History Sandbox / PowerPillsRevised

* ArcherArchetype: ...bow with replenishable arrows

[[caption-width-right:350:What pill would you choose?]]

* ColourCodedCharacters: Power Pills

!!Caleb Budde
A socially-awkward college student who was trying to make friends at a party when he encounters Lightbringer.
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Compelled into taking the Yellow Power Pill, Caleb gains the ability to [[{{Telepathy}} read and]] [[MindControl control minds]]. He makes the decision of becoming Portbringer's first hero by the name of Soul Seer and eventually leads an ever-expanding team of close-knit superheroes.
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* AlliterativeName: His superhero name has two "S"s for '''S'''oul '''S'''eer.
* AtrociousAlias: Kate certainly thinks so after he changes his rather unimaginative hero name of "Mind Reader" (What the press had called him) to an equally unimaginative "Soul Seer" which are just synonyms of the previous name.

* CoolKidAndLoserFriendship: Caleb is a socially awkward mess so he's lucky that Guy is a fairly popular guy who tries getting him new friends. The series kickoffs when Caleb is invited to Guy's party, makes a fool of himself there and meets a civilian Lightbringer.
* GlowingEyes: Activating his MindControl abilities makes his eyes glow a brilliant yellow and so do his mind-controlled victims. Overexerting his telepathy has the same effect on his naturally blue eyes.
* EyeColourChange: From blue to bright yellow whenever he activates his mind-control powers.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: One application of his MindControl is by making people forget his and the team's faces and civilian names if they are out of costume. Travis is a repeat offender due to Caleb

* SnowballLie: He decides to not tell Travis he's Soul Seer the first time as he only met the guy at the party two weeks ago. However,...
* NoSocialSkills:...Caleb grew out of these tendencies once he became a superhero and meet other who had taken the power pills

* YellowPurpleContrast: Caleb has purple as his favorite color and usually wears a purple Potridge hoodie. He's notably the only one to not have their signature colour correspond to their power pill...yellow power pill...Soul Seer

!!Daniel Wirsh
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An aspiring actor who was skeptical that superpowers let alone superheroes actually exist. On his first acting gig he had in months, he comes down sick which Lightbringer took advantage of by disguising himself as a stage technician to give him "medication".
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In an attempt to cure his raging cold, Dan unknowingly ate the Green Power Pill which lets him [[{{Shapeshifting}} transform into anything at will]] (but usually [[{{Animorphism}} animals]] and [[{{Humanshifting}} humans]]). Persuaded by his friends (Mainly Jason) and the money it brings,... Waxguise

* CatGirl: Gender-inverted. He subconsciously shapeshifts a cat tail, and sometimes cat ears under strong emotions, in human form. His tail gets so much attention that there's a whole subreddit called r/Tailguise and Gemma includes it in all her Wax Guise figurines.
* DelinquentHair: Sports an all-too-cool mohawk and is the only part of his head he doesn't hide as Wax Guise.

* MixAndMatchCritters: For mythical animals or creatures that don't exist, Wax Guise makes use of animalistic and/or humanoid hybrids. For example, if he wants to shapeshift into a unicorn, he must transform as a regular horse with a narwhal horn but doesn't get the abilities of such.
* {{Portmanteau}}: His superhero names combines the words "Wax" () and "Disguise" ()
* ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing: Subverted in his animal forms, played straight when he turns into other humans

!!Meredith Bodkin
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A ballet dancer who always dream of playing Clara in the Nutcracker until it almost came crashing down with one broken ankle. Fortunately, Lightbringer sneaks into her apartment for an ultimatum, take a pill and become better or don't and kiss those lifelong dreams goodbye.
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Out of desperation, Merri swallows the blue power pill and finds herself [[{{Flight}} flying]], [[{{Teleportation}} teleporting]] and being [[NighInvulnerability nearly invulnerable to everything]] with her newfound powers. %%western-themed hero Bulletproof

* BadassesWearBandanas: Bulletproof wears one covering half her face as part of her western-themed hero get-up.
* DanceBattler: Bulletproof would let you know she's a dancer as she mops the floor with you using her ballet moves.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In Dan's chapter, she was seen in the tour group that the pickpocketer was targeting before properly debuting as the third superhero Bulletproof.
* CombatStilettos: Deliberately choose high-heeled cowboy boots for her costume to add more damage to her [[KickChick kicks]].
* CoverBlowingSuperpower: Barely managed to avoid this when undergoing PowerIncontinence. It didn't help that Merri has a [[FlashyTeleportation flashy set]] [[{{Flight}} of superpowers]] and showcased it right in front of a live audience during the Nutcracker. Luckily, with quick thinking from Percy, she passed it off as the tech guys messing around.
* FlashyTeleportation: How she teleports by disappearing and reappearing in a puff of blue mist, punctuated with a "Bamf/Foof" sound effect.
* {{Cowgirl}}: Her superhero theme complete with the obligatory [[BadassesWearBandanas bandana]] and [[CombatStilettos cowboy boots]].
* {{Flight}}: Turns out Lightbringer was exclusively using the blue pill for teleportation as Merri finds out its other power of flying firsthand by uncontrollably levitating. This almost [[CoverBlowingSuperpower exposed her powers]] during the Nutcracker play as she pirouetted up to the rafters.
* ImmuneToBullets: Names herself Bulletproof after getting shot point-blank in the face and lived to tell the tale.

* NighInvulnerability: Discovers she has selective immunity after ''[[ImmuneToBullets taking a bullet straight to the forehead]]''. However, she's not fully impervious as it momentarily stunned her and left a pretty bad-looking bruise, hence the "selective" part.

* TrueBlueFemininity: Blue is her signature color scheme and is the girliest of the female Power Pills. She also likes dresses and skirts for casual wear and superhero outfit and is an aspiring ballerina as a civilian.

!!Kristy Eda
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A troubled artist constantly suffering from not only her financial troubles but also from her insomnia.
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After Kristy consumed the Orange Power Pill in her sleep-deprived state, it enhances all her senses and intelligence to their maximum capacity. ....Quickwit

* FightsLikeANormal:

* {{Ninja}}: high-tech one...black skin-tight jumpsuit with orange visor
* PowerStrainBlackout: Unlike the others, she can only use her powers a few minutes at a time before collapsing from SensoryOverload which still persisted long after mastering them.

!!Tate Palmer
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[[caption-width-right:200:[[labelnote:See her as '''Streamline''']] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_777.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:200:[[labelnote:'''Profile Picture''']] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tate_3.png[[/labelnote]]]]
An exuberant cosplayer. On the way back from a convention, Lightbringer deliberately drops his pill pack in front of her after theatrically showcasing his powers.
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Tate was the only one to figure out what the pills do beforehand and willingly took the Red Power Pill for its SuperStrength and SuperSpeed. Unlike the others, she decides to have a solo hero career as Streamline...
but there's more than meets the eye

* HandicappedBadass:

* RedOnesGoFaster: Tate's signature colour is red and she's the team's [[SuperSpeed speedster]].
* ShoutOut: Her costume has a striking resemblance to Quicksilver's original design only with a different colour scheme. According to bookfangeek in a [[https://mobile.twitter.com/oneeyedeilatan/status/1485723027136462859?cxt=HHwWloCysZbOrJ4pAAAA tweet]], this was completely unintentional.
* SuperStrength: The reason why she chooses the red power pill in the first place, gifting her unparalleled strength to effortlessly punch through concrete walls and clobber baddies to a pulp.

%%Grey Power Pill ...control electricity

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%%Pink Power Pill

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%%Black Power Pill
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* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The strips on his super-suit lights up the colour of the power in use with white as his default. He has all eight colours of the Power Pills[[note]]Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Pink, Grey and Black[[/note]] at the beginning but [[DePower gradually loses them one by one as he gives them away]].
* DePower: He's currently down to only two out of the initial eight Power Pills which grant him his abilities.

* LightIsNotGood: He wears an all-white super suit and his superhero name is literally "'''Light'''bringer" but recruits people in the shadiest and most invasive way possible by acting as a drug dealer, stalking them and/or breaking into their houses in the dead of night.

* ShockAndAwe: The grey Power Pill became his next go-to after giving the [[TeleportationSpam blue Power Pill]] away to Merri. %%This is right until Sybil
* ShoutOut: His hero costume is a similar design to Frozone's super suit and was even [[FanNicknamecalled as such by the fans]].
* TeleportationSpam: Out of the Power Pills, Lightbringer is seen using the blue pill the most exclusively for the teleportation which the author herself notes it being his favorite power. He was even nicknamed "Bunny Man" by the fans for how erratically and spontaneously he jumps from place to place before his actual superhero name was given.
* PowerCopying: ...in contact with the Power Pills or empowered individuals

!!Guy Alonzo Foust

* {{Sidekick}}: He was unofficially part of the Power Pills as Soul Seer's sidekick when it was only just him. It was a one-time experience
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Guy is not amused at anybody who pokes fun at his name.
* WhatTheHellHero: He gets incredibly mad at Celeb for using his powers on Travis

!!Travis Samuel Birman
A cheerful and goofy fellow. He's the only one in the friend group who is completely unaware that the main cast are superheroes, despite greatly admiring and supporting them, because Caleb couldn't bring himself to tell him.
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* LikesClarkKentHatesSuperman: He's dating Merri and thinks Bulletproof is a StalkerWithACrush not knowing they are the same person, no thanks to Dan and Caleb's disastrous wingmen attempts at a RescueRomance.

!!Avery Guinness Rodriguez
* AbusiveParents: Somewhat downplayed since his parents seem loving and understanding in Avery's flashback but had given him away to Future Tech without any objection though it's reluctant judging by their sullen expressions. The court judge had them charged with parental negligence after Avery's trial.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Avery is the only character in ''Power Pills'' who isn't out of high school yet, being only 15 years old (For comparison Caleb is 19).
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: When Avery first showed up, he was a psychopathic villain who attacked over sixty people. It was later revealed that his actions were being remotely controlled by the microchip that Future Tech had implanted in his brain.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Celeb peeked into his mindscape and found memories of Avery being heavily bullied, his parents giving him away to Future Tech where he was painfully experimented on and given his nasty, snaking surgical scar. And this was at the age of ''fifteen''.
* EmoTeen: He dresses like one.

* EyeColourChange: He has dark brown eyes but whatever surgery Future Tech did on him turned his right eye into an unnatural purple colour.

* HealingFactor: Any physical damage he receives can simply fizzle away in a cloud of smoke. It's so strong that he can survive normally fatal injuries such as a glass shard to the brain or [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impalement]]. The only area where it doesn't heal is the right side of his face as evidenced by his ever-present surgical scar.

* GlasgowGrin: surgical stitches on cheeks/jawline
* NoNameGiven: We are not given his official supervillain let alone civilian name so we can only go off Caleb's insulting nickname.

An ex-salesman
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* AnArmAndALeg:

* {{Irony}}: To escape his dead-end job as a salesman, he works for Future Tech and is tasked with recruiting others...by pitching to them exactly like a salesman.

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!!!Others
[[folder:Jared, Lana and Reggie]]
Three college students who attempted to rob a bank, only to be thwarted by Soul Seer and Lightbringer.
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* BlatantBurglar: How obvious can you be robbing the bank in ski masks and all-black clothing.
* StarterVillain: They are the first villains the Power Pills faced when it consisted of only Caleb. Subsequent bad guys become more dangerous and difficult after their defeat.

* GirlsAreReallyScaredOfHorrorMovies: Definitely not a fan of Percy's slasher movie marathon to the point of almost throwing up.

* EmoTeen: He dresses like one, PeekABangs

* PeekABangs: Avery's fringe covers the entire right side of his face but this was intentional so as to hide his surgical scar and mismatched purple eye he couldn't see out of.

** Sybil/[...] - Grey ([[ShockAndAwe Electrokinesis]])
** There are the Pink and Black Power Pills but have yet to be assigned to a person. They respectively grant their potential user [...] and precognition.

* RequiredSecondaryPowers: The pills gave its users enhanced strength (Except Tate) and [[HealingFactor heal faster]] (around six times) to give them an edge over normal baddies and on par with supervillains.

* {{Ninja}}:

* SnowballLie: His decision of not telling Travis he's Soul Seer the first time, he did only met the guy at the party two weeks ago,
* NoSocialSkills:...Caleb grew out of these tendencies once he became a superhero and meet other...

A ballet dancer who always dream of playing Clara in the Nutcracker until it almost came crashing down with one broken ankle. Fortunately, Lightbringer sneak into her apartment for an ultimatum, take a pill and become better or doen't and kiss those life-long dreams goodbye.

* EarlyBirdCameo: In Dan's chapter, she was seen in the tour group that the pickpocketer was targeting before properly debuting as the third superhero

* FlashyTeleportation: How she teleports is by disappearing and reappearing in a puff of blue mist, punctuated with a "Bamf/Foof" sound effect.

An artist constantly suffering from not only her financial troubles but also from her insomnia.

After Kristy consumed the Orange Power Pill in her sleep-deprived state, it enhances all her senses and intelligence to their maximum capacity.

* EarlyBirdCameo: She was seen at Kristy's new year's party in the spread page.

* DePower: He's currently down to only three out of the initial eight Power Pills which grant him his abilities.

* LightIsNotGood: He wears an all-white super suit and his superhero name is literally "'''Light'''bringer"

* ShoutOut: His hero costume is a similar design to Frozone's supersuit ...FanNickname
* TeleportationSpam: Out of the Power Pills, Lightbringer is seen using the blue pill the most for exclusively the teleportation which the author herself notes it being his favorite power. He was even nicknamed "Bunny Man" by the fans for how eratically and spontaneously he jumps from place to place before his actual superhero name was given.

* SpitTake: coffee ...kristy...$10000 cheque

[[folder:Sybil]]

** There are also pink, grey and black Power Pills but have yet to be assigned to a person.

* CelibateHero: He's canonically UsefulNotes/{{Asexual}} and greyromatic after realizing he never had a crush on anybody ever and looked it up afterwards.
* CoolKidAndLoserFriendship: Caleb is a socially awkward mess so he's lucky that Guy is a fairly popular guy who tries getting him new friends. The series kickoffs when Caleb is invited to Guy's party and meets a undercovered/civilian Lightbringer
* GlowingEyes: Activating his MindControl abilities makes his eyes glow a brilliant yellow and so does his mind-controlled victims. Overexerting his telepathy has the same effect on his naturally blue eyes.

* KungFuWizard: ...taking karate lessons

* YellowPurpleContrast: purple is his favorite color and usually wears a purple Potridge hoodie ...and is the only one to not have their signature colour correspond to their power pill...yellow power pill

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%%* ShockAndAwe:

** There are also pink, grey and black Power Pills but have yet to be assigned to a person. Only the grey one was one confirmed to be [[ShockAndAwe electricity-based]].

* NoMouth:

* NoSocialSkills:...Caleb grew out of these tendencies oncce

* OccidentalOtaku:

%%Grey Power Pill

* MadnessMantra: ...the analysis portion of Jason's profile just reads "I'm still upset. I'm still upset. I'm still upset." over and over again

* ShockAndAwe: The grey Power Pill became his next go-to after giving the [[TeleportationSpam blue Power Pill]] away to Merri.

* PowerCopying:

!!!Relatives
[[folder:Dan's Mom]]
Dan's overbearing mother who is disappointed in his life choices and kicks him out of the house as a result.
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[[folder:Julia and Reed]]
Avery's adopted parents

* RedisHeroic: main colour scheme

* ShoutOut: Her costume has a striking resemblance to Quicksilver's original design only with different colours. According to bookfangeek in a [[https://mobile.twitter.com/oneeyedeilatan/status/1485723027136462859?cxt=HHwWloCysZbOrJ4pAAAA tweet]], this was completely unintentional.

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%%[[folder:Matt]]
%%Pink Power Pill
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** Dan InvoluntaryShapeshifting

* RequiredSecondaryPowers: The pills gave its users enhanced strength and [[HealingFactor heal faster]] (around six times) to give them an edge over normal baddies and on par with supervillains.

Compelled into taking the yellow Power Pill, Caleb gains the ability to [[{{Telepathy}} read and]] [[MindControl control minds]]. He makes the decision of becoming Portbringer's first hero by the name of Soul Seer and eventually leads an ever-expanding team of close-knit superheroes.

* CoolKidAndLoserFriendship: Caleb is a socially awkward mess so he's lucky that Guy is a fairly popular guy who tries getting him new friends. The series kickoffs when Caleb is invited

* TheLeader:
* MindControl:

* YellowPurpleContrast: purple is his favorite color and usually wears a purple Potridge hoodie ...and is the only one to not have their signature colour correspond to their Power Pill

In an attempt to cure his raging cold, Dan unknowingly ate the Green Power Pill which lets him [[{{Shapeshifting}} transform into anything at will]] (but usually [[{{Animorphism}} animals]] and [[{{Humanshifting}} humans]]). Persuaded by his friends (Mainly Jason) and the money,... Waxguise

* ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing: apply when he turns into other humans

A cheerful and goofy fellow. He's the only one in the friend group who is completely unaware that the main cast are superheroes despite greatly admiring and supporting them

* HeroWithBadPublicity

* ThePardon:

* AwesomeByAnalysis: realises the pills are associated by the superheroes and powers

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** Tate is the only one to avert this since she already knew what her powers were beforehand
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: The pills gave its users enhanced strength and [[HealingFactor heal faster]] (around six times) to give them an edge over normal baddies and on par with supervillains

* CoolKidAndLoserFriendship: Caleb is a socially awkward mess so he's lucky that Guy is a fairly popular guy who tries getting him new friends.

* SnowballLie: His decision of not telling Travis he's Soul Seer, he did only met the guy at the party two weeks ago,
* NoSocialSkills:...Caleb grew out of these tendencies once

* YellowPurpleContrast: purple is his favorite color ...and is the only one to not have their signature colour correspond to their Power Pill

In an attempt to cure his raging cold, Dan unknowingly ate the Green Power Pill which lets him [[{{Shapeshifting}} transform into anything at will]] (but usually [[{{Animorphism}} animals]] and [[{{Humanshifting}} humans]]). Persuaded by his friends (Mainly Jason) and the money,

Out of desperation, Merri swallows the blue Power Pill and finds herself [[{{Flight}} flying]], [[{{Teleportation}} teleporting]] and being [[NighInvulnerability nearly invulnerable to everything]] with her newfound powers. %%western-themed hero Bulletproof

* TrueBlueFemininity: Blue is her signature color scheme and is the girliest of the female power pill users. She also likes dresses and skirts for casual wear and superhero outfit and is an aspiring ballerina as a civilian.

* MundaneUtility:

* RedisHeroic:

* ShoutOut: Her costume has a striking resemblance to Quicksilver's original design only with different colours. According to bookfangeek in a [[https://mobile.twitter.com/oneeyedeilatan/status/1485723027136462859?cxt=HHwWloCysZbOrJ4pAAAA tweet]], this was unintentional