Examples of space-time manipulation

Space-time manipulation is the ability to alter the space-time continuum. A full list of examples of the power in action follows.

Season One Examples

• Hiro stops the second hand on his clock, then makes it go back one second. (Genesis)
• Hiro may be responsible for making a subway late. (Genesis)
• Hiro reportedly teleports himself from the seating area to the ladies' room of a karaoke bar. (Genesis)
• Hiro teleports himself from Tokyo to New York City, arriving five weeks in the future. He later teleports himself back, narrowly avoiding a huge explosion. (Genesis, Don't Look Back)
• Hiro stops time to rescue a young girl from a traffic accident. (One Giant Leap)
• Hiro stops time to help Ando cheat at cards at Montecito Casino. (Collision)
• Future Hiro travels back to the past from an unspecified future. He stops time, speaks with Peter Petrelli, and tries to avoid a rift. (Collision, Hiros)
• Hiro stops time to cheat at a poker game. (Better Halves)
• Hiro stops time to save D.L. Hawkins and a passenger from an exploding car. (Nothing to Hide)
• Hiro travels six months into the past to try to save Charlie Andrews. (Seven Minutes to Midnight, Six Months Ago)
• Hiro stops time to get Charlie a bouquet of flowers. (Six Months Ago)
• Hiro stops time to fill Charlie's order at the Burnt Toast Cafe. (Six Months Ago)
• Hiro manipulates time and space to bring Charlie a Japanese newspaper. (Six Months Ago)
• Hiro stops time to fill the diner with origami cranes. (Six Months Ago)
• Hiro accidentally travels six months back to the future, and to Japan. (Six Months Ago)
• At the Museum of Natural History, Hiro attempts to stop time, but only manages to slow time. (Godsend)
• In the Primm parking lot, Hiro stops a gun shot--slowing time, then reversing it. (Unexpected)
• On the roof of the Deveaux Building, Peter stops time to avoid being shot with a taser. (Unexpected)
• Hiro touches Ando and the two teleport/time travel to a post-apocalyptic New York City. (Parasite)
• Future Hiro time travels five years into the past to deliver a message to Peter Petrelli. (String Theory)
• Future Hiro takes Hiro and Ando from Isaac's loft in New York City to a Las Vegas strip club. (Five Years Gone)
• Peter stops time and thwarts Matt Parkman's team. He then teleports Ando and a tasered Future Hiro away from the team. (Five Years Gone)
• Hiro and Ando time travel to the present with Future Hiro's sword and the copy of 9th Wonders!. (Five Years Gone)
• Peter and Hiro stop time at the Moab Federal Penitentiary to handcuff some guards, take an access key, and open the cell doors. (Walls, Part 1)
• Hiro and Ando teleport to safety from Sylar twice. (The Hard Part)
• Hiro freezes time to kill Sylar, but his concentration breaks and time resumes speed. (The Hard Part)
• Hiro teleports from Jittetsu Arms to save Ando. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
• Hiro teleports into Isaac's loft and saves Ando from Sylar, teleporting the two and their swords to Yamagato Industries. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
• Hiro teleports from Tokyo to Kirby Plaza. While thrown towards a building, Hiro time travels and teleports to Otsu, 1671, to prevent being thrown into a building. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)

Season Two Examples

• Hiro freezes time in Kyoto to save Takezo Kensei from arrows, then teleports him and his horse to safety. (Four Months Later)
• Hiro freezes time (presumably) and steals the weapons of Whitebeard's men during the Battle of Twelve Swords. Later, Hiro teleports away from Yaeko under the cherry blossoms. (Lizards)
• Hiro teleports around a log. Later, he teleports himself and Takezo Kensei to the Hidden Fortress and Hiro teleports away. (Kindred)
• Hiro manages to teleport himself and Yaeko away from Whitebeard's camp after being shot at by Whitebeard himself. They appear in a field, and, after expressing love for one-another, attempt to kiss. Hiro stops time, worries about a rift, and lets time continue. (The Line)
• Peter, while hugging Caitlin, accidentally time travels from Montreal to Times Square, appearing on June 14th, 2008. (The Line)
• Hiro teleports himself, Yaeko and the swordsmith out of their tent and into the forest. Later, Hiro teleports to Whitebeard's camp to destroy the guns, then teleports to safety right before it explodes. (Out of Time)
• Hiro teleports back to the present. (Out of Time)
• Peter teleports from the future back to Montreal in the present day. (Out of Time)
• Hiro teleports back to the rooftop where his father Kaito is murdered. (Cautionary Tales)
• Hiro teleports his father and himself to 1990, during his mother's funeral. (Cautionary Tales)
• Hiro teleports himself and Kaito back to the rooftop. (Cautionary Tales)
• Hiro apparently teleports forward in time, but changes his location rather than time. Just as his father is pushed over the edge, Hiro freezes time and views the killer, who turns out to be Adam Monroe. (Cautionary Tales)
• Hiro returns to 2007 and his father's funeral. (Cautionary Tales)
• Hiro travels to Primatech Research on November 2, 1977, and later teleports to Primatech Paper to stop Adam from releasing the Shanti virus. When Hiro arrives at the paper company, he runs into Peter, who is unaffected to Hiro's time freeze. (Truth & Consequences)
• In Primatech Paper Co., Hiro and Peter are still unfrozen in time. After his first failed attempt to attack Peter, Hiro teleports, and reappears behind Peter with his sword to Peter's neck. (Powerless)
• Later, after Peter opens the Company's vault, Hiro teleports before Adam and Peter, but is thrown to the wall by Peter's telekinesis. After reawakening, Hiro teleports into the vault, and confronts Adam. He takes Adam to a place where he can never hurt anyone again, leaving him buried alive in a coffin at Aoyama Cemetery. (Powerless)

Season One Gallery

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  Hiro turns his desk clock back one second.
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  Hiro teleports to New York City and travels five weeks into the future.
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  "Yatta!"
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  Hiro leaves the explosion and and travels back to the present.
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  Bending space and time requires intense concentration.
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  Hiro stops time to save a Japanese schoolgirl...
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  ...which he does perfectly.
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  Hiro uses his power to help Ando cheat at the Montecito Casino.
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  In a Las Vegas warehouse, Hiro stops time to help a high roller cheat.
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  Hiro (from the future) travels back in time to visit Peter, and then stops time to give him a message.
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  Hiro stops time to assist D.L. in saving a woman from an explosion.
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  Hiro leaves present-day Midland.
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  Lamenting his lapse in hitting a target, Hiro is "stuck" six months in the past.
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  Hiro stops time to make a thousand paper cranes for Charlie.
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  Hiro accidentally arrives back in the present in Tokyo.
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  He tries desperately to get back, but is unsuccessful.
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  At the Museum of Natural History, Hiro only manages to slow time down, but is still able to take a sword.
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  At the moment Hope shoots her gun, Hiro stops time...
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  ...then causes time to move backwards for Hope's bullet.
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  Peter mimics Hiro's power and stops time to avoid fired taser leads.
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  Hiro calmly puts his hands on Ando's shoulder...
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  ...so they can teleport out of Linderman's archives...
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  ...and into a demolished New York City.
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  Future Hiro concentrates really hard...
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  ...to travel back in time five years.
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  Future Hiro and Ando teleport from New York to Las Vegas.
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  Peter stops time to outmaneuver Matt Parkman's team.
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  Peter touches Ando and Future Hiro and teleports them away from danger.
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  At the Moab Federal Penitentiary, Hiro and Peter take advantage of their powers...
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  ...to release about 200 prisoners.
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  Hiro and Ando escape Sylar's grasp.
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  Hiro freezes time just after Sylar kills his mother.
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  Hiro tries to kill Sylar, but fails...
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  ...so he and Ando get out of Dodge.
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  Hiro teleports from Jittetsu Arms to save Ando,...
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  ...appears behind Sylar in Isaac's loft,...
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  ...and quickly teleports Ando...
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  ...to Yamagato Industries.
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  Hiro leaves Ando to finish his mission...
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  ...and confronts Sylar at Kirby Plaza.
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  Hiro teleports to avoid crashing into the building behind him...
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  ...and finds himself in ancient Japan.

Season Two Gallery

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  Hiro stops time and narrowly escapes a barrage.
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  Hiro shows Kensei his ability...
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  ...then takes his hero to a Hidden Fortress.
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  Hiro saves Yaeko from a bullet.
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  Peter and Caitlin find themselves in the future.
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  Hiro escapes an explosion at Whitebeard's camp.
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  Hiro manages to teleport himself, Yaeko, and the swordsmith while weakened by opium.
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  Peter returns to the present, but fails to take Caitlin back with him.
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  Hiro time travels Kaito into the past...
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  ...and Hiro meets a younger version of himself.
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  Hiro and Kaito return to the present a few minutes before Kaito is murdered.
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  Soon after, Hiro freezes time to identify Kaito's killer...
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  ...who turns out to be Takezo Kensei.
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  Hiro time travels to Primatech Research on November 2, 1977...
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  ...and sees what happened that day.
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  Hiro teleports to Primatech Paper, freezing time in the process...
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  ...but Peter is immune to its effects...
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  ...then Hiro charges at him.
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  Hiro teleports into the vault.