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* Carpe noctem! is a play on {{wikipedia|Carpe diem}} (Seize the day), a phrase from a Latin poem by {{wikipedia|Horace}}. | * Carpe noctem! is a play on {{wikipedia|Carpe diem}} (Seize the day), a phrase from a Latin poem by {{wikipedia|Horace}}. | ||
* "My other shirt is a cape" is a play on the bumper sticker "My other car is a ...." | * "My other shirt is a cape" is a play on the bumper sticker "My other car is a ...." | ||
| + | * "Elemental heroes never die, they just lose their spark." might be a reference to the fantasy setting of the trading card {{wikipedia|Magic: The Gathering}}, in which {{wikipedia|Planeswalker|Planeswalkers}} frequently lose their "spark", the mythical ability that enables them to travel between different planes (alternate dimensions or realities), instead of dying. They are often dead for story-telling-purposes, however. | ||
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Revision as of 05:41, 23 July 2009
Game mottos appear on the top right corner of the login page. They include:
- Now saving more than cheerleaders and worlds.
- A hero is as a hero does, sir.
- Elemental heroes never die, they just lose their spark.
- 50% less fat than other superhero games.
- When the sun goes down, evil gets its comeuppance.
- Fighting for truth, justice, and a bottomless cup of coffee.
- Only you can prevent forest fires, car fires, and arson.
- Meticulously constructed ... Ingenious, funny, and advertising-free.
- -PC Gamer magazine
- Does this spandex make me look fat?
- My other job is fighting crime.
- Now with 20% more battlecries and catchphrases!
- Crime-free for 0 days.
- Beta-testing and proud!
- A nightly slice off vice.
- Think one person can change the world? With tye-dyed pajamas and and a baseball bat, so do we.
- With great power comes great super. Huh?
- Who needs sleep anyway?
- Keeping the criminals clean and the streets behind bars.
- My other shirt is a cape.
- A long night's journey into day.
- Crime picked the wrong night to fight.
- Carpe noctem! (Seize the night.)
References
- "Only you can prevent forest fires" was Smokey Bear's message until 2001.
- "truth, justice, and a bottomless cup of coffee" is a play on Superman's Truth, Justice, and the American Way.
- The "with great power" line is a play on Spider-Man's with great power comes great responsibility.
- Carpe noctem! is a play on Carpe diem (Seize the day), a phrase from a Latin poem by Horace.
- "My other shirt is a cape" is a play on the bumper sticker "My other car is a ...."
- "Elemental heroes never die, they just lose their spark." might be a reference to the fantasy setting of the trading card Magic: The Gathering, in which Planeswalkers frequently lose their "spark", the mythical ability that enables them to travel between different planes (alternate dimensions or realities), instead of dying. They are often dead for story-telling-purposes, however.
