Examples of enhanced strength

Super strength is the ability to exert greater than normal physical force. A full list of examples of the power in action follows.

Season One Examples

• Jessica rips the bodies of Linderman's thugs completely in half, as recorded on Niki's tape. (Genesis, Don't Look Back)
• Jessica overpowers Linderman's henchman at the Montecito Casino. (Collision)
• At the money launderer's, she rips several people (Ernie, the high roller, and a lowlife) in half in a short period of time, indicating that this is a relatively easy task for her. (Better Halves)
• Jessica throws D.L. across a room. (Better Halves)
• Jessica tears the door off a small office safe. (Stolen Time)
• Jessica threatens to literally tear the money launderer in half. (Stolen Time)
• Jessica kills D.L.'s crew. (Stolen Time)
• Jessica throws her father, Hal Sanders, across a hotel room. (Six Months Ago)
• Jessica breaks the glass window of a car when she slams the car door. (Fallout)
• Jessica throws D.L. a distance of over 10 feet with ease. (Fallout)
• Jessica accidentally throws her son against some rocks. (Fallout)
• During the first two weeks of her incarceration, Jessica intimidates and beats up her guards. (Godsend)
• The inmate at the Women's Correctional Facility snaps a prison guard's baton in two. (Godsend)
• Jessica breaks free from cuffs that "could keep an elephant" restrained. (Distractions)
• Jessica relieves herself of Matt's handcuffs. (Run!)
• Jessica tosses Matt out a window at Ridgway Jewelry. (Run!)
• Jessica folds Malsky in half. (Run!)
• Outside a prison, Niki easily evades evolved evildoers using her super strength. (Walls, Part 2)
• Jessica throws Linderman against his office wall. (Landslide)
• Niki throws Candice across a room with one punch. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
• Niki breaks a door handle of a closet Micah was locked in and later rips off a door knob in order to prevent guards from coming through. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
• Niki easily swings a parking meter at Sylar. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
• Peter uses his newly-acquired power to punch Sylar forcefully. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)

Season Two Examples

• Peter forcefully sends McSorley's son into a wall of Wandering Rocks. (Lizards)
• Niki pushes Mohinder into a door and pins Bob to the wall by his neck before being tasered at a hospital. (Fight or Flight)
• Niki punches Mohinder into a wall of The Company's hospital. (Out of Time)
• Niki breaks down a wooden door in The Company's hospital. (Out of Time)

Season One Gallery

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  Jessica effectively takes care of Linderman's thugs.
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  Jessica exposes her mother bear side to Linderman's henchman.
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  Jessica leaves a mess in her wake after killing Ernie, the high roller, and the lowlife.
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  Jessica hurls D.L. across the room.
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  Jessica rips the door off a safe.
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  Jessica threatens to tear the money launderer in half, a threat she later carries out.
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  Jessica overpowers three men, then buries them in the desert.
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  Jessica threatens her father.
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  Jessica's anger causes her to close her car door a little too hard.
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  D.L. is kicked in the chest by Jessica.
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  Jessica accidentally throws Micah against some rocks.
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  Niki or Jessica catches a baton...
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  ...and is surprised after she breaks it in half.
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  Jessica has broken a guard's nose.
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  Jessica snaps the chains on her cuffs to attack Dr. Witherson...
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  ...leaving her barely conscious on the floor.
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  Jessica frees herself from Matt's restraints.
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  Jessica throws Matt Parkman out a window.
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  Jessica folds Aron Malsky in half.
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  Niki lunges at an agent...
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  ...and pole-dances to defeat another.
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  Jessica throws Linderman across his office.
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  Niki punches Candice...
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  ...and is amazed by her strength.
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  Niki forcefully opens a locked door...
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  ...and finds Micah inside.
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  Niki breaks a doorknob to hinder Linderman's security guards.
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  Niki swings a parking meter at Sylar...
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  ...hits hims...
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  ...and he falls to the floor.
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  Peter punches Sylar...
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  ...and eventually leaves him bloodied.

Season Two Gallery

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  In the Company hospital, Niki throws Mohinder aside ...
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  ... before holding Bob aloft and choking him.
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  Niki punches Mohinder.
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  Niki bashes down a door...
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  ...and makes her way into Bob's office.