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1The characters of ''ComicBook/Gen13'' and it's spinoff ''ComicBook/DV8''.
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6![=Gen13=]
7[[folder:Caitlin "Kat" Fairchild]]
8[[quoteright:323:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/85353_76114_fairchild.jpg]]
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11A redheaded nerd girl turned into a super strong (and super hot) Amazon after becoming Gen-Active, she serves as team leader and de facto main character.
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13* ActionGirl: But of course.
14* AmazonianBeauty: While her muscularity varies DependingOnTheArtist, she is consistently shown as tall, strong and beautiful. The trope page image comes from one of her buffer incarnations.
15* {{BFG}}: In her first arc, the newly Amazonian Caitlin uses what looks like a huge laser type weapon.
16* BreastExpansion: How she got her big chest. Along with her muscles, her breasts also grew.
17* ClothingDamage: So many times that it would make one hell of a drinking game to count the times her clothes are shredded in each comic.
18* CoolBigSis: Tries to act this way towards Roxie after finding out they're sisters.
19* DudeMagnet: Before she was Gen active, she was a shy wallflower, now no man is immune to her body.
20* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Yes, Girls too.
21* GeniusBruiser: While on the outside she is a beautiful busty Amazon, on the inside she still is her nerdy self who's IQ is untouched by the transformation.
22* GoGoEnslavement: Has happened to her a couple of times. First from a MadScientist, the second time from an Alien Warlord. She usually doesn't like the fact that the villain sees her naked.
23* GrowingMusclesSequence: In the animated adaptation.
24* HulkingOut: When her powers first manifested, her whole body and muscles grew, shredding her clothes in the process.
25* InformedAbility: Sadly most of the writers forget she is supposed to be a GeniusBruiser.
26* InvoluntaryShapeshifter: During the Claremont run, she was briefly turned into a shape-shifting goo monster.
27* LastNameBasis: At least in the fact that the only codename she has is her surname.
28* TheLeader: Of the [=Gen13=] team.
29* LeotardOfPower: Her well-known green and purple costume.
30* LustObject:
31** Is one to Sarah and Grunge.
32** This gets deconstructed following the Worldstorm reboot. Caitlin's forced to pose for photos that are homaging many of the well known covers and ads she was featured in during the original run. Here this is treated as a literal method of torture, leaving Caitlin feeling humiliated and traumatized.
33* MostCommonSuperpower: Being the strongest character on the team, she naturally comes with the biggest rack and is in the collage for said Trope page.
34* MsFanservice: While this applies to most of the female characters, she's practically the poster girl for the entire series.
35* NerdGlasses: Used to wear huge glasses before her powers awakened.
36* PurpleIsPowerful: Many of her outfits have some purple in it, and she's the physical powerhouse of the team.
37* PsychicLink: Develops one with Roxy, when one is hurt, the other knows it.
38* RealityWarper: Became this after death in the Claremont run.
39* RedheadInGreen: Kat is a redhead and her outfits are almost always green or have green in it.
40* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: Kat is very modest and will often cover up whenever she gets into {{Fanservice}}y situations.
41** She does become a ShamelessFanserviceGirl on rare occasions when some ClothingDamage happens during combat. She doesn't let it bother her and goes on a FullFrontalAssault.
42* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Feels that way about herself after her powers manifested, resenting how people used to ignore her original nerdy self.
43* StatuesqueStunner: She stands 6'4" and considered gorgeous by everyone InUniverse.
44* TownGirls: She is the Neither.
45* UnskilledButStrong: While she has SuperStrength she doesn't really know much about fighting. [[BoxingLessonsForSuperman Lynch and Rainmaker]] [[StrongAndSkilled eventually rectify that.]]
46* WithGreatPowerComesGreatHotness: Caitlin's gen-activation changed her from a redhead ShrinkingViolet geek girl to an AmazonianBeauty.
47* WrestlerOfBeasts: Issue #7 of the Gail Simone run has Caitlin fight and kill a saber-toothed tiger using her strength and a rock. The same issue has her fighting a T-rex before discovering it can talk.
48* XtremeKoolLetterz: Her name is spelled with C, but her nickname is 'Kat' - if only to not call her a feline?
49[[/folder]]
50
51[[folder:Roxanne "Roxy" Spaulding / Freefall]]
52[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/freefall_gen13.jpg]]
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54A Smart Assed spunky girl who has gravity manipulation abilities.
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56* BelligerentSexualTension: With Grunge. [[spoiler:A later issue of Adam Warren's run revealed this was because Grunge was explicitly brainwashed by Lynch to make sure he ''never'' had sex with Roxy or did anything untoward with her, no matter how he or Roxy felt about it.]]
57* ClingyJealousGirl: Is very jealous when Grunge flirts or acts perverted towards other women, especially Fairchild.
58* DelinquentHair: Her hair bangs are dyed pink, giving her a punkish look.
59* {{Flight}}: Can do this with herself and others with her gravity powers.
60* GravityIsPurple: Free Fall's gravity abilities were usually represented by purple or pink sparkles, though nowadays it's usually represented in light blue.
61* GravityMaster: She has the ability to nullify or increase gravity, the former allowing her or others to levitate and the latter to make it impossible for an enemy to move.
62* LukeIAmYourFather: Alex Fairchild is revealed to be her biological father, which makes her and Kat half-sisters.
63* PsychicLink: Develops one with Kat, when one is hurt, the other knows it.
64* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: In contrast to Sarah, Roxy is very much bothered being naked in public.
65* RoseHairedSweetie: Dyes her bangs pink and is associated with the color, and she's the most cheerful member of the team.
66* SmokingIsCool: {{Downplayed}}, as this only happens when she's in her "bad girl mode".
67* TownGirls: She is the Butch.
68[[/folder]]
69
70[[folder:Percival Edmund Chang / Grunge]]
71[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grunge.jpg]]
72
73A perverted slacker and ditz of Chinese descent, he has the ability to absorb the property of any material he touches.
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75* AfraidOfNeedles: Is introduced while running away from a doctor trying to take a simple blood sample.
76* AmazonChaser: Has a thing for strong women.
77* AsianAirhead: Though generally a dumb slacker manchild, his photographic memory allows him to succeed in school.
78* BelligerentSexualTension: With Freefall.
79* BoisterousBruiser: Can be very loud and obnoxious during fights.
80* BrilliantButLazy: He's pretty smart when he actually makes some effort, it's just that he bothers so rarely that he comes off as incredibly idiotic.
81* CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest: Rarely are his perverted acts aimed at Roxy. [[spoiler:Lynch brainwashed him to make sure it went that way.]]
82* ColdBloodedTorture: Is tortured by Threshold in order to force him to manifest his power.
83%%* CrossoverCouple:
84* EmbarrassingFirstName: Does not like the fact that his first name is Percival and prefers to go by "P. Edmund Chang".
85* GeniusBruiser. Him being a ditz is just a rouse, for he has his aforementioned photographic memory. He hides because doesn't want anyone to think he is a nerd.
86* FadSuper: Named after a genre of music that peaked in the early nineties: Adam Warren had one of his sparring partners mock his name by calling him "Easy Listening" and other musical genres. Gail Simone's run explains this as a reference to the fact that he has "grunge under his fingernails", although Roxy provides a LampshadeHanging with the comment "Grunge? You mean the stuff dinosaurs have on their iPods?"
87* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:The fact he never acts perverted towards Roxy despite the clear interest they have in each other, and his overall refusal to have sex with her, are due to Lynch heavily brainwashing Grunge to ensure he ''never'' has sex or does anything with Roxy. This might've accidentally amplified his perverted tendencies towards every other woman, considering the mental block would've put more focus on anyone who wasn't Roxy to keep him occupied.]]
88* HealingFactor: One of his powers.
89* HormoneAddledTeenager: While every character has shades of this, Grunge exemplifies this.
90* IKnowKungFu: After the team is hit with power nullifying device by a scientist, he beats the crap out of the physically unimpressive scientist.
91* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may act like a self-centered jerk, but he's still a teenager and is still a hero that will still do the right thing.
92* LovableSexManiac: He's constantly thinking about sex and girls.
93* {{Manchild}}: He loves comic books and other pursuits aimed at demographics younger than him.
94* MaterialMimicry: At first he could molecularly bond with objects to take on their properties, but it later expanded to PowerCopying.
95* PhotographicMemory: He's revealed to have this, but is embarrassed by it because he thinks it makes him look like a nerd.
96* PintSizedPowerhouse: He's actually shorter than Roxy at 5'3", but he's muscular and wide, not to mention his gen active powers.
97* PowerPerversionPotential: Once used his powers [[ThePeepingTom to spy]] on Sarah sunbathing topless.
98* ObfuscatingStupidity: There is the occasional hint that Grunge is smarter than he lets on, though this [[DependingOnTheWriter Depends Heavily On The Writer]]. The original writing team of Brandon Choi and J. Scott Campbell had him mostly as The Ditz, but occasionally displaying some surprising HiddenDepths. Adam Warren's Grunge, however, is pretty much exactly as stupid as he appears — whereas Gail Simone's Grunge is directly stated to be the most intelligent member of the team, just acting the carefree fool as a means of rebellion.
99* ObliviousToLove: Freefall has feelings for him, but he doesn't take notice due to being too interested in Fairchild.
100* TookALevelInBadass: He starts out as a nerd but the begins to hide it by pretending to be dumb and started working out and skateboarding.
101* WalkingShirtlessScene: Is usually shirtless, showing off his chest tattoo.
102[[/folder]]
103
104[[folder:Robert "Bobby" Lane / Burnout]]
105[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/burnout_gen13.jpg]]
106
107An Angsty Musician that was given fire-based powers.
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109* ClothingDamage: When not wearing his fireproof uniform, his clothes get burnt off by his powers.
110* CodeName: Burnout.
111* DreadfulMusician: According to Anna and the rest of his teammates, his music sounds terrible. Lynch even weaponized it against one of their enemies once.
112* {{Expy}}: For the ComicBook/HumanTorch in appearance and powers.
113* FlyingFirepower: Is capable of using his powers to fly.
114* HopelessSuitor: Has a huge unreciprocated crush on Sarah.
115* LukeYouAreMyFather: It's revealed to be Lynch's long lost son.
116* PlayingWithFire: His powers allow him to manifest fire and heat blasts.
117* StevenUlyssesPerhero: He was nicknamed "Burnout" even before he got his powers, as a joke to his disastrous musical career.
118* TheStoic: When first introduced, but he mellows out.
119* WreathedInFlames: His body is covered in flames when his powers activate.
120[[/folder]]
121
122[[folder:Sarah Rainmaker]]
123[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rainmaker_wildstorm_comics_gen13.jpg]]
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125A Native American lesbian who has weather controlling abilities.
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127* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: To Storm of ''ComicBook/XMen''. Both are women of color who can control the weather and are trained in martial arts.
128* AmazonianBeauty: While not in the same level as Kat, Sarah's still fairly toned. She passes off as one of the Coda Warriors easily.
129* AmplifierArtifact: Wears a pair of metallic amplibands that make her electric powers stronger.
130* BadassNative: Was trained as an Apache warrior.
131* BadassNormal: The only one in the team to have combat training prior to getting her powers.
132* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: In one issue, she began teaching Kat how to fight.
133* CoolBigSis: Acts like one to Roxie, who's younger than her.
134* DressingAsTheEnemy: Dresses as one of the Coda Warrior Amazons when trying to escape their city.
135* ElementalPowers:
136** BlowYouAway: Is able to manipulate wind with her powers.
137** MakingASplash: Is able to manipulate water with her powers.
138** ShockAndAwe: Is able to create lightning with her powers, although they are weak without her AmplifierArtifact.
139* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Thanks to her Apache training she was the only one on the team who was actually a badass before getting her powers.
140* {{Expy}}: For ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}}, sharing her power set, foreign origin and lack of a nudity taboo.
141* {{Flight}}: Is capable of flying using her wind powers to create vertical gusts of wind.
142* {{Hypocrite}}: Derides Grunge for being a pervert, but she herself makes perverted comments towards women and gives [[EatingTheEyeCandy many longing looks]] to Kat in a bikini.
143* IfItsYouItsOkay: She dated a boy on the reservation back when she was still in the closet, and later dated Bobby for a while, but otherwise has no interest in guys.
144* LipstickLesbian:
145** It took her a while to come out. She can often be seen at LGBT demonstrations and lectures to her friends if they don't live up to her standards of political correctness.
146** In one-shot ''Generation X / Gen 13'', both teen groups go on vacation and end up on a haunted castle in a Latin American country. The next day, she and Skin (a Latino member of Generation X) complain about the lack of "[sexy cabana] girls" in their vacation.
147* LeotardOfPower: Uses a [[RedGreenContrast red and green]] leotard as her uniform.
148* LongLostRelative: Her father was Stephen Callahan, making her half-sister of Threshold and Bliss.
149* LovableSexManiac: She's not shy about her sexuality and at times can be just as sex-focused as Grunge, though she's usually more [[CovertPervert subtle about it]].
150* LustObject: Is one to Bobby and Grunge.
151* MoralityPet: Serves as this for Grunge when he gets a little hotheaded, though he often ignores her.
152* MagicalNativeAmerican: Averted. Her powers are a result of advanced science not magic or spirits. However, her [[WeatherManipulation Weather Control]] powers and her ancestry are clearly invoking this trope.
153* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Towards Bobby, at times she's walking around naked and teasing him about it and other times she's giving him the cold shoulder.
154* MsFanservice: One of the most attractive girls in the series and the one with no nudity taboo.
155* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Sarah is very proud of her body and has no problem with nudity, and she knows exactly what kind of reaction her nakedness tends to inflict on others. {{Subverted}} in that she still doesn't enjoy being the target of Grunge's perversion (such as him trying to peek on her sunbathing topless).
156* SoapboxSadie: Was part of environmentalist movements and tends to speak often about such issues, which her friends ignore.
157* StatuesqueStunner: While shorter than Caitlin, her official height is 5'11", and just look at her.
158* StevenUlyssesPerhero: Who would have thought a half-Native American girl named Rainmaker would have weather controlling abilities?
159* StrongAndSkilled: She is trained in Apache fighting and has an aptitude for combat tactics on top of her control over the weather.
160* TheTease: Sarah tends to deliberately flaunt her body in front of people just to get a rise out of them.
161* TeamMom: Is often trying to keep the team together and giving them emotional advice.
162* TownGirls: She is the Femme.
163* TwoferTokenMinority: She is a Native American lesbian.
164* WeakButSkilled: Her powers don't give her any physical benefit, but she's still a skilled hand to hand fighter thanks to her Apache training.
165* WeatherManipulation: Her powers allow her to do this.
166* WorthyOpponent: In volume 2 #4, Rainmaker impressed the Majestrix by trying to fight off her Coda Warriors.
167-->'''Majestrix:''' She has a warrior's spirit, Daphne. The makings of a formidable Coda Warrior.
168[[/folder]]
169
170!Other Allies
171[[folder:John Lynch]]
172[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/john_lynch.JPG]]
173
174A famous figure in the Creator/{{Wildstorm}} Universe, John Lynch was the director of I.O. until he defected to save the [=Gen13=] members and became their mentor.
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176* ActionDad: He first involves himself in the plot by searching for his son. [[spoiler: Which turns out to be Bobby.]]
177* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/NickFury, both being BigGood superspy's that aid the protagonists and are missing an eye.
178* BadassAbnormal: Pretends to be only a BadassNormal, but he has powerful PsychicPowers he rarely uses.
179* BigGood: He's the team biggest ally and the one who freed them in the first place.
180* CastFromHitPoints: Using his powers drain him considerably.
181* CodeName: Topkick during his days as leader of Team 7.
182* EyeScream: Tore out his own eye during a fight.
183* TheGunslinger: Prefers to use guns in fights and it's very skilled with them.
184* TheLeader: He was the commander of Team 7.
185* TheMentor: Becomes one for the main characters, teaching them how to be heroes.
186* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He was drawn to look like Creator/ClintEastwood.
187* TheParanoiac: To the point of placing an incendiary device in an old folder.
188* PsychicPowers: Has the full package: MindOverMatter, {{Telepathy}}, BarrierWarrior... but using them severely drains him so he rarely does, preferring to rely on his BadassNormal abilities.
189* RuggedScar: Has a big diagonal scar across his right eye.
190* TheSpymaster: Used to be one for the I.O. and he continues to use his espionage expertise to keep himself and the team hidden.
191[[/folder]]
192
193[[folder:Queelocke]]
194[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/queelocke_gen13.jpg]]
195
196Queelocke is a (presumedly) alien creature who has become a sort of pet to the Gen 13 team (especially Roxy).
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198* DimensionalTraveler: Is capable of this, which is why it was being hunted in the first place.
199* LivingMacGuffin: Due to its dimensional hopping powers it's a target for various villains.
200* TeamPet: For [=Gen13=] after they rescue him from The Bounty Hunters.
201* UglyCute: It's an adorable green alien rat.
202[[/folder]]
203
204[[folder:Anna]]
205[[quoteright:289:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anna_gen_13.jpg]]
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207Anna is the robotic housekeeper and protector of Gen 13.
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209* BigDamnHeroes: Anna arrives just in time to save the team from The Freaks after they capture them.
210* {{Fembot}}: She was a female assassin droid built by I.O. until Lynch managed to reprogram her.
211* FrenchMaid: She even wears the archetype short black dress and a white lace apron.
212* HeroicSacrifice: When the I.O. attacker The Jolla, she stays behind to buy the team enough time for them to escape and self-destructs along with The Jolla so the bad guys would have no evidence to trace the team again.
213* NoSell: Since she's an Android, most psychic or emotional powers don't work on her, making her very useful when fighting The Freaks.
214* RobotMaid: She's a heavily armed KillerRobot for the I.O. which Lynch re-programmed
215* RoboticReveal: Is exposed as one when Kat tears off her arm while under mind control.
216* TeamMom: Considers the [=Gen13=] team to be her own children and goes MamaBear whenever they're threatened.
217* TorpedoTits: Has a hidden machine gun attached to each of her breasts.
218[[/folder]]
219
220[[folder:Lucius Morgan]]
221[[quoteright:302:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lucius_morgan.png]]
222
223Lucius Morgan is a pirate captain and an associate of Team 7.
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225* BaldOfAuthority: As the captain of a pirate crew.
226* BashBrothers: Used to be one with Alex, Caitlin's father.
227* PapaWolf: Leads a band of pirates to assault the Coda Warriors in order to get his daughter back from them.
228* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: He's a pirate king, but he's pretty reasonable to Bobby and Roxy when he finds them and his only objective is to save his daughter from the Coda Warriors.
229* StarCrossedLovers: With one of the Coda Warriors he had a secret affair with.
230[[/folder]]
231
232[[folder:Daphne Morgan]]
233[[quoteright:219:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/daphne_morgan.jpg]]
234
235Daphne Morgan was an illegitimately born child raised by Coda Warriors.
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237* BeautifulSlaveGirl: Not exactly as slave, but she's at the lowest position in the Coda Warrior society and she's pretty enough to catch Sarah's eye.
238* BigDamnKiss: Was supposed to have one with Sarah when they part ways, but the writers changed their mind at the last minute and replaced it with a chaste kiss on the temple instead.
239* ChildOfForbiddenLove: She's the product of a forbidden love affair between a Coda Warrior and a pirate named Lucius Morgan.
240* EatingTheEyeCandy: Is dumbfounded when Sarah [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl strips naked in front of her]] to put on a guards uniform, until Sarah teases her about it.
241* LipstickLesbian: Is the most feminine of the Coda Warriors, but is still a lesbian with an obvious attraction to Sarah.
242* LukeIAmYourFather: Lucius, the pirate attacking the Coda Warriors turns out to be her father and taking her away from them is the sole reason he's attacking them
243* NonActionGuy: A female example. Due to being raised to be a Coda Warrior, her gentle and nurturing personality was looked down upon and she's made a lowly servant as punishment.
244* TheUnfavourite: By most of the Coda Warriors, due to her gentle nature and being the offspring of a forbidden romance, but the current Majestrix has a soft spot for her, in that she at least ''hopes'' Daphne will one day change.
245* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent:
246-->'''Majestrix:''' [Rainmaker] has a warrior's spirit, Daphne. The makings of a formidable Coda Warrior. Why can't you be more like her?\
247'''Daphne:''' I...I'm sorry, Majestrix.
248[[/folder]]
249
250!The Deviants / [=DV8=]
251[[folder:Ivana Baiul]]
252[[quoteright:309:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ivanabaiul.jpg]]
253
254Ivana Baiul was the head of the scientific division of I.O. and responsible for Project Genesis and its cruel study of Gen-Actives, whom she plans to use them as her own personal army of teenage superhumans.
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256* AbsurdlySharpClaws: She's able to transform her finger into deadly razor claws.
257* AxCrazy: Starts acting like this whenever she gets into a fight.
258* TheBaroness: Of the Sexpot variety. She's a cold domineering woman with a {{Dominatrix}} vibe.
259* BigBad: She's the one responsible for the heroes being on the run in the first place. She's this even for her own team [=DV8=].
260* CranialProcessingUnit: {{Subverted}}. She actually mocks the very idea of her putting her brain in her head after all cyborg augmentation she has done.
261-->'''Ivana''': HAHAHAHA! You think I keep my brain inside my head? Come on, [[ComicBook/StormWatch Khalid]]! You're an engineer! Think like one! [[CrazyPrepared It's inside the torso surrounded by eight inches of solid diamonsteel!]]
262* ControlFreak: Uses any methods she can to have complete control of her subordinates, such as sex, drugs, blackmail, tracking chips or mind control.
263* {{Cyborg}}: She looks like an ordinary human, but she replaced most of her body with cybernetic enhancements.
264* FemmeFataleSpy: Used to be a top KGB spy and makes a lot of use out of her old tricks.
265* MsFanservice: Usually wears short tight dresses, stockings and high heels.
266* NoSell: Had a psi helmet incorporated in her skull plating to make her immune to PsychicPowers.
267* ReallyGetsAround: Maintains several affairs with her subordinates, notably Threshold whom she treats as her boy toy.
268* RoboticReveal: Was revealed as a {{Cyborg}} during her fight with Lynch during the [=Gen13=] origin story.
269* StatuesqueStunner: Her height is 5'10", and she's pretty attractive for a cyborg.
270* SuperStrength: Thanks to her cybernetic parts she's much stronger than a normal human.
271* TheVamp: Likes to use her sexuality to manipulate men, mostly Threshold.
272[[/folder]]
273
274[[folder:Matthew Callahan / Threshold]]
275[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/matthew_callahan_3.jpg]]
276
277Ex-leader of [=DV8=] and brother to Bliss. Arrogant, violent, sociopathic, psychopathic; just who you don't want to have super-powers. He is the son of Stephan Callahan from Team 7.
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279* ArrogantKungFuGuy: He can be very arrogant about his powers and abilities. One of his first appearances actually has him kill a literal ArrogantKungFuGuy who managed to beat him in a sparring match via YourHeadASplode.
280* BadassAbnormal: He knows how to handle himself even without his powers.
281* BadassCape: He's the only member of the group who actually wears a cape.
282* BerserkButton: ''Don't laugh at him''.
283* BrokenAce: Is introduced as TheAce for Ivana's team at first, but quickly shows he's much more troubled and disturbed than he first appeared.
284* BrotherSisterIncest: Not entirely willing on his part, but Nicole uses her powers to force him into this. When she uses a "pleasure wave" on him his GruntingOrgasm he seems to in as much horror as he is in ecstasy.
285* CodeName: Threshold.
286* CoDragons: To Ivana along with his sister, although he's clearly the biggest TheDragon of the two.
287* EyepatchOfPower: He wears a red patch the form of a lightning bolt. After his eye exploded I.O. offered to replace it with a cybernetic one, but he refused and kept his missing eye as a reminder of his potential.
288* EyeScream: When his powers awakened the outburst was so strong that his right eye ''exploded''.
289* {{Flight}}: Via his psychokinesis.
290* ForceAndFinesse: He's the Force to Nicole's Finesse, as he uses his PsychicPowers in a more brutal straightforward manner.
291* FreudianExcuse: As a child he witnessed the death of his parents and underwent years of brainwashing by the I.O. to be their loyal slave for years, which turned him into a psychopath.
292* MindOverMatter: Part of his power set.
293* TheMole: Briefly worked as a plant to the [=Gen13=] team in the origin story.
294* PetTheDog: Cares a lot about his sister, which naturally uses it to manipulate him.
295* PsychicPowers: His main powers which include {{Telepathy}} and [[MindOverMatter Telekinesis]].
296* SmugSuper: He's very confident about his powers and often looks down on other Gen actives.
297* TheStarscream: In the origin story, he says he plans to betray Ivana once he had an army of superpowered soldier under his command.
298* {{Telepathy}}: Part of his power set.
299* TortureTechnician: He's one even without the use of his PsychicPowers
300* WeakWilled: Surprisingly, he was much more susceptible to I.O. and Ivana's brainwashing than most. Ivana basically has him as her boy toy at one point. Even Nicole starts manipulating him easily.
301* WhosLaughingNow: See BerserkButton. People who laugh at him tend to get this as a reaction.
302[[/folder]]
303
304[[folder:Nicole Callahan / Bliss]]
305[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bliss.jpg]]
306
307A member and sometimes leader of [=DV8=] who is capable of manipulating others' emotions
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309* AlwaysSecondBest: Feels that way towards her brother at times, who is often perceived as TheAce of the team, while she's seen as useless by them.
310* BitchInSheepsClothing: She usually puts on a NiceGirl front, especially to Bobby.
311* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The brunette to Gem's redhead and Rachel's blonde.
312* BrotherSisterIncest: Uses her powers to seduce her brother to manipulate him.
313* CodeName: Bliss.
314* CoDragons: To Ivana along with her brother.
315* CharmPerson: Extended exposure to her powers can make Nicole turn people into her puppets.
316%%* DemonicPossession:
317* DudeWheresMyRespect: Is often perceived as useless by both her enemies and her teammates, which frustrates her.
318* EmotionBomb: The most dangerous aspect of her powers, being able to stun someone with a feeling of agony or overwhelm them with bliss.
319* EmotionControl: Her PsychicPowers make this her specialty.
320* ForceAndFinesse: The Finesse to Matthew's Force. Her PsychicPowers favors a more subtle approach, manipulation being one of her specialties.
321* FreudianExcuse: Like her brother, witnessing the death of her parents as a child greatly damaged her as did years of undergoing brainwashing by the I.O., and she was also sexually abused during it by one of the guards.
322* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: Her powers allow people to feel bliss or agony even against their will.
323* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Has long purple hair and is usually wearing purple in her outfits and accessories.
324* LivingAphrodisiac: She can use her powers to cause this effect.
325* ManipulativeBitch: Even without her powers she's very talented at manipulating people.
326* MindOverMatter: Part of her power set She's very unskilled at it and rarely uses it.
327* MsFanservice: Wears many {{Stripperiffic}} outfits that show a lot of skin.
328* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Characters usually underestimate her and see her powers as WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway, but she can be really dangerous when she wants to.
329* OutWithABang: Random one night stands for her tend to end up dead, as she apparently gives them such ecstasy to the point of cardiac arrest.
330* PowerPerversionPotential: Is not shy about using her powers during sex, using an EmotionBomb to overwhelm her partners with pleasure, leaving them a quivering mess.
331* PurpleIsPowerful: Her powers also manifest in purple.
332* ReallyGetsAround: She sleeps around a lot and not all her lovers tend to survive the experience.
333* SexGoddess: Mostly due to her powers, she's as an extremely talented lover.
334* TheStarscream: She's much more aware of the brainwashing she and her brother suffered at the hands of I.O. and Ivana and plans to betray them.
335* TheTease: Acts very flirtatiously all the time.
336* {{Telepathy}}: Part of her power set, which she uses to be MissionControl for [=DV8=].
337* TokenEvilTeammate: After Ivana, she's easily the least moral member of [=DV8=], who are far from angels anyway.
338* TheVamp: She's a villainous seductress.
339* VillainessesWantHeroes: Has a crush on Burnout.
340[[/folder]]
341
342[[folder:Gem Antonelli / Copycat]]
343[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3111829_dv8_26_24lp_g_seti_9.jpg]]
344
345Copycat is a member of the super human team [=DV8=]. She can control others and make them do whatever she does.
346----
347* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The redhead to Rachel's blonde and Nicole's brunette.
348* CodeName: Copycat
349* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: She has red hair and red eyes.
350* DueToTheDead: At the end ''Gods and Monsters'' she asks for a proper funeral for [[spoiler:Jocelyn]] if Stormwatch wants their help.
351* FacialMarkings: Has a diamond-shaped mark bellow her left eye.
352* LadyInRed: Nearly all her outfits are crimson.
353* PeoplePuppets: Can take control of other people by making eye-contact. Freestyle trained herself to be immune to it.
354* SplitPersonality: Because of an incident with Bliss she had four different personalities along with her own: Soldier, which is rough and tough and does whatever it takes to get what she wants. Nihilist: Completely paranoid and hates everything, including her own life. Spy: Cold and calculating that analyzes every situation. Gemma: A five-year-old kid prone to fits and lots of whining.
355** Thanks to Freestyle her real mind begins to heal and her other personalities disappear.
356[[/folder]]
357
358[[folder:Leon Carver / Frostbite]]
359[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2545780_frostbite.jpg]]
360
361Frostbite is the team leader of [=DV8=]. He can absorb the heat from any object.
362----
363* CodeName: Frostbite.
364* DePower: After being affected by villain Anthrax's power, he overused his powers and became unable to use them until they were restored by Stephen Callahan.
365* DreadlockRasta: His hairstyle.
366* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: After Ivana tries to have him disposed of, he uses the body-double that had replaced him and got killed to fake his death with the help of Frank Colby.]]
367* TheLeader: When Threshold goes rogue, he's unanimously chosen as replacement leader by the rest of the team.
368* AnIcePerson: Instead of creating ice, he absorbs the heat from the environment and turns it into cold.
369* OnlySaneMan: He's the least screwed up member of the team until Freestyle joined.
370* PowerDyesYourHair: When his powers first manifested, his hair turned yellow.
371* WalkingShirtlessScene: Much like Grunge, he usually doesn't wear a shirt to show the "BITE" tattooed on his chest.
372* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Rachel. [[spoiler:At the end of the original run they finally start a relationship.]]
373[[/folder]]
374
375[[folder:Rachel Goldman / Sublime]]
376[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5171174_sublimeblack.jpg]]
377
378Sublime is a former member of the group, [=DV8=]. She can alter her density to be intangible or diamond-hard. She is the daughter of Deathblow.
379----
380* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: She's the blonde to Gem's Redhead and Nicole's Brunette.
381* CodeName: Sublime.
382* ClothingDamage: Of all the [=DV8=] girls, Sublime is the most likely to lose her clothes or have them damaged. One issue her top gets shredded and she's forced to cover herself with her hands.
383* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Gem suspects she always puts on a haughty façade because she knows that, even though she can become tougher than steel, she can also be as vulnerable as mist.
384* {{Intangibility}}: She can use her powers to become intangible.
385* TheNeedless: If she becomes dense enough, her body loses the need to eat or breath.
386* PurpleIsPowerful: Her costume is purple and her power are incredibly versatile.
387* PrimAndProperBun: Wears her hair in one while on missions, although she's not very "prim" or proper.
388* SuperToughness: If she increases her density she can become as hard as a diamond and possibly even more dense.
389* StatuesqueStunner: She's only a bit shorter than Caitlin at 6'2".
390* {{Underboobs}}: Sometimes her outfit also shows the lower part of her breasts.
391[[/folder]]
392
393[[folder:Hector Morales / Powerhaus]]
394[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/89680_177642_powerhouse.jpg]]
395
396Powerhaus was a member of the superhuman team [=DV8=]. He can convert emotional energy into physical strength and mass.
397----
398* TheBigGuy: He's mainly used as this by the team.
399* CodeName: Powerhaus, Powerhouse sometimes is used.
400* EmotionEater: His power allows him to absorb the emotions around him, turning it into body mass and strength.
401* GratuitousSpanish: Unsurprisingly he occasionally adds spanish to his sentences.
402* LogicalWeakness: He has a limit of how much emotional energy he can absorb before it overwhelms him, forcing him to release it.
403* SizeShifter: If he absorbs enough emotions, he can grow to gigantic sizes.
404* UnexplainedRecovery: At the end of the original run, when Freestyle uses her power to set a new timeline that saves everyone, he ends up being the only casualty of the mission, but somehow reappears safe and sound during ''Gods and Monsters''.
405[[/folder]]
406
407[[folder:Michael Heller / Evo]]
408[[quoteright:286:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1515568_evo.jpg]]
409
410Evo was a member of the super human team [=DV8=]. He can shapeshift into a bat, wolf-man or amphibian form.
411----
412* AllMenArePerverts: He's rather perverted towards his female teammates, especially Sublime and Freestyle. Bliss unsurprisingly takes advantage of that.
413* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: While most of the time his teammates barely tolerate him, there have been a few times they saved his life and shown they do think of him as a friend.
414* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Even in his human form, his skin looks grayish.
415* {{Animorphism}}: Can alternate between transforming into a wolf-man, a lizard man and a bat-man.
416* CodeName: Evo.
417* {{Flight}}: Much like Man-Bat, he can fly in bat form.
418* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Of all the members of the [=DV8=], Evo is the least liked by his peers, although they do have moments of caring about each other.
419* LandSeaSky: He can turn into three forms, Wolf (land), Bat (sky) and Amphibian (sea).
420* LizardFolk: His Amphibian form.
421* WolfMan: His wolf form, which his also the most commonly used of the three.
422[[/folder]]
423
424[[folder:Jocelyn Davis / Freestyle]]
425[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/632147_7.jpg]]
426
427Freestyle was a member of the super human team [=DV8=]. She has the ability to see multiple timelines and pick the most favorable path.
428----
429* CodeName: Freestyle.
430* FacialMarkings: Has a star on her forehead.
431* HeroicRROD: If she uses her powers too much, she will suffer from RapidAging and could die, since she basically ''lives'' all possible outcomes at the same time.
432* NiceGirl: Especially when compared to the rest of her team.
433* OnlySaneMan: Alongside Leon she's most rational and not-messed up member of the team.
434* {{Seers}}: Jocelyn has the ability to psionically view multiple possible timelines and subconsciously chooses the best course of action for herself from these possibilities. She has little control over this power, and when placed in a situation where she can't escape her powers still automatically activate.
435* SixthRanger: She's the last member to join the team, having done so halfway through.
436* TokenGoodTeammate: She's easily the nicest and most moral member of [=DV8=].
437* YouDontLookLikeYou: Her design in ''Gods and Monsters'' is completely different from her earlier design.
438[[/folder]]
439
440!Other Villains
441[[folder:The Bounty Hunters]]
442
443The Bounty Hunters are a team of four multiverse-hopping mercenaries from the Damocles Universe.
444-----
445* AbsurdlySharpClaws: Rake's main form of attack.
446* {{BFG}}: One-Eyed Jack's has one, which he holds using all his three arms.
447* DragonLady: Jade dresses and acts just like one.
448* HumansAreUgly: Their reaction to the humans on Earth.
449* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Jade decides to run away back to her dimension after the rest of her team is beaten.
450* TheLeader: One-Eyed Jack is the boss of this mercenary posse.
451* MultiArmedAndDangerous: One-Eyed Jack has a third arm, which he uses to hold his BFG
452* OutsideContextProblem: From [=Gen13=]'s point of view they're just some space criminals, but they actually work for the BigBad of one of Creator/{{Wildstorm}}'s big crossover event, Damocles.
453* SpaceSuitsAreSCUBAGear: Hardball has one, which gives him limited protection.
454* StarterVillain: The first villains to be fought by the Gen 13 as an official team.
455%%* QuirkyMinibossSquad
456[[/folder]]
457
458[[folder:Helmut]]
459
460A gun for hire and Enemy of John Lynch. Most of Helmut's powers come from his armor which has a weakness to sonics. He has demonstrated profound digging skills so he may have super powers of his own.
461----
462* BeTheBall: His armor allows him to take the form of a metal ball.
463* TheBrute: Often works as muscle for others villain.
464* GreenAndMean: Has green skin underneath his armor.
465* HiredGuns: Works as a mercenary after he left jail.
466* NighInvulnerability: While armored, he easily tanks most of what the team throws at him.
467* PoweredArmor: The source of his strength.
468* {{Revenge}}: Wants revenge against Lynch for putting him in prison for 20 years.
469* ShamefulStrip: Grunge defeats him by deactivating his armor, which leaves him powerless and in his underwear.
470* WeaksauceWeakness: Loud noises cause him great pain, even the squealing of bats is enough to give him a headache.
471[[/folder]]
472
473[[folder:The Coda Warriors]]
474
475The Coda Warriors are a Kheran organization of deadly female assassins.
476----
477* AbhorrentAdmirer: Sister Maxima is this to Grunge.
478* AmazonBrigade: The Coda Warriors are a tribe of badass women who descent from the original amazons of the Greek Myths.
479* ArcVillain: Of the "Lost in Paradise" arc.
480* AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: The Majestrix is the strongest of the Coda Warriors and also their leader.
481* BathingBeauty: The Majestrix is introduced bathing surrounded by guards and servants.
482* BloodKnight: All the Coda Warrior love combat, with the exception of Daphne, which makes her stand out.
483* BrawnHilda: Sister Maxima, a giant, fat and muscular Coda Warrior.
484* DoesNotLikeMen: They tend to look down on men as the weaker sex and consider their only use to be breeding. Grunge doesn't mind.
485* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The leader of the current Coda Warriors in only called The Majestrix in her ComicBook/Gen13 appearance, but in the larger Creator/{{Wildstorm}} universe she's known as Andromache.
486* FemaleMisogynist: They look down on non-Coda women, seeing them as completely harmless. Of course, they greatly underestimated Rainmaker and Fairchild.
487-->'''Rainmaker:''' Harmless? I think not! ''(elbows one guard in the gut, and kicks another in the face)'' I have no idea who these pirates are, but right now they're the least of your problems, sister!
488* TheHighQueen: The Majestrix, ruler of the Coda Warriors acts as one.
489* InnocentlyInsensitive: The Majestrix doesn't exactly sugarcoat her disappointment in her daughter.
490-->'''Majestrix:''' [Rainmaker] has a warrior's spirit, Daphne. The makings of a formidable Coda Warrior. Why can't you be more like her?\
491'''Daphne:''' I...I'm sorry, Majestrix.
492* IOweYouMyLife: The conflict between the pirates and the Coda Warriors is resolved peacefully when Rainmaker saves The Majestrix from a pirate and asks for Daphne's freedom in return.
493* FountainOfYouth: The Majestrix herself is one, the Coda Warriors retain their youth by drinking her blood.
494* MoralityPet: Daphne to The Majestrix who she raised as her own daughter. She has a soft spot for her even though Daphne is a disappointment as a Coda Warrior.
495[[/folder]]
496
497[[folder:Trance and The Freaks]]
498
499A Gen 13 villain who controls people using a form of hypnosis who leads a group called the Freaks
500----
501* CreepyChild: Phobia, who's just a little girl, but it's just as deadly as the rest of the team.
502* DumbMuscle: Baby who needs his other half Doll to give him his orders.
503* ElementalShapeshifter: Nymph whose body is entirely made of water.
504* MindControl: Trance's power allows him to enslave a person to his will. It's implied that's how he keeps his team in check.
505* SnakeTalk: How Albino talksssss.
506* TheLeader: Trance is the leader of the Freaks.
507* RubberMan: Albino's power allows him to stretch his entire body.
508* SupernaturalFearInducer: Phobia's power is to make a person hallucinate what they fear most.
509* TwoBeingsOneBody: [=BabyDoll=], with Doll residing inside the huge but stupid Baby to give him orders.
510[[/folder]]
511
512[[folder:Dr. Althabia Monstreau]]
513
514A MadScientist attempting to make a race of hybrid human/animal slaves.
515----
516* {{Animorphism}}: What his experiments do to people. He wants to build an army of beastmen.
517* BaldOfEvil: He's a bald evil doctor. [[spoiler:or at least that's the mask he wears.]]
518* DePower: His experiments not only turns the team into animal people, it also removes their powers.
519* EvilGenius: Used to be one for Ivana before he defected and used his intelligence for his own experiments.
520* {{Expy}}: Of Dr. Moreau from the ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau''.
521* KillerGorilla: [[spoiler:He became one years ago due to experimenting on himself and only poses as a human.]]
522* MoneyDearBoy: His motivation is to create an army of enslaved beastmen so he can sell them as slaves for profit.
523* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His surname means ''Monster''.
524[[/folder]]

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