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* MarkOfTheSupernatural: After being possessed and becoming the Ghost Rider, [[MismatchedEyes Robbie's right eye becomes orange]]. Not knowing the reason, he attributes it to getting pink eye.

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* MarkOfTheSupernatural: After being possessed and becoming the Ghost Rider, [[MismatchedEyes [[BoatLights Robbie's right eye becomes orange]]. Not knowing the reason, he attributes it to getting pink eye.



* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Drug dealer, Grumpy, grows an extra set of arms after eating dozens of Zabo's pills.

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* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Drug dealer, Grumpy, dealer Grumpy grows an extra set of arms after eating dozens of Zabo's pills.



* ShoutOut: Graffiti on the walls of Robbie's workplace are refferences to creators' previous works - ''PeepoChoo'' and ''ComicBook/TheStrangeTalentOfLutherStrode''

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* ShoutOut: Graffiti on the walls of Robbie's workplace are refferences references to some of the creators' previous works - ''PeepoChoo'' ''Manga/PeepoChoo'' and ''ComicBook/TheStrangeTalentOfLutherStrode''''ComicBook/TheStrangeTalentOfLutherStrode''.
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* ShoutOut: Graffiti on the walls of Robbie's workplace are refferences to creators' previous works - ''PeepoChoo'' and ''ComicBook/TheStrangeTalentOfLutherStrode''
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* FunetikAksent: One of the mercenaries has this when he tries to pronounce "bon appetit".

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* FunetikAksent: One of the mercenaries has this when he tries to pronounce "bon appetit".appetit": "''Bone-apah-teet''!!"
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Robbie immediately comes after the mercenaries that killed him, but doesn't manage to take them out. His assault on the thugs that shot his boss in the following issue is much more successful. Also, there's a lot of genuine roaring.
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* HumansAreBastards: Or to quote Eli's opinion on the matter, rubbish.
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* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Drug dealer, Grumpy, grows an extra set of arms after eating dozens of Zabo's pills.
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* BoatLights: Robbie sports a pair of these after he's brought back to life.


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* {{Foil}}: Zabo/Hyde to Robbie/Eli as illustrated [[http://globegander.tumblr.com/post/85782691821/at-first-i-thought-that-hyde-was-a-weird-choice here]]


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* ItOnlyWorksOnce: Eli claims that his partnership with Robbie will end if he's killed a second time.


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* NotSoDifferent: Eli claims that he died in a similar fashion to Robbie and that sense of kinship encouraged him to bring the latter back to life.


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* StealthPun: Robbie is gunned down and murdered in a DEAD END alley.

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Robbie Reyes was an ordinary teen living with and taking care of his younger brother Gabe in the rougher part of East Los Angeles while also working part-time as a mechanic. After a particularly dangerous stint with a client's car, just before he loses his life, he's reborn with a body of bones and a head aflame, becoming the Ghost Rider.

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Robbie Reyes was an ordinary teen living with and taking care of his younger brother Gabe in the rougher part of East Los Angeles while also working part-time as a mechanic. After a particularly dangerous stint with a client's car, just before he loses his life, he's reborn with a body of bones and a head aflame, becoming the Ghost Rider.
Comicbook/GhostRider.


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* HeroicHost / PowersViaPossession: Robbie.


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* TeleportersAndTransporters: So what happens if someone takes the car? The Rider transports himself to it, pulling himself from its substance.
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* ParentalAbandonment: It is revealed that both of Robbie's parents abandoned the family due to Gabe's disability.
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* AlliterativeName: Robbie.
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* AlternateIdentityAmnesia: The morning after Robbie first becomes Ghost Rider, he finds himself at home in his bed, puzzled at what exactly went on the night before. When looking in the mirror, he notices his bruises from the thugs beating him up are completely gone and that his right eye is orange, wondering if he has pink eye. That night when he lays down, his curiosity of the previous night compels him to sneak back to the garage to take the car for another spin.

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* AlternateIdentityAmnesia: The morning after Robbie first becomes Ghost Rider, he finds himself at home in his bed, puzzled at what exactly went on the night before. When looking in the mirror, he notices his bruises from the thugs beating him up are completely gone and that [[MarkOfTheSupernatural his right eye is orange, orange]], wondering if he has pink eye. That night when he lays down, his curiosity of the previous night compels him to sneak back to the garage to take the car for another spin.

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* DissonantSerenity: The Rider can be eerily quiet in his fights.



* TheFreelanceShameSquad: When Mr. Wakeford tells his students that he was late because his iPad was stolen, the entire classroom breaks out into uproarious laughter, with one student pointing at him, while Robbie stares straight ahead, deadpan. Of course, one of the aforementioned classmates is the one who stole it; the same one who attacked Gabe and beat up Robbie the other day.



* TheFreelanceShameSquad: When Mr. Wakeford tells his students that he was late because his iPad was stolen, the entire classroom breaks out into uproarious laughter, with one student pointing at him, while Robbie stares straight ahead, deadpan. Of course, one of the aforementioned classmates is the one who stole it; the same one who attacked Gabe and beat up Robbie the other day.



* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Ghost Rider.



* HealingFactor: Robbie gains one after being possessed and transforming into the Ghost Rider. Notable, the bullet wounds, and also the bruises he sustained from the bullies beating him up, are gone the next morning. At school, said bullies even mention his face looks much better than they left it the previous day.

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* HealingFactor: Robbie gains one after being possessed and transforming into the Ghost Rider. Notable, Notably, the bullet wounds, and also the bruises he sustained from the bullies beating him up, are gone the next morning. At school, said bullies even mention his face looks much better than they left it the previous day.



* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Some of the best scenes in the comic book are Robbie being a great big brother to his developmentally-stunted younger brother Gabe.

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* ImmuneToBullets: Bullets crumple and flatten against the Rider. The car's bulletproof to boot.
* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Some of the best scenes in the comic book are Robbie being a great big brother to his developmentally-stunted younger brother Gabe.



* MismatchedEyes: After being possessed and becoming the Ghost Rider, Robbie's right eye becomes orange. Not knowing the reason, he attributes it to getting pink eye.

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* MismatchedEyes: MarkOfTheSupernatural: After being possessed and becoming the Ghost Rider, [[MismatchedEyes Robbie's right eye becomes orange.orange]]. Not knowing the reason, he attributes it to getting pink eye.



* ProductPlacement: Apple's iPads are mentioned by named, and at one point a gangbanger can be seen drinking a 4 Loko.

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* ProductPlacement: Apple's iPads are mentioned by named, name, and at one point a gangbanger can be seen drinking a 4 Loko.



* SkunkStripe: Robbie sports one that gives his hair the appearance of having a flame in it.



* SkunkStripe: Robbie sports one that gives his hair the appearance of having a flame in it.
* [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Super-powered Not-So-Evil Side]]: Ghost Rider's modus operandi, it seems. Of course, in Dr. Zabo's case, he's evil as a skinny scientist or a 'roided-out monstrosity.

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* SkunkStripe: Robbie sports one that gives his hair the appearance of having a flame in it.
* [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Super-powered Super-Powered Not-So-Evil Side]]: Ghost Rider's modus operandi, it seems. Of course, in Dr. Zabo's case, he's evil as a skinny scientist or a 'roided-out monstrosity.



-->“In my head I was thinking like, ‘What if [[GrimReaper Death]] joined Music/DaftPunk? What if {{Satan}} became a [[PowerRangers Power Ranger]]? What if Anime/SpeedRacer went to hell and came back a [[SlasherMovie slasher]] villain? What would that look like?’”

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-->“In my head I was thinking like, ‘What if [[GrimReaper [[TheGrimReaper Death]] joined Music/DaftPunk? What if {{Satan}} became a [[PowerRangers [[Franchise/PowerRangers Power Ranger]]? What if Anime/SpeedRacer went to hell and came back a [[SlasherMovie slasher]] villain? What would that look like?’”
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* AlternateIdentityAmnesia: The morning after Robbie first becomes Ghost Rider, he finds himself at home in his bed puzzled at what exactly when on the night before. When looking in the mirror, he notices his bruises from the thugs beating him up are completely gone and that his left eye is orange, wondering if he has pink eye.

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* AlternateIdentityAmnesia: The morning after Robbie first becomes Ghost Rider, he finds himself at home in his bed bed, puzzled at what exactly when went on the night before. When looking in the mirror, he notices his bruises from the thugs beating him up are completely gone and that his left right eye is orange, wondering if he has pink eye.eye. That night when he lays down, his curiosity of the previous night compels him to sneak back to the garage to take the car for another spin.

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* AlternateIdentityAmnesia: The morning after Robbie first becomes Ghost Rider, he finds himself at home in his bed puzzled at what exactly when on the night before. When looking in the mirror, he notices his bruises from the thugs beating him up are completely gone and that his left eye is orange, wondering if he has pink eye.



* TheFreelanceShameSquad: When Mr. Wakeford tells his students that he was late because his iPad was stolen, the entire classroom breaks out into uproarious laughter, with one student pointing at him, while Robbie stares straight ahead, deadpan.

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* TheFreelanceShameSquad: When Mr. Wakeford tells his students that he was late because his iPad was stolen, the entire classroom breaks out into uproarious laughter, with one student pointing at him, while Robbie stares straight ahead, deadpan. Of course, one of the aforementioned classmates is the one who stole it; the same one who attacked Gabe and beat up Robbie the other day.



* HauntedTechnology: Robbie's car is haunted by the entity that makes them the Ghost Rider.
* HiddenDepths: Comes off as a quiet, antisocial tough guy at first, but it quickly becomes apparent that he cannot take the conditions he and his brother must live in and probably had to grow up fast in order to [[PromotionToParent take care of his brother]]. Also, he was advertised as a cool underground street racer. Turns out it's not something he does for fun, but only as a desperate way to earn money to give him and his brother a better life.

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* HauntedTechnology: Robbie's car is haunted by the entity that makes them him the Ghost Rider.
* HealingFactor: Robbie gains one after being possessed and transforming into the Ghost Rider. Notable, the bullet wounds, and also the bruises he sustained from the bullies beating him up, are gone the next morning. At school, said bullies even mention his face looks much better than they left it the previous day.
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HiddenDepths: Comes Robbie comes off as a quiet, antisocial tough guy at first, but it quickly becomes apparent that he cannot take the conditions he and his brother must live in and probably had to grow up fast in order to [[PromotionToParent take care of his brother]]. Also, he was advertised as a cool underground street racer. Turns out it's not something he does for fun, but only as a desperate way to earn money to give him and his brother a better life.


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* MismatchedEyes: After being possessed and becoming the Ghost Rider, Robbie's right eye becomes orange. Not knowing the reason, he attributes it to getting pink eye.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Dr. Zabo murders the leader of the mercenaries when they fail to recover every last bag from the car. He gives a remaining one his predecessor's eye as a token of his promotion and a warning of what will befall him if he fails as well.

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* YouHaveFailedMe: Dr. Zabo murders the leader of the mercenaries when they fail to recover every last bag from the car. He gives a remaining one his predecessor's eye as a token of his promotion and a warning of what will befall him if he fails as well.well.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Dr. Zabo murders the leader of the mercenaries when they fail to recover every last bag from the car. He gives a remaining one his predecessors eye as a token of his promotion.

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* XMeetsY: As said by Tradd Moore:
-->“In my head I was thinking like, ‘What if [[GrimReaper Death]] joined Music/DaftPunk? What if {{Satan}} became a [[PowerRangers Power Ranger]]? What if Anime/SpeedRacer went to hell and came back a [[SlasherMovie slasher]] villain? What would that look like?’”
* YouHaveFailedMe: Dr. Zabo murders the leader of the mercenaries when they fail to recover every last bag from the car. He gives a remaining one his predecessors predecessor's eye as a token of his promotion.promotion and a warning of what will befall him if he fails as well.

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Robbie Reyes was an ordinary teen living in the rougher part of East Los Angeles as a mechanic. After a particularly dangerous stint with a client's car, just before he loses his life, he's reborn with a body of bones and a head aflame, becoming the Ghost Rider.

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Robbie Reyes was an ordinary teen living with and taking care of his younger brother Gabe in the rougher part of East Los Angeles while also working part-time as a mechanic. After a particularly dangerous stint with a client's car, just before he loses his life, he's reborn with a body of bones and a head aflame, becoming the Ghost Rider.



* AffirmativeActionLegacy: In-universe, appears to be missing so far. There's yet to be a reference to any previous Ghost Rider in the series. Robbie doesn't seem to be familiar with the superhero at all.

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* AffirmativeActionLegacy: In-universe, appears to be missing so far. There's Robbie himself is Latino-American, however, there's yet to be a reference to any previous Ghost Rider in the series. Robbie doesn't seem to be familiar with the superhero at all.



* BerserkButton: When Robbie sees a group of punks harrassing his little brother, he takes all three of them on without a second thought.

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* BackFromTheDead: He gets shot to death and set on fire in the first issue's end, but immediately comes back as the new Ghost Rider.
* BadassNormal: Subverted; before getting powers, he tries to protect his brother from some bullies with his bare hands, [[RealityEnsues but is unable to do anything once they pull out a gun]] and gets beaten up.
* BerserkButton: When Robbie sees a group of punks harrassing harassing his little brother, he takes all three of them on without a second thought.



* CoolCar: Robbie's Ghost Rider wheels definitely count.

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* CivvieSpandex: Robbie's racing outfit coincidentally looks like Johnny Blaze's original outfit.
* CoolCar: Robbie's "borrowed" 1969 Dodge Charger definitely counts. Said car is even possessed by the Ghost Rider wheels definitely count.spirit.
* CrapsackWorld: The neighborhood where Robbie and Gabe live in is ''so'' bad that Robbie tells Gabe to never go outside when he hears "''firecrackers''"[[note]]aka gunshots[[/note]]... and his fateful step onto the road to becoming the new Ghost Rider happens when he decides in desperation to get-rich-quick by winning a street race in the hopes that they can move out.


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* DidntThinkThisThrough: His plan to get Gabe and himself out of East LA? Steal a racing car and win an incredibly large prize in an underground street race. Once cops start chasing him, he suddenly realizes that if he gets arrested, Gabe will be left completely alone, with nobody to take care of him.
** FreakOut: Result of above realization.


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* HiddenDepths: Comes off as a quiet, antisocial tough guy at first, but it quickly becomes apparent that he cannot take the conditions he and his brother must live in and probably had to grow up fast in order to [[PromotionToParent take care of his brother]]. Also, he was advertised as a cool underground street racer. Turns out it's not something he does for fun, but only as a desperate way to earn money to give him and his brother a better life.
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* SlippingAMickey: Two lowlifes pull this off in an attempt to make getting with a partygoer easier. They drop defective super-freak-out pills into her drink by accident, of course.
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* RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic: Great pains are taken to make sure the characters sound like real people. There's a liberal smattering of Spanish in the books and idiosyncratic onomatopoeias that will let a reader hear the precise laughs or groans in their heads.
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* ProductPlacement: Apple's iPads are mentioned by named, and at one point a gangbanger can be seen drinking a 4 Loko.

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* TheFreelanceShameSquad: When Mr. Wakeford tells his students that he was late because his iPad was stolen, the entire classroom breaks out into uproarious laughter, with one student pointing at him, while Robbie stares straight ahead, deadpan.



* PromotionToParent: Robbie is simultaneously a caregiver and best friend to Gabe, at one point euphemizing gun shots as firecrackers and repeating that they don't go outside when they hear firecrackers.

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* PromotionToParent: Robbie is simultaneously a caregiver and best friend to Gabe, at one point euphemizing gun shots as firecrackers and repeating that they don't go outside when they hear firecrackers. Robbie is also a lot more mature than his peers because of Gabe. He doesn't rise to childish taunts from a group of thugs, mess around in class, or find his teacher being robbed particularly humorous.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Potentially. When Robbie's street racing, a newspaper swirling in the wind talks about a maximum-security prison escapee.

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* FauxAffablyEvil: Dr. Zabo offers the leader of the mercenaries a drink from a tube and some vodka, insisting that they need to celebrate the recovery of his defective pills. He then escorts the leader into the back room and comes out alone, covered in blood.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Potentially. When Robbie's street racing, a newspaper swirling in the wind talks about a maximum-security prison escapee.escapee. He features in the very next issue.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Dr. Zabo is imposing and cruel when it comes to his ruthless murder squad.



* ImAHumanitarian: Dr. Zabo eats the original leader of the mercenaries.



* LudicrousGibs: What the former leader of the mercenaries is reduced to after his failure.



* [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Super-powered Not-So-Evil Side]]: Ghost Rider's modus operandi, it seems.

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* [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Super-powered Not-So-Evil Side]]: Ghost Rider's modus operandi, it seems. Of course, in Dr. Zabo's case, he's evil as a skinny scientist or a 'roided-out monstrosity.



* WreathedInFlames: In signature Ghost Rider style, the rider's entire body is engulfed in flames, along with his car, for the duration of his drives.

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* WreathedInFlames: In signature Ghost Rider style, the rider's entire body is engulfed in flames, along with his car, for the duration of his drives.drives.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Dr. Zabo murders the leader of the mercenaries when they fail to recover every last bag from the car. He gives a remaining one his predecessors eye as a token of his promotion.

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* DeathFakedForYou: Ghost Rider flies off an overpass and explodes midair, leaving the mercenaries to believe that Robbie is dead.
* DefeatEqualsExplosion: The mercenaries express their disbelief that Robbie survived due to the dozens of bullet holes his corpse should've been sporting. After Ghost Rider explodes in a spectacular fashion, they report that the hostile has been neutralized.



* PromotionToParent: Robbie is simultaneously a caregiver and best friend to Gabe, at one point euphemizing gun shots as firecrackers and repeating that they don't go outside when they hear firecrackers.

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* PromotionToParent: Robbie is simultaneously a caregiver and best friend to Gabe, at one point euphemizing gun shots as firecrackers and repeating that they don't go outside when they hear firecrackers. firecrackers.
* StuffBlowingUp: At the climax of the ChaseScene in the second issue, Ghost Rider rams a mercenary jeep and careens off the overpass, exploding midair along with the villains.
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* GoodIsNotNice: Outside of his flaming skull, leather getup and flaming car, there's no heart of gold inside this skeleton. When pursuing some hired guns, he's relentless and merciless.
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* SuperPoweredEvilSide Super-powered Not-So-Evil Side: Ghost Rider's modus operandi, it seems.

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* SuperPoweredEvilSide [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Super-powered Not-So-Evil Side: Side]]: Ghost Rider's modus operandi, it seems.

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* BigBrotherWorship: Gabe lets Robbie know he thinks he's amazing as Robbie carries him home from their mugging.

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* BigBrotherWorship: Gabe lets Robbie know he thinks he's amazing as Robbie carries him home from their mugging. mugging.
* BigNo: Robbie screams one when his ruined life flashes before his eyes.



* FunetikAksent: One of the mercenaries has this when he tries to pronounce "bon appetit".



* BigNo: Robbie screams one when his ruined life flashes before his eyes.

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* BigNo: Robbie screams one OhCrap: The mercenaries don this expression when his ruined life flashes before his eyes.all their munitions can't even scratch Ghost Rider.


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* SuperPoweredEvilSide Super-powered Not-So-Evil Side: Ghost Rider's modus operandi, it seems.

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* ATeamFiring: With some help from a supernaturally-fortified car, most of the bullets rained down on the Ghost Rider have no effect.



* Angrish: What Robbie's reduced to in anticipation of being busted by the police for street racing.

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* Angrish: {{Angrish}}: What Robbie's reduced to in anticipation of being busted by the police for street racing.


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* HauntedTechnology: Robbie's car is haunted by the entity that makes them the Ghost Rider.


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* MoreDakka: In keeping with ATeamFiring above, one of the hired mercenaries shoots an RPG at Ghost Rider when their bullets fail to leave a scratch.

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* Angrish: What Robbie's reduced to in anticipation of being busted by the police for street racing.



* BloodFromTheMouth: Twice in one issue. The first after a three-on-one beating, the second after being riddled with bulletholes. Robbie can't catch a break.



* Foreshadowing: Potentially. When Robbie's street racing, a newspaper swirling in the wind talks about a maximum-security prison escapee.

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* Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: Potentially. When Robbie's street racing, a newspaper swirling in the wind talks about a maximum-security prison escapee.escapee.
* FunWithAcronyms: Some fans have taken to referring to the series as ANGR instead of the mouthful All-New Ghost Rider.



* WhamShot: The hail of gunfire Robbie suffers at the hands of who he thought were cops.

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* WhamShot: The hail of gunfire Robbie suffers at the hands of who he thought were cops.cops.
* WreathedInFlames: In signature Ghost Rider style, the rider's entire body is engulfed in flames, along with his car, for the duration of his drives.
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* ChaseScene: As his street racing opponents peel away, Robbie realizes he's in the middle of one with a chopper.



* Foreshadowing: Potentially. When Robbie's street racing, a newspaper swirling in the wind talks about a maximum-security prison escapee.



* BigNo: Robbie screams one when his ruined life flashes before his eyes.



* TryingNotToCry: Robbie tears up when his little brother praises him after he just failed to stop Gabe's wheelchair from being stolen.

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* TryingNotToCry: Robbie tears up when his little brother praises him after he just failed to stop Gabe's wheelchair from being stolen.stolen.
* WhamShot: The hail of gunfire Robbie suffers at the hands of who he thought were cops.
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->''This is the tale of an ordinary kid named Robbie Reyes, whose life is about to become a'' '''hell''' ''of a lot less ordinary. Get in.'' '''''LET'S RIDE.'''''

Robbie Reyes was an ordinary teen living in the rougher part of East Los Angeles as a mechanic. After a particularly dangerous stint with a client's car, just before he loses his life, he's reborn with a body of bones and a head aflame, becoming the Ghost Rider.

Robbie's series started in 2014 after a lot of buzz around the internet. Written by Felipe Smith and drawn by Tradd Moore, it's quickly become a favorite among the All-New Marvel titles.

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* AffirmativeActionLegacy: In-universe, appears to be missing so far. There's yet to be a reference to any previous Ghost Rider in the series. Robbie doesn't seem to be familiar with the superhero at all.
* BerserkButton: When Robbie sees a group of punks harrassing his little brother, he takes all three of them on without a second thought.
* BigBrotherWorship: Gabe lets Robbie know he thinks he's amazing as Robbie carries him home from their mugging.
* BlandNameProduct: Gabe has several comics with no big name or real-life heroes in them. He's a big fan of Phantom Laser and Grouper Toad.
* CarFu: How Ghost Rider combats a few would-be assassins in the beginning of the second issue.
* CoolCar: Robbie's Ghost Rider wheels definitely count.
* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Some of the best scenes in the comic book are Robbie being a great big brother to his developmentally-stunted younger brother Gabe.
* KubrickStare: As Robbie sits in class with utter pandemonium having broken out around him, he stares darkly ahead, completely silent.
* MirrorMonster: The form the entity haunting the car takes on, first appearing in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it panel before Robbie takes the car out for a joyride. It appears as a character proper when Robbie looks at the hood about an issue later, speaking back to him.
* NarrativeProfanityFilter: In true-to-life fashion, Robbie, his peers, and a whole bunch of other people swear often and constantly, getting bleeped out with the usual comic-book symbols.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The bullies who take advantage of Gabe's disability to bully him out of his wheelchair and steal it from him.
* PromotionToParent: Robbie is simultaneously a caregiver and best friend to Gabe, at one point euphemizing gun shots as firecrackers and repeating that they don't go outside when they hear firecrackers.
* SkunkStripe: Robbie sports one that gives his hair the appearance of having a flame in it.
* TryingNotToCry: Robbie tears up when his little brother praises him after he just failed to stop Gabe's wheelchair from being stolen.

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