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Heroes Wiki:Ability name origination
| Power Naming Conventions | |
|---|---|
| The following sources are used for determining power names, in order: | |
| 1. Canon Sources | Episodes |
| 2. Near-canon Sources | Heroes comics, Heroes Evolutions |
| 3. Secondary Sources | Episode commentary, Interviews |
| 4. Common names for abilities | Names from other works |
| 5. Descriptions of abilities | Descriptions |
| 6. Possessor's name | If no non-speculative description is possible |
| Name | Type of source | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Adoptive muscle memory | Canon | The Line |
| Alchemy | Secondary | CBR BtE |
| Alejandro's ability | Possessor | None |
| Bliss and horror | Near-canonical Description | Text from It Takes a Village, Part 1 |
| Clairvoyance | Canon | Genesis Files |
| Cryokinesis | Descriptive | None |
| Dehydration | Descriptive | Based on descriptions in Golden Handshake |
| Dream manipulation | Descriptive | None |
| Electromagnetism | Descriptive | None |
| Electronic data transception | Descriptive | None |
| Empathic mimicry | Descriptive | Based on statement by Claude |
| Enhanced hearing | Descriptive | None |
| Enhanced memory | Descriptive | None |
| Enhanced speed | Descriptive | None |
| Enhanced strength | Descriptive | None |
| Flight | Canon | |
| Healing | Canon description | Nathan asks "what do you know about healing?" |
| Illusion | Canon | Said by Candice in Kindred |
| Induced radioactivity | Canon | Genesis Files |
| Intuitive aptitude | Descriptive | None |
| Invisibility | Canon | Godsend |
| Lightning | Canon | Four Months Later... |
| Liquefaction | Descriptive | None |
| Maya's ability | Possessor | None |
| Mental manipulation | Descriptive | None |
| Omnilingualism | Common Name | None |
| Persuasion | Canon | Fallout |
| Phasing | Canon | Future Hiro says "D.L. can phase inside the buildings." (Five Years Gone) |
| Plant growth | Descriptive | None |
| Precognition | Canon | Better Halves |
| Pyrokinesis | Common Name | Based on parapsychology, films, comics, and television |
| Rapid cell regeneration | Canon | Genesis Files |
| Space-time manipulation | Canon | Hiro's comment in Genesis |
| Technopathy | Descriptive | Based on use in other works |
| Telekinesis | Canon | Unexpected |
| Telepathy | Canon | Mozaic file |
| Water mimicry | Near-canonical Description | Paraphrased from Team Building Exercise |