El Piatonito is part of a different subset of real life superheroes who were more focused on things like picking up trash and taking on civic issues. They take their inspiration from comic books, but in some ways these real life heroes have more ambitious goals than defeating a make believe villain. The Fox defended his community against the heartless corporations that were dumping toxic waste into local rivers. Willie Perry drove around Birmingham, Alabama in a souped-up 1971 Ford Thunderbird with a Batman license plate called Rescueship, Painted on the Hood.