![]() Those Two Guys: Rodentia and Gunk have an amazing ability to be just about everywhere important despite both being Harmless Villain types.The Government has also raised five children unknowingly fathered by Imaginary Larry, presumably as part of another one. Super Soldier: General Devious, Maxine Velocity, and all of the Manglermals are the results of failed super soldier projects.Superpower Russian Roulette: Doc Mangler's process for producing his Manglermals leaves most candidates dead.Superpower Lottery: Superpowers shown range from all the power of a Greek god to.He uses this to live out cheesy high school dramas perpetually. Reality Warper: Imaginary Larry has the ability to create psychic constructs every bit as real as the rest of the world.Posthumous Character: Vicky plays an extraordinary role in Cal's life even if she's introduced as his The Lost Lenore.Everyone else had their memories erased and only knows about it second hand. Not so odd when you remember Andy-Droid is the only one who remembers clearly Cal saved the world and the heroes in particular.Andy is ridiculously polite and helpful to everyone. Magitek: Aside from the prequel, Cal incorporates magic dinosaur teleportation crystals into his armor.The Bilouxi Bugler is the Good Counterpart to Cal being a D-List superhero who is probably the closest they have to Captain America in morals and basic decency amongst a sea of anti-heroes.Lethal Joke Character: This is a theme of the series as not only is Mechani-Cal one of the most dangerous supervillains/heroes in the world once he gets around his problems but a lot of seemingly harmless villains and heroes are actually quite dangerous.Amydillo, Mechani-Cal (or Mani-Cals), Whirl-Wendy, and Andy-Droid. Incredibly Lame Pun: A theme of super names.Several appear throughout the series, each with a different set of apparently animal-based powers. Half-Human Hybrids: "Manglermals" are the result of a failed Super Soldier project (and later, black-market creations) of Doc Mangler.None of them really think they're evil, though, just pragmatic. Card-Carrying Villain: Most supervillains actively identify themselves as such, simply because it's what they're called anyway, perhaps as an attempt to "own it." They don't take it very seriously, though.Cape Punk: One of the best examples thereof. ![]() Though depending on what armor he has, Cal can provide a lot of brawn sometimes, and once in a while Bobby points out common sense solutions to problems that stump Cal. Brains and Brawn: How Cal and Hillbilly Bobby's partnership usually works out.Big Bad: General Devious, the Evil Overlord, and Ultraweapon.Beast Man: Amy-Dillo is described as, "Looking like a cross between a pin-up and an armadillo.Anti-Villain: Mechani-Cal is a disgruntled engineer and uninterested in hurting people other than Ultraweapon.Cal, officially, becomes one along with Hillbilly Bobby, Andydroid, Whirl-Wendy, and Extraordinary Larry in Secrets of a D-List Supervillain.The Olympians as a whole, it's soon obvious. The entire series contains the following tropes:
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