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'''Enhanced memory''' is the [[ability]] to recall images, sounds, or objects in memory with great accuracy, and in seemingly unlimited volume | '''Enhanced memory''' is the [[ability]] to recall images, sounds, or objects in memory with great accuracy, and in seemingly unlimited volume. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == |
Revision as of 15:51, 19 March 2007
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Charlie helps out with a crossword puzzle | |
Originally held by: | Charlie Andrews |
Absorbed by: | Sylar |
Ability to: | Recall facts in memory with great accuracy |
Examples of enhanced memory |
Enhanced memory is the ability to recall images, sounds, or objects in memory with great accuracy, and in seemingly unlimited volume.
Characters
This power was originally possessed by Charlie Andrews. Sylar killed Charlie and acquired this ability from her.
Limits
Charlie was able to remember everything she read since she first manifested this power. She was also able to comprehend and use the knowledge gained almost immediately.
Sylar was able to read the owner's manual for a tractor-trailer and immediately use that knowledge to drive the vehicle.
The limits of what a character with this power may remember are not yet known.
Examples
- Charlie Andrews immediately knows the obscure answer (Kanyakumari) to a crossword puzzle on which Sheriff Davidson was working. (Seven Minutes to Midnight)
- Charlie learns to speak some basic Japanese, having only started reading her phrase book one week ago. (Seven Minutes to Midnight)
- Charlie learns both spoken and written Japanese in a matter of days after Hiro travels back into the past and gives her a Japanese phrase book. (Six Months Ago)
- Sylar skims the operations manual for an eighteen-wheeler and successfully drives it cross-country. (Road Kill)
Memorable Quotes
"If you really want to test me, you oughta ask if I remember your credit-card numbers."
"Very! Good! Memory!"
"Yeah, I remember lots and lots. It's just something that my brain started doing lately, whether I want it to or not."
- - Hiro, Charlie (Seven Minutes to Midnight)
Gallery
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Charlie remembers arcane crossword puzzle trivia, like Ghandi's resting place.
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Charlie shares her wealth of knowledge with Hiro.
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Charlie learns Japanese very quickly.
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Sylar skims a trucking manual and easily remember the entire text.