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* PublicDomainCharacter: Most of the characters the Kid summons.
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->"Rock yourself a long way from sleep with Kid Eternity, the long-haired, loose-lipped adolescent from Hell"
-->-- ''Vertigo Jam''
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* CerebusRetcon: Aside from discarding the aspect of Kid Eternity being related to Freddy Freeman, a lot of dark revisions were made to the established canon, particularly revealing that the man he died with was not his grandfather, but a child molester with ill intentions for him, as well as establishing that Kid Eternity was actually an UnwittingPawn of the legions of Hell, with the historical figures he summoned actually being demons who merely took on the forms of the historical figures he asked for.
* CoolShades: In this era Kid began to wear spectacles of various shapes/colors.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Post-Crisis, Eternity had his origin changed so that he'd gone to Hell instead of Heaven, Mr. Keeper was a demon instead of an angel, and the "historical figures" he summoned were more demons in disguise.
* CoolShades: In this era Kid began to wear spectacles of various shapes/colors.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Post-Crisis, Eternity had his origin changed so that he'd gone to Hell instead of Heaven, Mr. Keeper was a demon instead of an angel, and the "historical figures" he summoned were more demons in disguise.
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* AbortedArc: Almost all of the book's plots were LeftHanging after it was CutShort.
* AbusiveParents: Cristabelle's parents locked her for two years in a psychiatric hospital without her permission when they discovered she was dating an older african-american man.
* AxCrazy: The Stalker.
* CerebusRetcon: Aside from discarding the aspect of Kid Eternity being related to Freddy Freeman, a lot of dark revisions were made to the established canon, particularly [[spoiler: revealing that the man he died with was not his grandfather, but a child molester with ill intentions for him, as well as establishing that Kid Eternity was actually an UnwittingPawn of the legions of Hell, with the historical figures he summoned actually being demons who merely took on the forms of the historical figures he askedfor.
for.]]
*CoolShades: In this era CharacterisationMarchesOn: When first introduced by Morrison, the Kid began is sown to wear spectacles be cynical, aloof and even sometimes rude, as well as being aware of various shapes/colors.
his surroundings. By the time the ongoing began, he instead became a hip [[ThePollyanna eternally cheerful]] NiceGuy.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Mister Keeper and Dog just sort of vanish after the first half of the Nocenti run, not even appearing in the finale.
* {{Cyberspace}}: A focus of the Hemlock subplots, and a particularly bad offender.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Post-Crisis, Eternity had his origin changed so that [[spoiler: he'd gone to Hell instead of Heaven, Mr. Keeper was ademon Lord of Chaos instead of an angel, and the "historical figures" he summoned were more demons in disguise.]]
* AbusiveParents: Cristabelle's parents locked her for two years in a psychiatric hospital without her permission when they discovered she was dating an older african-american man.
* AxCrazy: The Stalker.
* CerebusRetcon: Aside from discarding the aspect of Kid Eternity being related to Freddy Freeman, a lot of dark revisions were made to the established canon, particularly [[spoiler: revealing that the man he died with was not his grandfather, but a child molester with ill intentions for him, as well as establishing that Kid Eternity was actually an UnwittingPawn of the legions of Hell, with the historical figures he summoned actually being demons who merely took on the forms of the historical figures he asked
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Mister Keeper and Dog just sort of vanish after the first half of the Nocenti run, not even appearing in the finale.
* {{Cyberspace}}: A focus of the Hemlock subplots, and a particularly bad offender.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Post-Crisis, Eternity had his origin changed so that [[spoiler: he'd gone to Hell instead of Heaven, Mr. Keeper was a
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The Lords of Chaos]] are reimagined in a far more eldritch light. Their {{Mook}}s, the Shichiriron, also count.
** Doctor Pathos [[AmbiguouslyHuman might be this.]]
** Doctor Pathos [[AmbiguouslyHuman might be this.]]
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* FlippingTheBird: When Kid Eternity and Mr. Keeper turn against Mr. Keeper's masters at the conclusion of the 1991 miniseries, Kid Eternity makes it clear where Mr. Keeper's masters stand with him by giving them the finger.
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* FlippingTheBird: [[spoiler: When Kid Eternity and Mr. Keeper turn against Mr. Keeper's masters at the conclusion of the 1991 miniseries, Kid Eternity makes it clear where Mr. Keeper's masters stand with him by giving them the finger.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: The true motivation behind Doctor Pathos' hate of the kid: The Kid gets to have cool powers and a mission to save humanity while Pathos is implied to be forced to run an asylum.]]
* {{Hackette}}: Hemlock, the team's PlayfulHacker.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Chi Chi.
* InconsistentSpelling: Is it Cristabel or Cristabelle?
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: The true motivation behind Doctor Pathos' hate of the kid: The Kid gets to have cool powers and a mission to save humanity while Pathos is implied to be forced to run an asylum.]]
* {{Hackette}}: Hemlock, the team's PlayfulHacker.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Chi Chi.
* InconsistentSpelling: Is it Cristabel or Cristabelle?
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The fourth issue of the 1993 ongoing had a white supremacist punk named Jimmy try to force a black woman out of town for having a mixed race child due to believing that interracial relations poisons the blood. Kid Eternity ends up stopping him by possessing him and disabusing him of his racist notions.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: MissionFromGod: Kid Eternity is tasked with elevating humanity's collective consciousness. [[spoiler: Subverted when it's revealed it's actually a task set by the Lords of Chaos.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain:
** The fourth issue of the 1993 ongoing had a white supremacist punk named Jimmy try to force a black woman out of town for having a mixed race child due to believing that interracial relations poisons the blood. Kid Eternity ends up stopping him by possessing him and disabusing him of his racistnotions.notions.
** We later meet an unnamed old soldier who is obsessed with [[RatedMForManly extreme masculinity]] and thinks "faggots" are destroying America. He physically and psychologically tortures a kid who he thinks is "a pussy", even though we don't even find if he actually is gay, let alone InTouchWithHisFeminineSide.
* PsychoPsychologist: Doctor Pathos, who runs an opressive BedlamHouse. Subverted in that he isn't a psycho as much as just a very boring repressive man and he is just as trapped in the asylum as the rest of the patients.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain:
** The fourth issue of the 1993 ongoing had a white supremacist punk named Jimmy try to force a black woman out of town for having a mixed race child due to believing that interracial relations poisons the blood. Kid Eternity ends up stopping him by possessing him and disabusing him of his racist
** We later meet an unnamed old soldier who is obsessed with [[RatedMForManly extreme masculinity]] and thinks "faggots" are destroying America. He physically and psychologically tortures a kid who he thinks is "a pussy", even though we don't even find if he actually is gay, let alone InTouchWithHisFeminineSide.
* PsychoPsychologist: Doctor Pathos, who runs an opressive BedlamHouse. Subverted in that he isn't a psycho as much as just a very boring repressive man and he is just as trapped in the asylum as the rest of the patients.
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* RoundHippieShades: The Kid is always wearing a pair of these. Cristabelle and Willie buy him new ones when Doctor Pathos breaks his original pair.
* ScrewDestiny: [[spoiler: What the Kid ultimately decides to do.]]
* WisdomFromTheGutter: Blind Willie, a cheery homeless man that Kid Eternity quickly befriends.
* ScrewDestiny: [[spoiler: What the Kid ultimately decides to do.]]
* WisdomFromTheGutter: Blind Willie, a cheery homeless man that Kid Eternity quickly befriends.
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!!Tropes for the 1990s 2010s Jeff Lemire comic
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In 1991, Creator/GrantMorrison wrote a miniseries that revamped the character, [[CerebusRetcon retconning that Kid Eternity was actually an oblivious agent of Hell and had actually been summoning demons that took on the forms of the historical figures he asked for]], with a series by Creator/{{Vertigo|Comics}} that was written by Ann Nocenti later coming out in 1993 and running for 16 issues.
His most recent appearance was in a one-shot comic by Jeff Lemire in 2012, that was set post-Flashpoint.
His most recent appearance was in a one-shot comic by Jeff Lemire in 2012, that was set post-Flashpoint.
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His most recent appearance was in a one-shot comic by Jeff Lemire in 2012, that was set post-Flashpoint.
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* Expy: Of Captain Marvel, as both were kids granted celestial abilities. Eventually the two teamed up and Kid eventually became Freddy Freeman's brother.
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* Expy: {{Expy}}: Of Captain Marvel, as both were kids granted celestial abilities. Eventually the two teamed up and Kid eventually became Freddy Freeman's brother.
