Wheelchair superhero

created by Jet-Poop

(person) by Jet-Poop (1.9 hr) (print) ? (I like it!) Tue Dec 14 1999 at 17:50:14

Back when I was in college, there was this one student who was confined to a wheelchair. Brown hair, baby face, reddish complexion. Had a non-motorized wheelchair, so he had to wheel himself all over campus.

I don't recall having any significant dealings with him, but he seemed like a nice enough person, most of the time. He'd never let anyone push him, and sometimes he'd get angry if you held a door open for him.

Anyway, sometimes you'd see him wheeling himself across campus carrying a boom box in his lap. The stereo was playing some generic action movie soundtrack. He was pushing the chair just as hard and as fast as it would go, and you could tell, by the look in his eyes, that he was imagining himself as the hero of a TV movie that would never get filmed. Overcoming all obstacles despite his handicap, earning the respect of everyone he knew, getting the girl.

Nothing wrong with the fantasy--most of us indulge in that kind of daydreaming--but playing it out in public...?

(person) by yam (4.9 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Mon May 01 2000 at 5:03:14

In Extreme Ghostbusters, an animated series sequel to The Real Ghostbusters, one of the ghostbusters is in a wheelchair. He's a really cool superhero because aside from the occasional joke, his wheelchair is never mentioned. It's just there, and he kicks the crap out of ghosts.

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odd characters	Introducing yourself to the large-breasted man	The Real Ghostbusters	The bathroom cerberus
wheelchair	Oracle	Plastic Man	MTV Makes Me Wanna Smoke Crack
Saturday Night Palsy	Murderball	Cthulhu	Space Ghost
Ghostbusters	Magnetic Knee Man	the whole enchilada	Professor X
Superhero	definite description	Ghostbusters 2	munch
world wide web	action movie	Riemann Hypothesis	Kentucky fried psycho

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