| Charles somehow able negate the effects of other evolved humans. |
+ Charles was able to see Peter while he was invisible.(How to Stop an Exploding Man)
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| Paulette is an evolved human. |
None. |
+ Her son D.L. Hawkins is an evolved human.
• Paulette told Niki "You have no idea what I'm capable of."
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| Paulette may be the wife of Charles Deveaux and mother of Simone Deveaux. |
None. |
+ The lives of D.L. and Niki were supposedly manipulated by Linderman in the hopes of arranging Micah's birth. Charles and many other from a previous generation of evolved humans, some of whom are the parents of the present day evolved humans, have presumably known Linderman for decades and may be willing participants in the breeding of evolved humans.
• D.L.'s father is unknown, and Simone's mother is unknown.
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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) |
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| The exterminator is an evolved human with enhanced strength similar to Jessica. |
None. |
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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.
- Sylar had the opportunity to take Ando's brain, but refused. He also mentions to Ando that he has no use for his brain. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
- • Sylar has been shown as unable to tell whether or not someone has powers without outside information: he killed Jackie in the style he reserves for evolved humans, despite her being the wrong target, and only realized his mistake afterward.
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| 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. Also, although the bullet returned to the gun, external time seemed to remain constant, as the police arrived almost immediately. (Unexpected)
- Hiro may be able to localize his powers (specifically around the bullet and gun, this may also explain how the gun was dislodged from Hope's hand as she was fighting a recoil that was no longer there). If this is possible then we could see Hiro stopping bullets/arrows in real time.
- Writers Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite confirmed in an interview that "Hiro did in fact make time reverse, causing Hope’s gun to misfire."
- Sylar had the opportunity to take Ando's brain, but refused. He also mentions to Ando that he has no use for his brain. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
- • Sylar has been shown as unable to tell whether or not someone has powers without outside information: he killed Jackie in the style he reserves for evolved humans, despite her being the wrong target, and only realized his mistake afterward.
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| 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.
- Sylar had the opportunity to take Ando's brain, but refused. He also mentions to Ando that he has no use for his brain. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
- • Sylar has been shown as unable to tell whether or not someone has powers without outside information: he killed Jackie in the style he reserves for evolved humans, despite her being the wrong target, and only realized his mistake afterward.
- • He also didn't attempt to kill Hiro in Seven Minutes To Midnight, he only killed Charlie.
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| Mr. Nakamura is an evolved human. |
None. |
+ Kaito tells Hiro that he has waited a long time for a Nakamura to ascend and that he has proven yourself worthy of his legacy and his power. When Hiro asks his father about his own power, his father replies, saying that he knows, but for a time, he did not believe Hiro had the strength to wield his gift. Kaito continues, saying that years ago, he had allies, others with power and that they fought to save the world. (Landslide)
+ 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.
+ Micah's and Claire's abilities have been inherited. If this is consistent, Mr. Nakamura also has powers.
+ Kaito has been expecting the ascension of a Nakamura, which means he knows that power runs in the Nakamura family.
+ When Kaito says that he had "allies... others with power" it is not clear if the first person relatively to "others" is Hiro or himself.
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| Mr. Nakamura is the head of the Company. |
None. |
+ He seems to have incredible sway over other members of the Company (Company Man).
+ He is powerful enough to order Noah Bennet to adopt Claire (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. (Company Man)
- In a conversation with Hiro, he tells him that he has friends who have tried to save the world but now have lost their way. Later on, he trains Hiro and helps him gain more confidence and strength, and later blesses his journey to save Ando from Sylar. It is implied that he finds the plot of Linderman and his allies distasteful.
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| Mr. Nakamura has been hiding Hiro from the Company. |
None. |
Mr. Nakamura tells Mr. Bennet he will have to turn over Claire when and if she manifests a power (Company Man) and Kaito has not turned over Hiro to the Company.
- It may well be that his high-up position in The Company (see the above theory) enabled him to forego normal procedures.
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| 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 is obviously affiliated with the Company. (Company Man)
+ In a conversation with Hiro, he tells him that he has friends who have tried to save the world but now have lost their way. Later on, he trains Hiro and helps him gain more confidence and strength, and later blesses his journey to save Ando from Sylar. It is implied that he finds the plot of Linderman and his allies distasteful.
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| 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). |
Kaito tells Hiro that he has waited a "long time" for a Nakamura to ascend. He never thought it would be Hiro, but he has proven to be worthy of his legacy and his power. (Landslide) |
+ On Yamagato Fellowship, there is a picture of Takezo Kensei that shows rollover text of "Kaito Nakamura".
+ Kaito often told Hiro stories about Takezo Kensei.
+ Kaito also has a sword and is skilled with 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.
+ When Hiro goes back in time to feudal Japan, Takezo Kensei looks remarkably similar to Kaito. Of course, he is wearing armor and a mask, so it is impossible to tell for sure. (How to Stop an Exploding Man).
+ When Kaito said "a long time" and "a Nakamura" instead of "you or your sister", he suggested that he hoped that more Nakamuras could have "ascended", probably in different generations.
+ The name "Kaito" can be formed by taking letters out of "Takezo Kensei".
+ If you take the first three letters of "Takezo" and combine them with the last two letters of "Kensei", they form "Takei", the last name of the actor who portrays Kaito Nakamura.
+ Kaito Nakamura is Takezo Kensei and has the power to live for thousands of years. He has been waiting generations for one of his offspring to exhibit powers and it has now occurred. He has watched and waited and now has the honor to help teach Hiro his skills in Samurai. He is now a competitor to Linderman and is one of the ancient heroes who believe in honor (we should see more of them in season two.)
+ When Mr. Nakamura first draws the sword and looks into it his eyes look very similar to the eyes that were the only part of Kensei's body shown through the armor.
+ Takezo was born in 1584. That means that when Hiro teleported to 1671, Kensei was 87. Without immortality or some similar power, he would not be able to ride around on horseback and fight at such an advanced age.
- In T.V. Guide it stated that Takezo Kensei is not Asian so Kaito Nakamura can not be him.
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| 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 Kaito "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.
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| Kaito Nakamura's power is enhanced sword skill, or some other fighting ability. |
None. |
+ Hiro's conversation with his father strongly mirrored Nathan's conversation with Linderman. Linderman answered Nathan's question ("What could you possibly know about healing?") by using his power on a plant. Kaito answered Hiro's question ("What can you possibly know... of killing?") by performing some maneuvers with a sword.
- In an interview, Pokaski and Coleite was asked, "I have a theory on Kaito Nakamura's power. When Nathan is speaking with Linderman, when Linderman heals the plant he states that he knows 'a few things' about healing. When Hiro asks his father what he knows about killing, he also responds 'a few things.' Am I on to something?" Their response was "Nope."
- It does not take a superhuman ability to be skilled with a sword.
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| Kaito Nakamura is no longer with the company |
None |
+ He helped Hiro to train to kill Sylar to stop the explosion, which was against Linderman's plans, and Linderman owns the company.
- He may have known that Sylar doesn't explode, and was just distracting Hiro by letting him think that Sylar explodes so that Hiro wouldn't stop Peter, and Peter would still explode.
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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.
- There is no reason to believe that powers can only arise if inherited, as that would raise the question of why powered individuals have only appeared recently (relative to all of human history, that is). This theory will bear more weight if and when Kaito Nakamura is shown to have an ability.
- The genetically inherited powers can also skip a generation or miss completely. Thats what happens with genetic code. It's unpredictable.
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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; it would be foolish to invite Matt to read a specific piece of information from her mind when there is another closely-related piece of information that she does not want him to have.
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| 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)
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| 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.
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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.
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| Angela Petrelli has a power. |
None. |
+ Both the Petrelli boys have powers and Claire has a power because her biological parents 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?" (.07%)
- - 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.
+ Nathan acts very strangely when he talks with Claire. 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. (.07%)
- - 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.
+ She appears to know much more than one would normally. She knows of incidents that have happened to Claire, she knew Nathan Petrelli was questioning allowing the explosion to take place, she knew Linderman had died, and she mysteriously appears at exactly the right point in time when Claire is trying to escape. (How to Stop an Exploding Man).
+ When trying to convince Nathan to just let the explosion happen, she places her hands on his back. Moments later, he is agreeing with her, saying variations of exactly what she said. Later, when Peter reads Nathan's mind, he is thinking the same thing ("It can't be stopped") over and over again. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
+ It is implied that she does have an ability. She seems to know about people and events when others just figure things out as well. Her point of view seems to be the same as the others around her or at least those she choices. When she is speaking to Nathan, she seems to strongly imply the word "perspective". In study, perhaps that is her power, seeing the point of view or wants of others. This would explain Peter's dream of Nathan's car accident. Peter may have absorbed her power since he was around her so long, taking on her power of "Perspective". In theory, her power would allow her to see the point of view of anyone she wishes. Peter was most likely thinking all night about Nathan wanting to prosecute their father so Nathan was the only person on his mind. If he absorbed his mother's powers, he was seeing Nathan's accident first hand, from his point of view. Yes, he saw it later than Nathan did but maybe that power can allow you to view what they have seen at any time. This would also explain how she knew about both Peter and Nathan's powers when they were going to tell her in front of the fireplace. Also, this suggests her power when Nathan is surprised that his mother knew that Nathan wanted to talk to Claire.
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| Angela is an empath. |
None. |
+ 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.
- • This could have been because the Empath he knew had powers that worked differently - no two evolved humans have yet been shown to possess similar, let alone the same powers. Also, he could have intentionally been misleading Peter about how his powers would work.
+ Empathy could explain any number of odd abilities she seems to have.
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| Angela has rapid cell regeneration. |
None. |
+ Angela's evasive answer to Claire indicates she may have a power. (.07%)
+ She seems to hint at this when she says to Claire, "You get that mouth from me." She had mentioned Claire being able to spit up bullets, so she may have been referring to this. (.07%)
- - 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.
- He was also not aware that Claire had any powers. He almost certainly suspected that she did, but he had no way of knowing what they were.
+ However, the incident in Homecoming occurred before Peter was able to recall powers when their originators were not present, which could explain why he did not exhibit his mother's powers of healing (if she has any).
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| Angela may be clairvoyant. |
None. |
Angela's evasive answer to Claire indicates she may have a power. (.07%)
• When Nathan had his accident, Peter 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. He even mentions that he was connected with his brother, and explains to his mother how he was connected -- "No, I'm saying before the call. Like he was telling me, 300 miles away. I woke up, and I knew that he'd been hurt." (Genesis)
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| Angela has the as-yet unexplained power of transportation. |
None. |
+ 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 power that is "very similar to a power possessed by another hero, only in her case, it takes a lot less effort to get from Point A to Point B." One interpretation is that it is a physical transportation power of getting from A to B, like Hiro's teleportation.
• 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. It could also be something along the lines of astral projection.
+ She implies that though it didn't seem like she was there for Claire, she was there in ways she might not understand.
- • It seems more likely that she was referring to how she was watching over Claire from a distance, such as by ordering the Haitian not to wipe her memory.
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| 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.
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| She and the Haitian are working for an organization against the Company, which is a powerful ancient/ancestral organization that has existed for ages. |
None. |
+ The Haitian wears the symbol around his neck, which he has been wearing since before he met Mr. Bennet. (Company Man)
- - The symbol is identical to his father's. This probably means that the Haitian kept his father's necklace to remember him because his power may have caused his death. (It Takes a Village, Part 1)
+ The Haitian does not comply with Mr. Bennet's order to make Claire forget. (Fallout) He 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 supports Linderman's plans, and Linderman seems to hold a lot of sway over the Company, suggesting that they are all allied.
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| Angela Petrelli is allied with Linderman. |
Angela agrees with and supports Linderman's plans. (How to Stop an Exploding Man) |
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| 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.
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| Angela is the evil one whom Molly spoke of. |
None. |
+ She wasn't convinced in the conversation with Charles Deveaux that the world could be saved.
+ Her late husband killed himself, maybe she was involved.
+ She happily manipulates her own family.
+ She was sided with Linderman, and called others weak (like her late husband).
- Molly's quote -- "No. He's a lot worse." -- indicates that the evil one is male.
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| Angela has the power to hypnotize with a touch. |
None. |
+ When trying to convince Nathan to just let the explosion happen, she places her hands on his back. Moments later, he is agreeing with her, saying variations of exactly what she said. Later, when Peter reads Nathan's mind, he is thinking the same thing ("It can't be stopped.") over and over again.
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| Angela has the power to see the past first hand. |
None. |
+ She says to Claire that she can spit out bullets. Unless she could see the past, she wouldn't have been able to know that.
- The Haitian may have informed her of what happened to Claire.
+ Peter's dream of the past may have been him mimicking her power. (How To Stop An Exploding Man)
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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.
• Both Micah and Claire were children of two powered parents, whereas Monty and Simon are (as far as we know) only children of one, so they are genetically less likely to exhibit powers than the Micah and Claire (although more likely than the average child).
- + Molly is apparently the child of only one powered parent - her father - and she exhibits powers just as early as a child of two powered parents (Micah).
- • If Molly's father was an evolved human, then it's possible he had two recessive genes, and if Molly's mother had one dominate gene and one recessive gene, it's quite possible that's how Molly obtained her unique DNA.
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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.
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| Petrelli went to work for the Company after he saw Linderman heal him. |
None. |
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| Mr. Petrelli has a power related with probability. |
None. |
• He kept winning in the card games. (War Buddies, Part 2).
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| Mr. Petrelli has the power of immortality. |
Angela Petrelli states that Mr. Petrelli thought he was invincible. (Don't Look Back) |
+ Angela's comment suggests that he was in some way resistant to death, but as he is (most likely) dead, he was clearly not immune to injury. Perpetuity would explain both these facts.
- Petrelli knew Linderman had the healing power, so any physical injury could always be healed. Perpetuity isn't necessary and is likely not the case, since he seems to have eventually died.
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| 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) |
+ Linderman told Nathan that Mr. Petrelli was "one of us", referring to evolved humans.
+ Linderman stated that Nathan's father had great power and Claude seems to look at Peter funny when he said that "I can do what you can do." Claude stated that he had seen another like Peter, so Mr. Petrelli may have had empathic mimicry as well. Angela said that Mr. Petrelli thought himself invincible. This would suggest why, in the future, Peter was revered as one of the most dangerous and powerful evolved humans.
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| 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.
- + Unless, of course, somebody like Candice created an illusion of Petrelli's corpse. Since Candice works for Linderman, it would only be feasible for it to have been her if Linderman himself was involved in the death-faking, although there could well be other illusionists out there.
- It is highly unlikely Candice would have had anything to do with such an event, since she, according to Thompson, was just developing when they had Matt in custody.
- 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.
- + It could be that the previous attempts at suicide were genuine, and that they were exploited to add weight to the claim that he had committed suicide.
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| Mr. Petrelli died and has become Uluru. |
None |
• Linderman tells Nathan that his father possessed great power. Angela Petrelli tells Peter that his father thought he was indestructible. It has been suggested that Uluru is indestructible. Molly Walker says there is someone even more dangerous than Sylar pointing to a new villain, as per the paintings by Isaac Mendez this is most likely Uluru.
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| 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."
- It is implied that his father's death was one of the main motivations for Nathan to begin working with the FBI to bring Linderman down.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| The prison ambush agent has the ability of density manipulation. |
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+ 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.
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| Chandra Suresh isn't dead. |
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+ Before his "death" he said he thought people were watching him and this may have been a way of escaping. Mohinder said in Collision that when he went to claim him he was shown three John Does before his father and Chandra was misfiled. His body was turned to ashes removing any way of determining whether it was really him.
- Mohinder witnesses Chandra's murder through Sanjog's power.
+ Unless Sanjog definitely has clairvoyance, he wouldn't know what really happened. He could have shown Mohinder what Chandra wanted him to see if Sanjog were with Chandra, which would explain how he knew about the conversation with Chandra's wife without clairvoyance.
- Sanjog's dreams have been shown to be uncannily real and truthful, such as the dreams that reveal Shanti's past existence and the password to Chandra's list.
- Sylar's watch was even broken at 11:53, as it was in real life.
- Mohinder had his father's ashes and scattered them. (Seven Minutes to Midnight)
+ There's no way to prove that the ashes are really Chandra's.
- Sylar agrees with Mohinder when Mohinder says that he killed his father. (Parasite)
- Chandra being alive goes against every bit of detail that the writers have presented us. It would be a horrible twist and the writers would never sink to something so nonsensical.
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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 or an in-joke.
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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.
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| 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.
• If this is true, could Shanti be Uluru?
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| Shanti is alive and hiding. |
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- Chandra, Mrs. Suresh, Mohinder, and Thompson all stated that Shanti is dead. (Seven Minutes to Midnight, The Hard Part)
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| Shanti is in the afterworld or some such place. |
Hana Gitelman states that death is never what we expect. (The Death of Hana Gitelman, Part 2) |
• Perhaps this is where Charles Deveaux is.
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| Zach has an unknown ability. |
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| Zach has deeper feelings for Claire. |
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+ He seemed to care for her a great deal before his memories were erased.
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| Zach is actually Claire's twin brother. He knows it, but she doesn't. |
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+ He won't date her and yet tries to be very close to her.
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| Zach is actually Claire's twin brother, but neither knows it yet. |
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• 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.
- Neither Nathan nor Meredith mentions anything about a son.
- Nathan gives Meredith enough money for her and Claire only.
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| Zach "remembers" Kermit, TX because he and Claire had previously tried to find her parents and the Haitian took their memories. |
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