Prophecy

Prophecy
Isaac Mendez sees and paints a future image of Claire.

Many of Isaac's paintings and illustrations show prophecies of future events.

Gallery of Prophecies

Note: Clicking on one of Isaac's works will redirect you to the full-size image of the art, as seen in the gallery of Isaac's paintings.

Pre-Genesis Prophecies

Isaac's Work	Realization
The woman depicted in Isaac's painting confronts him at the Deveaux Gallery. (Isaac's First Time)	Shortly afterwards, the woman runs out of the gallery and is struck by a bus. (Isaac's First Time)

Prophecies from Genesis

Isaac's Work	Realization
Isaac's makes a painting of a solar eclipse. (Genesis)	On October 1st, a solar eclipse occurs. (Genesis)
Simone stands in silhouette at Isaac's doorway. (Genesis)	Simone arrives at Isaac's apartment with a painting. (Genesis)
Isaac depicts a burning bus with fiery red flames and billowing black smoke. (Genesis)	A newspaper shows a suicide bombing in Israel, just as Isaac's painting predicted. (Genesis)
Isaac's depicts a fiery, chaotic train wreck in Odessa, Texas. (Genesis)	Claire saves a man from the wreck; Isaac watches it on TV. (Genesis)
A portrait shows a man jumping off a building, arms outstretched, perhaps flying. (Genesis)	After seeing the painting, Peter Petrelli feels encouraged to do the same thing. (Don't Look Back)
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An explosion's mushroom cloud in Midtown Manhattan is painted directly on Isaac's concrete floor. (Genesis)	A massive explosion takes place in New York, NY on November 8th, as seen by Hiro in the future. (Don't Look Back)
A hand holds a glass of boiling water in front of a red background. (Genesis)	While in Audrey and Matt's custody, Ted emits radiation and boils water. (Seven Minutes to Midnight)

Prophecies from Don't Look Back

Isaac's Work	Realization
Hiro concentrates. (Don't Look Back)	Hiro squints. (Genesis)
Hiro's clock ticks backwards. (Don't Look Back)	The clock gains one second. (Genesis)
"I did it!" (Don't Look Back)	"Yatta!" (Genesis)
9th Wonders! depicts two Japanese men discussing space-time manipulation. (Don't Look Back)	On an escalator, Hiro and Ando make parallels between time travel and Star Trek. (Genesis)
Two men discuss boldly going where no man has gone before and being "special". (Don't Look Back)	In front of a Tokyo street that looks similar to Isaac's art, Ando mocks Hiro for being special. (Genesis)
An unaired panel from the comic shows Hiro on the subway. (Claire and the Cat)	While on the Tokyo subway, Hiro dreams of going to New York City. (Genesis)
The cover of a comic shows an excited man in New York City. (Don't Look Back)	Hiro shouts "Yatta!" in the middle of Times Square. (Genesis)
Hiro discovers a trail of blood on top of a mural, in this unaired panel from the comic. (Don't Look Back)	Hiro visit's Isaac's apartment, horrified to find a disturbing trail of Isaac's blood. (Don't Look Back)
An unfinished issue of 9th Wonders! shows Hiro being questioned in Isaac's apartment. (Don't Look Back)	Hiro is later interviewed by detectives just as depicted in the comic. (Don't Look Back)
In one of Peter's few precognitive moments, he doodles two stick figures, one levitating, the other wearing a tie. (Don't Look Back)	On a New York City rooftop, Peter unwittingly levitates above his older brother Nathan, who is wearing a suit. (Don't Look Back)

Prophecies from One Giant Leap

Isaac's Work	Realization
A painting shows a girl walking away from a boy. (One Giant Leap)	Claire Bennet walks away from Zach at their school. (One Giant Leap)
Hiro tells Ando about the explosion and his desire to save the world. (One Giant Leap)	Just as the comic predicted, Ando mocks that Hiro has had too much sake. (One Giant Leap)
The comic depicts Hiro showing Ando the comic. (One Giant Leap)	Hiro shows Ando the comic, as predicted. (One Giant Leap)
The comic shows a girl about to be struck by a truck. (One Giant Leap)	Hiro freezes time in order to prevent a tragic accident. (One Giant Leap)
The comic shows Hiro and Ando flying from Tokyo to Los Angeles. (One Giant Leap)	Ando's coach flight from Tokyo to Los Angeles is less than pleasant. (One Giant Leap)
The comic shows Hiro at a car rental counter at LAX. (One Giant Leap)	Hiro rents a car from a Hotspur employee in L.A. (One Giant Leap)
The comic shows Hiro requesting a Nissan Versa. (One Giant Leap)	Hiro requests a Nissan Versa as foretold. (One Giant Leap)
A couple kisses under a red umbrella. (One Giant Leap)	Peter Petrelli and Simone Deveaux kiss in the rain. (One Giant Leap)

Prophecies from Collision

Isaac's Work	Realization
A blonde cheerleader looks frightened. (Collision)	Claire is frightened while being pursued by Sylar. (Homecoming)
Claire flees on the stone bleachers at Union Wells High, with a shadowy figure looming over her. (Collision)	On Homecoming night, Peter bravely follows Claire as they are pursued by a ruthless serial killer. (Homecoming)
Peter is surrounded by locker doors that seem to move on their own. (Collision)	Peter is attacked by Sylar at Homecoming, displaying his telekinesis. (Homecoming)
Hiro and Ando stand under a homecoming banner. (Collision)	Hiro and Ando arrive too late to Union Wells High School. (Fallout)

Prophecies from Hiros

Isaac's Work	Realization
A shadow stands over the brainless corpse of a cheerleader, red paint dripping from the canvas. (Hiros)	Thinking he had found an evolved human, Sylar kills Jackie Wilcox, and stands over her body. (Homecoming)

Prophecies from Better Halves

Isaac's Work	Realization
A painting shows a man standing in water with an urn. (Better Halves)	Mohinder Suresh scatters his father's ashes in the ocean at Kanyakumari, India. (Seven Minutes to Midnight)
This painting seems to be of Niki Sanders. (Better Halves)	Jessica Sanders converses with Niki. (Better Halves)
The Symbol is later found on the same painting, revealing the subject is Jessica, not Niki. (Better Halves)	Jessica has a tattoo of the symbol on her right shoulder, as seen in Linderman's tape. (Collision)

Prophecies from Seven Minutes to Midnight

Isaac's Work	Realization
Isaac's paints a car violently exploding. (Seven Minutes to Midnight)	Ted causes a large explosion in order to escape. (Seven Minutes to Midnight)
A painting shows a busy redheaded waitress. (Seven Minutes to Midnight)	Charlie works at the Burnt Toast Diner in Midland, TX. (Seven Minutes to Midnight)

Prophecies from Homecoming

Isaac's Work	Realization
A digital image of a painting shows Peter Petrelli, dead at the Union Wells High School Homecoming. The clock in the background reads 8:12 pm. (Homecoming)	Peter lays motionless on the ground after his encounter with Sylar. Note the identical clock and Homecoming banner in the background. (Homecoming)
Isaac paints the Exploding Man, one of the last to be done while high. (Homecoming)	Peter Petrelli explodes in a vision. He proclaims, "The explosion ... it's me." (Fallout)

Prophecies from Fallout

Isaac's Work	Realization
A waitress greets two patrons in a restaurant. (Fallout)	Charlie takes an order from Hiro and Ando. (Seven Minutes to Midnight)
Isaac's sketch shows a man and a woman talking. (Fallout)	Hiro has bonding conversations with Charlie. (Seven Minutes to Midnight)
Isaac sketches a Japanese man and a waitress, talking together in a diner. (Fallout)	Hiro and Charlie talk together at the Burnt Toast Diner in Midland, Texas. (Seven Minutes to Midnight)
Isaac sketches a man waiting in a restaurant. (Fallout)	Ando waits for Hiro to return from the future. (Homecoming)
Isaac paints Hiro with a sword confronting a dinosaur. (Fallout)	Soon after, Hiro brandishes a fake sword at a fake dinosaur. (Godsend)

Prophecies from Distractions

Isaac's Work	Realization
Isaac paints an image of a flying purse. (Distractions)	An invisible Claude steals a woman's purse. (Distractions)
Isaac paints a seemingly empty street corner. (Distractions)	Peter and Claude stand invisibly on a street corner. (Distractions)
Isaac paints himself and Simone on Charles Deveaux's rooftop. (Distractions)	Isaac and Simone embrace on the rooftop. (Distractions)
Isaac paints an unseen object plummeting towards a parked taxi cab. (Distractions)	Peter plummets invisibly towards a parked cab. (Distractions)
Isaac paints a partially-invisible Peter next to a smashed cab. (Distractions)	Peter recovers from his fall next to the smashed cab. (Distractions)

See Also

For a full gallery of Isaac's work, see Isaac's paintings.

For information on Isaac's 9th Wonders! graphic novels, see 9th Wonders!.

For information on Isaac's precognitive power, see Precognition.

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