Line #88 Main/TheAdjectivalSuperhero


1	[[quoteright:250:[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_mighty_thor.png]]]]
2	[[caption-width-right:250:Much better than the ''regular'' Thor.]]
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4	->''"Of all the descriptive names of all the things people say when they hear a hero in action, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, The Invincible Iron Man, the only descriptive word for this guy is 'The God-damn Batman!" ''
5	-->-- '''WebSite/SFDebris''' on ''Film/TheDarkKnight''
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7	A ComicBook [[NamingConventions Naming Convention]] - sort of - with roots in UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age\|of Comic Books}}. The superhero's name is preceded by some sort of silly, over-the-top adjective such as "The Egregious Trope-Man". Usually in the actual book's title even if rarely used in the story.
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9	Keep in mind that not just any descriptors qualify for the trope -- "[[TheNewAdventures New Trope-Man]]" is too simple, but "All-New, All-Different Trope-Man" can be sufficiently over-the-top. Now mostly used in the modern day either due to the GrandfatherClause or as a deliberate homage to UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age\|of Comic Books}}. If the superhero gets a movie, expect the descriptor to be used at least once.
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11	Comes from the same era as SomethingPerson names and SuperheroSobriquets, and often is an AlliterativeName. Replace a team's name with the number of members, and you have TheNotableNumeral. Also compare other name and title tropes involving adjectives, AdjectiveNounFred and TheMagnificent. Contrast the DarkAgeOfSupernames. See also TheFantasticTropeOfWonderousTitles.
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13	Not to be confused with TheAdjectivalMan, where the adjective is the main part of the character's "name". In this trope, the adjective is just thrown in for the heck of it.
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16	!!Examples:
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20	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
21	* Especially in the 70s and 80s, there was a trend to give hyperbolic names to HumongousMecha series. For example: ''Anime/ZettaiMutekiRaijinOh'', which translates literally into [[InvincibleHero "Absolutely Invincible Thundergod-King"]]. The 90s largely replace these with [[WordSaladTitle Word Salad Titles]], such as ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
22	** ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', as a {{Reconstruction}} of the SuperRobot genre, would be a callback to this - the protagonists' main mecha is the Gurren Lagann, and "Tengen Toppa" means "Heaven-Piercing". However, as the Gurren Lagann keeps gaining upgraded forms later in the series, its final form[[note]]at least in the main series - the CompilationMovie gives it a stronger "Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann" form[[/note]] is dubbed the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, turning this trope into a straight-up TitleDrop.
23	* [[Anime/DragonBallZ The Great Saiyaman!]]
24	* ''Anime/IrresponsibleCaptainTylor''. Technically a case of AdjectiveNounFred, but can be read as this depending on whether you read "Captain" as a descriptive noun or a proper title.
25	* The English version of the 1980s ''Manga/AstroBoy'' theme song refers to the title character as "The Amazing Astro Boy".
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28	[[folder:Comic Books]]
29	[[AC:DC Comics]]
30	* ''ComicBook/TheAtom'': Back in 2006, DC busted out The ''All-New'' Atom! Sadly, they brought back the original Atom not long after, and the all-new one got left by the roadside.
31	* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Thanks to ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder'' and MemeticMutation, DC finally has one: "the ''Goddamn'' Batman". And Barbara Gordon is "the ''Fucking'' ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}".
32	* ''ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}'': DC's ComicBook/{{New 52}} reboot includes The ''Savage'' Hawkman.
33	* ''ComicBook/{{Huntress}}'': The original, pre-Crisis Huntress (Helena Wayne) was often billed as "The Hard-Hitting Huntress".
34	* ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'': Earth-8's Spider-Man expy is the Battlin' Bug.
35	* ''ComicBook/{{Robin\|1993}}'': Tim introduced himself as ''"The Spectacular Sunbird"'' when he needed to distance himself from Robin for secret identity purposes and was dressed in most but not all of the Robin costume. He evidently came up with it on the spot, or had been reading ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' where the local Robin expy is called Sunbird.
36	* ''ComicBook/{{Static}}'': Parodied, where the local GirlPosse all had MyNaymeIs names (Bryttyni, Tyffyni, and Krystyn) and were therefore dubbed "The ''Insufferable'' Y-Wymyn" (with "Y-Women" additionally being a play on "X-Men").
37	* The ''Terrific'' Whatzit, DC's first FunnyAnimal superhero (named "Whatzit" since he was a turtle who [[RemovableShell didn't wear his shell]] in his superhero identity, making it harder to tell what species he was), a turtle with the powers/costume of the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Flash (and Johnny Quick's flying abilities).
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39	[[AC:Marvel Comics]]
40	* In general, when a franchise has multiple books, some of them will have adjectives in their titles and one won't. This was mostly seen in the 90s, with the ''Spider-Man'' series joining ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'', ''Web of Spider-Man'', and ''X-Men'' Vol. 2 joining ''The Uncanny X-Men'' (originally ''X-Men'' Vol. 1).
41	** Marvel also uses "[[TheNewAdventures All-New, All-Different]]" from time to time. It originated with a roster overhaul for the X-Men, and is now a go-to phrase to hype up {{ReTool}}s and relaunches. Case in point, 2015's ''ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel'' relaunch. {{Legacy Character}}s may also get "All-New" in their titles, which then stick as a simple way to differentiate them from the original (such as the cases of [[ComicBook/AllNewGhostRider Ghost Rider]], [[ComicBook/CaptainAmericaSamWilson Captain America]], and [[ComicBook/AllNewWolverine Wolverine]]).
42	** Marvel's also been known to play with the system, giving one hero another's descriptor for crossover projects.
43	* ''ComicBook/AntMan'': The ''ComicBook/{{Astonishing\|AntMan}}'' Ant-Man. This adjective serves as a reference to the fact the original Ant-Man, Hank Pym, made his first appearance in the anthology comic ''Tales To Astonish''.
44	** One Ant-Man, Eric O'Grady, was a complete JerkAss, so his series was titled The ''Irredeemable'' Ant-Man. "Irredeemable" is still used to differentiate him from the other Ant-Men, Pym and Scott Lang.
45	** There's also his partner, "The ''Wondrous'' [[ComicBook/TheWasp Wasp]]". "The ''Winsome'' Wasp" has also been used once or twice. Her successor is ''ComicBook/TheUnstoppableWasp''.
46	* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'': The ''ComicBook/{{Mighty\|Avengers}}'' Avengers. (There have been other "_____ Avengers" teams, but all their titles (''ComicBook/{{New\|Avengers}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Secret\|Avengers}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Young\|Avengers}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Dark\|Avengers}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Pet\|Avengers}}'') are pretty matter-of-fact and don't quite fit the trope.)
47	** For a team made up of both Avengers and X-Men members, they titled it ''ComicBook/{{Uncanny\|Avengers}}'' Avengers ("Uncanny" being associated with the X-Men).
48	** The ''[[ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentAvengers All-New, All-Different]]'' Avengers. Running at the same time as ''New Avengers'', no less. And when that ''New Avengers'' [[AHouseDivided got split]] from A.I.M. (long story) they named themself the ''[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment All-New New]] Avengers'' for some issues.
49	** This was spoofed in the humorous ''Marvel Now What?!'' one-shot, where a supercomputer powered by nuclear fission created adjectives for team names. How's "Avenging Avengers" sound?
50	* ''ComicBook/TheAwesomeSlapstick'': The ''Awesome'' Slapstick.
51	* ''ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel\|MarvelComics}}'': The ''Mighty'' Captain Marvel.
52	** During her time on ComicBook/TheAvengers, Monica Rambeau was referred to as the ''Astounding'' ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel\|MarvelComics}}.
53	* ''ComicBook/TheCraptacularBSides'': The ''Craptacular'' B-Sides, a lesser-known Marvel team.
54	* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'': The ''[[ComicBook/TheDespicableDeadpool Despicable]]'' Deadpool, christened as such when he decides to [[FaceHeelTurn give up on trying to be a hero]].
55	* ''ComicBook/TheDefenders'': The ''[[ComicBook/FearlessDefenders Fearless]]'' Defenders, a short-lived AmazonBrigade team. The name comes from a ''ComicBook/FearItself'' spinoff, ''The Fearless''; and is likely doomed to be shorthand for "not ''that'' Defenders team, the all-girl one".
56	* ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'': Averted with Doctor Strange, who uses SuperheroSobriquets instead, but his enemies often fit this trope (the ''Dread'' Dormammu, the ''Unrelenting'' Umar).
57	* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': The Fantastic Four(itself a [[TheNotableNumeral Notable Numeral]]) has the ''Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed'' Thing.
58	** This one is almost exclusively used by the Editor/Narrator, or by Ben himself in a self-deprecating way. It may be worth pointing out that "Ever-Lovin'" is a euphemism/bowdlerization of another, vaguely similar sounding phrase that begins "mother".
59	** Though not as prevalent as most examples, the team itself has occasionally been called "the ''Fabled'' Fantastic Four", and at least once as "The Fabulous Fantastic Four" (which was also suggested by Creator/{{Linkara}}.
60	* ''ComicBook/GhostRider'': The second villain to use the monikor of the Orb insists on being known as the ''All-New'' Orb.
61	* ''ComicBook/{{Hellcat}}'': The ''Happy-Go-Lucky'' Hellcat.
62	* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules'': When Hercules took over Hulk's book, it was retitled from ''The Incredible Hulk'' to the ''Incredible'' Hercules.
63	* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': The ''Incredible'' Hulk. This one has been used as the title of [[Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977 three]] [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk1982 television]] [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk1996 shows]] and [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008 a movie]].
64	** Lampshaded by Creator/PeterDavid (who else?) in a story where the Hulk meets [[{{Sidekick}} Rick Jones]]' mother-in-law. When she exclaims "Green skin! Amazing!" he replies "No, ''Spider-Man'' is amazing. ''I'm'' [[InsistentTerminology incredible]]!"
65	** The most well-known incarnation of the Hulk, the green, childlike one who (typically) speaks HulkSpeak, is known as the ''Savage'' Hulk, which has been used as a title for a series at least once.
66	** The Hulk has flirted with a few other descriptors, ''Rampaging'' and ''ComicBook/{{Indestructible\|Hulk}}'', but neither lasted very long.
67	** There's also the ''ComicBook/{{Totally Awesome\|Hulk}}'' Hulk, who is Amadeus Cho, not Bruce Banner; and the descriptor reflects how Amadeus is an immature teenager who enjoys his powers rather than angsting about them as Bruce does.
68	** The ''ComicBook/{{Immortal\|Hulk}}'' Hulk, referring to a tweak to Banner's powerset and a genre shift towards horror.
69	* ''ComicBook/IronFist'': The ''ComicBook/{{Immortal\|IronFist}}'' Iron Fist. (Ironically, unlike ''Immortal Hulk'', ''Immortal X-Men'', and ''Immortal Thor'' that came later, ''Iron Fist'' does ''not'' involve literal immortality.)
70	* ''ComicBook/IronMan'': The ''Invincible'' Iron Man. It briefly ran alongside an ''International'' Iron Man book in 2015.
71	** He briefly became the ''ComicBook/{{Superior\|IronMan}}'' Iron Man shortly after ''Spider-Man'' ended its own ''Superior'' run. There was no direct connection between the two, but both books involved their protagonists dropping their usual principles - Spidey due to a body-swap, Tony due to having his morals magically inverted.
72	** The ''ComicBook/{{Infamous\|IronMan}}'' Iron Man is ComicBook/DoctorDoom trying to lay claim to the name while Tony Stark is taking a break from heroics. (Lucky for everyone, ComicBook/{{Ironheart}} picked up the slack and acted as an actual heroic Iron (Wo)Man in the ''Invincible'' book.)
73	* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': The ''Mighty'' Thor.
74	** During TheNewTens, ComicBook/Jane Foster took over as [[ComicBook/Thor2014 the new Thor]], along with the "Mighty" title, after the original lost his faith in the gods and could no longer lift his hammer. When the original Thor got a series of his own again to complement Jane's, it was titled The ''Unworthy'' Thor.
75	** In TheNewTwenties, ''ComicBook/TheImmortalThor'' was published by the same team behind ''Immortal Hulk''.
76	* ''ComicBook/MsMarvel'': The ''[[ComicBook/TheMagnificentMsMarvel Magnificent]]'' Ms. Marvel.
77	* ''ComicBook/NotBrandEchh'': Marvel [[SelfDeprecation made fun of themselves]] for this trope back in the '60s with this comic. For example, their [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk muscular green guy in ripped pants]] was the ''Inedible'' Bulk. You [[BrattyHalfPint whippersnappers]] might have seen him in ''ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}''.
78	* ''ComicBook/OmegaTheUnknown'': The character is an {{Inver\|tedTrope}}sion, having the name first followed by the adjective, as opposed to being called "The Unknowable Omega" or something.
79	* ''ComicBook/SgtFuryAndHisHowlingCommandos'': Marvel is also responsible for the ultimate defied version of this trope. After Creator/StanLee made a bet with his publisher that he could get a book with the absolute worst title to sell well because of the "Marvel style", the comic was born!
80	* ''ComicBook/SheHulk'': The ''[[ComicBook/TheSavageSheHulk Savage]]''/''[[ComicBook/TheSensationalSheHulk Sensational]]'' She-Hulk.
81	** At one point, at least, the titles were used to differentiate between multiple She-Hulks: The "Sensational" She-Hulk is Banner's cousin Jennifer Walters; while the "Savage" She-Hulk is Lyra, the Hulk's daughter from an alternate future.
82	* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': The ''[[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan Amazing]]''/''[[ComicBook/TheSpectacularSpiderMan Spectacular]]''/''[[ComicBook/TheSensationalSpiderMan Sensational]]'' Spider-Man, although Spidey himself prefers to use "Your ''Friendly Neighborhood'' Spider-Man" (which was eventually used as a book title itself). He may well have been the TropeCodifier for this, as his first appearance was in ''Amazing Fantasy'', which was soon after [[SpotlightStealingSquad canceled, and replaced]] on the newsstands with ''Amazing Spider-Man''.
83	** When improvising a costume out of a borrowed Fantastic Four costume and [[BrownBagMask a mask out of a paper bag]], he became the ''Amazing'' or the ''Bombastic'' Bag-Man.
84	** He is also the ''ComicBook/{{Avenging\|SpiderMan}}'' Spider-Man while a member of the Avengers, and the ''Fantastic'' Spider-Man while a member of the Fantastic Four.
85	** When ComicBook/{{Venom}} acted as him during Dark Reign as a member of the ''Dark Avengers'', he was called the ''Sinister'' Spider-Man. ''Sinister'' has also been applied to ComicBook/{{Silk}} as she drifts towards a FaceHeelTurn.
86	** The ''[[ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan2013 Superior]]'' Spider-Man is ComicBook/DoctorOctopus having hijacked Peter's body.
87	** When [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Blade}}]] [[ComicBook/MightyAvengers needed to hide his identity]], with the help of a BlandNameProduct Spider-Man outfit from a costume shop, he became the ''Splendiferous'' Spider Hero. [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS With "Spider Hero" written across his chest.]] The Superior Spider-Man [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments was not amused]].
88	** ComicBook/SpiderGirl also eventually inherited ''Amazing'' and later ''Spectacular'' from her dad.
89	** The ''Radioactive'' ComicBook/SpiderGwen ([[ComicBook/{{Doom}} That can't]] [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall be good!]]).
90	** [[Characters/MarvelComicsMilesMorales Miles Morales]] is often referred to as the ''Ultimate'' Spider-Man, referring to [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan his original book]], to distinguish him from Parker.
91	** When Nightcrawler briefly took on a Spider-Man identity, he was the ''ComicBook/UncannySpiderMan''.
92	** There's the D- or E-list joke hero called the ''Fabulous'' Frog-Man.
93	*** Who eventually gained a sidekick in the ''Tenacious'' Tadpole.
94	* ''ComicBook/StarLord'': The ''Legendary'' Star-Lord.
95	* ''ComicBook/SubMariner'': The ''Savage'' Sub-Mariner, though this name didn't really stick.
96	* ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'': Any character's counterpart from the ultimate universe is invariably referred to as "the ''Ultimate'' [X]" when put beside their normal-universe counterparts; though the books themselves have technically dropped this kind of title system for a while in favor of ''Ultimate Comics: [X]''.
97	* ''ComicBook/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl'': The ''Unbeatable'' Squirrel Girl..
98	* ''ComicBook/TheUnbelievableGwenpool'': The ''Unbelievable'' Gwenpool.
99	* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'': The ''ComicBook/{{Savage\|Wolverine}}'' Wolverine (a reference to the story's setting, [[LostWorld the Savage Land]]).
100	* ''ComicBook/XMen'': The ''ComicBook/{{Uncanny\|XMen}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Astonishing\|XMen}}'', ''[[ComicBook/XTremeXMen X-Treme]]'', and ''ComicBook/{{Extraordinary\|XMen}}'' X-Men.
101	** Special notice goes to the ''[[ComicBook/AllNewXMen All]]-[[ComicBook/AllNewXMen2016 New]]'' X-Men, who are actually the team's founding members in their teenage years, flung forward in time into the present. It's an ironic thing, obviously.
102	** The ''ComicBook/{{Immortal\|XMen}}'' X-Men came during ''[[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge The Krakoan Age]]'' when the X-Men had unlocked the secret to ResurrectiveImmortality -- and the book features that political time bomb starting to explode in their faces.
103	** Cain Marko is often proclaimed to be the ''Unstoppable'' ComicBook/{{Juggernaut\|MarvelComics}}.
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105	[[AC:Other Comics]]
106	* ''ComicBook/TheAstoundingWolfMan'': The ''Astounding'' Wolf-Man.
107	* ''ComicBook/TheAtomicThunderbolt'': The ''Atomic'' Thunderbolt.
108	* ''ComicBook/HyperThePhenomenal'': The Golden Age hero plays with the format, being "Name the Adjective" instead of "The Adjective Name."
109	* The ''Incredible'' Popeman. Not as serious as the other examples, obviously.
110	* ''ComicBook/TheMaskedMarvel'': The ''Masked'' Marvel.
111	* ''Mightily Murdered Power Ringers'': The one-shot comic parodied the ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' as the ''Mightily Murdered Power Ringers'' ("Teenagers with ineptitude!"). When the entire team dies, the Zordon CaptainErsatz keeps sending in replacement groups. First comes the "Mighty Methane Power Ranges" ("Giving the villains a ''raw deal!'' Heroes that really cook!"), then the "Mighty Morphine-Powered Addicts" ("Taking a shot at evil! They aren't just hyped, they're hypo!"), then the "Naughty Nighty Powder Puffers" ("In the ready and in their teddies! It's ''Victoria's Secret Squadron!''"), and finally, the non-specific "Something Something Something Somethings" ("The greatest whatevers there ever was! There's ''nothing like them!''").
112	* ''ComicBook/{{Normalman}}'': As a superhero parody, normalman has been called the ''Unconvinceable'' normalman and the ''Excruciatingly Average'' normalman.
113	* ''ComicBook/ThePitifulHumanLizard'': The ''Pitiful'' Human Lizard''.
114	* ''ComicBook/ProjectSuperpowers'': The comics version of the Golden Age, public domain Daredevil had a comic called "The Death-Defying 'Devil".
115	* ''ComicBook/TheSavageDragon''. Yes, contrary to popular belief, Officer Dragon lacks a first name and [[IAmNotShazam does not go by "Savage" in-story]].
116	* ''ComicBook/{{Skullkickers}}'': Parodied in the comic, which had "Uncanny Skullkickers #1", "Savage Skullkickers #1", and "Mighty Skullkickers #1", and so forth, as individual entries in an ongoing story. Yes, instead of one title and sequential numbers.
117	* ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAdventures'': The spinoff team the ''Mighty'' Mutanimals.
118	[[/folder]]
119
120	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
121	* ''Film/TheTalentedMrRipley''
122	* ''Film/TheIncredibleMeltingMan''
123	* ''Film/TheIncredibleMrLimpet''
124	* ''Film/TheAmazingColossalMan''
125	* ''Film/TheAmazingMrBlunden'' (the children's book it was based on, originally titled ''The Ghosts'', was republished under this title too).
126	* ''Film/TheMightyDucks''
127	* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'': Named after the original comic, and probably to differentiate it from the [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy previous films]], which were just called ''Spider-Man [[NumberedSequels <insert number here>]]''.
128	* ''Film/TheMagnificentAmbersons''
129	* From Disney's ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', the musical number "The ''Elegant'' Captain Hook".
130	* ''Film/MightyJoeYoung''
131	* ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008''
132	[[/folder]]
133
134	[[folder:Literature]]
135	* ''Literature/FantasticMrFox''
136	* ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''
137	* The ''Magical'' Monarch of Mo
138	* In-universe in ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants''. The title character's full name is "The Amazing Captain Underpants". George and Harold also created [[NoodleIncident another hero]] called "The Amazing Cow Lady".
139	* ''Literature/MoongobbleAndMe'': Less a hero, but the titular character of book 2 is "The Weeping Werewolf"... so named because he cries a lot. It turns out he cries a lot because he's been separated from his family and misses them terribly.
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141	[[/folder]]
142
143	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
144	* The ''[[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Mighty Morphin']]'' Franchise/PowerRangers. Since other Power Rangers teams have shown up, it's become their proper title.
145	* The ''Big Bad'' Series/{{Beetleborgs}}. (For the record, they're not ''that'' kind of BigBad.)
146	* Discussed in the episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' "The Hofstadter Isotope" since Penny knows that her nephew wants a Spider-Man comic book for his birthday but is unfamiliar with the adjectival system.
147	* On ''Series/TheColbertReport'', whenever Colbert does his "Better Know A (Congressional) District" segment the district is called "The ''Fighting'' Xth".
148	* ''Series/TheMarvelousMrsMaisel''
149	* In Brazil, ''Series/KyojuuTokusouJuspion'' is known as ''The Fantastic'' Jaspion.
150	[[/folder]]
151
152	[[folder:Music]]
153	* An Music/SClub7 song refers to the band as "The ''One and Only Wonderful'' S Club"
154	* The ''Sensational'' Alex Harvey Band
155	* The ''Mighty Mighty'' Bosstones. Their earliest compilation appearances credited them as just The Bosstones (which is still something fans call them for short), but it turned out there had already been a group called The Bosstones in the 50's.
156	* Music/JamesBrown's back-up band was once called "The ''Famous'' Flames".
157	* The ''Fabulous'' Thunderbirds
158	[[/folder]]
159
160	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
161	* When Hulk Hogan became WWF World Champion in 1984, he was called "The ''Incredible'' Hulk Hogan" - until Marvel Comics sued them. Later, in 1991, he was called "The ''Immortal'' Hulk Hogan".
162	** His heel persona was "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, but it never really "took"; this may have been at least partly because a substantial portion of his fanbase was too young to really understand the concept of a FaceHeelTurn and continued to assume Hogan was "the good guy" regardless of what he was actually doing.
163	* The Hurricane had a couple of sidekicks who had this: Molly Holly (''Mighty'' Molly) and Stacy Keibler (''Super'' Stacy).
164	* The ''Outlandish'' Rich Swann.
165	[[/folder]]
166
167	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
168	* In ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'' a few of the heroes or their variants have epithets, such as the Indestructible Bunker, the Savage Haka, and the Super-Scientific Tachyon.
169	[[/folder]]
170
171	[[folder:Theater]]
172	* The ''Unsinkable'' Molly Brown.
173	[[/folder]]
174
175	[[folder:Video Games]]
176	* In ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', starting at level 15, you can choose an adjective title for your character. At 25, you can add a second adjective (or just choose from a separate list). [[http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Titles The complete list of titles is here.]]
177	* ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'': The Five Great Knights of Hallownest each had their epithet: Mighty Hegemol, Kindly Isma, Fierce Dryya, Mysterious Ze'mer, Loyal Ogrim.
178	* ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101''
179	* ''VideoGame/NobyNobyBoy'' [[BilingualBonus in Japanese]]. "Nobinobi" is an adjective that means "to grow quickly", something the extremely elastic BOY does very well.
180	* There have been several ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' games that borrow the comics' "the ''Amazing'' Spider-Man" as their title. Some of which were because they were tie-ins to the ''movies'' with that title.
181	[[/folder]]
182
183	[[folder:Web Comics]]
184	* From ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': The ''Unstoppable'' Airman Higgs. He ''may'' not be ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, but so far he's pretty much MadeOfIron and seems to be fully capable of going toe-to-toe with jaegermonsters, the elite soldiers and barbarian pillagers altered by mad scientists to form the armies of the Heterodynes. [[spoiler: It is later revealed that he is in fact the Jaeger Spymaster, whose human appearance allows him to infiltrate various other factions.]]
185	* Parodied with "The ''Mundane'' Spider-Man" in [[http://www.savagechickens.com/2011/09/the-mundane-spider-man.html this]] ''Savage Chickens''.
186	* ''Webcomic/HeroesUnite''/''Heroes Alliance'': The Impractical Mr Imp.
187	[[/folder]]
188
189	[[folder:Web Original]]
190	* WebVideo/MattMcMuscles' review series of various ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' video games is titled "The ''Mediocre'' Spider-Matt''.
191	* ''WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter''
192	[[/folder]]
193
194	[[folder:Western Animation]]
195	* The episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\|2003}}'' where Michelangelo adopts a superhero identity is called "The ''Unconvincing'' Turtle Titan".
196	* The ''Infamous'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yaj8SYXMLA8 Paper Doll Man!]]
197	** The Impossibles had a lot of villains like that: The Diabolical Dauber, The Devilish Dragster, The Insidious Inflator, The Not So Nice Mr. Ice...
198	* [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "The Tip of the Zoidberg": "He's turned into some kind of Believable Hulk!"
199	* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PrLVgR6J84 The Mighty Hercules]]''
200	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
201	** The ''Great and Powerful'' [[ThirdPersonPerson Trixie]] from the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]". Trixie appears to be a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', given that it's ''exactly'' the same phrase ("I am Oz, the Great and Powerful! ... Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.")
202	** And don't forget "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E8TheMysteriousMareDoWell The Mysterious Mare Do Well]]".
203	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''
204	* The ''[[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 Ultimate Spider-Man]]''. In fact, "the Ultimate Spider-Man" gets name-dropped several times in-show.
205	* ''WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries'', the heroes are the 'Mighty Ducks'.
206	* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''. Although within the setting, the term Miraculous is not just an adjective, but also a noun.
207	** In the pre-production stage, when Ladybug was only conceptualized in mock comic book covers by Astruc and a friend, she was referred to as the ''Mini Menace Ladybug''.
208	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' actually gives this to a villain: ''Indelible'' Inque.
209	* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateAvengers''
210	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Abe Simpson's old military unit was called the ''Flying'' Hellfish.
211	* PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', where Peter B. Parker - the [[FutureLoser jaded, middle-aged slob version of Spider-Man]] - is dubbed by his so-called protege Miles Morales as "The Janky Old Broke Hobo Spider-Man."
212	* ''WesternAnimation/WorkItOutWombats'': Zeke's pretend superhero name is The Mighty Zeke.
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216	* Several college sports teams, like the ''Fighting'' Illini and the ''Fighting'' Irish.
217	* In the ''Roleplay/LeagueOfIntergalacticCosmicChampions'' is The ''Amazing'' Quantum Man.
218	* The ''Fabulous'' Hudson Hornet, from UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} in the '50s but more would probably know it from being referenced in ''Franchise/{{Cars}}''.
219	* ''[[http://jlandl.blogspot.se/2011/07/and-now-dear-reader-you-must-open-your.html The Pervasive Simon-man and Unbreakable Indie Girl]]'' is a story about a duo of crimefighters who apparently have read their Marvel comics.
220	* The ''Mighty'' Ducks [[UsefulNotes/NationalHockeyLeague hockey team]], named after the movie; though they're just "The Ducks" since Disney sold them.
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