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-Amy! -Oh, God!

Hartley! I told you not to sneak up on me like that.

If my sonic scream slips out, you'll be going to fifth period

without a face.

Sorry. I'm just so excited!

I was researching my ancestry project

in the library, and guess what I found out?

Oh, that the art teacher lives behind the magazine rack?

No.

That my great-great-great-great- grandmother was royalty!

Look!

Well, that explains why Celia never leaves home

without a war hammer.

What about your villain ancestors?

Any, uh, evil princes

or a distant duchess of death?

Hmm, no idea.

The only villains I know are on my mom's side.

And most of them are back in Centropolis

running a crooked plumbing business.

Which is not much different from a regular plumbing business.

Hmm. Well, what about your dad's side?

His genius had to come from somewhere.

Mmm. Yeah. According to him,

all of his relatives plummeted to their demise

trying to escape a bank heist in a homemade hot air balloon.

So... no, the genius well did not run too deep.

Hmm. Okay...

But still, don't you want to know more about 'em?

Well, I do have lots of questions.

Like, "How dumb can you be to try and escape a bank heist

in a homemade hot air balloon?"

But my dad doesn't like to talk about his family.

Right, because that would take time away

from him talking about himself.

You know, now that you mention it,

I guess I am a little bit curious.

Maybe I will ask him again.

Good! You may even find

a few surprises like I did.

Not only did I come from royalty,

my great-great-great uncle invented the turtleneck!

Yeah, I don't think anything

is gonna surprise me as much as that.

So we agree?

Wholeheartedly!

Agree on what?

Oh, your mother and I were just discussing

which one of you kids we'd send packin' if we need the space.

Well, you didn't say me, did you?

No.

Have you even opened that parenting book I bought you?

Nope, but it was great kindling for my backyard barrel fire.

Well, speaking of horrible relatives,

Dad, I wanna know more about your family.

-My family? -Yeah, your family.

You've never wanted to know about 'em before, why are you asking now?

Because Hartley's finding out all sorts of cool stuff

about her family, and I realized

I don't know anything about ours.

-Isn't that weird? -It's not weirder

than a bunch of supervillains

living in the middle of Texas.

Dad, come on!

Just tell me something.

What was your mom like?

Long hair.

-And your dad? -Short hair.

Any brothers or sisters?

They had hair, too.

I gotta be honest,

this was not as juicy as I expected.

Look, Dad, why aren't you telling me anything?

Look, I just don't want to talk about it.

Mom, what's going on?

I don't know what you're talking about!

Then why is your voice five octaves higher than it usually is?

I still don't know what you're talking about!

Look, it's just not my place

to talk about your father's business.

It's about our family.

I'm pretty sure that's all of our business.

Amy. Please.

Just let it go.

Well, that was weird.

It was, right?

I can never tell with your family.

Jake, I need your help.

So, you know how I'm the Chosen One

and I randomly get new powers, like, all the time?

Of course. Every time you say it,

I loathe you a little bit more.

Well, I just got one, but it's not like the others.

It feels weird and I can't control it.

Oh, Colby, that's not a power.

You see, as we blossom into manhood--

No, no, no.

Usually, I get the hang of my new powers right away,

but for some reason, this one's got a mind of its own.

Look!

Whoa!

You have levitation?

If that's a fancy word for floating, then yes.

It just kicks in randomly. I mean,

I'm like an elevator and someone else is pushing the buttons.

-Ah, ah! Goin' up! Goin' up! Goin' up! -Oh, no, no, no!

If someone sees you, you're gonna blow our cover.

School's over, can't you just turn invisible?

I tried, but none of my other powers are working.

I think I have to get control of this one first.

Just help me get home.

Now? No, Principal Tennyson

is about to present me with the "Student of the Month" award.

I've got a whole speech prepared.

-Wanna hear it? -What do you think?

Look, I've worked hard for this award

and you're not about to ruin it for me.

Just sneak out and call Mom!

Ugh, I'm going!

Not going!

And where are you racing off to, Colby?

Your brother is about to receive our school's highest honor.

Where's the rest of your family?

Oh, I didn't invite them.

They're kind of a whole thing.

You don't have to tell me.

But I'm here and ready to accept my award for "Student of the Month."

All right, don't get too excited.

It's only good for 30 days.

After that, you're back to slumming it

with the rest of the mouth-breathers.

You know, I'd love to stick around,

but I have tons of homework.

And that calculus assignment is not going to calc itself.

Oh, no, you are not going anywhere.

Since the rest of your family didn't show up,

you're gonna stay and support your brother.

He's gonna get a great big fancy pin.

Aren't you excited?

Uh, yep, yep.

Walkin' on air!

Hey, Amy, whatcha up to?

I am searching the villain database

for more info on my dad's mysterious family.

The villain database?

Yeah. It's like a Wiki for supervillains.

It lists all of our origin stories,

powers, birthdays, and favorite hobbies.

Wow, who knew Giganta

was into couples figure skating?

Yeah, she gets dropped a lot.

Once I look up my dad's origin story,

it should tell me everything he isn't telling me about his family.

Huh. That's weird.

According to this, he doesn't have an origin story.

It just says "See Surge."

Well, she does wear the pants in the relationship.

Hold up. It says he doesn't have an origin story

because he didn't become a villain until after he married my mom.

If my dad wasn't born a supervillain, then...

who was he?

I don't get it, how can there be no information

about my dad before he married my mom?

-It's like he didn't even exist. -Yeah.

Some people like to fly under the radar.

My grandma spent all of 2020

scrubbing her identity from the Internet.

When I asked her why, she just stared at me

and said, "Celia who?"

Oh. Yay. You're here.

Oh, well, there goes my "me" time.

Hey, Mom, I've been digging into Dad's past,

and everything I've found says that his life didn't even start

until after he married you.

Well, amen to that!

Wait, you hacked into the villain database?

Mom, hacked is such a strong word.

And yes. Yes, I did.

You shouldn't be doing that!

If your father finds out, he'll flip.

Why? I just wanna know what the big deal is.

Come on, Mom, I know you know something.

-Just tell me! -Amy, please...

let it go.

You're not going to let it go, are you?

I am not.

Couldn't you have won

"Student of the Month" next month?

Or not at all? I mean, this family

has enough to be embarrassed about.

Says the human equivalent of a birthday balloon.

Almost time for the big award!

I even have an ice sculpture carved in your likeness.

That's a horse head.

So it is.

That explains the giant discount.

What are we gonna do?

I can't anchor you while I'm giving my speech.

One hand's for waving to the crowd, the other is for blowing kisses.

I've got it all rehearsed.

Jake, your super-strength

is the only thing holding me down.

Anything else might float up with me!

Wait! The ice sculpture!

That should be heavy enough to anchor you for 24 minutes.

Your speech is 24 minutes?

Well, more like 32 with all the applause breaks.

Just hold on tight!

Cold! Cold! Cold!

Hi-- Nice horsey!

Okay, I think we're ready to begin.

Rise and shine, Edna!

Everyone, please welcome

our "Student of the Month," Jake Madden.

Thirty days.

Thank you, Principal Tennyson.

My role model...

my mentor...

my friend.

I have no idea

what he's talking about.

Then what'd you wake me up for?

First off, I am extremely honored

to accept this award.

Oh...

It's so slippery!

How am I supposed to do this

for 24 minutes?

I'd like to begin with a question.

What is "Student of the Month"?

Hello.

Welcome to the party.

You know, as a boy...

...nothing could prepare me for this.

Uh-oh.

Sorry, the food looked so good I just had to dive in.

What's that?

Oh. A bunch of my dad's personal stuff

he hid in a footlocker so we wouldn't touch it.

Then why are you touching it?

It's kinda like your secret journal.

The more you tell me not to touch it,

the more I'm gonna touch it.

-You didn't! -I did.

Please tell me you didn't read page 55.

No. I was asleep by page three.

Wait, what's on page 55?

Back to the locker...

How are you gonna get in there if it's locked?

Stupid question.

Amy, wait! I want to find out

what your dad's been hiding too,

but is it really worth crossing this line?

Yeah, maybe you're right.

I guess I shouldn't go behind his back.

Too late! We're diggin' in!

Hartley!

What? You know I come from

a long line of nosey people.

It's just a bunch of old clothes

and a fake ID with my dad's face on it.

Who's this?

"The Thomas boys...

Jack and Ty."

Wait, it's all starting to make sense now.

My dad wasn't in the villain database

because he was just a regular guy, Jack Thomas.

He only became a villain after he married my mom.

This other guy Ty must be his brother.

Well, why would he keep this a secret from you?

'Cause he's embarrassed.

Which is hard to believe, considering

he does his hair like that on purpose.

Great job, Colby!

Now my seven-layer dip has lost layers two and four.

Well, aside from that, I'd say

this was a rousing success.

-Let's go! -Oh, no!

Clearly, Colby is jealous because you won a big award,

so he's desperately trying to get his own attention.

Me? Jealous? Of him?

Principal Tennyson, that's whack!

Really? Then I guess you won't mind getting up in front of everyone

and saying something nice about your brother.

I'm sorry, come again?

You heard me.

Now who's whack?

Think your dad knows you broke into his personal stuff yet?

Probably not.

Amy!

He does now.

Did you break into my private locker?

Look, I'm sorry, but you dodged all of my questions,

so it was the only way I could get answers.

You, you're a good person,

you couldn't try to stop her?

Huh? The girl's like a windstorm.

All you can do is brace for impact and deal with the aftermath.

I have taught her well.

-Eva! -Dad, it's okay. I don't think less of you

because you used to be a regular person.

Wait. That's what you think?

Look, I know Mom sucked you into being a villain

because she's a total hottie.

Well, she got that part right.

No, Amy, you don't understand--

I know you thought I would be mad, but I am fine with it.

You didn't have to hide your family from us.

Which is why I used the old cellphone I found

in your locker to message your brother Ty.

-You didn't. -Oh, I did.

And he's coming to Valley View so we can straighten

this whole thing out.

Classic windstorm.

Dad, family makes us who we are.

So let's just stop this nonsense

and let the healing begin.

It's a superhero! They found us!

Let's get out of here!

Why am I the only one panicking?

Because he's not just any superhero.

He's my brother.

Your brother is Blue Granite?

Heh. I'm sorry, I just have to t--

Don't touch the hammer.

Wait, so if he's a superhero, that means...

you were a superhero, too.

Which means

you're half-superhero!

Oh, that's going in my secret journal.

Wait, my head is spinning. How is this even possible?

You wanted the truth. Now you have it.

I wasn't a regular guy.

I was a superhero.

I was Silver Flame.

But for the record, I'm still the hottie

that flipped him to the dark side.

Hello, Surge.

It's Eva now.

Aw. Good for you.

Anyway.

Long time, bro. How've you been?

Better than I am right now.

-And don't call me "bro." -Sorry, bro.

-You did it again. -My bad, bro.

Will someone please make it stop!

What a day.

I had a meeting with a producer

who wants to make a movie about my life.

They're thinking Mark Wahlberg.

But I said we should go bigger.

Mark Wahlberg is pretty big.

Oh. No, I mean bigger in size. I'm 6'5".

That dude's like 5'8" on an apple box.

Movie about your life, huh?

Well, you be sure you include the part

where you didn't stand up for your older brother

when everyone kicked him out of the family.

Are you still stuck on that?

This guy.

So sensitive.

Yeah, I'm sensitive. You took my power away.

Wait, what?

Oh, that's definitely going

in my secret journal.

And, Dad, you have a power. You're super-smart.

I only told you that so you wouldn't ask questions.

The truth is, my genius is all me.

That actually explains a lot.

-So you had, like, a power, power? -Yep.

As Silver Flame, I could conjure fire.

That is, until my flame was stripped away.

Well, what happened?

Twenty years ago, my brother

and I were battling some villains,

when I spotted this beautiful vision--

Aww. Mrs. Madden?

No, a sunset.

While I was distracted,

a young Surge zapped the heck out of me...

First time I heard a grown man cry.

Stick around, it won't be your last.

Anyway, during our next battle,

we got to talking, and before we knew it,

we were falling in love.

When my parents found out I'd fallen for a villain,

they gave me an ultimatum-- stop seeing her,

or have my power stripped away.

So I chose Surge over being a superhero.

Hey, can someone get me a sparkling water?

This seems like this is gonna take a while.

I can't imagine why he chose my mom over you.

That is so sweet,

he gave up everything for you.

Yeah, we've been over this. Hottie.

C'mon, man, it's been forever.

Aren't you happy to see me?

Not really.

Ouch. That stings. Heh.

Well, why can't we just let bygones be bygones?

I've missed you, big bro.

Well, if you missed me, why didn't you defend me

instead of taking Mom and Dad's side?

It's not that simple.

It should've been that simple.

All the times I had your back growing up,

it's too bad you couldn't have mine.

Amy, you shouldn't have called him here.

I don't want to see him or any of my superhero family ever again.

Still waiting on that water.

Jake, I don't want to hold your hand.

Fine, then let go and we can all watch you

lose a fight with the power lines.

What is taking so long?

And why are you two holding hands?

You look like the figurines on my Bulgarian cuckoo clock.

It's just that, uh, my brother

gets super nervous speaking in public.

Oh... Well, normally, I'd say

picture everyone in their underwear,

but not with this group.

Just hurry up and say nice things about me.

Uh, what can I say about my brother Jake?

I mean, he is...

He's older and smarter

and he likes cheese.

Ah, you "cheddar" believe it.

-Jake, Jake, Jake! -Ah! Oh!

Okay, Colby, I think your time is up!

Oh, um, I know what's going on here.

You two are hiding something.

Principal Tennyson, I know it looks weird but--

Oh, it's definitely weird!

And I'm gonna tell everyone about this.

Oh, don't! Please don't!

Why not?

You two put on an amazing show!

Wait, show?

Yeah, clearly, you're one of those weird brother acts

that use each other's strength to balance off each other.

Yes. Yes, we are.

- Ta-da! - Whoa!

You two are fantastic!

It's just like Cirque du Soleil!

Only with boring people

instead of those fun French clowns.

Bravo!

Thank you! Thank you!

Whoo!

Oh, my God!

You okay, Dad?

No.

I've been trying for 20 minutes, and I still can't beat this level on "Candy Spree."

I'm sorry I messaged your brother.

You were right. I should've just left it alone.

Eh, it's my fault for not being honest from the start.

I just thought you'd think less of me

if you knew I was a superhero.

Oh, I do.

But you also sacrificed

everything for Mom, so...

that kinda cancels out the rest of your atrocities.

Do you ever miss them?

Your family?

All the time.

But I didn't choose for things to go like this.

They did.

Well, for what it's worth,

I'll always have your back.

And I'll always have yours.

Unless you betray me, then backs will be stabbed.

Oh, wait, how did you get into our secret lair?

Got hungry, grabbed a banana,

fridge slid open, here I am.

And here I go.

So, this must be

where you play with all your little toys.

At least I'm not over-compensating

with a giant hammer.

And these little toys can still take you down.

You wouldn't.

Oh, I would.

Heh. Cool gizmo.

You always were the smart one.

Wait, did I just slam myself?

Why are you in Texas?

The barbecue.

This is our home.

This is where I'm happy.

This is where my family's happy.

Oh...

Aren't I part of your family, too?

I mean, don't get me wrong,

this place is nice, but I think we both know

that this'll never truly be home.

Especially when you're capable of so much more.

Okay, what are you getting at?

I kept the vessel

that contains your superpower.

Because I knew that one day,

you would want it back.

You have my Silver Flame?

Yep.

And I'll give it to you.

One condition...

come back to being a superhero.

You would not believe the crazy day we just had.

Hmm. Really? Try me.

Are you two holding hands?

Nobody says anything when you two do it.

Ah! A superhero!

'Sup, little dudes?

Oh, don't worry, it's not as bad as you think.

It's worse. He's our uncle.

What?

Still think you had a crazy day?