User:Ice Vision/References

This page contains primarily comparisons, as well as various references in Heroes.

General References

Prophecy	Realization
At an abandoned refinery, Zach tapes Claire seemingly trying to commit suicide multiple times. Claire survives because she is almost near indestructible thanks to her power. After they finish, they start walking home and Claire says, "I'm so depressed." (Genesis)	Angela reveals to Peter that "Arthur" Petrelli -- Claire's biological grandfather -- did not die of a heart attack, rather, he committed suicide. According to Angela, he attempted to commit suicide two times before he was successful the third time. She also reveals to Peter that her husband was diagnosed with major depressive disorder when he was 23 and that disorder can start with delusions of grandeur -- think you're invincible or indestructible. (Don't Look Back)
Eden introduces macaroni and cheese to Mohinder, and says that "it's what Americans eat when they want to commit suicide slowly." Eden also says that Chandra said that hers was the best he ever had. (One Giant Leap)	Eden commits suicide in order to prevent Sylar from obtaining her ability. (Fallout)
On Hiro's office desk, an action figure with a sword faces a figurine of Godzilla. (Genesis)	Isaac paints a painting of a sword-wielding Hiro facing a dinosaur. (Fallout)
Isaac wakes up to Simone after shooting up and painting a mural of the explosion on the floor of his apartment. As he lies in bed with Simone tending to him, there are several paintings in the background of: the explosion, Peter flying, the symbol, and Ted boiling water. (Don't Look Back)	It is evolved humans that are the cause of the explosion; Peter explodes with Ted's power, destroying New York in a bright light, until the future was changed. (Fallout, Godsend, How to Stop an Exploding Man)
Mohinder says, "For all his bluster, it is the sad province of man that he cannot choose his triumph. He can only choose how he will stand when the call of destiny comes. Hoping that he'll have the courage to answer." (Don't Look Back)	Hiro receives a call from Isaac and Ando asks him who called. Hiro answers, "Destiny!" and Ando replies, "I wish ... Destiny would lose our number." (Fallout)
Future Hiro, trying to prevent the bomb from destroying New York, tells Peter, "Be the one we need." (Hiros)	Angela, trying to convince her son to use the explosion, tells Nathan, "Can you be the one we need?" (The Hard Part)
Jackie tells Claire that destiny is calling her to be a cheerleader. (Six Months Ago)	Future Hiro gives a message to Peter: "save the cheerleader, save the world." (Collision)
Peter has a dream that Nathan is getting him out of trouble. Suddenly, Nathan turns into Sylar, telling him that he can't stop what's coming because he doesn't know anything about power. (Fallout)	In the dark future, President Nathan Petrelli is actually Sylar, who had previously killed Nathan and used Candice's illusion to impersonate him. (Five Years Gone)
Peter has a dream that he is battling against "The Rocket" who has a suit that makes him invulnerable. After The Rocket crashes into the ground, his mask comes off and Peter realizes that the villain is himself. In his nightmare, Peter proclaims, "I'm not the bad guy. I'm not the villain." (Super-Heroics)	When Nathan and Hiro meet at Isaac's loft, they discuss the impending explosion. Nathan asks Hiro what he thinks will make the bomb go off and Hiro answers that it is probably the bad guy. When Nathan asks about the bad guy, Hiro replies, "Yes, like billain." Nathan doesn't understand what Hiro means but finally realizes that he means "villain" and corrects his pronunciation. Having done that, he asks Hiro, "Like the guy in the painting?" The camera shifts to a shot of the Exploding Man painting. Right next to it is the painting of a Peter flying, the immediate scene follow, the painting of Peter attacked by locker doors is next to the Exploding Man painting. (Godsend)
As Hiro and Ando roam around a parking lot, Hiro asks Ando, "Maybe I use the sword to kill bomb-man. Is it my destiny to kill this man?" (The Fix)	Hiro discovers that he must kill Sylar, the man Future Hiro believed blew up New York. (Five Years Gone)
Claude throws Peter off the Deveaux rooftop and Peter falls into a taxi below. He is impaled by a piece of metal that strongly resembles Hiro's sword and there is also an advertisement for a samurai exhibit in the Museum of Natural History under Peter's body. However, Peter survives because he tapped into Claire's power and regenerated. Later, Claude comes down to Peter and Peter angrily pins Claude against a wall, saying, "You threw me off of a 30-story building! If I didn't regenerate, I'd be dead!" Claude replies, "Well, you could have flown. Listen, if you hadn't have worked this one out, you'd have been hopeless anyway. And I'd have defused the biggest bomb ever." (Distractions)	Future Hiro defuse the biggest bomb, Sylar, by stabbing him with his sword. However, Sylar survives because he used Claire's power and regenerated. (String Theory, Five Years Gone)
After Claude throws Peter of the rooftop of the Deveaux building, Peter lands smack into a taxi. A piece of metal that strongly resembles Hiro's sword penetrates Peter's chest. (Distractions)	Hiro intends to kill Sylar and consults a 9th Wonders! comic of him stabbing Sylar in the chest. (The Hard Part)
When Dallas and Austin arrive at a farming village filled with vegetables, Austin mentions that it's paradise. (War Buddies, Part 3)	When Nathan first meets Mr. Linderman, Linderman is surrounded by vegetables and the first thing he says is "Do you enjoy vegetables, Mr. Petrelli?" (Parasite)
Dallas tells Austin that he can save thousands of lives by bombing the farming village and sacrificing the lives of the farmers. (War Buddies, Part 3)	Linderman tells Nathan that he can heal the world if he uses the bomb that destroys New York as a catalyst for change, sacrificing the citizens of New York. (.07%)
Dallas and Austin seek to destroy Au Co to help the war and save thousands of lives. But when they arrive at the village, they learn that Au Co was actually a young girl. Dallas could tells Austin was connected to Au Co because she too was an evolved human. (War Buddies, Part 4)	Bennet and Matt seek to destroy the Walker system to protect the ones they love and care about. But they discover the Walker system is actually a young girl. Matt and Molly knew each other and Matt promised to keep her safe. (Landslide, How to Stop an Exploding Man)
After Dallas says that Au Co is the enemy, Austin calls Dallas crazy. (War Buddies, Part 4) Dallas was revealed to have delusions of grandeur -- thinking you're invincible or indestructible. (Don't Look Back)	Claire, Dallas's biological granddaughter, tells Sandra that she walked through fire and didn't get burned. Lyle, befuddled, asks what the hell that means and says that Claire is crazy sometimes.
After Dallas says that Au Co is the enemy, Austin calls Dallas crazy. (War Buddies, Part 4) Peter and Mohinder chat on a New York subway, Mohinder says, "we're all just variations of the last model," and Peter replies, "Yeah, cheap knockoffs of our fathers." (Collision)	After Peter jumps off a rooftop, he awakes in a hospital bed. He asks Nathan what happened and Nathan answers him, saying that he jumped, and "the rest" was just crazy talk. Later, Peter is on a rooftop again and meets Nathan. He tells him that he was so sure when it happened and says, "Now it turns out I'm just going crazy." (Don't Look Back)
Austin suggests that Dallas is delusional after their superior officer questions the validity of Dallas's report. (War Buddies, Part 5)	Angela reveals to Peter that "Dallas" Petrelli suffered from major depressive disorder. That disorder can start with delusions of grandeur. (Don't Look Back)
When Molly tells Mohinder about the boogeyman, she says, "He sees into your soul, and then he eats your brain." (The Hard Part)	Chandra Suresh lectures Gabriel Gray, "The brain controls every human action, voluntary or involuntary. Every breath, every heartbeat, every emotion. If the ... soul exists, scientifically speaking, it exists in the brain." After observing Brian Davis's telekinesis, Gabriel Sylar exclaims, "Suresh was right. It's so clear now. How it all works, pieces fitting together. It is in the brain!" Sylar sees into your soul and eats takes your brain. (Six Months Ago)
Virginia Gray tells her son that he is capable of so much and that if he wanted, he could be president. (The Hard Part)	In the dark future, Sylar takes on the guise of Nathan and is the President of the United States. (Five Years Gone)
Charles Deveaux says that Nathan has strength, but the world won't be saved by it. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)	In Isaac's loft, a newspaper clipping of Nathan hangs in Future Hiro's string web. It reads, "Our Strength in Dark Times", but the world wasn't saved. (Five Years Gone)
Charles Deveaux says that the world needs heart, and that's Peter. He later tells Peter that he will save the world and that his heart has the ability to love unconditionally. He concludes, "Like I told you, in the end, all that really matters is love." (How to Stop an Exploding Man)	It was Nathan's unconditional love for Peter that saved New York, but Nathan's love would not have existed if Peter wasn't there to influence him to do the right thing. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
Bob tells Mohinder that he found his book in the parapsychology section -- in between hypnosis and alien abductions. (Four Months Later...)	Eden had the ability of persuasion, or "hypnotizing" people. (Seven Minutes to Midnight) Coincidentally, she was also Chandra Suresh's neighbor. West describes people who are different from the rest as "aliens", aliens would also include evolved humans, "special" people. (Four Months Later..., Flying Blind) The Company abducts evolved humans, or "aliens". (Collision)

Peter and Sylar: Two Halves of a Similar Coin

Tim Kring states in an interview that "Peter and Sylar are two halves of a similar coin."

Peter	Sylar
Peter's full name, Peter Petrelli, is an example of alliteration.	Sylar's formal name, Gabriel Gray, is an example of alliteration.
Peter's empathy is based on his ability to connect with people emotionally and is able to duplicate powers because of it.	Sylar's intuitive aptitude is based on understanding of how things work logically and is able to duplicate powers because of it.
Peter's empathy has the effect of empathic mimicry, allowing him to obtain multiple abilities.	Sylar uses his intuitive aptitude to obtain multiple abilities.
Peter saves lives as a nurse.	Sylar takes lives as a serial killer.
Peter's status constantly changes from hero to villain, villain to hero.	Sylar's status constantly changes from hero to villain, villain to hero.
On a rooftop, Peter looks down at Nathan and says to him, "It's my turn to be somebody now, Nathan!" (Genesis)	At Chandra Suresh's apartment, Gabriel Gray says to Chandra, "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." (Six Months Ago)
In a New York subway, Future Hiro tells Peter, "You told me many times how lost you felt before it all started. This ... is what you've been waiting for." (Hiros)	In Mohinder's apartment, Sylar tells Mohinder, "You have no idea how alone I used to feel. How insignificant. You've given me hope." (Parasite)
Peter targets Claire because she is important to him. Peter wants to save her and save the world. (Homecoming)	Sylar targets Claire because she is important to him. He wants to kill her and obtain her ability. (Homecoming)
Peter uses pyrokinesis to battle Sylar. (Five Years Gone)	Sylar uses cryokinesis to battle Peter. (Five Years Gone)
Peter goes to his brother Nathan for his help concerning the explosion, but he taps into telepathy and realizes that Nathan, thinking the bomb is inevitable and will kill everyone, can't help him. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)	Sylar phones Mohinder to understand why he would cause an explosion that will kill millions, but taps into enhanced hearing and hears Mohinder dialing 911. (The Hard Part)
Simone tells Peter that Charles told her that he had been flying all over the world, but that it was a world he didn't recognize. There were so many people filled with pain, nobody looking out for each other. He worried for them and for her, until Peter told him everything would be okay. She continues and tells Peter that her father told her that he was flying with him, and that he told him it was all going be okay -- that there were people who cared, who would make a difference -- that Peter would save the world. (Nothing to Hide)	Sylar tells Chandra that he is different now and feels that he had been given a chance to start over -- a new life, a new identity, a new purpose. He tells him that "these people" are all out there waiting to be told that they are important -- waiting to unlock their true potential. He continues, saying that he knows it and can feel them, and concludes by saying that they will find them together and that they are the future. (Six Months Ago) Sylar tells Mohinder that "they" are out there and that he can feel them -- so innocent and so unaware of what's happening to them. He concludes by saying that they will find them -- all of them -- together and that it is their destiny. (Unexpected)
Peter finds himself in Ireland, without his memory. (Four Months Later...)	Sylar finds himself somewhere in Mexico, without his powers. (Kindred)

"Broken"

"Mutations are mostly cancers, or diseases, meant to eliminate a species. Shanti had a genetic anomaly, and that was the portal into my research. My hope is that no one will suffer as she did."

- Chandra Suresh (to Noah Bennet) (Six Months Ago)

At Gray & Sons, Gabriel Gray meets Brian Davis, a man who demonstrates his telekinesis by moving a cup across a table. After doing so, Brian asks Gabriel if he can make it go away. Sylar is shocked at his question and asks why he would want to do that. A confused Brian replies that he doesn't want his ability. Gabriel looks at Brian and exclaims, "You're broken..." Gabriel adds, "Suresh was right. It's so clear now. How it all works, pieces fitting together. It is in the brain!" Brian is relieved that Gabriel can help him, and Gabriel says, "Don't worry, Brian, I can fix it. It's an evolutionary imperative!" Brian is bludgeoned by Gabriel, and he falls to the floor.

Sylar sees evolved humans as broken. They have something wrong with their DNA--genetic mutations. Sylar wants to fix them, but the irony of it is, Sylar is the most broken one of them all. He is the one who needs to be fixed.

• Charles Deveaux (deceased, likely had an ability) - wheelchair-bound; comatose
• Matt Parkman - dyslexic
• Arthur Petrelli (deceased, likely had an ability) - major depressive disorder, delusions of grandeur -- "thinking you're invincible or indestructible"
• Shanti Suresh (deceased, likely had an ability) - the Shanti virus
• Charlie Andrews (deceased) - blood clot in her brain, inches away from an aneurysm
• Peter Petrelli - comatose after absorbing so many abilities
• Sylar - psychotic mind, Bennet: "I think you're insane. I think the infusion of so many alterations to your DNA has corrupted your mind. All this power is degrading you."; obsessive-compulsive disorder (possibly), feels that he has a need to fix things
• Molly Walker - the Shanti virus, neuro-degrading virus (prevented ability access), nucleotides decomposing, nervous system being destroyed
• Niki Sanders (presumably deceased) - dissociative identity disorder, Bob tells Niki that when abilities manifest, a fracture in the brain can often result.
• Hana Gitelman (deceased) - possibly had Asperger's Syndrome (possibly), Mossad psychological profile explicitly suggests, citing a "difficulty in understanding the subtext of social interactions"
• Nathan Petrelli (presumably deceased) - saw disfigured reflection, alter ego
• Elle Bishop - diagnosed as a sociopath with paranoid delusions; sadistic

"Had to be a hero, didn't you? Got it out of your system now?"

"I finally get it now, Nathan. I have these dreams, and when I'm around someone with an ability, I can do what they can do."

"You look like hell."

"And I was with that girl and that guy that was trying to kill that girl. And this cop, I think he was reading my mind. They were all like us."

"Dysfunctional?"

- Nathan, Peter (Fallout)

Brain Eating

• Mohinder finds a cassette of a conversation his father had with Sylar. Sylar says, "The hunger, it's -- I can't control it. I don't want to. You made me this way." (Don't Look Back)
• When Hiro time travels to November 8th New York, he is interrogated by a NYPD detective who asks him, "What I wanna know is what did you do with the man's brain? You flush it down the toilet, you eat it, what?" (Don't Look Back)
• While Sylar is in his comfy chair, he yells at Mohinder, "Give me that damn list so I can sink my teeth in!" (Parasite)
• Molly says, "You can't stop the boogeyman. He sees into your soul, and then he eats your brain." (The Hard Part)
• Sylar's mouth is bloodied after he is stabbed by Hiro. Soon after, he has a vision of himself with a bloody mouth. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
• After Sylar finishes with Candice's brain, he grabs his stomach in pain. (Kindred)

See Also

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