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Theory	Citations	Notes
Noah could have been the Noah Bennet from the past. Noah may be able to age reverse or clone.	Claire says to Future Sylar "you took everything away from me".	+ Mr. Bennet needed glasses when he was 41 years old. He said his father also needed glasses at 41. + They are living in The Bennets' new home in Costa Verde, CA. + He likes waffles just like Noah Bennet. + It would also explain why he named his son Noah in a possible future. - Noah received Claude as a partner in the company. The policy was one normal human, one evolved human. Noah did not have a power. • Because we have not seen a power from Noah does not mean he doesn't have one. - The writers have been steadfast on the issue of Noah not having a power. + The writers have been known to be inconsistent with what they say sometimes. - Noah could always get a synthetic ability.
Noah, knowing what would happen in the painting, arranged with Mohinder to be shot by him. Mohinder was able to access Claire's blood and used it to revive HRG.	None.	+ Mohinder and HRG had a lot of time together alone in the car to work on a plan. + Mohinder and HRG still planned to take down the Company, even though it appeared that Mohinder was on both sides. - Bennet seemed genuinely surprised when he regained consciousness - it seems unlikely that he expected to be revived in a company facility. + It's possible he was simply surprised by the feeling of being brought back from the dead. Even if he knew it was coming, it's difficult to prepare oneself for something like that. - Mohinder was distraught looking over the gun he had, almost in tears by what he had done. He couldn't have been in two places at the same time. - Noah stopped Mohinder from shooting him when painting 7/8 was realized.
Bennet will always have secrets.	None.	+ He has a history of not telling the truth about his work. Also, he tried to hide the truth about Claire's biological parents from her. + He may be hiding that Claire received her ability through injection. - As all of Claire's maternal side of the family has powers, and these powers run in her paternal side as well, it seems quite unlikely that she was injected with a synthetic ability. Plus, the fact Claire survived the fire as a baby proves that she had the ability from birth. - Only her mother and maternal uncle were shown to have powers. - Noah was seen holding Claire after the fire, he saved her. - Claire only began displaying a power in Six Months Ago. • It is unknown as to whether Noah knows that the Company developed a formula to grant people abilities.
Noah used to have the power of enhanced vision before he lost it in Graphic Novel:Blindsided.	None.	+ In an optometrist's office, Noah and Claire talk about Noah's perfect eyesight, something Claire's grandfather liked to call "eagle eye". + The blinding light would have most likely left Noah permanently blind without enhanced vision. - There is no evidence that Noah had "enhanced vision", rather than just perfect vision. The story is most likely just to show how HRG came to be.
Noah has the catalyst.	He was given Claire's blood. (Cautionary Tales)	- Hematopoietic tissue is constantly renewed, whatever Noah got with Claire's blood is no longer inside him. - It has not been shown yet that Claire is even the catalyst. - If Claire has/is the catalyst, it may not be in her blood anyway. + It has been confirmed that Claire either has or is the catalyst. ("The Eclipse, Part 1") - Claire said she "thinks" she is the catalyst. That is not confirmation that she actually is or has the catalyst within her. - Unless there is a second (or more) catalyst, the catalyst did not even exist during the time period when Noah was given Claire's blood. Arthur stole the catalyst from Hiro in the past and then jumped back to 2007.
Noah is a pervert.	He waited and watched Sylar and Elle make love between The Eclipse, Part 1 and The Eclipse, Part 2.	+ They showed Noah with a sniper rifle watching the two kiss at the end of The Eclipse, Part 1, but at the beginning of Part 2 he seems a little late. - Many different things could have happened during this period which could have prevented him from taking the shot (e.g. perhaps he had to hide from passersby who happened to pause in his path for that long of a time period, a big truck could have pulled up and parked between him and the house if there was a road between, etc.).
Noah has the power of Bad-assery.	None.	+ Peter didn't display much of his now standard Bad-assery until he interacted with Noah in Fallout. Peter's absorbed Bad-assery was strengthened upon subsequent contact with Noah in The Hard Part, Landslide, and How to Stop an Exploding Man.
Noah has a power - he doesn't age.	None.	+ Noah doesn't seem to have aged since he began working for the Company, and it was 16 years, or maybe more. - If Bennet was "special", he'd have the Mark on his neck, because the Company would've bagged and tagged him. For example, Claude has the Mark. + Unlikely, but perhaps the company doesn't know of his supposed power.
Noah will eventually die permanently.	None.	+ He has died in every alternate future so far. - This has not been shown to be the case in the possible futures.