The Superhero

## Episode guide

**"The Superhero"** is the seventeenth episode of the first season of *Nate Is Late*.

## Synopsis

On the way to school, Nate and Malika are attacked by little gooey creatures.

## Plot

Another morning, another trek to school for the duo, with Nate trying to open a pack of biscuits due to waking up late and missing breakfast. After some struggles, he manages to albeit the biscuits falling to the ground. As he goes to pick them up, a pink blob suddenly appears and snatches one of the biscuits. Curious, Nate waves the other biscuit at it, which promptly latches onto his arm. Malika helps by kicking it away, but the blob suddenly split into more blobs, Nate noting they’re likewise very sticky too. As they start to dogpile on the two, a voice calls out for them to let them go.

A woman suddenly blurs in and levitated the blobs off the two. The duo are impressed with Malika asking how she did that, which the woman answers she gets her powers from her headband which amplifies her mental energy. Nate requests to try it but she refuses, citing she needs it to fight someone called Gigantix. When asked who that is, a giant humanoid blob monster suddenly appears and grabs the woman, claiming he is Gigantix, though is offended they don’t know who he is.

Regardless Gigantix snatches the headband, proclaiming the whole attack was a trap and the woman, dubbed Miracle Girl, is powerless before heading off. Nate and Malika, not wanting to abandon her, give chase. Reaching the two just as Gigantix activates a secret elevator and slips into it. Nate tries to stop him but is quickly thrown aside before Gigantix descends with Miracle Girl. Luckily it wasn’t a lost cause as Nate managed to grab Miracule Girl’s headband and put it on his head.

Malika doesn’t think he can wield it properly, but Nate manages to pull out the elevator and drops the two in, catching Malika before she hits the ground (to her anger). Nate decides to rush ahead and find Gigantix’s base, but shows his inexperience by slamming into floors and walls while flying before righting himself and flying off properly. As Malika goes to follow, she hears Miracle Girl yelling from a nearby vent. Nate eventually manage to find Gigantx’s base and the blob man himself, confronting Gigantix head on using the headband’s power. As he does, Malika finds where Miracle Girl is being held prisoner. Miracle Girl reveals that Gigantx plans to crash a satellite into Earth and they have to hurry. When asked where Nate is, Malika isn’t sure but reveals Nate has her headband which Miracle Girl notes isn’t good as without proper training, the headband can drain mental energy quickly.

Back at the fight, Nate is managing his own against Gigantix and the blobs, but soon the draining effects start to kick in and Nate finds himself suddenly weaken. Gigantix quickly reforms, claims the headband and begins his plan of crashing the international space station into Earth, stating the world will have to accept him as leader once he does. Miracle Girl and Malika soon reach the room and the three try stop Gigantix. Initially, it doesn’t seem anything they do will affect him. But Miracle Girl refuses to give up, with or without powers. Getting their second wind, Malika rushes at Gigantix and manages to jump inside him, this makes him ticklish and causes him to fall over on the computer, breaking it and stopping the satellites’ descent. This also frees the head band from Gigantix’s grasp, Nate picks it up and returns it to Miracle Girl. Gigantix recovers and merges with his blobs making himself much bigger before bouncing around the room. However, when he tries to attack Miracle Girl with his collected inertia, she manages to stop him with her powers, throws him into a closet then throw that into the sky and out into orbit.

The day saved, Nate apologizes to Miracle Girl for using the headband, claiming he just wanted to be a superhero. But she states the duo were more then helpful in helping to stop Gigantx and thanks them, asking if there’s anything she can do for the duo. Sometime later, they manage to reach school and are met by Principal Prudence who state they’re late. However, they ask her if she’s sure as Miracle Girl uses her power to move he clock’s hands back before the starting hour, making Prudence think the clock is broken (despite hearing the bell). She lets the two in to go about their school day.

## Characters

- **Main**

* Nate
* Malika
* Miracle Girl
* Gigantix
* Principal Prudence

- **Cameo**

* Maurice (Unwittingly stands on top of the elevator Gigantix opens and closes, then runs after after Nate greets him. Seen later when Gigantix opens a sky-light in his underground base that Maurice witnesses and sees Nate and Gigantix below. When they both greet him, he runs off once more).

### Allusions

* Miracle Girl's design is similar to Tracer from *Overwatch*.
* The music that plays when Nate makes Gigantix's blobs float around in midair is Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers".

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## Names in other languages

* **Basque:** Superheroia
* **French:** La super-héroïne
* **German:** Die Superhelden
* **Mandarin (China):** 神力女孩
* **Spanish (Spain):** La superheroína

 Season 2 | 1. "The Lady of the Lake" • 2. "The Thunderbird" • 3. "The Crocodile Man" • 4. "The Golem" • 5. "The Hairdresser" • 6. "The Mood Enhancer" • 7. "The Chess Game" • 8. "The Drone" • 9. "The Astronaut" • 10. "The Gorgon" • 11. "The Dimensional Rift" • 12. "The Reptilians" • 13. "The Enchanted Bracelet" • 14. "The Ink Thief" • 15. "The Tiki" • 16. "The Puppet" • 17. "The Mandrake" • 18. "The Vampires" • 19. "The Sphinx" • 20. "The Pendulum" • 21. "The Giant Fish" • 22. "The Wedding Dress" • 23. "The Home Spirit" • 24. "The Great Pili-Pala" • 25. "The Endless Recess" • 26. "The Chicken Cop" • 27. "The Kitsune" • 28. "The Collector" • 29. "The Kappa" • 30. "The Beanstalk" • 31. "The Demigod's Test" • 32. "The Glitch" • 33. "The Tiny Tops" • 34. "The Magician's Top Hat" • 35. "The Chromapix" • 36. "The Gingerbread Family" • 37. "The Alphabet Agency" • 38. "The Wild Beasts" • 39. "The Return of the Cuddly Toys" • 40. "The Race Car" • 41. "Inside Professor Toybos" • 42. "The Asteroid" • 43. "The Time Travellers" • 44. "The Nebulons" • 45. "The Witches' Convention" • 46. "The Kobolds" • 47. "The Superstars" • 48. "The Goblin's Cousin" • 49. "The Golden Crown" • 50. "The Scarecrow" • 51. "The Banana Peel Part I" • 52. "The Banana Peel Part II"