Examples of telekinesis

Telekinesis is the ability to move objects with the mind. A full list of examples of the power in action follows.

Season One

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Sylar is believed to have impaled Mrs. Walker to the wall using household objects. (Don't Look Back) An FBI agent falls victim to Sylar's destructive nature... ...and later he telekinetically turns a gun on Audrey... ...and evades Matt's mark. (One Giant Leap) Sylar evades the FBI... ...by lifting himself upwards... ...and away from his pursuers. (One Giant Leap) He may have even used telekinesis to quickly clean out his apartment. (One Giant Leap) Sylar lazily grabs a mug at the Burnt Toast Diner. (Seven Minutes to Midnight) Sylar rips metal doors off of lockers at Claire's school, then throws them at Peter.... ...and mistakenly slices open Jackie's forehead with the wave of a finger. (Homecoming) Brian Davis is first displays the tempting ability, while in Gray & Sons... ...afterward, Sylar displays his new telekinesis in front of Chandra. (Six Months Ago) Sylar uses his power to pull Eden... ...through the glass of his cell. (Fallout) Sylar waves his hand, and... ... slams Mr. Bennet into the window of his cell... ...and goes to the Bennet home and tosses aside Sandra Bennet's telephone to stop her from calling Primatech Paper Co.... ...then slams her into a glass cabinet. (Distractions) Sylar breaks and levitates bottles of beer... ..fatally jamming the bottles in a trucker's back. (Road Kill) Peter calls up Sylar's telekinesis to stop Claude's attack... ...and afterward when a taser probe is about to hit him, Peter uses telekinesis to drop the probe on the ground... ...then later Peter hurls Isaac across his studio. (Unexpected) Unbeknownst to Mohinder, Sylar stops the valve on his IV drip... ...stops a speeding bullet... ...and defeats duct tape to escape Mohinder's captivity. (Parasite) Sylar then pins Mohinder to the ceiling... ...and throws Peter against a wall... ...at the same time. (Parasite) Sylar doesn't need a scalpel to explore Peter's brain... ...but Peter gives Sylar a taste of his own medicine... ...and when Peter turns invisible, Sylar controls scores of shards of glass at once. (.07%) At Isaac's loft, Sylar waves his hand... ...scoots a Company gun away from Isaac... ...pushes Isaac onto the floor... ...lifts some paintbrushes... ...forces them into Isaac's arms... ...and legs... ...crucifying him to the ground. (.07%) Peter moves a drink across the table... ...as he appears... ...Watch as he uses two powers at once.... ...Peter also has no need for a remote... ...and isn't troubled by a DHS agent. (Five Years Gone) Sylar (masquarading as Nathan) uses telekinesis to stop Claire and slice through her skull. (Five Years Gone) Peter closes a door with a wave of his hand. (Five Years Gone) Sylar hurls a painting aside, hoping to catch Hiro and Ando. Sylar causes his mother's apartment to become a snow globe. (The Hard Part) Watch Sylar's power in action.... ...as he flips an FBI van... ...stops it when it approaches... ...and opens the doors... ...to get to Ted's ability. (Landslide) Sylar angrily cuts a painting of a flying Peter in half. Sylar throws Ando's sword to the side... ...and it flies across the room... ...landing on the painting of the explosion... ...then Sylar steadily crashes Ando into a window... ...begins to cut his head off... ...and Ando yells in pain... ...leaving a cut on his neck. (How to Stop an Exploding Man) In the season finalle scene, Sylar throws Mr. Bennet across Kirby Plaza... ...then reaches out his hand... ...and chokes Peter... ...by "grabbing" his neck... ...when Matt tries to shoot Sylar, he stops the bullet in mid-air... ...and flings them into Matt's chest... ...then Sylar prepares to grab a parking meter... ...and it flies through the air... ...finally after Hiro stabs him, Sylar makes his last move... ...sending Hiro flying across Kirby Plaza. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)

Season Two

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Peter telekinetically throws a shotgun from McSorley's son's hands into the wall. (Lizards) Peter moves an armored vehicle. (Kindred) Will is pinned to a wall and choked... ...thanks to Peter's telekinesis. (Kindred) Peter stops Hiro's sword mid air to protect Adam... ...afterward Peter and Adam make their way to the vault... ...where Peter uses telekinesis... ...to slowly... ...break open the vault's door... ...and ends with a nose bleed. (Powerless) Peter throws Hiro against the wall, and then chokes him... ...then slides Matt backwards across the floor... ...before using telekinesis to stop the vial containing Strain 138 of the Shanti virus from hitting the ground. (Powerless) Sylar uses telekinesis to summon a spinach can... ...into his hand... ...as he declares, "I'm back." (Powerless)

Season Three

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Sylar closes the doors and the windows of the Bennet's home to prevent Claire from escaping. (The Second Coming) Sylar then pins Claire against a wall... ...flips her around... ...and opens her skull. (The Second Coming) Sylar throws Bianca... ...and Gael against their car... ...and then proceeds to open Gael's skull. (Dreams Until Death) Bob's skull is cut open by Sylar... ...who afterward slams Noah to the ceiling... ...then uses telekinesis to stop Elle from attacking him... ...then uses telekinesis to open Elle's skull. (The Butterfly Effect) Sylar crushes Jesse's vocal chords... and holds Knox in place. (One of Us, One of Them) Once Knox escapes, Sylar keeps Noah out... ...pins Jesse against the wall... ...and steals his ability. (One of Us, One of Them) Peter uses telekinesis to repair Gabriel Gray's watch. (I Am Become Death) Peter knocks Daphne into a wall. (I Am Become Death) Peter holds his brother up against a wall... ...hold up his fingers... ...slices Nathan's head... ...and kills him. (I Am Become Death) Future Peter telekinetically knocks Future Claire back. (Resistance) Peter stops Angela... ...and tries to look into her mind... ...but Sylar stops him. (Angels and Monsters) Sylar choke both Michael Fitzgerald and Tina Ramierez with telekinesis. (Viewpoints) Sylar holds Daphne against a wall telekinetically... ...and tries to defend himself by sending Peter flying backwards. (Dying of the Light) Arthur passively suspends Sylar in the air using telekinesis. (Eris Quod Sum) Gabriel Gray holds out his hand... ...and moves a tray of dishes across the counter. When he flips his hand, a fork accurately flips into the sink. (Villains) Gabriel pins Trevor against the wall. Gabriel throws Elle into the hall of his apartment. Gabriel holds Trevor back... ...and opens his head. (Villains) After the Eclipse ends, Sylar's ability returns, as he pins Noah to the wall. (The Eclipse, Part 2) Sylar pins Sue Landers to the wall, and takes her ability of lie detection... ...and after going back in 1991, Arthur throws a de-powered Hiro off a building... ...after returning, Sylar puts a bullet "on hold" headed toward Arthur... (Our Father) ...then lets it continue to its target. (Truths) Sylar telekinetically disarms Meredith. (Dual) Sylar demands the truth from Angela while grabbing her... ...and torturing her. (Dual) Sylar telekinetically throws agents into a wall... ...brings the leader, Daniel Simmons face-to-face with himself... ...and then begins to torture him. (A Clear and Present Danger) Sylar forces Mary Campbell... ...and her son to sit on chairs. Sylar telekinetically shuts Mary Campbell up. (Trust and Blood) Misha suspends Maya's drinks and glasses in midair. (Libertad) When Danko's team comes to capture him, Sylar flicks his hand... ...hurling an agent into a bar... ...he throws a table at other agents... ...and uses telekinesis to break the windows of the Olympic Coffee Shop and Restaurant. (Building 26) Sylar pins Luke's face to a window... ...removes planks from the Big Jim's Franks & Fries door... ...and later pins Luke to the wall of the building. (Exposed) Samson Gray first displays this ability in 1980, killing Sylar's biological mother. (Exposed) Samson Gray aims an arrow at Sylar. (Shades of Gray) Sylar stops Samson Gray's knife from getting near his head... ...and after disarming Samson, he chokes him by wrapping his asthma tubes around his neck. (Shades of Gray) Sylar makes cuts in his arm. (I Am Sylar) Sylar holds up Danko on the wall... ...and later he throws Claire out of the Presidential Suite. (An Invisible Thread)

Season Four

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Sylar, who is made to believe that he is Nathan, unwittingly "discovers" his old ability while reaching for a mug. (Orientation) "Nathan" uses a light-switch with the help of telekinesis. (Orientation) Nathan shows Peter his newly discovered ability by grabbing a can with telekinesis. (Acceptance) Sylar accesses the ability and flings Captain Lubbock through a plate-glass window. (Hysterical Blindness) Sylar uses telekinesis to remove Edgar's knives from his mop handle... ...and then throws Edgar into a pile of concrete. (Tabula Rasa) Captain Lubbock shoots at Sylar, but Sylar instantly stops the bullet. (Tabula Rasa) Three years ago, Sylar flips a meddling Hiro against a bus... ...and gets ready to kill him. (Once Upon a Time in Texas) Sylar rips open some Wildcats posters. (Once Upon a Time in Texas) Sylar telekinetically removes... ...Charlie's aneurysm. (Once Upon a Time in Texas) With a flick of his hand, Nathan throws Peter aside... ...as well as Officer Ramsey. (Brother's Keeper) Nathan flicks open the blinds and escapes with Peter. (Brother's Keeper) Sylar telekinetically turns the chairs around, inviting Peter and Angela to sit with him... ...he then uses telekinesis to keep them in their seats... ...and later begins to... ...slice Angela's skull... ...and when he is unsuccessful, he flings Peter away in frustration. (Thanksgiving) Jack concentrates and makes a log shoot out of sight. (Slow Burn) Sylar holds Peter up in the air with telekinesis... ...and later flings him into a wall. (The Fifth Stage) A game operator cheats his customers... ...by using his power to cause their ball-throws to go sideways. (The Fifth Stage) A game operator is using this ability to change the direction of Lauren's ball. (Starting Over) Sylar flings Eric Doyle at Samuel... ...and then pins Samuel to the wall of his trailer. (Let It Bleed) Sylar makes Claire fall on the ground. (Pass/Fail) Sylar blows out the windows in Claire's dorm room. (Pass/Fail) Sylar throws Janice on the wall. (The Art of Deception) Richard pins Noah to the wall... ...and flings Kate... ...into a glass table, killing her. (The Wall) Sylar blasts his way out of his makeshift tomb. (The Wall) Using telekinesis, Sylar is able to spin Eli... ...around and around. (Brave New World) Sylar pins Doyle to the ground. (Brave New World)

Heroes Reborn

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Dahlia uses her power... ...to grab a pen from Quentin's pocket. (Dark Matters, Part 6) Francis wins at craps using his ability. (Odessa) At the Hotel Dean, Francis stops a knife thrown at him... ...holding it in the air... ...before pinning Molly to the wall. (Odessa)

Other Examples

• Dahlia uses telekinesis countless times to lift, throw, and drop boxes and balls, vials of formula, and gas canisters. She is able to do so from a considerable distance, generally about halfway across a room. (Enigma)
• Peter uses telekinesis to propel himself across the Atlantic Ocean in what appears as flight. (Save the Cheerleader, Destroy the World, Chapter 16)
• In order to board the Charles Darwin, Peter easily deflects the guards' rounds, then telekinetically damages the guns' firing mechanisms and rips out their magazines. (Save the Cheerleader, Destroy the World, Chapter 16)
• When Peter sees a guard reaching into a pouch, Peter uses his mind to yank all the items out of the pouch through the surrounding material. (Save the Cheerleader, Destroy the World, Chapter 16)
• When two guards launch grenades at Peter, he throws the grenades — and the guards — overboard. (Save the Cheerleader, Destroy the World, Chapter 16)
• Peter easily dispatches two guards, then telekinetically grabs a third and turns him upside down. After talking to the guard, Peter tosses him overboard. (Save the Cheerleader, Destroy the World, Chapter 16)
• Peter telekinetically "flies" up to the bridge of the Charles Darwin, then tears off the door with his mind. (Save the Cheerleader, Destroy the World, Chapter 16)
• When a guard pulls out a pistol, Peter causes it to backfire right in the guard's face. (Save the Cheerleader, Destroy the World, Chapter 16)
• While in possession of Peter, Hector Esposito uses Peter's telekinetic power to yank the fire extinguisher from the wall and send it flying into a window. (Save the Cheerleader, Destroy the World, Chapter 16)