# Heroes - Powers you'd like to see. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666 "2007-05-18T23:27:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dying\_Butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@Dying\_Butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dying_Butterfly)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666/21 "2007-05-20T04:16:57Z")
Toast Man. Can instantly toast a slice of bread with just a touch of his hand. Makes breakfast on the go handy, doesn’t it? The only problem is he can’t control it. So if he wants a sandwich on just plain bread, he has to wear gloves. O, the suffering! ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Holck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Matt\_Holck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matt_Holck)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666/22 "2007-05-20T04:25:04Z")
name man has the ability to change the names of the people around him ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666/23 "2007-05-20T06:20:57Z")
[QUOTE=Dying Butterfly] Toast Man. Can instantly toast a slice of bread with just a touch of his hand. Makes breakfast on the go handy, doesn’t it? The only problem is he can’t control it. So if he wants a sandwich on just plain bread, he has to wear gloves. O, the suffering! [/QUOTE] Perchance would his battle cry be [“Quick, man, cling tenaciously to my buttocks!”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powdered_Toast_Man#Powdered_Toast_Man)? ---
**Author:** ![DustyButt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DustyButt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DustyButt)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666/24 "2007-05-20T07:12:23Z")
SpittleMan! A hero that’s able to strike up a conversation with anyone and can accumulate epic-sized wads of spittle in the corners of his mouth while discussing current events… Fiendish. ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Holck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Matt\_Holck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matt_Holck)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666/25 "2007-05-20T08:32:46Z")
gushes ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Holck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Matt\_Holck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matt_Holck)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666/26 "2007-05-20T14:53:23Z")
while recycling man was considered a hero among the “hundi drive to work every day” crowd, the homeless considered the can converting crusader a leach on resources ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666/27 "2007-05-20T16:26:48Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] This may be an aspect of that internet-manipulating chick’s powers. I don’t recall exactly how her powers were explained but if she can manipulate electronic impulses to create instant messages and the like then radio signals may fall within her purview as well. [/QUOTE] And she could be dramatically killed by Fox’s Office of Urgent Licensing Matters. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666/28 "2007-05-20T18:15:59Z")
_The Scream:_ Able to endure near-limitless levels of pain without passing out or dying from shock! The worse it gets, the more fiercely he writhes on the ground and whimpers for mercy! The mightiest anesthetics are powerless against his agony! ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Holck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Matt\_Holck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matt_Holck)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666/29 "2007-05-20T18:22:43Z")
silence 15’ radius is always a staple ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Holck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Matt\_Holck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matt_Holck)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666/30 "2007-05-21T16:47:41Z")
a hero that can determine the structures around via active sonar which is projected and received through tap dancing ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666/31 "2007-05-21T18:04:39Z")
[QUOTE=Matt Holck] a hero that can determine the structures around via active sonar which is projected and received through tap dancing [/QUOTE] And farting. Don’t forget the farting. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Holck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Matt\_Holck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matt_Holck)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666/32 "2007-05-21T18:15:20Z")
a model that has the power of the human tortch and her clothes burn off ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_of\_the\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@Lady\_of\_the\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_of_the_Lake)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666/33 "2007-05-21T20:05:27Z")
[QUOTE=Menocchio] Incredible luck. Fire at him, your gun jams, and then you’re hit by a bus. He needs money, he trips and lands in front of a $100 bill on the ground. [/QUOTE] (You played Fallout?) 🙂 I really like this gift! I think it’d be a great addition to the show if it was a cheerful, happy-go-lucky type person! Maybe make him someone with…flexible views regarding morality…using his gift selfishly without being some scary, evil mastermind…cheerfully screwing people over while looking out for number one… Mohinder and a few of the others (_cough_ Hiro) have shown themselves to be a bit too gullible, it’s almost his \*\*duty \*\* to show them the error of their ways…for their own good! Oh, and he should hit on everything that moves, male or female. ---
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666/34 "2007-05-21T20:32:08Z")
Premonition True shapeshifting (not illusion, but actual shapeshifting) ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666/35 "2007-05-21T20:37:29Z")
There should be a guy that ‘actually’ understands women…with that much power, he could easily control the world! And a guy that’s really good at shoveling things… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666/36 "2007-05-21T20:45:45Z")
[QUOTE=Lady of the Lake] Oh, and he should hit on everything that moves, male or female. [/QUOTE] That could be a separate character/superpower. The Seducer. ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Holck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Matt\_Holck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matt_Holck)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666/37 "2007-05-21T21:36:56Z")
Voltic this guy’s charged always not only can his touch roast people like crickets in a skillet but he can suply enough power to lift a battle ship into the air on propellors ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_of\_the\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@Lady\_of\_the\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_of_the_Lake)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666/38 "2007-05-21T22:26:48Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] That could be a separate character/superpower. The Seducer. [/QUOTE] I like that! Again, a character who can add a bit of fun and humor to the show! Oh wait…you mean a character who \*succeeds \* with the hitting on as opposed to just using outlandishly cheesy pick up lines? …that might work as well… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OBJECTION](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@OBJECTION](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OBJECTION)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666/39 "2007-05-21T23:46:20Z")
[QUOTE=Lady of the Lake] I like that! Again, a character who can add a bit of fun and humor to the show! Oh wait…you mean a character who \*succeeds \* with the hitting on as opposed to just using outlandishly cheesy pick up lines? …that might work as well… 😉 [/QUOTE] What if the super power was the fact he suceeds even _with_ horrendously cheesy pick up lines? ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666/40 "2007-05-22T00:01:48Z")
[QUOTE=OBJECTION!!] What if the super power was the fact he suceeds even _with_ horrendously cheesy pick up lines? [/QUOTE] I think that would be great. But wouldn’t his name would be Jim Beam, Jack Daniels, Jose Cuervas, Johnny Walker or something along that line? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-powers-youd-like-to-see/404666.md?page=3)