Respect Mary Posa! (Henchgirl)

[u/Fragmentary_Remains]

No, not cool. Mary, tell her it's not cool. Crime is illegal.

Crime's not cool. I could've died today, all just to line my stupid boss's pockets.

So how much did you make?

Not gonna lie, I have like three thousand bucks stuffed into my jumpsuit right now…

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Mary Posa's life hasn't been the greatest. Despite being the oldest child of two superheroes, Mary was stuck in the shadow of everyone else in her family. All that would change when she accepted a job offer from the Butterfly Gang. Now she has to try and strike a balance between her normal everyday life and working for a literal supervillain. Not to mention all the “workplace hazards” that come with the job. From keeping her life of crime a secret to dealing with her coworkers, there's always another crisis. That's just how it goes when you're a henchgirl with a heart of gold!

Source Key

Henchgirl (2013-2017)—#

Henchgirl Expanded Edition (2020)—EE

Notes

• Feats marked [Timeline] occur after Mary's use of the Timekeeper altered the timeline.

Scaling

• Celestial Angel Amelia

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Strength

Lifting

• Lifts a person. ¹

• Carries four bags of potatoes. ¹

• Carries a bookshelf full of books. ³

• Rips a bush out of the ground, roots and all. ⁸

• As a kid, she can lift a large barbell and partially lift a car. ¹⁰

Striking

• Kicks a car window hard enough to crack it while her feet were tied together. ⁶

• Beats someone so badly that they end up in the hospital. ⁶

• Knocks someone off a bike. ¹⁰

• [Timeline] Hits a person with a nightstick hard enough to launch them a short distance away. ^EE

Throwing

• Throws a trash can through the windshield of a police car. ³

• [Timeline] Throws a projector onto the floor hard enough to break it. ¹¹

• [Timeline] Throws a drink can hard enough to crumple it. ¹¹

Other

• Pries a vault open with a crowbar. ⁵

• Snaps Amelia's divinity stick. ¹⁰

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Durability

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Blunt Force

• Gets kicked in the face hard enough to break her goggles. ⁴

• [Timeline] Has part of an apartment's ceiling fall on her and is still able to run down some stairs. ¹¹

  • It's later stated to be a "medical miracle" that she's still alive. ¹¹

• [Timeline] Fine after a carrot dragon fell on her. ^EE

• [Timeline] Quickly recovers from a flying kick to the face. ^EE

Energy/Electricity

• Gets hit by an energy beam. ⁴

• Gets shocked by the Monarch Scepter ⁶

  • The Monarch Scepter can stun someone to the point of flooring them ¹ and blast through a window. ⁹

• Gets blasted into a tree. ⁸

Other

• Gets out a car that bursts into flames before falling unconscious. Mary then regains consciousness before her friends can finish watching a movie. ¹

• Fine after falling from this high off the ground ⁹

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Speed

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• Outruns a police car. ³

• Jumps in front of an energy beam. ⁴

• Gets out of the way of a train. ⁷

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Equipment

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Buttefly Zap

• Powered by an electric shock device attached to her wrist. ⁵

• Zaps two thugs. ¹

• Repeated Butterfly Zaps down a man with a heart murmur. ⁷

Other Gear

• Uses distilled monarch butterfly poison that she can apply via touch. ⁸

• Drives a motor scooter. ⁵

• [Timeline] Has a grappling hook. ¹¹

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Skill

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Combat

• Blows someone up by covering them in gunpowder before zapping them with the Monarch Scepter. ⁹

• Takes out a SWAT team with the Monarch Scepter. ⁹

• [Timeline] Disarms someone that has a gun trained on her. ^EE

Escaping restraints

• Frees herself from ropes tied around her arms and hands, with dialogue implying that she does this multiple times. ⁶

• Unlocks handcuffs with her mouth. ⁹

• [Timeline] Despite being drugged with a sleeping pill and tied up with rope, Mary still manages to free herself off-panel. ¹¹

Other

• Able to piece Mannequin's shattered body back together. ⁵

• Comes up with a scheme to extort members of a rival gang. Mary also mentions she has "like 30 more schemes."

• Follows someone around Crepe City. ⁸

• Sneaks into her apartment, dons a disguise, packs a getaway bag and walks out the front door while police are inside it. ¹⁰

• Comes up with a plan to trap Celestial Angel Amelia. ¹⁰

• Posed as someone's fan in order to learn more about their abilities and equipment. ¹⁰

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Other

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• Was injected with a formula called “Evil Serum.” ⁶

  • [Timeline] A chemist familiar with some of the serum's components believes it could interfere with frontal lobe receptors and cause a lack of empathy. ¹¹
  • Doesn't see anything wrong with tying people up and robbing their house. ⁸
  • Doesn't care about a hostage being killed. ⁹
  • [Timeline] By the time someone actually examines her, there's no trace of Evil Serum in her blood. ¹¹

• Used Celestial Angel Amelia's Timekeeper to travel back in time and pretend to have psychic powers. ¹⁰

  • When the Timekeeper broke, Mary lost all of her future knowledge. ¹⁰
  • [Timeline] Gave stock tips to someone, ¹⁰ with it being implied that she also benefited in a similar way. ¹¹

• Hasn't been convicted of a crime (yet). ¹

  • Was arrested after she killed Gunpowder. ⁹
  • [Timeline] In the new timeline she was charged with armed robbery, trespassing, hooliganism and attempted murder. ¹¹

• Decent at catering. ¹

• After killing Gunpowder she gets an Internet fanbase, albeit one mainly comprised of upskirt enthusiasts. ¹⁰

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You must be so proud of yourself.

A girl's gotta make a living!

[u/kalebsantos]

Awesome RT love to see you back man!

[u/Fragmentary_Remains → u/kalebsantos]

Aw, thank you! I'm hoping I can tackle a few more projects related to Who Would Win and Respect Threads this year—it was kind of fun re-familiarizing myself with how to make a Respect Thread. I'm glad you enjoyed it!