Line #49 ComicBook/PrideHigh


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3	->''"It isn't easy starting a gay-straight alliance at a school for super-powered youth, but the Out Crowd isn't giving in!"''
4	-->-- series {{tagline}}
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6	''[[http://www.pridecomics.com Pride High]]'' is a comic book series written by Tommy Roddy and published by Pride Comics. It follows a gay/straight alliance at a [[SuperheroSchool superhero high school]]. The website also allows for readers to create their own characters on the [[http://pridecomics.com/boards/ message boards]], and these characters have a chance to appear on the comic (and one of them has even joined the core group of characters).
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8	Within the story, Pride High is the titular gay/straight alliance, and they act as a squad for the school's Inter-Squad Championships (ISC), in which students sharing a unifying interest form a five-person squad and compete with other said squads throughout the year in academics and, more noticeably, physical stadium matches. The prime antagonist squad to Pride High is called the Argonauts, a group of primarily super-strong characters.
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10	Aside from the ISC, there is also a prevailing mystery, as one of the Pride High members dies early on, and the squad investigates what he was doing that may have lead to his death.
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13	!!Tropes:
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17	[[folder:Tropes in the official comic issues (Canon)]]
18	* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: How does Kid Mischief find out he is able to read thoughts containing strong emotion? When he hears people thinking homophobic insults about him. Also stated in Mindsweeper's bio as what happened when he gained his powers.
19	* AcademyOfAdventure: Poseidon Prep. Being a high school for superheroes-in-training it could hardly be otherwise.
20	%%* {{Animorphism}}: Chip Cheetah, Stallion, Protean
21	* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Mindsweeper, Kid Mischief's boyfriend and, arguably, the AuthorAvatar]] dies in the events that take place between issues 1 and 2.
22	%%* ArmouredClosetGay: Was the case with [[spoiler: Kid Olympus]]. The character later came out as bi.
23	%%* ArtShift: Issues 1-3 were drawn by Brian Ponce, but subsequent issues have shuffled artists.
24	%%* BadassBookworm: Suravi
25	%%* BadassLongcoat: Mindsweeper
26	%%* BadassNormal: Most of Teh H4xx0rz, Iron Crusader, possibly El Sonido and Doctor Alexander
27	%%* BaldOfAuthority: Mindsweeper again.
28	%%* BrainyBrunette: Suravi
29	%%* CantArgueWithElves: Pointy ears and a whole lot of attitude, that about sums up the Champions of {{Atlantis}}.
30	* CastFullOfGay: Due to the audience, most reader characters are gay, or at least bi, which can lead one to assume the school is overrun by gay students.
31	%%* CastingAShadow: Nightfall
32	%%* CatchPhrase:
33	%%** “Crivvens” – Scotch Bonnet
34	%%* ChromeDomePsi: Mindsweeper
35	%%* CrazyPrepared: Teh H4xx0rz, Iron Crusader
36	* CrossOver: Issues 5 and 8 cross over with the [[http://www.luckylegendary.com Legends]]. Issue 4 has Flaming Arrow of Heroscribe Comics in a cameo, and he appears in ''Pride High Freshman Flashback'', originally posted on the Heroscribe Comics website.
37	%%* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:Teh H4xx0rz over Pride High, Vixxens over Teh H4xx0rz]]
38	* DisabilitySuperpower: Suravi is blind but, having light-based powers, she can feel changes in light. Mostly, though, she needs a telepathic facilitator. Limbless also qualifies.
39	* DoubleStandard: Kid Olympus disparages Kid Mischief and Mindsweeper for being "so blatant" because they're holding hands. When Kilauea (formerly Pele) mentions that he holds ''her'' hand while in public, he responds with, "That's different."
40	* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler: Mindsweeper's friends and family are sad and solemn at his funeral, and dressed in mourning colors. The protesters are loud and disrespectful and dressed colorfully.]]
41	* TheEmpath: Kid Mischief and his mentor, Mischief. Cameron Ashton is also an empath, though in his case, this is crossed with EmotionEater.
42	* ExpendableClone: According to the ISC referee. Unison thinks otherwise, and hates to see his clones die. They do get hurt a lot though.
43	%%* FieryRedhead: Scotch Bonnet
44	%%* FiveTokenBand: Though not intentional (according to WordOfGod), still can apply.
45	%%** Kid Mischief: Hispanic (Puerto Rican), gay
46	%%** Mindsweeper: Half-black, half-white, gay
47	%%** Suravi: Indian, lesbian, blind
48	%%** Scotch Bonnet: Scottish, bi-curious
49	%%** Chip Cheetah: British
50	%%** Unison: Asian (Chinese—Hong Kong)
51	%%** Kid Olympus: Hapa (half Greek, half Chinese)
52	%%** Kilauea/Pele: Hawaiian
53	%%** Split: Persian, bisexual, transgender
54	%%* {{Flashback}}: Issue 2 does this to tell about a main character's death and the aftermath at the same time.
55	%%* GravityMaster: Gravita
56	* GreenThumb: Verdant, one of the faculty members, is capable of controlling plants through manipulating their "life essence".
57	* HeteronormativeCrusader: [[spoiler: Tragically, the protesters at Mindsweeper's funeral.]]
58	%%* ISeeDeadPeople: Split
59	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kid Olympus
60	%%* KidHero - the protagonists are sophomores in high school
61	%%* LeetLingo: Teh H4xx0rz
62	%%* LightEmUp: Suravi
63	* MakeMeWannaShout: Howlé from Maka Koa has the power to focus his voice into a sonic blast.
64	%%* MakingASplash: Wave Witch, Split (with George in control)
65	* MesACrowd: Unison's power is to make duplicates of himself, who are identical to him in every way (including the ability to make more duplicates).
66	* MindOverMatter: Kid Mischief and Mischief are telekinetics
67	* OneSceneWonder: More than one reviewer wanted to see more of Sister Bliss, despite only showing up in the background in a couple panels in issue 1 (though she was shown more prominently in issue 7, as she is a member of the Vixxens).
68	* OurGodsAreDifferent: Chip tranforms by invoking the Egyptian goddess Bast. Kid Olympus is similarly sponsored by, and has met, the Olympian gods. The Chinese gods are also mentioned, implying that the deities of all mythological religions are real in this universe, and apparently more powerful than superhumans.
69	%%* PerformanceArtist: Subverted with Capp. ("Just because he's a dancer doesn't mean he's gay.")
70	%%* PlayingWithFire: Scotch Bonnet
71	%%* PoweredArmor: Iron Crusader
72	* ScheduleSlip: Due to the independent nature of the comics, schedules are rarely kept. For instance, issue 8 was scheduled for July 2008, but was finally released as a preview on the message boards on November 2011.
73	* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Issue 7--"I heard one of the girls scream." "That was Chip."
74	* SharedUniverse: Implied with [[http://www.luckylegendary.com Lucky Legendary]] and Heroscribe Comics. These could be alternate universe versions, however. This could mean that [[http://www.sosuperduper.com So Super Duper]] is in their universe, as well, but it is debatable whether said comic appears in the Heroscribe universe (the indication: a Psyche side-story was included in Heroscibe's Queeroes anthology and was originally posted on its website—the comic itself did not explicitly tie in with the other heroes). As well, some stories in the [[http://pridecomics.com/boards/ message boards]] may also take place in the main universe.
75	* {{Shoutout}}: So subtle it's almost a whisper out, but of you look closely at the beach scene in the latest update, you can see that KO is reading Hero, a real life novel about a gay teen superhero. If you've seen the cover before, it's obvious.
76	* {{Sidekick}}: In the original conception, the kids were supposed to be this to the adult heroes (upon whom the series was to revolve). Kid Mischief was obviously supposed to be Mischief's sidekick.
77	* SinsOfOurFathers: The faculty distrusts Cameron Ashton because both of his parents are villains.
78	%%* {{Sizeshifter}}: Thunderfoot
79	%%* SomethingElseAlsoRises: After his and Mindsweeper's "mental making out" in issue 1, Kid Mischief tells Scotch Bonnet, "We just need things to... settle down" before they follow her out of the assembly hall.
80	%%* SoulPower: Split
81	%%* SplitPersonality: Split's power manifests as this
82	%%* StockholmSyndrome: [[spoiler: Between Unison's duplicate and the Champions of Atlantis.]]
83	%%* SuperBreath: Beowulf
84	%%* SuperMode: Powerup
85	%%* SuperSpeed: Chip Cheetah
86	%%* SuperTeam: ISC squads, Champions of Atlantis, World Warriors
87	* SuperheroSchool: The core concept of the series is that these are students at a superhero high school.
88	* TagTeamTwins: Smash and Crash do this during wrestling matches for optimal results.
89	%%* TricksterTwins: Smash and Crash
90	%%* WaterIsBlue
91	* XtremeKoolLetterz: The Vixxens team name. Teh H4xx0rz often talk like this (ie: “pwned” and “stfu”) and their name shows instances of it, as well.
92	%%* YinYangBomb: Faculty member Lightspot can control light and darkness.
93	[[/folder]]
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95	[[folder:Tropes on the message boards (Fanon)]]
96	* AlternateUniverseFic: Some stories on the [[http://pridecomics.com/boards/ message boards]] are explicitly not canon (and others might be out of canon, as well), the most notable being ''My Deadly Valentine'', ''Poseidon Preparatory Academy for Successful/Exceptional Youth'' and ''The Thirteen Trials of Dionysus Tan''.
97	%%* AnIcePerson: Still and Red Shadow (who combines this with PlayingWithFire).
98	%%* {{Animorphism}}: Dragrant, Animal Boy.
99	%%* ArtificialHumans: Bionique.
100	%%* BlackMagic: Asmodeus' powers are almost entirely centered around this.
101	%%* DishingOutDirt: Antaeus.
102	* ElementalPowers: Mystica's magic manifests as these, allowing her to cast spells based on the four classical elements.
103	* GodOfEvil: Lilith is presented in these terms for the most part, although she's not really a serious depiction for the most part.
104	%%* {{Keet}}: Itako, also Animal Boy to a slightly lesser degree.
105	%%* {{Ladette}}: Bionique
106	* LightEmUp: Bionique, though so far she can only produce normal white light, nothing more.
107	%%* ManChild: Asmodeus, though he sometimes can come off as more of a PsychopathicManchild. Also Itako.
108	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Slightly subverted with Asmodeus, as while he IS that very demon, he is one of the good guys.
109	%%* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Asmodeus.
110	* PlayingWithFire: Prideboy, Mystica and Asmodeus (both through spells), Red Shadow (who combines this with AnIcePerson), Firesprite, Flaming Arrow, Damian, Jörmungandr and Itako (through the use of his spirit beast Aguni).
111	%%* PowersViaPossession: Split
112	%%* PrehensileHair: Bristle
113	%%* RedOniBlueOni: Split has this in one person (Red--George, Blue--Amber)
114	%%* RingOfPower: Lifter of the Veil has these, and other magical gems.
115	%%* ShockAndAwe: Bionique.
116	[[/folder]]

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