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-{{Character box
-| name = Sylar
-| image = [[Image:Sylar face.jpg]]
-| caption =
-| portrayer = [[Zachary Quinto]]
-| debut = [[Episode:One Giant Leap|One Giant Leap]]
-| power(s) = [[Intuitive aptitude|Intuitive aptitude]]<br>
- '''Known powers [[power theft|gained]]:'''<br>[[Telekinesis]],<br>[[Cryokinesis]],<br>[[Enhanced memory]],<br>[[Liquefaction]],<br>[[Enhanced hearing]], <br>[[Precognition]]
-| formal name = Gabriel Gray
-| alias = Gabriel Sylar, Drew O'Grady, Dr. Suresh, Zane Taylor
-| home = New York, NY
-| gender = Male
-| age =
-| born =
-| parent(s)/guardian(s) = Unnamed [[New York City]] watchmaker
-| occupation = Timepiece restorer
-}}
-'''Sylar''' is a [[Sylar's victims|serial killer]] who sometimes [[Brain Removal|removes the brains]] of his victims, primarily those he believes to be [[evolved humans]]. [[Chandra Suresh]] identified him as [[Patient Zero]] in his [[research]].  Before adopting the name Sylar, he was known as Gabriel Gray.
-==Character History==
-===[[Episode:Genesis|Genesis]]===
-[[Mohinder Suresh]] finds a [[The_Sylar_tape|cassette tape]] in his late father's apartment, labeled "Sylar".
-===[[Episode:Don't Look Back|Don't Look Back]]===
-Sylar is stated to be a suspected serial killer. His [[Sylar's victims|suspected victims]] are sometimes seen with their heads sliced open horizontally at the center of their skull and their [[Brain Removal|brain removed]].  Other victims are pinned to the wall with various household objects and no apparent signs of physical contact.  [[Audrey Hanson]], an FBI agent, investigates a murder scene she believes to have been the work of Sylar, and [[Matt Parkman]] uses his new powers to locate the victim's missing daughter, [[Molly Walker]].
-Sylar knew the late [[Chandra Suresh]], before he died. Chandra told his son, [[Mohinder]] that he thought that Sylar was "[[Patient Zero]]". In a taped phone call between Chandra and Sylar, the latter alludes that the former "made him this way" and refers to a mysterious "uncontrollable hunger" he now has. Chandra wanted nothing to do with Sylar at this point.
-When Hiro travels to the future to November 8 he visits [[Isaac Mendez]] in his home.  Hiro finds Isaac dead with his head sawed off and his [[Brain Removal|brain removed]], in the same style as Molly Walker's father.
-[[Image:Sylar.jpg|thumb|right|Sylar's first appearances were mysterious and shadowed.]]
-===[[Episode:One Giant Leap|One Giant Leap]]===
-Mohinder and [[Eden]] visit an [[Sylar's apartment|apartment]] believed to be Sylar's. When no one answers, Mohinder breaks in. Inside, Eden notes that Sylar has no photographs in the apartment but plenty of books on philosophy, as well as a copy of Chandra Suresh's [[Activating Evolution|book]]. Mohinder takes pictures of the apartment, including a picture of his father's book on a bureau, books on the shelves, and a book in a glass case. He stumbles upon a secret room behind the glass case. Inside is a map similar to one used by the Suresh's, but with many more connections and papers linked to several of them. Eden identifies [[Nathan Petrelli]] on one of the links. Mohinder finds another room in the secret area covered by vinyl tarps. Inside, the walls are covered in scrawls, possibly indicating that Sylar's mental state is unbalanced. Writings such as, "Forgive me. I have sinned," are written all over, some apparently in blood.
-Meanwhile, a man believed to be Sylar attempts to abduct Molly, who is being held in a safe room in the [[Los Angeles]] [[FBI Headquarters]]. Matt and Audrey stop him, with Matt protecting Molly and Audrey giving chase. When Audrey pulls her gun, the man somehow forces her backwards against a wall and makes her point her own weapon to her head. When Matt arrives, he [[Matt's side arm|shoots]] at the unknown man. However, when Matt turns to check on Audrey, the man stands back up and the bullets Matt had fired at him seem to fall to the ground. As Matt and Audrey look back, the man disappears.
-===[[Episode:Hiros|Hiros]]===
-Sylar appears in a painting by [[Isaac Mendez]] which [[Peter Petrelli]] finishes. It reveals that Sylar will murder and remove a [[cheerleader]]'s [[Brain Removal|brain]] if nothing is done to stop it.
-===[[Nothing to Hide]]===
-[[Audrey]] believes she's found another of [[Sylar's victims]], [[Robert Fresco]], but it turns out the victim was instead accidentally killed by [[Theodore Sprague]].
-===[[Seven Minutes to Midnight]]===
-In [[Midland, TX]], [[Hiro]] and [[Ando]] talk to a waitress, [[Charlie]], in the [[Burnt Toast Diner]].  Meanwhile, sitting at a table is a man wearing a ballcap.  He pulls a glass to his hand using his [[powers]], revealing a [[Sylar's watch|broken analog watch]] reading 11:53.
-When Charlie is discovered murdered, the top of her head sliced off, Sylar is nowhere to be found.  When Hiro sees Charlie's body, he immediately recognizes the wound as identical to that suffered by [[Isaac]] in the future timeline.
-At the [[Primatech Paper Co.]] warehouse that serves as his headquarters, [[Mr. Bennet]] reveals to [[Isaac Mendez]] that Sylar is a superpowered serial killer who is hunting and killing other individuals with powers, and confirms that the painting [[Peter Petrelli]] helped Isaac finish shows [[Claire]], Bennet's own daughter, murdered by Sylar.  He tells Isaac he needs him to paint where Sylar is so they can stop him before he kills Claire at her homecoming the next night.
-In India, [[Mohinder Suresh]] has a strange dream.  In it, he watches in horror as his father, [[Chandra Suresh]], is murdered by a passenger in his cab.  The man smashes through the partition and slams Chandra's head against the window.  As he does so, he cracks the face of his watch, stopping it at 11:53.
-===[[Homecoming]]===
-A shadowy figure stands in front of the trophy case at [[Union Wells High School]], reading the [[newspaper clipping (Jackie)|newspaper clipping]] about [[Jackie Wilcox]]'s award for supposedly rescuing the man from [[the train wreck]]. On his hand is [[Sylar's watch|a broken watch]] &mdash; it's Sylar.
-Later, the lights in the [[locker room (Union Wells)|locker room]] suddenly go out and a shadowy figure passes by.  Jackie protests as [[Claire]] attempts to lead her to safety, and suddenly Sylar grabs Jackie by the neck, pins her against a locker, and lifts her up in the air. Claire jumps on Sylar, but he throws her off and sends her flying into a wall. Jackie screams. Sylar covers Jackie's mouth and puts his finger in the air near her forehead. Suddenly there's a slicing noise and Jackie's skull is sliced open spraying blood everywhere.
-When Claire regenerates, Sylar realizes she's the one he's after, and chases her out into the hallway, where she runs into [[Peter]].  Peter tells Claire to keep running and stops to face Sylar. Using telekinesis, Sylar rips the doors off of the hallway lockers and sends them flying towards Peter. Peter dodges a few of them and runs away with Sylar pursuing. With Sylar at the bottom of the stands, Peter tells Claire to run and find a lot of people as he believes Sylar doesn't want to be seen. Claire runs off and suddenly Peter looks up to find Sylar standing right in front of him. Sylar grabs Peter and they both fall off the bleachers and onto the pavement below.
-Sylar climbs a hill to escape. At the top of the hill, [[Eden]] is leaning against a tree. Upon seeing her he pauses momentarily before raising his hand. Surprised, he seems [[powers#Mental manipulation|unable to use his powers]]. Using her [[powers#suggestion|power of suggestion]], Eden tells Sylar that he doesn't want to hurt her and that they need to talk. She tells him to tell her all about himself, but first he needs to sleep. [[The Haitian]] catches Sylar off guard, and covers his eyes. Sylar then falls to the ground, unconscious.
-===[[Six Months Ago]]===
-[[Image:Gabriel Gray.jpg|thumb|right|Gabriel Gray before turning into Sylar.]]
-[[Chandra Suresh]] approaches Gabriel Gray at his watch shop, [[Gray and Sons|Gray & Sons]].  Gabriel offers to fix Chandra's watch, even though Chandra hasn't realized it's broken.  Gabriel explains he has a [[intuitive aptitude|talent]] for knowing how things work.  Chandra tells Gabriel he's [[evolved human|special]] and gives him a copy of ''[[Activating Evolution]]''.
-Gabriel visits Chandra at [[Chandra's apartment (Brooklyn)|Chandra's apartment]].  Chandra tells Gabriel he wants to run some noninvasive tests.  Gabriel tells Chandra he always wanted to be special and always resented his family for being normal.
-When Chandra's tests are unable to identify anything unusual about Gabriel, he's ready to give up.  Gabriel becomes angry.  Grabbing one of Chandra's files, he asks if Chandra plans to give up on that man, [[Brian Davis]], too.  Chandra asks him to leave.
-Later, Brian Davis visits Gray & Sons.  He tells Gabriel that someone called him.  Gabriel glances at the watch he's been repairing and introduces himself as "Gabriel Sylar".  After Brian demonstrates his [[Powers#Telekinesis|telekinetic ability]], he asks Gabriel if he can make it go away.  Gabriel is surprised at first, but then tells Brian that he's broken and that [[intuitive aptitude|he can fix him]].  Grabbing a large crystal, he [[Sylar's victims|bludgeons]] Brian to [[death]].
-Gabriel meets with Chandra again and demonstrates his [[power absorption|newfound]] [[telekinetic]] power by moving a glass across the table. Gabriel apologizes for his behavior the other day and Chandra understands that he was angry. Gabriel tells him that he feels different now and that he feels he's been given a chance to start over with a new life and new purpose. Gabriel tells Chandra that all the others are waiting to be told of their importance and their true potential. He tells Chandra that they'll find them together.
-===[[Graphic Novel:Turning Point]]===
-Three months ago in [[Chicago]], Sylar has [[Sylar's victims|killed]] a [[David|man]]. He sees [[Audrey Hanson]], and she chases him over the elevated trains. He ends the chase by giving his jacket to [[Sylar's decoy victim|an old man]], whom Audrey mistakes for Sylar and kills.
-===[[Episode:Fallout|Fallout]]===
-[[Image:Sylar zen1.jpg|thumb|right|Sylar is held captive by Mr. Bennet]]
-At the [[Primatech Paper Co.]], Sylar is being held in a [[Sylar's cell|metal room]] within the secure medical facility; he is separated from an outer room by a glass security window.  [[Mr. Bennet]] enters the outer secure room, and converses with Sylar.  He tells Sylar that they fixed him up the best they could, and that his abilities will not work within the facility.  He calls him Gabriel, and Sylar forcefully corrects him.  Mr. Bennet notes that not long ago he was Gabriel Gray, an "insignificant watchmaker".  Sylar tells him that he was so good at restoring "timepieces" because he could [[intuitive aptitude|see how they work]] and what makes them tick.  Mr. Bennet tells him that they're interested in how things work as well and that they're interested in him because he has multiple [[power]]s now instead of just one like all the others they've met.  Sylar tells him that it's what makes him special and that being special is important to everyone.  Mr. Bennet tells him that he thinks infusing so many changes to his DNA to [[power absorption|absorb these powers]] has driven him insane.  Sylar tells him that as soon as he gets out he's going to collect one more ability from [[Claire|his daughter]].  As Sylar goes on talking about Claire, Mr. Bennet tells him to stop and calls him Gabriel. Sylar screams that his name is Sylar, not Gabriel.  Amused, Mr. Bennet shuts off the light and leaves.
-Later, Mr. Bennet again enters the room just outside Sylar's cell.  Sylar claims that they are actually alike, that Mr. Bennet abducts people with powers because it makes him feel powerful, that they both collect [[Evolved Humans|special people]].  Mr. Bennet tells him that they're going to take him apart like a watch and find out what makes him tick.  He turns off the light and leaves.
-Much later, Eden enters the room outside Sylar's cell.  Sylar tells her that he knows her; she responds she lived [[Chandra's apartment (Brooklyn)|next door]] to [[Chandra Suresh]].  Sylar marvels over her power of [[suggestion|persuasion]].  Eden uses her power and states that she's going to give him a [[The Company's gun|gun]] and that he's going to [[suicide|blow his brains out]], and she moves to place the gun into the transfer bin.  Before she can do so, Sylar [[telekinetic]]ally pulls her through the security glass, shattering it.  He grabs her by the throat and tells her that he's going to [[power absorption|consume her power]].  She points the gun at him and he tells her that she knows it won't hurt him.  Instead, she points the gun at her head and pulls the trigger.
-===[[Graphic Novel:Fathers and Daughters|Graphic Novel:Fathers & Daughters]]===
-After Sylar's encounter with [[Eden]], [[Mr. Bennet]] and [[the Haitian]] enter [[Sylar's cell]]. They tranquilize and recapture Sylar.
-===[[Episode:Godsend|Godsend]]===
-At [[Primatech Paper Co.]], [[Mr. Bennet]] and [[Hank]] discuss Sylar, who lies catatonic in his [[Sylar's cell|cell]] watching a [[cockroach]].  They have determined that Sylar [[power theft|has multiple powers]], but they haven't been able to identify any other than telekinesis.  Sylar's health has deteriorated during the experiments, and further invasive tests may kill him.  Unfortunately (to Mr. Bennet), their superiors in [[the Company]] will not allow them to kill Sylar.
-===[[The Fix]]===
-Sylar lies motionless on a table in his cell. Hank tells Mr. Bennet that he is nearly dead; Mr. Bennet says that his superiors need him alive. Later, Hank informs Mr. Bennet that Sylar has died. Suddenly, Sylar opens his eyes.  When Mr. Bennet enters the cell, he finds Hank's [[Sylar's victims|dead]] body on the table, as Sylar stands nearby.
-===[[Distractions]]===
-Sylar escapes from [[Primatech]], killing [[Hank]], [[Sylar's victims|attacking]] [[Mr. Bennet]], and leaving him trapped in the [[Sylar's cell|cell]].  Using information from Bennet's driver's license, he locates [[the Bennets' home]] and goes there to find [[Claire]].  Posing as a worker from Primatech, he ingratiates himself with [[Sandra]] for a while, fishing for more information about Claire.  When Sandra becomes suspicious, he attacks her, but flees when Mr. Bennet and [[the Haitian]] arrive to recapture him.
-===[[Run!]]===
-Sylar arrives at [[Zane Taylor's home]] while [[Zane]] is waiting for [[Mohinder Suresh]].  He claims to be Suresh and asks Zane to demonstrate [[Liquefaction|his ability]].  Later, when Suresh arrives, Sylar claims to be Zane and demonstrates the power himself.  He suggests that he and Mohinder should work together to contact other [[Evolved humans|special people]].
-===[[Graphic Novel:Road Kill]]===
-Sylar escapes [[the Bennets' home]], but is badly hurt. He meets a [[Northeast Brewing Company trucker|brewery trucker]] and hitches a ride with him. When Sylar learns that the trucker's destination is four days off, Sylar [[telekinetic]]ally causes beer bottles to ram into the trucker, [[Sylar's victims|killing him]]. Sylar [[eidetic memory|quickly learns]] to ride a truck, and has police hot on his trail. He thwarts their chase by [[cryokinesis|freezing]] I-95, and then crashing [[Northeast Brewing Company truck|the truck]]. Sylar arrives in [[Virginia Beach]], remembering the last name he saw from [[Chandra]]'s [[research]]. Unaware of how he will find more [[evolved humans]] to [[power theft|steal]] from, he rings the bell of [[Zane Taylor's home|a house]], and meets [[Zane Taylor]]. Sylar finds his next step when Zane answers, "[[Mohinder|Professor Suresh?]]"
-===[[Unexpected]]===
-Sylar and [[Mohinder]] travel to [[Bozeman, MT]], to meet [[Dale Smither]]. He demonstrates his [[liquefaction|newest power]] to help convince Dale that undergoing testing would be a good idea. As she talks about her [[power]], she [[enhanced hearing|hears]] Sylar's hearbeat quicken.  That night, Sylar and Mohinder go to a motel, and they discuss the possibility of inhibiting the powers of [[evolved humans]]. Sylar asks Mohinder about the man who killed [[Chandra]].
-Later, Sylar silently enters [[Dale's shop]] and tells her he has murder in his heart. When Sylar and Mohinder arrive the next morning, they find Dale's [[brain removal|brainless]] [[Sylar's victims|corpse]]. However, Sylar has difficulty concentrating because of his newly [[power theft|acquired]] headaches.
-===[[Parasite]]===
-In [[Mohinder's apartment]], Sylar offers to help [[Mohinder]] with [[the list]]. Sylar has no luck contacting any [[evolved humans]] (when attempting to contact [[Isaac Mendez]] he says that he'll "get" him later). Mohinder drugs Sylar's chai, and when Sylar awakens he finds himself strapped to a chair and hooked to an [[curare|IV]] that supposedly takes away his ability to control his [[powers]]. Mohinder explains to him that he has known Sylar's true identity, and pulls up [[Zane Taylor]]'s [[:Image:Zane Taylor Obituary.jpg|obituary]]. Mohinder takes advantage of Sylar's newfound [[enhanced hearing|hearing]] power by torturing him with a tuning fork.
-Mohinder and Sylar talk, and when Mohinder points [[The Company's gun|a gun]] at Sylar's head, Sylar fends him off by explaining that he was more of a son of [[Chandra]]'s than Mohinder. Mohinder finally tries to shoot him, but Sylar [[telekinetic]]ally stops the bullet and breaks out of his bonds. Later, when [[Peter]] visits Mohinder, Sylar pins Peter to the wall.  Sylar says he wants to [[intuitive aptitude|see how Peter's power works]]--he begins [[brain removal|slicing his head open]] in order to [[power theft|steal]] [[empathic mimicry|Peter's power]].
-===[[.07%]]===
-As Sylar attempts to slice [[Peter Petrelli|Peter's]] skull, he notices it quickly regenerating.  Peter then uses [[telekinesis]] himself to throw Sylar into a glass fronted bookcase, breaking his concentration.  When Sylar gets back up, Peter turns [[Invisibility|invisible]], and Sylar expresses his interest gaining that ability.  Unable to see Peter, Sylar uses telekinesis to throw shards of glass in all directions. One shard penetrates the back of Peter's head, killing him.  As Sylar prepares to take Peter's brain, Mohinder hits him with the board containing [[The map|the map]].  Sylar is knocked unconscious.
-When Sylar wakes, Mohinder and Peter are gone and the computer containing [[The List|the list]] is destroyed.  Frustrated, he finds a page from ''[[9th Wonders!]]'' that was pinned on the map.  The piece of paper has the address of [[Isaac Mendez]].
-When Sylar arrives at [[Isaac's apartment]], he compliments the painter on [[Precognition|his talent]]. After a small conversation, he pushes Isaac to the ground and pins the painter's arms and legs down with his paintbrushes before slicing his skull. He now uses his new ability to paint [[:Image:Sylars painting nathan in white house.jpg|his own version]] of [[Nathan Petrelli]] in the Oval Office.
-===[[Graphic Novel:String Theory]]===
-According to [[Future Hiro]], Sylar was [[sword|stabbed]] by [[Hiro Nakamura]]. However, Sylar was still able to [[regenerate]] (a [[power]] he [[power theft|stole]] from [[Claire]]) and [[explode]].
-===[[Five Years Gone]]===
-See [[Sylar (future)]].
-==[[Intuitive aptitude|Powers]]==
-Sylar's original [[Powers|power]] is [[intuitive aptitude]] &mdash; a superhuman ability to determine exactly how things work.
-Sylar appears to have used his innate power to discover how to [[Power theft|take the superpowers]] of other [[evolved humans]]. The exact mechanism by which Sylar gains these powers is not at present known; however, he believes that Chandra Suresh is correct that the abilities are based in the [[brain]], and several of Sylar's victims have had their skulls opened and [[brain_removal|brains removed]].
-===[[Power theft|Acquired Powers]]===
-<!--SYLAR HAS NOT ACQUIRED PERSUASION OR "BOOM VOICE"!-->
-Sylar has acquired a number of powers. In order, Sylar has acquired:
-*[[Telekinesis]] from [[Brian Davis]]. (''[[Six Months Ago]]'')
-*[[Cryokinesis]] from an unknown victim. (used in ''[[Don't Look Back]]'' and ''[[Graphic Novel:Road Kill|Road Kill]]'')
-*[[Enhanced memory]] from [[Charlie Andrews]]. (stolen in ''[[Seven Minutes to Midnight]]'', used in ''[[Graphic Novel:Road Kill|Road Kill]]'')
-*[[Liquefaction]] from [[Zane Taylor]]. (''[[Run!]]'')
-*[[Enhanced hearing]] from [[Dale Smither]]. (''[[Unexpected]]'')
-*[[Precognition]] from [[Isaac Mendez]].  (''[[.07%]])''
-<!--NOTE TO EDITORS: Only add powers we've seen Sylar use in an episode.  Powers mentioned in interviews or powers belonging to his victims that he has not yet displayed may be noted in the Notes section.  See [[Help:Sources]] for what constitutes a canon source.  Thank you!-->
-<!-- ADDITIONAL NOTE: Additional powers that Sylar shows in the future should be listed under Sylar (future).  Thank you again. -->
-During their conversations, Sylar and [[Mr. Bennet]] confirmed that Sylar has additional powers (''[[Fallout]]''), but not all have necessarily been identified.  Based on [[Mohinder Suresh|Mohinder's]] statement to the authorities (''[[Fallout]]'') that six people from his father's [[The_List|list]] have been [[Sylar's victims|murdered by Sylar]] (not including Zane Taylor), it's likely that Sylar has at least nine acquired powers: the six Mohinder mentions, plus [[Zane Taylor]]'s, [[Dale]]'s, and [[Isaac]]'s.
-Scientists at [[the Company]] studied Sylar and confirmed that he has additional powers, but they were not able to identify any other than telekinesis. (''[[Godsend]]'')
-==Memorable Quotes==
-"''That’s enough, Gabriel &mdash;''"
-"''My name is Sylar!''"
-: - [[Mr. Bennet]], Sylar (''[[Fallout]]'')
-"''Just a talent I have for the way things work, how the parts should go.''"
-: - Sylar (to [[Chandra Suresh]]) (''[[Six Months Ago]]'')
-"''When I was a kid ... I used to wish some stranger would come and tell me my family wasn't really my family. They weren't bad people, they were just ... insignificant. And I wanted to be different. Special. I wanted to change. A new name, a new life. The watchmaker's son ... became a watchmaker. It is so futile. And I wanted to be ... important.''"
-: - Sylar (to [[Chandra Suresh]]) (''[[Six Months Ago]]'')
-"''You're broken. I can [[Brain removal|fix]] you.''"
-: - Sylar (to [[Brian Davis]]) (''[[Six Months Ago]]'')
-"''That [[enhanced hearing|sound]] in your heart, what is it?''"
-"''[[Sylar's victims|Murder.]]''"
-: - [[Dale]], Sylar (''[[Unexpected]]'')
-"''Give me that damn [[list]]! So I can...sink my teeth in...''"
-: - Sylar (to [[Mohinder]]) (''[[Parasite]]'')
-"''I'm a natural progression of the species. [[Evolution]] is a part of nature, and nature kills. Simple, right?''"
-: - Sylar (to [[Mohinder]]) (''[[Parasite]]'')
-"''I wasn't begging for my life. I was offering [[Mohinder|you]] yours.''"
-: - Sylar (to [[Mohinder]]) (''[[Parasite]]'')
-"''This is usually the part where people start screaming.''"
-: - Sylar (to [[Isaac]]) (''[[.07%]]'')
-==Notes==
-* In an [http://thetvaddict.com/?p=959 interview], [[Tim Kring]] responded to the question "Are Sylar and [[Mr. Bennet|Claire's father]] connected?" by saying "There is a connection between the two, which will become clear in later episodes."
-* [[Kristin Veitch]] of E! [http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/blog/index.jsp?uuid=af8ac833-69bc-43de-92c6-30f46963ddfa&page=5 indicates] that Sylar's character "is the opposite of what you'd think it would be."
-* In an [http://www.wizarduniverse.com/television/heroes/002880960.cfm interview] with Wizard Magazine, Tim Kring states "Sylar's storyline is much cleaner line than a lot of people think. He's literally just a character who wanted to be special and he gets kind of f--ked up and becomes a serial killer. That's all it is."
-* When the apparently dead Sylar revives in ''[[The Fix]]'', the familiar "[[intuitive aptitude|tick-tock]]" can be heard, perhaps implying he has used his [[power]].
-* The fact that Sylar survived being shot (by [[Matt]] and by [[Mr. Bennet]]) and that he walked away from a serious fall at [[Homecoming (event)|Homecoming]] led to speculation that he possessed some kind of superhuman endurance.  However, [[Aron Coleite]] and [[Joe Pokaski]] stated in an [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=9637 interview] that much of Sylar's apparent invulnerability is a product of his [[telekinesis]]. Sylar's resistance to bullets was specifically shown to be a specialized use of telekinesis in ''[[Parasite]]''.
-* Sylar seems to be able to somehow levitate himself.  He did this to escape police (''[[One Giant Leap]]'') and to approach [[Dale Smither]] without her hearing any sound of footsteps (''[[Unexpected]]''). He also escapes [[Virginia Beach]] police by propelling himself into a tree (''[[Road Kill]]'').  [[Jason Badower]] stated that the script for ''[[Road Kill]]'' specifically states that Sylar uses telekinesis to escape the crashing [[Northeast Brewing Company truck]]. Whether or not the other instances are also a specialized use of his telekinesis remains is unclear.
-* Sylar introduces himself to [[Northeast Brewing Company trucker|the trucker]] as "Drew O'Grady", apparently taking the alias from [[:Image:Drew O'Grady newspaper.JPG|two headlines in a newspaper]] he had seen shortly before meeting the trucker. The headlines read, "President ''drew'' fire for welfare comments" and "''O'Grady'' Farm to be purchased back..." (''[[Graphic Novel:Road Kill|Road Kill]]'').  This is in keeping with the way he acquired the "Sylar" alias, taking the name from a watch as he meets [[Brian Davis]] (''[[Episode:Six Months Ago|Six Months Ago]]'').
-* Sylar taking his name from a watch mirrors one theory regarding the [[Wikipedia:Zodiac Killer|Zodiac Killer]] who killed several people in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 60s. One suspect was allegedly given a "Zodiac" brand watch that had the same logo (a crossed circle) that the killer used to sign his letters. Also of note, before one alleged victim died, she was followed by a suspicious man wearing horn-rimmed glasses.
-* Telekinesis is Sylar's most commonly observed [[power theft|acquired power]].
-* In an [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=9817 interview], [[Aron Coleite]] and [[Joe Pokaski]] explain that, although unusual vocal effects were used for both [[Sylar]] (''[[Distractions]]'') and [[Peter Petrelli]] (''[[Unexpected]]''), both were for "coolness factor", and were not an indication that either was using [[persuasion]].  They later [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=10433 reiterated] the point in reference to Sylar's voice in ''[[.07%]]''.
-==Trivia==
-* A [[:Image:Paul_E._Sylar.jpg|photograph]] on NBC's [http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/ Heroes site] shows a birth announcement for a "Paul E. Sylar", dated June 11, 1962.  The announcement appears to be pinned next to the map in [[Chandra Suresh]]'s Brooklyn apartment.  However, the casting of 29 year-old Zachary Quinto seems contrary to this information, as does the revelation that "Sylar" is an assumed name.  In all likelihood, since the announcement only ever appeared clearly in promotional photos, the character concept has changed since the original announcement was designed and there is no "Paul E. Sylar."
-* It is now evident that Sylar is an assumed name for Gabriel Gray, taken from the Sylar brand of wristwatches in the ''Heroes'' universe.
-* Before the airing of [[Six Months Ago]] when it was disproven, the theory that Sylar is [[Peter Petrelli|Peter]] had become so stale at [http://www.9thwonders.com/boards/ 9th Wonders], the semi-official ''Heroes'' fansite, that it has inspired a drinking game: whenever someone brings it up, drink.
-* The address Mohinder discovers for Sylar in his father's [[journal]] is 1146 Trenton Place APT 1B, [[Queens]], NY 11011.
-*The role of "Sylar" was originally offered to [[Christopher Eccleston]]. He declined the role because he thought it was a cliché for European actors to play villains in American culture.
-*In the first draft of the pilot, Sylar was supposed to appear in an Italian prison. According to [[Greg Beeman]]'s [http://gregbeeman.blogspot.com/2007/02/episode-14-distractions.html blog], this version of Sylar was supposed to have long claw-like nails and sharp teeth. He was also supposed to be "way weirder and more monstrous &mdash; like Nosferatou."
-*Ando tells Peter that Sylar is like okage and also like the boogeyman.  (''[[Homecoming]]'')
-==External Links==
-* [http://sexysylar.blogspot.com Sylar's Blog] (Fan site)
-==See Also==
-* For articles related to Sylar, see '''[[Related Articles:Sylar]]'''.
-* For Sylar from 2011, see '''[[Sylar (future)]]'''.
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