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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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Real Creme Filling
• Rebus Bubble
• Reckless Sidekick
• 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 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
• Slave To PR
• Something Person
• SORAS
• Spandex Latex Or Leather
• Speech Bubbles
• 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
• 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
• Trainstopping
• Trick Arrow
• Thematic Rogues Gallery
• The Real Remington Steele
• Thought Caption
• Thou Shalt Not Kill
• 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
• Wolverine Publicity
• Wonder Twin Powers
• Worf Had The Flu
• Worlds Strongest Man
• Writing For The Trade
• X-Ray Vision
• You Can't Please Everyone
• You Can't Thwart Stage One

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