User:Angielynne/Sandbox

Angie Lynne
Portrayed by	Angie Lynne
First appearance	Genesis
In-story stats
Known abilities	Original ability: Empathic mimicry (lost) Current ability: Ability replication (synthetic) Known abilities replicated: Flight, Enhanced strength, Freezing Current Replicated Ability: Flight
Nicknames	Pete, Petey
Gender
Age	27
Date of birth	December 23, 1979
Home	New York, NY
Occupations	Paramedic, former home hospice nurse
Significant others	formerly Simone Deveaux (deceased), formerly Caitlin
Parents	Angela Petrelli, Arthur Petrelli (deceased)
Sibling	Nathan Petrelli
Other relatives	Niece: Claire Bennet Nephews: Simon Petrelli, Monty Petrelli

Peter Petrelli is the younger son of Arthur and Angela Petrelli, and Nathan's brother, and worked as a common hospice nurse caring for Charles Deveaux while living in New York City. Peter appeared to his family as a witless dreamer, who believed he had a greater place in life than just saving one life at a time. He discovered he was an evolved human who had the ability to absorb and use the powers of other evolved humans. Peter has since decided to use his abilities to save the world, and continues to try and be a hero, despite having his powers stolen by his father, who was believed to be dead. However, with the actual death of his father, the return of his abilities, and perhaps most significantly of all his newfound opposition to his brother, Peter's future remains uncertain.

Character History

Season One

For an episode-by-episode summary, see Angielynne/Sandbox: Season One History.

Peter Petrelli is a hospice nurse who keeps having amazing dreams that he can fly. Later, he stands on top of a building, throws himself off, and is saved by his brother Nathan, who can also fly. Peter eventually learns that his power is actually the ability to absorb the powers of those he meets. Peter visits Mohinder Suresh, looking for the author of Activating Evolution. While Peter and Mohinder are on a subway train, time freezes, and Peter has a visit from a Japanese man, who tells him that Peter must "save the cheerleader, save the world".

When he meets Isaac Mendez, Peter finished a painting depicting a dead and mutilated cheerleader. Peter realizes he must save this girl, and upon seeing another painting, heads to a homecoming, in Odessa, TX. There, he meets Claire Bennet, and manages to stop her from being killed by a mysterious stranger. He falls off a building and breaks several bones, although he regenerates, when Claire finds him, mimicking her power.

Outside the sheriff's department, Peter collapses and has a vision of himself bursting into red flames and exploding in the middle of the city. Peter meets the invisible Claude Rains, who helps Peter discover that he can access the powers he has absorbed by thinking of the person from whom he absorbed the ability. But their progress in Peter's training is stopped when Bennet comes after them.

Later, Peter visits Isaac's loft again, and confronts the painter about his association with Mr. Bennet. A fight ensues, and Simone is accidentally shot. Then, Peter visits Mohinder's apartment, but is confronted by Sylar, who begins to cut off the top of Peter's head. However, Peter heals his wound, fights Sylar, and "dies" when struck with a shard of glass in his brain. He revives when Claire removes the shard. At Kirby Plaza, Peter absorbs Ted's power, and has difficulty controlling it. Peter has a seemingly final confrontation with Sylar. They trade blows, and Peter's hands begin to glow dangerously. He tells Claire to shoot him, but Nathan descends from the sky, picks up his brother, and flies away into the sky where Peter explodes.

Season Two

For an episode-by-episode summary, see Angielynne/Sandbox: Season Two History.

At a shipping yard in Cork, Ireland, Ricky, Tuko, and Will search for a shipping container for iPods, but find a half-naked Peter handcuffed inside the empty container who can't remember anything. When attacked, he shocks Tuko and looks completely surprised. The men tie up Peter in a pub, where he later heals from cuts, escapes through ropes, and disarms a man who attacks Caitlin, Ricky's sister. When Ricky later asks Peter about helping them on a job, he tells Peter his name and offers a box of Peter's belongings as a reward. After using his ability to help Ricky, Will betrays Ricky and shoots Peter. Peter, however, heals himself and chokes Will before letting him go. Ricky thanks him and accepts him as family. He gives Peter the box, but Peter doesn't open it, and instead hopes for a new future with Caitlin.

A woman asks about Peter at the docks, and Ricky tells Peter to stay with Caitlin at her flat. While there, Peter finds in the box his passport, a plane ticket to Montreal, and a picture of himself and a man. Peter sees a blank canvas, then starts painting a picture. When he finishes, Peter sees a painting of himself and Caitlin in Montreal. Caitlin receives a phone call, and the two find Ricky killed, and Peter decides the two need to go to Montreal. They find a warehouse at the intersection Peter painted, and the two find a note from Adam written to Peter. Peter hugs Caitlin, and is suddenly teleported in the future. While there, Peter learns that a virus killed 97% of the human race. Before he can save Caitlin, he teleports back to present time, and is confronted by a stranger.

The stranger reveals himself as Adam Monroe, and helps Peter remember the things he forgot by suggesting Peter use his healing power to restore his memory. Peter then remembers everything, including the night of the explosion. It is then revealed that after Nathan and him flew into the air before Peter exploded, Peter told Nathan to let go of him. The blast from the explosion burns and knocks out Nathan, who is then saved by Peter. He then remembers after saving Nathan he brought him to a hospital, where he was captured by Elle and Bob. Peter was then in by the Company so he couldn't hurt anyone. They give him ability negation pills so he cannot use his ability. He is put in a cell next to Adam's cell, where the two decide to escape to help save Nathan. After Adam gives Nathan some of his blood, the two try to get to Montreal, but are met by Elle and the Haitian. They separate, and the Haitian forces Peter into a container in a shipping yard. He takes his memory and leaves him there for a "fresh start". After remembering everything, Adam and Peter decide to save the world.

Peter and Adam go to see Victoria Pratt, who was a founder and knows about the virus. Peter goes in alone, and tries to get information from her. After Peter leaves, Victoria comes out of the house and attempts to shoot Peter, but before she shoots Adam, knocks her out. They find out that the virus is at Primatech Paper, and then Adam kills Victoria. When the two arrive at Primatech, time suddenly stops, and Hiro appears. Hiro tells Peter he must kill Adam, but Peter prevents it, knocking out Hiro by shocking him. Time unfreezes, and the two make their way to the Company vault. Peter rips the door off the vault, but Hiro teleports to stop them. Peter begins to choke Hiro with telekinesis, but Matt appears and attempts to make him stop choking Hiro. Peter stops Matt by mimicking the other aspect of Matt's telepathy then throws him back. Nathan comes and tells Peter that Adam is trying to release the virus, and he's using Peter. When the three run to the vault, Adam and Hiro are gone and the vial containing the Shanti virus is about to hit the floor, but Peter catches the vial just in time. Peter destroys the vial, then Nathan suggests that they stop the Company and take their abilities public. Nathan calls a press conference, but before he can reveal his secret he is shot by an assassin. Nathan collapses into Peter's arms.

The Second Coming

Immediately after Nathan is shot, Peter pursues his future self, who shot Nathan. Peter chases him into a bathroom, where his future self somehow transfers the present-day Peter's consciousness into the body of Jesse Murphy, a prisoner held in Level 5.

The Butterfly Effect

Peter, imprisoned in Murphy's body, witnesses Sylar's confrontation with Noah and Elle. When he finds out about Sylar having taken Claire's ability and believing her to be dead screams at him and vows to kill him. Then Peter loudly pleads to Sylar to leave Elle alone as she is having her head telekinetically cut off. But Peter is released from his cell when Elle knocks Sylar out and disables the electric grid. Peter tries to check on Elle, but Knox, unaware of Murphy's true nature, grabs him and escapes with the other prisoners. Later, at a gas station, Flint and the German have "fun" with the patrons. Peter tries to tell Nathan about his situation on a payphone, but Knox interrupts him, so that the villains can make their getaway.

One of Us, One of Them

Worried that the escapees will cause further harm, Peter goes along with them as they rob a bank. After stopping Flint from abusing a hostage who tried to trigger an alarm, Knox notices 'Murphy' acting out character and catches Peter out with a trick question. Later, when Noah is sent in, in exchange for the release of the hostages, Peter pleads with Knox not to hurt anyone and to walk away, which Knox refuses. Peter then manages to use Murphy's ability of sound manipulation to knock Flint out, and to knock Knox and Noah over, when his future self stops time and releases him from Murphy's body. After arguing with Future Peter, they both travel to the future.

I Am Become Death

After arriving four years into the future with Future Peter, Peter finds that any normal person has access to abilities, ranging from flight and super speed to causing earthquakes. While they are talking, Future Peter gets shot dead by Claire. After learning that these powers will cause the world to be destroyed, he visits Mohinder, but learns that Mohinder has been horribly disfigured by the effects of the formula. After visiting Sylar, who at this time has a son, Noah, he manifestes the ability of intuitive aptitude by fixing a watch (due to the fact he already mimicked Sylar's ability in the present). Peter learns that Sylar is his brother and then they are attacked by Claire, Knox, and Daphne. In the midst of fighting, Knox causes Sylar to crash into his own son, killing him instantly. At his son's death, Sylar becomes enraged and remorseful, causing him to lose control and blow up all of Costa Verde in a nuclear explosion. Peter is then captured by Claire who tortures him until Nathan, now the President, walks in and commands her to stop what she is doing. He tells Peter that he knows what has happened, and apologizes. A side effect of Sylar's intuitive aptitude takes hold of Peter, and he begins to scalp Nathan. He stops in the middle, but it's too late: Nathan is dead.

Angels and Monsters

Peter teleports back to the present, and tells Sylar what has happened and what is going to happen. Sylar tells him that he is just like him, but Peter refuses to believe it, and breaks Sylar's neck before confronting Angela about the secrets she has kept from him. When Angela refuses to explain what else she is hiding, Peter starts cutting into her skull before Sylar regenerates and knocks him out. Angela and Nathan later sit over Peter, who is lying inside a Level 5 cell after being placed in a medically-induced coma.

Dying of the Light

Peter is lying in a Level 5 cell with a tube in his nose that is keeping him comatose. Gabriel comes into the room and awakens Peter. Gabriel tells him that they have to find whoever paralyzed their mother. Gabriel tells Peter to read Angela's mind. The only thing Peter can extract from her mind is the symbol for Pinehearst Research. As the two brothers prepare to leave, Gabriel tells Peter he won't let him leave in his weakened state. The two fight, ending with Peter telling Sylar that he is weak and Peter now knows what it's like to have all this power. Peter leaves Gabriel comatose in a Level 5 cell, then heads off to Pinehearst. Peter enters a room finding Knox, Maury, Daphne, Flint, and Arthur. Peter is shocked to see his father, whom he believed was dead. Arthur tells Peter to calm down and give his father a hug. Peter reluctantly complies and Arthur tells him he's sorry it had to come to this. Arthur then absorbs Peter's abilities, leaving Peter powerless. Arthur tells Peter that Peter's abilities are gone, and they now belong to Arthur.

Eris Quod Sum

Peter wakes from fevered dreams to find that he is handcuffed to a gurney at the Pinehearst Building. Arthur tells Peter that his abilities are permanently gone after he stole them. Peter vows to stop Arthur. Meanwhile on Level 5, Angela tells Gabriel that he needs to save Peter.Peter breaks free of the gurney handcuff, but as he is attempting to escape his room, Arthur with two bodyguards, arrive and restrain him. He is taken to Mohinder's Pinehearst Company lab to be used as a test subject for the formula stolen by Daphne for the Pinehearst Company, which needs to be perfected. Peter tries to convince Mohinder that the future needs to be protected, but when he reveals that Mohinder appears to be a monster in the future, Mohinder remarks that it is too late to change the future. Gabriel arrives just in time to prevent Mohinder from injecting Peter with the beta formula, and Peter escapes in the confusion. Peter tails Arthur and Gabriel and attempts to get Gabriel to escape Pinehearst with him. Arthur and Peter both attempt to convince Gabriel to attack the other, and Gabriel finally uses his telekinetic powers to throw Peter out a seventh floor window. Peter survives the fall, and wonders if his fall was broken by Gabriel's powers. He escapes with Claire in a car. Claire phones Nathan for help, and Nathan and Tracy meet with Peter and Claire at Peter's apartment. Peter tells Nathan that Arthur stole his powers. Nathan had believed Arthur to be dead. Peter warns him that Arthur will kill them all if he's not stopped, and that he should not go to the Pinehearst Company. Nathan tells Peter that he can arrange a Justice Department investigation of Pinehearst.

Villains

Hiro has a vision of the past, including Peter in 2006. Peter attends a party hosted by his father, at which Peter notes that his father won't accept that he is a nurse. The night of Peter's nursing school graduation, after hearing of Nathan's accident, Peter meets Nathan at the hospital, where he breaks up an argument between Nathan and Arthur. Peter attends his father's funeral, where he and Nathan reminisce about their father, and Nathan talks to him about their dog.

It's Coming

Peter tells Claire to go home as he wants her to stay innocent; Knox and Flint then arrive, and Claire holds them off while Peter escapes. He meets Clarie in the alley and they hide underground. Peter tells Claire that she's becoming a killer and in the future will kill him. Claire refuses to go home because she owes a debt to him for saving her. Flint and Knox catch up, so Peter hides and sees Claire being captured. Peter confronts them and outwits Flint, making him shoot fire towards a broken gas pipe. Both Claire and Peter then escape. They arrive at Primatech Research finding Matt and Daphne; Matt tells Peter that Angela is awake. Nathan arrives as they discuss how to stop Arthur.

The Eclipse, Part 1

Peter convinces Nathan to take him to Haiti so that he can help him contact The Haitian. While flying over a jungle in Haiti, Nathan mysteriously loses his powers. Nathan and Peter fall into a small pond and proceed to reach the Haitian on foot. After walking through the jungle, Peter becomes convinced they are lost and gets into an argument with Nathan. Peter calls Nathan a tool and as the argument escalates they are interrupted by the Haitian. The Haitain briefs them on his mission and Peter tries to convince Nathan to help. As they argue, Baron Samedi's men come in and start shooting. While Peter and the Haitian escape, Nathan is captured.

The Eclipse, Part 2

Peter tries to rescue Nathan, but the Haitian tells him to wait. Peter realizes that they can expose Samedi because he will not have his powers either. Peter vows to make Samedi's men see him bleed. Peter and the Haitian incapacitating Samedi, free Marie, and rescue Nathan from jail. They realize that they are unable to escape fast enough. Peter volunteers to hold off the soldiers while Nathan and the Haitian escape. As the soldiers encroach upon Peter's position, he opens fire. After a brief firefight, he runs out of ammo and surrenders, but is saved by the Haitian and Nathan who knock out the soldiers. Peter watches as Nathan charges at Samedi and flies him into a car. Nathan tells Peter that Arthur is right. Peter is unable to convince his brother that Arthur's plan is wrong and he watches helplessly as Nathan flies away.

Our Father

With The Haitain retrieved, Angela gives Peter a Company gun and sends him with the Haitian as a partner to kill Arthur saying that Arthur is just too powerful to be contained. Peter reluctantly agrees, but doesn't really want to do it which the Haitian knows. The Haitian says that Peter has hope that Arthur could be saved, but Peter knows he has to be stopped and tells the Haitian it's his responsibility to do it like it was the Haitian's to stop his brother. At Arthur's office, Arthur somehow senses their presence and comes out to confront Peter who seems to be alone and tries to disarm him with telekinesis, but is blocked by the Haitian. Arthur tries to get Peter to change sides while the Haitian tells him to finish Arthur off as Arthur's too powerful for him to block for long. After Arthur insults him, Peter shoots as Arthur regains his powers. Arthur slashes Peter's cheek, but misses stopping the bullet and is only saved by the intervention of Sylar who stops the bullet in mid-air and disarms Peter. After confirming through a new power that Arthur is not his father and therefore Peter is not his brother, Sylar tells Peter that he (Peter) is not a killer and then lets the bullet go. The bullet goes through Arthur's head and finally kills him, but Sylar leaves Peter alone as Peter no longer has powers. Peter sends the Haitian after him.

Graphic Novel:Truths

Peter's role is played out through the memories of Arthur Petrelli as he is about to die. Arthur explains that everything he did, he did for his family. Arthur later recalls a hunting trip he took with Peter and Nathan when they were young. Peter, when he had a deer in his sights, was unable to pull the trigger, provoking Nathan to pull the gun away and do it himself. Arthur also recollects his conversation with Angela, saying that the genetic marker for abilities was in the wrong son, but Angela tells him to be patient. In the end, Arthur finally agrees that Peter has become a great man, with the strength to even kill his own father for what is right.

Dual

Peter is in a standoff with Nathan. The two argue about what is best regarding the formula and the future for people with abilities, and Peter raises his gun at Nathan. Nathan pleads with Peter to reconsider his position as Peter lowers the gun. Peter continues to disagree, and knocks Nathan out so he can run to destroy the formula.

Once downstairs, Peter encounters Mohinder and the two argue about what is best, and even bring up memories from when they first met. Peter continues in his quest to destroy the formula, eventually getting help from Flint and Knox. Mohinder argues that while Peter thinks he is fighting for good, he is aligning himself with thugs and criminals and therefore cannot be good. The argument continues while Peter and Flint rampage the Pinehearst lab. Mohinder comments that the formula is highly combustible just before Flint knocks him out. Peter tells Flint that he "didn't have to do that" but continues destroying the lab.

The raid is interrupted by Nathan who has escaped from Knox. As Flint sets the lab on fire, Peter realizes that the only way to save his and Nathan's life is to inject himself with the formula and fly them both out of the building. He does so, and the lab explodes just as they break through a window. They land in a field and Nathan begins to yell, bewildered, exclaiming that Peter flew them out of the lab on his own power, and that Nathan hadn't been the one flying. Peter tells him that he injected himself with the formula as a last resort to save them both. When Nathan says that he wouldn't have saved Peter, Peter responds by telling him that he couldn't let his own brother die. Nathan replies that he wouldn't have returned the favor, and flies off leaving Peter alone.

A Clear and Present Danger

Peter is trying to help a victim from a car accident to live with the help of Hesam; unfortunately it ends in failure with the death of that victim leaving Peter frustated that he couldn't do anything to help. Peter receives a call from Claire who says she has uncovered a plot by her father and her grandmother involving the capture of those with abilities. Peter tells Claire he will talk to Angela. He hails a cab, only to find it's driver is Mohinder. The two start a conversation about the possibility of evolved humans being captured. He is captured by Nathan and Noah, after telling Nathan that he will do everything he can to fight him. Later on, while on the plane he is awoken by Claire and absorbs Mohinder's ability to break free. After fighting some of the guards, he absorbs Tracy's ability and accidentally creates a hole in the side of the plane, causing it to plummet down to the ground. Mohinder grabs Peter as he falls, but starts to lose his grip.

Trust and Blood

Peter is held by Mohinder, but before its shown if he did fall or not, the show cuts away. He does survive the crash as Noah and the pilot manage to make an emergency landing and he tries to escape with Claire but is caught by Noah Bennet. Claire manages to convince her father to let him go as Noah isn't willing to shoot Peter, and Peter escapes into the trees. He meets up with Tracy and they decide to team up to stop what's happening. They knock out two guards and Tracy calls Nathan on one guard's phone to apparently make a deal, but in reality to lure Nathan into a trap. Nathan comes despite knowing its probably a trap as he wants to give Tracy a chance, but he has Danko and Noah cover him secretly. After Nathan tries to convince Tracy to join him, Peter takes him hostage while Noah and Danko hold them at gunpoint. Noah has a clear shot at killing Peter, but doesn't take it, (something Nathan is aware of and later thanks Noah for) and Peter, realizing he can't win this one, replicates Nathan's power and escapes by flying away, leaving Tracy, Nathan, Noah, Danko and his men behind. Peter gathers Matt, Ando, Hiro and Mohinder together using the guard's stolen phone, but warns them that they can't communicate like that anymore as they'll be tracked. He and the others examine Matt's drawings and decide to resist Nathan and his men. Peter warns them that from then on they can't trust anyone else, they can't go home or use credit cards and they're going to have to do things they never imagined doing to survive, but they're going to stop Nathan.

Evolved Human Abilities

Much mystery surrounded Peter's status and abilities, or lack thereof, early in the series. While every main character was said outright to have a power in press releases, Peter was simply billed as "trying to convince his brother he can fly". Later, after his brother flew, Peter himself displayed the ability to levitate not long afterward (Don't Look Back). Peter is actually an empathic mimic who duplicates the powers of others. His crude levitation sketch shows that he gained Isaac's ability to draw the future, but without needing to be induced by drugs (Don't Look Back). Later, Peter visits Isaac and finishes Isaac's painting without the aid of heroin or any other drug (Hiros).

Early on, Peter's duplicated powers typically only lasted while the person he was mimicking was nearby. He was unable to fly when not in the presence of Nathan, and he became visible when Claude walked away from him, but he was still able to use Isaac's precognition the day after he met him (Don't Look Back). In Distractions, he duplicated Claire's power of regeneration, even though he had not been near her for weeks; this was the first time he ever consciously "recalled" a mimicked power.

While Peter's crude stick figure drawings originally seemed to indicate that he could duplicate only someone's powers, and not their skills, the painting he completed at Isaac's studio seems fairly well done (though not of the same style). This could indicate that his ability is maturing and developing, much like the others with powers.

After Peter first discovered his powers, he generally used one power at any given time. As he gained greater control over his ability, Peter demonstrated that he was able to access multiple powers at once.

In Dying of the Light all of Peter's abilities were taken away by his father, but in Dual, Peter injected himself with the formula, and used flight to save his brother from a fire. It is uncertain whether the formula restored all of Peter's previously duplicated abilities, restored his original ability, or gave him a new ability altogether.

In A Clear and Present Danger, Peter is shown demonstrating some variation of ability mimicry. It appears he can mimic any superhuman ability by touching the persons skin.

In Trust and Blood, Peter clarifies that now he only has one power that he "borrows" from another evolved human. Once he takes a new one, he loses the old ability. He takes Nathan's power during an ambush and flies off into the sky.

Abilities Mimicked

Prior to having his power stolen by Arthur Petrelli, Peter was able to duplicate the abilities of other evolved humans; after he acquired the ability, he did not need to be in the person's presence. To date, Peter had conclusively duplicated the abilities of:

• 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 from Ted Sprague (The Hard Part)
• Enhanced strength from Niki Sanders (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
• Phasing (Four Months Ago...) from D.L. Hawkins (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
• Electric manipulation (Four Months Later...) from Elle Bishop (Four Months Ago...)
• Pyrokinesis (I Am Become Death) from Flint (One of Us, One of Them)
• Intuitive aptitude (I Am Become Death) from Sylar (Homecoming)
• Super speed (I Am Become Death) from Daphne Millbrook (Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration)

The following abilities were replicated after Peter gained a new ability synthetically:

• Flight from Nathan Petrelli (Dual)
• Enhanced strength from Mohinder Suresh (A Clear and Present Danger)
• Freezing from Tracy Strauss (A Clear and Present Danger)

Abilities Exposed To

Other evolved humans had been within Peter's proximity, exposing him to their abilities. However, Peter never exhibited these abilities:

• 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)
• Molly Walker's Clairvoyance (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
• Micah Sanders's Technopathy (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
• Bob Bishop's Alchemy (Four Months Ago...)
• Jesse Murphy's Sound manipulation (One of Us, One of Them)
• Future Mohinder's Enhanced strength and senses (I Am Become Death)
• Future Gabriel's Clairsentience (I Am Become Death)

In the original timeline, Peter was exposed to Sylar's enhanced memory. (Homecoming) However, Hiro Nakamura went back in time, preventing Sylar from obtaining it in the first place. (Once Upon a Time in Texas)

Current Abilities

• In Dual, Peter injected himself with the formula, and subsequently was able to use flight to save his brother from a fire.
• In A Clear and Present Danger, Peter is able to use his new ability to replicate the abilities of others by touching the source of the ability. Thus far, he has employed this process to use flight, enhanced strength and freezing. However, he isn't able to access those abilities once he gains a new one. For instance, once he acquired Tracy's freezing, he wasn't able to use Mohinder's strength (A Clear and Present Danger). It should also be pointed out that Peter's ability acquisition does not render the source of the ability powerless. For instance, Peter gained flight from Nathan, but Nathan was still able to fly after Peter absorbed the ability (Dual).

Equipment

Formerly:

• Activating Evolution--Chandra Suresh's book detailing the emergence of extraordinary abilities
• Paintings -- Drawn after absorbing Isaac's precognition
• A pendant of the symbol given to him by the Haitian.
• A box containing some of his possessions.
• A company gun given to him by Angela to go after and kill Arthur.

Memorable Quotes

"Charles Darwin bred pigeons when he was working out his theory of evolution--married up various permutations to get maximum potential."

"What do you mean by that, 'maximum potential'?"

"I think he meant you, friend."

- Claude, Peter (Unexpected)

"I don't need my powers to kick your ass, Flint!"

- Peter (to Flint Gordon) (It's Coming)

"Why? Why did you do it? Why did you save me?"

"Because you're my brother, and I love you."

Nathan, Peter (Dual)

"I need your advice."

"What advice could I possibly give you besides 'Kiss my ass', Nathan?"

Nathan, Peter (A Clear and Present Danger)

Notes

• Milo Ventimiglia (Peter Petrelli), in a behind-the-scenes video, reveals that Peter passes out at the end of Fallout because he is overwhelmed by all of the abilities he has been absorbing.
• Nathan Petrelli is Claire's biological father (Distractions), which would make Peter her uncle. Despite their many interactions, Peter was unaware of his connection to Claire, according to his mother, Angela (.07%).
• According to Joe Pokaski, Peter has the ability to recall all of the powers of those he has been in contact with.
• On one of the covers of Entertainment Weekly's May 11th, 2007 issue (#933, cover 3 of 5), Peter is shown to be exhibiting pyrokinesis, although, at the time, Peter did not meet any evolved humans known to possess pyrokinesis. He does, however, seem to exhibit the ability at the end of Five Years Gone and in Walls, Part 2. This may be a continuity error on the part of Entertainment Weekly.
• In an interview, Chris Zatta and Chuck Kim state that Peter can use any ability just as easy as another. They further state that he can use them in combinations, though they note and that he may have difficulty using all of his abilities at once, and that certain combinations, such as electric manipulation and pyrokinesis, may not work as cleanly in tandem as others.
• After injecting himself with the formula (Dual), Peter was granted a new version of his original ability altogether. During the plane crash (A Clear and Present Danger), Peter required physical contact to absorb Mohinder and Tracy's abilities, rather than just being near them. He also couldn't use Mohinder's ability once he had taken on Tracy's. It should also be noted that in Dual, Peter did not fly until he came into physical contact with Nathan. This new ability now more closely resembles that of the X-Men's Rogue from Marvel Comics, except without the life force draining aspect.

Trivia

• In an interview, Tim Sale said, "Peter's [likeness] is kind of easier to caricature because he's got that silly hair and that kind of knife-like face."
• Both his first name and last name, Peter and Petrelli, come from the Latin term petra meaning "rock".
• In an interview, Jason La Padura said that Peter and Nathan were originally written to be twins.
• According to the official site for the Season One DVD, Peter's AIM screen name is ppetrelli07.
• In the commentary for .07%, Andrew Chambliss says that Tim Kring's early drafts of the pilot call Peter "Harrison", "Ethan", and other names. His last name was Cambell, and he was supposed to be in his mid-30s.
• The style of a floppy angular fringe hairstyle has been named a Petrelli.

See Also

• For Angielynne/Sandbox's history in the "explosion future", see Angielynne/Sandbox (explosion future).
• For Angielynne/Sandbox's history in the "exposed future", see Angielynne/Sandbox (exposed future).
• For images of Peter, see Images of Peter Petrelli.
• For articles related to Peter, see Related Articles:Peter.
• For other members of the Petrelli family, see Petrelli (disambig).
• For other uses of Peter, see Peter (disambig).