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** It also constantly [[RealityIsUnrealistic work's against it]], catering the expectations of Meta fans. A punch to somebody as strong 10 men wouldn't be effective; if she can recieve a hurling car directly or be punched through a wall, bullets wouldn't be a problem; Doctor Universe could simply left to China without becoming a super Villain (or posting it in Internet) and there would be entire ''wars'' for his intellect and so on. It's mostly "RealityEensues when the [[RuleOfCool plot]] [[RuleOfFunny demands]]"
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** It also constantly [[RealityIsUnrealistic work's works against it]], catering the expectations of Meta fans. A punch to somebody as strong 10 men wouldn't be effective; if she can recieve receive a hurling car directly or be punched through a wall, bullets wouldn't be a problem; Doctor Universe could simply have left to for China without becoming a super Villain (or posting it in his research on the Internet) and there would be entire ''wars'' for his intellect and so on. It's mostly "RealityEensues "RealityEnsues when the [[RuleOfCool plot]] [[RuleOfFunny demands]]"
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* OrganAutonomy: Heather's extra hands sometimes act like they have minds of their own (mostly just harmless FingerTwiddling, but her lower left hand appears to have developed a crush on Mechamaid.)
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* FingerTwiddling: Heather tends to do this whenever she's feeling embarrassed or stressed, usually with her middle pair of arms. A good example is while she's calling Sahira at the end of Issue #1, knowing how royally she screwed up her first night out in costume.
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* ShyFingerTwiddling: Heather tends to do this whenever she's feeling embarrassed or stressed, usually with her middle pair of arms. A good example is while she's calling Sahira at the end of Issue #1, knowing how royally she screwed up her first night out in costume.
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** In one case where Heather was trying to look at Mecha Maid's iPod playlist for evidence of her being gay (i.e. Indigo Girls songs, which she DID find) sHeather panicked upon being caught by Mecha Maid and "bottom lefty" grabbed her butt in the confusion. Mecha Maid seemed rather happy about the incident.
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** In one case where Heather was trying to look at Mecha Maid's iPod playlist for evidence of her being gay (i.e. Indigo Girls songs, which she DID find) sHeather Heather panicked upon being caught by Mecha Maid and [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/01/10/01102011/ "bottom lefty" grabbed her butt in the confusion.confusion]]. Mecha Maid seemed rather happy about the incident.
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* [[YouCanLeaveYourHatOn You Can Leave Your Mask On]]: After Marilyn reveals that she loves her, and Heather's own soul searching, Heather returns her affection by appearing in costume, and [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2012/04/04/04042012/ performing a strip tease]]. Marilyn stops her because she doesn't believe SexEqualsLove.
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* WimpFight: A one-sided example. The first burglar Spinnerette encounters knocks her about with a duffel bag, causing her to actually call for a time out! Something of a TooDumbToLive moment, considering Spinnerette has no combat training and was still suspended by her webline at the time.
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* ZeroChops: A one-sided example. The first burglar Spinnerette encounters knocks her about with a duffel bag, causing her to actually call for a time out! Something of a TooDumbToLive moment, considering Spinnerette has no combat training and was still suspended by her webline at the time.
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Not a subversion, and if it was, you just edit it into the original example. Saying \"making the above statement inane\" is the same as saying \"please cut this immediately.\" Tropes, including Ooh Me Accents Slipping, don\'t need to be justified. And if it does \"make sense,\" again, edit that into the original example. I did it for you, since it\'s a fairly valid point.
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** Which makes sense, since she must haveexasperated. She's been living in the States US for over at least a Decade.decade, so she might just be losing the accent without knowing it.
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** Subverted latter since A) Heather doesn't have a bulletproof fabric and B)So far, none of the Super Villains had used bullets and bulletproff fabric (or a cleavage window) is useless against hurling cars or a gigantic unstoppable soul eater, making the above statement inane.
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* TwinThreesomeFantasy: Playe with. In the preview of Chapter Nine, Minerva seems to [[MultipleHeadCase be making out with herself]] as a form of seduction (or be very drunk) , which probably counts...yeah
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* SpotlightStealingSquad: The comic itself, for [=KrazyKrow=]'s site. None of his other comics' archives are visible or even accessible.
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*MultiArmedMultitasking: [[spoiler:Sahira uses her superpower to copy Heather's powers]], [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/11/30/11302011/ allowing her to speed up housecleaning]]
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* FridgeLogic: Spinnerette got her super-powers through a ''genetic mutating'' pool she work with. Mecha Maid has a ''genetic'' disease. How comes heather didn't yet think to try to mutate MM to save her?
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* FridgeLogic: Spinnerette got her super-powers through a ''genetic mutating'' pool she work with. Mecha Maid has a ''genetic'' disease. How comes heather didn't yet think to try to mutate MM to save her?
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* NakedOnArrival: BenjaminFranklin spends his first ten pages in the comic [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/10/19/10192011/ completely naked.]]
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* FormFittingWardrobe: Taken to an extreme level even for a superhero comic. See [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/03/31/03312010/ here]] and [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/05/03/05032010/ here]]. Even less justified that normal in that in the above examples it's Sahira, not any of the heroes, and she's not wearing a costume.
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* FormFittingWardrobe: Taken to an extreme level even for a superhero comic. See [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/03/31/03312010/ here]] and [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/05/03/05032010/ here]]. Even less justified that than normal in that in the above examples it's Sahira, not any of the heroes, and she's not wearing a costume.
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* IfIt'sYouIt'sOkay: After [[spoiler: [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/12/28/12282011/ certain recent events]]]], it looks like Type 1 may be happening with [[spoiler: [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2012/02/22/02222012/ Heather]].
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* ComesGreatResponsibility: Tiger was constantly harangued by his wife to give up superheroing on the grounds that he'd orphan his two daughters by getting killed one day (and presumably, she had similar beef with him being a cop). He hangs up the tights and immediately comes THIS close to losing his daughters' lives in a shootout that he, as Tiger, could have prevented. He and his daughters realize that he's got to keep saving people, not just for his daughters' sake, but for everyone else's daughters too. (His wife, by the way, completely ''fails'' the moral of the story and begins ranting about divorce.)
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* VisualPun: Two for the price of one when [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2012/02/15/02152012/ Bernie Madoff as the villain The Pharaoh]] is robbing a bank. His Pyramid Power allows him to shoot projectile pyramids that keep growing and wreck everything, including the bank they were in.
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** A few inactive turrets and bickering personality cores from {{Portal}} can be seen [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/04/29/04292011/ in the background of Dr. Universe's lab]], as can [[WallE EVE]].
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''[[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/ Spinnerette]]'' is a {{webcomic}} produced by {{Krakow}} Studios that updates Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Mild-mannered lab assistant Heather Brown was forced to clean up the lab by her boss one night when, due to a FreakLabAccident with a genetic infusion chamber, Heather gained the powers of a spider, including superstrength, shooting web out of her lower back ('''not''' her butt), and most prominently four extra arms. With these powers Heather decides to fight the forces of evil as the costumed superhero Spinnerette, while hiding her secret identity (and extra arms) from the citizens of Columbus, Ohio.
Spinnerette is not alone in her endeavors. Helping her out is her roommate Sahira, who acts as her SecretKeeper, seamstress, and voice of reason. There is also the local superhero team of Tiger, a huge superstrong man, and Mecha Maid, a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin cyborg maid]].
''Spinnerette'' is largely an AffectionateParody of {{Superhero}} stories (most prominently {{Spider-Man}}, of course), showing Heather's forays into the world of superheroism and the many problems that can come with it. Humor is largely derived from Heather jumping headfirst into superheroics without any forethought, and the problems that causes. But it's an upbeat comic-- Heather's many troubles never get her down.
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!!'''This webcomic contains examples of:'''
* AdultFear: After Tiger's wife had made him promise not to be a superhero [[spoiler:a gunman attacked the school his daughters attended -- and his wife wasn't able to contact them. While they turned out to be safe, for one gut-wrenching moment Tiger faced a parent's worst nightmare.]]
* AffablyEvil: Dr. Universe appears to be a fairly reasonable and civil fellow when he's not actively antagonizing our heroes. Alexis (AKA Evil Spinnerette) is also pretty friendly while in her civilian identity.
* AliensInCardiff: The series takes place in Columbus, Ohio. One of their backups is "The Werewolf of London... Ontario".
* AllThereInTheManual: Chapter 5, a plot-relevant side story, is an exclusive to the first ''Spinnerette'' print collection; online, the story hops straight from Chapter 4 to Chapter 6 with no break in continuity. Chapter 9 is a similar exclusive for Book 2.
* AlternateUniverse: As noted in the CelebrityParadox entry, ''Spinnerette'' takes place in a universe where ''both'' superheroes and the comics companies that chronicle their deeds are real. Furthermore, magic is also real - the first edition of DungeonsAndDragons was banned by the [[JimmyCarter Carter Administration]] because it contained actual magic spells.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Evil Spinnerette's parents show up at her bail hearing, causing her to complain they're embarrassing her in front of her arch-enemy.
* AmazonianBeauty: Heather with her post-transformation "girl abs" and especially Sahira when she temporarily gains Tiger's powers.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Mecha Maid to Spinnerette]], while badly injured and considering euthanasia.
* {{Animesque}}
* ArmCannon: Mecha Maid used [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/06/14/06142010/ one in her first appearance]].
* ArtShift: It lost most of its Animesque traits since August 2011 due to a new artist, but it was temporary.
* YouFailBiologyForever:
** Tiger's line about being colorblind like an actual tiger is said in a way that implies he uses it a lot. He doesn't actually know whether that's true, though (and in fact it is not).
** Played with in Spinnerette's... well, spinnerets. Unlike {{Spider-Man}}, Spinnerette shoots webbing not from her wrists, but from [[InsistentTerminology the base of her spine]] -- which still has no direct correlation with any part of a real spider's anatomy. Of course, Sahira [[LampshadeHanging points out]] that spiders have completely different physiologies to humans, and initially berates Heather for assuming that she was capable of spinning webs at all:
-->'''Sahira:''' This isn't logical at all! Spiders are an entirely different phylum of animal than humans! If this were logical, you'd have mutated your lungs and '''asphyxiated!''' You're a biologist. You should know this!
* AttemptedRape: Heather beats up a pair of drunken frat boys imposing on her shortly after acquiring her powers, but they claim they were just messing around.
-->'''Frat Boy:''' [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/03/04/03042010/ We're not rapists, we're merely douchebags!]]
* AuthorAppeal: At the least, the author is fond of six-armed people, who use the arms independently.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Buzz Rickards, which Sahira tells him is not the name of a [[CowboyCop guard that plays by the rules]]. Granted, she's trying to seduce him. Also, he might just be DangerouslyGenreSavvy - [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/11/24/11242010/ observe]].
* BadassAbnormal: Evil Spinnerette, currently.
* BadassNormal: Evil Spinnerette (initially, anyway).
* BareYourMidriff: Heather ''wanted'' to do this to show off her girl abs, but [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/05/12/05122010/ was shot down by Sahira]].
* BenFranklin
* BigBeautifulWoman:
** Greta Gravity is a borderline case in that, while quite thick-bodied, she doesn't really look fat (except [[MostCommonSuperpower you-know-where]]). In her younger days (as seen in an archive video), she was more plump than buxom and downright {{moe}}.
** In her secret identity, Heather has to wear a fat suit to conceal her four extra arms. She's still pretty cute.
* BigBraToFill: Mentioned by name in a conversation about who would play Greta Gravity in a movie.
* BigBreastsBigDeal: Sahira is a Type 4. See IHaveBoobsYouMustObey, below.
* BerserkButton:
** Avoid jokes about [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore Heather's deodorant usage]] or references to her "average" height.
** Never tell Greta Gravity her [[YouFightLikeACow insults]] are lame.
** Don't call Tiger [[ColorCharacter "Black" Tiger]], or broach the subjects of family, steroids, or Canadians. The man is a walking bundle of Berserk Buttons.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: Katt O' Nine Tails. Oh, so much.
* BigDamnHeroes: Tiger and Mecha Maid.
* BigOlEyebrows: Dr. Lambha.
* BlushSticker:
** On a [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/11/19/11192010/ security guard]] of all people.
** [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/01/10/01102011/ Spinnerette]] gets some too.
* BodyHorror:
** Although she's ecstatic about it, Evil Spinnerette's transformation into a [[DungeonsAndDragons Drider]] is disturbing, as her new parts burst through her flesh, and her human legs tear off. By Issue Seven, she claims to [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/08/31/08312011/ bitterly regret her transformation]] [[spoiler:in order to trick Heather into assisting with a new dark ritual to transform her henchmen into driders as well]].
** Although rather mundane, [[spoiler:Marilyn's ALS qualifies, as it will eventually lead her into AndIMustScream territory.]]
* BodyLanguage: Heather can and does display multiple entries from the BodyLanguage Index simultaneously. It helps that she has ''3 sets of arms'' to work with.
* BoobsOfSteel: Super MILF. [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/10/25/10252010/ Seriously]]. Apparently, her boobs are the source of her powers, and they radiate so much heat they need air cooling. If she's telling the truth.
* BreakingTheFourthWall:
** In Issue #3, Heather makes a frustrated offhand comment about hitting "that streetlight from back in Issue #1" with her web-shooting powers.
** When someone mentions a vacation she comments, "But we get a new enemy every issue!"
* BreathWeapon: The Composite Soul exhibits one.
* BullyingADragon:
** Alexis (aka Evil Spinnerette) gets taunted and teased by some {{Alpha Bitch}}es... despite the fact that she's a freakin' [[DungeonsAndDragons Drider]]!
** Subverted when [[spoiler: it turns out they're her minions, faking it in a ploy to gain Heather's sympathy]].
* ButtMonkey: Heather before her accident... and Heather after her accident. The accident? Caused because her JerkAss boss made her work late, alone, and on highly dangerous equipment. The first time she goes out heroing? Beaten up by a mook. Her civilian disguise? A fat suit. First fight against a supervillain? Can't even get in a good punch before someone has to rescue her. It seems even in the middle of her own origin story, she just can't get any respect.
* BuxomIsBetter: The news cameraman certainly seems to think so about Greta's enormous breasts. See MyEyesAreUpHere, below.
* CanadaEh: The Legion of Canadian Superheroes.
* CannotSpitItOut:
** Mecha Maid's crush on Spin.
** It's kinda difficult to think about romance when you know your days are numbered. [[spoiler: But [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/12/28/12282011/ not impossible]].]]
* CaptainObvious: Heather is constantly announcing that her nonexistent "spider sense" is telling her something perfectly obvious.
--> '''Heather:''' My spider sense is tingling that I'm sad.
* CatGirl: [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/12/15/12152010/ Katt O' Nine Tails]]
* CatUpATree: Displayed in [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/01/21/01212011/ this strip]], which serves as the introduction to the Legion of Canadian Superheroes.
* CelebrityParadox: Averted. The comics we know and love exist in a world where superheroes are real. Heather's first costume is even made out of three cheap Venom costumes sewn together. And then MarvelComics sends her a Cease-and-Desist because her costume looks like Spider-Woman's.
* ChainmailBikini: The Cerberus, [[spoiler:Minerva]] has one.
* CheekyMouth: Often.
* ChristianityIsCatholic: Averted in a discussion about a pair of annoying tweens to become werewolves.
--> '''Annoying Tween Werewolf fan'' "We'll do anything! We'll sacrifice to your Fur God!"
--> '''Werewolf of London, Ontario''' "Fur God?! I'm Anglican!"
* CleanPrettyReliable [[spoiler: [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/09/30/09302011/ Alexis and Heather]] ]]
* CleavageWindow: [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/12/03/12032010/ Heather wants one]], but Sahira lampshades it and lists the drawbacks of having one. Why would any sane ([[NighInvulnerability non-invulnerable]]) woman cut a hole in bulletproof fabric in such a way to leave her heart exposed? It's justified in the case of Super MILF, whose breasts generate heat and therefore require ventilation.
* ClippedWingAngel: [[spoiler:Evil Spinerette]]'s spider transformation, mostly because our heroine both is a biology student (and as such knows the major weak points of a spider in close combat) and a former champion Mutton Buster (and as such is good at staying on a bucking animal).
** Their rematch goes better, probably in part because she's had a chance to become accustomed to the new body.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Mecha Maid, she can barely move without her amplifier headband.
* ClothingDamage:
** Heather's costume gets severely damaged [[spoiler:right before she testifies in Evil Spinnerette's trial. Thankfully, Mecha-Maid loans her an apron.]]
** Also occurs to her clothes when she's [[spoiler:breaking and entering into the lab in an attempt to steal security footage that would reveal her SecretIdentity. This leads to her [[ThereIsAGod stripping down to her underwear and taking the Downward Facing Dog pose]] to aim her webbing at a high duct.]]
** Katt's lovely coat gets shredded when she [[spoiler: uses herself to complete the magic circle to send the Composite Soul back to hell]].
* ColorCharacter: Subverted. Tiger is a little touchy about people calling him "Black Tiger", calling people out on how insensitive and stereotypical that is. This functions as his BerserkButton.
* CombatStilettos:
** Evil Spinnerette's high-heels have [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/06/11/06112010/ actual blades]] in them.
** Defied when Sahira suggests heels to Heather to make up for the lack of height: "Spinnerette prefers flats, thank you very much."
* CombatTentacles: Katt O' Nine Tails uses long ''tails'' as tentacles.
* CuteLittleFangs:
** Heather gets these whenever she's really happy. Combined with CatSmile [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/03/29/03292010/ here]].
** Sahira gets in on the fang action [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/12/29/12292010/ here]]. CuteLittleFangs could be a quirk of Walter Gomez's art style rather than a character trait specific to Heather.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Nastily inverted with Dr. Universe - see the StartOfDarkness entry.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: [[spoiler:Evil Spinnerette/Alexis noticed the [[LesYay sexual tension]] between Spinnerette and Mecha Maid and used this to help trick Heather into helping her with her latest black-magic ritual, by faking girl-on-girl action with her henchwoman Dakota.]]
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: While Heather and Sahira are breaking into Dr. Lambha's lab to steal a security tape, Heather spots a guard on duty and instructs Sahira to "seduce him with your powers of seduction."
* [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength Does Not Know Her Own Strength]]:
** Heather's still getting used to having six arms and SuperStrength, as seen when she bear hugs Sahira at one point.
** Also when she broke down a door while trying to pick a lock.
** [[spoiler: Sahira]], [[SidekickGlassCeiling after briefly gaining Spinnerette's powers]], accidentally throws Heather out a window.
* DramaBomb: [[spoiler: [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/12/28/12282011/ "Heather, I'm IN LOVE WITH YOU."]]]]
* EntendreFailure: Sahira tries a few times to gently bring up the possibility that Mecha Maid is gay to Heather, before giving up subtlety and outright spelling it out:
--> '''Sahira:''' "''{{Facepalm}}!'' I think Mecha Maid is a ''lesbian'' who wants to have ''sexual intercourse'' with you."
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Sahira, among others, called Mecha's interest in Heather far before anyone else did and before [[spoiler: it became official.]]
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: The newspaper that published Spinnerette's picture on its front page actually ''photoshopped her taller'', apparently because they assumed a 5'1 feet tall heroine wouldn't strike fear in the hearts of evildoers.
* ExpressiveAccessory: Mecha-Maid's headpiece as seen [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/02/14/02142011/ here]]
* EyesOfGold: Judging by the latest donation desktop, Sahira.
* {{Facepalm}}: Sahira ''says'' "Facepalm!" once when Heather is being especially thick. Overlaps with SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud and the UnSoundEffect.
* FanDisservice: [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Three words:]] Naked BenjaminFranklin
* {{Fanservice}}: It's pretty safe bet now what with the new characters that pop up in this comic that Fanservice is a vital part of the comic in general.
* FingerTwiddling: Heather tends to do this whenever she's feeling embarrassed or stressed, usually with her middle pair of arms. A good example is while she's calling Sahira at the end of Issue #1, knowing how royally she screwed up her first night out in costume.
* FlatEarthAtheist: Experienced superheroes Mecha Maid and Tiger believe in magic. Heather, not so much at first. Though to be fair, part of what she was scoffing at was that the magic rites being discussed involved an evil goddess from DungeonsAndDragons.
* FlyingCar: The [=LoCS's=] [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/01/24/01242011/ Avrocar]], though it's more of a FlyingSaucer in shape. Werewolf of London Ontario calls it a "widowmaker", and at the very least it looks like it could really use some windshields. Or [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/01/26/01262011/ working landing gear]]. This is not that far off from TruthInTelevision - Avro really did attempt to make a flying saucer-shaped vehicle called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar the Avrocar]]. The design was very close to what the [=LoCS=] drives (down to having room for three riders), and was noted for massive instability if altitude exceeded a foot or two. It also was incredibly difficult to steer. The Werewolf of London, Ontario is quite justified in reacting to it like [[TheAllegedCar The Alleged Flying Car]].
* FoeYay: The [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/08/01/08012011/ issue 7 cover]] teases it. See also CleanPrettyReliable
* FreakLabAccident: How Heather gets her powers (naturally). [[DoubleSubversion Doubly subverted]], as the reader is initially led to think that, just like SpiderMan, Heather would get her powers from a mutant spider-bite -- and then her boss points out to interviewing reporter how absurd that would be. Turns out that she only developed her powers after falling into the "Genetic Modifier" vat used to mutate those spiders.
* FreudianSlip:
** Heather's lower left arm exhibits OrganAutonomy and just may be controlled by her subconscious. In at least one instance she had to stop it from openly [[LesYay making a pass]] at Mecha Maid.
** In one case where Heather was trying to look at Mecha Maid's iPod playlist for evidence of her being gay (i.e. Indigo Girls songs, which she DID find) sHeather panicked upon being caught by Mecha Maid and "bottom lefty" grabbed her butt in the confusion. Mecha Maid seemed rather happy about the incident.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent:
** Mecha-Maid used a [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/10/04/10042010/ tiny bit more force than necessary]] for a mere {{Mook}}/{{Fangirl}}.
** When the dreadfully embarrassed Evil Spinnerette is being glomped by her parents (which is funny in itself), we see Tiger and Mecha Maid in the background arguing over whether bovine hormone extracts cause superpowers.
** In this [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/07/13/07132011/ strip]] [[HeroicBuild Tiger]] finally bonds with the Canadian Superheroes while several paramedics strain to get his gurney into the ambulance.
* GagBoobs: Greta Gravity's massive prow has been the butt of a few jokes. Tiger also makes a few remarks about bovine growth hormone in reference to Evil Spinerette's bust.
* {{Gainaxing}}: [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/02/11/02112011/ Observe]].
* GenderBender: [[spoiler:Julian]]
* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke:
** Lampshaded and subverted by Dr. Lambha's tirade about people knowing nothing about genetic engineering.
** Played straight after Heather gets a dose of the genetic modifier ray.
** Otherwise averted. All other superpowered characters (so far) have either magic- or tech-based superpowers.
** In-universe, there's actually a name for this: The Cherenkov-Kirby Reaction.
* GeniusBruiser: Tiger, the former detective, effortlessly dissecting the far more mundane reasons behind a waitress's headaches and bruises than "she's a werewolf."
* GeniusCripple: Marilyn, who suffers from ALS, AKA Lou Gehrig's Disease.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Double Subverted so far. While Heather may have SuperStrength in all [[MultiArmedAndDangerous six arms]] and a [[JumpedAtTheCall burning desire to be a superhero,]] it didn't come with [[RequiredSecondaryPowers innate fighting ability]] and got herself beaten up by an ordinary mugger (the Fisticuffs part), showing that any kind of training is better that none. Subverted again that beside Tiger and Mecha Maid (who is training Heather) the rest of the Superheroes had to create their own fighting style based in their unique powers and... well, dirty brawl fighting and experience.
* GratuitousGerman: Subverted and played straight at the beginning of the current arc in which Benjamin Franklin travels through time into the third reich. Hitler's spoken German is correct. Krakow actually asked his German-speaking fans for help beforehand. However played straight with the name plate on Hitler's desk reading "Das Führer, Duden!" which is German gibberish for "The Führer, Dude!" and a coffee mug on the floor with the words "Mein Coffee" written on it.
* GravityMaster: Greta Gravity
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Played straight at first, then quickly subverted.
* HandsomeLech: Werewolf of London Ontario, without a doubt.
* HealingFactor: One of Spinnerette's powers, revealed at the start of Issue #2.
* HeelFaceTurn: In Issue 7, Evil Spinnerette claims to have made one [[spoiler:only for it to be part of a ploy to get people to help her in a dark ritual.]]
* {{Hellhound}}: [[spoiler:Minerva. She was tasked as a guardian of hell to recapture escaped evil spirits but due to her [[PettingZooPeople anthropomorphic]] appearance, she was easily mistaken for a werecerberus.]]
* HeroicBuild:
** Heather gets one after the lab accident. She may well have had one before the accident (she is a rock climber, after all), but it's apparent that the accident enhanced whatever musculature she already had, given her desire to show off the 'girl abs.'
** Tiger. And no, "Spirit of the Tiger" is not a euphemism for steroids.
* HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct: Played with at the start of Issue 8, when a time traveller burst into Hitler's office in an attempt to kill him, only to be stopped by a naked time-travelling BenjaminFranklin. Its a long story, okay?
* HowDoIShotWeb:
** Out of the bottom of her spine, as it turns out. But that didn't stop Sahira from thinking it came out of her butt.
** Initially, this was averted with her arms; from the first night, she had incredible independent control of all six arms/hands, as well as all 30 fingers. As it turns out, she actually doesn't have such great control; [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/12/31/12312010/ this comic]] shows that her hands occasionally "have a mind of their own," likely due to subconscious reactions that she can't quite control.
** After her transformation Evil Spinnerette has no [[InstantExpert such]] [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/07/26/07262010/ problems]].
* HypocriticalHumor: Heather can't ''stand'' anime art, and has problems with ''{{Empowered}}'' by AdamWarren because of this. Spinnerette has been compared artistically to ''Empowered''...
* HugeGuyTinyGirl:
** Tiger and Mecha Maid
** Buzz Rickards and Sahira
** Dr. Universe and Greta Gravity
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey:
** Sahira uses this tactic to get med student Alan to perform a checkup on an in-costume Spinnerette.
** Sahira uses it again to distract the [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy one inept guard]] while Heather sneaks into Dr. Lambha's lab. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Except the guard]] [[ObfuscatingStupidity isn't really inept]]. He knows what Sahira's up to and [[AFriendInNeed willingly deletes the security footage she and Heather were trying to steal]].]]
--> '''Sahira:''' "Wonder twin powers, ACTIVATE! Form of... BOOBS!"
* IdiotHero: Heather. If this series wasn't so damned [[AffectionateParody affectionate]] and [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism idealistic]], she'd be dead a few times over by now: death by mutation, death by radiation, death by burglar, death by falling off a building. Not to mention that [[spoiler: as of the 9/14/11 strip, she's been suckered, hook, line and sinker, by Evil Spinnerette into helping the latter's henchpeople turn into driders]].
* IJustWantToBeNormal: In Issue 7, Evil Spinnerette, claiming to have given up her villainous ways, recruits Spinnerette and two others to find a copy of the 1st Edition DungeonsAndDragons book to get her legs back.
* InterspeciesRomance: Between London, a werewolf, and Minerva, a [[{{Hellhound}} Cerberus]].
* IronicEcho: Dr. Universe and Greta Gravity's origin story is disturbingly similar to Heather's, at least at the start...
* IronicEchoCut: [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/09/29/09292010/ Here.]]
* ItsProbablyNothing: Heather seems to think that the security guards at the lab suffer from this. "They'll probably just assume they have giant spiders or something."
* JumpedAtTheCall: Pushed to ridiculous levels. Heather's first concern upon discovering she'd been mutated was ''picking a name for her superheroine identity.''
* LegacyCharacter: Green Gable, a title inherited through family. Apparently, [[WholesomeCrossdresser the current Green Gable is the first male]] to hold the title.
* LightningCanDoAnything: As seen in the case of [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/10/17/10172011/ Benjamin Franklin]].
* MadeOfIron: Heather, she falls far enough to [[CarCushion total a car]] and merely comments it broke her fall and is noticeably uninjured.
* [[MarkedBullet Marked Missile]]: Mecha Maid's missiles have taunts and phrases written on them, such as "Mine is bigger!" or "From M.M With <3"
* MarshmallowHell: Greta Gravity flies away from a battle, carrying Dr. Universe in her arms. Her massive bosom necessarily rests on his head.
* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Heather has to wear a fatsuit and has been forced to cancel two dates with Darien. On the other hand, there is also Mecha Maid. Although only bottom lefty likes her like that.
* MeaningfulName: Evil Spinnerette's real name is Alexis Woo'''drow'''.
* MediumAwareness: Shown as of [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/11/29/11292010/ this]] comic. "I managed to hit that streetlight in Issue #1. Was that a fluke?"
* TheMerch: In-universe. The superhero rights organization makes its money by selling the merchandise of its superhero members (non-supers are allowed to join as well).
* MistakenForGay: [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/07/11/07112011/ Green Gables]] thinks Mecha Maid and Spinnerette are a couple. Heather's bottom-left hand approves. As does Evil Spinnerette's sidekick Julia(n). Mecha Maid actually ''does'' have feelings for Spinnerette. The "mistaken" part of this trope applies mostly to Spinnerette.
* ModeLock: London is stuck in wolfman shape as he has forgotten how to turn back.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Universe
* MostCommonSuperpower:
** Heather is well-endowed even before the accident.
** Sahira is still much bigger than she is. Sahira even jokingly refers to it as a superpower, having [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey used them to coerce a doctor she knows into examining Heather]] (who is in Spinnerette garb).
** And then Evil Spinnerette shows up.
** [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/10/25/10252010/ Reconstructed (or Inverted Reconstruction) with Super MILF.]]
** Greta Gravity probably needs her powers to support her massive bust.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Played with. This is one of Heather's main powers, but she has to hide the extra four first under a rather conspicuous coat (while everyone else is wearing summer clothing) and then under a [[ButtMonkey fat suit]] later.
* MundaneUtility:
** Heather has taken up knitting, an ideal pastime for someone with six arms who secretes her own silk.
** Her current suit is made from her own silk--or would be, if Sahira hadn't used it to make a couple of Saris for herself first. You know... for practice. It's still a running gag at this point.
* MultipleHeadCase: [[spoiler:Minerva]]. Her three heads exhibit different personality traits: [[TheThreeFacesOfEve hot-headed right, rational middle and ditzy left heads]].
* MyEyesAreUpHere: Not invoked by the woman being leered at, but [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/05/18/05182011/ a news cameraman has to be reminded where to aim.]]
* NaughtyTentacles: Katt has [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin nine tails]]. Nine [[PowerPerversionPotential prehensile]] tails. And she gives incredible [[spoiler: [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/05/09/05092011/ massages]]]] with them.
* NiceHat: Greta, London, and Green Gable.
* NinjaMaid: Mecha Maid appears to be a cyborg version of this; her powers come from a "mecha suit." In fact, her inspiration was ''{{Mahoromatic}}''. [[spoiler:Whom she particularly identifies with, due to having only a few years left to live.]]
* NoblewomansLaugh: The first thing the other Spinnerette does when she makes her appearance.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/05/06/05062011/ This.]] Curiously, it seems that what Mecha Maid [[SixthRangerTraitor thinks it looks like]] and [[GreenEyedMonster what Katt thinks]] [[ClingyJealousGirl Mecha Maid]] [[HappyEndingMassage is thinking]] are two completely different things.
* ObviouslyEvil: Evil Spinnerette.
* OhCrap: Hoo boy! [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/11/24/11242010/ Guess that guy wasn't as clueless as you thought, was he?]]
* OneSteveLimit: It turns out there was already someone calling themselves "Spinnerette", and she's not happy about our heroine using her name.
* OneWingedAngel: Evil Spinnerette.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Sahira. Heather lampshades this almost word for word when she thanks Sahira at one point for being her "voice of reason" (after she dissuades Heather from going with a sexy-looking, but potentially dangerous, modification to her new costume).
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Greta Gravity's German accent disappears whenever she gets particularly annoyed, angry, or exasperated.
* OpenMindedParent: Evil Spinnerette's parents apparently don't mind (or don't seem to notice) their daughter being a half-spider supervillainess.
* OrganAutonomy: Heather's extra hands sometimes act like they have minds of their own (mostly just harmless FingerTwiddling, but her lower left hand appears to have developed a crush on Mechamaid.)
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Well, [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/10/01/10012010/ he would have been]], if the comic had been published a few years earlier. Now it's subverted, since we have the vampires from the ''Twilight'' Series for him to resemble.[[hottip:*:[[CrowningMomentOfFunny He has a horde of fangirls, too]].]] [[DoubleSubversion However]], he runs a meth lab in a Kroger basement.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent:
** They're described as being somewhere in between ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' and [[IWasATeenageWerewolf teen]] werewolves, "with some GingerSnaps thrown in."
** A pair of annoying tween fans are harrasing Werewolf of London, Ontario begging him to bite him to turn them into werewolves. He repeatedly tells them that isn't how it works.
* PerkyFemaleMinion: Greta Gravity. Emphasis on [[GagBoobs "perky."]]
* PerpetualFrowner: Tiger.
* PluckyGirl: Heather remains ever eager and optimistic no matter how many times she's knocked down, literally and figuratively.
* PoliceAreUseless:
** Averted; Tiger used to be a (competent) cop; while unable to do anything about the composite soul in the werewolf arc, the present officer ''does'' make sure the reporter gets out once it starts getting dangerous.
** Averted when the Lab security guard immediately catches on and lampshades how random, well-endowed girls are suddenly interested in him out of the blue are the first signs someone is trying to break in. He also correctly guesses that they just want to delete the security tapes (although for different reasons than he might have thought).
* PowerNullifier: There are certain places in which superpowers granted by the Cherenkov-Kirby Reaction are reduced, which make good neutral grounds for heroes and villains.
* PowerPerversionPotential
** Gee, what can you do with six arms? What can't you do?
** Katt has nine prehensile tails. See NaughtyTentacles above for how they can be used.
** Invoked in-universe by [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/08/08/08082011/ one of the sweaty comic book nerds]] at Heather's local comics shop. Heather is less than amused.
* PunnyName: Kat O'Nine Tails.
* RealityEnsues: A major theme of the comic, although not played with to outright {{Deconstruction}} levels -- Heather keeps trying to [[GenreSavvy invoke tropes]] but they just don't work that way in real life -- for example, she jumps a car thief, only to get her ass kicked since even with SuperStrength and [[MultiArmedAndDangerous multiple arms]]... she doesn't know basic self defense. Also, while laws have been passed to accommodate the fact that superheroes and villains exist, they still have to follow legal procedure in the trials and conviction of villains.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Dr. Lambha mentions the rumors about the Large Hadron Collider creating a black hole upon activation as an example of how the media knows nothing about science.
* RunningGag:
** Bla-, I mean Tiger's name problem.
** Greta's terrible wisecracks
* ScaryBlackMan:
** Tiger, who is very sensitive about being seen primarily for his skin color.
** Subverted when he's not being sensitive about that: he's the one to teach Spinnerette the detective side of things, while Mecha Maid is the black belt/hand to hand expert. Brings him right down from scary territory nicely.
* ScheduleSlip: The first two issues were plagued with this, to the point that the authors put the comic on a month-long hiatus after Issue 2 in order to build up a buffer.
* SecretIdentityIdentity: Implied; both Evil Spinnerette and Mecha Maid refer to their non-superhero names as their "given name," as opposed to Spinnerette, who refers to it as her "real name."
* SecretKeeper: Sahira is all but forced to become Heather's secret keeper after much tear-laden pleading from Heather.
* SensualSpandex: [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/04/09/04092010/ And doesn't Heather know it]].
* ShipperOnDeck: In quite possibly the weirdest example of this trope ever, Heather's ''bottom left hand'' seems to be shipping her with Mecha Maid.
* ShirtlessScene: Tiger gets a nice one [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/02/18/02182011/ here]] and [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/05/13/05132011-2/ here.]]
* ShoutOut:
** Heather's costume, origin story, and superheroic abilities are all AffectionateParodies of SpiderMan. Heather also makes joking references to a SpiderSense, but she doesn't appear to actually have one and is only saying so to needle Sahira.
** Her outfit resembles Venom for a very good reason: it is composed of [[CheapCostume several store-bought Venom costumes stitched together.]] Which leaves her looking like a six-armed CaptainErsatz of [[http://www.samruby.com/Heroes/Spiderwoman2/spiderwoman2.htm Julia Carpenter]] -- a fact Marvel is [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/10/22/10222010/ none too happy about.]]
** Mecha Maid is obviously a tribute to several aspects of anime culture, including {{Meido}}, PoweredArmor, and YouGottaHaveBlueHair. At one point, she specifically mentions ''{{Mahoromatic}}'' as the reason she went with a "maid" theme. [[spoiler:She's also a HandicappedBadass scientist who uses her PoweredArmor to gain increased mobility, much like the old TV superhero M.A.N.T.I.S.]]
** Look at Buzz Rickard's (that security guard that Sahira tries to seduce) uniform sleeve. Did you notice the [[HalfLife Black Mesa logo]]? How about his [[TheTerminator Cyberdyne-Systems]] laptop? His jacket with [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome CMOA]] on the back?
** When the Canadian heroes [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/01/26/01262011/ make their grand entrance to Columbus]], Green Gable and Katt O' Nine Tales each strike one of {{Sailor Moon}}'s trademark poses.
** Right before Sahira tries to seduce Buzz, [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/11/19/11192010/ she makes a rather hilarious shout out to the Wonder Twins.]]
** A few inactive turrets and bickering personality cores from {{Portal}} can be seen [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/04/29/04292011/ in the background of Dr. Universe's lab]], as can [[WallE EVE]].
** A combination shout-out/genius bonus comes from the "Cherenkov-Kirby Reaction" which gives some superheroes their powers-- [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherenkov_Radiation Cherenkov Radiation]] is a real thing-- JackKirby was one of the most influential people in superhero comics, with his own signature energy... signature, KirbyDots.
** [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/08/10/08102011/ Here]], Spinnerette is holding an issue of {{Empowered}}, a comic hers has often been compared to.
* SlasherSmile: Evil Spinnerette has a decent-looking one in [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/03/14/03142011/#top-content this piece of artwork]]... but it doesn't hold a candle to the one the Werewolf of London, Ontario is sporting. '''Yikes.'''
* SomeKindOfForceField: [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/07/19/07192010/ CLANK!]]
* StartOfDarkness: Doctor Universe and Greta Gravity have a heartbreaking one. They wanted to create free, near-limitless power from the Cherenkov-Kirby Reaction, but the government arrested them for treason (and Greta for being an unregistered super) because they tried to give the technology to China.
* SuperheroesWearCapes: Averted so far, and [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/01/28/01282011/ here]] after Green Gable addresses the team as "Caped Crusaders":
-->'''Tiger''': Is anyone here even ''wearing'' a cape?
* SuperRegistrationAct: Averted and discussed. While the idea of restricting superpower use has its supporters, at present powers are protected by second amendment rights and a law was passed to let people with masks and secret identities act in the legal system without disclosure.
* SuperWheelChair: Mecha Maid has one in her civilian identity and her PoweredArmor functions as one, too.
* TakingTheBullet: In this case, it's "taking the hurled car."
* TakeThat:
** "You're not going anywhere, [[Literature/{{Twilight}} you sparkly bastard]]."
** "By the way, the new Comicpress system is going to break any old links to this page. Suck on that, TV Tropes!"
** Doctor Universe claims to have became a supervillain after reading an AynRand novel. Everybody accepts this as a perfectly valid reason.
** When the Legion of Canadian Superheroes arrive, the Avrocar smashes a Smart Car.
* TantrumThrowing: When Sahira [[spoiler:briefly gets spinnerette powers, complete with extra arms,]] she throws an object-throwing fit [[spoiler:which culminates in accidentally defenestrating Spinnerette herself.]]
* TemptingFate: "[[spoiler:Let's take shelter before we end up in need of rescue ourselves.]]" Guess what happens before the end of the page?
* {{Troperiffic}}: To the point where specific tropes are cited in the dialog.
* {{Tsurime Eyes}}:
** Possessed by Marilyn Seong, a wheelchair-bound fellow student and co-worker of Heather's. [[spoiler:They switch to {{Tareme Eyes}} when she puts on her Mecha Maid headband, and occasionally switch back when she's being particularly serious.]]
** Also, Katt O'Nine Tails.
** And when she's[=/=]they're not rampaging, [[spoiler:Minerva]]'s middle head has {{Tsurime Eyes}} eyes while the left head has {{Tareme Eyes}}.
* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Sahira is constantly reminding Heather that this could happen if her secret identity was revealed.
-->'''Heather:''' What'll I do?\\
'''Sahira:''' Get dissected by the government is what you'll do!
* TooDumbToLive: Heather at times, depending on how tightly she's gripping the IdiotBall. [[spoiler: She's told never to reveal her secret identity, then reveals it to someone she bumped into once, on suspicion that she might be someone she knows. Luckily for her, it was.]]
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight:
** Played straight when Sahira (somewhat drunk at the time) overlooks the fact that Heather now has six arms then summarily subverted when she comes back in shock.
** Less obvious is the fact that ''nobody'' who knows Heather reacts to the fact that she's apparently put on somewhere between 30-40 pounds in a matter of a day or two, all entirely in her stomach, thanks to the fat suit. [[spoiler:Except Alexis.]]
* VampireVannabe: Cal's fangirls.
* ViewersAreGoldfish: In universe, the news crew is only interested in the most spectacular angles for the different science experiments it visits. When the would-be Dr. Universe gives a relatively simple explanation of how superheroes may get their power, the news lady tells the crew to cut that part.
* VillainsOutShopping: Spinnerette runs into Evil Spinerette shopping at the comic book store.
* WhamEpisode:
** [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/11/10/11102010/ This.]]
** And [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/12/28/12282011/ again]].
* WhatTheHellHero:
** Green Gable pulls this twice on Tiger for sedating the Cerberus with ketamine, pointing out that he has no idea if the Cerberus (who was still presumed to be a lycanthrope) is allergic to the drug.
** Tiger's kids have this reaction [[spoiler: when Tiger is relieved to see that they are safe. They point out that the kids that did die were people, too; important to others, and that he could have saved them if he was actively heroing.]] His wife immediately threatens him with Divorce for even discussing it, which is another WTH moment in and of itself.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/12/13/12132010/ Green Gable]]. If you look closely he actually wears garters.
* WorthyOpponent: Evil Spinnerette sees Spinnerette as this. When Alexis nearly kills Heather by drowning her, she then resuscitates her, leaves her tied up, and promises not to reveal Heather's secret identity. When asked, Alexis compares herself to Gary Kasparov who played Deep Blue in chess, instead of [[CutTheJuice pulling the plug]].
* WouldntHitAGirl: Heather can't find it in her to defend herself against a legion of annoying but otherwise ordinary fangirls serving a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampiric drug dealer]]. Mecha Maid has [[WouldHitAGirl no such problems]] and [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/10/04/10042010/ hits them hard enough to draw blood]].
* WrongGenreSavvy:
** Sahira cites several ways the genetic modifier may have harmed Heather and tries to call a doctor, meaning she obviously doesn't recognize she's in an Origin Story. Had this been a {{Deconstruction}}, Sahira's worries would have been justified. It tells much about the [[AffectionateParody nature]] of a story when the character with actual sense is the WrongGenreSavvy.
** Heather shows traces of this by thinking the other woman calling herself Spinnerette is another superhero, when it is ''[[ObviouslyEvil painfully]]'' obvious she's a supervillain. The supervillain even lampshades the EvilLaugh, saying that once Heather heard it, she should have known that someone ObviouslyEvil is nearby.
* XMeetsY: Think ''{{Spider-Man}}'' Meets ''{{Empowered}}''.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Holy crap, Evil Spinnerette is 16?! Yeah, [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/10/08/10082010/ apparently]].
* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler: Mecha Maid suffers from a degenerative disease that has left her paraplegic, hence the powered armor, and leaves her only a few years to live.]]
* YourSoulIsMine: The Composite Soul can devour other souls to increase its power.
* ZeroChops: A one-sided example. The first burglar Spinnerette encounters knocks her about with a duffel bag, causing her to actually call for a time out! Something of a TooDumbToLive moment, considering Spinnerette has no combat training and was still suspended by her webline at the time.
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''[[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/ Spinnerette]]'' is a {{webcomic}} produced by {{Krakow}} Studios that updates Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Mild-mannered lab assistant Heather Brown was forced to clean up the lab by her boss one night when, due to a FreakLabAccident with a genetic infusion chamber, Heather gained the powers of a spider, including superstrength, shooting web out of her lower back ('''not''' her butt), and most prominently four extra arms. With these powers Heather decides to fight the forces of evil as the costumed superhero Spinnerette, while hiding her secret identity (and extra arms) from the citizens of Columbus, Ohio.
Spinnerette is not alone in her endeavors. Helping her out is her roommate Sahira, who acts as her SecretKeeper, seamstress, and voice of reason. There is also the local superhero team of Tiger, a huge superstrong man, and Mecha Maid, a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin cyborg maid]].
''Spinnerette'' is largely an AffectionateParody of {{Superhero}} stories (most prominently {{Spider-Man}}, of course), showing Heather's forays into the world of superheroism and the many problems that can come with it. Humor is largely derived from Heather jumping headfirst into superheroics without any forethought, and the problems that causes. But it's an upbeat comic-- Heather's many troubles never get her down.
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!!'''This webcomic contains examples of:'''
* AdultFear: After Tiger's wife had made him promise not to be a superhero [[spoiler:a gunman attacked the school his daughters attended -- and his wife wasn't able to contact them. While they turned out to be safe, for one gut-wrenching moment Tiger faced a parent's worst nightmare.]]
* AffablyEvil: Dr. Universe appears to be a fairly reasonable and civil fellow when he's not actively antagonizing our heroes. Alexis (AKA Evil Spinnerette) is also pretty friendly while in her civilian identity.
* AliensInCardiff: The series takes place in Columbus, Ohio. One of their backups is "The Werewolf of London... Ontario".
* AllThereInTheManual: Chapter 5, a plot-relevant side story, is an exclusive to the first ''Spinnerette'' print collection; online, the story hops straight from Chapter 4 to Chapter 6 with no break in continuity. Chapter 9 is a similar exclusive for Book 2.
* AlternateUniverse: As noted in the CelebrityParadox entry, ''Spinnerette'' takes place in a universe where ''both'' superheroes and the comics companies that chronicle their deeds are real. Furthermore, magic is also real - the first edition of DungeonsAndDragons was banned by the [[JimmyCarter Carter Administration]] because it contained actual magic spells.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Evil Spinnerette's parents show up at her bail hearing, causing her to complain they're embarrassing her in front of her arch-enemy.
* AmazonianBeauty: Heather with her post-transformation "girl abs" and especially Sahira when she temporarily gains Tiger's powers.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Mecha Maid to Spinnerette]], while badly injured and considering euthanasia.
* {{Animesque}}
* ArmCannon: Mecha Maid used [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/06/14/06142010/ one in her first appearance]].
* ArtShift: It lost most of its Animesque traits since August 2011 due to a new artist, but it was temporary.
* YouFailBiologyForever:
** Tiger's line about being colorblind like an actual tiger is said in a way that implies he uses it a lot. He doesn't actually know whether that's true, though (and in fact it is not).
** Played with in Spinnerette's... well, spinnerets. Unlike {{Spider-Man}}, Spinnerette shoots webbing not from her wrists, but from [[InsistentTerminology the base of her spine]] -- which still has no direct correlation with any part of a real spider's anatomy. Of course, Sahira [[LampshadeHanging points out]] that spiders have completely different physiologies to humans, and initially berates Heather for assuming that she was capable of spinning webs at all:
-->'''Sahira:''' This isn't logical at all! Spiders are an entirely different phylum of animal than humans! If this were logical, you'd have mutated your lungs and '''asphyxiated!''' You're a biologist. You should know this!
* AttemptedRape: Heather beats up a pair of drunken frat boys imposing on her shortly after acquiring her powers, but they claim they were just messing around.
-->'''Frat Boy:''' [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/03/04/03042010/ We're not rapists, we're merely douchebags!]]
* AuthorAppeal: At the least, the author is fond of six-armed people, who use the arms independently.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Buzz Rickards, which Sahira tells him is not the name of a [[CowboyCop guard that plays by the rules]]. Granted, she's trying to seduce him. Also, he might just be DangerouslyGenreSavvy - [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/11/24/11242010/ observe]].
* BadassAbnormal: Evil Spinnerette, currently.
* BadassNormal: Evil Spinnerette (initially, anyway).
* BareYourMidriff: Heather ''wanted'' to do this to show off her girl abs, but [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/05/12/05122010/ was shot down by Sahira]].
* BenFranklin
* BigBeautifulWoman:
** Greta Gravity is a borderline case in that, while quite thick-bodied, she doesn't really look fat (except [[MostCommonSuperpower you-know-where]]). In her younger days (as seen in an archive video), she was more plump than buxom and downright {{moe}}.
** In her secret identity, Heather has to wear a fat suit to conceal her four extra arms. She's still pretty cute.
* BigBraToFill: Mentioned by name in a conversation about who would play Greta Gravity in a movie.
* BigBreastsBigDeal: Sahira is a Type 4. See IHaveBoobsYouMustObey, below.
* BerserkButton:
** Avoid jokes about [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore Heather's deodorant usage]] or references to her "average" height.
** Never tell Greta Gravity her [[YouFightLikeACow insults]] are lame.
** Don't call Tiger [[ColorCharacter "Black" Tiger]], or broach the subjects of family, steroids, or Canadians. The man is a walking bundle of Berserk Buttons.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: Katt O' Nine Tails. Oh, so much.
* BigDamnHeroes: Tiger and Mecha Maid.
* BigOlEyebrows: Dr. Lambha.
* BlushSticker:
** On a [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/11/19/11192010/ security guard]] of all people.
** [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/01/10/01102011/ Spinnerette]] gets some too.
* BodyHorror:
** Although she's ecstatic about it, Evil Spinnerette's transformation into a [[DungeonsAndDragons Drider]] is disturbing, as her new parts burst through her flesh, and her human legs tear off. By Issue Seven, she claims to [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/08/31/08312011/ bitterly regret her transformation]] [[spoiler:in order to trick Heather into assisting with a new dark ritual to transform her henchmen into driders as well]].
** Although rather mundane, [[spoiler:Marilyn's ALS qualifies, as it will eventually lead her into AndIMustScream territory.]]
* BodyLanguage: Heather can and does display multiple entries from the BodyLanguage Index simultaneously. It helps that she has ''3 sets of arms'' to work with.
* BoobsOfSteel: Super MILF. [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/10/25/10252010/ Seriously]]. Apparently, her boobs are the source of her powers, and they radiate so much heat they need air cooling. If she's telling the truth.
* BreakingTheFourthWall:
** In Issue #3, Heather makes a frustrated offhand comment about hitting "that streetlight from back in Issue #1" with her web-shooting powers.
** When someone mentions a vacation she comments, "But we get a new enemy every issue!"
* BreathWeapon: The Composite Soul exhibits one.
* BullyingADragon:
** Alexis (aka Evil Spinnerette) gets taunted and teased by some {{Alpha Bitch}}es... despite the fact that she's a freakin' [[DungeonsAndDragons Drider]]!
** Subverted when [[spoiler: it turns out they're her minions, faking it in a ploy to gain Heather's sympathy]].
* ButtMonkey: Heather before her accident... and Heather after her accident. The accident? Caused because her JerkAss boss made her work late, alone, and on highly dangerous equipment. The first time she goes out heroing? Beaten up by a mook. Her civilian disguise? A fat suit. First fight against a supervillain? Can't even get in a good punch before someone has to rescue her. It seems even in the middle of her own origin story, she just can't get any respect.
* BuxomIsBetter: The news cameraman certainly seems to think so about Greta's enormous breasts. See MyEyesAreUpHere, below.
* CanadaEh: The Legion of Canadian Superheroes.
* CannotSpitItOut:
** Mecha Maid's crush on Spin.
** It's kinda difficult to think about romance when you know your days are numbered. [[spoiler: But [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/12/28/12282011/ not impossible]].]]
* CaptainObvious: Heather is constantly announcing that her nonexistent "spider sense" is telling her something perfectly obvious.
--> '''Heather:''' My spider sense is tingling that I'm sad.
* CatGirl: [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/12/15/12152010/ Katt O' Nine Tails]]
* CatUpATree: Displayed in [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/01/21/01212011/ this strip]], which serves as the introduction to the Legion of Canadian Superheroes.
* CelebrityParadox: Averted. The comics we know and love exist in a world where superheroes are real. Heather's first costume is even made out of three cheap Venom costumes sewn together. And then MarvelComics sends her a Cease-and-Desist because her costume looks like Spider-Woman's.
* ChainmailBikini: The Cerberus, [[spoiler:Minerva]] has one.
* CheekyMouth: Often.
* ChristianityIsCatholic: Averted in a discussion about a pair of annoying tweens to become werewolves.
--> '''Annoying Tween Werewolf fan'' "We'll do anything! We'll sacrifice to your Fur God!"
--> '''Werewolf of London, Ontario''' "Fur God?! I'm Anglican!"
* CleanPrettyReliable [[spoiler: [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/09/30/09302011/ Alexis and Heather]] ]]
* CleavageWindow: [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/12/03/12032010/ Heather wants one]], but Sahira lampshades it and lists the drawbacks of having one. Why would any sane ([[NighInvulnerability non-invulnerable]]) woman cut a hole in bulletproof fabric in such a way to leave her heart exposed? It's justified in the case of Super MILF, whose breasts generate heat and therefore require ventilation.
* ClippedWingAngel: [[spoiler:Evil Spinerette]]'s spider transformation, mostly because our heroine both is a biology student (and as such knows the major weak points of a spider in close combat) and a former champion Mutton Buster (and as such is good at staying on a bucking animal).
** Their rematch goes better, probably in part because she's had a chance to become accustomed to the new body.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Mecha Maid, she can barely move without her amplifier headband.
* ClothingDamage:
** Heather's costume gets severely damaged [[spoiler:right before she testifies in Evil Spinnerette's trial. Thankfully, Mecha-Maid loans her an apron.]]
** Also occurs to her clothes when she's [[spoiler:breaking and entering into the lab in an attempt to steal security footage that would reveal her SecretIdentity. This leads to her [[ThereIsAGod stripping down to her underwear and taking the Downward Facing Dog pose]] to aim her webbing at a high duct.]]
** Katt's lovely coat gets shredded when she [[spoiler: uses herself to complete the magic circle to send the Composite Soul back to hell]].
* ColorCharacter: Subverted. Tiger is a little touchy about people calling him "Black Tiger", calling people out on how insensitive and stereotypical that is. This functions as his BerserkButton.
* CombatStilettos:
** Evil Spinnerette's high-heels have [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/06/11/06112010/ actual blades]] in them.
** Defied when Sahira suggests heels to Heather to make up for the lack of height: "Spinnerette prefers flats, thank you very much."
* CombatTentacles: Katt O' Nine Tails uses long ''tails'' as tentacles.
* CuteLittleFangs:
** Heather gets these whenever she's really happy. Combined with CatSmile [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/03/29/03292010/ here]].
** Sahira gets in on the fang action [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/12/29/12292010/ here]]. CuteLittleFangs could be a quirk of Walter Gomez's art style rather than a character trait specific to Heather.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Nastily inverted with Dr. Universe - see the StartOfDarkness entry.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: [[spoiler:Evil Spinnerette/Alexis noticed the [[LesYay sexual tension]] between Spinnerette and Mecha Maid and used this to help trick Heather into helping her with her latest black-magic ritual, by faking girl-on-girl action with her henchwoman Dakota.]]
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: While Heather and Sahira are breaking into Dr. Lambha's lab to steal a security tape, Heather spots a guard on duty and instructs Sahira to "seduce him with your powers of seduction."
* [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength Does Not Know Her Own Strength]]:
** Heather's still getting used to having six arms and SuperStrength, as seen when she bear hugs Sahira at one point.
** Also when she broke down a door while trying to pick a lock.
** [[spoiler: Sahira]], [[SidekickGlassCeiling after briefly gaining Spinnerette's powers]], accidentally throws Heather out a window.
* DramaBomb: [[spoiler: [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/12/28/12282011/ "Heather, I'm IN LOVE WITH YOU."]]]]
* EntendreFailure: Sahira tries a few times to gently bring up the possibility that Mecha Maid is gay to Heather, before giving up subtlety and outright spelling it out:
--> '''Sahira:''' "''{{Facepalm}}!'' I think Mecha Maid is a ''lesbian'' who wants to have ''sexual intercourse'' with you."
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Sahira, among others, called Mecha's interest in Heather far before anyone else did and before [[spoiler: it became official.]]
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: The newspaper that published Spinnerette's picture on its front page actually ''photoshopped her taller'', apparently because they assumed a 5'1 feet tall heroine wouldn't strike fear in the hearts of evildoers.
* ExpressiveAccessory: Mecha-Maid's headpiece as seen [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/02/14/02142011/ here]]
* EyesOfGold: Judging by the latest donation desktop, Sahira.
* {{Facepalm}}: Sahira ''says'' "Facepalm!" once when Heather is being especially thick. Overlaps with SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud and the UnSoundEffect.
* FanDisservice: [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Three words:]] Naked BenjaminFranklin
* {{Fanservice}}: It's pretty safe bet now what with the new characters that pop up in this comic that Fanservice is a vital part of the comic in general.
* FingerTwiddling: Heather tends to do this whenever she's feeling embarrassed or stressed, usually with her middle pair of arms. A good example is while she's calling Sahira at the end of Issue #1, knowing how royally she screwed up her first night out in costume.
* FlatEarthAtheist: Experienced superheroes Mecha Maid and Tiger believe in magic. Heather, not so much at first. Though to be fair, part of what she was scoffing at was that the magic rites being discussed involved an evil goddess from DungeonsAndDragons.
* FlyingCar: The [=LoCS's=] [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/01/24/01242011/ Avrocar]], though it's more of a FlyingSaucer in shape. Werewolf of London Ontario calls it a "widowmaker", and at the very least it looks like it could really use some windshields. Or [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/01/26/01262011/ working landing gear]]. This is not that far off from TruthInTelevision - Avro really did attempt to make a flying saucer-shaped vehicle called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar the Avrocar]]. The design was very close to what the [=LoCS=] drives (down to having room for three riders), and was noted for massive instability if altitude exceeded a foot or two. It also was incredibly difficult to steer. The Werewolf of London, Ontario is quite justified in reacting to it like [[TheAllegedCar The Alleged Flying Car]].
* FoeYay: The [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/08/01/08012011/ issue 7 cover]] teases it. See also CleanPrettyReliable
* FreakLabAccident: How Heather gets her powers (naturally). [[DoubleSubversion Doubly subverted]], as the reader is initially led to think that, just like SpiderMan, Heather would get her powers from a mutant spider-bite -- and then her boss points out to interviewing reporter how absurd that would be. Turns out that she only developed her powers after falling into the "Genetic Modifier" vat used to mutate those spiders.
* FreudianSlip:
** Heather's lower left arm exhibits OrganAutonomy and just may be controlled by her subconscious. In at least one instance she had to stop it from openly [[LesYay making a pass]] at Mecha Maid.
** In one case where Heather was trying to look at Mecha Maid's iPod playlist for evidence of her being gay (i.e. Indigo Girls songs, which she DID find) sHeather panicked upon being caught by Mecha Maid and "bottom lefty" grabbed her butt in the confusion. Mecha Maid seemed rather happy about the incident.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent:
** Mecha-Maid used a [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/10/04/10042010/ tiny bit more force than necessary]] for a mere {{Mook}}/{{Fangirl}}.
** When the dreadfully embarrassed Evil Spinnerette is being glomped by her parents (which is funny in itself), we see Tiger and Mecha Maid in the background arguing over whether bovine hormone extracts cause superpowers.
** In this [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/07/13/07132011/ strip]] [[HeroicBuild Tiger]] finally bonds with the Canadian Superheroes while several paramedics strain to get his gurney into the ambulance.
* GagBoobs: Greta Gravity's massive prow has been the butt of a few jokes. Tiger also makes a few remarks about bovine growth hormone in reference to Evil Spinerette's bust.
* {{Gainaxing}}: [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/02/11/02112011/ Observe]].
* GenderBender: [[spoiler:Julian]]
* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke:
** Lampshaded and subverted by Dr. Lambha's tirade about people knowing nothing about genetic engineering.
** Played straight after Heather gets a dose of the genetic modifier ray.
** Otherwise averted. All other superpowered characters (so far) have either magic- or tech-based superpowers.
** In-universe, there's actually a name for this: The Cherenkov-Kirby Reaction.
* GeniusBruiser: Tiger, the former detective, effortlessly dissecting the far more mundane reasons behind a waitress's headaches and bruises than "she's a werewolf."
* GeniusCripple: Marilyn, who suffers from ALS, AKA Lou Gehrig's Disease.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Double Subverted so far. While Heather may have SuperStrength in all [[MultiArmedAndDangerous six arms]] and a [[JumpedAtTheCall burning desire to be a superhero,]] it didn't come with [[RequiredSecondaryPowers innate fighting ability]] and got herself beaten up by an ordinary mugger (the Fisticuffs part), showing that any kind of training is better that none. Subverted again that beside Tiger and Mecha Maid (who is training Heather) the rest of the Superheroes had to create their own fighting style based in their unique powers and... well, dirty brawl fighting and experience.
* GratuitousGerman: Subverted and played straight at the beginning of the current arc in which Benjamin Franklin travels through time into the third reich. Hitler's spoken German is correct. Krakow actually asked his German-speaking fans for help beforehand. However played straight with the name plate on Hitler's desk reading "Das Führer, Duden!" which is German gibberish for "The Führer, Dude!" and a coffee mug on the floor with the words "Mein Coffee" written on it.
* GravityMaster: Greta Gravity
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Played straight at first, then quickly subverted.
* HandsomeLech: Werewolf of London Ontario, without a doubt.
* HealingFactor: One of Spinnerette's powers, revealed at the start of Issue #2.
* HeelFaceTurn: In Issue 7, Evil Spinnerette claims to have made one [[spoiler:only for it to be part of a ploy to get people to help her in a dark ritual.]]
* {{Hellhound}}: [[spoiler:Minerva. She was tasked as a guardian of hell to recapture escaped evil spirits but due to her [[PettingZooPeople anthropomorphic]] appearance, she was easily mistaken for a werecerberus.]]
* HeroicBuild:
** Heather gets one after the lab accident. She may well have had one before the accident (she is a rock climber, after all), but it's apparent that the accident enhanced whatever musculature she already had, given her desire to show off the 'girl abs.'
** Tiger. And no, "Spirit of the Tiger" is not a euphemism for steroids.
* HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct: Played with at the start of Issue 8, when a time traveller burst into Hitler's office in an attempt to kill him, only to be stopped by a naked time-travelling BenjaminFranklin. Its a long story, okay?
* HowDoIShotWeb:
** Out of the bottom of her spine, as it turns out. But that didn't stop Sahira from thinking it came out of her butt.
** Initially, this was averted with her arms; from the first night, she had incredible independent control of all six arms/hands, as well as all 30 fingers. As it turns out, she actually doesn't have such great control; [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/12/31/12312010/ this comic]] shows that her hands occasionally "have a mind of their own," likely due to subconscious reactions that she can't quite control.
** After her transformation Evil Spinnerette has no [[InstantExpert such]] [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/07/26/07262010/ problems]].
* HypocriticalHumor: Heather can't ''stand'' anime art, and has problems with ''{{Empowered}}'' by AdamWarren because of this. Spinnerette has been compared artistically to ''Empowered''...
* HugeGuyTinyGirl:
** Tiger and Mecha Maid
** Buzz Rickards and Sahira
** Dr. Universe and Greta Gravity
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey:
** Sahira uses this tactic to get med student Alan to perform a checkup on an in-costume Spinnerette.
** Sahira uses it again to distract the [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy one inept guard]] while Heather sneaks into Dr. Lambha's lab. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Except the guard]] [[ObfuscatingStupidity isn't really inept]]. He knows what Sahira's up to and [[AFriendInNeed willingly deletes the security footage she and Heather were trying to steal]].]]
--> '''Sahira:''' "Wonder twin powers, ACTIVATE! Form of... BOOBS!"
* IdiotHero: Heather. If this series wasn't so damned [[AffectionateParody affectionate]] and [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism idealistic]], she'd be dead a few times over by now: death by mutation, death by radiation, death by burglar, death by falling off a building. Not to mention that [[spoiler: as of the 9/14/11 strip, she's been suckered, hook, line and sinker, by Evil Spinnerette into helping the latter's henchpeople turn into driders]].
* IJustWantToBeNormal: In Issue 7, Evil Spinnerette, claiming to have given up her villainous ways, recruits Spinnerette and two others to find a copy of the 1st Edition DungeonsAndDragons book to get her legs back.
* InterspeciesRomance: Between London, a werewolf, and Minerva, a [[{{Hellhound}} Cerberus]].
* IronicEcho: Dr. Universe and Greta Gravity's origin story is disturbingly similar to Heather's, at least at the start...
* IronicEchoCut: [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/09/29/09292010/ Here.]]
* ItsProbablyNothing: Heather seems to think that the security guards at the lab suffer from this. "They'll probably just assume they have giant spiders or something."
* JumpedAtTheCall: Pushed to ridiculous levels. Heather's first concern upon discovering she'd been mutated was ''picking a name for her superheroine identity.''
* LegacyCharacter: Green Gable, a title inherited through family. Apparently, [[WholesomeCrossdresser the current Green Gable is the first male]] to hold the title.
* LightningCanDoAnything: As seen in the case of [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/10/17/10172011/ Benjamin Franklin]].
* MadeOfIron: Heather, she falls far enough to [[CarCushion total a car]] and merely comments it broke her fall and is noticeably uninjured.
* [[MarkedBullet Marked Missile]]: Mecha Maid's missiles have taunts and phrases written on them, such as "Mine is bigger!" or "From M.M With <3"
* MarshmallowHell: Greta Gravity flies away from a battle, carrying Dr. Universe in her arms. Her massive bosom necessarily rests on his head.
* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Heather has to wear a fatsuit and has been forced to cancel two dates with Darien. On the other hand, there is also Mecha Maid. Although only bottom lefty likes her like that.
* MeaningfulName: Evil Spinnerette's real name is Alexis Woo'''drow'''.
* MediumAwareness: Shown as of [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/11/29/11292010/ this]] comic. "I managed to hit that streetlight in Issue #1. Was that a fluke?"
* TheMerch: In-universe. The superhero rights organization makes its money by selling the merchandise of its superhero members (non-supers are allowed to join as well).
* MistakenForGay: [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/07/11/07112011/ Green Gables]] thinks Mecha Maid and Spinnerette are a couple. Heather's bottom-left hand approves. As does Evil Spinnerette's sidekick Julia(n). Mecha Maid actually ''does'' have feelings for Spinnerette. The "mistaken" part of this trope applies mostly to Spinnerette.
* ModeLock: London is stuck in wolfman shape as he has forgotten how to turn back.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Universe
* MostCommonSuperpower:
** Heather is well-endowed even before the accident.
** Sahira is still much bigger than she is. Sahira even jokingly refers to it as a superpower, having [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey used them to coerce a doctor she knows into examining Heather]] (who is in Spinnerette garb).
** And then Evil Spinnerette shows up.
** [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/10/25/10252010/ Reconstructed (or Inverted Reconstruction) with Super MILF.]]
** Greta Gravity probably needs her powers to support her massive bust.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Played with. This is one of Heather's main powers, but she has to hide the extra four first under a rather conspicuous coat (while everyone else is wearing summer clothing) and then under a [[ButtMonkey fat suit]] later.
* MundaneUtility:
** Heather has taken up knitting, an ideal pastime for someone with six arms who secretes her own silk.
** Her current suit is made from her own silk--or would be, if Sahira hadn't used it to make a couple of Saris for herself first. You know... for practice. It's still a running gag at this point.
* MultipleHeadCase: [[spoiler:Minerva]]. Her three heads exhibit different personality traits: [[TheThreeFacesOfEve hot-headed right, rational middle and ditzy left heads]].
* MyEyesAreUpHere: Not invoked by the woman being leered at, but [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/05/18/05182011/ a news cameraman has to be reminded where to aim.]]
* NaughtyTentacles: Katt has [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin nine tails]]. Nine [[PowerPerversionPotential prehensile]] tails. And she gives incredible [[spoiler: [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/05/09/05092011/ massages]]]] with them.
* NiceHat: Greta, London, and Green Gable.
* NinjaMaid: Mecha Maid appears to be a cyborg version of this; her powers come from a "mecha suit." In fact, her inspiration was ''{{Mahoromatic}}''. [[spoiler:Whom she particularly identifies with, due to having only a few years left to live.]]
* NoblewomansLaugh: The first thing the other Spinnerette does when she makes her appearance.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/05/06/05062011/ This.]] Curiously, it seems that what Mecha Maid [[SixthRangerTraitor thinks it looks like]] and [[GreenEyedMonster what Katt thinks]] [[ClingyJealousGirl Mecha Maid]] [[HappyEndingMassage is thinking]] are two completely different things.
* ObviouslyEvil: Evil Spinnerette.
* OhCrap: Hoo boy! [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/11/24/11242010/ Guess that guy wasn't as clueless as you thought, was he?]]
* OneSteveLimit: It turns out there was already someone calling themselves "Spinnerette", and she's not happy about our heroine using her name.
* OneWingedAngel: Evil Spinnerette.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Sahira. Heather lampshades this almost word for word when she thanks Sahira at one point for being her "voice of reason" (after she dissuades Heather from going with a sexy-looking, but potentially dangerous, modification to her new costume).
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Greta Gravity's German accent disappears whenever she gets particularly annoyed, angry, or exasperated.
* OpenMindedParent: Evil Spinnerette's parents apparently don't mind (or don't seem to notice) their daughter being a half-spider supervillainess.
* OrganAutonomy: Heather's extra hands sometimes act like they have minds of their own (mostly just harmless FingerTwiddling, but her lower left hand appears to have developed a crush on Mechamaid.)
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Well, [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/10/01/10012010/ he would have been]], if the comic had been published a few years earlier. Now it's subverted, since we have the vampires from the ''Twilight'' Series for him to resemble.[[hottip:*:[[CrowningMomentOfFunny He has a horde of fangirls, too]].]] [[DoubleSubversion However]], he runs a meth lab in a Kroger basement.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent:
** They're described as being somewhere in between ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' and [[IWasATeenageWerewolf teen]] werewolves, "with some GingerSnaps thrown in."
** A pair of annoying tween fans are harrasing Werewolf of London, Ontario begging him to bite him to turn them into werewolves. He repeatedly tells them that isn't how it works.
* PerkyFemaleMinion: Greta Gravity. Emphasis on [[GagBoobs "perky."]]
* PerpetualFrowner: Tiger.
* PluckyGirl: Heather remains ever eager and optimistic no matter how many times she's knocked down, literally and figuratively.
* PoliceAreUseless:
** Averted; Tiger used to be a (competent) cop; while unable to do anything about the composite soul in the werewolf arc, the present officer ''does'' make sure the reporter gets out once it starts getting dangerous.
** Averted when the Lab security guard immediately catches on and lampshades how random, well-endowed girls are suddenly interested in him out of the blue are the first signs someone is trying to break in. He also correctly guesses that they just want to delete the security tapes (although for different reasons than he might have thought).
* PowerNullifier: There are certain places in which superpowers granted by the Cherenkov-Kirby Reaction are reduced, which make good neutral grounds for heroes and villains.
* PowerPerversionPotential
** Gee, what can you do with six arms? What can't you do?
** Katt has nine prehensile tails. See NaughtyTentacles above for how they can be used.
** Invoked in-universe by [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/08/08/08082011/ one of the sweaty comic book nerds]] at Heather's local comics shop. Heather is less than amused.
* PunnyName: Kat O'Nine Tails.
* RealityEnsues: A major theme of the comic, although not played with to outright {{Deconstruction}} levels -- Heather keeps trying to [[GenreSavvy invoke tropes]] but they just don't work that way in real life -- for example, she jumps a car thief, only to get her ass kicked since even with SuperStrength and [[MultiArmedAndDangerous multiple arms]]... she doesn't know basic self defense. Also, while laws have been passed to accommodate the fact that superheroes and villains exist, they still have to follow legal procedure in the trials and conviction of villains.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Dr. Lambha mentions the rumors about the Large Hadron Collider creating a black hole upon activation as an example of how the media knows nothing about science.
* RunningGag:
** Bla-, I mean Tiger's name problem.
** Greta's terrible wisecracks
* ScaryBlackMan:
** Tiger, who is very sensitive about being seen primarily for his skin color.
** Subverted when he's not being sensitive about that: he's the one to teach Spinnerette the detective side of things, while Mecha Maid is the black belt/hand to hand expert. Brings him right down from scary territory nicely.
* ScheduleSlip: The first two issues were plagued with this, to the point that the authors put the comic on a month-long hiatus after Issue 2 in order to build up a buffer.
* SecretIdentityIdentity: Implied; both Evil Spinnerette and Mecha Maid refer to their non-superhero names as their "given name," as opposed to Spinnerette, who refers to it as her "real name."
* SecretKeeper: Sahira is all but forced to become Heather's secret keeper after much tear-laden pleading from Heather.
* SensualSpandex: [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/04/09/04092010/ And doesn't Heather know it]].
* ShipperOnDeck: In quite possibly the weirdest example of this trope ever, Heather's ''bottom left hand'' seems to be shipping her with Mecha Maid.
* ShirtlessScene: Tiger gets a nice one [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/02/18/02182011/ here]] and [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/05/13/05132011-2/ here.]]
* ShoutOut:
** Heather's costume, origin story, and superheroic abilities are all AffectionateParodies of SpiderMan. Heather also makes joking references to a SpiderSense, but she doesn't appear to actually have one and is only saying so to needle Sahira.
** Her outfit resembles Venom for a very good reason: it is composed of [[CheapCostume several store-bought Venom costumes stitched together.]] Which leaves her looking like a six-armed CaptainErsatz of [[http://www.samruby.com/Heroes/Spiderwoman2/spiderwoman2.htm Julia Carpenter]] -- a fact Marvel is [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/10/22/10222010/ none too happy about.]]
** Mecha Maid is obviously a tribute to several aspects of anime culture, including {{Meido}}, PoweredArmor, and YouGottaHaveBlueHair. At one point, she specifically mentions ''{{Mahoromatic}}'' as the reason she went with a "maid" theme. [[spoiler:She's also a HandicappedBadass scientist who uses her PoweredArmor to gain increased mobility, much like the old TV superhero M.A.N.T.I.S.]]
** Look at Buzz Rickard's (that security guard that Sahira tries to seduce) uniform sleeve. Did you notice the [[HalfLife Black Mesa logo]]? How about his [[TheTerminator Cyberdyne-Systems]] laptop? His jacket with [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome CMOA]] on the back?
** When the Canadian heroes [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/01/26/01262011/ make their grand entrance to Columbus]], Green Gable and Katt O' Nine Tales each strike one of {{Sailor Moon}}'s trademark poses.
** Right before Sahira tries to seduce Buzz, [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/11/19/11192010/ she makes a rather hilarious shout out to the Wonder Twins.]]
** A few inactive turrets and bickering personality cores from {{Portal}} can be seen [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/04/29/04292011/ in the background of Dr. Universe's lab]], as can [[WallE EVE]].
** A combination shout-out/genius bonus comes from the "Cherenkov-Kirby Reaction" which gives some superheroes their powers-- [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherenkov_Radiation Cherenkov Radiation]] is a real thing-- JackKirby was one of the most influential people in superhero comics, with his own signature energy... signature, KirbyDots.
** [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/08/10/08102011/ Here]], Spinnerette is holding an issue of {{Empowered}}, a comic hers has often been compared to.
* SlasherSmile: Evil Spinnerette has a decent-looking one in [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/03/14/03142011/#top-content this piece of artwork]]... but it doesn't hold a candle to the one the Werewolf of London, Ontario is sporting. '''Yikes.'''
* SomeKindOfForceField: [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/07/19/07192010/ CLANK!]]
* StartOfDarkness: Doctor Universe and Greta Gravity have a heartbreaking one. They wanted to create free, near-limitless power from the Cherenkov-Kirby Reaction, but the government arrested them for treason (and Greta for being an unregistered super) because they tried to give the technology to China.
* SuperheroesWearCapes: Averted so far, and [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/01/28/01282011/ here]] after Green Gable addresses the team as "Caped Crusaders":
-->'''Tiger''': Is anyone here even ''wearing'' a cape?
* SuperRegistrationAct: Averted and discussed. While the idea of restricting superpower use has its supporters, at present powers are protected by second amendment rights and a law was passed to let people with masks and secret identities act in the legal system without disclosure.
* SuperWheelChair: Mecha Maid has one in her civilian identity and her PoweredArmor functions as one, too.
* TakingTheBullet: In this case, it's "taking the hurled car."
* TakeThat:
** "You're not going anywhere, [[Literature/{{Twilight}} you sparkly bastard]]."
** "By the way, the new Comicpress system is going to break any old links to this page. Suck on that, TV Tropes!"
** Doctor Universe claims to have became a supervillain after reading an AynRand novel. Everybody accepts this as a perfectly valid reason.
** When the Legion of Canadian Superheroes arrive, the Avrocar smashes a Smart Car.
* TantrumThrowing: When Sahira [[spoiler:briefly gets spinnerette powers, complete with extra arms,]] she throws an object-throwing fit [[spoiler:which culminates in accidentally defenestrating Spinnerette herself.]]
* TemptingFate: "[[spoiler:Let's take shelter before we end up in need of rescue ourselves.]]" Guess what happens before the end of the page?
* {{Troperiffic}}: To the point where specific tropes are cited in the dialog.
* {{Tsurime Eyes}}:
** Possessed by Marilyn Seong, a wheelchair-bound fellow student and co-worker of Heather's. [[spoiler:They switch to {{Tareme Eyes}} when she puts on her Mecha Maid headband, and occasionally switch back when she's being particularly serious.]]
** Also, Katt O'Nine Tails.
** And when she's[=/=]they're not rampaging, [[spoiler:Minerva]]'s middle head has {{Tsurime Eyes}} eyes while the left head has {{Tareme Eyes}}.
* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Sahira is constantly reminding Heather that this could happen if her secret identity was revealed.
-->'''Heather:''' What'll I do?\\
'''Sahira:''' Get dissected by the government is what you'll do!
* TooDumbToLive: Heather at times, depending on how tightly she's gripping the IdiotBall. [[spoiler: She's told never to reveal her secret identity, then reveals it to someone she bumped into once, on suspicion that she might be someone she knows. Luckily for her, it was.]]
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight:
** Played straight when Sahira (somewhat drunk at the time) overlooks the fact that Heather now has six arms then summarily subverted when she comes back in shock.
** Less obvious is the fact that ''nobody'' who knows Heather reacts to the fact that she's apparently put on somewhere between 30-40 pounds in a matter of a day or two, all entirely in her stomach, thanks to the fat suit. [[spoiler:Except Alexis.]]
* VampireVannabe: Cal's fangirls.
* ViewersAreGoldfish: In universe, the news crew is only interested in the most spectacular angles for the different science experiments it visits. When the would-be Dr. Universe gives a relatively simple explanation of how superheroes may get their power, the news lady tells the crew to cut that part.
* VillainsOutShopping: Spinnerette runs into Evil Spinerette shopping at the comic book store.
* WhamEpisode:
** [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/11/10/11102010/ This.]]
** And [[http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/12/28/12282011/ again]].
* WhatTheHellHero:
** Green Gable pulls this twice on Tiger for sedating the Cerberus with ketamine, pointing out that he has no idea if the Cerberus (who was still presumed to be a lycanthrope) is allergic to the drug.
** Tiger's kids have this reaction [[spoiler: when Tiger is relieved to see that they are safe. They point out that the kids that did die were people, too; important to others, and that he could have saved them if he was actively heroing.]] His wife immediately threatens him with Divorce for even discussing it, which is another WTH moment in and of itself.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/12/13/12132010/ Green Gable]]. If you look closely he actually wears garters.
* WorthyOpponent: Evil Spinnerette sees Spinnerette as this. When Alexis nearly kills Heather by drowning her, she then resuscitates her, leaves her tied up, and promises not to reveal Heather's secret identity. When asked, Alexis compares herself to Gary Kasparov who played Deep Blue in chess, instead of [[CutTheJuice pulling the plug]].
* WouldntHitAGirl: Heather can't find it in her to defend herself against a legion of annoying but otherwise ordinary fangirls serving a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampiric drug dealer]]. Mecha Maid has [[WouldHitAGirl no such problems]] and [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/10/04/10042010/ hits them hard enough to draw blood]].
* WrongGenreSavvy:
** Sahira cites several ways the genetic modifier may have harmed Heather and tries to call a doctor, meaning she obviously doesn't recognize she's in an Origin Story. Had this been a {{Deconstruction}}, Sahira's worries would have been justified. It tells much about the [[AffectionateParody nature]] of a story when the character with actual sense is the WrongGenreSavvy.
** Heather shows traces of this by thinking the other woman calling herself Spinnerette is another superhero, when it is ''[[ObviouslyEvil painfully]]'' obvious she's a supervillain. The supervillain even lampshades the EvilLaugh, saying that once Heather heard it, she should have known that someone ObviouslyEvil is nearby.
* XMeetsY: Think ''{{Spider-Man}}'' Meets ''{{Empowered}}''.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Holy crap, Evil Spinnerette is 16?! Yeah, [[http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/10/08/10082010/ apparently]].
* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler: Mecha Maid suffers from a degenerative disease that has left her paraplegic, hence the powered armor, and leaves her only a few years to live.]]
* YourSoulIsMine: The Composite Soul can devour other souls to increase its power.
* ZeroChops: A one-sided example. The first burglar Spinnerette encounters knocks her about with a duffel bag, causing her to actually call for a time out! Something of a TooDumbToLive moment, considering Spinnerette has no combat training and was still suspended by her webline at the time.
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