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Episode 3: "Man Mountain"

  • The way Johnny and his crew take down Man Mountain. First, Johnny zaps him between his legs. Then Frostbite hits him in the face with an ice blast. Finally, Kismet uses his bad luck powers to make several aircraft fall on Man Mountain's head, causing him to fall conveniently onto a plant filled with toxic chemicals, right when a group of crooks was about to ship off a bio-weapon.
  • Transmit and Frostbite defeat the Rubberball by combining their powers. Frostbite fires off multiple ice blasts which Transmit teleports around Rubberball, trapping him.

Episode 4: "The Praetorian"

  • The Praetorian takes down Johnny's team with almost contemptible ease.
    • He uses fire breath to overcome Frostbite's ice and then demolishes him with super strong kicks.
    • He reflects Kismet's bad luck powers on him, causing random fish and a shark to drop out of the sky onto him.
    • When Transmit tries to escape using teleportation, the Praetorian reminds him he can do the same thing and knocks him out.
    • The only thing that saves the crew from being killed by the Praetorian is Kasey using her illusion powers to make him leave them alone. Which is an awesome moment itself for Kasey.

Episode 6: "The Gladiator"

  • The Gladiator riding on top of the plane as opposed to inside it.
  • The plan to break out TK from the plane carrying him to prison:
    • Roddy keeps the Gladiator distracted, while the Ghost uses his Intangibility to sneak into the plane and incapacitate the men guarding TK. Remember that while Roddy's Healing Factor means the Gladiator can't kill him, he can still feel pain.
      • Roddy sticks his leg into one of the plane's propellers, causing blood to fly into the Gladiator's face.
      • Gladiator rips off Roddy's arm, but Roddy can reattach it and uses his whip to swing off the plane, taking Gladiator with him.
      • When they land in the ocean, Roddy is okay, but Gladiator is knocked unconscious. Kasey arrives and makes sure Gladiator stays down with the illusion of him protecting a mermaid kingdom, while Sammy and Roddy are rescued.
    • Johnny uses his electricity powers to slow the plane down so the crooks don't lose sight of them.

Episode 7: "The Supermax"

  • Since the Ghost was unable to crack the code to TK's restraints, Johnny uses his powers to fry the plane's systems. The Ghost isn't worried about dying in the crash because he's the Ghost. Leaving the guards with the choice of giving him the code so TK can save them with his Telekinesis or dying when the plane crashes. The guard gives up the code.
  • Forecast’s introduction. While he’s a silly, goofy, fun-lover, his power over the weather is quite impressive. In his debut, he clears a thunderstorm to display himself as the saving grace of the gang.

Episode 8: "The Union of Justice"

  • The Plan to break into the Union of Justice’s Headquarters.
    • To distract the Union, the gang has Forecast, and TK simulates a zombie attack in Pittsburgh. Forecast creates a thunderstorm for dramatic effect, while TK uses his powers to animate an entire cemetery’s worth of corpses as zombies, even using the body of an old enemy of the Utopian as the one to take the fall. Creepy? Yeah. Disgusting? Definitely. Awesome? Hell Yes.
    • The Gang’s entry. Johnny wipes them from the surveillance cameras, while Kasey renders them invisible to the crowd. And they manage to do pretty well. If not for the display helmet being a fake, and the Praetorian being around to listen in on their plan, they could’ve left without incident.

Episode 9: "Count Orlok"

  • Johnny manages to slow down the Praetorian by using his powers to set off the sprinklers and neutralize his "fire bomb" power.
  • Ghost manages to man up and use Count Orlock’s helmet to get the gang to safety after being confronted by the Praetorian.

Episode 11: "Casino Grand Granite"

  • How does Gladiator arrive at the island where the heist will take place? By swimming there in under 90 minutes.

Episode !2: "The Bastard"

  • Johnny, TK, Forecast, and Carmine find themselves facing off against The Bastard's Ninja guards. They can't use any powers as it will set off a security system that will immediately neutralize them. Carmine shows that being The Team Normal has its advantages and whips out his flame throwers, reminding us why he was once known as The Heat.
  • Ghost manages to shut down the Suppression device, allowing the gang to use their powers to take on the guards.

Episode 13: "SUPER CROOKS"

  • Captured by the Bastard and injected with a truth serum, Kasey delivers an epic "The Reason You Suck" Speech to the villain, basically calling him out as the Sociopath he is.
  • When the gang is confronted by the Praetorian, and The Bastard taunts them on the intercom, Johnny manages to grind The Bastard’s gears by snarking about his age. That’s right, Johnny Bolt insulted the most dangerous criminal alive and got away with it.
  • The Gladiator Vs Praetorian is a total Curb-Stomp Battle in Gladiator’s favor. Despite Praetorian’s massive array of powers, Gladiator is just too powerful and overpowers the false hero with one good punch.
    • During their fight, Gladiator also makes sure to give Praetorian a piece of his mind about how much the latter disgusts him.
    • At first, Praetorian is his usual smug, cocky self when Gladiator is trash-talking him. Then Gladiator lifts his mask and we see the Praetorian show genuine fear for the first time.
    • Considering they had blackmailed him into helping them, one can't help but side with the Gladiator when he lets the Praetorian rough up Johnny and the gang while he just sits back and has a smoke.
  • Kasey manages to cast an illusion capable of fooling the Bastard, even tricking him into killing his perverted assistant Miguel.
  • Johnny’s masterstroke. After escaping the island, he sends a photo of the gang robbing the Bastard to his old friend, now working as a reporter who follows the Union of Justice. Matts, mistakenly thinking his men (who have the exact uniforms the crew wore on their heist) had double-crossed him, goes to the Network HQ to kill them, leaving the gang free to spend their money safely.

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