The Good, The Bad and The Spandex is a superhero play-by-post role-playing game started by Troper Sijo on the TV Tropes Forum in the summer of 2016. In it, you can play a hero, villain, or anti-hero, but it must be an original character; maximum power level is Super Weight class 3. Players may create more than one character but only play as one at a time. The rules of the game were set up by votes from participant players.
The game itself takes place in Easton, a city located in the East Coast of the United States. In addition to characters, players can also suggest world-building concepts, and Easton itself has been developed that way.
The RP is rebooted. If you wish to join the game, go there.
Examples of Tropes in the game include:
- A Day in the Limelight: Any reserved character may appear at any time.
- As Long as There Is Evil: Sin Lord can only die if all intelligent species in the whole multiverse become extinct.
- The Caper: House of Spades gang planned a Casino heist... and succeded. Though, not without some casualties.
- Cult: Shield of Humanity is a tech-cult that believes technology is the next step in the evolution of humanity. They even refer to each other as disciples.
- Death Dealer: Strip Poker. Although the cards are less deadly and more mildly inconveniencing. His father the Card King played this straight.
- Death Seeker: Crusader is subconsciously this. She wants to reunite with her dead family, but not without doing some good first.
- Demon Lords and Archdevils: Sin Princes are essentially demon lords of Easton!multiverse, feeding on the sin of intelligent species.
- Fun with Acronyms: TALOS- Tactical Abnormalities Logistics Organization & Services.
- God of Evil: Sin Lord is deity that was formed thanks to concept of sin.
- Harmless Villain: Strip Poker. It's usually only a matter of time between him showing up and being knocked unconscious, usually without accomplishing anything more than minor property damage.
- Heroic Host: Inverted by Miles Walker, who is a petty thief, and host to a (mostly benevolent) organic bio-weapon named Jack. He's not a hero, but he isn't that bad of a person. He does regret doing certain things to survive, though.
- Jackson Rainer and James Moore count as this. They are both hosts to two of the Galek-Modoth, that is, Zol-Karthoth and Til-Fastooth respectively. The two entities enhance the already superhuman abilities of their hosts.
- Leitmotif: Players can have leitmotifs for their own characters. It can be anything really (rock, OST, synth music etc.)
- Lightning Bruiser: Jackson Rainer and James Moore count as this. (although Moore is a weaker variant.) They are both superhumans, with enhanced strength, speed and stamina. They are even more powerful considering that they are the hosts of two power-enhancing entities; Zol-Karthoth and Til-Fastooth.
- Morality Kitchen Sink: While classified as heroes, villains or anti-heroes, the players are free to play their characters as they wish. However they must deal with the consequences of their acts.
- The Juggernaut: The Omega Prototype, A Flawed Prototype to Operator. Omega lacks empathy, and is someone you don't want to get in the way of.
- Multiversal Conqueror: Roken Eniq is a particularly brutal one. He commands the seemingly limitless army of Parasites, eating The Multiverse one dimension at a time.
- Our Mermaids Are Different: Mermaids in Easton!verse have multiple civilizations, categorized by oceans. Mermaids in-game (for now) come from Atlantic Ocean.
- Our Werebeasts Are Different: Animal supers are essentially werebeasts. Minus quite a few things. Mainly their non-magical origin, having no fatal weaknesses and the fact that being an animal super is not a disease. And a lack of Lunacy.
- Power Armor: In true Science Hero fashion, Eisendrachen wears a suit instead of having any sort of (combat) powers.
- Power Crystal: Amethyst is a Crystal Bearer, and has multiple set around his body. In a wider sense, all of the Crystal Bearers qualify.
- The Singularity: Shield of Humanity's ultimate goal. They call it Technological Transcendence.
- Sorcerous Overlord: Tethystra ruled Atlantic mermaids with her magic.
