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| Matt Parkman Jr. will have an earth related ability. || None. || {{plus}} In the BTE the writers stated that there would be a hero with an earth ability, they said "it will be muddy".<br />
| Matt Parkman Jr. can give abilities to anyone, but will only do so for people he likes. || None || {{plus}} There isn't necessarily a difference between [[Hiro]] and a nonpowered human that would allow only Hiro to gain power from Matt Parkman Jr.<br />
:{{minus}} Hiro naturally manifested an ability, that makes him different, even if he had this ability taken, he still had his evolved human genes.<br />
{{plus}} The baby-sitter mentioned that the baby is "a mess" and that the "diaper's clean but that won't hold", insinuating that the baby is soiling himself too frequently. It may be that the baby-sitter is confusing it with his "muddy" power already manifesting.<br />
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| Matt Parkman Jr's power has already begun to manifest. || None. || {{plus}} The baby sitter seemed extremely upset about having take care of him, an over reaction for someone who has been trained to be baby sitter.<br />
| Matt Parkman Jr. will deactivate [[Sylar]]'s ability. || None || {{plus}} He turned [[Hiro]]'s ability on, why wouldn't he be able to turn [[Sylar]]'s off?<br />
:{{minus}} She wasn't trained to be a baby sitter, she said she was on a temp job.<br />
{{minus}} Sylar could realize that baby Matt had an ability and take it before the baby can touch Sylar to deactivate his powers.<br />
:{{plus}} Sylar doesn't automatically know someone has an ability; he thought Jackie Wilcox had an ability, the same can happen with Matt Jr.. Sylar once used Molly as a bait to force Mohinder to go see him, he'd use Matt Jr. as a bait for something, since he doesn't know the baby has an ability that is a threat to him.<br />
::{{plus}} When addressing Ando and Hiro she seemed to imply that she worked for the same agency and had called for a replacement. A babysitter calling an agency without consulting the parents would be really irresponsible.<br />
::{{plus}} Maybe she was nervous about babysitting a super powered baby, since the Government hunts the evolved humans.<br />
:{{plus}} There is no way the writers would have a baby murdered on the show.<br />
::{{note}} They already killed [[Gabriel Gray (exposed future)|Future Sylar]]'s [[Noah Gray|son]].<br />
:::{{minus}} Other than those directly involved with the operation, no one knows that the people being hunted are evolved humans.<br />
:::{{plus}} The girl got baby Matt from none other than Rebel.<br />
:::{{note}} He was a child, not a baby.<br />
:::{{note}} There's a large difference between having a six year old accidentally killed from impact and having an infant's head ripped open.<br />
{{plus}} Sylar just so happens to want his powers "turned off", and even used this terminology. He also just so happened to go to Matt Parkman Sr. about this issue.<br />
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| Matt Parkman Jr's ability is [[melting]]. || The baby sitter said that the baby was "messy". || {{minus}} She was more likely referring to the mess any child makes in their nappies.<br />
| There's a reason for Matt Jr.'s ability not to be the same as his father's and grandfather's. || None || {{note}} Perhaps Janice Parkman has an ability that never manifested.<br />
{{note}} Perhaps the formula giving people powers through genetics drastically changes two generations from the initial injection.<br />
:{{note}} Neither Maury nor Matt Sr. were said to have synthetic abilities.<br />
{{minus}} Just because Matt Sr. developed the same ability as his father, it doesn't mean his son ''has'' to develop the same ability.<br />
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| Baby Matt is Rebel. || None. || {{plus}} Since [[Noah Gray-Cabey]] won't guest star in ''Cold Snap'', Rebel should be someone else.<br />
| Matt Jr. isn't actually Matt Parkman's son. || None || {{plus}} Parents without abilities can produce a child with abilities.<br />
:{{note}} This argument can be applied to basically everyone else in the show.<br />
{{plus}} Matt Sr. seemed convinced that the child wasn't his biological child.<br />
:{{minus}} He later changed his mind.<br />
{{minus}} Matt's a baby, even though his power may be super-intelligence (if he has a power at all), this qualifies as a long, long, long stretch.<br />
{{plus}} Matt Jr.'s power doesn't resemble Matt Sr.'s.<br />
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:{{minus}} Other parents have had children whose power doesn't resemble their own: [[Electric manipulation|Elle]] is [[Alchemy|Bob]]'s daughter, [[Space-time manipulation|Hiro]] is [[Healing|Ishi]]'s son.<br />
| Matt Jr will inherit the inherit [[Telepathy|his father's ability]]. || Ability inheritance occurs. || {{plus}} Matt inherited his ability from his father, the same could happen again.<br />
:{{note}} So long as his mother has no ability, this is very likely.<br />
{{plus}} It is possible that Matt's partner had an unmanifested ability, or that Janice does.<br />
{{minus}} Matt Sr. has been humiliated enough between his wife's affair with his partner and whatever happened with Sylar. The writers would not have him raise another man's child.<br/>
:{{note}} Elle inherited her ability from her father, their abilities aren't the same.<br />
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{{minus}} The third Parkman generation with {{Telepathy|the same ability]] sounds lazy and stupid. It's about time a Parkman shows a different ability.<br />
:{{note}} Matt already displayed [[precognition]].
::{{minus}} It's good Parkmans learn new tricks. Little Matt is a baby and can barely talk. If he has telepathy, how would he manifest it? His ability should be something else.<br />
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| Matt Jr will have an incredibly powerful ability. || None. || {{plus}} Superpowered babies always seem to be the most powerful (eg. Franklin Richards, Jack-Jack from the Incredibles).<br />
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| Baby Matt doesn't have an ability. || None. || {{plus}} [[Angela]] states in ''[[Shades of Gray]]'' that "sometimes it skips a generation". There were to Parkman generation in a row with powers. Maybe baby Matt is the one who 'skips'.<br />
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Matt Parkman Jr. can give abilities to anyone, but will only do so for people he likes. None + There isn't necessarily a difference between Hiro and a nonpowered human that would allow only Hiro to gain power from Matt Parkman Jr.
- Hiro naturally manifested an ability, that makes him different, even if he had this ability taken, he still had his evolved human genes.
Matt Parkman Jr. will deactivate Sylar's ability. None + He turned Hiro's ability on, why wouldn't he be able to turn Sylar's off?

- Sylar could realize that baby Matt had an ability and take it before the baby can touch Sylar to deactivate his powers.

+ Sylar doesn't automatically know someone has an ability; he thought Jackie Wilcox had an ability, the same can happen with Matt Jr.. Sylar once used Molly as a bait to force Mohinder to go see him, he'd use Matt Jr. as a bait for something, since he doesn't know the baby has an ability that is a threat to him.
+ There is no way the writers would have a baby murdered on the show.
• They already killed Future Sylar's son.
• He was a child, not a baby.
• There's a large difference between having a six year old accidentally killed from impact and having an infant's head ripped open.

+ Sylar just so happens to want his powers "turned off", and even used this terminology. He also just so happened to go to Matt Parkman Sr. about this issue.

There's a reason for Matt Jr.'s ability not to be the same as his father's and grandfather's. None • Perhaps Janice Parkman has an ability that never manifested.

• Perhaps the formula giving people powers through genetics drastically changes two generations from the initial injection.

• Neither Maury nor Matt Sr. were said to have synthetic abilities.

- Just because Matt Sr. developed the same ability as his father, it doesn't mean his son has to develop the same ability.

Matt Jr. isn't actually Matt Parkman's son. None + Parents without abilities can produce a child with abilities.

+ Matt Sr. seemed convinced that the child wasn't his biological child.

- He later changed his mind.

+ Matt Jr.'s power doesn't resemble Matt Sr.'s.

- Other parents have had children whose power doesn't resemble their own: Elle is Bob's daughter, Hiro is Ishi's son.

+ It is possible that Matt's partner had an unmanifested ability, or that Janice does.
- Matt Sr. has been humiliated enough between his wife's affair with his partner and whatever happened with Sylar. The writers would not have him raise another man's child.


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