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Two Percent Power

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Two Percent Power	comment	Two Percent Power: Delivering Justice by Brian Manning is the first book of a proposed trilogy following Patrick Akiyama, a young man with the power to telekinetically control milk as he seeks to become a superhero. With the help of his overly eager friend, Trevor, and a number of other superpowered young adults, he patrols the city, fighting crime. Unfortunately for him, local crime boss Sight and his Visionaries have a master plan...The sequel, Spilled Milk, came out November 1st, 2016, and features Patrick and his crew dealing with a new threat, a former tag team duo turned social justice vigilantes. Meanwhile, the authorities want to regain their position as the sole form of law enforcement in town...The third, and final, book in the series, Expiration Date, was released on September 7, 2019, and follows the heroes trying to regroup against the Brotherhood of Armageddon with the help of recently FBI agents. This book exhibits the following tropes:
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Two Percent Power / int_141f6a73	type	Artistic License â€“ Martial Arts
Two Percent Power / int_141f6a73	comment	Artistic License â€“ Martial Arts: Averted. Most of the attacks used by the heroes are plausible, and the narration admits to the issues of actually trying to use those skills in battle from difficulties of keeping one's balance when kicks land, difficulties with multiple opponents, and the general wear and tear of combat on the body, even if you're just hitting the other guy.
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Two Percent Power / int_21889138	type	Crimefighting with Cash
Two Percent Power / int_21889138	comment	Crimefighting with Cash: Striker not only uses equipment to keep up with the others, but also owns the building they operate from and supplies the rest of the team with uniforms and equipment.
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Two Percent Power / int_28766e5d	type	The Straight and Arrow Path
Two Percent Power / int_28766e5d	comment	The Straight and Arrow Path: Recurve gets away with using a bow and arrow because his power allows him to telekinetically adjust the arrow's flight to ensure that they hit their targets consistently. Frustratingly, it prevents him from using a more modern bow, as his ability seems to depend on his emotional connection with the eponymous recurve bow he carries.
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Two Percent Power / int_28f170e9	type	Whatevermancy
Two Percent Power / int_28f170e9	comment	Whatevermancy: It's not called out as such in the book (they're not very introspective about their powers), but several people essentially wield a form of Whateverkinesis Patrick can control milk Weed can control Hemp Recurve can control objects he's thrown or otherwise propelled
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Two Percent Power / int_3496b29a	type	Heart Is an Awesome Power
Two Percent Power / int_3496b29a	comment	Heart Is an Awesome Power: Patrick's ability to telekinetically manipulate milk seems like a pretty lousy power, but properly used, it takes down some very powerful opponents, including near the end of the first book where he's able to grab the milk inside of a villain and give it a tug.
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Two Percent Power / int_43f2f606	type	Annoying Arrows
Two Percent Power / int_43f2f606	comment	Annoying Arrows: Recurve goes both ways on this. On one hand, it's made clear that even his shots to limbs do large amounts of damage, severing fingers and leading to people nearly bleeding to death. On the other hand, against super-powered opponents, the arrows do very little than annoy the targets they hit.
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Two Percent Power / int_4d28eee2	type	Roofhopping
Two Percent Power / int_4d28eee2	comment	Roofhopping: Partway through the first book, Patrick has learned to get around in this way, using his milk powers to help propel him across the gaps.
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Two Percent Power / int_4e3d253b	type	Downer Ending
Two Percent Power / int_4e3d253b	comment	Downer Ending: The second book ends with almost all of the supervillains jailed in the last book freed, the heroes repelled in their attack on the villain headquarters, several heroes in the hospital, and two of the founding team members quitting and leaving town
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Two Percent Power / int_571bfe2	type	Super Serum
Two Percent Power / int_571bfe2	comment	Super Serum: XGH, an experimental growth hormone, lets regular humans keep up with superpowered opponents for a time. Over-abuse of it seems to have led to Warhead and Ground Zero gaining their powers.
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Two Percent Power / int_59907e4f	type	Police Are Useless
Two Percent Power / int_59907e4f	comment	Police Are Useless: More outgunned than anything else. Despite a decade of superpowers in the world, they have no countermeasure available when, say, someone is immune to bullets. Fortunately, they also recognize their need to lean on the vigilantes on occasion.
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Two Percent Power / int_5c9caf26	type	Civvie Spandex
Two Percent Power / int_5c9caf26	comment	Civvie Spandex: The heroes of the story tend to pair up tactical gear with more traditional superhero trimmings such as emblems and masks.
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Two Percent Power / int_5ca80293	type	Pragmatic Villainy
Two Percent Power / int_5ca80293	comment	Pragmatic Villainy: Sight tries to avoid too heinous of crimes because he knows that it will bring the police down on him no matter how big of bribes he gives them.
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Two Percent Power / int_6627695f	type	Author Appeal
Two Percent Power / int_6627695f	comment	Author Appeal: Brian Manning has stated that the wrestling theme of the second book was because wrestling was his first love before superheroes, and that Armageddon are based off of the made-up wrestlers whose stories he told as a child.
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Two Percent Power / int_6fb4d332	type	Invulnerable Knuckles
Two Percent Power / int_6fb4d332	comment	Invulnerable Knuckles: Averted. Several heroes and villains hurt their hands, both from missed blows and from landed ones on facial surfaces.
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Two Percent Power / int_70489c17	type	Superman Stays Out of Gotham
Two Percent Power / int_70489c17	comment	Superman Stays Out of Gotham: Despite the series having over a decade of superheroes, and book two ending with two supervillains freeing all of the previously jailed supervillains, including Sight and the Visionaries, then declaring that they now rule the city, there's no outside superheroes (outside of two who arrived to join the team) and no law enforcement (or military) resources beyond the regular police and an attempt at a SWAT squad. In book 3, it's explained that the situation is a stand-off, with both superheroes and law enforcement not wanting to lose more resources.
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Two Percent Power / int_792e11ec	type	Dance Battler
Two Percent Power / int_792e11ec	comment	Dance Battler: Beat Boxer uses music to fuel her powers, and her resulting fighting style comes out as very dance-like as she darts in and out of attacks with stylistic flourishes.
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Two Percent Power / int_798c54a4	type	Randomly Gifted
Two Percent Power / int_798c54a4	comment	Randomly Gifted: There appears to be no particular pattern to who gets powers although the book indicates that they've been showing up for decades with the rate seemingly accelerating.
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Two Percent Power / int_97e1ca8c	type	Almost Lethal Weapons
Two Percent Power / int_97e1ca8c	comment	Almost Lethal Weapons: Averted. One of the struggles the heroes face is gauging reaction to threats so as to incapacitate but not kill opponents. And when the bad guys pull out weapons, even a glancing blow with a knife can be enough to take a hero out of the fight while he tries to stop the bleeding. Part of the conflict in the team is that Recurve insists on using real arrows, and he maims half of his opponents attempting to stop them.
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Two Percent Power / int_a8a9d045	type	Super-Scream
Two Percent Power / int_a8a9d045	comment	Super-Scream: Pulverati is a former opera singer turned villain who has sonic powers.
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Two Percent Power / int_b2e42598	type	Superpower Russian Roulette
Two Percent Power / int_b2e42598	comment	Superpower Russian Roulette: It's noted that many powers create an additional strain on the user's body and that it's not uncommon for people who gain powers to die as a result of using them.
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Two Percent Power / int_c868a42a	type	Freudian Excuse
Two Percent Power / int_c868a42a	comment	Freudian Excuse: Blindside gained her powers in an accident that also maimed her after a superhero took down a supervillain with no attention to collateral damage. She feels a need to take down superheroes as a result.
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Two Percent Power / int_c9e5a0db	type	Legacy Character
Two Percent Power / int_c9e5a0db	comment	Legacy Character: Black Paralysis inherited his identity and powers from his father.
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Two Percent Power / int_ce104b8e	type	Serial Escalation
Two Percent Power / int_ce104b8e	comment	Serial Escalation: Part of the backstory of Warhead and Ground Zero was that they resorted to using super-steroids to keep up with the Serial Escalation happening due to the introduction of super-powers into the wrestling matches. Similarly, in the second book, it's becoming clear that the presence of superpowered heroes is attracting superpowered criminals rather than driving them away. Lastly, the heroes begin to adapt more extreme tactics in order to keep up with the villains, which prompts more extreme tactics from the villains...
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Two Percent Power / int_d5522f3a	type	Non-Powered Costumed Hero
Two Percent Power / int_d5522f3a	comment	Non-Powered Costumed Hero: Striker (aka Dark Justice and a few other names...) has no powers, but relies on martial arts and sophisticated equipment.
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Two Percent Power / int_d9e9ad7e	type	The Cavalry
Two Percent Power / int_d9e9ad7e	comment	The Cavalry: In the last act of the book, the heroes are confronted by the enemy reserves and look to be in a hopeless situation. Then, the embattled citizens of the town arrive and lay into the remaining Visionaries, giving the heroes a chance to regroup.
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Two Percent Power / int_dc9e682b	type	Color Character
Two Percent Power / int_dc9e682b	comment	Color Character: Black Paralysis. Yes, he's black as was his father who held the title before him.
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Two Percent Power / int_e3a4c481	type	Turncoat
Two Percent Power / int_e3a4c481	comment	Turncoat: Man-vil decides to work for Sight. In parallel, H2Grow defects from the Visionaries to fight with Patrick's team.
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Two Percent Power / int_e5421161	type	Expy
Two Percent Power / int_e5421161	comment	Expy: Manning has stated that Ground Zero and Warhead were heavily patterned after Hawk and Animal of the Professional Wrestling Tag Team The Road Warriors.
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Two Percent Power / int_e8a56ee7	type	Steven Ulysses Perhero
Two Percent Power / int_e8a56ee7	comment	Steven Ulysses Perhero: Recurve, who has powers that relate to the bow and arrow he uses, claims his real name is Stringfellow Archer, although the rest of the team teases him over the name, and insinuate that he made it up.
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Two Percent Power / int_eb251937	type	Dirty Cop
Two Percent Power / int_eb251937	comment	Dirty Cop: It's indicated that a large amount of the city's police force is on the take and therefore not only overlook Sight's activities, but also release captured criminals as fast as they're captured.
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Two Percent Power / int_ee4bf6e5	type	Building Swing
Two Percent Power / int_ee4bf6e5	comment	Building Swing: Patrick tries to figure out how to use his milk powers to give him this. Some mention is given of the physical perils of this including the need to avoid slack in the swinging material and the difficulty of landings. Patrick's inability to stick the landings is one of the reasons he only uses this power in emergencies.
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Two Percent Power / int_f6327379	type	Ironic Allergy
Two Percent Power / int_f6327379	comment	Ironic Allergy: Patrick is lactose intolerant despite his lactokinesis and his ability to power up by drinking milk.
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