History ComicBook / PatsyWalkerAKAHellcat

* CatSmile: Patsy frequently has one on her face.

* AdultFear: When a demon claims to Patsy that he is to be feared, she lists off a bunch of other things that she fears more than him.
-->'''[[FluffyTheTerrible Mr. Sniffles]]''': YOU SUMMONED ME. YOU BROUGHT ME TO THIS WORLD. I AM ALL THAT YOU FEAR.\\
'''ComicBook/PatsyWalker''': You're... not. Not even close.\\
'''Mr. Sniffles''': WHAT HAVE YOU TO COWER BEFORE THAT CAN BEST ME?\\
'''Patsy''': Are you serious? Death. Taxes. Cramps. ''Film/TheBabadook''. Space aliens. [[ComicBook/CivilWarII Civil Wars]]. Climate change. Stalkers. Guys who call you ugly after you turn them down. Never being able to live up to what my best friend expected of me. Bed bugs. Hornets. Rent hikes. Dying alone. Not to mention '''''LITERALLY EVERYTHING''''' happening in politics right now! Have you ''seen'' the news?!\\
'''Mr. Sniffles''': ........................................ D:

Comicbook/PatsyWalker has managed to escape her past, her enemies and Hell itself (literally), but nothing compares to job hunting in New York City!

In her first ongoing series, written by Creator/KateLeth, Patsy has to make rent and dodge bullets, and she barely has time to deal with her mother’s exploitative romance comics about her childhood resurfacing, much less how they start to interfere with her work and dating life. As she goes from living a double life to a triple, what the Hell is Patsy Walker supposed to do?

!!Provides examples of:

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Black Cat to Tom. [[spoiler: When her brainwashing is undone, Tom explains to Ian how she kept hitting on him and wanted him to dress up as Spider-Man, saying he was aware of it all and is extremely freaked out by her creepy behavior.]]
* AbusiveParents: Patsy doesn't like to talk about her mom for a number of reasons. Like how she wrote all those comics and based them off Patsy's life despite how much Patsy genuinely hated them and thought they were embarrassing, like how she doted on Hedy because of how much sucking up Hedy did to get a role in those comics, and how on her deathbed she tried to trade Patsy's life to a demon in exchange for her's. [[spoiler: Hedy even tells Patsy to her face that Dorothy Walker once said Hedy was "Like the daughter she never had," disgusting Jessica Jones and making Patsy look as if she's been punched in the stomach.]]
* AmoralAttorney: One of Hedy's lawyers in the fifth issue keeps a "record" of their meeting with She-Hulk, where he basically paints Jen as threatening, brutish, and [[EvilIsBigger "Too tall."]]
* {{Animesque}}: The series has shades of this here and there but issue 6 really stands out with Natasha Allegri as guest artist.

-->'''Bailey:''' I've jaywalked, I've download movies, I once lied about having the flu to get out of an exam...

** Casiolena, whose last appearance was in ''1979''. Squirrel Girl's confusion over who she is lampshades how long she's been gone.

* TheCavalry: She-Hulk, Ian and Tom rescuing Hellcat & Co. from Casiolena.
* CerebusRollercoaster: The book is generally very light, but it actually touches on some very dark themes in a very mature manner. In particular, the topic of abuse comes up, with both Patsy and Ian having been victims of it (Patsy from her mother, Ian from his ex-girlfriend), both of which are treated seriously and even serves as the motivation for Ian to [[spoiler:stand up and finally become a superhero]]. As well as that, the ''Comicbook/CivilWarII'' tie-in deals with She-Hulk's condition and everyone's attempts to deal with it in a very serious, heartbreaking manner, and Black Cat's BadBoss tendencies are treated as horrifying by everyone who witnesses them. This doesn't stop it having very frequent visual gags and jokes though.

* ContinuityNod: Many towards Hellcat's tenure with Comicbook/TheDefenders, given it brings Casiolena back and the fact Patsy once died is plot relevant. And She-Hulk has to point out that despite Patsy [[RecognitionFailure not recognizing Jessica Jones]], she went to her wedding and [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/1/1b/Doreen_Green_%28Earth-616%29_New_Avengers_Vol_2_7.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150226121400 applied to babysit her daughter]].
* ConverseWithTheUnconscious: Done once the series tied-in with ''Civil War II'', as that had She-Hulk going comatose. And also with a variant given Belial ''does'' impersonate Jen at points.

** The cover of issue 3 features Patsy working at a café with various villains and heroes as customers, what actually happens? [[spoiler:Patsy exposes her {{Jerkass}} landlord as a thieving conman.]]
** The cover of issue 4 shows Patsy fighting canine themed thugs in a club. Besides a brief and offscreen CurbStompBattle Patsy does very little fighting in this issue [[spoiler: though she finally comes face to face with Casiolena.]]
** The cover of issue 6 has Patsy and her friends along with Hercules in Atlantis themed costumes and it seems like they're in a parade but in the story Hercules doesn't even show up and [[spoiler: most of the story about fighting Arcade. Also the book itself has a different artist. The writer admitted the cover is only to replicate the Coney Island parade, and the artist that she really wanted to draw Herc despite being a lying cover.]]

* CrankyLandlord: Mr. Ravina the landlord of Ian and Patsy's apartment [[spoiler:to put it in perspective most people move out in under a month because they either can't stand him or he kicks them out, when his tenants aren't home he steals from them, has a high turnover, holds on to security deposits and forces his son to use his powers to force some tenants out.]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast: When talking of her past exploits to Ian Patsy makes it a point that she needs move forward from the past. justified given her ex-husband and being trapped in hell.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Any scenery detail, such as the books in Issue 1 ("Bear with Me", "Let's Be Brief") and the mall stores in Issue 2 ("Build a Moose", "Stuff with Cats In It"). Also, issue 1 has Tom and She-Hulk bonding at a table and proceeding to arm wrestle, and issue seven has Comicbook/LukeCage puzzled at what seems to be ''a SlashFic featuring him'' ("Power x [[Comicbook/IronFist Fist]]") and Tom awkwardly taking the book from him.
* GameFace: At times played straight, at times subverted in that Patsy's anger actually leads to a SuperDeformed [[http://cdn.bleedingcool.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_0068-600x551.jpg look.]]
* GangBangers: A lighter example comes from Felicia Hardy creating her own criminal organization the Black Cats.

** Ian is a bisexual version to Patsy.
** Tom however is totally gay.

* LighterAndSofter: Patsy compared to her earlier adventures as Hellcat and the book itself is comedic and lighthearted. Leth [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/leth-williams-get-their-claws-into-patsy-walker-aka-hellcat even said that]] "Fun is the name of the game", and instead of "grim-dark, self-serious stuff" the series aims to combine real life woes with {{Saturday Morning Cartoon}}s.

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler: Casiolena's manservant Poppo is the one who alerted She-Hulk and the others to Patsy's situation, realizing Casiolena's plot was going to fold and generally sick of her abuse. He even reveals that he got banned from Asgard alongside her just because he's her servant, when he hadn't even done anything.]]
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: In the first arc Patsy is often alerted to illicit nearby uses of superpowers by her mystical senses. One issue has her goe to Doctor Strange for a boost so she can pinpoint a particularly brief set of disturbances and he advises her on the possibility of honing these senses to their full potential.
* MythologyGag: The team-up of Patsy and Comicbook/JessicaJones is due to them being best friends\adopted sisters in the [[Series/JessicaJones2015 ''Jessica Jones'' Netflix series]]. [[https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/12/guest-list-kate-leth-on-the-music-behind-patsy-wal.html In an amusing coincidence]], [[https://s3.amazonaws.com/filepicker-images-rapgenius/jRXkKBrQQiy6tyGUH3LE_PatsyWalkerDemons.png Patsy's ringtone]], Music/SleighBells' "Demons", is the same song [[AdaptationNameChange Trish]] Walker listens to in [[Recap/JessicaJones2015S1E13AKASmile the season finale.]]

* PutOnABus: She Hulk, due the fact in ''ComicBook/CivilWarII'' a battle with Thanos [[spoiler:left her comatose]] and the fact she has gotten a new DarkerAndEdgier ongoing series out of it will likely make her scarce even after [[spoiler:waking up.]]

*** Patsy calls Hedy out for the shameless way she sucked up to Dorothy Walker when they were kids so Hedy could get a role in those comics. She describes how Dorothy tried to sell Patsy's soul to a demon to avoid dying, and claims Hedy is well on her way of surpassing Dorothy as a spiteful crone.
*** Hedy, barely fazed, counters that she was there to comfort Dorothy every day of her illness and accuses Patsy of being responsible for Dorothy's desperation because she was running around being a superhero instead of helping her mom. Hedy caps it off by saying Dorothy described Hedy as [[spoiler: "The daughter she never had." Patsy is left speechless and Jessica Jones is outraged on Patsy's behalf.]]
** Ian gives one to his ex-girlfriend Zoe for what an abusive asshole she was, using him like a servant and treating him like garbage whenever he talked about his ex-boyfriends or wanting to dress more feminine or wanting to talk about his gender. He bluntly tells Zoe that after the case with Black Cat was finished he never wanted to see her again.
* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: Casiolena gets plenty of this as response.

* WolverinePublicity: [[http://x.annihil.us/u/prod/marvel/i/mg/5/d0/571a715bcc702/detail.jpg Parodied in Issue #5]], with a shameless plug of the one-page appearance that will build up to a Patsy Walker and Jessica Jones team up.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Casiolena's WildHair went from fully blonde to SkunkStripe.
* AdaptationalSexuality: Tom, who used to be called Tubs in Patsy's old series, is gay. This is lampshaded in issue #7 where Tom notes that in the comics he's a straight minor character.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Hedy, while she and Patsy had a somewhat friendly rivalry in the old comics akin to Betty and Veronica from Archie. In this new series they seem to hold nothing but hate for one another, with Patsy even saying they were never that close and Hedy only had a role in the comics because of her close relationship with Patsy's mom. [[spoiler: Comments from Tom imply Hedy and Patsy truly were more similar back when they were teenagers, and by the end of the series Hedy has gotten over some of her nastier traits thanks to her relationship with Belial and makes amends for her animosity with Patsy.]]
* AllGaysLoveTheater: Ian quotes ''Wicked'' in his introduction, has ''Legally Blonde: The Musical'' as his ringtone, and asks Tom for ''Hamilton'' tickets. He's later DrowningHisSorrows by listening to the ''Hamilton'' soundtrack, with even the landlord recognizing where the depressing parts are.

* BagOfHolding: Bailey has one. Given it's her only power, she struggles to get a fitting superhero name, eventually settling on [[GratuitousFrench "Attaché"]].

* BerserkButton: Casiolena ''loathes'' being compared to the Enchantress, and her last freak out got her banned from Asgard.

* BigBeautifulMan: Tom. Who also likes other beautiful men. And is attacked by Black Cat because she wants [[TheHeavy a man of his stature.]]

* CerebusRollercoaster: The book is generally very light, but it actually touches on some very dark themes in a very mature manner. In particular, the topic of abuse comes up, with both Patsy and Ian having been victims of it (Patsy from her mother, Ian from his ex-girlfriend), both of which are treated seriously and even serves as the motivation for Ian to [[spoiler:stand up and finally become a superhero]]. As well as that, the ''CivilWarII'' tie-in deals with She-Hulk's condition and everyone's attempts to deal with it in a very serious, heartbreaking manner, and Black Cat's BadBoss tendencies are treated as horrifying by everyone who witnesses them. This doesn't stop it having very frequent visual gags and jokes though.

* EvilCounterpart: Patsy wants to help superpowered people by giving them jobs. Casiolena just wants to recruit them for her evil army.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Casiolena to Enchantress which is lampshaded to hell and back in issue 4.

* ContinuityNod: Many towards Hellcat's tenure with Comicbook/TheDefenders, given it brings Casiolena back and the fact Patsy once died is plot relevant. And She-Hulk has to point out that despite Patsy not recognizing Jessica Jones, she went to her wedding and [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/1/1b/Doreen_Green_%28Earth-616%29_New_Avengers_Vol_2_7.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150226121400 applied to babysit her daughter]].

* BiTheWay: Ian reveals he's actually Bi when Arcade accuses him of being Patsy's boyfriend.

* PutOnABus: She Hulk, due the fact in ''CivilWarII'' a battle with Thanos [[spoiler:left her comatose]] and the fact she has gotten a new DarkerAndEdgier ongoing series out of it will likely make her scarce even after [[spoiler:waking up.]]

** In issue 4 Patsy says [[Series/{{Batman}} Same cat-time, same cat-channel!]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: Hedy, while she and Patsy had a somewhat friendly rivalry in the old comics akin to Betty and Veronica from Archie. In this new series they seem to hold nothing but hate for one another, with Patsy even saying they were never that close and Hedy only had a role in the comics because of her close relationship with Patsy's mom.

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* XMeetsY: The series is basically a literal combination of the original Patsy Walker comics and the later Hellcat comics, blending together Patsy's old and current lifestyles for the first time.

It launched in December 2015 as a part of ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel following the ''[[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 Secret Wars]]'' event, and will finish in April 2017, with 17 issues.

* AuthorAvatar / CreatorCameo: During the book signing on issue 7, [[http://www.readcomics.net/images/manga/patsy-walker-a.k.a.-hellcat-2016/7/6.jpg the first two to get Patsy's autograph]] are writer Kate Leth and artist Brittney Williams. [[http://assets2.ignimgs.com/2015/12/23/rszpatsy2015001maincoverjpg-c736e0_1280w.jpg They are also in the first issue's cover]], and [[http://www.readcomics.tv/images/manga/patsy-walker-a.k.a.-hellcat-2016/8/13.jpg in a bar in issue 8.]]

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: After Patsy tells Bailey[[note]]The shoplifter from issue 2[[/note]] she barely counts as a villain she responds

* HurricaneOfPuns: So, so much given the comedic approach. Cat puns in particular, from "Don't let that cat out of the bag"[[note]][[AsideGlance Fun fact: it somehow took us over four issues to make this joke!]][[/note]] to the collected edition being named [[PunBasedTitle "Hooked on a Feline"]].