Heroism

As the characters in Heroes discover their abilities, most of them begin helping out people in need, sometimes at great personal cost and personal risk.

"With great power comes great responsibility"

- Uncle Ben, Spiderman

Acts of heroism

Hiro Nakamura

• In Seven Minutes to Midnight, Hiro decides to go back in time to save Charlie even if he is afraid of what the exact consequences will be.

Claire Bennet

• In Homecoming, Claire punches Jackie for teasing Zach, causing her to be grounded by her father.

Matt Parkman

• In Hiros Matt talks an armed would-be robber into going home.
• In Nothing to Hide Matt finds out his parther has been "nailing" his wife and punches him on the face. As a consequence, he is suspended from active duty for some time.

D.L. Hawkins

• In Better Halves, D.L. returns to his wife and son despite the cops guarding the Sander's home and him being a fugitive, because he cares for his family.
• In Nothing to Hide, D.L. and Micah come upon a car-crash where a woman is trapped within a burning car. D.L. uses his powers to open the door and pull her away from the car.

Peter Petrelli

• In Homecoming Peter goes to the Homecoming in Odessa in order to "Save the cheerleader, save the world" knowing full well that Isaac has drawn a painting where he dies while there.