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Token... "other superpower origin"? Print Comic
I'm looking for a trope pertaining to the X-Men. Basically, what I'm referring to is that the X-Men mainly consists of mutants, but have had several non-mutant members in their history that include super soldiers, cyborgs, mutates, aliens, magical beings, interdimensional beings, robots, and ordinary humans.
I struggle to figure out what trope would best describe this. Not sure if Token Minority (dealing with real world minorities) is applicable, nor is Token Non-Human (mutants aren't baseline humans), Token Enemy Minority (they aren't necessarily enemies with the others), or really anything else. I feel like this is worth troping, but I can't figure out what trope to put it in.
Any ideas?
Alien mistaken for human Print Comic
Do we have a trope for when an alien is mistaken for a human being, but not due to shapeshifting? For instance, a Kryptonian is on Earth, undisguised, and a human thinks she's a human since Kryptonians look just like humans? (Just to be clear, it doesn't have to be humans; it can be other things too, like how Rocket Raccoon isn't a raccoon—or so he claims now and then—but still is mistaken for one.)
Rogue & Gambit & Poochie Print Comic
The comic "Mr and Ms X" is starred by Rogue and Gambit, a beloved X-Men battle couple... and (in the first issues) also Deadpool, who was basically forced into the plot.
Meaning, there is a duo that works well, but they added an unneeded third guy into the mix, just because he's popular.
Edited by GrigorII
Artwork quality declines, but story gets better? Print Comic
Do we have this one?
Similar to Seasonal Rot, except applying to artwork in a comic book, not the storyline?
Basically... a comic book (maybe a DC Comics New 52 one as an example) gets better on each new issue, but the artwork declines in quality each new issue that comes out.
Checking before I make any new trope at TLP.
Skinny, pointy and annoying Print Comic
A typical supervillain bodytype. Thin, tall, long nose, fidgety, shrill voice, Evil Laugh, constantly teasing the hero with Incredibly Lame Puns and catchphrases, has an obnoxious theme and an inflated ego. Mentioned in a Venture Brothers commentary.
Parody trope for work Print Comic
Is there a trope for where a parody goes so far as to look like the original aesthetically (I don't think Original Flavor fits, as that's a story trope) that people are fooled into thinking it's the real thing?
I wasn't sure if it was Affectionate Parody, Indecisive Parody or Satire/Parody/Pastiche.
The reason I ask is, I saw on Issuu a few years ago, a now-deleted Top Gear magazine PDF flipbook. parody with Jeremy Clarkson and co. as Photoshopped art on the cover, and it looked like the real thing (although the name was obviously a Parody Names).
black and white then re edited colored Print Comic
Some comics are black and white for budget reasons (or maybe the artists changed their mind later). Or maybe most pages are black and white, and only a few are colored. Later (quite possibly because these comics sold well) they are remade, with every page being colored.
I suppose this should be mentioned in relevant work pages; not sure how to phrase this or if this is a known trope.
(I am also interested in that part about some comics being mostly black and white, with a few colored pages).
"This is so awesome!" Print Comic
This is a trope that I've seen mostly in comic books but I'm sure appears elsewhere too. It's the specific kind of kinda Lampshade Hanging where a character is in a weird and cool situation and acknowledges how freaky awesome it is. Like in an Iron Man story where he fought ninjas on the beach at night, and mentioned how "I've decided to enjoy this. It's a moonlight ninja fight beach party!"
manga localization : left-right flip Print Comic
That would be a Localization Tropes. Not sure if it happened in other countries, but when manga were first imported to France (in the 80s for instance), they were adapted so as to read left to right. Most pages would be flipped using a mirror-like technique, with two funny implications:
- Right-handed characters would become left-handed in the adaptation.
- Some fun gags happened when the text said right hand while the art showed a left hand.
Since I don't know if other countries did that as well, and we no longer do that in France, maybe this is trivia and not a trope.
Edit: A google search says this is not unique to France : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga_outside_Japan#Flipping
Fictional nations aren't shown on a map Print Comic
As you might have noticed, when comics and movies take place in fictional countries, we usually don't get to see on a map exactly where in the Arab world Qurac is to be found, or where in Eastern Europe Ruritania is located. Do we have a trope for this?
Edited by MichaelKatsuro
Marketing mistake Print Comic
Spider-Geddon first released a teaser poster that featured Spider-Woman from the Ultimate Marvel universe (see here, it's the one with brown hair, up and left). Apparently it was a mistake, because later releases (like the one currently in use) replaced her with another, unrelated, Spider-Woman. Which is the trope or trivia for this?
The page currently lists it at "What Could Have Been", but it may be the incorrect one, because so far there is no evidence that they actually intended to use Ultimate Spider Woman and then changed their minds. It seems more likely that they simply gave a list of characters to the artist, and were not clear on which Spider-Woman they wanted him to include.
Edited by GrigorII
Superhero identities that play off their superhero name Print Comic
For example, Doctor Strange is a cool name right? When they needed to give him a real name and identity, they made him Stephen Strange, strange huh?
Or Doctor Doom which is also cool. When he also needed a life out of supervilliany, they made him Victor Von Doom. Again, weird?
Is this a trope? What's its name?
Edited by CaptainJJC
B-Team are main protagonists Print Comic
Is there a trope for where a B-Team or more obscure characters are the protagonists of a Spin-Off (for example, a work featuring less well-known DC Comics characters instead of Batman, Superman, The Flash) as a type of Spin-Off, or am i wrong?
Comic books timeline and continuity tropes? Print Comic
If anyone could help, I'd appreciate it.
Would Marvel Legacy count as a Retool if not a Continuity Reboot, or as an Alternate Continuity to the other Marvel comics being published currently?
Similarly, is America (2017) a Standalone Episode, Alternate Continuity, Schrödinger's Canon, Loose Canon due to the nature of its Story Arc or Champions (2016).
Could Inhumans qualify as being part of The 'Verse or as an Alternate Continuity?
Also, where canonically does Ms Marvel 2014 fit in - main continuity Marvel, an Alternate Continuity, or Schrödinger's Canon. Same for West Coast Avengers (2018).
Checking before I make any major edits.
Edited by Merseyuser1
Unfriendly Fire or I Just Shot Marvin In The Face? Print Comic
In a post-Necropolis story of Judge Dredd (issue #826), the plot revolves around a Street Judge who, when a pair of Special Judicial Squad members burst into her flat to administer a Random Physical Abuse Test (basically grabbing Street Judges at random and torturing them to test their ability to withstand interrogation), grabbed her gun and shot them both dead, presuming them to be would-be assassins. The plot of the chapter revolves around arguing about what's a suitable punishment for her, or even if she deserves a punishment. As the title says, what trope covers her killing people who turn out to be (technically) friendlies without knowing who they were until it was too late?
Protagonist Defeats Bad Guy to Show Strength Print Comic
Is there a trope where a "powerful" bad guy is introduced solely to get beaten and highlight the power of someone else? Some bit part bad guy is introduced but he is quickly beaten. I vaguely remember in the Spiderman (?) comics that there was a powerful wrestler introduced, but Spiderman defeated him to show how powerful Spiderman really was.
Alternate self trope? Print Comic
Is there a trope for this situation:
In a Web Comic where the setting is the future, way more than 20MinutesIntotheFuture, the boss of a Mega-Corp wants to hire Bob, but Bob is working for the rival and his contract doesn't allow him to work for anyone else. Bob turns down the offer, staying loyal to his employer.
Not wanting to give up, the boss decides to hire Bob's Alternate Self from an Alternate Universe who has similar skills to the main universe's Bob.
Unfortunately, within the main universe, people get confused as to how Bob can be in two places at once.
Edited by Merseyuser1
Unnecessary Display of Superpowers Print Comic
Is there a trope for superheroes (and villains) "wasting" their powers when they don't need to, just so the reader won't forget they have it? Reed Richards stretching when he's in his lab, Wolverine popping his claws during a meeting, Spiderman clinging to walls when someone goes to see him...
Action exclamation Print Comic
Does anyone know if there’s a trope related to characters describing what’s happening in front of them? This seems really common in comics from the 1950’s - 1980’s especially. A hero is thrown across the room with magic and yells “He threw me across the room using magic!”
The standard criminal character design Print Comic
Do we have a trope for the kind of small-time criminal that has a flatcap, carries a gun or a blackjack (or both), and almost always works as a robber or burglar or other kind of small-time crime done for money? That is, he won't arrange plots to conquer the world or even work for the kind of people who do so (since would-be conquerors usually prefer uniformed mooks or Faceless Mooks). In short, he's a "regular criminal." Very frequently seen in Tintin, Suske en Wiske and other comics like that. See Tap on the Head for an image of the character design I mean.
Edited by JamesJames
Better adaptation Character Print Comic
Easy, is a case of Depending on the Writer YMMV when a character of certain comic is considered to be better done in another comic. In this case, I want to use, how characters like Squirrel Girl, Miles Morales' Spider-Man, and the new Doom are considered to be more likeable in the Gwenpool comic than in the ones they're from.
Sympathy for Genoshans? Print Comic
So, there was this one trope page I remember coming across which had a comment about how, during a X-Men arc, the X-Men had an encounter with an inhabitant of Genosha who defended their country's enslaving of mutants as necessary to protect the human population from being destroyed by the mutants - and, sure enough, when the mutants were free, the Genoshan humans were massacred. This trope entry expressed some sympathetic for the Genoshan viewpoint, although I edited it to point out that this was a case of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (don't think I used that trope, though). I can't remember what trope that was, though. Any suggestions? Maybe Beware the Superman, Unintentionally Sympathetic, or something like that?
Post-apocalyptic world turns out to be mostly okay Print Comic
I've read a couple of comics that take place in post-apocalyptic worlds, but in a surprising twist, it turned out that the world was actually still okay. Modern civilization was actually fine, and it was only in the region where the story took place that things had become post-apocalyptic. (I could name the actual comic series, but since it's usually a spoiler I won't.)
Is that a trope?