Precognition

Precognition
Isaac paints in a prophetic trance
Originally held by:	Isaac Mendez
Absorbed by:	Peter Petrelli, Sylar
Ability to:	Accurately foresee future events
Examples of precognition

Precognition is the ability to accurately foresee future events.

Characters

• Isaac Mendez is the first character known to have this ability.
• Peter Petrelli has copied this ability (Don't Look Back), and was later able to access it outside Isaac's presence. (Don't Look Back, Distractions)
• Sylar killed Isaac and began work on a crude painting, showcasing the newly acquired power. (.07%)

Limits

Isaac always makes prophecies in the form of paintings or drawings.

When painting a prophetic image, Isaac enters a trance-like state and his eyes become completely white. He is largely unaware of his surroundings in this state. (He did not enter such a trance when making prophetic sketches.)

Isaac has been able to depict the past, the present, and the future. The 9th Wonders! graphic novel that Isaac created (namely, Issue #14) contains events from both the present and future timelines. (See here for more information.)

Isaac was initially able to make prophetic images only under the influence of heroin. In Fallout, he overcame this limitation.

As of Distractions, Isaac is developing the ability to focus his precognitive powers. He made numerous paintings in an effort to locate Peter Petrelli, but he did not realize that all of them were accurate until he realized that Peter was invisible in them.

It is not known if all the works Isaac creates are prophetic or not.

It seems that Isaac can only know what the future is by painting it because he has to look at what he has drawn. Peter seems not to make any mention of what he saw in the future, so painting the future is the only way to "record" what one sees. (Distractions)

Examples

Isaac paints and sketches numerous prophetic images.

In Distractions, Peter is overwhelmed by absorbed powers, including precognition. His eyes become completely white, and visions of himself exploding concern him until Claude knocks him out.

Notes

• According to NBC.com's interactive map, Byron Bevington also possesses precognition.
• In Distractions, Peter's eyes glazed over like Isaac's do when he enters a prophetic trance, and Peter again had visions of himself exploding. Peter's visions of the explosion may be linked to the precognitive powers he absorbed from Isaac.
• According to Chandra's journal, a Brazilian teenager had this ability. (Seven Minutes to Midnight)

Memorable Quotes

"Look around you at all these paintings! Every one of them has come true."

- Isaac Mendez (to Simone Deveaux) (One Giant Leap)

"You think you can paint the future? Paint one without me in it."

- Simone Deveaux (to Isaac Mendez) (One Giant Leap)

"You really can paint the future, just like the professor said. Fantastic."

- Sylar (to Isaac Mendez) (.07%)

Gallery

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  The precog paints predictions.
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  Peter takes a turn.
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  Isaac's eyes glaze over when he enters a trance.
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  Under Eden's coercion to retake drugs, Isaac paints the future.
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  Isaac paints sober for the first time.
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  In Midland, Isaac begins a new prophetic painting.
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  In despair over Simone's death, Isaac gets high and paints a gruesome series of paintings.
• Sylar uses his newly-stolen power for the first time.
  Sylar uses his newly-stolen power for the first time.

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