Empathic mimicry

Empathic mimicry
Peter mimics Isaac's precognition
Held by:	Peter Petrelli
Ability to:	Duplicate superhuman abilities
Examples of empathic mimicry

Power mimicry is the ability to duplicate the superhuman abilities of other evolved humans.

Characters

Peter Petrelli is the only character known to have this ability.

Limits

The details of the conditions under which Peter's power mimicry occurs are not well known.

Peter apparently needs to be close to another evolved human to duplicate his or her abilities. Physical contact apparently isn't necessary, but he has not clearly duplicated the abilities of anyone more than a few feet away.

How long he needs to be close is uncertain. He has had at least a brief conversation (or time for one) with everyone whose abilities he has clearly duplicated.

Examples

• Peter duplicates his brother Nathan's ability to fly after Nathan drops Peter. Later, Peter doesn't realize that he is walking on air while in Nathan's presence. (Genesis, Don't Look Back)
• Peter duplicates Isaac's ability to paint the future. (Don't Look Back, Hiros)
• Peter duplicates Claire's ability to heal the fatal injuries he received in a long fall. (Homecoming)
• Peter duplicates Matt's telepathic ability, causing a disturbing feedback loop between them. (Fallout)

Peter may or may not have duplicated the abilties of:

• space-time manipulation; Peter is able to communicate with Future Hiro when he stops time, and is at this point the only person Future Hiro has visited and spoken to. Whether this is Peter's or Hiro's doing is still unclear. (Collision, Hiros)
• telekinesis; in an interview with the writers, it is suggested that Sylar's inability to actually hit Peter with the locker doors may indicate Peter deflects them. (Homecoming)

Notes

• Milo Ventimiglia (Peter Petrelli), in a behind-the-scenes video, reveals that Peter passes out at the end of "Fallout" because he is overwhelmed by all of the abilities he has been absorbing.

Gallery

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  Peter mimics flight.
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  Nathan attempts to save Peter, but drops him. Peter then flies in order to save himself.
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  Peter levitates in Nathan's presence.
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  Peter may have mimicked chronokinesis, as he spoke with Future Hiro during "frozen time".
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  Peter mimics precognition.
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  Peter draws a prophetic sketch of himself flying near Nathan.
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  Peter prophetically completes Isaac's unfinished painting.
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  Peter may be mimicking telekinesis.
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  Peter mimics rapid cell regeneration.

Fan Theories

Please refer to Theory:Empathic mimicry for fan-created theories and other speculation.