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* EvilIsSexy: Cindy is the biggest example of this for some value of evil. So is [[spoiler: vampire]] Mandy.
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* AcceptableTargets: Gary shows no sympathy towards the rich upper-class who'd use their wealth on meaningless things rather than making the world a better place.
** Gary kills numerous Nazis and Nazi adjacent villains across the series.
** Gary deals with corrupt Neo-Confederate Southerners in ''Literature/TheHorrorOfSupervillainy''.
** Gary kills numerous Nazis and Nazi adjacent villains across the series.
** Gary deals with corrupt Neo-Confederate Southerners in ''Literature/TheHorrorOfSupervillainy''.
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* CrazyIsCool: The books' primary appeal is they are a nonstop deluge of references, overthetop superhero action, one-liners, snark, and general insanity.
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* CrazyIsCool: The books' primary appeal is they are a nonstop deluge of references, overthetop over-the-top superhero action, one-liners, snark, and general insanity.
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* GeniusBonus: A huge number of jokes depend on your knowledge of not only pop culture but larger tropes within comic books. These include references to the Silver Age of Comics, the Crisis on Infinite Earths, The Dark Age of Comics, and comic book time.
** Indeed, it is an actual plot point in ''Literature/TheHorrorOfSupervillainy'' that Gary is dealing with the fact that his daughters are SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome.
** Indeed, it is an actual plot point in ''Literature/TheHorrorOfSupervillainy'' that Gary is dealing with the fact that his daughters are SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome.
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* GeniusBonus: A huge number of jokes depend on your knowledge of not only pop culture but larger tropes within comic books. These include references to the Silver Age of Comics, the Crisis on Infinite Earths, The Dark Age of Comics, and comic book time.
**time. Indeed, it is an actual plot point in ''Literature/TheHorrorOfSupervillainy'' that Gary is dealing with the fact that his daughters are SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome.
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* BrokenBase: Whether the books suffer {{Sequelitis}} due to the PowerCreep as well as Gary's love triangle. Some fans believe the series hit its stride with ''Literature/TournamentOfSupervillainy''.
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* BrokenBase: Whether the books suffer {{Sequelitis}} due to the PowerCreep as well as Gary's love triangle. Some fans believe the series hit its stride with ''Literature/TournamentOfSupervillainy''.''Literature/TheTournamentOfSupervillainy''.
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** Indeed, it is an actual plot point in ''Literature/TheHorrorOfSupervillainy'' that Gary is dealing with the fact that his daughters are SoapOperaAging.
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** Indeed, it is an actual plot point in ''Literature/TheHorrorOfSupervillainy'' that Gary is dealing with the fact that his daughters are SoapOperaAging.SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome.
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* AnticlimaxBoss: [[spoiler: Dracula]] in the ''Literature/TheHorrorOfSupervillainy'' due to Gary specifically having abilities related to harvesting the souls of the dead.
* EnsembleDarkHorse: Cindy and Diabloman are easily as popular as Gary himself.
* {{Sequelitis}}: Based on the reviews the later novels, while not horrible, aren't on par with the quality of the first novel.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The setting of the book series sounds interesting enough as an anthology series rather than exploring the world through Gary's POV.
----* AcceptableTargets: Gary shows no sympathy towards the rich upper-class who'd use their wealth on meaningless things rather than making the world a better place.
** Gary kills numerous Nazis and Nazi adjacent villains across the series.
** Gary deals with corrupt Neo-Confederate Southerners in ''Literature/TheHorrorOfSupervillainy''.
* EnsembleDarkHorse: Cindy and Diabloman are easily as popular as Gary himself.
* {{Sequelitis}}: Based on the reviews the later novels, while not horrible, aren't on par with the quality of the first novel.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The setting of the book series sounds interesting enough as an anthology series rather than exploring the world through Gary's POV.
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** Gary kills numerous Nazis and Nazi adjacent villains across the series.
** Gary deals with corrupt Neo-Confederate Southerners in ''Literature/TheHorrorOfSupervillainy''.
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** The Great Beast Zul-Barbas in ''Literature/SecretsOfSupervillainy'' [[spoiler: ends up being summoned as a one foot tall shadow of itself that is easily cut apart.]]
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** The Great Beast Zul-Barbas in ''Literature/SecretsOfSupervillainy'' ''Literature/TheSecretsOfSupervillainy'' [[spoiler: ends up being summoned as a one foot tall shadow of itself that is easily cut apart.]]
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** Gary kills numerous Nazis and Nazi adjacent villains across the series.
** Gary deals with corrupt Neo-Confederate Southerners in ''Literature/TheHorrorOfSupervillainy''.
* AnticlimaxBoss:
** The Great Beast Zul-Barbas in ''Literature/SecretsOfSupervillainy'' [[spoiler: ends up being summoned as a one foot tall shadow of itself that is easily cut apart.]]
** [[spoiler: Dracula]] in the ''Literature/TheHorrorOfSupervillainy'' due to Gary specifically having abilities related to harvesting the souls of the dead.
* BrokenBase: Whether the books suffer {{Sequelitis}} due to the PowerCreep as well as Gary's love triangle. Some fans believe the series hit its stride with ''Literature/TournamentOfSupervillainy''.
* CrazyIsCool: The books' primary appeal is they are a nonstop deluge of references, overthetop superhero action, one-liners, snark, and general insanity.
* EnsembleDarkHorse:
** Cindy and Diabloman are easily as popular as Gary himself.
** Cloak is arguably more popular than Gary himself.
** [[spoiler: Leia and Mimi, Gary's children from the future.]]
* EvilIsCool: Other Gary AKA Merciful is basically what happens if Gary stops being an enormous dork and becomes serious. A lot of fans think he's a more interesting character than his (less) EvilCounterpart.
* EvilIsSexy: Cindy is the biggest example of this for some value of evil. So is [[spoiler: vampire]] Mandy.
* GeniusBonus: A huge number of jokes depend on your knowledge of not only pop culture but larger tropes within comic books. These include references to the Silver Age of Comics, the Crisis on Infinite Earths, The Dark Age of Comics, and comic book time.
** Indeed, it is an actual plot point in ''Literature/TheHorrorOfSupervillainy'' that Gary is dealing with the fact that his daughters are SoapOperaAging.
* LesYay: Cindy with Mandy and Gabrielle. [[spoiler: The former, at least, becomes canon.]]
* OneTrueThreesome: Many fans wanted Gary to hook up with Mandy and Cindy both or Mandy and Ultragoddess. [[spoiler: Becomes canon in later novels.]]
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The setting of the book series sounds interesting enough as an anthology series rather than exploring the world through Gary's POV.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: Based on the reviews the later novels, while not horrible, aren't on par with the quality of the first novel.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: Based on the reviews the later novels, while not horrible, aren't on par with the quality of the first novel.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The setting of the book series sounds interesting enough as an anthology series rather than exploring the world through Gary's POV.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The setting of the book series sounds interesting enough as an anthology series rather than exploring the world through Gary's POV.
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** Gary kills numerous Nazis and Nazi adjacent villains across the series. AndThereWasMuchRejoicing.
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** Gary kills numerous Nazis and Nazi adjacent villains across the series. AndThereWasMuchRejoicing.
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* InvincibleVillain: Calling him a villain would be questionable but so is The Author's intention on writing Gary off as an underdog, except that he has been having everything given to him with little to no effort of his own. Then there's the fact that the heroes of the series written completely incompetent so Gary would be propped up as the city's only hope in taking down a main villain.
** {{Subverted}} in ''Literature/TheHorrorOfSupervillainy'' is continually beaten within an inch of his life by a enemy who is able to subvert his magic.
** {{Subverted}} in ''Literature/TheHorrorOfSupervillainy'' is continually beaten within an inch of his life by a enemy who is able to subvert his magic.
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** Gary kills numerous Nazis and Nazi adjacent villains across the series. AndThereWasMuchRejoicing.
** Gary deals with corrupt Neo-Confederate Southerners in ''Literature/TheHorrorOfSupervillainy''.
** Gary deals with corrupt Neo-Confederate Southerners in ''Literature/TheHorrorOfSupervillainy''.
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* AnticlimaxBoss: [[spoiler: Dracula]] in the ''Literature/TheHorrorOfSupervillainy'' due to Gary specifically having abilities related to harvesting the souls of the dead.
* EnsembleDarkHorse: Cindy and Diabloman are easily as popular as Gary himself.
* EnsembleDarkHorse: Cindy and Diabloman are easily as popular as Gary himself.
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* AcceptableTargets: Gary hates Nazis. They're his BerserkButton and he shows them no mercy, be they Neo-Nazi or original recipe.
** He also shows no sympathy towards the rich upper-class who'd use their wealth on meaningless things rather than making the world a better place.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Both Cindy and Mandy have proven to be very popular with readers.
* EvilIsSexy: Cindy, The Black Witch, and Death are all described as stunningly beautiful. Played with as there's plenty good characters who are the same.
** Adonis in the second book for male examples.
* FanPreferredCouple: Readers have mentioned they like Gary/Cindy or Gary/Ultragoddess more than OfficialCouple Gary and Mandy. The fact Gary has been with both and has strong feelings for them helps matters.
** [[spoiler: Cindy/Gary becomes canon in ''The Secrets of Supervillainy'' and Gabrielle/Gary is canonized in ''The Tournament of Supervillainy.'' It becomes a {{Polyamory}} situation too.]]
* HarsherInHindsight: Cloak's voice is said to sound like Creator/ChristopherLee. Later we find out Cloak is a ghost. The book was released a few days before Christopher Lee's death.
** He also shows no sympathy towards the rich upper-class who'd use their wealth on meaningless things rather than making the world a better place.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Both Cindy and Mandy have proven to be very popular with readers.
* EvilIsSexy: Cindy, The Black Witch, and Death are all described as stunningly beautiful. Played with as there's plenty good characters who are the same.
** Adonis in the second book for male examples.
* FanPreferredCouple: Readers have mentioned they like Gary/Cindy or Gary/Ultragoddess more than OfficialCouple Gary and Mandy. The fact Gary has been with both and has strong feelings for them helps matters.
** [[spoiler: Cindy/Gary becomes canon in ''The Secrets of Supervillainy'' and Gabrielle/Gary is canonized in ''The Tournament of Supervillainy.'' It becomes a {{Polyamory}} situation too.]]
* HarsherInHindsight: Cloak's voice is said to sound like Creator/ChristopherLee. Later we find out Cloak is a ghost. The book was released a few days before Christopher Lee's death.
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* AcceptableTargets: Gary hates Nazis. They're his BerserkButton and he shows them no mercy, be they Neo-Nazi or original recipe.
** He alsoshows no sympathy towards the rich upper-class who'd use their wealth on meaningless things rather than making the world a better place.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Both Cindy and Mandy have proven to be very popular with readers.
* EvilIsSexy: Cindy, The Black Witch, and Death are all described as stunningly beautiful. Played with as there's plenty good characters who are the same.
** Adonis in the second book for male examples.
* FanPreferredCouple: Readers have mentioned they like Gary/Cindy or Gary/Ultragoddess more than OfficialCouple Gary and Mandy. The fact Gary has been with both and has strong feelings for them helps matters.
** [[spoiler: Cindy/Gary becomes canon in ''The Secrets of Supervillainy'' and Gabrielle/Gary is canonized in ''The Tournament of Supervillainy.'' It becomes a {{Polyamory}} situation too.]]
* HarsherInHindsight: Cloak's voice is said to sound like Creator/ChristopherLee. Later we find out Cloak is a ghost. The book was released a few days before Christopher Lee's death.place.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Both Cindy and Mandy have proven to be very popular with readers.
* EvilIsSexy: Cindy, The Black Witch, and Death are all described as stunningly beautiful. Played with as there's plenty good characters who are the same.
** Adonis in the second book for male examples.
* FanPreferredCouple: Readers have mentioned they like Gary/Cindy or Gary/Ultragoddess more than OfficialCouple Gary and Mandy. The fact Gary has been with both and has strong feelings for them helps matters.
** [[spoiler: Cindy/Gary becomes canon in ''The Secrets of Supervillainy'' and Gabrielle/Gary is canonized in ''The Tournament of Supervillainy.'' It becomes a {{Polyamory}} situation too.]]
* HarsherInHindsight: Cloak's voice is said to sound like Creator/ChristopherLee. Later we find out Cloak is a ghost. The book was released a few days before Christopher Lee's death.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Shoot-Em-Up crosses this when we discover he killed Gary's brother right in front of his family after he had retired from supervillainy following his prison sentence. [[spoiler: Even if you don't agree this is it, it becomes this once you realize he has an affection for underaged prostitutes.]]
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* OneTrueThreesome: A few fans have expressed their desire to see Mandy, Cindy, and Gary to settle into such a relationship. It helps that Mandy and Cindy are Bisexual and both have been in relationships with Gary in the past.
** [[spoiler: Canonized in ''The Tournament of Supervillainy.'' Sadly, it's right before the discovery that Mandy has been replaced.]]
** [[spoiler: Canonized in ''The Tournament of Supervillainy.'' Sadly, it's right before the discovery that Mandy has been replaced.]]
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* MisaimedFandom: In-universe. Gary suffers this for his brother who would, from what little we see of him, is horrified his brother followed in his footsteps.
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* AcceptableTargets: Gary hates Nazis. They're his BerserkButton and he shows them no mercy, be they Neo-Nazi or original recipe.
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* InvincibleVillain: Calling him a villain would be questionable but so is The Author's intention writing Gary off as an underdog except that he has been having everything given to him with little to no effort of his own. Then there's the fact that the heroes of the series being written completely incompetent so Gary would be propped up as the city's only hope in taking down a main villain.
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* InvincibleVillain: Calling him a villain would be questionable but so is The Author's intention on writing Gary off as an underdog underdog, except that he has been having everything given to him with little to no effort of his own. Then there's the fact that the heroes of the series being written completely incompetent so Gary would be propped up as the city's only hope in taking down a main villain.
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* InvincibleVillain: Calling him a villain would be questionable but so is The Author's intention writing Gary off as an underdog except that he has been having everything given to him with little to no effort of his own. Then there's the fact that the heroes of the series being written completely incompetent so Gary would be propped up as the city's only hope in taking down a main villain.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The setting of the book series sounds interesting enough as an anthology series rather than exploring the world through Gary's POV.
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* Sequelitis: Based on the reviews the later novels, while not horrible, aren't on par with the quality of the first novel.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Cloak's voice is said to sound like Christopher Lee. Later we find out Cloak is a ghost. The book was released a few days before Christopher Lee's death.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Cloak's voice is said to sound like Christopher Lee.Creator/ChristopherLee. Later we find out Cloak is a ghost. The book was released a few days before Christopher Lee's death.
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* MisaimedFandom: In-universe. Gary suffers this for his brother who would, from what little we see of him, be horrified his brother followed in his footsteps.
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* MisaimedFandom: In-universe. Gary suffers this for his brother who would, from what little we see of him, be is horrified his brother followed in his footsteps.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Both Cindy and Mandy have proven very popular with readers.
* EvilIsSexy: Cindy, The Black Witch, and Death are all described as stunningly beautiful. Played with as there's plenty good characters who are the same.
** Adonis in the second book for male examples.
* FanPreferredCouple: Readers have mentioned they like Gary/Cindy or Gary/Ultragoddess more than OfficialCouple Gary and Mandy. The fact Gary has been with both and has strong feelings for them helps matters.
* HarsherInHindsight: Cloak's voice is said to sound like Christopher Lee. Later we find out Cloak is a ghost. The book was released a few days before Christopher Lee's death.
* MisaimedFandom: In-universe. Gary suffers this for his brother who would, from what little we see of him, be horrified his brother followed in his footsteps.
* MoralEventHorizon: Shoot-Em-Up crosses this when we discover he killed Gary's brother right in front of his family after he had retired from supervillainy following his prison sentence. [[spoiler: Even if you don't agree this is it, it becomes this once you realize he has an affection for underaged prostitutes.]]
* OneTrueThreesome: A few fans have expressed their desire to see Mandy, Cindy, and Gary to settle into such a relationship. It helps that Mandy and Cindy are Bisexual and both have been in relationships with Gary in the past.
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* EvilIsSexy: Cindy, The Black Witch, and Death are all described as stunningly beautiful. Played with as there's plenty good characters who are the same.
** Adonis in the second book for male examples.
* FanPreferredCouple: Readers have mentioned they like Gary/Cindy or Gary/Ultragoddess more than OfficialCouple Gary and Mandy. The fact Gary has been with both and has strong feelings for them helps matters.
* HarsherInHindsight: Cloak's voice is said to sound like Christopher Lee. Later we find out Cloak is a ghost. The book was released a few days before Christopher Lee's death.
* MisaimedFandom: In-universe. Gary suffers this for his brother who would, from what little we see of him, be horrified his brother followed in his footsteps.
* MoralEventHorizon: Shoot-Em-Up crosses this when we discover he killed Gary's brother right in front of his family after he had retired from supervillainy following his prison sentence. [[spoiler: Even if you don't agree this is it, it becomes this once you realize he has an affection for underaged prostitutes.]]
* OneTrueThreesome: A few fans have expressed their desire to see Mandy, Cindy, and Gary to settle into such a relationship. It helps that Mandy and Cindy are Bisexual and both have been in relationships with Gary in the past.
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