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1	Created by Lighthouse-Raiders on [=TikTok=], ''S&D Tier'' follows two villains who have formed an unlikely friendship, and the radically different experiences they have at their respective levels of career criminality. Alex is an S-Tier Villain, a rank reserved for the most dangerous superpowered baddies on the planet, unable to be defeated by even whole teams of heroes. Morgan is in the D-Tier; they have superpowers, but aren't considered much of a threat to the public.
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3	Alex is almost omnipotent and has powers as the plot demands, while also nursing a huge crush on Morgan. Morgan has an almost useless power, but a lot of drive to commit heinous acts against society, which are limited to robbing small businesses and planning elaborate heists. Morgan is ObliviousToLove, and Alex is willing to do a lot of things they consider needlessly intricate just to make Morgan happy.
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7	!!This series provides examples of:
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9	* AlienInvasion: An arc involves one. Alex and Morgan initially use it as an opportunity for looting, but eventually get asked by Morgan's sister to help rescue her husband Dave, then by Chad to stop the aliens.
10	* AnArmAndALeg: Chad has two robot arms, and tends to have them ripped off by Alex and occasionally Morgan a ''lot''. [[spoiler:And he only has robot arms because had already Alex ripped off his flesh ones.]]
11	* AffablyEvil:
12	** When they're off the clock, Alex is a fairly chill and likable individual.
13	** Morgan's basically just a friendly neighbor who happens to have an affinity for planning heists.
14	* AmbiguousGender: Neither Alex nor Morgan have stated genders, and their names are both gender-neutral; the creator has specifically stated that "Alex" isn't short for anything.
15	* AnachronicOrder: The episodes are ordered by release date, not chronologically in the storyline. The creator has stated the last chronological episode (prior to the child Ducky Dodgers episodes) has already been released, but will not say which episode that is.
16	* BenevolentBoss: Morgan gets on well with their minions, at one point requesting Alex's help with a heist because the minion they tasked with helping them requested the day off to go to his daughter's piano recital.
17	* CasualDangerDialogue: Alex regularly makes and takes phone calls in the middle of battles.
18	* CharacterCheck: After dozens of episodes of Alex not seeming particularly evil, we get a brief arc where they [[HeelFaceTurn turn face]], ditch Morgan and marry a hero... [[spoiler:and then rip her heart out at the altar. Because AffablyEvil is still ''evil''.]]
19	* CaptainErsatz: All over the place, as the series lovingly pokes fun at different superheroes. The main ones include...
20	** [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica The Fairness Association]], of which Chad is a member.
21	** [[ComicBook/TheAvengers The Chastisers]], of which Morgan's brother in law [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Dave Dodgers/Leader USA]] is a member.
22	** [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo The Conundrum Corporation]], a group of teenage mystery solvers with a SUV and a talking cat.
23	** [[Franchise/IndianaJones Ohio James]], a sociology professor who ethically searches for artifacts and occasionally helps Morgan on heists.
24	* ComplexityAddiction: Morgan delights in spending months or even ''years'' planning elaborate heists, even though their BFF can easily walk in, kill whoever's in the way, take the thing, and leave in less than five minutes. In fact, they get genuinely irritated when Alex keeps offering to do this, saying it's "boring."
25	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Completely averted for Alex, who had a great childhood with loving parents, and was popular in school for being a superhero.
26	* DeathIsCheap: To an extent, there
27	* DeathTrap: Discussed. Morgan has built quite a few, but they never kill anyone. In fact, they're surprised to find out Alex thinks a death trap ''should'' be fatal; they simply use them as diversions to buy time to escape.
28	* DotingParent: Alex's father keeps a scrapbook of all their accomplishments, and they're still on good enough terms that Alex goes home for Christmas (in contrast to Morgan, who avoids their family like the plague).
29	* EmbarrassingRingtone: Alex's ringtone for Morgan is "Jenny" by Music/StudioKillers. It's a great song, but the lyrics of the chorus are, "I wanna ruin our friendship. We should be lovers instead," which betrays Alex's true feelings towards Morgan pretty quickly. The only person around to hear it is Chad, who, despite being quite dumb, immediately realizes what it means.
30	-->'''Chad:''' ''[obviously amused]'' That's an... interesting ringtone you've got for my sidekick.
31	* EnemyMine: Chad and Alex reluctantly team up to find Morgan after they briefly go missing.
32	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Alex is in love with Morgan, and seems to love their parents.
33	* EvenEvilHasStandards:
34	** Alex dislikes the idea of killing civilians. They say it's because it's beneath them, but Morgan suspects otherwise.
35	** PlayedForLaughs, but they seem almost disconcerted to find out Morgan is a landlord.
36	* FaceHeelTurn: As a teenager, Alex was a superhero, before they became a bad guy for reasons unknown. They now regard it as an embarrassing high school phase everyone goes through.
37	* FakeRelationship: The "Christmas with the Parents" arc starts with Alex having told their parents they and Morgan were dating so Alex's mother wouldn't introduce them to some hot shot lawyer or similar.
38	-->Morgan:[holding in laughter] Wait, you need my help to keep your life from becoming a Hallmark movie?
39	* FeaturelessProtagonist: While the series' creator portrays all the characters onscreen, they've stated that all the characters can look however the viewer imagines them to look and be of any race. Alex and Morgan also don't have canon genders.
40	* FelonyMisdemeanor: Morgan should, by most standards, be an E-tier villain, since even a powerless cop can usually handle them with very little trouble. So what bumped them up to the D-tier? They're a ''landlord''.
41	* ForcedTransformation: Alex got drunk after watching [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Beauty and the Beast]] and turned several people into furniture in Morgan's apartment, before Morgan made them change them back. Notable exception is Morgan's toaster, who was turned into a toaster by a glamrock witch in the 80s and got caught in the wave of reversals.
42	* FriendlyEnemy: Morgan considers Barnaby their best friend and archnemesis, and Barnaby lives in the apartment across the hall from Morgan.
43	* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: During a FreakyFridayFlip, Alex demonstrate a pretty effective method to use Morgan's power. They became a A tier villain
44	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Subverted. Alex declares they're bored with villainy and joins the good guys, even marrying a superheroine, but only part of a ''ridiculously cruel'' revenge scheme.]]
45	* HeroKiller: Alex has killed many, ''many'' superheroes in their time.
46	* HiddenDepths: Chad is a idiot who won't believe Morgan genuinely wants to be a villain, but he also reads to kids at the library, donates most of his paycheck to charity, and has a pet senior dog named Pebbly, who has three legs, one eye, is partially deaf, [[OverlyLongGag has a bad case of arthritis in her hips, is developing a cataract, was recently stung by a bee, and wagged her tail so hard she broke it.]]
47	* LiteralMetaphor: [[spoiler:Alex kills the superheroine who tried to [[LoveRedeems redeem them with love]] by physically ripping her heart out of her chest.]]
48	* LoveRedeems: An offscreen superheroine asks Alex out with the express hope of invoking this. [[spoiler:It ends ''very badly'' for her.]]
49	* MinimalistCast: Due to its nature as a one-person [=TikTok=] series, most episodes feature only Alex and Morgan--and sometimes only one of them. That cast has recently expanded to include Chad, Barnaby and Ohio James, but most of the time, other characters are only addressed offscreen.
50	* MundaneUtility: Alex's power is literally whatever power they want, whenever they want. They use it to clean Morgan's apartment, sneak food into movies, and put Morgan to sleep when they stay up way too long.
51	* NighInvulnerability: If Alex can be killed, even they don't seem to know how. They report having survived being stabbed in their heart, having their brain removed, and having had their molecules torn apart.
52	* NobodysThatDumb: Even Chad, a massive dumbass, understand the meaning of Alex's ringtone for Morgan which is "Jenny" by Music/StudioKillers. It's a great song, but the lyrics of the chorus are, "I wanna ruin our friendship. We should be lovers instead"
53	* NoodleIncident: Alex questions why they're not allowed to be the getaway driver for Morgan's heists anymore. Morgan gives them a glare and says "You know why."
54	* NotBrainwashed: Chad is absolutely convinced Morgan is only committing crimes because they have been mind-controlled into being Alex's sidekick for some nefarious purpose. They haven't. In a twist, neither Alex nor Morgan makes any effort to pretend this is the case, and both try to disabuse him of the notion multiple times, but he refuses to believe it. Chad is just ''that'' dumb.
55	* ObliviousToLove: Morgan doesn't notice Alex's rather obvious feelings for them.
56	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The first time we see Alex genuinely upset is when Morgan is mad at them. The next is when they try to summon Morgan and ''can't''.
57	* PetTheDog: Despite being a colossal douchebag who seems to have no regard for their sibling's feelings, Chad is concerned when they go missing and even works with Alex to try and find them, showing he does at least have a basic level of concern for their welfare. Chad also have a dog he care a lot about.
58	* PunchClockHero: Chad, Morgan's younger brother, is a superhero and a condescending, self-involved dickwad.
59	* RealNameAsAnAlias: Chad Chester is a super-secret identity for the beloved superhero... The Chadster.
60	* SelectiveObliviousness: Chad just cannot get it through his head that Morgan isn't being mind-controlled or anything; they really do want to be a supervillain, and absolutely do ''not'' want to be his sidekick.
61	* ShipperOnDeck: Alex's parents adore Morgan and consider them to be part of the family, and want Alex to make it official by marrying them.
62	* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Alex ''repeatedly'' points out they can help Morgan complete all their schemes in thirty seconds flat without even breaking a sweat. Morgan never takes them up on the offer.
63	* SupervillainLair: Alex has one in Antarctica. It has fibre high speed internet and a death ray.
64	* TilMurderDoUsPart: [[spoiler:Alex marries a superheroine just to twist the knife in further when they murder her in front of her friends and family.]]
65	* TheUnfavorite: Morgan is very clearly their parents' least favorite child, though whether that's due to their disappointing powers or their rejection of their parents' plans for them in favor of villainy is unclear.
66	* VillainousFriendship: Alex and Morgan are the best of friends and even end up living together.
67	* VillainProtagonist: Being supervillains, neither Alex nor Morgan are what you'd call good people. Morgan isn't a mass murderer like Alex, but they have no problem with it, either.
68	* WeakButSkilled: Thanks to having a truly, staggeringly lame power, Morgan's gotten very good at lockpicking, recon, and the like to make their schemes work.
69	* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Morgan's power is that they can teleport people... once a month. And they can only teleport people to ''them'', not anywhere they decide. Oh, and their clothes don't come with them.

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