| rdfs:comment | - Look! Up in the sky! Not a bird, not a plane, it's Troperman! Also known as the Man of Cliche and the Trope Detective! This is a sister-trope to Red Baron. While Red Baron is about when a person is so badass, they receive a badass nickname, this is not about in-story nicknames, but rather various names superheroes are given by writers. They don't have to be badass and, in fact, many of the nicknames aren't that badass at all, but rather just descriptive (because many, of course, derive from The Silver Age of Comic Books). Often used in narrative boxes. Examples of Superhero Sobriquets include:
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| abstract | - Look! Up in the sky! Not a bird, not a plane, it's Troperman! Also known as the Man of Cliche and the Trope Detective! This is a sister-trope to Red Baron. While Red Baron is about when a person is so badass, they receive a badass nickname, this is not about in-story nicknames, but rather various names superheroes are given by writers. They don't have to be badass and, in fact, many of the nicknames aren't that badass at all, but rather just descriptive (because many, of course, derive from The Silver Age of Comic Books). Often used in narrative boxes. If the nickname is just the hero's name with a descriptor in front of it, that's Sister Trope The Adjectival Superhero. Examples of Superhero Sobriquets include:
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