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* MisaimedFandom: In-universe. Gary suffers this for his brother, who was a retired supervillain before his untimely death at the hands of a "[[NinetiesAntihero hero]]", and who would, from what little we see of him, absolutely not want Gary to follow in his footsteps.
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* AffablyEvil: Gary may be a ruthless supervillain, but he's quite nice about it, treating more like a fun hobby than anything.
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* FreudianExcuse: Played with. The death of Gary's brother and the traumatic consequences [[spoiler: including killing his brother's murderer at age fourteen]], certainly contributed to Gary becoming a supervillain. However, it's also clear Gary always admired supervillainy and had extremist political vies as well.
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* FreudianExcuse: Played with. The death of Gary's brother and the traumatic consequences [[spoiler: including killing his brother's murderer at age fourteen]], certainly contributed to Gary becoming a supervillain. However, it's also clear Gary always admired supervillainy and had extremist political vies views as well.
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* MatzoFever: Gary and Cindy are considered two of the most attractive supervillains in their world. They are also both Jewish.
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* EndOfAnAge: The series has the Age of Superheroes coming to an end. The Age of Superheroes began in the 1930s with the rise of Ultragod (Superman), the Nightwalker (Batman), and Guinevere (Wonder Woman). Now, two out of the three are dead and the public has grown sick of superpowered beings duking it out. Gary Karkofsky a.k.a Merciless is trying to preserve the Superhero Age for as long as he can but unwittingly hastens it by killing off several archvillains.
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* SupermanSubstitute: Ultragod is the resident equivalent to Superman. His powers more closely resemble Green Lantern's even if he uses them to mostly replicate the standard FlyingBrick power-set. He has a Supergirl equivalent in his daughter Ultragoddess, The Observatory as his Fortress of Solitude-esque base of operations, and a reporter wife named Polly Perkins. He's also African American, immortal, and a human astronomer empowered by aliens.
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* CoolVersusAwesome: Gary battles against a Trivia/SilverAgeOfComicBooks set of villains, a NinetiesAntihero Team, an {{Expy}} for Superman as well as the Justice League, a xenomorph, a Biblical Nephilim kaiju, and an {{Expy}} for Lex Luthor. This is notably, ''all in the first book.'' It's more more or less a celebration of the bizarre and incredibly convoluted continuity of comic books as well as how they can throw everything and the kitchen sink into a storyline.
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* CoolVersusAwesome: Gary battles against a Trivia/SilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age Of Comic Books set of villains, a NinetiesAntihero Team, an {{Expy}} for Superman as well as the Justice League, a xenomorph, a Biblical Nephilim kaiju, and an {{Expy}} for Lex Luthor. This is notably, ''all in the first book.'' It's more more or less a celebration of the bizarre and incredibly convoluted continuity of comic books as well as how they can throw everything and the kitchen sink into a storyline.
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* DeathIsCheap: Parodied, Deconstructed, and Lampshaded. Gary kills a supervillain in the first chapter only to find them resurrected as a zombie halfway through. This is the lead in to the ZombieApocalypse. He also has to deal with multiple clones of the same group of NinetiesAntiHero antagonists. However, Gary finds it nearly impossible to bring back [[spoiler: his dead wife.]]. Later, this is the subject of ''The Tournament of Supervillainy'' [[spoiler: where it's revealed a PsycopathicManchild god is responsible for most comic book resurrections.]]
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** FantasticRacism is a result of regular humans being constantly subjected to escaping supervillains, monsters, alien invasions, [[GreenEyedMonster and simple jealousy over not having powers themselves.]] A lot of politicians stoke the fears of the populace while pressuring for more permanent solutions while publicly being on the sides of superheroes.
** Supervillains can and do steal whole fortunes but usually run through them quickly because they have to maintain their lairs, equipment, and armies of henchmen. If they had the psychology to manage their money well they wouldn't be supervillains.
** A {{Antihero}} pretending to be a supervillain and wise-cracking the entire time isn't viewed very fondly by heroes who are irritated as hell by his activities. It makes them look like a joke, still results in a lot of severe crimes, and makes him look like TheSociopath due to his EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor. By ''Literature/TheTournamentOfSupervillainy'', a lot of heroes just want to kick Gary's ass.
** DatingCatwoman comes with a lot of issues as [[spoiler: Gabrielle and Gary]] find out by book 5.
** Supervillains can and do steal whole fortunes but usually run through them quickly because they have to maintain their lairs, equipment, and armies of henchmen. If they had the psychology to manage their money well they wouldn't be supervillains.
** A {{Antihero}} pretending to be a supervillain and wise-cracking the entire time isn't viewed very fondly by heroes who are irritated as hell by his activities. It makes them look like a joke, still results in a lot of severe crimes, and makes him look like TheSociopath due to his EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor. By ''Literature/TheTournamentOfSupervillainy'', a lot of heroes just want to kick Gary's ass.
** DatingCatwoman comes with a lot of issues as [[spoiler: Gabrielle and Gary]] find out by book 5.
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** FantasticRacism is a result of regular humans being constantly subjected to escaping supervillains, monsters, alien invasions, [[GreenEyedMonster and simple jealousy over not having powers themselves.]] A lot of politicians stoke the fears of the populace while pressuring for more permanent solutions while publicly being on the sides of superheroes.
** Supervillains can and do steal whole fortunes but usually run through them quickly because they have to maintain their lairs, equipment, and armies of henchmen. If they had the psychology to manage their money well they wouldn't be supervillains.
** A {{Antihero}} pretending to be a supervillain and wise-cracking the entire time isn't viewed very fondly by heroes who are irritated as hell by his activities. It makes them look like a joke, still results in a lot of severe crimes, and makes him look like TheSociopath due to his EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor. By ''Literature/TheTournamentOf Supervillainy'', a lot of heroes just want to kick Gary's ass.
** DatingCatwoman comes with a lot of issues as [[spoiler: Gabrielle and Gary]] find out by book 5.
** Supervillains can and do steal whole fortunes but usually run through them quickly because they have to maintain their lairs, equipment, and armies of henchmen. If they had the psychology to manage their money well they wouldn't be supervillains.
** A {{Antihero}} pretending to be a supervillain and wise-cracking the entire time isn't viewed very fondly by heroes who are irritated as hell by his activities. It makes them look like a joke, still results in a lot of severe crimes, and makes him look like TheSociopath due to his EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor. By ''Literature/TheTournamentOf Supervillainy'', a lot of heroes just want to kick Gary's ass.
** DatingCatwoman comes with a lot of issues as [[spoiler: Gabrielle and Gary]] find out by book 5.
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** A {{Antihero}} pretending to be a supervillain and wise-cracking the entire time isn't viewed very fondly by heroes who are irritated as hell by his activities. It makes them look like a joke, still results in a lot of severe crimes, and makes him look like TheSociopath due to his EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor. By ''Literature/TheTournament of Supervillainy'', a lot of heroes just want to kick Gary's ass.
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** A {{Antihero}} pretending to be a supervillain and wise-cracking the entire time isn't viewed very fondly by heroes who are irritated as hell by his activities. It makes them look like a joke, still results in a lot of severe crimes, and makes him look like TheSociopath due to his EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor. By ''Literature/TheTournament of ''Literature/TheTournamentOf Supervillainy'', a lot of heroes just want to kick Gary's ass.ass.
** DatingCatwoman comes with a lot of issues as [[spoiler: Gabrielle and Gary]] find out by book 5.
** DatingCatwoman comes with a lot of issues as [[spoiler: Gabrielle and Gary]] find out by book 5.
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* RealityEnsues: Surprisingly happens a few times in the novel. Indeed, these are the basis for ''The Rules of Supervillainy.''
** A lot of Gary's problems stem from the fact that he was traumatized by the execution of his brother at the hands of a {{Antihero}} vigilante in front of him. Even then, it doesn't turn him against regular superheroes or start a RoaringRampageOfRevenge like Batman or the Punisher. [[spoiler: He just tracks down the specific antihero involved and shoots him when he's visiting a prostitute.]]
** The books tackle superhumans and violence a great deal.
*** It turns out that superhero combat is a lot more lethal than you'd think. The only way that people don't die all the time is the fact the Society of Superheroes use a lot of magic and specialized technology to make sure casualties are kept to a minimum. Gary, who has access to none of that, kills a bunch of people.
*** Indeed, Gary's power set is fairly modest by the standards of the universe but is extremely dangerous because he uses it in a variety of brutal CombatPragmatist ways. As such, villains who do well against heroes trying NOT to kill them don't do well against Gary at all.
*** Mandy is an incredibly gifted heroine with lots of combat training from her father but only recently someone who has taken up being a superheroine. [[spoiler: She dies saving Cindy's life in a split second combat situation.]]
*** Most superheroes don't actually have a ThouShallNotKill rule. They try ''not'' to kill supervillains whenever possible but whenever it becomes a choice of taking a supervillain alive or saving an innocent life, they move to lethal force.
*** NinetiesAntiHero types only are popular for as long as it takes the public to realize they're causing a huge amount of collateral damage and killing people who might not necessarilly be psychotic killers themselves.
*** Much like as how cops respond to copkillers, a villain who kills a superhero has the entirety of their kind descend on him until he's dealt with.
** FantasticRacism is a result of regular humans being constantly subjected to escaping supervillains, monsters, alien invasions, [[GreenEyedMonster and simple jealousy over not having powers themselves.]] A lot of politicians stoke the fears of the populace while pressuring for more permanent solutions while publicly being on the sides of superheroes.
** Supervillains can and do steal whole fortunes but usually run through them quickly because they have to maintain their lairs, equipment, and armies of henchmen. If they had the psychology to manage their money well they wouldn't be supervillains.
** A {{Antihero}} pretending to be a supervillain and wise-cracking the entire time isn't viewed very fondly by heroes who are irritated as hell by his activities. It makes them look like a joke, still results in a lot of severe crimes, and makes him look like TheSociopath due to his EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor. By ''Literature/TheTournament of Supervillainy'', a lot of heroes just want to kick Gary's ass.
** A lot of Gary's problems stem from the fact that he was traumatized by the execution of his brother at the hands of a {{Antihero}} vigilante in front of him. Even then, it doesn't turn him against regular superheroes or start a RoaringRampageOfRevenge like Batman or the Punisher. [[spoiler: He just tracks down the specific antihero involved and shoots him when he's visiting a prostitute.]]
** The books tackle superhumans and violence a great deal.
*** It turns out that superhero combat is a lot more lethal than you'd think. The only way that people don't die all the time is the fact the Society of Superheroes use a lot of magic and specialized technology to make sure casualties are kept to a minimum. Gary, who has access to none of that, kills a bunch of people.
*** Indeed, Gary's power set is fairly modest by the standards of the universe but is extremely dangerous because he uses it in a variety of brutal CombatPragmatist ways. As such, villains who do well against heroes trying NOT to kill them don't do well against Gary at all.
*** Mandy is an incredibly gifted heroine with lots of combat training from her father but only recently someone who has taken up being a superheroine. [[spoiler: She dies saving Cindy's life in a split second combat situation.]]
*** Most superheroes don't actually have a ThouShallNotKill rule. They try ''not'' to kill supervillains whenever possible but whenever it becomes a choice of taking a supervillain alive or saving an innocent life, they move to lethal force.
*** NinetiesAntiHero types only are popular for as long as it takes the public to realize they're causing a huge amount of collateral damage and killing people who might not necessarilly be psychotic killers themselves.
*** Much like as how cops respond to copkillers, a villain who kills a superhero has the entirety of their kind descend on him until he's dealt with.
** FantasticRacism is a result of regular humans being constantly subjected to escaping supervillains, monsters, alien invasions, [[GreenEyedMonster and simple jealousy over not having powers themselves.]] A lot of politicians stoke the fears of the populace while pressuring for more permanent solutions while publicly being on the sides of superheroes.
** Supervillains can and do steal whole fortunes but usually run through them quickly because they have to maintain their lairs, equipment, and armies of henchmen. If they had the psychology to manage their money well they wouldn't be supervillains.
** A {{Antihero}} pretending to be a supervillain and wise-cracking the entire time isn't viewed very fondly by heroes who are irritated as hell by his activities. It makes them look like a joke, still results in a lot of severe crimes, and makes him look like TheSociopath due to his EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor. By ''Literature/TheTournament of Supervillainy'', a lot of heroes just want to kick Gary's ass.
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* EverybodyHasLotsOfSex: Nothing is ever shown off camera but virtually all of the characters have active sex lives despite the main protagonist being HappilyMarried. [[spoiler: He's sadly widowed and his wife turned into a soulless vampire by the second book. This results in him hooking up with two exes over the course of his mourning/attempts to resurrect her.]]
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** Guinevere and the Prismatic Commando also follow this mold, with the former having some KnightTemplar qualities.
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** P.H.A.N.T.O.M and the Founderation Foundation for World Harmony appear to be ones for Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D.
** Entropicus is one for Skeletor, Darkseid, Thanos, and Shao Khan all rolled into one.
** President Omega is a hilarious pop-cultured badass able to match quip-for-quip with Gary. He's also a former Nazi and guilty of murder on a planetary scale.
** [[spoiler: Other Gary]] is this way after it's discovered that [[spoiler: he never brought back Mandy at all.]]
** [[spoiler: Other Gary]] is this way after it's discovered that [[spoiler: he never brought back Mandy at all.]]
** Gabrielle a.k.a Ultragoddess is a DownplayedTrope example as she keeps her nerdier habits confined to her secret identity.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Mandy, Sunlight, Cloak, Ultragod, and Mandy again.]]
* MrViceGuy: the protagonists are all associated with various vices. Gary is associated with Pride (usually the worst sin), Cindy with Lust as well as Greed, and Diabloman was once synonymous with Wraith. They're all {{Antihero}} protagonists (or {{Antivillain}} depending on your point of view) tat ultimately do the right thing.
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** Gabrielle Anders is an AmazonianBeauty of mixed Latina and African American descent. She also wears an outfit inspired by Supergirl.
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* {{Multiverse}}: Gary's adventures exists in one of these and other universes sometimes come up as plot points or a NoodleIncident. It becomes a focus of the setting with ''The Tournament of Supervillainy'' when we discover that all of C.T. Phipps' books are set in the same multiverse and can interact with one another.
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* NoodleIncident: A number of these are referenced by Gary, implying adventures or oddball events in-between stories.
** Gary has killed Hitler 63 times in various universes.
** Cindy has used TimeTravel for sex tourism.
** Gary at one point was a member of the Music/TheBlackEyedPeas. It's later joked he's far more famous for that than being a supervillain.
** Creator/WentworthMiller did a movie of Gary's adventures. It flopped.
** Gary has killed Hitler 63 times in various universes.
** Cindy has used TimeTravel for sex tourism.
** Gary at one point was a member of the Music/TheBlackEyedPeas. It's later joked he's far more famous for that than being a supervillain.
** Creator/WentworthMiller did a movie of Gary's adventures. It flopped.
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* TheMissusAndTheEx: Merciless finds himself working with his wife, two of his exes and his wife's ex. Awkward!
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** [[spoiler: In ''Games'', that the Brotherhood of Infamy was founded by Arthur Warren a.k.a the Nightwalker before he became TheAtoner.]] Its further controlled Falconcrest City the entire time and that's why it's a crime-ridden cesspool.'' Finally, Mandy CameBackWrong and no longer has a human soul.]]
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** [[spoiler: In ''Games'', that the Brotherhood of Infamy was founded by Arthur Warren a.k.a the Nightwalker before he became TheAtoner.]] Its further controlled Falconcrest City the entire time and that's why it's a crime-ridden cesspool.'' Finally, Mandy CameBackWrong and no longer has a human soul.]]
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** [[spoiler: In ''Rules'', Mandy was intended to have the Cloak, not Gary.]]
** [[spoiler: In ''Rules'', Cloak was the Nightwalker's ghost all along.]]
** [[spoiler: In ''Games'', that the Brotherhood of Infamy was founded by Arthur Warren a.k.a the Nightwalker before he became TheAtoner.]]
** [[spoiler: In ''Games'', that the Brotherhood of Infamy has actually controlled Falconcrest City the entire time and that's why it's a crime-ridden cesspool.'']]
** [[spoiler: At the end of ''Games'' that Mandy CameBackWrong and no longer has a human soul.]]
** [[spoiler: In ''Rules'', Cloak was the Nightwalker's ghost all along.]]
** [[spoiler: In ''Games'', that the Brotherhood of Infamy was founded by Arthur Warren a.k.a the Nightwalker before he became TheAtoner.]]
** [[spoiler: In ''Games'', that the Brotherhood of Infamy has actually controlled Falconcrest City the entire time and that's why it's a crime-ridden cesspool.'']]
** [[spoiler: At the end of ''Games'' that Mandy CameBackWrong and no longer has a human soul.]]
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** [[spoiler: In ''Rules'', Mandy was intended to have the Cloak, not Gary.]]
** [[spoiler: In ''Rules'', Cloak was the Nightwalker's ghost all along.]]
** [[spoiler: In ''Games'', that the Brotherhood of Infamy was founded by Arthur Warren a.k.a the Nightwalker before he became TheAtoner.]] Its further controlled Falconcrest City the entire time and that's why it's a crime-ridden cesspool.'' Finally, Mandy CameBackWrong and no longer has a human soul.]]
** In ''Secrets'' that [[spoiler:In ''Games'', that the Brotherhood of Infamy President Omega is actually a time-traveling Nazi supervillain. Gary has actually controlled a predecessor doppelganger from a universe destroyed in a cosmic crisis.]]
** In ''Science'' that [[spoiler: Gary's doppelganger has taken over Falconcrest City and made it a clean and orderly police state.]]
** In ''Tournament'' [[spoiler: That the entiretime and that's why it's a crime-ridden cesspool.'']]
** [[spoiler: Atseries has been secretly manipulated by the end of ''Games'' Primal known as Deconstruction who has been keeping StatusQuoIsGod. Also, that Mandy CameBackWrong and no longer has a human soul.is actually Diabloman's sister Spellbinder.]]
** [[spoiler: In ''Rules'',
** [[spoiler: In ''Games'', that the Brotherhood of Infamy was founded by Arthur Warren a.k.a the Nightwalker before he became TheAtoner.]] Its further controlled Falconcrest City the entire time and that's why it's a crime-ridden cesspool.'' Finally, Mandy CameBackWrong and no longer has a human soul.]]
** In ''Secrets'' that [[spoiler:
** In ''Science'' that [[spoiler: Gary's doppelganger has taken over Falconcrest City and made it a clean and orderly police state.]]
** In ''Tournament'' [[spoiler: That the entire
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** Guinevere is the most beautiful woman in the world as one of her powers. Normally, she looks like Creator/PryankaChopra and that's not a bad argument by itself.
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** Guinevere is the most beautiful woman in the world as one of her powers. Normally, she looks like Creator/PryankaChopra Creator/PriyankaChopra and that's not a bad argument by itself.
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* AffectionateParody: Verges between this and {{Deconstruction}} of classic superheroes. Gary exists in a world where four-color heroes exist, 90s antiheroes, cosmic retcons, multiversal crises, CardCarryingVillain and CartoonishSupervillainy alongside genuine psychopaths. It takes a heavy toll on his sanity once he joins in the madness and there's plenty of times where the worst thing to happen to him is stock comic book plots like BackFromTheDead or StatusQuoIsGod.
* AmazonianBeauty: A number of women in the series including Guinevere, Ultragoddess, and The Human Tank (who is {{Transgender}}).
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* MsFanservice: Cindy Wakowski a.k.a. Red Riding Hood deliberately cultivates this role as a henchperson.
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* MsFanservice: MsFanservice:
** Cindy Wakowski a.k.a. Red Riding Hood deliberately cultivates this role as ahenchperson.henchperson.
** Guinevere is the most beautiful woman in the world as one of her powers. Normally, she looks like Creator/PryankaChopra and that's not a bad argument by itself.
** Gabrielle Anders is an AmazonianBeauty of mixed Latina and African American descent. She also wears an outfit inspired by Supergirl.
** Mandy is described as "Selene from Underworld if she was Eurasian." She dresses the part too.
** Selena Darkchylde is a woman Gary cannot help but engage in BeigeProse regarding despite the fact she's one of the few women in the series not attracted to him.
** Cindy Wakowski a.k.a. Red Riding Hood deliberately cultivates this role as a
** Guinevere is the most beautiful woman in the world as one of her powers. Normally, she looks like Creator/PryankaChopra and that's not a bad argument by itself.
** Gabrielle Anders is an AmazonianBeauty of mixed Latina and African American descent. She also wears an outfit inspired by Supergirl.
** Mandy is described as "Selene from Underworld if she was Eurasian." She dresses the part too.
** Selena Darkchylde is a woman Gary cannot help but engage in BeigeProse regarding despite the fact she's one of the few women in the series not attracted to him.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Gary reacts to things in a slightly off-way, finding humor in inappropriate things as well as saying whatever is on his mind regardless of whether it's appropriate or not. He also suffers no guilt for killing supervillains. This briefly leads him to think he's a Sociopath. Given he's prone to empathizing with everyone ''except'' the supervillains he kills, this is unlikely.
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** Gabrielle and the Shadow Seven are a somewhat LighterAndSofter version of this, breaking international laws and being composed of TheAtoner villains mixed with superheroes. They're basically ''ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders''.
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* AllMythsAreTrue: Myth/GreekMythology, UsefulNotes/{{Judaism}}, Creator/NeilGaiman-esque ubergods, [[Crator/HPLovecraft Lovecraftian]] abominations, and more all seem to be real.
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* AllMythsAreTrue: Myth/GreekMythology, UsefulNotes/{{Judaism}}, Creator/NeilGaiman-esque ubergods, [[Crator/HPLovecraft [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraftian]] abominations, and more all seem to be real.
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* CoolVersusAwesome: Gary battles against a Trivia/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks set of villains, a NinetiesAntihero Team, an {{Expy}} for Superman as well as the Justice League, a xenomorph, a Biblical Nephilim kaiju, and an {{Expy}} for Lex Luthor. This is notably, ''all in the first book.'' It's more more or less a celebration of the bizarre and incredibly convoluted continuity of comic books as well as how they can throw everything and the kitchen sink into a storyline.
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* CoolVersusAwesome: Gary battles against a Trivia/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Trivia/SilverAgeOfComicBooks set of villains, a NinetiesAntihero Team, an {{Expy}} for Superman as well as the Justice League, a xenomorph, a Biblical Nephilim kaiju, and an {{Expy}} for Lex Luthor. This is notably, ''all in the first book.'' It's more more or less a celebration of the bizarre and incredibly convoluted continuity of comic books as well as how they can throw everything and the kitchen sink into a storyline.
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** Other Gary seems to draw from the Justice Lords in the ''Series/JusticeLeague'' cartoon and villains in ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', particularly the portrayal of Superman. There's also some Superboy Prime and Alex Luthor in his desire to bring back his old world.
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** Other Gary seems to draw from the Justice Lords in the ''Series/JusticeLeague'' ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' cartoon and villains in ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', particularly the portrayal of Superman. There's also some Superboy Prime and Alex Luthor in his desire to bring back his old world.
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** Becomes less of a DownplaydTrope as the series progresses, starting at about ''The Secrets of Supervillainy.'' President Omega discriminates against Supers as a way to get elected [[spoiler: and then plans their outright genocide.]] [[spoiler: Merciful]] also takes up the mantle of President Omega and becomes a VillainWithGoodPublicity by taking a zero tolerance policy agains them.
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** Becomes less of a DownplaydTrope DownplayedTrope as the series progresses, starting at about ''The Secrets of Supervillainy.'' President Omega discriminates against Supers as a way to get elected [[spoiler: and then plans their outright genocide.]] [[spoiler: Merciful]] also takes up the mantle of President Omega and becomes a VillainWithGoodPublicity by taking a zero tolerance policy agains against them.
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** Becomes less of a DownplaydTrope as the series progresses, starting at about ''The Secrets of Supervillainy.'' President Omega discriminates against Supers as a way to get elected [[spoiler: and then plans their outright genocide.]] [[spoiler: Merciful]] also takes up the mantle of President Omega and becomes a VillainWithGoodPublicity by taking a zero tolerance policy agains them.
** [[spoiler: The future ruler of the world, Emperor Merciless]] explains that on his world, the human race eventually turned against Supers and there was a massive race war. As a father of Supers, he proceeded to go PapaWolf and destroyed both sides' extremists.
** [[spoiler: The future ruler of the world, Emperor Merciless]] explains that on his world, the human race eventually turned against Supers and there was a massive race war. As a father of Supers, he proceeded to go PapaWolf and destroyed both sides' extremists.
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* TheGlovesComeOff: This happens a good deal with Gary Karkofsky a.k.a Merciless: The Supervillain without Mercy in ''Literature/TheSupervillainySaga''. Basically, the majority of the time he's a AscendedFanboy that jokes around with 80s and 90s pop culture references. Then sometimes someone does something that ''really'' ticks him off and he starts dropping bodies.
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* ''Literature/TheTournamentOfSupervillainy''
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''The Supervillainy Saga'' is a humorous UrbanFantasy {{Capepunk}} superhero series written by [[{{Creator/CTPhipps}} C.T. Phipps]], and published by Jim Bernheimer, author of ''Literature/ConfessionsOfADListSupervillain.''
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''The Supervillainy Saga'' is a humorous UrbanFantasy {{Capepunk}} superhero series written by [[{{Creator/CTPhipps}} C.T. Phipps]], and published by Jim Bernheimer, author of ''Literature/ConfessionsOfADListSupervillain.''
Crossroad Press.
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''The Supervillainy Saga'' is a humorous UrbanFantasy {{Capepunk}} superhero series published by Jim Bernheimer, author of ''Literature/ConfessionsOfADListSupervillain.''
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''The Supervillainy Saga'' is a humorous UrbanFantasy {{Capepunk}} superhero series written by [[{{Creator/CTPhipps}} C.T. Phipps]], and published by Jim Bernheimer, author of ''Literature/ConfessionsOfADListSupervillain.''
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Gary Karkofsky is an IdiotHero or GuileHero depending on his circumstances. However, he punches heavily above his weight class, often defeating gods or powerful archvillains.
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* {{Transsexual}}: The Human Tank is a male-to-female one. She's also TheAtoner for her past as a supervillain and now a superheroine.
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* {{Transsexual}}: {{Transgender}}: The Human Tank is a male-to-female one.trans woman. She's also TheAtoner for her past as a supervillain and now a superheroine.
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* ComicBooksAreReal: Gary Karkofsky talks about how "historical comics" exists. These are adaptations of the adventures of the Society of Superheroes and have more or less replaced fictional superheroes in their reality. Given reality is every bit as crazy as in comic books, [[RealityIsUnrealistic it's implied the comics actually have to tone the stories down.]]
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* ComicBooksAreReal: Gary Karkofsky talks about how "historical comics" exists.exist. These are adaptations of the adventures of the Society of Superheroes and have more or less replaced fictional superheroes in their reality. Given reality is every bit as crazy as in comic books, [[RealityIsUnrealistic it's implied the comics actually have to tone the stories down.]]
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* ComicBooksAreReal: Gary Karkofsky talks about how "historical comics" exists. These are adaptations of the adventures of the Society of Superheroes and have more or less replaced fictional superheroes in the reality. Given reality is every bit as crazy as in comic books, [[RealityIsUnrealistic it's implied the comics actually have to tone the stories down.]]
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* ComicBooksAreReal: Gary Karkofsky talks about how "historical comics" exists. These are adaptations of the adventures of the Society of Superheroes and have more or less replaced fictional superheroes in the their reality. Given reality is every bit as crazy as in comic books, [[RealityIsUnrealistic it's implied the comics actually have to tone the stories down.]]
