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* Happens in ''{{Beelzebub}}'' Where Oga takes Beel to see one, but he gets angry after being picked on by some of the actors and electrocutes them. Toujo is working in the show for some reason and drafts Oga and his other delinquent friends as actors in the show and proceed to take it too seriously and have an actual fight during the stage show.

%%* Found in ''TrampsLikeUs'' also called ''Kimi Wa Petto'', when yakuza threaten a young actress and she quits, Sumire, in mascot suit for a story, subs in as 'thunder girl' and beats up the bad guys as AllPartOfTheShow. - '''Administrivia/ZeroContextExample - What kind of show?'''

* In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', you are forced to help film a movie at Pokemonéstar studios by playing as a rather cliched costumed hero who must stop the evil Brycen-man from attacking an amusement park. There are later optional movies you can film featuring different plots that don't fit the typical HeroStageShow set up, though.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' doujin ''Webcomic/LifeOfMaid'' features a [[http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=508880 "Big Headed Task Force Yukkuringer" hero show]] during the SDM crew's visit to Gensouland. [[http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=513598 Meiling knocks out the giant flower monster]] the Yukkurangers were set to battle (and promptly gets knifed for it by Sakuya). After the show, [[http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=514581 Flandre and Patchy head backstage to see the Marisa Yukkuranger]] (since Patchy has a big crush on Marisa), but both of them get scarred for life when the Yukkuranger in question turns out to be CoolOldGuy Youki Konpaku.
* ''Videogame/Persona5Strikers'': When the Phantom Thieves infiltrate the Osaka Jail in the [[MentalWorld Metaverse]] they are forced to leave because Akira Konoe's Shadow, who dresses like a Sentai hero, is about to put one on for the other Shadows he has brainwashed. Outside, they find the real Konoe is giving an interview about how he intends to bring the Thieves to justice for crimes he framed them for, casting himself in a heroic light.

'''Announcer:''' ''"{{Gasp}}! What do we do? If you yell really loud, I bet [[TheHero Awesome Hero Man]] will appear to save us! Alright kids, on three, let's shout, 'Awesome Hero Man, come save us!' Alright? One, Two, Three AWESOME HERO MAN, COME SAVE US!"''

'''Announcer''': ''"Hey Kids! Are you having a good time at the giant mall/ amusement park/ festival today? That's wonderful! Oh no! [[TheVillain Generic Villain]] has appeared!"''

'''Generic Villain''': ''"[[EvilLaugh Mwahahaha!]] Awesome Hero Man isn't here, so I'm going to take you all hostage!"''

'''Announcer''': ''"{{Gasp}}! What do we do? If you yell really loud, I bet [[TheHero Awesome Hero Man]] will appear to save us! Alright kids, on three, let's shout, 'Awesome Hero Man, come save us!' Alright? One, Two, Three AWESOME HERO MAN, COME SAVE US!"''

* ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer'' uses one of these as a plot point. Soon after the protagonists adopt Alas Ramus, a strange baby with stranger powers, they bring her to an amusement park that has a Sentai stage show. Alas Ramus identifies each hero by their colors, naming them as the Sephirot of the Kabbalah Tree of Life, which also correspond to colors. Maou picks up on the reference, and realizes that she is [[spoiler:a fragment of one of the Sephirot. Specifically, she's part of Yesod, the yellow]].

%%* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'': One of the jobs Shizuo held in the past was working as an actor for one of these shows. Of course, he was inevitably fired for losing his temper and attacking everyone. - '''Administrivia/ZeroContextExample - During what kind of show? Who were the heroes involved?'''
* ''LightNovel/InvadersOfTheRokujyouma'': In book 6, Koutarou, Theia and Kiriha play the roles of villains in a Hero Show to entertain the neighbourhood kids, complete with "kidnapping" an [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys oddly-enthusiastic]] Harumi. Things take an unexpected turn when the Sun Rangers show up, a ''real'' (if incompetent) {{sentai}} who detected Kiriha's use of Underworlder technology, and have to be [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech yelled at by "Baron Demon" (Koutarou)]] until they give up and go home. The Sun Rangers reappear later in the series as far, ''far'' [[TookALevelInBadass more impressive heroes]] (and valuable allies against Underworlder terrorists), but they still have immense respect for Koutarou for giving them the kick they needed - continuing to affectionately call him "Baron Demon" and considering him something of an honorary SixthRanger.

The Hero Stage Show is a filler event where-in the main characters get sucked into taking younger siblings (or secretly for their own enjoyment) to see cliché Heroes or {{Sentai}} groups from popular [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe kids shows]] and HilarityEnsues. Since the shows are parodies of simplistic characters aimed at kids, the names of the characters are usually BlandNameProduct type names or just silly ones. Will probably take place at a mall, festival or amusement park and there's an extremely good chance the protagonists will end up having to take the place of the actors on stage or take the show seriously and beat up the poor actors, who are just regular people. This trope is pretty much always a parody, and nothing serious ever comes out of it in the end.

Compare ShowWithinAShow, AllPartOfTheShow.

* ''LightNovel/InvadersOfTheRokujyouma'': In book 6, Koutarou, Theia and Kiriha play the roles of villains in a Hero Show to entertain the neighbourhood kids, complete with "kidnapping" an [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys oddly-enthusiastic]] Harumi. Things take an unexpected turn when the Sun Rangers show up, a ''real'' (if incompetent) {{sentai}} who detected Kiriha's use of Underworlder technology, and have to be [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech yelled at by Koutarou]] until they give up and go home. The Sun Rangers reappear later in the series as far, ''far'' [[TookALevelInBadass more impressive heroes]] (and valuable allies against Underworlder terrorists), but they still have immense respect for Koutarou for giving them the kick they needed - continuing to affectionately call him "Baron Demon" and considering him something of an honorary SixthRanger.

* ''LightNovel/InvadersOfTheRokujyouma'': Kotarou helps to put on a Hero Show for [[BeneathTheEarth Kirha]] to amuse the neighborhood kids, with [[AlienPrincess Princess Theia]] and [[LoveInterest Harumi Sakuraba]]. Things get a little strange when Kotarou "kidnaps" Harumi ([[AllGirlsWantBadBoys who's totally into it]]), and a REAL sentai team show up, having come to find and fight Subterraneans just like Kiriha.

* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'': A filler episode of the anime starts with Conan and the Junior Detective Club attending a hero show for a superhero named Yaiba at a local shopping mall. The events of the episode kick off when Genta/George leaves behind a autograph of Yaiba at the snack stand in the mall and goes to retrieve it just as the place closes.

[[AC:Announcer]]: ''"Hey Kids! Are you having a good time at the giant mall/ amusement park/ festival today? That's wonderful! Oh no! [[TheVillain Generic Villain]] has appeared!"''

[[AC: Generic Villain]]: ''"[[EvilLaugh Mwahahaha!]] Awesome Hero Man isn't here, so I'm going to take you all hostage!"''

[[AC:Announcer]]: ''"{{Gasp}}! What do we do? If you yell really loud, I bet [[TheHero Awesome Hero Man]] will appear to save us! Alright kids, on three, let's shout, 'Awesome Hero Man, come save us!' Alright? One, Two, Three AWESOME HERO MAN, COME SAVE US!"''

The Hero Stage Show is a filler event where-in the main characters get sucked into taking younger siblings (or secretly for their own enjoyment) to see cliche Heroes or {{Sentai}} groups from popular [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe kids shows]] and HilarityEnsues. Since the shows are parodies of simplistic characters aimed at kids, the names of the characters are usually BlandNameProduct type names or just silly ones. Will probably take place at a mall, festival or amusement park and there's an extremely good chance the protagonists will end up having to take the place of the actors on stage or take the show seriously and beat up the poor actors, who are just regular people. This trope is pretty much always a parody, and nothing serious ever comes out of it in the end.

* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': In "Slugfest", Plucky dragoons Hamton into not only attending a ''Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs'' live show but also wearing appropriate slug costumes -- which becomes a problem when the Slugs' actual villain takes the place of the fake one, and on top of that Plucky and Hamton can't get out of their costumes...

* ''WesternAnimation/MightyMagiswords'': In "[[Recap/MightyMagiswordsS1E26ActionComedy Action Comedy]]", a live performance by Broccoli Punch, a broccoli-themed {{Tokusatsu}} {{Superhero}}, is interrupted by Flonk, who knocks out the actor playing Broccoli Punch, dons his costume, and starts beating up the other actors while making Puns. Prohyas and Vambre are called in to deal with him.

* ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'': Don Patch fights one of the Hair Hunt villains, T-500, during a hero stage show at a amusement part. Naturally it's AllPartOfTheShow for the crowd and Don Patch tries to make himself the certain of attention during it.

* ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'': Don Patch fights one of the Hair Hunt villains, T-500, during a hero stage show at a amusement part. Naturally ItsAllPartOfTheShow for the crowd and Don Patch tries to make himself the certain of attention during it.

* ''Literature/TheTatamiGalaxy'': In the episode "Hero Show Association Circle", the main character works in The Moguchiman Show as a particularly pacifistic hero, White Moguchiman, in one timeline. The plot of the show is that the villain would hit White Mochiguman once, get deflected, and immediately surrenders and vows to change his ways. The character he plays is present in all timelines as a toy

* There's a Hero Stage Show going on in the manga ''Chocolat'' by Kubonouchi Eisaku when chiyoko is being spied on by her adoptive, ex-yakuza father when she goes on a date at an amusement park. Her father and his ex-yakuza workers, beat up the actors from the Sentai Show and put on their costumes as poor disguises.

* ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats'': Happens a lot with [[BreakoutCharacter Reptar]].

* ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats'': In "Reptar on Ice", Stu decides to take the babies to see a ''Reptar on Ice'' show, based on the character from the film series they love. Stu and Didi are nearly comatose from boredom while Grandpa Lou is captivated. In a subversion of the trope, the babies don't even care about watching the show -- they just want to return the baby lizard they believes is Reptar's baby to him.

* In ''Manga/NewGame'', Hajime is a big fan of these despite [[PeripheralDemographic at least twenty years old]], to the point of spending not a small amount of her income into it. Two series of such shows are featured in the series: ''Signal Three'' is about stoplight-themed crime fighters, ''Insect Five'' is about insect-themed crime-fighters.[[note]]led by a spider, [[SomewhereAnEntomologistIsCrying which isn't actually an insect.]][[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MightyMagiswords'': In "[[Recap/MightyMagiswordsS1E26ActionComedy Action Comedy]]", a live performance by Broccoli Punch, a brocolli-themed {{Tokusatsu}} {{Superhero}}, is interrupted by Flonk, who knocks out the actor playing Broccoli Punch, dons his costume, and starts beating up the other actors while making Puns. Prohyas and Vambre are called in to deal with him.