Loopy Supers

[John T]

Ever used a perfectly normal conversational phrase or idiom, and then amusedly wondered what kind of character you'd have if you used the same innocuous term as a character name?

 

Okay, maybe only I do that...

 

Anyway, a couple of examples:

 

Little Miss Communication - character with the power to cause everyone around her to interpret everything said around her in the most unflattering way possible. Could also be called Little Miss Understanding.

 

Unreasonable Facsimile - one of a duplicating hero's duplicates who goes rogue and becomes an independent, free-willed villain.

 

The Pun-isher - character with puns so bad that they cause damage to anyone who hears them.

 

Any other ideas?

 

John T

[zornwil]

Re: Loopy Supers

 

I'm not so sure about conventional phrases, but I draw from regular mundane commercial objects:

 

Bud Girl - inspired by the Budweiser swimsuit girls; she was pheremonally-enhanced to induce attraction as well as with mental powers, and had a keg of beer that caused drunkenness (drains)

 

Home Despot and Office Despot - both based on Home and Office Depots, a husband-and-wife team themed accordingly

 

Just a couple quick ones. I could swear I've used regular phrases but can't think of any at the moment.

[nexus]

Re: Loopy Supers

 

Right Winger and Left Winger, kind of a parody of Hawk and Dove. .

[Hypnotoad, the]

Re: Loopy Supers

 

Okay...let's see what I can pull out of the archives ::blows off the dust, nearly chokes on it...::

 

Captain Koala: An annoying little man with an ungodly number of dice in mind control--specifically to beat the snot out of him until he shut up or went away. Villain teams used him as a distraction.

 

Llama Man: Deranged "hero" who gave llamas superllama powers (a special effect of a friendly summon), so that they might escape their captivity and claim their FREEDOM!!!

 

Captain Kodachrome: The arch enemy of dull color coordination. He had a transformation attack that changed anything to the same thing, but in incredibly LOUD COLORS! He really had a problem with black and white combinations (Nuns, zebras, penguins...).

 

Burnout: Had INCREDIBLE characteristics and defenses--all on four 1-turn charges, with a burnout roll. His special effect came from a bad batch of speed. Please note: He had "berzerk on 14- for no particular reason; recover 8-".

[Chuckg]

Re: Loopy Supers

 

On an interesting note, Wildstorm comics has "Miss Misery" a character in SLEEPER who slowly dies if she doesn't perform acts of evil, and gains physical and mental stats if she does.

[Kirby]

Re: Loopy Supers

 

Heh, I once tried creating "Dude Man." That used to be a phrase I would say a lot (until it was pointed out to me by girls giggling -psychological scars from that-) and modified him for the perverted side of me (when I was in high school). Anyway, his picture came from "Bud Man" which was an OLD beer advertisement. I modified him to have duplication to a smaller Dude Man (who, sadly I admit) came out of his pants). "Both" were idealistic super heroes, but were big on psych limits when it came to the opposite sex. (Think porn, perverted, lust, drooling, weak-kneed, and happy-go-lucky 'trying to please/impress' all rolled up into one.)

 

The next was "the Cockroach." He had 75% dmg red pd/ed/mental all resistant. But he only had 30 strength as his offensive power. He was short and took 2x effect from knockback.