History Main / ParttimeHero

This often includes the {{Superhero}} with a SecretIdentity, but not all of them. Franchise/SpiderMan is more of an example than Franchise/{{Batman}} is. Includes all WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld series, of course.

* Franchise/{{Superman}} has been portrayed this way DependingOnTheWriter.
* Franchise/SpiderMan had this in the teenage and college days of his career. Most spin-offs and reboots have this as a focus point to the point where many people refer to it as the [[TropeCodifier "Spider-Man dilemma"]].
* Just like her father, ComicBook/SpiderGirl has ''real'' problems with this. Her Superhero career tends to completely screw her civilian life, especially her attention span in school.

* This is a common problem among ComicBook/DisneyMouseAndDuckComics superheroes in general and Paperinik (WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck) in particular, as they have to balance their civilian lives with their superheroing. The only one who has it (relatively) easy is Super Goof, as Mickey knows his SecretIdentity and is more than willing to cover for him with the others.

The PartTimeHero wants to save the world, sure. He wants everyone to be happy and alive, but he also wants [[IJustWantToBeNormal a normal life]].

So she's going to balance fighting off those DemonicInvaders with cheerleading practice or her job or dating. They're going to have episodes, even entire arcs dedicated to resenting their double life. (Particularly their fighting evil side cutting into their "me time.") This is a very popular trope in {{Anime}}, especially for {{Magical Girl}}s (who have to balance their duties as heroines against the joys of homework and [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld getting up to go to school in the morning]]).

Compare PunchClockVillain and TheOneWithAPersonalLife. Contrast the PunchClockHero, who seems similar at first but is [[AntiHero far less heroic]] when not, well, being a hero.

* ''Manga/SaintSeiyaEpisodeGA'': the Bronze Saints are still active, yet also have normal jobs. Shun is a doctor, Hyoga a bartender.

Compare PunchClockVillain. Contrast the PunchClockHero, who seems similar at first but is [[AntiHero far less heroic]] when not, well, being a hero.

* Terry in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' ''does'' resent the loss of his free time due to fighting villains, and there's considerable friction between him and Bruce, who treats normal life as simply a cover for crime fighting, since he [[BecomingTheMask became the mask]] long ago and never took it off despite never physically putting it on for forty years.