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* StealthyTeleportation: Except for how he does a BadassFingersnap to activate the power, Debonair.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Discovering that her fiance was both a superhero and cheating on her - on their wedding day - is what set Carmen Cole on her quest to out all supers.
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* ''Jinx'': The narrator is not a superhero, but is from a family of superheroes, and does have a power that she can't make useful.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: ''Any'' member of Slaves for Superhero Sex to ''any'' superhero.
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* AlliterativeName: 90% of the cast.
* AnIcePerson: Frost and Wynter
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* [[BadassBookworm Badass Fangirl]]: Piper Perez goes up against an ubervillain who had been stealing the superpowers of various retired supers and wins by using her encyclopedic knowledge of supers to know exactly what powers and weaknesses had been stolen and equipping herself with various items to exploit said weaknesses.
* BadassGrandpa and NeverMessWithGranny: Grandpa Belluci (Johnny Angel #1 and [[spoiler: later Grandpa Pain]], Granny Cane [[spoiler: a.k.a. Grace Caleb]].
* BadassNormal: some of the Johnny Angels, Talon, and perhaps Granny Cane?
* BadassLongcoat: Bandit
* BigBad (tons of 'em)
* BigEater: Fiona
* BlackAndNerdy: The Hermit, a computer expert, who wears garish sweater vests, glasses, and polka dot bow ties as his alter ego
* BadassGrandpa and NeverMessWithGranny: Grandpa Belluci (Johnny Angel #1 and [[spoiler: later Grandpa Pain]], Granny Cane [[spoiler: a.k.a. Grace Caleb]].
* BadassNormal: some of the Johnny Angels, Talon, and perhaps Granny Cane?
* BadassLongcoat: Bandit
* BigBad (tons of 'em)
* BigEater: Fiona
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* [[BadassBookworm Badass Fangirl]]: BadassBookworm: Piper Perez goes up against an ubervillain who had been stealing the superpowers of various retired supers and wins by using her encyclopedic knowledge of supers to know exactly what powers and weaknesses had been stolen and equipping herself with various items to exploit said weaknesses.
* BadassGrandpa and NeverMessWithGranny: Grandpa Belluci (Johnny Angel #1 and [[spoiler: later Grandpa Pain]], Granny Cane [[spoiler: a.k.a. Grace Caleb]].
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* ClarkKenting: Far too many characters to conveniently list.
* TheCracker: Lulu
* CrimefightingWithCash: Talon, and to a lesser extent Striker and Fiera.
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* FantasticDrug: Euphoridon
* FiveManBand: The Fearless Five, originally:
** TheHero: Striker
** TheLancer: Fiera
** TheSmartGuy: Hermit
** TheHeart: Mr. Sage
** TheBigGuy: Tornado based on his clothing size being the best for broad chested Johnny Angel III
* FlyingBrick
* FrickinLaserBeams: Prism's weapon of choice.
* GenreBlind: ''everybody.''
* GentlemanThief: Debonair [[spoiler: though he's more of a Gentleman Art Restorer.]]
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Striker, Scorpion
* HackerCave
* FiveManBand: The Fearless Five, originally:
** TheHero: Striker
** TheLancer: Fiera
** TheSmartGuy: Hermit
** TheHeart: Mr. Sage
** TheBigGuy: Tornado based on his clothing size being the best for broad chested Johnny Angel III
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* FrickinLaserBeams: Prism's weapon of choice.
* GenreBlind: ''everybody.''
* GentlemanThief: Debonair [[spoiler: though he's more of a Gentleman Art Restorer.]]
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Striker, Scorpion
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** TheLancer: Fiera
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* SixthRanger: Lulu
* SiblingsInCrime: Siren and Intelligal
* SuperSenses: Striker, Abby Appleby, and Bandit
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* ThrowingOffTheDisability: Lulu with the help a mega-watt lightening ball. Though it isn't an instant cure, it just takes her from permanently crippled to being able to learn to walk again. As of book four she was still undergoing physical therapy and required the use of a cane to walk.
* UrbanLegendLoveLife: Debonair
* WhenEldersAttack: Granny Cane and Grandpa Pain
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* ThrowingOffTheDisability: Lulu covers from lower body paralysis with the help of a mega-watt lightening ball. Though it isn't an instant cure, it just takes her from permanently crippled to being able to learn to walk again. As of book four she was still undergoing physical therapy and required the use of a cane to walk.
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* FridgeLogic: [[spoiler:Carmen spends a good three years outing supers. She says outright that 1) villains try to threaten her to keep her quiet and 2) villains are not shy about killing people to keep them quiet. How did she make it that long without some villain killing her?]]
** With multiple comments on the pain induced by moderate noises why does Bandit (whose weapon is a revolver) and Abby not fall to their knees when guns go off.
** Fiera eats a ton of food to manage her super metabolism, yet no mention of needing to use the bathroom.
** Many ubervillains are mentioned as having been arrested before, but their identities are still unknown. Why weren't they unmasked and fingerprinted?
** If Bigtime's superheros and ubervillains have really caused half a trillion dollars in property damage, why are they so popular?
* FridgeHorror: Carmen narrates that the Colorful Crusader and other superheroes who suffered unknown fates after there powers became useless in a fight
** With multiple comments on the pain induced by moderate noises why does Bandit (whose weapon is a revolver) and Abby not fall to their knees when guns go off.
** Fiera eats a ton of food to manage her super metabolism, yet no mention of needing to use the bathroom.
** Many ubervillains are mentioned as having been arrested before, but their identities are still unknown. Why weren't they unmasked and fingerprinted?
** If Bigtime's superheros and ubervillains have really caused half a trillion dollars in property damage, why are they so popular?
* FridgeHorror: Carmen narrates that the Colorful Crusader and other superheroes who suffered unknown fates after there powers became useless in a fight
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* HowToGiveACharacterSuperpowers: Various methods. Fiona's CFO Piper has attempted many of them on purpose, including an annual visit to the local nuclear power plant.
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* {{Portmanteau}}: Piper's nickname Fandemic. Opinions are divided as to whether the term is a combination of the words 'Fangirl' and 'Academic' or 'Fanatic' and 'Epidemic'.
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* DestructiveSavior: Piper Perez once worked out how much property damage had been done to Bigtime over its history as a superhero/ubervillain hotspot. Her result? ''Five hundred billion dollars and counting''.
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* ''Fandemic'' : Coming out June 2015
* ''Fandemic'': The narrator is a non-powered hardcore superhero fan.
* [[BadassBookworm Badass Fangirl]]: Piper Perez goes up against an ubervillain who had been stealing the superpowers of various retired supers and wins by using her encyclopedic knowledge of supers to know exactly what powers and weaknesses had been stolen and equipping herself with various items to exploit said weaknesses.
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* InvisibleSubtleDifference: Abby lampshades this trope while shopping for makeup, saying that somewhere in the various cosmetics factories is somebody whose sole job is to think up different names for what is essentially the same shade of red, and the ''really'' disturbing thing is that said person probably makes more than she does.
* InvisibleSubtleDifference: Abby lampshades this trope while shopping for makeup, saying that somewhere in the various cosmetics factories is somebody whose sole job is to think up different names for what is essentially the same shade of red, and the ''really'' disturbing thing is that said person probably makes more than she does.
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Various methods. Fiona's CFO Piper has attempted many of them on purpose, including an annual visit to the local nuclear power plant.
* InvisibleSubtleDifference: Abby lampshades this trope while shopping for makeup, saying that somewhere in the various cosmetics factories is somebody whose sole job is to think up different names for what is essentially the same shade of red, and the ''really'' disturbing thing is that said person probably makes more than she does. Also, there are fifty-one distinct shades of ice-blue recognized by Bigtime's fashion industry, and Fiona can tell them apart from a single glance at a scrap of cloth - and know what supers in the area wear that shade.
* InvisibleSubtleDifference: Abby lampshades this trope while shopping for makeup, saying that somewhere in the various cosmetics factories is somebody whose sole job is to think up different names for what is essentially the same shade of red, and the ''really'' disturbing thing is that said person probably makes more than she does. Also, there are fifty-one distinct shades of ice-blue recognized by Bigtime's fashion industry, and Fiona can tell them apart from a single glance at a scrap of cloth - and know what supers in the area wear that shade.
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* JokerImmunity: This gets mentioned in-universe, with superheroes noting that ubervillains frequently return after ending up in NoOneCouldSurviveThat situations. Despite this, the villains in each of the novels always end up either dead or missing, presumed dead, and never return. The villains of the short story are simply captured and sent to prison.
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* JokerImmunity: This gets mentioned in-universe, with superheroes noting that ubervillains frequently return after ending up in NoOneCouldSurviveThat situations. Despite this, in four novels and two short stories, there has only been one case of an ubervillain who wasn't confirmed dead at the villains in each end of the novels always end up either dead or missing, presumed dead, and never return. The villains of the short story are simply captured and sent who manages to prison.show up again - [[spoiler:Frost]].
* LovesMyAlterEgo: Kyle Quicke thought this about Piper when she learned he was Swifte, leading to him breaking up with her.
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* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Carmen used this trope to find the identities of supers from the identities of those supers she already unmasked. In addition to every member of the Fearless Five being closely associated with at least one other member while unmasked, there are also numerous other examples, including: Fiera dating Johnny Angel 3, Johnny Angel's sister dating Debonair, Johnny Angel's grandfather dating Granny Cane, who was Debonair's former guardian, and Granny's grandson, who is also Debonair's foster brother, the ex-boyfriend of Fiera's CFO, and the owner of ''everybody's'' favorite restaurant, is strongly implied to be Swifte.
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* SecretSecretKeeper: Piper Perez's super-fandom gave her enough information to work out who most of Bigtime's supers were. She just didn't feel the need to actually talk about it until the moment she actually needed the assistance of a superhero to help her confront an ubervillain in his lair, at which point she started calling their personal phone numbers and confronting them at their day jobs.
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* ThrowingOffTheDisability: Lulu with the help a mega-watt lightening ball. Though it isn't an instant cure, it just takes her from permanently crippled to being able to learn to walk again. At the end of the series she was still undergoing physical therapy and required the use of a cane to walk.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Many phlebotium items have descriptive names, such as ultra-durable metal Solidium, explosives Explodium and Obliteron, sedative Relaxidon and narcotic Euphoridon.
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* ClarkKenting: Far too many characters to conveniently list.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Many phlebotium items have descriptive names, such as explosives Explodium and Obliteron, sedative Relaxidon and narcotic Euphoridon.
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* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Carmen used this trope to find the identities of supers from the identities of those supers she already unmasked. In addition to every member of the Fearless Five being closely associated with at least one other member while unmasked, there are also numerous other examples, including: Fiera dating Johnny Angel 3, Johnny Angel's sister dating Debonair, Johnny Angel's grandfather dating Granny Cane, who was Debonair's former guardian, and Granny's grandson, who is also Debonair's foster brother, the ex-boyfriend of Fiera's secretary, CFO, and the owner of ''everybody's'' favorite restaurant, is strongly implied to be Swifte.
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* PiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Captain Freebeard and his Saucy Wenches, who sail around the harbor raiding passing cruise ships for food and liquor, which they use to hold wild parties. Since the passengers are invited to join in said parties, the cruise lines consider them to be a tourist attraction rather than a threat.
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The ''Bigtime'' novels by Jennifer Estep take place in Bigtime, New York, a town which is overrun by superheroes and about every superhero trope out there.
Everyone is totally GenreBlind, especially with figuring out that having an AlliterativeName more than likely indicates that person is a SuperHero with a name that starts with that letter. Some characters are dedicated to finding out the identities of superheroes, and have to resort to other means of deduction. This leads to the interesting experience of the GenreSavvy reader knowing long before the characters do who is who.
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* ''Karma Girl'': The narrator found out [[LivingWithTheVillain her fiancé and best friend are a superhero and supervillain, respectively, who boink;]] dedicates herself to outing all supers.
* ''Hot Mama'': The narrator is a superhero.
* ''Jinx'': The narrator is not a superhero, but is from a family of superheroes, and does have a power that she can't make useful.
* ''Nightingale'' : The narrator is not a superhero, but has super senses. The story revolves around her encounter with superhero and the love affair and danger that follows
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* ''Karma Girl Christmas'': Karma Girl has to protect a large donation of charity toys from the ubervillians of Bigtime
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: ''Any'' member of Slaves for Superhero Sex to ''any'' superhero.
* AlliterativeName: 90% of the cast.
* AnIcePerson: Frost and Wynter
* BadassBiker: Johnny Angel (also a BadassNormal in his [[LegacyCharacter first two incarnations]]).
* BadassGrandpa and NeverMessWithGranny: Grandpa Belluci (Johnny Angel #1 and [[spoiler: later Grandpa Pain]], Granny Cane [[spoiler: a.k.a. Grace Caleb]].
* BadassNormal: some of the Johnny Angels, Talon, and perhaps Granny Cane?
* BigBad (tons of 'em)
* BigEater: Fiona
* BlackAndNerdy: The Hermit, a computer expert, who wears garish sweater vests, glasses, and polka dot bow ties as his alter ego
* BlessedWithSuck: Bella, whose WindsOfDestinyChange power comes with tons of PowerIncontinence, and she has very little control over it. Somewhat with Abby and Bandit whose super senses make bright lights, strong smells, and even the dropping of car keys headache inducing.
* BlowYouAway: Tornado
* TheCracker: Lulu
* CrimefightingWithCash: Talon, and to a lesser extent Striker and Fiera.
* ElementalPowers: Fiera, Tornado
* TheEmpath: Karma Girl
* FantasticDrug: Euphoridon
* FiveManBand: The Fearless Five, originally:
** TheHero: Striker
** TheLancer: Fiera
** TheSmartGuy: Hermit
** TheHeart: Mr. Sage
** This leaves Tornado, but he doesn't seem too much like TheBigGuy.
* FlyingBrick
* FrickinLaserBeams: Prism's weapon of choice.
* FridgeLogic: [[spoiler:Carmen spends a good three years outing supers. She says outright that 1) villains try to threaten her to keep her quiet and 2) villains are not shy about killing people to keep them quiet. How did she make it that long without some villain killing her?]]
** With multiple comments on the pain induced by moderate noises why does Bandit (whose weapon is a revolver) and Abby not fall to their knees when guns go off.
** Fiera eats a ton of food to manage her super metabolism, yet no mention of needing to use the bathroom.
* FridgeHorror: Carmen narrates that the Colorful Crusader and other superheroes who suffered unknown fates after there powers became useless in a fight
* GenreBlind: ''everybody.''
* GentlemanThief: Debonair [[spoiler: though he's more of a Gentleman Art Restorer.]]
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Striker, Scorpion
* HackerCave
* HarmlessVillain: The Mintilator, an ubervillan whose shtick is forcing people to practice proper hygiene. [[spoiler:He gets less silly when he actually uses his superpower, which is to produce and throw acid.]]
* HeelRealization: A good part of the first book is Carmen coming to realize exactly how much harm her quest to publicly unmask all supers because of the sins of her ex-fiance had done.
* HowToGiveACharacterSuperpowers: various methods
* {{Invisibility}}: Invisible Ingenues
* JokerImmunity: This gets mentioned in-universe, with superheroes noting that ubervillains frequently return after ending up in NoOneCouldSurviveThat situations. Despite this, the villains in each of the novels always end up either dead or missing, presumed dead, and never return. The villains of the short story are simply captured and sent to prison.
* LegacyCharacter: The Johnny Angel identity has been passed down from father to son for three generations.
* MadScientist: Frost
* MindOverMatter: Mr. Sage, Malefica
* TheNotableNumeral: the Fearless Five, the Terrible Triad
* ObfuscatingDisability: Hangman
* PersonalityPowers: This should be obvious from the rest of the entries!
* PlainJane: How Abby Appleby views herself compares to pin up models like Fiona Fine
* PlayingWithFire: Fiera
* PsychicPowers: Mr. Sage
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: For example, Fiera doesn't burn herself.
* RescueSex: The fan group Slaves for Superhero Sex, or SSS, tend to place themselves in mortal peril so that they can get rescued by superheros and then offer them this. Most non-members (Including the superheros) find their behavior rather disturbing.
* SavingChristmas: Karma Girl Christmas.
* ShoutOut: All three of Estep's fantasy series, Bigtime, ''Literature/ElementalAssassin'', and ''Literature/MythosAcademy'', contain occasional references to the other two. Despite this, they are not in the same universe.
* SixthRanger: Lulu
* SiblingsInCrime: Siren and Intelligal
* SuperSenses: Striker, Abby Appleby, and Bandit
* SuperSpeed: Swifte
* SuperStrength: Striker, Fiera, Prism, and Hangman. Johnny Angel III has some enhanced strength. All heroes get a stat boost in strength compare to a non-super human of the same size.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Karma Girl, sorta, but she's more of a promoted SixthRanger.
* {{Technopath}}: Hermit
* TeleportersAndTransporters: Debonair
* ThrowingOffTheDisability: Lulu with the help a mega-watt lightening ball. Though it isn't an instant cure, it just takes her from permanently crippled to being able to learn to walk again. At the end of the series she was still undergoing physical therapy and required the use of a cane to walk.
* UrbanLegendLoveLife: Debonair
* WhenEldersAttack: Granny Cane and Grandpa Pain
* YourCheatingHeart: Discovering that her fiance was both a superhero and cheating on her - on their wedding day - is what set Carmen Cole on her quest to out all supers.
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Everyone is totally GenreBlind, especially with figuring out that having an AlliterativeName more than likely indicates that person is a SuperHero with a name that starts with that letter. Some characters are dedicated to finding out the identities of superheroes, and have to resort to other means of deduction. This leads to the interesting experience of the GenreSavvy reader knowing long before the characters do who is who.
The novels are:
* ''Karma Girl'': The narrator found out [[LivingWithTheVillain her fiancé and best friend are a superhero and supervillain, respectively, who boink;]] dedicates herself to outing all supers.
* ''Hot Mama'': The narrator is a superhero.
* ''Jinx'': The narrator is not a superhero, but is from a family of superheroes, and does have a power that she can't make useful.
* ''Nightingale'' : The narrator is not a superhero, but has super senses. The story revolves around her encounter with superhero and the love affair and danger that follows
Short Story:
* ''Karma Girl Christmas'': Karma Girl has to protect a large donation of charity toys from the ubervillians of Bigtime
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These novels provide examples of::
* AbhorrentAdmirer: ''Any'' member of Slaves for Superhero Sex to ''any'' superhero.
* AlliterativeName: 90% of the cast.
* AnIcePerson: Frost and Wynter
* BadassBiker: Johnny Angel (also a BadassNormal in his [[LegacyCharacter first two incarnations]]).
* BadassGrandpa and NeverMessWithGranny: Grandpa Belluci (Johnny Angel #1 and [[spoiler: later Grandpa Pain]], Granny Cane [[spoiler: a.k.a. Grace Caleb]].
* BadassNormal: some of the Johnny Angels, Talon, and perhaps Granny Cane?
* BigBad (tons of 'em)
* BigEater: Fiona
* BlackAndNerdy: The Hermit, a computer expert, who wears garish sweater vests, glasses, and polka dot bow ties as his alter ego
* BlessedWithSuck: Bella, whose WindsOfDestinyChange power comes with tons of PowerIncontinence, and she has very little control over it. Somewhat with Abby and Bandit whose super senses make bright lights, strong smells, and even the dropping of car keys headache inducing.
* BlowYouAway: Tornado
* TheCracker: Lulu
* CrimefightingWithCash: Talon, and to a lesser extent Striker and Fiera.
* ElementalPowers: Fiera, Tornado
* TheEmpath: Karma Girl
* FantasticDrug: Euphoridon
* FiveManBand: The Fearless Five, originally:
** TheHero: Striker
** TheLancer: Fiera
** TheSmartGuy: Hermit
** TheHeart: Mr. Sage
** This leaves Tornado, but he doesn't seem too much like TheBigGuy.
* FlyingBrick
* FrickinLaserBeams: Prism's weapon of choice.
* FridgeLogic: [[spoiler:Carmen spends a good three years outing supers. She says outright that 1) villains try to threaten her to keep her quiet and 2) villains are not shy about killing people to keep them quiet. How did she make it that long without some villain killing her?]]
** With multiple comments on the pain induced by moderate noises why does Bandit (whose weapon is a revolver) and Abby not fall to their knees when guns go off.
** Fiera eats a ton of food to manage her super metabolism, yet no mention of needing to use the bathroom.
* FridgeHorror: Carmen narrates that the Colorful Crusader and other superheroes who suffered unknown fates after there powers became useless in a fight
* GenreBlind: ''everybody.''
* GentlemanThief: Debonair [[spoiler: though he's more of a Gentleman Art Restorer.]]
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Striker, Scorpion
* HackerCave
* HarmlessVillain: The Mintilator, an ubervillan whose shtick is forcing people to practice proper hygiene. [[spoiler:He gets less silly when he actually uses his superpower, which is to produce and throw acid.]]
* HeelRealization: A good part of the first book is Carmen coming to realize exactly how much harm her quest to publicly unmask all supers because of the sins of her ex-fiance had done.
* HowToGiveACharacterSuperpowers: various methods
* {{Invisibility}}: Invisible Ingenues
* JokerImmunity: This gets mentioned in-universe, with superheroes noting that ubervillains frequently return after ending up in NoOneCouldSurviveThat situations. Despite this, the villains in each of the novels always end up either dead or missing, presumed dead, and never return. The villains of the short story are simply captured and sent to prison.
* LegacyCharacter: The Johnny Angel identity has been passed down from father to son for three generations.
* MadScientist: Frost
* MindOverMatter: Mr. Sage, Malefica
* TheNotableNumeral: the Fearless Five, the Terrible Triad
* ObfuscatingDisability: Hangman
* PersonalityPowers: This should be obvious from the rest of the entries!
* PlainJane: How Abby Appleby views herself compares to pin up models like Fiona Fine
* PlayingWithFire: Fiera
* PsychicPowers: Mr. Sage
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: For example, Fiera doesn't burn herself.
* RescueSex: The fan group Slaves for Superhero Sex, or SSS, tend to place themselves in mortal peril so that they can get rescued by superheros and then offer them this. Most non-members (Including the superheros) find their behavior rather disturbing.
* SavingChristmas: Karma Girl Christmas.
* ShoutOut: All three of Estep's fantasy series, Bigtime, ''Literature/ElementalAssassin'', and ''Literature/MythosAcademy'', contain occasional references to the other two. Despite this, they are not in the same universe.
* SixthRanger: Lulu
* SiblingsInCrime: Siren and Intelligal
* SuperSenses: Striker, Abby Appleby, and Bandit
* SuperSpeed: Swifte
* SuperStrength: Striker, Fiera, Prism, and Hangman. Johnny Angel III has some enhanced strength. All heroes get a stat boost in strength compare to a non-super human of the same size.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Karma Girl, sorta, but she's more of a promoted SixthRanger.
* {{Technopath}}: Hermit
* TeleportersAndTransporters: Debonair
* ThrowingOffTheDisability: Lulu with the help a mega-watt lightening ball. Though it isn't an instant cure, it just takes her from permanently crippled to being able to learn to walk again. At the end of the series she was still undergoing physical therapy and required the use of a cane to walk.
* UrbanLegendLoveLife: Debonair
* WhenEldersAttack: Granny Cane and Grandpa Pain
* YourCheatingHeart: Discovering that her fiance was both a superhero and cheating on her - on their wedding day - is what set Carmen Cole on her quest to out all supers.
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