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As the characters in ''Heroes'' discover their [[abilities]], many of them perform '''heroic'' acts of service to others. These heroic acts sometimes come at great personal risk.


==[[List of recurring themes|Episodic Recurrences]]==
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.
===[[Genesis]]===
* [[Claire]] runs into a [[train wreck|burning train]] to save a [[train wreck victim|man]].
* [[Nathan]] [[flight|flies]] to save his falling [[Peter|brother]].


==[[Don't Look Back]]==
"''With great power comes great responsibility''"
* [[Matt]] saves a terrified [[Molly Walker|little girl]].

: - Uncle Ben, Spiderman

[[Category: Recurring themes]]

== Acts of heroism ==


===[[One Giant Leap]]===
===[[One Giant Leap]]===
* [[Audrey]], later with backup from [[Matt]], go after [[Sylar]] when he has infiltrated the safehouse where [[Molly]] is being kept after her parents murder.
* [[Audrey]] and [[Matt]] go after [[Sylar]] when he has infiltrated the [[FBI Headquarters|safehouse]] where [[Molly]] is being kept.
* Hiro enlists [[Ando]] in his heroic journey to save [[New York]].


===[[Hiros]]===
===[[Hiros]]===
* [[Matt]] talks an armed would-be robber into going home.
* [[Matt]] talks an [[Convenience store robber|armed would-be robber]] into going home.
* [[Future Hiro]] gives [[Peter]] an ominous [[message]] about how he can "save the world".
* [[Peter]] is determined to "save the [[cheerleader]]" from a [[Sylar's victims|gruesome death]].


===[[Better Halves]]===
===[[Better Halves]]===
* After failing to save the men [[Jessica's victims|slaughtered]] at the poker game, Hiro vows to be a better hero.
* [[D.L. Hawkins]] returns to his [[Niki|wife]] and [[Micah|son]] despite the cops guarding the Sander's home and him being a fugitive, because he cares for his family.


===[[Nothing to Hide]]===
===[[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 [[Phasing|powers]] to open the door and pull her away from the car.
* [[D.L.]] and [[Hiro]] work together to save a [[Woman in car crash|woman]] trapped within a burning car.
* Matt convinces [[Ted]] to let go of a hostage [[Nurse Jennifer|nurse]].


===[[Seven Minutes to Midnight]]===
===[[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.
* Despite uncertainties of what the exact consequences will be, [[Hiro]] [[time travel|goes back in time]] to save [[Charlie]].


===[[Homecoming]]===
===[[Homecoming]]===
*[[Peter]] goes to the [[Homecoming]] in [[Odessa]] in order to "[[The message|Save the cheerleader, save the world]]" knowing full well that [[Isaac]] has drawn a painting where he dies while there.
* [[Peter]] goes to the [[Union Wells High School]] in [[Odessa]] in order to "[[The message|save the cheerleader]]".

===[[Six Months Ago]]===
* Matt [[telepathy|hears]] [[Janice|his wife]] call him "hero".
* Aware that he has time traveled too far, Hiro attempts to save Charlie's life anyway.


===[[Fallout]]===
===[[Fallout]]===
* Claire thanks Peter for his heroics, saying, "You're totally my hero."
* [[Eden]] attempts to force [[Sylar]] to kill himself, but when she fails, she commits [[suicide]] to prevent [[Sylar]] from [[Power absorption|taking]] her power of [[persuasion]].
* [[Eden]] saves countless others by committing [[suicide]] and preventing [[Sylar]] from [[Power absorption|stealing]] [[persuasion|her power]].


==[[Graphic Novel]] Recurences==
==[[Graphic Novel]] [[List of recurring themes|Recurrences]]==
*[[Nathan]] flies into a burning building to rescue [[Sheila]] who is trapped. (''[[Trial By Fire]]'')
*[[Hana's grandmother]] joined a guerilla-like resistence group to fight the technologically superior Nazi's. ([[Wireless, Part 1]])
* Despite her previous actions, Claire saves [[Brody]] from certain death. (''[[Aftermath]]'')
*[[Nathan]] flies into a burning building to rescue [[Sheila]] who is trapped on the fourth floor. ([[Trial By Fire]])
* [[Audrey]] risks life and limb to capture [[Sylar|a serial killer]]. (''[[Turning Point]]'')
* Peter has a [[vision]] of himself heroically ridding the world of an evil man. (''[[Super-Heroics]]'')
*[[Hana's grandmother]] joined a guerilla-like resistence group to fight the technologically superior Nazi's. (''[[Wireless, Part 1]]'')
* [[Hana]] gathers intelligence to save the lives of countless [[Tanzania]]ns from a microbiological attack.

[[Category: Recurring themes]]

Revision as of 22:16, 15 January 2007

As the characters in Heroes discover their abilities, many of them perform 'heroic acts of service to others. These heroic acts sometimes come at great personal risk.

Episodic Recurrences

Genesis

Don't Look Back

One Giant Leap

Hiros

Better Halves

  • After failing to save the men slaughtered at the poker game, Hiro vows to be a better hero.

Nothing to Hide

  • D.L. and Hiro work together to save a woman trapped within a burning car.
  • Matt convinces Ted to let go of a hostage nurse.

Seven Minutes to Midnight

Homecoming

Six Months Ago

  • Matt hears his wife call him "hero".
  • Aware that he has time traveled too far, Hiro attempts to save Charlie's life anyway.

Fallout

  • Claire thanks Peter for his heroics, saying, "You're totally my hero."
  • Eden saves countless others by committing suicide and preventing Sylar from stealing her power.

Graphic Novel Recurrences