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* AndThatsTerrible: The TropeNamer, said when Lex Luthor steals 40 cakes.
** [[HilariousInHindsight Amusingly enough]], Lex Luthor's character bio in the book actually mentions that "He's terrible."
** The dictionary also makes a point of clarifying that Joker, Penguin, and Catwoman are all "bad". In fact, villains are often referred to as "bad men."
** [[HilariousInHindsight Amusingly enough]], Lex Luthor's character bio in the book actually mentions that "He's terrible."
** The dictionary also makes a point of clarifying that Joker, Penguin, and Catwoman are all "bad". In fact, villains are often referred to as "bad men."
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* AndThatsTerrible: The TropeNamer, said when Lex Luthor steals 40 cakes.
** [[HilariousInHindsight Amusingly enough]], Lex Luthor's character bio in the book actually mentions that "He's terrible."
**cakes. The dictionary also makes a point of clarifying that Joker, Penguin, and Catwoman are all "bad". In fact, villains are often referred to as "bad men."
** [[HilariousInHindsight Amusingly enough]], Lex Luthor's character bio in the book actually mentions that "He's terrible."
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* 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.
** Superman seems to be afraid that ''Lois Lane'' might beat him up.
** 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.
** Superman seems to be afraid that ''Lois Lane'' might beat him up.
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* 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.
** Superman seems to be afraid that ''Lois Lane'' might beat him up.
** 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.
** Superman seems to be afraid that ''Lois Lane'' might beat him up.
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* VillianousGlutton:
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* VillianousGlutton:VillainousGlutton:
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* EvilerThanThou: The Joker thinks he's meaner than the Penguin, according to one entry.
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* IdenticalStranger: One entry has Clark encounter a man who looks exactly like him. Lois even comments that she thought they were twins at first.
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* VillianousGlutton:
** Implied by Lex Luthor's infamous theft of forty cakes, assuming he meant to eat them himself.
** One entry says that the Penguin ate an entire pie by himself.
** Implied by Lex Luthor's infamous theft of forty cakes, assuming he meant to eat them himself.
** One entry says that the Penguin ate an entire pie by himself.
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* WeightWoe: In one entry, Superman steps on a scale and is shocked to find he weighs 400 pounds.
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* CurtainCamouflage: Supergirl realises that somebody is hiding behind a curtain and asks her to show herself. [[CurtainCamouflage That scene currently provides the page image for this trope]].
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* CurtainCamouflage: Supergirl realises that somebody is hiding behind a curtain and asks her to show herself. [[CurtainCamouflage That scene currently provides the page image for this trope]].
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* BeeAfraid: ComicBook/TheAtom gets menaced by a swarm of fifty bees.
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* ScaryStingingSwarm: ComicBook/TheAtom gets menaced by a swarm of fifty bees.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: As stated in the description, this book would repeat itself in strange ways over and over and over again, and it inspired [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerPuffgirls Mojo Jojo]]'s little character tic of doing the same thing.
-->''When no one was looking, Lex Luthor took forty cakes. He took 40 cakes. That's as many as four tens. AndThatsTerrible.''
-->''When no one was looking, Lex Luthor took forty cakes. He took 40 cakes. That's as many as four tens. AndThatsTerrible.''
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* PhoneBooth: Unsurprisingly, Clark Kent uses one to change into his Superman costume. Surprisingly, he actually uses it to make a call first.
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** As Hawkgirl flies over a mountain range, she realises that mountains and fields are, in fact, not the same thing. (Though in fairness, the mountains were apparently not marked on her map.)
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** As Hawkgirl flies over a mountain range, she realises realizes that mountains and fields are, in fact, not the same thing. (Though in fairness, the mountains were apparently not marked on her map.)
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* CurtainCamouflage: Supergirl realises that somebody is hiding behind a curtain and asks her to show herself. [[CurtainCamouflage That scene currently provides the page image for this trope.]]
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* CurtainCamouflage: Supergirl realises that somebody is hiding behind a curtain and asks her to show herself. [[CurtainCamouflage That scene currently provides the page image for this trope.]]trope]].
* CutLexLuthorACheck: One entry has the narrator suggest that the Joker should put his comedic talents to better use as a circus clown.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: One entry has the narrator suggest that the Joker should put his comedic talents to better use as a circus clown.
* GreenAesop: Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen talk about the importance of cleaning Metropolis' air and water in one entry.
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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.
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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,]] head]], and [[PetTheDog bakes cookies for the whole town.]] town]]. Despite all of this, it's implied that there are people who want him dead.
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** An actual dragon appears later. [[AgentScully El Dragón tells him that dragons don't exist.]]
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** An actual dragon appears later. [[AgentScully El Dragón tells him that dragons don't exist.]]exist]].
* OurGiantsAreBigger: Atom pays a visit to a castle inhabited by some.
* OurGiantsAreBigger: Atom pays a visit to a castle inhabited by some.
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** Even though Wonder Woman is about to fight several large monsters, she is mostly worried about ''sneezing.''
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** Even though Wonder Woman is about to fight several large monsters, she is mostly worried about ''sneezing.''''sneezing''.
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* SternOldJudge: The entry for "judge" depicts one of these: an older man who bluntly tells the Penguin he's wrong.
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* VillainousFriendship: Joker and Penguin are implied to have one, since the latter is mentioned to have bought the former a hat.
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* VillainsWantMercy: One bad guy lassoed by Wonder Woman tells her he's going to get on his knees and beg her to let him go.
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** The dictionary also makes a point of clarifying that Joker, 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 Joker, Penguin Penguin, and Catwoman are all "bad". In fact, villains are often referred to as "bad men."
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** It even gets [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the entry for "I'll":
-->'''Batgirl:''' I'll use my powers. I'll is a short way of saying I will or I shall.\\
'''Robin:''' I know that!
-->'''Batgirl:''' I'll use my powers. I'll is a short way of saying I will or I shall.\\
'''Robin:''' I know that!
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* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: The Joker warns the reader that they’d better watch out for him.
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* GoKartingWithBowser: One scenario has the heroes and villains facing each other in a football game.
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* LazyBum: The Joker is described as being lazy sometimes, especially if there’s work to be done.
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* ManlyTears: Green Arrow cries because a child rips up a painting he made for Black Canary.
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* OwnGoal: The Joker brags about scoring a touchdown in a football game, only for Penguin to tell him that he went the wrong way.
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** El Dragon stops an elevator with his mind.
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** El Dragon stops an elevator and fixes a radio with his mind.
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* {{Technopath}}: El Dragon has power over things that use electricity, and can even fix them with his mind.
* {{Teleportation}}: Conjura can use her magic to teleport all over the world, but she also a car.
* {{Teleportation}}: Conjura can use her magic to teleport all over the world, but she also a car.
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* UnstoppableMailman: Implied. SR-12 writes a letter and sends it to her family, who happen to be on another planet.
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* MindControl: Conjura uses one of her backwards incantations to tell a "mean person" to dnim rieth srennam.
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* MindControl: Conjura uses one of her backwards incantations to tell a "mean person" to dnim rieth rieht srennam.
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* GogglesDoNothing: Jonna Crisp has a pair of goggles on her hat which she
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* GogglesDoNothing: Jonna Crisp has a pair of goggles on her hat which sheshe never seems to use.
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* AnimalMotif: As you might expect, El Dragon is a huge fan of marmosets. No, wait. Pink fairy armadillos! No, no. Man O' war jellyfish?
* ArtShift: It's pretty clear when characters have been added to a panel or altered to be ethnic with everything else staying the same. Also, comic panels from several different eras have been used along with their attendant changes in clothing and hair styles.
* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: Hawkgirl uses a 400-year old bow.
* GogglesDoNothing: Jonna Crisp has a pair of goggles on her hat which she
* InterspeciesRomance: Krypto seems to be dating a nice Earth dog whom he calls "honey".
* MindControl: Conjura uses one of her backwards incantations to tell a "mean person" to dnim rieth srennam.
** El Dragon stops an elevator with his mind.
** Defied in the case of Conjura who seems reluctant to use her powerful command over magic to do things like fix holes in her roof or create light in the dark.
** Defied in the case of Conjura who seems reluctant to use her powerful command over magic to do things like fix holes in her roof or create light in the dark.
* OhCrap: Hawkgirl has this expression after being surrounded by goblins.
* TapOnTheHead: Lois Lane karate chops Lex Luthor on the back of the neck to keep him from grabbing a bag of money.
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* ThisIsADrill: For sme reason, Lois Lane's job at the Daily Planet requires her to drill holes in walls. \
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* ThisIsADrill: For sme some reason, Lois Lane's job at the Daily Planet requires her to drill holes in walls. \walls.
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* WorkingClassHero: When someone swipes a dollar from Conjura, she gets upset and complains that she doesn't have a lot of money in the bank. It's mentioned that she can turn dimes into frogs, which may explain why.
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* WorkingClassHero: When someone swipes a dollar from Conjura, she gets upset and complains that she doesn't have a lot of money in the bank. It's mentioned that she can turn dimes into frogs, which may explain why. Also, her house seems to suffer from leaks in the roof and bad plumbing.
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Got to do these in short bursts. If I read this thing too long it starts affecting my sentence structure.
* AmbiguouslyChristian: Jonna Crisp is mentioned as going to a church in her rocket, and has a cross on said rocket which she believes gives her luck. It's not clear if she's just visiting the former or actually attending.
* FishOutOfWater: SR-12 doesn't truly feel at home on Earth, and gets homesick for her family quite a bit. Fortunately visiting doesn't seem to be an issue.
* JetPack: Jonna Crisp has one that she's willing to lend out to anyone who needs it.
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* PetTheDog: One entry has the Penguin baking cookies for everyone in Gotham.
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* PetTheDog: One entry has the Penguin baking cookies for everyone in Gotham.Gotham, and another has him warning Robin that's something awful behind one of several doors, apparently out of sincere concern.
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* RageBreakingPoint: Lois Lane gets so infuriated with Superman's indecision about whether to fly or drive that she lays him out on the ground, grabs a fistful of his shirt, and yells in his face to decide.
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* WorkingClassHero: When someone swipes a dollar from Conjura, she gets upset and mentions that she doesn't have a lot of money in the bank. It's mentioned that she can turn dimes into frogs, which may explain why.
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* WorkingClassHero: When someone swipes a dollar from Conjura, she gets upset and mentions complains that she doesn't have a lot of money in the bank. It's mentioned that she can turn dimes into frogs, which may explain why.
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* CallingCard: Conjura writes "ECAEP" on chalkboards everywhere. It's unclear what compels her to do this.
* ChildMage: Conjura has been casting spells since she was a kid.
* LimitedUseMagicalDevice: Conjura has a number of these, including a MagicCarpet, several magical cloths, possibly a time tunnel (it's unclear if this is a device or a ritual), a magic necklace with SpiderSense, among others.
* MagicCarpet: Conjura's got one.
* {{Technopath}}: El Dragon has power over things that use electricity.
* SpiderSense: Conjura's magic necklace glows when danger is approaching.
* SummonMagic: Conjura is mentioned as being able to pull a bunny out of her magic window. Presumably, she could conjure other things with it as well.
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* ThisIsADrill: For some reason, Lois Lane's job at the Daily Planet requires her to drill holes in walls.
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* TimeTravel: Conjura has a time tunnel (ritual?) that takes about ten minutes to warm up.
* TimeTravel: Conjura has a time tunnel (ritual?) that takes about ten minutes to warm up.
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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'', has stated that SelfDemonstrating/MojoJojo, Mojo Jojo, 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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* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: The Flash has gotten really tired of people complaining about him running through walls. He isn't actually destroying them, you know.
** Though he later says that he is quite used to knocking down doors, so the complaints may not be totally invalid...
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* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: The Flash has gotten really tired of people complaining about him running through walls. He isn't actually destroying them, you know. \n** Though (Though he later says that he is quite used to knocking down doors, so the complaints may not be totally invalid...)
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* KidnappingBirdOfPrey: Black Canary gets carried off by a giant bird.
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* KidnappingBirdOfPrey: Black Canary ComicBook/BlackCanary gets carried off by a giant bird.
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* OminousOwl: An implied example. ComicBook/BlackCanary is briefly shown running away from a giant owl while gasping.
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But let's be honest, [[JustHereForGodzilla you're just here for]] [[MemeticMutation Lex Luthor stealing 40 cakes]]. AndThatsTerrible.
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But let's be honest, [[JustHereForGodzilla you're just here for]] here]] for [[MemeticMutation Lex Luthor stealing 40 cakes]]. AndThatsTerrible.
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* ButtMonkey: Robin. An awful lot of things seem to happen to him more than any other character...
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* ButtMonkey: Robin.ComicBook/{{Robin}}. An awful lot of things seem to happen to him more than any other character...
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* SuckinessIsPainful: One definition has Batman tell Robin that he said "ow!" not because he was injured, but because he heard a stupid joke.
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* VillainsOutShopping: Lex Luthor is shown celebrating his birthday at one point.
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* 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 [[ColorMotif purple]] LatexSpaceSuit.
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* HumanAlien: SR-12 could easily be mistaken for a human, but she has PurpleEyes, purple eyes, [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair purple hair]], [[YouAreNumberSix a number instead of a name]], and wears a [[ColorMotif purple]] LatexSpaceSuit.
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* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Characters are able to have long conversations when they really shouldn't be able to. For instance, Firehair manage say to say all of this ''while a pot is breaking:''
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* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Characters are able to have long conversations when they really shouldn't be able to. For instance, Firehair manage manages say to say all of this ''while a pot is breaking:''
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** Oswald Cobblepot seems to think that leaving a door ajar counts as evil.
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** Oswald Cobblepot The Penguin seems to think that leaving a door ajar counts as evil.
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** Why does Batgirl jump onto the roof of a train driven by Batman (without realising that he drove it?)
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** Why does Batgirl jump onto the roof of a train driven by Batman (without realising that he drove it?)it)?
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** Green Arrow likes to ring door bells by shooting arrows at them.
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** Green Arrow likes to ring door bells doorbells by shooting arrows at them.
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** Husband and wife detective team Ted and Terri Trapper.
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** Husband and wife detective team Ted and Terri Teri Trapper.
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* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Lex Luthor is shown walking on what looks like the moon without any form of spacesuit at one point.
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** ComicBook/LexLuthor stealing 40 cakes, of course. There's also him trying to cover his enemies in paint.
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* WithCatlikeTread: Green Lantern yells at Green Arrow to be quiet so they can eavesdrop.
