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* [[Seen It All]]: Claude.

* [[Self-Deprecation]]: Consider Noah's following comment about the events of ''An Invisible Thread''; was it an apology by the writers for the utter absurdity that was the volume 4 finale?

* [[Self-Duplication]]: Eli, a carny from season 4 who could only be defeated if you took out the "true" him and whose clones were not real equals.

* [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]]: Pretty much everything Peter does in Season 1 leads him ''closer to'', rather than further away from, becoming a nuclear bomb and blowing up New York.

* [[Shirtless Scene]]: The entire main cast and often (although [[Hayden Panettiere|not often enough]] [[Kristen Bell|in some cases]]). In fact, Peter and Sylar have at least one per season.

* [[Should Have Thought of That Before X]]: In episode "Chapter Eighteen 'Parasite'"

'''Candice Wilmer''': Maybe you should have thought about that before you shot her. Twice. }}

* [[Shout-Out]]: ''Lots''. Most are to comics, including specific title and issue references. [[Television Without Pity]] have commented that some lines and scenes seems like shoutouts to ''them''.

* [[Shrouded in Myth]]: Both Mr. Bennet and Sylar seem to have something of a legendary reputation amongst the superpowered community; Bennet as the guy who comes when superpeople misbehave to kick their ass, and Sylar as the unstoppable power thief who hunts you down and steals your brains.

* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]

'''Claire:''' You are. }}

* [[Sigil Spam]]: The logo of The Company is either [[Sigil Spam]] or a [[Running Gag]].

* [[Signature Sound Effect]]: Sylar has his clock ticking whenever he is being particularly evil, and in Volume Three, Mohinder's more...erm...interesting actions are accompanied by the sound of June Bugs.

** Other good examples are the distinct sounds made by different abilities. Apparently, the Haitian's ability sound was given the name "Haitian Grab" by the production team.

* [[Title Drop]]: Ted Sprague in Volume 1: "If we can help ourselves, we could save others. We could be... heroes."

** If you count "hero", then there are ''lots''. Most of them ironic. A rare non-ironic example is said after Peter saves Claire from Sylar:

** Of all people, Sylar does this in the series finale when Claire is about to reveal her ability to the world:

'''Sylar:''' "That's right. It's a brave new world." }}

* [[The Tokyo Fireball]]: [[Big Applesauce|In New York in one timeline.]] Some prophetic paintings suggested one was up and coming for Washington D.C.

** Tracy Strauss had this after being frozen-shot by Danko in Volume 4: come Volume 5, she's a water-toting ice queen with a score to settle with Building 26's remaining occupants.

* [[The Un-Reveal]]: HRG's first name. Of course, eventually we find out that it's {{spoiler|Noah}}.

** Happens a few times with [[The Ghost|Linderman]] in Season 1. One of the characters is all set to meet with him - only to be confronted with a middle-man instead. Nathan eventually comes face to face with him in "Parasite".

* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: As one editor joked during one episode (and this is but the most spectacular example of many), "Wouldn't you know it? That's the second time in as many years the corpse of a cute blonde girl suddenly vanished off one of our operating tables!"