History Literature / Corpies

* YourCheatingHeart: Corbin, who slept with Bubble Bubble and lied about having another girlfriend.

* BadassGay: Owen himself, who's the strongest character in the story bar none, but also Jeremiah, a Subtlety hero that asks Owen out and helps Owen track down the BigBad.

* BoringInvincibleHero: During the tug-of-war competition, Titan realizes that their opponents are getting more cheers than his team. The reason is because everyone knows that Titan is the one doing all the pulling and will inevitably win. So, he [[spoiler:deliberately swaps with another teammate, resulting in a loss that earns them lots of cheering]].

* SlaveToPR: The corpies are contractually-obligated to be this, which is enforced by their public relations manager Mr. Greene. The latter constantly admonishes Titan for failing to appear in photo ops with the PEERS, while Titan is doing something that, as far as he's concerned, far more important. Of course, in Mr. Greene's eyes, nothing is more important than PR.

* UninhibitedMusclePower: This is Zone's ability. He always performs at his peak. Unfortunately, it quickly becomes apparent that he's destroying his bones and muscles with this. His doctors are aware, but he continues to ignore them.

* SlutShaming: Bubble Bubble gets caught up in a sex scandal for sleeping with a director two years before, who failed to mention that he was already in a relationship with a well-known actress. Later, when a paparazzi reveals a video, showing them making out and entering a hotel elevator together, the director claims that she seduced him, possibly using her Super abilities (even though her well-documented powers have nothing to do with mind manipulation). Titan convinces his agent Lenny to help her save her. Instead of trying to rescue her image of a demure nice girl, which the scandal has pretty much killed, Lenny has Bubble Bubble own what she did (i.e. had consensual sex with a liar and a cheater) and be aggressive about it. During an interview, she turns the tables on the talk show host and attacks the outdated MyGirlIsNotASlut stereotype.

''[[http://www.drewhayesnovels.com/corpiesindex/ Corpies]]'' is a spinoff novel set in the same world as ''Literature/SuperPowereds''. It follows the adventures of Titan, Roy and Hershel's father, as he tries to return to the Hero scene after leaving to hide from scandal.

* BlandNameProduct: Hexcellent's most prominent sponsor is a store called "Fiery Discussion," catering to a goth aesthetic.

* MechaMooks: The BigBad keeps periodically sending them out to attack Brewster, Illinois, with the robots getting better each time, learning from the previous attempts. This culminates in [[spoiler:a large-scale attack using [[SpiderTank spider]] HumongousMecha that keep spewing more humanoid bots. There's also a specialized robot at the BigBad's base designed to fight Titan]].

** Galvanize was [[spoiler: in a porno. Not even as one of the actors, just as an extra.]]
** Zone once [[spoiler: accidentally crapped himself at a skateboard competition.]]

* SlutShaming: Bubble Bubble gets caught up in a sex scandal for sleeping with a director two years before, who failed to mention that he was already in a relationship with a well-known actress. Later, when a paparazzi reveals a video, showing them making out and entering a hotel elevator together, the director claims that she seduced him, possibly using her Super abilities (even though her well-documented powers have nothing to do with mind manipulation). Titan convinces his agent Lenny to help her save her. Instead of trying to rescue her image of a demure nice girl, which the scandal has pretty much killed, Lenny has Bubble Bubble own what she did (i.e. had consentual sex with a liar and a cheater) and be aggressive about it. During an interview, she turns the tables on the talk show host and attacks the outdated MyGirlIsNotASlut stereotype.

* HairRaisingHare: Even as a kid, Hannah/ Hexcellent had that unconventional style of hers. Her first ever summon was an armed bunny of roughly 5' tall... wearing [[platemail KnightInShiningArmor]]. That's quite a lot of bunny. But, she lost the ability to summon Hopcules as she grew older. She created other, more demony replacements for the bunny-shaped hole in her heart. [[spoiler: He comes back to save her. Twenty storeys-worth of righteous, lapine anger aimed directly at the robots trying to kill her. Awesome for (unconscious) her; scary for anybody with a brain.]]

** Titan's real power is that if his strength or durability is ever not enough, he he can grow.

* ArtificialGravity: A prototype gravity manipulation device is stolen from a lab partway through the novel. [[spoiler:The BigBad ends up equipping its HumongousMecha with it in order to circumvent the SquareCubeLaw and tow allow the robots to balance their bodies even if damaged]].

* ChekhovsGun: Early on, Hexcellent mentions her first summon as a child was an armored rabbit named "Hopcules" who would protect her, while also mentioning she could not summon him anymore due to being a jaded adult. Come the robot attack on the charity, and Hopcules appears as a [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever twenty story tall]] rabbit knight.

* TheBeard: Titan was married before the start of the story. His refusal to admit the truth to himself and later to others cause the scandal that later led to his temporary retirement.

* SquareCubeLaw: The Docs explain that the reason the attacking robots aren't much taller than Titan is because of limitations imposed by physics. As it is, the current robots are weaker on top than bottom. [[spoiler:They discover that a prototype GravityMaster device has been stolen, which could allow someone to build HumongousMecha without regard for this trope]]. This results in a bit of CanonDiscontuity with the main series, where giant robots are mentioned several times, and a picture of [[spoiler:Globe]] is described, where he is casually blocking a giant robot foot.