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* VillainTeamUp: CHIMERA is composed of an alliance of ''dozens'' of villainous groups and individuals including [[MarvelUniverse HYDRA]], [[Franchise/GIJoe COBRA]], the LegionOfDoom, [[Manga/DragonBall the Red Ribbon Army]], [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket]], [[Franchise/TheTransformers the Decepticons]], [[Franchise/JamesBond SPECTRE]], [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the Foot Clan]], [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquer the Brotherhood of Nod]] and many more.

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* VillainTeamUp: CHIMERA is composed of an alliance of ''dozens'' of villainous groups and individuals including [[MarvelUniverse [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse HYDRA]], [[Franchise/GIJoe COBRA]], the LegionOfDoom, [[Manga/DragonBall the Red Ribbon Army]], [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket]], [[Franchise/TheTransformers the Decepticons]], [[Franchise/JamesBond SPECTRE]], [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the Foot Clan]], [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquer the Brotherhood of Nod]] and many more.
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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Taken UpToEleven when almost ''every single hero base on the planet'' is taken and/or destroyed in a single operation, [[spoiler: including the Extraordinary Avengers Mansion!]] The only base confirmed to survive and remain under the control of the heroes by the start of the third act is [[spoiler: the Chicago Champions base, Stronghold.]]

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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Taken UpToEleven when almost Almost ''every single hero base on the planet'' is taken and/or destroyed in a single operation, [[spoiler: including the Extraordinary Avengers Mansion!]] The only base confirmed to survive and remain under the control of the heroes by the start of the third act is [[spoiler: the Chicago Champions base, Stronghold.]]



* HollywoodHacking: PROGENY takes it UpToEleven and thus is one of the bigger reasons why CHIMERA manages to perform such a crippling first strike. As it's discovered later on, not even the more brute-force (and thus accepted as best) measures to prevent hacking (such as keeping computers off any network) were able to stop it (it just figured out a way to covertly transmit hacking code ''through audio waves'' and made sure that the non-networked computers' integrated microphones would hear it).

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* HollywoodHacking: PROGENY takes it UpToEleven and thus is one of the bigger reasons why CHIMERA manages to perform such a crippling first strike. As it's discovered later on, not even the more brute-force (and thus accepted as best) measures to prevent hacking (such as keeping computers off any network) were able to stop it (it just figured out a way to covertly transmit hacking code ''through audio waves'' and made sure that the non-networked computers' integrated microphones would hear it).
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* WorfEffect: The Extraordinary Avengers get hit with this trope and '''''HARD!!!!''''' Their Mansion is made to destroy itself and the entire team save for Mari Captain America is depowered and captured in less than twenty minutes. It is also mentioned in passing that ''many'' other superhero teams throughout the world and their respective headquarters went dark as well and presumed captured (the Chicago Champions is the only part of the whole division to still have all of its personnel roster standing and its headquarters' status known (as still under S.I. control, even if ''severely'' damaged--other divisions of the team and the company around the world didn't had the same luck) by the time SHIELD Team Seven arrives).
* VillainTeamUp: CHIMERA is composed of an alliance of ''dozens'' of villainous groups and individuals including [[MarvelUniverse HYDRA]], [[Franchise/GIJoe COBRA]], the LegionOfDoom, [[Manga/DragonBall the Red Ribbon Army]], [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket]], [[Franchse/TheTransformers the Decepticons]], [[Franchise/JamesBond SPECTRE]], [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the Foot Clan]], [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquer the Brotherhood of Nod]] and many more.

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* WorfEffect: TheWorfEffect: The Extraordinary Avengers get hit with this trope and '''''HARD!!!!''''' Their Mansion is made to destroy itself and the entire team save for Mari Captain America is depowered and captured in less than twenty minutes. It is also mentioned in passing that ''many'' other superhero teams throughout the world and their respective headquarters went dark as well and presumed captured (the Chicago Champions is the only part of the whole division to still have all of its personnel roster standing and its headquarters' status known (as still under S.I. control, even if ''severely'' damaged--other divisions of the team and the company around the world didn't had the same luck) by the time SHIELD Team Seven arrives).
* VillainTeamUp: CHIMERA is composed of an alliance of ''dozens'' of villainous groups and individuals including [[MarvelUniverse HYDRA]], [[Franchise/GIJoe COBRA]], the LegionOfDoom, [[Manga/DragonBall the Red Ribbon Army]], [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket]], [[Franchse/TheTransformers [[Franchise/TheTransformers the Decepticons]], [[Franchise/JamesBond SPECTRE]], [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the Foot Clan]], [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquer the Brotherhood of Nod]] and many more.

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* AIIsACrapshoot: PROGENY, the "child" of [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]] and [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquer CABAL]].

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* %%* AIIsACrapshoot: PROGENY, the "child" of [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]] and [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquer CABAL]].



* FromBadToWorse: Several chapters' worth of it, too.

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* %%* FromBadToWorse: Several chapters' worth of it, too.



* WarIsHell: The Chicago division of Stingray Industries held, and the President was evacuated during the assault on D.C., but these actions cost blood, and '''a lot''' of it. The narration makes it clear that both Maria and Mari (who have hefty memories of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, the former doubly so because she ''fought'' on the War) are having flashbacks of battles fought in it with the devastation that they see.

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* WarIsHell: The Chicago division of Stingray Industries held, and the President was evacuated during the assault on D.C., but these actions cost blood, and '''a lot''' of it. The narration makes it clear that both Maria and Mari (who have hefty memories of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, the former doubly so because she ''fought'' on the War) are having flashbacks of battles fought in it with the devastation that they see.see.
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She's got so much stuff that it's easy to overlook everything she's got. The Happosai thing isn't supposed to also be an attack that has the user standing still in a specific position while it's made? Kind of a bad idea to apply it in the middle of a firefight. Honestly, it's not "Mari forgot her powers" but "WE couldn't figure out how to freaking apply them". It's a really crappy defense, but it's what happened, so it's all that we have. The second bullet point of Iron Butt Monkey is the exact reason why I rewrote the Trope entry to begin with: it only highlights that Mari is (allegedly) crap in this tale and doesn't showcases anything regarding her helpfulness.
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I rewrote Iron Butt Monkey to begin with because it didn't felt right. These other entries also don't feel right.


* [[ForgotAboutHisPowers Forgot About Her Powers]]: Mari doesn't use many of the spells and abilities she's shown to have elsewhere, such as the Happo Satsu or some of her summons. And even things she does use, such as her D-Materia, she seems to forget about just in time for her to struggle and fail against anything other than Mooks.



** The story is also set up so that Mari completely fails to defeat anything more than low-level grunts, only managing to assist other characters in defeating their foes. The one time it looks like she might defeat an EliteMook, the kill is stolen by Captain Vincennes. All the while she suffers from massive injuries and repeated failures.
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* [[ForgotAboutHisPowers Forgot About Her Powers]]: Mari doesn't use many of the spells and abilities she's shown to have elsewhere, such as the Happo Satsu or some of her summons. And even things she does use, such as her D-Materia, she seems to forget about just in time for her to struggle and fail against anything other than Mooks.
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** The story is also set up so that Mari completely fails to defeat anything more than low-level grunts, only managing to assist other characters in defeating their foes. The one time it looks like she might defeat an EliteMook, the kill is stolen by Captain Vincennes. All the while she suffers from massive injuries and repeated failures.
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* IronButtMonkey: Mari's purpose in this story. Often, it feels like the only reason she's even there is to be put through the wringer and be made to suffer for everyone's enjoyment.
* ItsAllMyFault: Cap Mari feels a great deal of guilt over [[spoiler: the destruction of her team's Avengers Mansion, as well as them being either captured or MIA.]]

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* IronButtMonkey: Mari is one of the best combatants amongst the heroes, brings along a ChekhovsGun that is important to bring down CHIMERA and does a BigDamnHeroes to save Maria when she's captured at the climax, [[spoiler:however her mansion is destroyed and her whole team is captured at the very beginning of CHIMERA's full-blown assault (and then it turns out that all of the Avengers' bases are in similar peril if not worse, Mari's purpose in this story. Often, it feels like Mansion is just the only reason one we saw on-screen) and she's even there is to be put through still reeling from suffering such a big loss for part of the wringer and be made to suffer for everyone's enjoyment.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Cap Mari feels a great deal of guilt over [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the destruction of her team's Avengers Mansion, as well as them being either captured or MIA.]]



* JawDrop: Cap Mari gets this trope when she sees [[spoiler: Cap Maria passionately kissing [[VideoGame/XenoSaga Junior]].]]

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* JawDrop: Cap Mari gets this trope when she sees [[spoiler: Cap [[spoiler:Cap Maria passionately kissing [[VideoGame/XenoSaga Junior]].]]



* MyopicArchitecture: [[spoiler:A combination of an over-reliance on computerized security systems and Pym Particle constructions for space is why the Avengers Mansion in Chicago fell so fast. In the defense of the Mansion, PROGENY is mentioned to be an ''incredibly'' advanced computer, using hacking methods that nobody predicted (even Mari, who took measures to have some systems non-networked and ''still'' found them to have been hacked).]]

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* MyopicArchitecture: [[spoiler:A combination of an over-reliance on computerized security systems and Pym Particle constructions for space is why the Avengers Mansion in Chicago fell so fast. In the defense of the Mansion, PROGENY is mentioned to be an ''incredibly'' advanced computer, using hacking methods that nobody predicted (even Mari, who took measures to have some systems non-networked and ''still'' found them to have been hacked). A following story arc also demonstrates that PROGENY is so advanced [[AscendedFridgeHorror it can force hardware it's uploaded in to behave]] in ways that it is not designed to work, all of which baffles the people working to eradicate it to no end.]]
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* IronButtMonkey: Mari's purpose in this story. Often, it feels like the only reason she's even there is to be put through the wringer and be made to suffer for everyone's enjoyment.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: PROGENY, the "child" of [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]] and [[Franchise/CommandAndConquer CABAL]].

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* AIIsACrapshoot: PROGENY, the "child" of [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]] and [[Franchise/CommandAndConquer [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquer CABAL]].
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* VillainTeamUp: CHIMERA is composed of an alliance of ''dozens'' of villainous groups and individuals including [[MarvelUniverse HYDRA]], [[Franchise/GIJoe COBRA]], the LegionOfDoom, [[Manga/DragonBall the Red Ribbon Army]], [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket]], [[Franchse/TheTransformers the Decepticons]], [[Franchise/JamesBond SPECTRE]], [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the Foot Clan]], [[Franchise/CommandAndConquer the Brotherhood of Nod]] and many more.

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* VillainTeamUp: CHIMERA is composed of an alliance of ''dozens'' of villainous groups and individuals including [[MarvelUniverse HYDRA]], [[Franchise/GIJoe COBRA]], the LegionOfDoom, [[Manga/DragonBall the Red Ribbon Army]], [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket]], [[Franchse/TheTransformers the Decepticons]], [[Franchise/JamesBond SPECTRE]], [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the Foot Clan]], [[Franchise/CommandAndConquer [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquer the Brotherhood of Nod]] and many more.
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** Also after many stories where Maria looked like being more MarriedToTheJob than the actual CaptainAmerica; [[spoiler:it turns out that she has a boyfriend. They are just forced to keep the relationship long-distance and are firm believers in taking it easy (LivingForeverIsAwesome like that), so ''nobody'' at Team Seven (who Mari interviewed before ''Fanfic/HolidayTimeHeroesCoreline'') knew of this, so Mari got Maria sent over to the Mansion instead of spending time with Junior like they were planning.]]

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** Also after many stories where Maria looked like being more MarriedToTheJob than the actual CaptainAmerica; ComicBook/CaptainAmerica; [[spoiler:it turns out that she has a boyfriend. They are just forced to keep the relationship long-distance and are firm believers in taking it easy (LivingForeverIsAwesome like that), so ''nobody'' at Team Seven (who Mari interviewed before ''Fanfic/HolidayTimeHeroesCoreline'') knew of this, so Mari got Maria sent over to the Mansion instead of spending time with Junior like they were planning.]]
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** The sequence where SHIELD Team Seven and Cap Mari arrive to the Chicago division of S.I (and Stronghold)and see the devastation that was the cost of the Security Services' HoldTheLine action was meant to resemble similar post-battle sequences from films like ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'' and ''Film/BlackHawkDown''.

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** The sequence where SHIELD Team Seven and Cap Mari arrive to the Chicago division of S.I (and Stronghold)and Stronghold) and see the devastation that was the cost of the Security Services' HoldTheLine action was meant to resemble similar post-battle sequences from films like ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'' and ''Film/BlackHawkDown''.



* WarIsHell: The Chicago division of Stingray Industries held, and the President was evacuated during the assault on D.C., but these actions cost blood, and '''a lot''' of it. The narration makes it clear that both Maria and Mari (who have hefty memories of UsefulNotes/worldWarII, the former doubly so because she ''fought'' on the War) are having flashbacks of battles fought in it with the devastation that they see.

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* WarIsHell: The Chicago division of Stingray Industries held, and the President was evacuated during the assault on D.C., but these actions cost blood, and '''a lot''' of it. The narration makes it clear that both Maria and Mari (who have hefty memories of UsefulNotes/worldWarII, UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, the former doubly so because she ''fought'' on the War) are having flashbacks of battles fought in it with the devastation that they see.

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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Taken UpToEleven when almost ''every single hero base on the planet'' is taken and/or destroyed in a single operation, [[spoiler: including the Extraordinary Avengers Mansion!]] The only base confirmed to survive and remain under the control of the heroes is [[spoiler: the Chicago Champions base, Stronghold.]]

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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Taken UpToEleven when almost ''every single hero base on the planet'' is taken and/or destroyed in a single operation, [[spoiler: including the Extraordinary Avengers Mansion!]] The only base confirmed to survive and remain under the control of the heroes by the start of the third act is [[spoiler: the Chicago Champions base, Stronghold.]]



* FromBadToWorse: Several chapters worth of it, too.
* GondorCallsForAid: Let's just say that a ''lot'' of favors are cashed in by various heroes to gain aid in stopping the worldwide attack, like Joker calling in the Grunt of his home universe to keep the alliance of evil from capturing the president.

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* FromBadToWorse: Several chapters chapters' worth of it, too.
* GondorCallsForAid: Let's just say that a ''lot'' of favors are cashed in by various heroes to gain aid in stopping the worldwide attack, like Joker calling in the Grunt of his home universe to keep the alliance of evil from capturing the president.president or Fujiko asking for the help of ''Roger Smith (and Anime/TheBigO)''.



* HoldTheLine: Team Seven's plan during the battle of Washington D.C. is to do this for as long as possible in order to allow the President to evacuate (and nearly get overwhelmed, even with hefty backup). Stingray Security Services fought a full-blown COBRA assault in order to buy time for the Champions to fight off the infiltrators in their midst and come support them (and succeeded).



** The sequence where SHIELD Team Seven and Cap Mari arrive to the Chicago division of S.I (and Stronghold)and see the devastation that was the cost of the Security Services' HoldTheLine action was meant to resemble similar post-battle sequences from films like ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'' and ''Film/BlackHawkDown''.



* WorfEffect: The Extraordinary Avengers get hit with this trope and '''''HARD!!!!''''' Their Mansion is made to destroy itself and the entire team save for Mari Captain America is depowered and captured in less than twenty minutes. It is also mentioned in passing that ''many'' other superhero teams throughout the world and their respective headquarters went dark as well and presumed captured (the Chicago Champions is the only part of the whole division to still have all of its personnel roster standing and its headquarters' status known (as still under S.I. control, even if ''severely'' damaged) by the time SHIELD Team Seven arrives).

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* WorfEffect: The Extraordinary Avengers get hit with this trope and '''''HARD!!!!''''' Their Mansion is made to destroy itself and the entire team save for Mari Captain America is depowered and captured in less than twenty minutes. It is also mentioned in passing that ''many'' other superhero teams throughout the world and their respective headquarters went dark as well and presumed captured (the Chicago Champions is the only part of the whole division to still have all of its personnel roster standing and its headquarters' status known (as still under S.I. control, even if ''severely'' damaged) damaged--other divisions of the team and the company around the world didn't had the same luck) by the time SHIELD Team Seven arrives).



* YouAreTooLate: [[spoiler:Maria finds out the truth about CHIMERA ''after'' their initial attack had already been going on for twenty minutes]].

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* YouAreTooLate: [[spoiler:Maria finds out the truth about CHIMERA ''after'' their initial attack had already been going on for twenty minutes]].minutes]].
* WarIsHell: The Chicago division of Stingray Industries held, and the President was evacuated during the assault on D.C., but these actions cost blood, and '''a lot''' of it. The narration makes it clear that both Maria and Mari (who have hefty memories of UsefulNotes/worldWarII, the former doubly so because she ''fought'' on the War) are having flashbacks of battles fought in it with the devastation that they see.
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* HollywoodHacking: PROGENY takes it UpToEleven and thus is one of the bigger reasons why CHIMERA manages to perform such a crippling first strike. As it's discovered later on, not even the more brute-force (and thus accepted as best) measures to prevent hacking (such as keeping computers off any network) were able to stop it (it just figured out a way to covertly transmit hacking code ''through audio waves'' and made sure that the non-networked computers' integrated microphones would hear it).
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* DeusExMachina: Subverted: The Indianapolis Champions have access to a complete set of Dragonballs and are able to summon Shenron, but when they ask him if he can solve the problem at hand with CHIMERA (either take out all of the forces world-wide or rescue all of the kidnapped Champions and Avengers), Shenron says he can't because CHIMERA has access to resources capable of kicking ''his'' ass if he tries to. However, he ''is'' capable of transporting Ant-Man Sokka from where he's being held captive, and that is all the heroes need in order to create an effective counter-strike plan.
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* TheConstant: Mari believes that ComicBook/NickFury being a director of ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} in every universe where there ''is'' a S.H.I.E.L.D. is an example of this (and disliking Fury, she has no desire to meet the Director even when asked). [[spoiler:She's right--the local version of S.H.I.E.L.D. ''was'' run by Fury, but he'd stepped off some time earlier and Phil Coulson is running things now.]]
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** Also after many stories where Maria looked like being more MarriedToTheJob than the actual CaptainAmerica; [[spoiler:it turns out that she has a boyfriend. They are just forced to keep the relationship long-distance and are firm believers in taking it easy (LivingForeverIsAwesome like that), so ''nobody'' at Team Seven (who Mari interviewed before ''Fanfic/HolidayTimeHeroesCoreline'') knew of this.]]

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** Also after many stories where Maria looked like being more MarriedToTheJob than the actual CaptainAmerica; [[spoiler:it turns out that she has a boyfriend. They are just forced to keep the relationship long-distance and are firm believers in taking it easy (LivingForeverIsAwesome like that), so ''nobody'' at Team Seven (who Mari interviewed before ''Fanfic/HolidayTimeHeroesCoreline'') knew of this.this, so Mari got Maria sent over to the Mansion instead of spending time with Junior like they were planning.]]



* WorfEffect: The Extraordinary Avengers get hit with this trope and '''''HARD!!!!''''' Their Mansion is made to destroy itself and the entire team save for Mari Captain America is depowered and captured in less than twenty minutes. It is also mentioned in passing that many other superhero teams throughout the world and their respective headquarters went dark as well and presumed captured (the Chicago Champions is the only part of the whole division to still have all of its personnel roster standing and its headquarters' status known (as still under S.I. control, even if ''severely'' damaged) by the time SHIELD Team Seven arrives).

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* WorfEffect: The Extraordinary Avengers get hit with this trope and '''''HARD!!!!''''' Their Mansion is made to destroy itself and the entire team save for Mari Captain America is depowered and captured in less than twenty minutes. It is also mentioned in passing that many ''many'' other superhero teams throughout the world and their respective headquarters went dark as well and presumed captured (the Chicago Champions is the only part of the whole division to still have all of its personnel roster standing and its headquarters' status known (as still under S.I. control, even if ''severely'' damaged) by the time SHIELD Team Seven arrives).
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* WorfEffect: The Extraordinary Avengers get hit with this trope and '''''HARD!!!!''''' Their Mansion is made to destroy itself and the entire team save for Mari Captain America is depowered and captured in less than twenty minutes.

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* WorfEffect: The Extraordinary Avengers get hit with this trope and '''''HARD!!!!''''' Their Mansion is made to destroy itself and the entire team save for Mari Captain America is depowered and captured in less than twenty minutes. It is also mentioned in passing that many other superhero teams throughout the world and their respective headquarters went dark as well and presumed captured (the Chicago Champions is the only part of the whole division to still have all of its personnel roster standing and its headquarters' status known (as still under S.I. control, even if ''severely'' damaged) by the time SHIELD Team Seven arrives).
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* WorfEffect: The Extraordinary Avengers get hit with this trope and '''''HARD!!!!''''' Their Mansion is made to destroy itself and the entire team save for Mari Captain America is depowered and captured in less than twenty minutes.

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