History Series / HeroCorp

** Klaus [[spoiler:can move items with telekinesis, but he's ashamed of this power and reluctant to use it]].

* MundaneUtility: What about everybody's superpowers are mostly used for throughout the series. Stève bakes bread or starts campfires with his fire power, Allen chills drinks or replace an icer with his cold power, Captain Shampoo produces shampoo, etc.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Basically John's superpower, period. It is essentially adapting to whatever situation he's in, and has been described as an "antidote". However, John has very little control over this, frustrating him to no end. So far, he's demonstrated becoming invulnerable, intangible, to teleport, [[spoiler: to resist mind control,]] to turn into a werewolf, to survive an explosion, to explode himself and then reform, to [[SpiderSense feel danger]], to return bullets, etc. His family seems rather scared of the prospect he'd develop offensive powers.

** John Senior can turn his body into concrete at will, making him immune to blunt force.

* OnlySaneMan: Poor John.

* TheScrappy: In-universe, Jennifer is seen as this by the other villagers, especially Klaus.

** Fourmi Man (Ant Man)'s power is to carry bread for his pals. And to be not tall.

* GenderBlenderName: The mayor's first name is revealed to be Cecil, which cause him to be mocked by the other villagers. In French Cecil (written Cécile) is mainly a girl name.

* CerebusSyndrome: Season 2 is noticeably more serious than 1. (Remember, this is from the family who brought us ''Kaamelott'', whose name is [[Fr/EffetKaamelott used for the trope in the French version]].)

* WreathedInFlames: John in episode 1 of season 3. As usual, he has no control over it -- it's probably just a reaction to the cold.

* LitteraryAgentHypothesis: Apparently the superhero comic books relate the actual adventures of superheroes. Appearing on the cover of an issue (or possibly having one's miniseries) seems to be an important event in a superhero career.

''Hero Corp'' parodies to SuperHero genre, with many of the characters being [[OldSuperhero former heroes whose powers have fallen behind]] ([[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway if they were any good to begin with]]). Following a war in the '80s, the Hero Corp agency was created to maintain world peace. It has several secret sites over the planet, and specifically a rural village in the French departement of Lozère where aging heroes live a quiet, peaceful retirement. But a super-villain that everybody believed was dead, "The Lord", is threathening this village.

** Théodore, a.k.a. The Voice. He's in a very bad shape and stuck to a hospital bed, only talking with Neil Mac Kormark through a communicator.

* Cliffhanger: Both seasons finish with a huge one. Season 1 saw [[spoiler: the village about to be bombarded while John and Jennifer's car was destroyed by a rocket]], while Season 2 had [[spoiler: John turning into ''something'', Jennifer knocked inconscious and thrown overboard, and the Lord (who had gone a HeelFaceTurn of sorts) incapacited, possibly dead]]. Since the series was deprogrammed after season 2 and took some time to find another channel, the last cliffhanger came hard.

* GratuitousEnglish: The title of the series, the villain "The Lord" and many superheroes names (finishing in "-Man").
** Of course, all these are spoken with a steadfast French accent ("Ze Lord"). This also includes the villagers' real names, most of which are English (Mary, for instance, is spoken like the French name Marie, and the ''an'' in Dan is spoken as in ''sans'').

** John has demonstrated about every form of this trope, from instant regeneration to becoming intangible, including becoming ImmuneToBullets. Ironically, it fits well with his superhero identity, "Bouclier-Man" (Shield Man), despite having no clue what his power was when chosen.

* ThatCameOutWrong: [[spoiler:John]]'s father attempts to speak with his son (who does not know who he is), consist in telling him he's handsome and that he's glad to have met him. This leads said son to understand [[MistakenForGay something else entirely]].

** The mayor, Cécil, can take the appearance of someone unknown. Useless in a fight, naturally.

** Chauve-souris Man (''chauve-souris'' is the French for bat) is revealed to have the awesome power of... [[spoiler: living at night and sleep during the day. But he still needs to sleep at night somehow. And he also seem to have the visual abilities of a bat....]]

** Of course, all these are spoken with a steadfast French accent ("Ze Lord"). This also includes the villagers' real names, most of which are English (Mary, for instance, is spoken like the French name Marie, and the ''an' in Dan is spoken as in ''sans'').

* AffectionateParody: Of ''Heroes'' and the superhero genre in general.

** John has demonstrated about every form of this trope, from instant regeneration to becoming intangible, including becoming ImmuneToBullets. Ironically, it fits well with his superhero identity, "Bouclier-Man" (ShieldMan), despite having no clue what his power was when chosen.

'''''Hero Corp''''' is a French comedic TV series, created and written by Simon Astier and Alban Lenoir and broadcasted on cable channel Comédie+ in 2008. It was produced by CALT, the same society as ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'', and shares several of its actors as well as a similar humor. The series started out as with DramaticHalfHour episodes with an overreaching story rather than short gag episodes, however. With its season 3, it changes to a Shortcom format of 7-minute episodes (incidentally the revert of ''Kaamelott'''s evolution).

''Hero Corp'' parodies to SuperHero genre, with many of the characters being former heroes whose powers have fallen behind ([[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway if they were any good to begin with]]). Following a war in the '80s, the Hero Corp agency was created to maintain world peace. It has several secret sites over the planet, and specifically a rural village in the French departement of Lozère where aging heroes live a quiet, peaceful retirement. But a super-villain that everybody believed was dead, "The Lord", is threathening this village.

* GratuitousEnglish: The title of the series, and many superheroes names (finishing in "-Man").
* HealingHands: Mary, John's aunt, can heal people with a touch. Her former power is said to be able to bring people back to life, but it deteriorated. She can still vanquish The Lord's mind control this way, which is quite handy.

* InstantCostumeChange: Spoofed with Captain Trois-Rivières, who is nowhere instant in changing to his superhero costume.

* CerebusSyndrome: Season 2 is noticeably more serious than 1 (remember, this is from the family who brought us Kaamelott, whose name is used for the trope in the French version).

* BattleCry: Klaus' "PINAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE !!!!!!!!!"

* CaptainPatriotic: Captain Canada (Michel Courtemanche)

* MindManipulation: The Lord's superpower. He can control the mind of anybody he touches, and then the victimes can propagate the control to those they touch too. Thus he can raise an army of minions rather easily.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Basically John's superpower, period. It is essentially adapting to whatever situation he's in, and has been described as an "antidote". However, John has very little control over this, frustrating him to no end. So far, he's demonstrated becoming invulnerable, intangible, to teleport, to turn into a werewolf, to survive an explosion, to explode himself and then reform, to [[SpiderSense feel danger]], to return bullets, etc. His family seems rather scared of the prospect he'd develop offensive powers.

** John has demonstrated about every form of this trope, from instant regeneration to becoming intangible, including becoming ImmuneToBullets. Ironically, it fits well with his superhero identity, "Bouclier-Man", despite having no clue what his power was when chosen.

* HiddenElfVillage: A modern version. The villagers sure weren't much concerned with the outside world, and even tried to chase away any "civilians" who could discover their secret, until the menace of The Lord showed up.

* FantasticRacism: The superheroes are quite dismissive of civilians, and don't want any in the village for fear they'd discover their secrets. Their bigotry is constantly portrayed as quite silly (and ironic, considering that for the outside world the villagers would look like a bunch of inbreed morons) and John fight it at every turn.
* GratuitousEnglish: The title of the series, and many superheroes names (finishing in "-Man").
* {{Muggles}}: Called "civilians" here.
* HealingHands: Mary, John's aunt, can heal people with a touch. Her former power is said to be able to bring people back to life, but it deteriorated. She can still vanquish The Lord's mind control this way, which is quite handy.
* InstantCostumeChange: Spoofed with Captain Trois-Rivières, who is nowhere instant in changing to his superhero costume.
* KryptoniteFactor: Strangely, for John, it's the proximity of [[spoiler:John Senior, his father]].

* PsychicPowers: Several superheroes powers.

** Stan has the power of persuasion. At least, he says so.

* BiggerBad: The end of season reveals that The Lord [[spoiler:never was the main threat, and worked for Matthew Hoodwink]].

** Jennifer, John's girlfriend, isn't entirely all there either.
*** Even more so in season 2, where she is amnesiac half the time.
* CoconutSuperpowers: Due to the series low budget, most of the superpowers in the show are this.

* {{Flight}}: Captain Canada can allegedly fly, though he's rather reluctant at first because of control problem. He shows later than he can indeed, even carrying several persons with him, but it isn't a smooth ride.

* HealingHands: Mary, John's aunt, can heal people with a touch. Her former power is said to be able to bring people back to life, but it deteriorated. She can steal vanquish The Lord's mind control this way, which is quite handy.

* TheUnintelligible: The sheppards recruited by The Lord never talk, only belching.

*** Doug, after freezing from hearing a lie, is sometimes used as a living battery ram.

* WarCry: Klaus' "PINAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE !!!!!!!!!"

* TheVoice
** Laurence Awkins, a.k.a. Super Invisible. He's invisible and almost intangible, so he's just a disembodied voice.
** Théodore, a.k.a. The Voice. He's in a very bad shape and stuck to a hospital bed, only talking with Neil Mac Kormark through a communicator.

* UseYourHead: Doug, after freezing from hearing a lie, is sometimes used as a living battery ram.