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Post by duchessashley on Feb 21, 2009 11:23:40 GMT -5
In a Friends episode, Chandler and Phoebe have a memorable conversation about Spiderman and the pronunciation of his superhero name... This exchange spurred on a whole world of silly superheros that my brothers and I created. For example: Xanadude - He's an extreme 80s guy with lightning-fast roller-skates. He can thwart any devious plan with a blast of his sparkly rainbows. And in sticking with the "dude" name: thingy-a-Doodle-Dude - He's a farmer by day and a flying rooster by night. His crow can rivet the bad guy senseless, but the ladies are fascinated with his wattle (the hangy down red thing under his beak...). So, I thought I'd put this fun thread out here to see what whimsical and fun superheroes you might have to share!
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Post by pixydust on Feb 21, 2009 11:56:27 GMT -5
I love Friends. They make me happy. I have Joey saying: "How you doin?" for my ringtone when my honey calls me, cause he's a Joey, too, and he likes to say that to me all the time. Xanadude...lol...that's a good one.
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Post by mongoose on Feb 21, 2009 16:07:03 GMT -5
I was trying to come up with a superhero once. I read about different animals, and how far they could jump/glide relative to their body size. Generally speaking, the smaller the animal, the farther it can jump/glide, the more it can lift, whatever. So spider man, the Tick, these make sense as superheroes. But I think I found out that a particular kind of jumping tree frog could jump and glide more times it's body length than the most athletic spiders. So, Frogman. Or Froggy. Or Flippers. Or something.
I tried to think of things this character would do when pretending not to have superpowers. Maybe basketball. I never was satisfied with the ideas I came up with. I suppose parkour would work well for him. Base jumping. *shrugs*
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Post by scintor on Feb 22, 2009 12:59:34 GMT -5
Then there is thwe incredable Tinman! Whenever evil rears its ugly head, he is there to wrap them up in layers of thin metal. . . And they always say, "Curses, foiled again."
Scincerely,
Scintor@aol.com
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Post by koolteskip on Feb 22, 2009 15:04:14 GMT -5
thingy-a-Doodle-Dude for the win! How a bout Fleaman? After all, fleas can jump the furthest for their body size.
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Post by duchessashley on Feb 22, 2009 16:09:59 GMT -5
Scintor - Tinman is great! Having done a few melodramas in my time, "Foiled again!" with a literal meaning behind it made me laugh! I like it! Along with superheroes are the arch nemesises...um, nemesisi...what's the plural on that? NEMESES! (little paraphrased tribute to Mystery Men, there...) So...if you have a fun idea for an evil, nasty villain instead of a superhero, I'd love to hear it!
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Post by knightofhyn on Feb 27, 2009 17:12:42 GMT -5
A buddy came up with a villain who was modeled after one of the Ninja Turtles characters (Casey). Carried a hockey stick, had a metal skull mask that was sort of like a hockey mask and wore skates all the time. Had exploding hockey pucks and all.
His name? Blade Runner.
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Post by Vaporwolf on Feb 27, 2009 18:14:36 GMT -5
This is along the lines of Were-animals you're never likely to see. Were-manatee anyone?
As far as superheroes... I had a short running comic strip (3 or 4 strips in total) in my college newspaper that stared three unlkely heroes. Super Slug (a giant, telekinetic Slug), Stickman ( a literal stickman who pulled stick-things out of his hat), and Bubblehead (a bubble with eyes and a mouth that blew more nigh-indestructable bubbles).
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Post by duchessashley on Feb 27, 2009 20:35:21 GMT -5
What fun! I was driving along today and the fabulous Olivia Newton-John came on the radio. I was reminded that Xanadude already has a theme song written!
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Post by torainfor on Feb 27, 2009 21:31:01 GMT -5
I had that album! And now I have the song stuck in my head.
My brother, a very talented artist, drew up a comic strip when he was in high school about Bunman, a tortured rabbit super hero, contemplating one of life's greatest mysteries on a lonely rooftop looking over a darkened city. It's a question that has plagued mankind for generations, and he did his best to give it the attention and thought it deserved, but his side-kick already had the pizza place on the phone and really needed to know if he wanted pepperoni or Canadian bacon right away.
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Post by Therin on Mar 4, 2009 1:58:53 GMT -5
I remember reading this youth series by Bill Myers a long time ago called the Wacky Worlds of Wally McDoogle; and at certain intervals in each story, Wally would be writing a superhero story. And some (most, actually) of these heroes would probably fall in this category.
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Post by torainfor on Mar 4, 2009 11:31:10 GMT -5
Having a young reader, I'm currently inundated with Captain Underpants and Super Diaper Baby. Where else can you find a super villain that turns himself into poo--and keeps fighting?
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Post by duchessashley on Mar 4, 2009 12:05:13 GMT -5
I used to supervise the children's section at Barnes & Noble...and I never knew whether to be offended by Captain Underpants, or to, you know, when in Rome, laugh it up. Now that I have a little boy, I'm learning to just laugh it up. ;D
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Post by koolteskip on Mar 4, 2009 12:37:02 GMT -5
I love Captian Underpants! I've read the first five or so. So silly, good times.
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Post by myrthman on Mar 9, 2009 21:30:40 GMT -5
The mascot on a certain brand of string cheese we get always makes me think of a parody of Spider-Man, in which Mozz-Man swings around New Pork City on strands of melted mozzerella, usually from his head. His weakness is cold temperatures.
When I was in 3rd or 4th grade, recess was always another episode of "The Stupendous Seven." I don't remember who everyone was, but I was Strawberry Stooge, another guy was Captain Banana, etc. (I wish I could remember all the names!). The membership changed as our group of friends grew or as people were absent. My friend actually wrote down the "origin" story and gave it to me as a birthday present at the end of the year; maybe I'll find it someday. Gotta love alien fruit from the next universe. And oh yeah! We were always fighting the evil Latex Luthor.
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