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{{quote|'''Fry''': When you were a kid, what was your greatest fantasy?
'''Leela''': [[Myth Arc|To have parents]].
'''Fry''': Whatever. The ''correct'' answer is: To be a superhero! We ''have'' superpowers, and we're Americans. Now's our chance!|''[[Futurama]]'', "Less Than Hero"}}
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* ''[[Sanctuary]]'' did it twice, in ''Hero'' and ''Hero 2'', with a living suit which gives people superpowers but makes them unstable.
* ''[[Warehouse 13]]'' did it in the episode ''Mild Mannered''; given the show's premise it was easy for an artifact to give someone super-powers.
* ''[[Bewitched]]'' had the episode ''Super Arthur'' in which Uncle Arthur turns into [[Superman]] after Dr. Bombay gives him a pill.
* ''[[The Monkees]]'' turn into "Monkeemen" in a few episodes. While they can fly, the rest of their powers consist of exchanging insults to bruise someone's ego.
* While ''[[Lois and Clark]]'' '''was''' a superhero series, Lois Lane was most definitely not a superhero—except for one episode where she got Superman's powers and became ''Ultra Woman''.
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* The ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Less Than Hero," in which Fry and Leela gain [[Super Strength]], [[Super Speed]], and [[Not Quite Flight]] [[Wall Jump]] as side effects of a [[Super Serum|medicated muscle rub]]. They are soon joined by Bender (despite his being "more on the supply side of crime"), who could [[Super-Powered Robot Meter Maids|do cool things already]].
** They did not have [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|the power to command crustaceans]], though (one of the potential side effects of Miracle Cream).
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'' had Bart and Lisa (as Stretch Dude and Clobber Girl) attempting to foil the Villain Comic Book Guy (the Collector) during one of their [[A Day
** In a canon episode, Homer becomes the vigilante Pie Man, who throws pies at people while wearing a pie-tin mask on his face. The episode was largely a parody of the ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider Man]]'' movies.
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' had the family mutated by a crashed toxic waste truck. Most of their powers were "[[Stock Super Powers|normal]]", but [[Butt Monkey|Meg]]'s power was [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|super amazing fingernail growth]].
* ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]''' Big Superhero Wish episode turned ''everyone'' in the world into a superhero/villan.
** ''Fairly Oddparents'' loves superhero episodes. Timmy is, after all, Cleft the Chin Wonder. And the Masked Magician. And occasionally Crash Nebula. And his parents are Mighty Mom and Dyno Dad.
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* In ''[[Kim Possible]]'', Kim and Ron each have a Superhero Episode—in "Go Team Go", Kim temporarily gains Hego's [[Super Strength]], and in "The Fearless Ferret", Ron temporarily becomes the [[Sidekick]] of the [[Batman (TV series)|TV-Batman]] [[Expy]] hero {{spoiler|(actually [[Lost in Character|a delusional]] [[Adam Westing|actor]])}}.
* The ''[[Duck Dodgers]]'' episode "The Green Loontern", where Dodgers accidentally gets [[Green Lantern]]'s uniform and ring from the dry cleaners.
* ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]'' had an episode where Jade was inflicted with all the powers of the talismans. She then dons a cape and calls herself "T-Girl." She reprises this role in another episode although with fewer powers. In season five, Jade's friend Larry gets the power of the Earth demon and starts behaving like a superhero with disastrous results.
* In the first-season ''[[Pac-Man]]'' episode "Super Ghosts", Mezmaron's formula gives the Ghost Monsters super strength and other powers. Afterward, Pac-Man and his wife eat special power pellets that enable them to fly.
* ''[[Monster Buster Club]]'' has an episode ("Comic Book Heroes") that features an alien nerd using the Earth as a place to store his billions of comic books. Cathy gets a hold of one series, "Liberty Lass", and pronounces herself a superheroine, Cathy Lass. She doesn't gain any ''new'' powers, but that doesn't matter because [[New Powers as the Plot Demands|she usually has whatever wacky alien power she needs for any given situation anyway]].
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