Superhero AU

Superhero AU (also known as Comic Book AU) is a popular AU (Alternate Universe) within the Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons fandom. In the AU, Hiccup, Merida, Rapunzel and Jack Frost are superpowered men and women on a superhero team. As it is not canon, ideas for this AU are shown through fanfiction, fanart, and other fan-made works.

About the AU
This AU portrays as the four as a group of metahumans (normal human beings embedded with extraordinary powers) that team up in a world of superheroes and supervillains. Because of the fantastical properties found within the fandom, RotBTD is the perfect setting for a comic-book stories and superpowered individuals.

Popular Scenarios

 * Danny Phantom
 * DC
 * Marvel
 * Miraculous Ladybug
 * My Hero Academia
 * Overwatch
 * Power Ponies
 * Power Rangers
 * Powerpuff Girls
 * Pretty Cure
 * Puella Magi Madoka Magica
 * Sailor Moon
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
 * Tokyo Mew Mew

Featured Characters
Because of the flexible qualities that can be found in a comic-book scenario, the powers and identities of the Big Four in the Superhero AU may vary between writers and artists.

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
For his blacksmithing skills, Hiccup would most often rely on his technical know-how to build himself gadgets and weapons rather than having actual powers, his costume and flight-suit most often resembling Toothless under the superhero identity Night Fury. In a second version, he's a Batman-like hero with Toothless as his sidekick, known as the Dragon Rider. In other cases, Hiccup would be a mutant with dragon-like components, including a tail, claws, paws, teeth, ears and eyes.

Jack Frost
For his magical origins, Jack is the most often candidate to have actual powers, rather than relying on wit, tools or martial arts. Often magical in nature, Jack Frost would have the same cryokinetic powers he would as a spirit, along with flight and some ghost-like abilities, including his intangibility and invisibility to humans. Normally, his hero name would be Jack Frost or simply Frost, while Jackson Overland would be his civilian name.

Merida DunBroch
Being the most athletic of the four, Merida DunBroch would rely on her own physical prowess and weaponry skills, including a sword or a bow and arrow, to fight crime. Because of her family's royal standard, she has both the resources and funding to support both her and the other three's crime-fighting. Her hero name would normally coincide with one of her notable qualities. For example, some would call her Archer for her skills in archery.

Rapunzel Corona
Much like Jack Frost, Rapunzel is the only other member of the Big Four known to have actual powers in-canon. Her hair is often the source of her powers, giving her healing powers, physical endurance, as well as abilities often associated with the sun, whether it is solar-powered physical strength, speed or other sort of powers. Her hero name would normally coincide with one of her notable qualities.

Big Hero 6
Even when they are already a team of superheroes that uses technical and their own skills and knowledge in science to keep the people of San Fransokyo safe; there are a few that like to imagine Big Hero 6 having actual superpowers. Being born with them or had gotten them from an "incident" at San Fransokyo Institute of Technology (or at any other lab), that allowed them to be infested with or to have abilities that are similar to their school projects; and their hero gear. Being born with superpowers or had gotten them in a lab accident differs from story to story. They could even have the powers and abilities that their comic book selves have.

Hiro could have been wearing the neurotransmitter for his Microbots at the time of the "incident", which would give him the ability to control electromagnetism (the material that the small bots are made from) with his mind or had given him a type of telekinesis powers (as there are fans that have placed Hiro as a Technopath). He could also have a superpower that is connected to his genies or his skills in robotic, they could even have something to do with the magnetic pads and miniature computer in the gloves of his hero suit. Baymax would be a human that got his brain trapped within a robot or any other kind of machine, got turned into a cyborg or just have the Baymax 2.0 armor as a ironman like suit that he wears. Baymax could even have the power to transform himself into a dragon, much like the Baymax from the Marvel comic that Big Hero 6 is based on.

GoGo would have been holding one of her electro-magnetic wheels and possible standing next to the ones that she throw away when the "incident" made her body and mind have the power to control the electro-magnetic wheels to her will; she could also posses a superspeed like superpower. While Honey Lemon would have the ability to mix chemicals with her mind or hands and to safely touch them, without any kind of chemical reaction harming her. Wasabi could have been standing next to his laser induced plasma project and was later able to control and summon them from his hands, just above his wrists without the plasma harming his skin or body immune system. Fred could have been standing next to or holding a lizard that had been experimented on and was later "given" the ability to transform himself into a human-like lizard, with the same "abilities" and skin color that the lizard was given.

Tadashi Hamada
Tadashi is sometimes viewed as the seven member of the Big Hero 6 team, when he is given armor that is a bit like theirs (as well as being placed in Baymax's 2.0 armor or the armor that he was set to wear in one of the original layouts of the film, where he was one of the six members). He is also seen as a fox hero persona of a Kitsune, a identity that he sometimes takes in Dark AU. Tadashi would mostly take that role should he had survived the fire and went into hiding as he recovered from his burns and trained himself for the skills that he may need to find the arsonist that killed the man he looked up to and nearly killed him with the fire he started. He would use his skills in robotic to build his gadgets that would help him see in the dark (through his Kitsune mask), shoot fire with one of his weapons and to help him to get around the streets of San Fransokyo. Tadashi would help Hiro and his teammates should their paths cross, without telling them that he is still alive. When Tadashi is given a superpower of his own it mostly has something to do with fire, as it is the element that he is commonly given in Elements AU and Seasons Guardians AU. His Sunfire identity (that fans sometimes give him) can also be used as his superhero persona.

Queen Elsa
For her magical ice powers, Elsa is the most often candidate to have actual powers, rather than relying on wit, tools or martial arts. She would have started to use her powers to fight crime when she decided to use them to keep her sister safe. Elsa would keep her hair down when she goes into her ultra ego and keeping her hair up when she is going about her day as a civilian.

The Incredibles
Since the Parr family/The Incredibles are a family/group of superheroes, they are seen as themselves; along with their friend Frozone and other supers that exist in The Incredibles franchise. Fans also like to view and portrayed them as other types of "supers", like them being mutants from the X-Men universe (or as a mutant that is close to them) or as non-supers using technical that allows them to create the legion of having superpowers.

Wilbur Robinson
Wilbur's superpower can have something to do with Time Travel, from his time using his dad's Time Machine. Which could have him jumping into time and space at will or being able to freeze it. He is also seen having power over thunder and lightning or electricity, due to the lightning bolt on his t-shirt (and on the cap that he had lend to Lewis, as well as the lightning bolt logo sometimes being used and seen as his personal mark). He can even use is father's technical and gadgets to curate the legion of having superpowers, some of them can be of the gadgets that Wilbur used in the Meet the Robinsons video game.

Wilbur is sometimes seen as Violet's partner in superhero related crossovers and AUs of the Willet pairing, "Team Future" is the superhero title that the due are given. The style of super suits they wear are commonly similar to the ones that Violet and her family wear, that are of a black, blue and yellow color scheme and has Wilbur's lightning bolt logo taking the place of the Incredibles' "I" logo.

Bolt
Instead of being a dog that only has superpowers in a TV show, this AU allows Bolt to be a true Superdog; with the same backstory or an alternate version of how he "became one". His superpowers can be the same powers that he has in the show or being given some new and unique powers from fans. While Bolt is portrayed as a real Superdog, Penny is seen as a trained (adult or teen) Agent; fans also portray Penny as a girl with her own superpowers (that suits her) or using technical that allows them to curate the legion of having powers.

Penny Forrester
The Modern Four EU, sometimes has Penny in Big Hero 6-like armor, with the other three main members; Hiro, Violet and Wilbur. Penny is also seen as a trained (adult or teen) Agent, beside her superdog, based on the "character" she played in the Bolt TV show. Fans also portray Penny as a girl with her own superpowers (that suits her) or using technical that allows them to curate the legion of having powers.

Fred's Father
The Superhero AU can allow fans to focus on Mr. Fredrickson's hero days as Boss Awesome. The gadgets in his lair reveals that he doesn't have superpowers, and is the type of superhero that his son and his friends are, but there are fans who give him powers. Powers that Fred can inherit from him, or had allowed him to have his own kind of superpowers that are different from his father's. Much like how Violet, Dash and Jack-Jack Parr's powers are different from their parent's. Some fans use the Big Incredible Heroes crossover as a excursion to Mr. Fredrickson retiring from his hero days, as extensive expense to public property and government funding were one of the reasons why supers were forced into retirement, in The Incredibles' universe.

Megamind
The Superhero AU can allow fans to focus on Megamind's job as Metro City's superhero defender, after he had defeated Tighten and took Metro Man's place (as the city was unaware that their former hero had faked his death, so he could retire from his lost life and could start a new one). Megamind uses the gadgets that he build, as well as used in his villain days, because he doesn't have superpowers of his own, like Metro Man has. Some fans like to invent/come up with powers that Megamind could have and what would best suit him.

Riley Andersen
Sometimes for the Hiriley pairing, Riley is portrayed as a superheroine, that helps Hiro out from time to time. Some fans have them knowing and trusting each other with both of their superhero and civilian identities, or has them keeping their true identities a secret from each other.

Riley can either be a hero that uses technical that allows her to create the legion of having superpowers, like Big Hero 6, or have actual superpowers, like the supers of The Incredibles. Her powers can have something to do with ice, based on her ice-skating and hockey skills, as some fans have Riley as a hockey themed superheroine. In an armor or suit that looks a bit like hockey gear and clothing, along with a hockey stick-like weapon. While Inside Out focusing on the voices within people's heads, could have Riley having a power that can allow her to read people's thoughts and feelings as a type of telepathy/telekinesis.

Known Examples
See also: Super Fic

Fanfiction

 * The Big Four by cjupsher
 * The Big Four: An Old Friend by cjupsher
 * Limelight meets her match by cjupsher
 * Limelight and Archer: Goddess of War by cjupsher
 * Pixie and Snow Sprite by cjupsher
 * The Day of Firestar by cjupsher
 * Lessons in Magic by cjupsher
 * Archer and Nightfury: Merida Meets Pixie by cjupsher
 * Limelight and Archer: Hunted by cjupsher
 * Superhero Drabbles by cjupsher
 * Bloody Valentine by Song Of A Free Heart
 * Stormfly by Song Of A Free Heart
 * The Healer by themyscira
 * The Woes of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III: Dragon Lord and Family Man by AvisQuest9513
 * How to Be a Hero by TheSenjuMan
 * The big four meet the incredibles by TheEmeraldArcher
 * Super Zeros by Kayden Pause
 * The Guardian by berserker823
 * The Night Fury by berserker823
 * Sky High Year 1-The Beginnings of Shadows by lifesvs.reality
 * The Hamadas (The Incredibles AU) by kade32
 * How To Become A Super Hero by DinoBoy13
 * Futuristic Four by BamBrixBam
 * Futuristic Four: Fast Forward by BamBrixBam
 * Berk Hero Academy by Optimus524
 * Berk Hero Academy: Villains on the Rise by Optimus524
 * The Symbiote Rider by SymbioteHiccup
 * Big Hero 6: Sunfire(Up For Adoption!) by supersaiyanjin219

Videos

 * The Big Four: Guardians of the Galaxy Trailer by katherine
 * Non / Disney: Guardians of the Galaxy: VOL 2 by katherine
 * Disney / Non Disney: Batman vs Superman Trailer by katherine
 * HTTYD - Megamind Trailer by thefanvideoer2
 * Futuristic Four - Superhero by Brixie Ann
 * Justice League Trailer Non/Disney by jack-loves elsa
 * JUSTICE LEAGUE | disney by blightint
 * Non/Disney Spider-Man Homecoming Trailer by Rachie Movie
 * Big Hero 6(Big Bad Beetleborgs Style) by TheFehmiliar1
 * Big Hero 6(Beetleborgs Transformation) by TheFehmiliar1
 * Dark Phoenix (Elsa Trailer) by Midnight Kitty

Articles/Links

 * The Big Four Cjupsher Series (Fanfic) - TV Tropes
 * The Big Four Cjupsher Series / Characters - TV Tropes
 * BH6 AU Ideas | Superhero