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[[File:472279-mmrps_cover3_super_5039.jpg|frame|[[Self-Parody|Notice how]] ["[[Crosses the Line Twice|Daredevil is facing the opposite direction."]]"]]
 
''Mini Marvels'' is a [[Self-Parody]] of the [[Marvel Universe]] created by [[Chris Giarrusso]], a universe that deliberately pokes fun at the [[Crapsack World]] aspect of the latter. ''Much'' fun.
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=== This comic series provides examples of the following tropes: ===
 
* [[Badass Adorable]]: ''Everyone.''
{{quote| '''[[Wolverine]]:''' ''[[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|"WHO ATE ALL MY]] '''[[Serious Business|CEREAL?!?]]'''"''}}
* [[Better Than a Bare Bulb]]: It might just be the most tongue-in-cheek version of the Marvel Universe ever.
* [[Crapsack World]]: Played with. Yes, the shades of the defining trait of the original Marvel Universe are still there... except ''nobody makes a big deal out of it.''
* [[Crisis Crossover]]: The way [[media:CrisisCrossover_6474.jpg|they sum it up in only two panels]] provides the current page image for the trope.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: [[Spider-Man]] is just like his mainstream counterpart. Just read this exchange.
{{quote| '''[[Hulk]] (in [[World War Hulk|his video message]]):''' ''"[[Iron Man]], [[Fantastic Four|Mr. Fantastic]], and [[Doctor Strange|Dr. Strange]]... you have twenty-four hours to face me, or I'll flatten [[Big Applesauce|New York City]]. [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness|To clarify, our battle will consist of me physically beating you into submission]], so abandon any notion that your facility with [[It Makes Sense in Context|haiku]] will be of any advantage. Last, but not least, I will smash anybody else who tries to get in my way."''<br />
'''Spider-Man:''' ''"I'm inclined to stay out of his way."'' }}
* [[Eye Scream]]: [[media:mmv2_11_6573.jpg|Implied.]]
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* [[Insistent Terminology]]: Somewhat because it's not touched upon, but since he's not a man here (he's still a boy), everyone calls him "Spidey" in lieu of "Spider-Man". And we do mean everyone.
* [[Jerkass]]: this verse's [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Hawkeye]] has shades of this.
{{quote| '''Hawkeye:''' ''[[Throw the Dog a Bone|"I remember you!"]]''<br />
'''Sentry:''' ''"Really?!"''<br />
'''Hawkeye:''' ''[[Yank the Dog's Chain|"No."]]'' }}
* [[Milking the Giant Cow]]: Played straight by [[Wolverine]] when he rants about [[Mythology Gag|the past he can't remember.]] {{spoiler|Turns out he was using this as an excuse because he didn't do his homework.}}
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* [[Self-Parody]]: Where to ''begin''... there are parodies of ''[[Marvel Civil War]]'' ("Civil Wards"), ''[[World War Hulk]]'', the Symbiote's origin<ref>It comes from newspaper print ink, who would've thought?</ref>... and the list goes on and on...
* [[Somebody Else's Problem]]: As a [[Take That]] towards the involvement of people outside the Illuminati in [[World War Hulk]].
{{quote| '''[[Iron Man]]:''' ''"C'mon! You heard him - - he's threatened the whole city!"''<br />
'''[[X-Men|Cyclops:]]''' ''"Only if '''you three''' don't show up!"''<br />
'''Wolverine:''' ''[[Lampshade Hanging|"For anybody else involved in this, they'd have to be completely insane!"]]''<br />
([[Beat Panel]])<br />
'''[[Iron Man]]:''' ''"Sentry, can you do us a favor?"'' }}
** At the end of the [[Planet Hulk]] parody, all of the Illuminati are freaking out over the Hulk approaching Earth...except Namor, who's in his best "don't give a crap" pose saying "I live underwater".
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* [[Spiritual Successor]]: ''[[The Superhero Squad Show]]''. However, ''Mini Marvels'' is still an ongoing series.
* [[Take That]]: Many pot-shots at Marvel themselves. This universe's Sentry, in particular, gets a nasty one from none other than the MiniMarvels-verse [[Deadpool]]:
{{quote| '''Sentry:''' ''"Why doesn't anyone remember me? I'm the Sentry, [[Gosh Dang It to Heck|darnit!]] [[Skyward Scream|The Sentry!]]"''<br />
'''Deadpool:''' ''"Listen, [[But for Me It Was Tuesday|I can't remember every guy I beat up]]."'' }}
** And his interaction with Wolverine, with shades of [[Never Live It Down]] for the latter:
{{quote| '''Sentry:''' ''"Wolverine! You remember me, don't you?"''<br />
'''Wolverine:''' ''"You from Project Weapon X?"''<br />
'''Sentry:''' ''"No, I..."''<br />
'''Wolverine:''' ''"Shut up."'' }}
* [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]]: Surprisingly, a "nasty" trope shows up in an All-Ages comic, but only in one panel. [[media:VomitIndiscretionShot_7666.jpg|Poor Hawkeye.]]
* [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]]: The worry is understandable, given [[Crapsack World|the source material.]] And then, outside of this series, Giarrusso plays [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?|the opposite trope]] [[Played for Laughs|for laughs]] with a drawing of... wait for it... ''[[Badass Adorable|Mini]] [[Watchmen]]''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120510121452/http://www.chrisgcomics.com/newspages/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/watchmen_moc_c.jpg D'awwwwwwwwwwwwwww.]
* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]]: During [[Power Pack|Power Pack's]] fight with Sandman:
{{quote| '''Zero G:''' ''Powa Pack, Attack!'' [saves [[Spider-Man]] from Sandman's grip]<br />
'''Lightspeed:''' ''Take dat!'' [punches Sandman in the face]<br />
'''Energizer:''' ''Sandman go boom!'' [shoots energy beams at Sandman]<br />
'''Mass Master:''' ''I'm a cloud!'' [floats around in the background] }}
 
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