History Literature / TheSecretsOfSupervillainy

* BaldOfAwesome: Gary decided to shave his hair off at some point after book two ended, though he insists it is for the BaldOfEvil factor. That, and nobody takes blond villains seriously.

* PresidentEvil: President Omega is a psychopathic time-travelling ex-Nazi CorruptCorporateExecutive who has altered reality to allow him to be President.

* RealityEnsues: The US government has no trouble tracking down the secret identies of people. Albeit, Gary wasn't exactly hiding himself.

* TheArchmage: [[spoiler: Other Gary is a combination of this and TheNecromancer.]]

* TheNecromancer: Gary has become a mild example of this. [[spoiler: Other Gary is a full-on TheArchmage version]].

* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Gary and Cindy seem to have had sex or at least a lot of intimate contact during his attempts to resurrect Mandy from the dead. This is ambiguous, though, since Gary doesn't ever seem to feel that way and Mandy is, you know, dead. They could just be very close friends. Becomes an issue, ironically, when Cindy becomes jealous of Gary's time with Vamp Mandy. Vamp Mandy, by contrast, seems to want a OneTrueThreesome due to her past memories of their future selves.]]
** [[spoiler: Confirmed in ''Literature/TheScienceOfSupervillainy'' when Cindy is revealed to have given birth to Gary's child.]]

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: Other Gary]] aspires to this by killing whole words then resurrecting them with time travel to harvest their necromantic energy.

This book contains the following tropes:

** [[spoiler: Confirmed in ''Literature/TheScienceOfSupervillainy when Cindy is revealed to have given birth to Gary's child.]]

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: Other Gary]] aspires to this by killing whole words then resurrecting them with time travel to harvest their necromantic energy.

* {{Elvis}}: The ghost of the King haunts Gary's mansion. Why? Because he's tired of all the tourist ghosts at Graceland.

* BaldOfAwesome: Gary decided to shave his hair off at some point after book two ended, though he insists it is for the BaldOfEvil factor. That, and nobody takes blonde villains seriously.

''Literature/TheSecretsOfSupervillainy'' is the second book in ''Literature/TheSupervillainySaga'' series by Creator/CTPhipps. The series is published by Jim Bernheimer, author of ''Literature/ConfessionsOfADListSupervillain.''

* BaldOfAwesome: Gary decided to shave his hair off at some point after book two ended, though he insists it is for the BaldOfEvil factor.
* BettyAndVeronica: {{Lampshaded}} with Mandy and Ultragoddess' alternate universe selves being those for [[spoiler: Other]] Gary. Cindy being the Cheryl Blossom.

* {{Elvis}}: The ghost of the King haunts Gary's mansion. Why? Because it was getting boring at Graceland and he seemed to be interesting.

* SeriousBusiness: 'Film/StarWarsTheForceAwakens'' is more important than people trying to kill you.

* CrazyAwesome: Gray at one point robs the Falconcrest City Stock Exchange, not too unlike certain other [[TheDarkKnightRises supervillains out there]] but he decides to do it by ramming sixteenth century pirate ship into the building before revealing that his entire gang is now dressed in pirate attire and he has a fake Pirateparrot on one shoulder. He claims to be doing this on TalkLikeAPirateDay just to drive the point home.

* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler: Niki Tesla a German American supervillainess whose parents fled to America during World War 2. Helped get a pirate ship to sail on land, invented some sort of mind control helmet, has a Doctor Octopus like tentacle rig attached to her back. Sadly she gets murdered offscreen while trying to protect Gary's sister and niece.]]

* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Vamp Mandy is most certainly ''not'' one of these, killing people and acting like a vicious 30 Days of Night Monster who, nevertheless, targets criminals because of her body's memories. [[spoiler: She becomes one for real when Other Gary gives her back her soul as part of a bribe attempt.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Gary and Cindy seem to have had sex or at least a lot of intimate contact during his attempts to resurrect her from the dead. This is ambiguous, though, since Gary doesn't ever seem to feel that way and Mandy is, you know, dead. They could just be very close friends on Gary's part. Becomes an issue, ironically, when Cindy becomes jealous of Gary's time with Vamp Mandy. Vamp Mandy, by contrast, seems to want a OneTrueThreesome due to her past memories of their future selves.]]

* MyFutureSelfScaresMe: Inverted and played with as [[spoiler: Other Gary]] is a past self of [[spoiler: Gary. Though due to the fact he survived the destruction of the old universe and wasn't folded into the new, Other Gary really has no relationship to Gary whatsoever.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Gary and Cindy seem to have had sex or at least a lot of intimate contact during his attempts to resurrect her from the dead. This is ambiguous, though, since Gary doesn't ever seem to feel that way and Mandy is, you know, dead. Becomes an issue, ironically, when Cindy becomes jealous of Gary's time with Vamp Mandy. Vamp Mandy, by contrast, seems to want a OneTrueThreesome.]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: WordOfGod said President Omega is not a stand-in for Donald Trump and was created before he became a serious political contender. He did say it was appropriate as a comparison, though.