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* [[Reed Richards Is Useless]]/[[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]]: Name a character. Literally any character.
* [[Reed Richards Is Useless]]/[[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]]: Name a character. Literally any character.
** Sylar deserves special mention , because it seems like his first "superpower" (his ability to intuitively understand how things fit together) would allow him to, among other things, make a killing in business and on the stock market.
** Sylar deserves special mention , because it seems like his first "superpower" (his ability to intuitively understand how things fit together) would allow him to, among other things, make a killing in business and on the stock market.
* [[Reluctant Mad Scientist]]: Mohinder Suresh in the first two seasons, particularly the episode "Five Years Gone".
* [[Engineer Exploited For Evil]]: Mohinder Suresh in the first two seasons, particularly the episode "Five Years Gone".
* [[Repetitive Name]]: Peter Petrelli.
* [[Repetitive Name]]: Peter Petrelli.
* [[Replacement Goldfish]]: {{spoiler|Mind wiped Sylar becomes one for Nathan}}.
* [[Replacement Goldfish]]: {{spoiler|Mind wiped Sylar becomes one for Nathan}}.
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** Then there's Peter, who in the very first episode decides to test his theory of [[Flight]] by [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|jumping off the roof of an apartment building]]. Peter, I think I've spotted a ''tiny'' flaw in your experiment design. Can you see it?
** Then there's Peter, who in the very first episode decides to test his theory of [[Flight]] by [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|jumping off the roof of an apartment building]]. Peter, I think I've spotted a ''tiny'' flaw in your experiment design. Can you see it?
** Nathan too from time to time.
** Nathan too from time to time.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: After spending Volume 2 wallowing in her own pain, Claire spent Volume 3 [[Cute Bruiser|kicking ass and generally being much more proactive]] in dealing with life's hard knocks.
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: After spending Volume 2 wallowing in her own pain, Claire spent Volume 3 [[Cute Bruiser|kicking ass and generally being much more proactive]] in dealing with life's hard knocks.
** Matt seems to have taken at least half a level in Volume 4.
** Matt seems to have taken at least half a level in Volume 4.
** {{spoiler|Micah apparently took one in Volume 3. In Volume 4, he's adopted the codename "Rebel" and is organizing a resistance effort against the government}}.
** {{spoiler|Micah apparently took one in Volume 3. In Volume 4, he's adopted the codename "Rebel" and is organizing a resistance effort against the government}}.
** Peter does this, twice. First, by actually getting a grasp on his powers after his training with Claude. Later, when his DEPOWERING followed by his new NERFED ability, he becomes one of the most strategically intelligent characters of the show.
** Peter does this, twice. First, by actually getting a grasp on his powers after his training with Claude. Later, when his DEPOWERING followed by his new NERFED ability, he becomes one of the most strategically intelligent characters of the show.
* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: One result of Peter's [[Training From Hell|time with Claude]], if the end of "Unexpected" is anything to go by.
* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: One result of Peter's [[Training from Hell|time with Claude]], if the end of "Unexpected" is anything to go by.
* [[Toplessness From the Back]]: Lydia the carnie from Volume 5 has some sort of precognitive power that only works by displaying images of people important in the immediate future... on her back in Samuel's tattoo ink. She's topless in one scene to display the tattoos.
* [[Toplessness From the Back]]: Lydia the carnie from Volume 5 has some sort of precognitive power that only works by displaying images of people important in the immediate future... on her back in Samuel's tattoo ink. She's topless in one scene to display the tattoos.
* [[Total Eclipse of the Plot]]
* [[Total Eclipse of the Plot]]
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* [[Tragic Hero]]: <s>Mystery Sock</s> Isaac.
* [[Tragic Hero]]: <s>Mystery Sock</s> Isaac.
* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: Ok, ''Heroes''. I get it, you don't want to kill anyone. {{spoiler|But why put the last minute of the finale, featuring one Noah Bennet, in a finale promo trailer airing for weeks, if you are putting him in a situation that he could possibly die in a cliffhanger in the penultimate episode}}!?
* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: Ok, ''Heroes''. I get it, you don't want to kill anyone. {{spoiler|But why put the last minute of the finale, featuring one Noah Bennet, in a finale promo trailer airing for weeks, if you are putting him in a situation that he could possibly die in a cliffhanger in the penultimate episode}}!?
* [[Training From Hell]]: Claude's training of Peter involved beating him with a stick and [[Die or Fly|throwing him off of a skyscraper]], Hiro's training Adam to be a Samurai by introducing him to the [[Good Thing You Can Heal|90 Angry Ronin]], also standard Company training is done [[The Spartan Way]].
* [[Training from Hell]]: Claude's training of Peter involved beating him with a stick and [[Die or Fly|throwing him off of a skyscraper]], Hiro's training Adam to be a Samurai by introducing him to the [[Good Thing You Can Heal|90 Angry Ronin]], also standard Company training is done [[The Spartan Way]].
** Not to mention Meredith's training Claire to teach her regeneration isn't everything...
** Not to mention Meredith's training Claire to teach her regeneration isn't everything...
* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: Peter, ESPECIALLY in Volume 3.
* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: Peter, ESPECIALLY in Volume 3.
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