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* DudeWheresMyRespect: He's annoyed at how little consideration he gets from others, even his own teammates, especially since without him the utopia program would be impossible. (Hyperion, at least, treats him very well.)
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* IntelligenceEqualsIsolationIntelligenceEqualsIsolation: The only "person" he seems to feel comfortable with is his ArtificialIntelligence, Aida.
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Expies of the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, based on their [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] and SilverAge incarnations. At the start of this story, they are recovering from mind control and faced with a collapse of civilization that makes them take steps they never would have considered in the past.
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Expies of the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, based on their [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] and SilverAge [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] incarnations. At the start of this story, they are recovering from mind control and faced with a collapse of civilization that makes them take steps they never would have considered in the past.
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Expies of the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, based on their BronzeAge [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] and SilverAge incarnations. At the start of this story, they are recovering from mind control and faced with a collapse of civilization that makes them take steps they never would have considered in the past.
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Likely a stand-in for the Franchise/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} member Firestorm, though the teenaged Nuke's powers merely involved flight and radiation blasts. Unfortunately, as his powers increase, his ambient radioactivity increases to the point where it's dangerous for others leading to his parents deaths. After this, Nuke basically loses it and dies while lashing out at DoctorSpectrum.
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Likely a stand-in for the Franchise/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} member Firestorm, though the teenaged Nuke's powers merely involved flight and radiation blasts. Unfortunately, as his powers increase, his ambient radioactivity increases to the point where it's dangerous for others leading to his parents deaths. After this, Nuke basically loses it and dies while lashing out at DoctorSpectrum.
Doctor Spectrum.
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Expies of the JusticeLeague, based on their BronzeAge and SilverAge incarnations. At the start of this story, they are recovering from mind control and faced with a collapse of civilization that makes them take steps they never would have considered in the past.
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Expies of the JusticeLeague, Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, based on their BronzeAge and SilverAge incarnations. At the start of this story, they are recovering from mind control and faced with a collapse of civilization that makes them take steps they never would have considered in the past.
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The {{Superman}} Expy right down to having an Alliterative SecretIdentity that he casually abandons at the start of this story. He seems to lack most of the SuperSenses of his counter part which helps to explain why he is so often ignorant of the failings of his human teammates who struggle to keep up.
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The {{Superman}} Franchise/{{Superman}} Expy right down to having an Alliterative SecretIdentity that he casually abandons at the start of this story. He seems to lack most of the SuperSenses of his counter part which helps to explain why he is so often ignorant of the failings of his human teammates who struggle to keep up.
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The WonderWoman Expy. A former utopian, long frustrated with simply beating up bad guys and monsters, Princess Zarda sees the initial civil unrest as a chance to rebuild society more in the image of the Utopian society that has since left her behind. Aside from being the leader throughout much of the initiative, she struggles with her aged husband's deteriorating health.
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The WonderWoman Franchise/WonderWoman Expy. A former utopian, long frustrated with simply beating up bad guys and monsters, Princess Zarda sees the initial civil unrest as a chance to rebuild society more in the image of the Utopian society that has since left her behind. Aside from being the leader throughout much of the initiative, she struggles with her aged husband's deteriorating health.
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The Comicbook/GreenLantern Expy. The former astronaut is one of the less mature members of the team until his encounter with a teammate leads to him accidentally killing said teammate. He takes himself off combat duty for the rest of the story, one of the many strains on the team.
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The Comicbook/GreenLantern Franchise/GreenLantern Expy. The former astronaut is one of the less mature members of the team until his encounter with a teammate leads to him accidentally killing said teammate. He takes himself off combat duty for the rest of the story, one of the many strains on the team.
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The Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} expy minus being the king of anything. He also lacks any telepathic abilities. He is the voice of dissent on the team eventually quitting over philosophical differences.
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The Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} expy minus being the king of anything. He also lacks any telepathic abilities. He is the voice of dissent on the team eventually quitting over philosophical differences.
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An aging genius little person (though, unlike his JusticeLeague counterpart, he can't shrink, he's simply short) and the backbone of the initiative. Tom is responsible for inventing the miraculous technologies that give the initiative a chance at success though those efforts are not always appreciated.
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An aging genius little person (though, unlike his JusticeLeague Franchise/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} counterpart, ComicBook/TheAtom, he can't shrink, he's simply short) and the backbone of the initiative. Tom is responsible for inventing the miraculous technologies that give the initiative a chance at success though those efforts are not always appreciated.
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Likely a stand-in for the JusticeLeague member Firestorm, though the teenaged Nuke's powers merely involved flight and radiation blasts. Unfortunately, as his powers increase, his ambient radioactivity increases to the point where it's dangerous for others leading to his parents deaths. After this, Nuke basically loses it and dies while lashing out at DoctorSpectrum.
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Likely a stand-in for the JusticeLeague Franchise/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} member Firestorm, though the teenaged Nuke's powers merely involved flight and radiation blasts. Unfortunately, as his powers increase, his ambient radioactivity increases to the point where it's dangerous for others leading to his parents deaths. After this, Nuke basically loses it and dies while lashing out at DoctorSpectrum.
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The ComicBook/BlackCanary expy. When she starts to have feelings for American Eagle, her current boyfriend brainwashes her into loving only him. After the death of Blue Eagle, she becomes an exyp of Hawkgirl as well.
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The ComicBook/BlackCanary expy. When she starts to have feelings for American Eagle, her current boyfriend brainwashes her into loving only him. After the death of Blue Eagle, she becomes an exyp of Hawkgirl [[ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} Hawkgirl]] as well.
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The GreenArrow expy. His defining moment in this story comes when Lark refuses his proposal (made after an especially close brush with death.) He chooses to use Tom Thumb's new behavior modification device to make Lark love him.
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The GreenArrow ComicBook/GreenArrow expy. His defining moment in this story comes when Lark refuses his proposal (made after an especially close brush with death.) He chooses to use Tom Thumb's new behavior modification device to make Lark love him.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Brainwashing his girlfriend, which earns him a few well deserved WhatTheHellHero remarks from his teammates though not as many as we'd hope.
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Arcanna Jones, a stand-in for {{Zatanna}}, is the Squadron's resident magician and illusionist. Like Whizzer, Arcanna is married and has kids, three of them, and near the halfway point of the series, becomes pregnant a fourth time. Like Amphibian she objected to the use of the behavior modification machines Tom Thumb built, but didn't voice any further objections after their installation.
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Arcanna Jones, a stand-in for {{Zatanna}}, ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}, is the Squadron's resident magician and illusionist. Like Whizzer, Arcanna is married and has kids, three of them, and near the halfway point of the series, becomes pregnant a fourth time. Like Amphibian she objected to the use of the behavior modification machines Tom Thumb built, but didn't voice any further objections after their installation.
installation.
* BlowYouAway: Arcanna is capable of manipulating the wind, allowing for {{Flight}} as well.
* BlowYouAway: Arcanna is capable of manipulating the wind, allowing for {{Flight}} as well.
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* TheCapeBeamOWar: Hyperion engaged in one of these with his evil counterpart. The end result was Hyperion going blind and the destruction of his counterpart.
* EnergyAbsorption: Hyperion's body absorbs ambient cosmic energy and converts it into his superhuman abilities.
* EnergyAbsorption: Hyperion's body absorbs ambient cosmic energy and converts it into his superhuman abilities.
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* SuperSpeed: Even on foot, Hyperion possesses impressive speed.
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*WorldsStrongestMan: Hyperion is repeatedly mentioned to be the strongest being on his Earth.
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*WorldsStrongestMan: Hyperion is repeatedly mentioned to be the strongest being on his Earth.
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* AxCrazy: Averted by the Zarda from the original Squadron Supreme comic, who was very calm and rational. Played straight by her Supreme Power counterpart, who was a sociopathic bitch to pretty much everyone.
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* AxCrazy: Averted by the AllLovingHero: Zarda comes from the original Squadron Supreme comic, who was a culture where discrimination basically doesn't exist and so she is very calm respectful and rational. Played straight by her Supreme Power counterpart, who was a sociopathic bitch to pretty much caring toward everyone.
* {{Determinator}}: While fighting against Intertia, Zarda keeps attempting to attack her even after Inertia proves that her efforts are useless. She even attempts to get up and fight after being hit by three redirected blows from Hyperion, but couldn't.
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* PurpleIsPowerful: All of Zarda's outifts incorporate the color purple.
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* PurpleIsPowerful: All Most of Zarda's outifts incorporate the color purple.
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* WorldsStrongestWoman: Zarda is the strongest woman on her Earth.
* {{Pacifist}}: Dr. Spectrum officially resigns from combat duty after [[spoiler: the death of Nuke.]] He stops being one during the conclusion of the original series.
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* SuperStrength: Until Redstone shows up, Amphibian is the world's third strongest person after Hyperion and Zarda.
* SuperToughness
* SuperSpeed: Swimming speed, anyway.
* SuperToughness
* SuperSpeed: Swimming speed, anyway.
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* ClingyJealousGirl: After the brainwashing, which worked entirely too well on her, to the point where her boyfriend (who wanted to marry her) did everything he could to get away from her.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Lark was an up and coming pop singer before being forcibly experimented on to gain superpowers. She'd have much rather stayed a pop star.
* ClingyJealousGirl: After the brainwashing, which worked entirely too well on her, to the point where her boyfriend (who wanted to marry her) did everything he could to get away from her.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Lark was an up and coming pop singer before being forcibly experimented on to gain superpowers. She'd have much rather stayed a pop star.
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The ComicBook/BlackCanary expy. When she starts to have feelings for American Eagle, her current boyfriend brainwashes her into loving only him.
him. After the death of Blue Eagle, she becomes an exyp of Hawkgirl as well.
* ClingyJealousGirl: After the brainwashing, which worked entirely too well on her, to the point where her boyfriend (who wanted to marry her) did everything he could to get away fromher.
her. After Archer's death, she became more like herself again.
* {{Flight}}: After the death of Blue Eagle, Lady Lark appropriated his wings for herself, allowing her to fly.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Lark was an up and coming pop singer before being forcibly experimented on to gain superpowers. She'd have much rather stayed a popstar.star, as shown when she relishes the chance to sing in space, where no one is around to be hurt by her powers.
* ClingyJealousGirl: After the brainwashing, which worked entirely too well on her, to the point where her boyfriend (who wanted to marry her) did everything he could to get away from
* {{Flight}}: After the death of Blue Eagle, Lady Lark appropriated his wings for herself, allowing her to fly.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Lark was an up and coming pop singer before being forcibly experimented on to gain superpowers. She'd have much rather stayed a pop
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* TheAtoner: After he gets kicked off the team, he join's Nighthawk's insurgents convincing himself that nobody should have the power he abused.
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* TheAtoner: After he gets kicked off the team, he join's Nighthawk's insurgents convincing himself that nobody should have the power he abused. He later dies before he can fully atone.
*BlowYouAway: Arcanna is capable of manipulating the wind, allowing for {{Flight}} as well.
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* MasterOfIllusionMasterOfIllusion: Arcanna apparently does this by bending light.
* MakingASplash: Arcanna mentions that she can control water as well.
* ModestyBedsheet: Arcanna sleeps in the nude, even in the co-ed dormitories, and she is shown this way a few times.
* MakingASplash: Arcanna mentions that she can control water as well.
* ModestyBedsheet: Arcanna sleeps in the nude, even in the co-ed dormitories, and she is shown this way a few times.
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* HappilyMarried: Zarda and her late husband Howard. Though there relationship was no longer sexual around the time of his death, it was clear that the two still loved each other very much.
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* BadassinCharge: Zarda was in charge of the Squadron's Utopia Program and she kicks serious ass.
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* BadassinCharge: BadassInCharge: Zarda was in charge of the Squadron's Utopia Program and she kicks serious ass.
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* PurpleisPowerful: All of Zarda's outifts incorporate the color purple.
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* PurpleisPowerful: PurpleIsPowerful: All of Zarda's outifts incorporate the color purple.
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* MadeofIndestructium: Zarda carries a transparent shield made by her people that is virtually indestructible.
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* MadeofIndestructium: MadeOfIndestructium: Zarda carries a transparent shield made by her people that is virtually indestructible.
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* AxCrazy: Averted by the Zarda from the original Squadron Supreme comic, who was very calm and rational. Played straight by her Supreme Power counterpart, who was a sociopathic bitch to pretty much everyone.
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* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: The Doc's energy emissions are multicolored like a rainbow.
* {{Flight}}: Doctor Spectrum's Power Prism allows him to fly, even in space.
* GreenLanternRing: As to be expected, the Doctor's Power Prism gives him this superpower.
* {{Flight}}: Doctor Spectrum's Power Prism allows him to fly, even in space.
* GreenLanternRing: As to be expected, the Doctor's Power Prism gives him this superpower.
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* HealingFactor: Hyperion eventually learned how to direct his body's energies to grant him this, healing his blindness.
* HandicappedBadass: Hyperion was rendered blind after fighting his evil duplicate, forcing him to wear special glasses to see. This was later undone when Hyperion discovered his healing factor.
* NighInvulnerability: Hyperion is virtually invulnerable, having taken blows from Hulk, Gladiator, and the Mighty Thor.
* HandicappedBadass: Hyperion was rendered blind after fighting his evil duplicate, forcing him to wear special glasses to see. This was later undone when Hyperion discovered his healing factor.
* NighInvulnerability: Hyperion is virtually invulnerable, having taken blows from Hulk, Gladiator, and the Mighty Thor.
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* SuperStrength: Hyperion is the most physically powerful being on his Earth, and has traded blows with both the Hulk and the Mighty Thor.
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* {{Immortality}}
BadassinCharge: Zarda was in charge of the Squadron's Utopia Program and she kicks serious ass.
*MayflyDecemberRomance
{{Flight}}: Originally, Zarda's ability to fly was the result of her transparent shield. However, it was later retconned to be a result of her own biology.
*StatuesqueStunner
{{Immortality}}: Zarda is about five centuries old, and while she was originally just extraordinarily long lived, she later said she did not age at all.
* MadeofIndestructium: Zarda carries a transparent shield made by her people that is virtually indestructible.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: With her husband Howard, and later Hyperion. It's different than the typical example, since while she LOOKS younger than both men, she's actually much older than both of them.
* MostCommonSuperpower: Zarda is quite busty.
* PurpleisPowerful: All of Zarda's outifts incorporate the color purple.
* StatuesqueStunner: Her official height is 6'8'', though she usually appears much shorter than that.
* SuperStrength: Zarda can officially lift 20 tons and is the third strongest person on her Earth, after Hyperion and Redstone.
* SuperToughness: Zarda, much like Wonder Woman, is extraordinarily tough, but is vulnerable to piercing weapons like bullets.
* TouchedByVorlons: Zarda's people, the Utopians, were created when the alien Kree came into contact with primitive humans and experimented on them.
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* MadeofIndestructium: Zarda carries a transparent shield made by her people that is virtually indestructible.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: With her husband Howard, and later Hyperion. It's different than the typical example, since while she LOOKS younger than both men, she's actually much older than both of them.
* MostCommonSuperpower: Zarda is quite busty.
* PurpleisPowerful: All of Zarda's outifts incorporate the color purple.
* StatuesqueStunner: Her official height is 6'8'', though she usually appears much shorter than that.
* SuperStrength: Zarda can officially lift 20 tons and is the third strongest person on her Earth, after Hyperion and Redstone.
* SuperToughness: Zarda, much like Wonder Woman, is extraordinarily tough, but is vulnerable to piercing weapons like bullets.
* TouchedByVorlons: Zarda's people, the Utopians, were created when the alien Kree came into contact with primitive humans and experimented on them.
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The {{Flash}} Expy, based on the Barry Allen version of the character (except he's a mailman instead of a police scientist.) This version has a family which is the source of most of his strain. That combined with his speed, he frequently faces the temptation to simply run away in a fight.
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The BlackCanary expy. When she starts to have feelings for American Eagle, her current boyfriend brainwashes her into loving only him.
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The BlackCanary ComicBook/BlackCanary expy. When she starts to have feelings for American Eagle, her current boyfriend brainwashes her into loving only him.
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* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: The Mink.
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* TookALevelInDumbass: Lark had become more superficial and shallow after she was modified.
* IfICantHaveYou: Archer's response to Lark turning down his marriage proposal, at first screaming that she's probably in love with Blue Eagle, and then deciding that he'll ''make'' her love him from now on.
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* {{Yandere}}: A male version.
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Nighthawk, the Franchise/{{Batman}} expy, quits the team as soon as the Utopia initiative is proposed. After almost attempting to kill his friend Hyperion to derail the initiative before it begins, he convinces himself there must be a better way and tries to recruit a team to infiltrate the Squadron and set them up for failure.
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Nighthawk, the Franchise/{{Batman}} expy, quits the team as soon as the Utopia initiative is proposed. After almost attempting to kill his friend Hyperion to derail the initiative before it begins, he convinces himself there must be a better way and tries to recruit a team to infiltrate the Squadron and set them up for failure.
failure. The resistance is made up of reformed villains Mink, Pinball, and Remnant, along with new heroes Inertia, Moonglow, Redstone, Thermite, and Haywire.
* {{Acrofatic}}: Pinball.
* {{Acrofatic}}: Pinball.
* TheBigGuy: Redstone.
* DatingCatwoman: Nighthawk and Mink had the potential to be a couple, fitting since they are expies of Batman and Catwoman.
* {{Glamour}}: Moonglow appears as a statuesque blonde, [[spoiler: but is really a frumpy, grey-haired woman.]]
* HailfirePeaks: A weird comic book variant with Thermite, who has fire and ice based powers.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Inertia, who is able to mentally steal the friction from one individual and transfer it at another. She actually knocks Power Princess out cold by channeling Hyperion's punches towards Redstone to her.
* HonorAmongThieves: Remnant is shattered by Pinball's death.
* DatingCatwoman: Nighthawk and Mink had the potential to be a couple, fitting since they are expies of Batman and Catwoman.
* {{Glamour}}: Moonglow appears as a statuesque blonde, [[spoiler: but is really a frumpy, grey-haired woman.]]
* HailfirePeaks: A weird comic book variant with Thermite, who has fire and ice based powers.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Inertia, who is able to mentally steal the friction from one individual and transfer it at another. She actually knocks Power Princess out cold by channeling Hyperion's punches towards Redstone to her.
* HonorAmongThieves: Remnant is shattered by Pinball's death.
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* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: The Mink.
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Nighthawk, the {{Batman}} expy, quits the team as soon as the Utopia initiative is proposed. After almost attempting to kill his friend Hyperion to derail the initiative before it begins, he convinces himself there must be a better way and tries to recruit a team to infiltrate the Squadron and set them up for failure.
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Nighthawk, the {{Batman}} Franchise/{{Batman}} expy, quits the team as soon as the Utopia initiative is proposed. After almost attempting to kill his friend Hyperion to derail the initiative before it begins, he convinces himself there must be a better way and tries to recruit a team to infiltrate the Squadron and set them up for failure.
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* HotAmazon: Zarda married a mortal, he didn't seem to mind until age seperated them.
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The Black Canary BlackCanary expy. When she starts to have feelings for American Eagle, her current boyfriend brainwashes her into loving only him.
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The Green Arrow GreenArrow expy. His defining moment in this story comes when Lark refuses his proposal (made after an especially close brush with death.) He chooses to use Tom Thumb's new behavior modification device to make Lark love him.
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* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: In the backstory, Nighthawk served as the President of the United States.
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* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: In the backstory, Nighthawk served as the President of the United States.
States. That's right. President Batman. Sadly, his administration ended in disgrace because he spent most of it BrainwashedAndCrazy. Also as a result, he's not in top physical condition in this story though his mind is as sharp as ever.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He quits the Squadron and isn't seen for the remainder of the series after Golden Archer is expelled for using the behavior modification device on Lady Lark to make her love him. He didn't quit because he believed Archer was innocent, he quit because the Squadron had the nerve to actually punish Archer for using the device that they all lobbied for. On top of that, he was against the election of former criminals into the Squadron, knowing full well they couldn't say "no" because of the modification.
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* FreakOut: After his parents die.
* NeverMyFault: He blames Tom Thumb for the deaths of his parents, because he couldn't cure cancer in time. [[spoiler: It's obvious that they contracted cancer as a result of exposure to Nuke's powers, but in Nuke's defense, he didn't plan for them to get sick because of his powers.]]
* NeverMyFault: He blames Tom Thumb for the deaths of his parents, because he couldn't cure cancer in time. [[spoiler: It's obvious that they contracted cancer as a result of exposure to Nuke's powers, but in Nuke's defense, he didn't plan for them to get sick because of his powers.]]
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SonicScream: As a result of her modified vocal chords. The problem is, she can no longer sing with them.
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!!Arcanna
Arcanna Jones, a stand-in for {{Zatanna}}, is the Squadron's resident magician and illusionist. Like Whizzer, Arcanna is married and has kids, three of them, and near the halfway point of the series, becomes pregnant a fourth time. Like Amphibian she objected to the use of the behavior modification machines Tom Thumb built, but didn't voice any further objections after their installation.
* {{Glamour}}: Arcanna has no qualms about her body size while pregnant, but makes it so she doesn't look like it because that way her teammates won't treat her like she's made of glass.
* HappilyMarried
* MasterOfIllusion
* PregnantBadass: Spends half of the series pregnant, but uses her powers to conceal it in order to put her teammates at ease. [[spoiler: The series ends with Arcanna successfully giving birth to her fourth child.]]
* ShatteringTheIllusion: A subversion. Arcanna drops the illusion and reveals her pregnancy after her water breaks in the middle of the battle between the Squadron and Nighthawk's allies.
* StockingFiller: Like Zatanna, she wears fishnets.
Arcanna Jones, a stand-in for {{Zatanna}}, is the Squadron's resident magician and illusionist. Like Whizzer, Arcanna is married and has kids, three of them, and near the halfway point of the series, becomes pregnant a fourth time. Like Amphibian she objected to the use of the behavior modification machines Tom Thumb built, but didn't voice any further objections after their installation.
* {{Glamour}}: Arcanna has no qualms about her body size while pregnant, but makes it so she doesn't look like it because that way her teammates won't treat her like she's made of glass.
* HappilyMarried
* MasterOfIllusion
* PregnantBadass: Spends half of the series pregnant, but uses her powers to conceal it in order to put her teammates at ease. [[spoiler: The series ends with Arcanna successfully giving birth to her fourth child.]]
* ShatteringTheIllusion: A subversion. Arcanna drops the illusion and reveals her pregnancy after her water breaks in the middle of the battle between the Squadron and Nighthawk's allies.
* StockingFiller: Like Zatanna, she wears fishnets.
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The {{GreenLantern}} Comicbook/GreenLantern Expy. The former astronaut is one of the less mature members of the team until his encounter with a teammate leads to him accidentally killing said teammate. He takes himself off combat duty for the rest of the story, one of the many strains on the team.
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* PowerCrystal: A large gem that allows Dr. Spectrum to have powers like GreenLantern.
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The {{Aquaman}} Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} expy minus being the king of anything. He also lacks any telepathic abilities. He is the voice of dissent on the team eventually quitting over philosophical differences.
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* PowerCrystal: A large gem that allows Dr. Spectrum to have powers like GreenLantern.
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* AmazonianBeauty
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* TheCape
* EvilTwin: Played straight when Master Menace recruits Hyperion's Evil Twin to infiltrate the Squadron.
* FlyingBrick
* EvilTwin: Played straight when Master Menace recruits Hyperion's Evil Twin to infiltrate the Squadron.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Invoked by Dr. Spectrum after [[spoiler:the death of Nuke.]]
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Spectrum is a former astronaut so its possible his "Doctor" title isearned earned, but he doesn't give any indication of being that educated.
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* DoesntLikeGuns: The Whizzer agrees with the team's plans to disarm the populace. This later causes a conflict when he's forced to attack the Institute of Evil with an automatic weapon.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: The time he spends in a "hypermetabolic state" must be balanced with time spent in a hypometabolic state. When Squadron membership becomes a full time job, this gets to bedifficult. difficult.
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* RequiredSecondaryPowers: The time he spends in a "hypermetabolic state" must be balanced with time spent in a hypometabolic state. When Squadron membership becomes a full time job, this gets to be
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* HumanPopsicle: Tom becomes one when he is placed in a hibernaculum after his death.
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* ClingyCostume: As his power continues to grow stronger, Nuke has to keep wearing a lead-lined suit to avoid killing everyone around him.
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* LoveMakesYouEvil
* MoralEventHorizon: Brainwashing his girlfriend, which earns him a few well deserved WhatTheHellHero remarks from his teammates though not as many as we'd hope.
* BadassNormal
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* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: In the backstory, Nighthawk served as the President of the United States.
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*HoistByHisOwnPetard: Amphibian is able to destroy the plans for the behavior modification device by ordering the already brainwashed Ape-X to do so. She must obey him because of that very device.
*RoaringRampageOfRevenge: When it finally comes to light that the Golden Archer brainwashed Lady Lark, Amphibian feels quite justified in destroying the plans for the Behavior Modification device and every copy of the machine in house before swimming off into the sunset.
*RoaringRampageOfRevenge: When it finally comes to light that the Golden Archer brainwashed Lady Lark, Amphibian feels quite justified in destroying the plans for the Behavior Modification device and every copy of the machine in house before swimming off into the sunset.
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* ClingyJealousGirlfriend: After the brainwashing, which worked entirely too well on her, to the point where her boyfriend (who wanted to marry her) did everything he could to get away from her.
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* ClingyJealousGirlfriend: ClingyJealousGirl: After the brainwashing, which worked entirely too well on her, to the point where her boyfriend (who wanted to marry her) did everything he could to get away from her.
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* BatmanGambitBatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Nighthawk finds unknown superhumans to join the Squadron while they're looking for more manpower, then has one of them steal a copy of the Behavior Modification device so that Master Menace can reverse engineer it to free the brainwashed bad guys the Squadron has coopted. At the climax of the series, he has more than half the Squadron on his side for the final confrontation.]]
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Expies of the
*SecretIdentity: Any team member who had one at the beginning of the story unmasked to regain the public's trust at the beginning of the Utopia Initiative.
!!Hyperion
The {{Superman}} Expy right down to having an Alliterative SecretIdentity that he casually abandons at the start of this story. He seems to lack most of the SuperSenses of his counter part which helps to explain why he is so often ignorant of the failings of his human teammates who struggle to keep up.
*{{Superdickery}}: As noted, Hyperion casually reveals his secret identity to Linda Lake and informs her that the Love triangle was pointless because they could never reproduce. Way to break it to her Hype. He is also shown to be insensitive to the needs of his teammates, not because he's a jerk, but simply because he has no experience being weak and vulnerable.
!!Power Princess
The WonderWoman Expy. A former utopian, long frustrated with simply beating up bad guys and monsters, Princess Zarda sees the initial civil unrest as a chance to rebuild society more in the image of the Utopian society that has since left her behind. Aside from being the leader throughout much of the initiative, she struggles with her aged husband's deteriorating health.
*HotAmazon: Zarda married a mortal, he didn't seem to mind until age seperated them.
*Immortality
*MayflyDecemberRomance
!!Doctor Spectrum
The {{GreenLantern}} Expy. The former astronaut is one of the less mature members of the team until his encounter with a teammate leads to him accidentally killing said teammate. He takes himself off combat duty for the rest of the story, one of the many strains on the team.
MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Spectrum is a former astronaut so its possible the title is earned but he doesn't give any indication of being that educated.
!!The Whizzer
The {{Flash}} Expy, based on the Barry Allen version of the character (except he's a mailman instead of a police scientist.) This version has a family which is the source of most of his strain. That combined with his speed, he frequently faces the temptation to simply run away in a fight.
*RequiredSecondaryPowers: The time he spends in a "hypermetabolic state" must be balanced with time spent in a hypometabolic state. When Squadron membership becomes a full time job, this gets to be difficult.
*SuperSpeed
!!Amphibian
The {{Aquaman}} expy minus being the king of anything. He also lacks any telepathic abilities. He is the voice of dissent on the team eventually quitting over philosophical differences.
!!Tom Thumb
An aging genius little person (though, unlike his JusticeLeague counterpart, he can't shrink, he's simply short) and the backbone of the initiative. Tom is responsible for inventing the miraculous technologies that give the initiative a chance at success those those efforts are not always appreciated.
*DealWithTheDevil: He considers it but can't go through with it.
*IntelligenceEqualsIsolation
*OmnidisciplinaryScientist
*ReedRichardsIsUseless: Inverting this with Tom is a central theme of the story.
*SuperIntelligence
!!Nuke
Likely a stand-in for the JusticeLeague member Firestorm, though the teenaged Nuke's powers merely involved flight and radiation blasts. Unfortunately, as his powers increase, his ambient radioactivity increases to the point where it's dangerous for others leading to his parents deaths. After this, Nuke basically loses it and dies while lashing out at DoctorSpectrum.
*CantSpitItOut: By the time he has permission to tell his parents about his secret identity, he can't bring himself to do it because it means admitting that he was unwittingly killing them.
!!Lady Lark
The Black Canary expy. When she starts to have feelings for American Eagle, her current boyfriend brainwashes her into loving only him.
*ClingyJealousGirlfriend: After the brainwashing, which worked entirely too well on her, to the point where her boyfriend (who wanted to marry her) did everything he could to get away from her.
*IJustWantToBeNormal: Lark was an up and coming pop singer before being forcibly experimented on to gain superpowers. She'd have much rather stayed a pop star.
!!Golden Archer
The Green Arrow expy. His defining moment in this story comes when Lark refuses his proposal (made after an especially close brush with death.) He chooses to use Tom Thumb's new
*MoralEventHorizon: Brainwashing his girlfriend, which earns him a few well deserved WhatTheHellHero remarks from his teammates though not as many as we'd hope.
*TheAtoner: After he gets kicked off the team, he join's Nighthawk's insurgents convincing himself that nobody should have the power he abused.
!Nighthawk and the resistance
Nighthawk, the {{Batman}} expy, quits the team as soon as the Utopia initiative is proposed. After almost attempting to kill his friend Hyperion to derail the initiative before it begins, he convinces himself there must be a better way and tries to recruit a team to infiltrate the Squadron and set them up for failure.
*BatmanGambit
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