History YMMV / WhoWantsToBeASuperhero

* FailOSuckyName: Having a hero name like ''Basura''? In Tagalog (and in Spanish), it means rubbish/trash. To be fair, she knew what the word meant and chose it because her costume was actually made from things she found in the trash.

** The above-mentioned Fat Momma in-show. In one of the final episodes, the remaining three contestants had to convince an elementary school class to be inspired by their hero persona, and then the kids of the class had to stand behind their favorite. Fat Momma gave a [[CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming heartwarming]] speech about learning to love yourself for who you are, and more * FailOSuckyName: Having a hero name like ''Basura''? In Tagalog (and in Spanish), it means rubbish/trash. To be fair, she knew what the word meant and chose it because her costume was actually made from things she found in the trash.than half the class got behind her.

* AntiVillain: The Dark Enforcer could be seen as a Type 1. Even though he was a menacing supervillain and held a grudge against his former teammates, he still worked for Stan Lee (referring to him as "boss"), didn't hurt the superheroes' family and friends when he "interviewed" them, and gave himself up once the remaining three heroes stopped him from blowing up Universal Park.

** The above-mentioned Fat Momma in-show. In one of the final episodes, the remaining three contestants had to convince an elementary school class to be inspired by their hero persona, and then the kids of the class had to stand behind their favorite. Fat Momma gave a [[CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming heartwarming]] speech about learning to love yourself for who you are, and more than half the class got behind her.

** Monkey Woman in Season 1 also had this problem: she was on the verge of tears every time something didn't go right for her.
* UnfortunateNames: Having a hero name like ''Basura''? In Tagalog (and in Spanish), it means rubbish/trash. To be fair, she knew what the word meant and chose it because her costume was actually made from things she found in the trash.

** Whip-Snap's wangsting got her ''eliminated'' - Stan Lee's final speech to her basically said, "If you can't deal with your own problems, you have no business being a superhero on top of it." He ought to have made the obvious comparasion to SpiderMan, noting that (at least when written well), Peter Parker actually ''works'' to ''solve'' the problems amidst his superhero life, rather than crying about it ''every damn time''.

** Season 2's FinalBattle with Docter Dark. Yes, it was staged, but let's face it, they got to live out just about anyone's childhood fantasy and fight as a superhero ''they created'', complete with their superpowers (which was CGI and they didn't get to see until after editing, but still)!

** Monkey Woman is Season 1 also had this problem: she was on the verge of tears every time something didn't go right for her.

* GameBreaker: A late challenge in the second season involved bonding with children and using the knowledge they were taught in school to solve some puzzles. The guy who failed? Parthenon, who was a teacher, and therefore didn't need the childrens' help. ''Nobody thought about this beforehand''.

** The above-mentioned Fat Momma. In one of the final episodes, the remaining three contestants had to convince an elementary school class to be inspired by their hero persona, and then the kids of the class had to stand behind their favorite. Fat Momma gave a [[CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming heartwarming]] speech about learning to love yourself for who you are, and more than half the class got behind her.

** Season two's FinalBattle with Docter Dark. Yes, it was staged, but let's face it, they got to live out just about anyone's childhood fantasy and fight as a superhero ''they created'', complete with their superpowers (which was CGI and they didn't get to see until after editing, but still)!

---> "Fat Momma, Fat Momma, I'm here to save the day. Fat Momma, Fat Momma, I'll take your food away."

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The above-mentioned Fat Momma. In one of the final episodes, the remaining three contestants had to convince an elementary school class to be inspired by their hero persona, and then the kids of the class had to stand behind their favorite. Fat Momma gave a [[CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming heartwarming]] speech about learning to love yourself for who you are, and more than half the class got behind her.

** Whip-Snap's wangsting got her ''eliminated'' - Stan Lee's final speech to her basically said, "If you can't deal with your own problems, you have no business being a superhero on top of it."

* UnfortunateNames: Having a hero name like ''Basura''? In Tagalog (and in Spanish), it means rubbish/trash.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Monkey Woman's {{Determinator}} moment in season one where even though it takes her nine minutes, she fights her way to the target with ''attack dogs hanging off her''. To put it in perspective, most of the others just ran to the door or gave up when the dogs got them down.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Just after being eliminated from the show, Major Victory received a phone call from the estranged teenage daughter who was his reason for doing the show, cleaning up his act and generally trying to be a better person. He sobbed, his daughter sobbed, Feedback and Fat Momma sobbed...but you know it's a CMOH when ''Stan Lee'' cries!
** There are a couple involving Feedback in Season 1. First off, during one of the elimination segments, he chokes up as he confesses that via comic books, he always thought of Stan Lee as father-figure (Feedback confessed in a different episode that he lost his father to suicide). Another comes when Fat Mama expresses concern for Feedback, worrying if he could handle it if he lost the grand prize after so much investment (emotional and otherwise).

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Nearly any scene involving Major Victory.
** One particular favorite came in the very first episode. The child actress playing the lost girl the heroes are meant to be helping makes a very visible WTF Face as Major Victory insists upon carrying her, Superman style, to the nearby police station.
*** [[LargeHam "WHO IS THIS GIRL'S MOTHER?"]]
*** He runs past a bunch of birds milling about, and as he does, points to them and grins in an overly cheesy fashion, all without stopping.
** HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMELESSSSSSSSSSSS MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN! I HAVE THE POWER TO BELIEVE I AM FLYING!

* HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMELESSSSSSSSSSSS MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN! I HAVE THE POWER TO BELIEVE I AM FLYING!

* TheWesley: Some fans thought that Fat Momma and Hygenia were lame superheroes that should not have gotten as far as they did in their respective seasons but Stan Lee seemed to like them.

* BetterThanItSounds: As [[AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] once put it, the show embraces its silliness enough to be entertaining, and it is refreshing to see a reality show where being a good person is what actually gets you ahead.

* FetishFuel: Basura covered in honey in Season 2, episode 2.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Monkey Girl's {{Determinator}} moment in season one where even though it takes her nine minutes, she fights her way to the target with ''attack dogs hanging off her''. To put it in perspective, most of the others just ran to the door or gave up when the dogs got them down.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The above-mentioned Fat Momma. In one of the final episodes, the remaining three contestants had to convince an elementary school class to be inspired by their hero persona, and then the kids of the class had to stand behind their favorite. Fat Momma gave a [[CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming heartwarming]] speech about learning to love yourself for who you are, and [[TearJerker more than half the class got behind her]].

** Whip-Snap's wangsting got her ''eliminated'' - Stan Lee's final speech to her basically said, "If you can't deal with your own problems, you have no business being a superhero on top of it."

** This troper met her in real life (Free Comic Book Day event), indeed she a very nice woman.

* {{Narm}}: All over the place.
** NarmCharm: Often.