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Ned is a superhero, Switch, and is following in the footsteps of his mother. He inherited teleportation powers from her. She was once one of the greatest superheroes around and worked in a team with her brother, until mysteriously vanishing one day. Ned's mother was not the only powerful superhuman and far from either the first or the last, so Ned has to take it upon himself to stop super criminals the police aren't equipped to take on. He lacks a secret identity and is lives a life not unlike that of a celebrity. Having basically been born into this job, he isn't too fond of it. Things begin to drastically change for Ned after his father unveils a new superpower suppressing technology and he befriends a young man named Jude.

''Switch'' is a webcomic by [=NeonStarStudio=], available to be read legally online for free [[http://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/switch/list?title_no=17414 here]]. Updates are weekly.

!!This work contains examples of:

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Lynette
* AntiHero: [[spoiler: Pulse]] used to be a straight example, but now is willing to come out of retirement and hurt a number of innocent people if it means preventing more misfortune in the future.
* CelebrityIsOverrated: Ned doesn't like being famous.
* ElementalPowers: One of Ned's recurring foes is a superhuman with water-based powers. Ned hesitates to call him a villain because, barring picking fights, he doesn't commit any actual crimes and seems to be in it for the attention.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: Lynette lost her family when Pulse, in an attempt to protect people from the debris of a burning building, inadvertently destabilized the building and caused a lot more of it to collapse on escaping civilians.]]
* MissingMom: Ned's mother disappeared one day. His family thought her teleportation powers malfunctioned and assumed she'd wound up in some random part of the world, but after years of searching and no leads, she's been assumed dead.
* MuggleBestFriend: Early in the comic, Ned befriends Jude by pretending to know him in order to get away from a fan. Jude has no powers and the two hang out regularly.
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: Jude/Pulse was trying to rescue some people from a collapsing building, but when trying to blast some falling debris away from some escaping people, he destabilized the building even further and a bunch of innocents wound up dying. He went into retirement afterwards.]]
* ResignedToTheCall: Ned isn't too enthusiastic about being a hero. He was a big fan of a previous hero specifically because he knew that said hero would take the pressure off of him to follow in his mother's footsteps, but he wound up vanishing too. At the same time, Ned still puts on his mask and saves people when the police need help.
* WhatTheHellHero: Jude delivers a serious one to Ned when he sees that Ned isn't too careful when fighting crime.

Ned is a superhero, Switch, and is following in the footsteps of his mother. He inherited teleportation powers from her. She was once one of the greatest superheroes around and worked in a team with her brother, until mysteriously vanishing one day. Superhumans, heroes, and villains, are all commonplace in this setting, so Ned lacks a secret identity and is basically a celebrity. Having basically been born into this job, he isn't too fond of it. Things begin to drastically change for Ned after his father unveils a new superpower suppressing technology.

* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: Ned/Pulse was trying to rescue some people from a collapsing building, but when trying to blast some falling debris away from some escaping people, he destabilized the building even further and a bunch of innocents wound up dying. He went into retirement afterwards.]]

* AntiHero: [[spoiler: Pulse]] used to be a straight example, but now is willing to come out of retirement and hurt a number of innocent people if it means protecting the innocent.

* AmbiguouslyBrown

* AntiHero: [[spoiler: Pulse]] is willing to come out of retirement and hurt a number of innocent people if it means protecting the innocent.

* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: Ned/Pulse was trying to rescue some people from a collapsing building, but didn't manage to save everyone, so he went into retirement.]]

* ResignedToTheCall: Ned isn't too enthusiastic about being a hero. He was a big fan of a previous hero specifically because he knew that said hero would take the pressure off of him to follow in his mother's footsteps, but he wound up vanishing too. At the same time, Ned still puts on his mask and saves people when the police need help.