Activation and deactivation

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Activation and deactivation
Janice tells Matt Parkman Jr. to turn on the TV.
Held by:	Matt Parkman, Jr.
Ability to:	Activate systems by touch

Matt Parkman, Jr.'s ability is the ability to activate various mechanisms, both electronic and biological.

Characters

• Matt Parkman, Jr. is the only known character to have this ability.

Limits

Matt Parkman, Jr. can activate electronic devices by touch, switching them on or off. He can also activate evolved human abilities by touch, but he has not shown any ability to deactivate them.

Hiro and Ando first realize that Matt, Jr. has an ability when he uses it to switch the television in his house on and off. Even when the television set is unplugged, Matt Jr. is able to turn it on by touching it. Similarly, he activates several electronic toys by touching them.

When the house is attacked, the baby partially restores Hiro's ability by touching him. The touch only restored the time-manipulation aspect of Hiro's ability; he could not teleport. It is not yet known why Hiro's ability was only partially restored.

Examples

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  Matt Parkman Jr. activates toys such as a monkey doll...
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  ...a toy plane...
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  ...and a toy robot.
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  Matt Parkman Jr. activates Hiro's ability.
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  Matt Parkman, Jr. uses his power to operate the Nissan Cube...
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  ...as well as an electronic cart in a Valumart store...
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  ...and a forklift...
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  ...which he enjoys playing and causes havoc with.
  (Baby Power)

See Also

• For the similar ability supercharge abilities, see ability supercharging.
• For the similar ability to interact with electronics, see technopathy.