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3 | ''[[https://gynostar.com/ The Adventures of Gyno-Star]]'' is a superhero parody {{webcomic|s}} featuring a feminist protagonist whose tagline is "Fighting the forces of evil and male chauvinism." |
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5 | Gyno-Star boasts super-strength, a [[https://www.gynostar.com/archives/212/ "Gyno sense"]] which alerts her when women are being discriminated against, and [[AgonyBeam the power to make men]] [[https://www.gynostar.com/comic/how-the-other-half-lives/ feel the pain of childbirth]]. |
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7 | !! Tropes featured in ''The Adventures of Gyno-Star'' include: |
8 | * AgonyBeam: The power to make men [[https://www.gynostar.com/comic/how-the-other-half-lives/ feel the pain of childbirth]]. |
9 | %% * ArchEnemy: [[https://www.gynostar.com/archives/1384/ Vlad Deferens]] and [[http://www.gynostar.com/archives/24/ The Stay-at-Home Mommy]]. |
10 | * BoomerangBigot: 'The Stay at Home Mommy' is a FemaleMisogynist villain wants to turn all women on earth into brainless zombies. |
11 | * TheCape: Gyno-Star embodies the upright superhero who abides by a strict code and [[https://www.gynostar.com/archives/619/ moral authority]] (although more often she [[https://www.gynostar.com/archives/1589/ fails to live up]] to her own high standards). |
12 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: A shadowy conspiracy of [[https://www.gynostar.com/archives/1356 corporate executives]] hire a [[https://www.gynostar.com/archives/1364 subcontractor]] to "eliminate" Gyno-Star. |
13 | * CuteBruiser: Little Sappho -- her adorable appearance belies her [[https://www.gynostar.com/archives/824/ unusual strength]]. |
14 | * HypocriticalHumor: A very large amount of the comic's humor comes from hypocritical behavior by Gyno-Star or Little Sappho. |
15 | * KidSidekick: Little Sappho, Gyno-Star's teenage sidekick. |
16 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: All of Gyno-Star's foes are this; since she fights for women's rights, they're misogynists by default. |
17 | * PsychoSidekick: Little Sappho is a lot more of a [[https://www.gynostar.com/archives/711/ political extremist]] than Gyno-Star leaning towards DirtyCommunists and is willing to do [[https://www.gynostar.com/archives/688/ certain things]] that go against the main character's moral code. |
18 | * ShockCollar: Vlad Deferens puts a [[https://www.gynostar.com/archives/comic/discriminatin-to-the-oldies shock collar]] on Gyno-Star in an attempt to make her [[https://www.gynostar.com/archives/comic/this-one-goes-to-11 compliant and obedient]]. |
19 | * StealthParody: At first glance it looks like a legitimate "radfem" wish fulfillment/social justice webcomic, but [[WordOfGod the author]] stated that doing it as a parody was more fun and avoided turning it into an AuthorTract. |
20 | * StrawCharacter: [[https://www.gynostar.com/archives/426/ The Glibertarian]] is a straw Libertarian created in a laboratory to spread pro-corporate ideology. |
21 | * TrappedInTVLand: Gyno-Star gets trapped in the world of [[https://www.gynostar.com/archives/60/ sexist beer commercials]]. |
22 | * UnicornsAreSacred: Gyno-Star and Little Sappho discover that [[https://www.gynostar.com/archives/805 unicorns are being slaughtered]] at a factory farm, so their horns can be ground up and used to make products for the [[https://www.gynostar.com/archives/828 Apple corporation]]. |
23 | * WhiteGuilt: The [[https://www.gynostar.com/archives/comic/in-my-own-particular-idiom White Knight]] harnesses his own white male guilt as a superpower. |
24 | * YourCostumeNeedsWork: A fan mistakes Gyno-Star for an impersonator, then insults her when pointing out how she can't be the real Gyno-Star. |
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