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** Interestingly, from what we've seen of him so far Volume 5 [[Big Bad]] Samuel Sullivan seems to be defining as a genuine [[Ubermensch]]; he doesn't seem to regard the lives of [[Muggles]] as holding any moral worth and happily offs them as needed, but at the same time he isn't going around killing folks just for shit and giggles, and seems to genuinely be trying to build a world of his own for evolved humans after he brings them around to his point of view.

* [[No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine]]: "...breakfast?"

* [[Noodle Incident]]: Whatever it is that Luke's ability does to pacemakers.

** It's commonly believed that microwaves can disrupt/stop pacemakers, but there's not a whole lot of science behind this.

* [[No Name Given]]: The Haitian, even in a story arc that took place ''in Haiti''.

** Except that in ''Shadowboxing'', Claire calls him René. Presumably, everyone on the show learned this offscreen.

* [[The Not Love Interest|The Not-Love Interest]]: Most of the characters have one, and the relationships tend to drive a large part of the plot. In contrast to love interests, who [[Cartwright Curse|tend not to stick around very long]].

** Ando for Hiro

{{quote|Future Mohinder: OH WOW, I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY POWERS USED IN ONE BATTLE, IT'S WAY BETTER THAN ALL THE FIGHT SCENES IN THE X-MEN MOVIES COMBINED!}}

* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]: Sylar does this ''a lot'', so much so that it's kind of become his signature move. Also, to a lesser extent, the rest of the cast seem to have the ability to make long cross-country trips in an abnormally short period of time.

* [[Oh Crap]]: Mohinder {{spoiler|disables Sylar's superpowers in order to torture, [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|taunt]], and eventually [[You Killed My Father|kill]] him. After torturing him for an hour, Mohinder shoots him in the head, only for Sylar to telekinetically freeze the bullet in mid-air, undo his restraints, and rise up revealing his powers have been restored. Mohinder's deer-in-the-headlights expression is quite appropriate.}}

** Sylar on Kirby Plaza {{spoiler|after getting several super-powered punches to the face looks up just in time to see Hiro teleport in ready to stab him.}}

{{quote|"You didn't think I took that one from you, did you?"}}

** In the Volume 5 preview, {{spoiler|[[Replacement Goldfish|Sythan]] looks at a clock and remarks on how it's going a few minutes fast, with Angela Petrelli waiting for him at the door so they can go to lunch. The "''FUCK''." expression on Ma Petrelli's face is a classic.}}

* [[One Degree of Separation]]

* [[One Person, One Power]] - strictly observed except for the power-borrowing/power-stealing characters.

* [[Only I Can Kill Him]]: subverted on Kirby Plaza {{spoiler|when all the characters (without access to prophetic materials) believe that Peter will be the one to take down Sylar but its Hiro that delivers the coup de grace.}}

* [[Organization with Unlimited Funding]]: The Company has fit this trope to varying degrees throughout the seasons, most closely when it was run by Bob Bishop (who had the power to turn anything into gold) during Volume Two, who identifies himself as The Company's "financial source."

* [[Pensieve Flashback]]: Peter's dream in the first season finale starts off like this, with him watching himself on his first day as Charles' caregiver. It takes an unexpected turn half-way through.

* [[People Puppets]]: Level 5 inmate Doyle

* [[Persona Non Grata]]: Hiro and Ando are banned from Mr. Linderman's casinos after they abuse Hiro's powers to cheat at poker.

* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: Walking nukes Ted, Peter, and Sylar, and Maya our lady of bioweaponry.

* [[Pet the Dog]]: The Volume Three flashback episode "Villains" was one big [[Pet the Dog]] moment for most of the series' major baddies: Sylar, Linderman, Angela Petrelli, Elle, and even Thompson all got to have sympathetic and humanizing moments. The only exception is [[Big Bad]] Arthur Petrelli, who was revealed to have been a grade A [[Jerkass]] even back then.

** Danko, who's made a living out of hunting people with powers, gives some fatherly advice to Sylar when his shapeshifting power becomes too much for him to handle. Danko also lets Sylar examine a watch that his father had left to him.

* [[Pineal Weirdness]]: Implied to be the source of superpowers.

* [[The Plague]]: Shanti's virus, which ''would have'' killed basically ''everyone''. Instead, it only led to {{spoiler|a new female lead [[What Happened to the Mouse?|getting written off the show]] by being trapped in a timeline [[Timey-Wimey Ball|that quite possibly negates her existence]].}}

* [[Playing Drunk]]: Claire has to do this when playing a drinking game.

* [[Plenty of Blondes]]: Six of eight of the white women from season three are applicable. Four have bright blond hair, and the two others have goldenrod hair.

*** Even better, why not just have a future Hiro visit his present self, telling him where Charlie is. Then, after rescuing Charlie, present Hiro does the same thing. It's a stable time loop.

* [[Poke in the Third Eye]]: Maury Parkman to Molly.

* [[Power Hair]]: Ma Petrelli

* [[Power Loss Makes You Strong]]: Peter Petrelli during the Villians Arc, and later after the [[Discard and Draw]].

* [[Power Perversion Potential]]: Explicit in the Series. In Volume 2, [[Master of Illusion]] Candice offers to let Sylar sleep with anyone he wants. Including twins. Or [[Screw Yourself|himself]]. Parkman uses his power in a more romantic way in season 1, by reading his wife's mind in order to give her a perfect date. Sylar {{spoiler|(inside Matt's head)}} in season 4 uses it in a darker manner, by {{spoiler|having sex with Janice and making her enjoy it much more than she ever did with Matt.}}

* [[Preemptive Apology]]: Hiro (to Tracy): * bows* "Sorry" * whack!*

* [[Preemptive Declaration]]: From early in the third volume, when Hiro meets [[Super Speed|Daphne]] after she compromises his time-stop:

* [[Pstandard Psychic Pstance]]: Had a [[Lampshade Hanging]] in the eclipse episode where everybody lost their powers.

* [[Psychic Nosebleed]]: Matt gets one when he over-exerts his mind-reading ability in order to overcome the Haitian's [[Power Nullifier]] field. In Volume 4, Hiro gets one, demonstrating that his new partially restored powers come at a significant cost.

* [[Psychic Static]]: Mr. Bennet thinks in Japanese to throw off American mindreaders.

* [[Psychological Torment Zone]]: Maury and {{spoiler|Sylar}}'s mental prisons.

* [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]: Yes, we KNOW Nathan Petrelli is a [[Jerkass]]... but [[Mr. Fanservice|Adrian Pasdar flutters the eyelashes and pouts]] and panties ''everywhere'' commence to drop. [http://i49.tinypic.com/11i2tkz.png Don't you just wanna] [http://i50.tinypic.com/120sft2.png hug him?!](... Although this was mostly cancelled out by the fugly [[Beard of Sorrow]] in the beginning of Season 2.)

** [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|And Sylar]]. [http://i47.tinypic.com/2ecpz6h.png Serial killers should not look this cute].