Line #17 ComicBook/FinalCrisisAftermath


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:The cover for ''Dance''.]]
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4	''Final Crisis Aftermath'' was a Creator/DCComics series of four miniseries spinning off from the events of ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis''. Each one deals with a different aspect of the fallout from that crisis.
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6	In ''Run!'', Michael Miller, the Human Flame, wakes up in a hospital to discover that his former boss Libra has fallen and he is now one of the most hated people in the multiverse. He thus goes on the run, desperately searching for an edge to protect himself.
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8	In ''Dance'', Japan's Super Young Team tries to capitalize on their role in saving the multiverse. Problem is, nobody really noticed them, so they hire a PR team to try and market them. Meanwhile, a sinister conspiracy is at work in their native Japan.
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10	In ''Escape'', Thomas Tresser, better known as Nemesis, is kidnapped and reprogrammed by the Global Peace Agency, who seek to use him to gather dangerous technology in the hopes of preventing another crisis.
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12	And in ''Ink'', Mark Richards, the Tattooed Man, tries to parlay his newfound status as an honorary JLA member to become a local hero in Liberty Hill.
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16	!!This series contains examples of:
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18	[[folder:Run!]]
19	* AnalogyBackfire: When Firestorm, Red Tornado and John Stewart confront Mike after his transformation, Firestorm compares him to King Midas, ruining everything he touched. Mike tells him that Midas turned everything to gold and to get his history right. In this case, Firestorm is in the right.
20	* BrainlessBeauty: Seductress follows General Imortus as he promised she would inherit everything he has upon his death. The Human Flame has to explain to her what exactly "immortal" means (i.e., that it means she would NEVER inherit) for her to leave.
21	* ComedicSociopath: The miniseries runs on it. The first issue alone has Mike causing a shoot-out in a children's restaurant and setting some poor schmuck in a sheep costume on fire.
22	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Mike has a wife and daughter. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] as he doesn't especially love them.
23	* EvilIsPetty: The main reason why Human Flame has been a small-time villain for most of his career is because he just can't stop himself from being a dick to everyone else. At heart, he's just an asshole with fancy equipment.
24	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: How Mike is ultimately defeated. Lost in his VillainousBreakdown, he keeps making himself grow bigger and bigger so he can destroy everything. However, he suddenly stops moving. As John Stewart discovers, SquareCubeLaw bit him in the ass as his mass is so huge, he just couldn't move.
25	* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: In the first issue, Mike and Joey's plan to rob the Kyrgyzstani mob goes south after Joey accidentally shoots the mob boss.
26	* KickTheDog: In the opening of the first issue, Mike wakes up from a coma and punches an attending nurse in the face. Later, he returns to his family, makes a big show of how he's going to do right by them this time... and then steals his wife's car with his daughter's bike still attached.
27	* NeverMyFault: Mike refuses to take any responsibility for his actions during Final Crisis, insisting that he was under mind control for most of it. It gets worse when he gets his power boost.
28	* RobbingTheMobBank: In the first episode, Mike and his erstwhile partner Joey try to rob the Kyrgyzstani mafia at gunpoint. Unfortunately, Joey accidentally shoots the boss in the throat, leading to the rest of the mob chasing them.
29	* SeekingUltimateStrength: The Human Flame wakes up from a coma to discover that nearly every superhero on the planet wants his head for murdering ComicBook/MartianManhunter. Consequently, he spends the entire miniseries seeking increasingly drastic measures to make himself more powerful so that he can fight all the heroes who are sure to be coming for him.
30	* SmugSnake: Mike thinks that the fact that he killed ComicBook/MartianManhunter makes him a major player. Nobody else seems to be impressed with him.
31	* ThatManIsDead: Combined with NoOneCouldSurviveThat. Firestorm thinks that Mike's massive power boost meant that he wouldn't have survived that. Turns out he did and he declares that Mike is dead and he's just the Human Flame now.
32	* UndignifiedDeath: Polka-Dot Man is killed when a manhole cover falls from above and, to quote Seductress, his head "got squished."
33	* VillainousBreakdown: Upon realizing that his new powerup isn't making him strong enough to defeat three heroes and he can't escape normally because he's destroying everything, the Human Flame flips out and makes a LastStand.
34	-->'''Human Flame:''' ''No!'' Son of a-- They can't do that to ''me!'' I'm ''still'' not strong enough? No friggin' way! See [[ComicBook/GreenLantern you]] [[ComicBook/FirestormDCComics suckers]] [[ComicBook/RedTornado later]]-- (''[[PowerIncontinence melts a car he was trying to grab]]'') Aw, ''come on!'' No! No! No! ''No!'' [-No.-] [[TiredOfRunning I'm not running anymore.]] You hear me? I'm not going ''anywhere!'' All my life, the whole world tried to knock me down--NowItsMyTurn. So if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go knock down this city. Just because I ''[[ForTheEvulz can]]''.
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37	[[folder:Dance]]
38	* TheAlcoholic:
39	** Shy Crazy Lolita Canary is constantly drunk.
40	** Rising Sun, Japan's former big hero, has been hitting the bottle a lot ever since SYT displaced him.
41	* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: [[spoiler:Most Excellent Superbat is so rich that he was able to literally buy the entire country of Japan.]]
42	* CrimeFightingWithCash: Most Excellent Superbat's only real power is that he is stupid rich. [[spoiler:In the finale, he stops Japan's oncoming problems by simply buying the entire country and micromanaging it back into normalcy.]]
43	* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: The Brain Drain promises to unite all of mankind and make all our lives easier by invading our minds for its sinister purposes.
44	* SuperScream: Shy Crazy Lolita Canary has an ear-shattering cry.
45	* UltramanCopy: Ultimon, the leader of Japan's old superhero team, is a notable Ultraman {{expy}}, complete with a funky helmet and a jewel on the chest of his costume.
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48	[[folder:Escape]]
49	* AlliterativeName: '''T'''om '''T'''resser.
50	* WholePlotReference: To ''Series/ThePrisoner1967''.
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53	[[folder:Ink]]
54	* YankTheDogsChain: It concludes with Tattoo Man [[spoiler:returning to supervillainy.]]
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Context ComicBook / FinalCrisisAftermath