History Characters / TheAuthority

* DisproportionateRetribution: Seems to be quite fond of this trope. He murders Windsor, the king of Albion (appointed by Regis himself) by crushing his skull -- just because he ''[[HairTriggerTemper verbally disrespected him]]''.

* PowerPerversionPotential: She has used her copies to have sex with Jack while maintaining concentration to prevent her other clones from sharing the same feeling during their worldly duties (i.e. having an orgasm while giving a speech to the UN.) It's also pretty much outright stated that her nano-blood basically allows her to indulge her exhibitionist tendencies by giving her a reason to basically walk around naked everywhere.

* ForTheEvulz: He may wrap it in lengthy, poetical, emotional speeches, but it's pretty obvious that he commits atrocities like terrorism or genocide purely for his own amusement. When asked directly by UN official ''why'' is he doing all that, his answer is merely that it's just because he can. And when his headquarters is about to be squashed by the Carrier, his last words are "I just wanted to have some fun".

* ProneToTears: Teuton is especially prone to crying, much to the annoyance of his teammates. Last Call is especially annoyed as it adds to the perception that he and Teuton are gay just like their predecessors.

* {{Sucksessor}}: Despite being 'replacements' for arguably the world's most powerful superteam, Midnighter kills most of them with little trouble. Best demonstrated with Teuton, who is supposedly 'the new Apollo' (a FlyingBrick), who gets killed by a simple [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_bolt_pistol captive bolt pistol]] type weapon to the back of his head, and the Surgeon, who supposedly has stolen the Doctor's earth shaman powers, yet gets killed by a simple blast through the chest.[[note]]In comparison, Swift FLEW through the Regenade Doctor, splattering his upper half Mortal Kombat fatality style, and all he did was pull himself together immediately with all the damage gone in two seconds, while cursing that it had actually hurt.[[/note]]

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** The rest are similarly stand-in for other Marvel heroes, including a gender-flipped version of the X-Men and a bigoted Nick Fury.

* KarmicRape: The last that is seen of the Commander, it is implied the Commander is about to be repaid for his rape of Apollo by Midnighter using a rusty jackhammer to do the same to him.

** Angie sends four of the racist Americans to a parallel universe ruled an African dictator named Adolf X who exterminated every non-black person in his universe.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Rush says that she isn't into guys, has a retinue of young women who shower with her, and some of her interactions with Machine suggest that they are a couple, or at least friends with benefits, but it's never explicitly said that she's a lesbian.

** Manchester Black joins the team and he was created for an Authority {{Expy}} group called The Elite. Now it's said The Elite were imitating The Authority in-universe.

* SupermanSubstitute: He's more or less Superman if he were an anti-hero and gay. ''Final Crisis'' even acknowledges it by having him be part of a team of Superman's counterparts, expies and knock-offs. When the Wildstorm characters got folded into the DC universe, it's taken even further by having Apollo be a Superman fanboy.

Also known as ''The Shaman''. A nebbish billionaire ex-heroin junkie who serves as the mightiest magic-user on Earth and the latest in a long line of reincarnated shamans chosen to defend the planet from danger. He serves as the magic expert of the team.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Since she typically flies, she really has no need for them. It helps that she can also turn her feet (and hands) into sharp talons.

* TheDarkChick

* HasTwoMommies: She is adopted by Apollo and Midnighter.

** The rest are similarly stand-in for other Marvel heroes, including a gender-flipped versionof the X-Men and a bigoted Nick Fury.

* CorruptedCharacterCopy: The Americans are evil stand-ins for ComicBook/TheAvengers.

** One of the Americans states that he hates Mexicans, Asians, blacks and ''especially'' French people.