Examples of telekinesis

Telekinesis is the ability to move objects with the mind. A full list of examples of the power in action follows.

Season One Examples

• Sylar allegedly impales Mrs. Walker to the wall using household objects; no physical contact is detected. (Don't Look Back)
• Sylar pins an FBI agent guarding Molly Walker against the wall using a chair. (One Giant Leap)
• At the FBI Headquarters, Sylar hurls Audrey backwards, then forces her to point a gun at herself. (One Giant Leap)
• Sylar is shot at by Matt but not injured, possibly a telekinetic evasion. (One Giant Leap)
• Sylar moves a cup across a table in the Burnt Toast Diner. (Seven Minutes to Midnight)
• Sylar turns off the lights in the Union Wells locker room, possibly using telekinesis. (Homecoming)
• Sylar throws Claire off him; as the force appears to be stronger than the capacity of a normal man, this is probably an example of telekinetics. (Homecoming)
• Sylar points at Jackie Wilcox's forehead to slice her head open. (Homecoming)
• Sylar rips metal doors off of lockers at Claire's school, then throws them at Peter. (Homecoming)
• Brian Davis moves a cup across a table in Gabriel Gray's watch repair shop. (Six Months Ago)
• At Chandra's apartment, Gabriel Gray (Sylar) moves a cup across a desk. (Six Months Ago)
• Sylar pulls Eden through the security glass of his cell. (Fallout)
• Sylar throws Mr. Bennet against the window of his cell, then uses his power to open doors, manipulate lights, and escape. (Distractions)
• At the Bennets' home, Sylar causes a phone to fly and Mrs. Bennet to fall into a glass cabinet. (Distractions)
• Sylar breaks some beer bottles, and moves them into a trucker's back. (Road Kill)
• Sylar telekinetically steers a truck and propels himself away from a crash and into a tree. (Road Kill)
• Peter uses telekinesis to break a broom handle and to shove Isaac. (Unexpected)
• Peter stops the probes from one of the Company's taser guns. (Unexpected)
• Sylar manipulates the flow of the IV, stops a bullet fired at his head, and unstraps the tape holding him to a chair. (Parasite)
• Sylar holds Mohinder to the ceiling of his apartment,and holds Peter to the wall while cutting his head. (Parasite)
• Peter throws Sylar across the room and Sylar turns dozens of shards of glass into deadly spray of shrapnel. (.07%)
• Sylar moves one of the Company's guns, knocks Isaac to the floor of his apartment, and "crucifies" him with paintbrushes. (.07%)
• Peter uses telekinesis to move a drink across the table and unplug a television at a strip club. Later, he telekinetically tosses a guard. Even later, Peter telekinetically closes a giant door after Matt fires at Hiro's future self. (Five Years Gone)
• Sylar telekinetically stops Claire and slices open her head. (Five Years Gone)
• Sylar shoves a painting aside in Isaac's apartment and causes snow globes to float around Mrs. Gray's apartment. (The Hard Part)
• Sylar flips a police van, rips the doors off, and slices Ted's head open. (Landslide)
• After seeing a vision of Peter, Sylar telekinetically cuts Isaac's painting of Peter flying in half. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
• Ando arrives at Isaac's loft to battle Sylar, but Sylar sneaks up behind him, telekinetically throws his sword to the side, and steadily crashes him into a window with the same power. Sylar, targeting Ando's neck, begins to cut off his head. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
• At Kirby Plaza, Sylar telekinetically throws Mr. Bennet into a wall. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
• Sylar grabs Peter telekinetically by his neck and suffocates him. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
• Matt tries to shoot Sylar with his gun, but Sylar stops the bullets in mid-air and flings them into Matt's chest. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
• Sylar uses his telekinesis to move a nearby parking meter into his hand. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
• After Hiro stabs Sylar, Sylar makes his last move and throws Hiro towards a building with telekinesis. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)

Season Two Examples

• Peter telekinetically throws a shotgun from McSorley's son's hands into the wall. (Lizards)
• Peter telekinetically moves an armored vehicle to block out guards. Later, he pushes Will against a wall and chokes him, but drops him. (Kindred)
• Peter stops Hiro's sword in mid-air to protect Adam. (Powerless)
• Peter throws several Primatech Paper security guards around as he and Adam make their way to the Company's vault. (Powerless)
• Peter opens the door to the Company's vault using telekinesis. (Powerless)
• After Hiro returns to stop Adam, Peter telekinetically throws Hiro at the wall, and then begins chokes him. (Powerless)
• Peter sends Matt sliding backwards across the floor. (Powerless)
• Peter stops Strain 138 of the Shanti virus from being released by preventing it from hitting the ground and shattering. (Powerless)
• Sylar tests his regained abilities by telekinetically summoning a spinach can to his hand. (Powerless)

Season Three Examples

• Sylar closes the doors and the windows of the Bennet's home to prevent Claire from escaping. (The Second Coming)
• Sylar pins Claire to the wall, then uses telekinesis to open Claire's skull. (The Second Coming)
• Sylar uses telekinesis to throw Gael and Bianca against a car.l. (The Butterfly Effect)
• Sylar uses telekinesis to open Bob's skull. (The Butterfly Effect)
• Sylar slams Noah to the ceiling. (The Butterfly Effect)
• Sylar uses telekinesis to stop Elle from attacking him. (The Butterfly Effect)
• Sylar uses telekinesis to open Elle's skull. (The Butterfly Effect)
• Sylar uses telekinesis to slam Gael against a car, and later open his skull. (Dreams Until Death)
• Peter uses telekinesis to repair Gabriel Gray's watch. (I Am Become Death)
• Peter telekinetically slams Daphne into a wall. (I Am Become Death)
• Peter slams Nathan against a wall and starts opening his skull. (I Am Become Death)
• Peter telekinetically grabs his mother and starts cutting into her skull (Angels and Monsters)
• Sylar uses telekinesis to knock Peter out when Peter attacks Angela (Angels and Monsters)

Season One Gallery

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  Sylar probably used telekinesis to kill Mrs. Walker.
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  An FBI agent falls victim to Sylar's destructive nature.
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  Sylar telekinetically turns a gun on Audrey.
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  Sylar evades Matt's mark.
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  Sylar may have used telekinesis to quickly clean out his apartment.
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  Sylar lazily grabs a mug at the Burnt Toast Diner.
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  Sylar uses his mind to menace Peter, vandalizing Union Wells High School in the process.
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  Sylar uses his finger to slice open Jackie's forehead.
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  Chronologically, Brian Davis is the first to display the power, while in Gray & Sons.
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  Sylar first displays telekinesis in front of Chandra.
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  Sylar uses his power to pull Eden...
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  ...through the glass of his cell.
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  Sylar waves his hand, and...
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  ... slams Mr. Bennet into the window of his cell.
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  Sylar tosses aside Sandra Bennet's telephone to stop her from calling Primatech Paper Co.
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  Sylar slams Sandra into a glass cabinet.
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  Sylar breaks and levitates bottles of beer...
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  ..fatally jamming the bottles in a trucker's back.
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  Peter calls up Sylar's telekinesis to stop Claude's attack.
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  When a taser probe is about to hit him, Peter uses telekinesis to drop the probe on the ground.
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  Peter hurls Isaac across his studio.
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  Unbeknownst to Mohinder, Sylar stops the valve on his IV drip.
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  Slower than a speeding bullet isn't a problem for Sylar.
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  Duct tape is no match for Sylar's abilities.
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  Sylar pins Mohinder to the ceiling...
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  ...and throws Peter against a wall...
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  ...at the same time.
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  Sylar doesn't need a scalpel to explore Peter's brain.
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  Peter gives Sylar a taste of his own medicine.
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  Sylar controls scores of shards of glass at once.
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  Sylar waves his hand...
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  ...scoots a Company gun away from Isaac...
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  ...lifts some paintbrushes...
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  ...forces them into Isaac's arms...
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  ...and legs...
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  ...pinning him to the ground.
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  Peter moves a drink across the table...
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  ...as he appears.
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  Watch as he uses two powers at once.
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  Peter has no need for a remote.
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  He uses the power to forcibly shove a DHS agent.
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  Sylar uses telekinesis to stop Claire and slice through her skull.
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  Peter closes a door with a wave of his hand.
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  Sylar hurls a painting aside, hoping to catch Hiro and Ando.
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  Sylar causes his mother's apartment to become a snow globe.
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  Watch Sylar's power in action.
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  Sylar flips an FBI van...
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  ...stops it when it approaches...
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  ...and opens the doors...
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  ...to get to Ted's ability.
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  Sylar angrily cuts a painting of a flying Peter in half.
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  Sylar throws Ando's sword to the side...
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  ...and it flies across the room...
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  ...landing on the painting of the explosion.
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  Sylar steadily crashes Ando into a window...
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  ...begins to cut his head off...
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  ...and Ando yells in pain...
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  ...leaving a cut on his neck.
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  Sylar throws Mr. Bennet across Kirby Plaza.
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  He then reaches out his hand...
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  ...and chokes Peter...
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  ...by "grabbing" his neck.
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  Matt tries to shoot Sylar, but he stop the bullet in mid-air...
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  ...and flings them into Matt's chest.
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  Sylar prepares to grab a parking meter...
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  ...and it flies through the air.
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  After Hiro stabs him, Sylar makes his last move...
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  ...and Hiro flies across Kirby Plaza.

Season Two Gallery

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  Peter moves an armored vehicle.
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  Will is pinned to a wall and choked...
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  ...thanks to Peter's telekinesis.
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  Peter stops Hiro's sword mid air to protect Adam.
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  Peter and Adam make their way to the vault.
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  Peter uses telekinesis...
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  ...to slowly...
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  ...break open the vault's door...
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  ...and ends with a nose bleed.
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  Peter throws Hiro against the wall, and then chokes him.
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  Matt slides backwards across the floor.
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  Peter uses telekinesis to stop the vial containing Strain 138 of the Shanti virus from hitting the ground.
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  Sylar uses telekinesis to summon a spinach can...
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  ...into his hand...
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  ...as he declares, "I'm back."

Season Three Gallery

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  Sylar locks the doors of the Bennets' home to prevent Claire from escaping.
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  Sylar then pins Claire against a wall...
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  ...flips her around...
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  ...and opens her skull.
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  Sylar slams Gael and Bianca into their car...
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  ...then proceeds to open Gael's skull.
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  Bob's skull is cut open by Sylar.
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  Sylar crushes Jesses vocal chords...
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  and hold Knox in place.(One of us, One of them)
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  Once Knox escapes, Sylar keeps Noah out...
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  And pins Jesse up on the wall...
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  And then steals his ability.(One of us, One of them)
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  Peter tries look into Nathans mind...
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  killig him.(I Am Become Death)
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  Peter stops Angela...
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  And tries to look into her mind...
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  but Sylar stops him. (Angels and Monsters)