Comic Book Tropes - Television Tropes & Idioms

Tropes found primarily in Comic Books, including but not limited to the Super Hero genre. Some tropes Born In The Funny Papers have become more widespread.

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Tropes:

Affirmative Action Legacy
Alliterative Name
Alternate Company Equivalent
Alternate Continuity
Anthology Comic
Anti Hero Substitute
Ashcan Copy
Atlas Pose
Author's Saving Throw
Awesome McCoolname
- Fail O'Suckyname
Badass Cape
Badass Normal
Balloonacy
Bat Family Crossover
Batman Cold Open
Bat Signal
Beware The Superman
Bold Inflation
Bronze Age
Brought Down To Normal
Brought To You By The Letter S
Bruce Wayne Held Hostage
Building Swing
Burning Building Rescue
Bus Full Of Innocents
By the Power of Grayskull
Canon Immigrant
Canon Invasion
The Cape
Cape Busters
Captain Ersatz
Captain Ethnic
Captain Geographic
Captain Patriotic
Charles Atlas Superpower
Chest Insignia
Chrome Champion
Civvie Spandex
C List Fodder
Clingy Costume
Clue From Ed
Coat Hat Mask
Code Name
Color Character
Comes Great Responsibility
Comic Book Adaptation
Comic Book Fantasy Casting
Comic Book Limbo
Comic Books Are Real
Comic Book Time
Comics Code
Commissioner Gordon
Continuity Overlap
Continuity Porn
Continuity Snarl
Costume Copycat
Covers Always Lie
The Cowl
Crisis Crossover
Crossover Cosmology
The Crown
Cut Lex Luthor A Check
Dark Age Of Supernames
Dating Catwoman
Death By Origin Story
Decompressed Comic
Deconstruction Crossover
Delicious Fruit Pies
Depending On The Artist
Differently Powered Individuals (aka: DPI)
Disability Superpower
Domino Mask
Doomsday Device
Dork Age
Dragon Lady
Dramatic Ellipsis
Dying To Be Replaced
Everything's Better With Monkeys
Evil Costume Switch
Exiled From Continuity
Eyepatch Of Power
Fad Super
Fail Polish
Fastball Special
Ferris Wheel Of Doom
Fifth Week Event
Fight Off The Kryptonite
Floating Timeline
Freak Lab Accident
Fun Personified
Funny Animal
Furry Confusion
Generic Graffiti
The Good Captain
Good Thing You Can Heal
Grandfather Clause
Green Lantern Ring
Half Identical Twins
Heart Is An Awesome Power
Hero With Bad Publicity
Heroic Build
Heroic Vow
- Thou Shalt Not Kill
Highly Conspicuous Uniform
How To Give A Character Superpowers
I Believe I Can Fly
Iconic Logo
Identity Impersonator
Idiosyncrazy
I Just Want To Be Badass
I Just Want To Be Normal
I Just Want To Be Special
I Work Alone
Invisible Woman Effect
The Jailer
Joker Jury
Jumping On Point
Kirby Dots
Kryptonite Factor
- Kryptonite Is Everywhere
- Kryptonite Ring
Lamarck Was Right
Legacy Character
Legacy Implosion
Leotard Of Power
Lighthearted Rematch
Loud Gulp
Luckily My Powers Will Protect Me
Magic Pants
Maniac Monkeys
Marked Change
Matching Vehicle
Meta Origin
Mirrored Confrontation Shot
Missed The Call
Miss Robinson Boy Wonder
Morally Ambiguous Doctorate
Most Common Super Power
Multiple Choice Past
My Greatest Failure
My Significance Sense Is Tingling
New Powers As The Plot Demands
- Powers In The First Episode
Never Be A Hero
Never Live It Down
Nineties Anti Hero
Noodle People
Not The Fall That Kills You
Not Wearing Tights
Odd Shaped Panel
Origins Issue
Oubliette
Our Ancestors Are Superheroes
Outdated Outfit
Pardon Me Stewardess I Speak Iambic Pentameter
Personality Powers
Personal Raincloud
Phlegmings
Photo Comic
Photographic Background
Picture Pastiche
Pietà Plagiarism
Plot Induced Stupidity
Popularity Power
Post Crisis
Power Creep Power Seep
Power Nullifier
Power Up Food
President Evil
Professor X Likes Watching Teenagers Sweat
Psychic Nosebleed
Puberty Superpower
Rapid Fire Fisticuffs
Rebus Bubble
Reckless Sidekick
Redeeming Replacement
Re Ditto
Red Skies Crossover
Reed Richards Is Useless
Replacement Artifact
Re Power
Reptiles Are Abhorrent
Required Secondary Powers
Ret Canon
Retroactive Legacy
Rich Idiot With No Day Job
Rogues Gallery
Rogues Gallery Showcase
Rogues Gallery Transplant
Rule Of Escalating Threat
Run The Gauntlet
Samaritan Syndrome
Secret Identity
Secret Identity Change Trick
Secret Identity Identity
Secret Keeper
Secret Public Identity
Seven Year Rule
Shooting Superman
Sidekick
- Kid Sidekick
- Sidekick Glass Ceiling
Sidekick Graduations Stick
Silent Scenery Panel
Silver Age
Slave To PR
Something Person
SORAS
Spandex Latex Or Leather
Speech Bubbles
Speech Bubble Censoring
Splash Panel
Star Spangled Spandex
Steven Ulysses Perhero
Stock Superhero Day Jobs
Strong As They Need To Be
Suddenly Sexuality
Super Dickery
Super Gods
Super Hero
Superheroes Wear Capes
Superhero School
Super Hero Origin
Superhero Paradox
Superhero Sobriquets
Superhero Speciation
Superpower Lottery
Super Empowering
Superpowered Alter Ego
- Superpowered Evil Side
Super Power Meltdown
Superpower Silly Putty
Super Registration Act
Super Rug Pull
Super Serum
Super Trophy Super Rack
Super Villain
Sword Lines
Symbol Swearing
Talking Is A Free Action
Textplosion
Trainstopping
Trick Arrow
Thematic Rogues Gallery
The Real Remington Steele
Thought Caption
Triple Shifter
Two First Names
Ultimate Universe
The Unmasking
Up Up And Away
Utility Belt
Villain Team Up
Wall Crawl
Wall Of Text
Weaksauce Weakness
We Can Rebuild Him
West Coast Team
What Kind Of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway
Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys
Why Does Everyone Think I'm Deadpool?
Wolverine Publicity
Wonder Twin Powers
Worf Had The Flu
Worlds Strongest Man
Writing For The Trade
X-Ray Vision
You Can't Please Everyone

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