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'''''!HERO''''' is a Christian RockOpera that modernizes the story of Jesus. It notably featured a number of major players in the Christian Rock world, such as former dcTalk member and current Newsboys frontrunner Michael Tait as the title character, along with John Cooper of Skillet, Audio Adrenaline's Mark Stuart, and Rebecca St. James.

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!!This rock opera contains the following tropes:
* AlternateHistory: "What if Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania?" And moreover, what if Jesus wasn't born until the modern era?
* BackFromTheDead: The song "He's Not Here".
* BigApplesauce: The story's Jerusalem.
* CompositeCharacter: Maggie is Mary Magdalene combined with the Samaritan woman at the well.
* CorruptChurch: The Brooklyn Synagogue, under the leadership of Chief Rabbi Kai.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: On the DVD musical performance, Hero's body draped over a street sign.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Its telling of the story of Jesus, by its modern-day AlternateHistory setting.
* DevilInDisguise: Officer Devlin.
* DrivenToSuicide: Jude in "Intentions (Reprise)".
* EvilCripple: Governor Pilate, in the DVD performance of "Kill The Hero".
* ForegoneConclusion
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Maggie.
* HowWeGotHere: The story is told as a flashback from I.C.O.N. Agent Hunter, who is in prison at the start of the first song.
* TheMessiah / MessianicArchetype: Hero.
* NeverAcceptedInHisHometown: Played out in "Fire Of Love".
* OneWorldOrder: I.C.O.N., which has wiped out all religions except for Judaism.
* PassionPlay
* RaceLift: Given who portrays the Messiah, this story's Jesus is black.
* RecycledInSpace: The story of Jesus...in modern-day America TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in an AlternateHistory.
* SinisterMinister: Chief Rabbi Kai, in cahoots with a dirty cop named Devlin.
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* ForgoneConclusion

* DrivenToSuicide: Jude in "Intentions (Reprise)"

* HowWeGotHere: The story is told as a flashback from Officer Hunter, who is in prison at the start of the first song.

'''''!HERO''''' is a Christian RockOpera that modernizes the story of Jesus. It features Michael Tait as Jesus (mostly referred to as Hero), Mark Stuart of Audio Adrenaline as his disciple Petrov, and Rebecca St. James as Maggie.

* LuckyCharmsTitle: ''!Hero''.

* AlternateHistory: "What if Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania?" And moreoever, what if Jesus wasn't born until the modern era?

* AlternateHistory: "What if Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania?"

* RecycledInSpace: The story of Jesus...in modern-day America TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture.