Hiro and the Dinosaur (painting)

Hiro and the Dinosaur (painting)
Hiro confronts a dinosaur in a painting by Isaac Mendez.
First mentioned:	Fallout
Owned by:	Isaac Mendez
Current status:	in Hiro's possession

Hiro and the Dinosaur is a painting by Isaac Mendez. It depicts a prophecy which was possibly fulfilled in Godsend. The name of the painting is unofficial.

About

Fallout

In his first act of prophetic painting without using drugs, Isaac follows Hiro's advice to "concentrate" and falls into one of his prophetic trances. Hiro and Ando later see the image emerging as the painting nears completion: Hiro appears to be using a sword to fend off an attacking dinosaur.

Godsend

At the Museum of Natural History, Hiro sees a giant model dinosaur while time is retarded. Before leaving the museum, he takes a moment to square off in front of the fake dinosaur and brandish his fake sword, echoing the figures in the painting. Later, in Isaac's apartment, Simone tells Hiro that Mr. Linderman is a client of hers. She rolls up the painting, gives it to Hiro, and tells him that she can arrange for him to meet Mr. Linderman.

The Fix

Hiro carries the painting, rolled up on his back, thoughout the New York City parking garage.

Notes

• Whether this prophecy has been fulfilled is presently uncertain. Hiro did stand in front of the T. rex model at the museum and brandish the sword he got from the display case, but he was holding a sheathed replica with no blade inside, while the painting appears to show a real, unsheathed blade.
• In a forum post, Tim Sale, the real life artist of the painting, states that he believes he painted a Carnotaurus. He used a dinosaur model from the La Brea Tar Pits exhibit in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
• Some have noted that the painting mirrors Hiro's desk at Yamagato Industries. Hiro kept an action figure posed with a sword, ready to fight Godzilla.
• Some have also noted that the image of Hiro fighting a dinosaur resembles the painting Isaac created of a small man facing the enormous Uluru.

Gallery

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  Isaac enters a precognitive trance in Midland, TX.
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  Isaac begins work on the new painting.
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  Isaac sketches the painting first.
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  The rough outline is finished.
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  Next comes the shading.
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  The painting takes shape.
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  Isaac paints an image of Hiro wielding a sword and confronting a dinosaur.
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  While leaving the Museum of Natural History, Hiro mock fights a dinosaur model, just as Isaac predicted.
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  At Isaac's apartment, Simone hands Hiro the rolled up the painting to give to Mr. Linderman.
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  Wireless, Part 1's title page features a dinosaur that resembles a Tyrannosaurus rex, echoing Isaac's painting.

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