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| rdfs:comment | - Being a Sidekick, Love Interest, or even just general acquaintance to a Superhero sucks. There's kidnappings, high mortality rates, marriage threats, Super Dickery and the ever present Sidekick Glass Ceiling to contend with. If a setting isn't insecure about changing its status quo, or wants to change the dynamic from solo hero, to duo, or even Power Trio and beyond, then the supporting cast may catch Contagious Powers and these side characters will permanently gain powers, going up to Super Weight class. Examples of Contagious Powers include:
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| abstract | - Being a Sidekick, Love Interest, or even just general acquaintance to a Superhero sucks. There's kidnappings, high mortality rates, marriage threats, Super Dickery and the ever present Sidekick Glass Ceiling to contend with. If a setting isn't insecure about changing its status quo, or wants to change the dynamic from solo hero, to duo, or even Power Trio and beyond, then the supporting cast may catch Contagious Powers and these side characters will permanently gain powers, going up to Super Weight class. The opposite of the Sidekick Glass Ceiling and subversion of Never Be a Hero. When the Muggle supporting cast of a superpowered hero slowly gain superpowers over time. This is typically done when the series gets a little older and writers are tired of one of the characters always playing the Distressed Damsel in Hostage for McGuffin situations. The solution to stale plots like those is to simply give the cast members in question their own fighting powers so as to bring them in line with the rest of the cast, sidestepping questions about how "mundanes" are useless. Examples of Contagious Powers include:
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