History ComicBook / WestCoastAvengers2018

* BrickJoke: The last panel of the last issue has Kate [[spoiler:reading a letter from "Dutch Oven", the wannabe super she dismissed back in Issue #1, boasting he's going to get the West Coast Avengers cancelled.]]

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In Issue #9, the penultimate issue of the run, Quentin's shirt reads "I'm Ready For The Reboot", which Gwen even points out.

* ShapeshifterModeLock: Like Johnny, [[spoiler:Ramone also has the power to transform her body into elements she touches. However, in her case the effect is permanent, and she only reneges to fusing herself with Vibranium in the last arc when her girlfriend America is in mortal danger.]]

* FunTShirt: Quentin has a few: "Quire Happens", "Future Phoenix", "I Brake for the X-Gene", "Bring Cyclops Back", "I de-vamped Jubilee AndAllIGotWasThisLousyTShirt"...

* [[Characters/XMenRoguesGalleryAToL Kid Omega]] (Quentin Quire) - Angry psionic mutant and punk rocker who [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor keeps switching sides]], currently trying to be a hero.

* [[ComicBook/TheUnbelievableGwenpool Gwenpool]] (Gwen Poole) - A plucky D-lister from an AlternateUniverse trying to make a name for herself.
* ComicBook/AmericaChavez - Inter-dimensional lesbian Latina college student and all-around powerhouse, and Kate's bestie.
* [[Characters/XMenRoguesGalleryAToL Kid Omega]] (Quentin Quire) - Psionic mutant, a punk rocker who's angry and has switched sides, but is on the side of good right now.

''West Coast Avengers'' is a 2018 comic series sharing the title and basic premise of the 1985-1994 comic series [[ComicBook/WestCoastAvengers of the same name]], written by Kelly Thompson (who previously worked on ''ComicBook/HawkeyeKateBishop'') and drawn by Stefano Caselli (who has worked with Marvel in the past, including ''ComicBook/CivilWar: ComicBook/YoungAvengers[=/=]ComicBook/{{Runaways}}''). It's part of Creator/MarvelComics' [[ComicBook/MarvelAFreshStart Fresh Start]] initiative.

* LesbianVampire: [[spoiler:America Chavez herself, after she's bitten by vampires in Issue #8.]]

* CutShort: The book was cancelled after only 10 issues.

* StringTheory: Noh Varr does such a board the day after helping break Kate free.

* CrazyPrepared: Johnny's piercings are made of vibranium so he can change into said material whenever necessary.

* Fuse (Johnny Watts) - Kate's boyfriend, in way over his head. But then again, so is Kate.

* RealityWarper: Quentin assumes that Gwen is this on some level. [[spoiler: When pushed about it, Gwen confirms to him that she ''used'' to be this, being able to manipulate space-time to her will by playing the panels of the comic itself. But her powers haven't worked since being rebooted into this series.]]

* SlapSlapKiss: [[spoiler: Quentin/Gwen]] tend to end their shouting matches by making out.

* AmbiguouslyBi: [[spoiler:Gwen]] offhandedly mentions that she contemplated starting her "romantic subplot" with America. Given how she actually used the words "romantic subplot" and isn't one bit secretive about doing it to enhance her own life expectancy in the book it's hard to tell what's actual attraction and what's performance art in her case.

* [[ComicBook/TheUnbelievableGwenpool Gwenpool]] (Gwen Poole) - Plucky D-lister trying to make a name for herself in the new universe she resides in.

* ContinuityNod: Part of why the original Avengers are unhappy with the WCA is the "reality show following superheroes" side, which led to the Comicbook/CivilWar once.

* GotVolunteered: How Gwen got into this mess. She really just dropped by when Kate was doing the interviews to ask if she wanted to go eat something. Next thing she knew she was in the team.

** Also to the Gillen[=/McKelvie=] ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'', with two of the same core team members (America Chavez and Kate Bishop) and a similar focus on teen heroes and flattering depiction of youth culture.

* AttackOfThe50FtWhatever: The opening issue has a giant Tigra, and issue 3 has B.R.O.D.O.K. adding in five extra beasts to her. They were all victims of B.R.O.D.O.K.'s company.

* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:In Issue 3, Gwen realizes that she's been rebooted, with her reality-warping powers being gone or blocked due to an as of yet unknown reason.]]
* TheBusCameBack: Tigra makes a reappearance in issue 1 after being OutOfFocus in the Marvel Universe for a couple years.

* DenserAndWackier: Even if the first issue was somehow rated 15+ (sharing that with two well-known R-rated characters ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' and ''SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}''), it's lighthearted, colorful and downright crazy, starting with land sharks in Santa Monica, followed by assembling a team that [[DysfunctionJunction is a not very savory combination of personalities and powers]], and a mission to stop a giant Tigra that eventually introduces BRODOK, Bio-Robotic Organism Designed Overwhelmingly for Kissing. All while the heroes are being interviewed for a reality show.

* EscalatingWar: Gwen and Quentin started one. Off screen Quentin kept leaving his wet towels in the shared bathroom; we join when Gwen dumps them in his room somehow, all 200 of them, still wet...

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The first few issues of the book have been tight-lipped about [[RealityWarper Gwen's]] [[NinjaProp powers]]. This reason? [[spoiler: In issue three, she discovers that she lost most of them as a result of being rebooted into a new series with a new creative team.]]

* GiantWoman: Tigra has grown significantly in size when she appears in issue 1.

* HalfHumanHybrid: Following how the first giant woman is the CatGirl Tigra, the monsters are animal-like (a fish monster, a flying lizard, a wasp-like beast). The exception is [[spoiler:Kate turned into Katehawk.]]

* IRejectYourReality: Quentin's assessment on Gwen's mental state, just before he starts wondering if this might be the result of her potentially having reality manipulation powers. [[spoiler:When Gwen tells him that she can no longer use them, explaining how her powers used to work, he worries that she might actually be insane.]]

* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Kate's assessment in Issue 6: "I can't leave. My friends -- well, my friends and [[JerkAss Quire]] -- are still there."

* RealityWarper: Quentin assumes that Gwen is this on some level. [[spoiler:When pushed about it, Gwen confirms to him that she ''used'' to be this, being able to manipulate space-time to her will by playing the panels of the comic itself. But her powers haven't worked since being rebooted into this series.]]

* TheSlacker: Quentin according to the TV crew. His reason for joining the team is so he can get paid for the TV show (which he agreed way before the comic even starts) while doing the absolute bare minimum.
* SequelHook: Issue #4 ends with the WCA's official announcement on ''Series/JimmyKimmelLive'' being viewed by a number of villains, [[spoiler:including the Hawkeyes's recurring nemesis Madame Masque.]]
* SlapSlapKiss: [[spoiler:Quentin/Gwen]] tend to end their shouting matches by making out.

* ThingOMeter: Quentin judges psychicly the powers of the team when he first appears and he gets: [[NoSell Unknown power]] (Gwen), [[BadassNormal No power]] (Kate), [[UnskilledButStrong Too inexperienced]] (Johnny), [[BadassNormal No power]] (Clint), and [[FlyingBrick Decent]] (America).

* WeCanRuleTogether: M.O.D.O.K. to [[spoiler:Quentin]], who thinks it's a great idea but still rejects the offer.

* YouMeddlingKids: Part of [[spoiler:M.O.D.O.K.]]'s last words just before [[spoiler:giant hawk-]]Kate throws him to orbit. Oh, and he ammends the general sentence with "and Clint Barton Hawkeye", because Clint can't get any respect.

* Kid Omega (Quentin Quire) - Psionic mutant, a punk rocker who's angry and has switched sides, but is on the side of good right now.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Quentin and Gwen's contrasting personalities quickly lead to arguments between the two, which become commonplace. While everyone - including the two of them - is convinced they hate each other, B.R.O.D.O.C.K. suggests that this is not the case. [[spoiler: Sure enough, the sexual tension between the two eventually reaches a breaking point, and the two start making out. They immediately go back to hating each other, and the trope continues throughout the series.]]