Fan Creation:Incidental Heroes

Incidental Heroes

Incidental Heroes is a fan-produced online video series that blurs the line between Heroes and the real world.

What happens when the lines between reality and fantasy blur? When fictional characters come to life? What is reality? Fantasy? Fiction? What defines it? Aren't they all part of the one world we live in and create?

Summary

• Incidental Heroes is a weekly fan-produced online video series that parallels the TV show Heroes. The show centers around Mackenzie Perrin, an avid Heroes fan who discovers she's an evolved human herself when she begins to see dead people. When Chandra Suresh visits her, she is thrown into a new, exciting, yet frightening world balanced between reality and fantasy. Mackenzie Perrin's experiences are filmed by her neighbor Shawn with whom she became friends because they were both Heroes fans.

Characters

Mackenzie Perrin

Mackenzie Perrin
In-story stats
Known ability	Clairvoyance
Gender
Age	33
Date of birth	January 4, 1974
Home	New York City
Occupation	Unknown

Mackenzie Perrin is an evolved human in the fan-produced online series Incidental Heroes who discovers she can see dead people. She lives in New York City.

Mackenzie is an ordinary New Yorker who begins to have extraordinary experiences. She and her neighbor Shawn become close friends through their love for Heroes and get together every Monday night to watch it together. At night Mackenzie begins to have what she initially believes are dreams about Chandra Suresh visiting her. She brushes these "dreams" off as an overly excited imagination until one morning when she is getting ready for work, Chandra appears and tells her that he needs her help.

Shawn

Shawn is Mackenzie's friend.

Episodes

Episode 1: Revelation

Mackenzie is visited by Chandra who tells her that he left a bag for her with his friend Jimmy before he died. Mackenzie reluctantly calls Jimmy.

Episode 2: Confirmation

Mackenzie goes to the gas station where Jimmy works to retrieve the bag Chandra left for her.

Episode 3: Chandra's Letter

Mackenzie reads the letter Chandra left for her before he died.

Episode 4: Mohinder Calls

Mohinder, in his quest to contact people on the list, leaves a message for Mackenzie.

Episode 5: Harbinger

Mackenzie calls Mohinder using the number Chandra gave her to warn him about Zane (who is really Sylar).

Episode 6: Passage

Mackenzie travels to Pennsylvania to warn her family that they are on the List.

Episode 7: Arrival

Mackenzie arrives in Pennsylvania late at night.

Episode 8: Witness

Mackenzie interviews her family's neighbor.

Episode 9: Return

Mackenzie has a visitor before returning home.

Episode 10: Intruder

Mackenzie arrives home to find her apartment trashed.

Episode 11: Insomnia

Mackenzie has a sleepless night as she contemplates what to do next.

Memorable Quotes

"Apparently I not only see dead people. I see dead people from TV shows."

- Mackenzie Perrin (Episode One: Revelation)

"How was I supposed to know he could hear through a PHONE, Sean!?"

- Mackenzie Perrin (Episode Five: Harbinger)

External Links

• Incidental Heroes -- all episodes on YouTube
• Incidental Heroes -- Official MySpace Page
• Luis Pedron interviews Mackenzie Perrin, the face behind Incidental Heroes