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* MakeMeWannaShout: DJ Pitch lives up to his name and makes things ''loud''.
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* [[spoiler: TheBadGuyWins]]: See PyrrhicVictory.

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* AndIMustScream: The missing hero Tempest, well, S3's violence worked out for him in this case.

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* AndIMustScream: The About, the missing hero Tempest, well, S3's violence worked out for him in this case.


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* KarmaHoudini: Veronica Wesker if the "note" is any indication. [[spoiler: Its implied that she gets a government job]].
* TheLastDance: For Squad 3, the battering ram, as it turns out.


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* PyrrhicVictory: Both Teams: S1 and the IW 'rescued' Clay and Evelyn but it amounted to an exercise and free publicity for the villains, who eventually went home scot-free. [[spoiler: Plus both Evelyn and Clay have been brainwashed]]. S3 and S4 took down a Human-Machine Front facility and not much else. The HMF lost a few scientists that are probably replaceable and Ignis led Iona into causing mass mayhem and an eventual crisis of confidence.
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! My Superhero City | Season 01, Episode 04: To the Leader, the Pariah, the Victor, the Messiah...This is war

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! My Superhero City | Season 01, 02, Episode 04: 02: To the Leader, the Pariah, the Victor, the Messiah...This is war
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! My Superhero City | Season 02, Episode 02: To the Leader, the Pariah, the Victor, the Messiah...This is war

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* WhamEpisode: Not only featuring, in Mikael's words, "the second coming of Mengale" but also [[spoiler:the brainwashed Clay and Evelyn in Firebrand's cult]].

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* WhamEpisode: Not only featuring, in Mikael's words, "the second coming of Mengale" but also [[spoiler:the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15654498340A83003200&page=19#comment-454 brainwashed Clay and Evelyn in Firebrand's cult]].]]

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-> [[spoiler: '''Clay''']]: Well shoot, went to plan I suppose but I don't feel right having to sit out the whole thing and play possum.
-> [[spoiler: '''Firebrand''']]: Daddy, Momma! I'm so happy you two are safe!
-> [[spoiler: '''Clay''']]: Of course, we wouldn't go and leave you behind like that.
-> [[spoiler: '''Evelyn''']]: We're just sorry that you plan didn't go perfectly.



* BondVillainStupidity: Vivian collapses in front of Ignis. He chuckles, gloats, and... walks away.

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* BondVillainStupidity: Vivian collapses in front of Ignis. He chuckles, gloats, and... walks away. [[spoiler: Averted with Firebrand's Foursome. Clay and Evelyn are already turned.]]

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-> '''Emily:''' Do you feel sick? You're not acting... yourself. I thought you liked to kill stuff.


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* LetsYouAndHimFight: S4 turn out to be each other's immediate threats as the arc ends, first [[TheCorruptible Iona]] then [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill Tyulla]].


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* SanitySlippage: Both Iona and Tyulla go into trauma induced rages.
* SanityStrengthening: Cole in contrast is [[BecomingTheBoast almost responsible in this arc]].

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-> '''Holiday:''' Classic hostage situation. Unoriginal, barring the usage of drugs and the doctor getup...I'll notify local ACPs to evacuate the area around the subject building. If it hasn't been evacuated already. If I could get a sample, we could possibly synthesize an antitoxin. Possibly. May be better to just beat it out of them... Mahvash, I'll go ahead and assume you've already constructed fifty-nine plans while I was speaking and so I'll respectfully ask your opinion.

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-> '''Holiday:''' Classic hostage situation. Unoriginal, barring the usage of drugs and the doctor getup...I'll notify local ACPs [=ACPs=] to evacuate the area around the subject building. If it hasn't been evacuated already. If I could get a sample, we could possibly synthesize an antitoxin. Possibly. May be better to just beat it out of them... Mahvash, I'll go ahead and assume you've already constructed fifty-nine plans while I was speaking and so I'll respectfully ask your opinion.




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-> '''Mari:''' WE DON'T GIVE A FRICK ABOUT...ABOUT YOUR LOVE FOR EXPERIMENTING!
-> '''"Veronica Wesker":''' Mm, I thought so. The Unborn were some of our most dangerous creations, their teeth were designed by us to dig deep, produce jagged and difficult to heal wounds and potentially hit arteries and more important veins. Probably a small miracle on your part that the femoral artery was not breached in its entirety. Then you'd be bleeding to death on the floor here...and that would be a major breach in cleanliness protocol.
-> '''Iona:''' This is why the whispers of Fate brought me here! My vengeance is at hand! I will finally be able to close this chapter, and move on with my life! All I need to do is destroy you and all your little friends! I will be FREE!


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* SmugSnake: Veronica tries to play calm and serene and dress Mikael down, but she's also running down reasons why Mikael should spare her as he demanded. And desperately throwing herself out of the way of flying rocks.


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* WhamEpisode: Not only featuring, in Mikael's words, "the second coming of Mengale" but also [[spoiler:the brainwashed Clay and Evelyn in Firebrand's cult]].

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* BigBad: Firebrand for the Squad 1 and 2 Tower of Terror arc, and Ignis for Squad 3 and 4's arcs, while Veronica Wesker is TheDragon in Squad 3's case.



** The Human-Machine Front in general is this; the procedure Cooper undergoes that gives him SuperReflexes involves getting a horrific eel monster from Pinewatch implanted in him, and taking out his whole spinal column, with the eel's tendrils spreading out and amplifying his reflexes. Even other members like Biggs and Wedge have obvious cybernetic implants such as nanomachine armor that emerges out of their bodies. Possibly making things worse is that they chose to have these things done to themselves to "keep up" with metahumans.



* MadScientist: As if someone named ''Veronica Wesker'' could be anything except a card carrying mad scientist. She gets uniqueness points for being completely unflappable, even in the face of Squad 3's notable violent ways.



* ManipulativeBastard: Ignis is in full form as a psychic manipulator. He played Squad 4 into a confrontation, and with one singularly effective mental illusion set Iona to almost kill all of her friends. To the point that he never even had to fight them himself - Iona handled that aptly well herself.



* TragicMonster: As it turns out, the Eviscerator. Or Eviscerators. There's a few minds trapped in there.

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* TragicMonster: As it turns out, the Eviscerator. Or Eviscerators. [[AndIMustScream There's a few minds trapped in there.]]
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* AndIMustScream: The missing hero Tempest, well, S3's violence worked out for him in this case.


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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Clay and Evelyn as it turns out.]]


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* TragicMonster: As it turns out, the Eviscerator. Or Eviscerators. There's a few minds trapped in there.

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* BodyHorror: Pinewatch shows enough to make Rebecca hurl immediately.



* GetAholdOfYourselfMan: A tailor-made slap wakes Zach up from his illusion and delusion of helplessness.

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* GetAholdOfYourselfMan: A tailor-made slap wakes Zach up from his illusion and delusion of helplessness.helplessness and knocks the HeroicSpirit right back into him.


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* MirrorBoss: The giant horror that S3 encounters in Pinewatch.

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-> '''Rebecca:''' You ''IDIOT!'' Do you realize what you've just done?! You've just brought the full force of this place down on us! These are people who, might I remind you, have already brutally murdered an experienced hero! I know you've deluded yourself into thinking that you're invincible, but what about Mari and Emily?! They've only been doing this for a couple months!!
-> '''Pact:''' Guess I'm not the only one with gods on her side, must have given up a pretty penny to get her on your side. Then again a house deity ain't up the snuff for my usual fun! Last round loves, get your shots and hit the ground!



* GetAholdOfYourselfMan: A tailor-made slap wakes Zach up from his illusion and delusion of helplessness.



* PoorCommunicationKills: Cole told no one about his ''twin'' brother. Vivian in particular did not suspect a trap until she was fighting for her life.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: Cole told no one about his ''twin'' brother. Vivian in particular did not suspect a trap until she was fighting for her life. As for S3, Mari mentions her potential ability with stealth ''after'' Mikael blows a hole in the building.


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* SuperMode: Lily achieves her apotheosis with a LittleNo and alot of [[LookWhatICanDoNow ass kicking]].
* ThereWasADoor: Which doesn't matter to Mikael as he blasts his own entrance. To be fair, he mentioned the ''front'' door was too obvious a route.

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-> '''Newscaster:''' This just in, a recent terrorist attack downtown has put traffic into a gridlock. Sources say a group of individuals have taken over a skyscraper owned by known philanthropist Clay Cole and his recently married wife Evelyn have been taken hostage, along with a number of workers throughout the buil-



-> '''Mari:''' I swear that if you touch Freisch-kun and actually talk in that manner in front of me and WITHOUT my permission, I'll set your stormy buttocks on fire, Gas Giant...


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* ForcedToWatch: Zach ends up comfortably sitting in a glass bubble...where he has a front row seat to his family being '''[DATA EXPUNGED]'''.


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* SelfDestructMechanism: Holiday has one ready when she's being dissembled [[spoiler:in an illusion]]. Thing is, its not even clearly an example of TakingYouWithMe as she seems [[DrivenToSuicide perfectly content to go up in smoke]].


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* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Wilma meets this face, landing in the middle of surgery sans anesthetic.

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-> '''Zach:''' '''Splitting up was pretty much inevitable. What I'm surprised by is the fact someone, apparently, wants to fight someone like Me, Mahvash, Holiday and Wilma. I mean, I'm against someone throwing their life away, but... Hm, probably got some weird, wild trick up their sleeve. Either way, I'm as ready as I can be for this sorta thing. Though given how incredibly rusty I am, I will continue to fork over the entire planning process to Mahvash.I think it'll be exciting to fight alongside other people from other squads. but then again this isn't about fun this is about saving two of our friends lives isn't it.'''




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-> '''Vivian:''' I don't feel pain and I've been tinkering with this body for *months.* This is my ninth set of hands. After I beat you, you moronic arshole, I'll just throw these in the dumpster. And lastly that this plan was not very well considered. I'm recording and storing this fight, so about...now everyone in the city know that you, whoever you are, are here. So no surprise, no lasting damage. You gain nothing from this, you putrid bellend, since you also still don't know a fraction of what I can, and will, do to you.
-> '''Mari:''' I swear that if you touch Freisch-kun and actually talk in that manner in front of me and WITHOUT my permission, I'll set your stormy buttocks on fire, Gas Giant...
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* BondVillainStupidity: Vivian collapses in front of Ignis. He chuckles, gloats, and... walks away.


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* HeroicSafeMode: Viv is quite literally on autopilot as she drags herself back to the Saint Foundation garage.


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* VillainOverride: Happens a couple times with the foursome. Before they [[TurnsRed turn red]] and their last remarks.

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-> '''Cole:''' You know, I've always found it rather funny how you seem to think you are so much tougher now that you're all made of metal. When really, turning into a robotic ponce just enhances the number of cheeky, cheeky things that can be done to you.
-> '''Ellie:''' Heh. Pretty stupid of them to pit me against the robot. I'll just suck his battery dry.
-> '''Mikael (narration):''' Mikael has seen that something in the man's eyes when he spoke of 'taking off the kid's gloves' was... wrong. Not the kindness of the Saint, but the stern cruelty of a sinner.



* MakeMeWannaShout: DJ Pitch lives up to his name and makes things ''loud''.



* TooGoodToBeTrue: Cooper doesn't question being given 'free' amps that have given him super reflexes. He nods along to the explanation that they're the demo version.
* WorstNewsJudgementEver: At least M3 thinks it of Super City.

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* TooGoodToBeTrue: Besides the issue of the Saint returning, Cooper doesn't question being given 'free' amps that have given him super reflexes. He nods along to the explanation that they're the demo version.
* WorstNewsJudgementEver: At least M3 thinks it of Super City. At least the foursome interrupt it.

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-> ''''Cooper Landry:''' Can't believe mom would freak like that. How the hell are amps any different than, like, piercings?

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-> ''''Cooper '''Cooper Landry:''' Can't believe mom would freak like that. How the hell are amps any different than, like, piercings?



-> '''Pyroblaze:''' Young people, teens...are getting mixed up in some kind of amplifying nonsense. They're calling em amps. And what's worrying us is we don't know who the group responsible for obtaining them really is, or where the amps really come from! ...we've got no goddamned clue, outside the name; the Human-Machine Front. Kids are being real hush about all this - 'pparently, whatever's going on got a lot of parents real worried. Me included. We have to find out what's going on before someone in the more paranoid element of society makes a stupid mistake.
-> '''Cooper:''' And...these Amps...I've still not gotten the ones that require like...payment?
-> '''Provider:''' Correct, Mr. Landry. I'll see you next time.
-> '''Martin:''' Well, it all just boils down to 'beat the bad guys and save our friends', hard to turn down an open invitation like that. Play it safe, they are probably waiting for us.



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* '''Short Synopsis:''' Four villains issue a direct challenge to S1 and the IW, meanwhile S3 and S4 investigate suspicious activity.

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* SpiritedCompetitior: Zach begins to show signs of this, coming to enjoy the daily insanity of hero life.

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* FailedASpotCheck: Besides the issue that she and Cole rarely interact and "Cole" asked her to meet him in the middle of nowhere instead of the training room, Vivian also finds him dressed up and acting rather out of character. OTOH, he did mention the Raggum event that she could believe he had to be there for.
* FunWithAcronyms: The Super Lawmen Armed Militia, or SLAM for short.


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* SmugSmiler: Ignis turns out to be one. He spends the whole match against Vivian grinning, even while being socked in the face.
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-> '''Carnival King:''' We could also do father-and-son bonding and training with Chibuzo! He's been such a good boy during these last month, and thanks to him, I've started to get the hang of my powers, if we don't include 'forme-shifting'. Don't get me wrong, though. Chibi has also been improving. He's got the life goal of becoming a deity! Such an ambitious little lad... With that said, do you consider going or not?
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-> '''"Plague Doctor":''' We apologize for the chaos, trust us we want you all to get back to your lives, but we are at the end of our ropes...You see, as doctors its our duty to ensure our patients receive proper care... They are currently undergoing treatment for serious breaks from reality, believing themselves to be 'heroes'. To ensure their cooperation we are holding their friends here with a disease that will keep them nice a docile...The cure is half a dose of the four chemicals we are keeping on our person. Any attempt to 'skip out' on their appointment will result in a...messy situation...
-> '''Holiday:''' Classic hostage situation. Unoriginal, barring the usage of drugs and the doctor getup...I'll notify local ACPs to evacuate the area around the subject building. If it hasn't been evacuated already. If I could get a sample, we could possibly synthesize an antitoxin. Possibly. May be better to just beat it out of them... Mahvash, I'll go ahead and assume you've already constructed fifty-nine plans while I was speaking and so I'll respectfully ask your opinion.
-> '''Zach:''' '''Splitting up was pretty much inevitable. What I'm surprised by is the fact someone, apparently, wants to fight someone like Me, Mahvash, Holiday and Wilma. I mean, I'm against someone throwing their life away, but... Hm, probably got some weird, wild trick up their sleeve. Either way, I'm as ready as I can be for this sorta thing. Though given how incredibly rusty I am, I will continue to fork over the entire planning process to Mahvash.I think it'll be exciting to fight alongside other people from other squads. but then again this isn't about fun this is about saving two of our friends lives isn't it.'''




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\n\n* SpiritedCompetitior: Zach begins to show signs of this, coming to enjoy the daily insanity of hero life.
* DoNotAdjustYourSet: The Fearsome Foursome manage to take over the local airwaves to broadcast their challenge.

* HostageSituation: And one with [[SacrificialLion Clay and Evelyn]] as the hostages no less.



* PoorCommunicationKills: Cole told no one about his ''twin'' brother. Vivian in particular did not suspect a trap until she was fighting for her life.

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* WorstNewsJudgementEver: At least M3 thinks it of Super City.
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! My Superhero City | Season 02, Episode 02: To the Leader, the Pariah, the Victor, the Messiah...This is war

-> '''[[spoiler:Anti]]Saint:''' I thought if I did my best, then everyone else would do the same. But all these years later, all those years of keeping the peace, and things are barely any better than when I was starting out. Maybe it seemed that way, but as soon as I was gone, it was like tearing off a bandaid. And all that baggage, all that hatred and dissatisfaction that's festered over the years came shooting back to the surface like a tidal wave. All I did was create an illusion of peace. Because if it all it takes is the loss of one person to bring it all crashing down, then at the very least, it's not very lasting.
-> '''"Cole:"''' Hey Viv! Would you be up for a spar by the lake out near the woods? I've heard its lovely out there especially on a hot day.
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* '''Short Synopsis:''' Four villains issue a direct challenge to S1 and the IW, meanwhile S3 and S4 investigate suspicious activity.
* '''First Post:''' [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15654498340A83003200&page=14#comment-332 2 September 2019]]
* '''Webcomic Time:''' 1 June 2021


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* PompousPoliticalPundit: Adrian makes another appearance but even his performance is subdued by Saint.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Cole told no one about his ''twin'' brother. Vivian in particular did not suspect a trap until she was fighting for her life.

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