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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:305:Lazer Pony, Good Girl, Keith and Buckaress.]] |
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| 4 | ''[[http://superredundant.com League of Super Redundant Heroes]]'' is a webcomic about a household of ineffective super-heroes ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Keith]]), who live in the city of [[TheProblemWithPenIsland Shitropolis]] (''cough''). |
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| 6 | [[WordOfGod In their own words]], "''League of Super Redundant Heroes'' is a stupid comic made by even stupider people. Nonetheless, we hope you enjoy this web comic and return frequently as we update with new strips and try and progress from stupid to less stupid." |
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| 8 | Originally featured four artists taking turns[[note]][[http://superredundant.com/?comic=109-best-pals this comic]] being a notable exception, though not the only one, and a few comics not showing any credit[[/note]]. In order of first appearance they are Mr. Dork, sir.Walrus/sirWalrus, mr.Sausage and [=SireHappyPants=][[note]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic sic]]. All names capitalized and punctuated as shown[[/note]]. The comic started as a single story arc by all four artists, but fairly quickly evolved into each artist doing his own thing, though occasionally they'll team up for an arc. |
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| 10 | [=SireHappyPants=] left first after about five months (his last comic [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=046-acceptance here]]). sirWalrus stayed through [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=213-revenue-plans February, 2013]], and Mr. Dork stuck around until [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=584-the-casualties-of-fighting-crime this comic]] in September 2016. Since then mr.Sausage has been maintaining the comic as a solo effort. |
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| 12 | ''League of Super Redundant Heroes'' is combination gag-a-day comic with (mostly) short arcs, with the gags and individual arc pages interspersed. mr.Sausage favors arcs, where the others mostly did gag-a-day, so as of this writing new material is mostly arcs. |
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| 14 | Updates semiweekly. |
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| 17 | !!''League of Super Redundant Heroes'' provides examples of: |
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| 19 | * NinetiesAntiHero: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=172-blast-from-the-past Captain '95]] parodies the concept, as a former member of Bloodsport, the Bloodletters, and Blood Blood Blood. |
| 20 | * AccidentalHero: |
| 21 | ** Lazer Pony may not be the best when he's trying to be a hero but when he gets lucky [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=527-armageddon he really]] [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=595-certain-defeat gets lucky.]] |
| 22 | ** And he's been able to [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=120-demotivator stop at least one would-be villain]] solely due to his blindness, oddly enough. |
| 23 | ** Later, he [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=655-getting-your-rep deals with]] "Spider", a super-prisoner who doesn't [[DidntThinkThisThrough realize a hero afraid of spiders who can shoot]] EyeBeams is the LAST person [[BullyingADragon you wants to threaten.]] And Lazer Pony's rep get made. |
| 24 | --->'''Purple Prisoner:''' ...And That's why they're rebuilding the East Wing. They say he just walked away like nothing happened. |
| 25 | ** Also, Bad Good Girl decides try ruining her counterpart's reputation by [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=566-a-cause-for-villainy going out and beating someone senseless.]] Her randomly chosen victim [[AssholeVictim is a wanted serial killer]], and she gets a medal for it. |
| 26 | * ActionPolitician: Kurgh may be a reluctant mayor, but he [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=207-adapting sure does a badass job of it.]] |
| 27 | * AdjectiveNounFred: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=374-magic-boy-steve Magic Boy Steve]] the Literature/HarryPotter expy. |
| 28 | * AirQuotes: Flying-Fox Man's butler uses for "Accident" to indicate his euphemistic meaning, when telling Flying-Fox Man that: |
| 29 | -->'''Butler:''' [[EmbarrassingDampSheets [Young Master Dodo] wet his bed and now he's locked himself in his room out of shame.]] |
| 30 | * AllJustADream: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=197-interuption A one-off strip]] used this gag, as "The Narrator" for the comic is a woman with a severe case of schizophrenia. |
| 31 | * AllPlanetsAreEarthLike: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=1071-stellar-gate-2 Lampshaded here]]. Justified in that all the places that a PortalNetwork is going to choose to link to are going to have a preference for being mutually compatible. Less justified is the fact that all of the other planets look like Canada. |
| 32 | * AllTakeAndNoGive: Keith. Lazer Pony alone pays the rent. Everyone else helps out in other little ways, such as by helping in their incompetent fight against crime and Good Girl doing the chores, but Keith just loafs around and spends Lazer Pony's money on his own entertainment. |
| 33 | * AlliterativeName: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=485-drunken-ramblings Aggravated Aviator]] |
| 34 | * AllMythsAreTrue: |
| 35 | ** Many gods are superheroes, which [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=187-theistic-debate can get awkward]] when gods of the same personification from different pantheons meet. |
| 36 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=639-rituals-part-1 At least three different ancient rituals that require the planets to align are real]], but they cancel each other out when carried out at the same time, which one man reasons is why no one has actually succeeded before. |
| 37 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=783-heroes-of-old Heroes of legend may find themselves in trouble when mortals know all the stories about their weaknesses.]] |
| 38 | * AlphaBitch: Buckaress [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=447-reminiscing was this]] [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=451-back-in-the-day in high school]]. |
| 39 | * AmusinglyAwfulAim: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=117-team-practice Buckaress's aim is impossibly bad]]. |
| 40 | * AndIMustScream: Possibly Bad Good Girl's fate. Originally, she was an just an ordinary orphan girl. But after a near-sighted priest accidentally gave her an exorcism (brainwashing) intended for a really horrible girl, it made her "more good". Bad Good Girl has claimed that she doesn't have a SplitPersonality per se, but that her halo makes the Good Girl persona look and act good while the real her is powerless unless the halo runs out of juice. At which point, her embittered, [[RedEyesTakeWarning red-eyed]], Bad Good Girl personality rebels by doing the things Good Girl won't let her do. It moves into StepfordSmiler territory when [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=114-identity one strip]] makes it seem the real her is present at all times, being forced to exist in a body she can't control. However, the true nature of the curse has been intentionally left vague, and on one occasion, Bad Good Girl herself treats Good Girl as a truly separate personality. |
| 41 | * TheAntiGrinch: Good Girl always goes ''totally nuts'' over Christmas and tends to go overboard, so much that her friends delay reminding her of the date as long as possible. When she gains her power upgrade [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=612-getting-in-the-spirit and forgets about it]] next Christmas, they are worried -- until she sneezes and suddenly Christmas spirit is all over the place. Lazer Pony hints NOW they should be worried. |
| 42 | * ArtEvolution: Beyond the art generally improving, the beginning of the comic had panels with just one color (though with various shades) until [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=059-changes strip #59]] which marked the switch to full colors. Explained in-universe by the cosmic being (a ComicBook/{{Galactus}} {{Expy}}) who watched the Redundant Heroes like a sitcom buying a new TV set. In an unusual bout of MediumAwareness, the characters are surprised by the color change -- except for Lazer Pony, of course. |
| 43 | * ArtisticLicenseReligion: Bad Good Girl wears an inverted cross to show how 'bad' she is. An inverted cross is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Saint_Peter the Cross of Saint Peter]], who felt he was unworthy of being crucified in the same manner as Jesus, and is a sign of humility and is the symbol of the Pope reflecting the belief the Pope is the successor of Saint Peter as Bishop of Rome. An inverted ''crucifix'' (a cross with an image of Jesus), however, is blasphemy. |
| 44 | * AtrociousAlias: |
| 45 | ** The eponymous League of Super ''Redundant'' Heroes. Lazer Pony had registered themselves as the League of Super Heroes, but Keith went out of his way to make fun of them and asked the sadistic legal system to change it. |
| 46 | ** Bad Good Girl, which is Good Girl without her halo. She hates the name, but it's what stuck. |
| 47 | ** Ass-tronomous's chosen alias was Astronomous. Unfortunately for him, Gyrognome started calling him Asstronomous in honor of his buttocks, and the name stuck. Which is also what got Gyrognome kicked off the team. |
| 48 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=295-translation-error A jovial superhero who was frozen in the '40s]], and is being coached to re-adapt to the 21st century. His name? The [[HaveAGayOldTime GAY BASHER]]! Curiously, he seems quite accepting that he needs to change his identity for linguistic reasons, only asking if he can still throw around his patented "Gaymakers". |
| 49 | * BackFromTheDead: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=563-the-death-of-captain-competence Captain Competence was killed]], but came back later. As her partner observes, it kinda takes away the significance of death. |
| 50 | * BadassSanta: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=404-brilliant-planning There's a reason superheroes are all able to attend Christmas parties]]. |
| 51 | * BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: Only Good Girl can kill the demon lord, Hexagon, but she doesn't have the heart to do so, leading him to taunt her that it is only a matter of time until he recovers his powers and makes them all toast. [[spoiler:''Bad'' Good Girl as a LiteralSplitPersonality, on the other hand, has no problems doing so and shoves him into Good Girl's sword.]] |
| 52 | * TheBadGuyWins: Played with hilariously. In his first appearance, Kurgh the Conqueror -- warlord and scourge of the galaxy -- comes to town demanding the city submit to him. Since Shitropolis is a really crappy place to live in, let alone manage, the previous administration is ecstatic and declares the whole mess his problem now. [[GenreShift The rest of this appearances have]] [[VictoryIsBoring him suffering the total monotony of dealing with mayoral politics.]] |
| 53 | * BaitAndSwitch: |
| 54 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=good-girl-origin Good Girl's origin]]: An EnfantTerrible named Nicky Skanktart who was so evil an exorcism was ordered... but the priest had bad eyesisght and mixed up the rooms, performing an exorcism on someone else who then became Good Girl. |
| 55 | ** A man with a FaceFramedInShadow [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=734-bombastic contacts the Power Group with a bomb threat.]] Turns out he'd just misplaced it, and is quite grateful they found and returned it to him. |
| 56 | * BananaPeel: On visiting another dimension, Buckaress discovers a comedy show with a character caricaturing herself, "Evelyn the Jester", [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=853-the-arts whose very entrance is slipping on a banana peel.]] |
| 57 | -->'''Buckaress:''' They turned me into a bubbling idiot!\ |
| 58 | '''Defendress:''' To be fair, that happened to you twice last week.\ |
| 59 | '''Buckaress:''' I told you they weren't there before I stepped on them!\ |
| 60 | '''Defendress:''' I'm not having this argument again. |
| 61 | * BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Averted. Just because a {{Heavyworlder}} alien superhero can jump very high [[http://superredundant.com/?p=733 doesn't mean he can breathe in space.]] |
| 62 | * BeatPanel: Distracterella's [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=144-plan-b reaction]] when Cat-A-Pult points out a flaw in her plan is ChirpingCrickets.. complete with a tumbleweed propelled by one of Cat-A-Pult's cats. |
| 63 | * BeautyEqualsGoodness: |
| 64 | ** Subverted by the Spank. So far he's been a good person and a competent superhero, but [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=058-teams his looks]]... |
| 65 | ** Cleverly subverted with Flying-Fox Man. He's a highly competent hero with the police and media trying to uncover his identity. They have a strong lead with a [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=177-man-behind-flying-fox-man handsome young billionaire...]] [[spoiler:Which annoys the balding, acne-ridden, bug-eyed, ugly as get out middle-aged billionaire who really wears the mask. He is sick of everyone always thinking it's the "pretty boy billionaires"]]. |
| 66 | --->'''Flying-Fox Man:''' [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=346-reputation He's not]]. |
| 67 | * BecomingTheMask: Buckaress in two different ways. She was originally just an ordinary person, but she was hired as a mole in the LSR. She decided she likes being a hero, so she stayed with the League, upgraded to a more practical costume, picked up some gadgets, and found a mentor to train her. |
| 68 | * BigNo: Bolfman_123 lets out a "NOOOOOOOOOO!" (along with SkywardScream) [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=494-keeping-current when he learns that Buckaress switched her costume]] for a much less {{Stripperiffic}} one. |
| 69 | * BizarreAlienReproduction: Something one human woman in an InterspeciesRomance [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=408-star-crossed-lovers learns]] to her dismay. |
| 70 | -->'''Doctor:''' Good news: it's not a tumor. [[GoodNewsBadNews Ba]]-- um... ''[[VerbalBackspace other]]'' news: you're pregnant. |
| 71 | * BlackComedy: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=663-course-of-action Strip #663, "Course of Action"]], has a doctor refuse to treat a cancer patient on grounds that chemo might give him superpowers and [[HilaritySues would therefore open the hospital to lawsuits]]. An obvious satire of the American healthcare industry, especially for-profit hospitals, the comment section was somewhat divided on whether it was actually funny. |
| 72 | * BlessedWithSuck: |
| 73 | ** ZigZagged by Lazer Pony: he ''did'' go blind the first time he fired a laser blast ([[ExactWords they come from]] ''[[ExactWords behind]]'' [[ExactWords his eyes]]), but the Lazer Stallions, his counterparts from the rest of the multiverse, are the most powerful and effective superheroes of their respective worlds [[HandicappedBadass despite being blind]] (and one who's in a wheelchair). |
| 74 | ** Shark-Man [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=066-the-weakness died of suffocation]] because, like actual sharks, he couldn't move backward and had to be in constant motion in order to breathe. |
| 75 | ** A still unnamed superhero is a FlyingBrick with a healing factor, unless he's near space rocks. ''Earth is a giant space rock'' (that's why he takes the bus). |
| 76 | ** During a court case, Good Girl [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=549-judgement gains]] an "Angelic Form." The downside? Her Halo runs out of juice faster when she uses it than normal. |
| 77 | ** There's the poor heavyworlder who was able to leap amazingly high in Earth's lower gravity. High enough, it turned out, to leave the atmosphere... |
| 78 | * BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Apparently, one team [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=314-color-coded attempts to do it deliberately]]. Complete with a TokenMinority for a FourGirlEnsemble. |
| 79 | * BodyPaint: Distracterella's suit [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=strip-51 isn't a suit]]... |
| 80 | * {{Brainwashed}}: According to her own bad girl personality, Good Girl is brainwashed by her halo. |
| 81 | * BreastExpansion: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=446-free-lunch According to Mary-Sue]] she can eat all the junk food she wants and only her breasts will put on any weight. |
| 82 | ** In a meta sense, as the art style changed Eva was drawn to be bustier and bustier until she was about twice the size of every other heroine. |
| 83 | * BrickJoke: |
| 84 | ** Rectal itching, first of all Lazer Pony and subsequently Maroon Jackdaw. |
| 85 | ** Lazer Pony has insurance that covers accidentally shooting down blimps, although what else it covers in unspecified. |
| 86 | * BringMyBrownPants: |
| 87 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=149-consequences After the usual joke villains become "Top Priority" targets]]... |
| 88 | --->'''Cat-a-Pult:''' What smells like urine? |
| 89 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=535-house-of-law When Good Girl's lawyer]] defending her in the lawsuit by "Religion" overhears the judge's overtly biased comments regarding his case. |
| 90 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=187-theistic-debate The Spank has been promoted to the Power Group]]. |
| 91 | ** The Banana is a highly competent hero as well, and ''very'' popular with the ladies. Despite being a guy in a banana suit. |
| 92 | * BurgerFool: Where Keith works; he actually seems to do a good job there, because eventually he becomes the manager. |
| 93 | * ButForMeItWasTuesday: |
| 94 | ** Buckaress finds the knowledge that she once stole Distracterella's boyfriend when they were in school together utterly useless in working out her civilian identity. |
| 95 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=163-likabillity A typical day for Mary Sue.]] |
| 96 | ** [[RunningGag Lazer Pony getting abducted by aliens]] [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=596-nothing-new-under-the-sun he had to get used to it eventually.]] |
| 97 | * CallBack: Several of the heroes are experiencing time slips, with various consequences. In [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=1172-back-in-the-day comic #1172]] they witness the events of [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=meet-the-gang comic #1]] from a third-party perspective. |
| 98 | * CantGetInTroubleForNuthin: Bad Good Girl [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=566-a-cause-for-villainy seethes]] at how great Good Girl's rep has gotten and decides to do something to ruin it. So she beats up some random happy-looking guy on the street. |
| 99 | -->'''Good Girl:''' Turns out he was a '''wanted serial killer!''' The Mayor is giving me a medal tomorrow! |
| 100 | * CaptainErsatz: Too many to list. If there's a Marvel or DC character you can think of, there's a thinly-veiled parody of them living in Shitropolis. |
| 101 | * CaptainPatriotic: Agent Double O Zero, a TuxedoAndMartini spy, is deemed no longer in touch with the current times, and thus is re-imagined as [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=748-getting-with-the-times a British patriotic-themed superhero.]] |
| 102 | * CardboardPrison: Par for the course, their prison system is [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=764-prison-policy mindbogglingly incompetent]], to the degree that they even let prisoners keep their gadget-filled costumes, allowing for easy escape. LP [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=653-security-concerns eventually gets a job guarding one]] and is, surprisingly, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=655-getting-your-rep pretty effective at it]]. |
| 103 | * CasanovaWannabe: Despite being one of Shitropolis's top superheroes, Asstronomous has a lot of trouble finding any women who are interested in him precisely ''because'' of this attitude. Even when Maroon Jackdaw spells it out for him, he refuses to take the hint. |
| 104 | * CatchingSomeZs: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=348-in-the-loop When Lazer-Pony]] is inadvertently woken up by Good Girl, his speech balloon is: |
| 105 | -->"ZZZZZ-*" |
| 106 | * CatFolk: |
| 107 | ** Cat-a-pult gets a love letter [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=106-attraction from Catlady]], complete with IncrediblyLamePun. |
| 108 | ** Asstronomous later hooks up with her (while having the head of an ass), [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=564-purr-fect-mate and a different one even later]]. |
| 109 | * CatUpATree: Good Girl, being such a... good girl, regularly saves cats from trees. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=017-change-of-schedule This becomes problematic when a villain with telekinetic control over cats starts wreaking havoc.]] |
| 110 | * CeilingCling: Surprisingly, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=444-bugging-out Lazer Pony can do it...]] [[spoiler:if properly motivated, like by a spider]]. |
| 111 | * ChekhovsGag: |
| 112 | ** Good Girl's reaction to Buckaress in [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=682-bump-on-the-road "Bump on the road"]] is a direct call-back to Buckaress's reaction to Defendress in [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=325-wonderful-toys "Wonderful Toys"]], including the same toy. |
| 113 | --->'''Good Girl:''' Oooh, look at me! I'm Buckaress and I have '''all''' the fancy equipment.\ |
| 114 | '''Buckaress:''' I feel like I've been on the other side of this conversation before... |
| 115 | ** Followed by yet another call-back in [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=1032-remorse "Remorse"]]: while Good Girl is bemoaning their inability to exit a villain's maze, both Buckaress and Defendress [[spoiler: use their grapple guns to reach the top of the wall, giving them a clear view]]. |
| 116 | * ChekhovsGun: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=359-improbable-outcome "Chekhov's Grapple Guns"]] sells the GrapplingHookPistol variety, which are highly recommended... |
| 117 | * TheChosenOne: Good Girl is the only one capable of destroying the demon lord, Hexagon. |
| 118 | * CityOfAdventure: Shitropolis is one. It's got several superhero teams and hardly a day goes by when they aren't called to action. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=116-number-crunching Two-thirds of the city's population is either a superhero or a supervillain]]. |
| 119 | * ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: A scientist figures out that this, coupled with the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=757-flight-of-fancy makes it possible to fly]]. He dies [[ExplainExplainOhCrap when he's explaining the theory to someone while hovering outside their apartment]]. |
| 120 | * ClarkKenting: Done literally [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=078-gossip with Asstronomous]], and similarly [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=065-the-mundane with Phantom Ghost]]. Their coworkers aren't that perceptive. |
| 121 | * CleavageWindow: |
| 122 | ** Buckaress's new outfit is a LOT more covering than [[{{stripperific}} her old one]], but still includes an opening around her cleavage. |
| 123 | ** Distracterella's [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=109-best-pals original costume sported one]]. |
| 124 | * ClothingDamage: Buckaress complains about how often her already skimpy outfit is subject to disintegration, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=134-his-and-hers even though Lazer Pony orders hers from the same catalog as his own, sturdier costume]]. |
| 125 | -->'''Ad:''' Heroes, suit up! The Mark Seven is here, and it's totally [[SymbolSwearing &#@&]] awesome!\ |
| 126 | Ladies, the Theader Suit provides all the unencumbered mobility any heroine should demand! [[ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud Yeah, that sounds believable. Print that!]] |
| 127 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: The league's reaction to [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=071-late-night-show Phantom Ghost's bashing their group on TV]]. |
| 128 | * CommanderContrarian: Gyrognome [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=490-authority has problems with authority]] of any kind. |
| 129 | -->'''Keith:''' Oh for-- ''Just put your damn seatbelt on''!\ |
| 130 | '''Gyrognome:''' ''Never! I won't let a [[[CensorBox blank]]] car tell me what to do!'' |
| 131 | * ComplexityAddiction: Asstronomous gets cursed by Maroon Jackdaw to have [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=378-think-about-it the head of a donkey.]] Rather than [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=382-humility apologize]] and promise to stop hitting on her and the other superheroines at the [[GoodGuyBar Bar of Justice]], [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=384-problem-solving he goes back in time]], finds an un-cursed version of himself, clones him, has his mind transferred to the clone and comes back to the present. |
| 132 | -->'''Asstronomous:''' What? Maroon Jackdaw was being completely unreasonable! |
| 133 | * CompositeCharacter: The [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=269-bog-troll "Bog Troll"]] combines the origin of Solomon Grundy (albeit a bog used as a chemical and medical waste dump in his case instead of Slaughter Swamp like Grundy was) with Gordon Ramsay, and he's [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=271-drama seen]] [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=273-aspirations hosting]] [[Series/MasterChef "America's Next Superchef!"]] |
| 134 | * {{Conscription}}: Kyle Jordan gets inducted into the Stellar Corps in this fashion. |
| 135 | * CountingBullets: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=954-unwashed-harold The trope-making scene]] from ''Film/DirtyHarry'' comes up - except the thug reveals he has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyscalculia dyscalculia]], making Harry feel bad for bringing it up to begin with. |
| 136 | * ContinuityNod: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=149-consequences The bank]] robbed by Cat-A-Pult, Distracterella and the Evil Savant is called Humblebee Memorial, named after Lazer Pony's former teammate who died in a training accident (see PowerIncontinence). |
| 137 | * CoordinatedClothes: In [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=340-relationship-talk comic 340]], Mary Sue makes herself and Lazer Pony matching sweaters. |
| 138 | * CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: |
| 139 | ** Buckaress and Keith have to find jobs due to Lazer Pony's disability grant not covering expenses. [[spoiler:[[http://superredundant.com/?comic=220-a-donation-has-been-made Turns out Good Girl is giving half of it away to charity]].]] |
| 140 | ** After digging a cave for Lazer Pony to sleep in, Keith suggests the "Redundant Cave" as a name. LP points out that the name only works if they already had a cave they weren't using. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=070-the-redundant-cave As it turns out...]] |
| 141 | --->''[Lazer Pony and Keith are standing outside the entrance of a cave with the words, "Party Grotto" painted on top]''\ |
| 142 | '''Lazer Pony:''' We already had a cave that we weren't using!? |
| 143 | * CovertGroup: The world is [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=645-ruling-the-world secretly ruled]] by a mask-wearing council. Their leader would like to focus on manipulating the economy, but to his frustration, many members prefer stirring up wars for fun. |
| 144 | ** A later strip [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=950-popularity-contest has a member show up with a different mask]] - turns out there are ''several'' shadowy cabals out there, and the leader of this one is the only one who isn't part of another group as well. |
| 145 | * CrapsackWorld: There are so many superheroes and supervillains in this world, that there is a crisis going on at practically any given moment. Lampshaded in that the town the [=LoSRH=] live in is called Shitropolis. |
| 146 | * CurseEscapeClause: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=336-diagnosis One strip]] suggests that Good Girl is free to take the halo off if somebody asks her to do so. Presumably, her teammates aren't that stupid. |
| 147 | * CutLexLuthorACheck: One supervillain [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=638-growing-an-army is creating an army of mindless,]] FlyingBrick clone-drones... [[spoiler: in order to insure faster package delivery to online shoppers]]. |
| 148 | ** Another {{Expy}} is [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=944-overseeing-business constructing a super-weapon to hold the government hostage]]... and force them to lower his taxes. After that, he'll just sell them the weapon, so he figures it's a win-win. |
| 149 | * CutenessProximity: Maroon Jackdaw is [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=786-the-no-plan-option neutralized by a kitten]]. |
| 150 | -->'''Cat-A-Pult:''' If you move you'll wake him up, and that wouldn't be fair to the cuddly little guy, would it?\ |
| 151 | '''Maroon Jackdaw:''' I... Well... Dammit! I'll get you next time! |
| 152 | * DarkAgeOfSupernames: Parodied with [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=172-blast-from-the-past Captain '95]], former member of Bloodsport, the Bloodletters, and Blood Blood Blood. |
| 153 | * DartboardOfHate: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=489-making-friends In Comic 489]], the bar has a dartboard with Astronomous's face on it. |
| 154 | * DeadpanSnarker: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=063-pick-me-up Sarcasmo]]. |
| 155 | -->'''Sarcasmo:''' '''No'''! Don't say it Flying-Fox Man! [[WeakButSkilled Having no powers is what makes you special]]! You are perfect just the way you are.\ |
| 156 | '''Flying-Fox Man:''' [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=496-encouragement Sarcasmo, I will smack you.]] |
| 157 | * DealWithTheDevil: Keith [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=614-corrupting-influence turns one down]] because he's a [[TheSlacker slacker]], and remaking the world in his image would require a lot of work and responsibility. |
| 158 | -->'''Keith:''' Now #$@& off, I'm watching Creator/{{Netflix}}. |
| 159 | * DeathIsCheap: |
| 160 | ** Naturally -- [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=414-grieving it's a Superhero parody, after all]]. |
| 161 | ** And even more lampshaded [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=563-the-death-of-captain-competence further on]]. |
| 162 | --->'''Captain Competence:''' No, I ''was'' dead, now I'm back ''from'' the dead.\ |
| 163 | '''Purple-Costumed Hero:''' Huh... kinda takes away the significance of death, doesn't it?\ |
| 164 | '''Captain Competence:''' But you were '''really''' upset for a second there, weren't you? |
| 165 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Bolfman [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=bolfman-returns tries to escape]] after taking an embarrassing photo of Maroon Jackdaw. Through an airlock. On a space station. |
| 166 | -->'''Maroon Jackdaw:''' Dude! This is a space station. We '''''teleported''''' you here. |
| 167 | * DirtyOldMan: Gyrognome [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=510-gift-fallout seems to fit the type quite well]]. |
| 168 | * DisposableSuperheroMaker: The President expresses a need for SuperSoldiers, but the responding adviser states that this trope is largely in effect, with no predictable means of producing super-powered individuals... except the severely flawed process that created Lazer Pony. Desperate, the President reactivates the project. |
| 169 | * DisproportionateRetribution: |
| 170 | ** It would seem Bad Good Girl will hold a grudge for a ''very'' long time, even though she can't dish out retribution unless she isn't under the halo's influence. In [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=135-retribution "Retribution"]], Lazer Pony spills blueberry juice on Good Girl's shirt, and even apologizes for it; ''two weeks later'', when she isn't wearing her halo, she slugs him in the stomach for it. |
| 171 | ** Josie's grudge against Buckaress stems from the fact that Buckaress has the life that "should be" hers. Even though Buckaress, by her own admission, is an "irresponsible, single waitress with no prospects", while Josie has a loving family and a profitable career.([[http://superredundant.com/?comic=233-confessions Josie seems to envy Buckaress's lack of commitments.]]) |
| 172 | * DistractedByTheSexy: |
| 173 | ** Distracterella's whole superpower. Parodied in the very first comic: [[IgnoreTheFanservice her powers are useless]] against the blind Lazer Pony. It's stated it only works on men, though [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=166-release this comic]] shows it probably also works on bi/lesbian women. |
| 174 | ** Buckaress manages to use it [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=777-the-chase-part-2 to stop a pair of fleeing criminals]]. |
| 175 | --->'''Defendress:''' That's not exactly how I envisioned it...\ |
| 176 | '''Buckaress:''' It worked, didn't it? |
| 177 | * DogWalksYou: Lazer Pony gets this treatment when his dog decided to [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=176-dangerous-lifestyle chase a squirrel]] while out on a walk. |
| 178 | * TheDreaded: |
| 179 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=191-good-cop The Spank helping the interrogation of a Joker expy]]. Later, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=480-intimidation the Spank manages to pull this off]] while just waiting for the bus. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=482-escalation And it seems the poor guy just can't catch a break]]. |
| 180 | ** Lazer Pony becomes one when he is a prison guard later. He [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=655-getting-your-rep deals with]] "Spider", a super-prisoner who doesn't [[DidntThinkThisThrough realize a hero afraid of spiders who can shoot]] EyeBeams is the LAST person [[BullyingADragon you want to pick on.]] |
| 181 | --->'''Prisoner:''' ...And that's why they're rebuilding the East Wing. They say he just walked away like nothing happened. |
| 182 | * DressedLikeADominatrix: In the strip "[[http://superredundant.com/?comic=123-assumptions Assumptions]]", this is used to justify a NotWhatItLooksLike situation. A guy was unknowingly married to a female supervillain, so when he comes home and finds her in dominatrix clothes being tied up by her arch-nemesis, he immediately concludes that she's cheating on him. However, while it explains why ''she's'' dressed like a dominatrix, for some reason the superhero ''also'' dresses in bondage gear, averting the whole SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains angle. |
| 183 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: While Lazer Pony doesn't deserve much respect as a hero, the fact remains that his disability check is the team's primary source of income, and they force him to sleep in a cave in the backyard. |
| 184 | * EasilyElected: In an early strip, alien conquistador Kurgh arrives in Shitropolis and demands the mayor surrender the city to him. The mayor goes one step further and happily makes Kurgh the mayor before vamoosing from the city from not wanting to deal with superhero nonsense anymore. The real kicker? Despite never having stood for election, Kurgh turns out to actually be a pretty good mayor! |
| 185 | * EasilyForgiven: |
| 186 | ** Lazer Pony, Good Girl, and Keith never hold anything against Buckaress for having been a mole at first. (Not that she ever really harmed them by doing so.) |
| 187 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=217-still-in-hiding Keith doesn't hold a grudge]] against Cat-A-Pult and Distracterella for tying him up and locking him in a closet in his underwear for a week. Apparently, the fact that they did the same thing to Good Girl and Buckaress helped, [[AllMenArePerverts to the point that he gives them a free meal as thanks.]] |
| 188 | * EldritchAbomination: A family of them [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=383-insanity come to Earth to "experience the local culture"]], complete with a BrattyTeenageDaughter. |
| 189 | * EmbarrassingDampSheets: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=486-accident Comic 486]]. Flying-Fox Man's butler uses AirQuotes for "Accident" when telling his master that: |
| 190 | -->'''Butler:''' [Young Master Dodo] wet his bed and now he's locked himself in his room out of shame. |
| 191 | * EnfantTerrible: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=561-a-walk-in-the-park Josie's daughter]] picked up some of her magic. It was [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=501-three-women-and-a-baby teased earlier]], though, with the alias "Klarissa the Little Witch-Girl" when she was one year old, and [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=457-eavesdropping even earlier]] when she turned their cat pink. |
| 192 | * EpicFail: |
| 193 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=086-out-ranked Lazer Pony gets caught by the Cub-scouts for forgetting to pay for a snicker bar]]. |
| 194 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=241-cook-off Buckaress]] [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=265-toasty trying to cook]] is sure to go up in flames. She's so bad at it that she [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=370-making-breakfast doesn't even need to be the one cooking for it to go up in flames]]. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=495-full-circle Even mentioning cooking around her is]] PlayingWithFire. |
| 195 | ** Buckaress [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=359-improbable-outcome trying to throw something]] usually ends this way, but only until she's [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=475-the-last-straw pushed far enough]]. |
| 196 | * EquippableAlly: Lazer Pony. There's a reason his helmet includes handle-bars for his teammates to grab.... |
| 197 | * EtiquetteNazi: Snob Goblin, a supervillain who attacks any offensive celebrities (extreme artist, trashy starlet, internet pornographer), objects to super-heroines wearing sexualized outfits, and scolds you for harsh language while rampaging around. |
| 198 | * EvilLawyerJoke: These were all over the place during Good Girl's "trial", the prosecutor clearly a devil and the judge a ultra-conservative extremist. |
| 199 | ** When Josie and Stephen get invited to a party for Super-Villains he assumes it's because of her antics as the Desperate Housewitch. Turns out it's because he represented the host in court. |
| 200 | * EvilGloating: Subverted; even supervillains can suffer low self-esteem. |
| 201 | * ExactWords: After becoming mayor, Kurgh concedes that his old battle axe has no place in politics. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=207-adapting Guns, on the other hand...]] |
| 202 | * ExplainExplainOhCrap: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=267-reactions "The troupe of superpowered opera singers cruise just arrived [...] a supertanker filled with sneezing powder capsized near the docks"]] [[OhCrap Uh oh...]] |
| 203 | * ExposedToTheElements: |
| 204 | ** Buckaress orders a special costume so that she doesn't freeze in the winter. Unfortunately, while [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=204-seasonal-apparel the shorts and gloves appear to have a warm lining, the outfit as a whole is almost as skimpy as her regular outfit]]. |
| 205 | ** Given that Distracterella's costume consists of pasties and BodyPaint, she probably feels this in the winter. |
| 206 | * ExpressiveMask: Many examples, prominently Lazer Pony and Distracterella (assuming that Distracterella is actually ''wearing'' a mask rather than more BodyPaint). |
| 207 | * {{Expy}}: Plenty all over the place. |
| 208 | ** One [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=064-bar-of-justice particular example stands out]] when Lazer Pony is drinking with a Spider-Man and Batman expy: |
| 209 | -->'''Arachnid Dude:''' My life suuuuucks! No job, no money, no apartment and the woman I love won't talk to me [[ComicBook/OneMoreDay because I sold our marriage to the devil.]]\ |
| 210 | '''Flying-Fox Man:''' [[ComicBook/TheJoker My archnemesis]] [[ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily beat my sidekick to death with a crowbar.]] |
| 211 | ** [[AgentMulder Murdoch]] [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=602-the-fbis-most-unwanted is having trouble getting]] [[AgentScully Sinclair]] to take his [[Series/TheXFiles search for aliens]] seriously -- in a city with at least 30 known aliens, including the mayor. |
| 212 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=606-your-average-pitch-meeting Parasol Corp]], an obvious riff on Franchise/ResidentEvil's Umbrella Corp. They're even making zombies for no rational reason. |
| 213 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=651-who-watches-the-time-men The "Time-Men"]] are a take on the Watchmen [[spoiler:and one of them can literally go back in time to undo the evil scheme of a villain who claimed to have already won minutes earlier.]] |
| 214 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=672-looking-for-assistance Paranormal]] [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=675-you-rang specialists]] include [[ComicBook/DoctorStrange Dr Odd, M.D.]], [[ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} Zatan-Anne]], [[ComicBook/JohnConstantine Caligula]] and [[ComicBook/{{Etrigan}} Janus de Sang]]. |
| 215 | ** And in a non-fiction version, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=672-rant-man this conspiracy theorist]] is an obvious TakeThat at Alex Jones. |
| 216 | ** Literature/HerculePoirot shows up in a [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=604-murder-mystery murder mystery]] (aptly titled "Murder Mystery"). |
| 217 | * ExtremeDoormat: A possible explanation for the Banana and the Spank. We're told that both are among the city's greatest heroes, but neither one has ever said or done anything [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome on-panel]]. When the mayor attempts to introduce them to one another, they just stand and stare at one another motionless until the building closes. |
| 218 | * EyeBeams: Lazer Pony has them. Once an alien race uses him as their special anti-invasion weapon -- and it works. |
| 219 | * EyesOutOfSight: Lazer Pony has hair covering his eyes the very rare times we see him out of costume. As he's blind it's hardly a hindrance, though he would fit in the dumbass category anyway. And since his EyeBeams power had burned out his eyes five years ago, it's probably best they aren't visible. |
| 220 | * FaceHeelTurn: Distracterella started out as a crimefighter, using her charm to disable crooks. Unfortunately, she got tired of cops being equally turned into drooling idiots when arriving on site and allowing the crooks to flee. She eventually got fed up and turned villain instead. Later strips additionally reveal that she was a member of the [=LoSRHs=] but turned to villainy after Lazer Pony rejected her. |
| 221 | * FanDisservice: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=049-candybar-incident Lazer Pony walks around naked thinking he's alone in the house]]. |
| 222 | * FantasticRacism: |
| 223 | ** Toward [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=125-visitation the entire Milky Way Galaxy]], at that. He later [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=140-bad-neighborhood locks the doors of their ship when another alien offers help]]. |
| 224 | --->'''Red Alien:''' Um... of course I don't think you all are a bunch of inferior, thieving life forms. Uh, I mean, [[SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX some of my best friends are Milkys]]--\ |
| 225 | '''Green Alien:''' '''Dude'''! |
| 226 | ** Conversely, [[Series/TheXFiles Murdoch]] is convinced that the only ''real'' aliens are "all [[TheGrays small and gray]] and [[GovernmentConspiracy conspire with the government]]". |
| 227 | ** Nobody will look twice if you got your powers from radiation, government experiments, or being natural to your species. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=736-secret-origins But if you were born with them]], you get the ''X-Men'' treatment. |
| 228 | * FantasticallyIndifferent: LP as been abducted by aliens so many times that [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=596-nothing-new-under-the-sun his only reaction to being beamed aboard a spaceship]] by a [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Picard]] {{expy}} is "Go easy on the tentacles this time, please." |
| 229 | * FlockOfWolves: Inverted [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=931-under-cover here]], as a bank was '''filled''' with superheroes in their civilian identities who are unable to intervene in a bank robbery because of all the "normal" people in the bank with them. |
| 230 | * FlyingBrick: Being a superhero parody, there are a lot of background supers with the classic generic powerset. The most notable ones are the Superman {{Captain Ersatz}}es Asstronomous and Sarcasmo, as well as Lazer Pony's girlfriend [[ParodySue Mary Sue]]. |
| 231 | * FollowingInRelativesFootsteps: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=371-legacy Nightwalker II]], who's actually just being the legacy of his dad because it keeps him happy, and because it's a living while he's doing a paleontology doctorate. |
| 232 | * ForcedTransformation: Maroon Jackdaw transforms Asstronomous's head into a donkey's to punish him for repeatedly annoying the superheroines at the Bar of Justice. (Eventually he reverses the condition by going back in time, getting a DNA sample from himself, cloning his body, and transferring his mind to the clone. Which to him, was less trouble than promising not to do it again, which would have convinced Jackdaw to undo it herself.) |
| 233 | * FramingTheGuiltyParty: |
| 234 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=037-dirty-hero Gyrognome does it, multiple times,]] [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=286-city-guardian going overboard every single time]]. |
| 235 | ** He falls prey to some AdviceBackfire [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=089-prosicution when he encourages Lazer Pony to lie on the stand]]. |
| 236 | * FreudianExcuse: Turns out that [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=445-childhood-trauma Buckaress has one]] [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl when it comes to throwing well]]. |
| 237 | * FrivolousLawsuit: After [[TookALevelInBadass Taking a Level in Badass]], [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=529-guardian-angel Good Girl]] is [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=531-help-wanted being sued by "religion" for trademark infringement and IP theft]]. Cue [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=533-attorneys-at-law Nelson & Murdock]] {{Expy}}. |
| 238 | * FullFrontalAssault: Distracterella's "costume" is actually nothing more than pasties and body paint. |
| 239 | * FunWithAcronyms: |
| 240 | ** The eponymous league is often shortened to "[=LoSRH=]", including in-universe. Which, naturally, sounds like "losers". |
| 241 | ** Also, the "Brotherhood of Adversaries and Deliciously Devious Intentionally Evil Supervillains", or B.A.D.D.I.E.S. for short. |
| 242 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=439-dissatisfaction Buckaress's new superhero outfit]] comes equipped with Personal Lightweight Omnidirectional Tactical armor. PLOTArmor for short. |
| 243 | * GenderFlip: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=322-earth-11-section-63 This strip]] suggests there's an entire AlternateUniverse where ''everyone's'' gender is flipped. |
| 244 | * GirlOnGirlIsHot: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=507-mornin Keith certainly thinks so]]. |
| 245 | * GlamourFailure: An alien infiltrator attempts to blend in with a PerceptionFilter making it appear like an elementary school girl... but [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=756-secret-invasion still leaves the tracks of a creature the size and weight of a bipedal rhino]]. |
| 246 | * GlassCannon: Lazer Pony is skinny, [[TheKlutz accident-prone]] and [[ExtremeDoormat a pushover]], but his power [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=527-armageddon overshadows]] [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=595-certain-defeat#comment-280474 the A-listers.]] |
| 247 | * GoKartingWithBowser: |
| 248 | ** Bad Good Girl, Buckaress and Distracterella having drinks at a bar, talking about their love life problems. |
| 249 | ** Lazer Pony and Cat-A-Pult are good friends, having pizzas before ''Franchise/StarTrek'' reruns and [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=141-unexpected-meeting pranking Asstronomous]]. |
| 250 | ** Josie's not really that serious of a supervillain to begin with, getting into mostly out of boredom and jealously of Buckaress, but [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=483-out-of-the-darkness after her latest supervillain moment, she and Buckaress and Alex go out for drinks]]. |
| 251 | * GodzillaThreshold: When a Joker expy forces Flying-Fox Man's hand, he calls in TheDreaded last-resort option: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=191-good-cop The Spank]]. Last resort because Flying-Fox Man is also affected by The Spank's powers while the Joker expy spills the beans. |
| 252 | * GoodGuyBar: The Bar of Justice, though it seems a few bad guys are patrons too. |
| 253 | * GrapplingHookPistol: Given the high super population of Shitropolis, you can find those in nearly every convenience store. The [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Grapple Guns]] are [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=359-improbable-outcome the highest recommended variety]]. |
| 254 | * GreenEyedMonster: |
| 255 | ** Buckaress's best friend from high school took up magic and supervillainy because she's jealous of (what she imagines is) [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=233-confessions Buckaress's carefree lifestyle]] as a beloved superhero. |
| 256 | ** Distracterella, in spite of never getting Lazer Pony's attention, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=159-jealousy-reflex tries to ruin his budding relationship with Mary Sue]]. |
| 257 | * GroinAttack: Gyrognome has an habit of punching Lazer Pony there. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=129-the-attachment Wearing cups only makes things worse]]. |
| 258 | * GroundhogDayLoop: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=739-groundhog Subverted]]. |
| 259 | -->'''Keith:''' You're not in a time loop. This job just reaaaally sucks. |
| 260 | * HatOfFlight: The Evil Savant's [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=009-helmocopter propeller beanie]] can fly, although he's only used it once so far. |
| 261 | * HaveAGayOldTime: [[GenreSavvy They know it happens with]] [[HumanPopsicle cryogenically frozen heroes]], [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=295-translation-error and try to avoid it]]. |
| 262 | -->'''The Gay Basher:''' Can I still throw around my trademark "Gaymakers"?\ |
| 263 | '''Bureaucrat:''' This might take a while. |
| 264 | * HaveYouTriedRebooting: Well, you should. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=779-hotline Even with Murderbots on a rampage]]. |
| 265 | * HeartIsAnAwesomePower: |
| 266 | ** Cat-A-Pult's power to levitate cats starts becoming very handy once he [[DuctTapeForEverything duct-tapes cats to everything he owns]]. With enough duct tape and a few unusually docile cats, he's even [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=141-unexpected-meeting pranked A-list superhero Asstronomous]] and [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=145-hold-up held up a bank]]. |
| 267 | ** The one hero who received first a ring with the power of flight (except only the ring flies, which is extremely painful if worn on a finger) and then an helmet that turns invisible (the helmet, not the wearer) manages to catch bad guys by combining the two, and [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=560-the-next-step slug them with an invisible, flying helmet]]. |
| 268 | * HeelFaceBrainwashing: It seems that Good Girl is [[BlessedWithSuck stuck with this]], with the halo forcing her to be positive, friendly and cheerful all the time. |
| 269 | * HeroInsurance: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=202-double-trouble Lazer Pony has one]]. Too bad it mostly covers damage to blimps. |
| 270 | * HeroWithAnFInGood: The main cast, who want to do good but are too lazy, self-centered, and/or incompetent to pull it off. |
| 271 | * HilaritySues: |
| 272 | ** In one StoryArc, Good Girl is sued for copyright infringement by "Religion" after developing an angel-like SuperMode. |
| 273 | ** {{Defied}} in a non-arc strip. A doctor uses this as part of InsaneTrollLogic to get out of treating a cancer patient: chemo might give him superpowers, which he might not like, which he might sue the hospital over. |
| 274 | * HillbillyMoonshiner: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=791-dire-warning One dabbling in a bit of meth cooking too.]] |
| 275 | * HoistbyHisOwnPetard: Distracterella's gang manages to rob a bank, get away with the loot, and humiliate Asstronomous by causing him to crash into a building. Unfortunately for them, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=149-consequences this gets them upgraded]] from the "Ignore List" to the "Top Priority List". Oops. |
| 276 | * HollywoodLaw: The writer of the "GG gets sued" arc openly admitted that he knows nothing of real legal procedure, and it shows. Lampshaded in [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=537-the-decider 537]]. |
| 277 | -->'''Lawyer:''' '''Objection!''' This is not a criminal case! This is not how court works.\ |
| 278 | '''Judge:''' '''Overruled!''' I'm the judge, I do what I want. |
| 279 | * HomeEarlySurprise: In [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=123-assumptions "Assumptions"]], a husband comes home early to find his wife in the bedroom wearing a kinky outfit and being tied up by a strange man also in a kinky outfit; despite her protests that it's NotWhatItLooksLike, he walks out on her. The final panel reveals that it really ''wasn't'' what it looked like: she's a supervillain, and her husband walked in on her being captured by her superhero archnemesis. |
| 280 | * HughMann: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=302-undercover Private Zoolkor Lizardface-Humankiller]] gets assigned a new name for their infiltration mission to Earth - ''Mary'' Lizardface-Humankiller. |
| 281 | * HulkingOut: [[{{Expy}} Bulk]], obviously. |
| 282 | * HypocriticalHumor: Buckaress ridicules Keith watching the news because it's nothing but "[[CouldThisHappenToYou fear-mongering]] and [[YetAnotherBabyPanda fluff pieces]]", then sits next to him and [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=511-slow-invasion starts reading celebrity gossip on her iPad]]. |
| 283 | * ICallItVera: Kurgh the Conqueror's battleaxe is called "Elza", as can attest the plaque above his mayoral desk. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=207-adapting Not that he's using it any more]] -- since Shitropolis politics require ''heavy firepower'' instead. |
| 284 | * ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin: The chicken recipe that was so impossibly delicious that the owners of the brand were able to effectively become the government. [[spoiler:Downplayed, because while the secret ingredient isn't heroin, it ''is'' cocaine.]] |
| 285 | * IdiotHero: ''Oh so many.'' Lazer Pony stands out among them with a licensed therapist confirming his lower-than-average intelligence as his greatest hurdle. A later strip [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=132-examination where LP is the victim of]] an AlienAbduction confirms it. |
| 286 | * IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: |
| 287 | ** ''Shitropolis''. There's a name that just screams "high standard of living." Ironically, there isn't much cussing in the strip otherwise. |
| 288 | ** And then they decided to take a bus [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=789-on-the-bus to a place called Nowheresville]]... |
| 289 | * IHaveYourWife: Buckaress was ForcedIntoEvil because Evil Savant's gang was [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=040-old-enemies holding her cat Missy hostage.]] After Buckaress rescued Missy because Cat-A-Pult brought the cat along while visiting Lazer-Pony, she quit spying on the League. |
| 290 | * ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Distracterella [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=108-backstory has an unrequited crush on Lazer Pony]], because (being blind) he is unaffected by her power. Of course, the reason he never reciprocated her feelings was that [[spoiler: Bad Good Girl [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=111-meddling told him that Distracterella was ugly]] back when she was part of the team]]. |
| 291 | * ImprobableAimingSkills: Made even more improbable when it's Cat-A-Pult's cats [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=153-fool-me-once doing the aiming]]. |
| 292 | * ImpossibleHourglassFigure: After a few years of ArtEvolution, the women in the strip have been upgraded to this. While not exactly skinny to begin with, mr.Sausage has been giving them more prominent hips. Eva is a particularly busty example, but Good Girl is quite curvy as well, and even the much slimmer Alex is nicely shaped. Examples [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=505-promenade here]] and [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=683-utilitarian here]] - compare this [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=047-hot-and-steamy to Buckaress in an early strip]]. We're still seeing the art evolve; as of mid-2017, Buckaress is starting to spill over the top of her costume. |
| 293 | * ImStandingRightHere: |
| 294 | -->'''Snob Goblin:''' You two are aware I can hear you, right? |
| 295 | * INeedToGoIronMyDog: Humble Bee gives Lazer Pony the perfect excuse to turn down Distracterella in [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=109-best-pals "Best Pals"]]. |
| 296 | * INeverSaidItWasPoison: When [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=1018-accusatory-accusations Defendress]] points out to the prison warden how suspicious it is that every known supervillain to use narradium has successfully been imprisoned at the same time, he complains that the only thing he finds suspicious is Defendress for making accusations against him. When Defendress notes that she never accused him of anything, he suddenly becomes nervous. |
| 297 | * InnerMonologue: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=366-internal-monologue Rather common among supers, according to Arachnid Dude's psychiatrist]]. |
| 298 | * InnocentFanserviceGirl: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=048-boobie-cam Good Girl]], although it could be her bad-girl persona leaking through. |
| 299 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: Buckaress falls afoul of this [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=571-lasagna when asking if she's meeting Alex's sister or "sista"]]. |
| 300 | -->'''Alex:''' My '''actual''' sister. What's wrong with you?\ |
| 301 | '''Buckaress:''' I'm ''white'' and need things ''explained'' to me. I thought we'd been over this. |
| 302 | * InsistentTerminology: Flying-Fox Man (a ComicBook/{{Batman}} {{Expy}}) insists he has no sidekick, only "crime-solving junior partners". {{Justified|Trope}}, since anyone mentioned to be his "sidekick" tends to immediately [[ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily get hit with a crowbar]]. |
| 303 | * InstantlyProvenWrong: |
| 304 | ** Gyrognome is showing a couple around one of his rental properties, only for Lazer Pony to send a blast through the house. |
| 305 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=356-reminiscing Mayor Kurgh]] denies that he's "serving" Shitropolis, insisting that he rules it with an iron fist. |
| 306 | --->'''Pamela:''' Mayor Kurgh? Excuse me, but I need your signature on this grant for the [[PreciousPuppies abandoned puppy]] help centre.\ |
| 307 | '''Alien Invader:''' "Iron fist". [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten Riiiight]]...\ |
| 308 | '''Kurgh:''' ''[[SlaveToPR Thanks a lot, Pamela]]''! |
| 309 | * TheInternetIsForPorn: |
| 310 | ** Bolfman_234 got his start in the "photomanipulated superhero trend". When the trend passed, he turned to villainy for better source material. |
| 311 | ** Protocol, an Infopath, can mentally access the Internet. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=671-expanding-roster Naturally, he gets distracted by porn mid-conversation]]. |
| 312 | * ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: One of [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=767-target-practice the laws of the setting]]. An assassin notes that he never misses unless the target is a famous superhero, in which case his shots mysteriously fall to the ground regardless of where he aims. |
| 313 | * IWantGrandkids: Good Girl's sister has multiple children, but Good Girl herself is still single and her mother is getting impatient with that. |
| 314 | * JustInTime: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=084-crime-prevention Mocked]], as the hero saving the day is ThePeepingTom. |
| 315 | * KangarooCourt: Good Girl is put on trial for allegedly stealing "Religion"'s intellectual property. The judge in charge of the case decides the outcome of the trial before it even takes place, and overrules the complaints of Good Girl's lawyers that said case doesn't have a legal basis. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=547-closing After Good Girl's lawyers give a long and detailed speech to the jury]] about why she is innocent, the opposing council's only comment was "Vote in favor of me, or ya'll might go to Hell. Just sayin'." And while the court technically has a jury, the judge attempts to give a verdict without so much as hearing their deliberation. |
| 316 | * KavorkaMan: Lazer Pony is likely the most incompetent hero in the world and a skinny, geeky-looking fellow, yet he and Mary Sue (the hottest babe in the city and the most competent hero) are dating. ''And'' Distracterella has a crush on him. |
| 317 | * KirbyDots: |
| 318 | ** This graphical effect is used, appropriately enough, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=059-changes to illustrate the aura]] of a ComicBook/{{Galactus}} CaptainErsatz. |
| 319 | ** There're also Kirby Dots inside [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=642-ultimate-power the Cosmic Dodecahedron]]. |
| 320 | * KneelBeforeZod: "[[http://superredundant.com/?comic=354-war-of-the-worlds Kneel before Kurgh the Conqueror, worm!]]" |
| 321 | * {{Ladyella}}: Distracterella, of course, spoofing the tendency for this naming convention in superhero stories. |
| 322 | * LegacyCharacter: |
| 323 | ** Exaggerated with Mosquito Man, of which there have been no fewer than [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=412-wildlife 113!]] |
| 324 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=371-legacy The Nightwalker II]], who's working on his thesis, is superheroing to keep his dad, The Nightwalker I, happy. |
| 325 | * LethalChef: Buckaress can set fire to water [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=241-cook-off by trying to boil it]]. Manages to set a ham sandwich on fire. In the middle of the kitchen counter. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=265-toasty By placing a slice of ham on bread.]] She does it to Lazer Pony's waffle mix bowl. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=370-making-breakfast Just by walking in the kitchen to get some coffee.]] And at a sub shop, by [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=393-eat-phresh asking for a sandwich that wasn't on the menu (All she asked for was that they not give her olives)]]. And again at the gym, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=433-denial by taking the pickles off her sub]]. It's gotten to the point where they use it for practical purposes like [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=656-poor-planning lighting a grill by asking her how she wants her steak prepared]] or [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=495-full-circle fighting supervillains]]. The effect becomes so strong that even [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=504-meatballin invoking her name becomes enough to set food on fire]]. |
| 326 | * LetsYouAndHimFight (Marvel Misunderstanding): Parodied [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=133-introductions here]], where two superheroes fight on their first meeting because, well, that's what superheroes ''do''. |
| 327 | * LickedByTheDog: When Keith gets home from his boring desk job through bad weather, complaining about everything when Lazer Pony gives him a hug out of nowhere, thanking Keith for sharing the house with the League. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=500-bad-day Keith brightens considerably.]] |
| 328 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: Lazer Pony lets Good Girl (Distracterella in disguise) down gently after she kisses him, saying that [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=165-perception his mental picture of her]] wouldn't let him pursue her romantically. |
| 329 | * LipstickLesbian: Eva and Alex, although ironically, Eva's sense of modesty comes ''after'' she "comes out" as bisexual. |
| 330 | * LiteralMetaphor: In [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=784-field-trip this strip]] we find that Cat-A-Pult's powers work on ''all'' cats -- including [[MrsRobinson "cougars"]]. |
| 331 | * LockedRoomMystery: A one-off strip [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=604-murder-mystery points out how poorly this genre would fit in a world]] with Supers sporting {{Intangibility}}, [[MindOverMatter Telekinesis]], and {{Teleportation}}. |
| 332 | * LysistrataGambit: A rare case of a lesbian couple playing this trope. With Eva [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=955-implication implying]] she'll withhold sex if Alex doesn't let her have the last piece of pie. |
| 333 | * MadScientist: Mad science is considered [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=780-career-counseling a legitimate field of study]], and there's even a college dedicated to it: Professor Vengeance's School for Misunderstood Geniuses and Thinkers. |
| 334 | * MagicPants: Apparently Bulk has a pair, but he [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=228-fair-warning doesn't always wear it]]... |
| 335 | * MagicVersusScience: If something unexplainable happens during an experiment, it is interpreted as magic. A scientist using magic is considered heretical enough to get them banished from the scientific community, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=735-the-unexplainable even if it was an accident]]. |
| 336 | * MaleGaze: Despite being blind, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=118-going-shopping Lazer Pony still manages to get punished for staring at a woman's breasts]]. |
| 337 | * MassSuperEmpoweringEvent: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=060 With hundreds arguing who's the real deal.]] |
| 338 | * MathematiciansAnswer: Good Girl's response to the question of whether she was good or bad before getting her powers is "[[http://superredundant.com/?comic=169-inconsistencies Yes]]". |
| 339 | * MayorPain: When a supervillain broke into the Shitropolis mayor's office and demanded control of the city, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=124-politics the elected mayor gleefully agreed and ran off.]] On a positive note, the new supervillain mayor is pretty dedicated to making the city function smoothly. |
| 340 | * MeanBoss: Keith, who tazers anyone at his office who tries to sneak a few extra minutes to their break. |
| 341 | * MiseryPoker: |
| 342 | ** Parodied when Lazer Pony once plays it with {{exp|y}}ies of ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' and ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''. |
| 343 | --->'''Arachnid Dude:''' My life suuuuuucks. No job, no money, no apartment and the woman I love won't talk to me because [[ComicBook/OneMoreDay I sold our marriage to the devil]].\ |
| 344 | '''Flying-Fox Man:''' My archnemesis [[ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily beat my sidekick to death with a crow-bar]].\ |
| 345 | '''Lazer Pony:''' Because of my blindness, I constantly stub my pinky-toes against chairs.\ |
| 346 | '''Arachnid Dude:''' Oooouch.\ |
| 347 | '''Flying-Fox Man:''' Those are the worst. |
| 348 | ** LP "loses" [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=254-bar-buddies the next round when his girlfriend shows up]], though. |
| 349 | * MissXPun: The minor supervillain Miss Stress not only has an appropriately [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast stressful-sounding name for a villain]], but she is also introduced in the comic "[[http://superredundant.com/?comic=123-assumptions Assumptions]]", in which her husband assumes that she is involved in an affair, i.e. a mistress. |
| 350 | * MostCommonSuperpower: |
| 351 | ** Good Girl, [[MsFanservice Buckaress]], and of course [[MsFanservice Distracterella]]. Buckaress and Distracterella getting extra points for that also being their ''only'' superpower (unless there's something super about the [[LethalChef bizarre ways that Buckaress can set food on fire]]). As the art style changed, Buckaress was drawn to be the "most powerful" in this regard. |
| 352 | ** In Good Girl's case, this "power" seems enhanced when she becomes an actual angel. |
| 353 | ** This is literally one of Mary-Sue's powers. She can eat all she likes but she'll never gain any weight, aside from her boobs getting bigger. |
| 354 | * MuggedForDisguise: In one arc, while they are on the run, Cat-A-Pult, Distracterella and Evil Savant disguise themselves as the main characters (minus Lazer Pony) and lock the BoundAndGagged Good Girl, Keith, Gyrognome and Buckaress in their closet. Lazer Pony remains oblivious the whole time. |
| 355 | * MugglesDoItBetter: Sure magic can do all kinds of cool things, but it [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=633-hogsworths-finest takes longer to activate]] in combat than a good old-fashioned gun. |
| 356 | * MundaneUtility: |
| 357 | ** Cat-A-Pult [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=095-streamlined straps common household items to the felines]] so he can just levitate them wherever he needs to. |
| 358 | ** A one-off has a MadScientist create a FreezeRay... [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=154-progress so he can keep the pillow cool at night]]. |
| 359 | ** Turns out {{Flying Brick}}s are a very cost-effective mean of [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=589-space-program-part-1 putting satellites in orbit]] and [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=590-space-program-part-2 cleaning orbital debris]]. |
| 360 | ** One guy looks like he's being set up as a super villain, creating an army of obedient SuperSoldiers. But it turns out he's just using them to deliver packages at impressive speeds. |
| 361 | * MustHaveCaffeine: Or "Latte" as the Pumpkin-Spice Zombies [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=591-the-perils-of-autumn insist on.]] |
| 362 | * {{Narrator}}: The Narrator is an actual character, a crazy young woman who is typically locked in the asylum. |
| 363 | * NeckLift: Snob Goblin lifts Alex by the neck during their fight, while flying above the ground to boot. |
| 364 | * NeverRecycleYourSchemes: Not doing the same scheme twice whether or not it works is required by [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=785-play-it-again union rules]] apparently. |
| 365 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=651-who-watches-the-time-men Be careful about gloating you already won]] -- you never know when a time-based hero can turn that into your defeat. |
| 366 | * NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Josie's army of [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=465-challenge-issued Mummy-Ninjas]]. |
| 367 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: |
| 368 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=1068-no-political-pundits-were-harmed-during-the-production-of-this-strip One strip]] directly references the trope in its title, using a parody of a Fox News Channel political pundit. |
| 369 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=1073-tech-billionaire This tech billionaire]], who is presumably a parody of Elon Musk. |
| 370 | * NoJustNoReaction: Word-for-word [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=189-interview-process from Asstronomous]] regarding the prospect that Banana Man join the Power Group. |
| 371 | * NoManShouldHaveThisPower: After acquiring a set of RealityWarper gauntlets, the heroes decide that no one can handle this power and use the gauntlets one last time to destroy both the gauntlets and all knowledge of how to create them. |
| 372 | * NoNameGiven: |
| 373 | ** A variant. Alex's superhero name was not revealed until comic 586. She was first revealed to be a superhero in comic 323 (and first seen in costume in comic 325). Lampshaded when [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=516-paying-attention Buckaress forgets and defends herself by saying that Alex doesn't say it very often.]] |
| 374 | ** Good Girl's real name. The closest we get is in her origin, where it's revealed to be someone else. |
| 375 | * NonIndicativeName: Flying-Fox Man's hero name can be misleading. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=492-presupposition No, he cannot actually fly.]] |
| 376 | * NoodleImplements: "[[http://superredundant.com/?comic=253-problem-solvers Well... we were out of bendy straws, and it kinda escalated from there...]]" |
| 377 | * NoSuchThingAsWizardJesus: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=977-outsider-observations Keith]] lampshades the fact that gods from different myths are proven to exist and walk among mortals every day, ''except'' for the ones people actively worship. |
| 378 | * NotAMask: After vanquishing Snob Goblin, Defendress assumes he's wearing a mask (since otherwise, all of his "superpowers" are revealed to be coming from technological gizmos) and tries a DramaticUnmask, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=361-disarmament except his green-goblin face happens to be his real one.]] |
| 379 | * NotDistractedByTheSexy: An odd side-effect of Lazer Pony's power rendering him blind -- which is also why Distracterella [[ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou is attracted to him]]. |
| 380 | * NothingCanStopUsNow: The Demon Lord Hexagon proudly claims "And now ''nothing'' in the world can stop me..." just after having explained how he cut the power of Good Girl's halo in half. Too bad this gives her exactly the hint she needed to counter him. |
| 381 | * NotWhatItLooksLike: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=123-assumptions Miss-stress' husband leaves her]] when he catches The Spank tying her up. |
| 382 | * ObstructiveBureaucrat: LP [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=575-paperwork runs into one]]. |
| 383 | -->'''Bureaucrat:''' All of our policies are terrible. It brings us joy. |
| 384 | * ObviouslyEvil: "Religion"'s lawyer at Good Girl's trial is a clear stand-in for {{Satan}}. |
| 385 | * OhCrap: Cat-A-Pult is thrilled that the bank heist went off without a hitch. Then Asstronomous swears on television that he's coming after his gang. |
| 386 | -->'''Cat-A-Pult:''' What smells like urine? |
| 387 | * OhNoNotAgain: Multiple: |
| 388 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=115-the-morning-after Poor Distracterella]]... also a case of WhatDidIDoLastNight. |
| 389 | ** "Oh dear, I see young master Dodo got frozen in ice... again." |
| 390 | * OneSteveLimit: Multiple: |
| 391 | ** Present after a CorruptCorporateExecutive [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=060 dumps toxic waste in a swamp]]. |
| 392 | --->'''Reporter:''' Today, court continues to struggle with the biggest legal case in Shitropolis history. Where literally, hundreds of citizens are competing to trademark the name "Mosquito-Man". |
| 393 | ** Apparently, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=187-theistic-debate mixing pantheons]] is a bad idea. |
| 394 | * OneWordTitle: A few comics: |
| 395 | ** The ones called "Consequences": |
| 396 | *** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=149-consequences Strip 149]], about the consequences of Cat-A-Pult and his gang's bank robbery. |
| 397 | *** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=208-consequences Strip 208]], about using an untested JetPack, and shows the need for testing. |
| 398 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=914-charging "Charging"]], where Good Girl is making a ChargedAttack or something similar. |
| 399 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=915-trust "Trust"]], where the rest of the protagonists are trusting that Good Girl is doing something helpful. |
| 400 | * OnlySaneMan: Todd, though unfortunately, due to living in a place like Shitropolis, he gets in trouble for it: |
| 401 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=620-the-adventures-of-todd-episode-1 When "Xander" states that he is under psychic attack, Todd points out that he just making stupid faces]] |
| 402 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=621-the-adventures-of-todd-episode-2 He points out that the technology they have that lets them go into people's minds should be used more often, as there are a lot of dangerous people in the world and knowing their secrets would be good for security, he also asks why someone else's subconscious looks just like their office building, just "darker, with some general weirdness"]] |
| 403 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=622-the-adventures-of-todd-episode-3 He wonders how pointing out how a phasing incident that let you walk through walls, but not have you fall through the floor doesn't make any sense classifies as "a ''negative attitude'' and ''unprofessional'' behavior."]] [[spoiler:He is immediately fired]] |
| 404 | * OtherMeAnnoysMe: The Keith of the main universe is TheSlacker and has no respect whatsoever for the slow-witted Laser Pony. The Keiths of the other parallel universe are loyal sidekicks to the Laser Stallions and put Keith prime down for not being cool enough to be Laser Pony's sidekick. |
| 405 | * OurNudityIsDifferent: Buckaress has such a {{Stripperiffic}} costume that she "feels naked" wearing [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=119-normal an ordinary sweater and jeans.]] |
| 406 | * OutOfFocus: After mr.Sausage was left to continue the strip on his own with most of the strips forming long storylines, many of the recurring characters from the earlier years of the strips have practically disappeared (especially due to the lack of one-off strips amidst the stories): Gyrognome, Mayor Kurgh, Distracterella to name a few. |
| 407 | * OxymoronicBeing: Shitropolis has licensed vigilantes, Defendress being one of them. Vigilantes, by definition, have no legal authority, so if you started licensing them, they would no longer be vigilantes. |
| 408 | * PaintingTheMedium: The characters notice when the comic switches to full color... except Lazer Pony, of course. |
| 409 | * PaletteSwap: A speedster hero complains that [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=470-the-zoom-paradigm a villain is using a palette-swapped version of his costume]], in a parody of ComicBook/TheFlash and Reverse Flash. |
| 410 | -->'''Quickie:''' Dude, '''I'm''' the Quickie; you're not. You can't make your suit exactly the same as mine and just change the colors around a little. You must be the laziest supervillain ever! |
| 411 | * PaperThinDisguise: |
| 412 | ** While hiding out at the Redundants' place from Asstronomous and his allies, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=151-perfect-disguises Cat-A-Pult and his gang dress up as the Redundants]] when the heroes knock on the door, expecting the villains to hide there [[GenreSavvy because it's the last place they'd look, so they looked there first.]] They don't even bother removing their villain suits which they keep under their awful hero disguises. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=153-fool-me-once Even Cat-A-Pult's cats are disguised]]. On the other hand, they have better aim than Buckaress... |
| 413 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=226-guys-night The Spank is even worse]]. |
| 414 | * ParodySue: Mary Sue the FlyingBrick. She used to date Keith but he broke up when he grew bored with how absolutely perfect she is in every way. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=163-likabillity She has flaws]]. [[InformedFlaw Not that you'd notice...]] Her clumsiness reappears when Asstronomus tries to hit on her, in a CursedWithAwesome way. |
| 415 | * PatchworkMap: Lampshaded when they end up in a fantasy world. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=830-all-the-kingdoms-of-the-world A snowy plane, a desert, a rainforest and an ocean, all right next to each other]]. Makes no sense. |
| 416 | * ThePeepingTom: One hero was JustInTime... but only because [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=084-crime-prevention he'd been peeping on the victim beforehand]]. |
| 417 | * PerpetualFrowner: Flying-Fox Man sure isn't the smiling type. |
| 418 | * PersonOfMassDestruction: Lazer Pony's eye beams have displayed a level of power that eclipses anything shown in the comic, erasing entire prison blocks, city-destroying meteors and entire invading alien armies ''by accident''. Fortunately for the villains of the city he lives in, he is too much of a ditz to use his full might intentionally. |
| 419 | * PillarOfLight: A jab is taken at this trope's overuse in recent Superhero films [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=659-handyman by having a handyman comment on how common the problem is]]. |
| 420 | * PityTheKidnapper: In one arc, Distracterella's gang manages to capture most of the heroes and leave them BoundAndGagged in the closet of their own house, and take their place there. Distracterella hears a lot of things she doesn't like both from talking to him and overhearing his conversations with Mary Sue. (She becomes jealous after hearing he has been on three dates with her, and Bad Good Girl had told him she was ugly.) Eventually after hearing too much, she decides to untie the others and tells her gang they're leaving. ([[http://superredundant.com/?comic=168-unfair Unfortunately for Lazer Pony]], the others do ''not'' accept his blindness as an excuse this time.) |
| 421 | * PlotArmor: |
| 422 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=439-dissatisfaction It's an actual product]], seen under FunWithAcronyms. |
| 423 | ** Flying-Fox Man seems to be [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=767-target-practice using it as well]]. |
| 424 | * PokeThePoodle: |
| 425 | ** Bad Good Girl's idea of being bad is this. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=105-rebellion She's pretty rusty from lack of practice]]. |
| 426 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=566-a-cause-for-villainy Her later efforts aren't that much better]], falling under AccidentalHero for her efforts. |
| 427 | ** Josie, the Witch that fancies herself as Buckaress's nemesis starts the hostilities by... preventing her coffee from cooling. She then steps up the game with flying spatulas and inflicting athlete's foot. |
| 428 | * PoliceCodeForEverything: After Good-Girl gets a twin (long story), she applies for a separate ID. As this is a CityOfAdventure, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=737-formalities the clerk's only question was if she's the result of cloning, magic, or other]]. |
| 429 | -->'''Good Girl:''' Whoa! Do you really have a form for that?\ |
| 430 | '''Clerk:''' We are the [[VastBureaucracy Central Bureaucracy]]. We have a form for ''[[CrazyPrepared everything]]''. |
| 431 | * ThePornomancer: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=510-gift-fallout Gyrognome gets a mother to exclaim that she's hated kids all along]], just after she'd chewed him out for being a BadSanta('s elf). |
| 432 | * PostKissCatatonia: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=288-protection Distracterella's kiss is just as distracting as her looks.]] |
| 433 | * PowerIncontinence: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=039-we-need-duct-tape Lazer Pony sneezing]], among other things. |
| 434 | * ThePowerOfFriendship: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=934-power-boost Not something that exists]] in this setting, as discovered by a WrongGenreSavvy would be hero. |
| 435 | * PowerPerversionPotential: Not so much sexual perversion, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=373-causality but using FlashyTeleportation to make others think]] you've been sent to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong is definitely an abuse of it. |
| 436 | * PowersViaPossession: It is heavily implied that Good Girl's powers are drawn from angel possession. |
| 437 | * PreAsskickingOneLiner: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=130-common-problem There's a]] [[TropaholicsAnonymous support group for it]]. |
| 438 | * PresidentSuperhero: Mayor Kurgh is an alien warrior who actually conquered Shitropolis in an AlienInvasion, but has overall turned out to be a better mayor than the guy he replaced. One surmises a city with more supers per city block than Marvel's New York needs a super to run it properly. |
| 439 | * ProperlyParanoid: Lazer Pony feels like Gyrognome is stalking him due to being late on his rent, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=432-paranoia saying as much to the psychiatrist]], who reassures him [[FalseReassurance that he's not going crazy]]. |
| 440 | * PubertySuperpower: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=026-gyrognome-origin Gyrognome]]'s superpowers first arose at age 112. Apparently, gnomes live a long time. |
| 441 | * PublicDomainCharacter: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=783-heroes-of-old Legendary hero Achilles]] from ''Literature/TheIliad'' is reborn in modern times to uphold justice. To bad he's introducing himself as such, and that everybody knows about his AchillesHeel. |
| 442 | * {{Pun}}: Done a lot. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=057-punishment The Punishment]] tries to stop this, [[IResembleThatRemark but his name]]... |
| 443 | * PunchCatch: Mary-Sue can catch Apocalizard's fist [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=466-gesture casually and without looking]], despite the supervillain being three times her size. |
| 444 | * PunchClockVillain: Supervillainy is more of a hobby for Josie than anything. She antagonizes Buckaress out of jealousy, but isn't evil or [[PokeThePoodle even particularly malicious]] most of the time. |
| 445 | * PunctuatedForEmphasis: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=367-parting OH. MY. GOD!]], says Keith, after Alex cheek kisses Eva. |
| 446 | * PunnyName: |
| 447 | ** The acronym for the eponymous league: [=LoSRH=]. |
| 448 | ** Flying-Fox Man, the resident Batman expy. "Flying fox" is another name for a genus of bats. |
| 449 | * RageQuit: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=332-anger When Bulk rage-quits, you can expect property damage.]] |
| 450 | * RealityWarper: Narradium is a special substance that allows its users to warp reality. The Censor, one of the supervillains that uses it, is able to [[CessationOfExistence erase people out of existence]] and create {{Pocket Dimension}}s. |
| 451 | * ReallyGetsAround: Buckaress when she was younger. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=040-old-enemies "How many boyfriends have you stolen!?"]] |
| 452 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[ActionPolitician Kurgh the Conqueror]] seems to be the only person able to somehow handle the awful mess that is Shitropolis. |
| 453 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: When Good Girl's eyes turn red and her halo is removed, that means Bad Good Girl is in control. |
| 454 | * ReedRichardsIsUseless: |
| 455 | ** What does the resident ComicBook/DoctorStrange expy do with his newly discovered Philosopher's Stone? He [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=613-divine-power uses it to turn water into wine and get drunk]]. |
| 456 | ** Mister Doctor, whose powers can instantly heal anybody of anything, would [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=186-old-dreams rather be a superhero than a doctor]]. |
| 457 | ** At [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=948-civic-duty one point]], a WeatherManipulation heroine is used to counter global warming. |
| 458 | * RelationshipSabotage: Back when Distracterella was part of the [=LoSRH=]s, Bad Good Girl told Lazer Pony that she was ugly just to screw her out of a date. Later on, Distracterella [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=159-jealousy-reflex tries to ruin]] Mary Sue's date with LP out of jealousy, but it doesn't work. |
| 459 | * ReligionOfEvil: There is a group of cultists who worship the demon lord, Hexagon. |
| 460 | * RememberedTooLate: The heroes [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=1066-lets-be-hasty remember that]] they could have used the RealityWarper gauntlets to put Snob Goblin back in prison ''after'' they've already destroyed them because they thought that NoManShouldHaveThisPower. |
| 461 | * RequiredSecondaryPowers: |
| 462 | ** Most heroes seem to have them, with [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=131-physics the exception of Bulk]]. |
| 463 | ** Lack of immunity to his own eye-lasers is also the reason Lazer Pony is blind. |
| 464 | * TheResenter: Buckaress feels like a screwup on learning that her best friend, Josie Perkins, is married to a successful man and having a baby, while Buckaress just lives off of Lazer Pony's rent money accomplishing nothing. And yet, ''Josie'' is the one who feels jealous, because Buckaress isn't weighed down by responsibilities. She proceeds to become a witch and start placing hexes on Buckaress to inconvenience and make her life miserable as "revenge". |
| 465 | * RightBehindMe: Being blind, Lazer Pony should be careful talking about Buckaress's boobs. Especially when she's [[SubvertedTrope right in front of him.]] |
| 466 | * RougeAnglesOfSatin: Artwork is the ''forte'' of the strip's creators. Spelling... not so much. |
| 467 | * RubeGoldbergMachine: They were [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=253-problem-solvers out of bendy straws]], after all. |
| 468 | * RunningGag: Once in a while, [[TemptingFate a male who is not Lazer Pony claims to be immune to]] [[DistractedByTheSexy Distracterella's power]], [[TemptingFate only to be proven wrong as soon as she actually]] ''[[TemptingFate tries]]'' [[TemptingFate to distract him]]. So far this has happened to: |
| 469 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=strip-51 Bolfman_234]], who apparently created "anti-sexiness goggles" for himself and his minions, only to have them crack when he's informed of the [[BodyPaint nature of her suit]]. |
| 470 | ** And [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=148-the-escape Asstronomous]], who instead boasts about his willpower and manages to last one whole panel... until Distracterella removes two of her pasties. |
| 471 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=288-protection Asstronomous does it twice]]. [[GenreSavvy This time his willpower is augmented by anti-sexiness goggles]]. Then Distracterella leaves him catatonic with a kiss. |
| 472 | * SarcasmBlind: Exaggerated with Lazer Pony. You'd think he'd realize that a superhero named "[[DeadpanSnarker Sarcasmo]]" is being sarcastic to him when he says he's a great hero solely because of Sarcasmo's name, but nope. |
| 473 | * SarcasmMode: It's [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=789-on-the-bus a cell phone app]] on Alex's phone. |
| 474 | * SayingTooMuch: The demon lord Hexagon explains that he split Good Girl in two to split her halo and make her unable to use her angelic form. The two Good Girls respond by having one give her halo to the other. |
| 475 | * SchizoTech: Almost anyone can learn magic, and super advanced technology is readily available to anyone that specifically seeks it, but very few people actually understand them, and average tech levels outside of superheroing are equivelant to modern present day. |
| 476 | * TheScottishTrope: Flying-Fox Man is very adamant about always calling his "Crime-Solving Junior Partners" this and nothing else, and certainly never [[spoiler:"sidekicks". [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=126-the-jinx Because that tends to get them killed.]]]] |
| 477 | * SelfServingMemory: We get a peek into [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=165-perception Lazer Pony's mental perception]], where he imagines himself with flowing blond hair and a nice suit (while seeing Good Girl as a child). |
| 478 | * SemanticSuperpower: Cat-a-pult can only levitate cats. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=784-field-trip It turns out]] this applies to ''any'' feline, including lions, tigers, cougars, and "[[StacysMom cougars]]". |
| 479 | * SeriousBusiness: |
| 480 | ** LP and a passerby get into a physical fight [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=569-pitmaster-privilege over whether or not there should be beans in chili]]. |
| 481 | ** In a one-off strip, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=658-relevant-questions-at-causton-cid a woman murdered her neighbor]] for stealing her pie recipe. |
| 482 | ** In a nearby magical world, an addictive chicken recipe somehow caused the entire world to revolve around it and nearly doom their world when a MegaCorp used it to takeover. [[spoiler:{{Justified|Trope}} with the reveal that the batter contains coca leaves, meaning it was closer to a drug empire.]] |
| 483 | * ShaggyDogStory: The very first arc has Lazer Pony and Good Girl trying to stop Distracterella and Evil Savant from destroying a broadcast antenna. Lazer Pony ends up destroying it himself with his bad aim, and then it turns out that the antenna was no longer in use and was due to be taken down the following week anyway, so even if the heroes had thwarted the villains, it still wouldn't have accomplished anything. |
| 484 | * ShipSinking: An InUniverse example [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=111-meddling as Bad Good Girl deliberately sabotaged Distracterella's attempts to get Lazer Pony's affection]] by telling him she's ugly. |
| 485 | * SickeninglySweethearts: Lazer Pony and Mary Sue's relationship has hit this point at times; When Mary gets [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=340-relationship-talk "Couples sweaters"]] for herself and LP, Keith, her ex-boyfriend, goes off to have a post-traumatic breakdown. |
| 486 | * ShoutOut: The webcomic is extremely rich in parodies and shout-outs, especially within the superhero genre. [[ShoutOut/LeagueOfSuperRedundantHeroes They have their own subpage.]] |
| 487 | * ShowDontTell: LP [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=852-to-blindly-follow gets fed up with the trope]] after an extended conversation referencing a pamphlet he can't see. |
| 488 | * SigilSpam: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=605-branding One minion from "Hydralisk"]] wonders if it's a good idea to plaster their brand all over their "secret" bases... including shaping the building itself like said symbol. |
| 489 | * SkirtsAndLadders: In [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=196-togetherness a Christmas strip]], Gyrognome seems to enjoys watching Good Girl setting up the Christmas tree while climbing on a stool. Note that with his size, he probably doesn't need the ladders anyway. |
| 490 | * SkywardScream: |
| 491 | ** Bolfman_234 makes a skyward BigNo when Distracterella destroys the hard drive where he stored all the footage of Good Girl being an InnocentFanserviceGirl. |
| 492 | ** He lets out another one on finding out that Buckaress has switched costumes for a less revealing one. |
| 493 | * SmartPeoplePlayChess: Subverted with expies of [[Film/XMenFilmSeries Charles Xavier and Magneto]]. In the midst of their discussion about humanity, "Xander" admits he has no idea how to actually play chess, while the Magneto expy doesn't even know the game's name. |
| 494 | * SneezeOfDoom: |
| 495 | ** Lazer Pony can lose control of his EyeBeams when he sneezes. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=039-we-need-duct-tape The resulting property damage is impressive.]] |
| 496 | ** On the other hand, he [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=527-armageddon once accidentally saved the city from a huge meteor]] by sneezing, so it evens out. |
| 497 | * SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX: |
| 498 | ** Coupled with some FantasticRacism by an alien [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=125-visitation regarding denizens of the Milky Way galaxy]]. |
| 499 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=1320-sure-is-hot-in-here When Audrey]] is [[RacialTransformation turned into a black woman]] temporarily, she tries to claim it's not offense because she has black friends. |
| 500 | * SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Played with. Lazer Pony asks Cat-a-pult (disguised as Keith) [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=152-identity-test what his real name is]] to prove his identity. When Cat-a-pult says he doesn't know, he accepts it since that's probably what Keith would say. |
| 501 | * SoulCrushingDeskJob: In one strip, a fellow Keith works with is convinced that he's stuck in a GroundhogDayLoop. Keith has to explain to him that it just feels that way because the job sucks so much. |
| 502 | * SpitTake: After Good Girl uses her HolyHalo on a supervillain, her mean personality takes over. [[http://superredundant.com/?p=246 When the halo suddenly comes back,]] she finds herself drinking alcohol and spits it all over Lazer Pony's face. |
| 503 | * SpitTrailKiss: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=165-perception Hard to see,]] but there is a spit trail after Distracterella (disguised as Good Girl) kisses Lazer Pony. |
| 504 | * SpotTheImposter: Done with Good Girl and an imposter [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=202-double-trouble in this strip]]. Unfortunately, the one doing the spotting]] is Lazer Pony, so when he chooses one to shoot he misses entirely and [[EpicFail knocks a blimp out of the air]]. |
| 505 | * SpringtimeForHitler: Bad Good Girl, mad at the good press her other side is getting, goes out and beats up a random happy-looking man. He turns out to be a SerialKiller, and thus, her other side is getting a medal. |
| 506 | * StatingTheSimpleSolution: |
| 507 | ** Hexagon splits Good Girl into two half-power Good Girls so that neither is strong enough to challenge him. Then Good Girl One gives her halo to Good Girl Two. |
| 508 | ** When Josie explains that she can't bring back her fantasy kingdom fortune with her because it's just fantasy fun money, Buckaress points out that it's still ''gold''. She could just melt it down into bars and sell it easily. |
| 509 | * StrawCharacter: The authors are not fond of the American right. |
| 510 | ** The judge in charge of Good Girl's court trial is a conservative religious nut-case who hates liberals and holds a KangarooCourt. |
| 511 | ** A far-right ConspiracyTheorist [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=672-rant-man goes on an insane rant]] against the globalists, accusing them of being behind poor quality post-it notes and wanting to sacrifice children to inter-dimensional vampires. Said vampires have nothing to do with it. |
| 512 | ** Another ConspiracyTheorist [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=792-pressing-questions suspects that]] all the news about superheroes and supervillians isn't real and is part of a globalist conspiracy to manipulate the public. |
| 513 | ** In a strip literally titled [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=945-citizens-united "Citizens United"]], a supervillain tries to take a patent out on ''breathing''. When called on it by the patent officer, [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney the supervillain gets him to sign on with a promise of $10 million for his super PAC]]. |
| 514 | * StrawmanNewsMedia: Cox "News", a parody of the Fox News Channel. They are implied to use AirQuotes on "News" to weasel out of the fact that they are not an actual news agency, but a partisan propaganda network used to manipulate conservatives with disinformation. When a future generation uses a time machine to call the current generation out on ruining the world, they belittle them as rude millennials and demonize liberals as jerks who want to take your money. They also suggest that corporations should have the right to vote and that poor people are not people. They are complete hypocrites who want to lower taxes but only for themselves and end free speech in the name of free speech by making themselves a monopoly. One of their political pundits even privately admits that his accusations about socialists planning to take away free speech and guns are absolute lies and expresses pride in being a liar. |
| 515 | * {{Stripperiffic}}: |
| 516 | ** Distracterella's outfit consists of three pasties and BodyPaint. |
| 517 | ** Buckaress's original cowgirl outfit (which was actually a Halloween costume meant for a small child). She is eventually pushed into wearing something more practical. |
| 518 | * SuperHeroOrigin: Pretty much every variant happens in Shitropolis, which has the [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=205-moving-in highest percentage of superheroes per capita in the country]]. |
| 519 | ** Shown for [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=distracterella-origin Distracterella]], [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=good-girl-origin Good Girl]], [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=strip-6 Lazer Pony]], [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=008-evil-savant-origin The Evil Savant]], [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=011-bolfman-origin Bolfman_234]], [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=013-keith-origin Keith]], [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=026-gyrognome-origin Gyrognome]] and [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=034 Cat-A-Pult]]. |
| 520 | ** Subverted with [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=264-crayfish-cravings The Cray-Crayfish Boy]], who [[spoiler:was merely driven insane from the toxins]]. |
| 521 | ** Subverted and [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] for [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=208-consequences this poor guy]]. |
| 522 | * SuperheroCapitalOfTheWorld: Shitropolis has the highest population of vigilantes in America, to the point of which every hardware store apparently sells [[GrapplingHookGun grappling hook guns]]. |
| 523 | * SuperSerum: Classified as an [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=751-getting-a-boost illegal substance]]. |
| 524 | * SuperSpeed: One of Mary-Sue's numerous superpowers. |
| 525 | * SuperZeroes: The entire cast (save Keith, who's just TheSlacker). Lazer Pony is a well-meaning but incompetent CowardlyLion, Buckaress is a BadassNormal without the badass part (at least a first), and Good Girl is a legitimately great hero... until her halo runs out of battery, at which point she's a jerk. The other supers in town consider them D-List nobodies. |
| 526 | * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: A common form of humor from the strips. For example: |
| 527 | ** A Wolverine {{Expy}} once tries to cling to a wall with his claws. All that it accomplishes is deep scratch marks within the wall due to him being too heavy for his claws to support himself. |
| 528 | ** When the Hulk expy tries to lift something super heavy, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=131-physics he ends up in the ground]], since it isn't strong enough to support all the weight. |
| 529 | ** When Lazer Pony brings in a contractor to see about getting the cave under the house turned into an official command center for the team, the contractor is horrified that there is a giant hole beneath the house and claims they are lucky their house hasn't collapsed without any foundations, before stating he'll have to call it in to get it fixed immediately. |
| 530 | ** When the team gets an alert about a crime in progress on their crime computer, by the time they turn up they find that the crime has long since been taken care of by one of the cities countless other heroes who got the same alert on their own crime computers. |
| 531 | * SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: No, Lazer Pony, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=502-no-worries running through the living room yelling "There's no need to worry! Everything is alright!" is not reassuring]]. |
| 532 | * SwissCheeseSecurity: The Power Group's technological security is pathetic. If any of it [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=1260-tech-support was hooked up to the internet]], some low skilled hacker would probably accidentally end the world messing with their tech. |
| 533 | * TakeThat: |
| 534 | ** Oh so many. Arachnid Dude in particular lampoons ''some'' aspect of ComicBook/SpiderMan literally every time he appears, and Flying-Fox Man relentlessly mocks the fact that ComicBook/{{Batman}} has [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=126-the-jinx gone]] [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=256-advancement through]] [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=413-true-detective multiple]] Robins. |
| 535 | ** A [[RuleOfThree trio of them]] when [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=385-pre-approved Josie and her husband get pre-accepted to "fancy preschools"]]. |
| 536 | *** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=387-genetically-gifted First]] is [[ComicBook/XMen Xander Charles' School for the Genetically Gifted]], where Josie expresses concern over the fact that the school is targeted ''constantly'' by the "Brotherhood of Evil-Something". |
| 537 | *** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=389-wizardry Second]] is [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hogsworth Academy]], where not only do the students learn ''only'' magic to the exclusion of science and math, but there's an entire house filled with ''[[ANaziByAnyOtherName Wizard Nazis]]''. |
| 538 | *** And [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=391-reality last]] is Fancington's, [[NonSequitur a more traditional "fancy pre-school"]]... but with a tuition of $30,000 per year. |
| 539 | ---->'''Stephen:''' Wizard-Nazi school suddenly became more reasonable. |
| 540 | ** [[PillarOfLight Pillars of light]] are so overused that they [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=659-handyman have handymen to take care of them]]. |
| 541 | * TalkingToTheDead: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=276-paying-respects Subverted with Flying-Fox Man]]. Despite being a Batman expy, [[spoiler:his parents are not dead, and when seen talking to a grave under the rain, he is actually making a phone call with an unseen earpiece]]. |
| 542 | * TeleportationMisfire: A nutty scientist manages to use a device to teleport into the team's bathroom, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=306-me-time when Buckaress is using it.]] |
| 543 | * TemptingFate: Often. |
| 544 | ** A man claiming to be able to resist [[DistractedByTheSexy Distracterella's powers]] has reached the status of RunningGag. |
| 545 | ** Lazer Pony stating "Nothing in this universe is going to stop us from enjoying this!" about the concert he's been waiting for a whole year. Cue teleportation to another universe for a cosmic emergency. |
| 546 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=742-the-something-something-menace One villain partakes in]] some EvilGloating, prompting his assistant to call him out on this trope. Cue a superhero coming in and shutting down the device as they discussed it. |
| 547 | --->'''Villain:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I fail to see how that is in any way relevant to our discussion]]. |
| 548 | * ThanksForTheMammaries: One joke that happens due to LP's blindness involves this and Buckaress. (Given her expression, she ''wants'' to knock his teeth out for it, but...) |
| 549 | * ThereAreNoTherapists: |
| 550 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=098-insecurities Averted.]] [[DeadpanSnarker Sarcasmo]] in his civilian identity is a therapist. He accurately diagnoses that Lazer Pony's biggest problem isn't his blindness but his stupidity. |
| 551 | ** [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=336-diagnosis Mayor Kurgh enacts a policy]] that every super should have yearly psych evaluations to determine if there are risks of them turning evil. |
| 552 | * TheyCalledMeMad: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=154-progress The scientist who built a]] FreezeRay [[JustThinkOfThePotential to cool down his pillow.]] |
| 553 | * ThrowTheDogABone: After so long being a ButtMonkey and getting martyred by Gyrognome, Lazer Pony gets a small, although completely involuntary, revenge on the grumpy landlord by having him [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=550-silver-lining slip on ice cream and land painfully]]. |
| 554 | * TitleDrop: Thanks to [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=056-redundant editorial creativity]] from Keith. |
| 555 | * TookALevelInBadass: |
| 556 | ** Buckaress upgrades to a more practical outfit gets over her throwing issues and weaponizes her ability to set food on fire. |
| 557 | ** After performing enough good deeds, Good Girl literally levels up and acquires the ability to transform into an angel. Unfortunately, this causes her halo to run out of power faster. |
| 558 | ** The entire League took a level in competency over time, but especially after the fantasy world arc. They upgraded their base with an up-to-date crimefighting computer and had the fairy--''[[CallAPegasusAHippogriff elf]]'' from the fantasy world act as MissionControl. They even managed to stop a few major supervillains. |
| 559 | * TotallyRadical: After Asstronomous' PR agent expresses his concern over his drop in popularity in the 14-25 demographic, Asstronomous [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=255-image uses this style and speech]] to try and get back their interest. |
| 560 | * TradeSnark: The punchline [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=060 to this strip]], in which hundreds of Shitropolis citizens bitten by radioactive mosquitoes were vying for the same alias. |
| 561 | * TransformationIsAFreeAction: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=257-downtime Played straight and joked about]]. Even though the lengthy transformation time ''isn't'' just artistic license, the bad guys will actually wait for such heroes to finish and [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief won't question it]]. |
| 562 | * TrickDialogue: With a subversion of TalkingToTheDead. Flying-Fox Man being a Batman {{Expy}}, when seen [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=276-paying-respects talking to a grave under the rain]], you'd expect his paying respect to his dead parents. Except his parents are not dead, and he is actually making a phone call to them with an unseen earpiece. (The tomb is the family dog's.) |
| 563 | * TropaholicsAnonymous: Good Girl joins [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=130-common-problem a support group for heroes]] having a problem with their PreAsskickingOneLiner. |
| 564 | * TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: While wanting to dress up as a Superhero is perfectly innocent, ''[[TheDreaded who]]'' the kid [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=280-hero-worship wants to dress as disturbs his mother]]. Even funnier when you realize [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=434-progeny that his dad is Phantom Ghost]]. |
| 565 | * TwistingTheWords: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=541-a-matter-of-perspective The lawyer representing religion]] does this in regards to Good Girl's origin. |
| 566 | * TwoLinesNoWaiting: Early on, the comic alternated between strips that advance a plot arc and ones that are one-shot jokes. |
| 567 | * TwoTimerDate: In a shot at WolverinePublicity, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=593-chance-meeting the unseen "Badger Claw" is discovered to be working on two Super teams]]. |
| 568 | * UnderlingWithAnFInPR: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=356-reminiscing As Mayor Kurgh is talking with a friend]] from his GalacticConqueror days and claiming he's still the merciless dictator from back then, his secretary chooses that precise moment to get some paperwork signed. |
| 569 | -->'''Kurgh:''' I rule this city with an iron fist! This place is trembling in fear under the heel of my spiked boot!\ |
| 570 | '''Pamela:''' Mayor Kurgh? Excuse me, but I need your signature on this grant for the abandoned puppy help centre.\ |
| 571 | '''Alien:''' "Iron fist". Riiiight...\ |
| 572 | '''Kurgh:''' Thanks a lot, Pamela! |
| 573 | * UnnecessaryRoughness: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=542-sportsmanlike It's hard]] to have a normal football game where two thirds of the population have superpowers. |
| 574 | * TheUnpronounceable: The news anchor, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=175-pattern-recognition Paul Quascktranopopolisus]]. The one trying to introduce him quickly gives up and calls him "Paul Guy". |
| 575 | * UnskilledButStrong: Lazer Pony is easily one of the most powerful supers in the comic. But his effectiveness as a hero is hamstrung by his stupidity (blindness is much less of an issue, as his parallel universe analogues show). |
| 576 | * UnspokenPlanGuarantee: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=834-making-plans Discussed by Lazer Pony]], who notes that when everyone is notified of a plan, they never seem to work. |
| 577 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: |
| 578 | ** An office building is staffed with superheroes, but ThoseTwoGuys at the water cooler have no apparent idea despite the PaperThinDisguise they use. |
| 579 | ** Similarly, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=237-no-surprises Josie's husband seems decidedly nonplussed]] by her decision to become a Supervillain. |
| 580 | --->'''Stephen:''' How was your [day]?\ |
| 581 | '''Josie:''' Interesting. I ran into an old friend from high school... and I vowed to become a powerful witch to '''destroy''' her!\ |
| 582 | '''Stephen:''' Yeah, that sounds about right. |
| 583 | *** His logic later gets [[{{Pun}} spelled]] out [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=503-nothing-out-of-the-ordinary more clearly]]. |
| 584 | ---->'''Alex:''' No offense, but I think your wife might be a little insane.\ |
| 585 | '''Stephen:''' Of course she is. [[GoMadFromTheIsolation She's home alone with a one-year-old every day]]. I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often. |
| 586 | ** When Good Bad Girl gets duplicated and [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=737-formalities requests a separate ID for the twin]], all the officials ask is for the type of incident which created the duplicate. |
| 587 | * VaporWear: Good Girl's angelic avatar apparently [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=519-timed-out does not get to wear a bra]]. |
| 588 | * VerbedTitle: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=281-haunted Comic 281: "Haunted"]], named for ascribing flying spatulas to ghosts. Of pancakes. |
| 589 | * VillainRespect: Hexagon's cultists may be Good Girl's enemies, but one of them openly admires the beauty of her angel transformation and says there's no reason being on opposite sides means he can't. |
| 590 | * VisualPun: Cat-a-pult's levitation powers [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=784-field-trip also extend to large cats]], such as lions, tigers, jaguars, and [[MrsRobinson cougars]]. |
| 591 | * TheVoiceless: In all his appearances, The Spank never has any dialogue. (Though having a ball-gag in your mouth helps too.) |
| 592 | * WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma: Many strips (particularly early ones) demonstrate a limited grasp of the English language. Grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors abound. |
| 593 | * WellThisIsNotThatTrope: [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=good-girl-origin Good Girl's backstory.]] It looks like the backstory of a villain or AntiHero until it abruptly switches focus to a different person entirely. |
| 594 | * WhatDidYouExpectWhenYouNamedIt: Flying-Fox Man shouldn't be so surprised that he'd lost a lot of sidekicks... {{ahem}}... "crime-solving junior partners" when you consider that they were all named "[[DoofyDodo Dodo]]"... |
| 595 | * WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Nearly every single power falls into this category, being either ridiculously overspecialized, extremely narrow in focus, coming with a crippling downside or just being plain stupid. |
| 596 | * WhenThePlanetsAlign: Required for a good number of world-controlling rituals. Fortunately, there is always more than one guy who gets this kind of idea, and whenever they try it, [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=639-rituals-part-1 the multiple competing rituals cancel each other out]]. |
| 597 | * WhoWritesThisCrap: Mayor Kurgh objects strongly to using the pun "MayorPain", asking who wrote this and demanding a new speech writer. |
| 598 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Lazer Pony is deathly afraid of spiders. Good thing he can't see them, because whenever clued in there is a spider around, he starts randomly firing his EyeBeams. Luckily for Arachnid Dude, he had no idea what the word "Arachnid" meant for a long while. LP as a prison guard [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=655-getting-your-rep dealt with]] "Spider," a super-prisoner who tried to throw his weight around, but didn't [[DidntThinkThisThrough realize a hero afraid of spiders who can shoot]] EyeBeams [[BullyingADragon you should NEVER threaten.]] |
| 599 | * WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Done in back-to-back strips. |
| 600 | ** First we get ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=633-hogsworths-finest learning the hard way that]] TalkingIsAFreeAction doesn't apply to criminals. |
| 601 | ** Then we get [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=634-captured a criminal whose henchman is surprised]] he ''doesn't'' leave the room for the shooting. |
| 602 | * AWizardDidIt: Why [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=235-method-to-madness Josie decided to specialize in magic]]. |
| 603 | -->'''Josie:''' How does one successfully combine family with youthful freedom and lack of responsibilities? It would seem they are mutually exclusive. I've got it! ''Magic''! Then it doesn't ''have'' to make sense! |
| 604 | * WolverinePublicity: Wolverine-{{Expy}} "Badger Claw" is revealed as belonging to two different superhero teams, [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace even though it shouldn't be possible as one of them operates in space]], in [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=593-chance-meeting Strip 593]]. |
| 605 | * WorldOfWeirdness: Discussed when someone comments that the BedlamHouse seemed to be housing [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=745-asylum-woes fewer actual mental patients and more supercriminals]]. |
| 606 | -->'''Doctor:''' It used to be a lot easier. Somebody comes in and claims to be [[NapoleonDelusion Napoleon reincarnated]]... Diagnosis: Cuckoo for cocoa puffs. Medication and therapy. These days though, if somebody comes in and claims the same thing... I honestly couldn't tell you if they are or not. Things got real bad when the CIA accidentally leaked that [[TinfoilHat tinfoil]] actually ''amplifies'' their mind-reading signals. |
| 607 | * WorthIt: [[http://superredundant.com/comics/2013-03-25-strip%20-%20221.jpg Buckaress beats up some douchebags]] who slapped her ass while she was working at a Hooter-type restaurant. Their only response is "worth it". |
| 608 | * WorthlessYellowRocks: When the gang is transported to another world and discover Josie created the link and deposed the legitimate ruler and installed herself queen (though she prefers to believe she created the world), she shows them a vault filled with gold coins, which she insists are worthless back home. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=880-rags-to-bags Bucky points out it's still gold]], which she could melt down into bars and sell. |
| 609 | -->'''Josie:''' Oh. My. God. I'm rich! I mean, we weren't exactly starving, but this is yacht money. |
| 610 | * XRaySparks: Mary Sue, with Lazer Pony in her arms, end up struck by lightning while flying. We get a very detailed picture of their skeletons as a result. Mary-Sue happens to be immune to electricity; [[TheChewToy Lazer Pony is not]]. |
| 611 | * XRayVision: |
| 612 | ** Among a myriad of other things, X-Ray vision is one of Mary Sue's powers. It's how she met Lazer Pony, since she spotted Keith, who was hiding behind LP to get away from her. |
| 613 | ** Bolfman [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=731-perversion invents x-ray specs]] on behalf of perverts everywhere and gets a good glimpse... of a woman's skeleton. He still finds it sexy, of course. |
| 614 | * YankTheDogsChain: Lazer Pony's vision (Destroyed by usage of his EyeBeams) was healed by Mr. Dr. once. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=192-my-gift-my-curse LP then blinded himself trying to zap a spider.]] |
| 615 | -->'''Mr. Dr.:''' That'll be fifteen thousand dollars. |
| 616 | * YaoiFangirl: Buckaress's fanfiction of the Flying-Fox Man and Heckler features them with FoeRomanceSubtext and then a downright kiss. |
| 617 | * YouAreTooLate: A villain brags that he already enacted his plan 35 minutes ago. [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=651-who-watches-the-time-men Not much]] of a problem when you've got TimeTravel. |
| 618 | * YouKeepUsingThatWord: When it's suggested that their new team cave be called "Redundant", Lazer Pony objects that this would only make sense if they had ''another'' cave they weren't using right now. As it so happens, ''they do''. |
| 619 | * YourCostumeNeedsWork: When [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=851-fandom the group are in a fantasy setting]] and Buckaress looks exactly like a stage production character in town. |
| 620 | * YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: [[{{Expy}} Bulk]] [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=228-fair-warning paraphrases]] the TropeNamer before predictably HulkingOut. |
| 621 | * YuriFan: Keith's reaction to learning that Buckaress is in a lesbian relationship is that dreams really can come true. |
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