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"You'll believe a baby can fly!"

A light-hearted romantic comedy in which an alien superhero often takes everything rather literally...

Janet, Mrs Raven and Doctor Piers Crispin from My Hero. Image © BBCrIs it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's health-food shop-owner George Sunday (Ardal O' Hanlon), alias the world's most famous superhero, Thermoman. Trouble is, Thermoman is not too familiar with Earth customs, so he is often embarrassingly honest and tends to take everything too literally.

Here's a BBC Press release about season three:

New series, new baby… My Hero returns with a ThermoTot!

Superhero with a difference, ThermoMan, alias mild-mannered health food shop owner, George Sunday, returns for a brand new series of the romantic comedy, My Hero (starts Friday 7 June, BBC ONE). But this time he's got competition in the superhero stakes - from his own baby son.

Life is getting more and more stressful for George and Janet Sunday. Keeping George's alter ego secret from the outside world (and Janet's parents) is hard enough but with a new baby in the house who, to put it mildly, takes after George rather more than Janet, it's becoming impossible.

Baby Ollie has all the characteristics of a pint sized superhero - he can talk like an adult, fly like a turbo-charged bird and has ambitions to study at Cambridge University - and he's not yet two weeks old. To make matters worse, George is teaching him to sniff out tidal waves and forest fires… It's impressive stuff but at the same time highly embarrassing for Janet. Like all new mums, she wants to show off her baby but how does she explain his rather special characteristics - especially to her parents and friends?

Says Ardal O'Hanlon (George Sunday): "There are some great special effects and comedy moments which focus on the strain of keeping a secret and trying to behave normally in front of other people - like Janet's parents - when in reality the situation is anything but. The introduction of the baby adds a whole new dimension to the series because not only do you have the tensions of keeping George's alter ego secret, you have the additional issue of a baby - and an out-of-control one at that!"

Meanwhile, still in residence at the Health Centre are smarmy GP, Dr Piers Crispin, who has designs on a tv career because curing the sick isn't his thing, and bellicose receptionist Mrs Raven, who hates the patients and doesn't have much time for her boss either.

Says Hugh Dennis (Dr Piers Crispin): "Dr Piers is an self-obsessed, incredibly vain egomaniac with no interest in anything except himself - he's a brilliant part to play!"

My Hero is created by Paul Mendelson and co-written with Paul Mayhew-Archer.

Ardal O'Hanlon and Emily Joyce star as George and Janet Sunday; Hugh Dennis as Dr Piers Crispin; Geraldine McNulty as Mrs Raven and Janet's long suffering parents are played by Tim Wylton and Lill Roughley. Twin babies played Ollie in this season, voiced by Finlay Stroud: Laura and Lucy Dethier-Chapman.

Season Three
Shot December 2001 through January 2001. This season comprises 10 epsiodes and develops the problems with a superhero baby! Screening info is for BBC1.

Baby Talk
First UK tx: 7 June 2002
Written by: Paul Mendelson & Paul Mayhew-Archer Directed by: John Stroud
Ratings: 5.8 million (26.2% audience share)
Guest Stars: Patrick Driver (Mr Cracknell), Peter Cadden, Nicky Callanan and Adam Woodroffe
Most parents can't wait to show off their newborn, but this one flies, talks and does the hoovering! How on earth do George and Janet explain that away?
Life is becoming increasingly stressful for George and Janet Sunday. Keeping George's alter ego secret from Janet's parents is difficult enough but with a new baby in the house who, to put it mildly, takes after George rather more than Janet, it is becoming impossible.
The baby has all the characteristics of a pint-sized superhero -- he can talk like an adult and fly like a turbo-charged bird.To make matters worse, George is already teaching him to sniff out tidal waves and forest fires. With Janet's parents due any minute to see their new grandchild for the first time, these are far from desirable qualities.
Meanwhile, over at the Health Centre, Dr Pier's TV career starts to look up when, out of desperation, he appoints Mrs Raven as his agent. But she proves rather too good at her new job, reporting: "I've got you the National Lottery at eight and Clive Anderson is humiliating you at 10." What with this and a guest appearance on Carol Smillie's new show,
Waiting Rooms, Dr Piers is in serious need of resuscitation.
• Read a review of this episode on The Guardian web site (registration required): Go
Blink and You'll Miss it:
• Janet's hair has noticeably grown (overnight) from Wedding when she gives birth to Olly, (who is only one day old "he wasn't born yesterday : Yes he was, that's the trouble") on what is supposed to be the next day.
• Ella asks why George and Janet have been keeping her Grandson from her and Stanley says they've missed Janet as they haven't seen her since the birth : but Olly was born yesterday.
•How have George and Janet got enlarged photos of Olly just one day after he was born, which would be a Sunday as they were married and Olly was born on a Saturday?
•When Olly goes missing just before the tea-party on Saturday, ThermoMan calls for Pontius on the first search, but Benjamin on the second. And how did George and Janet manage to stall her parents from seeing Olly for a whole week?
Disasters: Romantic references:
• Earthquake in Tibet
• Man hurls himself off cliff (unspecified)
 

Memorable Quotes

Arnie's various jibes to Mrs. Raven
- How ya been, my ugly little bat out of hell?
- Go catch rabies.
- Phantom of the Opera.

Mrs. Raven to Arnie (who she adores)
- Pig swill.
- Crawl back to your trough.
- I'd rather live with a dead skunk.

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Zero Tolerance
First UK tx: 14 June 2002
Written by: Paul Mendelson & Paul Mayhew-Archer Directed by: John Stroud
Ratings: 5.9 million (27.7% audience share)

Guest Stars: Paul Child (Craig), Simon Wright (Male Customer), Heff Mirza (Pilot), Jonathan Jones (Co-Pilot), Mark Heal (Store Detective), Jonathon Finlay, Jack Stevenson, Nadia Townsend, Eileen Davies, Jonathan Wills and Pat Kelman (Ultron Postman)
Life at the health centre takes an unexpected turn when a desperate man turns up waving a gun and demanding access to the drugs cabinet. "You handle this, Mrs Raven!," screeches Dr Piers. But Mrs R, who is more than capable of dealing with a gun-toting addict just by glaring at him, isn’t given the chance. Enter George Sunday, who disarms the gunman and saves the day -- and doesn’t even have to call on his alter ego,ThermoMan, to do so.
Being a local -- rather than super -- hero is an unusual experience for George. He is fêted in the Northolt Courier and invited to join the Neighbourhood Watch Scheme by none other than his father-in-law, Stanley. However, will George’s new-found popularity with his in-laws last? Or will his zealous adherence to telling the truth at all times -- even when Stanley is caught speeding ­ put him back in the dog house again?
Meanwhile, superbaby decides he wants to read Physics at Cambridge ... Quantum Physics!
Blink and You'll Miss it:
• It took Mrs. Raven 55 seconds to make Olly cry, not 31 as George says. (OK - now we are being picky)
• Janet asks George why he can't transform in her office, but she knows from Pregnant that he has to transform in the bathroom / toilet.
•George says Olly can do Physics at Ultron University with potty training as a subsidiary, but at the very end of Baby Talk, he declares Olly potty trained.
•The lady who brings the goods back to the shop says they were £24.99, but Arnie only wrapped one note onto his wad.
Disasters: Romantic references:
• Forest fire in Venezuela • Janet and George discuss little white lies about performance in bed.
Memory Wipes:
Piers and Mrs raven when George disarms the druggie

Memorable Quotes

Piers: I stopped a little vandal this week spraying “poser” on my brand new customised Porsche.
George: Oh yes, I saw that. And on the other side he'd written "Useless toss-"
Piers: Yes, thank you George! So I hauled him down to the police station. A small struggle, but I managed to get the better of him. And did they charge him? No, they did not!

Honestly, these 5-year-olds can get away with murder!

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Pet Rescue
First UK tx: 21 June 2002
Written by: Paul Mayhew-Archer
Ratings: 6 million (30% audience share)
Guest Stars: Pat Kelman (Ultron Postman, late because of privatisation), Fi Lovett, June Bailey and Donna Berlin. Anyone know where Malcolm the Dog and friends came from?
Why do we British love our pets so much? George can't understand it, until his mother-in-law's dog Biggles (who prefers to be called Malcolm) explains it all to him. But talking to animals gets him into big trouble...
Ella and Stanley have the decorators in, so Janet has volunteered to look after their dog, Biggles -- much to George’s disgust. According to him, all dogs are "a breeding ground for fleas". And Mrs Raven doesn't help when she pronounces darkly: "Other people’s pets always die on you..."
However, George is determined to overcome his aversion and bond with Biggles. When he sees an ad in Superhero Monthly for a super power which will allow him to talk to animals, it's too good an opportunity to miss. In no time at all, he's discovered that Biggles's real name is actually Malcolm. In fact, the dog hates the name Biggles and he's not too keen on Ella and Stanley, either.
"What's wrong with them?", asks George in his new Dr Dolittle mode.
"How long have you got?", sighs Biggles. He confides that he was taken away from his mother when he was just a pup and Ella forces him to wear a tartan coat.
But George is'’t a superhero for nothing. Enter ThermoMan on a mission to reunite Biggles with his long-lost mum and rescue him from a one-way trip to the vet.
Meanwhile, at the Health Centre, Dr Piers finally snaps and sacks Mrs Raven for driving away his patients. However, when she starts haunting the surgery and bad-mouthing the practice to anyone who'll listen, surely it’s only a matter of time before he's begging her to come back again?
Blink and You'll Miss it:
• George says he's not human, but in the first ever epiosode he tells Janet he is the same species as her.
•Malcolm (Biggles) understands what Janet is saying and replies to George, but it is George who is using the "inter-species interpreter".
•Mrs. Raven says the doctor took one look at her yesterday and said her supposed bubonic plague was probably just a cold, but in the next scene Piers says she hasn't been in for a couple of days.
Disasters: Romantic references:
• Someone from a crocodile • Janet and George have to refrain from intimate contact until Biggles goes home.
• Janet says when Biggles ran back to the flat they were awake but it wasn't the best time.
• Janet says "right, where were we?" George says "I was touching you just there" Janet says "Oh yes, so you were..."

Memorable Quotes

Janet: We're looking after Biggles, Mum and Dad's dog, for a couple of weeks.
Mrs. Raven: How old is it?
Janet: About five, I think.
Mrs. Raven: Not much of an innings is it?
Janet: Innings?
Mrs. Raven: Well, it's gonna die, isn't it? Every time you look after someone's pet, they always die and they never forgive you.
Janet: It's not going to die, Mrs. Raven.
Mrs. Raven: Where is it now?

Janet: With George.

Mrs Raven: It's gonna die. Painfully, probably.

Janet: Mrs. Raven...

Mrs. Raven: Do you know, I looked after my cousin's cat once. The next day, it was run over and killed. My cousin never forgave me.
Janet: It's hardly your fault if someone... You were driving the car, weren't you?

Mrs. Raven: I hated that cat.

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The Older Man
First UK tx: 28 June 2002
Written by: Paul Mendelson & Paul Mayhew-Archer Directed by: John Stroud
Ratings: 5.2 million (26.1% audience share)

Guest Stars: Alex Thorne (Young George), Alison Senior (Hayley Thorpe), Jimmy Gardner (Old George), Mark A Brighton (Bob), Jack Sandle, Julie Foulds, Maryann Turner, Audrey Smith and Natasha Kaplinsky (Newsreader). Note: Natasha Kaplinsky is co-anchor on BBC Breakfast.
It's George's birthday - and, at 327 years old, he's a mere spring chicken in Planet Ultron terms. But the lease on George’s earthly body has run out and he's starting to look his real age rather rapidly…
"I’m just the same guy inside", he says to a horrified Janet. But all Janet can see is the bald head, the paunch and the triple chins. This is not the man she married!
Enough is enough and an increasingly desperate George has to resort to extreme measures in a bid to turn back the clock. He needs a new body -- but the options are fit, strong and young -- or a reject. Which one will he choose?
Meanwhile, the Health Centre staff are on the verge of revolt when Dr Piers employs sexy Nurse Haley to job share with Janet. Both Mrs Raven and Janet are dubious about her nursing skills - and with good reason. And to add insult to injury, Nurse Haley's plans for the transformation of the Health Centre include Robbie Williams' posters on the wall, hip hop music in the background and, worst of all, a new trendy image for Dr Piers. It's up to Mrs Raven to ensure that the surgery gets back to normal...
Blink and You'll Miss it:
• George's earthly body has expired at 327 years old but there are several references to George not having been on earth long.
• Hayley is employed because Janet wants to spend more time with Olly, but when she is sacked, why isn't she replaced?
•Why does Janet have to carry baby George to the bathroom to go and find the reject body when he can still fly? And why, just before that, does he ask Janet to pick him up?

Disasters: Romantic references:
  • George winks at Janet and says "We'll have an early night"
• Mrs. Raven advises Hayley to "drink plenty, or you won't enjoy Part 3"
• The replacement George calls Janet a lesbian.

Memorable Quotes

Arnie (to a rapidly-ageing George): There is one thing you can do, George. But it's very risky.
George: What?
Arnie: You can go through... The Flaming Time Tunnels of Tarxis.
Tyler: Been there, done that, got the T-shirt!

[Tyler opens up his jacket to reveal a T-shirt underneath reading "I went through The Flaming Time Tunnels of Tarxis"]

Arnie: It reverses an Ultronian's aging process by re-jiggin' the age hormones. Many Ultronian women use it instead of a face lift.
George: Oh, yes, I remember. Who's that famous Ultronian?
Arnie: Her Earth name is Joan Collins. She's been through so many times, she's got a season ticket.

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Puttin' on the Writs
First UK tx: 5 July 2002
Written by: Paul Alexander & Simon Braithwaite
Guest Stars: Richard Dixon (Estate Agent), Jade Clarke (Trolley Assistant) and Jonathan Wills (Newsreader)
It’s just an ordinary morning in a supermarket car-park ­ until Mrs Raven has a run-in with a stack of wayward trolleys and is tipped over the edge of the multi-storey building… It’s ThermoMan to the rescue -- but when he refuses Mrs R's kind offer of Battenberg cake in return for saving her life, retribution is swift! "You’re suing him for £5 million?!" asks an aghast Janet.
"He grabbed my arm and sprained it, causing trauma, distress and potential loss of earnings should I ever wish to ski competitively" says Mrs R in her defence.
But it’s George who has to come up with a defence as the case is about to come to court. And with barristers costing £500 a day, George will have to turn his attention away from saving the world, in order to save the household finances instead…
Meanwhile, Stanley Dawkins has had enough of Ella's nagging and has moved in with Tyler. It looks like being the perfect arrangement as Stanley enjoys the heady excitement of putting his feet on the table and drying his underpants on the radiators! "I haven’t had this much fun since National Service", he says gleefully. Ella misses the old fool -- but will it be enough to make her apologise for the first time since decimalisation?
Blink and You'll Miss it:
• Janet's coat is not in sight when George freezes the shopping, but he only reaches into the boot to get her, now frozen, coat.
•George doesn't need a bathroom to transform to save Mrs. Raven.
•Has Stanley taken early retirement? In The Party's Over he said he was 61.
•Janet walks into the door-jamb when accompanying Ella to Tyler's to "apolololologise" to Stanley.
•In her "cross-examination" Janet says ThermoMan knew Mrs. Raven and considered her a friend before the incident, but if that were so, Mrs. Raven would know that George was ThermoMan.
•When George removes the scorpion from Mrs. Raven's shoulder she says "I knew you wouldn't know what to do when faced with a poisonous insect", George says "I usually say Good Morning Mrs. Raven" : but a scorpion is an arachnid, not an insect.

Disasters: Romantic references:
• Patagonian village from a herd of rampaging wildebeest
• Yaks on fire at London Zoo
• Janet says "Our baby was conceived in this flat," and George replies "Or possibly in the lift, or in the car or on that pedalo..."

Arnie's jibe to Mrs. Raven (who he adores!)
- Lemon Lips.

Mrs. Raven jibe at Arnie (who she adores)
- Pond Scum.

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Shock, Horror!
First UK tx: 14 July 2002
Written by: Paul Mayhew-Archer
Guest Stars: Dominic Coleman (Kevin Trench), Natasha Kaplinsky (Newsreader), Kathryn Hodges (hurricane reporter) and Gus Brown (location reporter)
Baby Ollie has a temperature so George, instead of concentrating on saving the world, keeps zooming back to the flat to check on the baby.
But all this dashing about is making George careless and it's not too long before an unscrupulous journalist takes advantage of the situation and obtains pictures of George in his ThermoMan guise...
Suddenly it's all over the papers that Janet is having an affair with ThermoMan. How will the Sundays get out of this one and keep ThermoMan’s true identity a secret at the same time?
Meanwhile, Mrs Raven keeps falling asleep at her desk because the triplets have insomnia. "When they had the flu, it was the happiest day of my life", she laments.
In a desperate bid to get some peace, Mrs R plans to build a shed in her garden so she can lock them away when it gets too much. But sheds cost money. How will Mrs R cope when she's forced to be nice to Dr Piers in return for a reference for a part-time job? And how far will Dr Piers go to milk the situation?
Blink and You'll Miss it:
• George says in his entire life he's only been sick for five minutes and that was a slight sniffle (It was malaria, says Janet) but in My Hero he's got a throat infection and a rash from wearing tights. He also can't buy Janet flowers in that episode, because he suffers from hayfever and there are other references to hayfever, such as when he's talking to the hooker in The Party's Over. Then, in Mission Impossible, he says he cannot eat dairy products because of his chronic mucus problem.
Also in Girlfriend, Arnie reminds him they had Regalian flu that summer, so they were engaged by proxy. Then, in an episode of season four, he's got a serious condition in both hearts.
•Mrs. Raven wants a reference from Piers because her former employer still hasn't got back the use of his hands, but in A Day To Remember, she says she's worked for Piers for 12 years.
•The photo of Olly as a baby that was on the table in Puttin' on the Writs in landscape format is on the windowsill in portrait format and again in A Day to Remember it's in landscape on the table.
•Tyler reads from the paper that George was seen eating pasta by candlelight with Graham Norton, then "that's ridiculous, you don't even like pasta", but George ate spaghetti carbonara on his first date with Janet in My Hero ("delicious, no cheese for me").

Disasters: Romantic references:
• Hurricane in Florida • Mrs. Raven says to George "Just imagine, she's been married to you, but is being seen to by the hunk in trunks."
• Arnie calls Janet "the broad who's been shtupping the alien"

Memorable Quotes

Janet (to a George distracted by parenthood): Take yesterday, for example. You had to deflect that comet from the Earth, put out that forest fire, and rescue those hostages. And what did you do?

George: I rescued the comet, blew the hostages into the fire, and I threw up.

 

The series then took a break, perhaps due to the Big Brother finals and to allow for schedule changes that might be caused by Commonwealth Games coverage. The show returned on Friday 2 August.
Little Green Man
First UK tx: 2 August 2002
Written by: Ian Brown and James Hendrie
Guest Stars: William Buckhurst (Pete), Rosie Fellner (Carole - Piers fiance!), Selina Cadell, (Doctor Evans), Andrew Dennis, Dylan Charles, Phil Nice and John Hunt
Janet thinks George is taking her for granted. After all, most husbands would react rather badly after discovering their wife in a compromising position with the handy man... George's response is merely ‘Why should I be jealous of a human when I can do it 15 times a night?’
Mrs Raven reckons Janet has to work harder at making George jealous. But it turns out that all Janet has to do is innocently share a bit of Arnie's carrot cake -- a heinous crime on Planet Ultron. George is beside himself with jealousy and keeps turning green -- literally -- while Mrs R gets the wrong end of the stick and thinks Arnie has been unfaithful to her.
It's all an unholy mess -- not least for Arnie who is in genuine fear for his life from a vengeful Mrs R! George and Janet resort to marriage guidance in a bid to sort out their problems -- but it seems George has to grow up in more ways than one before his marriage can get back on track...

• Read Dawn Ploughman's report on the recording of this episode on the World of Ardal O'Hanlon site: Go
Blink and You'll Miss it:
• Who fixes the window after Pete the glazier flees when George finds him in an innocent but compromising situation with Janet?
•George blows out all the TV Monitors in the bookies, but no-one notices!
•The sequence of coins falling from a fruit machine in Arnie's bar is the same as that in the 2000 Christmas episode.
•George asks Janet not to put him in Olly's cot as he is using his head as a teething ring : but Olly already has a full set of teeth and has had since
Parents.
•Why does George need a stepladder to go to the loo, if he can sleep in mid-air (as in
Old Main Riverdance) and still has his powers, but can't fit into his helmet to use them.
•Piers orders a 24 carat diamond set in a white gold ring (and one for Carol), but that would be enormous!
•How do they explain away Arnie going green at the very end of the episode when he sees Mrs. Raven sharing a piece of cake with George?
• Terazite is the only known antidote to super-attraction.
Disasters: Romantic references:
   

Memorable Quotes

Carole: Fantastic news! Hey There! Magazine say they'll print our wedding photos! And, if we get a bottle of Wash & Go into every shot, they'll split the profit!

Piers: Fab! So, we've got Pot Noodle doing the catering, booze courtesy of Heineken, and the cake's being made by Utterly Butterly!

Mrs. Raven: (Sarcastically) Oh, how romantic! So, will it be a white wedding?

Piers: Certainly not! It'll be Orange... unless I can do a deal with Vodafone!

 

Mine's A Double
First UK tx: 9 August 2002
Written by: Paul Alexander and Simon Braithwaite
Guest Stars: Laurie Brett (Female Customer), Tim Steadman, Bobby Bragg, Chris Bowen and Pat Kelman (Ultron Postman)
He looks like George, he sounds like George, he even kisses like George as Janet discovers when Hilary, George's identical clone from Ultron, arrives when George goes back to his home planet for a surperhero refresher course. Havoc, of course, ensues...

George has to attend a Super-Hero Conference which means leaving Janet at home alone, minding the baby. In their wisdom, the Ultron Council provides a 'George clone' with the unlikely name of Hilary to keep Janet company. But while Hilary looks just like the real thing, his character couldn't be more different...
Hillary talks and dresses like a gangster rapper and is given to nights out on the town with Dr. Piers and strangely romantic dinners with Janet's mother, Ella.
Janet is thoroughly annoyed with the impostor, especially since everyone else thinks he's the best thing since sliced bread! And there is a sinister side to the wayward Hilary, When he dresses up as ThermoMan to steal a bike, ThermoMan's reputation is smeared and the Ultron Council is forced to deprive George of all his superpowers. It's looking more and more like Hilary will usurp George's position for good, but he hasn't bargained on some formidable opposition from a desperate Janet!
Blink and You'll Miss it:
• Arnie sets up SundayTrading.com, but it's still available as a web site.
• How can Arnie use his contacts on Ultron to check out Hillary, if he's lost all his powers?
•George blames the cuts on his face on the power shower but in
Mission Impossible, Janet states that they don't have a power shower (George got the Marmite off his costume with a power shower in Niagara Falls).
Disasters: Romantic references:
   
Mrs. Raven jibe at Arnie (who she adores)
- Gargoyle Head.
A Little Learning
First UK tx: 16 August 2002
Written by: Paul Mayhew-Archer and Paul Mendelson
Guest Stars: Pauline Whitaker (Sue), Ysobel Gonzalez (Crystal), Natasha Kaplinsky (Newsreader), Lorraine Hilton and Graeme Eton
George is devastated when Ella and Stanley ban him from their 40th wedding anniversary party. Quite reasonably, they don't want him lowering the tone and embarrassing them in from of their friends! The situation calls for some drastic action. Admittedly George's attempts to make new friends via the calling cards in telephone booths backfire somewhat but when he obtains some pork scratchings which increase his brain power, miraculous effects occur. Suddenly George is an intellectual genius and can charm the birds off the trees, so much so that not only do Ella and Stanley invite him to their party, they ask him to make the speech!
But for Janet, the new thoughtful George is insufferable. Plus his super hero work is being affected. When ThermoMan is called into action, he starts pondering whether people should be left to stand on their own two feet, with disastrous results. Something has to be done and George is forced into a detox programme to regain his former stupid self. But there's a high price to pay, that speech at Ella and Stanley's party still has to be delivered...
• Read a report on the recording of this episode by Dawn Ploughman: Go
Blink and You'll Miss it:
Disasters: Romantic references:
   
Arnie's jibes to Mrs. Raven
- I didn't know they let dogs in shops.
- Rin Tin Tin.
- Dearest Darling Spawn of the Devil.

Mrs. Raven jibe at Arnie (who she adores)
- Bacteria Boy.
3.10 A Day To Remember
First UK tx: 23 August 2002
Written by: Paul Mendelson & Paul Mayhew-Archer
Guest Stars: Jonathan Wills (Newsreader), Anya Sitaram (TV Reporter, uncredited) Michael Fish (Weatherman, uncredited), Mary Mitchell and Dan Austen
It's a bad day for planet Earth when George accidentally erases his own memory, to the extent he can't remember who ThermoMan is, let alone that he is ThermoMan. For Janet it's a dream come true. George turns into a model husband who volunteers to change nappies and take Ollie for strolls in the park, a first in the Sunday household! But this new-found domestic bliss isn't set to last. A meteor is headed for Earth. In 24 hours all life will be obliterated and Dr. Piers will never again be able to bore viewers rigid on breakfast TV. Frantic attempts are made to avert the impending disaster, including an appeal on tv news for ThermoMan to help, but where is he? George is actually in his own front room, being re-trained in superhero techniques by Arnie, Tyler and Janet. But it's a desperate race against the clock. Can George remember how to use his superpowers or is life on Earth and Dr. Piers tv career doomed?

Blink and You'll Miss it:
• The newsreader says that Australia has got rid of all its emergency services, but they can clearly be heard in the background behind the on-the-spot reporter.
• Why is the world dependent on ThermoMan to save it from the meteorite when there are other SuperHeroes? In Guess Who's Coming to Lunch Janet tells George "Don't you go anywhere near a toilet or an Ande : let one of the others deal with it for once".
• ThermoMan has to head the meteorite at an angle. First, Arnie says an angle of 71.9623°, but when ThermoMan is about to head it the angle changes to 71.96423°.
• The Land Rover used to retrain George as ThermoMan is JTJ777W and the Mercedes truck is M652CGC.

 

Disasters: Romantic references:
• Hurricane in Brazil
• Drought in China
• Earthquake in Russia
• Meteorite that will eradicate all life on Earth
 
Memory Wipes:
His Own!
Piers poem is:
Be not ashamed to shed your final tears,
As on this day eternal darkness nears.
But worry not, we'll meet again
In a place beyond all fear.
I'm Piers Crispin and I am always here.

Arnie's jibes to Mrs. Raven
- Elephant Woman.
- I keep leaving you out, but the garbage men won't take you.

Mrs. Raven jibe at Arnie (who she adores)
- Weevil Boy.
- You're only here because you're too big to flush.

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