then find the people who're buying three times as much of it as anyone else. You might turn up the odd mother/father who has three teenage daughters, sure, but Spinnerette's real identity will be there too.\\\
Plus, again, remember: '''MadScientist'''. If anyone can pull off a ludicrously large search, it's one of them.
*** All of this, of course, assumes Heather doesn't use cash. Or buy multi-packs.
*** On top of all that how long to stores keep records for? If it's a month or less that data may not even exist. Also why is it "unlikely" for her to pay in cash when buying small things especially.
*** Deodorant is something you'd buy regularly, and most people will include such things in their regular grocery shopping--you don't go shopping ''just'' for deodorant, you pick it up during your weekly shopping trip. So it wouldn't be one small thing, but part of a much larger purchase. As for the records, I admit I don't know for sure, but a lot of stores will have a 90-day return policy, which would require longer lasting records, and I can't see any reason why you ''wouldn't'' keep records for a while. It's not good business to not keep records.
** Actually, as Heather recently pointed out in one of her exchanges with Greta, she doesn't actually buy three times as much deodorant as everyone else (or, as she puts it, three deodorants for a dollar each); she spends three dollars for one extra-large economy size of deodorant. This won't help Dr. Universe that much, because a lot of other people do the same thing.
*** But she DID mention that she buys it once every month, instead of once every three months. Find the card that buys (amongst other things) an economy size/pack every month and Dr. Universe is golden.
** [[http://www.spinnyverse.com/2012/08/27/08272012/ She's Spinnerette. That's all that matters.]]

... [[PeterIsTheWolf Peter Stubbs!]] Who decided that the safest place for a werewolf runt being chased by crazed men in biohazard suits would be in the public spotlight as a superhero. He moved to Canada to avoid awkward issues with friends and family, and helps deal with any other lycanthropes who break TheMasquerade, either by helping them slip away if they're harmless or by helping his team take down the genuinely dangerous ones.

With the recent side-view of the out of control werewolf showing it to be female, its panties being something that seems vaguely Indian in origin and the recent Sahira desktop image giving the woman EyesOfGold one can only consider the timing involved.

Because it seems silly that you would hate other Canadians because your dearly departed loved one was one. But rather I believe she CHEATED on him or betrayed him in some way with no justification. When he spoke about it to her friends, they sided with her instead of him. Thus, he became jaded and came to see Canadians as jerks with no real sense of justice.

** If Alexis Woodrow's HeelFaceTurn is genuine (which still very much remains to be seen as of 8/31/11, when the latest episode in her saga is just really getting under way), she might find a spell in her beloved D&D manuals that could heal Marilyn, or at least put the disease into remission.

* Actually, the latest comic seems to imply that Ben Franklin is in fact exactly who you think of when you hear that name.

[[WMG:Sahira's [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/03/02/03022011/#top-content new arms]] don't actually have anything to do with Heather's spider powers at all.]] The comic already has one spider-powered protagonist. A plot involving Sahira getting spider-powers would be redundant and all-too likely to have a ResetButton pressed on it by winding up a dream or somehow being reversed back to the [[StatusQuoIsGod status quo]] after a while. While the characters may certainly suspect and believe (understandably so) that Heather's condition will somehow have spread at first, I believe it will eventually be subverted. Personally, I think it will turn out that Sahira somehow became possessed with (or is the incarnation of) a Hindu deity and didn't notice at first. This would give her unique powers of her own, and even possibly allow her to hide her extra arms when she needs to be discreet and appear like a regular human. (Possibly causing envy in Heather, who will need to continue to rely on the fat suit.)

* Another theory is that he reminded everyone of ComicBook/BlackPanther. But since he has more of a tiger theme with his costume and powers, and because Marvel is known to sue superheroes for copyright infringement, everyone just took to calling him Black Tiger.

* It would require an advanced and very human AI. More likely is that Mecha Maid is like [[GhostInTheShell the Major]] (they share the same hair and eye color, and have a similar hair style) a [[{{Cyborg}} full-body cyborg]].
** And ''that'' implies that Marilyn has found a way (which we haven't yet witnessed) to transfer her consciousness into the cyborg Mecha Maid. If so, this may mean TearJerker handwringing over her impending death might be a bit premature. (It would also explain her noncommittal reply - when she makes her [[WhamEpisode revelation of her fatal disease to Heather]] - when Heather implores her not to die; Marilyn knows that she will in fact survive in some form, but for whatever reason is not yet ready to reveal that to Heather.)
*** In fact, it's even possible that Marilyn - who we know is one of the great geniuses of the age in cybernetics - is working on a fully organic replacement for her dying body, a la Film/BladeRunner's replicants. This raises the possibility that she could enlist Heather's (a biologist!) help in this task. (And let's not discount magic. If Alexis' HeelFaceTurn turns out to be on the level, and [[spoiler:her putative plan to reverse her BodyHorror transformation by magic works, she might be willing to apply the same magic to Marilyn.]]
*** About that...
* Let's just apply Occam's Razor for that. It sounds highly unlikely.
* Jossed. She has been shown being taken out of her costume. That being said, the strength is due to nerve amplifiers, and not power armor. That would severely reduce the necessary size, since it won't need powerful motors.
* Far more likely is that Mecha Maid might figure out a way to do this, but hasn't succeeded in doing so, yet.

This could be just me being paranoid, but seeing how rational Heather is acting about it as opposed to Alexis, and considering how Alexis invoking Miyazaki is such a common pro anime argument, that a lot of anime haters actually use it in straw man analogies, not to mention their roles as hero and villain respectively, I find it very likely that we are supposed to agree with Heather.
* Are we forgetting that the comic has a largely {{Animesque}} art style, even with the new artist, who's only temporary? Or how good guy Marilyn is also an anime fan and modeled her superhero alter-ego after ''{{Mahoromatic}}''? Or that Heather has ''never'' been rational in this series, and is generally more...[[IdiotHero stupid]], and bases her own arguments on {{Pokemon}} and Manga/{{Naruto}}, which is in turn a common anti-anime argument to the point that anime fans consider ''them'' strawman analogies?
** Think this was just an ironic running gag for the chapter, especially considering the next chapter was more manga stylized than any of the earlier ones.

His research was to look into what powers people like his assistant/[[TheDragon sidekick]] Greta who was gifted with [[GravityMaster gravity manipulation]]. TheGovernment not only confiscated his equipment and data, they arrested [[{{Meganekko}} Greta]] AND the [[MadScientist doctor]]. Now, assuming the government would be all 'bwahaha!' evil as some comics have them, they would likely test technology that could possibly create superheroes on the creator (they use the same source as what powers Greta, Tiger, etc). Ironic punishment, eh? It would also explain why he's still the BigBad while his partner seems to have all the power. It could just be that Dr Universe is so powerful from the device being used on him that using his powers could possibly kill someone with the wrong flick of his fingers.

Back when he was first describing werewolves, London described lycanthropy as being similar to ''Film/GingerSnaps''. While that movie doesn't actually require sex to be infected, it does have a ''lot'' of linking metaphors between sex and puberty and being a werewolf. In [[http://www.spinnyverse.com/2012/01/13/01132012/ this page]], London says he was "bitten", yet in the ''page previous to this one'' states flat-out that biting his two fangirls wouldn't turn them into werewolves. Now bringing the ''Film/GingerSnaps'' reference back into play, the way that London pauses before saying he was bitten--as well as the fact that the werewolf shown attacking him in his description is pretty obviously a female--leads me to believe that lycanthropy is spread via intercourse, not only biting. London probably had intercourse with that female wolf (possibly against his will from the frightened/defiant look on Teenage!London's face, who knows) and that's why simply biting those two girls wouldn't make them werewolves, and why London certainly doesn't even want to consider the possibility.
** It's more likely that this is simply one method, given that [[spoiler:Minerva contracts it simply by drawing blood from him thanks to a particularly hard love-bite while making out with him]].

Sometime between her trial and the beginning of Issue 7, she realized the error of her ways, decided to drop her supervillain career, and make peace with her former archenemy, whose secret identity she was able to figure out. Unfortunately, when Heather expressed her dislike of anime, in a fit of nerd rage, Alexis decided to [[SeriousBusiness get back at her in the most humiliating way]], and in doing so, embraced her evil ways once again.

* And changing it now that Dr. Universe made TheReveal, it's half right. Every CKG comes from pineal gland of one Dr. Zhang, aka Ultra, who according to Universe was murdered by the government to get raw materials.
** This, of course, assumes Dr. Universe isn't lying or just plain wrong.

* Well, most fast healers in comics age slowly.

He reads TV Tropes. [[NoFourthWall He could read the very page about this webcomic]]. He can follow the links to the comic itself and [[ReadingAheadInTheScript catch up on the story]]. He knows where Heather, Marilyn, and Tiger are, he knows what they're capable of, what plans they have, and can prepare for them accordingly. In fact, he came to Columbus precisely for this reason; by reading ''Spinnerette'' regularly, he knows he'll always be one step ahead of the heroes.

* Well, most fast healers in comics age slowly.

* Buzz Rickards may not be a troper, but [[spoiler: [[http://www.spinnyverse.com/index.php?id=521 Colonel Glass]]]] sure is. He even [[spoiler: [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the fact that he [[ExploitedTrope exploits]] the FacelessGoons trope by saying to his enemy that he "should read the TVTropes entry for FacelessGoons".]]

* Another theory is that he reminded everyone of BlackPanther. But since he has more of a tiger theme with his costume and powers, and because Marvel is known to sue superheroes for copyright infringement, everyone just took to calling him Black Tiger.

[[WMG: The Glass currently loose in Columbus is Mecha Maid’s half-borther]]
The guy looks just [[http://www.spinnyverse.com/2013/08/21/08212013/ too young]] to be the Colonel Glass from 1985. With the SuperBreedingProgram, Colonel Glass just tried it twice, with Marilyn and [[GenerationXerox Glass Jr]]. Maybe he noted early that Marilyn wasn’t going to be crazy enough for his taste. Or he is just a misogynist on top of all the other craziness and wanted a son.

The guy looks just [[http://www.spinnyverse.com/2013/08/21/08212013/ too young]] to be the Colonel Glass from 1985. With the SuperBreedingProgram, Colonel Glass just tried it twice, with Marilyn and [[GenerationXerox Glass Jr]]. Maybe he noted early that Marilyn wasn’t crazy enough for his taste. Or he is just a misogynist on top of all the other craziness and wanted a son.

* Confirmed. And they made up afterwards.

[[WMG: Spinnerette-universe werewolves require sex to be infected, not just a bite.]]
Back when he was first describing werewolves, London described lycanthropy as being similar to ''Film/GingerSnaps''. While that movie doesn't actually require sex to be infected, it does have a ''lot'' of linking metaphors between sex and puberty and being a werewolf. In [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2012/01/13/01132012/ this page]], London says he was "bitten", yet in the ''page previous to this one'' states flat-out that biting his two fangirls wouldn't turn them into werewolves. Now bringing the ''Film/GingerSnaps'' reference back into play, the way that London pauses before saying he was bitten--as well as the fact that the werewolf shown attacking him in his description is pretty obviously a female--leads me to believe that lycanthropy is spread via intercourse, not only biting. London probably had intercourse with that female wolf (possibly against his will from the frightened/defiant look on Teenage!London's face, who knows) and that's why simply biting those two girls wouldn't make them werewolves, and why London certainly doesn't even want to consider the possibility.

In one of the more recent pages, Katt interupted the two sharing an intimate moment and Spinny paniced and scooted away, and in the next panel Mecha Maid can be seen tearing up although she doesn't say anything. With Alberta's [[HatePlague rage toxins]] in the base, she'll end up confronting Spinnerette about it.

[[WMG: Mecha maid is either [[DroppedABridgetOnHim a boy]] or gay.]]

Rather they're cultures of Super MILF's nano-scale fusion reactor saturated breast tissue.

** This, of course, assumes Dr. Universe isn't lying or just plain wrong.

Back when he was first describing werewolves, London described lycanthropy as being similar to ''GingerSnaps''. While that movie doesn't actually require sex to be infected, it does have a ''lot'' of linking metaphors between sex and puberty and being a werewolf. In [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2012/01/13/01132012/ this page]], London says he was "bitten", yet in the ''page previous to this one'' states flat-out that biting his two fangirls wouldn't turn them into werewolves. Now bringing the ''GingerSnaps'' reference back into play, the way that London pauses before saying he was bitten--as well as the fact that the werewolf shown attacking him in his description is pretty obviously a female--leads me to believe that lycanthropy is spread via intercourse, not only biting. London probably had intercourse with that female wolf (possibly against his will from the frightened/defiant look on Teenage!London's face, who knows) and that's why simply biting those two girls wouldn't make them werewolves, and why London certainly doesn't even want to consider the possibility.

* And changing it now that Dr. Universe made TheReveal, it's half right. Every CKG comes from pineal gland of one Dr. Zhang, aka Ultra, who according to Universe was murdered by the government to get raw materials.

Calling it now rather than later, but the size constraints fit, there is a fact that it's what makes humans super, and Dr.Universe claims Tiger has no idea what CKG really is.

* ...that wasn't her arms disappearing. She lost her balance, and that third panel is a stylistic way of showing that she's flailing wildly in an attempt to grab onto something. Similar to how [[SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]'s legs don't ''actually'' turn into a pair of treads, he's just moving his feet really fast.

*** Confirmed in the latest cliffhanger ending. MM outright said she loves Spinny.

[[WMG: Heather will fail at keeping her identity from the lab security...]].

* Actually, the latest comic seems to imply that Ben Franklin is in fact exactly who you think of when you hear that name.

*** In fact, it's even possible that Marilyn - who we know is one of the great geniuses of the age in cybernetics - is working on a fully organic replacement for her dying body, a la BladeRunner's replicants. This raises the possibility that she could enlist Heather's (a biologist!) help in this task. (And let's not discount magic. If Alexis' HeelFaceTurn turns out to be on the level, and [[spoiler:her putative plan to reverse her BodyHorror transformation by magic works, she might be willing to apply the same magic to Marilyn.]]

* Are we forgetting that the comic has a largely {{Animesque}} art style, even with the new artist, who's only temporary? Or how good guy Marilyn is also an anime fan and modeled her superhero alter-ego after ''{{Mahoromatic}}''? Or that Heather has ''never'' been rational in this series, and is generally more...[[IdiotHero stupid]], and bases her own arguments on {{Pokemon}} and {{Naruto}}, which is in turn a common anti-anime argument to the point that anime fans consider ''them'' strawman analogies?
** Think this was just an ironic running gag for the chapter, especially considering the next chapter was more manga stylized than any of the earlier ones.

[[WMG: Cherenkov-Kirby Generator is actually SoylentGreen that RunsOnForsakenChild]]

Sometime between her trial and the beginning of Issue 7, she realized the error of her ways, decided to drop her supervillain career, and make peace with her former archenemy, whose secret identity she was able to figure out. Unfortunately, when Heather expressed her dislike of anime, in a fit of nerd rage, Alexis decided to [[SeriousBusiness get back at her in the most humiliating way]], and in doing so, embraced her evil ways once again.

** It's more likely that this is simply one method, given that [[spoiler:Minerva contracts it simply by drawing blood from him thanks to a particularly hard love-bite while making out with him]].

** It's more likely that this is simply one method.

Back when he was first describing werewolves, London described lycanthropy as being similar to ''GingerSnaps''. While that movie doesn't actually require sex to be infected, it does have a ''lot'' of linking metaphors between sex and puberty and being a werewolf. In [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2012/01/13/01132012/ this page]], London says he was "bitten", yet in the ''page previous to this one'' states flat-out that biting his two fangirls wouldn't turn them into werewolves. Now bringing the ''GingerSnaps'' reference back into play, the way that London pauses before saying he was bitten--as well as the fact that the werewolf shown attacking him in his description is pretty obviously a female--leads me to believe that lycanthropy is spread via intercourse, not only biting. London probably had intercourse with that female wolf (possibly against his will from the frightened/defiant look on Teenage!London's face, who knows) and that's why simply biting those two girls wouldn't make them werewolves, and why London certainly doesn't even want to consider the possibility.

His research was to look into what powers people like his assistant/[[TheDragon sidekick]] Greta who was gifted with [[GravityMaster gravity manipulation]]. TheGovernment not only confiscated his equipment and data, they arrested [[{{Meganekko}} Greta]] AND the [[MadScientist doctor]]. Now, assuming the government would be all 'bwahaha!' evil as some comics have them, they would likely test technology that could possibly create superheroes on the creator (they use the same source as what powers Greta, Tiger, etc). Ironic punishment, eh? It would also explain why he's still the BigBad while his partner seems to have all the power. It could just be that Dr Universe is so powerful from the device being used on him that using his powers could possibly kill someone with the wrong flick of his fingers.