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* ''ComicBook/Spellbound1988'' deconstructs high-fantasy stories. The incalculable power a Spellbinder holds has potential for greatness and destruction, but will eventually drive the wielder mad no matter what, and Erica's fairy companion knows and encourages its use in order for her to become strong enough to stop Zxaxz.
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* The original ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' maxi-series by Garth Ennis featured a trio of vigilantes, each of whom are essentially a more realistic take on the concept behind the Punisher, as well as the entire "armed vigilante" sub-genre of fiction. Elite is a complete racist who primarily kills black and Latino men because he blames minorities for ruining society, the Holy is a mentally-disturbed serial killer who justifies his crimes by claiming he's punishing the wicked, and Mr. Payback is an idiot whose poor planning causes collateral damage and civilian casualties. The message seemed to be that while the Punisher is a cool character, he's also complete fiction; chances are real world vigilantes would not be as focused, unbiased, or precise as he is. The Punisher himself ends up killing them after delivering a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech where he points out why they're terrible at being vigilantes.
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* The original ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' maxi-series by Garth Ennis featured a trio of vigilantes, each of whom are essentially a more realistic take on the concept behind the Punisher, as well as the entire "armed vigilante" sub-genre SubGenre of fiction. Elite is a complete racist who primarily kills black and Latino men because he blames minorities for ruining society, the Holy is a mentally-disturbed serial killer who justifies his crimes by claiming he's punishing the wicked, and Mr. Payback is an idiot whose poor planning causes collateral damage and civilian casualties. The message seemed to be that while the Punisher is a cool character, he's also complete fiction; chances are real world vigilantes would not be as focused, unbiased, or precise as he is. The Punisher himself ends up killing them after delivering a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech where he points out why they're terrible at being vigilantes.
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* Does anyone remember what kicked off the Marvel ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006''? A group of superhero reality TV Stars.
* A 70's storyline in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' tried to deconstruct the concept of the TokenMinority. ComicBook/TheFalcon is forced into the team in order to fill a diversity quota, which not only leads to friction with ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, but causes Falcon to doubt his own worth as a hero. He eventually quits after growing to resent being thought of as the Avengers' token black guy.
* Freedom Ring was created by [[ComicBook/TheWalkingDead Robert Kirkman]] as a deconstruction of the teen superhero archetype. Specifically, he wanted Freedom Ring to struggle with his new abilities and ultimately die early on his superhero career in order to contrast how easily most teenage characters adapt to their powers, which he saw as unrealistic. Unfortunately, the decision to make him gay meant that when his deconstruction-mandated death occurred, it took out about 20% of Marvel Comic's [[BuryYourGays homosexual population]].
* A 70's storyline in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' tried to deconstruct the concept of the TokenMinority. ComicBook/TheFalcon is forced into the team in order to fill a diversity quota, which not only leads to friction with ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, but causes Falcon to doubt his own worth as a hero. He eventually quits after growing to resent being thought of as the Avengers' token black guy.
* Freedom Ring was created by [[ComicBook/TheWalkingDead Robert Kirkman]] as a deconstruction of the teen superhero archetype. Specifically, he wanted Freedom Ring to struggle with his new abilities and ultimately die early on his superhero career in order to contrast how easily most teenage characters adapt to their powers, which he saw as unrealistic. Unfortunately, the decision to make him gay meant that when his deconstruction-mandated death occurred, it took out about 20% of Marvel Comic's [[BuryYourGays homosexual population]].
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* Does anyone remember what kicked off the Marvel ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006''? A group of superhero reality TV Stars.
*''ComicBook/TheAvengers'': A 70's storyline in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' tried to deconstruct the concept of the TokenMinority. ComicBook/TheFalcon is forced into the team in order to fill a diversity quota, which not only leads to friction with ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, but causes Falcon to doubt his own worth as a hero. He eventually quits after growing to resent being thought of as the Avengers' token black guy.
* Does anyone remember what kicked off the Marvel ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}''? A group of superhero reality TV Stars.
* Freedom Ring was created by [[ComicBook/TheWalkingDead Robert Kirkman]] as a deconstruction of the teen superhero archetype. Specifically, he wanted Freedom Ring to struggle with his new abilities and ultimately die early on his superhero career in order to contrast how easily most teenage characters adapt to their powers, which he saw as unrealistic. Unfortunately, the decision to make him gay meant that when his deconstruction-mandated death occurred, it took out about 20% of MarvelComic's Comics's [[BuryYourGays homosexual population]].population]].
* ''ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}'': Much of ''ComicBook/Hawkeye2012'' was about the realities of a non-powered BadassNormal superhero, particularly what their life would entail when ''not'' saving the world. The result: Clint is near constantly exhausted, bruised, and in some degree of pain during the series because his "day job" has him constantly getting tossed around and hurt.
** Part of the reason for the infamous "incompetence" in the series is just showing the realistic outcome of one man fighting a much larger group of people. They don't use lasers or superpowers, they just ZergRush him and jump him when he's not expecting a fight, and thus doesn't have his arsenal of Trick Arrows to take them down without doing serious damage. This also affects Kate later, who not only has the disadvantage of being outnumbered, but is also a ''very'' tiny woman who lacks Clint's physical strength. She can take down a guy twice her size without a problem, but fighting ''several'' is going to be a problem.
** In issue #7 (the [[RippedFromTheHeadlines Hurricane Sandy issue]]), Grills asks Clint why he isn't out with his fellow Avengers. Clint responds by stating that his archery skills would be rendered useless thanks to the hurricane's winds.
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* Does anyone remember what kicked off the Marvel ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}''? A group of superhero reality TV Stars.
* Freedom Ring was created by [[ComicBook/TheWalkingDead Robert Kirkman]] as a deconstruction of the teen superhero archetype. Specifically, he wanted Freedom Ring to struggle with his new abilities and ultimately die early on his superhero career in order to contrast how easily most teenage characters adapt to their powers, which he saw as unrealistic. Unfortunately, the decision to make him gay meant that when his deconstruction-mandated death occurred, it took out about 20% of Marvel
* ''ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}'': Much of ''ComicBook/Hawkeye2012'' was about the realities of a non-powered BadassNormal superhero, particularly what their life would entail when ''not'' saving the world. The result: Clint is near constantly exhausted, bruised, and in some degree of pain during the series because his "day job" has him constantly getting tossed around and hurt.
** Part of the reason for the infamous "incompetence" in the series is just showing the realistic outcome of one man fighting a much larger group of people. They don't use lasers or superpowers, they just ZergRush him and jump him when he's not expecting a fight, and thus doesn't have his arsenal of Trick Arrows to take them down without doing serious damage. This also affects Kate later, who not only has the disadvantage of being outnumbered, but is also a ''very'' tiny woman who lacks Clint's physical strength. She can take down a guy twice her size without a problem, but fighting ''several'' is going to be a problem.
** In issue #7 (the [[RippedFromTheHeadlines Hurricane Sandy issue]]), Grills asks Clint why he isn't out with his fellow Avengers. Clint responds by stating that his archery skills would be rendered useless thanks to the hurricane's winds.
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* ''Comicbook/TheUltimates'' attempts to put a more realistic spin on the superhero genre, specifically by trying to show what would happen if a team like ComicBook/TheAvengers existed in real life. The Ultimates become used as a tool of the government and end up causing a group of foreign countries to attack America with a LegionOfDoom-type team consisting of superhumans from nations that the U.S. has attacked. Subsequent storylines deal with the idea of a [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke superhuman arms race]] between the U.S. and hostile nations.
** It also tries to cast the characters themselves in a more realistic light. [[FishOutOfTemporalWater Man out of time]] ComicBook/CaptainAmerica is a NobleBigot with horribly dated social views, spymaster ComicBook/NickFury is a ManipulativeBastard of the highest sort, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]] is a psychotic cannibal, former Soviet spy Comicbook/BlackWidow is a [[spoiler: murderous traitor]], and troubled genius [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]] is a Prozac-addled misogynist.
** It also tries to cast the characters themselves in a more realistic light. [[FishOutOfTemporalWater Man out of time]] ComicBook/CaptainAmerica is a NobleBigot with horribly dated social views, spymaster ComicBook/NickFury is a ManipulativeBastard of the highest sort, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]] is a psychotic cannibal, former Soviet spy Comicbook/BlackWidow is a [[spoiler: murderous traitor]], and troubled genius [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]] is a Prozac-addled misogynist.
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* ''Comicbook/TheUltimates'' ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'' attempts to put a more realistic spin on the superhero genre, specifically by trying to show what would happen if a team like ComicBook/TheAvengers existed in real life. The Ultimates become used as a tool of the government and end up causing a group of foreign countries to attack America with a LegionOfDoom-type team consisting of superhumans from nations that the U.S. has attacked. Subsequent storylines deal with the idea of a [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke superhuman arms race]] between the U.S. and hostile nations.
** It also tries to cast the characters themselves in a more realistic light. [[FishOutOfTemporalWater Man out of time]] ComicBook/CaptainAmerica is a NobleBigot with horribly dated social views, spymaster ComicBook/NickFury is a ManipulativeBastard of the highest sort, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]] is a psychotic cannibal, former Soviet spyComicbook/BlackWidow ComicBook/BlackWidow is a [[spoiler: murderous traitor]], and troubled genius [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]] is a Prozac-addled misogynist.
** It also tries to cast the characters themselves in a more realistic light. [[FishOutOfTemporalWater Man out of time]] ComicBook/CaptainAmerica is a NobleBigot with horribly dated social views, spymaster ComicBook/NickFury is a ManipulativeBastard of the highest sort, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]] is a psychotic cannibal, former Soviet spy
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* Another interesting example by Creator/GrantMorrison is ''Fantastic 1234''. At first, it seems like a traditional deconstruction of superheroes by way of the Comicbook/FantasticFour, highlighting their 'real' personalities via highlighting their worst aspects as they would be in real life; Ben Grimm is a self pitying misanthrope with a violent temper, Reed Richards is a emotionless autistic who seems to value his inventions more than his friends and family, Johnny Storm is a brooding Greaser whose tastes for fast cars and fast women can't fill the void inside of him, and Sue Storm is an insecure, passive-aggressive neurotic who feels she is trapped in a loveless marriage and is severely tempted to run off with Namor, who is presented as a coldblooded sexfiend willing to do anything to make Sue his own. However, it ends up being a subversion of such a deconstruction; Reed Richards has realised that Dr. Doom has been using a reality altering device to 'deconstruct' the Four and bring out the worst possible aspects of the four's personalities in order to destroy them and gain ultimate revenge on Richards. Richards builds his own variant of the machine to 'reconstruct' the Four and save the day, the point clearly being that the standard portrayal of the Four ''are'' their real personalities. In fact, for his arrogance Doom ends up being the one who's deconstructed, and rather painfully at that, where it is revealed that he is a lonely, pathetic man-child with a ridiculous speech pattern who is not even remotely on Reed Richards' level of genius and whose vendetta against the four is petty and stupid. Also, he seems to be going bald. Ouch.
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* Another interesting example by Creator/GrantMorrison is ''Fantastic 1234''. At first, it seems like a traditional deconstruction of superheroes by way of the Comicbook/FantasticFour, ComicBook/FantasticFour, highlighting their 'real' personalities via highlighting their worst aspects as they would be in real life; Ben Grimm is a self pitying misanthrope with a violent temper, Reed Richards is a emotionless autistic who seems to value his inventions more than his friends and family, Johnny Storm is a brooding Greaser whose tastes for fast cars and fast women can't fill the void inside of him, and Sue Storm is an insecure, passive-aggressive neurotic who feels she is trapped in a loveless marriage and is severely tempted to run off with Namor, who is presented as a coldblooded sexfiend willing to do anything to make Sue his own. However, it ends up being a subversion of such a deconstruction; Reed Richards has realised that Dr. Doom has been using a reality altering device to 'deconstruct' the Four and bring out the worst possible aspects of the four's personalities in order to destroy them and gain ultimate revenge on Richards. Richards builds his own variant of the machine to 'reconstruct' the Four and save the day, the point clearly being that the standard portrayal of the Four ''are'' their real personalities. In fact, for his arrogance Doom ends up being the one who's deconstructed, and rather painfully at that, where it is revealed that he is a lonely, pathetic man-child with a ridiculous speech pattern who is not even remotely on Reed Richards' level of genius and whose vendetta against the four is petty and stupid. Also, he seems to be going bald. Ouch.
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* The original ''Comicbook/ThePunisher'' maxi-series by Garth Ennis featured a trio of vigilantes, each of whom are essentially a more realistic take on the concept behind the Punisher, as well as the entire "armed vigilante" sub-genre of fiction. Elite is a complete racist who primarily kills black and Latino men because he blames minorities for ruining society, the Holy is a mentally-disturbed serial killer who justifies his crimes by claiming he's punishing the wicked, and Mr. Payback is an idiot whose poor planning causes collateral damage and civilian casualties. The message seemed to be that while the Punisher is a cool character, he's also complete fiction; chances are real world vigilantes would not be as focused, unbiased, or precise as he is. The Punisher himself ends up killing them after delivering a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech where he points out why they're terrible at being vigilantes.
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* The original ''Comicbook/ThePunisher'' ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' maxi-series by Garth Ennis featured a trio of vigilantes, each of whom are essentially a more realistic take on the concept behind the Punisher, as well as the entire "armed vigilante" sub-genre of fiction. Elite is a complete racist who primarily kills black and Latino men because he blames minorities for ruining society, the Holy is a mentally-disturbed serial killer who justifies his crimes by claiming he's punishing the wicked, and Mr. Payback is an idiot whose poor planning causes collateral damage and civilian casualties. The message seemed to be that while the Punisher is a cool character, he's also complete fiction; chances are real world vigilantes would not be as focused, unbiased, or precise as he is. The Punisher himself ends up killing them after delivering a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech where he points out why they're terrible at being vigilantes.
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** ComicBook/CivilWar addressed the stupidity of having the government let walking A-bombs blow themselves up in New York everyday while simultaneously showing how said government control plans would fail. This is shown in the ''deliberate'' {{Flanderization}} of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/IronMan showing how both sides are pretty stupid. This was also explained in the what if story arc when both sides find a balance and thus achieve peace.
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** ComicBook/CivilWar ComicBook/CivilWar2006 addressed the stupidity of having the government let walking A-bombs blow themselves up in New York everyday while simultaneously showing how said government control plans would fail. This is shown in the ''deliberate'' {{Flanderization}} of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/IronMan showing how both sides are pretty stupid. This was also explained in the what if story arc when both sides find a balance and thus achieve peace.
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* Does anyone remember what kicked off the Marvel ''ComicBook/CivilWar''? A group of superhero reality TV Stars.
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** It also tries to cast the characters themselves in a more realistic light. [[FishOutOfTemporalWater Man out of time]] ComicBook/CaptainAmerica is a NobleBigot with horribly dated social views, spymaster ComicBook/NickFury is a ManipulativeBastard of the highest sort, [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk the Hulk]] is a psychotic cannibal, former Soviet spy Comicbook/BlackWidow is a [[spoiler: murderous traitor]], and troubled genius [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]] is a Prozac-addled misogynist.
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** It also tries to cast the characters themselves in a more realistic light. [[FishOutOfTemporalWater Man out of time]] ComicBook/CaptainAmerica is a NobleBigot with horribly dated social views, spymaster ComicBook/NickFury is a ManipulativeBastard of the highest sort, [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]] is a psychotic cannibal, former Soviet spy Comicbook/BlackWidow is a [[spoiler: murderous traitor]], and troubled genius [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]] is a Prozac-addled misogynist.
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* Freedom Ring was created by [[ComicBook/TheWalkingDead Robert Kirkman]] as a deconstruction of the teen superhero archetype. Specifically, he wanted Freedom Ring to struggle with his new abilities and ultimately die early on his superhero career in order to contrast how easily most teenage characters adapt to their powers, which he saw as unrealistic. Unfortunately, the decision to make him gay meant that when his deconstruction-mandated death occurred, it took about 20% of Marvel Comic's [[BuryYourGays homosexual population]].
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* Freedom Ring was created by [[ComicBook/TheWalkingDead Robert Kirkman]] as a deconstruction of the teen superhero archetype. Specifically, he wanted Freedom Ring to struggle with his new abilities and ultimately die early on his superhero career in order to contrast how easily most teenage characters adapt to their powers, which he saw as unrealistic. Unfortunately, the decision to make him gay meant that when his deconstruction-mandated death occurred, it took out about 20% of Marvel Comic's [[BuryYourGays homosexual population]].
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* Marvel's events between ''ComicBook/AgeOfUltron'' and ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' deconstruct the idea of EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse, the human heroes [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything getting involved in cosmic level events]] and exactly what happens after [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu you punch out Cthulhu]]. They also show that, contrary to most comics, violence is ''not'' always the answer and [[MightMakesRight might does not always make right.]] The heroes continually make [[IDidWhatIHadToDo increasingly heavy-handed]] decisions in order to [[SavingTheWorld save the world]] which has far-reaching consequences, like the time traveling in ''Age Of Ultron'' [[spoiler: creating a massive time rift that results in 616-Galactus almost destroying the Ultimate Marvel universe,]] and lets [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Ja'son of Spartax]] unite the universe in their hatred of Earth. The hastily-done destruction of [[spoiler: the Web of Life and Destiny by the Superior Spider-Man]] in ComicBook/SpiderVerse and the cosmic-level destruction of [[spoiler: the Maker in ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour]] throws everything out of whack in a misguided attempt to set things right. The Illuminati's secretive nature ends up working against them in saving their universe with it basically stated had they told people instead of doing it themselves they could have prevented it rather easily. And it ends with [[spoiler: Doctor Doom seizing ultimate power,]] all because of the heroes' arrogance.
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* Marvel's events between ''ComicBook/AgeOfUltron'' and ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' deconstruct the idea of EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse, the human heroes [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything getting involved in cosmic level events]] and exactly what happens after [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu you punch out Cthulhu]]. They also show that, contrary to most comics, violence is ''not'' always the answer and [[MightMakesRight might does not always make right.]] The heroes continually make [[IDidWhatIHadToDo increasingly heavy-handed]] decisions in order to [[SavingTheWorld save the world]] which has far-reaching consequences, like the time traveling in ''Age Of Ultron'' [[spoiler: creating a massive time rift that results in 616-Galactus almost destroying the Ultimate Marvel universe,]] and lets [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Ja'son of Spartax]] unite the universe in their hatred of Earth. The hastily-done destruction of [[spoiler: the Web of Life and Destiny by the Superior Spider-Man]] in ComicBook/SpiderVerse and the cosmic-level destruction of [[spoiler: the Maker in ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour]] throws everything out of whack in a misguided attempt to set things right. The Illuminati's secretive nature ends up working against them in saving their universe with it basically stated had they told people instead of doing it themselves they could have prevented it rather easily. And it ends with [[spoiler: Doctor Doom seizing ultimate power,]] all because of the heroes' arrogance.arrogance.
!!Films
* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' deconstructs SpyFiction. The very world environment that gave birth to espionage networks and such [[spoiler:was nothing but a decades-long lie spread by a super-villain organization to make people scared enough to hand over their freedom on a silver platter.]] Everyone who lived in that world and accepted it as "necessary" was a sucker, with Captain America being the OnlySaneMan who refused to accept it.
* The 2003 adaption of ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' deconstructs a lot of elements found in comic book adaptions. Due to his vigilante lifestyle, Matt is in extreme pain from fighting, nurses multiple broken bones and nasty scars on his body, munches down painkillers regularly and is frequently absent from work. His super senses mean that he needs a sensory deprivation tank to sleep, his refusal to handle guilty or dishonest clients means that his law firm is constantly struggling, and he is dealing with a wreck of a personal life. Which is to say nothing of the fact that the poor guy is so miserable and downbeat by life he can barely muster the energy to keep going.
!!Western Animation
* ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'' offers an interesting take on the teenage superhero genre in the fact the hero really couldn't care any less about school or fitting in, claiming it's a waste of time and instead stating that his work as a hero is more important. He then proceeds to cheat on his tests and homework in order to pass, since him being a hero gives him the latitude to do so, and high school is meaningless and doesn't matter once you graduate, especially since he's already a)rich, and b)a genius inventor.
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* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' deconstructs SpyFiction. The very world environment that gave birth to espionage networks and such [[spoiler:was nothing but a decades-long lie spread by a super-villain organization to make people scared enough to hand over their freedom on a silver platter.]] Everyone who lived in that world and accepted it as "necessary" was a sucker, with Captain America being the OnlySaneMan who refused to accept it.
* The 2003 adaption of ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' deconstructs a lot of elements found in comic book adaptions. Due to his vigilante lifestyle, Matt is in extreme pain from fighting, nurses multiple broken bones and nasty scars on his body, munches down painkillers regularly and is frequently absent from work. His super senses mean that he needs a sensory deprivation tank to sleep, his refusal to handle guilty or dishonest clients means that his law firm is constantly struggling, and he is dealing with a wreck of a personal life. Which is to say nothing of the fact that the poor guy is so miserable and downbeat by life he can barely muster the energy to keep going.
!!Western Animation
* ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'' offers an interesting take on the teenage superhero genre in the fact the hero really couldn't care any less about school or fitting in, claiming it's a waste of time and instead stating that his work as a hero is more important. He then proceeds to cheat on his tests and homework in order to pass, since him being a hero gives him the latitude to do so, and high school is meaningless and doesn't matter once you graduate, especially since he's already a)rich, and b)a genius inventor.
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* Does anyone remember what kicked off the Marvel ''ComicBook/CivilWar''? A group of superhero reality TV Stars.
* A 70's storyline in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' tried to deconstruct the concept of the TokenMinority. ComicBook/TheFalcon is forced into the team in order to fill a diversity quota, which not only leads to friction with ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, but causes Falcon to doubt his own worth as a hero. He eventually quits after growing to resent being thought of as the Avengers' token black guy.
* Freedom Ring was created by [[ComicBook/TheWalkingDead Robert Kirkman]] as a deconstruction of the teen superhero archetype. Specifically, he wanted Freedom Ring to struggle with his new abilities and ultimately die early on his superhero career in order to contrast how easily most teenage characters adapt to their powers, which he saw as unrealistic. Unfortunately, the decision to make him gay meant that when his deconstruction-mandated death occurred, it took about 20% of Marvel Comic's [[BuryYourGays homosexual population]].
* The entire Creator/MarvelComics Siege [[MetaPlot macro-crisis]] was a DeconstructorFleet of the entire Franchise/MarvelUniverse, the ReedRichardsIsUseless trope and the idea of the superhero in general.
** It first starts with ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled showing what happens when you entrust the world to a set few ultra powerful humans. It then goes into ComicBook/HouseOfM, proving what happens if the super humans took over.
** ComicBook/CivilWar addressed the stupidity of having the government let walking A-bombs blow themselves up in New York everyday while simultaneously showing how said government control plans would fail. This is shown in the ''deliberate'' {{Flanderization}} of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/IronMan showing how both sides are pretty stupid. This was also explained in the what if story arc when both sides find a balance and thus achieve peace.
** ''ComicBook/DarkReign'' then deconstructed the entire "Lone Cop saves the world and get promoted" genre by showing exactly what would happen if said psychopaths were really appointed to such positions of power. Thor, Reed Richards and Iron Man's tenures as God, Guardian and Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. in each of their individual story arcs show how each quest to "fix" the world leads to disaster. Then, the New Captain America saga had a deconstruction of the Sidekick. The idea of power and potential is again brought up in The Hood's story showing what happens if all the D-list heroes in the universe eventually got together and actually ''applied'' their powers, while the Mighty Avengers show how these super teams affect the political climate.
** The Illuminati is in itself a deconstruction of large hero collaborations (and how they lead to failure i.e. ComicBook/WorldWarHulk & [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion the Secret Invasion]]) and its counterpart "The Cabal" showed just how incapable a society of villains would be at functioning.
** All this is paralleled by the ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'' and ''ComicBook/WarOfKings'' series depicting exactly what kind of galaxy is filled with empires that invade and blow up planets on a daily basis and exactly how disillusioned it makes characters. Seeing [[spoiler: ComicBook/BlackBolt]] turn to insanity was just further reconfirmation of what a world Cosmic Marvel is. The Nova Corps pretty much deconstructed all Space Cop tropes with its nigh-omnipotent run band of non sanctioned super soldiers and exactly how that would affect any political situation.
** The Decimation arcs in ''ComicBook/XMen'' show exactly how humans would react to mutants if the odds were evened. And [[ComicBook/SecretWarriors the Secret arcs]] show exactly what being a ''real'' spy means and all the details it entails.
** And finally, ''ComicBook/{{Siege}}'' shows that after all this, [[{{Reconstruction}} heroes are still heroes, no matter what]].
* ''Comicbook/TheUltimates'' attempts to put a more realistic spin on the superhero genre, specifically by trying to show what would happen if a team like ComicBook/TheAvengers existed in real life. The Ultimates become used as a tool of the government and end up causing a group of foreign countries to attack America with a LegionOfDoom-type team consisting of superhumans from nations that the U.S. has attacked. Subsequent storylines deal with the idea of a [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke superhuman arms race]] between the U.S. and hostile nations.
** It also tries to cast the characters themselves in a more realistic light. [[FishOutOfTemporalWater Man out of time]] ComicBook/CaptainAmerica is a NobleBigot with horribly dated social views, spymaster ComicBook/NickFury is a ManipulativeBastard of the highest sort, [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk the Hulk]] is a psychotic cannibal, former Soviet spy Comicbook/BlackWidow is a [[spoiler: murderous traitor]], and troubled genius [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]] is a Prozac-addled misogynist.
** There's also a definite MovieSuperHeroesWearBlack vibe, with the Ultimates all wearing more realistic-looking outfits. These outfits ended up influencing some of the characters' depictions in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, with ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}'s costume in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' being the best example.
* Even before ''The Ultimates'', the ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' character William Burnside (the [[LegacyCharacter Captain America of the 50's]]) was created as a deliberate response to the use of PoliticallyCorrectHistory for [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] superheroes. He and his sidekick Jack Monroe (the 50's ComicBook/{{Bucky|Barnes}}) were depicted as being just as racist, sexist, and xenophobic as the average white male from the 1950's would likely have been.
* Another interesting example by Creator/GrantMorrison is ''Fantastic 1234''. At first, it seems like a traditional deconstruction of superheroes by way of the Comicbook/FantasticFour, highlighting their 'real' personalities via highlighting their worst aspects as they would be in real life; Ben Grimm is a self pitying misanthrope with a violent temper, Reed Richards is a emotionless autistic who seems to value his inventions more than his friends and family, Johnny Storm is a brooding Greaser whose tastes for fast cars and fast women can't fill the void inside of him, and Sue Storm is an insecure, passive-aggressive neurotic who feels she is trapped in a loveless marriage and is severely tempted to run off with Namor, who is presented as a coldblooded sexfiend willing to do anything to make Sue his own. However, it ends up being a subversion of such a deconstruction; Reed Richards has realised that Dr. Doom has been using a reality altering device to 'deconstruct' the Four and bring out the worst possible aspects of the four's personalities in order to destroy them and gain ultimate revenge on Richards. Richards builds his own variant of the machine to 'reconstruct' the Four and save the day, the point clearly being that the standard portrayal of the Four ''are'' their real personalities. In fact, for his arrogance Doom ends up being the one who's deconstructed, and rather painfully at that, where it is revealed that he is a lonely, pathetic man-child with a ridiculous speech pattern who is not even remotely on Reed Richards' level of genius and whose vendetta against the four is petty and stupid. Also, he seems to be going bald. Ouch.
** That series was pretty much the epitome of a DeconReconSwitch.
* Marvel comics ''ComicBook/{{Marvels}}'' and its EvilTwin ''ComicBook/{{Ruins}}'' similarly focus on the impact of superheroes on an "average" person.
* The original ''Comicbook/ThePunisher'' maxi-series by Garth Ennis featured a trio of vigilantes, each of whom are essentially a more realistic take on the concept behind the Punisher, as well as the entire "armed vigilante" sub-genre of fiction. Elite is a complete racist who primarily kills black and Latino men because he blames minorities for ruining society, the Holy is a mentally-disturbed serial killer who justifies his crimes by claiming he's punishing the wicked, and Mr. Payback is an idiot whose poor planning causes collateral damage and civilian casualties. The message seemed to be that while the Punisher is a cool character, he's also complete fiction; chances are real world vigilantes would not be as focused, unbiased, or precise as he is. The Punisher himself ends up killing them after delivering a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech where he points out why they're terrible at being vigilantes.
* Marvel's events between ''ComicBook/AgeOfUltron'' and ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' deconstruct the idea of EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse, the human heroes [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything getting involved in cosmic level events]] and exactly what happens after [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu you punch out Cthulhu]]. They also show that, contrary to most comics, violence is ''not'' always the answer and [[MightMakesRight might does not always make right.]] The heroes continually make [[IDidWhatIHadToDo increasingly heavy-handed]] decisions in order to [[SavingTheWorld save the world]] which has far-reaching consequences, like the time traveling in ''Age Of Ultron'' [[spoiler: creating a massive time rift that results in 616-Galactus almost destroying the Ultimate Marvel universe,]] and lets [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Ja'son of Spartax]] unite the universe in their hatred of Earth. The hastily-done destruction of [[spoiler: the Web of Life and Destiny by the Superior Spider-Man]] in ComicBook/SpiderVerse and the cosmic-level destruction of [[spoiler: the Maker in ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour]] throws everything out of whack in a misguided attempt to set things right. The Illuminati's secretive nature ends up working against them in saving their universe with it basically stated had they told people instead of doing it themselves they could have prevented it rather easily. And it ends with [[spoiler: Doctor Doom seizing ultimate power,]] all because of the heroes' arrogance.
* Does anyone remember what kicked off the Marvel ''ComicBook/CivilWar''? A group of superhero reality TV Stars.
* A 70's storyline in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' tried to deconstruct the concept of the TokenMinority. ComicBook/TheFalcon is forced into the team in order to fill a diversity quota, which not only leads to friction with ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, but causes Falcon to doubt his own worth as a hero. He eventually quits after growing to resent being thought of as the Avengers' token black guy.
* Freedom Ring was created by [[ComicBook/TheWalkingDead Robert Kirkman]] as a deconstruction of the teen superhero archetype. Specifically, he wanted Freedom Ring to struggle with his new abilities and ultimately die early on his superhero career in order to contrast how easily most teenage characters adapt to their powers, which he saw as unrealistic. Unfortunately, the decision to make him gay meant that when his deconstruction-mandated death occurred, it took about 20% of Marvel Comic's [[BuryYourGays homosexual population]].
* The entire Creator/MarvelComics Siege [[MetaPlot macro-crisis]] was a DeconstructorFleet of the entire Franchise/MarvelUniverse, the ReedRichardsIsUseless trope and the idea of the superhero in general.
** It first starts with ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled showing what happens when you entrust the world to a set few ultra powerful humans. It then goes into ComicBook/HouseOfM, proving what happens if the super humans took over.
** ComicBook/CivilWar addressed the stupidity of having the government let walking A-bombs blow themselves up in New York everyday while simultaneously showing how said government control plans would fail. This is shown in the ''deliberate'' {{Flanderization}} of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/IronMan showing how both sides are pretty stupid. This was also explained in the what if story arc when both sides find a balance and thus achieve peace.
** ''ComicBook/DarkReign'' then deconstructed the entire "Lone Cop saves the world and get promoted" genre by showing exactly what would happen if said psychopaths were really appointed to such positions of power. Thor, Reed Richards and Iron Man's tenures as God, Guardian and Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. in each of their individual story arcs show how each quest to "fix" the world leads to disaster. Then, the New Captain America saga had a deconstruction of the Sidekick. The idea of power and potential is again brought up in The Hood's story showing what happens if all the D-list heroes in the universe eventually got together and actually ''applied'' their powers, while the Mighty Avengers show how these super teams affect the political climate.
** The Illuminati is in itself a deconstruction of large hero collaborations (and how they lead to failure i.e. ComicBook/WorldWarHulk & [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion the Secret Invasion]]) and its counterpart "The Cabal" showed just how incapable a society of villains would be at functioning.
** All this is paralleled by the ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'' and ''ComicBook/WarOfKings'' series depicting exactly what kind of galaxy is filled with empires that invade and blow up planets on a daily basis and exactly how disillusioned it makes characters. Seeing [[spoiler: ComicBook/BlackBolt]] turn to insanity was just further reconfirmation of what a world Cosmic Marvel is. The Nova Corps pretty much deconstructed all Space Cop tropes with its nigh-omnipotent run band of non sanctioned super soldiers and exactly how that would affect any political situation.
** The Decimation arcs in ''ComicBook/XMen'' show exactly how humans would react to mutants if the odds were evened. And [[ComicBook/SecretWarriors the Secret arcs]] show exactly what being a ''real'' spy means and all the details it entails.
** And finally, ''ComicBook/{{Siege}}'' shows that after all this, [[{{Reconstruction}} heroes are still heroes, no matter what]].
* ''Comicbook/TheUltimates'' attempts to put a more realistic spin on the superhero genre, specifically by trying to show what would happen if a team like ComicBook/TheAvengers existed in real life. The Ultimates become used as a tool of the government and end up causing a group of foreign countries to attack America with a LegionOfDoom-type team consisting of superhumans from nations that the U.S. has attacked. Subsequent storylines deal with the idea of a [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke superhuman arms race]] between the U.S. and hostile nations.
** It also tries to cast the characters themselves in a more realistic light. [[FishOutOfTemporalWater Man out of time]] ComicBook/CaptainAmerica is a NobleBigot with horribly dated social views, spymaster ComicBook/NickFury is a ManipulativeBastard of the highest sort, [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk the Hulk]] is a psychotic cannibal, former Soviet spy Comicbook/BlackWidow is a [[spoiler: murderous traitor]], and troubled genius [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]] is a Prozac-addled misogynist.
** There's also a definite MovieSuperHeroesWearBlack vibe, with the Ultimates all wearing more realistic-looking outfits. These outfits ended up influencing some of the characters' depictions in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, with ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}'s costume in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' being the best example.
* Even before ''The Ultimates'', the ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' character William Burnside (the [[LegacyCharacter Captain America of the 50's]]) was created as a deliberate response to the use of PoliticallyCorrectHistory for [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] superheroes. He and his sidekick Jack Monroe (the 50's ComicBook/{{Bucky|Barnes}}) were depicted as being just as racist, sexist, and xenophobic as the average white male from the 1950's would likely have been.
* Another interesting example by Creator/GrantMorrison is ''Fantastic 1234''. At first, it seems like a traditional deconstruction of superheroes by way of the Comicbook/FantasticFour, highlighting their 'real' personalities via highlighting their worst aspects as they would be in real life; Ben Grimm is a self pitying misanthrope with a violent temper, Reed Richards is a emotionless autistic who seems to value his inventions more than his friends and family, Johnny Storm is a brooding Greaser whose tastes for fast cars and fast women can't fill the void inside of him, and Sue Storm is an insecure, passive-aggressive neurotic who feels she is trapped in a loveless marriage and is severely tempted to run off with Namor, who is presented as a coldblooded sexfiend willing to do anything to make Sue his own. However, it ends up being a subversion of such a deconstruction; Reed Richards has realised that Dr. Doom has been using a reality altering device to 'deconstruct' the Four and bring out the worst possible aspects of the four's personalities in order to destroy them and gain ultimate revenge on Richards. Richards builds his own variant of the machine to 'reconstruct' the Four and save the day, the point clearly being that the standard portrayal of the Four ''are'' their real personalities. In fact, for his arrogance Doom ends up being the one who's deconstructed, and rather painfully at that, where it is revealed that he is a lonely, pathetic man-child with a ridiculous speech pattern who is not even remotely on Reed Richards' level of genius and whose vendetta against the four is petty and stupid. Also, he seems to be going bald. Ouch.
** That series was pretty much the epitome of a DeconReconSwitch.
* Marvel comics ''ComicBook/{{Marvels}}'' and its EvilTwin ''ComicBook/{{Ruins}}'' similarly focus on the impact of superheroes on an "average" person.
* The original ''Comicbook/ThePunisher'' maxi-series by Garth Ennis featured a trio of vigilantes, each of whom are essentially a more realistic take on the concept behind the Punisher, as well as the entire "armed vigilante" sub-genre of fiction. Elite is a complete racist who primarily kills black and Latino men because he blames minorities for ruining society, the Holy is a mentally-disturbed serial killer who justifies his crimes by claiming he's punishing the wicked, and Mr. Payback is an idiot whose poor planning causes collateral damage and civilian casualties. The message seemed to be that while the Punisher is a cool character, he's also complete fiction; chances are real world vigilantes would not be as focused, unbiased, or precise as he is. The Punisher himself ends up killing them after delivering a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech where he points out why they're terrible at being vigilantes.
* Marvel's events between ''ComicBook/AgeOfUltron'' and ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' deconstruct the idea of EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse, the human heroes [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything getting involved in cosmic level events]] and exactly what happens after [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu you punch out Cthulhu]]. They also show that, contrary to most comics, violence is ''not'' always the answer and [[MightMakesRight might does not always make right.]] The heroes continually make [[IDidWhatIHadToDo increasingly heavy-handed]] decisions in order to [[SavingTheWorld save the world]] which has far-reaching consequences, like the time traveling in ''Age Of Ultron'' [[spoiler: creating a massive time rift that results in 616-Galactus almost destroying the Ultimate Marvel universe,]] and lets [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Ja'son of Spartax]] unite the universe in their hatred of Earth. The hastily-done destruction of [[spoiler: the Web of Life and Destiny by the Superior Spider-Man]] in ComicBook/SpiderVerse and the cosmic-level destruction of [[spoiler: the Maker in ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour]] throws everything out of whack in a misguided attempt to set things right. The Illuminati's secretive nature ends up working against them in saving their universe with it basically stated had they told people instead of doing it themselves they could have prevented it rather easily. And it ends with [[spoiler: Doctor Doom seizing ultimate power,]] all because of the heroes' arrogance.
