Line #181 Webcomic/EvilInc


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2	[[caption-width-right:143:How evil!]]
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4	->''"[[CutLexLuthorACheck You can do more evil if you do it legally.]]"''
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6	''[[https://www.evil-inc.com/ Evil Inc.]]'' is a superhero {{Webcomic}} created by Brad Guigar, that started running in May 2005 and currently updates Monday-Friday (with occasional Saturday [[CutAndPasteComic filler strips]]). [[SpiritualSequel Somewhat of a continuation]] of Guigar's previous strip, ''Webcomic/GreystoneInn'', it revolves around the titular company which is run, staffed and provides entirely legitimate services for supervillains. Its CEO is Evil Atom, a once powerful and feared supervillain who is now somewhat past his prime.
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8	The main character of the strip was initially Lightning Lady, the EnsembleDarkHorse of ''Greystone Inn'' who at the beginning of the strip takes a job at Evil Inc. as a secretary- Later on, the strip gradually changed focus towards Captain Heroic, the number one hero in the unnamed city the strip is set in, and Miss Match, another Evil Inc. employee (though Lightning Lady still appears regularly in Saturday comics). A while into the strip (a point which Guigar has once called the "official" launch of Evil Inc.) it's revealed that the two are married and have a son, Oscar. Their opposite moral alignments has caused some conflict but they appear to be HappilyMarried.
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10	Though the strip is mostly [[GagPerDayWebcomics gag-a-day]], there have been several story arcs as well
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12	As of the 8th of December, 2015, [[http://evil-inc.com/2015/12/08/big-changes-in-store-for-evil-inc/ Brad Guigar has announced a soft reboot of ''Evil Inc.'']] Starting in January 2016, Evil Inc went from a five-day-a-week comic strip to a graphic novel updated in partial-page posts twice a week. All of the characters and relationships have been reset, and the main action now takes place in an Evil Inc branch office (rather than the monolithic corporate tower). [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14781094690A06592600&page=1#2]] A second comic, ''Webcomic/ArchBros'' will continue the adventures of Oscar and Oliver.
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14	!!This webcomic provides examples of:
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16	* FiveFiveFive: [[https://evil-inc.com/comic/greystone-inn-cameos-4/ Samantha's phone number]]
17	* AccidentalAdultery: Thanks to LaserGuidedAmnesia, [[spoiler:Cap forgot about his marriage and slept with another heroine. When Miss Match pretends to be captured and revives his memory, she apologetically punches him to make the scenario more plausible after finding out. Later on they talk about it, with Miss Match being upset but also understanding that Cap wouldn't willingly cheat on her]].
18	* AllThereInTheManual: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. "Bio cards" with information about cast members, including background and powers, occasionally run as a day's strip.
19	* AnimateInanimateObject: Memo. Created due to an accident at the Evil, Inc. Science Fair involving Lightning Lady's RobotDuplicate, Dr. Muskiday's matter-animator ray, and Dr. Haynus' [[MillionToOneChance Coincidence Inducer]], [[spoiler: it turns out that his animation is due to [[DemonicPossession being possessed]] by [[OurGhostsAreDifferent the ghost]] of Silver Age villain Mind Master]].
20	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Oliver becomes this to Oscar, who often has to be the voice of reason for them.
21	* AntiHero: The alternate Captain Heroic claims he's this.
22	-->'''Miss Match:''' So you're a ''villain?''
23	-->'''Alt Cap:''' I prefer "anti-hero".
24	-->'''Miss Match:''' And '''I''' prefer "extra-legal capital liberator", but the cops just laugh.
25	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: "My name is The Mind Master. Master of telekinesis, rotary-club chairman and three-time president of the Optimist Club..."
26	* ArtEvolution: Originally, the artwork in the strip was black-and-white in a similar style to ''Webcomic/GreystoneInn''; starting in mid-February 2008, the strip switched to full color. In later strips some characters' faces become more realistic, starting with the women but then expanding to most characters.
27	* ArtifactOfDoom: The Ruby of Ragnoor.
28	* ArtShift: The adults in the flashbacks to Captain Heroic's School Days are drawn in a highly realistic style. Cap...not so much.
29	** Which can be taken as FridgeBrilliance, as the flashback is basically a look into Cap's memories.
30	* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Memo]].
31	* BadGuyBar: Beezle Pub.
32	* BadSanta: Evil Atom decides to recruit SantaClaus, reasoning that he shows all the signs of being a classic villain. [[spoiler: Santa surprisingly accepts - and promptly gets carted off by [[TheMenInBlack the Feds]].]]
33	-->'''Lightning Lady:''' And if he says ''no?''
34	-->'''Evil Atom:''' Then he is a ''deer-and-present danger''.
35	* BasementDweller: Grandgamer
36	** Captain Heroic rejects [[spoiler: using Grandgamer's wish to give Oscar superpowers]] for fear he'll become this.
37	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Miss Match makes a wish, using an ArtifactOfDoom, to give her fellow villains LaserGuidedAmnesia after they find out about her marriage. [[spoiler:Too bad Cap was masquerading as Dark Hood at the time...]]
38	* BeforeIChangeMyMind
39	-->'''Captain Heroic:''' Muskiday?
40	-->'''Dr. Muskiday:''' Yes?
41	-->'''Captain Heroic:''' Start running before I find a [[KillItWithFire magnifying glass]].
42	* BlandNameProduct: "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Haul U-Tug]]"
43	* BrainBleach: Both Captain Heroic and Miss Match get chills from the UnfortunateImplications of the thought of Commander Heroic "appealing" to Flame. [[spoiler: Little do they know...]]
44	* BrainInAJar: Dr. Haynus is one of these - given mobility through being mounted atop the head of the family dog.
45	* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:Captain Heroic. He recovers.]]
46	* CanonWelding: Pretty much every character from ''Greystone Inn'' (with one exception, see {{Expy}}) has showed up in the strip at one point or another.
47	* CatFight: When [[spoiler: two groups of heroes come to blows over whether or not to destroy Evil, Inc]], ''both sides'' are brought to a grinning standstill by [[spoiler: Blonde Bombshell and Amazing Amazon]] squaring off in mid-flight.
48	* ChekhovsGun: Project X. [[spoiler: Later returns to become a ChekhovsBoomerang.]]
49	* CleavageWindow: Psy-Chick's and Phenomenal Lass' uniforms have these.
50	* ClothingDamage: Miss Match decides to [[SuddenlySober sober up]] Desdemona by setting her on fire, as she's a demon and won't burn, but the alcohol will. It works, but they forgot her ''uniform'' wasn't fireproof...
51	* CodeName: But of course.
52	* ComesGreatResponsibility: Said word-for-word by Captain Heroic as he and Miss Match debate [[spoiler: how to use Grandgamer's wish]].
53	-->'''Miss Match:''' If you have the power of a god, you're not responsible to ''anybody''.
54	-->'''Captain Heroic:''' No, I'm responsible to ''everybody''.
55	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Actually, since everyone in the corporation is a villain (for the most part), it's more of a corrupt ''corporation''.
56	* CosmicBeing: Grandgamer (and his parents).
57	* CutAndPasteComic: The Saturday strips use a small set of different sets of art with changed dialogue. At first they were Lightning Lady acting as [[SexySecretary Sexy Tech Support]]; later they became a series of [[IncrediblyLamePun puns]] on department names, while still later the scene shifted to the cafeteria's menu. [[spoiler: Best so far? "Ghoulash".]]
58	* CuteMonsterGirl: Subverted. Desdemona is a demon, but in appearance is 100% human. [[spoiler: Except the tail.]]
59	** Though Desdemona eventually qualifies as she takes on a vastly more traditional succubus appearance both before the soft reboot [[spoiler: once she becomes pregnant]], and post-reboot (as her default look).
60	** Played straight with some female villains such as Vespidae (who is a Bee-Girl).
61	* CutLexLuthorACheck: The entire ''point'' of the company.
62	** Though it should be said, they mostly sell inventions to supervillains, and most of their corporate strategies involve somehow getting stockholders behind super-villainy. They aren't so much selling their fancy techonlogies to the regular consumers.
63	* DatingCatwoman: Captain Heroic and Miss Match aren't just dating, they're ''married''.
64	** Later, Lightning Lady and Elastic Man have a fling, but worry [[TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife what others will think]]...
65	--->'''Lightning Lady:''' Besides, who ever heard of a super-villain getting into a relationship with a ''hero?''
66	--->'''Elastic Man:''' Yeah...[[ItsBeenDone it could never work]].
67	* DeadpanSnarker: ''Everybody''.
68	* DemonicPossession: How Beez makes it to Evil, Inc. [[spoiler:to investigate Memo. And as it turns out, Memo himself]].
69	-->'''Mister Cifer:''' Hello, Beez. Did I wake you?
70	-->'''Beez:''' Nah, I was just doin' an exorcize video.
71	* [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Did You Just Polymorph Cthulhu?]]: During his match against Captain Heroic during Grandgamer's tournament, Evil Atom wears down Cap [[spoiler: by using his mastery over atoms (= matter) to ''change Grandgamer, a CosmicBeing, into a duplicate of himself!'']].
72	* DisembodiedEyebrows: Evil Atom gets these when Captain Heroic interrupts his fight with [[spoiler: Miss Match]].
73	-->'''Cap:''' As soon as your eyebrows land back on your head, I'll explain...
74	* DoubleEntendre: Used often.
75	-->'''Evil Atom:''' Try not to look like a credit-card lobbyist.
76	-->'''Desdemona:''' Believe me, there's ''nothing'' [[FakeBoobs plastic]] about me
77	* EarthShatteringKaboom: Matter manipulation makes this possible.
78	-->'''Grandgamer:''' Evil Atom is still steamed. He spent the afternoon imploding planets in a nearby solar system.
79	* EvenEvilHasStandards: In [[http://evil-inc.com/comic/cap-is-dark-hood-6/ this strip]], a customer asks if Evil Inc. carries an internet-based device that can transmit an evil message to everyone in the country, much like the TV version the company used to sell. They don't, because "even supervillains draw the line at spam".
80	* EvilInc: A-durr.
81	* EvilLawyerJoke: But of course.
82	-->'''Evil Atom:''' If you think heroes are tough, wait until you face trademark attorneys.
83	* EvilPaysBetter: The reason Captain Heroic rejects the idea of [[spoiler: using Grandgamer's wish to turn Miss Match into a hero]].
84	* {{Expy}}: WordOfGod confessed that Memo ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a sentient memo]], animated in an accident involving Dr. Muskiday's [[ExactlYWhatItSaysOnTheTin Matter Animator]] that communicates via writing) is an Expy of ''Greystone Inn's'' Narrator.
85	* FaceHeelTurn: Phenomenal Lass.
86	** Also, [[spoiler:Elastic Man,]] although it's mainly PlayedForLaughs in his case.
87	** Among others...
88	--->'''Evil Atom:''' You're not the first hero to ask for this, you know. We've had a [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor revolving door]] installed for ComicBook/{{Mystique}} alone.
89	* FacelessEye: Oculore
90	* FakeBoobs: While Desdemona is [[https://evil-inc.com/comic/the-dc-universe-3/ all natural]], it's implied Lightning Lady [[https://evil-inc.com/comic/memo-is-framed-4/ is not]].
91	* FanBoy: Don Luke Piccardo. [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Guess what he's obsessed with]].
92	-->'''Don Luke:''' ''(discussing his choice of toy train)'' Number One? [[IncrediblyLamePun N-gauge]].
93	* FlashbackEffects: Flashbacks are shown in a slightly faded, NewspaperComic style.
94	* FlyingBrick: Commander Heroic, Captain Heroic
95	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Used to good effect [[http://www.evil-inc.com/comic/the-return-of-evil-atom-5/ here]].
96	* FourGirlEnsemble: Psy-Chick, Lightning Lady, Desdemona and Miss Match team up to steal a superweapon. [[spoiler: Turns out it's Project X...]]
97	* GiantEnemyCrab: Rock Lobster
98	* GodGuise: [[spoiler: An exploration of Memo's origins results in almost everyone believing he's the Second Coming, including [[TheDevil the man downstairs]].]]
99	* GoThroughMe: The alternate Miss Match tells Muskiday he'll have to do this if he wants to shoot Captain Heroic with Project X. He shoots anyway. [[spoiler:And the alternate Captain Heroic [[TakingTheBullet takes the shot]].]]
100	* GroinAttack: Miss Match delivers one to [[spoiler:the alternate Captain Heroic]].
101	* HalfHumanHybrid: Dr. Muskiday is essentially a humanoid fly, his condition the result of a teleporter accident. He inverts [[Film/TheFly1958 the usual]] order of things though, in that the original Dr. Muskiday [[MeaningfulName was the]] ''[[MeaningfulName fly]]'' while the human was a janitor who mistook Muskiday's teleporter experiment for a trash can.
102	* HandsomeLech: Iron Dragon.
103	-->'''Lightning Lady:''' You chase everything in a skirt!
104	-->'''Iron Dragon:''' I never wore a skirt a day in my life...except that once. And that was with someone I loved...and her girlfriend.
105	* HeelFaceTurn:
106	** Played with. Amazing Amazon tries to discredit [[spoiler:Lightning Lady]] by dressing as her to make it look like she's done this. It works so well that [[spoiler:LL]]'s attempts to prove she's evil just make it "worse". [[spoiler: She eventually has to do a ''genuinely'' heroic act to keep from dissapointing a little girl who idolises her. Who, it turns out, was being paid by Amazing Amazon...]]
107	** Alt. Desdemona is ObliviouslyEvil due to working for Heroes, Inc. [[spoiler:She turns on Alt. Atom when she finds out that, rather than save an ill child's life, Atom will use him for scientific endeavors]].
108	* HeroInsurance: One of the services Evil Inc. provides is "Battlefield Location and Booking" which seeks out abandoned locations for villains and heroes to battle to avoid lawsuits from any property damage and casualties.
109	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Captain Heroic and Wingman; Haynus and Muskiday.
110	* HollywoodCB: Muskiday [[LargeHam hams it up]] with CB lingo when he steals [[spoiler: Project X]] from storage in a truck. The real truckers on the frequency are not impressed.
111	-->'''Trucker:''' Did he ''really'' just say "lot lizard"?
112	* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: Lightning Lady and Desdemona most prominently.
113	** LL's alternate-universe self "utilises a special [[ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} Nth-metal]] underwire".
114	* ImprovFu: Muskiday and Haynus ad-lib the latter having a "force field" to explain their "capturing" the alternate Miss Match to Up'n Atom. Only a ''very'' short time later, Haynus shows off a working force-field generator...
115	-->'''Haynus:''' While you were picking up [[MacGuffin Project X]], I got creative...
116	-->'''Muskiday:''' [[IncrediblyLamePun Sly dog.]]
117	* InstantCostumeChange: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. The alternate Miss Match ducks into an alleyway to change into her super-costume...and has to change like a perfectly normal person (giving a nice {{sideboob}} shot), which starts drawing a crowd (including [[RuleOfFunny the villain she's trying to thwart]]). She winds up finishing her costume change on a rooftop.
118	-->'''Alternate Miss Match:''' I bet ComicBook/SpiderWoman never had this problem...
119	* IronicEcho: When Evil, Inc. is in UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC seeking a bailout.
120	-->'''UsefulNotes/BarackObama''': You can't set all of those villains loose on America!
121	-->'''Evil Atom:''' '''''Yes. We. Can.'''''
122	** "Hey! Y'know what? Your head kinda looks like a helium atom!"
123	* KirbyDots: Used as a measure of power in-universe. Rock Lobster has a reading of 50 kds (Kirby Dots/second).[[note]]As the Kirby scale is never mentioned before or since in the comic, it's a bit of a BigLippedAlligatorMoment.[[/note]]
124	** Also, they apparently [[https://evil-inc.com/comic/invention-contest/ leak through ceilings]].
125	* KlingonPromotion: Dr. Haynus takes this route [[spoiler: to become Commander Heroic's arch-nemesis]].
126	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: The ''Ruby of Ragnoor'' storyline is all about this - and, specifically, its effect on Cap after Miss Match inadvertently wishes away his memory of their marriage.]]
127	* LavaAddsAwesome: the fight between Captain Heroic and [[spoiler:Wingman]]. Cap has no problem with having ''bathed in lava'' to retrieve his [[spoiler: [[FreePrizeAtTheBottom Commander USA secret decoder ring]], which he then uses to ''knock Wingman out''.]]
128	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: This happens occasionally, especially with Grandgamer.
129	* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:Elastic Man]]'s reason for becoming a FallenHero.
130	* LukeIMightBeYourFather: Commander Heroic has a heart attack in mid-flight ("helped" by the fact [[spoiler: Mr. Threat has been siphoning off his powers]]) when he [[spoiler: sees Flame babysitting Oscar]], and realizes [[spoiler: Miss Match might be his daughter. [[BrotherSisterIncest Thankfully]], she isn't,]] and he gets better.
131	* TheMafia: Evil, Inc is hired by the Mafia to steal one family's "superweapon" for another. [[spoiler: It turns out it's [[ChekhovsBoomerang Project X]].]]
132	* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Lightning Lady and Elastic Man (type 3A).
133	* MirrorUniverse: Muskiday and Haynus visit one. The heroes are villains and the villains are heroes...[[spoiler: [[KnightTemplar Or are they]]?]]
134	* TheMole: [[spoiler: Dr. Whoosh]].
135	* MostCommonSuperpower: And how.
136	* MustHaveCaffeine: Captain Heroic's coffee addiction comes in unexpectedly handy in a fight with Lightning Lady.
137	* [[MyDadCanBeatUpYourDad My Dad Can Thwart Your Dad]]
138	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Flame]]'s reaction to Commander Heroic's heart attack.
139	* OfferedTheCrown: Following [[spoiler: being shrunk and becoming lost, Muskiday becomes the King of the Flies]].
140	* OnlySaneMan: Keagan.
141	* PersonaNonGrata: Dr. Muskiday's [[NoodleIncident back massager]] resulted in Evil, Inc. being forbidden from conducting business in the state of Utah.
142	* PityTheKidnapper: Phenomenal Lass decides kidnapping a security guard would be a good act of villainy. She didn't count on the fact that nine ''other'' guards would tag along wanting her to kidnap them too.
143	* PlayingWithFire: Miss Match, Flame.
144	* PokeThePoodle: A [[https://evil-inc.com/comic/cap-heroic-no-more-three-3/ recyclable container]]! The ''fiend!''
145	* PoweredArmor: Commander Heroic has a set made for Oscar, complete with RocketBoots, so he can keep up with the other superkids.
146	** Oscar gets an upgrade later, [[spoiler: along with a set for the BroughtDownToNormal Captain Heroic]], when they have to fight [[spoiler:Oculore]].
147	* PowerNullifier: Project X, aka [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Null Gun]]. [[spoiler: And Oculore's power removal bomb derived from it.]]
148	** Dr. Muskiday built a set of power-draining cuffs for use on Lightning Lady. They come in handy during a heist, but were built with [[CasualKink recreational]] [[BrainBleach applications]] in mind.
149	--->'''Muskiday:''' Lightning Lady! I didn't expect you to interfere with my plans! Actually... I ''[[CrazyPrepared did]]''.
150	* PowerPerversionPotential: The reason production of the Super-Power Drainer was discontinued.
151	-->'''Lightning Lady:''' You'd be surprised how many disgusting uses there are for "ComicBook/PlasticMan".
152	* PsychicPowers: Psy-Chick.
153	* PuppyDogEyes: Part of Miss Match's strategy for defeating Elastic Man (along with some whispering...)
154	* {{Pun}}: The entire strip ''runs'' on wordplay.
155	-->"Human Flame...''fired''. Micro-Lad...''down-sized''. Executioner...''axed''. Undertaker...''deep-sixed''..."
156	* PunctuatedForEmphasis - Dr. Muskiday doesn't like it when Dr. Haynus reminds him of how he recycles sci-fi props to contain his inventions.
157	-->'''Muskiday:''' It. Was. A. Back. Massager!
158	* PutOnABus: Keagan following his breakup with Lightning Lady.
159	** TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: When LL was faced with her mother.]]
160	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Miss Match. (More orange-ish, really, but it fits with the "flame".) Originally seen only in close-ups when angry but later (with ArtEvolution) consistently.
161	* {{Retirony}}: During the ''Henchman Retirement'' arc, a single henchman lasted until the age of 65, and naturally he's a little nervous, and the company worried because of a $28 million per year pension. The accidental death was caused by a stray champagne cork during the celebration.
162	* RingOfPower: Dr. Muskiday invents a power ring that, instead of being powered by a user's emotion, changes to ''fit'' the user's emotions...a [[IncrediblyLamePun Power Mood Ring]].
163	-->'''Muskiday:''' In righteous day or boogie night, no jive or funk escapes my sight...
164	** ''Actual'' Rings of Power gave [[spoiler: Commander Heroic and Ms. Amazing their powers. They double as [[WithThisRing their wedding rings]].]]
165	* RobotMe: Miss Match builds a robot duplicate of Lightning Lady for the Evil Inc. Invention Contest.
166	* SavingChristmas: Spoofed several ways. Lightning Lady has to do this after Santa [[spoiler: gets arrested]], and after she says she's saving Christmas, she has to [[http://evil-inc.com/comic/santa-villain-3/ take a number]] in a line of all the other fictional characters who have done so. It's made the image for the page itself.
167	** Then the elves produce a SexySantaDress variation of her LeotardOfPower for her [[http://evil-inc.com/comic/santa-villain-4/ to do it in]].
168	* SecretRelationship: Captain Heroic and Miss Match. [[spoiler: Evil Atom is NOT happy when he finds out.]]
169	* SexySecretary: Lightning Lady; later, Desdemona. LL continues as Sexy Tech Support in the Saturday strips.
170	* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Evil Atom tries to use this against Captain Heroic [[spoiler: after he learns about Cap's marriage to Miss Match]].
171	-->'''Evil Atom:''' Any kids? And if ''they're'' not invulnerable, ''neither are you''...
172	* ShapeShifter: Elastic Man.
173	* ShapeShifterDefaultForm: Elastic Man has two, his [[https://evil-inc.com/comic/elastic-mans-makeover-4/ standard form and his true form]]
174	* ShipperOnDeck: [[spoiler:When Dr. Muskiday tells Lightning Lady's mother that he believes LL should be 'treated like a princess', he's told "call me mom".]]
175	* ShockAndAwe: Lightning Lady.
176	* ShoutOut: The comic is ''full'' of them, with "mainstream" comic heroes being off-handedly referenced or appearing as background silhouettes.
177	** Dr. Vincent, the company's resident sorcerer, is an obvious nod to Creator/VincentPrice (as well as having some characteristics of Dr. Strange).
178	* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Miss Match grumbles that all the good ones are. . . good.
179	* [[SpacePirates Space Pirate]]: [[PirateGirl Captain Scarr]].
180	* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: Dr. Haynus.]]
181	* {{Stripperiffic}}: The alternate Miss Match wears a somewhat...skimpier outfit than the prime unvierse's.
182	-->'''Alternate Miss Match:''' ...seems like overkill to use an entire hanger...
183	** Also {{Lampshaded}} by Lightning Lady:
184	--->'''Captain Heroic:''' Is there ''any'' place [[ItMakesSenseInContext I can touch you]] that ''won't'' be inappropriate?
185	--->'''Lightning Lady:''' If there ''is'', I need to find a new tailor!
186	*** Ironically, LL's initial reaction to Desdemona was negative on account of her outfit. A bemused Keagan [[{{Hypocrite}} pointed out the obvious]].
187	*** Later [[JustifiedTrope justified]] and [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] by Lightning Lady:
188	---->'''Lightning Lady:''' Wearing spandex means no ''secrets'', no ''excuses'', and no ''shame''. Nobody can MAKE me wear it - and nobody can make me wear ANYTHING ELSE.
189	* SuperPowerfulGenetics: Captain Heroic and Miss Match are both Type 1s. Oscar appears to be a type 5 (so far).
190	** Cap is, apparently, [[spoiler: actually a Type 3]], given that [[spoiler: Commander Heroic and Ms. Amazing got their powers from an ancient Egyptian artifact.]]
191	* TakingYouWithMe: When they team up to bury a villain Dr. Haynus poisoned, Haynus threatens Muskiday with this if he gets caught. Muskiday isn't very impressed.
192	-->'''Muskiday:''' I'll add it to my long list of accomplice-ments.
193	* TalkingWithSigns: There exists a sentient piece of paper who can only communicate this way. He used to be a narration box in the strip.
194	* ThinkingUpPortals: Desdemona can generate portals to travel through.
195	* ThoseTwoGuys: Muskiday and Haynus.
196	* ToHellAndBack: Iron Dragon does this to save Desdemona from an ArrangedMarriage. [[spoiler: Her father [[TheDevil runs the place]], after all.]]
197	* TwinThreesomeFantasy: Captain Heroic's initial reaction when he learns the true identity of the alternate Miss Match.
198	** And Keagan gets to ''live'' it with Lightning Lady and her [[RobotMe android double]].
199	* UmbrellaDrink: Desdemona is quite fond of daiquris.
200	-->'''Miss Match:''' We've got to be the only people on Earth trying to cast spirits out of a demon.
201	* TheUnfairSex: Captain Heroic has caught his wife, Miss Match, [[http://evil-inc.com/comic/lost/ kissing another man]]. [[http://evil-inc.com/comic/pillow-talk/ She manages to make him seem like the bad guy for being bothered by it]]. In her defense, she was in a bad position due to work, and was attempting to avoid a situation where she'd genuinely cheat on him, and she seems genuinely unhappy about how easily she manages to turn the argument on him.
202	* VehicularSabotage: Evil Atom's car is (presumably) disabled by Lightning Lady when she thinks he's replacing her. When she learns she's being ''promoted'', she [[https://evil-inc.com/comic/vilf-replaces-lightning-lady-5/ advises him to take a cab]].
203	* VillainProtagonist: Surprisingly averted, considering the comic's setting. The comic doesn't seem to have a focus on [[RotatingProtagonist any one protagonist,]] instead focusing on the politics in and surrounding the corporation.
204	* VillainessesWantHeroes: Miss Match and Captain Heroic, Lightning Lady and Elastic Man...
205	* VillainousBSOD: Evil Atom's reaction to Captain Heroic's [[spoiler:[[BadassBoast Badass Bluff]] that his his wish to Grandgamer was "anything that happens to my family, happens to yours".]]
206	** This becomes ParanoiaFuel for Atom later, when [[spoiler:his wife buys a new ''pink slip'' right after he fires Miss Match.]]
207	* VomitDiscretionShot: After biting into a doughnut containing [[spoiler: a shrunken, spying Muskiday]], Desdemona rushes off-panel with a ''very'' green face.
208	* WorldOfBuxom: Try and find a female character without significant curves. We'll wait.
209	* WorldOfPun: There's barely a strip without some sort of pun.
210	* WreathedInFlames: Miss Match, especially her alternate.
211	* WritingAroundTrademarks: Grandgamer's teleport sound.
212	-->'''Captain Heroic:''' 'Bomf'?
213	-->'''Grandgamer:''' I'm pretty sure 'Bamf' was [[ComicBook/XMen copyrighted]].
214	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: In [[https://evil-inc.com/comic/phenomenal-lass-returns-11/ test form]] even.
215	* YouNeedABreathMint: According to Captain Heroic, Evil Atom needs one.
216	* YoureNotMyType: Oculore crushes - hard - on Blonde Bombshell. Much to her disgust.
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