Alchemy

Alchemy
Bob shows Mohinder his "own private Fort Knox".
Held by:	Bob Bishop
Ability to:	Transform the chemical composition of materials

Alchemy is the ability to transform the chemical composition of materials.

Characters

• Bob Bishop is the only character known to have this ability.

Limits

Bob has the ability to change the composition of objects. So far, Bob has only turned objects into gold. The amount of mass he can affect at one time is unknown, though he has turned an adult male entirely into gold (The Golden Goose).

It is not yet known if there are materials Bob cannot transform.

Since Bob's power does not automatically affect anything he touches, it must require some concentration to use.

Bob can apparently generate substantial quantities of gold over time, because he implies that his power is a significant source of the Company's funding (Four Months Later...).

Examples

• 
  Bob takes hold of an ordinary teaspoon...
• 
  ...and transmutes it into gold.
  (Four Months Later...)
• 
  Bob grabs Hampton Connolly's arm...
• ...turning it into gold...
  ...turning it into gold...
• 
  ...then his face...
• 
  ...then his entire body....
• 
  ...and then, Bob melts him.
  (The Golden Goose)
• 
  Bob shows Donna Dunlap his golden touch.
  (Donna's Big Date, Part 2)

Memorable Quotes

"Look, the type of research you're talking about is extremely expensive."

"Trust me. That won't be a problem. Let's just say we have our own private Fort Knox."

- Mohinder, Bob (Four Months Later...)

Notes

• The name "alchemy" comes from Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite, who used the term to decribe Bob's power in a CBR Q&A interview.
• Though Bob has only been seen to turn things into gold, Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite confirmed that he can transmute materials into substances other than gold.
• The password that Elle enters into Bob's computer in Powerless is "MIDAS". In Greek mythology, Midas was a king whose greed led the god Dionysus to curse him with the "ability" to turn everything he touched to gold -- including his own daughter.
• Peter has been in close proximity to Bob, but has not displayed this ability.

See Also

• Alchemy -- Wikipedia