Real Name: Junior

Superhero Identity: Back Talker

Powers: Back Talker is a boy who absorbs powers from video games that he plays. E.g., when he plays Super Mario World, he can make tremendous jumps, stomp foes flat, and gain temporary fireball throwing/frog-like swimming/brief invincibility/etc. abilities. He can also hurt villains with sonic attacks coming from rebellious back talk, and he is a rebellious boy who thinks for himself and sometimes bends the rules and norms of being a superhero.

Weaknesses: If an enemy manages to talk tougher than Back Talker, his sonic back talk is rendered void. Also, he may or may not choose the right video game to play when facing any one of his foes.

Super Suit: Back Talker dresses in a navy blue tight suit with black tights, black gloves and boots, and a navy blue cape. He also wears a Robin-style mask and has the letters "BT" on his chest.


Back Story: Junior was a rather "un-cool" kid for a long time at school. He tried to find ways to become popular with other kids, but most of them failed, largely due to him having an embarrassing father, whom they called "lame-o." But one afternoon, he was playing Pokémon Red and Blue at home when an unexpected flash of light briefly blinded him after he beat the Cerulean City Gym Leader. He waited a minute or two for his sight to come back, and when he did, he suddenly had the offensive abilities of a Bulbasaur, like Stun Spore and Vine Whip. Amazed, he went outside and met one of his bullies. The boy tried to beat him up, but Vine Whip and Stun Spore stunned and whipped him into shape.

Ever afterwards, Back Talker, who later learned about his harmful sonic voice when a drug pusher tried to seduce him into getting a high, has been standing up for the weak and helpless at school, and through his superhero identity, Junior has finally found popularity.

Heroic Example: Back Talker helped save a second grade kid from a bully on the playground by giving the bully a piece of his sonic mind, and then used Sand Attack to disorient and scare off the coward. His teachers criticized some of his methods (the teachers had mixed feelings about Back Talker and his actions, and one of them even tried to start a crusade to have him removed from the school, like J. Jonah Jameson with Spider-Man), but he stayed because the kids loved him, and his parents had his back, especially Dwayne.

Catchphrase: "When you hear the Back Talker, you're in for a stunning shocker!"