John Johnson/Generic Man

Generic Man in his superhero outfit

John Johnson-Smith, better known by his superhero alias Generic Man, is the protagonist of the webcomic of the same name. He is a (approximatly) 26 year old man who formerly worked at Typical Industries as a researcher (before it exploded) under the guidance of Dr. Typical, now working as a reporter for The Olds, a newspaper company. As Generic Man, he saves the city he lives in, Metropolisopolis, from evil doers, small time criminals and people who just feel like being midly annoying really.

## Character Development

Generic Man was created back in 2018, but wasn't revealed publically until 2021. He was originally created to be part of a superhero team named "The Justice Lame Of Stupid Heroes, but eventually seperated from them and became his own thing. He's also the pseudo-sucessor (I say that because he kind of is but at the same time it wasn't intentional) to a smaller comic strip called "Not So Superman", in which the title character would often find himself in unfortunate situations such as crashing into a building made of kryptonite and exploding.

## **Biography**

John Johnson was probably born in 1995, as he is approximatly 26 years old. Not much is known about his childhood.

He later ended up working at Typical Industries, until an incident in 2018, where the main research facility exploded because of someone blinking in the same room as the radioactive something. However, due to the fact that the guy that blinked is the only casualty of the incident, John survived (and so did everyone else). He somehow gained superpowers, being flight, super strength, speed and laser vision from the radiation of the explosion. He decided to use these powers for the cause of good and save Metropolisopolis from crime and supervillains. He chose the name "Generic Man" because he thought he was a pretty generic and basic superhero, and deserved a name as such. He wanted to call himself "Superman", however that was clearly already taken.

He then fought criminals, mainly Dr. Typical, for 3 years, leading on to the events of Generic Man #1

### Generic Man #1

He makes a dramatic entrance into the Metropolisopolis bank, by breaking through the roof window, hurting his own hand in the process, after hearing it was being robbed by Rob Banks. He then extravagantly punched Rob Banks out the bank, sending him flying through the roof. He then flew from the bank to look for more crime to stop, crashing into the panel of the comic he was currently in accidentally.

He then finds out that Dr. Typical has a new plans, and believes he's causing more than just minor inconveniences.

## Personality

As John Johnson, he's helpful and cooperative, however he often seems meloncholy and tired. He isn't completely grumpy and annoying, and he does laugh at small jokes, but he doesn't often just smile by himself. However, on special occasions, like birthdays or holdiays, he will be seen smiling and happy anyways.

As Generic Man, he has a much more stereotypical superhero personality. He's more charismic and enthusiastic. He likes to make dramatic entrances and make his presence clear. He cares immensely about the people he saves, and would do anything to make sure they don't get hurt.

As both, he's curious, and inquisitive. With a slightly childish side to him. He enjoys reading comic books, particularly ones about himself, but also enjoys fantasy books like The Lord of the Rings. He also plays Fortnite. Lol.

## Relationships

### Dr. Typical

As John Johnson, he sees Dr. Typical as his former boss who he is often confused to see randomly but also tends to be civil towards him. As Generic Man, they often fight, and look like they hate each other, but they really don't. Their rivalry is more on friendly terms, although Dr. Typical doesn't like teaming up with him.

### Tim Timmons/Average Boy

Average Boy is Generic Man's sidekick. At first, he was reluctant to take him as a sidekick, but after he was convinced, he's glad he did. He admires his determination and courage, especially for a kid his age.

## Powers & weaknesses

Generic Man has superpowers because of the radiation from the Radioactive Something exploding. His powers are strengthened by the consumption of generic store brand cereal.

### Flight

Generic Man has the ability to fly in a similar manner to Superman. This is his main means of travel.

### Weaknesses

He has only one known weakness, being brand name cereal. For some reason this makes his powers weaker.

## Trivia

* Everyone in Metropolisopolis, except Dr. Typical, knows that Generic Man & John Johnson are the same person. They just pretend to not know because he likes having it as a secret
* Another name considered for him was "John Smith" as that seemed more generic, however John Johnson was chosen because it had the alliteration that many superhero names have, like Peter Parker, Clark Kent, Bruce Banner, etc.
* He could probably defeat Goku from the Dragon Ball series, provided Goku doesn't have any brand name cereal on him.
* While he was primarily inspired by Superman, his physical appearance was partially inspired by Captain Qwark from the Ratchet & Clank franchise
	+ He also bares a resemblance to Radioactive Man from The Simpsons
		- Both superheroes gained their powers from a radioactive explosion of sorts.
* His favourite food is just plain bread by itself.