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| name = It very well could be Obama. That's why this page should remain as a theory page thing! Don't delete! I'll just make it again! |
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| The President is Barack Obama. || Obama is the President in real-life. || {{minus}} The President is seen in office in April 2007.<br /> |
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| sortname = Obama |
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:{{plus}} The timeline is purposefully made unclear, and it could be a vague "present" era.<br /> |
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| image = The President.jpg |
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::{{minus}} The timeline is explicit in this instance. April 2007.<br /> |
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| caption = <!-- Caption for the image. --> |
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::{{minus}} The episode aired while George W. Bush was still the real U.S. President.<br /> |
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| portrayer = [[Michael Dorn]] |
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{{minus}} Aside from skin color, the President shares very few facial similarities with Obama.<br /> |
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{{minus}} It seems more likely that the President was intended to be a nod to Barack Obama, but not actually be him.<br /> |
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| debut = Dual |
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{{minus}} His first appearance was filmed before the election, thus there was no way of knowing that he would be the President.<br /> |
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| mention = <!-- Episode character was first mentioned. Use for characters who have not debuted. --> |
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:{{plus}} They could have filmed two versions, one with a white and one with a black president.<br /> |
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| known powers = None |
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::{{minus}} [[Greg Beeman]] states in his blog that Tim Kring really wanted to cast an African-American in the role, which implies that this version with [[Michael Dorn]] was the only one that was ever filmed.<br /> |
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| potential_power(s) = <!-- For characters have an identified but not displayed power --> |
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{{plus}} The President spoke with a similar accent to Barack Obama.<br /> |
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| formal name = Obama |
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{{plus}} Obama may be using his controversial spending plans to distract the public.<br /> |
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| alias = Mr. President |
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| gender = Male |
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| The President is an evolved human. || None || {{minus}} This would make for a tired, cliched, and somewhat predictable plot twist.<br /> |
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| age = |
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{{plus}} It's illogical to think in a world of empowered humans, that some would not at least attempt to use their special abilities to achieve positions of political influence. It is perhaps more plausible the president is a puppet for one or more empowered humans that are even more powerful and secretive than The Company or Pinehearst, had been.<br /> |
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| born = |
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| marriage = |
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| The President will start a genocide against evolved humans. || None || {{plus}} It happened in a [[explosion future|possible future]].<br /> |
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| died = |
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{{minus}} It didn't happen in [[exposed future|another possible future]].<br /> |
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| home = Washington, DC |
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:{{plus}} Nathan rather than Sylar was President in that future. Sylar has now taken Nathan's place again.<br /> |
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| residence = [[White House]] |
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| occupation = President of the United States |
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| The President is one of the four villains in Usutu's painting. || None || {{plus}} He bears a similarity to the man in the bottom left corner.<br /> |
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:{{minus}} That man is clearly Knox. See the picture [http://heroeswiki.com/Image:Four_villains.jpg here]<br /> |
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::{{plus}} Knox is dead; he cannot appear in any future storylines, except for flashbacks.<br /> |
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| guardian = <!--Non-parent legal guardian(s)--> |
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:::{{minus}} The painting was shown several episodes before Knox died and the President entered the story.<br /> |
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| child(ren) = |
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:::{{minus}} [[Arthur Petrelli]] is dead, yet he also seems to appear in the painting.<br /> |
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{{minus}} The President may have nothing to do with the painting; they belong to different story arcs.<br /> |
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| spoiler = <!-- "true" for spoiler warning and colors --> |
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{{minus}} Knox, Flint, Arthur, and Sylar were meant to be the four villains that Hiro sees in his [[spirit walk]] after seeing the painting, although Knox's story was cut from the show.<br /> |
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{{minus}} The President was not involved with Pinehearst.<br /> |
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:{{minus}} The President got involved after Pinehearst was taken down.<br /> |
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==Character History== |
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===[[One Giant Leap]]=== |
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When [[Matt Parkman]] tells [[Audrey Hanson]] about his [[telepathy]], she asks if the voices in his head were telling him to kill the President. |
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===[[Graphic Novel:Road Kill]]=== |
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A newspaper reports that the President has drawn fire for recent welfare comments. |
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===[[Dual]]=== |
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Senator [[Nathan Petrelli]] meets with Obama in his limousine. He tells him of the [[evolved human]] menace and requests the President begin rounding them up. The President agrees. |
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==Trivia== |
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* Obama is portrayed by veteran Star Trek actor Michael Dorn, famous for his portrayal of the Klingon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worf Worf]. |
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==See Also== |
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* {{seealsodisambig|president}} |
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[[Category:Humans]] |
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Latest revision as of 04:51, 1 March 2010
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The following fan theories are about The President.
For help on adding theories, see the help section.
Theories
| Theory | Citations | Notes |
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| The President is Barack Obama. | Obama is the President in real-life. | - The President is seen in office in April 2007.
- Aside from skin color, the President shares very few facial similarities with Obama.
+ The President spoke with a similar accent to Barack Obama. |
| The President is an evolved human. | None | - This would make for a tired, cliched, and somewhat predictable plot twist. + It's illogical to think in a world of empowered humans, that some would not at least attempt to use their special abilities to achieve positions of political influence. It is perhaps more plausible the president is a puppet for one or more empowered humans that are even more powerful and secretive than The Company or Pinehearst, had been. |
| The President will start a genocide against evolved humans. | None | + It happened in a possible future. - It didn't happen in another possible future.
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| The President is one of the four villains in Usutu's painting. | None | + He bears a similarity to the man in the bottom left corner.
- The President may have nothing to do with the painting; they belong to different story arcs.
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| See Also: 9 • Red • Time travel • The President | |||||||||
