
Power Couple
by Ari Donnelly
"A supervillain and superhero have happily fought since high school. But when their devotion starts damaging their careers, they are forced to start fighting other people."
Once upon a time in high school, it was winter and GAL was cold. So she built a machine that made it summer, breaking winter and also the world. While Gal soaked up the December sun, she was confronted by ÜBERMAN, a teenage superhero who insisted Gal put winter back where she found it. They would never admit it, but it was love at first fight. Ten years after their beat cute, Gal Gadgeteer and Überman are devoted nemeses who wreak happy havoc on their hometown, Alaktro City. They’re a bit sheltered, neither the most popular villain or hero around, but they are content. Until Gal’s newest gadget stops Yu’s heart. Gal has defeated her nemesis. It’s every villain’s dream, but she is devastated. So she commits the ultimate taboo and restarts Yu’s heart. And someone gets it on video. They are cancelled overnight. Gal is branded a fake feminist villain thirsting for a male hero. Yu is a villainizing cad. In exile, they seek guidance from their best friends, FRANDROID and STUNAMI. They give identical advice. To prove that Gal and Yu are not couple, they need to start fighting other people. POWER COUPLE is a serialized romcom that reframes the superhero genre for what it truly is: dating. Are Gal and Yu codependent partners who need to grow up and apart? Or star-crossed lovers in a world that shuns true romance? Tune in to find out.
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Normal People meets Harley Quinn, with a dash of Ranma 1/2.
Meet the creator
Ari Donnelly
Ari is an award-winning screenwriter, a salty east coast expat, and a saltier chef. He loves genre tv, punchy act breaks, relatable characters and ridiculous worlds.
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