Trebuchet Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 Genre Convention #21 No matter how tattered the character's costume becomes during battle, his or her "naughty bits" will never be exposed. Corollary: Women's costumes will always first be torn off one shoulder to expose additional cleavage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rechan Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 Genre convention #22 Any injury sustained during the course of a storyline will only minorly influence the final confrontation. Blindness will pose a small problem, any broken limbs are quickly compensated for, so forth. Furthermore, any injury sustained within a storyline will be perfectly healed, no matter how grave, by the next storyline. Convention #23 If a villain develops a new superpower or usage of existing powers, by the time he uses it the third time, it will be successfully countered. Alternately, a hero's newly developed power will work indefinetly until he 'meets his match'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlestaff Posted November 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 Convention #24 Any superhero costume, no matter how silly or outlandish, will substitute for formal wear at any formal occasion (weddings, funerals, etc.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutant for Hire Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 Convention #22a Conversely, any flaw in the character that is considered part of the character's design will never be corrected, at least not permanently, even if numerous means to correct that flaw exist in the comic book universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Posted November 22, 2003 Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 Originally posted by McCoy No, Convention #16 is "Any sufficently popular villian will reform and bacome a hero." After Avengers #16, where the original members left, and Captain America made a new team from Iron Man's foe Hawkeye, and Brotherhood of Evil Mutants members Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. My apologies! I edited my post so that now it reads "Convention #18". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pteryx Posted November 22, 2003 Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 Originally posted by Solomon My apologies! I edited my post so that now it reads "Convention #23". Actually, people went on as though #19 were accounted for, so you may want to use that instead... Convention #25: Even when it's crowded, the hero can duck into any convenient hiding spot (alley, opaque telephone booth, etc.), change costume, and emerge without anyone putting two and two together. -- Pteryx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectrum Posted November 22, 2003 Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 Convention #26 If the hero in his/her secret ID is part of a group of hostages they will always find a way to sneak off, change ID's and thwart the bad guys. And no one will notice that someone dissapeared right before the hero mysteriously arrives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Posted November 22, 2003 Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 Originally posted by Pteryx Actually, people went on as though #19 were accounted for, so you may want to use that instead... Edited that, again! Continuity has been restored! Genre convention #27 There are several billion planets in our galaxy, but everyone wants to invade Earth. Corollary: Giant monsters will always try to stomp Tokyo before any other city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcholmes Posted November 22, 2003 Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 Convention #28 Remember: he's faster than he looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted November 22, 2003 Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 Originally posted by Solomon Edited that, again! Continuity has been restored! Genre convention #27 There are several billion planets in our galaxy, but everyone wants to invade Earth. Corollary: Giant monsters will always try to stomp Tokyo before any other city. Genre subconvention #27b This goes even for multidimensional /mystic foes, where they litterally have an INFINITE Number of realities to conquer, each with those billions of planets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Scrivner Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 Convention #29 Costumes can be comfortably worn beneath street clothes in any sort of weather or climate. A hero need never fear becoming overheated or developing jock itch. Furthermore, flared sleeves and flowing capes never bunch up or stick out of ordinary clothes so that people look at the hero funny while he's walking down the hall ("Clark, have you gained weight?"). Also, a hero can use a public restroom without his fellows noticing any colorful extra layers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karma Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 Originally posted by Redmenace Genre Convention #9 No recently invented phenomena or technology, no matter how revolutionary or useful will significantly effect the world around the heroes. ... with the possible exception of creating a new, possibly ongoing, superhero/villian in a 'Radiation Accident' which leads to another Convention Genre Convention #30 "Radiation of any sort is more likely beneficial to those exposed to it than dangerous." Genre Convention #31 (the 'Make a choice hero' rule) "No hero puts the capture of villians, no matter how heinous before the lives of innocents" Genre Convention 31a (to be forever known as the Spiderman Movie rule) "When forced to choose between saving 2 groups of innocents or a group of innocents and a DNPC the hero will find a way to save both." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phydaux Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 Genre Convention #32 Nowhere in the supervillain's secret lair will you find a bathroom. Genre Convention #32a If the supervillain's secret lair has a refridgerator AND the hero stops to open it up, inside will be the head of the hero's friend/teammate/lover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phydaux Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 Genre Convention #33 Any time a hero, or team of heroes, stumble across a new team of super villains, the super villains will subdue the heroes with little to no effort, BUT WILL NOT capture or kill them. On the second meeting, the heroes will trounce the villains with no effort at all "because we have learned humility/teamwork/to use the Force/the power of love & friendship/Zen fly fishing." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristopher Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 Genre Convention #34: No matter how "elite" they are, normals with firearms or blasters or whatever are all nearsighted and never had any training with their weapons -- they'll never hit anything. #34A: #34 does not apply if the weapons can't actually hurt the target. #34B: #34 does not apply if there is some melodramatic reason for the target to be shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rechan Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 Genre Convention #35. The hero's nemesis can never be contained in a prison no matter how secure, from maximum security to magical gems, for all that very long. Yet any villain who is not recurring can never break free. Genre Convention #36 Mooks will never cause any actual harm. The worst an infantry/henchman/faceless member of the villain's legion can do is annoy the hero or knock him down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug McCrae Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 Genre Convention #12a Addendum No one but Bucky and Gwen stay dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristopher Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 Originally posted by Rechan Genre Convention #36 Mooks will never cause any actual harm. The worst an infantry/henchman/faceless member of the villain's legion can do is annoy the hero or knock him down. Sounds similar to #34. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rechan Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 Originally posted by Kristopher Sounds similar to #34. I actually wrote that one down before reading the list completely. I thought of that in the car over the weekend. o.o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Originally posted by Rechan Genre Convention #36 Mooks will never cause any actual harm. The worst an infantry/henchman/faceless member of the villain's legion can do is annoy the hero or knock him down. Exception: The Batman rule A mook can actually kill a NPC if this causes a new hero to emerge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Genre Convention #37 Cosmically powerful villains will only attack cities protected by cosmically powerful heroes, even if there's an easier target a few miles away (aka the Gotham/Metropolis Rule). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rechan Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Genre Convention #38. When the energy beams of a hero and villain collide, there will be a war of who's is more powerful. It will always go one way, then the other, then strike one. Rather then one of them simply stepping aside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Serpent Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Genre Convention #39 Any villainous base built for that purpose will have a self destruct system (ie Viper Nest will, warehouse crash pad will not). Also carries over from Sci-Fi Genre Convention #17, to include all spaceships. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phydaux Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Genre Convention #39a Any massively powerful self-destruct device will have a LONG countdown, usually announced over a very loud PA system, giving the heroes enough time to either get away or disarm the device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sternum Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Genre Convention #39b Super villains can build gigantic bases that sprawl beneath the city without anyone noticing the construction taking place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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