Heroism

As the characters in Heroes discover their abilities, most of them begin helping out people in need, sometimes at great personal cost and personal risk.

"With great power comes great responsibility"

- Uncle Ben, Spiderman

Acts of heroism

D.L. Hawkins

• In Better Halves, D.L. returns to his wife and son despite the cops guarding the Sander's home and him being a fugitive, because he cares for his family.
• In Nothing to Hide, D.L. and Micah come upon a car-crash where a woman is trapped within a burning car. D.L. uses his powers to open the door and pull her away from the car.

Hana's grandmother

• During WWII, Hana's grandmother joined a guerilla-like resistence group to fight the technologically superior Nazi's.

Hiro Nakamura

• In Seven Minutes to Midnight, Hiro decides to go back in time to save Charlie even if he is afraid of what the exact consequences will be.

Matt Parkman

• In Hiros Matt talks an armed would-be robber into going home.

Niki Sanders

• In Fallout, when Niki realizes Jessica is a danger to her family, she gets herself arrested in order to ensure Jessica doesn't cause any more damage.

Peter Petrelli

• In Homecoming Peter goes to the Homecoming in Odessa in order to "Save the cheerleader, save the world" knowing full well that Isaac has drawn a painting where he dies while there.