Costa Verde, CA

Costa Verde, CA
Language(s) Spoken:	English

Costa Verde is a fictional city in the state of California. Costa Verde is the second home of the Bennets, who changed their surname to Butler.

Notable Locations

• A beach
• The Bennets' home
• Costa Verde High School
• Copy Kingdom
• Frathouse
• Hotel
• Imperial Beach

Notable Residents

• April
• Claire Bennet
• Lyle Bennet
• Noah Bennet
• Carole
• Cheerleading hopeful (I)
• Cheerleading hopeful (II)
• Cheerleading recruit
• Copy Kingdom manager
• Costa Verde officer
• Debbie Marshall
• Derek
• Fraternity pledgemaster
• Martha
• May
• Mr. Muggles
• Coach Randolph
• Ray
• Rick
• West Rosen
• Mr. Zern

Notable Visitors

• Bob Bishop
• Elle Bishop
• Mohinder Suresh

About

Four Months Later

Claire and her dad explore her new school. Claire has a run in with a Debbie, and is playfully teased by West. Mr. Bennet has a run in with his boss and is generally disgusted by his job. Later the whole family eats dinner in their new home. That night West hovers above Claire's window and then flies away over the suburbs of Costa Verde.

Graphic Novel:Flying Blind

West soars above Costa Verde, pondering his alien/robot theory.

Lizards

Mr. Zern teaches about lizards and regeneration. West tries to encourage Claire to open up, but has no luck. Later, he watches as Claire pushes the limits of her ability. Meanwhile, the Haitian meets Noah at Copy Kingdom.

Kindred

West encourages Claire to admit that she's special. When she finally breaks down, West flies her over Costa Verde to a beach. They talk about their powers, joking about the merits of the other's power. They then kiss, and Claire discovers that West has a peculiar mark on his neck.

The Kindness of Strangers

Claire tells West that they shouldn't hang out because of her parents being over-protective. When West asks if he can talk to her father, she tells him to let it go, since he's over-protective. West asks her on one date, and she accepts. Later, Claire lies to her father about going to the library to be with West. West flies Claire out to Hollywood, then brings her back to Costa Verde late at night.

Graphic Novel:The Rogue

At a frathouse in Costa Verde Derek and Rick, hoping to join a fraternity, are sent on a scavenger hunt by the pledgemaster. They stop by Costa Verde High School to obtain their first item. Claire leaves the keys in her Nissan Rogue, and Rick and Derek steal the car. They use it to drive around town, collecting items for the scavenger hunt.

The Line

Claire tries out for the cheerleading squad at her school and is turned down by Debbie. That night, Claire and West pull a prank on Debbie by presumably killing Claire and chasing her from the air. When Debbie is interviewed by a police officer, she tries to explain the story when a healthy Claire walks up, asking what's wrong. Another officer comes over, showing the bottle of alcohol to the first officer. Claire is given the spot Debbie just lost in the cheerleading squad.

Out of Time

West makes breakfast for Claire at her home. He then shows her a newspaper article about what they did to Debbie. Mr. Bennet returns home, causing West to panic and fly away, leaving Claire with her father. The two argue and Mr. Bennet declares it is no longer safe in Costa Verde, and they are going to move. Claire tells him if they do, it will be without her.

Notes

• Costa Verde, CA, does not actually exist. Additionally, this is the first fictional named city in the Heroes universe.
• In a question and answer session, Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite said, "[Costa Verde's name] plays on [a] Joseph Campbell theme: Water. As a unifying agent that connects all cultures across the world. Costa Verde, or "The Green Coast" seemed to be a great city in that tradition."
• In his blog, Greg Beeman said that that the production staff imagines Costa Verde being very much like Palos Verdes, a beach town just south of Los Angeles.
• According to Heroes Interactive, scenes set at the beach (Kindred) were filmed in Point Dume Beach in Malibu. The commentary for Kindred elaborates that this is the same beach for the scene in Kanyakumari when Mohinder spreads his father's ashes (Seven Minutes to Midnight).