History VideoGame / AvengersAcademy

* Foreshadowing: While Nick Fury has the Infinity Gauntlet, Pepper Potts receives a message in her mind that another Academy is ready to reveal themselves. As well, Fury is warned of someone trying to break out of a vault and that if he does get out, to make sure he doesn't get his hands on anything metal, [[spoiler:possibly hinting at the X-Men and Magneto appearing]].

* OneSteveLimit:
** Averted. In the game, there are two Tonys (Iron Man and Taskmaster, although only Iron Man is actually referred to as 'Tony'), two Jameses (War Machine and Winter Soldier, although both are more notably known by their nicknames 'Rhodey' and 'Bucky' instead), three Peters (Star-Lord, Spider-Man, and Spider-Ham), two Brians (Union Jack and Captain Britain), two Jessicas (Spider-Woman and Jessica Jones), and two Steves (Captain America and Doctor Strange).
* PermanentlyMissableContent: Many buildings & decorations can only be recruited during events. If they're not recruited in time, you may never see them again (though various characters and costumes have come back at various points).

** Madame Hydra later jumps ship to the Academy during ''Civil War'', and J Jonah Jameson joins the staff (at least temporarily) during the ''Spider-Man'' event, bringing the Academy staff up to seven total members.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The base game only has about twenty or so characters, but each event adds six or seven to the roster. By the app's one-year anniversary, there are at least sixty or seventy characters available.

* DemotedToExtra: Several key Avengers members, if they appear, are reduced to cameos, cut scene appearances or paid content. Notable examples include Vision, War Machine and Spider-Woman.

* AgeLift: Most characters are dialed back from adults to college students; the exceptions are Nick Fury, Odin, Hank Pym, Madame Hydra, and the Scientist Supreme (who remain authority figures) and Ms. Marvel, Quake, most Spider-heroes, and Squirrel Girl (who are already around that age to begin with).

** A few characters, however, don't play this straight. War Machine, Phil Coulson, and Peggy Carter get their main appearances as their first upgrade and then the next one takes things a step further, while Groot and Tigra start out relatively comic-accurate and diverge from there. Jessica Jones gets ''two'' comic outfits (first she gets her "Jewel" costume, then the last one is her [[Series/JessicaJones Netflix]] look), while neither of Gamora's regular outfits come from the comics or movies (though you could buy a premium costume that is from the comics).

* BribingYourWayToVictory: While it doesn't apply to the base game, the frequent special events are limited-time and spending the premium currency on resource generators and special characters can make things easier (and in some cases are practically required to get the top event prizes).

** Nico Minoru is aware that you tap on her, and is quite annoyed by it.
*** Misty Knight and Satana too.

** Averted. In the game, there are two Tonys (Iron Man and Taskmaster, although only Iron Man is actually referred to as 'Tony'), two Jameses (War Machine and Winter Soldier, although both are more notably known by their nicknames 'Rhodey' and 'Bucky' instead), three Peters (Star-Lord, Spider-Man, and Spider-Ham), two Brians (Union Jack and Captain Britain), and two Jessicas (Spider-Woman and Jessica Jones).
** And, just to completely avert this trope, there's actually two Steves now (Captain America and Doctor Strange).
* PermanentlyMissableContent: Many buildings & decorations can only be recruited during events. If they're not recruited in time, you may never see them again (Various characters and costumes have come back at various points)
* RomanceSidequest: The ability to send characters on dates with each other is one of the game's selling points, but that mechanic is still in development and may have been DummiedOut.[[note]]The button teasing the feature was removed during the ''Guardians'' event, and hasn't come back even when there's not an event going on.[[/note]] In the meantime, dating still comes up occasionally in story quests.

* TwoTeacherSchool: Nick Fury is the Director, Pepper Potts is his assistant, Hank Pym is a teacher, Ares is the combat instructor, and Odin is around in some vague position of authority. Other than that Tony builds some suspiciously Ultron-like robots to do grunt work but that's it. But then again, it's not like there are hundreds of students attending either. Over at the enemy schools, Madame Hydra, the Scientist Supreme, and the Collector are the only known administrators.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: Many characters can only be recruited during events. If they're not recruited in time, you won't see them again.

* LostForever: Many characters can only be recruited during events. If they're not recruited in time, you won't see them again.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted. In the game, there are two Tonys (Iron Man and Taskmaster, although only Iron Man is actually referred to as 'Tony'), two Jameses (War Machine and Winter Soldier, although both are more notably known by their nicknames 'Rhodey' and 'Bucky' instead), three Peters (Star-Lord, Spider-Man, and Spider-Ham), two Brians (Union Jack and Captain Britain), and two Jessicas (Spider-Woman and Jessica Jones).

*** Resident ShipperOnDeck Wasp, however, seems to think otherwise. She browbeat Natasha into telling Loki she liked him ([[CannotSpitItOut Natasha said nothing of the sort]], but the two started hanging out more anyway. And when Jan grew afraid that Loki would lose his mind and possibly hurt Natasha, she tried to set Nat up with Mordo instead, indicating that talented, arrogant sorcerers with a penchant for dark magic and the color green might just be Natasha's type.

* ShoutOut:
** One of Falcon's actions is training with a punching bag, titled [[VideoGame/FZero "Falcon Punch"]].
** Enchantress' unlock quest is called "Film/{{Mean Girl|s}}". Similarly, Black Panther gets a series of quests called "[[Film/ThePrincessDiaries The Prince's Diaries]]".
** When Wasp gleefully compares the ''Civil War'' rivalry to a soap opera, she includes the phrase "These are the Series/{{days of our lives}}!"
** Black Widow's "Iron Widow" costume (from the ''Civil War'' event) has an "Activate Stealth Mode" action that makes her [[Franchise/MetalGear run around campus with a cardboard box on her head]].
** At the end of ''Civil War'', Fury asks for a prison cell to be made for Red Skull, just as one had been made for Ronan in the ''Guardians'' event:
-->'''Tony:''' I think you just like collecting Super Villains.
-->'''Fury:''' ''[smiling]'' [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Gotta trap 'em all.]]
*** ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' gets referenced again during the ''A.I.M. Attacks!'' event, when an A.I.M. scientist describes how they make little creatures, stuff them into balls, and make them fight. Wasp is pissed at this inhumane treatment.
** During ''British Invasion'', players can buy phone boxes to generate resources. One is a modern red one, but the other more expensive option is styled after [[Series/DoctorWho the TARDIS]].
** Black Knight's Divide and Conquer and Gallop Onward actions are both references to ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.
** The CourtroomAntics during ''Hell's Kitchen'' include the inevitable quote:
-->'''Loki:''' [[Film/AFewGoodMen I want the truth!]]
-->'''Fury:''' [[YouCantHandleTheParody You can't handle the truth!]]
-->'''Loki:''' You make a fair point. I really am much better with lies...

* TeenSuperspy: Various SHIELD agents due to the AgeLift, including Black Widow, Spider-Woman, Maria Hill, Quake, Agent 13, Union Jack, Phil Coulson, and Peggy Carter.

** Hawkeye puts in another appearance during ''British Invasion'', and ''Spider-Man'' Act I has some of the characters borrow his sky-cycles.

* LampshadeHanging: The characters occasionally point out some of the absurdities that come from being in a city-builder style video game:
** The early stage of the game regularly gives Loki two-hour dancing actions to do. Others commenting on Loki dancing by himself all the time has become a RunningGag.
*** During the Gamma event, Wasp says that Loki always dancing by himself is kind of creepy; Loki comments that he feels oddly compelled to demonstrate his mastery over the dance floor over and over.
*** It comes up again near the end of Red Hulk's quest line, just after he uses his "dancing" action. Wasp thinks he's being suspicious, to which Red Hulk asks if he'd really dance if he were up to something. Wasp replies that Loki does it all the time.
*** Another one comes during ''Civil War'', after Sharon spies on Loki dancing by himself (again). Steve says "Yeah, that's kind of what he does. We all sort of agreed just to pretend like it isn't weird."
** The ''Guardians'' event has a few other lampshades, too. When Rocket mentions the club's pool table he complains about the fact that only one person can use it at a time for no discernible reason. Star-Lord also tries to get out of a dangerous mission by claiming he has an [[IHaveToGoIronMyDog "eight-hour Charleston dance-off with Cap"]] to go to, referring to the actual length of Captain America's dancing action.
*** Tony delivers another low blow during ''Civil War'', by asking Cap if he "hope[s] the bad guys are afraid of outdated dancing".
** When Fury scolds Quake for forming a team to fight threats behind his back, insisting that it's not necessary since the academy is the safest place in the world, Quake points out that there have been a number of attacks on campus, including the time Avengers' Hall was shot at with lasers for two weeks straight, referencing the Gamma event, among other events that had taken place in the game.
-->'''Quake:''' Hydra guys stroll through the gates all the time. They flew an earthquake machine right over our heads. A.I.M. hacked your security. The Leader shot a gamma laser at Avengers Hall for two weeks straight...
** During ''Civil War'', Black Widow notes how HYDRA thugs just roam about the campus not doing much, while their bosses stand around on an attack platform and do even less. She concludes it's all a distraction and she and Agent 13 start looking into what they're ''really'' up to.
** In ''British Invasion'', Tony points out how there's one regular computer in the library that the whole student body has to share, and Hawkeye notes how everyone always sticks to the sidewalks and never walks on the grass.

* LoveTriangle: The Falcon gets caught in one between Black Widow and Ms. Marvel. Black Widow didn't make a big deal about it, though. Maybe. It could be that Widow was just being passive-aggressive. Either way, their relationship just sort of ended. [[spoiler:Then Ms. Marvel dumped Falcon, because she felt he was trying too hard to impress his ex.]]

* ShipTease: Quite often.
** Tony and Pepper, especially during Pepper's storyline.

** Every girl on campus has somewhat of a crush on Steve. One of the main storyline quests even has Amora outright try to seduce him, supposedly because Steve reminded her of Thor.

** Jessica Jones refers to her "invulnerable boyfriend", so apparently she and Luke Cage have already progressed past the "tease" stage to OfficialCouple.

** A few characters, however, don't play this straight. War Machine and Phil Coulson get their main appearances as their first upgrade and then the next one takes things a step further, while Groot and Tigra start out relatively comic-accurate and diverge from there. Jessica Jones gets ''two'' comic outfits (first she gets her "Jewel" costume, then the last one is her [[Series/JessicaJones Netflix]] look), while neither of Gamora's regular outfits come from the comics or movies (though you could buy a premium costume that is from the comics).

* LoveTriangle: The Falcon gets caught in one between Black Widow and Ms. Marvel. Neither girl is making a big deal about it, though. (Maybe. It could be that Widow is just being passive-aggressive.)

** Falcon, as stated above, is in a LoveTriangle between Black Widow and Ms. Marvel. Widow also has some teases with Loki, though Daredevil calls her out on how she doesn't ''really'' seem to reciprocate his interest.

** Wasp has flirted with several guys.

** MODOK has a one-sided crush on Wasp, and as he has NoSocialSkills he's mistaken her being his friend with being his ''girlfriend''.

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* AgeLift: Most characters are dialed back from adults to college students; the exceptions are Nick Fury, Odin, Hank Pym, Madame Hydra, and the Scientist Supreme (who remain authority figures) and Ms. Marvel, Quake, and most Spider-heroes (who are already around that age to begin with).

** Oddly, War Machine's second outfit actually looks like the finished War Machine armor, while his third resembles the Hulkbuster more than any of the War Machine armors. Groot also starts movie-accurate before, ahem, [[JustForPun branching out]]. ''Neither'' of Gamora's regular outfits come from the comics or movies (though you could buy a premium costume that is from the comics).
** Jessica Jones is a unique case in that both of her rank up costumes are completely accurate, with her Rank 3 outfit being her Jewel costume, and her Rank 5 being the outfit from her [[Series/JessicaJones Netflix show]].

** Carol Danvers (Captain Marvel) gets name-dropped a few times; twice in the regular questline and again during the Guardians event.

** Squirrel Girl's Defeated Villain Souvenirs decoration includes trophies taken from Whirlwind, Madame Masque, Kang the Conqueror, a classic-style AIM soldier, and a [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld Dark Elf]].

** Loki is always dancing, and challengers every new student to a dance-off.

** Falcon, as stated above, is in a LoveTriangle between Black Widow and Ms. Marvel.

* SuperheroSchool: The basic concept. The rival Hydra Academy and AIM Institute are [[AcademyOfEvil Academies of Evil]]. A SpaceCadetAcademy called the Cosmic Conservatory is also mentioned; during the ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' event Gamora describes it as [[spoiler:a BoardingSchoolOfHorrors -- it was the Collector's, well, collection of powerful people up until Thanos attacked and the various "students" escaped. Rocket later destroys it with Tony's help, although Thanos is hinted to have survived]].

* TeenSuperspy: Various SHIELD agents due to the AgeLift, including Black Widow, Spider-Woman, Maria Hill, Quake, Agent 13 and Union Jack.

** Squirrel Girl's Defeated Villain Souvenirs decoration includes trophies taken from Whirlwhind, Madame Masque, Kang the Conqueror, a classic-style AIM soldier, and a [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld Dark Elf]].

* OneSteveLimit: Averted. In the game, there are two Tonys (Iron Man and Taskmaster, although only Iron Man is actually referred to as 'Tony'), two Jameses (War Machine and Winter Soldier, although both are more notably known by their nicknames 'Rhodey' and 'Bucky' instead), two Peters (Star-Lord and Spider-Man), and two Brians (Union Jack and Captain Britain).

* AgeLift: Most characters are dialed back from adults to college students; the exceptions are Nick Fury, Odin, Hank Pym, Madam Hydra, and the Scientist Supreme (who remain authority figures) and Ms. Marvel, Quake, and most Spider-heroes (who are already around that age to begin with).

** Carol Danvers (Captain Marvel) gets name-dropped a few times; once in the regular questline and again during the Guardians event.

** Peter Parker regularly tries to hide the fact that he's Spider-Man, and partially succeeds - even after you rank him up and he starts wearing the Spider-Man costume.

** In her missions, Quake mentions having met Sif before; undoubtedly a reference to Sif's guest appearances on ''Agents of SHIELD''.
** The Winter Soldier makes repeated references to "I'm with you to the end of the line" in the {{emo}} songs he writes; the line was a set of ArcWords in ''Captain America: The Winter Soldier''. He also requires Captain America trading cards to unlock, which were in ''The Avengers'' as something Coulson wanted Cap to sign.

* AgeLift: Most characters are dialed back from adults to college students; the exceptions are Nick Fury, Odin, Hank Pym, Madam Hydra, and the Scientist Supreme (who remain authority figures) and Ms. Marvel, Quake, Spider-Man, and Spider-Gwen (who are already around that age to begin with).

* BoxedCrook: Loki; the other villains you recruit are usually there for their own reasons (Madam Hydra and Baron Zemo defected or were usurped; Taskmaster and Crossbones are mercenaries who were recruited). Scott Lang is a thief, but joined the academy willingly. [[GlassyPrison At the end of the Civil War event]], [[JustForPun you can also literally put Red Skull in a box]].

* GlassyPrison: After Ronan and Red Skull are defeated in their respective events, you can stick him in these and arrange them like any other campus decoration.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: Event often put the focus on characters unlocked earlier in the game, since even new players can unlock the first five (Iron Man, Wasp, Loki, Black Widow, and Falcon) within a day or two. Tony, Jan, and Loki take the cake however, since they're the earliest. In addition to getting more interaction with event characters, they also get more actions and alternate costumes based off of the event.

** Another instance is during the ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' event. Chitauri minions are released onto the school grounds and spend their time stalking the campus, snarling at students, and firing their blasters in the air. Most characters just walk past them without batting an eye. This is repeated during ''Civil War'', except substitute Chitauri minions for Hydra goons.

* TokenEvilTeammate: Loki, Enchantress, Taskmaster, Baron Zemo, Nebula, Yondu (movie version), Crossbones and Madame Hydra are usually villains, but here they're fellow students with the heroes. The first four have taken trips through the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor in the comics, though, plus Yondu was convinced to ally with the Guardians in the movie, so it's plausible they ''could'' work with the heroes at times (though that doesn't quite explain Taskmaster, who is portrayed as nastier than his strictly-business comics version).

** During ''British Invasion'', players can buy police boxes to generate resources. One is a modern red one, but the other more expensive option is styled after [[Series/DoctorWho the TARDIS]].