Peter Petrelli (explosion future)

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Peter Petrelli
Portrayed by	Milo Ventimiglia
First appearance	Five Years Gone
In-story stats
Known abilities	Empathic mimicry Known powers mimicked: Flight, Precognition, Rapid cell regeneration, Telekinesis, Telepathy, Invisibility, Space-time manipulation,
Nickname	Pete
Gender
Age	31
Home	Las Vegas, NV
Occupation	former home hospice nurse
Parents	Angela Petrelli, Father (unnamed, deceased)
Siblings	Nathan Petrelli (older brother, deceased)

Peter Petrelli is an evolved human living in Las Vegas, NV in 2011.

Character History

Five Years Gone

Peter helps rescues Future Hiro and Ando from Homeland Security. After admitting to Niki that he, not Sylar, was the cause of the explosion, he leaves with Ando and Future Hiro to help Hiro return to his own time, where he can hopefully change history.

Powers

Much mystery surrounded Peter's status and powers, or lack thereof, early in the series. While every main character was said outright to have a power in press releases, Peter was simply billed as "trying to convince his brother he can fly". Later, after his brother flew, Peter himself displayed the ability to levitate not long afterward (Don't Look Back). Peter is actually an empathic mimic who duplicates the powers of others. His crude levitation sketch shows that he gained Isaac's ability to draw the future, but without needing to be induced by drugs (Don't Look Back). Later, Peter visits Isaac and finishes Isaac's painting without the aid of heroin or any other drug (Hiros).

Early on, Peter's duplicated powers typically only lasted while the person he was mimicking was nearby. He was unable to fly when not in the presence of Nathan, and he became visible when Claude walked away from him, but he was still able to use Isaac's precognition the day after he met him (Don't Look Back). In Distractions, he duplicated Claire's power of regeneration, even though he had not been near her for weeks; this was the first time he ever consciously "recalled" a mimicked power.

While Peter's crude stick figure drawings originally seemed to indicate that he could duplicate only someone's powers, and not their skills, the painting he completed at Isaac's studio seems fairly well done (though not of the same style). This could indicate that his ability is maturing and developing, much like the others with powers.

It should be noted that Peter began having dreams of flying well before he met Isaac. This probably indicates a separate aspect of his empathic abilities. His apparently shared dream with Charles Deveaux seems to lend further weight to this theory (Nothing to Hide). This empathic bond seems even more apparent when Peter wakes from a dream about Nathan's accident as it is happening, as well as knowing of the second vehicle without Nathan mentioning it. (Six Months Ago) It is also possible, however, that the dreams are not part of Peter's empathic ability, but an ability gained from someone else without Peter being aware of it.

Powers Mimicked

Peter can duplicate the powers of others; after he has acquired the power, he does not need to be in the person's presence. Peter has duplicated the powers of:

• Flight from Nathan Petrelli. (Genesis, Don't Look Back, Unexpected)
• Precognition from Isaac Mendez. (Don't Look Back, Hiros, Distractions)
• Regeneration from Claire Bennet. (Homecoming, Distractions, .07%)
• Telepathy from Matt Parkman. (Fallout, Distractions)
• Invisibility from Claude. (Godsend, The Fix, Distractions, Unexpected, Parasite, .07%, Five Years Gone)
• Telekinesis from Sylar. (Homecoming, Unexpected, .07%, Five Years Gone)
• Space/Time manipulation from Future Hiro. (Collision, Hiros, Unexpected, Five Years Gone)
  • Peter appeared to be immune to Future Hiro's effects. Peter was able to communicate with Future Hiro and is at this point the only person Future Hiro has visited and spoken to. Whether this was Peter's or Hiro's doing is unclear.
  • Peter slowed and then stopped time when attacked with taser darts.
• Enhanced strength. (Five Years Gone)
• Phasing. (Five Years Gone)
• Pyrokinesis. )Five Years Gone)

See Also

• For articles related to Peter, see Related Articles:Peter.