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''[[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/126925/1-1/ When She Was Bad]]'' is a webcomic about PsychoLesbian [[VillainProtagonist villain protagonist]] Gail Swanson, who gained superpowers when a mysterious cloaked man zaps her, in a [[MagicalGirl magical girl]] [[SuperHeroOrigin story]] gone wrong. It's about her fights, her triumphs, her losses, her lackeys... And maybe her love life. If she can ever get the guts to ask the girl of her dreams out.
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''[[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/126925/1-1/ When She Was Bad]]'' is a webcomic about PsychoLesbian [[VillainProtagonist villain protagonist]] Gail Swanson, who gained superpowers when a mysterious cloaked man zaps her, in a [[MagicalGirl magical girl]] [[SuperHeroOrigin story]] gone wrong. It's about her fights, her triumphs, her losses, her lackeys... And and maybe her love life. If she can ever get the guts to ask the girl of her dreams out.
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* BiTheWay: Tabitha casually reveals to Gail that she's dated both boys and girls in the past.
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* IncompatibleOrientation: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. [[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/342975/7-19/ When Tabitha started talking about a boyfriend, Gail thought, that she's straight, but that misunderstanding was soon rectified, after Tabitha said, that]] the [[BiTheWay girlfriend she had before]] wouldn't have gotten her brother into crime like that.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: The Order turns women into heroines, yet refuses to allow women into their ranks. [[spoiler:They let trans-women in, but constantly identify them as male.]]
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* JerkAss: Amber is homophobic and a bully ([[CharacterDevelopment mellowed out somehow later in the comic]]), Ben tends often to be an asshole towards people ([[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/2007727/22-12/ he even provoked Tabitha, the nicest person of the gang, into throwing stuff at him and threatening to hit him with a chair]]).
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* JerkAss: Amber is homophobic and a bully ([[CharacterDevelopment mellowed out somehow later in the comic]]), Ben tends often to be an asshole towards people ([[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/2007727/22-12/ he even provoked Tabitha, the nicest person of the gang, into throwing stuff at him and threatening to hit him with a chair]]). Jasper is just plain psychotic.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: One of the reasons Gail thinks Amber isn't as heroic as the Order proclaims is because she is homophobic and bullied Gail in high school for being gay.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: One of the reasons Gail thinks Amber isn't as heroic as the Order proclaims is because she is homophobic and bullied Gail in high school for being gay. [[spoiler:Amber manages to reason herself out of homophobia after fighting enough crime; Gail and other criminals aren't because they're homosexual - they're just greedy and violent thugs regardless of sexuality.]]
** Turns out, Amber's philanthropic doctor dad is a homophobe.
** Turns out, Amber's philanthropic doctor dad is a homophobe.
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** Later chapters establish that Gail and her team draw the line at murder, which is why she [[spoiler:decides to send Jasper back to prison.]]
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M Isuse of Five Man Band. First group has more than five members, second one is the cut trope Five Bad Band
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* FiveManBand:
** Amber's group
*** TheHero: Amber
*** TheLancer: Rebecca fits this best, but by WordOfGod, its apparently Hillary
*** TheSmartGuy: Rebecca
*** TheBigGuy: Max
*** The Chick: Hillary
*** TagalongKid: William
** Gail's group as a whole.
*** The BigBad: Gail
*** TheDragon: [[DragonWithAnAgenda Jasper]]
*** TheEvilGenius: ...He's a hacker, so stereotypically that makes Ben this.
*** TheBrute: Sean
*** TheDarkChick: Anna
*** And they also have a [[TheChick Chick]] as well in the form of Tabitha.
** Amber's group
*** TheHero: Amber
*** TheLancer: Rebecca fits this best, but by WordOfGod, its apparently Hillary
*** TheSmartGuy: Rebecca
*** TheBigGuy: Max
*** The Chick: Hillary
*** TagalongKid: William
** Gail's group as a whole.
*** The BigBad: Gail
*** TheDragon: [[DragonWithAnAgenda Jasper]]
*** TheEvilGenius: ...He's a hacker, so stereotypically that makes Ben this.
*** TheBrute: Sean
*** TheDarkChick: Anna
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* FiveBadBand: Gail's group as a whole.
** The BigBad: Gail
** TheDragon: [[DragonWithAnAgenda Jasper]]
** TheEvilGenius: ...He's a hacker, so stereotypically that makes Ben this.
** TheBrute: Sean
** TheDarkChick: Anna
** And they also have a [[TheChick Chick]] as well in the form of Tabitha.
* FiveManBand: Amber's group
** TheHero: Amber
** TheLancer: Rebecca fits this best, but by WordOfGod, its apparently Hillary
** TheSmartGuy: Rebecca
** TheBigGuy: Max
** The Chick: Hillary
** TagalongKid: William
** The BigBad: Gail
** TheDragon: [[DragonWithAnAgenda Jasper]]
** TheEvilGenius: ...He's a hacker, so stereotypically that makes Ben this.
** TheBrute: Sean
** TheDarkChick: Anna
** And they also have a [[TheChick Chick]] as well in the form of Tabitha.
* FiveManBand: Amber's group
** TheHero: Amber
** TheLancer: Rebecca fits this best, but by WordOfGod, its apparently Hillary
** TheSmartGuy: Rebecca
** TheBigGuy: Max
** The Chick: Hillary
** TagalongKid: William
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* FiveBadBand: FiveManBand:
** Amber's group
*** TheHero: Amber
*** TheLancer: Rebecca fits this best, but by WordOfGod, its apparently Hillary
*** TheSmartGuy: Rebecca
*** TheBigGuy: Max
*** The Chick: Hillary
*** TagalongKid: William
** Gail's group as a whole.
** *** The BigBad: Gail
** *** TheDragon: [[DragonWithAnAgenda Jasper]]
** *** TheEvilGenius: ...He's a hacker, so stereotypically that makes Ben this.
** *** TheBrute: Sean
** *** TheDarkChick: Anna
** *** And they also have a [[TheChick Chick]] as well in the form of Tabitha.
* FiveManBand: Amber's group
** TheHero: Amber
** TheLancer: Rebecca fits this best, but by WordOfGod, its apparently Hillary
** TheSmartGuy: Rebecca
** TheBigGuy: Max
** The Chick: Hillary
** TagalongKid: WilliamTabitha.
** Amber's group
*** TheHero: Amber
*** TheLancer: Rebecca fits this best, but by WordOfGod, its apparently Hillary
*** TheSmartGuy: Rebecca
*** TheBigGuy: Max
*** The Chick: Hillary
*** TagalongKid: William
** Gail's group as a whole.
* FiveManBand: Amber's group
** TheHero: Amber
** TheLancer: Rebecca fits this best, but by WordOfGod, its apparently Hillary
** TheSmartGuy: Rebecca
** TheBigGuy: Max
** The Chick: Hillary
** TagalongKid: William
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* {{Transsexual}}: [[spoiler: Marisol is M to F transsexual]].
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* {{Transsexual}}: {{Transgender}}: [[spoiler: Marisol is M to F transsexual]].a trans woman]].
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-->--Nursery rhyme
->Every story needs a villain...
-->--Gail Swanson
-->--Nursery rhyme
->Every story needs a villain...
-->--Gail Swanson
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She was horrid!
-->--Nursery rhyme
->Every story needs a villain...
-->--Gail Swanson
horrid!"''
-->-- Nursery rhyme
-->--Nursery rhyme
->Every story needs a villain...
-->--Gail Swanson
-->-- Nursery rhyme
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* UnwantedAssistance: In [[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/737476/13-26/ this strip]], "Stop Helping Me" is nearly said verbatim.
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* PowerDyesYourHair: Before Amber got her powers, she was portrayed as a [[BlondesAreEvil blond dickwhaffle]], but after the Order gave her her superpowers, her hair turned [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair permanently blue]].
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* PowerDyesYourHair: Before Amber got her powers, she was portrayed as a [[BlondesAreEvil blond dickwhaffle]], dickwhaffle, but after the Order gave her her superpowers, her hair turned [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair permanently blue]].
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** TheBigBad: The BigBad: Gail
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* {{Transsexual}}: Marisol is M to F transsexual.
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* {{Transsexual}}: [[spoiler: Marisol is M to F transsexual.transsexual]].
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* JerkAss: Amber is homophobic and a bully ([[CharacterDevelopment mellowed out somehow later in the comic]]), Ben tends often to be an asshole towards people (he even provoked Tabitha, the nicest person of the gang, to throw stuff at him and to threaten to hit him with a chair).
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* JerkAss: Amber is homophobic and a bully ([[CharacterDevelopment mellowed out somehow later in the comic]]), Ben tends often to be an asshole towards people (he ([[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/2007727/22-12/ he even provoked Tabitha, the nicest person of the gang, to throw into throwing stuff at him and to threaten threatening to hit him with a chair).chair]]).
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* JerkAss: Amber is homophobic and a bully ([[CharacterDevelopment mellowed out somehow later in the comic]]), Ben tends often to be an asshole towards people (he even provoked Tabitha, the nicest person of the gang, to throw stuff at him and to threaten to hit him with a chair).
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* StupidSexyFlanders: [[GenderInvertedTrope Inverted:]] [[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/1200171/17-2/ Gail has a "stupid sexy Javier" moment.]]
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* IncompatibleOrientation: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. [[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/342975/7-19/ When Tabitha started talking about a boyfriend, Gail thought, that she's straight, but that misunderstanding was soon rectified, after Tabitha said, that]] the [[BiTheWay girlfriend she had before]] wouldn't have gotten her brother into crime like that.
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''[[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/126925/1-1/ When She Was Bad]]'' is a webcomic about [[PsychoLesbian psycho lesbian]] [[VillainProtagonist villain protagonist]] Gail Swanson, who gained superpowers when a mysterious cloaked man zaps her, in a [[MagicalGirl magical girl]] [[SuperHeroOrigin story]] gone wrong. It's about her fights, her triumphs, her losses, her lackeys... And maybe her love life. If she can ever get the guts to ask the girl of her dreams out.
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''[[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/126925/1-1/ When She Was Bad]]'' is a webcomic about [[PsychoLesbian psycho lesbian]] PsychoLesbian [[VillainProtagonist villain protagonist]] Gail Swanson, who gained superpowers when a mysterious cloaked man zaps her, in a [[MagicalGirl magical girl]] [[SuperHeroOrigin story]] gone wrong. It's about her fights, her triumphs, her losses, her lackeys... And maybe her love life. If she can ever get the guts to ask the girl of her dreams out.
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* EroticEating: [[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/447501/9-8/ How Gail ate ice, from Tabitha's perspective]].
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* PowerDyesYourHair: Before Amber got her powers, she was portrayed as a [[BlondesAreEvil blond dickwhaffle]], but after the Order gave her her superpowers, her hair turned [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair permanently blue]].
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Max had has memories erased before joining the Order. Marisol tells him it was voluntary.
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* {{Transsexual}}: Marisol is M to F transsexual.
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* MoralityPet: Tabitha is usually the (ignored) voice of reason during Gail's ForTheEvulz actions and Jasper's psychotic episodes. Unfortunately, she's into [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys bad men/women]].
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* PowerIncontinence: Gail. So far she has had the power to [[SpeaksFluentAnimal talk to animals]], [[{{EMP}} electronic disruption]], {{telepathy}} and {{pyrokinesis}}.
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* PowerIncontinence: Gail. So far she has had the power to [[SpeaksFluentAnimal talk to animals]], [[{{EMP}} electronic disruption]], {{telepathy}} and {{pyrokinesis}}.[[PlayingWithFire [=pyrokinesis=]]].
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* PlayingWithFire: Gail, for a time, due to her constantly-changing secondary power.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: One of the reasons Gail thinks Amber isn't as heroic as the Order proclaims is because she is homophobic and bullied Gail in high school for being gay.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: One of the reasons Gail thinks Amber isn't as heroic as the Order proclaims is because she is homophobic and bullied Gail in high school for being gay.
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* AnimalsHateHim: Gail's cat Torq says Jasper gives him the creeps.
* {{Asexuality}}: Gail believes Jasper is asexual, as he has never shown interest in anyone.
* AttemptedRape: A flashback reveals that this is one of the reasons Gail hates Amber. [[spoiler:Amber's boyfriend attempted to rape Gail. Gail suspected that Amber put him up to it.]]
* AttemptedRape: A flashback reveals that this is one of the reasons Gail hates Amber. [[spoiler:Amber's boyfriend attempted to rape Gail. Gail suspected that Amber put him up to it.]]
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* BiTheWay: Tabitha casually reveals to Gail that she's dated both boys and girls in the past.
* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: Sean disarms a cop this way when breaking Jasper out of prison.
* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: Sean disarms a cop this way when breaking Jasper out of prison.
* TheChosenOne: Amber is, according to the Order.
* DisabilityImmunity: Anthony, who's been deaf since birth, is immune to Gail's mind-reading. She can't hear his thoughts because he doesn't associate words with sounds.
* EvilLaugh: Gail breaks out in one when robbing a bank for the first time.
* FakingTheDead: Max pretends to die after being shot in the chest by Jasper. However, it doesn't take long for his deception to be uncovered.
* FakingTheDead: Max pretends to die after being shot in the chest by Jasper. However, it doesn't take long for his deception to be uncovered.
* {{Gayngster}}: Connor Hammond.
* HealingFactor: Max has one for his role as Amber's bodyguard. It's initially very powerful, but decreases over time as Amber becomes stronger and less reliant on him.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Amber, at first.
* HealingFactor: Max has one for his role as Amber's bodyguard. It's initially very powerful, but decreases over time as Amber becomes stronger and less reliant on him.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Amber, at first.
* LockedIntoStrangeness: When Amber gets her powers, her hair turns permanently blue.
* NeckLift: Jasper does this when interrogating a hapless member of Hammond's gang.
* NeckLift: Jasper does this when interrogating a hapless member of Hammond's gang.
* OrphanageOfFear: Gail grew up in an orphanage where "catching the biggest cockroaches was considered a fun past-time". She ran away from when she was eleven years old.
* PerceptionFilter: Gail and Amber have this is part of their powers. No matter how public Gail's crimes are, no matter how many witnesses see her, no one can recall her face afterwards. Even when Amber tries to directly tell the police that Gail is the culprit, her calls end up being ignored or forgotten. The same power also protects Amber's identity: when a recording is made of her flying, her face appears as TheBlank.
* PowerTattoo: Members of the Order have mystic tattoos that allow them to track each others' locations.
* PsychicStatic: When Gail gets telepathy as her secondary power, Jasper blocks her by thinking about the Mario Bros. theme song on a loop.
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* StopHelpingMe: In [[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/737476/13-26/ this strip]], nearly verbatim.
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* StopHelpingMe: In [[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/737476/13-26/ SamusIsAGirl: Coyote, the fearsome gang enforcer, is revealed to be a woman.
* SatisfiedStreetRat: Gail, who lived on the streets between being in an orphanage and being in a gang, and whose experiences during that time initially make her a much more effective fighter than Amber.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Gail, for a time, due to her constantly-changing secondary power.
* WalkingTechBane: Gail, for a time, due to her constantly-changing secondary power.
* YouNeedToGetLaid: Anna says thisstrip]], nearly verbatim.to Gail early on. Gail actually agrees.
* SatisfiedStreetRat: Gail, who lived on the streets between being in an orphanage and being in a gang, and whose experiences during that time initially make her a much more effective fighter than Amber.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Gail, for a time, due to her constantly-changing secondary power.
* WalkingTechBane: Gail, for a time, due to her constantly-changing secondary power.
* YouNeedToGetLaid: Anna says this
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* DeadLittleSister: Why a gang member took care of little!Gail.
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* ChaoticNeutral: Gail and co, but especially Jasper.
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* PerkyFemaleMinion: Coyote
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* [[spoiler:AttemptedRape]][[spoiler:AttemptedRape:]]
* BerserkButton: Gail and Sean appear to share one -- [[spoiler:sexual threats towards women]]
* BerserkButton: Gail and Sean appear to share one -- [[spoiler:sexual threats towards women]]
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** More seriously on [[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/1577952/18-21/ this page]]
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->There was a little girl\\
Who had a little curl\\
Right in the middle of her forehead.\\
And when she was good\\
She was very, very good\\
But when she was bad\\
She was horrid!
-->--Nursery rhyme
->Every story needs a villain...
-->--Gail Swanson
''[[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/126925/1-1/ When She Was Bad]]'' is a webcomic about [[PsychoLesbian psycho lesbian]] [[VillainProtagonist villain protagonist]] Gail Swanson, who gained superpowers when a mysterious cloaked man zaps her, in a [[MagicalGirl magical girl]] [[SuperHeroOrigin story]] gone wrong. It's about her fights, her triumphs, her losses, her lackeys... And maybe her love life. If she can ever get the guts to ask the girl of her dreams out.
It's also about her [[TheChosenOne heroic]] counterpart, AlphaBitch Amber Price, who eventually [[ResignedToTheCall resigns]] into her role, and tries to use her powers for good, especially against Gail Swanson.
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!! This show provides examples of:
* ArtEvolution: From [[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/129250/1-8/ this]] to [[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/970885/15-4/ this]]. The proportions are still weird, but you can't say it hasn't improved dramatically.
* AxeCrazy: Gail and [[spoiler:Coyote]]
* [[spoiler:AttemptedRape]]
* BlessedWithSuck: Amber gets super strength and Gail gets... to talk with her cat. [[spoiler:At least, that's what she first thinks.]]
* BloodKnight: Coyote, Coyote, COYOTE.
* BreastAttack: [[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/297539/6-20/ During the armored car robbery.]]
* CarFu: As seen [[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/631281/12-22/ here]].
* Chaotic Neutral: Gail and co, but especially Jasper.
* CursedWithAwesome: Gail's secondary power always changes; This means she has all kinds of weird powers, talking to animals, [[WalkingTechBane disabling any technology she nears]], {{telepathy}} and [[spoiler:[[PlayingWithFire pyrokinesis]]]].
* DeadLittleSister: Why a gang member took care of little!Gail.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The group's reaction to [[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/659068/extra-a-little-arteest/ Tabitha's horrible (drunk) sketch]].
* FiveBadBand: Gail's group as a whole.
** TheBigBad: Gail
** TheDragon: [[DragonWithAnAgenda Jasper]]
** TheEvilGenius: ...He's a hacker, so stereotypically that makes Ben this.
** TheBrute: Sean
** TheDarkChick: Anna
** And they also have a [[TheChick Chick]] as well in the form of Tabitha.
* FiveManBand: Amber's group
** TheHero: Amber
** TheLancer: Rebecca fits this best, but by WordOfGod, its apparently Hillary
** TheSmartGuy: Rebecca
** TheBigGuy: Max
** The Chick: Hillary
** TagalongKid: William
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Jasper.
* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: Amber's first superhero costume. It got turned on her rather embarassingly.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Sean to Gail once.
* OhCrap: Max, when [[spoiler: Gail is about to drop a car on him]].
* OneManArmy: [[TheQuietOne Jasper]] and [[BloodKnight Coyote]].
* PermaStubble: Sean
* PowerIncontinence: Gail. So far she has had the power to [[SpeaksFluentAnimal talk to animals]], [[{{EMP}} electronic disruption]], {{telepathy}} and {{pyrokinesis}}.
* StopHelpingMe: In [[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/737476/13-26/ this strip]], nearly verbatim.
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Who had a little curl\\
Right in the middle of her forehead.\\
And when she was good\\
She was very, very good\\
But when she was bad\\
She was horrid!
-->--Nursery rhyme
->Every story needs a villain...
-->--Gail Swanson
''[[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/126925/1-1/ When She Was Bad]]'' is a webcomic about [[PsychoLesbian psycho lesbian]] [[VillainProtagonist villain protagonist]] Gail Swanson, who gained superpowers when a mysterious cloaked man zaps her, in a [[MagicalGirl magical girl]] [[SuperHeroOrigin story]] gone wrong. It's about her fights, her triumphs, her losses, her lackeys... And maybe her love life. If she can ever get the guts to ask the girl of her dreams out.
It's also about her [[TheChosenOne heroic]] counterpart, AlphaBitch Amber Price, who eventually [[ResignedToTheCall resigns]] into her role, and tries to use her powers for good, especially against Gail Swanson.
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!! This show provides examples of:
* ArtEvolution: From [[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/129250/1-8/ this]] to [[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/970885/15-4/ this]]. The proportions are still weird, but you can't say it hasn't improved dramatically.
* AxeCrazy: Gail and [[spoiler:Coyote]]
* [[spoiler:AttemptedRape]]
* BlessedWithSuck: Amber gets super strength and Gail gets... to talk with her cat. [[spoiler:At least, that's what she first thinks.]]
* BloodKnight: Coyote, Coyote, COYOTE.
* BreastAttack: [[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/297539/6-20/ During the armored car robbery.]]
* CarFu: As seen [[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/631281/12-22/ here]].
* Chaotic Neutral: Gail and co, but especially Jasper.
* CursedWithAwesome: Gail's secondary power always changes; This means she has all kinds of weird powers, talking to animals, [[WalkingTechBane disabling any technology she nears]], {{telepathy}} and [[spoiler:[[PlayingWithFire pyrokinesis]]]].
* DeadLittleSister: Why a gang member took care of little!Gail.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The group's reaction to [[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/659068/extra-a-little-arteest/ Tabitha's horrible (drunk) sketch]].
* FiveBadBand: Gail's group as a whole.
** TheBigBad: Gail
** TheDragon: [[DragonWithAnAgenda Jasper]]
** TheEvilGenius: ...He's a hacker, so stereotypically that makes Ben this.
** TheBrute: Sean
** TheDarkChick: Anna
** And they also have a [[TheChick Chick]] as well in the form of Tabitha.
* FiveManBand: Amber's group
** TheHero: Amber
** TheLancer: Rebecca fits this best, but by WordOfGod, its apparently Hillary
** TheSmartGuy: Rebecca
** TheBigGuy: Max
** The Chick: Hillary
** TagalongKid: William
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Jasper.
* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: Amber's first superhero costume. It got turned on her rather embarassingly.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Sean to Gail once.
* OhCrap: Max, when [[spoiler: Gail is about to drop a car on him]].
* OneManArmy: [[TheQuietOne Jasper]] and [[BloodKnight Coyote]].
* PermaStubble: Sean
* PowerIncontinence: Gail. So far she has had the power to [[SpeaksFluentAnimal talk to animals]], [[{{EMP}} electronic disruption]], {{telepathy}} and {{pyrokinesis}}.
* StopHelpingMe: In [[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/737476/13-26/ this strip]], nearly verbatim.
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