The following fan theories are about Matt Parkman.
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Theories
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| Matt is a clone of Maury Parkman. |
They both have the same ability. |
+ Very few other characters have the same- or even similar- abilities as their parents.
- Matt still has his hair, while Maury is balding.
- + Matt and Maury are not the same age.
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| Matt is able to read the minds of animals. |
A turtle seemed to speak to Matt to tell him where he could find water. |
- The voice Matt heard ended up being Usutu.
- • The sound of the voice was that of Usutu, but it could have been the turtle actually speaking. Why would Usutu tell him where to find water when he had a canteen of water already?
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| Matt can kill with his ability. |
He implied this to Knox. |
+ Bob said that whatever the brain controls, Matt can control.
- + If this is true, he could possibly make the brain stop the heart beating or stop someone breathing.
+ The good side needs some more offensive abilities, if they are supposed to defeat the villains.
- - Having wit/smarts can be just as effective or more effective than an offensive ability.
+ Betty was able to kill someone with her ability. Since Matt's ability allows him to do the same thing as Betty/Candice, it can be reasonably assumed that he can kill someone as well.
+ If Matt can control the functions of the brain, by all means he can stop the brain from functioning all together.
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| Matt Parkman is a stronger telepath than Arthur Petrelli was. |
None. |
+ Matt was able to free Angela Petrelli from the "coma" Arthur put her in.
- - Matt was only able to get her out because Arthur "unbound" her after she told him to.
- + Because Matt was able to overcome Arthur's influence, twice (the locked doors, Daphne).
• Arthur may have stolen telepathy from a person whose ability was not as highly developed as Matt's.
- It's not about how the developed the power is when it was absorbed, but how good a person is with it, Arthur had telepathy for a much longer while than Matt.
- + It doesn't mean Arthur was a more powerful telepath.
+ In "Behind the Eclipse: Week Eight", Joe Pokaski and Aron Coliete commented that "Matt’s power is evolving in ways that his father's never did."
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| Matt will become the next major villain. |
None. |
+ The power of precognition is one that requires great strength of character and responsibility. Matt's shirking of his ex-wife and son, his job, his family ties, and his immature relationship with Daphne all have roots in negativity and irresponsibility.
- - Matt thought that the baby wasn't his; he had good reason to be "negative".
- + The baby is his.
- - He could still get bitter at Janice for not telling him the truth.
- - Isaac had some major flaws but was still considered a 'good' prophet.
- - Even though he was a serial killer, Sylar seemed to look for retribution from his mother after gaining the power of precognition.
- - How does Matt's relationship with Daphne "have roots" in either negativity or irresponsibility, let alone suggest Matt's potential for villainy? Furthermore, how is it immature?
+ Angela Petrelli is a good example of a villainous prophet.
+ Arthur, to an extent, was a villainous prophet.
- • He was a villain long before he gained precognition.
- Not only precognition requires strength and responsibility. For example, space-time manipulation does. Hiro was childish and irresponsible, but he successfully became a hero.
- • He has also done very irresponsible things because he wanted a quest, such as allowing his half of the formula to be stolen.
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| Matt actually has the power of psionic mimicry. |
None. |
+ Matt never developed powers until he was near those with mental abilities, and seems to be able to master those abilities with relative ease shortly after being exposed to them.
- - Matt was shown to struggle with his ability at first, picking up thoughts when he didn't want to.
+ Matt first developed telepathy after being told by Eden to go eat donuts. The Haitian was nearby.
+ Matt's power expanded to full blown telepathy and casting illusions after reuniting with his father, Maury Parkman, and being trapped by him in a nightmare.
- - They had the same ability. Matt simply picked up some new tricks.
- • Ted Sprague tried something new with his power. This new trick wasn't radioactive.
- • It was still related to radioactivity.
+ Matt developed precognition shortly after meeting Usutu, a precog and eating his paste.
+ This would also explain the 'feedback' Matt and Peter Petrelli experienced when they first met, as both their powers were trying to mimic each other.
+ Bob Bishop said that whatever the brain controls, Matt can control.
- • Telepathy can be used in different manners, it's not a specialized ability such as illusion or persuasion.
- Matt encountered Angela several times, but he never saw prophetic dreams, although her ability is mental.
- Matt encountered the Haitian several times. Although telepathy can be used to supress memories (as shown by Arthur in Villains), nobody has used it yet to negate abilities of others.
- + The Haitian suppressed Matt's ability each time they met, perhaps Matt never had an opportunity to absorb his power.
- - Sometimes Matt could overcome the Haitian's ability and read thoughts, although in single words.
- Telekinesis is a mental ability too. But neither Matt or Maury moved things with their mind.
- The same with enhanced memory.
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| Matt will reunite with Janice. |
They share a child. (Cold Snap). |
+ He talked about her to Daphne in her mind and clearly misses Janice.
- She might not want him back as she did cheat on him in past.
- Matt has never bothered to check on her since his vision that Maury caused of the baby.
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| Daphne's death will make Matt more like the Matt Parkman of the explosion future. |
None. |
+ Losing Daphne might engender bitterness in Matt, especially given the circumstances that led to her death.
- + Not to mention what Matt went through with Janice.
- - Matt and Janice could reconcile.
+ In the explosion future, Matt is extraordinarily rancorous. It is possible that this was the post-Daphne Matt Parkman.
- + The present timeline is similar to the explosion future in other aspects as well (Nathan rounding up evolved humans, Noah and Sandra's break-up, etc).
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