Examples of empathic mimicry

Empathic mimicry is the ability to duplicate the powers of other evolved humans. A full list of examples of the power in action follows.

Examples

• Peter duplicates his brother Nathan's ability to fly after Nathan drops Peter. (Genesis)
• On a rooftop, Peter doesn't realize that he is walking on air while in Nathan's presence. (Don't Look Back)
• Peter duplicates Isaac's ability to paint the future. (Don't Look Back, Hiros)
• Peter duplicates Claire's ability to heal the fatal injuries he received in a long fall. (Homecoming)
• Peter duplicates Matt's telepathic ability, causing a disturbing feedback loop between them. (Fallout)
• Peter duplicates Claude's invisibility; Peter and Claude can't be seen by anyone but each other. (Godsend, The Fix, Distractions, Unexpected)
• When Peter is impaled on top of a taxi, he regenerates, though nobody with that power is nearby. (Distractions)
• By remembering the other evolved humans he has encountered, Peter displays brief flashes of invisibility, telepathy, and precognition in rapid succession. The experience begins to cause him to overload. (Distractions)
• Peter blocks a swing from Claude using telekinesis. (Unexpected)
• Peter uses space-time manipulation and/or telekinesis to stop Mr. Bennet's taser in mid-air. (Unexpected)
• Peter flies away, carrying Claude with him. (Unexpected)
• An enraged Peter tosses Isaac around his studio using telekinesis. (Unexpected)
• Peter turns invisible when Isaac goes for his gun. (Unexpected)
• Peter turns invisible and runs out Isaac's apartment. Later at Nathan's office, he appears and then disappears. (Parasite)
• Battling Sylar, Peter mimics regeneration, telekinesis, and invisibility. He later mimics regeneration again to recover from a head injury. (.07%)
• Future Peter mimics invisibility and telekinesis at a strip club in a possible future. (Five Years Gone)
• Future Peter mimics space-time manipulation to save Future Hiro and Ando by stopping time and teleporting to Las Vegas. (Five Years Gone)
• Future Peter mimics enhanced strength by throwing security guards while trying to save Hiro. (Five Years Gone)
• Future Peter, battling Future Sylar, mimics pyrokinesis. (Five Years Gone)

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  Peter mimics flight.
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  Nathan attempts to save Peter, but drops him. Peter then flies in order to save himself.
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  Peter draws a prophetic sketch of himself flying near Nathan.
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  Peter levitates in Nathan's presence.
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  Peter may have mimicked Future Hiro's power to freeze time.
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  Peter mimics precognition.
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  Peter prophetically completes Isaac's unfinished painting.
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  Peter may be mimicking telekinesis.
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  After a normally devastating fall...
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  ...Peter mimics Claire's healing power.
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  Peter mimics Claude's invisibility.
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  As Claude walks away, Peter reappears.
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  After Claude pushes him from Charles Deveaux's rooftop, Peter manages to recall Claire's regeneration.
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  Peter accesses several powers in rapid succession: Claude's invisibility...
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  ...Matt's telepathy...
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  ...and Isaac's precognition.
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  Peter mimics telekinesis.
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  Peter slows down then freezes time.
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  Peter mimics flight to escape...
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  ...and carries Claude to safety.
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  Peter uses a smörgåsbord of powers to avoid Sylar's rampage, including...
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  ...telekinesis...
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  ...invisibility...
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  ...and regeneration.