History Main / CelebritySuperhero

* Heroes in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' are [[StockSuperheroDayJobs career superheroes]] who are funded by the government, but some maintain day jobs that allow this trope. For example, Uwabami is a famous model.

** ''ComicBook/TheOrder2007'' were half-way between this and CelebrityMasquerade, being a group of existing celebrities who were given artificial superpowers as part of the short-lived [[ComicBook/AvengersTheInitiative Avengers Initiative]] project after the Marvel Universe's ComicBook/CivilWar. Despite their publicity-oriented origin, they ended up as a well-intentioned and quite competent superhero team, until Ezekiel Stane picked them as CListFodder to be [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] as his first major act of supervillainy, leading to the death of one member and the others being too mentally affected to continue.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SpidermanAcrossTheSpiderVerse'', Miles ''attempted'' to be this via endorsing a brand of baby powder. It led to the commercial online to be severely downvoted and Miles forced to [[YouTuberApologyParody apologize online]].

** ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' zig-zags and downplays it with Oliver Queen and his team members. In the first three seasons, thanks to his actions as an outright murderous {{Vigilante}}, he is seen as outright criminal by the police and media, with the general public of Starling City being skeptical to say the least. While he starts building a rapport with the city and police in season 3, it's derailed towards the end. However, when Oliver gives his superhero career a fresh start as ''Green Arrow'', he's still divisive, but is generally seen as more positive and soon becomes a franchised superhero alongside the Flash and Supergirl.

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: The Avengers have a bit of this trope. Tony Stark is the most famous, since he was already a tech billionaire before he became a superhero, but the others have their moments. A young boy recognizes Steve Rogers when he visits the Smithsonian's Captain America exhibit in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', and two young women ask Thor to pose for a selfie with them in ''Film/ThorRagnarok''. Hulk also is asked for selfies in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. The phase 4 MCU shows seem to confirm that this is totally true after the events in ''Endgame'' with especially [[Film/AntMan1 Scott Lang/Ant-Man]] becoming one: ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'' introduces the audience to a commercial in-universe musical adaptation of the events of the franchise (with Scott being included in events he wasn't involved) and ''Series/[[MsMarvel2022 Ms. Marvel]]'' having an [=AvengersCon=], celebrating the heroes as well as revealing Scott has his own podcast now. By the time of ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'', Scott wrote his own books and seemingly makes a living cashing-in of his adventures as a superhero.

* The ''Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}'' treats a lot of it's heroes that way:
** ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' zig-zags and downplays it with Oliver Queen and his teammembers: In the first three seasons, thanks to his acts as an outright murderous {{Vigilante}}, he is seen as outright criminal by the police and media, with the general public of Starling City being sceptical to say the least. However, when Oliver gives his superhero career a fresh start as ''Green Arrow'' he's still devisive, but is generally seen more positve and gets an action figure to say the least.

** ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' plays it similar: Supergirl also is seen as the local heroine of National City while her SecretIdentity Kara Danvers lives a pretty normal live (although later seasons see her as a star journalist). It helps that her cousin Franchise/{{Superman}} also is a ''very big'' celebrity superhero in this universe.

* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' has Johnny Cage, a Hollywood actor from action movies who entered the tournament of the [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1 first game]] as an excuse to get a plot for his next movie.

* Superheroes in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' were practically celebrities during the prologue, a point Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl, and Frozone all discuss in interview clips at the start of the movie. Mr. Incredible in particular is one of the most popular supers. Unfortunately, this celebrity also made supers juicy targets for lawsuits after Mr. Incredible gets sued for stopping a suicide attempt, which sends their popularity crashing to the ground and gets them banned by a SuperRegistrationAct. The plot of ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'' centers around an attempt to get the act overturned and restore superheroes' celebrity status.

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: The Avengers have a bit of this trope. Tony Stark is the most famous, since he was already a tech billionaire before he became a superhero, but the others have their moments. A young boy recognizes Steve Rogers when he visits the Smithsonian's Captain America exhibit in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', and two young women ask Thor to pose for a selfie with them in ''Film/ThorRagnarok''. Hulk also is asked for selfies in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. The phase 4 MCU shows seem to confirm that this is totally true after the events in ''Endgame'' with especially [[Film/AntMan Scott Lang/Ant-Man]] becoming one: ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'' introduces the audience to a commercial in-universe musical adaptation of the events of the franchise (with Scott being included in events he wasn't involved) and ''Series/MsMarvel'' having an [=AvengersCon=], celebrating the heroes as well as revealing Scott has his own podcast now. By the time of ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'', Scott wrote his own books and seemingly makes a living cashing-in of his adventures as a superhero.

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: The Avengers have a bit of this trope. Tony Stark is the most famous, since he was already a tech billionaire before he became a superhero, but the others have their moments. A young boy recognizes Steve Rogers when he visits the Smithsonian's Captain America exhibit in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', and two young women ask Thor to pose for a selfie with them in ''Film/ThorRagnarok''. Hulk also is asked for selfies in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. The phase 4 MCU shows seem to confirm that this is totally true after the events in ''Endgame'' with especially [[Film/AntMan Scott Lang/Ant-Man]] becoming one: ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'' introduces the audience to a commercial in-universe musical adaptation of the events of the franchise (with Scott being included in events he wasn't involved) and ''Series/MsMarvel'' having an [=AvengersCon=], celebrating the heroes as well as revealing Scott has his own podcast now.

** ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' zig-zags and downplays it with Oliver Queen and his teammembers: In the first three seasons his acts as an outright murderous {{Vigilante}} is seen as outright criminal of police and media, with the general public of Starling City being sceptical to say the least. However, when Oliver gives his superhero career a fresh start as ''Green Arrow'' he's still devisive, but is generally seen more positve and gets an action figure to say the least.
** However, ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'' plays it totally straight with The Flash being celebrated as the hero of Central City from the beginning, complete with coffee drinks being named after him and having action figures. Furthermore, the same can be said about every superhero that joins Team Flash (Vibe, Killer Frost, Kid Flash, Elongated Man). However, all the heroes still have [[SecretIdentity Secret Identities]], so the celebrity status only appeals to their superhero personas, while their civilian personas are pretty normal.
** ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' plays it similar: Supergirl also is seen as the local heroine of National City while her SecretIdentity Kara Danvers lives pretty normal. It helps that her cousin Franchise/{{Superman}} also is a ''very big'' celebrity superhero in this universe.

* The ''Franchise/Arrowverse'' treats a lot of it's heroes that way:

** However, ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'' plays it totally straight with The Flash being celebrated as the hero of Central City from the beginning, complete with coffee drinks being named after him and having action figures. Furthermore, the same can be said about every superhero that joins Team Flash (Vibe, Killer Frost, Kid Flash, Elongated Man). However, all the heroes still have [[SecretIdentity Secret Identities]] so the celebrity status only appeals to their superhero personas while their civilian personas are pretty normal.

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: The Avengers have a bit of this trope. Tony Stark is the most famous, since he was already a tech billionaire before he became a superhero, but the others have their moments. A young boy recognizes Steve Rogers when he visits the Smithsonian's Captain America exhibit in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', and two young women ask Thor to pose for a selfie with them in ''Film/ThorRagnarok''.

** ''ComicBook/TheOrder'' were half-way between this and CelebrityMasquerade, being a group of existing celebrities who were given artificial superpowers as part of the short-lived [[ComicBook/AvengersTheInitiative Avengers Initiative]] project after the Marvel Universe's ComicBook/CivilWar. Despite their publicity-oriented origin, they ended up as a well-intentioned and quite competent superhero team, until Ezekiel Stane picked them as CListFodder to be [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] as his first major act of supervillainy, leading to the death of one member and the others being too mentally affected to continue.
** In the 2017 ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' series, Karolina Dean has reluctantly become a public figure, having inherited a position on the board of her celebrity parents' charitable organization.

** ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'': their identity is known because being a Ranger is a full-time job in the era the setting takes place, and their identities are also well-known among the citizens.

Oftentimes this type of hero is given the same [[BrokenPedestal feet of clay]] that actual celebrities tend to; for instance, caring more about their image than about actually saving people. However, don't rule out the possibility of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.

* ''WesternAnimation/SheZow'': [=SheZow=] has a convention dedicated to her as well as a fan club. Guy is pretty nervous about showing up and answering fan questions when he first becomes [=SheZow=].

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: The Avengers have a bit of this trope. Tony Stark is the most famous, since he was already a tech billionaire before he became a superhero, but the others have their moments. A young boy recognizes Steve Rogers when he visits the Smithsonian's Captain America exhibit in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', and two young women ask Thor to pose for a selfie with them in ''Film/ThorRagnarok''.

* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'': Captain Qwark is a FakeUltimateHero who is narcissistically more concerned with getting as much good publicity and endorsement deals than doing what is best for the common good, even being willing to ally with villains (such as Chairman Drek) in order do some EngineeredHeroics. The narrator for a vid comic in [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal Up Your Arsenal]] even calls him a "A High-profile Celebrity Superhero". In the later games of the series, Ratchet and Clank themselves have become famous across the universe for their adventures.

* Superheroes in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' were practically celebrities during the prologue, a point Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl, and Frozone all discuss in interview clips at the start of the movie. Mr. Incredible in particular is one of the most popular supers. Unfortunately, this celebrity also made supers juicy targets for lawsuits after Mr. Incredible gets sued for stopping a suicide attempt, which sends their popularity crashing to the ground and gets them banned by a SuperRegistrationAct. The plot of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles2'' centers around an attempt to get the act overturned and restore superheroes' celebrity status.

* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'': Captain Qwark is a FakeUltimateHero who is narcissistically more concerned with getting as much good publicity and endorsement deals than doing what is best for the common good, even being willing to ally with villains (such as Chairman Drek) in order do some EngineeredHeroics. The narrator for a vid comic in [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal Up Your Arsenal]] even calls him a "A High-profile Celebrity Superhero".