History ComicBook / TomStrong

* NewOldWest: An alternate Tom is asked how he can be a cowboy if it's the year 2000. Cowboy Tom guesses that the "great malechanical progress abolition" never happened on other worlds.

* TarzanBoy: Tom's origin is a reference to ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'' with his parents being washed up on a jungle island.

* {{Expy}}: Tom is more than a little reminiscent of Literature/DocSavage. He bears a number of similarities with Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic of the Franchise/FantasticFour.

* FuturisticPyramid: The Aztecs attempt to invade by teleporting gold {{Mayincatec}} pyramids into Millennium City.

* MultiversalConqueror: The Aztecs working with Quetzocoatl-9 rule 2,057 Earths.

* PrisonersDilemma: Discussed. Tom, attempting to prevent his world from being taken over by super-advanced Aztecs, is captured by them and released by their cyber-god, who asks to be released from his virtual prison in return. Though Tom is wary that the god will continue to take over parallel worlds, he keeps the bargain. The god chooses to quit the Aztec conquest, ruling the worlds that have already been conquered, and explains to Tom why he chose to trust him based on this dilemma.

* MartyStu: Tom was, in-universe, ''born and raised'' to be this to most people, and thus has most of the attributes. A common theme, though, is stories exploiting his limitations and failures, specifically his inability to reform many of his villains. It’s implied that his rather cold upbringing by his father gave him poor emotional intelligence; that’s not to say he’s not a compassionate man, and his love for his family shows that he’s not devoid of emotion, but he’s stoic and blunt, thus making it hard to connect with other people on an emotional level.
** Also examined with Tom Stone, his AlternateUniverse equivalent. Tom Stone is perhaps even more of a MartyStu in that as well as Tom's strengths, he is also tremendously successful in reforming his enemies, being noted to be far more personable and emotional than Strong. However, Stone has his feet of clay and the entire {{Utopia}} he's worked for ends up crashing down into rubble. He's also not nearly as strong or scientifically minded as "our" Tom, due to his dramatically different upbringing.

* AirborneAircraftCarrier: Ingrid Weiss uses one.

* HealingVat: In 2050, Tom is in one with "miniature doctopoids" mending his cells and absorbing goloka balm.

* SomeKindOfForceField: When Saveen is revealed to be alive, he's protected by "some sort of barrier. A force-field" that's still invisible even when Tom touches it.

* DependingOnTheArtist: Dhalua and Tesla's skin colors vary throughout the series. In Tesla's case, sometimes the artists remember that she is mixed-race and give her a complexion in between her parents', while others just make her a clone of her mother, skintone included.

* ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld: 5ey can often be seen flying over Millennium City.

* FantasticVoyagePlot: One issue sees Tom and Solomon head inside Pneuman's inner workings after a series of increasingly erratic behavior. Turns out he's been infested by a bunch of microscopic beings who kept messing around with his circuits.

* TarzanBoy: Tom's origins a reference to ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'' with his parents being washed up on a jungle island.

* GodwinsLawOfTimeTravel: Though in this case, it is the ''Aztecs'' who now rule the world.

* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: "Born With the Century: Tom Strong and His City" says Music/ColePorter write a song about Millennium City in this universe called "Nothing But The Best For You".

* InWhichATropeIsDescribed: "CHAPTER ONE: In which an Origin is Revealed, an Aerial Crime is Attempted, and TOM gains a New Fan."

* {{Heavyworlder}}: A key aspect of Tom's upbringing and the source of his seeming superhuman strength and capabilities was being raised in a high gravity chamber.

* {{Heavyworlder}}: A key aspect of Tom's upbringing and the source of his seeming superhuman strength and capabilities.

* JunglePrincess: Princess Pantha from ''Terra Obscura''.

* StupidJetpackHitler: Ingrid Weiss had fearsome technology of her own, and [[spoiler:she teamed up with evil genius Paul Saveen]].