History WesternAnimation / HeroInside

* CaptainErsatz: A few heroes are these. Examples include the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''-esque Black Knight and Locus who is basically a homage to ''Franchise/KamenRider''.

* RefugeeFromTVLand: The series revolves around superheroes, all made by the same creator, somehow appearing in real life and are able to be commanded by those who wield their comic books.

* SkewedPriorities: Just before [[spoiler:Mike and Lucy's battle with the Council of Comics]], the only thing running through Mike's mind is that he forgot to do his math homework.

** Dirk is rather portly and a real {{Jerkass}}.

* TheGhost: Scott, the enigmatic creator of the comic books who mysteriously disappeared sometime before the start of the series. [[spoiler:He finally makes an onscreen appearance in "Revolution", albeit in flashbacks]].

* SkewedPriorities: [[spoiler:Just before Mike and Lucy's battle with the Council of Comics, the only thing running through Mike's mind is that he forgot to do his math homework]].

** [[spoiler:Lucy was instructed by her uncle to retrieve all the hero books so their power wouldn't be abused, but became so fixated on her mission that she failed to realize that she had been causing just as if not more collateral damage and putting dozens of innocent people in harm's way. Fortunately, she sees the error of her ways thanks to Mike and vows to use her heroes in less destructive ways]].

** [[spoiler:Dirk spends most of the first season being a LaughablyEvil antagonist who (deservedly) suffers one misfortune after another. Then comes the final battle between him and Mike, where he's able to not only summon ''two'' heroes at once when most can only summon one, but can combine their powers to make a bomb powerful enough to wipe the whole city off the map. Good thing Mike and his heroes were able to disarm it in time]].

* ImagineSpot: A RunningGag has Mike having one about Lucy falling in love with him whenever the two interact. [[spoiler:After learning that she's X, they becomes ones where he can only see her as such]].

* LivingGasbag: Toxo appears to be something akin to this.
* LogicalWeakness: Some heroes can be defeated this way. Mummy Girl's bandages for example are useless in gravitational fields and against bladed weapons while Crying Man suffers against electricity.

* BaritoneOfStrength: Black Knight speaks with a deep, slightly raspy pitch akin to Batman from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'' series.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Several heroes like Crying Man and Ginseng Man are rather quirky and/or have outlandish powers, but they're no slouches in fights.

* BullyHunter: One of Mike and Nick's classmates becomes this using the Disco Duo, until he eventually realizes that [[HeWhoFightsMonsters he's become no better than the bullies he fights and surrenders his comic to Mike]].

* DisappearedDad: Mike's father is stated to have walked out on him and his mother, something that Mike hates being brought up.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:Mike somehow managing to summon and Comicalize ''five'' heroes at once to stop Dirk's bomb from destroying the city, leaving both Lucy and Dirk in amazement of such power]].

* TheUnintelligible: [[BigFriendlyDog Lucky]] is the only hero who can't speak, only communicating through growling and roaring.

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Dirk completely loses it when his Council of Comics is defeated and Mike vows to always stop him, prompting Dirk to try and destroy the city using an improvised bomb made with the combined powers of Mag B and Sparkules. Fortunately, Mike musters enough power to summon and Comicalize ''five'' heroes at once to stop it]].

* FantasyForbiddingFather: [[spoiler:Lucy's father never approved of his brother's comic business and only ever saw him as a bad influence on his daughter. This led to Scott being driven away and his eventual disappearance. Two months prior to the start of the series however, Lucy received a letter from her uncle telling her to protect the hero books from those who would misuse them, which inspired her to collect them all as X believing it would bring her closer to finding her uncle]].

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: [[spoiler:Lucy's father always saw Scott as the more irresponsible sibling, and never wanted Lucy hanging around her uncle out of the belief that he was a bad influence on her. This didn't stop Lucy and Scott from doing so anyway, who chose to do so under the respective aliases "X" and "Super Scott", the latter of which became the name for one of Scott's heroes]].

''Hero Inside'' is a CGI-animated series produced in 2023.

Famous comic book artist Scott mysteriously disappears, leaving behind 100 volumes of superhero comic books scattered throughout San Francisco. The protagonist, Mike, stumbles upon ''Crying Man'' and ends up summoning the titular superhero from the book, forever changing his life. But it's not just Mike, many people begin to summon superheroes from these comic books, leading to a series of events unfolding throughout San Francisco.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Comicalization allows heroes to [[LimitBreak unleash their most powerful moves]], but at the cost of severely draining theirs and their comic wielders' energy. Nick even lampshades this, pointing out that it should only be used as a last resort.

* BasementDweller: Dirk lived in his mother's basement until she kicked him out for his poor treatment of her.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Several heroes like Crying Man and Ginseng Man are rather quirky and/or have outlandish powers, but they're capable of using them to great effect in fights.
* BigBadDuumvirate: Dirk O. and his Council of Comics, who use the power of the comic books to do whatever they want.

* ButtMonkey: Nick is often the one to get the most slapstick.

* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Comic wielders can only summon heroes if they possess a powerful imagination, which Nick apparently lacks. The more imagination the wielder has, the more powerful the hero becomes.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Black Knight doesn't quite live up to his heroic self-image, but he's more than capable of holding his own in a fight.
* DisappearedDad: Mike's father is stated to have walked out on him and his mother, something that Mike hates whenever it gets brought up.

* TheGhost: Scott, the enigmatic creator of the comic books who mysteriously disappeared sometime before the start of the series.

* HuskyRusskie: Gravity speaks like this.
* ImagineSpot: A RunningGag has Mike having one about Lucy falling in love with him whenever the two interact.
* LaughablyEvil: Dirk's attempts to make himself an intimidating villain often makes him come off as this.
* LethallyStupid: It's made clear early on that some people can't be trusted to wield the comics responsibly lest they be prone to this behavior. One example is [[CrazyHomelessPeople the homeless guy]] in "Two Smiles" whose attempt to use [[BlowYouAway Sylph]] to get revenge on everyone who looked down on him ends in her almost destroying several city blocks.
* LimitBreak: Comicalization allows comic wielders to have their heroes unleash their strongest abilities. However, it causes both the hero and their wielder to quickly deplete their energy.

** The episode "Can You Water My Plants?" revolves around comic wielders doing this with their heroes. Special mention goes to the old lady who uses Mr. Justice to clean up her garden and fight off raccoons.

* PlantPerson: Ginseng Man, who as his name implies is an anthropomorphic ginseng root capable of extending his limbs to attack from afar.

* RefugeeFromTVLand: The series revolves around superheroes somehow appearing in real life who are able to be commanded by those who wield their comic books.

* ShockAndAwe: Sparkules.

* WithGreatPower: Part of the plot revolves around trying to prevent the comics from falling into the wrong hands. While some people can somewhat be trusted with them, others often give in to the temptation of power for their own selfish desires. One example is the office worker from "Can You Water My Plants?" who by the following episode ends up devolving into a petty thief using the powers of Hummingbird Man.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Comicalization allows heroes to unleash their most powerful moves, but at the cost of severely draining theirs and their comic wielders' energy. Nick even lampshades this, pointing out that it should only be used as a last resort.

* BigFriendlyDog: Lucky, a muscular humanoid poodle strong enough to rip lamp posts out of the ground.

* DanceBattler: The Disco Duo attack with synchronized disco dancing and funky beats.

** Mike using Crying Man to do his chores like washing the outside of the house, something Nick admonishes him for.

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* BigBadDrumvirate: Dirk O. and his Council of Comics, who use the power of the comic books to do whatever they want.

* GutturalGrowler: Black Knight speaks like this.

* LethallyStupid: As the series goes on, it becomes apparent that some people can't be trusted to wield a comic responsibly lest they be prone to this. One example is [[CrazyHomelessPeople the homeless guy]] in "Two Smiles" whose attempt to use [[BlowYouAway Sylph]] to get revenge on everyone who looked down on him ends in her almost destroying several city blocks.
* LimitBreak: Comicalization allows comic wielders to have their heroes unleash their strongest abilities.

* MundaneUtility: The episode "Can You Water My Plants?" revolves around comic wielders doing this with their heroes. Special mention goes to the old lady who uses Mr. Justice to clean up her garden and fight off raccoons.