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| − | The Cosmic Plot Device can alter reality on a number of levels. However, it cannot [[retcon]]; it affects the present, not the past. As well, the bearer of the [[Ring of Retcon]] is immune to its power. It also gives its wielder access to cosmic senses. | + | The Cosmic Plot Device can alter reality on a number of levels. However, it cannot [[retcon]]; it affects the present, not the past.<ref name=cosmicbutton /> As well, the bearer of the [[Ring of Retcon]] is immune to its power. It also gives its wielder access to cosmic senses. |
Using the Device carries the risk of being corrupted by its power and/or overwhelmed by the senses it grants you. | Using the Device carries the risk of being corrupted by its power and/or overwhelmed by the senses it grants you. | ||
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The Device ended up on display at the [[Net.ional Museum of History]], where it was promptly stolen by multiple net.villains. First, [[General Jarrek]] took it, intending to open the pan-reality nexus within [[LNHQ]] and create a beachhead thru which the [[Dorf|Dorfian Empire]] could conquer the [[Loonivearth]]. [[Captain LNH]] and a ragtag team of net.heroes stopped him at great cost. Then, after it was returned to the Museum, [[Lagneto]] stole it, using its power to capture [[Asteroid L]] and set it in orbit around the Loonivearth. | The Device ended up on display at the [[Net.ional Museum of History]], where it was promptly stolen by multiple net.villains. First, [[General Jarrek]] took it, intending to open the pan-reality nexus within [[LNHQ]] and create a beachhead thru which the [[Dorf|Dorfian Empire]] could conquer the [[Loonivearth]]. [[Captain LNH]] and a ragtag team of net.heroes stopped him at great cost. Then, after it was returned to the Museum, [[Lagneto]] stole it, using its power to capture [[Asteroid L]] and set it in orbit around the Loonivearth. | ||
| − | In turn, [[Y-Plex Burp]] stole it from him | + | In turn, [[Y-Plex Burp]] stole it from him<ref name=lnhforever>. He showed up in the ''[[Cosmic Plot Device Caper]]'', using the Device to turn the Golden Age DC Comic Swiper Man back into [[Marvel Zombie Lad]]. When he used it to battle the [[Time Crapper]], [[Table]] and his [[Brotherhood of Net.Villains]] stole it once more, but in the chaos of the battle, it was shattered. (In [[Martin Phipps]]'s version of the ''CPDC'', it somehow ended up un-shattered in [[Sing-Along Lass]]'s hands, making her go mad with power, but then she heroically re-shattered it.) |
In ''[[The Cosmic Conspiracy]]'', [[Doctor Killfile]] revealed that the Cult of the Cosmic Plot Device had managed to preserve two of its broken shards. He used these to create two shapeshifting liquid metal androids. One android became [[Continuity Champ]]'s [[Aunt Comic-Relief]], while the other was implanted with the spirit of [[Obscure Trivia Lad]]. | In ''[[The Cosmic Conspiracy]]'', [[Doctor Killfile]] revealed that the Cult of the Cosmic Plot Device had managed to preserve two of its broken shards. He used these to create two shapeshifting liquid metal androids. One android became [[Continuity Champ]]'s [[Aunt Comic-Relief]], while the other was implanted with the spirit of [[Obscure Trivia Lad]]. | ||
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Broken into shards again and fully depowered. | Broken into shards again and fully depowered. | ||
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| + | <ref name=cosmicbutton>However, its power ''can'' be used, with the proper understanding, to create devices such as the [[Cosmic Reset Button]], which can themselves alter the past.</ref> | ||
| + | <ref name=lnhforever>Unless the protagonist of ''[[LNH Forever]]'' stole it first and gave it to Y-Plex.</ref> | ||
| + | </references> | ||
[[Category:Plot Devices]] | [[Category:Plot Devices]] | ||
Revision as of 16:40, 1 July 2021
The Cosmic Plot Device is exactly what it sounds like – a device of enormous cosmic power that net.villains fight over a lot, making the plot go. It was introduced in its namesake, the Cosmic Plot Device Caper.
Powers
The Cosmic Plot Device can alter reality on a number of levels. However, it cannot retcon; it affects the present, not the past.[1] As well, the bearer of the Ring of Retcon is immune to its power. It also gives its wielder access to cosmic senses.
Using the Device carries the risk of being corrupted by its power and/or overwhelmed by the senses it grants you.
History
The origins of the Cosmic Plot Device are shrouded in mystery. In the Early Middle Ages, a Germanic baron named Krieger acquired the Device and founded the Cult of the Cosmic Plot Device. Thanks to being less bloody than most cults of the era, the Cult of the Device gained an almost mainstream following, and was able to guard the Device until 1937, when the Nazis stole it.
However, it vanished before Hitler got his hands on it, and the Cult searched the world for decades without finding it. In the late '80s, a Dr. Plot discovered the Device lying in the center of an English crop circle. Not knowing its history, he declared it to be undeniable evidence of extra-terrestrial intelligence and had it shipped to Net.ropolis for further study.
The Device ended up on display at the Net.ional Museum of History, where it was promptly stolen by multiple net.villains. First, General Jarrek took it, intending to open the pan-reality nexus within LNHQ and create a beachhead thru which the Dorfian Empire could conquer the Loonivearth. Captain LNH and a ragtag team of net.heroes stopped him at great cost. Then, after it was returned to the Museum, Lagneto stole it, using its power to capture Asteroid L and set it in orbit around the Loonivearth.
In turn, Y-Plex Burp stole it from himCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
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- ↑ Unless the protagonist of LNH Forever stole it first and gave it to Y-Plex.
