Peter Petrelli (explosion future)

Peter Petrelli
Portrayed by	Milo Ventimiglia
First appearance	Five Years Gone
In-story stats
Known abilities	Empathic mimicry Known abilities mimicked: Precognitive dreaming, Flight, Precognition, Rapid cell regeneration, Telepathy, Invisibility, Telekinesis, Space-time manipulation, Induced radioactivity, Pyrokinesis, Electric manipulation, Super speed
Nickname	Pete
Gender
Age	31
Date of birth	December 23, 1979
Home	Las Vegas, NV, formerly New York, NY
Occupation	former home hospice nurse
Significant others	formerly Simone Deveaux (deceased), Niki Sanders
Parents	Arthur Petrelli, Angela Petrelli
Sibling	Nathan Petrelli (deceased)
Other relatives	Niece: Claire Bennet (deceased) Nephews: Simon Petrelli, Monty Petrelli

Peter Petrelli is an evolved human from an alternate future.

Character History

Five Years Gone

After Future Hiro and Ando leave the club in Las Vegas, Peter becomes visible and joins Niki at the bar. She explains that they came seeking his help to stop Sylar in the past. She tells him that she sent them to Bennet, and that Peter should leave the past alone. Peter says he won't go anywhere.

Peter goes to Odessa, however, and rescues Future Hiro and Ando from the Homeland Security building. While Future Hiro is recovering, Peter reveals the truth to Ando that Hiro had been hiding: in the explosion, Ando died. Peter speculates that it was Ando's death that drove Hiro to become so obsessive with changing the past.

Leaving Hiro and Ando alone, Peter goes to see Niki. Peter does his best to convince Niki to accept her losses and stop living a lie. However, when Niki forcefully demands why Peter himself is so obsessed with the past, Peter admits that it was he, not Sylar, that destroyed half of New York, and his brother Nathan had used Sylar as a scapegoat to protect Peter. He leaves with Future Hiro and Ando in order to save past Hiro.

In New York, Peter helps Future Hiro clear the guards around the Homeland Security holding facility. However, their progress is impeded by the knowledge that the power-blocking Haitian is on the upper floors. But with a diversion, Peter and the others make it to the room where Hiro is being held, or was, thanks to Mohinder, who has also killed the Haitian. But Future Hiro is then shot and killed by Matt, and Peter keeps Homeland Security at bay. Unfortunately, he too is separated from the group, as he is forcibly phased through the door acting as the last line of defense by none other than his brother. Peter knows that it is not truly Nathan as he only has the power of flight. Sylar then reveals his form, having used Candice's power to disguise himself as Nathan for some time. Peter is enraged by his brother's murder, and the two have a showdown.

Graphic Novel:Walls, Part 1

In 2007, Peter and Future Hiro break into the Moab Federal Penitentiary to rescue Niki Sanders, and are ambushed by Matt Parkman's agents.

Graphic Novel:Walls, Part 2

Peter battles an agent who has electric manipulation and one who has super speed. He absorbs these powers and defeats the agents.

Evolved Human Abilities

Like his present-day self, Peter can mimic the powers of other evolved humans he encounters. By 2011, he has been exposed to a number of new powers and has also become far more adept at controlling them.

Abilities Mimicked

By 2011 in the "explosion future," Peter has acquired additional evolved human abilities; after he has acquired the ability, he does not need to be in the person's presence. His known abilities at this time are:

• Precognitive dreaming (Genesis) from Angela Petrelli (The Second Coming)
• Flight from Nathan Petrelli (Genesis)
• Precognition (Don't Look Back) from Isaac Mendez (Genesis)
• Rapid cell regeneration from Claire Bennet (Homecoming)
• Telepathy from Matt Parkman (Fallout)
• Invisibility from Claude Rains (Godsend)
• Telekinesis (Unexpected) from Sylar (Homecoming)
• Space-time manipulation (Unexpected) from Future Hiro (Collision)
• Induced radioactivity (Five Years Gone)
• Electric manipulation from a guard (Walls, Part 2)
• Super speed from a guard (Walls, Part 2)
• Pyrokinesis (Five Years Gone) from Meredith Gordon (Behind the Eclipse)

Abilities Exposed To

By 2011 in the "explosion future," other evolved humans have been within Peter's proximity, exposing him to their abilities. These abilities Peter has not yet exhibited:

• Daniel Linderman's Healing (Villains)
• Arthur Petrelli's Ability absorption (Villains)
• Eden McCain's Persuasion (Collision)
• Sylar's Freezing (Homecoming)
• Sylar's Shattering (Homecoming)
• René's Mental manipulation (Unexpected)
• Sylar's Melting (Parasite)
• Sylar's Enhanced hearing (Parasite)
• Niki Sanders's Enhanced strength (Walls, Part 1)
• Sylar's Illusion (Five Years Gone)
• Sylar's Phasing (Five Years Gone)

Memorable Quotes

"Why? Why does it fall on your shoulders to save everyone?"

"Because, it was me! The bomb? It was me. I killed all those people. I killed Micah!"

"No. It was Sylar. Everyone knows!"

"It wasn't. Nathan lied. He lied to protect me. He told everybody it was Sylar."

- Niki, Peter (Five Years Gone)

Notes

• Despite being in close proximity to Niki and later being in a relationship with her, Peter has not yet clearly demonstrated enhanced strength. He lifted a door (Walls, Part 1) and with little effort was able to throw a charging guard into a wall (Five Years Gone) which may be examples of the power, but nothing conclusive can be said one way or another.
• In an interview with Extra's John Kelly before the episode aired, Milo Ventimiglia says that in this future his character (Peter) can "walk through walls", but there is no conclusive proof that he did. All of Peter's sudden appearances that aired in the episode can be explained by use of invisibility and/or teleportation. It is true that Peter could have absorbed Sylar's phasing ability due to their encounter, or D.L. Hawkins' ability before Sylar killed him.
• In the episode Five Years Gone, Peter has a clearly visible scar across his face. It is unknown why this scar exists if Peter absorbed Claire Bennet's healing ability.
• In a question and answer session, writers Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite said that Future Peter absolutely absorbed Meredith Gordon's ability of pyrokinesis. The encounter between these two individuals has yet to be seen.

Trivia

• When Future Peter, Future Hiro and Ando raid the Homeland Security facility where present-day Hiro is being held captive, Future Peter sports a black coat that looks nearly identical to the one worn by Neo in The Matrix series. Future Peter's demeanor and mannerisms also resemble those of Neo during the sequence. The raid sequence itself could also be likened to the lobby shootout in the first Matrix film. (Five Years Gone)

See Also

• For Peter Petrelli's history in the present, see Peter Petrelli.
• For Peter Petrelli's history in the "exposed future", see Peter Petrelli (exposed future).
• For articles related to Peter, see Related Articles:Peter.
• For other members of the Petrelli family, see Petrelli (disambig).