Theory:Matt Parkman, Jr.

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Theory	Citations	Notes
Matt Jr.'s power will allow Peter to correct his power.	Matt partially restored Hiro's powers in Cold Snap.	+ He was able to turn on part of Hiro's time powers, thus he will be able to turn on Peter empath powers and allow more than one power. + Bryan Fuller was brought in to restore the show to original feeling and is already undoing Jeph Loeb's changes by getting rid of Tracey and Daphne and restoring Hiro's powers. - Peter isn't missing his ability or has it deactivated, he has a new ability, not a weakened version. • Are we completely certain of this?
Matt Jr. can revive dead, or at least create zombies.	None.	+ If he can make non-living objects move, and manipulate evolved humans' DNA, why not corpses? - Turning on an ability or a toy is not the same as completely restoring someone who died. This power would more likely create zombies, as stated, but it is highly doubtful the show would take this direction. + If somebody with ability to heal uses it on a zombie, it may be enough to revive it literally. + What if baby Matt could turn on people's hearts? That would surely revive them. • He'd need to activate all the organs, not just the heart.
Matt Parkman Jr. (if he can revive corpses like suggested in the above theory) will revive Daphne.	None.	+ His father would want to get Daphne back. - Turning on an ability or a toy is not the same as completely restoring someone who died. This power would more likely create zombies, as stated in the above theory, but it is highly doubtful the show would take this direction. + If somebody with ability to heal uses it on a zombie, it may be enough to revive it literally.
Matt Parkman Jr. can disable the abilities of evolved humans indefinitely.	He used his ability to turn off the television.	+ His ability was able to "turn on" Hiro's.
If Ando supercharges Matt Jr., he will be able to restore abilities of depowered evolved humans fully or even give them to non-powered people.	None.	+ Since he partially restored Hiro's ability, baby Matt can manipulate human DNA - the part of it which contains (latent) abilities.
Matt Parkman Jr. can give abilities to anyone, but will only do so for people he likes.	None.	+ There isn't necessarily a difference between Hiro and a nonpowered human that would allow only Hiro to gain power from Matt Parkman Jr.
Matt Parkman Jr. will give Danko an ability.	None.	+ This would be an ironic twist for Danko, since he despises people with abilities and this would undermine his entire mentality.
Matt Parkman Jr. is now the catalyst.	None.	+ Only the catalyst was able to grant abilities without disastrous side-effects in the preceding episodes. + The catalyst visibly left Arthur Petrelli's body as he died, possible implying it went to find another host. + It might help explain why Matt Parkman Jr. manifested at such an early age. - The Catalyst does not give abilities alone, it requires the formula to be catalyed, not the person. + It is quite possible that the catalyst alone is sufficient for those who already have the correct DNA to use an ability. + It is possible that Matt Parkman Jr. has the catalyst in addition to his ability.
Matt Parkman Jr. will deactivate Sylar's ability.	None.	+ He turned Hiro's ability on, why wouldn't he be able to turn Sylar's off? - Sylar will realize that baby Matt has an ability and will take it before the baby touches Sylar to deactivate his powers.