Superhero Life/Tropes


 * An Aesop: Not because someone is given a responsability means they can handle it. Sometimes, its better to relief them of it for their good.
 * Creator's Oddball: This is Noah Hawley's first animated project.
 * Deconstruction: Of With Great Powers Comes Great Responsability and general superhero stories. The story at first centers on young Marty getting powers and plays off like a standard superhero story, with him even stating he's supposed to use them for good. However, after his first battle against a supervillain, Marty ends up severely traumatized by the fact that someone almost killed him. He ends up with severe PTSD and Survivor's Guilt, and ultimately quits after the toll on his mental health becomes clear. As the short points out, with great powers may come a great responsability, but is not a responsability everybody can handle even if they want to.
 * Production Posee: Writer Noah Hawley and composer Jeff Russo reunite for this short.
 * Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Marty's reaction after batrling a supervillain isn't one of extasis after kicking a supervillain's ass, but of geniune terror that someone not onky wanted to kill him but almost did, and that he failed at saving people. This leaves him with a lot of trauma.
 * Tearjerker: Marty being traumatized by his fight against a supervillain. The whole ordeal was clearly too much for him. Seeing the kid once excited at the idea of being a superhero now a mess is heartbreaking.