Line #100 SuperheroEpisode/WesternAnimation


1	{{Superhero Episode}}s in WesternAnimation.
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5	* Creator/HannaBarbera's animated series ''Abbott and Costello'' had a short titled "Super Lou", in which Lou's FairyGodmother gives him a pass to the MasqueradeBall, which Bud is attending. She also gives Lou a superhero costume and FlyingBrick powers, which he loses at midnight, just after thwarting a pair of thieves.
6	* Cubby impersonates the "Crimson Avenger" in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' turning himself into a Zorro-like hero for a few days.
7	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' has “Spider-Sprig” where Sprig, inspired by a Franchise/KamenRider-esque superhero, becomes Frog Man, quickly gaining a new nemesis in the process.
8	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'':
9	** "N-Men", an homage to the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' and the ''ComicBook/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).
10	** A later episode reveals that Jimmy recreated their N-Men powers and made them into packets of powder to be ingested. He has Carl distribute them to everyone, who mixes them up, resulting in himself and Libby swapping powers while Cindy swaps powers with Sheen (although at the end, after the powers wear off, Cindy takes a swig of her own packet and regains her old powers so that she can dispose of a bomb). Jimmy's got switched with a love potion from another episode, so he uses that to make two of the villains fall in love with each other.
11	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'' pretty much played this trope to death with its "Muscular Beaver" episodes, which had Daggett cause trouble by pretending to be a superhero called Muscular Beaver and his brother, Norb, having to keep him in line by playing along as a villain called Baron Bad Beaver.
12	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Babar}}'''s episode "The Scarlet Pachyderm" has Arthur and [[spoiler:Babar]] impersonating the in-universe comic book superhero of the same name in order to defend people from two corrupt rhino border guards.
13	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'' episodes "Race to the Tower of Power", "Front Page News", "Flower Power", and "Super Team Awesome".
14	* A couple episodes of ''WesternAnimation/BeanyAndCecil'' featured the serpent as Super Cecil going up against Dishonest John as the Billious Beetle ("Confidentially...I sting!").
15	* WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}} tries to become a superhero (for the comic book sales, of course) but can't get into a superhero union. He tries to get some of his antagonists to be his arch-villain, to no avail. Lydia does get to be the token cub reporter.
16	* Season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth'' has an episode where everyone wakes up to discover they have super powers, each getting their own costumes and names. It turns out [[spoiler: this was just based on something Caleb made in his spare time, though the character's actions do play into events that really happen]].
17	* ''WesternAnimation/TheCasagrandes'' has two of them.
18	** The first is Season 2's [[Recap/TheCasagrandesS2E8IBreakfastBotDynamicDoOver "Dynamic Do-Over"]]. After a disastrous meeting with El Falcon leaves Carl [[BrokenPedestal disillusioned and miserable]], Bobby decides to become the Flaming Wing Hero himself to rekindle his cousin's spirit. He even rallies his family members to dress up as villains to keep up the charade.
19	** The second is Season 3's "Sidekickin' Chicken". El Falcon announces a contest where a lucky fan who submits a video themselves as a potential sidekick will have their hero-sona appear on the show. This leads to Carl portraying himself as ''El Pollito'' and records himself performing "heroic" deeds around the city.
20	* ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'' has two episodes: "Dog the Mighty" and its SequelEpisode "Dog the Not-So Mighty". In the first one, Dog gets the impression that he is a superhero after saving Rancid Rabbit's life and ''tries'' to fight crime with Cat as his sidekick Cat-Boy. In the SequelEpisode, Cat quits as Dog's sidekick so Dog gets a new Cat-Boy in Randolph the news reporter.
21	* ''WesternAnimation/ChipAndDaleRescueRangers'': "It's A Bird, It's Insane, It's Dale" has Dale obtaining a fragment of a meteor that gives him [[RubberMan super-stretching powers]] and he becomes a superhero... at the same time that the VillainOfTheWeek obtains another fragment that gives him the same powers.
22	* WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek has “Silver Fist Returns”. Where [[CloudCuckooLander J.P.]] dons the super heroic alter ego of “Silver Fist” to foil a mysterious thief in the creek, who later turns out to be blackmailed by [[spoiler:Eliza]].
23	* In ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'' "The Superhero," a SmugSuper named Terrifi-Guy accidentally destroys [[RevengeBeforeReason Dan]]'s car. After failing to get an apology, Dan and a reluctant [[ExtremeDoormat Chris]] try to become better superheroes than him. When that fails, Dan instead decides to become a super''villain'' called "Dr. Jerk," which obviously suits him much better. He also tries to give the two of them superpowers with radioactive waste.
24	* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' had "Penfold B.F.," where Penfold takes an untested vitamin pill and turns into the Blue Flash, a rhyming superhero. His efforts to help DM corral a Patagonian pygmy pigeon is haphazard at best.
25	* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'':
26	** "Star Spangled Sidekicks" involves Dexter and [=DeeDee=] auditioning for the sidekick of their favorite superhero, Major Glory. For their superhero personas, Dexter dons the identity of "Dex-Star: Boy of Wonder", while [=DeeDee=] masquerades as "Diva Dynamite".
27	** "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 them to help out with her daily routine.
28	** "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. Every result leads to him being BlessedWithSuck in some way.
29	* The ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' episode "[[Recap/DuckDodgersS1E9 The Green Loontern]]", where Dodgers accidentally gets ComicBook/GreenLantern's uniform and ring from the dry cleaners.
30	* A ''[[WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines Magnificent Muttley]]'' installment had the snickering daydreamer imagine he's Super Muttley thwarting Dick "Light-Fingers" Dastardly from robbing a safe.
31	* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' notably had a superhero character added into the second season in Gizmoduck (introduced in a feature-length special called "[[Recap/DuckTalesS2E2SuperDuckTales Super Duck Tales]]"), but one episode entitled "[[Recap/DuckTalesTheMaskedMallard The Masked Mallard]]" featured Scrooge becoming a masked vigilante.
32	** Before that, there was the episode "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E45Superdoo Superdoo]]", where Doofus becomes a FlyingBrick after he finds [[ImportedAlienPhlebotinum a crystal]] that [[VillainOfAnotherStory two aliens lost, after they stole it]] in order to [[GalacticConqueror take over the galaxy.]] He ends up getting rid of the crystal after he realizes [[SmugSuper how self centered he had become,]] and that using his powers to win patches was akin to cheating.
33	* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': "Robbin' Ed" has Johnny 2x4 and Plank as "Captain Melon-head and Splinter the Wonder Wood", who steal back the money Eddy conned off the other kids. This drives Eddy to plot revenge as the super-villain "Professor Scam". Melonhead and Splinter return in TheMovie.
34	* ''WesternAnimation/EndangeredSpecies2015'' has "Just Us League of Superheroes", in which the trio dress up as superheroes.
35	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' loves superhero episodes. Timmy is, after all, the Crimson Chin's sidekick, Cleft the Boy Chin Wonder. And the Masked Magician. And occasionally Crash Nebula. And his parents are Mighty Mom and Dyno Dad.
36	** "The Big Superhero Wish" turns ''everyone'' in the world into a superhero/villain.
37	** "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS4E15PowerPals Power Pals!]]" has Timmy wishing up four superhero friends known as the titular superhero team-- [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Super Sam]], [[ComicBook/AquaMan Wet Willie]], [[ComicBook/WonderWoman Joan Jet]] and [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Dark Mark]]-- after his friends abandon him after all the times he's taken advantage of them. Needless to say, the wish quickly goes awry. First, [[LaserGuidedKarma his new superfriends take advantage of him]] [[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine the same way he did with his regular friends]], forcing a JerkassRealization for Timmy. Then, when Timmy decides to reconcile with his friends, who started calling themselves the Anti-Timmy Force Four, the superheroes mistake them for a villainous group and decide to attack them.
38	** [[Creator/AdamWest Adam]] [[AdamWesting West]] is known as [[CatGirl Catman]], a BatmanParody who is part man, part cat. The same thing applies to his female counterpart, Cat Girl. The episodes in which he is prominent are "[[BeautyContest Miss Dimmsdale]]", "Catman Meets the Crimson Chin", "Go Young, West Man" "9 Lives!", "Cat-Astrophe", "Gone Flushin'", "Whittle Me This", "Nuts & Dangerous", "Cat 'n Mouse" and "Knitwits".
39	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In the "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E21FamilyGuyViewerMailOne Family Guy Viewer Mail #1]]" segment "Super Griffins", the family is mutated by a crashed toxic waste truck. Most of their powers are "normal", but [[ButtMonkey Meg]]'s power is [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway super amazing fingernail growth]]. Since they behave like villains, Mayor West tries to get superpowers the same way... [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome and gets cancer instead]]. However, his illness is the family's wake-up call, and they vow to use their powers only for good.
40	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat'' had this. Apparently, his "Magic Bag" wasn't super enough on its own to count as making him a superhero, but it ''could'' just give him tights, super-powers, and a big beefy physique.
41	* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' has "Challenge of the Super Friends", which is meant to be a homage to ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'', Creator/CraigMcCracken’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.
42	* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E4LessThanHero Less Than Hero]]", in which Fry and Leela gain SuperStrength, SuperSpeed, and NotQuiteFlight WallJump as side effects of a [[SuperSerum medicated muscle rub]]. They are soon joined by Bender (despite his being "more on the supply side of crime"), who could [[SuperpoweredRobotMeterMaids do cool things already]].
43	** They did not have [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway the power to command the loyalty of sea creatures]], though (one of the potential side effects of Miracle Cream).
44	* ''Franchise/{{Garfield}}''
45	** ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'':
46	*** "The Caped Avenger", where Garfield dresses as the titular hero when his beloved teddy bear, Pookie is stolen. Jon was actually washing Pookie.
47	*** 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".
48	** ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'':
49	*** "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.
50	*** "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.
51	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' had the episode "Super Zero", where Grim makes Billy a superhero with the power to squirt yogurt from his armpits. Billy then [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace heads off to space]] to fight an evil space empire.
52	* The ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode, ''Monkeyman!'' has Arnold being saved by the titular vigilante, who then neglects his duties after becoming famous before returning to crime-fighting.
53	* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' had an episode where Jade was inflicted with all the powers of the talismans. She then dons a cape and calls herself "T-Girl". She reprises this role in another episode although with fewer powers. In season five, Jade's friend Larry gets the power of the Earth demon and starts behaving like a superhero with disastrous results.
54	* ''WesternAnimation/JamiesGotTentacles'': In "Super", Jamie wants to use his powers to become a superhero but he soon understands that it is harder than it looks.
55	* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' had one in its first season and another in its second, though unlike the typical formula for this trope, the powers were incredibly [[AvertedTrope unorthodox]].
56	** Season 1's was "Power Squid and Spaghetti Beezy", where after running afoul of the Rodeo Clowns, Jimmy uses a "squid-based muscle enhancer" to get his shoe and comic back from them, with Beezy joining him with his bad breath as his superpower. The pair soon use their powers to help Miseryville, which not only infuriates the humiliated clowns further, but is opposed by Lucius because their heroics make people happy.
57	** Season 2 followed it up with "The Terrific Trio", where Lucius is constantly being attacked by a mysterious monster, leading Jimmy and Beezy to take their old mantles again, only this with Heloise joining them as Trouble Bubble Girl...and all three fighting over who gets to save Lucius. Also, Season 2 would [[ContinuityNod occasionally]] have the characters become their superhero forms again if the need arose.
58	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': "Let's Play Justice Masters", where Kaeloo is dressed as Franchise/{{Zorro}}, Stumpy as Series/{{Batman\|1966}}, and Quack Quack as Robin.
59	* In ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', Kim and Ron each have a SuperheroEpisode -- in "Go Team Go", Kim temporarily gains Hego's SuperStrength, and in "The Fearless Ferret", Ron temporarily becomes the {{sidekick}} of the [[Series/Batman1966 TV-Batman]] {{expy}} hero [[spoiler:(actually [[LostInCharacter a delusional]] [[AdamWesting actor]])]].
60	* ''Franchise/LooneyTunes'':
61	** In the WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-Rabbit Super-Rabbit]]'', Bugs acquires carrots which, when eaten, temporarily give him the abilities of [[FlyingBrick super strength and speed, flight and invulnerability]]. Later, the two villains obtain the carrots and gain super powers of their own. Followed up immediately by a ShoutOut to, in the eyes of just about all back then and still many today, some real-life superheroes... the US Marine Corps.[[note]]Leading the USMC to officially induct Bugs as an honorary private in the Marine Corps. He was regularly promoted until "retiring" at the end of the war as a Master Sergeant.[[/note]]
62	--->'''Bugs:''' ''[sees the villains in Super form]'' This looks like a job for a ''real'' superman! ''[dives into a phone booth, and emerges in Marine Corps dress blues]''
63	** "[[Recap/TheLooneyTunesShowS2E26SuperRabbit Super Rabbit]]" is also the title of the last episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' where the story is a WholePlotReference to ''Film/SupermanII'' with Bugs as Superman and Daffy as Zod.
64	** The WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck short ''WesternAnimation/StuporDuck'' had Daffy as an incompetent Superman parody who, thanks to overhearing a radio serial, went around causing trouble and suffering AmusingInjuries while trying to thwart what he thought was the work of a mad bomber. Also the 90's short ''Superior Duck''.
65	** ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' has a few to go around:
66	*** "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 (ComicBook/{{Batman}}) and Hamton playing the role of Decoy (Robin).
67	*** [="SuperBabs"=] (the first segment in "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E19Cinemaniacs Cinemaniacs!]]") has Babs being an obvious parody of ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and having to stop Wex Wuthor/Montana Max's evil plan to blot out Acme Acres in [[BlobMonster black ink]]. Also, when she comes out of her burrow when she is called to action, she mistakenly puts on a ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} costume before putting on the proper costume.
68	*** 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 (ComicBook/{{Superman}}) and introduces Plucky to the Just-Us League of Supertoons, consisting of himself, Wonder Babs (Babs as ComicBook/WonderWoman), Little Dasher (Little Beeper as ComicBook/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}}).
69	* ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries'':
70	** One episode has K, J and L developing superpowers after they are exposed to an alien radiation. Their powers are essentially their biggest characteristic up to eleven (K is tough and his body becomes rock, L is smart and her brain develops telekinesis and other brain-related powers and J is pretty hyperactive and becomes flexible). Three alien criminals also developed superpowers.
71	** Another has J becoming the Human Torch after eating alien food. This is, however, dangerous for him as the effects would eventually kill him if he uses his powers. Nevertheless he is forced to do it due to an alien enemy force attacking the MIB.
72	** And another had an alien immigrant decide to become a superhero, so MIB HQ decides to make Agent J into a supervillain to stop him, and all the attention he's getting.
73	* While ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' is technically a superhero show anyway, the "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugSP01MiraculousWorldNewYork Miraculous World: New York]]" special has the duo team up with traditional American [[Creator/DCComics DC]]-style superheroes instead of other french [[MagicalGirl Magical Girls]].
74	* ''WesternAnimation/MonsterBusterClub'' has an episode ("Comic Book Heroes") that features an alien nerd using the Earth as a place to store his billions of comic books. Cathy gets a hold of one series, "Liberty Lass", and pronounces herself a superheroine, Cathy Lass. She doesn't gain any ''new'' powers, but that doesn't matter because [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands she usually has whatever wacky alien power she needs for any given situation anyway]].
75	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
76	** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E8TheMysteriousMareDoWell The Mysterious Mare-Do-Well]]" is an episode where Rainbow Dash goes on an ego trip after saving some ponies from accidents and being called a hero. Her thunder is stolen by the eponymous masked pony. Mare-Do-Well's costume is a homage to WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck's, and some of her fans are seen carrying signs with a parody of the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' logo on them.
77	** 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 [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm 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).
78	* In the first-season ''WesternAnimation/PacMan'' episode "Super Ghosts", Mezmaron's formula gives the Ghost Monsters super strength and other powers. Afterward, Pac-Man and his wife eat special power pellets that enable them to fly.
79	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS2E2SuperStarsNowMuseumNowYouDont Super Stars]]" has the Star family become a legion of superheroes, and they're ''really'' bad at it. So much that "supervillain" Granny Tentacles is preferred by the townsfolk because she's way less destructive and actually trying to ''stop'' the Stars.
80	* ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'' has two of these episodes:
81	** An episode where Apollo the Super-pup is need in help of the Paw Patrol to defeat the spider king.
82	** A TV-movie where the Paw Patrol gained super-powers and facing a dangerous challenge from the villain who fights using a giant mech while damaging the city and have their Leader hostage. wooh! according to that wiki. It is the Special that everyone talked about: [[WesternAnimation/PAWPatrolMightyPups MIGHTY PUPS]]!
83	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' had an episode where Kowalski, Rico, and Private find a bunch of comic books and decide to become costumed vigilantes around the zoo. When Julien finds the comics, he decides to become one as well, but confuses the superhero with the supervillain and needs to be stopped by the penguins.
84	* The ''WesternAnimation/PetAlien'' episode "The Amazing Atomic Tommy" revolves around the aliens [[MistakenForSuperpowered believing Tommy is a superhero]] and putting him in life-threatening situations to train him. Dinko, Gumpers, Flip, and Scruffy all embrace the idea of becoming Tommy's sidekicks and don superhero identities (complete with theme songs, super-weaknesses and a willingness to be taken hostage), while Swanky plays the role of an [[LargeHam over-the-top]] supervillain to fight Tommy.
85	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
86	** In Season 2's "The Beak", the boys invent an oversized suit of PoweredArmor worn TotemPoleTrench-style as safety gear for their latest project, but get mistaken for a superhero, and when a villain appears on the scene, they have to roll with it. Many superhero staples are referenced, like the TwoPersonLoveTriangle between Phineas and Isabella, who's going for her IntrepidReporter patch, and a parody of 1967!Spider-Man's BraggingThemeTune.
87	** ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbMissionMarvel'', a {{crossover}} between ''P&F'' and the ''WesternAnimation/{{Marvel Universe\|DisneyXD}}'' [[MediaNotes/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.
88	** In a variation, the episode "Out Of Toon" sees the boys create a superhero cartoon based on themselves and their friends. In the cartoon, Phineas gets [[MesACrowd duplication powers]], Ferb gets a well-stocked toolbelt, Isabella's powers are derived from various stereotypically girly things, Baljeet (after expressing disappointment that Isabella took his idea) becomes a SizeShifter, Buford gets [[{{Gasshole}} super burping abilities]], and Candace is cast as the psychically-powered villainess "Control Freak".
89	* A Famous Studios ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' installment had Olive swooning over Superman, so Bluto impersonates Superman and has Olive fawning over him. Popeye tries to one-up him, but when Bluto exposes himself as a faux Man of Steel, Popeye eats his spinach and becomes a caped hero himself.
90	* The ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010'' episode "The Watchdogs" had Strudel bring hope to the dogs picked on by Stain by pretending to be a superhero named Electro-Noggin. Niblet joined the fun as another costumed hero named Mad Dog.
91	* Interestingly, ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' had one of these in "[[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlss3E7JewelOfTheAisleSuperZeroes Super Zeroes]]", despite the main characters already being superheroes. After reading comic books, the girls decide to copy their favorite heroines in order to become better heroes, with Blossom, Buttercup and Bubbles taking on new heroic identities as Liberty Belle (notably, the actual name of a {{Legacy Hero}}ine in the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica), Mange (a ComicBook/{{Spawn}} {{Expy}}), and Harmony Bunny (an {{Animesque}} cute rabbit character along the lines of Franchise/HelloKitty), respectively. It [[SuperZeroes doesn't go well]], since Blossom gets stuck in traffic when she drives the Morality Mobile, Bubbles is extremely slow due to traveling by pogo stick and her attacks consist of putting stickers on the MonsterOfTheWeek, and Buttercup won't do anything because of the sunlight. Eventually, the monster himself gets fed up and tells the girls to lose their new identities.
92	* ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' had "[[Recap/TheProudFamilyS2E2AHeroForHalloween A Hero for Halloween]]", which doubles as a HalloweenEpisode. Penny is imbued with superpowers after eating [[LethalChef her father's]] [[PowerUpFood 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.]]
93	* ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack'' had "The Really Mighty Ducks", in which Professor von Drake has built a machine that grants superpowers. Our three protagonists use it, and emerge as... "Brain Boy!" "Captain Muscle!" "...and...[[BuffySpeak the Really-Incredibly-Fast Guy]]!"
94	** The episode later got a SequelEpisode where the boys become their superhero alter-egos again in order to save Donald. However, Louie notes [[NiceJobBreakingItHero that they seem to do more harm than good]].
95	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'': In one episode, a comic book superhero (similar in powers to ComicBook/{{Superman}}) literally comes out of the pages, alongside the supervillain (a MadScientist in a mechanical suit ala ComicBook/LexLuthor). The hero at first thought the Ghostbusters were supervillains but when things get clear they team-up to fight the villain.
96	* While not a superhero episode as a whole, the Coyote hopelessly and hilariously subverts this in the first ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Road Runner]]'' cartoon "Fast And Furry-ous." He dons a superhero outfit thinking it will allow him to fly. [[GravityIsAHarshMistress Gravity says otherwise.]] (Chuck Jones described it as animator Ken Harris in a Batman costume.)
97	* ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'':
98	** In "[[Recap/RugratsS2E11SuperheroChuckieTheDogBroomer Superhero Chuckie]]", Chuckie pretends to be a superhero named Captain Chuckie after he sees an episode of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Captain Blasto]]''.
99	** "[[Recap/RugratsS3E21AngelicasWorstNightmareTheMegaDiaperBabies The Mega Diaper Babies]]", the babies pretend to be a team of superheroes [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin called the Mega Diaper Babies]] to save the [[ShowWithinAShow Mega Hyper Heroes]] from Angelica as Angelitron.
100	** A later episode sees them pretending to be another fictional superhero team called the Adventure Squad, who are a group of mountaineers with different powers (except Bob, who just drives the van).
101	* ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats2021'': In "The Future Maker", the babies imagine themselves as superheroes as they try to save the city from Spike as the Dog Monster, with their superhero alter-egos based on what Angelica said they'd grow up to be. Tommy is Dog Boy, Lil is Rainbow Rocket, Phil is Laser Mouth, Chuckie is Chuckie the Ghost, and Susie is Taco Tuesday. At first, Susie thinks that [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway she isn't a real superhero because she doesn't have an awesome power like her friends do]], but when the babies are unable to stop the Dog Monster and Foster as Mega Puppy, [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower Susie uses her taco powers to distract the two dog monsters]] so she can help her friends.
102	* ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'': "The Senses-Shattering Adventures of Captain Harvtastic" explores Sabrina, Harvey and Salem ending up getting sucked into a comic book that Harvey drew. In it, Harvey becomes Captain Harvtastic -- who can create anything if he draws it with his pen gun. The rest of the supers have rather [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway pathetic powers]] -- such as Mega Girl (atomic tantrum power), Gazebo Boy (turns into a gazebo to trap enemies) and Calamari Queen (shoots squids out of her hands). The last one at least proves useful when Harvey's pen runs out of ink, and she remembers what squids are good for.
103	* ''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]]. Two pretends to be a news reporter while Six and Seven play victims of Four's experiments.
104	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
105	** In "Desperately Xeeking Xena", the second segment of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E4TreehouseOfHorrorX Treehouse of Horror X]]", Bart and Lisa (as Stretch Dude and Clobber Girl) are attempting to foil the Villain Comic Book Guy (the Collector) during one of their {{Bizarro\|Episode}} {{Halloween Episode}}s.
106	** In a canon episode, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E19SimpleSimpson Simple Simpson]]", Homer becomes the vigilante Pie Man, who throws pies at people while wearing a pie-tin mask on his face. The episode was largely a parody of the 2002 ''Film/SpiderMan1'' movie.
107	** 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 ComicBook/{{Batman}}.
108	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E16DarkKnightCourt Dark Knight Court]]" has Mr Burns becoming ''Fruit Bat Man''. Smithers pays Homer, Lenny and Carl to pretend to be supervillains and lose fights on purpose in order to spare Burns' feelings.
109	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'''s episode "Supersmurf" has Brainy becoming a Superman-like superhero defending the village from Bigmouth the ogre.
110	* ''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 "[[Recap/SouthParkTheCoonAndFriendsTrilogy 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.
111	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
112	** "Mermaidman and Barnacle Boy V" has [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, Sandy and Squidward all gain superpowers to fight Mermaid Man's enemies. Amusingly, this was made possible because powers come from wearing the [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman ridiculous costumes]]. [[EpicFail They all defeat themselves before doing anything useful with them]]--except for Mermaidman, who just spontaneously collapses.
113	** A later episode, "Patrick-man!", has Patrick trying to be a superhero again.
114	* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Talespin}}'' episode "Bullethead Baloo" has Baloo attempting to emulate a comic book hero that Kit's friends are into (a Bulletman/Rocketeer type), and foiling a MadScientist who kidnaps Shere Khan.
115	* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'':
116	** Several episodes in the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 1987 series]], including "Super Irma", "Raphael Versus The Volcano," "Night of the Dark Turtle," and "Super Hero for a Day."
117	** The [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003 series]] has several as well, as a Justice League type team actually exists in this world, and Michelangelo occasionally dips into his persona as "The Turtle Titan". Then there's the AlternateRealityEpisode where he encounters the main cast in a world where they are ALL superheroes and [[spoiler:Splinter is their archenemy]].
118	* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' episode, "[[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS24E8JamesTheSuperEngine James the Super Engine]]", James fantasizes about being a superhero called the Rail Rocket after hearing about a comic book superhero called the Red Shadow. When a barrel of oil spills over James' eyes, it makes him look like he's wearing a superhero mask. James spends the rest of the day pretending to be the Rail Rocket, but has a hard time finding anyone who needs to be saved. He eventually saves Rebecca from being hit by a falling coal hopper when an accident with Percy's freight cars causes said coal hopper to fall over.
119	* 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 ComicBook/WonderWoman (not that Chris minds, as he loved the character as a kid).
120	* ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTrollstopia'' has "The Party Pooper", which continues off from the previous series ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTheBeatGoesOn'''s episodes "Marshtato Fairy" and "The Partier's Apprentice". While the latter episode still had Shout-Outs to superhero media, it didn't have a superhero-like plot.
121	* ''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 the Gruesome Twosome as Massively Marketable Bat-Dude (Tiny) and Whatzhisname (Bella), while Dastardly and Muttley are the villains, known as, respectively, the Purple Puppeteer and Sonic Snicker.
122	* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': In "The Boy Wander", Wander dons a mask and cape (and [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness an uncharacteristically serious demeanor]]) to take on Dr. Screwball Jones, a MadScientist whose twisted idea of bringing happiness and laughter to others is through TickleTorture.
123	* A variation for ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'', which is already about superheroes. It overlaps with GirlsNightOutEpisode and WalkOnTheWildSideEpisode -- where Jean, Kitty, Rogue, Amara and Tabitha decide to form a vigilante crime-fighting group known as the Bayville Sirens. Complete with black leather outfits, too.
124	* In season two of ''WesternAnimation/YogisTreasureHunt,'' Quick Draw [=McGraw=], Huck Hound and Boo Boo Bear would form the Trio of Triumph (becoming El Kabong, Huckle Hero and Ramboo-boo respectively. They even have a poster on their wall of the ubiquitous laughing figures with the caption "You want your planet saved ''when?''"
125	* ''WesternAnimation/ZekesPad'': In "Drawing Conclusions", Ida loses her precious electronic organizer. The organizer is what keeps the house tidy and the chores assigned. To help her find the organizer, and in turn prove that he is logical, Zeke draws himself as a superhero detective, Zeke Streak, complete with tight spandex and a mask.

Context SuperheroEpisode / WesternAnimation