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**Amanda Douglas meanwhile undergoes an entire [[ComicBook/HouseOfM Scarlet Witch style breakdown]] while Gary is off training.
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**She also seems to have a fair bit of Veranke the Skrull empress in her, given that she's [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion2008 impersonated Splotch-Woman as part of a scheme to conquer Earth.]]
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*ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: [[spoiler: Psychoslinger]] insists that Ultra God and his followers are "the real Nazis." He says this while helping support PHANTOM, who given that they're being lead by [[spoiler: President Omega who was one of four villains who took over Nazi Germany after Hitler was arrested by Ultra God]] [[AvertedTrope don't even qualify]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName as "Neo-Nazis.",]] [[ShapedLikeItself they're just Nazi Nazis.]]
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*TakeThat: Since his last appearance [[spoiler: Psychoslinger]] has become a big fan of "R" a self proclaimed anonymous government agent who posts the secrets of the Illuminati. The comparison to [=QAnon=] is hardly subtle, nor are the implications.
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] for [[spoiler: Psychoslinger]] real name [[UsefulNotes/TedBundy Ted Bundy]]. He claims that his parents were big fans of [[Series/MarriedWithChildren Married With Children]] which suggests they might have given their son a last name from the show rather than a first.... Even [[BunnyEarsLawyer Merciless]] thinks it makes no sense.
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* WhiteCollarCrime: Leia takes after her parents by becoming a precocious supervillain but manages to damage to the world economy, buy Omega Corp, a city called Raven's Roost, and the state of New Jersey just using her cellphone
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Gary insist that that [[TakenForGranite people who have been turned to stone]] [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome are just as dead as people who have been burnt to ashes]] and so there's never much point to turning them back to flesh. Ketra promptly explains that in this case the magic involved was especially designed to keep the people transformed alive.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Gary insist that that [[TakenForGranite people who have been turned to stone]] [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome are just as dead as people who have been burnt to ashes]] and so there's never much point to turning them back to flesh. Ketra promptly explains that in this case the magic involved was especially designed to keep the people transformed alive.
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* AGodAmI: Gary embraces his divine status with Jacob's encouragement, at least enough that he's the god of kobolds. Also sex, gaming, and rock and roll.
* PhysicalGod: Gary is proclaimed to be this and Jacob also qualifies, being the GodOfEvil on his homeworld from ''Literature/WraithKnight.''
* TemporaryLoveInterest: Ketra and Gary have a romance because they're in an isolated location for months. Neither seems to like each other that much but are sexually active enough to take comfort in each other's arms. That and Gary always wanted to bork a dragon.
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* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: President Omega is powerful enough fight Ultragod. He is ''not'' powerful enough to fight Ultragod, Ultragoddess, Gary, and Ms. Terri.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Larry joins the ranks of these as he takes most of Gary's insanity in stride but seems devoted to being the best hero he can be.
* TooDumbToLive: The adventurers who join Gary and Ketra's quest to go dungeon crawling in the Tower of Everfrost.
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* TwilightOfTheSupers: A DownplayedTrope example as the TwilightOfTheOldWest is referenced directly. [[spoiler: Ultragod is dead and most of the older generation of superheroes are retired. The Battle of Soldiers Part also leaves many other heroes dead. However, a new generation of heroes has taken their place and while superheroes may be far weaker now, they won't be going away any time soon.]]
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* TwilightOfTheSupers: A DownplayedTrope example as the TwilightOfTheOldWest is referenced directly. [[spoiler: Ultragod is dead and most of the older generation of superheroes are retired. The Battle of Soldiers Part Park also leaves many other heroes dead. However, a new generation of heroes has taken their place and while superheroes may be far weaker now, they won't be going away any time soon.]]
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* SeriesContinuityError: Diabloman at one point busts Gary's chops for [[Literature/TheRulesOfSupervillainy helping Tom Terror break out of a prison on the moon]] Gary defends himself by claiming that he though it was only [[LegacyCharacter Tom Terror the third]] the grandson of the original Tom Terror, and not a guy who [[StupidJetpackHitler helped make superweapons for the Nazis.]] Except in the book where those events took place Gary comments on how he has to give kudos to someone who fought Ultra God [[BadassNormal with no powers]] for 80 years. Though it could also possibly be [[{{Retcon}} history having been rewritten]] at play or Gary [[UnreliableNarrator trying to paint a more flattering version his past.]]
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* SeriesContinuityError: Diabloman at one point busts Gary's chops for [[Literature/TheRulesOfSupervillainy helping Tom Terror break out of a prison on the moon]] Gary defends himself by claiming that he though it was only [[LegacyCharacter Tom Terror the third]] the grandson of the original Tom Terror, and not a guy who [[StupidJetpackHitler helped make superweapons for the Nazis.]] Except in the book where those events took place Gary comments on how he has to give kudos to someone who fought Ultra God [[BadassNormal with no powers]] for 80 years. Though it could also possibly be [[{{Retcon}} history having been rewritten]] at play or Gary [[UnreliableNarrator trying to paint a more flattering version his past.]]]] Could also be a RuleOfFunny TakeThat at Nineties Superman DorkAge where Lex Luthor pretended to be his own son.
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* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: Gary and Ketra team up with a group of fantasy adventurers that Ketra warns Gary not to get too attached to. True enough, they're gradually picked off by the traps and monters in Everfrost.
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*TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: President Omega as Armageddon is depicted as repeatedly [[OneManArmy taking on entire teams of superehroes at once]]. Rather tellingly the story treats him more seriously than ever before, as he's shed all of his prior {{Trumplica}} character traits, and the only humor he brings to the story comes from [[IShallTauntYou him playing straight man to Gary intentionally winding him up.]]]]
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*VillainForgotToLevelGrind: [[AvertedTrope Noticeably averted by]] [[spoiler: Psychoslinger]] who despite having first faced Gary when he was [[Literature/TheRulesOfSupervillainy just starting out as a Merciless]] has since then taken the time to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard learn Gary's dungeon magic system]], and proceeds to hold his own against Gary during the climatic fight.
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* SeriesContinuityError: Diabloman at one point busts Gary's chops for [[Literature/TheRulesOfSupervillainy helping Tom Terror break out of a prison on the moon]] Gary defends himself by claiming that he though it was only [[LegacyCharacter Tom Terror the third]] the grandson of the original Tom Terror, and not a guy who [[StupidJetpackHitler helped make superweapons for the Nazis.]] Except in the book where those events took place Gary comments on how he has to give kudos to someone who fought Ultra God [[BadassNormal with no powers]] for 80 years. Though it could also possibly be [[{{Retcon}} history having been rewritten]] at play or Gary [[UnreliableNarrator trying to paint a more flattering version his past.]]
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* {{Expy}}: The White Witch Queen [[spoiler: actually the White LICH Queen]] is one for ''Dungeon and Dragons'' Vlaakith the Githyanki Queen.
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* ConceptsAreCheap: Discussed between Gary Karkofsky AKA Merciless The Supervillain without [=MercyTM=] and Jack Hellraiser AKA the Trench Coat Magician. They are both anarchists but neither of them agree upon what that means. Gary doesn't mind being a BourgeoisBohemian as long as he fights against the system while Jack thinks that you should live the punk life. They both also agree to work for the President of the United States because he's their friend, Ultragod.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Parodied. Gary has his own cryptocurrency called the Merciless Coin but refuses to sell NFTs.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Parodied. Gary has his own cryptocurrency called the Merciless Coin but refuses to sell NFTs.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: President Omega suffered one of these when he was sent back 65 million years into the past and forced to live for the majority of that time without any form of human contact. It's left him little more than a brain.]]
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* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: President Omega suffered one of these when he was sent back 65 million years into the past and forced to live for the majority of that time without any form of human contact. It's left him little more than a brain.]]
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* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: President Omega returns for the first time since ''Literature/TheScienceOfSupervillainy'', being the architect behind the PHANTOM coup.]]
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** [[spoiler: Psychoslinger, who hasn't been seen since ''Literature/TheRulesOfSupervillainy'' is one of the foes Gary faces during the coup.]]
** [[spoiler: President Omega returns for the first time since ''Literature/TheScienceOfSupervillainy'', being the architect behind the PHANTOM coup.
** [[spoiler: Psychoslinger, who hasn't been seen since ''Literature/TheRulesOfSupervillainy'' is one of the foes Gary faces during the coup.]]
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* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: President Omega returns for the first time since ''Literature/TheScienceOfSupervillainy'', being the architect behind the PHANTOM coup.]]
* NoTrueScotsman: The Trench Coat Magician accuses Gary of this. Apparently, he thinks that a rich supporter of the US President can't be an anarchist. [[spoiler: This is part of his brainwashing by PHANTOM, though.]]
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** One of the monsters that Gary faces in the dungeon of Everfrost is VideoGame/{{Sinistar}}. He even recites his iconic lines.
** ''TabletopGame/TombOfHorrors'' is referenced as what Jacob might have based some of thetaps on.traps on, especially the Sphere of Annihilation door.
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* GondorCallsForAid: The superheroes are completely overwhelmed at Soldiers Memorial Park and not even Ultragod can stop them so Gary uses his social media presence to contact every single person that he's done a favor for over the past nine books and they arrive as TheCavalry.
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* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler: Mandy's illegitimate child from the time she was a teenage girl returns as an adult trans man paladin. Interestingly, Gary is the one who greets him and immediately accepts him into the family.]]
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* TheSoulless: [[spoiler: Ultragod and a handful of other people resurrected by Gary are this as their spirits chose not to be returned to life.]]
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** [[spoiler: Ultragod is killed for a second and more permanent time, taking down Armageddon AKA President Omega in the process. It's also revealed that Ultragod never came back but was merely a projection of Gary's desire to have him returned.]]
** [[spoiler: Armageddon AKA President Omega finally gets his well deserved KarmaHoudiniWarranty revoked.]]
* LoveEpiphany: Gary finally realizes he loves [[spoiler: Mandy as a vampire and that he wants to be with her most of all.]]
** [[spoiler: The entirety of Gary's adventuring party are killed off during their dungeon crawl.]]
** [[spoiler: Ultragod is killed for a second and more permanent time, taking down Armageddon AKA President Omega in the process. It's also revealed that Ultragod never came back but was merely a projection of Gary's desire to have him returned.]]
** [[spoiler: Armageddon AKA President Omega finally gets his well deserved KarmaHoudiniWarranty revoked.]]
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''Literature/TheFallOfSupervillainy'' is the ninth book in ''Literature/TheSupervillainySaga'' by Creator/CTPhipps. The series is published by Crossroad Press.
Gary Karkofsky is enjoying the results of his rebooting the world in ''Literature/TheHorrorOfSupervillainy.'' Ultragod is now President of the United States, most supervillains are either locked up or on work release, and everything seems to be coming up Merciless. However, a heart attack followed by an encounter with horrifying monsters informs our antihero that the walls of reality are breaking down.
It gets even worse when Ultragod informs Gary that a devastating plague is sweeping through the superhuman population of the Earth. Teaming up with fellow anarchist, The Trench Coat Magician, the two have to keep from each other's throats long enough to see if they can recover the Crown of the Gods.
Fantasy worlds, alien despots, and a coup attempt are just some of the things that Gary will face as the Age of Superheroes comes to an end.
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* ArtifactOfDoom: The Crown of the Gods was made by Earth's pantheons during [=WW2=] to fight the Great Beasts but ended up in the hands of the Nazis. It was destroyed but still serves as a powerful magical enhancer. Gary, accidentally, repairs it.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: The cockatrice is an enormous rooster with EyeBeams that turn you into stone.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The Nanoplague and coup against the US government are thwarted but Ultragod is killed in the process. Most of his reforms are also undone in the wake of renewed fears of Superhumans. Most of the people that Gary brought back from the dead are also killed. However, President Omega is finally killed, a new generation of heroes is there to pick up the fight, and Gary and Mandy are finally reconciled for good.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: The Trenchcoat Magician was kidnapped and surgically brainwashed by PHANTOM. This is why he keeps trying to kill Gary rather than his stated reasons of trying to save the world.]]
* CrisisCrossover: Gary ends up in [=Fantasy WorldTM=], which is actually the world from ''Literature/WraithKnight.'' There he meets Jacob Riverson AKA The Wraith Knight and Ketra, his dragon sidekick.
* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: Gary and Ketra team up with a group of fantasy adventurers that Ketra warns Gary not to get too attached to. True enough, they're gradually picked off by the traps and monters in Everfrost.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: A huge attack on Washington DC by PHANTOM and their allied supervillain groups is designed to destroy the democratic process. Downplayed as it involves lots of superpowers.
* InterspeciesRelationship: Gary has a short lived affair with Ketra, who is a Blue Dragon. Given the latter can shapeshift, it's not a particularly big deal but leads to several questions about how they breed.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Ultragod is killed for a second and more permanent time, taking down Armageddon AKA President Omega in the process. It's also revealed that Ultragod never came back but was merely a projection of Gary's desire to have him returned.]]
* ThePaladin: Larry [[spoiler: Karkofsky]] is known as Ultra-Paladin and is a knight themed hero with healing powers as well as TheParagon.
* ThePlague: The Nanoplague is an artificial disease created by President Omega, designed to kill all of Earth's Supers.
* ShoutOut:
** Gary asks to be executed by [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Snu-Snu]].
** ''TabletopGame/TombOfHorrors'' is referenced as what Jacob might have based some of the taps on.
* TwilightOfTheSupers: A DownplayedTrope example as the TwilightOfTheOldWest is referenced directly. [[spoiler: Ultragod is dead and most of the older generation of superheroes are retired. The Battle of Soldiers Part also leaves many other heroes dead. However, a new generation of heroes has taken their place and while superheroes may be far weaker now, they won't be going away any time soon.]]
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Gary Karkofsky is enjoying the results of his rebooting the world in ''Literature/TheHorrorOfSupervillainy.'' Ultragod is now President of the United States, most supervillains are either locked up or on work release, and everything seems to be coming up Merciless. However, a heart attack followed by an encounter with horrifying monsters informs our antihero that the walls of reality are breaking down.
It gets even worse when Ultragod informs Gary that a devastating plague is sweeping through the superhuman population of the Earth. Teaming up with fellow anarchist, The Trench Coat Magician, the two have to keep from each other's throats long enough to see if they can recover the Crown of the Gods.
Fantasy worlds, alien despots, and a coup attempt are just some of the things that Gary will face as the Age of Superheroes comes to an end.
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* ArtifactOfDoom: The Crown of the Gods was made by Earth's pantheons during [=WW2=] to fight the Great Beasts but ended up in the hands of the Nazis. It was destroyed but still serves as a powerful magical enhancer. Gary, accidentally, repairs it.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: The cockatrice is an enormous rooster with EyeBeams that turn you into stone.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The Nanoplague and coup against the US government are thwarted but Ultragod is killed in the process. Most of his reforms are also undone in the wake of renewed fears of Superhumans. Most of the people that Gary brought back from the dead are also killed. However, President Omega is finally killed, a new generation of heroes is there to pick up the fight, and Gary and Mandy are finally reconciled for good.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: The Trenchcoat Magician was kidnapped and surgically brainwashed by PHANTOM. This is why he keeps trying to kill Gary rather than his stated reasons of trying to save the world.]]
* CrisisCrossover: Gary ends up in [=Fantasy WorldTM=], which is actually the world from ''Literature/WraithKnight.'' There he meets Jacob Riverson AKA The Wraith Knight and Ketra, his dragon sidekick.
* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: Gary and Ketra team up with a group of fantasy adventurers that Ketra warns Gary not to get too attached to. True enough, they're gradually picked off by the traps and monters in Everfrost.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: A huge attack on Washington DC by PHANTOM and their allied supervillain groups is designed to destroy the democratic process. Downplayed as it involves lots of superpowers.
* InterspeciesRelationship: Gary has a short lived affair with Ketra, who is a Blue Dragon. Given the latter can shapeshift, it's not a particularly big deal but leads to several questions about how they breed.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Ultragod is killed for a second and more permanent time, taking down Armageddon AKA President Omega in the process. It's also revealed that Ultragod never came back but was merely a projection of Gary's desire to have him returned.]]
* ThePaladin: Larry [[spoiler: Karkofsky]] is known as Ultra-Paladin and is a knight themed hero with healing powers as well as TheParagon.
* ThePlague: The Nanoplague is an artificial disease created by President Omega, designed to kill all of Earth's Supers.
* ShoutOut:
** Gary asks to be executed by [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Snu-Snu]].
** ''TabletopGame/TombOfHorrors'' is referenced as what Jacob might have based some of the taps on.
* TwilightOfTheSupers: A DownplayedTrope example as the TwilightOfTheOldWest is referenced directly. [[spoiler: Ultragod is dead and most of the older generation of superheroes are retired. The Battle of Soldiers Part also leaves many other heroes dead. However, a new generation of heroes has taken their place and while superheroes may be far weaker now, they won't be going away any time soon.]]
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