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** He gives a fake MotiveRant to Maxima about planning to start a massive amount of global conflict before admitting that war actually isn't his style and he's far more likely to go hang out at a soccer riot for a good time than try to get an armed conflict going. War is "unruly" in his eyes; he wants "a good scrap" not something that gets a lot of people killed.

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** He gives a fake MotiveRant to Maxima about planning to start a massive amount of global conflict before admitting that war actually isn't his style and he's far more likely to go hang out at a soccer riot for a good time than try to get an armed conflict going. War is "unruly" in his eyes; he wants "a good scrap" scrap", not something that gets a lot of people killed.



* DistractedByTheSexy: Sydney's plan to stop him involves getting Dabbler to jump rope in front of him (causing her breasts to jiggle), [[spoiler: countering his [[ThePowerOfHate vehemic energy]] with Dabbler's [[ThePowerOfLove tantric energy]] ]], and causing him to start losing focus and strength.

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* DistractedByTheSexy: Sydney's plan to stop him involves getting Dabbler to jump rope in front of him (causing her breasts to jiggle), [[spoiler: countering his [[ThePowerOfHate vehemic energy]] with Dabbler's [[ThePowerOfLove tantric energy]] ]], energy]]]], and causing him to start losing focus and strength.



--->'''Chtillia''': "[[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2634 Here drink this, Cooter]], it'll [[BlatantLies give you super strength]]." You're such a dick, Sciona.
** She then trumps all of that when she [[spoiler: uses Wyrmil as a way to get past a force field that only allows living matter to get through, but kills any living matter that does pass through it. As in forcing him into the field and holding him in place while she punches a hole through his body to bypass the field.]]

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--->'''Chtillia''': --->'''Cthillia''': "[[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2634 Here drink this, Cooter]], it'll [[BlatantLies give you super strength]]." You're such a dick, Sciona.
** She then trumps all of that when she [[spoiler: uses Wyrmil as a way to get past a force field that only allows living matter to get through, but kills any living matter that does pass through it. As in forcing him into the field and holding him in place while she punches ''punches a hole through his body body'' to bypass the field.]]



* PointyEars: Presumably an Alari trait.

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* PointyEars: Presumably an An Alari trait.



* UndeathlyPallor: Her skin is stark white, presumably because an Alari trait.

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* UndeathlyPallor: Her skin is stark white, presumably because an Alari trait.



A sonic-powers-using super who takes part in the restaurant attack.

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A sonic-powers-using super with sonic powers who takes part in the restaurant attack.



* MakeMeWannaShout: She can project powerful sonic blasts.

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* MakeMeWannaShout: MakeSomeNoise: She can project powerful sonic blasts.



** [[spoiler:When she returns, she's working with the group employing Hench Wench, but she reveals to Sydney that they apparently have her body captive. Once Sydney and Cora free her body, she turnes against Hench Wench and the other villains pretty quickly.]]

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** [[spoiler:When she returns, she's working with the group employing Hench Wench, but she reveals to Sydney that they apparently have her body captive. Once Sydney and Cora free her body, she turnes against Hench Wench and the other villains pretty quickly.]]



** This continues in her [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-898-ball-jail/ second apparence]], where she incapacitates Halo's orbs... only to have Halo blow her head off with her sidearm.
* LogicalWeakness: She can use any type of stone for her construct body, but harder materials are harder to manipulate, while softer ones are less durable. There's also the issue of rarity; since hard materials like Moissanite generally aren't found in large quantities like concrete is. She's also noticeably slower than a normal human, especially when in a harder material, because she's lugging much more weight around.

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** This continues in her [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-898-ball-jail/ second apparence]], appearance]], where she incapacitates Halo's orbs... only to have Halo blow her head off with her sidearm.
* LogicalWeakness: She can use any type of stone for her construct body, but harder materials are harder to manipulate, while softer ones are less durable. There's also the issue of rarity; since hard materials like Moissanite moissanite generally aren't found in large quantities like concrete is. She's also noticeably slower than a normal human, especially when in a harder material, because she's lugging much more weight around.



* TheBusCameBack: Has returned as of the latest strip.

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* TheBusCameBack: Has returned as of Returned in the latest strip.alien tourist arc.



* TakenForGranite: She can form an extremely durable body out of concrete. If it gets too damaged, she emerges from it in an energy form and can create a new one.

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* TakenForGranite: She can form an extremely durable body out of concrete.stone materials. If it gets too damaged, she emerges from it in an energy form and can create a new one.



** Averted hard with his reappearance as part of the Ascenders.



* BewareTheSillyOnes: Yes, he has a really sucky name, but [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1451 over]] [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1458 three]] [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1464 strips]] he takes on several of the team's heavy-hitters with no problem. If not for Sidney figuring out his actual power set, not even '''Maxima''' could have stopped him.

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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Yes, he has a really sucky name, but [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1451 over]] [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1458 three]] [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1464 strips]] he takes on several of the team's heavy-hitters with no problem. If not for Sidney Sydney figuring out his actual power set, not even '''Maxima''' could have stopped him.



* ComboPlatterPowers: Death Toll initially appears to have a wide array of powers capable of dealing with everyone he fights. However Sydney is able to figure out that his power is actually to gain the power to counter whoever is attacking him, frequently with enough force to put the attacker out of the fight.

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* ComboPlatterPowers: Death Toll initially appears to have a wide array of powers capable of dealing with everyone he fights. However However, Sydney is able to figure out that his power is actually to gain the power to counter whoever is attacking him, frequently with enough force to put the attacker out of the fight.

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* ADateWithRosiePalms: [[spoiler:When she has Sydney captured, she mentions that since she hasn't been able to return to her body in a while, she hasn't been able to do certain things that require a biological form. Such as eat... or masturbate.]]


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* MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: [[spoiler:When she has Sydney captured, she mentions that since she hasn't been able to return to her body in a while, she hasn't been able to do certain things that require a biological form. Such as eat... or masturbate.]]
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--> '''Ariana''': "So god damned satisfying." [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything (Lights a cigar.)]]

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--> '''Ariana''': "So So god damned satisfying." satisfying. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything (Lights a cigar.)]]



* VillainExitStageLeft: Attempted, deconstructed, and subverted. As she's being arrested by Arc Swat, she boasts that she's sub-contracted to a friend with portals and attempts to jump through one, right in front of Maxima. To noone's shock but her own, Maxima grabs her by the neck before she gets into the portal, and when the portal closes, she's still in custody.

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* VillainExitStageLeft: Attempted, deconstructed, and subverted. As she's being arrested by Arc Swat, she boasts that she's sub-contracted to a friend with portals and attempts to jump through one, right in front of Maxima. To noone's no one's shock but her own, Maxima grabs her by the neck before she gets into the portal, and when the portal closes, she's still in custody.
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* BareYourMidriff: Her initial outfit consists of a pair of pants and a belly-baring tank top.
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* SingleSpecimenSpecies: Sciona notes that there are no others like Cthillia around.

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* SingleSpecimenSpecies: Sciona notes that there are no others like Cthillia around.around and implies that she is so unique she could be immortal for all they know.
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* NoNameGiven: For a long time after his first mention, he remained unnamed, and so was given the uncreative moniker "The Arab" by some readers. [[spoiler:Subverted in chapter 1054, where his name is revealed. It's still uncreative, though, as it is based off a singer.]]

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* NoNameGiven: For a long time after his first mention, he remained unnamed, and so was given the uncreative moniker "The Arab" by some readers. [[spoiler:Subverted Maxima calls him "Darude" in chapter 1054, where but even that is a nickname she had to make up, since he never said his name is revealed. It's still uncreative, though, as it is based off a singer.]]real name.
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* BuxomIsBetter: She certainly seems to think so. Upon restoring her original body, she [[MundaneUtility takes advantage]] of the artifact she's using and [[BreastExpansion bumps herself up a few bra sizes.]] [[spoiler: Later, when she obtains a new body, the very first thing she does is comment on how pleased she is that her new body already has "nice tits" right off the bat.]]

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* BuxomIsBetter: BuxomBeautyStandard: She certainly seems to think so. Upon restoring her original body, she [[MundaneUtility takes advantage]] of the artifact she's using and [[BreastExpansion bumps herself up a few bra sizes.]] [[spoiler: Later, when she obtains a new body, the very first thing she does is comment on how pleased she is that her new body already has "nice tits" right off the bat.]]
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**[[spoiler:Is eventually revealed to be a type of [[https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-1086-befuddle-a-beholder/ humanoid beholder]] with at least six eye stalks on her head, with each eye having a different color and power.]]
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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Deconstructed. They capture an Archon agent and proceed to beat the shit out of him to try and force him to cough up the codes to unlock Archon's digital list of supers. Turns out the guy was CapturedOnPurpose and '''eats''' their captors, [[DisguisedAsTheEnemy wears their uniforms]] and then uses [[HoistByHisOwnPetard their own cellphones]] to call in the cavalry.

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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Deconstructed. They capture an Archon agent and proceed to beat the shit out of him to try and force him to cough up the codes to unlock Archon's digital list of supers. Turns out the guy was CapturedOnPurpose and '''eats''' their captors, [[DisguisedAsTheEnemy [[DressingAsTheEnemy wears their uniforms]] uniforms]], and then uses [[HoistByHisOwnPetard their own cellphones]] to call in the cavalry.
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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Deconstructed. They capture an Archon agent and proceed to beat the shit out of him to try and force him to cough up the codes to unlock Archon's digital list of supers. Turns out the guy was CapturedOnPurpose and '''eats''' their captors, [[DisguisedAsTheEnemy wears their uniforms]] and then uses [[HoistByHisOwnPetard their own cellphones]] to call in the cavalry.


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* PlayingWithSyringes: In the most recent issues, it's revealed that they perform unstated medical experiments on super-powered enabled people that they capture.
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* LoopholeAbuse: His actions when he burst into an Archon training area, following Vehemence's energy aura, made him a persona-non-grata ''in the US'', so when he later shows up in Deus's country of Galytn, there's nothing Maxima can do to oust him, but that's okay, as he was actually ''an ally'' in defending the country from an armed invasion led by one of Maxima's RoguesGallery.

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* GoodWingsEvilWings: Bone wings variant. We have yet to learn if he's truly evil enough to deserve them. Conversation with Dabbler has established that he's both capable of shapeshifting magic and a drama queen.

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* EverythingIsRacist: Played with. He accused Sydney of being racist and trying to be hurtful, but Dabbler retorts that Sydney has a point.
** When Sydney asks if the public stereotype of demons like himself are agents of chaos and destruction is accurate, especially since he showed up on Earth marketing a new world order, he scoffed "that's racist" to which Dabbler retorts that Tom himself is planning to institute said order by conquest, which is inherently chaotic and destructive.
** When Sydney learns he's a Fiend, she reflexively points out that his marketing is going to be a hard sell and needs a lot of PR work, to which he accused her of intentionally being hurtful.
** When Sydney defends herself by stating that if she, a human, were to ride a wormhole to another world without humans and identify herself with a term synonyms with "baby killer", she'd have a hard time winning over hearts and minds, he loses it, until Dabbler spelled out that his people chose their race name when being brutal tyrants was their norm. Dave B. points out that Sydney's mistake was being too specific.
* GoodWingsEvilWings: Bone wings variant. We have yet to learn if he's truly evil enough to deserve them. Conversation with Dabbler has established that he's both capable capble of shapeshifting magic and a drama queen.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: They are a a collective corrupted by stygian energy. Dabbler tells Maxima that the best, and only, option is to kill them fast and move on.

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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: They are a They’re a collective corrupted by stygian energy. Dabbler tells Maxima that the best, and only, option is to kill them fast and move on.
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* NoNameGiven: For a long time after his first mention, he remained unnamed, and so was given the uncreative moniker "The Arab" by some readers.[[spoiler:Subverted in chapter 1054, where his name is revealed. still uncreative, though, as it is based off a singer.]]

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* NoNameGiven: For a long time after his first mention, he remained unnamed, and so was given the uncreative moniker "The Arab" by some readers. [[spoiler:Subverted in chapter 1054, where his name is revealed. It's still uncreative, though, as it is based off a singer.]]
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* SuperEmpowering [[spoiler: Injects herself with what appears to be the blood of various Supers to give herself superpowers.]]

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* SuperEmpowering SuperEmpowering: [[spoiler: Injects herself with what appears to be the blood of various Supers to give herself superpowers.]]
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* GeniusBruiser: She works primarily through magic, but she's since taken over the body of a much larger and stronger creature. [[spoiler: though as it turns out, her original body was no slouch in terms of raw power either.]]

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* GeniusBruiser: She works primarily through magic, but she's since taken over the body of a much larger and stronger creature. [[spoiler: though Though as it turns out, her original body was no slouch in terms of raw power either.]]
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** The ''[[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2671 instant]]'' she gets '''her''' MacGuffin from the Council's vault, [[spoiler:she sets off a lethal(if slow-acting) countermeasure and leaves her allies to collect their own under a time limit. Deus admits that given [[TheFarmerAndTheViper his knowledge of her personality and past actions]], he should have seen that coming]]. Also, he'd been antagonizing her the entire time, so she might have done it out of spite rather than pre-planning. [[spoiler: Her coming to his office because she forgot something pretty much confirms this]].

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** The ''[[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2671 instant]]'' she gets '''her''' MacGuffin from the Council's vault, [[spoiler:she sets off a lethal(if lethal (if slow-acting) countermeasure and leaves her allies to collect their own under a time limit. Deus admits that given [[TheFarmerAndTheViper his knowledge of her personality and past actions]], he should have seen that coming]]. Also, he'd been antagonizing her the entire time, so she might have done it out of spite rather than pre-planning. [[spoiler: Her coming to his office because she forgot something pretty much confirms this]].
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* {{Gainaxing}}: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]]. When she talks about the drawbacks of her concrete body, she bemoans that her breasts don't bounce unless she consciously animates them to do so. [[ACupAngst Sydney is less than sympathetic on that measure]].
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* {{Expy}}: Clearly named after [[VideoGame/Captain Commando Mack the Knife]] which becomes more obvious when he is wrapped up like his mummy counterpart during the fight. He also escapes said bandages using high speed vibration powers like Franchise/TheFlash.

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* {{Expy}}: Clearly named after [[VideoGame/Captain Commando [[VideoGame/CaptainCommando Mack the Knife]] which becomes more obvious when he is wrapped up like his mummy counterpart during the fight. He also escapes said bandages using high speed vibration powers like Franchise/TheFlash.

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* PsychoElectro: She takes a little to much pleasure in electrocuting people.

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* PsychoElectro: She takes a little to too much pleasure in electrocuting people.people.
* ShockAndAwe: Her main offensive power is to shoot lightning from her hand. She seems to be lacking the usual {{Required Secondary Power|s}}, however, as she's not entirely immune to electricity (including her own).

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* FlyingFirepower: The combination of the flight and laser-cutter from her orbs gives her this powerset, making her one of the most dangerous of the starter villains on the field.

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* FlyingFirepower: The combination of the flight and laser-cutter from her orbs gives her this powerset, making her one of the most dangerous of the starter villains on the field.powerset.


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* {{Tradesnark}}: Hex's "Buster Buddies" are always appended to a "™" inside her speech bubbles, and also in her summary outside the comic.

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: Due to Vehemence's aggro aura it's hard to say how much of what she did was of her own volition.]]

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: Due [[spoiler:Due to Vehemence's aggro aura it's hard to say how much of what she did was of her own volition.]]


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* TomTheDarkLord: Dabbler refers to him as "Tom" when she meets him again. Whether this is his actual name or a nickname she gave him is yet to be seen.

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* TomTheDarkLord: Dabbler ''literally'' refers to him as "Tom" when she meets him again. Whether this is his actual name or a nickname she gave him is yet to be seen.
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[[folder:The Arab]]
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!! "The Arab"/DarudeDarude ("The Arab")



* BilingualBonus: His only line so far was in Arabic. A direct translation is "I am the dead one. I am much better now". WordOfGod is that it was supposed to say "Dead am I? So much the better."
* NoNameGiven: Hence the uncreative moniker.[[spoiler: Subverted in chapter 1054, where his name is revealed. still uncreative, though, as it is based off a singer.]]

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* BilingualBonus: His For a long period, his only line so far in the comic was in Arabic. A direct translation is "I am the dead one. I am much better now". WordOfGod is that it was supposed to say "Dead am I? So much the better."
* NoNameGiven: Hence For a long time after his first mention, he remained unnamed, and so was given the uncreative moniker.[[spoiler: Subverted moniker "The Arab" by some readers.[[spoiler:Subverted in chapter 1054, where his name is revealed. still uncreative, though, as it is based off a singer.]]

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* AwesomeMcCoolname: "Gunn" means "war" and "Hildr" means "battle", though together it means "battle maiden". Lampshaded by Sydney, who mentions that while it's a pretty cool name it's also a reflection of the unfortunate times she was born into.



* MeaningfulName: "Gunn" means "war" and "Hildr" means "battle", though together it means "battle maiden". Lampshaded by Sydney, who mentions that while it's a pretty cool name it's also a reflection of the unfortunate times she was born into.
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* KnifeNut: He has a ''lot'' of knives and is skilled enough to use them as ranged weapons with some degree of accuracy.



* KnifeNut: He's a self proclaimed expert in stabbing things.
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* BadassInANiceSuit: Vehemence first [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1422 appears]] wearing a suit and a tolerably NiceHat.

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* BadassInANiceSuit: Vehemence first [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1422 appears]] wearing a suit and a tolerably NiceHat.nice hat.



* SharpDressedMan: Wears a sharp, dark suit and a NiceHat, and his powers apparently serve to protect these from damage to some extent. However, [[SeriousBusiness he takes off first the hat and then his jacket when preparing to fight the heroes]].

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* SharpDressedMan: Wears a sharp, dark suit and a NiceHat, nice hat, and his powers apparently serve to protect these from damage to some extent. However, [[SeriousBusiness he takes off first the hat and then his jacket when preparing to fight the heroes]].

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: Due to Vehemence's aggro aura it's hard to say how much of what he did was of his own volition, but he's definitely quite ruthless in combat]] .

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: Due [[spoiler:Due to Vehemence's aggro aura it's hard to say how much of what he did was of his own volition, but he's definitely quite ruthless in combat]] .combat]].
* CasanovaWannabe: We don't know how successful he is with women (he is very handsome), but after he is sedated, he mumbles that he isn't fast in bed (a common fan joke about Flash-like characters) in his confusion. Given the circumstances, he wasn't going to get any.
* {{Expy}}: Clearly named after [[VideoGame/Captain Commando Mack the Knife]] which becomes more obvious when he is wrapped up like his mummy counterpart during the fight. He also escapes said bandages using high speed vibration powers like Franchise/TheFlash.
* HyperactiveMetabolism: It is stated that he'll probably work through the sedative given to him before the fight is over, so they use another device to keep him out of the fight. This might also explain why he fell unconscious so quickly from the [[InstantSedation Hollywood tranquilizer]].



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* ScarsAreForever: Leaves Heat Wave with a missing toe by the end of the fight.
* SuperSpeed: His power. He's fast enough to react to and cut Harem teleporting in behind him before she can teleport back out.

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: Due to Vehemence's aggro aura it's hard to say how much of what he did was of his own volition.]]

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: Due [[spoiler:Due to Vehemence's aggro aura it's hard to say how much of what he did was of his own volition.]] ]]
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: After it is revealed that he was prodded on by [[spoiler:Vehemence's power]], they bring up the fact that he had 17 outstanding parking tickets to justify holding him for a bit. Judging by what he says during questioning, he isn't a felon or at least never got caught committing a felony.

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* WeaksauceWeakness: Subverted. Brutt tries to fire her to strip her of her powers, but she specifically worded the contract so a majority of the "board" has to fire her, and then her firing needs to be approved by the manager. Brüt didn't even know if they'd ''made'' a board, so she's nigh impossible to fire unless someone really good at contract law or at least loopholes shows up. [[spoiler:She's defeated when Arianna out-legals her by suspending her contract on ethical grounds until such a time it can be reviewed by the New York secretary of state]].

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* WeaksauceWeakness: Subverted. Brutt Brüt tries to fire her to strip her of her powers, but she specifically worded the contract so a majority of the "board" has to fire her, and then her firing needs to be approved by the manager. Brüt didn't even know if they'd ''made'' a board, so she's nigh impossible to fire unless someone really good at contract law or at least loopholes shows up. [[spoiler:She's defeated when Arianna out-legals her by suspending her contract on ethical grounds until such a time it can be reviewed by the New York secretary of state]].



* NoNameGiven: Hence the uncreative moniker.

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* SandBlaster: His powers allow him to create sandstorms, though whether he becomes part of it or simply manipulates the sand is unkown.

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