Theory:Matt Parkman, Jr.

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Theory	Citations	Notes
Matt Jr.'s power will allow Peter to correct his power.	Matt partially restored Hiro's powers. (Cold Snap)	+ He was able to turn on part of Hiro's time powers, thus he will be able to turn on Peter empath powers and allow more than one power. + Bryan Fuller was brought in to restore the show to original feeling and is already undoing Jeph Loeb's changes by getting rid of Tracy and Daphne and restoring Hiro's powers. - Peter isn't missing his ability or has it deactivated, he has a new ability, not a weakened version. + Hiro's power was taken away but must still be present for it to be reactivated, it would be reasonable that Peter's original power still be present also. • This would mean Peter having two "main" abilities. The plotlines that could be formed from this would be quite interesting.
Matt Jr. can revive dead, or at least create zombies.	None.	+ If he can make non-living objects move, and manipulate evolved humans' DNA, why not corpses? - Turning on an ability or a toy is not the same as completely restoring someone who died. This power would more likely create zombies, as stated, but it is highly doubtful the show would take this direction. + If somebody with ability to heal uses it on a zombie, it may be enough to revive it literally. + What if baby Matt could turn on people's hearts? That would surely revive them. • He'd need to activate all the organs, not just the heart.
Matt Parkman Jr. can disable the abilities of evolved humans indefinitely.	He used his ability to turn off the television.	+ His ability was able to "turn on" Hiro's.
If Ando supercharges Matt Jr., he will be able to restore abilities of depowered evolved humans fully or even give them to non-powered people.	Normally-powered, Matt Jr. was able to restore half of Hiro's powers. (Cold Snap)	+ Since he partially restored Hiro's ability, baby Matt can manipulate human DNA - the part of it which contains (latent) abilities. + Supercharging vastly enhances the effects of abilities.
Matt Parkman Jr. can give abilities to anyone, but will only do so for people he likes.	None.	+ There isn't necessarily a difference between Hiro and a nonpowered human that would allow only Hiro to gain power from Matt Parkman Jr. - Hiro naturally manifested an ability, that makes him different, even if he had this ability taken, he still had his evolved human genes.
Matt Parkman Jr. will deactivate Sylar's ability.	None.	+ He turned Hiro's ability on, why wouldn't he be able to turn Sylar's off? - Sylar could realize that baby Matt had an ability and take it before the baby can touch Sylar to deactivate his powers. + Sylar doesn't automatically know someone has an ability; he thought Jackie Wilcox had an ability, the same can happen with Matt Jr.. Sylar once used Molly as a bait to force Mohinder to go see him, he'd use Matt Jr. as a bait for something, since he doesn't know the baby has an ability that is a threat to him. + There is no way the writers would have a baby murdered on the show. • They already killed Future Sylar's son. • He was a child, not a baby.
An uncatalyzed formula in conjunction with Matt Jr.'s ability can grant stable abilities to humans.	None.	+ Matt Parkman Jr. was able to give Hiro his abilities back, presumably because he already had the appropriate DNA to use an ability. The genetic modification formula should be sufficient to grant the appropriate DNA, since the catalyst had something to do with "bonding enzymes". - Matt Jr. is more akin to the formula itself; the catalyst does not grant abilities by itself. + The catalyst likely would grant abilities to those who had the DNA already. It seems less likely that Matt Jr. can alter DNA (which is what the formula does). + The catalyst appeared to be more akin to an ability than a scientific thing, so its possible that the right ability could provide the same sort of 'magic spark'. Matt Parkman Jr.'s ability may be just such an ability. - Mohinder told Tracy that he would be able to replicate the catalyst if he had a sample of the catalyzed formula. • He also said in It's Coming that the catalyst isn't a substance.
There's a reason for Matt Jr.'s ability not to be the same as his father's and grandfather's.	None.	• Perhaps Janice Parkman has an ability that never manifested. • Perhaps the formula giving people powers through genetics drastically changes two generations from the initial injection. • Neither Maury nor Matt Sr. were said to have synthetic abilities. - Just because Matt Sr. developed the same ability as his father, it doesn't mean his son has to develop the same ability.
Matt Jr., if supercharged by Ando, could restore Hiro and Peter's power to their original form and strength.	None.	+ He was able to partially restore Hiro's ability. + It's a logical effect. - Peter's current ability has been confirmed to be a different ability, not a weaker version of his original ability. + Matt Jr. could enhance the effects of Peter's ability to match his original ability. • Matt's ability doesn't enhance abilities of others - Ando's does. + Bryan Fuller was brought back to bring back the "original flavor" of the series; by this logic, it's likely he will us Matt Jr. to reactivate Peter's original ability.
Multifaceted abilities actually have multiple separate "switches" that Matt Jr. can toggle.	None.	+ After Matt Jr. touched Hiro, one aspect of his ability is restored perfectly, while another facet is absent entirely. + Some abilities, especially in cases such as The Haitian, could "really" be multiple, but related abilities. • This would allow Matt Jr. to eventually restore more or all of Hiro's capabilities, and the missing aspects of Peter's abilities.
Matt Jr. isn't actually Matt Parkman's son.	None.	+ Parents without abilities can produce a child with abilities. + Matt Sr. seemed convinced that the child wasn't his biological child. - He later changed his mind. + Matt Jr.'s power doesn't resemble Matt Sr.'s. - Other parents have had children whose power doesn't resemble their own: Elle is Bob's daughter, Hiro is Ishi's son. + It is possible that Matt's partner had an unmanifested ability, or that Janice does.
All things Matt Jr. activates from a disabled state eventually break.	Hiro suffers side effects.	+ Baby Matt activated the unplugged TV (Cold Snap). How long can it possibly work without actual electrical supply?