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Unimpressed with the lack of Puerto Rican representation in mainstream comic books, a writer at Creator/MarvelComics named Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez decided to create his own comic starring a Puerto Rican hero. Miranda-Rodriguez was inspired to make the character when he was approached organizers of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City. They wanted to honor him for his previous work. Miranda-Rodriguez created a comic book to be introduced at the 2016 Puerto Rican Day Parade in NYC.

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Unimpressed with the lack of Puerto Rican UsefulNotes/{{Puerto Ric|o}}an representation in mainstream comic books, a writer at Creator/MarvelComics named Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez decided to create his own comic starring a Puerto Rican hero. Miranda-Rodriguez was inspired to make the character when he was approached organizers of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City. They wanted to honor him for his previous work. Miranda-Rodriguez created a comic book to be introduced at the 2016 Puerto Rican Day Parade in NYC.
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* RealityEnsues: In the ActionPrologue, Marisol attempts to imitate the ''[[Series/{{Supergirl2015}} Supergirl]]'' show by catching and lifting a plane. However, focusing all the plane's weight on the comparatively tiny place where she is holding it by causes the plane to start cracking apart.

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* RealityEnsues: SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In the ActionPrologue, Marisol attempts to imitate the ''[[Series/{{Supergirl2015}} Supergirl]]'' show by catching and lifting a plane. However, focusing all the plane's weight on the comparatively tiny place where she is holding it by causes the plane to start cracking apart.
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Latino Is Brown has been tightened to refer to when all Latinos are brown, or when someone thinks they are. Single-character examples fit in Phenotype Stereotype and Averted Trope examples should not be listed unless notable.


* LatinoIsBrown: Averted:
** Marisol has medium brown skin but she is an afro-Puerto Rican.
** Marisol's best friend is Chinese-Dominican.
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** Harley Quinn, arrested after a failed bank robbery, is genuinely saddened by hearing about the devastation caused by Maria, and convinces the cops to let her serve her sentence their in volunteer service.

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** Harley Quinn, arrested after a failed bank robbery, is genuinely saddened by hearing about the devastation caused by Maria, and convinces the cops to let her serve her sentence their there in volunteer service.
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** [[WildMassGuessing Maybe the show in-universe is a fictionalized version of her real adventures?]]
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In 2018, ''La Borinqueña'' crossed over with Franchise/TheDCU in ''Ricanstruction: Reminiscing & Rebuilding Puerto Rico''. In the comic, Marisol commissioned the help of DC's superheroes aid rebuilding efforts in Puerto Rico, in the wake of the real life hurricane Hurricane Maria of 2017. Proceeds of the comic went to recovery efforts for Puerto Rico.

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In 2018, ''La Borinqueña'' crossed over with Franchise/TheDCU in ''Ricanstruction: Reminiscing & Rebuilding Puerto Rico''. In the comic, Marisol has commissioned the help of DC's superheroes aid rebuilding efforts in Puerto Rico, in the wake of the real life hurricane Hurricane Maria of 2017. Proceeds of the comic went to recovery efforts for Puerto Rico.



* MeaingfulName: Marisol means “Sun and Sea”, and the gods refer to her as such—- appropriate for her ability to command the elements.

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* MeaingfulName: MeaningfulName: Marisol means “Sun and Sea”, and the gods refer to her as such—- appropriate for her ability to command the elements.
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* MeaingfulName: Marisol means “Sun and Sea”, and the gods refer to her as such—- appropriate for her ability to command the elements.

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* GreenAesop: Marisol helps fight against environmental issues.

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* GreenAesop: Marisol helps fight against environmental issues.issues, from aiding sea turtles to find their nest beaches to battling crooks trying to secretly dump radioactive waste on the island.



* EvenEvilHasStandards: Harley Quinn, arrested after a failed bank robbery, is genuinely saddened by hearing about the devastation caused by Maria, and convinces the cops to let her serve her sentence their in volunteer service.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: EvenEvilHasStandards:
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Harley Quinn, arrested after a failed bank robbery, is genuinely saddened by hearing about the devastation caused by Maria, and convinces the cops to let her serve her sentence their in volunteer service.service.
** Poison Ivy isn't thrilled about helping humans, but she is aghast at seeing how Puerto Rico's rainforests have been flattened or drowned by the storm, and eventually reneges to providing food for people with her plants.
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* RealityEnsues: In the ActionPrologue, Marisol attempts to imitate the ''[[Series/{{Supergirl2015}} Supergirl]]'' show by catching and lifting a plane. However, her tiny size despite her strength causes the plane to start cracking apart.

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* RealityEnsues: In the ActionPrologue, Marisol attempts to imitate the ''[[Series/{{Supergirl2015}} Supergirl]]'' show by catching and lifting a plane. However, her focusing all the plane's weight on the comparatively tiny size despite her strength place where she is holding it by causes the plane to start cracking apart.

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* AnimalThemeSuperhero: Emphasized more than usual with Batman, who comes to Puerto Rico to sabotage the theft of a lab containing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnell%27s_mustached_bat Puerto Rico bats]].

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* AnimalThemeSuperhero: AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Emphasized more than usual with Batman, who comes to Puerto Rico to sabotage the theft of a lab containing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnell%27s_mustached_bat Puerto Rico bats]].bats]].
* CelebrityParadox: Curiously, Marisol teams with Supergirl at one point, despite the former's comic treating the ''Supergirl'' TV show as fictional.
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* AnimalThemedSuperhero: Emphasized more than usual with Batman, who comes to Puerto Rico to sabotage the theft of a lab containing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnell%27s_mustached_bat Puerto Rico bats]].

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* AnimalThemedSuperhero: AnimalThemeSuperhero: Emphasized more than usual with Batman, who comes to Puerto Rico to sabotage the theft of a lab containing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnell%27s_mustached_bat Puerto Rico bats]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:Soy Boricua. Somos Puerto Rico.]]
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* AnimalThemedSuperhero: Emphasized more than usual with Batman, who comes to Puerto Rico to sabotage the theft of a lab containing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnell%27s_mustached_bat Puerto Rico bats]].



* SilenceIsGolden: Harley Quinn's comic ''I Forgot Not To Care'' is told entirely with no dialogue, in the style of a comedy serial.

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* SilenceIsGolden: Harley Quinn's comic ''I Forgot Not To Care'' is told entirely with no dialogue, in the style of a comedy serial.serial.
* WorfHadTheFlu: As it turns out in the final story, Superman was unable to prevent Hurricane Maria from making landfall in the DC universe because he had just been stabbed by a piece of kryptonite by Metallo.

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In 2018, La Borinqueña crossed over with Franchise/WonderWoman in ''Ricanstruction: Reminiscing & Rebuilding Puerto Rico''. In the comic, the two help to reconstruct Puerto Rico in the wake of the real life hurricane Hurricane Maria of 2017. Proceeds of the comic went to recovery efforts for Puerto Rico.

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In 2018, La Borinqueña ''La Borinqueña'' crossed over with Franchise/WonderWoman Franchise/TheDCU in ''Ricanstruction: Reminiscing & Rebuilding Puerto Rico''. In the comic, Marisol commissioned the two help to reconstruct of DC's superheroes aid rebuilding efforts in Puerto Rico Rico, in the wake of the real life hurricane Hurricane Maria of 2017. Proceeds of the comic went to recovery efforts for Puerto Rico.



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!!This !!Tropes in ''La Borinqueña'' series:

* BilingualDialogue: The
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seamlessly shifts between English and Spanish spoken dialogue without translation.



* {{Crossover}}: In 2017 there was a special crossover comic with Franchise/WonderWoman.



** Marisol's best friend is Chinese-Dominican.

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** Marisol's best friend is Chinese-Dominican.Chinese-Dominican.
* RealityEnsues: In the ActionPrologue, Marisol attempts to imitate the ''[[Series/{{Supergirl2015}} Supergirl]]'' show by catching and lifting a plane. However, her tiny size despite her strength causes the plane to start cracking apart.

!!Tropes in ''Ricanstruction'':
* EnemyMine: It's not just heroes who come to Puerto Rico's aid, as Marisol is also able to recruit the help of Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Catwoman, although some are less eager about it than others.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Harley Quinn, arrested after a failed bank robbery, is genuinely saddened by hearing about the devastation caused by Maria, and convinces the cops to let her serve her sentence their in volunteer service.
* SilenceIsGolden: Harley Quinn's comic ''I Forgot Not To Care'' is told entirely with no dialogue, in the style of a comedy serial.
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* CaptainPatriotic: La Borinqueña is a Nuyorican who wears a Puerto flag-themed costume andhas a Puerto Rican superhero alias.

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* CaptainPatriotic: La Borinqueña is a Nuyorican who wears a Puerto flag-themed costume andhas and has a Puerto Rican superhero alias.
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In 2018, La Borinqueña crossed over with Franchise/WonderWoman in ''Rican Struction: Reminiscing & Rebuilding Puerto Rico''. In the comic, the two help to reconstruct Puerto Rico in the wake of the real life hurricane Hurricane Maria of 2017. Proceeds of the comic went to recovery efforts for Puerto Rico.

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In 2018, La Borinqueña crossed over with Franchise/WonderWoman in ''Rican Struction: ''Ricanstruction: Reminiscing & Rebuilding Puerto Rico''. In the comic, the two help to reconstruct Puerto Rico in the wake of the real life hurricane Hurricane Maria of 2017. Proceeds of the comic went to recovery efforts for Puerto Rico.
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Unimpressed with the lack of Puerto Rican representation in mainstream comic books, a writer at Creator/MarvelComicsnamed Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez decided to create his own comic starring a Puerto Rican hero. Miranda-Rodriguez was inspired to make the character when he was approached organizers of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City. They wanted to honor him for his previous work. Miranda-Rodriguez created a comic book to be introduced at the 2016 Puerto Rican Day Parade in NYC.

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Unimpressed with the lack of Puerto Rican representation in mainstream comic books, a writer at Creator/MarvelComicsnamed Creator/MarvelComics named Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez decided to create his own comic starring a Puerto Rican hero. Miranda-Rodriguez was inspired to make the character when he was approached organizers of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City. They wanted to honor him for his previous work. Miranda-Rodriguez created a comic book to be introduced at the 2016 Puerto Rican Day Parade in NYC.

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Unimpressed with the lack of Puerto Rican representation in mainstream comic books, a writer at Creator/MarvelComic named Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez decided to create his own comic starring a Puerto Rican hero. Miranda-Rodriguez was inspired to make the character when he was approached organizers of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City. They wanted to honor him for his previous work. Miranda-Rodriguez created a comic book to be introduced at the 2016 Puerto Rican Day Parade in NYC.

Thus La Borinqueña was born.

''La Borinqueña'' stars Marisol Rios De La Luz, a young woman of Puerto Rican descendance living in Brooklyn. Marisol is an environmental studies student at Columbia University.

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Unimpressed with the lack of Puerto Rican representation in mainstream comic books, a writer at Creator/MarvelComic named Creator/MarvelComicsnamed Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez decided to create his own comic starring a Puerto Rican hero. Miranda-Rodriguez was inspired to make the character when he was approached organizers of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City. They wanted to honor him for his previous work. Miranda-Rodriguez created a comic book to be introduced at the 2016 Puerto Rican Day Parade in NYC.

Thus La Borinqueña ''La Borinqueña'' was born.

''La Borinqueña'' stars Marisol Rios De La Luz, a young woman of Puerto Rican descendance living in Brooklyn. Marisol is an environmental studies student at Columbia University.
University who goes to Puerto Rico to study. Gifted with powers by ancient Puerto Rican gods, Marisol decides to use her powers to fight social justice and environmental issues.



* CaptainPatriotic: La Borinqueña is a Nuyorican who wears a Puerto flag-themed costume andhas a Puerto Rican superhero alias.



* GreenAesop: Marisol helps fight against environmental issues.



** Marisol has light brown skin but she is an afro-Puerto Rican.

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** Marisol has light medium brown skin but she is an afro-Puerto Rican.
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Unimpressed with the lack of Puerto Rican representation in mainstream comic books, a writer at Creator/MarvelComic named Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez decided to create his own comic starring a Puerto Rican hero. Miranda-Rodriguez was inspired to make the character when he was approached organizers of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City. They wanted to honor him for his previous work. Miranda-Rodriguez created a comic book to be introduced at the 2016 Puerto Rican Day Parade in NYC.

Thus La Borinqueña was born.

''La Borinqueña'' stars Marisol Rios De La Luz, a young woman of Puerto Rican descendance living in Brooklyn. Marisol is an environmental studies student at Columbia University.

Named after the national anthem of Puerto Rico, ''La Borinqueña'' mainly deals with political issues such as voter rights and climate change and police accountability. Her creator has described her more as a "symbol of hope" than a "crime fighter".

In 2018, La Borinqueña crossed over with Franchise/WonderWoman in ''Rican Struction: Reminiscing & Rebuilding Puerto Rico''. In the comic, the two help to reconstruct Puerto Rico in the wake of the real life hurricane Hurricane Maria of 2017. Proceeds of the comic went to recovery efforts for Puerto Rico.

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!!This comic book provides examples of:

* {{Crossover}}: In 2017 there was a special crossover comic with Franchise/WonderWoman.
* LatinoIsBrown: Averted:
** Marisol has light brown skin but she is an afro-Puerto Rican.
** Marisol's best friend is Chinese-Dominican.

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