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* BreakThwHaughty: Perfect Man seems to be going through one. He's convicted of treason (though his ego and racism played a big part in letting that happen) he's passed over as a new member is forcibly confined to the tower since he's a fugitive and found that most of the team thinks he's a joke.

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* BreakThwHaughty: BreakTheHaughty: Perfect Man seems to be going through one. He's convicted of treason (though his ego and racism played a big part in letting that happen) he's passed over as a new member is forcibly confined to the tower since he's a fugitive and found that most of the team thinks he's a joke.
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* BullyingADragon: Pablo and his sidekicks continue taunting Tim even after they find out he can turn into Sumo.


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* InWithTheInCrowd: Tim temporarily gets to hang with the delinquents at his school because they like Sumo's rage-induced rampages.

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* BreakThwHaughty: Perfect Man seems to be going through one. He's convicted of treason (though his ego and racism played a big part in letting that happen) he's passed over as a new member is forcibly confined to the tower since he's a fugitive and found that most of the team thinks he's a joke.



* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite his OnlySaneMan tendencies, Tim is still just a kid and isn't above d

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* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite his OnlySaneMan tendencies, Tim is still just a kid and isn't above ddoing immature things.

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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Joyce Mandrake subverts this - while she certainly won't be easy on Prock and the new Awesomes, she has started to appreciate them and gain a soft spot for them.
** Though now that she's been [[spoiler: put under Dr. Malocchio's mind control, she could end up (unwittingly) playing this straight.]]

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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Joyce Mandrake subverts this - while she certainly won't be easy on Prock and the new Awesomes, she has started to appreciate them and gain a soft spot for them.
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Mandrake. Though now she does allow Prock to set up a new Awesomes team, even when he recruited from the Rejects file, she doesn't have any problem with saddling the team with any new restrictions that she's been [[spoiler: put under Dr. Malocchio's mind control, she could end pop up (unwittingly) playing this straight.]]along the way.

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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Prock has a crush on Hotwire, but she's already dating Perfect Man. [[spoiler: Tomboy has pined for decades for Gadget Gal, [[IncompatibleOrientation who doesn't swing that way]].]] [[spoiler: And apparently Joyce Mandrake secretly is very attracted to Prock, which everyone, including herself, finds disturbing.]]

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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: AllLoveIsUnrequited:
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Prock has a crush on Hotwire, but she's already dating Perfect Man. [[spoiler: Tomboy has pined for decades for Gadget Gal, [[IncompatibleOrientation who doesn't swing that way]].]] [[spoiler: And apparently Joyce Mandrake secretly is very attracted to Prock, which everyone, including herself, finds disturbing.]]


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* StalkerWithACrush: Muscle Man's sister has a thing for Prock... Even though she's married...
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* NoNameGiven: Most of the heroes, as well as Concierge.

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* NoNameGiven: Most of the heroes, as well as Concierge. We only only Prock's (Jeremy) and Sumo's (Tim).



** The "Rhode Island Story" for Prock

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** The "Rhode Island Story" for ProckProck.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite his OnlySaneMan tendencies, Tim is still just a kid and isn't above d

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* NoodleIncident: At some point, the Awesomes (or maybe just Muscleman) [[MonumentalDamage knocked the head off the Statue of Liberty]].
** The "Rhode Island Story" for Prock


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* NoodleIncident:
** At some point, the Awesomes (or maybe just Muscleman) [[MonumentalDamage knocked the head off the Statue of Liberty]].
** The "Rhode Island Story" for Prock

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** NotSoDifferent: Malocchio Jr. and Prock, to the point of WeCanRuleTogether.


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* NotSoDifferent: Malocchio Jr. and Prock, to the point of WeCanRuleTogether.

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* FriendlyEnemy: Dr Malocchio and Awesome Man. It helps that they were friends before Malocchio turned evil, and that Malocchio is very AffablyEvil.



--> '''Hotwire''': Sounds like they were trying ''really'' hard to make an acronym for "umbrella".
-->'''Impresario''': And umbrellas aren't even cool. Why not do "dragon"?

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--> '''Hotwire''': Sounds like they were trying ''really'' hard to make an acronym for "umbrella".
-->'''Impresario''':
"umbrella".\\
'''Impresario''':
And umbrellas aren't even cool. Why not do "dragon"?

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* FantasticRacism: An intelligent ape is prejudiced against humans. He's swift to clarify that he's got nothing against gay people, however.



* ProductPlacement: The endings will have the characters plugging Jack Link's Beef Jerky.

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* ProductPlacement: The first season endings will have the characters plugging Jack Link's Beef Jerky.
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* FakingTheDead: [[Hotwire and Dr. Malocchio in the second season.]] The second one is involuntary.

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* FakingTheDead: [[Hotwire [[spoiler: Hotwire and Dr. Malocchio in the second season.]] The second one is involuntary.
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* FakingTheDead: [[Hotwire and Dr. Malocchio in the second season.]] The second one is involuntary.
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* FiveManBand: Fits surprisingly badly, even given that there are seven of them.
** TheHero: Prock.
** TheLancer: Frantic. Mostly by default, as the only other person that really fits is Muscle Man, and he's...
** TheBigGuy: Sumo and Muscle Man share this role.
** TheSmartGuy: Prock is hands down the smartest guy on the team. Concierge is probably second. Both of them fit better in other slots, so that leaves us with Gadget Gal here.
** TheChick: Hotwire. Or maybe Impresario, who also dresses in pink, has severe mother issues, and doesn't fit anywhere else.
** {{Team Mom}}/{{The Team Benefactor}}: Concierge
** TagalongKid: Tim, who's largely kept around because he can turn into Sumo.
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* FiveManBand: So far, the team comprises of...
** TheHero: Prock
** TheLancer: Frantic

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* FiveManBand: So far, the team comprises of...
Fits surprisingly badly, even given that there are seven of them.
** TheHero: Prock
Prock.
** TheLancer: FranticFrantic. Mostly by default, as the only other person that really fits is Muscle Man, and he's...



** TheSmartGuy: Impresario and Gadget Gal
** TheChick: Hotwire

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** TheSmartGuy: Impresario and Prock is hands down the smartest guy on the team. Concierge is probably second. Both of them fit better in other slots, so that leaves us with Gadget Gal
Gal here.
** TheChick: HotwireHotwire. Or maybe Impresario, who also dresses in pink, has severe mother issues, and doesn't fit anywhere else.
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* BoldlyComing: Muscleman has a fetish for alien women, caring little about what species; he'll do anything from [[HumanAlien human]] to StarfishAliens.

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* BoldlyComing: Muscleman has a fetish for alien women, caring little about what species; he'll do anything from [[HumanAlien human]] to StarfishAliens. And beyond; in one episode he's shown having sex with what appears to be a potted plant with eyes.
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* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Prock is a lawyer and [[NotThatKindOfDoctor some sort of doctor]], who's also got expertise in computer programming and advanced technology design (as he designed the hologram room to block all of the Awesomes powers).

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* StevenUlyssesPerhero: Malocchio's real name actually is Malocchio, and he has the ability to mind control people with his eyes.



* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Dr. Malocchio has publicly pulled off a HeelFaceTurn (via mind-controling people into ''believing'' that), but it's clear to the audience and to Prock that he's still scheming to take over the world.

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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Dr. Malocchio has publicly pulled off a HeelFaceTurn (via mind-controling mind-controlling people into ''believing'' that), but it's clear to the audience and to Prock that he's still scheming to take over the world.
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* LegacyCharacter: Muscleman appears to be this, with his father and grandfather before him being the previous Musclemans.

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* LegacyCharacter: Muscleman appears to be this, with is this; his father and grandfather used the name Muscleman before him being the previous Musclemans.him.
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* ComplexityAddiction: Malocchio's reason for treating his plan to take over the world like a game. The only person on the planet immune to his mind control powers is Prock; he could have sent Perfect Man or some other hero in to take him out in an instant, but instead just screwed around with him for ten episodes. Comes back to bite in him in the butt later.
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* AbusiveParents: Frantic's parents, particularly his father, who calls him worthless when Frantic is intro.

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* AbusiveParents: Frantic's parents, particularly his father, who calls him worthless when Frantic is intro.introduced.

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* AbusiveParents: Frantic's parents, particularly his father, who calls him worthless when Frantic is intro.



* TheAlcoholic: Teleportation Larry can't stay off the sauce for more than a few minutes, which makes him a liabillity ''almost'' all the time.

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* TheAlcoholic: Teleportation Larry can't stay off the sauce for more than a few minutes, which makes him a liabillity liability ''almost'' all the time.
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* CannotHoldHisBooze: ''One'' Mudslide turns Prock into a ranty drunk who badgers Malocchio Jr. about his moral fiber.

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* CannotHoldHisBooze: CantHoldHisLiquor: ''One'' Mudslide turns Prock into a ranty drunk who badgers Malocchio Jr. about his moral fiber.
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* CannotHoldHisLiquor: ''One'' Mudslide turns Prock into a ranty drunk who badgers Malocchio Jr. about his moral fiber.

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* CannotHoldHisLiquor: CannotHoldHisBooze: ''One'' Mudslide turns Prock into a ranty drunk who badgers Malocchio Jr. about his moral fiber.
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* CannotHoldHisLiquor: ''One'' Mudslide turns Prock into a ranty drunk who badgers Malocchio Jr. about his moral fiber.


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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Prock's drunken ranting convinces Malocchio Jr. to become a supervillain.
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** Season Two possibly explains this: he is ''insanely'' racist.

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* IWasQuiteALooker: Gadget Gal was a member of the original Awesomes who retired due to old age. After being hit with a [[FountainOfYouth rejuvenation ray]], she's turned back into a sexy twenty-five year old.


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* InkSuitActor: Jaclyn Stone looks exactly like Amy Poehler.


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* IWasQuiteALooker: Gadget Gal was a member of the original Awesomes who retired due to old age. After being hit with a [[FountainOfYouth rejuvenation ray]], she's turned back into a sexy twenty-five year old.

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* MommasBoy: Impresario. Tim has some shades of this, though he's much more independent and it stems from his parents [[EducationMama placing a lot of emphasis on his academics]].

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* MommasBoy: Impresario. Tim has some shades of this, though he's much more independent and it stems from his parents [[EducationMama placing a lot of emphasis on his academics]].academics]] (plus he's like 11, still just a kid).



* PsychicNosebleed: Both Prock and Dr. Malocchio get these if they overextend themselves.


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* PsychicNosebleed: Both Prock and Dr. Malocchio get these if they overextend themselves.
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* HypercompetentSidekick: Concierge is technically just the Awesomes' support staff--''all'' of the support staff--but is one of the most reliable and useful members of the team.

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* HypercompetentSidekick: Concierge is technically just the Awesomes' support staff--''all'' of the support staff--but is one of the most reliable and useful members of the team. In the second season, she's promoted to full membership, complete with costume.
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** The "Rhode Island Story" for Prock

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