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The names [[Heroes Wiki]] has chosen for the many [[evolved human]] [[abilities]] depicted in ''[[Heroes]]'' have originated from a variety of sources. Due to the potential for multiple potential names for an ability, [[Help:Naming_conventions#Power_Names|naming conventions]] are used to classify the names into levels of increasing canonicity. These conventions are based on the source of the name and are used in order to determine the most appropriate name for Heroes Wiki to use when documenting the ability. This article lists the level of source(s) for each chosen name and the related references, if any.
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|The names [[Heroes Wiki]] has chosen for the many [[evolved human]] [[abilities]] depicted in ''[[Heroes]]'' have originated from a variety of sources. Due to the potential for multiple potential names for an ability, [[Help:Naming_conventions#Power_Names|naming conventions]] are used to classify the names into levels of increasing canonicity. These conventions, illustrated by the table to the right, are based on the source of the name and are used, in hierarchal order, to determine the most appropriate name for Heroes Wiki to use when documenting an ability.
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| [[Adoptive muscle memory]] || Canon || ''[[The Line]]''
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| [[Alchemy]] || Secondary || [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=12002 CBR BtE]
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| [[Alejandro's ability]] || Possessor || None
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|[[Bliss and horror]] || Near-canon description || Text from ''[[Graphic Novel:It Takes a Village, Part 1|It Takes a Village, Part 1]]''
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|[[Clairsentience]] || Near-canon || So named by [[Chandra]] in ''[[Activating Evolution]]'', according to [[Bridget Bailey]]
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|[[Clairvoyance]] || Canon || [[Genesis Files]]
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|[[Crumpling]] || Near-canon description || ''[[Normal Lives]]''
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|[[Dehydration]] || Near-canon description || ''[[Golden Handshake]]''
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|[[Dream manipulation]] || Descriptive || None
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|[[Electromagnetism]] || Descriptive || None
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|[[Electrical absorption]] || Near-canon || ''[[Blackout, Part 2]]''
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|[[Electronic data transception]] || Descriptive || None
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|[[Empathic mimicry]] || Descriptive || Based on statement by [[Claude]] and description by [[Mohinder]] {{epp|113}}
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|[[Enhanced hearing]] || Descriptive || None
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|[[Enhanced memory]] || Descriptive || None
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|[[Enhanced speed]] || Common name || None
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|[[Flight]] || Canon description || Peter says, "I think I can fly." {{epp|101}}
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|[[Freezing]] || Canon description || Sylar says he could "freeze things" (''[[The Line]]'')
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|[[Healing]] || Canon description || Nathan asks "what could you possibly know about healing?" (''[[.07%]]'')
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|[[Illusion]] || Canon || Said by Candice in ''[[Kindred]]''
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|[[Induced radioactivity]] || Canon || [[Genesis Files]]
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|[[Intuitive aptitude]] || Descriptive || None
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|[[Invisibility]] || Canon || ''[[Godsend]]''
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|[[Lightning]] || Canon || ''[[Four Months Later...]]''
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|[[Melting]] || Secondary || [[Adam Armus]] described it as melting in an episode commentary
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|[[Mental manipulation]] || Descriptive || None
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|[[Omnilingualism]] || Common name || None
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|[[Persuasion]] || Canon || ''[[Fallout]]''
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|[[Phasing]] || Canon || Future Hiro says, "D.L. can phase inside the buildings." (''[[Five Years Gone]]'')
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|[[Plant growth]] || Descriptive || None
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|[[Poison emission]] || Canon description || Maya "emits a plague ... that makes people sick"--[[Tim Kring]], [[episode commentary]] for ''[[The Kindness of Strangers]]''; Maya uses the word "poison" to describe her ability. (''[[Powerless]]'')
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|[[Precognition]] || Canon description || [[Eden]] calls [[Isaac]] a "precog" (''[[Better Halves]]'')
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|[[Pyrokinesis]] || Common name || Based on parapsychology, films, comics, and television
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|[[Rapid cell regeneration]] || Canon || [[Genesis Files]]
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|[[Replication]] || Near-canon || ''{{ep|gn61}}''
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|[[Space-time manipulation]] || Canon || Hiro's comment in ''[[Genesis]]''
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|[[Super strength]] || Canon || ''[[Powerless]]''
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|[[Technopathy]] || Common name || Based on use in other works
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|[[Telekinesis]] || Canon || ''[[Six Months Ago]]'', ''[[Unexpected]]''
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|[[Telepathy]] || Canon || [[Mozaic file]]
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|[[Water mimicry]] || Near-canon description || Paraphrased from ''[[Graphic Novel:Team Building Exercise|Team Building Exercise]]''
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Revision as of 19:00, 7 January 2008

The names Heroes Wiki has chosen for the many evolved human abilities depicted in Heroes have originated from a variety of sources. Due to the potential for multiple potential names for an ability, naming conventions are used to classify the names into levels of increasing canonicity. These conventions, illustrated by the table to the right, are based on the source of the name and are used, in hierarchal order, to determine the most appropriate name for Heroes Wiki to use when documenting an ability.
The hierarchy spans from the lowest level, where no non-speculative name is possible and the possessor's name is used, to the highest level, where the ability is named or described in an episode. Below is a listing of the level of source(s) for each chosen name and the related explanations and references, if any.
Ability Naming Conventions
The following sources are used for determining evolved human ability names, in order:
1. Canon Sources Episodes
2. Near-canon Sources Webisodes,
Graphic Novels,
iStories,
Heroes Evolutions
3. Secondary Sources Episode commentary,
Interviews,
Heroes: Survival
4. Common names for abilities Names from other works
5. Descriptions of abilities Descriptions
6. Possessor's name If no non-speculative
description is possible

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