Justice League of Minnesota

[mrissa]

This is the sort of thing my brain does when tired, as last night: timprov and I were coming up with the Justice League of Minnesota. Some of them were more analogous to Justice League members than others (Aquavit Man, Mosquito Girl), but I think they make a swell crime-fighting team in either case. We have:

The Iron Ranger and his northern compadres, Aquavit Man and Red Jello (who is like Green Lantern, but dressed in Paul Bunyan plaid with suspenders)

The Passive-Aggressor: "Passive-Aggressor, quick! There's trouble in Nordeast!" "Well, if you're sure that it's worth my time to put down my fishing pole and come help you instead of calling the police, that's certainly your decision."

Captain Understatement and his sidekick, Body Language Boy, the Minnesota Communication Duo. "Someone's trying to blow up the earth? That might not be so great eventually." And Body Language Boy furrows his brow in agreement.

Mosquito Girl, from Edina of course. With a mask like Hawk Girl's except with the long proboscis. Her battle cry: "Eeeeeeriiiiiiic! I wanted to go to the Galleriiiiiiiia!" (Oh, come on, like you could have an entire team of MN superheroes and not a one of them named Eric.)

Someone's young ward, the Minnesota Niece.

And my personal favorites, Buttergirl and The State Fair-y.

Sadly, my own superhero names (the ComplicaTOR, the Non Sequitess, and the one we won't discuss here without a filter because it's not family-friendly) don't seem to have a local theme to them. Ah well. At least I have several. What JL o' MN members am I missing? And have you been given superhero names?

Comments

[careswen.livejournal.com]

I don't know if these qualify as superhero names, but...
The girls in college called me Our Lady of Organization.
And at work, I have earned the monikers Queen of Forms, Administrix, and Insurance Goddess.
I'm sensing a theme here.

[timprov.livejournal.com]

There also was The Deer Tick, who is very much like The Tick only as a deer-centaur.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Like Miyazaki but goofier.

[songwind.livejournal.com]

Snowman - who has standard ice-based super powers, but always claims he was a lot colder a couple of years ago. These new villains don't know how good they've got it :)

[markgritter.livejournal.com]

Mendota Bridge: a mutant with mysterious powers over card games.

General Mills: head of CHERIOS, the Crimefighters HEadquartered Right In Our State.

The Icefisher: ruler of the secret Atlantean subculture living underneath Lake Superior.

[markgritter.livejournal.com]

And how could I forget the North Saur?

[markgritter.livejournal.com]

I think "Queen of Forms" is cool.

[markgritter.livejournal.com]

Red Wing has to be there somewhere, too.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Write that in under 1000 words, and then get it published. First try City Pages, and then The Rake.

Compared to the book, it'll be easy.

B

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Grumble mumble crypto-Platonism....

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

Hmm...how about Pretty Okay Man! He may not be super, but he's doin' alright. Not too bad. Can't complain. Could be worse.

Walleye! He can look in two directions at once! And his cheeks taste good fried in batter!

Red River Crest! Flooded with fortitude, and cresting with compassion, she'll wash over the evildoers and make sure the villains end up all wet!

Lex Lutheran! Formerly a villain, he turned from his evil ways, joined the ELCA, and now spends his days bringing hot dish to shut ins and teaching at Bible Camp!

And, of course, Lutefisk Man! He's not only tasty to older Norwegians, but he repels mosquitoes as well!

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

Red Wing... kind obligatorily has to be a Michigan superhero. Lest you want to fight some angry Detroiters for him.

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

The Prairie Don could be a villain? Like Kingpin.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

See, Red Wing is an actual city and company here, as opposed to just being a mascot there.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Only with pigtails and a gingham dress and a really high perky voice?

I'm now imagining her chirping about an offer you can't refuse....

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

"just" a mascot? (sniff) Well, I won't tell any actual Red Wing fans...

:)

We've got the bird here, too, though I imagine you do as well.

Maybe Red Wing could be a cross-over character. Like when Batman visits Metropolis.

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

*laugh* Ok, so it was more a Muppet allusion than a Minnesota one, but all I have to go on for Minnesotaness is what I've learned from you, and the neighbors who moved in next door when I was in high school. I don't think I have enough material to draw on. Even though they kept lutefisk in the fridge and had books like 1001 Lutheran Knock-knock Jokes, and this one time, Betsy showed her slides of Norway by projecting them onto the side of our house...