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| portrayer = [[Hayden Panettiere]]
| portrayer = [[Hayden Panettiere]]
| nick = Claire Bear,<br> [[The Message|the Cheerleader]],<br> Barbie,<br> Dorothy
| nick = Claire Bear,<br> [[The Message|the Cheerleader]],<br> Little Miss Miracle Grow,<br> Robot,<br> [[Barbie]],<br> Dorothy,<br> Defensive Player of the Year,<br> Smiley,<br> Indestructible Girl,<br> Nancy Drew,<br> Blondie
| debut = [[Episode:Genesis|Genesis]]
| debut = [[Episode:Genesis|Genesis]]
| departure = <!-- Last appearance. (Do not use unless the character has been removed from the show.) -->
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| power(s) = [[Rapid cell regeneration]]
| power(s) = [[Rapid cell regeneration]] ([[ability loss|lost]])
| alias = Vivian Lewis,<br> Claire Butler,<br>Bonnie Monaco
| alias = Vivian Lewis,<br> Claire Butler,<br>Bonnie Monaco,<br>Claire Petrelli,<br>[[Alice Shaw]]
| gender = Female
| gender = Female
| died = June 13, 2014
| age = <!--See notes section-->
| age = <!--See notes section-->
| born = <!--See notes section-->
| born = <!--See notes section-->
| residence = [[The Bennets' home (Costa Verde)|Single-family home in Costa Verde, CA]]
| residence = [[Abbazia di San Giovanni]]
| home = formerly [[New York City, NY]],<br>formerly [[Odessa, TX]],<br />Costa Verde, CA
| home = [[Spilimbergo, Italy]],<br />formerly [[New York City, NY]],<br>formerly [[Odessa, TX]],<br />formerly [[Costa Verde, CA]],<br>formerly [[Arlington, VA]]
| occupation = High school student & cheerleader
| occupation = [[Evo]] rights activist,<br>former college student,<br> former [[Sam's Comics]] shopkeeper, <br> former cheerleader
| significant other = formerly [[Brody Mitchum]],<br> formerly [[West Rosen]]
| significant other = "[[Hammer]]", <br> formerly [[Gretchen Berg]], <br> formerly [[West Rosen]]
| parent(s)/guardian(s) = '''Adoptive parents:'''<br />
| parent(s)/guardian(s) = '''Adoptive parents:'''<br />
[[Sandra Bennet]],<br />[[Noah Bennet]]<br />'''Biological parents:''' <br />[[Meredith Gordon]],<br /> [[Nathan Petrelli]]
[[Sandra Bennet]],<br />[[Noah Bennet]]<br />'''Biological parents:''' <br />[[Meredith Gordon]] ([[Sylar's victims|deceased]]),<br /> [[Nathan Petrelli]] ([[Sylar's victims|deceased]])
| sibling(s) = '''Younger adoptive brother:'''<br />[[Lyle Bennet]]<br />'''Half brothers:'''<br />[[Simon Petrelli]],<br /> [[Monty Petrelli]]
| sibling(s) = '''Younger adoptive brother:'''<br />[[Lyle Bennet]]<br />'''Half brothers:'''<br />[[Simon Petrelli]],<br /> [[Monty Petrelli]]
| child(ren) = [[Tommy Clark]],<br>[[Malina]]
| grandparent(s) = '''Paternal grandparents:'''<br />[[Angela Petrelli]],<br />[[Arthur Petrelli]] (deceased)<br />'''Maternal grandparents:'''<br />[[Flint Gordon, Sr.]] (deceased)
| other relatives = '''Uncles:'''<br />[[Peter Petrelli]], <br />[[Flint Gordon, Jr.]]
| grandparent(s) = '''Paternal grandparents:'''<br />[[Angela Petrelli]],<br />[[Arthur Petrelli]] ([[Sylar's victims|deceased]])<br />'''Maternal grandparents:'''<br />[[Flint Gordon, Sr.]] (deceased)<br /> '''Adoptive grandparents:'''<br />Unnamed grandfather,<br>Malina Bennet
| other relatives ='''Step-father:'''<br>[[Doug Douglas]]<br>'''Uncles:'''<br />[[Peter Petrelli]], <br />[[Flint Gordon, Jr.]] (deceased)<br>'''Great uncle:'''<br>Tim Petrelli<br>'''Great aunt:'''<br>[[Alice Shaw]]<br>'''Paternal great grandparents:''' Mrs. Petrelli,<br>[[Mr. Shaw]] (deceased),<br>[[Mrs. Shaw]] (deceased)
}}
}}
'''Claire Bennet''' is a high school student and cheerleader, adopted by [[Noah Bennet]] and [[Sandra Bennet|his wife]], and is the biological (and illegitimate) daughter of [[Nathan Petrelli]] and niece of [[Peter Petrelli|Peter]] and [[Flint]]. She is an [[evolved human]] with the [[ability]] to [[Rapid cell regeneration|heal from almost any injury]].
'''Claire Bennet''' was a college student and former cheerleader, adopted by [[Noah Bennet]] and [[Sandra Bennet|his wife]], and was the biological (and illegitimate) daughter of [[Nathan Petrelli]] and [[Meredith Gordon]] and niece of [[Peter Petrelli]] and [[Flint Gordon]]. After the defeat of [[Samuel]], she [[Revelation of evolved humans|revealed]] her secret on live television, exposing the existence of "evos" to the entire world. Four years after her reveal, she was killed in an apparent terrorist attack at the [[June 13th summit|Odessa Unity Summit]], an event meant to celebrate peace between humans and evos in her hometown, despite her ability. With the help of [[Quentin Frady]], her father Noah embarked on a mission to uncover the truth behind Claire's death and the people responsible for it. Noah eventually learns through [[space-time manipulation|time travel]] that Claire had died giving birth to twins [[Tommy Clark|Nathan]] and [[Malina]] after Nathan inadvertently [[ability absorption|stole her power]] who's destiny is to save the world from a coming [[H.E.L.E.|disaster]]. Unable to save Claire, Noah instead sets out to protect her children. She was an [[evolved human]] with the [[ability]] to [[Rapid cell regeneration|rapidly heal from any injury]].


==About==
==About==
Claire lived a normal suburban lifestyle in [[Odessa, Texas]], until her [[ability]] manifested and her entire world was effectively turned upside down. Initially keeping it a secret, Claire's power was eventually exposed after her experiments with testing her ability's limits were discovered. Because Claire was actually being monitored for years by [[The Company]], she was forced to go into hiding with her family from Company agents seeking to make Claire the subject of brutal biological experimentation into her ability. Recently, Claire and her family have come out of hiding.
Claire lived a normal suburban lifestyle in [[Odessa, Texas]], until her [[ability]] manifested and her entire world was effectively turned upside down. Initially keeping it a secret, Claire's power was eventually exposed after her experiments with testing her ability's limits were discovered. Because Claire was actually being monitored for years by [[The Company]], she was forced to go into hiding with her family from Company agents seeking to make Claire the subject of brutal biological experimentation into her ability. Claire and her family came out of hiding after the dissolution of the Company.


On a personal level, Claire loves her [[Bennet|adoptive family]] very much, but still remained curious about her origins, until she finally discovered her [[Nathan Petrelli|biological]] [[Meredith Gordon|parents]] and the rest of her [[Petrelli|extended family]]. Claire has a kind, yet courageous, nature, but for a time was insecure about her abilities, leading her to be insensitive. With time, Claire accepted her power
On a personal level, Claire loved her [[Bennet|adoptive family]] very much, but still remained curious about her origins, until she finally discovered her biological parents and the rest of her [[Petrelli|extended family]]. Claire has a kind, yet courageous, nature, but for a time was insecure about her abilities, leading her to be insensitive. With time, Claire accepted her power and considered for a time joining a [[Carnival|family of special individuals]].


After [[revelation of evolved humans|revealing evos to the world]], Claire became estranged from her father and fell pregnant with twins [[Tommy Clark|Nathan]] and [[Malina]]. Claire ultimately died in childbirth after Nathan inadvertently [[ability absorption|stole her power]]. However, her children carry her legacy by being destined to save the world from [[the H.E.L.E.]]
Her ability is considered to be the most valuable and powerful in the world, and as such Claire, and by extension her family, has been targeted by [[Sylar|villainous individuals]] seeking to acquire it.


==Character History==
==Character History==
===[[Season One]]===
===[[Season One]]===
{{season summary|season=One}}
{{season summary|season=One}}
[[Image:Peterclaire homecoming.jpg|thumb|left|Claire and [[Peter]] survive [[Sylar]]'s attack.]]
Claire, having discovered that she has the power to [[regeneration|rapidly heal herself]], asks her classmate [[Zach]] to [[Claire's tape|video]] her jumping off an abandoned [[gravel plant]] and surviving. Walking home, the two come across a [[train wreck]], from which Claire rescues a [[train wreck victim|trapped man]], but never takes credit for the incident. Meanwhile, Claire finds herself attracted to [[Brody Mitchum]], though their relationship quickly turns sour when he tries to [[rape]] her and inadvertently kills her when she is impaled on a tree branch. Claire is taken to a [[coroner]], but revives when the branch is [[Brain penetration|removed from her brain]]. To [[revenge|avenge]] Brody's wrongdoings, Claire causes Brody to have an [[Brody's accident|accident]], though Claire walks away unharmed.
Claire, having discovered that she has the power to [[regeneration|rapidly heal herself]], asks her classmate [[Zach]] to [[Claire's tape|video]] her jumping off an abandoned [[gravel plant]] and surviving. Walking home, the two come across a [[train wreck]], from which Claire rescues a [[train wreck victim|trapped man]], but never takes credit for the incident. Meanwhile, Claire finds herself attracted to [[Brody Mitchum]], though their relationship quickly turns sour when he tries to [[rape]] her and inadvertently kills her when she is impaled on a tree branch. Claire is taken to a [[coroner]], but revives when the branch is [[Brain penetration|removed from her brain]]. To [[revenge|avenge]] Brody's wrongdoings, Claire causes Brody to have an [[Brody's accident|accident]], though Claire walks away unharmed.


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===[[Season Two]]===
===[[Season Two]]===
{{season summary|season=Two}}
{{season summary|season=Two}}
[[Image:Claire kiss.jpg|thumb|left|Claire and [[West]] kiss on the beach.]]
Claire attends her first day of classes at [[Costa Verde High School]], and is assured by her [[Noah Bennet|father]] that she'll be fine, who also warns her not to stand out, or else [[the Company]] will find them. At school, she meets a [[West|boy]] who can [[flight|fly]] and connects with him. When talking about their abilities, Claire notices [[the mark|marks]] on his neck, and he recalls an experience with a man with [[HRG|horn rimmed glasses]]. To hide her relationship with West, Claire lies to her father and tells her that she has joined the cheerleading team. However, her plan backfires and when she doesn't make the squad. To pay back [[Debbie Marshall]], Claire and West play a prank on Debbie while she drinks, causing her to get kicked off the team, and leaving a spot for Claire.
Claire attends her first day of classes at [[Costa Verde High School]], and is assured by her [[Noah Bennet|father]] that she'll be fine, who also warns her not to stand out, or else [[the Company]] will find them. At school, she meets a [[West|boy]] who can [[flight|fly]] and connects with him. When talking about their abilities, Claire notices [[the mark|marks]] on his neck, and he recalls an experience with a man with [[HRG|horn rimmed glasses]]. To hide her relationship with West, Claire lies to her father and tells her that she has joined the cheerleading team. However, her plan backfires and when she doesn't make the squad. To pay back [[Debbie Marshall]], Claire and West play a prank on Debbie while she drinks, causing her to get kicked off the team, and leaving a spot for Claire.


Claire and West continue their relationship and he meets [[Sandra]]. As the two spend time, West sees [[Noah]] and tries to leave, but Claire tells him that he is her father. Thinking it is a trap, he flies away. Noah shows a newspaper article about her prank, and warns that the family it is no longer safe and that they must move. Claire tells him that if they do, they are leaving without her.
Claire and West continue their relationship and he meets [[Sandra]]. As the two spend time, West sees [[Noah]] and tries to leave, but Claire tells him that he is her father. Thinking it is a trap, he flies away. Noah shows a newspaper article about her prank, and warns that the family it is no longer safe and that they must move. Claire tells him that if they do, they are leaving without her.


[[Image:Hostage Trade.jpg|thumb|right|Hostages are traded on [[Imperial Beach]], [[Costa Verde]].]]
At school on her last day, she is contacted by [[Bob]] at her cheerleader practice. He slips up and calls her "Miss Bennet", and Claire runs home. When she arrives home, she sees her father's laptop open with the image of the [[Mendez]] [[Series of eight (painting)#Gallery|painting]] that shows his death. Claire then warns her mother that her father was right and they need to leave town immediately, but Bob shows up with a [[The Company's guns|gun]], and surprisingly, Sandra recognizes him as the Regional Sales Manager for [[Primatech Paper]]. Bob takes Claire with him, and conveys to Claire how valuable she is to [[The Company|them]], and takes some blood from her. Bob takes her to switch for his [[Elle|daughter]] from Noah. Once she reaches her father they hug briefly then he pushes her into West's arms so he can [[flight|fly]] her to safety. Unfortunately, Elle is able to [[lightning|zap]] West and Claire, which sends them plummeting to the earth. Mohinder shoots Noah in the eye and kills him. Claire tries to run to her fathers side but West intercepts her. They land at her house and Claire is left with the task of telling her mom that her father has died.

At school on her last day, she is contacted by [[Bob]] at her cheerleader practice. He slips up and calls her "Miss Bennet", and Claire runs home. When she arrives home, she sees her father's laptop open with the image of the [[Mendez]] [[Series of eight (painting)#Gallery|painting]] that shows his death. Claire then warns her mother that her father was right and they need to leave town immediately, but Bob shows up with a [[The Company's guns|gun]], and surprisingly, Sandra recognizes him as the Regional Sales Manager for [[Primatech Paper]]. Bob takes Claire with him, and conveys to Claire how valuable she is to [[The Company|them]], and takes some blood from her. Bob takes her to switch for his [[Elle|daughter]] from Noah. Once she reaches her father they hug briefly then he pushes her into West's arms so he can [[flight|fly]] her to safety. Unfortunately, Elle is able to [[lightning|zap]] West and Claire, which sends them plummeting to the earth. Mohinder shoots Noah in the eye and kills him. Claire tries to run to her fathers side but West intercepts her. They land at her house and Claire is left with the task of telling her mom that her father has died.


[[Bob]] delivers an urn with [[Noah]]'s ashes to the Bennets. Claire, her family and West scatter the ashes into the sea. She tells her father that she should have listened to everything he said. When she sees [[Elle]] in a car spying on them, she confronts her, punching her hand through her car window and threatening to expose [[the Company]]. Claire goes through Noah's paperwork, preparing to go public with her [[ability]] and expose [[the Company]]'s secrets. While packing up her father's files to bring down the Company, [[West]] arrives and tries to stop her from revealing his [[flight|secret]]. Angered, she gives him his file, and tells him "there is no 'us' to worry about anymore." Afterward, [[Noah]] returns home, revealing to his family that he is still alive, thanks to Claire's [[rapid cell regeneration|regenerative blood]]. He tells Claire not to expose the Company, and informs her that he has made a deal, and will again be working for them. In exchange, his [[family]] will be left alone to lead normal lives.
[[Bob]] delivers an urn with [[Noah]]'s ashes to the Bennets. Claire, her family and West scatter the ashes into the sea. She tells her father that she should have listened to everything he said. When she sees [[Elle]] in a car spying on them, she confronts her, punching her hand through her car window and threatening to expose [[the Company]]. Claire goes through Noah's paperwork, preparing to go public with her [[ability]] and expose [[the Company]]'s secrets. While packing up her father's files to bring down the Company, [[West]] arrives and tries to stop her from revealing his [[flight|secret]]. Angered, she gives him his file, and tells him "there is no 'us' to worry about anymore." Afterward, [[Noah]] returns home, revealing to his family that he is still alive, thanks to Claire's [[rapid cell regeneration|regenerative blood]]. He tells Claire not to expose the Company, and informs her that he has made a deal, and will again be working for them. In exchange, his [[family]] will be left alone to lead normal lives.


===[[The Second Coming]]===
===[[Season Three]]===
{{season summary|season=Three}}
After seeing [[Nathan]] get shot during his [[Nathan's press conference|press conference]], Claire calls Peter, offering to help out, but he tells her to stay at home. Soon after, Claire is attacked by [[Sylar]] in her [[Costa Verde]] [[the Bennets' home (Costa Verde)|home]] while she is alone. Sylar begins to terrorize her while she locks herself in a closet after arming herself with a kitchen knife. Suddenly, Claire slips out of the closet and stabs a distracted Sylar through the chest. She runs to the front door but he [[telekinesis|throws her]] against the wall. Sylar [[brain removal|opens her skull]] so he can view her [[brain]]. She asks if he is going to eat it, but Sylar replies "Claire, that's disgusting." Sylar [[power theft|obtains]] her [[regeneration|regenerative power]] and finds more. After replacing the top of her skull, he tells Claire that she is "different" than [[evolved Humans|the others]]; that she's "special," and that he couldn't kill her even if he wanted to because she, and now he too, can never die. Sylar then leaves the house and, later, [[Lyle Bennet|Lyle]] and [[Sandra]] come home to find Claire clutching [[Mr. Muggles]] as she sits trembling upon the living room table.
[[Image:Sylaire.jpg|thumb|left|[[Sylar]] scans Claire's [[brain]], looking for her [[Rapid cell regeneration|ability]].]]
Claire learns that [[Nathan]] has been shot and rushes to try and help him. Before she can leave, [[Sylar]] arrives and begins to terrorize her with [[Telekinesis|his only remaining ability]]. Claire manages to stab him but Sylar pins her to the wall and slices her skull. He [[Intuitive aptitude|copies her power]] and then allows her to regenerate before he leaves. Claire discovers that her ability has changed and that she can no longer feel pain. Once again, she tests her limits by trying to be hit by a train. When the [[Level 5 escapees|prisoners from Level 5]] escape, Claire begs [[Noah]] to make her his partner, but Noah instead reveals that [[Meredith]] will be protecting the family.


Meredith teaches Claire how to fight and ends up torturing her inside of a shipping container. Claire lies and says that she will not hunt villains, but soon leaves to bring in [[Stephen Canfield]]. Upon learning that Stephen is not a monster, Claire helps him find his family. Later, Claire is shocked when Noah treats Stephen like a tool, and she is briefly tricked by Sylar into believing that Noah hates all [[evolved humans]]. Claire returns home and teams up with [[Sandra]] to find Meredith. She defeats [[Eric Doyle]] and, after returning home, runs into [[Elle]]. She and Elle travel to [[Pinehearst]] to fix their malfunctioning [[abilities]] but upon arrival, they find [[Peter]], who is now [[Power absorption|powerless]]. Claire helps Peter and then tells [[Nathan]] and [[Tracy]] where [[Arthur]] is.
===[[The Butterfly Effect]]===
Claire can no longer feel pain, which causes her to feel as if she is not human anymore. Claire proceeds to make [[Claire's tape|another video]], where she throws herself in front of a passing train, but [[Peter Petrelli (exposed future)|Peter]] [[flight|flies]] in time to save her. Peter tells her that he can't help her find her way again, and he [[Space-time manipulation|teleports]] away. Claire proceeds home and walks into her father's office to find her [[Noah|father]]. He shows her several [[assignment tracker]] profiles for [[Level 5]] escapees, and bring [[Meredith]] forward, telling her that she will need protection now more than ever before.


Pinehearst soon begins looking for Claire, who is believed to be the [[Catalyst]]. Claire becomes protected by [[The Company]] and Noah takes her to the Canfield home to properly train her. Elle and Sylar come looking for her and Claire ends up being shot. With the [[eclipse]] in place, Claire does not heal and actually dies. She regenerates as soon as the eclipse is over and is then rescued from a home invasion by [[Hiro Nakamura]], who takes her [[Space-time manipulation|16 years into the past]]. Claire convinces past Noah not to take Claire back to the Company and successfully saves herself from becoming the Catalyst. Arthur tracks them down and sends Claire back to the present where she, [[Angela]], Noah and Meredith prepare to bring down Pinehearst. Sylar intervenes and holds all four of them prisoner with Primatech. He attacks all of them until Claire manages to kill him.
===[[One of Us, One of Them]]===
[[Sandra]] insists that Claire go back to [[CVHS|school]], but Claire says that she should be out hunting down villains like [[Noah|her father]]. When Claire asks to be taught how to fight "bad guys", [[Meredith]] allows her to skip school and takes her to an empty storage container where she [[pyrokinesis|burns the oxygen out of the air]]. Claire begins to have flashbacks of her encounter with [[Sylar]] and pleads with Meredith to stop. Meredith continues until Claire admits that she wants to learn how to fight not to help people, but [[revenge|to hurt Sylar]]. That night, Claire convinces her two mothers to let her go to a "sleepover", but in actuality, she drives alone with a box of [[Noah's files]] from [[the Company]] beside her.


[[Image:Claire gets a message from Rebel.jpg|thumb|right|Claire is called to [[Rebel|help]], due to her "free pass."]]
===[[Angels and Monsters]]===
Claire tracks down [[Stephen Canfield]], a man who can create black holes. She finds him and [[The Company's tasers|stuns]] him. Canfield creates a vortex and Claire's stun gun is sucked into it. Claire agrees to help Canfield after being convinced by the story of his situation. She helps him phone his wife, where he arranges to meet up with her. Noah Bennet and Sylar break into the house, and Claire expresses her shock at seeing her father with Sylar. Assuming he's been tricked, Stephen creates a black hole and flees the area. Sylar, Noah and Claire hold on while the black hole begins to rip up the house. Claire begins to slip, and is almost pulled before Sylar saves her life by grabbing her hand.


Two months later, Claire lives with the feeling that Sylar is still alive and killing. She overhears a conversation between Angela and Nathan and learns that the government is rounding people up. She warns [[Matt Parkman]], but both are quickly captured. Claire is given a free pass by Nathan, but she still gets onto [[Flight 195]] and frees the prisoners. After the plane goes down, Nathan sends Claire back home, where she is contacted by [[Rebel]]. She is given the mission to protect [[Alex Woolsly]] from Noah and she hides him in her house. As [[Rachel Mills]] and [[Jason Pierce]] search for Alex, Claire and Sandra manage to send him out of the town. They return home and find Eric Doyle, who has received a message from Rebel instructing Claire to help him.
Claire reluctantly tells her dad where Canfield is meeting his wife but makes him promise not to hurt him. When at the place, Canfield tells Claire that his family didn't show up because they're scared of him. Noah points a gun at Canfield and tells him to make Sylar (who is standing by the car) disappear. Canfield says he doesn't want to be a murderer and sucks himself into a black hole.


Claire gets a cover job at the comic book store before saving Eric from Rachel. She gives him a new identity and is soon saved by Nathan after her free pass is taken away. The two of them [[fly]] to [[Mexico]], where they bond as father and daughter. They are contacted by Angela, who asks to meet with them at [[Coyote Sands]]. Nathan and Claire arrive there and help Angela, Peter and Noah dig up the bones of the prisoners that were once kept at the sands. Angela explains what happened in [[1961]] and privately tells Claire how much she admires her. After the incident with [[Alice]], Claire and the others decide to form a new Company together.
During the ride home, Claire expresses disbelief that her father is working with Sylar after everything Sylar did to her. Claire returns home, and her mother tells her that she's happy that Meredith got to Claire in time. Claire tells her that she didn't see Meredith.


When the family learns that Sylar has [[Shape shifting|taken Nathan's form]], Nathan rushes to [[Washington]] to stop him. Claire, Angela and Noah attempt to drive there but they are stopped by Noah, who suspects the government is close. Claire and Angela escape capture and arrive in Washington, where they part ways. Claire goes to find Nathan, but he turns out to be Sylar and captures her. Sylar attempts to stop Claire from hating him but eventually [[telekinesis|throws]] her out of the room, so she cannot help when Peter and Nathan arrive to fight Sylar. After Nathan and Sylar fly away, she goes with Peter to save the [[president]]. Claire later attends the funeral of [[James Martin|"Sylar"]] and expresses her shock at the fact that he is really gone.
===[[Dying of the Light]]===


Claire returns home to [[Costa Verde]] and continues working at the comic shop. She briefly ventures to [[Lyneboro]], where she helps Rachel deal with [[Kelly]], a woman who is manipulating the entire town. Claire returns home and begins helping former [[Building 26]] fugitives return to their normal lives. Rachel shows up one day and after [[Mensen]] is killed, Claire learns that a dangerous group believes she has information on a woman named [[Sabine Hazel]]. After a run in with [[Markus Gaines]], Claire enlists the help of the [[Rebel]] team and together, they drive the dangerous faction out of town. Claire then learns that she has gotten into college.
Claire and [[Sandra]] team up to find [[Meredith]], with Sandra reminding Claire that it's always "one of us, one of them".


===[[Season Four]]===
They arrive at [[Doyle's Marionette Theatre]] where Sandra prepares a diversion for [[Eric Doyle|Doyle]] by pretending to schedule a birthday party appearance as Claire tries to rescue a petrified Meredith. Doyle uses [[Puppet master|his power]] to control all three women and forces them to play Russian roulette. Claire has Sandra shoot her, then as Doyle thinks that she is dead, she attacks and subdues him from behind.
{{season summary|season=Four}}
Hoping to put her chaotic past behind her and return to a normal life, Claire starts college at [[Arlington University]], but these hopes take a beating when she is recognized as a survivor of the [[Union Wells High School|Union Wells]] [[Homecoming|Homecoming massacre]] and her [[Annie|roommate]] seemingly commits [[suicide]] on her first day. Claire tests the "Jump, Push, Fall" theory to see if Annie really did kill herself by falling several stories onto the outline of Annie's body, but the girl who recognized her, [[Gretchen]], sees her [[Rapid cell regeneration|heal]] from above. Claire eventually tells Gretchen the truth about her ability, to [[Noah]]'s disapproval. However, Noah respects that Claire is old enough to make her own decisions now and does not call [[the Haitian]] to wipe Gretchen's memory. Claire invites Gretchen to be her new roommate, and they join the [[Psi Alpha Chi]] sorority at [[Becky Taylor]]'s request.


Claire becomes suspicious of Gretchen when she starts acting strangely around her, but it turns out that Gretchen was only crushing on Claire, which she expresses with a kiss. The following night, Claire and Gretchen are taken by Psi Alpha Chi to a slaughterhouse for their initiation. Once at the slaughterhouse, an [[invisible]] person tries to impale Gretchen on a large meat hook but Claire takes the fall. She also reveals the assailant as Becky, who promptly flees. This incident scares Gretchen to the point where she decides to move across campus where she would be far away from Becky, leaving Claire alone. [[Samuel]] later apologizes to Claire on Becky's behalf and offers her [[Sullivan Bros. Carnival|a new family]] to go to where she will feel accepted for who she is. After Thanksgiving dinner, Gretchen arrives to tell Claire how much she misses her, and she agrees to be her roommate again, but first, Claire tells her that she is going to check out Samuel's mysterious carnival. Gretchen says that she is going with her.
[[Noah Bennet|Noah]] arrives and tranquilizes Doyle. Meredith says that Claire caught Doyle, and Noah tells Claire that she has done a good job. Claire walks away, clearly still feeling uneasy with Noah, and is followed by Sandra, who says she will talk to Claire.


When they arrive at the carnival, they are greeted by Samuel, who shows them around. After witnessing an act of violence against Samuel, and his empathic response, Claire decides to stay at the carnival for the weekend and sends Gretchen back home. At the weekend, [[Eli]]'s persistent observation causes Claire to feel suspicious, which is only made worse by the discovery of Noah's [[Primatech]] files in Samuel's trailer. Once she realizes that Samuel killed [[Joseph Sullivan|his own brother]], she tells him that she is leaving, and he lets her go in the hope that she will forgive him. Upon checking her phone messages, she is struck with the news of [[Nathan]]'s death, and arrives at [[Nathan's funeral|his funeral]] by taxi to pay her respects.
===[[Eris Quod Sum]]===


Later, Claire is confronted by [[Sylar]] when she returns to college, who plays a game with her in an effort to make her understand that they are not so different because neither of them want to be alone. Claire admits how much Gretchen means to her and starts holding her hand in public when Sylar leaves. When Claire returns to Noah's apartment, [[Lauren]] informs her of of the true nature of [[Terrakinesis#Samuel Sullivan|Samuel's power]], so she decides to return to the carnival to warn the carnies.
After catching [[Eric Doyle]], Claire and [[Sandra]] arrive home. As they are getting out of the car, they notice the lights flickering. Inside, they find an injured [[Lyle]] lying on the floor, who manages to say to Claire, "bitch is back". Claire finds [[Elle]] sitting at the computer, electricity sparking from her body. Claire tells her to get out and Elle tries [[lightning|electrocuting]] Claire, but it has no effect. Claire tries to forcibly remove [[Elle]], but Elle flips Claire onto her back. She attacks Claire again, but Lyle throws a bucket of water on her, short circuiting Elle's powers. Elle apologizes, saying she needs help and had nowhere else to go.


Samuel admits to his crimes and Claire arranges his surrender. Before Samuel can be escorted out of the carnival grounds, Eli shoots at the carnies, injuring Claire and killing [[Lydia]]. Angered, Samuel locks Claire and Noah in a trailer and buries it with his power. They are saved by Tracy Strauss, and once back on the surface, Claire informs the carnies of Samuel's plans to bury the crowd in [[Central Park]]. Once the battle is over and Samuel is arrested, Claire decides that she can no longer hide who she is either way, and makes use of the local news reporters by jumping from a Ferris wheel and healing in front of them, and [[revelation of evolved humans|revealing the existence of evolved humans]].
Elle explains that she cannot control her ability anymore, and mentions that [[Daphne|some girl]] gave her a [[Pinehearst]] card saying that they can help. Claire, who seeks help for her inability to feel pain, convinces Elle to go with her to Pinehearst.


===[[Heroes Reborn]]===
On the plane, Elle starts to panic, causing electric current to emanate from her, interfering with the plane's electrical systems. Claire tells Elle to channel her electricity into her and together, they manage to stop the plane from crashing.
''For an episode-by-episode summary, see '''[[Claire Bennet/Heroes Reborn|Claire Bennet: Heroes Reborn History]]'''.''

{{sectstub}}
Arriving at Pinehearst, they see [[Peter]] falling from a window of the building's seventh story. The girls notice that Peter isn't healing; Peter explains that his abilities are gone. Claire helps Peter to the vehicle, but Elle heads for the building, apologizing to Claire.

Claire is tending to Peter's wounds as [[Nathan]] and [[Tracy]] show up. Nathan insists on seeing Arthur. Peter is reluctant to mention Pinehearst, but Claire tells him.

=== [[Villains]] ===
Claire, not knowing it was [[Meredith|her mother]] that had caused it, rushes into a [[train wreck]] to save an [[train wreck victim|innocent man]].

=== [[It's Coming]] ===
Claire is determined to save a powerless [[Peter]], as he saved her at [[Homecoming]]. She distracts [[Knox]] and [[Flint]], allowing her and Peter to escape. When they capture her, Claire learns that [[Pinehearst]] is specifically after her, and she escapes with help from Peter.
Later, it is implied by [[Arthur]] that [[Kaito]] hid a third part of the [[Formula]], and in the end of the episode [[Angela]] reveals that this 'catalyst' was in fact hidden in the blood of a person. Claire realises that this catalyst was her, and that is the reason Pinehearst is after her. Earlier in the episode, Arthur had a file on Claire, possibly suggesting he will soon send his team after her.

===[[The Eclipse, Part 1]]===
[[Arthur]] draws a picture of a wounded Claire being carried by [[Noah Bennet]]. Later,[[Angela]] assigns Noah Bennet to watch over Claire as it's likely [[Arthur]] is coming after her. Noah tries to teach Claire how to fight at [[Stephen Canfield]]'s [[The Canfields' home|house]], but she is still angry with him as his abandonment of her. She then admits that she used to hate him leaving; Noah wants to talk about it but [[Sylar]] and [[Elle]] show up to capture Claire. However, they find that their powers don't work due to the [[eclipse]]. Noah beats down Sylar but Elle takes Noah's gun and attempts to shoot him. Claire sees this and takes the bullet for him. Noah manages to knock out Sylar and Elle and get away with Claire, but her powers are also stopped by the eclipse and she is unable to heal from the wound. Noah takes Claire [[The_Bennets'_home_(Costa_Verde)|home]] where he treats her wounds with a first aid kit, feeling that her wound is not serious enough to go to the hospital and unwilling to risk the chance of her suddenly healing through it if her powers return. Sandra later comes to bring her some food and finds her unconscious with a pool of blood around her as the wound was apparently more serious than they thought.

===[[The Eclipse, Part 2]]===
[[Sandra]] rushes Claire to the emergency room, where the [[emergency room doctor (III)|emergency room doctor]] explains that Claire has never been been sick before (and had therefore, never worked up an immune system), and is now suffering from an infection. Soon after questioning the whereabouts of [[Noah Bennet|her father]], Claire flat lines. After the doctors' failed attempts, Claire is pronounced dead, only to be [[Rapid cell regeneration|revived]] seconds later, as the [[eclipse]] ends. Sandra rushes her back [[The Bennets' home (Costa Verde)|home]] before anyone notices her miraculous recovery.

Later that night, Noah comes home and talks to Claire, who tells him that she died. Noah realizes that if Claire had died but been revived, then the same thing may have happened to [[Sylar]] when the eclipse ended. Noah and Claire rush downstairs to find Sandra held hostage by [[Elle]] and Sylar, who say that they need to take Claire. After Elle [[Lightning|threatens to kill]] Sandra and Sylar [[Telekinesis|starts to cut Noah's throat]], Claire agrees to go with them. At that moment, [[Hiro]] [[Space-time manipulation|teleports]] both Elle and Sylar out of the house before teleporting Claire, saying "[[The message|Save the cheerleader...]]". They arrive in [[Manhattan]], 16 years ago, where they witness [[Kaito]] giving an 18-month old Claire to Noah.

===[[Our Father]]===
Claire tells [[Hiro Nakamura]] to meet her later, she follows her baby self and meets her mother, she introduces herself as Bonnie, a neighbour’s niece and helps to take care of the child. She reassures [[Sandra]] that she will be a great parent.

Noah then enters the room and is startled by the sight of Claire. He questions her identity and is not fooled by her lie. Claire tells him that she is here to protect the baby and that he will fall in love and protect her. The phone rings, it is the company calling. Claire warns Noah not to pick up and take away his “Claire-Bear”. He considers than puts the phone down, smiling at the nickname.

Later on, Claire meets up with Hiro Nakaumra on the rooftop. With his English back, Hiro explains that he has the catalyst now, not her. Before they can teleport back, [[Arthur Petrelli]] appears, he throws Claire away before knocking Hiro to the ground and stealing the Catalyst. He throws Hiro over the edge and than tells Claire to send [[Angela]] a message, that he has won before sending her back to the present.

===[[Dual]]===
Just as they are about to walk out of [[Primatech]] to help [[Peter]] in [[Pinehearst]], Sylar locks Claire, along with [[Noah Bennet|her father]], [[Meredith Gordon|her biological mother]], and [[Angela Petrelli|her biological grandmother]] in the building. Over the PA system, Sylar says that he will show them, one by one, how they're all monsters, just like him.

Angela fears that Sylar can't be stopped, since he has Claire's [[rapid cell regeneration|ability]], and Claire informs them that, if something is jabbed in the back of her head, her brain is cut off, and is "shut down". The four split up, with Noah and Meredith going after Sylar, and Claire staying in an office with a gun to protect Angela.

Soon after, Sylar calls the office, giving Claire the ultimatum of either leaving the building with Noah and Meredith "to live happily ever after", but having to shoot Angela, or to continue protecting Angela, and have him kill Noah and Meredith. Claire says that if he killed them, she'd hunt him down and kill him, to which Sylar asks "who's the monster now?" Claire thinks, cocks the rifle, and shoots the phone responding "you are."

On the office computer, Sylar shows Claire surveillance footage of the bullet-proof cell in [[Level 5]] which he locked Noah and an [[adrenaline]]-pumped Meredith who is uncontrollably releasing [[pyrokinesis|bursts of flames]] in. Claire and Angela leave the office to try to help Noah and Meredith, but as they turn a corner on their way to Level 5, Sylar kidnaps Angela before slamming Claire against the wall, telling her that since she didn't choose before, he had to "up the stakes"- to either save Noah or Angela. [[Lie detection|His newly stolen ability]] tells him that she's going to save Noah, and he then lets her go.

Claire finds the cell, and after a couple of failed attempts, Claire jumps through the heated glass, shattering it completely, and allowing Noah to escape. Claire picks up one of the pieces of broken glass, and after Meredith tells her to go and kill Sylar, she and Noah run to go looking for him. Claire bursts into the room, stabbing the back of Sylar's head, just as he was about to [[telekinesis|kill]] Angela. Noah tells Claire that the whole building is about to go up in flames so he takes Angela out, while Claire goes back for Meredith.

Meredith tells Claire that she has to go as Noah comes back to get her out of the building. Claire tells her mother "I love you" as the cell fills up with flames, and she and her adoptive father escape the building as it explodes behind them. They meet up outside with Angela, as they watch the building burn down.

===[[Graphic Novel:Red Eye, Part 2]]===
At a school in Ithaca, Claire startles [[Anna]] by asking her where Lecture Hall D is located. She apologizes for startling her, and the two introduce themselves. Claire explains that she is checking out potential schools with her [[Angela Petrelli|grandmother]]. She says that the entire thing was her grandmother's idea, however, and that she's just along from the ride. Suddenly, [[Ricardo Silva]] grabs Claire from behind and uses [[Primal rage|his ability]] on two security guards, causing one of them to shoot Claire in the stomach. However, after Anna [[Neurocognitive deficit|disarms]] the guards, Claire [[regenerates]]. Afterwards, Ricardo tries to assure Anna that all he wanted to do was protect her, but Anna refuses to listen. Claire says that she understands that Ricardo only did what he had to do to protect Anna, and she tells her that people like him are hard to come by in this world -- especially [[Evolved humans|people like them]].

==[[Heroes Evolutions]]==
===[[Operation Splinter]]===
In [[Operation Splinter#Chapter 104|chapter 4 of Operation Splinter]] of the [[iStory]], the Primatech contracted player and [[Eric (iStory)|another agent]] find a file on a teenager named "Claire Bennet" in a file cabinet in [[Ricardo Silva's apartment building|Red Eye's former apartment]]. The file states that she has an ability, and the player deduces that her file was among those that Red Eye compiled for [[Gael Cruz]] as the [[Kill Squad]]'s target list.


==[[Evolved Human]] [[Rapid cell regeneration|Abilities]]==
==[[Evolved Human]] [[Rapid cell regeneration|Abilities]]==
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Claire exhibits the [[power]] of [[Rapid cell regeneration|rapid cell regeneration]], a trait that allows her to recover from almost any injury in a matter of seconds. She also feels relatively little pain from even serious injuries, including burns and compound fractures, although she did grimace when her hand was damaged while retrieving a class ring from a running garbage disposal. She has not yet reached a limitation in her powers. Along with the injuries stated above, she suffered an injury where her neck was broken and turned around 180 degrees. This would be fatal for most humans. Indeed, between her tolerance for pain and seemingly unlimited healing potential, Claire is somewhat similar to the [[X-Men]] character Wolverine. Panettiere herself even loosely compared Claire to that same character when explaining her powers during an interview.
Claire exhibits the [[power]] of [[Rapid cell regeneration|rapid cell regeneration]], a trait that allows her to recover from almost any injury in a matter of seconds. She also feels relatively little pain from even serious injuries, including burns and compound fractures, although she did grimace when her hand was damaged while retrieving a class ring from a running garbage disposal. She has not yet reached a limitation in her powers. Along with the injuries stated above, she suffered an injury where her neck was broken and turned around 180 degrees. This would be fatal for most humans. Indeed, between her tolerance for pain and seemingly unlimited healing potential, Claire is somewhat similar to the [[X-Men]] character Wolverine. Panettiere herself even loosely compared Claire to that same character when explaining her powers during an interview.


Apparently, Claire cannot heal an injury if a foreign object is obstructing the wound. This is true of other characters with healing factors, who can still heal incorrectly, incompletely or not at all if certain conditions are not met, just like normal humans. For example, in the first episode, the bones of Claire's ribs were sticking out at one point. After a comment from Zach brought this to her attention, Claire had to move them around a bit before they would heal properly. The injury she received in [[One Giant Leap]] was billed by a TV Guide article as an extreme test of her powers. In this incident, she was clinically dead for hours, only to revive when the tree branch that killed her was removed. Her healing powers restored her to health despite the destructive biological processes that happen to bodies immediately upon severe trauma or death (brain death, lividity of blood in the tissues and coagulation of same, ''etc.''). Still, as stated before, there were still limitations. Her upper torso had still been spread open from the classic "Y Incision" made in the chest of autopsy subjects and she had to close the flaps of skin back into place manually before they healed.
Apparently, Claire cannot heal an injury if a foreign object is obstructing the wound. This is true of other characters with healing factors, who can still heal incorrectly, incompletely or not at all if certain conditions are not met, just like normal humans. For example, in the first episode, the bones of Claire's ribs were sticking out at one point. After a comment from Zach brought this to her attention, Claire had to move them around a bit before they would heal properly. The injury she received in ''[[One Giant Leap]]'' was billed by a ''TV Guide'' article as an extreme test of her powers. In this incident, she was clinically dead for hours, only to revive when the tree branch that killed her was removed. Her healing powers restored her to health despite the destructive biological processes that happen to bodies immediately upon severe trauma or death (brain death, lividity of blood in the tissues and coagulation of same, etc.). Still, as stated before, there were still limitations. Her upper torso had still been spread open from the classic "Y Incision" made in the chest of autopsy subjects and she had to close the flaps of skin back into place manually before they healed.


In ''[[Lizards]]'', Claire cuts off her small toe with a pair of scissors only to see it grow back. This suggests that Claire is able to regrow a body part even if it is completely removed.
In ''[[Episode:Lizards|Lizards]]'', Claire cuts off her small toe with a pair of scissors only to see it grow back. This suggests that Claire is able to regrow a body part even if it is completely removed. This is later confirmed in ''[[Brother's Keeper]]'', where she loses an entire foot and quickly regrows it.


In ''[[Kindred]]'', Claire tells [[West]] that she does feel pain, she just recovers from it very quickly. However, in ''[[The Second Coming]]'', Claire loses the ability to feel pain after [[Sylar]] [[ability theft|takes her ability]], though in [[One of Us, One of Them]] she appears to feel her hands burn when touching the side of the heated container.
In ''[[Episode:Kindred|Kindred]]'', Claire tells [[West]] that she does feel pain, she just recovers from it very quickly. However, in ''[[The Second Coming]]'', Claire loses the ability to feel pain after [[Sylar]] [[ability theft|takes her ability]], though in ''[[One of Us, One of Them]]'' she appears to feel her hands burn when touching the side of the heated container.


In ''[[Cautionary Tales]]'', it is heavily suggested that Claire's blood will heal any wound in any person if it is introduced into their system.
In ''[[Episode:Cautionary Tales|Cautionary Tales]]'', it is heavily suggested that Claire's blood will heal any wound in any person if it is introduced into their system.


A [[painting]] by [[Isaac Mendez]] and [[Peter Petrelli]] showed a [[Jackie Wilcox|cheerleader]]'s body [[Sylar's victims|dead]] at the feet of a shadowy figure, with her head sawed open and her [[Brain Removal|brain removed]]. Once thought to be Claire, it was theorized that such an injury might well be fatal. Indeed, [[Sylar (explosion future)|Future Sylar]] was able to kill [[Claire Bennet (explosion future)|Future Claire]] by [[telekinetically]] sawing her head open. However, in ''[[The Second Coming]]'', [[Sylar]] removed the top of Claire's head and [[ability theft|stole her ability]] without killing her. Her skull and scalp healed as soon as Sylar put the displaced part back where it was supposed to be. Although Sylar told her that she's special and couldn't die, it's unlikely that Claire could survive complete brain removal or decapitation.
A [[painting]] by [[Isaac Mendez]] and [[Peter Petrelli]] showed a [[Jackie Wilcox|cheerleader]]'s body [[Sylar's victims|dead]] at the feet of a shadowy figure, with her head sawed open and her [[Brain Removal|brain removed]]. Once thought to be Claire, it was theorized that such an injury might well be fatal. [[Sylar (explosion future)|Future Sylar]] was able to take [[Claire Bennet (explosion future)|Claire's]] ability by [[telekinetically]] sawing her head open, and in ''[[The Second Coming]]'', [[Sylar]] removed the top of Claire's head and [[ability theft|stole her ability]] without killing her. Her skull and scalp healed as soon as Sylar put the displaced part back where it was supposed to be. Although Sylar told her that she's special and couldn't die, it's unlikely that Claire could survive complete brain removal or decapitation.

In ''[[Episode:Into Asylum|Into Asylum]]'', when Claire consumes a mass amount of alcohol to win a game, [[Sligo|her competitor]] comments on how she doesn't even look drunk. She later admits to [[Nathan]] that her liver heals itself, resulting in everlasting sobriety.

In ''[[June 13th, Part One]]'', Claire dies in childbirth of cardiac arrest from a traumatic seizure. For an unknown reason, her power does not bring her back and she permanently dies. Her father is unable to understand this as Claire always comes back when her weak spot is not blocked which it was not this time. In ''[[June 13th, Part Two]]'', Angela realizes that Claire's son [[Tommy Clark|Nathan]] inherited [[Arthur Petrelli]]'s [[ability absorption]] powers and took Claire's abilities from her as she gave birth, resulting in her death when she endured complications during the childbirth.


==Equipment==
==Equipment==
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* [[Claire's gun|Her uncle's gun]]--a gun given to her by [[Peter]] who instructs her to shoot him in the back of the head if he begins to [[explosion|explode]].
* [[Claire's gun|Her uncle's gun]]--a gun given to her by [[Peter]] who instructs her to shoot him in the back of the head if he begins to [[explosion|explode]].
* [[Claire's Nissan Rogue|Claire's Nissan Rogue]]--a car given to her by [[Noah Bennet]] who was originally planning on giving it to her as a surprise, but gave it to her on her first day at her new school in Costa Verde instead.
* [[Claire's Nissan Rogue|Claire's Nissan Rogue]]--a car given to her by [[Noah Bennet]] who was originally planning on giving it to her as a surprise, but gave it to her on her first day at her new school in Costa Verde instead.
* [[Primatech's fingerprint files]]--prepared as evidence against [[the Company]], later used to find [[Level 5 escapees]].
* A [[taser]]--used on [[Level 5 escapees]].
* A glass shard--used to [[brain penetration|temporarily kill]] [[Sylar]].
* [[Claire's phones|Multiple mobile phones]] -- used to contact various others.
* [[Claire's heart necklace|Heart pendant necklace]]--a necklace given to Claire by her foster father, [[Noah Bennet]], and later sold. [[Nathan]] buys it back for her.


=={{MQ}}==
=={{MQ}}==
"''I walked through fire, and didn't get burned.''"

: - Claire, to [[Sandra]] (''[[Episode:Genesis|Genesis]]'')


"''Your '[[mental manipulation|gift]]'? Is that what you call it?''"
"''Your '[[mental manipulation|gift]]'? Is that what you call it?''"


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"''My own private freak show.''"
"''My own private freak show.''"


: - Claire, [[The Haitian]] (''[[Godsend]]'')
: - Claire, [[The Haitian]] (''[[Episode:Godsend|Godsend]]'')




"''Nothing is inevitable. The future is not written in stone!''"
"''Nothing is inevitable. The future is not written in stone!''"

: - Claire (to [[Angela]] and [[Nathan]]) (''[[How to Stop an Exploding Man]]'')
: - Claire (to [[Angela]] and [[Nathan]]) (''[[Episode:How to Stop an Exploding Man|How to Stop an Exploding Man]]'')




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"''I don't believe you. You tell me why!''"
"''I don't believe you. You tell me why!''"


"''...To hurt [[Sylar|him]], okay?...to hurt him for [[power theft|what he did]]...he hurt me!''"
"''...To hurt [[Sylar|him]], okay?... to hurt him for [[power theft|what he did]]... he hurt me!''"


: - [[Meredith]], Claire (''[[One of Us, One of Them]]'')
: - [[Meredith]], Claire (''[[Episode:One of Us, One of Them|One of Us, One of Them]]'')




"''You're just giving him what he wants. Attention. He's like a child throwing a tantrum.''"
"''Haven't you heard? I'm the defensive player of the year.''"


"''Well I'd like to give [[Sylar|him]] a good spanking.''"
: - Claire, ( to [[Knox]] and [[Flint]]) (''[[It's Coming]]'')

: - [[Angela Petrelli|Angela]], Claire (''[[Episode:Dual|Dual]]'')


"''I heal. It's like what I do.''"

: - Claire (to [[Tracy]]) (''[[Episode:Brother's Keeper|Brother's Keeper]]'')



"''I like to think of myself as just a girl who happens to have powers. And it's just one thing in a list of attributes—loyal, friendly, regenerative, good skin, you know.''"

: - Claire (to [[Gretchen]]) (''[[Episode:Pass/Fail|Pass/Fail]]'')


"''My name is Claire Bennet and that was attempt number...I guess I've lost count.''"

: - Claire to news cameras (''[[Episode:Brave New World (Heroes)|Brave New World]]'')



"''Blood?''"

: - Claire's last word (''[[Save the Cheerleader, Destroy the World]]'')


==Notes==
==Notes==
* Claire learned she was adopted in 2003 (''[[Episode:Company Man|Company Man]]''), though she once said that she had learned she was adopted when she was "very young" (''[[Episode:One Giant Leap|One Giant Leap]]'').
* There are conflicting references as to Claire's age and birthdate. Before production began, a press release noted her age would be 17.<!--requesting source citation--> In the televised episodes, a [[Odessa Register|newspaper]] [[:Image:Odessa_register_online_detail.jpg|article]] reported Claire's age as 18 months during the [[Fire (1992)|fire]] on February 28 1992, which would put her birth in August of 1990, and her age as 16. In ''[[The Fix]]'' (which takes place in October 2006), Claire says she is "almost 16"; this would suggest that her birth was in or after October of 1990. Further, [[Meredith Gordon|Claire's birth mother]] tells Nathan that their daughter is now 16 (''[[Run!]]''), and later (in [[March 2007]]) she calls Claire a "seventeen-year-old girl" (''[[One of Us, One of Them]]''). Claire is a junior (''[[Distractions]]'', ''[[Four Months Later...]]''), and most juniors are 16 or 17. Claire's [[MySpace]] [http://www.MySpace.com/clairebennet page] indicates her zodiac sign as [[wikipedia:Aries (astrology)|Aries]] (which would place her birthday between 21 March and 19 April) and her age as 19. In the [[commentary]] for ''[[Godsend]]'', [[Jack Coleman]] states that Claire has just turned 16. In an [http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Interviews-Features/Article/default.aspx?posting={F8961642-14DF-4B42-828F-55306B77FEF6} interview] [[Tim Kring]] stated that Claire is 16. At the [http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/video/video_display.shtml#mea=135240 2007 San Diego Comic Con], [[Hayden Panettiere]] said her character is 15. Incidentally, Claire does drive (''[[Collision]]''); and the legal driving age in Texas is 16, though a driver can obtain a permit at age 15. In [[March 2007]], [[Mr. Bennet]] gives Claire a [[Nissan Rogue]] for her birthday, which they note is "next month" (April 2007). A fake prop [[:Image:Sarah McBride.jpg|driver's license]] auctioned by [[NBC]] lists her birth date as March 10, 1993 (though it should be noted that the license never appeared in any [[canon]] source, and lists false information for Claire). [[Pinehearst's file]] on her list her birthday as January 11, 1991 ([[:Image:0309-arthur-file-claire-full.jpg|see file]]) {{epp|309}}.
*While looking on [[Gretchen]]'s [[Gretchen's computer|laptop]], Claire's birthday can be seen as August 8 on her "sign up" profile. (''[[Episode:Hysterical Blindness|Hysterical Blindness]]'')
* Claire learned she was adopted in 2003 (''[[Company Man]]''), though she once said that she had learned she was adopted when she was "very young" (''[[One Giant Leap]]'').

===Claire's Age===
There are conflicting references as to Claire's age and birthdate. Before production began, a press release noted her age would be 17.<!--requesting source citation--> In the televised episodes, a [[Odessa Register|newspaper]] [[:Image:Odessa_register_online_detail.jpg|article]] reported Claire's age as 18 months during the [[Fire (1992)|fire]] on February 28 1992, which would put her birth in August of 1990, and her age as 16. In ''[[Episode:The Fix|The Fix]]'' (which takes place in October 2006), Claire says she is "almost 16"; this would suggest that her birth was in or after October of 1990. Also, in ''[[Episode:Building 26|Building 26]]'', Claire notes that Noah has been telling her that Sandra and Lyle are safer knowing less, since she was 15. Given this would have taken place in 2006, this places her birthday around 1991. Further, [[Meredith Gordon|Claire's birth mother]] tells Nathan that their daughter is now 16 (''[[Episode:Run!|Run!]]''), and later (in [[March 2007]]) she calls Claire a "seventeen-year-old girl" (''[[Episode:One of Us, One of Them|One of Us, One of Them]]''). Claire is a junior (''[[Episode:Distractions|Distractions]]'', ''[[Episode:Four Months Later...|Four Months Later...]]''), and most juniors are 16 or 17. Claire's [[MySpace]] [http://www.MySpace.com/clairebennet page] indicates her zodiac sign as [[wikipedia:Aries (astrology)|Aries]] (which would place her birthday between 21 March and 19 April) and places her birth in 1989. <!-- MySpace works out in real time. In 2006, her MySpace showed her age as 17, in April 2007 it turned automatically to 18, in April 2008 it turned to 19 and now (2009) it says 20. Considering the show is in 2007; she's 18 according to Myspace.-->In the [[commentary]] for ''[[Episode:Godsend|Godsend]]'', [[Jack Coleman]] states that Claire has just turned 16. In an [http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Interviews-Features/Article/default.aspx?posting={F8961642-14DF-4B42-828F-55306B77FEF6} interview] [[Tim Kring]] stated that Claire is 16. At the [http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/video/video_display.shtml#mea=135240 2007 San Diego Comic Con], [[Hayden Panettiere]] said her character is 15. Incidentally, Claire does drive (''[[Episode:Collision|Collision]]''); and the legal driving age in Texas is 16, though a driver can obtain a permit at age 15. In [[March 2007]], [[Mr. Bennet]] gives Claire a [[Nissan Rogue]] for her birthday, which they note is "next month" (April 2007). A fake prop [[:Image:Sarah McBride.jpg|driver license]] auctioned by [[NBC]] lists her birth date as March 10, 1993 (though it should be noted that the license never appeared in any [[canon]] source, and lists false information for Claire). [[Pinehearst's file]] on her list her birthday as January 11, 1991 ([[:Image:0309-arthur-file-claire-full.jpg|see file]]) {{epp|309}}. In ''[[Episode:Exposed|Exposed]]'', [[Sandra]] explicitly said [[Claire]] was 17. Further, Claire attends [[A.U.|college]] during [[Season Four]], implying that she is eighteen years old. This means that Claire was born anywhere from 1989 to 1991, depending on when the season is set.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Claire reveals she discovered her ability the summer before [[season one]] on the day of her adoptive mother's, Sandra, birthday on June 8 through a deleted scene from [[Nothing to Hide]] (released on the DVD). She wanted to surprise her mom with brownies, when she accidentally cut open her thumb with the knife. And by the time she ran over to the sink, it had regenerated itself.
* Claire collects teddy bears from all around the world. Her father brings them back to her from his "business trips". (''[[Six Months Ago]]'')
*In a deleted scene from [[Seven Minutes to Midnight]] Claire and [[Eden McCain]] seem to be long time friends and know each other very well. On the original scene from the episode, they barely talk as if they don't know each other.
* The ''[[:Image:1x02trainnewspaper.JPG|Odessa Register]]'' calls Claire a "Mysterious Good Samaritan". This is a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Good_Samaritan parable of the Good Samaritan] from the Bible (Luke 10:25-37). Jesus told the parable to demonstrate that mankind should show compassion for all people.
* Claire collects teddy bears from all around the world. Her father brings them back to her from his "business trips". (''[[Episode:Six Months Ago|Six Months Ago]]''). In a deleted scene from ''[[Company Man]]'', it was [[Claude]] who gave her the first teddy bear.
* Claire's phone is a pink T-Mobile Sidekick II.
* The ''[[:Image:1x02trainnewspaper.JPG|Odessa Register]]'' calls Claire a "Mysterious Good Samaritan". This is a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Good_Samaritan parable of the Good Samaritan] from the Bible (Luke 10:25-37). Jesus told the parable to demonstrate that mankind should show compassion for all people.
* Claire [[appear]]ed in every episode of [[Season One]].
* Claire's phone in Season 1 is a pink T-Mobile Sidekick II.
* Her first name, Claire, is of Latin and French origin. It means "famous" and is also known as "bright" and "clear".
* Claire [[appear]]ed in every episode of [[Volume One]] and [[Volume Three]].
* Her last name, Bennet, is a variant of "Bennett", meaning "blessed".
* According to [[Brody]], Claire never drinks plain milk--just chocolate. She draws mermaids in the margins of her notebook. She puts crackers in her sandwiches to make them crunch. She's usually the first person to laugh at a joke. (''[[Collision]]'')
* According to [[Brody]], Claire never drinks plain milk--just chocolate. She draws mermaids in the margins of her notebook. She puts crackers in her sandwiches to make them crunch. She's usually the first person to laugh at a joke. (''[[Episode:One Giant Leap|One Giant Leap]]'')
* According to [[Pinehearst's file]] on Claire, she weighs 109 pounds and has green eyes ([[:Image:0309-arthur-file-claire-full.jpg|see file]]) {{epp|309}}.
* During most of the [[third season]], [[Hayden Panettiere]] had to wear a wig because she cut her hair short in real life.
* Claire is a virgin. (''[[Episode:Strange Attractors|Strange Attractors]]'')
* According to [[Noah]], Claire's phone number is 703-555-0187. (''[[The Fifth Stage]]'')
* According to a [[Pinehearst]] file ([[:File:Gemini collectible Claire's file.jpg|number 981100A]]) found at [[the Quarry]], Claire's Social Security number is 612-80-XXXX.
*Claire is the first ever hooded character to be removed of the hood (along with goggles and earmuffs) covering her face. (''[[A Clear and Present Danger]]'')


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*[http://www.myspace.com/clairebennet Claire Bennet's official ''MySpace'' page]
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*[http://disgustingclaire.blogspot.com "Claire, That's Disgusting": A Heroes blog that got its name from a now-famous quote from Sylar to Claire]
*[http://profiles.friendster.com/clairebennet Claire Bennet's official ''Friendster'' page]
*[http://profiles.friendster.com/clairebennet Claire Bennet's official ''Friendster'' page]


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Claire Bennet
Portrayed by Hayden Panettiere
First appearance Genesis
In-story stats
Known ability Rapid cell regeneration (lost)
Aliases Vivian Lewis,
Claire Butler,
Bonnie Monaco,
Claire Petrelli,
Alice Shaw
Nicknames Claire Bear,
the Cheerleader,
Little Miss Miracle Grow,
Robot,
Barbie,
Dorothy,
Defensive Player of the Year,
Smiley,
Indestructible Girl,
Nancy Drew,
Blondie
Gender
Date of death June 13, 2014
Home Spilimbergo, Italy,
formerly New York City, NY,
formerly Odessa, TX,
formerly Costa Verde, CA,
formerly Arlington, VA
Residence Abbazia di San Giovanni
Occupations Evo rights activist,
former college student,
former Sam's Comics shopkeeper,
former cheerleader
Significant others "Hammer",
formerly Gretchen Berg,
formerly West Rosen
Parents Adoptive parents:
Sandra Bennet,
Noah Bennet
Biological parents:
Meredith Gordon (deceased),
Nathan Petrelli (deceased)
Grandparents Paternal grandparents:
Angela Petrelli,
Arthur Petrelli (deceased)
Maternal grandparents:
Flint Gordon, Sr. (deceased)
Adoptive grandparents:
Unnamed grandfather,
Malina Bennet
Children Tommy Clark,
Malina
Siblings Younger adoptive brother:
Lyle Bennet
Half brothers:
Simon Petrelli,
Monty Petrelli
Other relatives Step-father:
Doug Douglas
Uncles:
Peter Petrelli,
Flint Gordon, Jr. (deceased)
Great uncle:
Tim Petrelli
Great aunt:
Alice Shaw
Paternal great grandparents: Mrs. Petrelli,
Mr. Shaw (deceased),
Mrs. Shaw (deceased)

Claire Bennet was a college student and former cheerleader, adopted by Noah Bennet and his wife, and was the biological (and illegitimate) daughter of Nathan Petrelli and Meredith Gordon and niece of Peter Petrelli and Flint Gordon. After the defeat of Samuel, she revealed her secret on live television, exposing the existence of "evos" to the entire world. Four years after her reveal, she was killed in an apparent terrorist attack at the Odessa Unity Summit, an event meant to celebrate peace between humans and evos in her hometown, despite her ability. With the help of Quentin Frady, her father Noah embarked on a mission to uncover the truth behind Claire's death and the people responsible for it. Noah eventually learns through time travel that Claire had died giving birth to twins Nathan and Malina after Nathan inadvertently stole her power who's destiny is to save the world from a coming disaster. Unable to save Claire, Noah instead sets out to protect her children. She was an evolved human with the ability to rapidly heal from any injury.

About

Claire lived a normal suburban lifestyle in Odessa, Texas, until her ability manifested and her entire world was effectively turned upside down. Initially keeping it a secret, Claire's power was eventually exposed after her experiments with testing her ability's limits were discovered. Because Claire was actually being monitored for years by The Company, she was forced to go into hiding with her family from Company agents seeking to make Claire the subject of brutal biological experimentation into her ability. Claire and her family came out of hiding after the dissolution of the Company.

On a personal level, Claire loved her adoptive family very much, but still remained curious about her origins, until she finally discovered her biological parents and the rest of her extended family. Claire has a kind, yet courageous, nature, but for a time was insecure about her abilities, leading her to be insensitive. With time, Claire accepted her power and considered for a time joining a family of special individuals.

After revealing evos to the world, Claire became estranged from her father and fell pregnant with twins Nathan and Malina. Claire ultimately died in childbirth after Nathan inadvertently stole her power. However, her children carry her legacy by being destined to save the world from the H.E.L.E.

Character History

Season One

For an episode-by-episode summary, see Claire Bennet: Season One History.

Claire and Peter survive Sylar's attack.

Claire, having discovered that she has the power to rapidly heal herself, asks her classmate Zach to video her jumping off an abandoned gravel plant and surviving. Walking home, the two come across a train wreck, from which Claire rescues a trapped man, but never takes credit for the incident. Meanwhile, Claire finds herself attracted to Brody Mitchum, though their relationship quickly turns sour when he tries to rape her and inadvertently kills her when she is impaled on a tree branch. Claire is taken to a coroner, but revives when the branch is removed from her brain. To avenge Brody's wrongdoings, Claire causes Brody to have an accident, though Claire walks away unharmed.

At her high school's Homecoming, Claire is pursued by Sylar, but is ultimately saved by Peter Petrelli, though her friend Jackie is not. After the tragic events at Homecoming, Claire decides to tell her father about her abilities. However, Claire is surprised to find that those around her are mysteriously losing their memories, and learns that a Haitian man, under the orders of Mr. Bennet, is responsible. The Haitian befriends Claire, and tells her what little he says he knows of her past, including the fact that her mother died in a fire fourteen years ago. After some research, Claire finds Meredith Gordon, her birth mother, and learns that Nathan Petrelli is her birth father, both of whom are evolved humans.

Life changes for Claire when Matt and Ted take her family hostage, her home burns, and her powers are discovered by Thompson. Claire is forced to go into hiding from the Company. Eager to be normal and find out about her biological family, Claire travels to New York City and meets the Petrellis. After saving her uncle Peter's life, the two team up to help stop an impending explosion.

Season Two

For an episode-by-episode summary, see Claire Bennet: Season Two History.

Claire and West kiss on the beach.

Claire attends her first day of classes at Costa Verde High School, and is assured by her father that she'll be fine, who also warns her not to stand out, or else the Company will find them. At school, she meets a boy who can fly and connects with him. When talking about their abilities, Claire notices marks on his neck, and he recalls an experience with a man with horn rimmed glasses. To hide her relationship with West, Claire lies to her father and tells her that she has joined the cheerleading team. However, her plan backfires and when she doesn't make the squad. To pay back Debbie Marshall, Claire and West play a prank on Debbie while she drinks, causing her to get kicked off the team, and leaving a spot for Claire.

Claire and West continue their relationship and he meets Sandra. As the two spend time, West sees Noah and tries to leave, but Claire tells him that he is her father. Thinking it is a trap, he flies away. Noah shows a newspaper article about her prank, and warns that the family it is no longer safe and that they must move. Claire tells him that if they do, they are leaving without her.

Hostages are traded on Imperial Beach, Costa Verde.

At school on her last day, she is contacted by Bob at her cheerleader practice. He slips up and calls her "Miss Bennet", and Claire runs home. When she arrives home, she sees her father's laptop open with the image of the Mendez painting that shows his death. Claire then warns her mother that her father was right and they need to leave town immediately, but Bob shows up with a gun, and surprisingly, Sandra recognizes him as the Regional Sales Manager for Primatech Paper. Bob takes Claire with him, and conveys to Claire how valuable she is to them, and takes some blood from her. Bob takes her to switch for his daughter from Noah. Once she reaches her father they hug briefly then he pushes her into West's arms so he can fly her to safety. Unfortunately, Elle is able to zap West and Claire, which sends them plummeting to the earth. Mohinder shoots Noah in the eye and kills him. Claire tries to run to her fathers side but West intercepts her. They land at her house and Claire is left with the task of telling her mom that her father has died.

Bob delivers an urn with Noah's ashes to the Bennets. Claire, her family and West scatter the ashes into the sea. She tells her father that she should have listened to everything he said. When she sees Elle in a car spying on them, she confronts her, punching her hand through her car window and threatening to expose the Company. Claire goes through Noah's paperwork, preparing to go public with her ability and expose the Company's secrets. While packing up her father's files to bring down the Company, West arrives and tries to stop her from revealing his secret. Angered, she gives him his file, and tells him "there is no 'us' to worry about anymore." Afterward, Noah returns home, revealing to his family that he is still alive, thanks to Claire's regenerative blood. He tells Claire not to expose the Company, and informs her that he has made a deal, and will again be working for them. In exchange, his family will be left alone to lead normal lives.

Season Three

For an episode-by-episode summary, see Claire Bennet: Season Three History.

Sylar scans Claire's brain, looking for her ability.

Claire learns that Nathan has been shot and rushes to try and help him. Before she can leave, Sylar arrives and begins to terrorize her with his only remaining ability. Claire manages to stab him but Sylar pins her to the wall and slices her skull. He copies her power and then allows her to regenerate before he leaves. Claire discovers that her ability has changed and that she can no longer feel pain. Once again, she tests her limits by trying to be hit by a train. When the prisoners from Level 5 escape, Claire begs Noah to make her his partner, but Noah instead reveals that Meredith will be protecting the family.

Meredith teaches Claire how to fight and ends up torturing her inside of a shipping container. Claire lies and says that she will not hunt villains, but soon leaves to bring in Stephen Canfield. Upon learning that Stephen is not a monster, Claire helps him find his family. Later, Claire is shocked when Noah treats Stephen like a tool, and she is briefly tricked by Sylar into believing that Noah hates all evolved humans. Claire returns home and teams up with Sandra to find Meredith. She defeats Eric Doyle and, after returning home, runs into Elle. She and Elle travel to Pinehearst to fix their malfunctioning abilities but upon arrival, they find Peter, who is now powerless. Claire helps Peter and then tells Nathan and Tracy where Arthur is.

Pinehearst soon begins looking for Claire, who is believed to be the Catalyst. Claire becomes protected by The Company and Noah takes her to the Canfield home to properly train her. Elle and Sylar come looking for her and Claire ends up being shot. With the eclipse in place, Claire does not heal and actually dies. She regenerates as soon as the eclipse is over and is then rescued from a home invasion by Hiro Nakamura, who takes her 16 years into the past. Claire convinces past Noah not to take Claire back to the Company and successfully saves herself from becoming the Catalyst. Arthur tracks them down and sends Claire back to the present where she, Angela, Noah and Meredith prepare to bring down Pinehearst. Sylar intervenes and holds all four of them prisoner with Primatech. He attacks all of them until Claire manages to kill him.

Claire is called to help, due to her "free pass."

Two months later, Claire lives with the feeling that Sylar is still alive and killing. She overhears a conversation between Angela and Nathan and learns that the government is rounding people up. She warns Matt Parkman, but both are quickly captured. Claire is given a free pass by Nathan, but she still gets onto Flight 195 and frees the prisoners. After the plane goes down, Nathan sends Claire back home, where she is contacted by Rebel. She is given the mission to protect Alex Woolsly from Noah and she hides him in her house. As Rachel Mills and Jason Pierce search for Alex, Claire and Sandra manage to send him out of the town. They return home and find Eric Doyle, who has received a message from Rebel instructing Claire to help him.

Claire gets a cover job at the comic book store before saving Eric from Rachel. She gives him a new identity and is soon saved by Nathan after her free pass is taken away. The two of them fly to Mexico, where they bond as father and daughter. They are contacted by Angela, who asks to meet with them at Coyote Sands. Nathan and Claire arrive there and help Angela, Peter and Noah dig up the bones of the prisoners that were once kept at the sands. Angela explains what happened in 1961 and privately tells Claire how much she admires her. After the incident with Alice, Claire and the others decide to form a new Company together.

When the family learns that Sylar has taken Nathan's form, Nathan rushes to Washington to stop him. Claire, Angela and Noah attempt to drive there but they are stopped by Noah, who suspects the government is close. Claire and Angela escape capture and arrive in Washington, where they part ways. Claire goes to find Nathan, but he turns out to be Sylar and captures her. Sylar attempts to stop Claire from hating him but eventually throws her out of the room, so she cannot help when Peter and Nathan arrive to fight Sylar. After Nathan and Sylar fly away, she goes with Peter to save the president. Claire later attends the funeral of "Sylar" and expresses her shock at the fact that he is really gone.

Claire returns home to Costa Verde and continues working at the comic shop. She briefly ventures to Lyneboro, where she helps Rachel deal with Kelly, a woman who is manipulating the entire town. Claire returns home and begins helping former Building 26 fugitives return to their normal lives. Rachel shows up one day and after Mensen is killed, Claire learns that a dangerous group believes she has information on a woman named Sabine Hazel. After a run in with Markus Gaines, Claire enlists the help of the Rebel team and together, they drive the dangerous faction out of town. Claire then learns that she has gotten into college.

Season Four

For an episode-by-episode summary, see Claire Bennet: Season Four History.

Hoping to put her chaotic past behind her and return to a normal life, Claire starts college at Arlington University, but these hopes take a beating when she is recognized as a survivor of the Union Wells Homecoming massacre and her roommate seemingly commits suicide on her first day. Claire tests the "Jump, Push, Fall" theory to see if Annie really did kill herself by falling several stories onto the outline of Annie's body, but the girl who recognized her, Gretchen, sees her heal from above. Claire eventually tells Gretchen the truth about her ability, to Noah's disapproval. However, Noah respects that Claire is old enough to make her own decisions now and does not call the Haitian to wipe Gretchen's memory. Claire invites Gretchen to be her new roommate, and they join the Psi Alpha Chi sorority at Becky Taylor's request.

Claire becomes suspicious of Gretchen when she starts acting strangely around her, but it turns out that Gretchen was only crushing on Claire, which she expresses with a kiss. The following night, Claire and Gretchen are taken by Psi Alpha Chi to a slaughterhouse for their initiation. Once at the slaughterhouse, an invisible person tries to impale Gretchen on a large meat hook but Claire takes the fall. She also reveals the assailant as Becky, who promptly flees. This incident scares Gretchen to the point where she decides to move across campus where she would be far away from Becky, leaving Claire alone. Samuel later apologizes to Claire on Becky's behalf and offers her a new family to go to where she will feel accepted for who she is. After Thanksgiving dinner, Gretchen arrives to tell Claire how much she misses her, and she agrees to be her roommate again, but first, Claire tells her that she is going to check out Samuel's mysterious carnival. Gretchen says that she is going with her.

When they arrive at the carnival, they are greeted by Samuel, who shows them around. After witnessing an act of violence against Samuel, and his empathic response, Claire decides to stay at the carnival for the weekend and sends Gretchen back home. At the weekend, Eli's persistent observation causes Claire to feel suspicious, which is only made worse by the discovery of Noah's Primatech files in Samuel's trailer. Once she realizes that Samuel killed his own brother, she tells him that she is leaving, and he lets her go in the hope that she will forgive him. Upon checking her phone messages, she is struck with the news of Nathan's death, and arrives at his funeral by taxi to pay her respects.

Later, Claire is confronted by Sylar when she returns to college, who plays a game with her in an effort to make her understand that they are not so different because neither of them want to be alone. Claire admits how much Gretchen means to her and starts holding her hand in public when Sylar leaves. When Claire returns to Noah's apartment, Lauren informs her of of the true nature of Samuel's power, so she decides to return to the carnival to warn the carnies.

Samuel admits to his crimes and Claire arranges his surrender. Before Samuel can be escorted out of the carnival grounds, Eli shoots at the carnies, injuring Claire and killing Lydia. Angered, Samuel locks Claire and Noah in a trailer and buries it with his power. They are saved by Tracy Strauss, and once back on the surface, Claire informs the carnies of Samuel's plans to bury the crowd in Central Park. Once the battle is over and Samuel is arrested, Claire decides that she can no longer hide who she is either way, and makes use of the local news reporters by jumping from a Ferris wheel and healing in front of them, and revealing the existence of evolved humans.

Heroes Reborn

For an episode-by-episode summary, see Claire Bennet: Heroes Reborn History.

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Evolved Human Abilities

Claire can regenerate.

Claire exhibits the power of rapid cell regeneration, a trait that allows her to recover from almost any injury in a matter of seconds. She also feels relatively little pain from even serious injuries, including burns and compound fractures, although she did grimace when her hand was damaged while retrieving a class ring from a running garbage disposal. She has not yet reached a limitation in her powers. Along with the injuries stated above, she suffered an injury where her neck was broken and turned around 180 degrees. This would be fatal for most humans. Indeed, between her tolerance for pain and seemingly unlimited healing potential, Claire is somewhat similar to the X-Men character Wolverine. Panettiere herself even loosely compared Claire to that same character when explaining her powers during an interview.

Apparently, Claire cannot heal an injury if a foreign object is obstructing the wound. This is true of other characters with healing factors, who can still heal incorrectly, incompletely or not at all if certain conditions are not met, just like normal humans. For example, in the first episode, the bones of Claire's ribs were sticking out at one point. After a comment from Zach brought this to her attention, Claire had to move them around a bit before they would heal properly. The injury she received in One Giant Leap was billed by a TV Guide article as an extreme test of her powers. In this incident, she was clinically dead for hours, only to revive when the tree branch that killed her was removed. Her healing powers restored her to health despite the destructive biological processes that happen to bodies immediately upon severe trauma or death (brain death, lividity of blood in the tissues and coagulation of same, etc.). Still, as stated before, there were still limitations. Her upper torso had still been spread open from the classic "Y Incision" made in the chest of autopsy subjects and she had to close the flaps of skin back into place manually before they healed.

In Lizards, Claire cuts off her small toe with a pair of scissors only to see it grow back. This suggests that Claire is able to regrow a body part even if it is completely removed. This is later confirmed in Brother's Keeper, where she loses an entire foot and quickly regrows it.

In Kindred, Claire tells West that she does feel pain, she just recovers from it very quickly. However, in The Second Coming, Claire loses the ability to feel pain after Sylar takes her ability, though in One of Us, One of Them she appears to feel her hands burn when touching the side of the heated container.

In Cautionary Tales, it is heavily suggested that Claire's blood will heal any wound in any person if it is introduced into their system.

A painting by Isaac Mendez and Peter Petrelli showed a cheerleader's body dead at the feet of a shadowy figure, with her head sawed open and her brain removed. Once thought to be Claire, it was theorized that such an injury might well be fatal. Future Sylar was able to take Claire's ability by telekinetically sawing her head open, and in The Second Coming, Sylar removed the top of Claire's head and stole her ability without killing her. Her skull and scalp healed as soon as Sylar put the displaced part back where it was supposed to be. Although Sylar told her that she's special and couldn't die, it's unlikely that Claire could survive complete brain removal or decapitation.

In Into Asylum, when Claire consumes a mass amount of alcohol to win a game, her competitor comments on how she doesn't even look drunk. She later admits to Nathan that her liver heals itself, resulting in everlasting sobriety.

In June 13th, Part One, Claire dies in childbirth of cardiac arrest from a traumatic seizure. For an unknown reason, her power does not bring her back and she permanently dies. Her father is unable to understand this as Claire always comes back when her weak spot is not blocked which it was not this time. In June 13th, Part Two, Angela realizes that Claire's son Nathan inherited Arthur Petrelli's ability absorption powers and took Claire's abilities from her as she gave birth, resulting in her death when she endured complications during the childbirth.

Equipment

Memorable Quotes

"I walked through fire, and didn't get burned."

- Claire, to Sandra (Genesis)


"Your 'gift'? Is that what you call it?"

"What do you call it?"

"My own private freak show."

- Claire, The Haitian (Godsend)


"Nothing is inevitable. The future is not written in stone!"

- Claire (to Angela and Nathan) (How to Stop an Exploding Man)


"Why do you wanna stop bad guys?"

"To help people."

"I don't believe you. You tell me why!"

"...To hurt him, okay?... to hurt him for what he did... he hurt me!"

- Meredith, Claire (One of Us, One of Them)


"You're just giving him what he wants. Attention. He's like a child throwing a tantrum."

"Well I'd like to give him a good spanking."

- Angela, Claire (Dual)


"I heal. It's like what I do."

- Claire (to Tracy) (Brother's Keeper)


"I like to think of myself as just a girl who happens to have powers. And it's just one thing in a list of attributes—loyal, friendly, regenerative, good skin, you know."

- Claire (to Gretchen) (Pass/Fail)


"My name is Claire Bennet and that was attempt number...I guess I've lost count."

- Claire to news cameras (Brave New World)


"Blood?"

- Claire's last word (Save the Cheerleader, Destroy the World)

Notes

Claire's Age

There are conflicting references as to Claire's age and birthdate. Before production began, a press release noted her age would be 17. In the televised episodes, a newspaper article reported Claire's age as 18 months during the fire on February 28 1992, which would put her birth in August of 1990, and her age as 16. In The Fix (which takes place in October 2006), Claire says she is "almost 16"; this would suggest that her birth was in or after October of 1990. Also, in Building 26, Claire notes that Noah has been telling her that Sandra and Lyle are safer knowing less, since she was 15. Given this would have taken place in 2006, this places her birthday around 1991. Further, Claire's birth mother tells Nathan that their daughter is now 16 (Run!), and later (in March 2007) she calls Claire a "seventeen-year-old girl" (One of Us, One of Them). Claire is a junior (Distractions, Four Months Later...), and most juniors are 16 or 17. Claire's MySpace page indicates her zodiac sign as Aries (which would place her birthday between 21 March and 19 April) and places her birth in 1989. In the commentary for Godsend, Jack Coleman states that Claire has just turned 16. In an interview Tim Kring stated that Claire is 16. At the 2007 San Diego Comic Con, Hayden Panettiere said her character is 15. Incidentally, Claire does drive (Collision); and the legal driving age in Texas is 16, though a driver can obtain a permit at age 15. In March 2007, Mr. Bennet gives Claire a Nissan Rogue for her birthday, which they note is "next month" (April 2007). A fake prop driver license auctioned by NBC lists her birth date as March 10, 1993 (though it should be noted that the license never appeared in any canon source, and lists false information for Claire). Pinehearst's file on her list her birthday as January 11, 1991 (see file) (It's Coming). In Exposed, Sandra explicitly said Claire was 17. Further, Claire attends college during Season Four, implying that she is eighteen years old. This means that Claire was born anywhere from 1989 to 1991, depending on when the season is set.

Trivia

  • Claire reveals she discovered her ability the summer before season one on the day of her adoptive mother's, Sandra, birthday on June 8 through a deleted scene from Nothing to Hide (released on the DVD). She wanted to surprise her mom with brownies, when she accidentally cut open her thumb with the knife. And by the time she ran over to the sink, it had regenerated itself.
  • In a deleted scene from Seven Minutes to Midnight Claire and Eden McCain seem to be long time friends and know each other very well. On the original scene from the episode, they barely talk as if they don't know each other.
  • Claire collects teddy bears from all around the world. Her father brings them back to her from his "business trips". (Six Months Ago). In a deleted scene from Company Man, it was Claude who gave her the first teddy bear.
  • The Odessa Register calls Claire a "Mysterious Good Samaritan". This is a reference to the parable of the Good Samaritan from the Bible (Luke 10:25-37). Jesus told the parable to demonstrate that mankind should show compassion for all people.
  • Claire's phone in Season 1 is a pink T-Mobile Sidekick II.
  • Claire appeared in every episode of Volume One and Volume Three.
  • According to Brody, Claire never drinks plain milk--just chocolate. She draws mermaids in the margins of her notebook. She puts crackers in her sandwiches to make them crunch. She's usually the first person to laugh at a joke. (One Giant Leap)
  • According to Pinehearst's file on Claire, she weighs 109 pounds and has green eyes (see file) (It's Coming).
  • During most of the third season, Hayden Panettiere had to wear a wig because she cut her hair short in real life.
  • Claire is a virgin. (Strange Attractors)
  • According to Noah, Claire's phone number is 703-555-0187. (The Fifth Stage)
  • According to a Pinehearst file (number 981100A) found at the Quarry, Claire's Social Security number is 612-80-XXXX.
  • Claire is the first ever hooded character to be removed of the hood (along with goggles and earmuffs) covering her face. (A Clear and Present Danger)

See Also

External Links

Fan Theories

Please refer to Theory:Claire Bennet for fan-created theories and other speculation.

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