Matt Neuenberg

Matt Neuenberg
First appearance	The Man with Too Much Brains
In-story stats
Known ability	Enhanced memory
Nickname	Einstein
Gender
Date of death	2008
Occupation	Student

Matt Neuenberg is an evolved human with the ability of enhanced memory.

Character History

Graphic Novel:The Man with Too Much Brains

Matt's ability of enhanced memory causes him to get straight A's in school, but also causes him to be alone. A student asks him for the answer to a math question, to which Matt tells him, while his teacher scolds him for wasting such a great brain and pushes him into rethinking going to college.

The student he helped earlier and a girl persuade Matt to join a talent show. He aces a baseball question, but when he gives the number value of pi up to at least twenty-five digits, the crowd calls him a hoax and a freak, causing him to run off-stage. He meets Elle backstage and she convinces him that she can protect him and to follow her outside, but not before she electrocutes the stage and sets it ablaze.

Elle, Bob, and the Haitian watch Matt as he is tested on at the Company's facility. In his cell, Matt receives a cake from Elle and watches as she lights the candles. Matt asks Elle why she isn't protecting him like she promised, but she says she already has by bringing him here. Matt receives an electric kiss on the cheek as Elle tells him they aren't that different and they both want the same thing.

Graphic Novel:Hana and Drucker's Plot Discovered

Sitting in a computer room, Matt stares at lines of codes on a computer screen. Elle stands behind him to check on his progress, lightening the tense situation by giving Matt a zap to his nose. Once Elle leaves to get donuts for the two of them, Matt notices two files on the screen he doesn't recognize: T. Monk and K. Apila.

Matt asks Elle when she returns who would send any files from Bhutan and tells her to call Mr. Bishop and ask if he knows what it means. Elle places the call and asks her father, and Matt is soon pushed out of the way by her so she can get to a device. Matt questions what she's doing as she opens the device to reveal a pair of goggles. Elle tells Matt she needs him to put the goggles on and look at the computer screen because she needs to destroy all of the information in the mainframe. Matt wonders what that has to do with the goggles, and she tells him he must keep all the mainframe file information in his head. Once Matt has the goggles on, Elle pushes a button on the device and the files from the mainframe are "downloaded" for storage in Matt's brain.

Graphic Novel:The End of Hana and Drucker

When Elle destroys the Company's mainframe, Matt falls to the ground, not breathing. Bob orders her to restart his heart without damaging the data in his memory. She zaps him and he wakes up to Bob's congratulations. His is rewarded for being a hero by being sent to a new, more pleasant room. However, when Elle comes in to visit, he retorts that "it is still a cell" and he pulls the curtains back to reveal a window covered with bricks.

After being led by two guards to the Company's operating room, he has a device attached to his head to upload the data. Matt says that he's afraid but Elle reminds him of her promise that she won't let anyone hurt him. Unfortunately his brain can't withstand the pressure. During the upload, his brain begins bleeding and he he dies on the operating table.

Evolved Human Abilities

Matt has the ability to remember everything he learns. He uses this ability to succeed in school, and also as a talent in a talent show. He is able to recite details of the 1967 World Series, and also knows the value of pi up to at least twenty-five digits (The Man with Too Much Brains), while also being able to store an entire mainframe computer's worth of information as a makeshift backup drive with the help of a device held by the Company (Hana and Drucker's Plot Discovered).

Memorable Quotes

"All my life, I've had trouble making friends. It's not that I haven't wanted friends... They just seem to be more interested in what I can do than in who I am."

- Matt Neuenberg (The Man with Too Much Brains)

See Also

• For other uses of Matt, see Matt (disambig).

Fan Theories

Please refer to Theory:Matt Neuenberg for fan-created theories and other speculation.