Electric manipulation

Electric manipulation
Elle creates electricity.
Originally held by:	Elle
Absorbed by:	Peter Petrelli
Ability to:	Generate electrical energy
Examples of electric manipulation

Lightning is the superhuman ability to create and direct electrical arcs.

Characters

• Elle has this ability.
• Peter has absorbed this ability from Elle.

Limits

• Users of this power can generate and fire electricity between themselves and other people or objects. The amount of current that such arcs can carry is not known, though Caitlin has referred to it as "shooting a 1000 volts."
• Users of the power are not usually harmed by electrical currents that they create themselves, although they can shock themselves if they attempt to generate arcs under unfavorable circumstances, as when Elle electrocuted herself when she was wet and her feet were immersed in water in Mr. Muggles' metal doggy bath. (Cautionary Tales)

• Noah states in Cautionary Tales that the brain is not meant to handle the amount of electricity that she was subjected to during testing (under supervision from her adoptive father, Bob) when she was first brought into the Compmay, implying that this is at least in part why Elle has such an unstable and twisted personality.

Elle

Elle has extensive control over her power. She is able to adjust the strength and power of the electrical arcs she generates, such as creating a small spark which causes minor electrocution, a medium-level bolt which stuns or acts as concussive force or a powerful surge which kills. She does not need to use her hands to use her power, as seen when she zaps Peter with her mouth (Four Months Later...) or when she uses her whole body to generate it in (Cautionary Tales). It has been implied that Elle can manipulate existing sources of electricity, causing a major blackout when she was 8 as told in (Four Months Ago). She can also create and throw ball lightning and further utilize her finesse for "sharpshooting" able to fire small, pinpoint but very powerful lightning that can shatter glass and catch flame. (Cautionary Tales)

Peter Petrelli

Peter can fire lightning bolts but unlike Elle lacks the degree of fine control she displays with her powers. The only levels that he has demonstrated is a powerful concussive blast (Four Months Later...), a electrocuting stun effect (Lizards) and, more recently, a bolt of electricity strong enough to leave charred and blackened flesh (Out of Time).

Selected Examples

• 
  Peter knocks Tuko off his feet.
  (Four Months Later...)
• 
  Peter shocks an Irish thug at the Wandering Rocks and sends him back a few feet.
  (Lizards)
• 
  Peter successfully produces electricity, after saying Caitlin's name.
  (Petrified Lightning)
• 
  Elle uses her power on a shipping container in Cork, Ireland.
  (Fight or Flight)
• 
  Elle welds the lock of Wandering Rocks Pub.
  (Fight or Flight)
• 
  At a New York hospital, Elle takes Peter out with a blast of electricity.
  (Four Months Ago...)
• 
  Elle sedates Adam by sending a blast of electrical energy his way.
  (Four Months Ago...)
• 
  Elle's lightning is strong enough to set Peter's clothing ablaze.
  (Four Months Ago...)

Notes

• Peter describes the ability as "sparks" from his hand.

See Also

• For the similar power to absorb electrical energy and release it in direct electrical arcs, see electrical absorption.
• For the similar power of creating and directing electrical arcs as well as levitating using electromagnetic repulsion, see electromagnetism.

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