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'''''My Hero''''' is another one of those British comedies that's apparently [[Benny Hill|considered bad in its home country yet gets a lot of airtime in
Thermoman, a superhero from the planet Ultron (a planet whose major industry seems to be superheroes), currently works to protect the planet Earth. After saving a nurse named Janet from falling into the Grand Canyon, he falls in love with her and moves to Northolt (her home town), where he adopts the secret identity of George Sunday. As George, he opens a health food shop that seems destined for perpetual failure... but this stab at a normal life is enough to cause Janet to fall for him.
The series focuses primarily on the troubles involved in the day-to-day life of an alien superhero. Major recurring characters include Janet's parents, who disapprove of George mainly on grounds of taste; her employer, Dr. Piers Crispin, who's desperate for media attention; Pier's secretary, Mrs. Raven, a bitter, undisguised sadist; George's cousin Arnie, who used to be a superhero but was fired by the Ultron Council for using his job in the name of profit; and George and Janet's neighbor, Tyler, who knows George is Thermoman... but doesn't risk breaking the superhero's [[
Originally starred Ardal O'Hanlon from ''[[Father Ted]]'', who left the show in the last season and was [[The Other Darrin|replaced]] by James Dreyfus.
Not to be confused with the [[Nintendo Hard]] [[Sega Master
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* [[Aliens of
* [[Aliens in Cardiff]]: In 1x03, "Mission Impossible", Thermoman stops an abandoned Russian space station from crashing into the center of Grimsby.
* [[Aliens Speaking English]]: Ultronians and other aliens on Earth speak English. It is pretty easy for Ultronians to learn languages as shown in Series 2 Episode 3, where Xil, who previous just spoke Ultronian, learned English by reading Tyler's mind.
* [[Amnesia
* [[Amusing
* [[Back From the Dead]]: It is revealed in Series 6 Episode 5, ''Not for Prophet'', that George is capable of bringing peope back to life. He does this to Ollie's pet spider, which he then accidently kills, he does it to Piers (also resurrecting a squirrel that was made into a fur coat) which results in him being regarded as a chosen one.
* [[Big Little
* [[Bizarre Alien
{{quote|'''Janet''': Polyester trousers?
'''George''': [[Averted Trope|We just think they're naff]]. }}
** They got a lot of mileage out of this one... George needing to have his body deaged or replaced, [[Mister Seahorse|being
** That's nothing. See [[Gender
* [[The Blind Leading the Blind]]:
{{quote|'''George''': Tyler, do you know how to run a washing machine?
'''[[Cloudcuckoolander|
''([[Gilligan
'''Tyler''': No, I don't. }}
* [[Catch
* [[Chest
** Thermoman: An explosion.
** Polarman: A snowflake
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** Work Experience Boy: A cup of tea.
* [[Closer to Earth]]: Arnie.
* [[
* [[Colony Drop]]: In 6x08, "Believe", Thermoman accidentally drops a village in Bavaria on another village, causing them to both catch fire and set alight to a third one. However, no-one actually gets hurt as Thermoman manages to rescue them all (including Ella and Stanley) from his blunder, though they weren't overly grateful about it.
* [[Cousin
* [[
* [[Day of the Week
* [[Deadpan
* [[Devoted to You]]: Piers to Janet and himself.
* [[The Doctor
{{quote|'''Janet''': "Oh god, I'm living with Doctor Dolittle!"}}
** It returns in Series 6 #3 where the new George uses it on the Ella and Stanley's cat to find out why Janet gives it so much attention.
** In Series 4 #6, Tyler talks to a dog about George's campaign for Mayor of Northolt. Although this could be one of his dellusions, the dog actually shakes his hand, and hell, Tyler being friends with da Vinci turned out to be true.
* [[Evolving
* [[Fake
* [[Fish Out of
* [[Flying
{{quote|'''Janet''': "Now slow down, there's some traffic up ahead."
'''George''': "Traffic? No problem, baby." }}
* [[Foreign
* [[Forgotten
* [[Gender
** There are also gender-changing pills that Ultronians can take. After George temporaily becomes a woman (James Dreyfus in drag) they accidently slip into the water supply, affect Mrs. Raven.
* [[Goo-Goo
** Also, Cassie, while having only just the power to tell the future, has intelligence equal to Ollie.
* [[The
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: George and Janet's children
** The idea of George and Janet having kids is first pondered in Series 1 Episode 5, ''Old Man Riverdance''. Janet asks George if they had children would they be human or Ultronian, he tells her they'd probably be a bit of both, "in Earth terms: brilliant, in Ultron terms: seriously retarded". He also reveals that Ultronians have been breeding with humans for centuries. Ultronian-Human hybrids include: Mozart, Einstein and loads of sportsmen: Pete Sampras, Nick Faldo and Stephen Hendry, as he says "all brilliant, but something not quite human about them."
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** Also, in the last episode of Series 4, Arnie conceives a child with Ella in the past.
* [[Henpecked Husband]]: Stanley.
* [[Human Outside, Alien
* [[Identity
* [[In the Blood]]: One episode featured Mrs. Raven's evil(er) mother who {{spoiler|kidnapped her for a ransom}}.
* [[Lost Him in a Card Game]]: The final season opens with George betting his body in a poker game, forcing him to get a replacement, played by a [[The Nth Doctor|different actor]].
* [[Magical Girlfriend]]: Magical boyfriend for Janet.
* [[Meddling
* [[Only Sane
* [[The Nth
* [[Rescue
* [[Sarcastic
** She'll also tell her parents or anyone else who asks that George is an alien and/or Thermoman. She'll just say it in a sarcastic tone of voice.
* [[Small Name, Big
* [[Smug
{{quote|'''Janet''': "You seem very pleased with yourself."
'''George''': "Well I am, it's great being super." }}
* [[Superpowerful
* [[Super Breath]]: As an homage to Superman, Thermoman from My Hero has "Thermo-breath" which can add or remove heat with his breath, as well as simply exhaling powerful gusts.
* [[Super
** X-ray vision, which lets you see people naked.
** Ollie is also mentioned to have Superhearing, when he listens in on Janet and George, George tells her they would have to go past the Falklands for him to not here them.
** Superheroes can smell natural disasters. Yes, smell natural disaster. Wiping your nose helps find them easier. George's father said that he could sense different disasters for each nostril.
* [[Tastes Like
* [[Ten-Minute
* [[The Cuckoolander Was
* [[Title Drop]]:
** In Series 5 #5, "Nothing to Hide", George tells a detective that he has, well, nothing to hide.
** In Series 6 #8, "Believe", the final episode of the series, Piers releases a book called Believe.
* [[The Fun in Funeral]]: In 4x02, "The Living Dead", Thermoman's [[Bizarre Alien
{{quote|'''Vicar''': One...
'''Ella''': Take me now my stallion Stanley, ravage me you raving beast! (Out of character as all hell)
...
'''Vicar''': Two...
'''Stanley''': [[Spider-Man|That is my gift, that is my curse. Who am I? I'm Spider-
...
'''Vicar''': Three...
'''Piers''': <[[Hypno Fool|chicken
'''Mrs. Raven''': Shame he won't get to four!
...
'''Vicar''': These are the things we will remember this good man for.
'''Janet's Parents, Arnie, and Piers''': (complete with the dance) [[Village People|YMCA... It's fun to stay at the
...
([[Bizarre Alien
'''Priest''': She's got the strength of ten!
'''The Same Four As Before''': (Start doing the Chicken Dance. Mrs. Raven falls out of her seat laughing) }}
* [[13 Going on 30]]: See the entry for [[Gender
* [[True Love's
* [[Uncanny Valley Makeup]]: Mrs Raven, when trying to appear nice because of the supervisor.
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