Identity Crisis: Adventures in Babysitting

"What all's the story here? What is this, 'Take Your Daughter to Work Day' or somethin'? Couldn't your momma there find a sitter?"

"She's not my mom. I'm the babysitter."

"Well, that there jus' raises more questions."

— Vagabond, Prodigious Girl (in Lydia's body), and Echelon

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

Synopsis

Chris always dreamed of being the kind of superhero who could inspire people. But between fighting crime as Prodigious Girl and then having to dress as a girl in his off hours, he wasn't exactly living the dream. Even less so when his latest thrilling escapade was to babysit his little cousin for a weekend. But when a cunning body-swapping villain sets his eyes on our young hero(ine), Chris finds himself in far more danger than he expects!

Starring

Main Characters

• Prodigious Girl, Chris (and "Christie") Patterson, a teen heroine
• Lydia Patterson / Pretty Good Girl, Chris's seven-year-old cousin, eager to help

Supporting Characters

Heroes

• Bhramari, PG's teen ally who controls insects
• Enchantrix, PG's teen ally and teleporting sorceress
• Euphoria, a nitwit hero
• Hissyfit, because Caleb shouldn't have made fun of Trixie's fanfic

Antagonists

• Xenos (a.k.a Chimera) , a body-swapping supervillain with designs on PG
• Vagabond and Echelon, a couple villains passing the time (though it would have passed anyway)
• Red Jacket and High-Tops, a pair of thugs giving our heroes a hard time
• Gangs:
• Revenants
• Archmagister Ithor (deceased)
• Zealots
• Bloodraven (presumed dead)

Civilians

• Caleb Shapiro, Chris's best friend
• Evie Blake, Lydia's best friend
• Marty Maddox, former hero Sidekick and owner of AGON Technologies
• Meggan McKay, a field reporter for HeroVerse News
• Grace, Marty's assistant
• The Patterson Family:
• Heather Patterson, Chris's mom
• Stephen Patterson, Chris's dad
• Jack Patterson, Chris's uncle
• Jessica Patterson, Chris's aunt
• Tommy Patterson, Chris's cousin
• Faraday Midtown High School classmates:
• Leah Paredes, a girl who likes Chris

Cameos/Mentions

• Arcturus, a dark defender out for glory
• Brobdingnagian, a hero able to grow to tremendous size
• The Calm Clam Clan
• Candy Scrapper, looking like she's off to a rave
• Promethean, an extremely powerful super, and the leader of The Liberty Squadron
• Rhiannon Blackwood, Trixie's mother, evil dark magic archvillainess
• Rhiannon Blackwood's Golems (deceased)
• Ethereal Dreamers (presumed dead)
• Fidget Spinner, a troubled teen heroine (presumed retired)
• Flamebait, an earth controlling hero
• Frosty Joe, a villain who gives PG way more trouble than he should
• Ferdinand Marchetti, head of the Marchetti crime family
• Mega-Parakeet Kaiju
• Prestigious Girl ("Tiggy")
• Prestitigious Girl ("Presty")
• Ragamuffin
• Seven Deadly Sins spirits (deceased)
• Tinsel
• Tundra
• Wildflower

Groups/Organizations

• Faraday City Transit Authority, leave the driving to them!
• HeroVerse News, a hero news organization
• The Kindred (mentioned), a mysterious but powerful group
• The Liberty Squadron (mentioned), the premier super team in Faraday City
• The Mosaic (mentioned), a group possibly related to The Kindred
• Vector Enforcers (mentioned), a team of villains PG once fought
• Gangs:
• Hemlocks (mentioned)
• The Marchetti Crime Family (mentioned)
• Revenants
• Techrats (mentioned)
• Zealots

Locations / Geography

• Faraday City, a city of superheroes!
• Faraday City youth center, redevelopment/construction site
• HeroBurger, where Caleb works
• Lone Tree Apartments, where Lydia's friend Evie lives
• Lone Tree Elementary School, where Lydia goes to school
• Prodigy's Garage
• Revenants' Catacombs, a sprawling warren of dangerous passageways and tunnels beneath Faraday City

Mentioned

• Desolate Labyrinth (mythical)
• Nightmare Dimension
• Terror Dimension
• (Unnamed Faraday City public park where Chris got his powers)

Items and Equipment

• Bloodraven's Sword
• The Covenants of Loss
• Eidetic Charm (damaged/destroyed)
• Metahuman Trackers
• Prodigious Girl's Motorcycle
• Prodigy's Car (which PG is still not allowed to drive)
• Non-AI Stand-in For Chris at AGON
• Chimera's Equipment:
• Chimera's Multiplex Energy Rifle (Mark I)
• Chimera's Multiplex Energy Rifle (Mark II)
• Chimera's Armor (Mark I)
• Chimera's Armor (Mark II)
• Cloaking Shield
• Portable Neuroscrambler
• Stunweb Lattice
• IntelliComm ("iComm")
• CosFit
• Warp Space hideout - expanded size, with Xenos's collected treasures
• Faraday Laboratories inventions:
• CosFit
• IntelliComm ("iComm")
• Nanomesh Fabric
• Warp Space Storage

Significant World Events

• Demonic Invasion of Faraday City (see Darkness Falls)

Mentioned

• Euphoria's Live Streaming Show
• Shark Week in Faraday City
• (Unnamed alien invasion, which fought the Mega-Parakeet Kaiju)

Fun Stuff

Chris's Theories

• Patterson's Law of Karmic Imbalance (PLoKI)

Soundtrack

Ending Credits Song: "Right Back Where We Started From" by Maxine Nightingale

Genre: Adventure/Comedy
Rating: PG-13
Year Published: 2024
Word count: 75k

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

• Chapter 1: Fictionmania / BigCloset
• Chapter 2: Fictionmania / BigCloset
• Chapter 3: Fictionmania / BigCloset
• Chapter 4: Fictionmania / BigCloset
• Chapter 5: Fictionmania / BigCloset
• Chapter 6: Fictionmania / BigCloset