Identity Crisis

Let me tell you something about being a teenage superhero. It's awesome. Seriously, if you have the means, I highly recommend it. And if you're one of those lucky kids born into a multi-gazillion dollar family, just order yourself some powered armor or a utility belt and you're good to go. (Plus, you don't even have to be an orphan, which I'm sure will come as a tremendous relief to your parents.)

— Prodigious Girl

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• Synopsis
• Starring
• Main Character
• Supporting Characters
• Heroes
• Antagonists
• Civilians
• Cameos/Mentions
• Groups/Organizations
• Locations/Geography
• Items and Equipment
• Significant World Events
• Fun Stuff
• Chris's Theories
• Image Gallery

Synopsis

Chris's plan was simple...sidekick to the elderly hero Prodigy, encourage him to retire, then inherit the old man's hero name so he could follow his own superheroic destiny. But he never imagined he'd be fighting crime as a heroine named Prodigious Girl! Worse, when his parents mistakenly suspect that Chris might be transgender...well, nobody said that being a hero would be easy. It's a whimsical teenage superhero action comedy with twists, thrills, and fun!

Starring

Main Character

• Prodigious Girl, Chris (and "Christie") Patterson, a new teen heroine

Supporting Characters

Heroes

• Prodigy, PG's stern superhero mentor
• Enchantrix, PG's teen ally and teleporting sorceress
• Bhramari, PG's teen ally who controls insects
• Quasarblaze, a teen hero out to prove himself
• Triggerhappy, a friend of Quasarblaze

Antagonists

• Demetria, the leader of The Sanctuary
• Harridan, enforcer for The Sanctuary
• Killdozer / Viridian, a villain with super strength
• Killbane / Blamestorm, Killdozer's son, who can hurl fire attacks
• Nymphobrainiac and Tiara, a villainess in a very skimpy outfit
• Milady Melody Malady, a villainess with sonic powers
• Promethean, an extremely powerful super, and the leader of The Liberty Squadron
• Red Herring, an embarrassingly bad villain
• Gangs:
• Animancers
• Hemlocks
• Other Sanctuary Members:
• Beatbox
• Calamity
• Candy Scrapper, looking like she's off to a rave
• Electro Lass
• Mercuria
• Starbrite, Demetria's daughter (deceased)
• Zendarra

Civilians

• Caleb Shapiro, Chris's best friend
• Heather Patterson, Chris's mom
• Stephen Patterson, Chris's dad

• Evie and her mother, friends of Lydia and her parents
• Dr. Reginald Faraday, creator of Faraday City and originator of The Turning Point
• Marty Maddox, former hero Sidekick and owner of AGON Technologies
• Meggan McKay, a field reporter for HeroVerse News
• Barbara Olsen, Chris's grandmother
• Jack Patterson, Chris's uncle
• Jessica Patterson, Chris's aunt
• Lydia Patterson, Chris's young cousin who sees Chris use his powers
• Tommy Patterson, Chris's cousin
• Mrs. Shapiro, Caleb's mom
• Detective Matt Trainor, a detective hunting Doctor Quasi
• Underdog ("Undie"), Chris's pet dog
• Faraday Midtown High School classmates:
• Roger Alvarez, a snoopy guy
• Lauren Becker, a girl Caleb likes
• Trace Buckley, who jumped in to help Chris
• Fiona Delaney, a girl Chris likes
• Becky Fontaine, a cute girl at school
• Bonita Harper, a well-endowed classmate
• Erica Murillo, a girl in the Drama class Chris knows
• Leah Paredes, a girl who likes Chris
• Marta Randini, who was mistaken for a superhero
• Lori Shapiro, Caleb's sister

Cameos/Mentions

• Adventure Man
• Arcturus, a dark defender out for glory
• Astral
• The Atomic Slime, a cautionary tale for the children of the city
• Attraxi Genie
• Beguiler, a cheap skanky metahuman out for herself
• Blood Golems
• Brainchild
• Rhiannon Blackwood, Trixie's mother, evil dark magic archvillainess
• Captain Paradox
• Captain Supreme
• Darkmancer, a dark-themed hero who got stuck in a Glinda the Good Witch costume
• Doctor Malevolence, a world-class archvillain
• Doctor Quasi (as Dr. Glass), on the run from the law
• Double Decoy
• Dr. Malevolence (PhD, Fine Arts), who should have known better
• Ephemeral, a member of The Liberty Squadron
• Euphoria, a nitwit hero
• Flamebait
• Flashback
• Freeform
• Frosty Joe, a villain who gives PG way more trouble than he should
• Gamma Kaiju
• General Badass Awesomesauce
• Golgotha
• Gorgoth the Eviscerator
• Kaleidostone
• Keepsake
• Kid Promethean
• Malefissions
• Miss Justice
• OverC/R, the AI who runs The Liberty Squadron's base
• Phyrric Victory
• Power Piranha
• Promethea
• PrometheLad
• Sinister Syreen Sisters
• Sojourner
• Superion
• Tangerine Centipede
• Tectonica
• Tinsel, a member of The Liberty Squadron

Other names mentioned as having been previously taken by the Superhero Registration System:

• Asteria
• Captain Prodigy
• Cerulean
• Cerulean Blue
• Dynaman
• Dynamo
• Kid Flatulence
• Kid Prodigy
• Laser Lord
• Prodigal
• Princess Promethea
• Prodigal Daughter
• Prodigal Son
• Prodigy Boy
• Prodigy Kid
• Prysmos
• Valor
• Wind Breaker

Groups/Organizations

• AGON Technologies, the company Marty Maddox owns
• Faraday City Midtown High School, where Chris and Caleb go to school
• Faraday Labs, creators of wondrous tech
• HeroVerse News, where every story is a super story!
• Superhero Registration, Prodigious Girl's greatest nemesis
• Superhero Groups:
• The Faraday Irregulars, an informal group of teen heroes
• The Sanctuary, Demetria's school for superheroines
• The Liberty Squadron, Faraday City's premier hero team
• Gangs:
• Animancers
• Hemlocks

Mentioned

• Knights Errant
• The League of Chinchillas, defending their Petco from evil!
• (Musicians who played on a street corner to distract heroes)

Locations / Geography

• Faraday City, a city of superheroes!

• AGON Technologies corporate headquaters, Marty's company HQ
• Astral Bridge, named for a fallen hero
• Faraday Costume Fabrication Facility ("CosFab"), a place to design superhero costumes
• Faraday Midtown High School, where Chris and Caleb go to school
• Fortress Prometheus, Promethean's hidden hideaway
• The Liberty Squadron's base, the superteam's super-base
• Petco, Faraday City, home of The League of Chinchillas
• The "Prodigal Tree", without which, there would be no Prodigious Girl
• Prodigy's Garages, Prodigy's hideaway
• The Sanctuary {facility}, Demetria's school for superheroines
• The Spire, a prominent Faraday City Landmark
• Superhero Registration, the scene of the crime
• (Unnamed Faraday City public park where Chris got his powers), where it all went down

Mentioned

• Manichean Dimension
• The Pen
• Starfall Headquarters

Items and Equipment

• Elysian Starblossom
• HeroVerse News Drone
• Kalothian Genital Parasites
• Particle Beam Rifle
• Police Drone
• Exo-Armor
• Prodigy's Metahuman Database
• Faraday Laboratories inventions:
• CosFit
• IntelliComm ("iComm")
• Nanomesh Fabric
• Teleportation Portal
• Warp Space Storage (Warp Locker)
• Weapons and Defensive Equipment:
• Concussion Grenade
• Electroshock Grenade
• Explosive Grenade
• Force Bubble Projector
• Repulsor Grenade
• Sonic Destabilizer (ineffective)
• Tangle Grenade
• Tangle Grenade with Shrieker
• Metahuman Trackers:
• HeroSpotter
• SuperTracker
• MetaSeeker
• ScoundelFinder
• GoNaughty (might be for something else...)

Significant World Events

• Destruction of The Sanctuary
• Prodigious Girl's Mysterious Origin

Mentioned

• Manichean Invasion
• The Turning Point
• Unanimity Invasion

Fun Stuff

Chris's Theories

• Improvisational Lizard Lying

Genre: Adventure/Comedy
Rating: PG-13
Year Published: 2017
Word count: 111k

Where to read (mouseover chapter # for individual chapter synopses):

• Chapter 1: Fictionmania / Big Closet
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