Heroism

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

• Claire runs into a burning train to save a man.
• Nathan flies to save his falling brother.

Don't Look Back

• Matt saves a terrified little girl.

One Giant Leap

• Audrey and Matt go after Sylar when he has infiltrated the safehouse where Molly is being kept.
• Hiro enlists Ando in his heroic journey to save New York.

Hiros

• Matt talks an 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 gruesome death.

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

• Despite uncertainties of what the exact consequences will be, Hiro goes back in time to save Charlie.

Homecoming

• Peter goes to the Union Wells High School in Odessa in order to "save the cheerleader".

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

• Nathan flies into a burning building to rescue Sheila who is trapped. (Trial By Fire)
• Despite her previous actions, Claire saves Brody from certain death. (Aftermath)
• Audrey risks life and limb to capture 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 Tanzanians from a microbiological attack.