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* PregnantBadass: Jessica snaps and goes after [[spoiler: the Green Goblin]] when she thinks he's caused her to [[spoiler: have a miscarriage.]]

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* PregnantBadass: Jessica snaps and goes after [[spoiler: the Green Goblin]] when she thinks he's caused her to [[spoiler: have [[spoiler:have a miscarriage.]]miscarriage]].



* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: GenderFlipped. '''Jessica''' gets lambasted for her and Luke's relationship by a black nurse.

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* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: GenderFlipped.GenderInverted. '''Jessica''' gets lambasted for her and Luke's relationship by a black nurse.
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* HonorableMarriageProposal: {{Reconstructed}}. Luke proposes to Jessica while she's resting after giving birth to their daughter. Rather than any attempt to "save her honor" or similar, he casts it as [[StopBeingStereotypical a refusal to play into negative stereotypes of black men]]: he's not her baby daddy, she's not his baby mama, and why should his child with the woman he loves have to deal with being illegitimate on top of the guff she's probably going to get for being biracial ''and'' the daughter of two superheroes?
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* WeddingFinale: [[spoiler:The series ends with Jessica and Luke getting married shortly after the birth of their daughter.]]
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** In an inversion of the usual pattern, Jessica catches some flak for dating Luke from a black female nurse during the RedSkiesCrossover with ''ComicBook/SecretWar''.

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** In an inversion of the usual pattern, Jessica catches some flak for dating Luke from a black female nurse during the RedSkiesCrossover with ''ComicBook/SecretWar''.''ComicBook/{{Secret War|2004}}''.



* RedSkiesCrossover: The second story arc of the series has Jessica and Luke get caught in the crossfire of the ''ComicBook/SecretWar'' series, but little about it is actually explained (since it's, you know, secret).

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* RedSkiesCrossover: The second story arc of the series has Jessica and Luke get caught in the crossfire of the ''ComicBook/SecretWar'' ''ComicBook/{{Secret War|2004}}'' series, but little about it is actually explained (since it's, you know, secret).
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Her first day on the job, however, is complicated by the murder of a new ''Bugle'' staffer at the hands of an unknown superhuman, and it doesn't really get any easier from there. The series primarily follows Jessica and Luke through the pregnancy, and also deals with the aftermath of the Nick Fury-led "ComicBook/SecretWar". Like ''Alias'', it focuses more on character development and storytelling than fights or action sequences, though it has several of those.

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Her first day on the job, however, is complicated by the murder of a new ''Bugle'' staffer at the hands of an unknown superhuman, and it doesn't really get any easier from there. The series primarily follows Jessica and Luke through the pregnancy, and also deals with the aftermath of the Nick Fury-led "ComicBook/SecretWar"."ComicBook/{{Secret War|2004}}". Like ''Alias'', it focuses more on character development and storytelling than fights or action sequences, though it has several of those.

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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: HYDRA offers Jessica a substantial cash bribe to switch sides. Jessica comments that the bribe's physical size means [[AssShove it's going to be difficult to shove up the HYDRA operative's ass]]. Then PlayedForLaughs when she tries to keep the money afterwards anyway as payment for all the aggravation of the past few days.



* SymbolSwearing: While ''Alias'' was a MAX imprint (meaning strong language was okay), ''The Pulse'' was not, and Bendis had to tone down the at-times foul-mouthed Jessica's dialogue accordingly.

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* SymbolSwearing: While ''Alias'' was a published under the adult-oriented Marvel MAX imprint (meaning imprint, meaning strong language was okay), okay, ''The Pulse'' was not, and Bendis had to tone down the at-times foul-mouthed Jessica's dialogue accordingly.
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* InstantBirthJustAddWater: Played with. When Jessica's water breaks, '''Carol''' is the one who panics and races her to a hospital, but it's implied to be at least a couple of hours before she delivers.

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* InstantBirthJustAddWater: InstantBirthJustAddLabor: Played with. When Jessica's water breaks, '''Carol''' is the one who panics and races her to a hospital, but it's implied to be at least a couple of hours before she delivers.
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* BribeBackfire: A Hydra agent tries to buy Jessica off. It doesn't work.

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* BribeBackfire: A Hydra agent tries to buy Jessica off. It doesn't work. ([[PragmaticHero Although Jessica still tries to keep the money anyway.]])



-->'''Dr. Strange:''' Jessica, I'm Dr. Stephen Strange. Its good to meet you. We're going to get through this. I was at the birth of the last Avengers baby.
-->'''Spider-Woman:''' Oh yeah. The Scarlet Witch and The Vision.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' And this ''has'' to go better than that did.
-->''*Spider-Woman & Captain America stare at him, Dr. Strange closes his eyes in an 'Oh good lord' way.*''
-->'''Spider-Man:''' Oh my God, that was so much more clever in my head before it came out of my mouth.
-->'''Spider-Woman:''' [[DeadpanSnarker I don't think it was.]]
-->'''Dr. Strange:''' How about the rest of you wait in the library?

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-->'''Dr. Strange:''' Jessica, I'm Dr. Stephen Strange. Its good to meet you. We're going to get through this. I was at the birth of the last Avengers baby.
-->'''Spider-Woman:'''
baby.\\
'''Spider-Woman:'''
Oh yeah. The Scarlet Witch and The Vision.
-->'''Spider-Man:'''
Vision.\\
'''Spider-Man:'''
And this ''has'' to go better than that did.
-->''*Spider-Woman
did.\\
''*Spider-Woman
& Captain America stare at him, Dr. Strange closes his eyes in an 'Oh good lord' way.*''
-->'''Spider-Man:'''
*''\\
'''Spider-Man:'''
Oh my God, that was so much more clever in my head before it came out of my mouth.
-->'''Spider-Woman:'''
mouth.\\
'''Spider-Woman:'''
[[DeadpanSnarker I don't think it was.]]
-->'''Dr.
]]\\
'''Dr.
Strange:''' How about the rest of you wait in the library?
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-->'''Spider-Man:''' 'And this ''has'' to go better than that did.

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-->'''Spider-Man:''' 'And And this ''has'' to go better than that did.

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