Theories:People

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The following are all of the published and fan theories that exist for characters on Heroes.

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Bennet, Mr.

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Mr. Bennet has three given names which form the initials "HRG".	None.	• Tim Kring's original script for the pilot listed this character's name only as "H.R.G." — standing for Horn-Rimmed Glasses.
Mr. Bennet's full name is Benjamin Bennet. Other somewhat common alliterated male Bible 'B'-names: • Baptist Bennet • Barney Bennet (Barnabas) • Barrabas Bennet • Bart Bennet (Bartholemew, Bartimaeus)	None.	+ In an interview, it was stated that Mr. Bennet's first name was "Biblical." + Alliteration is also a common comic book concept. • Examples: Peter Petrelli, Gabriel Gray, Corinthian Casino.
Mr. Bennet's full name is Jesus Bennet.	None.	+ In an interview it was stated that Mr. Bennet's first name is biblical.
Mr. Bennet has a power unknown to The Company, possibly the power to know what to do at the right time.	None.	+ Bennet says, "I don't know what to do." and Thompson replies with "Is that a new sensation for you Bennet?" (Company Man) He knows exactly how to get Matt Parkman and Ted Sprague out of their cells, he knows where everything is in their cells and he knows what Ted needs to do to cause the power to go out. (.07%) This explains a lot of how Mr. Bennet gets out of his sticky situations. - The Company seems to keep close tabs on everyone, especially people who work for them. It's hard to explain how Mr. Bennet might have slipped under the radar. - His "power" could simply be intuitiveness and the ability to improvise which are just as much natural gifts as powers.
Instead of killing "The Walker Tracking System" Bennet will adopt/kidnap her to get her away from the company.	None.	+ Bennet has experience in raising super-powered children. + Mr. Bennet was shocked that Molly Walker was a child. Landslide Being smart he also realizes that killing Molly will only be a stop-gap measure. Since an identical power can be shared by more than one person (Claude indicated he had worked with empaths prior to Peter), the Company just needs to find another person with the same power as Molly to re-activate. It would be far wiser to abduct Molly and have her locate others with the same power she has to preemptively get them before the Company does.

Bennet's Boss

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Mr. Bennet's boss is Mr. Nakamura.	Kaito Nakamura is affiliated with the Company, and is at least higher up in the organization. He was the one who gave Claire to Mr. Bennet to raise. (Company Man)	• Nakamura runs a large corporation. - Kaito is most likely not the individual that Bennet was speaking with in Fallout since Bennet was speaking in English. So far, Kaito has only been seen conversing with others in Japanese.
Mr. Bennet's boss is someone in the Deveaux Society.	None.	• Relatively little is known about the Deveaux Society. + Claude, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Nakamura and Thompson meet to hand over Claire on the Deveaux rooftop (Company Man).
Mr. Bennet's boss is Thompson.	Thompson hired Bennet (Company Man).	+ Thompson clearly acts as Bennet's immediate supervisor. + Bennet doesn't know much about the upper management of the Company. (.07%)

Bennet, Sandra

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Sandra's condition is caused by repeatedly being subjected to The Haitian's power. If her health continues to degenerate, Mr. Bennet will eventually be discovered and forced to reveal the truth about his organization.	Sandra looks visibly ill when she returns from the doctor (Run!). She further shows evidence of unexplained brain hemorrhaging. (Unexpected).	• Events in Company Man corroborate this theory. • Mr. Bennet considers himself responsible for her illness.
Sandra's condition was caused by the blow to the head that she suffered from Sylar's attack or another blow that the Haitian had erased from her memory so she did not seek appropriate medical treatment.	The doctor reviewing Sandra's case to Claire asks if she has been battered or suffered a serious blow. (Run!)

Deveaux, Charles

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Charles has a power similar to Sanjog's, like a sort of "spirit guide".	Peter had a dream about Charles around the same time Charles died. (Nothing to Hide)	- Peter's dream was most likely his power of empathy in action; he connected with Charles' feelings and emotions.
Charles had the power of astral projection.	None.	+ Charles was in a coma for an extended period and in some depictions, "astral travelers" become unconscious as their mind travels elsewhere. + Charles said that while asleep he had been flying around the world and seeing things happening. The accounts of those who claim to have experienced astral projection are very similar to this description.
Charles Deveaux was an agent of the Company.	Several agents of the Company meet on his rooftop in a flashback. (Company Man) Mr. Bennet later recognizes the rooftop of the Deveaux building in one of Isaac's painting, indicating that he knew of the building and had been there before. (Unexpected)	+ Claude also would be able to hide in plain sight (so to speak) while he was up there, since the last place the Company would look for him is right under their noses.
Charles had the power of premonitions, working slightly differently than Isaac's power of precognition. Charles could have dreamed the future and recalled the images upon awakening.	Peter experienced day dreams when he was around Charles wherein he saw the future. (Genesis) He also had a dream where all the main evolved humans came together during the New York explosion. (Fallout)	+ Peter mentioned to Simone Deveaux or his brother that that he saw things, that he had these dreams of what's to come. - Peter's first dream occurred during Nathan's accident, before he even met or started working for Charles (Six Months Ago)
Charles was a member of a disbanded group that helped evolved humans.	None.	• There was possibly a group of humans who helped evolved humans. Other members could have been Linderman and Thompson. When they disbanded, they created their own groups: the Linderman Group, The Company, and The Deveaux Society.

Hawkins, Paulette

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Paulette is an evolved human.	None.	+ Her son D.L. Hawkins is an evolved human.

Jumpsuit

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The Exterminator works for Mr. Bennet, and his appearance was a ruse for Mohinder to meet, and trust, Eden.	Eden was planted by Mr. Bennet, and the gun the exterminator uses is the same style as the weapon Eden attempted to use on Sylar. (Don't Look Back)
The Exterminator is an evolved human with enhanced strength similar to Jessica.	None.

Masahashi, Ando

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Ando has the power to focus or amplify other people's powers, possibly making himself immune in the process.	None.	+ Ando is the only one who remembers the "original" timeline where Hiro met Charlie only shortly before she was killed by Sylar. + Every time Hiro uses his powers near Ando, Hiro is able to do what he wants. When Hiro is not near Ando his powers are unpredictable. Also, when Isaac was around Ando, he was able to paint the future successfully without drugs. - Ando is next to Hiro at the Museum of Natural History, and Hiro is only able to slow time, not completely stop it (Godsend). + Hiro's powers were very weak, and perhaps slowing time was the peak of his abilities at that moment. - When Hiro attempts to go back in time and save Charlie (Seven Minutes to Midnight), he moves back far further than the day he intended to, despite his proximity to Ando. + If Ando's ability is just developing it might explain this though, or that Ando did not want Hiro to save Charlie. + Alternately, Hiro's power may have been amplified too much.
Ando has some kind of power involving the control of objects in motion.	Ando is nearby when the bullet from Hope's gun stops and then goes back into the barrel, causing it to "backfire". (Unexpected)	- Hiro was also near the gun, and was actively concentrating, and has reversed time in the past, such as the subway train's clock. (Genesis) - Ando has shown no other examples of using any powers. - Ando told Peter that he does not have any powers. (Homecoming). + The bullet was forced back into the gun and caused Hope to lose control of it. This would not happen if time was rewound. The bullet would simply go back in the guns barrel and then Hope would try to shoot Hiro and Ando again. Something stopped that bullet and forced it back into the barrel with force enough to dislodge it from Hope (Unexpected)
Ando has the ability to speak the future.	None.	+ There are many instances where Ando's offhand utterances later turn out to be true. He says that he and Hiro need to find hope, only to meet a woman named Hope moments later. (Run!). - This observation may simply be a device the writers have used to play up the need for Ando's character since Hiro learned English, or, more likely, to play up Hiro's quest for destiny.

Nakamura, Kaito

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Mr. Nakamura is an evolved human.	Hiro is an evolved human. (Genesis)	+ Micah and Claire's abilities have been inherited. If this is consistent, Mr. Nakamura also has powers. + Kaito is affiliated with the Company, which is also affiliated with Linderman. He may be one of Linderman's super-powered associates from the past.
Mr. Nakamura is the head of the Company.	He seems to have incredible sway over other members of the Company (Company Man). He also is known to have significant resources at his disposal, given how easily he monitors and abducts Hiro and Ando (Distractions).	+ Some members of the Company speak Japanese, possibly having learned the language at the orders of Mr. Nakamura.
Mr. Nakamura has been hiding Hiro from the Company.	Mr. Nakamura tells Mr. Bennet he will have to turn over Claire when and if she manifests a power. (Company Man)	+ Mr. Nakamura has not turned over Hiro to the Company. - It is possible Mr. Nakamura does not know that Hiro has powers. Hiro himself didn't know he had powers until recently.
Mr. Nakamura's organization is a competitor to Linderman's organization.	None.	+ Mr. Nakamura's organization is powerful and well funded. Linderman's people act independently of the Company, and no one associated with Linderman that we know of has tracking marks. - Linderman can call upon Company resources for assistance, indicating that he either controls the Company or is influential within it. (.07%)
Kaito Nakamura is Takezo Kensei and has either teleported to the present (or returned here depending when he's originally from) or is extremely long-lived (or immortal).	None.	+ Kaito often told Hiro stories about Takezo Kensei. + Kaito also has a sword and knows how to use it. + In an interview, George Takei strongly implied that Takezo Kensei is Hiro's ancestor. • It has been suggested that Kaito is one of the older generation of evolved humans that included Linderman. If so, we don't yet know what his power is.
Mr. Nakamura has the power of enhanced teaching.	None.	+ Mr. Nakamura taught Hiro advanced sword techniques in the course of one day. (Landslide) - Mr. Nakamura says that has been waiting for a member of his family to ascend, suggesting he has no powers of his own.(Landslide). + He could have just meant he was waiting for one of his children to ascend. - In director/producer Beeman's blog, he states that he "was worried it would seem foolish that Hiro learned so much [about swordsmanship] in just a few hours." This indicates that enhanced teaching is not likely to be his power.

Nakamura, Kimiko

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Kimiko has powers.	Nathan and Peter are evolved siblings. Hiro is an evolved human. (Genesis)	• Micah and Claire Bennet inherited their powers, so it makes sense that all the Nakamuras also have powers.

Parkman, Janice

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The father of Janice's baby is not Matt.	Janice has been having an affair with Tom McHenry. (Seven Minutes to Midnight)	+ Janice and Matt have been having many marital problems. The time when she discovered she was pregnant could fit together with the time when she was sleeping with Tom. Janice always seems to be very tense when Matt is around and when he is reading her thoughts, although that could be she is just busy censoring her thoughts for privacy. - She specifically requested that he read her mind about the baby rather than simply telling him about it, which could be read as evidence that she at least believes the baby to be Matt's.
Matt is the father of Janice's baby.	None.	+ Matt slept with his wife. (Hiros) + This theory seems to be confirmed in the possible future. (Five Years Gone)
Nathan is the father of Janice's baby.	None.	+ Nathan slept with women who are not his wife. (Collision) - There is no proof that Nathan ever met Janice.
The father of Janice's baby is neither Matt nor Tom.	None.	+ Matt and Tom look nothing alike. She seems to have a thing for very dissimilar men.

Petrelli, Angela

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Angela knows Claude.	Angela is caught shoplifting socks (Genesis). Her son Peter meets a man who uses invisibility to sort of frame him for purse snatching (Distractions).	• Claude has behaved as if he encountered people like Peter before — even helped them understand their powers. Perhaps those people include Angela and/or Peter's father.
Angela Petrelli has powers.	Angela seems to suggest that she has powers when she says to Claire, "[In Paris] you'll have the chance to grow up and develop into someone that can make her own choices, and then if you choose to... to come back and join this madness like I once did." The implication is strong enough that Claire asks, "You mean you're like me?", although Angela does not answer the question. (.07%) Nathan acts very strangely at the end of .07%. He says "I did... I do" in response to "Your mother said you wanted to see me". He also displays mannerisms and speech patterns that are exactly like Angela's, while contradicting a seemingly agreed-upon action between Nathan and Peter to get Claire to stay in New York. This may suggest a power of telepathic control, shapeshifting, takeover, or illusion possessed by Angela.	+ Both the Petrelli boys have super powers and Claire has powers because her father Nathan Petrelli and mother have super powers. - (Pertaining to citation #1) It is more reasonable to say that Claire thought that Angela was in the exact same situation with her biological parents. It's illogical for Claire to think that Angela would "come back and join this madness" because she had a power. - (Pertaining to citation #2) Nathan does not act strangely at all. That scene fit his nature and character. He wants to win the election and is still questioning Linderman's "plan." Despite this conflict, he still wants Claire as a daughter, and says she will be back with her family. Also, Nathan believes the explosion is imminent and may be trying to get Claire safely away. • If there is a link between the mother and the passing on of the abilities, it is possible, since all mitochondrial DNA comes from the mother, that this is the key to expressed abilities.
Angela is an Empath.	Angela's evasive answer to Claire indicates she may have a power. (.07%)	+ Claude has apparently encountered an Empath before, since he seems familiar with Peter's powers. - However, he was not familiar with how an empath's powers work. + Empathy could explain any number of odd abilities she seems to have.
Angela has rapid cell regeneration.	Angela's evasive answer to Claire indicates she may have a power. (.07%)	+ She seems to hint at this in .07% when she says "You get that mouth from me." She had mentioned Claire being able to spit up bullets, so she may have been referring to this. - It's more reasonable to say that Angela was referring to Claire's rude mouth: "Whether I want to or not." Angela too uses harsh words when she was talking to Peter after the shoplifting incident and in Peter's hospital bed after he tried to fly. She could also have been talking about a physical resemblance. - If she did, Peter would not have needed to be close to Claire to heal, after battling Sylar at the Homecoming. + However, Peter was not familiar with using his powers by thinking about someone, and he was not aware his mother had powers.
Angela may be clairvoyant.	Angela's evasive answer to Claire indicates she may have a power. (.07%)	• When Nathan Petrelli had his accident, Peter Petrelli somehow knew about it the moment it happened. Since Peter's abilities are derived from people he knows or has met, he may have been tapping into her clairvoyance. - Peter had a dream; it is more likely that his empathy connected with Nathan and he saw the accident through his point of view.
Angela has the as-yet unexplained power of Transporation.	Angela's evasive answer to Claire indicates she may have a power. (.07%)	+ She has possibly referred to the aspect of mental transportation by: 1) knowing Claire spit up bullets, 2) knowing about Peter and Nathan's powers before they did. + She has possibly referred to the aspect of physical transportation by: 1) talking about taking Claire to Paris, 2) Ask Ausiello revealed that Angela has a physical transportation power of getting from A to B. Journal female 1 from Indonesia and Journal male 2 from Mexico were both documented with the power of Transportation. Transportation could have both mental and physical applications, therefore allowing Angela to mentally transport into the minds/memories/dreams of others, as well as to physically transport from location to location similar to Telekinesis.
Angela Petrelli is an agent of the Company, who was partnered with Mr. Petrelli.	Claire was given to surrogate parents until she manifested. ((Company Man)	• It is possible that Peter and Nathan were given to the care of Angela and Mr. Petrelli in the same manner as Claire. • She knows the Haitian.
She and the Haitian are working for an organization against the Company, which is a powerful ancient/ancestral organization that has existed for ages.	The Haitian wears the "Godsend" symbol around his neck, which he has been wearing since before he met Mr. Bennet. (Company Man) Further, the Haitian does not comply with Mr. Bennet's order to make Claire forget. (Fallout)	• The Haitian clearly says he answers to someone outside the Company, whose orders supersede Bennet's (Company Man). It can be alleged that only an extremely powerful organization can supersede the Company. - The person whose orders supersede Bennet's is Angela Petrelli, Claire's grandmother (Parasite). She supersedes Bennet's orders by being actual biological family, instead of an adoptive father. - Though he is in an alliance with Angela, he does not clearly indicate that she is outside the Company. • Angela goes through great lengths to protect Claire by keeping her away for her biological family.
Angela Petrelli is allied with Linderman.	None.	+ Both Angela and Linderman are focused on Nathan winning the election. Linderman was good friends with Mr.Petrelli until his death, so it is likely that they met at least once.
Angela is constantly seeing the future through her left eye.	None.	+ Her left eye seems contracted and looks likes it is looking at something else (The Hard Part). - This might just be a physical feature of the actress.

Petrelli, Monty and Simon

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It is possible that Monty and Simon might have powers inherited from Nathan.	Micah is a second-generation evolved human (Nothing to Hide), as is Claire Bennet (The Fix). Nathan and Peter are evolved siblings. (Genesis)	• Children of evolved parents tend to exhibit their powers earlier.

Petrelli, Mr.

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Petrelli is the founder of the Company.	None	• Angela Petrelli made remarks to Peter that Nathan was just like his father, following in his footsteps, as both were lawyers. Nathan made remarks to Simone Deveaux that he would gather all evolved humans and put them on an island in the ocean. The Company's philosophy on evolved humans is similar.
Petrelli went to work for the Company after he saw Linderman heal him.	None.
Mr. Petrelli has a power related with probability.	None.	• He kept winning in the card games in War Buddies.
It is possible that Mr. Petrelli had powers.	Mrs. Petrelli said that his depression involved delusions of grandeur, which is the same way Nathan describes Peter. His sons are evolved siblings. He worked for Mr. Linderman, who is aware of the recent evolutionary developments.(Genesis)
Mr. Petrelli is not dead, but in hiding from Mr. Linderman, possibly as a part of the Witness Protection Program. He faked a suicide, possibly with the help of Nathan to protect his wife and family and so not to be put into a position either against his son or against Mr. Linderman.	Peter did not sense his own father's passing, like Charles Deveaux's or Nathan's accident. Their mother stated that Nathan was the one who found his father dead.(Genesis), (Six Months Ago).	• Since Peter's father supposedly committed suicide after Nathan's accident, he had already experienced his first vision. - This theory requires that nobody other than those in on the fake suicide had seen Mr. Petrelli's body, an unlikely scenario that has not been indicated in the show. - While Nathan tells Peter that their dad is dead from a heart attack, Angela Petrelli told Peter in the hospital not only that his father suffered delusions of grandeur and had committed suicide, but that he had attempted it several times before. If his death was faked, those previous attempts are no longer explained.
Linderman orchestrated Mr. Petrelli's death to look like a suicide.	None.	• Linderman clearly has enough power to do such a thing, and he benefited from Mr. Petrelli's demise in that Nathan switched from being about to sue him to being a "candidate in his pocket."
Mr. Petrelli, and possibly Angela, were agents of the Company and Mr. Petrelli was killed because he was about to reveal company secrets to the public.	None.	• Children with powers are sometimes placed with surrogate families until their powers manifest. It is possible that Mr. & Mrs. Petrelli were given Peter and Nathan and were told to raise them as their own until their powers manifested. Over this time, they had normal lives and grew to regard the Company agents as their parents, and in order to continue his protection of Peter and Nathan, Mr. Petrelli was prepared to go public. He was killed by the the Company to prevent this. Mrs. Petrelli's behavior toward Peter after his semi-failed attempt to fly also can therefore be interpreted as her desire to keep her "favorite" son from being exposed.
Mr. Petrelli did not have delusions of grandeur. His suicide was a way to make Linderman's healing power public.	Linderman has healing power. Mr. Petrelli decided to report the truth, but Linderman denies everything about his healing powers. Linderman states he might be delusional. (War Buddies, Part 5)	• Petrelli pushed Linderman going public about his healing power by committing suicide, forcing him to heal him. Previous attempts were covered up by the media and one time, Linderman just refused to heal him, thus indirectly killing. + Although Linderman said that Petrelli was delusional, it was clear that he wasn't (at that time). - It was stated by Angela Petrelli that Mr. Petrelli had major depressive disorder. She went on saying that this disorder can start from delusions of grandeur--thinking you're invincible or indestructible. (Don't Look Back) - Linderman claiming that Petrelli was delusional could have merely been a reference to Petrelli's illness.

Prison ambush agent

Theory	Citations	Notes
The prison ambush agent has the ability of density manipulation.	None	+ He appears to have a form of enhanced strength when he breaks the wall slamming it with his hand. + This power could work by warping time-space and thus account for why Peter and Hiro cannot freeze time in his presence.

Suresh, Mohinder

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Mohinder has lived in the US prior to Genesis.	Mohinder has a license to drive a taxi cab. (Genesis).	+ To acquire such a license in the 36 hours the show leaves him is impossible. Therefore he must have acquired the license, or at least its prerequisites, at a previous date. - Mohinder may have been awarded the license illegally. Mohinder's license expires on a day that doesn't exist. It could be a fake, but this most likely a production gaffe.

Suresh, Shanti

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Shanti Suresh was an evolved human.	Shanti had the same viral genetic condition that prevents Molly Walker from utilizing her power. (The Hard Part)	• This unique virus may only plague evolved humans. + This may account for why Linderman didn't just fly into New York and heal her himself.
Shanti Suresh had the ability to morph her body into stone.	Shanti had a genetic anomaly that was the precursor to Chandra's research. (Six Months Ago).	+ When Mohinder remembered his father's reference to having a heart of stone in Homecoming, he tried to think of a connection between the phrase "heart of stone" and the password to view the list on Chandra's computer, which was "SHANTI". - The phrase "heart of stone" can refer to the state of Chandra's heart after Shanti died, giving Mohinder the same connection.
Shanti is alive and hiding.	None	- Chandra, Mrs. Suresh, Mohinder, and Thompson all stated that Shanti is dead. (Seven Minutes to Midnight,The Hard Part)

Thompson

Theory	Citations	Notes
Thompson is the leader of the party that tries to apprehend Ted Sprague in the graphic novel Exploding Man, Part 2.	None.	+ The man's face, especially on page 4, bears a resemblance to that of Eric Roberts, who portrays Thompson. The GN also made a point to indicate that the leader escaped from the explosion that killed his team.

Zach

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Zach has an unknown ability.	None.
Zach is killed because of Claire.	None.
Zach has deeper feelings for Claire.	None.	+ He seemed to care for her a great deal before his memories were erased. - Zach is gay
Zach will be the one who eventually saves Claire, possibly with his theoretical ability.	None.	- Claire has already been saved once, by Peter Petrelli in Homecoming. + When Claire asks if Peter saving her fulfills the prophecy, The Haitian simply responds that she is saved "for now."
Zach is actually Claire's twin brother. He knows it, but she doesn't.	None.	+ He won't date her and yet tries to be very close to her.
Zach is actually Claire's twin brother, but neither knows it yet.	None.	+ They were childhood friends. He can't remember where he heard of Kermit, TX. He has had his memory erased once, and possibly more than once. When he and Claire start hanging out again, Mr. Bennet appears both suspicious and interested in Claire being nice to Zach. - The newspaper article about the fire that supposedly killed Claire's real mom mentioned only a daughter.
Zach "remembers" Kermit, TX because he and Claire had previously tried to find her parents and the Haitian took their memories.	None.