Seriously, how Awesome was this movie. DC really nailed it.
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Replace and Amaze
SHAZAM
(She-Ra, Atomic Puppet, Dispicable Me, 6teen, Marvel Comics, The Critic)
Pauline Bell exited her uncles comic book store and locked the door. "Another day, another-" she was cut off when she was grabbed and pulled into the alley.
"Pauline." She saw her attacker was a eight foot tall blond woman in a white and gold outfit with a large sword.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHH-" Her screaming was cut off when a hand was put over her mouth.
"Its me! Its Adora!" She said.
Paulines eyes widened as she recognised her. She pushed her hand away, "Adora? What happened to you? What are you wearing? Where'd you get that sword?" She looked down, "where are your pants?"
"It's a long story." Adora said. "I saw light and followed it to this sword." she held it up, "I touched it, then there was all these lights, images and this voice of someone called Light Hope. She asked me to fight for Grayskull. Whatever that is. I got this weird feeling and said "For the Honor if Grayskull!" Then I was like this!"
Pauline stared at her for a moment as she internally processed what she just heard. "That makes sense."
Adora gave her a look. "What part of that made sense? I was there and even I think it sounds insane."
"Finding a magic weapon that transforms you into a superhero? Pretty standard hero origin stuff." Pauline shrugged. "Seriously though, where are your pants?"
"Will you FOCUS?" Adora snapped. "Look I know we're not exactly friends but you're the only one I know who knows so much about this superhero stuff."
"Can I see the sword?" Pauline asked.
"Um, sure," Adora handed her the sword.
"This is awesome!" Pauline marvelled at the weapon as she swung it around. "What are your super powers?"
"I," Adora paused, "have no idea."
"Can you fly?" Pauline asked and Adora raised an eyebrow.
"Okay!" Adora stood several feet away from Pauline who was recording with her phone. "Lets do this! How do I do this?"
"Just ah, you know," she raised her fist in the air. "Psshu!"
"Psshu?" Adora blinked.
Pauline put a hand on her hip. "Obviously you have jump."
"How is this obvious?" Adora held her arms out.
"Read a comic some time." Pauline replied. "Look, sometimes these things need belief to work. So, believe you can fly."
"Believe I can fly." Adora said to herself. "I believe I can fly."
"Please don't sing the song." Pauline begged.
"I believe I can fly!" Adora leapt high into the air, higher than any normal person could ever jump. Her eyes lit up as she soared into the air, but then turned to panic as gravity took hold and she fell to the ground. "Ow."
Pauline blinked, "did you believe?"
Adora got to her feet, "yes I believed!"
"How about invisibility?" Pauline asked.
"How am I, forget it." Adora closed her eyes and concentrated.
"Adora?" Paulines eyes widened. "Where'd you go?"
"It worked?" Adora said in disbelief.
"I can hear you," Pauline looked around, "but I can't see you."
"I'm invisible! Adora smiled jumping from side to side. "I'm invisible!"
"Hey Princess!" A voice yelled and Adora turned to see a group walking by. "Nice outfit!" They all laughed and walked away.
"I was also testing enhanced intelligence," Pauline shrugged. "Guess it's a no on both."
Adora glared at her. "You see the giant sword I'm holding right?" She pointed it outward and a blast of energy that flew past Pauline, hitting a trash can causing it to explode. "Whoa."
"Fire!" Pauline said as Adora fired another blast from her sword. Which blew up an old broken payphone.
"This is incredible!" Adora looked at the sword in her hand. She looked at the base of the payphone that was still intact and swung her sword, which cut through the metal like a hot knife through butter.
Suddenly they heard screaming and turned to see a woman struggling with a man who was holding onto her purse. Pauline looked at Adora, "well?"
"Huh?" Adora blinked, then realised what she meant. "Hey!" She ran over and grabbed the man from behind, "Hands off!" She pulled him off her, but didn't realise her own strength and threw him like thirty feet away into a dumpster. "Whoops," Adora said, but then composed herself. "I mean, that's what you get for trying mug a helpless old lady."
"Old lady?" Lucy Wild raised an eyebrow. "How old do you think I am?" Adora stared at her, unsure of how to answer. "Nevermind. Look, I really didn't need any help. I had already tazed that creep."
"Tazed?" Adora blinked as she saw the wires on the ground that connected to what she swore was tube of lipstick. "So, that scream was from him?"
"Yeah my scream isn't that feminine." Lucy looked her up and down, "and you are?"
"Her name," Pauline ran over, "is Sword Sister! Wielder of the magic blade and champion of Justice!"
"Do you know this girl?" Lucy asked. "Sword Sister?"
"I'm her superhero adviser." Pauline smiled.
"Ah yeah, shes my advisor." Adora admitted. "But that's not my name."
"Okay," Pauline thought for a second. "The Magic Maiden!"
Adora shook her head, "too stripery."
"Okay." Lucy interrupted them. "I applaud your courage for dressing like that." She gestured to Adora, "and it actually works." She handed her some money. "But its cold out, maybe buy yourself some pants." With that she walked away.
"$60 dollars!" Pauline smiled. "I mean taking money from people you help isn't exactly heroic, but you know baby steps." Then her eyes widened. "Wait. We have money and you look like a really tall woman. Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"I'd like to buy some beer, since I'm clearly over 21." Adora smiled as she stood before the cashier in a store. The cashier stared at her for a moment before pointing to the fridge, Adora walked away with Pauline behind her. Their thoughts on what kind to get were interrupted when a group of masked men with weapons entered the store.
"Everything in the register. NOW!" He pointed he waved his bat at the cashier.
Adora and Pauline saw this and hid behind one of the aisles. "Wait why are you hiding?" The latter asked. "Hes got a bat, you've got a magic sword."
Adora realised this was first robbery to stop. "Okay, you stay here." She moved quietly towards the thieves then stood tall to be intimidating. "Halt!" The masked men. "Drop your weapons and surrender."
The men looked at her for a moment then at each others and started laughing. "Sorry princess," one of then pointed to her head with a tire iron, "but the tiara ain't exactly intimidating."
"Oh yeah," faster then they could react, Adora swung her sword and cut the tire iron in half. "How about this?" She held up the blade and they all stopped laughing.
"Nice," Pauline whispered as she recorded everything with her phone.
"GET HER!" One of them yelled.
One swung his baseball bat at her, but Adora swung her fist and shattered the wooden bat. She then grabbed him and threw him upwards, damaging the ceiling when he hit it and then fell to the floor. The thug she disarmed tried to punch her, but she caught his fist and he screamed in pain from the pressure applied. Then screamed again when she flung him across the store and into a wall. A thug with a crowbar tried to sneak up behind her. Adora saw the guy behind her in the reflection of her sword. She threw her leg backwards and back kicked him off his feet and all the way down the isle. She didn't notice the first thug she took down recover and pull out a gun.
"LOOK OUT!" Pauline shouted.
Adora held up her sword which glowed before transforming into a shield. The thug opened fire but the bullets didn't even scratch the metal. When finally he ran out of bullets, everyone stared in shock.
"A magical weapon that transforms into other weapons." Pauline said with wide eyes. "THAT'S THE BEST KIND!"
Adora looked at the shield in her hand and smiled before glaring at the punks. "You're dead."
Seconds later they were all thrown threw the stores front window and landed on the ground out cold.
"Sorry about your window." Adora said as she and Pauline exited the store, the former carrying a six pack of beer bottles. "Your welcome stopping the robbery."
"That was beautiful." Pauline smiled as Adora handed her a beer.
"To kicking bad guys asses." They toasted before sipping their beer, only to instantly spit out. "That is disgusting!"
Pauline stuck out her tongue, "how do people drink this?"
The Next Day
Adora and Pauline walked through the high school towards the exit. "Hold it!" They froze and looked to see Ron the rent-a-cop approach. "And where do you maggots think your going? Cause according to my watch, school just started."
"Ah," Pauline thought hard. "Our, aunt is picking us up."
"Huh?" Adora blinked but Pauline gave her a look and realised what she meant. "Yeah, our aunt! You cant miss her she looks like me. But with longer hair and is 8 feet tall."
Ron raised an eyebrow. "Is that right?"
"Oh there she is!" Adora ran around the corner. "ForTheHonorOfGrayskull!" There was bright light.
"What the?" Ron gasped.
"Pauline!" a transformed Adora walked back, wearing a trench coat. "Hows my favourite niece? Whose related to my other favourite niece which I just passed in the hall."
It took Ron a moment to compose himself. "You're the aunt?"
"That's me." Adora smiled. "Thank you for your service officer." With that she and Pauline left.
"Nice to get some respect around here." Ron smiled to himself. "Was she wearing a tiara?"
Junkyard
"FOR THE HONOR OF GRAYSKULL!"
"Secret Empire!" Pauline threw the comic into the air and Adora blasted it with her sword. "Sina Graces Iceman!" She threw another comic and it was blown to pieces. "All New She-Hulk!" They both laughed as it was blasted apart. "Civil War 2!" This once exploded in a fireball.
Pauline set up a video camera and held up a warning;
WARNING
THE STUNTS YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE ARE PREFORMED BY A REAL SUPERHERO.
DO NOT BE AN IDIOT AND TRY THIS AT HOME.
SERIOUSLY DON'T!
Super Strength Test 1
Adora lifted an engine out of a car and held it with one hand, tossing it up and down before throwing it like a ball.
Telekinesis
"Try and stop these with your mind." Pauline held up a bag of dodge balls.
"Okay." Adora braced herself. "Wait how d-" she was cut off when a ball hit her in the face, followed by two more.
"Come on focus!" Pauline threw another. Adora caught it with her hand and threw it back. The ball hit Pauline in the stomach and knocked her off her feet. "Cheater," she groaned painfully.
Invulnerability Test 1
Pauline stood on a crate and swung a 2 by 4 plank down on Adoras head, but it broke in two. Adora just blinked with no sign of pain.
Communicating With Sea Creatures
"Hello?" Adora held a fish bowl with a gold fish inside it. "Okay I don't even need to talk to the fish to know even it thinks this is stupid."
Super Strength Test 2
Eight sheets of metal were lined up next to each other as Adora stretched her arm. She threw a punch that tore through all eight. "Whoa!" She held up her arm, lifting the sheets that were still on it.
Transforming Weapon Test 1
"Just do what ever your did back at the store." Pauline advised.
Adora held the sword out in front of her and focused. Seconds later the became a shield. "Lets see what else it can do." She proceeded to transform it into a spear, then a golden rope and finally a golden flute. "I was going for an axe. Hmm," Adora tried playing it, but it came out as loud screech.
"Okay!" Pauline covered her ears. "Defiantly ruling out magic music power."
Flight Test 2
Adora stood atop a old car bracing herself, crouched down and jumped straight upwards into the air. But then fell directly back down to and through the roof of the car.
Invulnerability Test 2
Pauline put football helmet on and held up trash can lid. "Ready?" Adora nodded and the younger girl charged at her, ramming the lid into her, but bounced backwards onto her back while Adora didn't even flinch.
"You okay?" Adora asked.
Energy Blasts
Adora aimed the sword at an old washing machine and fired a beam that blasted through the washing machine and hit the fridge behind it.
Telepathy Test
Adora stared at Pauline as she tried to read her thoughts. "Your thinking of, pizza."
"Tacos actually." Pauline said.
Super Speed Test
Adora ran past Pauline who stopped the timer. "How'd I do?"
"Fast." This made Adora smile. "But nowhere near super speed," and her smile disappeared.
Electricity Immunity
Pauline connected jumper cables to a car battery, "go for it."
Adora slowly reached for the other end of the cable and grabbed it. "huh, it tickles."
"Awesome!" Pauline high fived her, causing her to get zapped and fall to the ground. "I'm okay."
Transforming Weapon Test 2
The sword became a mace that Adora used to crush an old washing machine. Then a scythe, "Whoa."
"Cool. But scythes aren't exactly heroic." Pauline pointed out.
"Okay, then how about a Trident!" The sword glowed and transformed into an umbrella. "What the?"
"Seriously?" Pauline asked. "What are you, Mary Poppins?"
"Hey this is harder than it looks!" Adora pointed the umbrella at her, which then transformed into a grappling hook which fired wrapping around Pauline and pulled her over.
"Okay that's cool," she admitted.
Intangibility
Pauline aimed the camera at a stone wall, "and go!" Adora then smashed through the wall, throwing up a lot of dust. "When I said go through the wall," Pauline coughed "that's not what I meant."
Teleportation
Adora got into a cardboard box with 1 written on it, several feet to the right was another box with 2 written on it. She kneeled down and closed the lid. After a few minutes of waiting, Pauline crossed teleportation out and wrote a new test.
Secret Fireproof Test
Pauline poured lighter fluid on the 1st box and made a trail leading back to the camera. She lit a match and dropped it, lighting the trail and the box on fire. It burned for about thirty seconds before a panicked Adora burst out of it, patting herself down even though she wasn't on fire. After taking a breath to calm herself, she glared at Pauline.
"The most authentic test is the one your not expecting." She explained as Adora stomped towards her. "That's a plus right?" She quickly ran away.
Adora and Pauline sat on a roof. "More powerful than a locomotive?" The latter asked.
"I'm not standing in front of a train to find out." Adora said.
Pauline thought for a second, "able to leap tall buildings in a single bound?"
Adora stood on the street looking up at an office building. "Remember," Pauline said behind the camera, "single bound."
Adora nodded before running forward and jumped as high as she could. But failed to reach the top and crashed in through one of the windows. "SORRY!"
An alarm went off in a jewellery store as two masked men ran out and jumped into their car to get away. Adora jumped down in front of them, turning her sword into a giant hammer and swung it down on the front of the car. This stopped the car instantly and threw the masked men forward threw the windshield and onto the ground.
Adora rested the hammer on her shoulder, "you know your supposed to wear seatbelts right?"
"Great one liner!" Pauline called from the side.
At the fair Jay Sherman tried out the test your strength game while Alice Tompkins watched with her daughter Penny. With great effort Jay managed to lift the hammer over his head, only to lose his balance and stumble backwards into some trash cans.
"You alright Jay?" Alice asked.
"I'm okay." Jay walked back with a banana peel on his head, eating a slice of pizza. He then noticed they were staring at him. "What? It still warm." He lifted the mallet and brought it down, it went up three points before falling down.
"Let me try." They all stepped back as Adora grabbed the mallet. She lifted it up high before bringing it down with such force, the bell at the top was blow off and sent flying upwards. They all looked up in shock, lowering there gaze when Adora grabbed a giant teddy bear and handed it to Penny.
"Penny," Alice said, "what do you say?"
"Thank you giant lady." Penny hugged the bear.
Adora smiled before walking away. Alice and Penny watched her go before they were joined by Jay who sighed. "Another reboot. It st-" he was cut off when the bell fell onto his head, he wobbled like a bowling pin before falling down unconscious.
Adora and Pauline sat in the movie theatre watching Wonder Woman in 3D. Adora looked at her own golden bracers. "You think these could block bullets?"
Pauline ate a handful of popcorn. "The real question is, can you react fast enough to move them in front of the bullets?"
Suddenly a phone started ringing and the man in front of them and answered. "Sup? Now way seriously?" He laughed loudly, annoying everyone else who was trying to watch the movie. Adora and Pauline shared a look and nodded before the former reached out, grabbing the phone and crushed it in her hand. "HEY!" He stood up. "Whats your problem?"
"Right now?" Adora stood up and towered over him. "Big mouths who use their phones in movie theatres." With that she grabbed him by the shirt and threw him across the theatre and out the door. Everyone cheered for Adora as she sat down and resumed watching the movie.
Pauline then spotted something on the mans seat and grabbed it. "Red vines, sweet!"
Pauline walked down the street when she was confronted by a mugger with a knife. "Give me your wallet!"
Pauline pointed behind him, he turned to see Adora point her sword at his throat causing him to drop his knife in fear.
"Not so nice being confronted by somebody with a blade is?" Pauline mocked. "You know what, give us your wallet." She demanded and the terrified mugger complied.
"Smart." Adora pulled the sword away and the mugger let out a sigh of relief, only to be knocked out when Adora hit him in the head with the handle. "Its not stealing if from bad guys, is it?"
"I think we can make an acceptation." Pauline smiled but then her eyes widened. "Wait! Theres one more power we have to test."
Communicating With Animals
The Adora and Pauline, the former now back her normal form, stood at fence looking at horse as it galloped around.
"Didn't we already do this test?" Adora asked.
"That was communicating with sea life," Pauline corrected, "This is communicating with animals."
"Okay," Adora blinked, "but why are we using a horse? Why not something smaller?"
"Cause I didn't like how the owner of the pet store was looking at us then you tried talking to that goldfish." Pauline crossed her arms.
Adora looked at the horse as it came to a stop a few feet from them. "Okay," she drew her sword. "For the Honor of Grayskull!" Light emanated from the gem in the blade, which then fired a beam that struck the horse.
"What the?" They both looked in shock to see the now glowing horse sprout a pair of multi coloured wings, its main and tail became longer and a several shades of orange and yellow finally a foot long horn grew from atop its head.
"NEEEIIGH!" The horse began freaking out at its sudden transformation.
Adoras jaw dropped as she stared at the newly transformed creature. "Well," Pauline spoke up. "Its got wings, so I guess that solves your can't fly problem."
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