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Basic Trope: The main characters become superheroes for a day.

  • Straight: Alice, Bob, Claudia, Denis, and Eva become crime-fighting superheroes for a day, spandex, masks and all.

  • Exaggerated: Alice, Bob, Claudia, Denis, and Eva become full blown superheroes and save the world within ten minutes.

  • Downplayed: Alice, Bob, Claudia, Denis, and Eva decide to do some good around the neighborhood.

  • Justified: Alice, Bob, Claudia, Denis, and Eva are superheroes who are typically in disguise.

  • Inverted: Alice, Bob, Claudia, Denis, and Eva become villains for a day.

  • Subverted: They decide to go bowling with friends instead.

  • Double Subverted: …And THEN become superheroes for a day.

  • Parodied: Alice, Bob, Claudia, Denis, and Eva get their own superhero comic books, merchandise, and Halloween costumes.

  • Zig Zagged: ???

  • Averted: Superheroes don’t exist.

  • Enforced: This show is made for 8-15 year old boys, and it’s assumed they like superheroes.

  • Lampshaded: “So how does some crime-fighting sound to y’all?”

  • Invoked: The Big Bad is on the loose.

  • Exploited: ???

  • Defied: “What do you think this is, Marvel? No, we’re NOT becoming heroes for a day.”

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