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* [[Better On DVD]]? Though some say watching it on DVD makes you much more aware of the myriad of plot holes and aborted arcs and inconsistencies that watching it slowly one week at a time would eliminate.

** Another case comes in those who wish it had ended after Season 1, those who wish it had after the second, etc.

* [[Complete Monster]]:

** We went from complex and morally grey villains in Volumes One and two (Mr. Linderman and Adam Monroe) to Arthur Petrelli and Danko of Volumes Three and Four respectively. Both men are amoral sociopaths -- Arthur's just more slimy about it.

** Although Danko has at least a few moments, most notably when he leaves a message with Aileena explaining how he wants to be a good man, that suggest he has a better side. It's just buried under layers of cold hearted [[Fantastic Racism]] against evolved humans.

*** Actually, the later episodes reveal that Samuel is actually a power hungry maniac who's more interested in using the carnies as tools to make the Muggles fear him.

*** [[Ambiguous Situation]] / [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]] : Does he want power for power's sake, or recognition for his 'potential' that he never got from his brother or his first love?

*** And that ended up shooting them in the foot once {{spoiler|Sylar made a solid Heel Face Turn}}.

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Claude, Ando, Elle, and even Mr. Muggles have fanbases. In the first half of the first Volume, Hiro was like this too - then the producers listened and [[Breakout Character|gave him an increasingly larger role]]. Minor characters from the Graphic Novels such as Linda Tavara (Who only had three appearances, total) have sizeable fanbases. The most extreme example is Sparrow Redhouse who, despite only appearing in 3 panels until recently, was a character many wanted to see on the show.

* [[Evil Is Cool]]: Sylar.

* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: Possible explanation for why occasionally-repentant Sylar is a major fan favorite. Plus, he goes [[Fan Service|shirtless]] and gets nookie with [[Veronica Mars|Elle]]. [[Good People Have Good Sex|Evil sex]]!

* [[Rooting for The Empire]] - The villains / morally grey characters in this show tend to be the most popular because the [[Designated Hero|heroes]] [[Too Dumb to Live|are complete morons.]]

* [[Snark Bait]]: There are entire LJ communities in which getting together every Monday night to watch Heroes - for the sole purpose of giving it the [[MST3K]] treatment - has become a ritual and a bonding experience. Wet Sylar, Carniawarts, Clairiett Tubman, Sylar Durden, Rainbow Brite Girl, Gretchward Cullen - we salute you.

* [[Strangled By the Red String]]: {{spoiler|Matt Parkman and Daphne Millbrook in Volume Three. Exactly ''what'' do these two characters have in common again?}}

** Which she just acknowledged herself.

** Also attempted with Nathan Petrelli at the beginning of Season 2 (mostly by making him grow a truly ''horrific'' [[Beard of Sorrow]]) - a decision which pretty much led to a fandom revolt and was never referenced again.

* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: The way they depicted Sylar's mother as both a Roman Catholic and a deeply disturbed woman who was perfectly willing to kill even her own son due to his powers and viewing him as a demon really wasn't a good depiction of Christians, period.

** And Sylar (although he doesn't quite destroy worlds, just entire towns) when {{spoiler|his son dies}}.

 

Peter Petrelli

* [[Brought Down to Normal]]: Though in the most [[Ass Pull]] of ways. Peter's powers make him a sponge that can unconsciously absorb any power that he's in promixity too. How the hell could he lose his powers to Arthur Petrelli, when his own power would have both granted him not only this power but effective immunity to it?! You're saying a power sponge got his power stolen by a power stealer, despite the power sponge possibly having that ability? Seriously writers, were you even trying anymore?

 

Nathan Petrelli

* [[Magnificent Bastard]]

* [[Villain Decay]] - In the space of one and a half episodes, he's bumped down from Ancient Evil [[Big Bad]] back to comic relief to [[Killed Off for Real]] by the [[Eviler Than Thou]] new [[Big Bad]].

 

Angela Petrelli

Alejandro and Maya Herrera

* [[Alas Poor Scrappy]] - Alejandro

* [[Damsel Scrappy]] - Maya

* [[The Scrappy]]

 

Samson Gray

 

Knox