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** And then there are the not-so-hidden meanings of Elle (who controls '''ele''ctricity), Flint (who can start fires), and Echo (with, of course, sound powers). The other obvious one is Adam Monroe, who predates all other known "evolved humans" (this would come under Biblical names too).

** In an interesting bit of irony, the character of Danko is a complete inversion of his counterpart in the Russian folk tale publicized by Maxim Gorky (the folk hero Danko ripped out his heart to bring fire to his people, whereas Emile Danko is attempting to "extinguish" the fire of evolved humans from the world).

** [[Shout-Out|And of course the main hero,]] [[Peter Pan|who can fly,]] [[Spider Man|and who actually believes that]] [[With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility]], [[Alliterative Name|is named Peter P.]]

** [[Shout-Out|And of course the main hero,]] [[Peter Pan|who can fly,]] [[Spider-Man|and who actually believes that]] [[With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility]], [[Alliterative Name|is named Peter P.]]

** Volume 5 brings us Lydia, whose powers involve tattoos.

* [[Meanwhile in ~~The~~ Future]]: Gets a [[Lampshade Hanging]] on the UK DVD covers.

* [[Meanwhile in the Future]]: Gets a [[Lampshade Hanging]] on the UK DVD covers.

* [[Meddling Parents]]: HRG, Angela Petrelli, and Bob; but the prize goes to Mrs. Gray, the mother of watchmaker Gabriel Gray, who placed so much emphasis on her son being "special" that it drove him insane and turned him into the serial killer Sylar. So its kind of ironic that his 'specialness' ended up causing him to (accidentally?) stab her. {{spoiler|Angela takes the prize right back due to ''her'' pretending to be Sylar's real mom.}} [[Xanatos Roulette]], much? This entire Series is a [[Gambit Pileup|Xanatos Casino!]]

* [[Mega Manning]]: Peter and Sylar. {{spoiler|And their dads.}} Monica can also do this with [[Muggles|Muggle]] skills instead of superpowers.

** Peter can't have multiple powers anymore, but he can have one at a time from the last person with an ability he touched.

*** Therefore, Peter is actually more like [[Kirby]] than [[Mega Man (~~Video~~ ~~Game~~)|Mega Man]].

*** Therefore, Peter is actually more like [[Kirby]] than [[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]].

* [[The Men in Black]]: Noah Bennet, [[Badass Normal]] for hire, among others.

* [[The Messiah]]: {{spoiler|Micah Sanders}} aka "Rebel" gets promoted to this in Volume 4, being the driving force behind the Resistance Movement attempting to save all evolved humans from Building 26. He even (in the graphic novels) convinces Doyle to turn over a new leaf, and even tries to redeem ''Sylar'' (that last one doesn't turn out so well, though he at least convinced him to spare his life; as Sylar said to an unrelated character, that's "kind of a big deal" for him).

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* [[Mobstacle Course]]

* [[Moral Dissonance]]: Bullying is unforgivable. Traumatising someone and getting them suspended from school is A-OK! Claire and West have clearly been taking lessons from Yu Gi Oh Abridgeds Pharoah Atem.

** Peter believes in [[Wide Eyed Idealist|Love and Compassion for everyone]]. Unless your name is Isaac Mendez, in which case he believes in [[Mind Over Matter|throwing paint cans at you]] and [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|telling you what a loser you are]]. The inconsistency between Peter's [[Informed Attribute|personality]] and [[Out-of-Character Moment|actions in this scene]] leads to a jarring moment in the season finale, where Charles Deveaux extolls Peter's kind-heartedness, and doesn't seem the least bit fussed about the role he played in {{spoiler|his daughter's death}}.

** Peter believes in [[Wide-Eyed Idealist|Love and Compassion for everyone]]. Unless your name is Isaac Mendez, in which case he believes in [[Mind Over Matter|throwing paint cans at you]] and [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|telling you what a loser you are]]. The inconsistency between Peter's [[Informed Attribute|personality]] and [[Out-of-Character Moment|actions in this scene]] leads to a jarring moment in the season finale, where Charles Deveaux extolls Peter's kind-heartedness, and doesn't seem the least bit fussed about the role he played in {{spoiler|his daughter's death}}.

* [[Morality Chain]]: Future!Sylar and his son. {{spoiler|Does he ''ever'' get pissed when his son is accidentally killed!}}

* [[Morality Pet]]: Claire for HRG, Peter for Nathan, Luke Campbell for Sylar, Noah Grey for Future!Sylar. Aileena is a subversion of the trope. Around her Danko is a far kinder, gentler individual than the cold blooded killer we know. But then when Matt holds him and Aileena hostage Danko reveals that at the end of the day, unlike with HRG, he will choose the mission over his loved ones.

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* [[My Grandson, Myself]]: Adam Monroe in a tie-in graphic novel.

* [[My Sister Is Off-Limits]]: Inverted with Hiro. When his accidental time traveling causes him to undo a mistake, causing his sister to fall in love with his best friend Ando, Hiro is ecstatic.

* [[A Nazi By Any Other Name]]: The Building 26 operation, [[Fan Nickname|Nathan's Nazis.]]

* [[A Nazi by Any Other Name]]: The Building 26 operation, [[Fan Nickname|Nathan's Nazis.]]

** Of course, despite the fan nickname and Nathan creating it, he actually had little control on what they actually did: For an example, in a rather notable aversion to the trope early on in the season where not only was Danko the one who let Tracy go to kill a random member of the group, but he did it without Nathan's knowledge until Nathan was accused by Tracy of setting her up to be released, and as soon as Nathan found out, he told Danko off for it.

* [[Neck Lift]]: Niki/Jessica and her father. And in Volume Three, {{spoiler|Sylar with Claire}}.

* [[Nerd Glasses]]: Gabriel Gray.

* [[Neurodiversity Is Supernatural]]: "Enhanced Synesthesia", though eventually shown to be an ability to manipulate sound and summon people, is initially demonstrated as like standard sound-to-color synesthesia and is played as a strange superpower.

* [[New Powers As the Plot Demands]]:

* [[New Powers as the Plot Demands]]:

** Several characters demonstrate the ability to acquire new powers from other powered people. Peter Petrelli copies them, Dad Petrelli takes them, and Sylar rips them out of their heads (killing them, and he gets to use Peter's copying power later).

** In general, the whole series operates this trope at a higher level. If the writers need a new power, they don't give it to an existing character, but introduce a new character with the desired ability. One of the benefits of [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] is nobody much notices a few more or less.

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* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: John Glover as {{spoiler|Samson Gray, Sylar's biological father}}

* [[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."

* [[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."

* [[Our Presidents Are Different]]: Of the President Minority type, but subverted due to real world events.

** Later becomes President Target in the Volume Four finale.

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* [[Ping-Pong Naivete]]: Powers roughly 75% of the plot.

* [[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]].}}

* [[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]].}}

** {{spoiler|But not the memory of her...well, until the following season, where she's [[Brother Chuck|never mentioned again]].}}

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

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** My personal favourite is in volume 5, when Hiro goes back in time to save Charlie, does, by showboating his powers in front of Sylar. Then, Samuel kidnaps Charlie. Oh no, I better obey his wishes rather than go back in time to save Charlie, which I just did 5 minutes ago. To be fair, Hiro’s powers were malfunctioning but he still managed to travel back in time for Samuel in hopes it would help him rescue Charlie.

*** 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.

* [[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]].

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** This appears to have happened with Angela's dream of {{spoiler|Bob, Kensei and Co followed by Sylar. Except Bob got Sylared}}

** {{spoiler|Bob was not in Angela's dream. The four "villains" were Adam, Tracy, Knox, and Maury. Sylar seemed to be on her side.}}

* [[Proud to Be A Geek]]: Hiro

* [[Proud to Be a Geek]]: Hiro

* [[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.

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'''Peter''': ::puppyface::<br />

'''Nathan''': "seriously, you're pulling the... ... ...asdfghjkl... grrgh, OK then :: fume ::". }}

* [[Put On a Bus]]: Man, they're bad about this. Zach, West, Molly, and Monica with no ceremony at all (Micah at least got a few brief cameos and West's departure was given a "aw, he and Claire broke up" [[Hand Wave]]). Also Caitlin, in the cruelest possible way. And Claude, who just ran out and was never seen again ([[Invisibility|for obvious reasons]]).

* [[Put on a Bus]]: Man, they're bad about this. Zach, West, Molly, and Monica with no ceremony at all (Micah at least got a few brief cameos and West's departure was given a "aw, he and Claire broke up" [[Hand Wave]]). Also Caitlin, in the cruelest possible way. And Claude, who just ran out and was never seen again ([[Invisibility|for obvious reasons]]).

** Mohinder {{spoiler|decided he should return to India despite pledging to stop Samuel from wreaking havoc since was was the one who brought Samuel's potential to light to begin with.}}

** The episode "Let It Bleed" addresses the situation with West. Claire tells Peter that he goes to NYU and they're friends on Facebook.