History Webcomic / JupiterMen

* DeepCoverAgent: Lavani believes Arrio is this, as she can't fathom the idea that a Magite would be allowed on Prime wihout authorization from the Star Guardian. She starts needling Arrio with questions in an attempt to prove that he's lying in convoluted attempt to take the Star Seed, but her prejudices refuse to let her believe he's telling the truth about being born on Prime.

* {{Touche}}: Quintin wonders how Arrio, who is partly Hispanic, is failing an "easy" subject like Spanish. Arrio asks how Quintin is failing social studies. Quintin mutters touché and drops the subject.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The revelation that Arrio's mother was a Magite who entered Prime in violation of interdimensional treaties brings the subject of immigrants illegally crossing a country's border to mind. This image is only strengthened when Nathan threatens to deport Arrio for being part-Magite despite him living his whole life on Prime.

-->'''Nathan:''' I'll let that one slide. I'm in a good mood.\\

* ImplausibleDeniability: In Episode 22, he goes upstairs to get some air and locks Quintin and Jackie in the training room so they'll keep training without his supervision. Quintin follows Nathan and asks if he locked them down there on purpose. Nathan has a BeatPanel before saying "No." Quintin replies that it wouldn't have worked anyways because he memorized the passcodes with his PhotographicMemory.

* FreeRangeChildren: Due to their mom's busy schedule as a police officer and their dad being conspicuously absent, the Avalon twins are generally left to their own devices with only Arrio serving as a chaperone and chauffeur from time to time. This is why Quintin and Jackie are able to do superhero things without getting in trouble with their mom. Arrio has the excuse of his part-time job to be out after hours. Nathan has no supervision at all since both of his parents are missing and his guardian is an apathetic GoldDigger.
* FreudianTrio:
** Quintin, Jackie, and Nathan form this dynamic as the Id, Ego, and Superego respectively. Quintin is a WideEyedIdealist who is often recklessly determined to help others and is prone to [[DidntThinkThisThrough not thinking things through]]. Nathan is the stern and disciplined ExperiencedProtagonist who admonishes Quintin for his short-sightedness and is reluctant to seek out crime to fight because of how the team is barely handling their Star Guardian duties as is. Jackie is not as uptight as Nathan or as optimistic as Quintin, voicing complaints about both of their approaches to their roles.
** Quintin and Jackie form another one of these with Arrio, but with Jackie as the Superego and Arrio as the Ego. Quintin's idealism and feelings of responsibility causes him to butt heads with Jackie's more selfish and down-to-earth wants. Arrio is older and wiser than both of them, approaching both of them with equal parts kindness and measured reason.

* PaperThinDisguise: Justified. Nathan's DominoMask, while seemingly minimal as far as disguises go, utilizes holographic technology that toggles through random facial features to keep his SecretIdentity safe. He gives similar masks to Quintin and Jackie to protect their identities as well. It's later revealed that the masks are secondary and that the team's earbuds are the source of the holographic effect.

** Nathan's yellow Volkswagen Beetle is based on the heroes' car in ''Anime/LupinIII''.

** Nathan's yellow Volkswagen Beetle is based on the heroes' car in ''Franchise/LupinTheThird''.

* FreeRangeChildren: Due to their mom's busy schedule as a police officer and their dad being conspicuously absent, the Avalon twins are generally left to their own devices with only Arrio serving as a chaperone and chauffeur from time to time. This is why Quintin and Jackie are able to do superhero things without getting in trouble with their mom. Meanwhile, Arrio has work as an excuse to be outside home and Nathan's dad has gone missing, leaving him nearly completely without supervision.

* LoyalPhlebotinum: Nathan is alarmed to learn that the Star Seed has been bonded to Quintin's and Jackie's souls, meaning there's no removing their powers without ripping the life out of them. This forces him to enlist the twins' aid as Star Guardians until they can find Jupiter-Man and safely remove the Star Seed from them.

* MistakenForRelated: Inverted. When Nathan brings the twins to his base without blindfolds, they find a picture of Daejung Mun, the wealthy CEO of Mun Tech Industries. Quintin asks if Nathan admires him to have a picture of a celebrity in his home. Nathan replies that Mun is his dad.

* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: As the bearers of the Star Seed, the Avalon twins are able to get a vague sense of concentrations of cosmic energy to locate starstruck monsters and supervillains. Quintin gets a runny nose and sneezes as his response to feeling this out.
* MySuitIsAlsoSuper: Quintin and Jackie's costumes are created by secret Mun Tech technology specifically to adapt to their powers. Quintin's costume breaks down when he transforms parts of his body into slime and back to avoid impeding his movement. Jackie gets a self-recharging battery to help her use her powers for longer periods before waiting for it to recharge.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Victoria's much more demure BetaBitch, Pepper, clearly has a thing for Quintin, stammering and getting tongue-tied while triyng to talk to him and CannotSpitItOut. Quintin is [[ObliviousToLove oblivious to this]] and only watches in confusion as Pepper gets called away by Victoria.

* BrotherSisterTeam: The Avalon Twins.

* FreeRangeChildren: Due to their mom's busy schedule as a police officer and their dad being conspicuously absent, the Avalon twins are generally left to their own devices with only Arrio serving as a chaperone and chauffeur from time to time. This is why Quintin and Jackie are able to do superhero things without getting in trouble with their mom.

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Discussed. Quintin's hair is shorter and thicker than his sister Jackie's much curlier and more voluminous hair. Their eyes are slightly different shades of brown and Quintin's hair is dyed light green at the ends. They don't dress alike either, with Quintin wearing a simple hoodie and shorts while Jackie wears denim over a shoulderless blouse and short shorts. Rick is surprised to learn that Quintin is Jackie's twin, as they're fraternal twins who don't look identical, initially assuming that they're simply friends.
-->'''Jackie:''' Hmm... have I never mentioned my twin brother?\\
'''Rick:''' Twins...? But you guys don't look the same.\\
''[BeatPanel as Rick looks between the two of them]''\\
'''Jackie:''' Jeez! I sure hope not!\\
'''Quintin:''' Hey!

* CannotSpitItOut: Victoria's BetaBitch Pepper is shy and demure. She clearly has a crush on Quintin but gets tongue-tied trying to make small talk with him.

* FieryRedhead: Inverted. Pepper has fiery red hair akin to the mascot for Wendy's, but is the most soft-spoken, demure, and nicest of the Doll Set. She has a crush on Quintin and stammers while trying to say hello to him.

* WonderTwinPowers: Quintin and Jackie possess Jupiter-Man's ability to remove the cosmic energy that mutates starstruck creatures into monsters, but only while they're both touching it. Nathan needs both twins on board with becoming superheroes because of this, as there's no other way to permanently neutralize a starstruck monster.

* YouthfulFreckles:
** Inverted with Bea, Quintin and Jackie's mother. Bea has freckles despite her largely serious and responsible demenor in contrast to her freckleless and more irresponsible children.
** Pepper is a member of the Doll Set, a GirlPosse of the most beautiful girls at Jupiter High. While Victoria and Mai have unblemished skin and flaunt their looks and social status, Pepper is freckled and is considerably shyer and less confident. She CannotSpitItOut to Quintin and stammers in his presence, marking her as less mature than her friends.

* BookDumb: Quintin, Jackie, and Arrio all struggle in different subjects in school. Quintin flunked his social studies project thanks to his StringTheory-laden presentation about Jupiter-Man, while Jackie is a straight-C student. Arrio mentions struggling with Spanish and Jackie says they can all be dumb together.

* ChickMagnet: According to Arrio, Rick Chang has most of the female student body at Jupiter high fawning over him, letting Rick have his pick of hte litter. But Jackie isn't interested and Rick wants to know why she's immune to his charms.
* ChromaticArrangement: The three main characters at the start of the story are Quintin, Jackie, and Nathan, who are strongly associated with green, blue, and red respectively. This is reflective of their personalities: Quintin is energetic and sweet, Jackie socially adept but superficial, and Nathan is deadly serious and the most devoted to the role of being a Star Guardian.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience:
** Quintin is strongly associated with bright green colors to match his slime powers and excitable personality. Jackie is associated with baby blue colors, reflecting her [[BlueIsCalm relatively down-to-earth]] personality and [[TrueBlueFemininity femininity.]]
** Each part of Jupiter-Man's lair is predominantly one color. The containment bays are red, break room is orange, the tech room is green, the training room is blue, the medbay is pink, and the main hub is purple. This makes it easy to tell where in the facility the characters are and doubles as a ShoutOut to ''Franchise/PowerRangers''.

* InstantCostumeChange: Secret Mun Tech gadgetry allows the Jupiter-Men to instantly don their costumes just by wearing their mask and/or putting on their team communicators. This cause their super outfits to overwrite their current clothes. Returning to civilian wear is as simple as taking their masks off.

* LikeFatherLikeSon: Beatrice is a devoted ByTheBookCop who takes down crooks and robbers while at work. Her son Quintin has similar ChronicHeroSyndrome and fights crime as a vigilante while defending the world from extradimensional threats as a Star Guardian. Like her daughter Jackie, Beatrice is relatively down to earth about her priorities and is exasperated with Quintin's energy and obsession with Jupiter-Man. Beatrice has a twin sibling, Atticus, as alluded to in background photos.

* KidHero: The story revolves around first-year high schoolers Quintin and Jackie Avalon, who gain superpowers and become Jupiter City's protectors in place of Jupiter-Man. They're soon joined by sixteen-year-old Arrio and seventeen-year-old Nathan.

** Pepper is a member of the Doll Set, a GirlPosse of the most beautiful girls at Jupiter High. While Victoria and Mai have unblemished skin and flaunt their looks and social status, Pepper is freckled and is considerably shyer and less confident. She CannotSpitItOut to Quintin and stammers in his presence.

* PaperThinDisguise: Justified. Nathan's DominoMask, while seemingly minimal as far as disguises go, utilizes holographic technology that toggles through random facial features to keep his SecretIdentity safe. He gives similar masks to Quintin and Jackie to protect their identities as well.

* SecretIdentity: Deconstructed. Nathan tells the twins to keep their role as Star Guardians a secret from even their closest friends and family to hold up TheMasquerade as much as possible to prevent panic. This puts a serious strain on Quintin's and Jackie's normal lives. Arrio comes to the mistaken conclusion that they'd gotten caught up in gang activity and Bea is beside herself with worry when Arrio tells her about the twins' strange behavior. This comes to a head when Arrio gets into a heated argument with the twins over their refusal to tell the truth. Later on, Quintin tries to protect Arrio as Gusher. But Arrio refuses to trust "Gusher" because he doesn't know anything about him. That's when Quintin makes the decision to unmask himself to Arrio to finally remove this barrier of dishonesty.

* SpoilerCover: The fact that Jupiter-Man is missing is TheReveal in-story and a major revelation that gives context to Quintin and Jackie's powers. But pretty much every reader will know about it in advance by virtue of the comic's blurb mentioning it in the first few sentences.

* KeepingSecretsSucks: Nathan's insistence that the twins keep their friends and family out of the superhero life puts serious strain on Quintin's and Jackie's relationship with Arrio. The twins constantly make flimsy excuses as to why they can't hang out like usual and have no time to relax due to Nathan's TrainingFromHell. Arrio is constantly worried about the twins's inability to explain why they're suddenly so busy. This comes to a head when Quintin and Arrio, both normally cheery and easy-going people, get into a heated argument in which Arrio assumes the twins have gotten involved in a gang due to their unwillingness to come clean to him.

* LoyalPhlebotinum: Nathan is alarmed to learn that the Star Seed has been bonded to Quintin's and Jackie's souls, meaning there's no removing their powers without ripping the life out of them. This forces him to enlist the twins's aid as Star Guardians until they can find Jupiter-Man and safely remove the Star Seed from them.

* TitleDrop: After dealing with the ManEatingPlant monster, Quintin declares that as Jupiter-City's first-ever superhero team, they should call themselves the Jupiter-Men, followed by a panel of the series's logo.

* BigFancyHouse: Nathan leaves in his father's mansion, which is built into the side of a seaside cliff. Its modest lobby belies the sprawling complex only accessible by elevator, leading to an elaborate penthouse with a large kitchen, multiple bedroom, and a huge living room/break room. Even deeper into the mansion is Jupiter-Man's ElaborateUndergroundBase, complete with a DeadlyTrainingArea, a medical bay, and a tech room for building gadgets.

* InstantlyProvenWrong: While demonstrating his growing mastery of his powers to Jackie, Quintin declares that he's pretty much mastered his abilities right before accidentally reeling a soda can into his head.

* FreudianTrio: Quintin, Jackie, and Nathan form this dynamic as the Id, Ego, and Superego respectively. Quintin is a WideEyedIdealist who is often recklessly determined to help others and is prone to [[DidntThinkThisThrough not thinking things through]]. Nathan is the stern and disciplined ExperiencedProtagonist who admonishes Quintin for his short-sightedness and is reluctant to seek out crime to fight because of how the team is barely handling their Star Guardian duties as is. Jackie is not as uptight as Nathan or as optimistic as Quintin, voicing complaints about both of their approaches to their roles.

** When Quentin accidentally covers his entire math class with slime, the teacher mistakes it all for snot and demands he visit the nurse's office. The next person to use the restroom Quintin was in thinks little of him fleeing out the door screaming. Similarly, Jackie's classmates in gym are largely indifferent to how she made a volleyball pop and bumped another one into the ceiling, calling the ball and the ceiling "flimsy".

* PhysicalMagicalTechnological: Jackie, Arrio, and Nathan have this relationship regarding their roles in combat. Jackie's powers grant her SuperStrength and SuperToughness, making her the go-to girl for tackling the problem head-on and protecting her much more vulnerable teammates. Arrio is the TokenWizard capable of using powerful magic to assist and defend. Nathan's experience and mastery of his father's advanced technology allow him to provide technical solutions and lead while aiding Jackie on the frontlines.