History Webcomic / SidekickGirl

** [[spoiler: Illumina/Mackenzie's brother [[BackFromTheDead Delcan]] goes through Metro City destroying all the Hero and Villain agency buildings because he feels his heavily scarred appearance is unmarketable and prevents him from working as a hero saying that his face doesn't "inspire the public. Or sell t-shirts."]]

* GuyOnGuyIsHot: Val reveals this side of herself when Jasper [[https://sidekickgirl.net/chris-again-ii/ recounts]] his awkward discovery that Chris is male.

* FreakyFridayFlip: Ilumina and Sidekick Girl end up with one of these. Sidekick Girl turns out to be able to accomplish more with Ilumina's powers than Ilumina ever did with maybe a week of practice.

* GravityMaster: Ilumina has slight anti-gravity powers, allowing her to float. [[spoiler: Her brother Declan has much more powerful abilities, and is able to increase gravity, pinning enemies to the floor.]]

** Illumina's latest outfit as of [[https://sidekickgirl.net/containment-iii/ ''Containment'' has gotten a lot more sensible than when the comic started -- though it's still showy, and has a low-cut top, it otherwise covers most of her flesh.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Most superheroine uniforms. Val is an exception, as her normal outfit consists of a red tank top and green pants. The costumes her heroes chose for her do tend to fit the bill- Illumina's first choice was a strappy thing that ''barely'' covered Val's privates and Shiver's costume bares her arms and midriff.

!!Sidekick Girl contains examples of the following tropes
* AlternateUniverse: In another universe Val and Mack are both [[spoiler: legendary heros (as in, Val is not Mack's sidekick) with religions based around them, and are far more powerful than their respective counterparts]]. Alternate Val is also far ruder and more blunt than normal Val, and does not hesitate to state how much more inferior she is to her.
* AmbiguousGender: Chris
** As it turns out, this is part of his power: He causes confusion in others.

-->'''The Dark''': Actually... I really kinda am.

** [[spoiler: Illumina/Mackenzie's brother [[BackFromTheDead Delcan]] goes through Metro City destroying all the Hero and Villain agency buildings because he feels his heavily scarred appearence prevents him from working as a hero saying that his face doesn't "inspire the public. Or sell t-shirts."]]

* NeverLiveItDown: Invoked in-universe. Illumina has a rep for getting her sidekicks killed. Only one — Val's predecessor — actually died.
** And that death was due to a voluntary HeroicSacrifice on Marina's part, not anything Illumina did.

* JerkAss: [[spoiler: Alternate reality Val. She's deadpan, sarcastic, rude and outright tells Val she's not important in any way.]]
** JerkassWoobie: This is implied to be partially due to seeing ''centuries'' of friends and family die while she is immortal.

* NighInvulnerability: Shield's powers. He can take any hit and not only avoid damage but also use that energy to make himself stronger, 1faster, tougher and smarter. He still doesn't know how that last one happens.

*** Granted from we know of her, it might has been less because of her brains and more because of her ethics. (She up and ditched Illumina in a fight, joined the Villian Agency as a cat burgar, and the only she made to her costume (which seems like a requirement from the villians) was adding a corset).

* NighInvulnerability: Shield's powers. He can take any hit and not only avoid damage but also use that energy to make himself stronger, faster, tougher and smarter. He still doesn't know how that last one happens.

* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Shield just plays the NintendoDS while Sword does all the work. This is because Sword just got a power upgrade and ''is'' doing all the work himself.

* TheUnfavourite: Mack/Illumina is the unfavourite compared to her dead brother Declan, who had the actually useful powers out of the two. Her parents are two highly successful and prominent heroes who wanted a grand legacy of super heroics, when Declan died so did their dream since now all they had was Mack who cant float higher than she can stand. Whenever they are in town all they seem to do is tell her to do better and mope that Declan isn't alive. Making her feel like they would have preferred she had died instead of him.

* LetsGetDangerous: Illumina is normally a SuperZero, but when she's motivated enough she's got quite a powerful punch.

->''Who hasn't wanted to be a superhero? Everyone's fantasized about donning a costume and using their powers to uphold justice (or make mischief). In Metro City, superheroing isn't a daydream, it's a career path. The hard part isn't acquiring powers, it's getting through all of the red tape in the superhero industry. And it all looks so easy in the movies...''

** Also, Sparkle's [[EverthingsBetterWithSparkles sparkles]]. The one time we actually see her use her power, it just annoys her opponent, and she immediately resorts to pepper spray in an actual fight.