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Jane: Have you ever seen anybody make love in the air?
Tony: Well, that's how you make little Puma Men!
Mike: And he immediately defiles the holy gift given to him.

"It's a custom tailored energy/super-power drainer. Transfers meta-human force and funnels it into the owner — converting it to a number of pre-set super-powers.... We had to stop production. You'd be surprised how many disgusting uses there are for 'Plastic Man'."
Lightning Lady, Evil, Inc.

In every fandom, one finds a particularly pervasive trend that makes it harder to deny that Freud Was Right: if a character has some kind of gimmick, then chances are that some portion of the fans will have dreamed up an indecent application for that gimmick. Quite often, it comes in the shape of questions about the character's free time. Yes, he uses his superpowers to save lives while on duty. But what does he do with them when not on duty?

Well, if the fans are imaginative, the gutter's the limit — or the sewer, as the case may be. Even the creators may have considered this, though perhaps not depicting it at any time. Or they might not have, and would in fact be shocked that anyone could possibly think such a thing. If a fan has not considered the more personal uses of the gimmick, it can lead to extreme Squick when they stumble across it.

A specific form can be found in Shapeshifting Squick, but this trope goes far beyond that single concept. Related to Fetish Fuel (or, depending on your point of view, Nightmare Fuel).

Other forms involve gimmicks that can be seen even in characters without readily twistable superpowers. For example, the eternal question, "What does character X wear under their Y?", with Y being the clothing they are most known for.

Note: The following examples are borderline Rule 34 and thus unsuitable for anyone who doesn't want their mental pictures polluted. If you value an innocent view of your favorite characters, stop reading now.

We repeat, the following is not for the faint of heart or faint of butt. Keep the Brain Bleach handy.


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