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Niki, Tracy, Barbara, and possibly others are experiments created by the Linderman operated Company through the Pinehearst Company. Each of the children created were given powers through use of the formula that Kaito entrusted to Hiro to protect.	Linderman claims to Niki that he has been guiding her entire life. (The Hard Part) Angela claims to Tracy that the Company gave her and her sisters powers. (One of Us, One of Them)	+ Jessica and Tracy have different abilities. + Tracy works with Pinehearst. - Linderman's company and Pinehearst seem to be rivals.
The reporter knew about Tracy's ability before she froze him.	None	+ The reporter stated he was considering running the story under the headline "Ice Queen Heats up Las Vegas". - "Ice Queen" can refer to her personality. - It could have merely been foreshadowing on the part of the writers. - It would be impossible for the reporter to know about Tracy's ability before she knew about it, and from the look of shock on her face, this may have been the first time it had manifested.
Tracy's powers are different dependent upon the situation.	None.	+ Prior to freezing the reporter, the reporter called her Ice Queen. This angered Tracy and the freezing power manifested. - Tracy continued using this ability in One of Us, One of Them.
Tracy was Adam Monroe's eleventh bride.	None.	+ In Angela's vision, someone who is presumably Tracy is shown with Adam standing closely behind her. (The Butterfly Effect) - It could also be Barbara.
The "Tracy" in Angela's dream is not really Tracy but Barbara.	None.	+ Dr.Zimmerman mistook Tracy for Barbara. + The woman in Angela's dream was not wearing Tracy's signature pearls, which so far, we haven't seen Tracy without. - She has stopped wearing the pearls. • The scene in question was created for Season Two and it is unknown if Tracy was an established character at that time. + At this point, Tracy does not seem like the kind of person that would become evil. - She joined Arthur's team in It's Coming. + Just because she joined Arthur's team does not automatically make her a cold-blooded killer. She may think that by joining Arthur she is changing the world for the better. - Lots of villains in the series think they are changing the world for the better (Adam Monroe, Arthur Petrelli, etc.). • There was no evidence that the woman in Angela's dream was a cold-blooded killer. + No one in Angela's dream seemed to be frozen.
Tracy can survive cold environments.	None.	+ Since her ability is to freeze things, she may also be able to survive a cold environment without needing warm clothing on. + Meredith is able to survive hot environments due to her ability. + Her hand was not cold after freezing Nathan's drink. • She may need to be continuously freezing something in order to not get cold.
Niki's, Tracy's and Barbara's biological parents are Company founders.	None.	+ Many of the main characters are descended from Company founders. Linderman revealed that he had been manipulating Niki and D.L. for most of their lives in order for them to have a child like Micah. Arthur and Maury appear to be manipulating Nathan and Tracy into being together.
Tracy must touch an object in order to freeze it.	None.	+ Tracy has never frozen anything from a distance; she has always had to touch the object. - She is close to making it a projectile much how Elle and Peter can with lightning. You can see this with how she holds her hand similarly to Peter and Elle with frost coming off of it when she feels threatened by Mohinder. (Eris Quod Sum) • Tracy may not have fully learned the full extent of her power yet. • Sylar seemed to have to touch an object in order to freeze it, too, as seen in The Hard Part. However, in Road Kill he freezes road without doing this.
Tracy and Mohinder will form an alliance in Volume Four.	In Dual, Tracy picks Mohinder up off the street and the two are both on Nathan's list, so they may band together in order to stay alive.	+ The Heroes will need to band together in order to get against the government, so it's very possible that alliances will have to be made -- and Tracy and Mohinder didn't just meet up on the highway for no reason. • She may have just driven up to show that she made it out of Pinehearst alive.
Tracy, Barbara and Niki aren't actually triplets, but clones of the original.	None.	- If that was so, it wouldn't explain how two of them have vastly different powers, considering powers have roots in blood chemistry, and that triplets have the same DNA. • Being triplets does not explain this either, then. + Dr. Zimmerman said that he created Tracy. - He may not have meant that he literally created Tracy herself; he may have just meant he created the person that she is, i.e., a person with an ability. He may have just given her the ability to freeze. • Identical triplets don't have identical DNA just very similar DNA. • No, they do have identical DNA. They come from the same fertilized egg (zygote).
Tracy will visit Micah and pull some sort of government approved file that she can adopt Micah.	None.	+ She is the closest blood relative Micah has, custody can go to her since Niki just dropped her son off without notice to anyone, but Nana. - Niki didn't intend to die, and just because she wasn't shown notifying anyone about it doesn't mean she didn't. - Given that Nathan exposed her as an evolved human to the government, it's likely she'll focus her efforts in not being taken captive, not addopting the nephew she didn't know existed and barely knows. + Tracy knows what Micah is capable of, having him by her side is an advantage for her. + Tracy and Niki look identical, this might sway Micah, who misses his mother. - Micah also misses his father, and he's living with his relatives. - If Micah moves in with Tracy, he'll be with only one blood relative, and one he barely knows, with the Dawsons, he's with three blood relatives. - Tracy might not to endanger Micah if she finds out the government is out to get her. + She might want to protect Micah herself. • These arguments hold true if Tracy is aware that she'll be a person of interest for the government.
in the future in which everyone had powers, Tracy was the one who wanted to release the formula to the general public, not Nathan and Arthur.	None	+ Arthur and Nathan wanted to give it to the marines, but it is shown in What We Have Wrought that Tracy wants Suresh to recreate the formula so it may be given to everyone. - Arthur and Nathan both clearly state that they want to give everyone abilities on several occasions. - The amount of influence Tracy would require to actually make sure everyone received abilities wouldn't be possible, especially with Nathan, a U.S senator combating her.