Special (theme)

Special (theme)

Many characters in Heroes have described themselves, or others, as special.

Season One Recurrences

Genesis

• Peter asks Mohinder if he ever gets the feeling that he was meant to do something extraordinary, and about being special. Mohinder sarcastically replies, "Yes we are all special." Mohinder then replies more seriously, and says that some individuals who carry inside them a unique genetic code are more special.
• Hiro tells Ando that he doesn't want to be homogeneous yogurt, he wants to special.
• Sandra tells Claire that she should know who she are and know that it's enough, because who she is is special.

Don't Look Back

• Mohinder talks to Eden, explaining that his father tried to find a way to identify people who were special.

Collision

• While Matt is confined to a Company bed, he tells Mr. Bennet that he is not the person they think he is, that he is a nobody. Mr. Bennet says that that's not true, and that he is someone, someone very special. When Matt tries to read Bennet's mind, Bennet points out that the Haitian is special too.

Hiros

• Hiro sees Nathan land after flying, and tells him that they are both special.
• Mr. Bennet threatens Brody, saying that Claire is a very special girl.

Better Halves

• Zach tells Claire that he likes that she is a freak, and that it makes her more special.

Seven Minutes to Midnight

• Mohinder's mother talks to Mohinder about Shanti, and states that she was special.
• Mr. Bennet tells Isaac that a man named Sylar is going to kill Claire because Claire is special like him. Mr. Bennet continues to tell Isaac that he is not the only one with special abilities, and that there are others, whom Sylar is killing one at a time.

Six Months Ago

• Gabriel Gray orates to Chandra that he wanted to be different, special
• After Chandra conducts a few tests on Gabriel, he concludes that Gabriel may not have a special ability.

Fallout

• Mr. Bennet points out to Sylar that everyone else the Company has met has had only one ability, while he has taken on several. Sylar replies that it's what makes him special. When Mr. Bennet rhetorically asks Sylar if being special is important to him, Sylar responds that it is important to everyone.
• Bennet visits Sylar's cell again, and Sylar tells him that the two of them are quite alike in that they both collect special people.

Godsend

• Bennet reveals to Mohinder that Eden had an ability by calling her special.

The Fix

• Claude, annoyed of Peter, tells him that there is no Sunday school for the special.
• While Hiro and Ando are being pursued by strange men, Hiro suggests to Ando that they are being chased because he is special. Later, when the duo is captured, Hiro, asserting that he is special, offers himself to trade for un-special Ando.

Distractions

• Sylar shows Sandra his telekinesis, and tells her that he is special like Claire.

Run!

• Ando complains to Hiro that whenever he wants to do something, it's not important to Hiro, and brings up Charlie and Linderman. Hiro answers, "Charlie was special."
• Zane Taylor explains to Sylar that he has never been different or special, and that no one would even look at him twice walking down the street.

Parasite

• After Candice drops her illusion of Simone, Mr. Bennet says to Isaac that Candice is special, just like him.
• Hiro tells Linderman's curator that Isaac's painting of "Hiro and the Dinosaur" is very special.

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• When Isaac and Sylar meet for the first time, Sylar asks Isaac if he sees some special future for him.

Five Years Gone

• While Hiro is being held captive by Future Matt, he notices that Matt is just like him, special. He asks him why he wants to hurt other special people.
• Sylar, disguised as Nathan, meets Claire, and tells her that they are special. Sylar continues and says that he is the most special person there is, and that he has met a lot of special people.

The Hard Part

• Molly doesn't believe that her ability is amazing, but Mohinder does, stating that it is a very special ability.
• Virginia suggests to her son that he call Mr. Bilger to get a job because Mr. Bilger said that Sylar was very talented and very special.
• Later, Sylar tells his mother that maybe he doesn't have to be special.

Landslide

• After Hiro has his sword broken by Sylar, Ando encourages Hiro, reminding him that he wanted to be special, and he is.

Season Two Recurrences

Four Months Later...

• Noah warns Claire that she cannot afford to be any more special than the rest of her classmates, if the family want to stay safe. Later, she speaks with her father on the phone, telling him she's not sure if she can maintain the pretence.

The Kindness of Strangers

• Monica tells Camille that she is special, but that God is punishing her for her selfishness.

Fight or Flight

• After replicating the kung-fu movements of Bruce Lee, Monica is told by Micah that they are both special.

The Line

• Sylar once again repeats his wish to be special, this time to Maya.