History WebVideo / SuperAcademy

** Superstar, the girl who ignores Power Kid at the Meet & Greet, bears more than a passing resemblance to {{Supergirl}}.

* AGlassInTheHand: Powerkid breaks his mug when Dark Cop says he did a background check on him. But, he only discovered that Powerkid's SuperStrength has a maximum of 9.875 times his own weight.

* FacePalm: Dark Cop

* FreezeFrameBonus: In the student database, every single student is signed up for the class "Reading and Writing 1".

'''Super Academy''' is a short film written and directed by Ben Lifson about the young superhero [[FailOSuckyname Power Kid]] as he faces down all the challenges of being a freshman at college: no friends, weird schedules, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick supervillain dad trying to kill you...]] Oh yeah, forgot to mention that part, [[DarkSecret he's secretly the son of]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Deathside the Conqueror]], a globally feared supervillain. That could make things weird.

** Dark Cop is a dead ringer for a college aged {{Batman}}.
** Gothel is a female {{Batman}}, for added weirdness and hilarity.
** Power Kid is quite clearly {{Superman}}
** Deathside, due to a mishap involving costume acquisition, essentially IS [[TheDarkKnightRises Bane]]. However, his voice just screams [[TeenTitans Slade]].

'''Super Academy''' is a short film written and directed by Ben Lifson about the young superhero [[FailOSuckyname Power Kid]] as he faces down all the challenges of being a freshman at college: no friends, weird schedules, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick supervillain dad trying to kill you...]] Oh yeah, forgot to mention that part, [[DarkSecret he's secretly the son of]] Deathside the Conqueror, a globally feared supervillain. That could make things weird.

* ThrowItIn: Acording to the creators, of Dark Cop's commentary on why Power Kid's costume is terrible was made up on the spot by the actor, Beck DeRoberts.

* ThrowItIn: Most of Dark Cop's commentary on why Power Kid's costume is terrible was made up on the spot by Beck [=DeRoberts=].
** In a far more unfortunate example, Darkside looking like Bane was the result of a mishandled delivery of his original costume. Ben decided to just roll with it and make the look as close as possible.

Ben hopes to make the short film a sort of pilot episode for a new [=YouTube=] series, the Kickstarter for which is [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/benlifson/super-academy-a-superhero-comedy-webseries?ref=live found here]].

-->--'''Powerkid''' filming his aplication.''

"If you don't leave by tomorrow morning, I will make sure everyone here [[DarkSecret knows who you really are.]] And when they find out the truth... they ''will'' destroy you."
-->'''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Deathside the Conqueror]]'''

"That might just be ''the worst'' [[StylisticSuck piece of clothing every conceived.]]" {{Beat}} "I'm sorry, I was just agreeing with you."
-->'''Dark Cop'''

Ben hopes to make the short film a sort of pilot episode for a new [=YouTube=] series, so watch this space.

You can see the "pilot" [[http://vimeo.com/69426387 here]].

* ChekovsGun: Everything Dark Cop owns has a miniature tracking device.

* CreatorCameo: Ben appears as [[TheDanza "Blifson the Clown"]], whose sole role is to be the victim of Dark Cops EstablishingCharacterMoment.

'''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Deathside the Conqueror]]:''' "If you don't leave by tomorrow morning, I will make sure everyone here [[DarkSecret knows who you really are.]] And when they find out the truth... they ''will'' destroy you."

'''Dark Cop''': "That might just be ''the worst'' [[StylisticSuck piece of clothing every conceived.]]" {{Beat}} "I'm sorry, I was just agreeing with you."

* AmbiguousDisorder: DC has a somewhat flat facial expression, oddly monotone voice and trouble reading social situations.

* CreatorCameo: Ben appears as "Blifson the Clown", whose sole role is to be the victim of Dark Cops EstablishingCharacterMoment.

** Dark Cop is a dead ringer for a college aged {{Batman}}, albeit without Bruce's ludicrous funds.

** Deathside, due to a mishap involving costume acquisition, essentially IS [[TheDarkKnightRises Bane]]. However, his default voice just screams [[TeenTitans Slade]].

* OffscreenTeleportation: How Deathside and Chaotrix leave Power Kids dorm [[spoiler: both times.]]

** In a far more unfortunate example, Darkside looking like Bane was the result of a mishandled delivery of his original costume. Ben Lifson decided to just roll with it and make the look as close as possible.

* TeenGenius: Chaotrix and Dark Cop, though Dark Cop is a little more self-evident.

* Big Bad: Deathside

* DarkSecret

* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Cousin Sam