Theory:Angela Petrelli

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Theory	Citations	Notes
Angela knows Claude.	Angela is caught shoplifting socks (Genesis). Her son Peter meets a man who uses invisibility to sort of frame him for purse snatching (Distractions).	• Claude has behaved as if he encountered people like Peter before — even helped them understand their powers. Perhaps those people include Angela and/or Peter's father.
Angela is an empath.	None.	+ Angela's evasive answer to Claire indicates she may have a power. (.07%) + Claude has apparently encountered an empath before, since he seems familiar with Peter's powers. - However, he was not familiar with how an empath's powers work. • This could have been because the Empath he knew had powers that worked differently - no two evolved humans have yet been shown to possess similar, let alone the same powers. Also, he could have intentionally been misleading Peter about how his powers would work. + Empathy could explain any number of odd abilities she seems to have. + In Out of Time Angela (Evacuation Future) helps Peter remember who he is by showing him her own life experiences. Peter possibly absorbed her empathic powers to do this.
Angela has rapid cell regeneration.	None.	+ Angela's evasive answer to Claire indicates she may have a power. (.07%) + She seems to hint at this when she says to Claire, "You get that mouth from me." She had mentioned Claire being able to spit up bullets, so she may have been referring to this. (.07%) - It's more reasonable to say that Angela was referring to Claire's rude mouth: "Whether I want to or not." Angela too uses harsh words when she was talking to Peter after the shoplifting incident and in Peter's hospital bed after he tried to fly. She could also have been talking about a physical resemblance. • When Angela says "Broken bones and spitting up bullets" she is referring to Claire's power. - If she did, Peter would not have needed to be close to Claire to heal, after battling Sylar at the Homecoming. + However, Peter was not familiar with using his powers by thinking about someone, and he was not aware his mother had powers. - He was also not aware that Claire had any powers. He almost certainly suspected that she did, but he had no way of knowing what they were. + However, the incident in Homecoming occurred before Peter was able to recall powers when their originators were not present, which could explain why he did not exhibit his mother's powers of healing (if she has any). - After she is beaten up by an unknown enemy in Lizards, her wounds dont immediately heal.
Angela may be clairvoyant.	None.	Angela's evasive answer to Claire indicates she may have a power. (.07%) • When Nathan had his accident, Peter somehow knew about it the moment it happened. Since Peter's abilities are derived from people he knows or has met, he may have been tapping into her clairvoyance. - Peter had a dream; it is more likely that his empathy connected with Nathan and he saw the accident through his point of view. He even mentions that he was connected with his brother, and explains to his mother how he was connected -- "No, I'm saying before the call. Like he was telling me, 300 miles away. I woke up, and I knew that he'd been hurt." (Genesis) + Ask Ausiello revealed that Angela has a power that is "very similar to a power possessed by another hero, only in her case, it takes a lot less effort to get from Point A to Point B." To get from Point A to B is a way to say 'to get from start to finish, or to the end result'. Angela Petrelli's power could be a simpler version of Isaac Mendez' power - the effort reduced is the fact that she doesn't need to paint to see the future (the end result of Isaac' power).
Angela has the as-yet unexplained power of transportation.	None.	+ Angela's evasive answer to Claire indicates she may have a power. (.07%) + She has possibly referred to the aspect of mental transportation by: 1) knowing Claire spit up bullets, 2) knowing about Peter and Nathan's powers before they did. + She has possibly referred to the aspect of physical transportation by: 1) talking about "taking Claire" to Paris. 2) Ask Ausiello revealed that Angela has a power that is "very similar to a power possessed by another hero, only in her case, it takes a lot less effort to get from Point A to Point B." One interpretation is that it is a physical transportation power of getting from A to B, like Hiro's teleportation. • Transportation could have both mental and physical applications, therefore allowing Angela to mentally transport into the minds/memories/dreams of others, as well as to physically transport from location to location similar to telekinesis. It could also be something along the lines of astral projection. + She implies that though it didn't seem like she was there for Claire, she was there in ways she might not understand. • It seems more likely that she was referring to how she was watching over Claire from a distance, such as by ordering the Haitian not to wipe her memory.
Angela is constantly seeing the future through her left eye.	None.	+ Her left eye seems contracted and looks likes it is looking at something else (The Hard Part). - This might just be a physical feature of the actress.
Angela has the power to hypnotize with a touch.	None.	+ When trying to convince Nathan to just let the explosion happen, she places her hands on his back. Moments later, he is agreeing with her, saying variations of exactly what she said. Later, when Peter reads Nathan's mind, he is thinking the same thing ("It can't be stopped.") over and over again.
Angela has the power to see the past first hand.	None.	+ She says to Claire that she can spit out bullets. Unless she could see the past, she wouldn't have been able to know that. - The Haitian may have informed her of what happened to Claire. + Peter's dream of the past may have been him mimicking her power. (How To Stop An Exploding Man)
Angela Petrelli is the mother of Hiro Nakamura	None.	+ She Said She had a relationship with Kaito. • Angela’s Powers MAY have to do with getting from point A to point B and so do Hiro’s
Angela is the hooded killer.	None.	+ If Angela has the power of teletransportation or astral projection, then she could have pushed Hiro's father, and in the middle of the fall, teleport to safety or end the projection. This could be why there is only Kaito's body when Ando looks down. + Kaito said that the hooded killer was the last person he expected, and Kaito had a conversation with Angela just minutes ago. Angela could have gone there to kill Kaito the first time, but postponed the plan because Ando was there. + Nathan says that she is evil. + She received the same death threat that Kaito received; maybe she killed Kaito to "save her skin" and maybe she gave herself the death threat to appear innocent. - When she saw the picture on the wall, she was shocked and worried. Why would she pretend to do so when she's alone in the hallway?. - The body structure of the hooded killer was completely different from Angela's body, it dosen't make any sense that Angela was the same person who pushed Kaito from the roof.
Angela has the power of memory restoration.	None.	+ When Angela told Peter that he has to remember, he did so very quickly and accurately. He had been trying hard before but could not. - It is more likely that Peter read Angela's memories of being Peter's mother, and thus learned who she was; the theme sound for Matt's telepathy was also playing in the background at the time.  :- The memories were from Peter's point of view. If he was reading her mind he would see from Angela's POV. - Peter did not regain his memories beyond finding out that Angela was his mother; he did not know he had a brother, and he did not recognise Adam.
Angela has the power of creating illusions (Like Candice).	Nathan's face actually is all deformed and whatnot but Angela is creating an illusion for everyone else	+ Nathan looks normal to everyone else but in his reflection he is sometimes deformed (perhaps it's the truth catching up on him?)
Angela has persuasion (like Eden).	In 'Out of Time' Angela tells Peter to remember who he is. Soon, he begins to remember Angela and finally realizes that she is his mother.	+ Angela was able to convince Nathan to go ahead with Linderman's plans, but he changed his mind. Perhaps her power requires "less effort to get from Point A to Point B" than Eden's (she doesn't have to use a deep voice), but is also easier to resist. + In 'The Kindness of Strangers' Angela was able to convince the police, except Matt, that she was the one who killed Kaito Nakamura. - Eden was able to convince Matt to eat donuts. If Angela has the same power as Eden, she would have been able to convince Matt that she was the killer. + Now that Matt has developed his power, he might be harder to convince. + In 'Out of Time' Angela forced Peter to remember when he could not. - It is more likely that Peter read Angela's memories of being Peter's mother, and thus learned who she was; the theme sound for Matt's telepathy was also playing in the background at the time.  :- The memories were from Peter's point of view. If he was reading her mind he would see from Angela's POV.  :- Peter did not regain his memories beyond finding out that Angela was his mother; he did not know he had a brother, and he did not recognise Adam. + If the Haitian made Peter forget, it may be impossible to restore his memory fully. Angela's persuasion could have caused Peter to read her mind in order to pick up the necessary thoughts and images to remember her.
Angela and Adam are Nathan's true parents.		+ All related characters have powers that are somewhat similar to their parents. For example, Matt and Maury Parkman. If Angela is an empath (as theorized above), Peter has special power empath abilities allowing him to absorb others' powers. Clair's power of regeneration possibly come from Adam (if it's a recessive gene). Nathan's power must come from Angela's side in an unexplained way. - It's not true that all related characters have related powers. There was no example of this until Maury Parkman was introduced. For example, Niki has enhanced strength and D.L. could phase, but they produced a child with technopathy (Micah).