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[BoloOfEarth]

Bobby Newcombe always wanted to be a superhero, or at least a sidekick. After his mother's death (when Bobby was only five), the young boy was raised by his father. Dr. Richard Newcombe may be a brilliant scientist-inventor and a shrewd (and wealthy) businessman, but as a parent he was rather inattentive. He let Bobby have whatever he wanted and do whatever he wished. He was rather happy that Bobby seemed to have inherited his sharp analytical abilities, and Bobby’s home lab is comparable to some high-end research labs.

 

At age 12, Bobby set out to become a sidekick for his personal hero, Sunburn. Okay, so Sunburn was already working as a journalist for SNN instead of fighting crime, but Bobby was sure that once he saw Bobby’s SunSuit (patent pending), the former hero would end his retirement and return to the hero biz. Unfortunately, Bobby caught Sunburn at a bad time and the former superhero not only turned Bobby down flat – he was also very rude about it. Bobby went home, tore down all his posters of Sunburn, and angrily vowed to aid his former idol’s enemies.

 

After getting turned down by Master Blaster, Dark Sun, and Thermal over the next three years (mostly for being too short and scrawny), Bobby approached the Milk Mustache. The anti-dairy villain was amused with the teen’s persistence (and frankly, was pleased that anybody was willing to idolize him) and proposed to advise Bobby as he showed his mettle as a solo villain (Half-n-Half). Bobby created an arsenal of dairy-themed attacks and devices (such as a Cottage Cheese Bomb that entangles opponents, a Sour Milk spray that blinds and sickens the enemy, and a String Cheese swingline). But his two most feared weapons are his Homogenizer Beam (which robs mutants and many genetically-altered individuals of their powers) and his namesake Half-n-Half Ray which shrinks people and objects to half their current size. (He can fire the Half-n-Half Ray repeatedly at the same target, causing it to shrink further and further, down to 1/32 its original size.)

[csyphrett]

Equidistant was an accidental female clone of Thermal. He named her Chelsea and raised her as his own the best he could. When he decided to retire, she decided to take over the family business. The problem is her power is to cause explosions of heat and ice the same distance from each other and her so she can only hit the same target by moving around. A secondary explosion of the opposite effect is hurled the same distance in the opposite direction from her.

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[BoloOfEarth]

"Hey, you kids! Get offa my lawn!"

 

Richard Rathbone shook his cane as the elementary school kids ran away laughing, then the old man trudged back inside to watch more TV. He was feeling every one of his seventy-three years, from his aching feet to his long-bald head. Gosh-darn those brats, he thought as the TV news blared out the latest doom-and-gloom. Let them try living on a fixed pension and social security. Bet they wouldn't be laughing.

 

Movement outside his window caught Rathbone's eye, and he saw a kid, about 15 years old, approaching Rathbone's front porch with something in his hand. Rathbone got up from his arm chair and moved as quietly as possible to his front door. Throwing it open, he almost knocked the kid from the porch. As it is, the kid dropped the lighter before he could put a flame to the paper bag he had placed in the center of Rathbone's "not-so-welcome" mat.

 

"Flaming dog poo!" Rathbone glared at the kid. "I'll show you flaming dog poo!" He swung his cane, and the kid was caught off guard and unable to dodge it. As the silvery handle touched the kid's chest, there was a sudden chill in the air and a loud moan, seemingly out of nowhere. Both Rathbone and the kid were shocked to see the cane pass through the now-desolidified teen. The kid screamed and began to run.

 

"And take your bag o' poo with you!" With a swing that would have done Arnold Palmer proud, Rathbone's cane sent the paper bag and its disgusting contents (also now desolid) flying through the air and passing harmlessly through the front fence.

 

Rathbone looked at his cane, and the bag-o-poo, and the fleeing teen in shock. "What the Sam blazes is going on here?!"

 

A little experimentation revealed that the cane (found at and taken from a nursing home Rathbone had spent a hellish three months at while recovering from hip surgery) could turn anything and anyone it touched desolid for a long period of time. (Exactly how long depended upon the mass of the object or person. The bag-o-poo is probably still desolidified, and that was over six months ago.) He could also desolidify himself, though he becomes instantly solid if somehow separated from his cane.

 

Deciding that the world "owed" him for all the indignities heaped upon him in his life, Rathbone took to a life of crime and became Old Man Wrath, a crotchety, near-sighted, hard-of-hearing old grump. His specialty is bank robbery, often walking through bank vault doors after hours to make some big "withdrawls." He's no relation at all to either Wrath or Kid Wrath, and resents being associated in any way with either one. Well, to be honest, he resents pretty much the whole world. Except maybe prunes.

 

[steriaca]

So far, the group seems to run a little young. Still, I am surprised how well its going.

[steriaca]

We are now up to 5. And the 'young' crack still is in play, even with Old Man Wrath on the team. By the way...BoloOfEarth...rep +1.

[BoloOfEarth]

I'd hate for this thread to die with a team unfinished...

 

Y'know, I'd be a normal girl if it wasn't for those two psycho dancers. Sure, it's flattering to have two brothers fighting over you, especially when you're a middle-aged woman, but when they're supervillains like Hi-Tap and Twinkle Toes, well, you know something bad is going to happen.

 

I finally got sick of them bickering over me, each trying to win my affections or prove he loved me more than the other. So I told both of them to take a hike. I guess they didn't like that, because they kidnapped me and dragged me off to some run-down factory, chained me up to some huge piece of equipment while they sparred with each other to see who would "win" me once and for all. While they're dancing around, trying to kick each other to death, I'm trying to get loose. And apparently I pulled too hard on something I was tied to, because suddenly I feel this huge electric shock. It arced from me to both of the boys, and then there was a huge flash of light.

 

When I came to, both Hi-Tap and Twinkle Toes were out cold. I noticed a sharp piece of metal near my hands, so I tried using it to cut the ropes and get free. Unfortunately, I didn't have a good angle, and I felt the metal slice into my arm. But there was a wierd tingle-feeling, and then my arm didn't hurt any more... and I noticed Hi-Tap's arm was now bleeding, in the same spot mine had been cut. I kept at the ropes, and wouldn't you know it, sliced the back of my hand. Once again, that odd tingle, and Twinkle Toes' hand was sliced open. Didn't take me long to figure out what was going on, so after that I didn't worry about cutting myself to get free. By the time I was done, the Corsican Twits each had cuts galore, and I was high-footing it out of there.

 

After a while I noticed that, while I didn't get off on those two fighting over me, I did start to miss all the expensive presents. Well, apparently I can't be hurt now, so I decided to rob a jewelry store. After the guard shot me three times (resulting in two customers and a cashier getting injured), I walked out with a few thousand in cash and a whole lot of sparklies. Now I run around as Rebound. I signed up with dexniJ, just until I can get a handle on this supervillain gig.

 

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New team, if anybody cares to continue this:

 

Stewart Brubaker doesn't know who he swiped the iPhone from -- some guy in the mall left it unattended for a minute, and Stewie ran off with it. But he's pretty sure the guy must be some powerful villain type, because Stewie discovered that when he activated some of the apps on the iPhone, people would "fuzz" into existence right in front of him, ready to do his bidding.

 

The Apps are five super-powered individuals, each summoned by a different iPhone app and bound to obey the user's commands. These don't have to be real apps, though if you want to make that the case, more power to you.

[BoloOfEarth]

Okay, why is it that, when I post to a thread, it adds the post but doesn't show on the forum page that the thread has a new post? Honestly, it makes a guy feel unwanted.

[steriaca]

Humm...Ben 10 meets Dila "H" For Hero...intresting...

 

When Stewart presses the icon for "Cut The Rope", he summons a gluternous candy and dary loving frog-beast he nicknames "Cheese Cutter". Give Cheese Cutter to much dary, and you find out the reasion he is called Cheese Cutter. Useful if you want to clear a room to rob it, but Stewart has to hold his nose also.

[csyphrett]

Angry Bird is a flying ram that likes to lay explosive eggs on fat people. The squawk of wrath and boom of impact are its trademark sounds when in play.

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[csyphrett]

Could we get two guys to post to Death Tribble's Death Squad so we can bring the hero thread back up?

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[death tribble]

Could we get two guys to post to Death Tribble's Death Squad so we can bring the hero thread back up?

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I second this. However with some people not around at the moment it might be difficult.

[death tribble]

Using the 'Bump' application summons Fat Sam. Useful in that he blocks people from getting close to Stewart and then bumps them out of the way with a belly hit.

[csyphrett]

Tetris allows falling bricks to be stacked up into walls and other constructs. Unfortunately if the wall is solid, some of it vanishes.

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[steriaca]

Finaly, the final member of The Apps is Mapman. Mapman, as an app, uses GPS tech to give you the ultimate "You Are Here" experence, and how far something else is compared to where you are. As a member of The Apps, Mapman can change how close or how far something is related to Stewart's curent position. There seems to be a logical progression, as it can't move anything larger than a car to his curent position (othoe he can go to buildings easly using Mapman). It is unknown if Mapman (The App) can send Steward to The Moon, othoe Mapman (the app) can tell him how far he is from Pluto.

[steriaca]

OK. That is five. I'll try to put my thinking cap on...I got it!

 

Agents Of T.H.O.R.N. 3: The James Invasion!

 

All good world conquring agencies need a stable of grunt agents. And T.H.O.R.N. is not one of thoes 'good' world conquring agencies. There grunts make the grunts of The Monarc (from The Venture Brothers) look compatent by comparansion. And evey one of them has the first name of James (or, in female forme, Jane). So, give me a random agent number, the first name of James or Jane and a last name of an actor who played James Bond, and what thay clame is there special tallent or experties. And I want six (6) of them by...well...whenever.

 

Fiction Maker is realy laffing his rear off on this one.

[death tribble]

OK. That is five. I'll try to put my thinking cap on...I got it!

 

Agents Of T.H.O.R.N. 3: The James Invasion!

 

All good world conquring agencies need a stable of grunt agents. And T.H.O.R.N. is not one of thoes 'good' world conquring agencies. There grunts make the grunts of The Monarc (from The Venture Brothers) look compatent by comparansion. And evey one of them has the first name of James (or, in female forme, Jane). So, give me a random agent number, the first name of James or Jane and a last name of an actor who played James Bond, and what thay clame is there special tallent or experties. And I want six (6) of them by...well...whenever.

 

Fiction Maker is realy laffing his rear off on this one.

Those who played Bond on film are Connery, Lasenby, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan and Craig. Bob Holness played James Bond on the radio and in the 60s Casino Royale, David Niven, Woody Allen and Peter Sellers played James Bond.

[Old Man]

Agent 24, Jane "Jenny" Craig, is a small cheerful young woman known for her boundless energy and stamina. Fit as a fiddle, she never gets tired and can always outrun trouble. Unfortunately, she can't stop moving or talking, and what she talks about is usually meaningless, except for when she lets crucial details slip. Like the fact that she's an agent.

[death tribble]

Agent 6 is James 'Gary' Moore. Everyone calls him Gary. Gary is a mechanic and driver. However his off duty hobby is playing guitar and here is where the problem comes in. People think he is the Gary Moore and the more they insist he plays Thin Lizzy or Parisienne Walkways the more upset he gets resulting in him trying to brain someone with the guitar but usually missing and getting himself hurt in the process.

[BoloOfEarth]

Agent 34 is James Niven, a smooth-talking Brit with a pencil-thin mustache and a ready smile. He fancies himself a master of disguise -- as long as the person he's masquerading as happens to be a thin Brit with a pencil-thin mustache.

[csyphrett]

Agent 42 is jimmy dalton. he thinks he is descended from the daltons that rode with the younger brothers in the wild west. Too bad he is a bad shot

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[steriaca]

Agent 6 is Gary Moore. Gary is a mechanic and driver. However his off duty hobby is playing guitar and here is where the problem comes in. People think he is the Gary Moore and the more they insist he plays Thin Lizzy or Parisienne Walkways the more upset he gets resulting in him trying to brain someone with the guitar but usually missing and getting himself hurt in the process.

 

 

Um, should that be James More, not Gary More?

[death tribble]

Agent 6 is Gary Moore. Gary is a mechanic and driver. However his off duty hobby is playing guitar and here is where the problem comes in. People think he is the Gary Moore and the more they insist he plays Thin Lizzy or Parisienne Walkways the more upset he gets resulting in him trying to brain someone with the guitar but usually missing and getting himself hurt in the process.

 

 

Um, should that be James More, not Gary More?

Sorry missed that bit. Will try editing it.

[steriaca]

OK. We got four...we need two more.

[csyphrett]

Agent 3 is James Lazenby. He is a well known martial artist, champion driver, and olympic shooter. He is also blind.

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[death tribble]

Jane Brosnan is Agent 12a (there being no agent 13 for superstitious reasons). Jane is a computer expert and herein lies her problem. She gets too involved in some internet discussions always rising to the bait when Trolls appear. It then becomes hard to drag her away from the PC when she is foaming at the mouth with rage and indignation at something someone has just posted. Being the IT expert she can use different IP addresses and e-mail addresses to get around her frequent bans.

 

New Team The Mad Intellectual Think Tank see http://www.herogames.com/forums/forum/genres/champions/81736-create-a-villain-theme-team#post3587767

are talking about their predecessors, those pioneers of Mad Science that inspired them. They have termed them the Mad Scientists Club. Your mission should you choose to accept it is to post a mad scientist who can have been active from roughly Victorian Times until at most the year 2000. You can also posit which of the MITT admires them or mention it as a conversation between the group. If you use the latter option be aware of the group dynamics. The Architect of Desire does not think BB is serious, does not like Dr Nymax! and hates Professor Mayhem. The Assistant does not like Dr Nymax! and the Designer avoids the latter as well.

Minimum of 5 and if you post one then you cannot post the next.