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** The Physician ultimately [[spoiler: subverts this trope. He ''is'' an alien but his human form is really a disguise used to hide something [[StarfishAlien much worse]].]]
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* GeniusBonus: Crimson Comet, Lone Wolf and the Raven are the heroes of actual Australian comic books.
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* FootnoteFever: In every chapter so far. From silly jokes to quick character sketches to extra worldbuilding info.
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* FootnoteFever: In every chapter so far.[[spoiler: until "The Battle of Avon Valley"]]. From silly jokes to quick character sketches to extra worldbuilding info.
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[[caption-width-right:350:A tale of young superhumans in the 1960s]]
[[caption-width-right:350:A tale of young superhumans in the 1960s]]
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* AnIcePerson: Part of Melusine and Maelstroms's power.
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* Flying Brick: Naturally, the Flying Man.
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* Flying Brick: FlyingBrick: Naturally, the Flying Man.
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* Flying Brick: Naturally, the Flying Man.
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* SuperpowerfulGenetics: Maelstrom has inherited all his [[MakingASplash mother's]] powers. The jury's still out on whether he's also inherited his father's [[BlessedWithSuck dubiously useful]] power.
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->''"Dum inter homines sumus, colamus humanitatem."''
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->''"Dum inter homines sumus, colamus humanitatem."''
-->--'''Herbert Lawrence, headmaster of the New Human Institute'''
-->--'''Herbert Lawrence, headmaster of the New Human Institute'''
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* DifferentlyPoweredIndividuals: The official term is "demi-humans". Dr Lawrence finds it insulting and prefers "new humans" or "posthumans". "Supers" is a common shorthand slang.
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Allison Kinsey is an eight-year-old girl incarcerated at the [=McClare=] Demi-Human Containment Center for study of her power, copying the skills of others by listening to their "song." If the researchers had any idea what she could really do, it's unlikely they would have ever put her there.
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Allison Kinsey is an eight-year-old girl incarcerated at the [=McClare=] Demi-Human Containment Center for study of her power, copying the skills of others by listening to their "song." If the researchers had any idea what she could really do, it's unlikely they would have ever put her there.
there. Fortunately, she is taken from that place to the New Humans Institute, a school for superhuman children like her.
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* ByNoIMeanYes: Happens a few times as children are speaking to each other. Mabel is particularly prone to this.
* CannotCrossRunningWater: A panicking teen tries this to escape Melusine. Given she's a powerful [[MakingASplash hydrokinetic]] it doesn't go well.
* CannotCrossRunningWater: A panicking teen tries this to escape Melusine. Given she's a powerful [[MakingASplash hydrokinetic]] it doesn't go well.
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* FantasticRacism: Sprinkled with some good ol' fashioned racism (and sexism, and classism) for flavor.
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* HandshakeRefusal: Basilisk won't shake anyone's hand when introduced. Turns out there's a good reason for that...
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: New Kelly is referenced once, though only to emphasis the infamy of the supervillain AU.
* HollywoodAcid: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Basilisk, who sweats acid that doesn't do serious harm to someone (though presumably some could ensue if they didn't wipe it off or got it in their eyes) but does tend to destroy his clothing, sheets and paper he handles.
* HollywoodAcid: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Basilisk, who sweats acid that doesn't do serious harm to someone (though presumably some could ensue if they didn't wipe it off or got it in their eyes) but does tend to destroy his clothing, sheets and paper he handles.
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* TeleportersAndTransporters: Arnold, without many of the usual restrictions, but with the drawback that he can only teleport things other than himself. The New Human Institute also has a few more conventional examples as students.
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* TeleportersAndTransporters: Arnold, without many of the usual restrictions, but with the drawback that he can only teleport things other than himself. The New Human Institute also has a few couple more conventional examples as students.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Maelstrom, Basilisk, the Physician and everyone of the younger Institute students except Allison, Mabel and Arnold.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Maelstrom, Basilisk, the Physician and everyone every one of the younger Institute students except Allison, Mabel and Arnold.
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* TeleportersAndTransporters: Arnold, without many of the usual restrictions, with the drawback that he can only teleport things other than himself. The New Human Institute also has a few more conventional examples as students.
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* TeleportersAndTransporters: Arnold, without many of the usual restrictions, but with the drawback that he can only teleport things other than himself. The New Human Institute also has a few more conventional examples as students.
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