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** The Cape-Busters, like all other government agencies in comedy fiction, are bogged down by JurisdictionFriction, extremely small budget, HeadInTheSandManagement, an incompetent Commander-In-Chief, and [[ObstructiveBureaucrat enough red tape to sink the]] ''Titanic''.
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* '''Implied''': On several scenes there are notable wanted posters with pictures of the superhero team members and pretty hefty rewards.
* '''Exploited''': A super-villain founds adeliberatly deliberately corrupt cape-buster force, both to kill off his rivals and destroy faith in the establishment when their corruption is discovered.
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* '''Conversed''': ???"I pay five hundred dollars a month to try to get a little escapism, and what do the writers do? They write some analogy about the Patriot Act, and then toss my beloved Spidey into that mess!"
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** The Cape-Busters are [[TheRealSpoofbusters Ghostbusters rip-offs]].
** The Cape-Busters, like all other government agencies in comedy fiction, are bogged down by JurisdictionFriction, extremely small budget, an incompetent Commander-In-Chief, and [[ObstructiveBureaucrat enough red tape to sink the]] ''Titanic''.
** The Cape-Busters are [[TheRealSpoofbusters Ghostbusters rip-offs]].
** The Cape-Busters, like all other government agencies in comedy fiction, are bogged down by JurisdictionFriction, extremely small budget, an incompetent Commander-In-Chief, and [[ObstructiveBureaucrat enough red tape to sink the]] ''Titanic''.
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** While the Cape-Busters serve a corrupt system, they are corrupt [[InheritInTheSystem because of that system]] and not because countermeasures against the inevitable super-villain are bad. [[RedeemingReplacement Placed within a less abusive context]], a new unit of cape-busters become the foremost anti-super-villain force on Earth.
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** While the Cape-Busters serve a corrupt system, they are corrupt [[InheritInTheSystem [[InherentInTheSystem because of that system]] and not because countermeasures against the inevitable super-villain are bad. [[RedeemingReplacement Placed within a less abusive context]], a new unit of cape-busters become the foremost anti-super-villain force on Earth.
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** While the Cape-Busters serve a corrupt system, they are corrupt
[[InheritInTheSystem because of that system]] and not because countermeasures against the inevitable super-villain are bad. [[RedeemingReplacement Placed within a less abusive context]],a new unit of cape-busters become the foremost anti-super-villain force on Earth.
[[InheritInTheSystem because of that system]] and not because countermeasures against the inevitable super-villain are bad. [[RedeemingReplacement Placed within a less abusive context]],a new unit of cape-busters become the foremost anti-super-villain force on Earth.
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** While the Cape-Busters serve a corrupt system, they are corrupt
corrupt [[InheritInTheSystem because of that system]] and not because countermeasures against the inevitable super-villain are bad. [[RedeemingReplacement Placed within a less abusive context]],a context]], a new unit of cape-busters become the foremost anti-super-villain force on Earth.
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** While the Cape-Busters serve a corrupt system, they are corrupt [[InheritInTheSystem because of that system]] and not because countermeasures against the inevitable super-villain are bad. [[RedeemingReplacement Placed within a less abusive context]],a new unit of cape-busters become the foremost anti-super-villain force on Earth.
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** While the Cape-Busters serve a corrupt system, they are corrupt corrupt
[[InheritInTheSystem because of that system]] and not because countermeasures against the inevitable super-villain are bad. [[RedeemingReplacement Placed within a less abusive context]],a new unit of cape-busters become the foremost anti-super-villain force on Earth.
[[InheritInTheSystem because of that system]] and not because countermeasures against the inevitable super-villain are bad. [[RedeemingReplacement Placed within a less abusive context]],a new unit of cape-busters become the foremost anti-super-villain force on Earth.
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* '''Downplayed''': There is no specialized organization to fight Capes, but some police officers and soldiers have the training and equipment to try.
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** There is no specialized organization to fight Capes, but some police officers and soldiers have the training and equipment to try.
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** The existence of super-powered individuals could be seen as a threat to non-powered humankind, thus necessitating some sort of forceful countermeasure.
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** '''Reconstructed''': While the Caper-Busters serve a corrupt system, they are corrupt [[InheritInTheSystem because of that system]] and not because countermeasures against the inevitable super-villain are bad. [[RedeemingReplacement Placed within a less abusive context]],a new unit of cape-busters become the foremost anti-super-villain force on earth.
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**'''Reconstructed''': While the Caper-Busters Cape-Busters serve a corrupt system, they are corrupt [[InheritInTheSystem because of that system]] and not because countermeasures against the inevitable super-villain are bad. [[RedeemingReplacement Placed within a less abusive context]],a new unit of cape-busters become the foremost anti-super-villain force on earth.Earth.
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* '''Double Subverted''': But the main source of despotism is from super-humans, [KnightTemplar and they believe that all superhumans are either with them or against them...]]
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* '''Double Subverted''': But the main source of despotism is from super-humans, [KnightTemplar [[KnightTemplar and they believe that all superhumans are either with them or against them...]]
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* '''Double Subverted''': But the main source of despotism is from super-humans, [KnightTemplar and they belies believe that all superhumans are either with them or against them...]]
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* '''Zig Zagged''': The Cape-Busters are a CreatureHunterOrganization rather than one that targets superhero exclusively...but often find themselves in conflict with the latter. It's not due to any jingoism or doctrinal reasons however-[[OnlyInItForTheMoney it's just that they get paid to do so,]] and [[FriendlyEnemy get along with the superhuman community surprising well for mortal enemies.]]
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** Alternately, the Cape-Busters are the ChewToy, unable to win against even the [[SuperZero [[SuperZeroes absolute lamest of meta-humans.]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': The Cape-Busters are a CreatureHunterOrganization rather than one that targetssuperhero superheros exclusively...but often find themselves in conflict with the latter. It's not due to any jingoism or doctrinal reasons however-[[OnlyInItForTheMoney it's just that they get paid to do so,]] and [[FriendlyEnemy get along with the superhuman community surprising well for mortal enemies.]]
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'''Exploited''': A super-villain founds a deliberatly corrupt cape-buster force, both to kill off his rivals and destroy faith in the establishment when their corruption is discovered.
* '''Defied''':???Humans are PunyEarthlings, and it TakesOneToKillOne. [[HumansNeedAliens Humans are entirely dependent on their superhuman guardians.]]
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** While it can be argued that there needs to be ways to take care of these threats, to the government it's more about [[SecretPolice removing threats to its power rather than actually protecting people.]]
**Because they have technology to stop Mutants with very few government oversights they [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis themselves become]] [[WhoWatchesTheWatchmen corrupt.]]
** The organization mainly is used to [[FantasticRacism prosecute mutants]]
**'''Reconstructed''': While the Caper-Busters serve a corrupt system, they are corrupt [[InheritInTheSystem because of that system]] and not because countermeasures against the inevitable super-villain are bad. [[RedeemingReplacement Placed within a less abusive context]],a new unit of cape-busters become the foremost anti-super-villain force on earth.
** Cape-busters are folded into the greater police force and are subject to even more legislative limits due to their dangerous equipment. While this often means they're drowning in red tape it also means it's much harder for corruption to take root.
** Mutants are invited to join the Cape-Busters, and eventually become valued members of the team, throwing the us-vs-them mentality to the wayside for all but the most diehard bigots.
** While it can be argued that there needs to be ways to take care of these threats, to the government it's more about [[SecretPolice removing threats to its power rather than actually protecting people.]]
**Because they have technology to stop Mutants with very few government oversights they [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis themselves become]] [[WhoWatchesTheWatchmen corrupt.]]
** The organization mainly is used to [[FantasticRacism prosecute mutants]]
**'''Reconstructed''': While the Caper-Busters serve a corrupt system, they are corrupt [[InheritInTheSystem because of that system]] and not because countermeasures against the inevitable super-villain are bad. [[RedeemingReplacement Placed within a less abusive context]],a new unit of cape-busters become the foremost anti-super-villain force on earth.
** Cape-busters are folded into the greater police force and are subject to even more legislative limits due to their dangerous equipment. While this often means they're drowning in red tape it also means it's much harder for corruption to take root.
** Mutants are invited to join the Cape-Busters, and eventually become valued members of the team, throwing the us-vs-them mentality to the wayside for all but the most diehard bigots.
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** Cape-Buster is [[SuperVillain a lone gunman]] with a grudge against every meta-human and the skill and equipment to express it.
** [[OutsideContextProblem Standard military and police are vastly under-prepared for super-villains,]] and a specialist force is required to prevent social collapse.
** All super-humans in-setting [[BewareTheSuperman inevitably become corrupted and evil]], so countering their rise is entirely moral and rational.
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The Cape-Busters were not intended at an anti-superhuman unit, instead being given estoric equipment to banish the rise of despotism in their home state.
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The Cape-Busters are a CreatureHunterOrganization rather than one that targets superhero exclusively...but often find themselves in conflict with the latter. It's not due to any jingoism or doctrinal reasons however-[[OnlyInItForTheMoney it's just that they get paid to do so,]] and [[FriendlyEnemy get along with the superhuman community surprising well for mortal enemies.]]
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'''Basic Trope''': A group of normal humans without superhuman abilities specialize in defeating super-powered enemies.
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