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Not to be confused with Website/{{Superdickery}}.

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Not to be confused with Website/{{Superdickery}}.Website/{{Superdickery}}, although you can find a few examples of that in here.

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* AgentScully: El Dragón insists that he's not afraid of dragons because they're not real... when there's one directly in front of him.



* BeeAfraid: Atom gets menaced by a swarm of fifty bees.

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* BeeAfraid: Atom ComicBook/TheAtom gets menaced by a swarm of fifty bees.



* DisabledInTheAdaptation: Implied. The Penguin describes himself as "crazy", when in the comics, he's generally depicted as sane.



* InsistentTerminology: Every time a superhero's SecretIdentity is brought up, it's referred to as their "other name".



* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: One entry has Lois Lane fighting Lex Luthor while wearing what looks like a formal gown.



* TheMadHatter: Penguin freely admits to being crazy.



* OurGoblinsAreDifferent: Here, they're "bad [[OurFairiesAreDifferent fairies]] that can do magic".



* SkewedPriorities: Even though Wonder Woman is about to fight several large monsters, she is mostly worried about ''sneezing.''

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* SkewedPriorities: SkewedPriorities:
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Even though Wonder Woman is about to fight several large monsters, she is mostly worried about ''sneezing.''



* SpidersAreScary: One entry has Wonder Woman trying to find a dangerous spider that's hidden in one of eighteen boxes.



* ThereWasADoor: "Chimneys are for smoke, not people. Next time, use the door."

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* ThereWasADoor: ThereWasADoor:
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"Chimneys are for smoke, not people. Next time, use the door."

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* AlliterativeName: In addition to existing characters, we have a couple of {{canon foreigner}}s with names like these: husband-wife detective team '''T'''ed and '''T'''eri '''T'''rapper.



* AdaptationalWimp: ComicBook/ThePenguin is a threatening character in the actual comics, but in this version he's a harmless buffoon who does things like leave the door open and get caught in his own trap.

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* AdaptationalWimp: AdaptationalWimp:
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ComicBook/ThePenguin is a threatening character in the actual comics, but in this version he's a harmless buffoon who does things like leave the door open and get caught in his own trap.



* BeeAfraid: Atom gets menaced by a swarm of fifty bees.



* ComicallySmallBribe: ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} tries to pay the Joker to go away... with a nickel.



* GiantEnemyCrab: Atom is shown fighting one in one entry.



* HarmlessVillain: The Penguin can barely be called evil. He thinks leaving a door ajar is the height of villainy, flees Batgirl on an ostrich, [[ButtMonkey gets apples dropped on his head,]] and [[PetTheDog bakes cookies for the whole town.]] Despite all of this, it's implied that there are people who want him dead.

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* HarmlessVillain: HarmlessVillain:
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The Penguin can barely be called evil. He thinks leaving a door ajar is the height of villainy, flees Batgirl on an ostrich, [[ButtMonkey gets apples dropped on his head,]] and [[PetTheDog bakes cookies for the whole town.]] Despite all of this, it's implied that there are people who want him dead.



* HaveAGayOldTime:
** The entry for "gay" uses the older definition where it meant "happy".
** "Queer" is used to mean "strange".
** Franchise/TheFlash has an encounter with a man who has snakes for hands. Said snake-handed man is described as "queer" by the narration.



* HumanAlien: SR-12 could easily be mistaken for a human, but she has PurpleEyes, [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair purple hair,]] [[YouAreNumberSix a number instead of a name,]] and wears a [[ColourMotif purple]] LatexSpaceSuit.

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* HornedHumanoid: Supergirl briefly grows horns after being nearly headbutted by a cow.
* HumanAlien: SR-12 could easily be mistaken for a human, but she has PurpleEyes, [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair purple hair,]] hair]], [[YouAreNumberSix a number instead of a name,]] name]], and wears a [[ColourMotif [[ColorMotif purple]] LatexSpaceSuit.



* InteractiveNarrator: The narrators actually tells Jonna Crisp to "Look out" when she hears explosions.

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* InteractiveNarrator: InteractiveNarrator:
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The narrators actually tells Jonna Crisp to "Look out" when she hears explosions.



* InvisibilityCloak: SR-12 has caps which seem to fill this function.

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* InvisibilityCloak: InvisibilityCloak:
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SR-12 has caps which seem to fill this function.



* KidnappingBirdOfPrey: Black Canary gets carried off by a giant bird.



* MundaneUtility: Green Arrow likes to ring door bells by shooting arrows at them.

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* MundaneUtility: MundaneUtility:
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Green Arrow likes to ring door bells by shooting arrows at them.



* OilSlick: Penguin causes Batgirl to slip by squirting some oil from one of his umbrellas.
* OminousOwl: An implied example. ComicBook/BlackCanary is briefly shown running away from a giant owl while gasping.



* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: Averted. Christianity is still practised in Jonna Crisp's time.

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* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: Averted. Christianity UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} is still practised in Jonna Crisp's time.



* ProducePelting: ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} gets hit by a thrown peanut, though it's not clear if he was actually the intended target.



* SciFiBobHaircut: Worn by SR-12.



* SciFiBobHaircut: Worn by SR-12.

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* SciFiBobHaircut: Worn by SR-12.StockAnimalDiet: Wonder Girl's pet rabbit is shown eating a carrot.


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* WorthyOpponent: It's implied Batman views the Joker as this to some extent, since he says of himself and his {{archenemy}} "we are both masters".
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* CanisMajor: Jody has an encounter with a wolf so big, its head is the size of an adult man.

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* AdaptationalWimp: The Penguin is a threatening character in the actual comics, but in this version he's a harmless buffoon who does things like leave the door open and get caught in his own trap.

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* AdaptationalWimp: The Penguin ComicBook/ThePenguin is a threatening character in the actual comics, but in this version he's a harmless buffoon who does things like leave the door open and get caught in his own trap.


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* PetTheDog: One entry has the Penguin baking cookies for everyone in Gotham.
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** Also, Jimmy Olsen.

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** Also, Jimmy Olsen.ComicBook/JimmyOlsen.
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Fixed grammer mistake.


* PaintingTheMedium: Teri Trapper throws a ball which bounces off the the panel's border and the text within it.

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* PaintingTheMedium: Teri Trapper throws a ball which bounces off the the panel's border and the text within it.
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As a side note, Creator/CraigMcCracken, the creator of WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls, has stated that SelfDemonstrating/MojoJojo, one of the villains from the show, was partly based on this book. [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Namely, his tendency to repeat himself in strange ways.]]

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As a side note, Creator/CraigMcCracken, the creator of WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls, ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', has stated that SelfDemonstrating/MojoJojo, one of the villains from the show, was partly based on this book. [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Namely, his tendency to repeat himself in strange ways.]]
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But let's be honest, [[JustHereForGodzilla you're just here for]] [[MemeticMutation Lex Luthor stealing 40 cakes]].

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But let's be honest, [[JustHereForGodzilla you're just here for]] [[MemeticMutation Lex Luthor stealing 40 cakes]].
cakes]]. AndThatsTerrible.
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"an black"?


* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Conjura has almost the exact same "cast spells by speaking backwards" powers as ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}, though she can also travel in time. She was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]] going to ''be'' Zatanna, but she was replaced by an black CanonForeigner in order to add more diversity to the dictionary.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Conjura has almost the exact same "cast spells by speaking backwards" powers as ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}, though she can also travel in time. She was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]] going to ''be'' Zatanna, but she was replaced by an a black CanonForeigner in order to add more diversity to the dictionary.

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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: El Dragón, who - [[NonindicativeName despite his name]] - doesn't really have any sort of dragon theme. [[RuleOfCool Though it's still a pretty badass moniker.]]
** An actual dragon appears later. [[AgentScully El Dragón tells him that dragons don't exist.]]


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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: El Dragón, who - [[NonindicativeName despite his name]] - doesn't really have any sort of dragon theme. [[RuleOfCool Though it's still a pretty badass moniker.]]
** An actual dragon appears later. [[AgentScully El Dragón tells him that dragons don't exist.]]
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* TheBeastmaster: Firehair, who is every bear's friend.

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* TheBeastmaster: TheBeastmaster:
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Firehair, who is every bear's friend.
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* FanDisservice: The word "East" is illustrated by Superman flying away from us towards the rising sun- with his legs spread, giving us a completely gratuitous and bizarre crotch shot.

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* GeniusSweetTooth: Lex Luthor counts, assuming those forty cakes were for personal consumption.



* SweetToothGenius: Lex Luthor counts, assuming those forty cakes were for personal consumption.
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* SweetToothGenius: Lex Luthor counts, assuming those forty cakes were for personal consumption.

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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: In the entry for "judge", the judge pronounces the Penguin guilty. Juries pronounce people guilty, and judges only give the sentence.


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* HollywoodLaw: In the entry for "judge", the judge pronounces the Penguin guilty. Juries pronounce people guilty, and judges only give the sentence (except if they have a bench trial, where the defendant waives their right to a jury, which rarely happens).

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* BlackComedy: "Crashes like that could be heard almost every night. People who try to fly like Hawkgirl crash. They fall to the ground. After they have crashed enough times, they give up."


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* BlackComedy: "Crashes like that could be heard almost every night. People who try to fly like Hawkgirl crash. They fall to the ground. After they have crashed enough times, they give up."
* ButtMonkey: Robin. An awful lot of things seem to happen to him more than any other character...
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But let's be honest, you're just here for [[MemeticMutation Lex Luthor stealing 40 cakes]].

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But let's be honest, [[JustHereForGodzilla you're just here for for]] [[MemeticMutation Lex Luthor stealing 40 cakes]].
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* MountainMan: Tomahawk and Jody, who dress like UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett style trappers (though they must have been born decades before Crockett to have fought in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution).

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* MountainMan: Tomahawk and Jody, who dress like UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett style UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett-style trappers (though they must have been born decades before Crockett to have fought in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution).
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** The dictionary also makes a point of clarifying that The Joker, The Penguin and Catwoman are all "Bad". In fact, villains are often referred to as "bad men."

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** The dictionary also makes a point of clarifying that The Joker, The Penguin and Catwoman are all "Bad"."bad". In fact, villains are often referred to as "bad men."
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Firehair and Tomahawk are both from DC's Silver Age western comics


** FieryRedhead RaisedByNatives Firehair.
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** [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution War veteran]] trappers Tomahawk ([[InsistentTerminology other name:]] [[StevenUlyssesPerhero Tom Hawk)]] and Jody.

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** [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution War veteran]] trappers Tomahawk ([[InsistentTerminology other name:]] [[StevenUlyssesPerhero Tom Hawk)]] and Tomahawk's partner Jody.
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* WallCrawl: Done by ''The Joker'', of all people. Catwoman bets that he won't make it to the top of the building, but he does.

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* WallCrawl: Done by ''The Joker'', of all people. people, apparently after Catwoman bets that he won't make it asked him to the top of the building, but he does.do so. He succeeds.
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* PhoneBooth: Unsurprisingly, Clark Kent uses one to change into his Superman costume. More surprisingly, he actually uses it to make a call first.

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* PhoneBooth: Unsurprisingly, Clark Kent uses one to change into his Superman costume. More surprisingly, Surprisingly, he actually uses it to make a call first.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Conjura has almost the exact same "Cast spells by speaking backwards" powers as ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}, though she can also travel in time. She was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]] going to ''be'' Zatanna, but she was replaced by an black CanonForeigner in order to add more diversity to the dictionary.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Conjura has almost the exact same "Cast "cast spells by speaking backwards" powers as ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}, though she can also travel in time. She was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]] going to ''be'' Zatanna, but she was replaced by an black CanonForeigner in order to add more diversity to the dictionary.
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* MountainMan: Tomahawk and Jody, who dress like UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett style trappers (though they must have been born decades before Crocket to have fought in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution.

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* MountainMan: Tomahawk and Jody, who dress like UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett style trappers (though they must have been born decades before Crocket Crockett to have fought in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution.UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution).
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** Why are Green Arrow And Green Lantern running away from an angry crowd while carrying a duck?

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** Why are Green Arrow And and Green Lantern running away from an angry crowd while carrying a duck?
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** The dictionary also makes a point of clarifying that The Joker, The Penguin and Catwoman are all "Bad." In fact, villains are often referred to as "bad men."

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** The dictionary also makes a point of clarifying that The Joker, The Penguin and Catwoman are all "Bad." "Bad". In fact, villains are often referred to as "bad men."
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: No, Wonder Woman. It is not possible to make invisible things look "bright." (Though it ''would'' probably make sense to clean off the dirt from your plane to ''keep'' it invisible.)

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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: No, Wonder Woman. It Woman, it is not possible to make invisible things look "bright." "bright". (Though it ''would'' probably make sense to clean off the dirt from your plane to ''keep'' it invisible.)
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Alfred is only referred to as "a butler."

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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Alfred is only referred to as "a butler."butler".

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