1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/472279-mmrps_cover3_super_5039.jpg]] [[caption-width-right:350: [[CrossesTheLineTwice Notice how Daredevil is facing the opposite direction.]]]] |
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3 | ''Mini Marvels'' (Earth-99062) is a SelfParody of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse created by Chris Giarrusso, a universe that deliberately pokes fun at the CrapsackWorld aspect of the latter. ''Much'' fun. |
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5 | How much? Well, it comes off as a FunPersonified ''universe'' [[LighterAndSofter compared to the mainstream M.U.]]. The kicker is, all the superheroes are ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''-esque kids, SecretIdentity is ''not a problem whatsoever'', and most surprisingly, TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin. |
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7 | The only (notable) adults are Creator/StanLee, Jarvis, Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin, Aunt May, ComicBook/NickFury and [[DaEditor J. Jonah Jameson.]] |
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9 | In particular, their versions of most {{Crisis Crossover}}s always end up as [[SelfParody self-parodies]], like ''Civil Wards'', which pokes fun at the un-needed ConflictBall present in the ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}''. |
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11 | There are many other memorable moments, such as when Harry Osborn ''saves'' [[ILetGwenStacyDie Gwen Stacy]], thus making this incarnation of the character one of the few ones still alive.[[note]]She lives on in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', ''ComicBook/SpiderManLovesMaryJane'', and ''ComicBook/SpiderGwen''[[/note]] |
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13 | This series and its setting started as a series of strips by Giarrusso, called ''"Bullpen Bits"'', relying more heavily on the ''Peanuts'' aspect, but when it evolved into ''Mini Marvels'', the series' source of inspiration was ultimately dropped. |
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15 | Similar to DC series ''ComicBook/TinyTitans''. |
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18 | !!''Mini Marvels'' provides examples of the following tropes: |
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20 | * ActorAllusion: Professor X wearing a shirt resembling that of [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Picard's uniform]], while a brief cameo of Toad had him with [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Maul's head]]. |
21 | * BadassAdorable: ''Everyone.'' |
22 | -->'''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}:''' ''[[FelonyMisdemeanor WHO ATE ALL MY]] '''[[SeriousBusiness CEREAL?!?]]''''' |
23 | * BetterThanABareBulb: It might just be the most tongue-in-cheek version of the Marvel Universe ever. |
24 | * ButtMonkey: Hawkeye |
25 | * BystanderSyndrome |
26 | ** This is referenced/invoked as a TakeThat towards the involvement of people outside the Illuminati in ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk''. |
27 | --->'''ComicBook/IronMan:''' C'mon! You heard him -- he's threatened the whole city!\ |
28 | '''ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}:''' Only if ''you three'' don't show up!\ |
29 | '''Wolverine:''' [[LampshadeHanging For anybody else involved in this, they'd have to be completely insane!]]\ |
30 | (''{{beat panel}}'')\ |
31 | '''ComicBook/IronMan:''' Sentry, can you do us a favor? |
32 | ** At the end of the ''ComicBook/PlanetHulk'' parody, all of the Illuminati are freaking out over the Hulk approaching Earth... except Namor, who's in his best "don't give a crap" pose saying "I live underwater". |
33 | * CanonForeigner: Elephant Steve and Blue Hulk. |
34 | * CrapsackWorld: Played with. Yes, the shades of the defining trait of the original Marvel Universe are still there... except ''nobody makes a big deal out of it.'' |
35 | * CrisisCrossover: The way [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/CrisisCrossover_6474.JPG they sum it up in only two panels]] provides the current page image for the trope. |
36 | * DeadpanSnarker: ComicBook/SpiderMan is just like his mainstream counterpart. Just read this exchange. |
37 | -->'''[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]:''' (in [[ComicBook/WorldWarHulk his video message]]): ComicBook/IronMan, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Mr. Fantastic]], and [[ComicBook/DoctorStrange Dr. Strange]]... you have twenty-four hours to face me, or I'll flatten [[BigApplesauce New York City]]. [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness To clarify, our battle will consist of me physically beating you into submission]], so abandon any notion that your facility with [[ItMakesSenseInContext haiku]] will be of any advantage. Last, but not least, I will smash anybody else who tries to get in my way.\ |
38 | '''Spider-Man:''' I'm inclined to stay out of his way. |
39 | * EyeScream: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mmv2_11_6573.jpg Implied.]] |
40 | * FollowTheLeader: InUniverse. During the Black Suit Spider-Man story, ComicBook/{{Nova}} copied Spider-Man's new dark suit and violent attitude almost immediately, and Hawkeye also tried a new costume thinking it would draw gals. |
41 | * GirlsHaveCooties: [[TouchOfDeath "ROGUE]] [[LighterAndSofter HAS COOTIES!"]] |
42 | * GladIThoughtOfIt: Summed up in [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GladIThoughtOfIt_836.JPG a single panel.]] |
43 | * HandWave: Parodied. Creator/JoeQuesada's [[ComicBook/OneMomentInTime (initial)]] explanation for ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' [[AWizardDidIt ("It's magic! We don't have to explain it")]] was just ''begging'' people to snark the hell out of it, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ttcb_smaller_8534.JPG and so Giarrusso did.]] |
44 | * HelpMistakenForAttack: In one comic, Wolverine frees a bear cub from a trap, but its mother thinks he was trying to harm it and attacks him. Lampshaded by Wolvy: |
45 | --->But you were cryin' pretty loud, so I better get outta here 'fore yer mom shows up and thinks I was hurtin' ya, instead of helpin' ya. |
46 | * HomageShot: Plenty. As a simple example, just compare [[http://www.emmafrostfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/secret_invasion_08_last_page.jpg the two-page spread]] at the end of ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' (which started the ''ComicBook/DarkReign'') with [[http://i42.tinypic.com/etgqqs.jpg Giarrusso's take on it.]] |
47 | * InsistentTerminology: Somewhat because it's not touched upon, but since he's not a man here (he's still a boy), everyone calls him "Spidey" in lieu of "Spider-Man". And we do mean everyone. |
48 | * {{Jerkass}}: This verse's ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} has shades of this. |
49 | -->'''Hawkeye:''' [[ThrowTheDogABone I remember you!]]\ |
50 | '''Sentry:''' Really?!\ |
51 | '''Hawkeye:''' [[YankTheDogsChain No.]] |
52 | * MilkingTheGiantCow: Played straight by ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} when he rants about [[MythologyGag the past he can't remember.]] [[spoiler:Turns out he was using this as an excuse because he didn't do his homework.]] |
53 | * MythologyGag: ''All over the place.'' |
54 | * ProperTightsWithASkirt: Quite probably, the fact that every one of the superheroines wear skirts with their uniforms (otherwise identical to their adult counterparts) falls under this. |
55 | %%* PunnyName: [[ComicBook/XMen Charles Xavier]]'s name turns out to be this [[FridgeBrilliance when you realise that]], even after dropping the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' aspect of the series, he still looks like Charlie Brown. Also counts as both a StealthPun and a VisualPun. |
56 | * RefugeeFromTVLand: Doctor Doom's Mini Marvels-verse self is the current page image for that trope. |
57 | * SecretIdentity: As stated above, averted. It's worth mentioning here that the whole deal is made funnier because J.J. Jameson interacts with Peter Parker while the latter is in full Spider-Man uniform. It gets funny when you see, in one story, that he has the usual "threat or menace" view on Spider-Man. Same goes with Aunt May: she warns Peter to look out for "that terrible Spider-Man", apparently ignoring the fact that her nephew ''is'' Spider-Man: |
58 | -->'''Spidey:''' (''after a beat'') Aunt May, have you been taking your medication? |
59 | * SelfParody: Where to ''begin''... there are parodies of ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'' ("Civil Wards"), ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk'', the Symbiote's origin[[note]]It comes from newspaper print ink, who would've thought?[[/note]]... and the list goes on and on... |
60 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: Gwen Stacy. ''[[ILetGwenStacyDie That]]'' Gwen Stacy. |
61 | * TakeThat: Many pot-shots at Marvel themselves. |
62 | ** This universe's Sentry, in particular, gets a nasty one from none other than the Mini Marvels-verse ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}: |
63 | --->'''Sentry:''' Why doesn't anyone remember me? I'm the Sentry, [[GoshDangItToHeck darnit!]] [[SkywardScream The Sentry!]]\ |
64 | '''Deadpool:''' Listen, [[ButForMeItWasTuesday I can't remember every guy I beat up]]. |
65 | ** And his interaction with Wolverine, with shades of OnceDoneNeverForgotten for the latter: |
66 | --->'''Sentry:''' Wolverine! You remember me, don't you?\ |
67 | '''Wolverine:''' You from Project Weapon X?\ |
68 | '''Sentry:''' No, I...\ |
69 | '''Wolverine:''' Shut up. |
70 | ** A seires of strips featured ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} wearing his costume from ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersUnitedTheyStand'' and getting mocked for it. |
71 | * VomitIndiscretionShot: Surprisingly, a "nasty" trope shows up in an All-Ages comic, but only in one panel. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/VomitIndiscretionShot_7666.JPG Poor Hawkeye.]] |
72 | * WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: During ComicBook/PowerPack's fight with Sandman: |
73 | -->'''Zero G:''' Powa Pack, Attack! (''saves Spidey from Sandman's grip'')\ |
74 | '''Lightspeed:''' Take dat! (''punches Sandman in the face'')\ |
75 | '''Energizer:''' Sandman go boom! (''shoots energy beams at Sandman'')\ |
76 | '''Mass Master:''' I'm a cloud! (''floats around in the background'') |
77 | * WorldOfJerkass: Somehow even more blatantly than the normal Marvel universe, but softened by the fact it's PlayedForLaughs 100% of the time. |
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