Who Wants to Be a Superhero ep. 2

As the rerun of last week's episode ends, I'm still in awe that the Iron Enforcer didn't get kicked off already. Let's face it folks, Nitro G got kicked off for being boring. If that continues to hold true, Feedback could be the one to go tonight. There are only 9 left, let's see who's next.

To start off the night, Stan asks the contestants questions written by the other competitors. Mostly this is a chance for them to insult each other by proxy. The question session ends with Iron Enforcer getting asked about steroids and whether that is a good example for the kids. His response without saying whether he does use them is that if "they are used for a good thing, then that's a good thing." Indeed, Mr. Enforcer. Eloquent as always.

The first challenge of the night involves helping an elderly woman who is locked out of her house. The contestants must go over the fence and to the back door of her house. Oh, and did we mention the two trained attack dogs in the backyard. Each superhero wears a protective suit and has to try to touch the back door. If they dogs get to be too much, they can call them off by giving up and saying "Uncle."

Tyveculus goes first and reaches the door in 16 seconds. He is followed by Creature, who is immediately flattened and says uncle in 12 seconds. The Iron Enforcer, by far the biggest and strongest, is hit right away and knocked back through the fence. He struggles for a while only to give up after 23 seconds only a foot from the door. Feedback continues being boring while fighting hard to get to the door at 33 seconds. Fat Momma attempts throwing her doughnuts to distract the dogs. It doesn't work and she's done at 13 seconds. The dogs go eat the doughnuts as soon as she says uncle. Major Victory continues to be as cheesy as possible, shouting "Feel the love" as he drags the dogs to the door at 17 seconds. Lemuria was taken down quickly and dragged around before giving up after 19 seconds. Cell Phone Girl is flattened and gives up right away, lasting only 4 seconds. That's ok, because she had a headache. Finally Monkey Woman, who is determined not to fail Stan Lee again, fights forever against the dogs. The dogs won't let go and she won't give up. After 9 minutes and 42 seconds, she finally drags the dogs to the door. I didn't really like her before, but that took guts.

After the challenge, it's time for an elimination. Cell Phone Girl and the Iron Enforcer are the first two on the block. Stan debates between Lemuria and Creature, causing Lemuria to cry and Creature to look perplexed. He eventually decides on Creature for the final one up for elimination, but it doesn't matter because despite being told that a headache isn't a good excuse Cell Phone Girl replies that she still has a headache and is eliminated.

Feedback looks stunned after the elimination, or maybe he's just a mouth breather in general.

After the elimination, it's time for a costume makeover. Lemuria (who Stan Lee insists on calling Lumeria) is up first. With any luck the new costume will be able to contain her boobs. Most of the costumes are just slightly better looking versions of the current ones. Tyveculus, however comes out of the makeover looking like a gladiator chicken. After being mocked, he goes back to talk to Stan Lee who tells him to change back to his original. Stan continues to tell Iron Enforcer that something isn't quite right with the makeover.

It's time for another elimination, this time up on the roof. At this point, with Stan Lee always on monitors I'm wondering if he agreed to do this show only if he didn't have to have any contact with the contestants. The three up for elimination are: Tyveculus, who lied to Stan about loving his new costume, Iron Enforcer who has been up for elimination four times in two episodes, and Feedback, who made fun of Tyveculus with his new costume. After some deliberation, Stan eliminates Iron Enforcer, who throws his giant gun forcefully into the trash can.

As always, they show an exit interview with the eliminated contestant, and it becomes evident that Iron Enforcer still doesn't get it. As he walks away from the lair, Stan Lee stops him and in a twist worthy of a comic book offers him a second makeover to become his new super villain, the Dark Enforcer. With that, the second episode ends, and we must wait until next week to see if he's as incompetent a villain as he was a hero.

Not quite as much fun as the first episode, but still ridiculous enough to be enjoyable.