Line #69 Webcomic/Acrobat


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3	''[[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Acrobat/ Acrobat]]'' is a {{webcomic}} about a hero who was {{sidekick}} to the world-famous Blackhawk, but has to learn how to be a hero after his mentor is murdered.
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6	!!This webcomic provides examples of:
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8	%% * ActionGirl: Cassie.
9	%% * ArchEnemy: PlotHole for Plot Twist.
10	* ArtEvolution: The series starts off with [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Acrobat/index.php?p=82531 rough lines]] and slowly changes to [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Acrobat/index.php?p=610036 smoother ones]].
11	%% * BSideComics: See FillerStrips. %% Examples should stand on it's own and NOT refer to other examples.
12	%% * BadassNormal: Acrobat, Blackhawk, Cassie (normally uses PoweredArmor, but can [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Acrobat/index.php?p=283672 fight without it]]), Midnight
13	* BankRobbery: This is how Wade meets a few of his enemies [[spoiler: and [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend Cassie]]]].
14	%% * BatmanColdOpen: Played straight and made into a hot closing with Magnum and a villain in Issue 4.
15	%% * BatSignal: How Blackhawk used to be summoned by the NYPD.
16	%% * BlowYouAway: The Windmaster.
17	* BreakThemByTalking: Strife does this to Will (Magnum) about how the loss of life was his fault because he ran instead of just letting Strife kill him. [[ShutUpHannibal Magnum responds by cussing him out.]]
18	%% * BroughtDownToNormal: Kid Laser and he really hates it.
19	* [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS Brought to You by the Letter "A"]]: Acrobat's ChestInsignia.
20	%% * CListFodder: [[spoiler: Red Laser.]]
21	%% * TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Wade keeps trying to stop being a hero, but the world's not having it.
22	%% * CasualDangerDialogue: It's a {{Superhero}} comic so no surprise there. Acrobat even does this once [[spoiler: when Magnum was being [[PeoplePuppets remote controlled by their common enemy, Strife]]]].
23	* ChestInsignia: Acrobat has a large A on his chest.
24	%% * CivvieSpandex: Burn and The Windmaster.
25	%% * ClearMyName: Acrobat by Kid Laser for Blackhawk's murder.
26	%% * TheCommissionerGordon: Blackhawk with the NYPD.
27	%% * CrazyPrepared: Blackhawk had plans in place to keep his identity safe and to give Wade a normal life.
28	%% * CuteBruiser: Cassie.
29	%% * DatingCatwoman: Wade even [[LampshadeHanging asks himself]] why all the pretty girls are criminals.
30	%% * DeadlyDodging: Acrobat.
31	%% * DeadpanSnarker: Wade and Cassie.
32	%% * DeadPersonImpersonation: Wade has to do this with Blackhawk.
33	%% * {{Expy}}: Besides [[Franchise/{{Batman}} the two obvious examples]], Plot Twist is a clear one of ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}.
34	%% * FaceHeelTurn: Kid Laser.
35	%% * FanService: The creator even {{lampshade\|Hanging}}s [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Acrobat/index.php?p=328176 it]].
36	* FillerStrips: Not in the normal sense, but the creator does post pinups, origins of characters, or short stories in between issues.
37	* {{Flashback}}: Issue 8 starts off with Red Laser and Kid Laser facing Mr. Mental.
38	** The filler between Issues 8 & 9 has a look at Wade's life as Canary.
39	* ForScience: Gabriel Strife's reason for putting Magnum in the PoweredArmor.
40	%% * {{Foreshadowing}}: Acrobat shaking off The Reverend's MindRape ability.
41	%% ** Later he completely heals, in about two hours with no scars, after being beaten bloody and possibly getting his arm broken by Burn, Drown, and The Windmaster.
42	%% ** Burn, Drown, and The Windmaster talking about their Boss.
43	* GenerationXerox: Blackhawk to his father The Hawk and Wade is kind of like this to Blackhawk. Peter even [[LampshadeHanging realizes this]] and wonders if Wade's life would be better without him.
44	%% * GoodThingYouCanHeal: [[spoiler: Wade.]]
45	%% * GrapplingHookPistol: How Acrobat gets around town.
46	%% ** Wade as Blackhawk gives a heroic one to Lopez
47	%% * HeelFaceTurn: Cassie, just a little bit, [[spoiler: after finding out that Burn, Drown, and The Windmaster were hired to kill Acrobat.]]
48	%% * HeroInsurance
49	%% * IDidntMeanToKillHim: Kid Laser about Blackhawk.
50	%% * IdiotHero: Ghost.
51	%% * IJustWantToBeNormal: Wade at the beginning.
52	%% * IJustWantToBeSpecial: Kid Laser.
53	%% * LampshadeHanging: The comic does this a lot, but its never [[BetterThanABareBulb a bare bulb]].
54	%% * LegacyCharacter: Blackhawk and Canary.
55	%% ** Wade also thinks about becoming the third Hawk when Kid Laser frames him for murder. He even [[LampshadeHanging points out]] that its expected of him.
56	%% * LittleMissSnarker: Cassie.
57	%% * MakingASplash: Drown's power.
58	%% * MindRape: The Reverend's Power.
59	* MultipleChoicePast: PlotHole's "origins" were in fact all ripped off from various comics and movies with him as a hero and Plot Twist as an villain.
60	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Impersonating Blackhawk may have helped him take down Lopez and stopped the police from arresting him, but it also brings back his RoguesGallery and [[spoiler: first sidekick]].
61	%% * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Burn, Drown, and The Windmaster give this to Red Laser then Acrobat.
62	%% * PlayingWithFire: Burn's power
63	%% * PoweredArmor: Cassie/Coil, Magnum, Jil/Strongarm, and Gabriel Strife.
64	%% * PrisonBreak: Kid Laser breaking out The Reverend and The Windmaster.
65	%% * RealityWarper: Plot Twist.
66	%% * RefusalOfTheCall: Wade in the beginning.
67	%% * RelationshipUpgrade: Wade and Cassie after she kisses him.
68	%% * RescueRomance: Blackhawk's parents met this way.
69	%% * SamusIsAGirl: Strongarm.
70	%% * SecretIdentity: Wade and Cassie.
71	* SecretKeeper: Forced at first between Cassie and Wade. If he tells anyone she's Coil, she'll tell everyone that his Acrobat and visa versa. Best summed up by Wade. ''"I won't tell anyone it you don't."''
72	%% * SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Cassie and Wade.
73	* ShoutOut:
74	-->Acrobat is: [[ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} Wade]] [[Creator/AdamWest West]]
75	-->Blackhawk was: [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter]] [[Creator/AdamWest West]]
76	** Cassie now has an ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' shirt.
77	%% * ShutUpHannibal: Magnum's response to Strife trying to guilt-trip him.
78	%% * {{Sidekick}}: Wade before Blackhawk's death, Kid Laser, and [[spoiler: Midnight]].
79	%% * StealthHiBye: Wade does this twice when he's dressed like Blackhawk. First with Lopez, then again with the new Commissioner.
80	%% * SuperSpeed: Blur.
81	%% * SuperTeam: Society of Heroes and Aegis.
82	%% * ThouShaltNotKill: Quickly {{subverted}} with Red Laser when some of Kid Laser's {{mooks}} try to off him.
83	* UnexplainedRecovery: Seems to be PlotHole's power - Plot Twist keeps killing him but he still comes back.
84	%% * VillainousBreakdown: Lopez (formally Kid Laser) when Wade [[StealthHiBye shows up]] as Blackhawk
85	%% * WaifFu: Cassie when she was younger.
86	%% * YouFightLikeACow
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