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''[[caption-width-right:213:Don't be fooled by the above shot. [[BaitAndSwitchComment In some issues, they were completely naked.]]]]''

''Gen¹³''. So many genres and incarnations, so little time. This was a Creator/{{Wildstorm}} universe based comic series that used to be owned by Creator/{{Image|Comics}} until Jim Lee sold the imprint to Creator/DCComics. DC gave it no less than three different reboots.

The book was created by Brandon Choi, Creator/JimLee and artist Creator/JScottCampbell, and any familiarity with those three should already give an idea of what the book was going to entail. The characters were introduced in ''ComicBook/{{Deathmate}} Black'' (September, 1993). In 1994, they got a 5-issue mini-series. It sold well enough for the introduction of an ongoing series in 1995. It focused on the exploits of five teens who were invited to participate in a government research project, but who all later discovered it was nothing more than a prison used to locate children with "Gen-Active" genes that the government would later attempt to experiment on and use as weapons, of course.

The roster consists of:
* '''Caitlin Fairchild''' a.k.a. '''Fairchild''', redheaded ShrinkingViolet geek girl turned AmazonianBeauty & team leader.
* '''Roxanne "Freefall" Spaulding''', the smart-mouthed smart ass spunky chick, with gravity manipulation powers.
* '''Percival "Grunge" Chang''', a diminutive perverted slacker, and resident ditz, with the power to absorb the properties of any material he touches.
* '''Robert "Burnout" Lane''', the angst-ridden musician who can [[PlayingWithFire Play With Fire]].
* '''Sarah Rainmaker''' a.k.a. '''Rainmaker''', a weather-controlling Native American lesbian.

Their mentor was '''John Lynch''', a gruff and grizzled former soldier and ex-agent for the conspiracy that gathered them, who was basically, for lack of a better term, the hybrid love child of Creator/ClintEastwood and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. Lynch freed them and acted as TeamDad for this SecretProjectRefugeeFamily.

While the book was derivative of the millions of other books focusing on ridiculously attractive teens or teams with superpowers, it occasionally took it upon itself to [[LampshadeHanging hang a lampshade]] on the very conventions of the genre, including the constant ClothingDamage, the rambling villains, and more, which allowed it to cater to its audience, yet give them a wink as well.

''Gen¹³'' and its spinoffs have also tended to gather a wide variety of talent. To start with, this is the book that made J. Scott Campbell famous before ''ComicBook/DangerGirl''. Creator/WarrenEllis wrote the first eight issues of ''ComicBook/{{DV8}}'', a book starring the titular [[ThePsychoRangers Psycho Rangers]] and series ArchNemesis Ivana Baiul. Adam "''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}''" Warren did two well-received parody miniseries ("[[{{Wuxia}} Grunge]]: [[HeroicBloodshed The Movie]]" and "[[MagicalGirl Magical Drama Queen Roxy]]") and was the writer for what turned out to be the final issues of the original series. In an unexpected twist, the entire cast were KilledOffForReal by a nuclear weapon.

Following this, Creator/ChrisClaremont was brought in to write an [[{{Retool}} all-new, all-different]] ''Gen¹³'', but the new version was poorly received. Set in an alternate universe, the story featured a strangely alive Fairchild mentoring an [[FiveTokenBand all-new team]]. This version was cancelled after sixteen issues, ending with the resurrection of the original team.

Finally, Creator/GailSimone launched a ContinuityReboot of the original team in 2006, which was also critically well-received but couldn't last. The series had been {{Retool}}ed ''yet again'', along with the rest of the Wildstorm universe, as part of the ''[[AfterTheEnd World's End]]'' CrisisCrossover.

''After that'', it seems to have been folded into the DC Universe along with the rest of Wildstorm as a result of ''ComicBook/FlashpointDCComics''; there are no plans to revive the book, but some ''Gen¹³'' characters have shown up in the "[=DCnU=]"; notably, Fairchild got connected to ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'s new origin story, as part of Project N.O.W.H.E.R.E..

There is a little known direct-to-video animated film that was released overseas, titled ''WesternAnimation/Gen13TheMovie''.

See also ''ComicBook/Team7'', where Lynch as well the fathers of various of this team came from.

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!!So many tropes, so little time:

* AbortedArc: Numerous throughout the comic's various incarnations. Notably, Adam Warren had planned a lengthy character arc for the oft-overlooked Sarah Rainmaker, only to have the book cancelled after only one issue of said arc was completed.
** Claremont's entire run became this, cut short to sixteen issues and its last arc being about resurrecting the original team.
* AlcoholInducedBisexuality: In an early issue, Sarah Rainmaker, already established as a lesbian, wakes up after getting drunk only to find that she and Bobby had done it the night before.
* AllJustADream:
** The penultimate two issues of Warren's run feature an over-the top hedonistic party night complete with skinny dipping and hook-ups between the team and their other Gen-active friends. It turned out that this was all happening in Fairchild's subconscious in the microseconds before she and the others were [[KilledOffForReal vaporized by a nuclear weapon]]
** Claremont's run turned out to be this as well, with the entire continuity existing inside Fairchild's mind as she restructured reality to bring her team back to life.
* AmazonianBeauty: Caitlin Fairchild, although her muscularity varies DependingOnTheArtist. It's explicitly stated that a muscular physique is part of her powerset and characters in the series have described her as muscular, but her depictions go anywhere from skinny to slightly ripped to muscular powerhouse. Regardless of how she's depicted, she is considered extremely beautiful by a lot of characters; her teammate Freefall has a [[http://i.imgur.com/Ln9CBMC.jpg long-standing inferiority complex]] because she feels she can't measure up to [[http://i.imgur.com/uKUTHHh.jpg Fairchild's ridiculous beauty]], for instance.
** In her ComicBook/New52 incarnation she can become muscular at will by activating her powers. The first time she shows her abilities is in ComicBook/{{Superboy}} where the increase in muscle size shreds [[DressedInLayers her first layer of clothes revealing]] a [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/6/60598/2079418-jnjm.png swimsuit-like outfit underneath]].
* AmbiguouslyBi: Zigzagged with Rainmaker. Despite originally being presented as a lesbian in early stories by Mike Choi, later stories by Scott Lobdell insisted that she was bisexual and even dating Burnout. When the Wildstorm universe was rebooted, this was undone, and Rainmaker became a lesbian again.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: There's a running gag of sorts that nobody can guess what Sarah Rainmaker's ethnicity is when they first meet her. An entire issue during Adam Warren's run features Sarah in the background waiting for drinks at a bar, all while an idiot next to her tries to guess her background, getting further and further from it as he goes. (She's half American Indian.)
* AndThisIsFor: In one story arc, Caitlin Fairchild became the [[OnlySaneMan only person on Earth]] unaffected by an insipid song that possessed mind-controlling qualities. Finally as she faced off against the creator of this mind-controlling song, she declared war against all bad music (in her opinion); "This is for Creed's 'With Arms Wide Open'! This is for the entire Oasis catalog! And this is for that 'Sunscreen' speech song! I mean, what's that all about?"
* AnimatedAdaptation: A pilot was completed, but never went to series.
* AsianAirhead: Grunge, a Chinese-American California surfer/skater/slacker dude, was presented as an extremely rare male version of this at the beginning. He tested well in school, however, thanks to his Photographic Memory.
* BalloonBelly: Issue 62 features a very subtle use of this after a main character binges on junk food.
* BeachEpisode: The second issue of the first ongoing series is a veritable beach/swimsuit extravaganza, made even more notable by the revelation of a major cast member as a lesbian.
* BedTrick: While living in Tranquility, Freefall started a relationship with M.T. of the Liberty Snots. However, a sadistic clone of Freefall tricked M.T. into having sex with her thinking she was his girlfriend. Clone!Freefall even gloated about it.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Freefall and Grunge. He was unfaithful, insensitive and immature and their relationship often broke apart.
* BetweenMyLegs: The cover of Issue 2 with Fairchild.
* {{BFG}}: In the first arc, the newly gen-active Fairchild picks up a massive laser/rifle type weapon she obtained from one of the fallen I/O ops to brandish in her fight to save her new comrades... though it seemed to be more of just a chance to see a hot spandex wearing redhead brandish a gun considering she was now about 6'5 and superhumanly strong regardless.
* BlobMonster:
** Caitlin became this following [[spoiler:her death and rebirth]], displaying a nifty teleportation ability with it as well, though it remains to be seen whether or not she retained these powers following the DC 2011 reboot when the series was merged with DC.
** Gwendolyn at some point is transformed into the chrome variety.
* BookEnds: Adam Warren's run on the title begins with everyone sans Grunge dead which turns out to be [[AllJustADream just a dream]] with the team being alive. Ignoring the epilogue, it ends with a giant party eventually revealed to be an illusion of Fairchild's as the team is vaporized by a bomb.
* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: Caitlin had super strength and superhuman agility and speed, but in one issue Sarah Rainmaker started to teach her how to fight.
* BreakTheHaughty: Warren Ellis' run on [=DV8=] consists almost entirely of this happening to the cast. Even sociopath like Bliss and Threshold ends up broken or close to breaking point.
* BreastExpansion: When Caitlin first transforms, her muscles grow and her breasts follow suit.
* TheCameo: In ''Grifter'' (Vol. 2) #4, the titular character is walking in a crowd scene and, in the foreground, there is a teenage girl with black hair with pink streaks smiling at an Asian guy with ear piercings.
* CaptainEthnic: Unsurprisingly, Claremont's run had two of these.
** Hazma Rashad who was a Black Muslim and began every damn sentence with "Oh, Allah!" or variations thereof.
** Gwen Matsura, who was Asian-American, and whose powers came from a magic spirit dragon. Really.
** One of the earlier runs had the [=Gen13=] kids battle an Italian superhero team who worked for the Vatican.
* CharacterDevelopment: Ellis' take on [=DV8=] has a lot of this, as the cast actually gains some, if twisted, sense of morality and starts to care about each other.
* TheChikan: Issue 51 has Fairchild riding a train with a crowd of men around that don't miss the chance to rub against her using the train's exit as excuse.
* ClothingDamage: The number of times Caitlin Fairchild's outfit gets blown up or torn up is beyond counting. Heck, the first issue shows her wearing a torn up nightgown.
** Lampshaded by protagonist Caitlin after realizing that a raft crash has somehow completely removed her khakis and belt: "For some strange reason, I always seem to lose articles of clothing whenever we get into trouble."
** In a recent remake, Fairchild managed to get most of her skintight body suit ripped nearly to shreds in the space of five minutes. To be fair, she did take out several commandos and jump clear through a roof to do so.
** The very first time her powers manifested, increasing her muscle mass among other things, she went from petite to AmazonianBeauty and busted out of her clothing.
** The first issue of Adam Warren's run was a recap disguised as a ''[[Creator/VH1 Behind The Music]]'' parody; in the (imaginary) WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, Caitlin died after defeating a supervillain in sub-zero weather... of [[{{Pun}} exposure]].
** For a male example, [[PlayingWithFire Burnout]] once incinerated his swim trunks while flying up to a plane and ended up having to [[FullFrontalAssault fight naked]].
* ContinuityReboot: No less than four (!) times now, not bad for a franchise that's only existed since 1993...
** The first came at the end of the original Wildstorm run when the entire team was killed off
** The second came at the end of Claremont's run when the comic was rebooted again and the original team were bought back to life.
** The third occurred with the Worldstorm reboot of the Wildstorm universe, which was complicated by the fact that the Wildstorm's editors couldn't decide just how far the reboot was supposed to go, and failed to keep Gail Simone in the loop.
** The fourth occurred with the launch of the DC "New 52", with Fairchild and Grunge both appearing in the rebooted DCU.
** The start of Warren's run could also count as a minor reboot as he effectively reset the comic to where it was two years ago. Given the "quality" material of those two years, this was not exactly a bad thing.
* ContinuitySnarl: The Creator/GailSimone run ended up being this due to ExecutiveMeddling. Wildstorm's editors flip-flopped back and forth over whether the Worldstorm re-launch of Wildstorm's titles were going to be a full reboot, a soft-boot or not a reboot at all, and then failed to tell Simone when they reached a conclusion. The result was her run being a full ContinuityReboot at odds with the rest of the relaunched Wildstorm Universe.
* CrossOver: Not counting the fact the team debuted in a massive crossover with Valiant Comics, they did have a new non-Image crossovers, including with Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four. The latter made it a point for Burnout to get into an argument with the Human Torch, since both have basically the same powers. They also met Generation X, their Marvel counterpart & had a single crossover issue with The Maxx.
** A bizarre crossover happen with a 1996 tale which sent Grunge through several worlds where he met characters from ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'', ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'', the Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles and many others like ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/{{Spawn}}, ecc..
* DealWithTheDevil: Caitlin Fairchild resolves a BroughtDownToNormal storyline by making a deal with villainess [[TheBaroness Ivana Baiul]]: restore her powers now, in exchange for performing one mission for Ivana sometime in the future. The plot hook is left alone until Adam Warren's run, where he has Ivana call in the favor for one issue -- only to reveal that she'd been repeatedly using Fairchild on missions, only to [[LaserGuidedAmnesia erase her memory of the job, and of repaying her debt, every time]].
* DepravedDwarf: Mr. Luv. His mother was infected with Gen-Factor chemicals while she was pregnant with him and he lost the ability to grow physically, but instead grew very intelligent. He runs the Luv Industries toy empire and has a tendency of dressing up like Max from ''Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre''. His encounter with the team was for the purpose of finding a mate so that he could create a new generation of Gen-Actives.
* DifferentlyPoweredIndividual: The standard phrase used by the Government Conspiracy is SPB, short for "Super Powered Being".
* DownerEnding:
** The end of the first volume as a whole.
** ''Magical Drama Queen Roxy'' has a really depressing one. Roxy goes to sleep feeling unwanted and unloved, has a wacky dream about being a magical girl but begins realizing it's all a dream when at the end everyone begins treating her with love and respect. She wakes up, still feeling unwanted and unloved, and even more depressed than before.
--->'''Roxy:''' God, I frickin' ''hate'' having pleasant dreams, 'cause... 'cause... 'cause I always wake up.
* DudeMagnet: Fairchild. No man is immune to her body and sometimes this crosses with SoBeautifulItsACurse.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Grunge goes by "P. Edmund Chang", because the "P" is for ''Percival''.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Fairchild has many male admirers and at least one female admirer.
* EvilCounterpart: The Deviants of [=DV8=] are Ivana Baiul's answer to Gen¹³. Like our heroes, they're ''also'' Gen-Active teenagers with attitude problems -- only they're all borderline psychotic and at I/O's beck and call.
* FadSuper: The name [=Gen13=] refers to the "Thirteenth Generation," another term for Generation X (the generation, [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant not]] the [[ComicBook/GenerationX comic book]]) that has since fallen out of use. "Grunge" began as a term for the raggedy casual flannel clothing style popularized by alternative rock bands like [[Music/{{Nirvana}} Nirvana]], and then more generally for those bands' style of music and TheNineties youth culture associated with it.
* {{Fanservice}}: From the cover of the first issue, it's clear that this is a major point of the series.
* FiveTokenBand: Claremont's version of the team.
** Fairchild (Female team leader; could be also considered this because she's the only "real" person in a world that exists otherwise in her subconcious)
** Ethan York (Irish-American son of a firefighter who was killed in 9/11)
** Ja'nelle Moorhead (Black female, ambiguously bisexual)
** Gwen Matsura (Asian-American Female)
** Hazma Rashad (Black Muslim paraplegic. His superpowers include being able to walk)
* TheFlameOfLife: Ethan York is capable of summoning flames that have a variety of effects, including restoring life. He uses this power to save Hamza Rashad's life after the latter is badly burned in a car accident.
* ForcedOrgasm: Nicole Callahan / Bliss' psychic powers let her [[EmotionBomb overwhelm people with emotions]], either via [[AgonyBeam intense pain]] or [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul extreme bliss]], and she frequently uses the latter [[PowerPerversionPotential for sexual purposes]], giving people "pleasure pulses" that cause extreme sexual pleasure to the point of orgasm, even if against their will, which makes her a SexGoddess InUniverse. Although it's often used for {{Fandisservice}} when she uses her powers [[SiblingIncest on her brother]] to seduce and manipulate him into doing her bidding. She has also been known to [[OutWithABang kill some of her lovers during sex]] due to using her powers beyond the point they can take it.
* GangstaStyle: The page illustration is from the "Grunge: The Movie", where writer/artist Adam Warren parodies the tropes of Hong Kong wuxia and HeroicBloodshed through Grunge's fantasy movie script, featuring other Wildstorm characters in supporting roles. Grifter holds his gun sideways, Jackson Dane holds his upside down, and Jester holds his right side up but pulls the trigger with his ''tongue''.
* GeniusBruiser:
** Caitlin Fairchild.
** Grunge is genius-level too, with a photographic memory. He just puts [[BecomingTheMask a lot of effort]] into pretending to be a dumb slacker.
* GoGoEnslavement: Has happened to Caitlin Fairchild at least twice. The first time it's a mad scientist; the second (or at least a subsequent) time it's an alien warlord. Unlike most heroines, she actively dwells on the fact that this means the villain saw her naked.
** In a borderline third case, she becomes indebted to a villainess who forces Fairchild to go on a mission for her in a fetishistic latex costume. She's not technically a prisoner (except to her debt and/or sense of honor) but at the end of the mission, the villainess erases her memory, leaving her thinking that she still owes a favor (and suggesting that this isn't the first time she's done it).
* GravityIsPurple: Freefall's gravity is often represented with purple-pink sparkles. Nowadays, light blue may be used instead.
* GravityMaster: Freefall has the ability to manipulate gravity to various effects. She can nullify gravity beneath her allowing her or others to levitate. She can also increase the gravity around a specific area inflicting damage or just making it impossible for an enemy to move.
* GrowingMusclesSequence: In the animated adaption, when Caitlin first transforms.
* HerCodenameWasMarySue: "Grunge: The Movie" and "Magical Drama Queen Roxy" are fantasies on the part of Grunge and Freefall (respectively) that cast them as amazing heroes over whom everyone is in awe. In the former case, it's a literal story thought up by Grunge.
* HeroicBSOD: Post-Worldstorm, Grunge suffers through a bad version of this when he's forced to kill Kid Apollo to save his teammates and spends the next few weeks suffering from depression.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: All of them, to some degree, but Grunge is the king of the trope.
* HospitalHottie: Nurse Nancy.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Rainmaker frequently admonishes Grunge for being perverted, but she herself makes perverted comments towards women. For example [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/3mfkn5wgGkoTh-2tlAZJFnb77xckwSVTLzo2Krm0_-CENP9YvltWe9TPSmIjTom8tyw4gxneG4tA=s0 in Issue 17 she yells at Grunge for staring at them when they were kidnapped and dressed in teddies]], but two pages before remarks to Caitlin that a Coda Warrior has a "nice ass."
* IKnowKungFu: Pulled by Grunge on a rather physically unimpressive scientist who had developed a power-nullifying device. After the team spends almost all issues helpless, he hands the scientist his ass in about three panels.
* InformedAbility: Fairchild was supposed to be a genius. Instead, most of the series' writers depicted her as being an outsized bimbo with the odd reassurance that she was smart.
* InNameOnly: Grunge in the New 52. The only thing left of the character is the name, the costume, and the powers; the Grunge we meet in the New 52 is not only tall and clearly Caucasian -- he's also a sadistic, murderous bad guy who scoffs at ideas like "mercy," "compassion" and "morality".
* IntimateLotionApplication: An early issue saw the virginal Roxy asking Sarah to apply some sunscreen to her back. After hearing Sarah enthuse about their teammate Caitlin and realizing that Sarah's a lesbian, Roxy freaks out at the prospect that Sarah might have ulterior motives.
* InvoluntaryShapeshifter: During the Claremont run, Fairchild was turned into a shape-shifting, purple goo-monster. Of course [[AuthorAppeal this being Claremont...]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: With the notable example of NiceGirl Caitlin, the entire team falls into {{Jerkass}} behavior from time to time -- Grunge and Sarah being particularly likely to act like self-centered jerks -- but it's mainly because they're ''teenagers.'' When it comes down to it, they are still heroes, and will do the right thing.
* LipstickLesbian: Sarah Rainmaker although it took a while for her to truly come out as one. She is often actually seen attending protests and demonstrations on behalf of the LGBT community and has a tendency to lecture her teammates when they (often) fail to live up to her standards of political correctness. (Usually without much success.)
* LovableSexManiac: Grunge is a pervert and often tries to hit on Caitlin Fairchild constantly, in many maneuvers that sometimes violate her right to privacy. And sometimes also with Rainmaker.
* MaleGaze: On all the girls, but especially on Caitlin Fairchild.
** Just a few examples for Caitlin. [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/pt9qw3xX3D_sxhyKe5o4CpTTvZ_T05bnztBoPxgViRoEH-_RRIdcnyM5i3facRJeYti1aEzwZbQA=s0 One issue shows a villain's spy camera and the focus square was right on her breasts]]. [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/R4_ad38ifUAOPNpQwnLxD9AI7CQ06sFAyF9QBbWqCV7NazyGmnb0yh6drI2pKD4o72tq7yB_8jM=s0 Another has a heartwarming moment where she meets her father..]]''wasted by the focus on her butt''.
** Female variant. Issue 17, [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ort6cLpoR8c202P3iZy2cgoeeTv0zuuPDDk2Mo7gSkDjBByBy7Pi7ThCnLzAd71RcM2A1chMCCa=s0 Rainmaker remarks to Caitlin]] that the villainess Miss [[PunnyName Poppin]]opolous has a "[[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ort6cLpoR8c202P3iZy2cgoeeTv0zuuPDDk2Mo7gSkDjBByBy7Pi7ThCnLzAd71RcM2A1chMCCa=s0 nice ass]]."
* {{Matriarchy}}: The Koda.
* MistakenForMasturbating: Inverted. In the Creator/GailSimone version, Grunge was shown as being a geekish, mommy-boy kid. Wanting to "reinvent himself", he cleverly and systematically rebels against it, for example disposing of all his anti-asthma medications, vitamins and dietary supplements in the toilet while faking a double-entendre laced TheImmodestOrgasm just to mess with his family.
* MoralityPet: Rainmaker attempts to serve as the voice of reason for Grunge's attitude, going roundly ignored.
* MostCommonSuperpower: Caitlin, as shown in that trope's page image. In a bit of a twist, Caitlin's physique is a direct part of her powers, and whenever her powers are transferred, so are the boobs. When working alongside power-absorber Grunge, HilarityEnsues.
* MsFanservice: All the three main girls, especially Caitlin that is the poster girl of the comic.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: There is the occasional hint that Grunge might be smarter than he lets on, though this [[DependingOnTheWriter Depends Heavily On The Writer]]. The original writing team of Brandon Choi and J. Scott Campbell had him mostly as TheDitz, but occasionally displaying some surprising HiddenDepths. Adam Warren's Grunge, however, is pretty much exactly as stupid as he appears -- whereas Gail Simone's Grunge is directly stated to be the most intelligent member of the team, just acting the carefree fool as a means of rebellion.
* ObliviousToLove: Freefall has feeling for Grunge, but he never note because too interested in Fairchild. Shortly afterwards, Grunge finally returned her affections and the two became romantically involved.
* PhotographicMemory: Grunge has this, but tends to keep this fact to himself for fear of being thought a nerd.
* PowerOfFriendship: Ellis' [=DV8=] had really dark take on this trope - friends watching each other's back becomes a necessary thing to survive for the entire cast.
* PsychoRangers: The Deviants from ''[=DV8=]''.
* RealityWarper: Fairchild became this after her death, creating an entire universe (the Claremont run) as a way of bringing her team back to life.
* RedheadInGreen: Caitlin's powers awaken when she wears a green nightgown. The now torn-up dress is featured on the cover of the first issue.
* RoboticReveal: Anna's a demure maid who cooks and cleans for the group, looking very much annoyed when her carefully cooked breakfast goes ignored in favor of various snacks, junk food and cold pizza. Then she turned out to be an assassin droid with concealable blades and weapons of destruction.
* SecretProjectRefugeeFamily: The kids are all escapees from a secret government program.
* SimilarSquad: The "Mongolian Barbecue Horde" from Adam Warren's run.
* SmokingIsCool: Present, but downplayed, with Roxy. She smokes cigarettes, though this habit only really comes up when she's in her "Bad Girl" mode. The rest of the time her smoking is barely even mentioned.
* SoapboxSadie: An oft-mocked facet of Sarah's personality
* SpiritualSuccessor:
** Of ComicBook/Team7, being the group formed by children of some of TheSquad, and being aided by John Lynch and Alex Fairchild, original members of this team.
** The SpinOff ''Gen 12'' has Gen¹³ teaming-up with the [[GenerationXerox surviving members]] of Team 7, like Deathblow, [[Characters/WildCATSGrifter Grifter]], ComicBook/{{Backlash}} and Wetworks' Dane, apart of Lynch of course.
* StatuesqueStunner: Caitlin, of course!
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: Much of the cast had names or nicknames that would come to perfectly symbolize their powers. However, there may actually be a legitimate yet subtle explanation behind it: Their parents (Gen-12) all had SuperSerum psychic powers, which they could barely control. As such, it's likely that when Gen-13 inherited their powers, their psychic nature meant the powers would manifest themselves as reflections of their wielders in terms of their subconscious desires and motivations:
** Caitlin ''Fairchild'' was a nerdy shy wallflower who wanted attention and to be strong, and now she has a [[AmazonianBeauty very fair body]] to say the least.
** Percy "Grunge" Chang is a ''wannabe'' who ''changed'' his appearance and colors his personality to not be seen as nerd and thus has the power to ''mimic'' the properties of anything he touches.
** Robert "Burnout" Lee is an angsty musician who's ''burnt-out'' regarding his passion for music and thus may be looking for something to ''re-ignite'' his passion or ''fire'' for music.
** Roxanne "Free Fall" Spaulding was a ShrinkingViolet who was always ''pushed'' around and now wishes to ''push back'' against people and ''force them down'' and ''levitate'' herself above them.'
** Sarah ''Rainmaker'' is pretty self-explantory. Furthermore, consider what [[RainDance practice]] that is commonly associated with [[MagicalNativeAmerican Amerindians regarding supernatural abilities.]]
* SuperpowerfulGenetics: They inherit powers from the genetic SuperSoldier project that produced Team 7 and other gen-actives. Naturally, these powers have nothing to do with their parents' powers, which were psychic powers they could barely control (though as noted above, said powers appeared to become a reflection of them.)
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Near the end of Simone's run, Grunge is forced to kill Kid Apollo in order to stop the Authoriteens from killing the rest of his friends. Since this is the first time Grunge ever had to kill someone, instead of simply brushing it off he spends weeks feeling guilty as a result of [=PTSD=].
* TakeThat: Issue #8 of Simone's run has the kids fight ComicBook/TheAuthority, with Roxy going on a tirade about how much they suck and how they're always ruining everything. This may have been a dig at Creator/GrantMorrison, whose aborted run on ''Authority'' was supposed to set the tone for Worldstorm but which ended up being cancelled, leaving writers like Simone to fend for themselves as people became increasingly unsure of what Worldstorm was supposed to be.
* TeamDad: John Lynch, who asembled and protects the group. Also Alex Fairchild, Caitlin and Freefall's father, who reentered his daughters lives and helps the group until his death during the series.
* TheMovie: In 1999, Disney, of all companies produced an animated direct-to-video adaptation of the film. It can be noted that despite being Disney, it is much DarkerAndEdgier than their other direct-to-video projects that borders between PG-13 to R with intense action violence, profanity, brief nudity and blood and gore. Never officially released in the US.
* TownGirls: Rainmaker (Femme), Fairchild (Neither) and Freefall (Butch).
* TookALevelInBadass: Grunge. He starts out as your more than average nerd with genius IQ and photographic memory. And the first name... Percy. So he starts working out, hides his book smarts and his photographic memory, starts using his middle name, trains in martial arts and starts skateboarding. And turns into a stereotypical 'stupid' musclebound frat boy slacker by the start of the series when we first see him. And then he gets superpowers.
** In the current reboot is made clear that Grunge is actually a kind PapaWolf to his teammates, feeling compelled into amassing degrees in Badass to better care for them, hiding behind the slacker facade.
* TooMuchInformation: One issue is kind enough to add to Freefall's misfortune of being kidnapped by pirates and forced to cook for them by telling us that she's [[spoiler:"[[NoPeriodsPeriod riding the crimson wave."]]]] Thanks, Roxy.
* TotallyRadical: When Grunge is nearly killed, then recovers, he declares this is "Gnarly!". Freefall declares "Grunge, baby, that is so totally mondo rad!". The first story-arc is full of dialogue like this.
* TwoferTokenMinority: Sarah Rainmaker, Native American lesbian. Her personality rarely went beyond that.
** Claremont's run had Hamza Rashad, a Black Muslim in a wheelchair.
* VillainousIncest: In between flirting with every other male in range, Bliss comes on to Threshold, her brother, brazenly and constantly. He doesn't seem to mind too much.
* VomitDiscretionShot: Caitlin's developing powers came with powerful migraines and nausea, to the point she vomited off the side of her bed on the night of her transformation.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: With the cancellation of the first run a number of outstanding storylines - most notably the disappearance of Lynch - were never resolved.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatHotness:
** Caitlin Fairchild's gen-activation changed her from a redhead ShrinkingViolet geek girl to an AmazonianBeauty.
** Ja'nelle Moorhead's gen-activation turned her from a short, overweight wannabe-rapper into a StatuesqueStunner, so basically the same as Caitlin's.
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