History SuperheroEpisode / WesternAnimation

** "Don't Be a Hero'' revolves around Dexter trying to get super powers, with some of his attempts include gaining super speed, spider powers, and communicating with fish.

** "World's Greatest Mom'" has Dexter's Mom gaining super powers after getting zapped by a laser from one of Dexter's inventions. Which of course, she uses to help out with her daily routine.

** "World's Greatest Mom'" has Dexter's Mom gaining super powers after getting zapped by a laser from one of Dexter's inventions. Which of course she uses to help out with her daily routine.

* The ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' episode "[[Recap/DuckDogersS1E9 The Green Loontern]]", where Dodgers accidentally gets ComicBook/GreenLantern's uniform and ring from the dry cleaners.

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' notably had a superhero character added into the second season in Gizmoduck (introduced in a feature-length special called "[[Recap/DuckTalesS2E2SuperDuclTales Super Duck Tales]]"), but one episode entitled "[[Recap/DuckTalesTheMaskedMallard The Masked Mallard]]" featured Scrooge becoming a masked vigilante.

* The ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' episode "The Green Loontern", where Dodgers accidentally gets ComicBook/GreenLantern's uniform and ring from the dry cleaners.

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' notably had a superhero character added into the second season in Gizmoduck, but one episode entitled "[[Recap/DuckTalesTheMaskedMallard The Masked Mallard]]" featured Scrooge becoming a masked vigilante.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' originally had "The Coon", when [[TokenEvilTeammate Cartman]] tries to become a vigilante called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Coon]], proves really bad at it, and gets pissed off when another KidHero named [[TheCowl Mysterion]] shows up and proves far more popular. The episode ends with [[TheUnreveal the audience unsure of which kid Mysterion is]]. Both characters later reappear in the "Coon and Friends" trilogy, where the other kids also have superhero identities and form a team, only for Cartman to [[HeroicTeamRevolt get kicked out]] and [[ItMakesSenseInContext team up with Cthulhu]]. The latter episodes are actually [[CerebusRetcon surprisingly dark]] after revealing that Mysterion, aka [[spoiler:[[LovableSexManiac Kenny]]]], is a DeathSeeker because, unlike the others, his power--[[spoiler:[[TheyKilledKenny constantly dying]]]]--is both real and [[BlessedWithSuck really unpleasant]]. There is also another kid with actual superpowers and Superman-like origins. He is the one who ends up defeating Cthulhu. ''Videogame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'' is this as an entire game, with the kids compete with one another trying to get their own cinematic universes.

** In the season 4 episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E6PowerPonies Power Ponies]]", Spike and the Mane Six are accidentally pulled into the world of one of Spike's favorite superhero comics, and must protect the city of Maretropolis from [[PrehensileHair the Mane-iac]]. Each member of the Mane Six becomes a CaptainErsatz of a famous superhero; Rainbow Dash as ComicBook/TheMightyThor or ComicBook/{{Storm}}, Pinkie Pie as ComicBook/TheFlash, Rarity as ComicBook/GreenLantern, Applejack as ComicBook/WonderWoman (with some ComicBook/{{Batman}} thrown in) and Fluttershy as ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk (yes really). Twilight Sparkle seems to be the odd one out, possibly being either [[ComicBook/XMen Cyclops or Iceman]][[note]]She can shoot a freeze ray from her horn[[/note]]. [[ButtMonkey Spike]] meanwhile regrettably gets forced into the role of the seemingly pointless ComicBook/{{Robin}}-like sidekick (but he ends up saving the team by the end of the episode).

* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' has "Challenge of the Super Friends", which is meant to be a homage to ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'', Craig McKracken’s previous work. Here, Mac becomes the sidekick for the superhero imaginary friend Imaginary Man, while Bloo took a role as the sidekick of Imaginary Man's enemy Nemesister.

** "N-Men", an homage to the ''Franchise/FantasticFour'' and the ''Franchise/XMen'', the kids are on their way back to Earth in their space ship (won on a game show in a previous episode) and accidentally get superpowers while passing through the Van Allen belt, each powers coming from what they were doing at the point. Jimmy was drinking orange juice and arm-wrestling (becoming orange and going into a Hulk-like state whenever angry) with Cindy (becoming Wonder Woman, essentially), Libby was putting on vanishing cream (gaining invisibility and force field abilities), Sheen was on a massaging chair (becoming the Flash... his bladder suffered) and Carl belching while drinking soda (gaining supersonic belching abilities).

* The ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' episode "The Green Loontern", where Dodgers accidentally gets Franchise/GreenLantern's uniform and ring from the dry cleaners.

*** "Bats All Folks!" (the first and second segments of "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E39InsidePluckyDuck Inside Plucky Duck]]") and "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS3E6TheReturnOfBatduck The Return of Batduck]]" has Plucky playing the role of Batduck (Franchise/{{Batman}}) and Hamton playing the role of Decoy (Robin).

*** In "Just-Us League of Super Toons" (the first segment of "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS32NewClassDay New Class Day]]"), as Plucky and Hamton retain their roles as Batduck and Decoy, Buster plays the role of Superbun (Franchise/{{Superman}}) and introduces Plucky to the Just-Us League of Supertoons, consisting of himself, Wonder Babs (Babs as Franchise/WonderWoman), Little Dasher (Little Beeper as Franchise/TheFlash), Hawk Loon (Shirley as Hawgirl), Aquamutt (Byron Basset as ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}), Pink Canary (Sweetie as ComicBook/BlackCanary), Keen Arrow (Calamity Coyote as ComicBook/GreenArrow), and Scentenna (Fifi as ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}).

** In the season 4 episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E6PowerPonies Power Ponies]]", Spike and the Mane Six are accidentally pulled into the world of one of Spike's favorite superhero comics, and must protect the city of Maretropolis from [[PrehensileHair the Mane-iac]]. Each member of the Mane Six becomes a CaptainErsatz of a famous superhero; Rainbow Dash as ComicBook/TheMightyThor or ComicBook/{{Storm}}, Pinkie Pie as Franchise/TheFlash, Rarity as Franchise/GreenLantern, Applejack as Franchise/WonderWoman (with some Franchise/{{Batman}} thrown in) and Fluttershy as ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk (yes really). Twilight Sparkle seems to be the odd one out, possibly being either [[ComicBook/XMen Cyclops or Iceman]][[note]]She can shoot a freeze ray from her horn[[/note]]. [[ButtMonkey Spike]] meanwhile regrettably gets forced into the role of the seemingly pointless ComicBook/{{Robin}}-like sidekick (but he ends up saving the team by the end of the episode).

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E11RevengeIsADishBestServedThreeTimes Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times]]", one of the segments is called ''[[Film/BatmanBegins Bartman Begins]]'' and shows Bart becoming a superhero similar to Franchise/{{Batman}}.

* A variant in the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Action'' episode "Super Hero-ld," which is based around superhero movies. The contestants don't actually gain powers, but have to create superhero identities and navigate an obstacle course to save a "damsel" (a sack of potatoes) from a supervillain (Chef in a costume). Some contestants do quite well: Courtney becomes "The Human Cricket," rubbing her legs together to generate an annoying screeching noise, and Harold becomes "Captain Alberta" and uses his love for burritos as a means to generate {{Fartillery}}. On the flip side, Duncan just tapes an eye to his forehead and pretends to be a psychic, while Lindsay just straight-up dresses as Franchise/WonderWoman (not that Chris minds, as he loved the character as a kid).

** ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbMissionMarvel'', a {{crossover}} between ''P&F'' and the ''WesternAnimation/MarvelUniverse'' [[UsefulNotes/BlockProgramming programming block]] sees the characters do it again as they team up with Spider-Man and some of the Avengers. Phineas and Ferb don the Beak armor again, Baljeet temporarily becomes [[HulkingOut Hulk-jeet]], Perry the Platypus gets mistaken for ComicBook/HowardTheDuck, and Buford takes the BadassNormal approach [[ItMakesSenseInContext wearing his fuzzy bear suit]] and using fish as {{Improvised Weapon}}s.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' had "[[Recap/TheProudFamilyS2E2AHeroForHalloween A Hero for Halloween]]", which doubles as a HalloweenEpisode. Penny is imbued with superpowers after eating Proud Scary Snax, and uses them to save her friends' Halloween candy from the [[TheBully Gross]] [[TerribleTrio Sisters]] and her family from a vengeful ghost. [[spoiler:Puff gets hold of the snacks and gains the same powers at the end of the episode.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' has "Challenge of the Super Friends", in which Mac becomes the sidekick for the superhero imaginary friend Imaginary Man, while Bloo took a role as the sidekick of Imaginary Man's enemy Nemesister.

* ''WessternAnimation/JamiesGotTentacles'': In "Super", Jamie wants to use his powers to become a superhero but he soon understands that it is harder than it looks.

* ''WesternAnimation/SevenLittleMonsters'': The episode "The Adventures of Super Three" has the monsters play a game of pretend where Three and One are the superheroes Super Three and One Girl and they thwart the diabolical schemes of Four pretending to be a MadScientist supervillain and Five pretending to be his assistant [[TheIgor Figor]].

* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'':
** "The Caped Avenger", where Garfield dresses as the titular hero when his beloved teddy bear, Pookie is stolen. Jon was actually washing Pookie.
** Orson's Farm occasionally featured Orson becoming "Power Pig" in both "reality" and dream sequences. In reality, his only powers seemed to be having a stupid costume (in his debut episode, he was used to distract the villain (a fox) with his appearance, which caused the fox to fall down laughing); in dream sequences, his powers consisted of something along the lines of Superman's (super strength and flying). In dream sequences, which usually consisted of a jazzed up version of the problem of the episode being solved, he was used as an inspiration for what Orson did in "real life".
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'':
** "Super Me" sees Garfield disguise himself as the hero Ultra Powerful Guy in order to get Nermal to give him food. He then inadvertently gets caught up in helping the ''real'' Ultra Powerful Guy thwart a bank robbery.
** "The Caped Avenger Rides Again!" is about Garfield taking on the identity of the titular superhero (with Odie as his sidekick Slurp) in order to find a stolen comic book. This got a sequel episode, "The Superhero Apprentice", in which Garfield tries to find a new sidekick and Nermal decides to become a supervillain.

* ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces2017'': The aptly named "Super Wacky", taking place in the fictional city of Wackopolis with the racers assuming the roles of heroes and villains alike. The heroes are Peter Perfect as the Mighty Chin, Penelope Pitstop as the Pink Protector, I.Q. Ickley as Cy-Q, and Tiny of the Gruesome Twosome as Massively Marketable Bat-Dude, while Dastardly and Muttley are the villains, known as, respectively, the Purple Puppeteer and Sonic Snicker.