History Webcomic / Acrobat

%% * CloningBlues: [[spoiler: Wade, of the first Hawk.]]

%% * CasualDangerDialog: It's a {{Superhero}} comic so no surprise there. Acrobat even does this once [[spoiler: when Magnum was being [[PeoplePuppets remote controlled by their common enemy, Strife]]]].

%% * [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob Rich Heir with No After-School Job]]: Wade's in high school but he fits the trope.

* MultipleChoicePast: PlotHole's "origin" were in fact all ripped off from various comics and movies with him as an hero and Plot Twist as an villain.

%% * EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: The [[BSideComics B-Side Comic]] with Plot Twist and Tech has to face one in their filler comic.

%% * WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld

* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Wade keeps trying to stop being a hero, but the world's not having it.

* SecretIdentity: Wade and Cassie.

* VillainousBreakdown: Lopez (formally Kid Laser) when Wade [[StealthHiBye shows up]] as Blackhawk

* ActionGirl: Cassie.
* ArchEnemy: PlotHole for Plot Twist.

* BSideComics: See FillerStrips.
* BadassNormal: Acrobat, Blackhawk, Cassie (normally uses PoweredArmor, but can [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Acrobat/index.php?p=283672 fight without it]]), Midnight

* BatmanColdOpen: Played straight and made into a hot closing with Magnum and a villain in Issue 4.
* BatSignal: How Blackhawk used to be summoned by the NYPD.
* BlowYouAway: The Windmaster.

* BroughtDownToNormal: Kid Laser and he really hates it.

* CListFodder: [[spoiler: Red Laser.]]

* CasualDangerDialog: It's a {{Superhero}} comic so no surprise there. Acrobat even does this once [[spoiler: when Magnum was being [[PeoplePuppets remote controlled by their common enemy, Strife]]]].

* CivvieSpandex: Burn and The Windmaster.
* ClearMyName: Acrobat by Kid Laser for Blackhawk's murder.
* CloningBlues: [[spoiler: Wade, of the first Hawk.]]
* TheCommissionerGordon: Blackhawk with the NYPD.
* CrazyPrepared: Blackhawk had plans in place to keep his identity safe and to give Wade a normal life.
* CuteBruiser: Cassie.
* DatingCatwoman: Wade even [[LampshadeHanging asks himself]] why all the pretty girls are criminals.
* DeadlyDodging: Acrobat.
* DeadpanSnarker: Wade and Cassie.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Wade has to do this with Blackhawk.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: The [[BSideComics B-Side Comic]] with Plot Twist and Tech has to face one in their filler comic.
* {{Expy}}: Besides [[Franchise/{{Batman}} the two obvious examples]], Plot Twist is a clear one of ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}.
* FaceHeelTurn: Kid Laser.
* FanService: The creator even {{lampshade|Hanging}}s [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Acrobat/index.php?p=328176 it]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Acrobat shaking off The Reverend's MindRape ability.
** Later he completely heals, in about two hours with no scars, after being beaten bloody and possibly getting his arm broken by Burn, Drown, and The Windmaster.
** Burn, Drown, and The Windmaster talking about their Boss.

* GoodThingYouCanHeal: [[spoiler: Wade.]]
* GrapplingHookPistol: How Acrobat gets around town.
** Wade as Blackhawk gives a heroic one to Lopez
* HeelFaceTurn: Cassie, just a little bit, [[spoiler: after finding out that Burn, Drown, and The Windmaster were hired to kill Acrobat.]]
* HeroInsurance
* IDidntMeanToKillHim: Kid Laser about Blackhawk.
* IdiotHero: Ghost.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Wade at the beginning.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Kid Laser.
* LampshadeHanging: The comic does this a lot, but its never [[BetterThanABareBulb a bare bulb]].
* LegacyCharacter: Blackhawk and Canary.
** Wade also thinks about becoming the third Hawk when Kid Laser frames him for murder. He even [[LampshadeHanging points out]] that its expected of him.
* LittleMissSnarker: Cassie.
* MakingASplash: Drown's power.
* MindRape: The Reverend's Power.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Burn, Drown, and The Windmaster give this to Red Laser then Acrobat.
* PlayingWithFire: Burn's power
* PoweredArmor: Cassie/Coil, Magnum, Jil/Strongarm, and Gabriel Strife.
* PrisonBreak: Kid Laser breaking out The Reverend and The Windmaster.
* RealityWarper: Plot Twist.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Wade in the beginning.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Wade and Cassie after she kisses him.
* RescueRomance: Blackhawk's parents met this way.
* [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob Rich Heir with No After-School Job]]: Wade's in high school but he fits the trope.
* SamusIsAGirl: Strongarm.

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Cassie and Wade.

* ShutUpHannibal: Magnum's response to Strife trying to guilt-trip him.
* {{Sidekick}}: Wade before Blackhawk's death, Kid Laser, and [[spoiler: Midnight]].
* StealthHiBye: Wade does this twice when he's dressed like Blackhawk. First with Lopez, then again with the new Commissioner.
* SuperSpeed: Blur.
* SuperTeam: Society of Heroes and Aegis.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Quickly {{subverted}} with Red Laser when some of Kid Laser's {{mooks}} try to off him.

* WaifFu: Cassie when she was younger.
* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld
* YouFightLikeACow

* {{Expy}}: Besides [[Franchise/{{Batman}} the two obvious examples]], Plot Twist is a clear one of SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}.

-->Acrobat is: [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} Wade]] [[Creator/AdamWest West]]

A webcomic about a hero who was {{sidekick}} to the world-famous Blackhawk, but has to learn how to be a hero after his mentor is murdered. Updates regularly [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Acrobat/ here.]]

!!Tropes:

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Kid Laser

* {{Expy}}: Besides [[Franchise/{{Batman}} the two obvious examples]], Plot Twist is a clear one of {{Deadpool}}.

-->Acrobat is: [[{{Deadpool}} Wade]] [[Creator/AdamWest West]]

-->Blackhawk was: [[ComicBook/{{Spider-Man}} Peter]] [[Creator/AdamWest West]]

* GenreSavvy: Most of heroes and the villains.

* UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks: Subverted in the first issue.

* TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks: Subverted in the first issue.

* ActionGirl: Cassie

* BSideComics: See FillerStrips

* BankRobbery: This is how Wade meets a few of his enemies [[spoiler: and [[ShesNotMyGirlFriend Cassie.]]]]

* BreakingSpeech: Strife gives one to Will(Magnum) about how the loss of life was his fault because he ran instead of just letting Strife kill him. [[ShutupHannibal Magnum responds by cussing him out.]]

* [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS Brought To You By The Letter A]]: Acrobat's ChestInsignia.
* CListFodder: [[spoiler: Red Laser]]
* CasualDangerDialog: It?s a {{Super Hero}} comic so no surprise there. Acrobat even does this once [[spoiler: when Magnum was being [[PeoplePuppets remote controlled by their common enemy, Strife.]]]]

* CivvieSpandex: Burn and The Windmaster

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler: Wade, of the first Hawk]]

* CuteBruiser: Cassie

* DatingCatwoman: Wade even [[LampshadeHanging asks himself]] why are all the pretty girls criminals.
* DeadlyDodging: Acrobat

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: The [[BSideComics B Side Comic]] with Plot Twist and Tech has to face one in their filler comic.

* FanService: The creator even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Acrobat/index.php?p=328176 it.]]

* GoodThingYouCanHeal: [[spoiler: Wade]]

* HeelFaceTurn: Cassie, just a little bit, [[spoiler: after finding out that Burn, Drown, and The Windmaster were hired to kill Acrobat]]

** Wade also thinks about becoming the third Hawk when Kid Laser frames him for murder. He even [[LampShadeHanging points out]] that its expected of him.

* MultipleChoicePast: PlotHole's "origin" were in fact all ripped off from varoius comics and movies with him as an hero and Plot Twist as an villain.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Impersonating Blackhawk may have helped him take down Lopez and stopped the police from arresting him, but it also brings back his RoguesGallery and [[spoiler: first sidekick.]]

* RealityWarper: Plot Twist

* [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob Rich Heir With No After School Job]]: Wade's in highschool but he fits the trope.
* SamusIsAGirl: Strongarm
* SecretIdentity: Wade and Cassie

* ShesNotMyGirlfriend: Cassie and Wade

* ShutupHannibal: Magnum's response to Strife trying to guilt trip him.
* {{Sidekick}}: Wade before Blackhawk's death, Kid Laser, and [[spoiler: Midnight]]

* SuperSpeed: Blur
* SuperTeam: Society of Heroes and Aegis
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Wade keeps trying to stop being a hero, but the world's not having it.

* UnexplainedRecovery: Seems to be PlotHole's power - Plot Twist keeps killing him but he still comes back.

A webcomic about a hero that was {{sidekick}} to the world famous Blackhawk, but has to learn how to be a hero after his mentor is murdered. Updates regularly [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Acrobat/ here.]]

A webcomic about a hero that was {{sidekick}} to the world famous Blackhawk, but has to learn how to be a hero after his mentor is murdered. Updates regularly [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Acrobat/ here.]]

* ArtEvolution: The series starts off with [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Acrobat/index.php?p=82531 rough lines]] and slowly changes to [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Acrobat/index.php?p=610036 smoother ones]].

* BadassNormal: Acrobat, Blackhawk, Cassie (normally uses PoweredArmor, but can [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Acrobat/index.php?p=283672 fight without it]]), Midnight

* FanService: The creator even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Acrobat/index.php?p=328176 it.]]

* {{Expy}}: Besides [[{{Batman}} the two obvious examples]], Plot Twist is a clear one of {{Deadpool}}.

-->Acrobat is: [[{{Deadpool}} Wade]] [[AdamWest West]]
-->Blackhawk was: [[{{Spider-Man}} Peter]] [[AdamWest West]]

* HannibalLecture: Strife gives one to Will(Magnum) about how the loss of life was his fault because he ran instead of just letting Strife kill him. [[ShutupHannibal Magnum responds by cussing him out.]]

* CommissionerGordon: Blackhawk with the NYPD.