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Who Wants to Be a Superhero? :: Week One (01x01)
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Episode Information |
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| Title: | Week One |
| Episode #: | 01x01 |
| Production Number: | 101 |
| Original Airdate: | Thursday July 27th, 2006 |
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Aug 04, 2009 |
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Episode Summary |
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The heroes introduce themselves, and then head on over to their lair, which is located in a condemned warehouse, though it secretly is a nice area in which the contestants will be sleeping. The heroes are set up on a mission to inconspicuously change into their costumes and make it to the finish line, though there's a catch.
| Summary Available In: English | Dutch
| | English Recap Available: View Here |
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Tobias Trost AKA Levity - toymaker, 32 years old, Lakeside, MT.
| Jonathan Finestone AKA Rotiart - business owner, 27 years old, Los Angeles, CA.
| Tonya Kay AKA Creature - auto mechanic, 25 years old, Coldwater, MI.
| Chris Watters AKA Major Victory - disc jockey, 38 years old, San Francisco, CA.
| Steel Chambers AKA Iron Enforcer - bodyguard, 35 years old, Brooklyn, NY.
| Mary Votava AKA Monkey Woman - real estate investor, 28 years old, Seattle, WA.
| Nell Wilson AKA Fat Momma - single mother, 42 years old, Los Angeles, CA.
| Darren Passarello AKA Nitro G - college student, 19 years old, Staten Island, NY.
| Chelsea Weld AKA Cell Phone Girl - interior designer, 22 years old, La Crescenta, CA.
| Matthew Atherton AKA Feedback - software engineer, 34 years old, Las Cruces, NM.
| E. Quincy Sloan AKA Tyveculus - fire captain, 34 years old, Bakersfield, CA.
| Tonatzin Mondragon AKA Lemuria - property manager, 30 years old, Los Angeles, CA.
| This episode marks the elimination of Levity and Nitro G.
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Stan Lee: (after hearing an unknown hero's catchphrase) What the hell does uraha mean?
| Major Victory: (to Stan) Be a winner, not a wiener.
| Stan Lee: I set out to find the world's next great superhero. Thousands applied from all over the planet. Maybe one or two from other planets! All I had to do was narrow it down to the best twelve. That turned out to be a lot easier said than done!
| Ice Bitch: My name is Ice Bitch.
Stan Lee: And, what about a catchphrase?
Ice Bitch: Freeze, mother*bleep*!
| Fat Momma: I sing: "Fat momma! Fat momma! I'm here to save the day! Fat momma! Fat momma! I'll take your food away!"
Stan Lee: (laughing) Fat Momma, that was great!
| Levity: I think the reason why I like superheroes so much is because I grew up as an outcast. I have a partner. His name is Michael, we've been together for ten years. There are a number of gay comic book characters and I think that if I actually won this, it would be a great role model for a lot of kids out there.
| Rotiart: I'm a huge Stan Lee fan. I'm just gonna keep my eyes and ears open and see what happens.
| Major Victory: I made a lot of mistakes in my life. I used to be an exotic dancer, which took a toll on my relationship with my daughter - I wasn't there, I wasn't a part of her life. I would love for this experience to give me a chance to be a hero in her life.
| Creature: Major Victory, I'm Creature.
Major Victory: Hi, Creature.
Creature: You and I are going to the club! (laughs)
| Creature: Major Victory... he's gonna be entertaining!
| Iron Enforcer: I'm here for one reason and one reason only - destiny. Annihilation is my name, winning is my game.
| Creature: Dude, what's on your arm?
Iron Enforcer: This here is the most hi-tech weapon... to date.
Major Victory: Can it cock a bathroom? (bursts out laughing whilst Iron Enforcer just stares)
| Fat Momma: My three kids inspired me to be here and I want to prove to them that just because you're fat and overweight doesn't mean that you can't be happy and do the things that other people do. I'm gonna rid the world of bullies, one donut at a time.
| Creature: When you eat donuts, what happens?
Fat Momma: Oh, they give me the super power.
| Creature: I love Fat Momma but I'm a little worried about young people seeing donuts being part of loving your body.
| Nitro G: I work in a comic book store part-time and on weekends. It's like the coolest job ever. I am obsessed with comic books. I know everything there is to know about every superhero. I am up to date on everything, I never miss an issue.
| Cell Phone Girl: I love cell phones. I'm always on the phone, I love staying in touch with people. So, when it came to being a superhero, I just knew I was Cell Phone Girl.
| Feedback: After my father died when I was fourteen, my role models were the superheroes of Stan Lee comic books. And, to become one of those people that I looked up to, would be the culmination of my life. I couldn't get the time off so I quit my job to be on the show.
| Lemuria: Stan decided to have a little fun so he let the scifi.com fans choose the final contestant. And, they chose me so I'm not gonna let them down. I am gonna win this thing.
| Creature: I've never met any other superheroes before... let's have a party!
| Stan Lee: (interrupting the party) Hold it there! This is serious business! Don't you realise what you're there for?! We're looking for the next superhero! I've spent my life creating superheroes, they don't act like that!
| Monkey Woman: When I found out a) one of us was a traitor and b) one of us was going home, I just about burst into tears.
| Creature: So, you can choose when it goes off?
Iron Enforcer: Yes, depending on each person that I want to kill.
Major Victory: I don't think superheroes are supposed to be killers.
Iron Enforcer: (pointing his gun at Major Victory) Who are you to tell me...
| Creature: Why do you wanna kill people?
Iron Enforcer: After I leave this house, I'm on my mission for the Middle East.
| Stan Lee: Creature, you seemed to flirt with every male superhero who flew in here! If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were just here to meet hot guys in tights!
| Stan Lee: You, Iron Enforcer. You did come off a little abrasive with all that bravado about killing. Superheroes don't kill people, they save people!
| Stan Lee: There's a trashcan to your right, in front of Major Victory. I'm afraid I've got to ask you to turn in your costume.
| Major Victory: (on the apartment) It's like a superhero wet dream. It's surreal yet fantastic.
| Creature: When the elevator opened, I was like a wild animal let out of a cage.
| Stan Lee: Now, I realise that during the next six weeks, we can't test you on who can leap the tallest building or fly the highest or who can stop a speeding locomotive with your pinky. That's not what this competition is all about. Every really good superhero has what's important on the inside. It's about heart, compassion, intelligence, courage, honesty and integrity. And, those are the human characteristics that you'll be tested on. Welcome to what will become the adventure of a lifetime!
Lemuria: We hope that we do you proud!
Stan Lee: You all have so far!
| Major Victory: Stan spoke to us and the light bulb went off, what he wants is for us to be superhuman. I think it would be easier for me to fly!
| Stan Lee: You all know what excelsior means?
(everyone says no)
Stan Lee: It's from an old English expression which means, 'upward and onward to greater glory'!
| Tyveculus: (to a member of the public as he pulls out a portable toilet to change behind) How you doin'?
| Cell Phone Girl: I was really careful to make sure that nobody saw me when I was changing. (camera pans around to members of the public watching as Cell Phone Girl changes)
| Cell Phone Girl: I'd rather help a crying girl who'd lost her mom than win a competition of who can run the fastest.
| Fat Momma: Come on, Fat Momma, you can make it!
| Fat Momma: (comforting the little girl) It's okay, Fat Momma's here.
| Fat Momma: I know as a mother, I would be devastated if my child was lost. And, I would want someone to help her.
| Monkey Woman: (after missing the little girl completely) I think I made Stan proud.
| Lemuria: (comforting the little girl) It's okay, hi, my name's Lemuria, I'm right here for you, okay?
| Alice: (crying) I lost my mom.
Major Victory: Where is she?
Alice: I don't know.
Major Victory: WHO IS THIS CHILD'S MOTHER? What's your name?
Alice: Alice.
Major Victory: ALICE! ALICE? There's a security office over here. Here, climb in my arms!
Alice: Thank you. Am I gonna see her?
Major Victory: Of course you'll see her!
| Major Victory: I might not have had the fastest time today but I felt like a winner, not a wiener.
| Stan Lee: Stop smiling. This really is very serious.
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Episode Goofs |
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In the opening credits, Nitro G's tagline is misspelt: "ADRENALIN PUMPINMG HEROICS".
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Stan Lee: Think Clark Kent looking for a phone booth.
This is a direct reference to Clark Kent / Kal-El, AKA Superman, who was known to change into his costume inside of phone booths.
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