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Claire certainly feels her injuries — she cried out from having a staple put into her hand — but the pain does not incapacitate her in the way it would an ordinary person. Instead, Claire seems to feel relatively little pain from even severe injuries, such as third-degree burns and compound fractures. Because Claire hardly even winces when she undergoes such trauma as having her neck completely broken, the pain she appears to feel could in fact be only the pressure exerted on her body (or the shock, like when she is stapled by her brother). |
Claire certainly feels her injuries — she cried out from having a staple put into her hand — but the pain does not incapacitate her in the way it would an ordinary person. Instead, Claire seems to feel relatively little pain from even severe injuries, such as third-degree burns and compound fractures. Because Claire hardly even winces when she undergoes such trauma as having her neck completely broken, the pain she appears to feel could in fact be only the pressure exerted on her body (or the shock, like when she is stapled by her brother). |
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== Examples == |
== Selected [[Examples of rapid cell regeneration|Examples]] == |
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* Claire's hand accidentally crashes through a plate of glass and heals completely shortly thereafter. (''[[Episode:Six Months Ago|Six Months Ago]]'') |
* Claire's hand accidentally crashes through a plate of glass and heals completely shortly thereafter. (''[[Episode:Six Months Ago|Six Months Ago]]'') |
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* Claire and [[Zach]] record a videotape of herself being seriously injured, and recovering from the injuries every time. (''[[Episode:Genesis|Genesis]]'') |
* Claire and [[Zach]] record a videotape of herself being seriously injured, and recovering from the injuries every time. (''[[Episode:Genesis|Genesis]]'') |
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* Claire mentions that she has stabbed herself in the chest and shoved a steel rod through her neck. (''[[Episode:Genesis|Genesis]]'') |
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* Claire casually replaces her exposed ribs, and the wound heals instantly. (''[[Episode:Genesis|Genesis]]'') |
* Claire casually replaces her exposed ribs, and the wound heals instantly. (''[[Episode:Genesis|Genesis]]'') |
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* Claire runs into a burning [[train wreck]], and returns unscathed. (''[[Episode:Genesis|Genesis]]'') |
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* Claire has her hand caught and mangled in a garbage disposal, only for it to heal completely within a few moments. (''[[Episode:Genesis|Genesis]]'') |
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* Claire is accidentally tackled by [[Brody Mitchum|a football player]], snapping her neck. (''[[Don't Look Back]]'') |
* Claire is accidentally tackled by [[Brody Mitchum|a football player]], snapping her neck. (''[[Don't Look Back]]'') |
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* Claire awakens on the autopsy table after a tree branch was removed from her [[brain]], effectively having regenerated back to life. (''[[Episode:One Giant Leap|One Giant Leap]]'') |
* Claire awakens on the autopsy table after a tree branch was removed from her [[brain]], effectively having regenerated back to life. (''[[Episode:One Giant Leap|One Giant Leap]]'') |
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* Claire survives a head-on collision that hospitalizes [[Brody Mitchum]]. She walks away without any lasting injuries. (''[[Episode:Collision|Collision]]'', ''[[Episode:Hiros|Hiros]]'') |
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* According to the graphic novel, Claire also survives a car explosion, and pulls large shards of glass out of her leg. (''[[Graphic Novel:Aftermath|Aftermath]]'') |
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* Claire does not seem to feel any pain after pulling a tray out of the oven with her bare hands. (''[[Better Halves]]'') |
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* After [[Lyle]] staples her hand, Claire recovers. (''[[Nothing to Hide]]'') |
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* Both Claire and Peter completely regenerate from [[Sylar's victims|injuries]] inflicted by [[Sylar]]. (''[[Episode:Homecoming|Homecoming]]'') |
* Both Claire and Peter completely regenerate from [[Sylar's victims|injuries]] inflicted by [[Sylar]]. (''[[Episode:Homecoming|Homecoming]]'') |
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* Claire jumps off the platform at the [[abandoned refinery]] again; she heals on [[Claire's tape|camera]], and pushes her collarbone back in place. (''[[Godsend]]'') |
* Claire jumps off the platform at the [[abandoned refinery]] again; she heals on [[Claire's tape|camera]], and pushes her collarbone back in place. (''[[Godsend]]'') |
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* Peter is impaled when he falls onto a cab; he subsequently regenerates. (''[[Distractions]]'') |
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* Claire demonstrates her abilities to [[Meredith|her birth mother]] by slicing her arm with a butcher knife. (''[[Distractions]]'') |
* Claire demonstrates her abilities to [[Meredith|her birth mother]] by slicing her arm with a butcher knife. (''[[Distractions]]'') |
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* Claire heals gunshot wound, a small [[Induced radioactivity|radiation]] burn on her neck, and massive radiation burns. She is able to approach and sedate [[Ted Sprague]] while exposed to radiation intense enough to set the walls and furniture on fire. (''[[Company Man]]'') |
* Claire heals a gunshot wound, a small [[Induced radioactivity|radiation]] burn on her neck, and massive radiation burns. She is able to approach and sedate [[Ted Sprague]] while exposed to radiation intense enough to set the walls and furniture on fire. (''[[Company Man]]'') |
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== Memorable Quotes == |
== Memorable Quotes == |
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Image:The tape.jpg|Claire leaps from an 80-foot structure. |
Image:The tape.jpg|Claire leaps from an 80-foot structure. |
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Image:1x01claireribs.JPG|Claire had to replace her broken and displaced ribs before she could heal. |
Image:1x01claireribs.JPG|Claire had to replace her broken and displaced ribs before she could heal. |
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Image:Powers_claire.jpg|Claire's mangled hand quickly fixed itself. |
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Image:powers_claire_broken_neck.jpg|Accident-prone Claire is tackled on the football field, snapping her neck. |
Image:powers_claire_broken_neck.jpg|Accident-prone Claire is tackled on the football field, snapping her neck. |
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Image:powers_claire_impaled.jpg|Brody impales Claire's head on a tree branch. |
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Image:Claire has a headache.jpg|When the [[medical examiner]] removed the branch from Claire's [[brain]], she returned to life. |
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Image:Powers claire autopsy 2.jpg|Even a full autopsy could not stop Claire from regenerating. |
Image:Powers claire autopsy 2.jpg|Even a full autopsy could not stop Claire from regenerating. |
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Image:Claire's collision.JPG|Claire walked away from a crash that nearly killed [[Brody]]. |
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Image:Claire on fire, after saving Brody.JPG|Claire survives even the worst injuries. |
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Image:Claire removing glass from leg.JPG|Foreign objects must be removed. |
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Image:powers_claire_burns.jpg|Claire has no need for hot pads. |
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Image:powers_claire_stapled.jpg|[[Lyle]] doesn't think twice of stapling his sister's hand. |
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Image:Powers claire mangled homecoming.jpg|[[Sylar]] [[telekinesis|forcefully]] tosses the cheerleader against the [[locker room (Union Wells)|locker room]] wall, but with no lasting effect. |
Image:Powers claire mangled homecoming.jpg|[[Sylar]] [[telekinesis|forcefully]] tosses the cheerleader against the [[locker room (Union Wells)|locker room]] wall, but with no lasting effect. |
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Image:Powers claire refinery jump 2.jpg|At the [[abandoned refinery]], Claire replaces her collarbone. |
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Image:Powers claire knife demo.jpg|Claire demonstrates her regeneration for Meredith by cutting herself. |
Image:Powers claire knife demo.jpg|Claire demonstrates her regeneration for Meredith by cutting herself. |
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Image:Powers peter regeneration taxi.jpg|After falling from [[Charles Deveaux's rooftop]], [[Peter]] [[mimic]]s Claire's regeneration to heal his wounds. |
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Image:Charredclaire.jpg|Claire begins to regenerate after suffering massive radiation burns. |
Image:Charredclaire.jpg|Claire begins to regenerate after suffering massive radiation burns. |
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Revision as of 20:29, 1 March 2007
| Rapid cell regeneration | |
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 Claire watches her hand regenerate | |
| Originally held by: | Claire Bennet |
| Absorbed by: | Peter Petrelli |
| Ability to: | Regenerate cells |
| Examples of rapid cell regeneration | |
Rapid cell regeneration is the ability to regenerate cells at an increased rate, resulting in physical injuries healing in a matter of seconds or minutes.
Characters
Claire Bennet is the only known character to have this ability. Peter Petrelli copied this power (Homecoming) and was subsequently able to access it outside Claire's presence. (Distractions)
Limits
This ability does not move displaced parts of the body back into the correct location. After filming the videotape, Claire had to manually re-insert her displaced ribs before the flesh on her ribcage would heal (Genesis), and Peter Petrelli had to manually rotate his broken foot to the correct orientation before it would heal while he was mimicking Claire's power. (Homecoming)
Claire's regeneration will not work correctly if a foreign object obstructs the wound. This is especially true of foreign objects lodged in the brain. After Brody "killed" Claire, she did not begin to regenerate until the coroner removed the tree branch lodged in her brain. This limitation is presumably related to the importance of the brain in the nature of evolved humans, as theorized by Chandra Suresh. (One Giant Leap)
Typically, Claire's blood does not return to its place in her body when an associated wound heals, although it can if the wound is small and her blood has not spread far from it (the only example being when her brother stapled her hand). She is consistently covered with blood following a serious injury; Mr. Muggles even ingested some.
Claire certainly feels her injuries — she cried out from having a staple put into her hand — but the pain does not incapacitate her in the way it would an ordinary person. Instead, Claire seems to feel relatively little pain from even severe injuries, such as third-degree burns and compound fractures. Because Claire hardly even winces when she undergoes such trauma as having her neck completely broken, the pain she appears to feel could in fact be only the pressure exerted on her body (or the shock, like when she is stapled by her brother).
Selected Examples
- Claire's hand accidentally crashes through a plate of glass and heals completely shortly thereafter. (Six Months Ago)
- Claire and Zach record a videotape of herself being seriously injured, and recovering from the injuries every time. (Genesis)
- Claire casually replaces her exposed ribs, and the wound heals instantly. (Genesis)
- Claire is accidentally tackled by a football player, snapping her neck. (Don't Look Back)
- Claire awakens on the autopsy table after a tree branch was removed from her brain, effectively having regenerated back to life. (One Giant Leap)
- Both Claire and Peter completely regenerate from injuries inflicted by Sylar. (Homecoming)
- Claire jumps off the platform at the abandoned refinery again; she heals on camera, and pushes her collarbone back in place. (Godsend)
- Claire demonstrates her abilities to her birth mother by slicing her arm with a butcher knife. (Distractions)
- Claire heals a gunshot wound, a small radiation burn on her neck, and massive radiation burns. She is able to approach and sedate Ted Sprague while exposed to radiation intense enough to set the walls and furniture on fire. (Company Man)
Memorable Quotes
"I have busted, like, every bone in my body, stabbed myself in the chest, I've shoved a two-foot steel rod through my neck, and I don't have a scratch on me!"
"I think I died."
"I've died before. It's no big deal."
Notes
- In Claire & the Cat, a promotional Flash animation, a much younger Claire is hit by a truck, and then able to walk away.
- After healing, Claire coughs up the bullet that Matt shoots at her. This is unusual, in that she usually has to remove the foreign body before healing. (Company Man)
Gallery
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After a severe accident with a glass door, Claire's lacerated hand healed itself. -
Claire leaps from an 80-foot structure. -
Claire had to replace her broken and displaced ribs before she could heal. -
Accident-prone Claire is tackled on the football field, snapping her neck. -
Even a full autopsy could not stop Claire from regenerating. -
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Claire demonstrates her regeneration for Meredith by cutting herself. -
Claire begins to regenerate after suffering massive radiation burns.
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