Basic Trope: The setting or a large part of it has average civilians and bystanders with superhuman powers.
- Straight: Everyone in the land of Grandar has some superhuman power.
- Exaggerated:
- Everyone in Grandar is a Person of Mass Destruction and Reality Warper.
- Everyone in Grandar is a Physical God.
- Everyone in the entire world is a super.
- Downplayed:
- Everyone in Grandar has slightly enhanced senses.
- Everyone in Grandar is 15% stronger than they would be if they were average humans.
- Everyone in Grandar is Made of Iron.
- Justified:
- Grandar is where superheroes are hiding after Emperor Evulz took over the world and tried to wipe out all other superpowered people for total undisputed domination.
- Grandar is the site of an ancient blood ritual that spread massive amounts of mana across the land.
- The superpowers are an inherent result of Grandarian biology.
- A Mass Super-Empowering Event has struck Grandar.
- Augmentation is extremely common if not mandatory among Grandarians.
- Inverted: A town of animals that are below human strength. Humans Are Cthulhu here.
- Subverted:
- The citizens of Grandar seem to have superpowers, but it is all just illusions of the protagonist's drug-infested mind.
- Grandar citizens are only pretending to have superpowers to scare off The Legions of Hell.
- Double Subverted: When The Legions of Hell finally do come, Grandar's population has hidden powers awaken.
- Parodied:
- Everyone in Grandar dresses up in superhero costumes.
- Grandar is located in florida.
- Zig Zagged: Everyone in Grandar has superpowers, except for the Un-Sorcerer. However, on a full moon, he absorbs everyone else's power.
- Averted: Grandar has a completely normal population.
- Enforced:
- Grandar needs to be a world power but it has been portrayed thus far as having little technology.
- Grandar is a land full of Expies of classic Golden Age superheroes.
- Exploited: The main protagonists trick Emperor Evulz to start his conquest in Grandar first, before he has gathered lots of resources.
- Discussed: "Why hasn't Grandar taken over the world yet?"
- Conversed: "As a comic reader, this land is my dream."
- Played for Laughs: When someone from Grandar goes on vacation and leaves, they forget how weak people outside Grandar are and unintentionally cause them Amusing Injuries.
- Played for Drama: Grandar has a rigid caste system depending on their superpower.
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