"This was my origin story!" note
"I did everything right. The right chemical mix. The right device. The right program. And who gets superpowers?"
—Randy Diaz
My Sister Suprema
is a web comic written by Chuck Dixon and published at Arkhaven.
Randy Diaz loves comic books and dreams of being a superhero. One day he rigs up a design he found on the internet to grant himself super powers. The machine works but sends the powers instead to his teenaged big sister, Cecelia.
Trying to make the best of the snafu, Randy takes on the role of Cece's mentor, imparting his extensive comic book knowledge to her. Trouble is, Cece—or "Suprema", as Randy dubs her—does not share his superhero passion at all. She scoffs at his beloved comics, and the only crime she wants to avenge is Randy's destruction of her cell phone.
Yet while Cece might not be interested in the world of costumed crusaders battling scheming supervillains, that world becomes very much interested in her.
My Sister Suprema provides examples of:
- Annoying Younger Sibling: Randy, from Cecelia's point of view at least. In her defense, he takes her cell phone without asking and destroys it, and continually pesters her about super powers that she never asked for and his comic books which don't interest her.
- Big Eater: Cece's nighttime super-heroics work up her appetite the next morning. When she gets alarmed about her figure, Randy is quick to assure her her increased metabolism will take care of it.
- Blah, Blah, Blah: When Dr Saxon Dangereoux is tracking Cece, a transcript of her speaking to Randy appears on-screen as exactly this.
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: At the end of "Super Hot or Not", Cece suffers a Cape Snag in an Iris Out. Randy tried to warn her.
- Can't Kill You, Still Need You: Saxon chooses to spare Trevor's life, at least until the latter cleans up the mess he's made by leaking Saxon's designs.
- Costume-Test Montage: "Super Hot or Not" shows Cece trying various superhero costumes, with Randy passing judgment on each.
- Creator Career Self-Deprecation: Cece finally brings herself to read Randy's comics, and is less than impressed.Cecelia: Who writes this stuff?
- Crocodile Tears: When their father sees the wreckage that Randy's machine and Cecelia's Super-Strength have caused, Cece starts fake crying and tells him it was a lightning strike. Her trauma is so convincing, her parents let her skip school the next day.
- Cute Kitten: Trevor lures Cece from her bedroom by imitating a stray kitty.
- Dramatic Drop: When Cece realises she's lifted the car off the floor with one finger, she drops the can of beans she was fetching. Then she drops the car, setting off its alarm.
- Glowing Eyes of Doom: Cece, just before demolishing Saxon's robot. Trevor's expression says it all.
- High-Altitude Interrogation: Cecelia plants Trevor on the sloping roof of a water tower and lets him hang on for dear life while she questions him. Then she leaves him there to fly home and check on Randy.
- Insistent Terminology:
- Superheroes don't have outfits, Cece. They have costumes.
- Saxon calls Trevor a traitor for leaking his designs. Trever prefers whistleblower.
- Mistaken for Pedophile: Hiding in the bushes at night, luring a teenage girl from her bedroom...yeah, Cece's first guess about Trevor is hardly a stretch. Not that Trevor's true intentions are exactly honourable.
- No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup: Justified, as Randy is just a regular kid living with his increasingly suspicious parents. Theoretically he could build the apparatus again but his means and opportunities are somewhat limited.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Mrs Diaz grows suspicious of her kids when she notices them willingly hanging out together.
- Pajama-Clad Hero: Due to the bad guys luring Cece from her bedroom at night, she executes her first act of superpowered butt-kicking wearing only a sleeveless top and frilly pajama shorts.Cecelia: I don't know who you guys are but I'm not going anywhere dressed like this!
- Spicy Latina: Mrs Diaz favours sleeveless tops, is rather easy on the eyes, and gets seriously loud when her patience is tried.
- Spit Take: Our first look at Trevor shows him spitting out his cereal when he hears a news bulletin about a flying caped figure.
- Stereo Fibbing: Cece and Randy are discussing Dangereoux when their mother walks in and casually asks who they mean. Their response doesn't exactly allay her suspicions.Randy: This kid at school——
Cecelia: ——on TV——
Randy: ——got a perfect score——
Cecelia: ——won the competition——
Randy: ——in math——
Cecelia: ——with my favorite song—— - Unhand Them, Villain!: Heroic example. As Cecelia flies off with the remains of Saxon's robot, Saxon demands she put it down. Cece promptly drops it into a canal.
- Visual Pun:
- When their father walks in on the mess they've made in the bathroom, Randy and Cece are drawn with the heads of deer caught in headlights.
- As Randy nags Cece to read his comics, a pair of daggers shoots out at him from her eyes.
