05-13-2005, 03:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-13-2005, 05:49 PM by Rhydderch Hael.)
There's always Padlock Man, the man who uses an extensive collection of padlocks to thwart the efforts of his enemies by securing doors and items in place. And, as a last-ditch effort, he can hurl those padlocks at his foes.
He keeps his large arsenal locked into the loops and pockets that line his cape, with every combination memorized and every key kept on an insanely large key-ring. Naturally, his weakness maninfests itself when he's flustered and cannot remember the right combination to the right lock, or ends up fumbling with all the keys in his collection and subsequently cannot unlock his locks from his cape.
Another potential super-hero: Santa Claus. That's right. Kris Kringle himself. The story goes that Santa, with his Christmas wish lists filled with nothing but brand-name requests, no longer finds it neccessary to maintain a workshop. If every kid is asking for a brand-name toy, there's just no need for the elves and the shop anymore. Add to that the global distrubution and warehousing capacities of the modern world, and Santa finds himself with a problem: too much free time. He still delivers presents at Christmas, but since he no longer makes those toys himself, he has nothing else to do for the rest of the year but take up crime-fighting.
Seriously! He's got the flying sleigh, he knows if you've been bad or good, and as long as the evil villians' lairs have a chimney and fireplace, no stronghold is impenetrable to him. I wouldn't daresay call him an "action hero". Obesity and fur suits are not conducive to great execution of the martial arts (unless you count the actual practice of the martial arts to be his own death sentence).
He keeps his large arsenal locked into the loops and pockets that line his cape, with every combination memorized and every key kept on an insanely large key-ring. Naturally, his weakness maninfests itself when he's flustered and cannot remember the right combination to the right lock, or ends up fumbling with all the keys in his collection and subsequently cannot unlock his locks from his cape.
Another potential super-hero: Santa Claus. That's right. Kris Kringle himself. The story goes that Santa, with his Christmas wish lists filled with nothing but brand-name requests, no longer finds it neccessary to maintain a workshop. If every kid is asking for a brand-name toy, there's just no need for the elves and the shop anymore. Add to that the global distrubution and warehousing capacities of the modern world, and Santa finds himself with a problem: too much free time. He still delivers presents at Christmas, but since he no longer makes those toys himself, he has nothing else to do for the rest of the year but take up crime-fighting.
Seriously! He's got the flying sleigh, he knows if you've been bad or good, and as long as the evil villians' lairs have a chimney and fireplace, no stronghold is impenetrable to him. I wouldn't daresay call him an "action hero". Obesity and fur suits are not conducive to great execution of the martial arts (unless you count the actual practice of the martial arts to be his own death sentence).
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