History YMMV / Spinnerette

* AluminumChristmasTrees: During the second ''White Heron'' comic, when Ozawa sings "[[Music/TheBeeGees Stayin' Alive]]" while using CPR, it may not just be a FunnyBackgroundEvent; the song [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stayin%27_Alive#Uses_in_medical_training has been used to train actual medical professionals]], teaching them to perform the right number of chest compressions per minute, as the song's BPM maps nicely to the required chest compression rate. Furthermore, as [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stayin%27_Alive#Uses_in_medical_training another study revealed that quality of CPR increases while thinking about "Stayin' Alive"]], Ozawa singing this may actually be downright helpful.

** The titular character is [[SpiderManSendUp an obvious pastiche of Spider-Man]]. In 2016, Marvel produced ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManRenewYourVows'', a alternate reality story in which Spider-Man's wife becomes a spider superheroine named Spinnerette.

* MoralEventHorizon: "Adastraea" officially crosses it when she throws the lid of a stem cell container to send Dr. Singh falling over three stories presumably to his death, and pats herself on the back for it, only regretting that she didn't make him suffer more, for actually having the gall to restore her ability to walk, and then wants "justice" against Mecha-Maid because the latter was actually hoping for a cure for her condition.

* HilariousInHindsight: Greta Gravity is German-Brazilian. In a 2012 comic, she mentions looking forward to the 2014 [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup World Cup]]. Come the [[CurbStompBattle real life World Cup...]]

* CrossesTheLineTwice: The whole of Issue 11. An aged Nazi sorcerer and his Aryan supersoldier protege hire Dr. Universe to clone Adolf Hitler, and gets into a fight with the voodoo-wielding great-great-granddaughter of Robert E. Lee (who wants Lee cloned) over who has rights to a pile of stem cells ''harvested from disposed-of foreskins'' to get their clone made first, both sides tossing out racist rhetoric against everyone not-white and then insulting each other, while Universe and Greta look on and snark about the idiocy of racists. Ultimately neither racist gets the stem cells, which are used to clone Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew.
* DieForOurShip: Darien was given this treatment by Spinnerette[=/=]Mecha-Maid shippers before Heather and Mecha Maid hooked up. Despite not having appeared since, he still gets shots taken at him from time to time.

** When Marilyn lets out her [[spoiler:AnguishedDeclarationOfLove for Heather]], it's meant to be a huge DramaBomb...but the sight of Heather's nipples poking through her suit can kind of deflate it.

* RomanticPlotTumor: To an extent, the Mecha Maid plot becomes this...but only AFTER she and Spinerette get together! Generally, most of the issues post-Glass have focused on Spinerette's relationship with Mecha Maid, with most of the supervillain fights tied into this. Even the CrisisCrossover had this be a big deal.

** A lot of character and plot drama in general gets ruined by the gratuitous {{Fanservice}} and the heroes' silliness. With names like "{{Mecha}} {{Maid}}", it's hard to take anything they say seriously.

* AcceptableTargets:
** The only thing worse than communists and supervillains in Silver Age Spinny's mind is... hippies.
** The American Government in general. Typically whenever they show up its for nefarious reasons within the comic, and almost none of the series' superheroes trust anyone who works for it. The Department of Homeland Security are portrayed as jack-booted thugs and civil liberty stompers.
** The comic from time to time likes to take a subtle TakeThat to anti-science and anti-intellectuals, often in the forms of volatile angry mobs, specifically some against stem-cell research and "Anti-Matter" study. Heather and the other characters do not shy away from calling them idiots.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:

* FoeYay: The [[http://www.spinnyverse.com/comic/08-01-2011 issue 7 cover]] teases it. Alexis even [[CleanPrettyReliable gives Heather mouth-to-mouth]] after nearly drowning her, and uploads footage of it to the internet.

* NightmareFuel:
** ''Everything'' about [[KnightOfCerebus Colonel]] [[HeroKiller Glass]], from his half-mummified appearance, to his AxCrazy SlasherSmile, to his [[FlayingAlive horrifying MO]], to his very allegiance to the notorious North Korean military. Even before seeing him in action, the mere fact that his superpower is telekinetically controlling glass is enough to make you shudder. Now take a look around and look for anything glass in the room you are in and read this trope text again.
** ''Beautifully'' karmic though it is, [[spoiler:Glass' RasputinianDeath is as horrifying as everything else about the man. To wit, he's lit on fire with white phosphorous, then torn to shreds by an uncontrollable hail of glass, then blown to pieces with a shotgun, then ''finally'' burned to death once and for all with a thermite charge. Given the countless people he's inflicted unimaginable pain and suffering on over the years, he pretty much deserved it.]]
** Jennifer Troy. Combined with ParanoiaFuel for those in the medical profession. This woman goes to a doctor for a procedure she knows is experimental, with no guarantee of success, and despite the fact that it miraculously succeeds, immediately blames the doctor for a sudden downturn in her health and decides to wreck his entire lab and its employees for revenge, not to mention outright killing him (or thinking she did) by dropping him over three stories, and slandering his good name by calling him a charlatan, despite having had absolutely no contact with him, or any other medical professional to actually get her medical issue addressed.

** The American Government in general. Typically whenever they show up its for nefarious reasons within the comic, and almost none of the series' superheroes trust anyone who works for it. Even the Department of Homeland Security are portrayed as jack-booted thugs and civil liberty stompers.

** Averted, interestingly, with the National Guard, who are treated as basically good people. Then again, it's possible this is because they're 'local defensive civilians'?

** The Windego arc ''really'' hammers in the LGBT acceptance message concerning Heather's mother. This got a bit criticized since it was hard to tell if it was the Windgo in her talking or her true feelings (nor the fact that Heather never ''considered'' the former). As well as being concluded rather awkwardly (as in offscreen with father relying what her mother said after visiting her in the hospital rather than the Heather talking to her directly after the Windgo was purged from her body) to really be satisfying. Considering this was during Christmas, it likewise flew in the face of the holiday spirit.

** There have been heated arguments in the Comment Section over whether Sarah Megan Nicole should or can be held criminally responsible for the actions she committed under the influence of the drugs she was taking.
*** The WRITER, at least, seems to have made it clear she isn't, as she's treated as basically nice in her reappearance, and a villain only due to foolishness, not malice.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: The whole of Issue 11. An aged Nazi sorcerer and his Aryan supersoldier protege hire Dr. Universe to clone Adolf Hitler, and gets into a fight with the voodoo-wielding great-great-granddaughter of Robert E. Lee (who wants Lee cloned) over who has rights to a pile of stem cells ''harvested from disposed-of foreskins'' to get their clone made first, both sides tossing out racist rhetoric against everyone not-white and then insulting each other, while Universe and Greta look on and snark about the idiocy of racists. Ultimately neither racist got the stem cells, which were used to clone Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew.

** Evil Spinerette/Alexis kissed a girl that was taunting her and made up some fake story about how a Drider's kiss creates a magical bond of romance. One week later, the girl practically throws herself at Alexis. Alexis admitted to Heather that she was probably a closet lesbian her entire life and now has an excuse to come out. [[spoiler:It was all part of Evil Spinnerette's cunning plan to fool Heather into helping her with her latest drider-creation ritual]].

* MoralEventHorizon: "Adastraea" officially crossed it when she threw the lid of a stem cell container to send Dr. Singh falling over three stories presumably to his death, and pat herself on the back for it, only regretting that she didn't make him suffer more, for actually having the gall to restore her ability to walk, and then wants "justice" against Mecha-Maid because the latter was actually hoping for a cure for her condition.

* {{Anvilicious}}: Issue 25 has a pro-choice moral clumsily inserted into it, equating superhero rights with women's rights.

* AcceptableTargets: The only thing worse than communists and supervillains in Silver Age Spinny's mind is... hippies.

* {{Anvilicious}}: Issue 25 has a pro-choice moral clumsily inserted into it, equating superhero rights with women's rights.

* {{Strawman}}: Crosses over with StrawmanPolitical sometimes. But, the arcs after the Glass arc have generally focused on a one-shot villain with little to no redeeming factors.

* CompleteMonster: Colonel Glass. He relishes the agony he inflicts on other, to the point that he is literally ''addicted'' to cutting flesh with glass. His loyalty to his home country (specifically it's leader) seems to be the only thing that can keep him in check, and if it weren't for that, he'd probably be attacking people left and right and would never stop until he was killed.

* WheelchairWoobie: Mecha Maid, outside her armor, due to being an orphan twice over and suffering from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis ALS]], meaning she's got only a few years left to life.

** ''Beautifully'' karmic though it is, [[spoiler:Glass' RasputinianDeath is as horrifying as everything else about the man. To wit, he's lit on fire with white phosphorous, then torn to shreds by an uncontrollable hail of glass, then blown to pieces with a shotgun, then ''finally'' burned to death once and for all with a thermite charge.]]