Ospina Naykky M Singh, Simpkin Andrew, Maraka Spyridoula, O'Keeffe Derek T
Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Ir J Med Sci. 2025 Sep 19. doi: 10.1007/s11845-025-04080-6.
The main goal of this study was to determine the frequency of cape use among superheroes and predictors of superhero status.
Observational case-control study where superheroes were considered cases and villains/neutral characters controls.
Top 25 highest grossing superhero movies.
Main characters in superhero movies classified as superheroes and villains through a multi-tier systems including videographic review and information collected in a superhero community database.
Frequency of different attributes between superheroes/villains (e.g., cape wearing), correlation of attributes and univariate and multivariable adjusted models of attributes associated with a superhero status.
There were 97 observations of 68 characters over 25 movies from three studios. There were 61 observations of superheroes and 36 villains and neutrals. Just 16% of superheroes wore capes, while 11% of non-superheroes did so. The majority (67%) of superheroes were humans, while among non-superheroes were 56%. Almost all superheroes had an altruistic mission (98%), while this attribute was present in just 19% of non-superheroes.
In a sample of characters from the highest grossing superhero movies, most superheroes did not wear a cape. The strongest predictor for a superhero status was having an altruistic mission.
本研究的主要目标是确定超级英雄披斗篷的频率以及超级英雄身份的预测因素。
观察性病例对照研究，将超级英雄视为病例，反派/中立角色视为对照。
票房收入最高的25部超级英雄电影。
超级英雄电影中的主要角色，通过包括视频审查和超级英雄社区数据库中收集的信息在内的多层系统分类为超级英雄和反派。
超级英雄/反派之间不同属性的频率（例如，披斗篷）、属性的相关性以及与超级英雄身份相关的属性的单变量和多变量调整模型。
来自三家制片厂的25部电影中的68个角色有97次观察。超级英雄有61次观察，反派和中立角色有36次观察。只有16%的超级英雄披斗篷，而非超级英雄中这一比例为11%。大多数（67%）超级英雄是人类，而非超级英雄中这一比例为56%。几乎所有超级英雄都有一个利他的使命（98%），而这一属性在非超级英雄中仅占19%。
在票房收入最高的超级英雄电影中的角色样本中，大多数超级英雄不披斗篷。超级英雄身份的最强预测因素是拥有利他的使命。
