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     Comic Book/Dawn Of DC edit reasons 
  • Artistic License – Law: To put it simply, a law such as the Amazon Safety Act would have so many lawyers coming down on the law for trampling on the rights of the Amazons on American soil it would not be funny.Keep I guess. Borderline case, but I guess both Wonder Woman and Amazon Attack! and possibly more will covering it means it's more line-wide. Probably needs rewrite
  • Big Bad: The Dawn of DC Primer marks Amanda Waller as this. She believes that the heroes are completely gung-ho and the events of both Dark Crisis and Lazarus Planet is proof of that. She recruits what's left of Slade's Society with a promise: a full pardon and a clean slate for any villain who kills a superhero. Obviously Keep
  • The Bus Came Back: Quite a few people are making a comeback with this initiative, namely those who were left out of Infinite Frontier or even as far back as Rebirth. Phew, lesgo.
    • Eiko Hasigawa, the third Catwoman, was last seen prominently in a 2015 arc of Catwoman and was briefly touched on alongside a bunch of other Gotham gang members in Infinite Frontier. She's going to return in the Catwoman ongoing. Should be in Comic Book/Catwoman
    • Val-Zod, not seen since Earth 2 ended in 2016, makes a return in Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent. This will also include the return of the Injustice: Gods Among Us universe. The Red Tornado of Earth 2 also returns. Should be in Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent, and I'm not sure that Injustice one counts
    • Kong Kenan, the Super-Man of China, has rarely appeared since 2018, and even his role as the "character whose powers are based in Chinese culture, while being tied to a larger franchise" role was filled by Monkey Prince and his connections to Batman. He's going to be part of the Superman Family proper in this relaunch. Should be in Action Comics and Superman Philip Kennedy Johndon, and that Monkey Prince portion is weird
    • The Doom Patrol have been MIA thanks to the stagnation of the Young Animal imprint, but are slated to make a return with a new series. Should be on Lazarus Planet and/or Comic book/Unstoppable Doom Patrol
    • Mia Dearden, who last appeared in the Arrow-inspired Kingdom arc of New 52 Green Arrow, as well as her Speedy mantle, which last appeared in the last issue of Pre-Flashpoint Teen Titans, makes a return. Should be on Green Arrow (2023)
    • Cissie King-Jones aka Arrowette II, whose appearances post-Graduation Day have been cameos, makes a grand return to a leading role in the mantle since 1999.note '''She just showed up in a non-cameo role on Dark Crisis. Also, even if valid, should be on Green Arrow (2023)
    • Eddie Fyers, a major supporting character of both Green Arrows, makes returns since his more antagonistic depiction in 2017.Should be on Green Arrow
    • Evan McCulloch returns as the Mirror Master in the DC Universe, and makes his post-Flashpoint debut, in the main DC Universe for the first time in 12 years since the New 52's Cosmic Retcons included the resurrection of the original Mirror Master, Sam Scudder. Should be on The Flash (Dawn of DC)
  • C-List Fodder: In Dawn of DC Primer Special Edition 1, Gunsmith and Codename: Assassin are killed by Amanda Waller. Keep
  • Canon Immigrant: Taylor Barzelay/Galaxy from the graphic novel Galaxy: The Prettiest Star makes her first appearance on the main comics during Hawkgirl #1. Hawkgirl confirms her novel is canon, it doesn't make the first appearance of her E0 version
  • Costume Evolution:
    • Eiko Hasigawa's Catwoman outfit is mostly the same, but now boasts a katana strapped behind her waist. Should be on Comic Book/Catwoman
    • Connor Hawke's costume receives a brand-new Green Arrow costume that introduces a domino-mask and a kimono-styled robe. Roy Harper's Arsenal costume is changed from his old DC Rebirth outfit to one based on his appearance in his 1998 mini. Should be on Green Arrow (2023)
  • Distaff Counterpart: Peacemaker's newest partner is a woman going by the alias Peacewreaker, who wears a female version of his costume. Keep
  • Genre Shift: The Flash goes from the everyman superheroics of Jeremy Adams' run to sci-fi adventure with a touch of cosmic horror. Should be on The Flash and/or Flash Dawn Of DC
  • The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life: The restoration of Clark and Jon's secret identities will have this problem with Jay Nakamura as he's no longer "Jon's boyfriend" but "the younger Superman's boyfriend". Should be on Adventure Of Superman Jon Kent and less speculative-y, it already happened
  • Reed Richards Is Useless: Superman seeks to avert this with the massive adjustment to Steelworks, allowing the company to push Kryptonian and Phaelosian tech to humanity. However, a group called "Blue Earth" stands against it. Should be on Superman (Phillip Kennedy Johnson)
  • Secret Identity: The Kent family's is restored after Clark revealed himself as Superman during Bendis' run years prior. It turns out that Lex Luthor pettily did it with the aid of an unwilling Manchester Black after feeling like he was grouped among "everyone else" in Clark's life due to the way he learned it. Nobody affected by how it was done can remember it, and relearning it may kill them, meaning Clark can't re-reveal his identity to those who weren't protected from it, which mostly amounts to the Kent Family, some of the superhero community, and Jay Nakamura. Same as Artistic License – Law. Borderline case, affects a whole title family. Keep
  • Status Quo Is God:
    • Despite The New Champion of Shazam pushing Mary Marvel as the new hero, Shazam! brings back Billy Batson as the main one with the powers. Downplayed in that Mary is still "The New Champion of Shazam", just that the troubles from Teen Titans Academy have been fixed, with Mary and Billy now sharing the mantle. Should be on Shazam! (2023)
    • The above case of the Kents' secret identity being restored, despite a big part of Jon's tenure as Superman being him not having a secret identity. This was expressly because the writers felt it was a more classic approach. Examples shouldn't refer to other examples, will just fix that
    • Supergirl's redesign courtesy of Woman of Tomorrow, which included pants and shorter hair, was kept for Dark Crisis, but her long hair returns here. Unsure, will keep for now
  • Super Family Team:
    • Action Comics unites the S-Shield Bearers into one "Super-Family" comprised of Clark Kent/Superman, Kara Zor-El/Supergirl, Conner Kent/Superboy, Kenan Kong/New Super-Man, John Henry Irons/Steel, Natasha Irons/Steel II, Jon Kent/Superman Secundus and the "Super-Twins" Otho-Ra and Osul-Ra. Karen Starr/Power Girl isn't part of this group as of yet, but wears the same variation of the new costumes that the Super-Family does, but with the iconic Cleavage Window replacing the S-Shield still. Should be on Action Comics or Superman Phillip Kennedy Johnson
    • Green Arrow finally reunites the various Green Arrow-affiliated members together for the first time as the brand new "Arrowfam". Comprises of Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Dinah Drake Lance/Black Canary II, Roy Harper/Arsenal, Emiko Queen/Red Arrow, Connor Hawke/Green Arrow II, Mia Dearden/Speedy II, Cissie King-Jones/Arrowette II, Jade Nguyen/Cheshire, Lian Harper/"Shoes"/Cheshire Cat and Sienna/Red Canary Should be on Green Arrow (2023)
  • Take Up My Sword:
    • A non-lethal variation. With the Justice League having disbanded following the events of Dark Crisis, Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman have turned to Nightwing to lead things. In turn, he's recruited his old Titans friends (Donna Troy, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Raven, Starfire, and Wally West) to lead the charge while the League is away. Weak Keep, as technically line-wide
    Thawne sorting 
  • Beam Me Up, Scotty!: Thawne is popularly associated with the line "It was me, Barry!", used to memetically illustrate his sheer levels of pettiness. However, Thawne has never actually said the line verbatim - it's a paraphrase of a longer monologue.
  • Can't Un-Hear It: Mainly thanks to C. Thomas Howell in the DC Animated Movie Universe, and Tom Cavanagh and/or Matt Letscher in The Flash (2014) presenting memorable performances as Thawne. For those familiar with Zoomposting (and DEATH BATTLE! to an extent), Valentine Stokes is usually the voice they think of. Video game fans would lean towards Liam O'Brien from Injustice 2.
  • Complete Monster:
    • Eobard Thawne, a.k.a. Professor Zoom and the Reverse Flash, is the Arch-Enemy of Barry Allen and the one who killed his mother. Duplicating Barry's powers out of an obsession with him, Eobard attempted to replace him in life, and when rejected by the latter's wife, spitefully killed her, later forcing the pacifistic Barry to kill Eobard himself to save his then-fiancé from suffering the same fate. Resurrected, Eobard begins using his time travel powers to commit a litany of crimes, including pettily murdering his own brother and parents, as well as a rival and every single man who dated a woman he was interested in, even going back to her childhood to lobotomize her for spurning him. Eobard, in another of his evil deeds, attempted to murder the children of Wally West in front of their mother and murders Johnny Quick. Trying to force the also-resurrected Barry into becoming the villainous Black Flash, Eobard continues carelessly shifting the time stream for no other purpose than to make Barry suffer, causing untold damage and agony in doing so, and torments Barry during the events of Flashpoint, even stating now that he is free from the effects of timeline changes he will murder Barry in the womb. A vile, selfish man who will never admit to being at fault, Eobard is Barry Allen's worst nightmare come to life.
    • In Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, Thawne, a.k.a. Professor Zoom, is the Reverse-Flash and opposes everything Barry Allen stands for. Thawne hires various other Flash villains to break into the Flash museum. Thawne straps bombs to the villains he hired after they defeat Flash, planning to blow up the Flash museum and several surrounding blocks, just so the Flash will be tormented knowing that several innocent people will die with him. After his initial defeat, Thawne mocks Flash over the fact his mother died. After Flash uses his speed to travel back in time and save his mother, the world is sent to a twisted alternate state, in which a war between Atlantis and the Amazons has caused massive devastation. Thawne delights in Barry's agony at the new world and enjoys the carnage as it makes his nemesis suffer. When Barry tries to fix the realities, Thawne tries to stop him, meaning he is willing to cause and allow the deaths of countless innocents, as well as himself, solely to satisfy his hatred of Barry.
    • In the Tales from the Dark Multiverse's retelling of Flashpoint, Eobard Thawne, the Reverse-Flash, upon learning of Barry Allen's death, decides to gain more power in the altered timeline Barry created. Brutally murdering several soldiers and heroes at the White House, Thawne forces the President, a weak man he put into power, into giving him all of the power in the US. To protect his power, Thawne killed Aquaman and a thousand of his soldiers and threatened to do the same to Wonder Woman and the Amazons. Thawne taunts Thomas Wayne about how he could use his powers to save the world from the forces tearing it apart, but that he chooses not to, fully willing to leave millions to die just so he can maintain power in America. When America is invaded by his enemies, Thawne opts to change the timeline even more, saving the Waynes, causing Gotham to remain a crime-filled hellhole without Batman, and changing even more in his mad desire to create a world for himself.
    • The Flash (2014): Eobard Thawne, aka the Reverse-Flash, is the Arch-Enemy of Barry Allen. Failing to kill Barry as a child, Thawne instead kills Barry's mother in order to cripple Barry's spirit to prevent him from becoming the Flash. Thawne finds himself Trapped in the Past without his Super-Speed, leading him to Kill and Replace Harrison Wells, instigate the STAR Labs Particle Accelerator explosion to recreate the Flash, while also filling Central City with dangerous meta-humans. Prevented from returning to the future, Thawne tried to kill the heroes, but is supposedly erased from existence after his ancestor, Eddie Thawne, kills himself. Somehow surviving, Thawne resurfaces, traveling to Earth-X to join the ranks of the New Reichsmen and assist in the Nazi invasion of Earth-1, fleeing when the tides turn. Eventually, Thawne gets incarcerated in the future and scheduled for execution; he manipulated Barry's daughter, Nora West-Allen, into destroying Cicada's dagger—which kept Thawne's powers negated—in the past, knowing it would also erase Nora from existence. Post-Crisis, Thawne returns again, having lost his body, and takes over the body of Nash Wells, trapping his mind, while attempting to murder Team Flash. After Thawne's body is restored, Thawne creates "Reverse-Flashpoint", where he has stolen Barry's life and identity in every way, and has set to erase Barry from existence, which Barry warns him would lead to "Armageddon". Made into the Avatar of the Negative Forces, Thawne uses his newfound powers to go on a killing spree for kicks. Unable to defeat Barry after he becomes the Positive Force Avatar, Thawne decides the best way to kill his nemesis is to take the entire world down with him.
  • Memetic Molester: Starting the early 2020's, it became common to depict Thawne using his powers for perversely sadistic crimes, such as masturbating Barry when the latter was making out with a girl.
  • Memetic Mutation: Gets a plethora of memes thanks to Arrowverse...
    • Angry helicopter noises. Explanation
    • Some would say ____ is the reverse. Explanation
    • Run, Barry, run! Explanation
    • Now who's the villain, Flash!? Explanation
    • For centuries. Explanation
    • A speed mirage, if you will. Explanation
    • IT WAS ME, BARRY! Explanation
  • Memetic Troll: Thawne has taken Evil Is Petty to frankly ridiculous levels, which has not gone unnoticed by the Internet. The things Thawne is reportedly responsible for (according to the internet) include but are not limited to:
    • Jerking Barry at Supersonic speed to make him seem like a one-pump chump in front of his girlfriend.
    • Drawing Lola Bunny a lot more modestly.
    • Helping Lex Luthor steal forty cakes.
    • Rushing the development of the original Justice League cut, or Cyberpunk 2077 or Fallout 76.
    • To wit, Thawne is so ridiculously petty that all the nasty things he's attributed to doing in memes perfectly lines up with his character.
  • Moral Event Horizon: AND HOW! Thawne manages to make a hobby out of committing irredeemable actions. Stalking Barry Allen with the sole intent of making him miserable, killing his brother and parents out of petty disappointment, lobotomizing a woman he was attracted to solely for not reciprocating his feelings, killing Iris West, the list goes on...

    Tropes removed from Enlongated Man 
  • Awesome by Analysis: An excellent detective, Ralph once figured out that an item presented to him as Doctor Fate's helmet was a clear forgery by Felix Faust, based on nothing more than a lack of visible fingerprints on the mask. Single moment, rewrite and move to 52
  • Badass Boast: "Plastic Man's the clown. I'm the detective." ZCE
  • Beware the Silly Ones: After his wife's death, Felix Faust and Neron try to manipulate Ralph into giving them access to Doctor Fate's helmet. Both villains have proven more than capable of taking on the entire assembled Justice League, but Ralph plays both for fools for months. ''Single event, can me moved to 52
  • Birthday Episode: Several Elongated Man stories were set on his birthday. As her regular birthday gift for Ralph, Sue would customarily craft an elaborate mystery for him to solve. An issue of Justice League Quarterly continued this tradition. Plot trope, not sure where to move.
    Enlongated Man 

This character provides examples of:

  • Addiction-Powered: He drinks a lot of Gingold soda and gets super-stretch powers. The drink can apparently increase flexibility in most people who drink it, but you have to go to serious overdose levels to get actual stretching abilities, which can then be maintained by regular drinking of the normal product. A significant section of the human population is allergic to gingold extract, and thus unable to take advantage of the herb's special properties.
  • The Bus Came Back: In Secret Six For both of them.
  • Contortionist: Elongated Man is not, but he was inspired by the Indian Rubber Men, who are famous practitioners of the contortion arts.
  • Darker and Edgier: In 52, Ralph falls back on his detective roots, begins drinking, and becomes obsessed with resurrecting Sue. All but the first was part of a ruse to out-gambit Felix Faust and Neron.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Naturally, he and Beetle get along well during crossovers between the JL International and Europe team.
  • Disposable Superhero Maker: It had been established that anyone can get his powers by drinking Gingold to excess but it was later retconned to say that the Gingold activated Ralph's metagene.
  • Drowning My Sorrows: After the death of Sue, in 52, he spends most of the series drinking and growing a Beard of Sorrow. Turns out he was faking it, and was setting up Felix Faust and Neron in a trap. What was he drinking from a flask? Gingold.
  • Expy Coexistence: He was created as an Expy of Plastic Man by a writer who didn't realize that DC had recently bought the character. They've crossed over plenty of times.
  • Fun Personified: At first he was just another hero, but as time passed he became a jokester (Plastic Man went through the same process at the same time), especially during the late 80s. But then Sue got killed - and worse, while she was pregnant.
  • Happily Married: To Sue. They have shared a log relationship that many readers considered a breath of fresh air in an era when comics were becoming darker.
  • Locked Room Mystery: His specialty, according to 52.
  • Non-Idle Rich: Both he and his wife are rich, yet they go around solving crimes. Both are based on the main characters from The Thin Man detective movies.
  • Obfuscating Stupidity: He's actually a very efficient JLAer and its second-best detective after Batman.
    • Batman has stated that Ralph is the superior detective; Batman himself is "merely" the world's foremost criminologist, while Ralph favors deductive reasoning.
  • Official Couple: In 70 years as a married couple in comics, Ralph and Sue have never once strayed.
  • Power Perversion Potential: Not in the obvious way. Ralph once gave a brute Gingold, then tied him in knots - and then threatened him by reminding him what would happen when the Gingold wore off. Yikes!
    • He has been known to kiss Sue while the rest of his body was in the next room.
  • Sad Clown: Ralph is fully aware that stretching doesn't put him on the same level as most of the other members of the Justice League, and throughout the 70s and early 80s especially worried that he would let others down as their weakest member. This trait has largely vanished following Crisis on Infinite Earths.
  • Selective Obliviousness: His trademark thing is to move the nose when he notices a mystery. He says that his wife finds it adorable. Everybody tells him that it is so grossly disgusting... including his wife.
  • Shapeshifter Showdown: With Plastic Man.
  • Spider-Sense. His nose twitches when he "smells" a mystery.
    Flamebird: Green Arrow says you just made that up to get publicity.
    [Beat]
    Elongated Man: ... Do y'know he has a bald spot? That's why he wears that little hat.
  • Shoo Out the Clowns: Has not reappeared in the New 52 until the later period of experimentation before DC Rebirth. If he's back on the bus there remains to be seen
  • Super Serum: Ralph got his powers by drinking a substance called "Gingold". He had to drink it regularly.
    • Retconned into the Gingold (which, by the way, he discovered in soda) activating his metagene (somehow). Pure gingold extract turned out to be quite harmful to anyone but him.
  • Swiss-Army Superpower: Ralph's shapeshifting can be surprisingly versatile, especially considering that unlike Plastic Man Ralph cannot truly shapeshift, only elongate himself in various ways.
  • Thanatos Gambit: In 52, he tricks Neron and Felix Faust into trapping themselves in the Tower of Fate when they kill him before he can break the binding spells keeping them there.
  • Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: According to Sue, he's a 7. Note that she was a Deadpan Snarker. However, according to Ralph in Identity Crisis (2004), Sue was only ever attracted to him and not the more conventionally attractive and powerful superheroes like Barry Allen at a party.
  • Vitriolic Best Buds: With the third Flash, Wally West. While the two were definitely friends, Ralph loved to poke fun at Wally by comparing him to Barry Allen (the second Flash).
(Redoing the The DCU work list which is currently a mess.)

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