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Heroism
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As the characters in Heroes discover their abilities, many of them perform heroic acts of service to others at great personal risk.
Episodic Recurrences
Genesis
- Claire saves a man from a burning train car.
- Nathan attempts to save his brother after he jumps off of a 15-story building.
One Giant Leap
- Audrey and Matt go after Sylar when he has infiltrated the safehouse where Molly is being kept.
- Hiro and Ando save a Japanese schoolgirl.
Hiros
- Matt talks an armed would-be robber into going home.
- Future Hiro risks a rift by going back in time to give Peter the ominous message about how he can "save the world".
Better Halves
- After failing to save the men slaughtered at the poker game, Hiro vows to be a better hero.
Nothing to Hide
Seven Minutes to Midnight
- Despite uncertainties of what the exact consequences will be, Hiro goes back in time to save Charlie.
Homecoming
- Peter goes to the Union Wells High School in Odessa in order to "save the cheerleader".
Six Months Ago
Fallout
- Faced with the risk that Sylar may be kept around and thus possibly escape, Eden attempts to kill him.
- Hiro, distraught at arriving too late to save the cheerleader, turns his attention to stopping an exploding man.
Godsend
The Fix
- Hiro offers some kidnappers an exchange — special Hiro for "unspecial Ando".
Run!
Unexpected
Company Man
- Matt and Mr. Bennet put themselves at risk in order to save the Bennet Family.
- Claire fights through fire and radiation to tranquilize Ted.
- Mr. Bennet asks to be shot and "mind-wiped" to save Claire.
Noteworthy deeds
Some deeds need not involve notable risk to the person doing them, but still go above and beyond the norm.
Genesis
Don't Look Back
- Matt saves a terrified little girl.
Hiros
- Peter is determined to "save the cheerleader" from a gruesome death.
Nothing to Hide
Homecoming
Fallout
- Niki turns herself into the police in the fear that Jessica may hurt her husband and her son.
Godsend
- Peter attempts to leave New York City after discovering that he may be the source of the explosion.
Distractions
- Hiro risks his relationship with his father and the future of his employment by helping out his sister.
Graphic Novel Recurrences
- Nathan flies into a burning building to rescue Sheila who is trapped. (Trial By Fire)
- Despite her previous actions, Claire saves Brody from certain death. (Aftermath)
- Matt arrests an armed robber. (Control)
- Audrey risks life and limb to capture a serial killer. (Turning Point)
- Peter has a vision of himself heroically ridding the world of an evil man. (Super-Heroics)
- Hana's grandmother joined a guerilla-like resistence group to fight the technologically superior Nazi's. (Wireless, Part 1)
- Hana gathers intelligence to save the lives of countless Tanzanians from a microbiological attack. (Wireless, Part 3)
- Micah takes on a bully in honor of his mother. (Bully)
- Hana enters an unknown situation to save a girl from a predator. (The Path of the Righteous)
- Mr. Bennet puts himself at great risk to save an infant from a fire. (Hell's Angel)
Notes
- Matt hears his wife call him "hero". (Six Months Ago)
- Claire thanks Peter for his heroics, saying, "You're totally my hero." (Fallout)
- Hiro calls Takezo Kensai a hero. (Godsend)
- Nathan tells Peter that he's not meant to save the world. (Godsend)
- Speaking to his father, Hiro defends his decision to help save the world. (Distractions)