Line #52 WebVideo/SuperAcademy


1	->''"I'm making this video as a supplement to my application for the Super Academy of Young Superheroes. My power is super-strength."''
2	-->--'''Powerkid''', filming his application
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4	InAWorld where being a superhero is a legitimate career choice... well, you gotta learn the trade somewhere, and the best place for [[SuperheroSchool learning how to be a superhero]] is the [[TitleDrop Super Academy]]!
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6	''Super Academy'' started as [[http://vimeo.com/69426387 a short film]] written and directed by Ben Lifson, then became a full webseries on Website/YouTube after a Kickstarter campaign. It's about the young superhero Power Kid as he faces down all the challenges of being a freshman at college: no friends, weird schedules, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick supervillain dad trying to kill you...]] Oh yeah, forgot to mention that part, [[DarkSecret he's secretly the son]] of [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Deathside the Conqueror]], a globally feared supervillain. That could make things weird.
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8	The complete webseries and additional videos can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrPNznOFf18SyjRp3-4AXqw here]].
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11	!!''Super Academy'' contains examples of:
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13	* AbusiveParents: All but outright stated; Power Kid and Chaotrix flinch when Deathside even looks at them, implying they have a reason to not want his attention.
14	* AGlassInTheHand: Powerkid breaks his mug when Dark Cop says he did a background check on him.
15	* AsHimself: Blifson, played by creator Ben Lifson, is credited this way.
16	* AwesomeByAnalysis: Dark Cop almost casually figures out how Deathside blackmailed Power Kid, and, more importantly, why
17	* AwesomeButImpractical: Mild example in Dark Cop's outfit. Looks badass but is exhausting to attempt even moderately exerting physical activity in and doesn't offer much protection from Super Strong villains with a bone to pick.
18	-->'''Dark Cop:''' ''[fighting for breath]'' GOD this thing's hard to run in!
19	* BadassNormal: Dark Cop has no superpowers but has a genius level intellect and is [[InformedAttribute apparently trained in Aikido]].
20	%%* BigBad: Deathside is this for the pilot and the first season.
21	* BlandNameProduct:
22	** Crimson Toro is a pretty blatant one for the real-life energy drink Red Bull; "toro" is Spanish for "bull".
23	** During Dark Cop's "detention", the delinquents and Corona are made to pilot virtual mecha in simulator pods. Said pods are actually the classic 90's Battletech arcade machines, as is the actual simulator they participate in.
24	* CallingTheOldManOut:
25	** Power Kid attempts this upon finding Deathside waiting for him in his dorm. It doesn't work.
26	** Dark Cop is much more successful with his call out just before the climactic fight. [[spoiler: It earns him a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown for his trouble.]]
27	%%* ChekhovsGun: Everything Dark Cop owns has a miniature tracking device.
28	%%* ChestInsignia: Power Kid's "PK" t-shirt
29	* ColdOpen: A pair of teachers are reviewing Power Kid's application and discussing what to make of his DarkSecret.
30	* CoolMask: Dark Cop and Gothel both wear rather impressive eye-masks, and Power Kid gains one to "complete" his costume [[spoiler:courtesy of Dark Cop]].
31	%%* CostumeTestMontage: Of Dark Cop's alternative costumes to Power Kid's initial T-shirt.
32	* CreatorCameo:
33	** Ben Lifson appears as "Blifson the Clown" (as in "B. Lifson"), whose sole role is to [[DeathByCameo be the victim]] of Dark Cop's EstablishingCharacterMoment.
34	** Lifson is the voice of the guy who freaks out when Power Kid starts pulling the car.
35	%%* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Deathside's climactic NoHoldsBarredBeatdown of Dark Cop.]]
36	* CurbStompBattle: A BadassNormal hero takes on a [[SuperStrength super strong]], [[StoneWall inhumanly tough]] villain in a one-on-one fistfight, guess who wins? The hero is essentially helpless to do much except try to stay conscious as he gets his face pummeled into the ground.
37	* DaddysLittleVillain:
38	** Chaotrix's whole motivation seemss to be to obey her villainous father's orders.
39	** Power Kid managed to escape becoming this, which led to his banishment and thus, the plot of the film.
40	%%* DarkIsNotEvil: Dark Cop
41	%%* DarkSecret: Power Kid being Deathside's son.
42	* {{Eagleland}}: Cousin Sam, born on July 4th, wearing an Uncle Sam outfit and wielding the ill-defined power of "tech". No indication of his flavor, though.
43	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Dark Cop is introduced by having him attack a fellow student [[spoiler: over what turns out to be DC's own screw-up.]]
44	* EvilSoundsDeep: Deathside osscilates between this and a cruelly mocking but higher-pitched tone depending on his mood. When he gets deep, though, it's DEEP.
45	%%* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Kneecapper
46	%%* {{Expy}}:
47	%%** Dark Cop is a dead ringer for a college-aged Franchise/{{Batman}}.
48	%%** Gothel is a female Franchise/{{Batman}}, for added weirdness and hilarity.
49	%%** Power Kid is a stand-in for Franchise/{{Superman}}.
50	%%** Deathside, due to a mishap involving costume acquisition, essentially IS [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Bane]]. However, his voice just screams [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Slade]].
51	%%** Superstar, the girl who ignores Power Kid at the Meet & Greet, bears more than a passing resemblance to ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}.
52	%%* FacePalm: Dark Cop, after he sees the third of the alternate costumes, he has Powerkid try.
53	* FreezeFrameBonus: In the student database, every single student is signed up for the class "Reading and Whrighting 1" ''[sic]''.
54	* HollywoodHacking: When Chaotrix hacks the Super Academy's student database, all she does is let a progress bar fill up which proclaims, "HACKING IN PROGRESS". This possibly means she's a Script Kiddie, which does NOT speak well for the Academy's cyber security.
55	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Dark Cop's [[CrazyPrepared contingency plan]] for Corona's powers getting out of control is called "Contingency Plan S01-E02". [[DontExplainTheJoke As in a common format for indicating season and episode numbers]]-- this is in '''S'''eason '''01'''-'''E'''pisode '''02'''.
56	%%* LonersAreFreaks: Dark Cop's classmates hold this opinion of him. Not that he does anything to dissuade them.
57	%%* NaiveNewcomer: Power Kid
58	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Deathside's "fight" with Dark Cop is basically a minute of him wailing on the poor lad.
59	%%* OddJobGods: Hipster Goddess
60	%%* OffscreenTeleportation: How Deathside and Chaotrix leave Power Kids dorm [[spoiler: the first time.]]
61	%%* PsychoStrings: Heard just before [[spoiler: Deathside lays into Dark Cop.]]
62	* {{Pun}}: Two, from Starburst.
63	--> '''Starburst:''' ...and so Mummy Man says, "I guess that WRAPS things up!"\
64	'''Starburst:''' So I saved the day... yesterday!
65	%%* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: How Dark Cop realizes he's bitten off ''way'' more than he can chew against Deathside.
66	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Two from Dark Cop, one serious [[spoiler: given to Deathside]], one PlayedForLaughs [[spoiler: as he critiques Power Kid's "costume"]].
67	* ShakyCam: Occurs when Power Kid begins demonstrating his SuperStrength and his cameraman freaks out.
68	%%* SingleStrokeBattle: [[spoiler: Power Kid's KO of Deathside]].
69	%%* SmokeOut: [[spoiler: How Chaotrix flees from PK and DC after Deathside's defeat.]]
70	%%* SomethingPerson:
71	%%** Power Kid is, surprisingly, the sole example we see.
72	%%** Starburst does mention a Mummy Man as part of a joke.
73	* StylisticSuck: Power Kid's poorly edited webcam video in the ColdOpen, as well as his costume, [[LampshadeHanging the latter of which he acknowledges and gets mocked for incessantly.]]
74	* SuperHeroSchool: The titular institution, ''Super Academy'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin in a world where being a superhero is a career path.
75	%%* SuperStrength: Power Kid's primary power.
76	* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Seemingly taught as a skill at the Academy, since it offers the course "Basics of Talking While Fighting".
77	%%* TeenGenius: Chaotrix and Dark Cop, though Dark Cop may or may not fit the "teen" part anymore.
78	%%* VaderBreath: Deathside
79	%%* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Cousin Sam

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