History Series / HeroCorp

* LivingLieDetector: Doug, who freeze solid whenever he hears a lie (or tells one). This had ruined his career as a lawyer (not that he seems to be smart enough to be one anyway).
** A RunningGag is that absolutely no one notices or seem to make the connection when he freezes when a plot relevant lie is spoken in front of him.

* TheMole: [[spoiler:Neil Mac Kormack]]

* SomeKindOfForceField: In season 3, John gets trapped in a cabin surrounded by a force field, normally invisible but looking like a BeehiveBarrier when touched. This leads to two such scenes, first when John is testing it, and then when [[TooDumbToLive Mique]] tries walking through the force field and smashes his nose -- [[RuleOfThree thrice]].

** Mique, [[spoiler:after being bitten by a zombie,]] asks nobody else than Laurence Awkins for help, despite him being neither a doctor or a druid (and not caring). Instead of, say, a long-standing member of their group with well-known HealingHands power.
** Klaus, to know the effect of [[spoiler:an allegedly poisonous substance, find nothing better to test it out on himself.]]

* PlanetEris: So far, superheroes, mutants, vampires, werewolves and strange animals are known to exist. It seems the DC and Marvel superheroes also exist. Season 3 should also feature [[spoiler:zombies]].

* YouGetMeCoffee: [[spoiler:Cecil, one in control of Hero Corp, gets Neil Mac Kormack]] to serve him coffee as payback for his past condescension.

** Klaus in season 3 is slowly ascending to this, although he still has a lot of WhatAnIdiot moments (see below).

* Foreshadowing: John refers to [[spoiler:Sister Claudine]] as [[spoiler:his sister]] a few times, and has to explain each time that it is in the religious sense. [[spoiler:She is eventually revealed to be his twin sister]].

* TerribleIntervieweesMontage: A short one in season 3 episode 16. The candidates are even ''worse'' than the usual pseudo-heroes.
* TheUnintelligible: The shepherds recruited by The Lord don't talk, only always belching.

* YouMakeMeCoffee: [[spoiler:Cecil, one in control of Hero Corp, gets Neil Mac Kormack]] to serve him coffee as payback for his past condescension.

* {{Daywalking Vampire}}s: The heroes fight a group of them at the end of season 2. When called out on the fact that they're vampires and yet out in broad daylight, they are rather upset to be held to such a cliché.

* YouMakeMeCoffe: [[spoiler:Cecil, one in control of Hero Corp, gets Neil Mac Kormack]] to serve him coffee as payback for his past condescension.

* Bad Bad Acting: Burt, Stan and Steve attempt to pass themselves as zombies overpowering Captain Sport Extreme in order to convince another zombie to lead them to its leader. They all "act" like this. [[spoiler: It works, but only because they are led into a trap. The zombies' leader even call them on their acting skills]].

** Season 3 makes a point of finishing each 7-minutes episode with a cliffhanger of sorts.

* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Captain Extreme Sports seems to have some sort of self-healing factor, which allows him to constantly perform insanely dangerous stunts, such as base jumping without a parachute. He walks from them asking for someone to help him replace parts of his anatomy that were mangled.

** Stan, a.k.a. Mental, has the power of persuasion. But it only works if the subject agrees with him. He's certainly the closest to having no power at all. [[spoiler:Season 3 reveals that it does work, but he has first to built a complex imagery around the suggestionn which can take some time.]]

** Apparently, [[spoiler: Jennifer]] is a mermaid, which means she gains webbed hands and gills when taking a shower... and can hold her breath underwater for a full 14 seconds.

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

* SurroundedByIdiots: A recurrent problem for John, but also for The Lord.

* TookALevelInJerkass: John in season 3. [[spoiler: Mainly because he seems to be fighting with his dark side]].

** Laurence Awkins, a.k.a. Super Invisible. He's invisible and almost intangible, so he's just a disembodied voice.

* CerebusSyndrome: Season 2 is noticeably more serious than 1. (Remember, this is from the family who brought us ''{{Series/Kaamelott}}'', whose name is [[Fr/EffetKaamelott used for the trope in the French version]].) It gets worse in season 3.

* {{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.
** Season 3 makes a point of finishing each 7 minutes episode with a cliffhanger of sorts.

* SomethingPerson: Most of the heroes who are not CaptainSuperhero are named like this. Bonus points when the "Something" is the French translation of an existing superhero name (Chauve-souris man, Araignée man, Fourmi man...).

* 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]].) It gets worse in season 3.

* SomethingPerson: Most of the heroes who are not CaptainSuperhero are named like this.

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

** John, [[spoiler:John Senior is your father. Except he CannotSpitItOut]]. Also, [[spoiler: your mother is a villain, serving Hypnos]].

** John, [[spoiler:John Senior is your father. Except he CannotSpitItOut]].

* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: 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.

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

** Stan, a.k.a. Mental, has the power of persuasion. But it only works if the subject agrees with him. He's certainly the closest to having no power at all.