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| |[[Adam Monroe]] is the ancestor of [[Claire Bennet]]. || None || {{plus}} They both have the power of [[rapid cell regeneration]].<br /> | | |[[Adam Monroe]] is the ancestor of [[Claire Bennet]]. || None || {{plus}} They both have the power of [[rapid cell regeneration]].<br /> | ||
:{{plus}} [[Matt]] and [[Maury]] both have the same power, as well as [[Meredith]] and [[Flint]]. [[Maya]] and [[Alejandro]] have powers that are connected, so family relations are likely to have an effect on the power.<br /> | :{{plus}} [[Matt]] and [[Maury]] both have the same power, as well as [[Meredith]] and [[Flint]]. [[Maya]] and [[Alejandro]] have powers that are connected, so family relations are likely to have an effect on the power.<br /> | ||
:{{note}} [[Micah]] and | :{{note}} [[Micah]] and Claire both have totally different powers to both their parents. However, Matt and Maury have the same power, thus indicating that such a thing is possible.<br /> | ||
{{plus}} They both have blond hair - possibly a result of genes being passed down.<br /> | {{plus}} They both have blond hair - possibly a result of genes being passed down.<br /> | ||
:{{minus}}There are a lot of blond characters in ''Heroes''. They aren't all related to Adam.<br/> | :{{minus}}There are a lot of blond characters in ''Heroes''. They aren't all related to Adam.<br/> | ||
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{{minus}} Monroe isn't exactly an uncommon name.<br /> | {{minus}} Monroe isn't exactly an uncommon name.<br /> | ||
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| Adam's eleventh bride is [[Linda Tavara]]. || None || {{ | | Adam's eleventh bride is [[Linda Tavara]]. || None || {{plus}} Adam says that his newest wife will find him. This seems to imply that this person either has a power, or is a skilled tracker. Linda has a power, and was a private investigator.<br /> | ||
{{minus}} Adam already had a wife during the seventies, [[Trina (Adam's wife)|Trina]].<br /> | {{minus}} Adam already had a wife during the seventies, [[Trina (Adam's wife)|Trina]].<br /> | ||
:{{plus}} After his escape, there were four months in which Adam's activities were unknown. He could have met Linda then.<br /> | :{{plus}} After his escape, there were four months in which Adam's activities were unknown. He could have met Linda then.<br /> | ||
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{{minus}} The most likely reason that Adam aged to death after his power was stolen was that the writers wanted it to be absolutely and instantly clear that Arthur had REMOVED his power, not just copied it.<br /> | {{minus}} The most likely reason that Adam aged to death after his power was stolen was that the writers wanted it to be absolutely and instantly clear that Arthur had REMOVED his power, not just copied it.<br /> | ||
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| [[Adam Monroe]] survived until [[2007]] because the [[eclipse]]s that give and take away [[powers]] only happen every 370 years. || Total solar | | [[Adam Monroe]] survived until [[2007]] because the [[eclipse]]s that give and take away [[powers]] only happen every 370 years. || Total solar eclipses are rare [[events]]. Although they occur somewhere on Earth every 18 months on average, it has been estimated that they recur at any given place only once every 370 years, on average. The total eclipse only lasts for a few minutes at that location, as the Moon's umbra moves eastward at over 1700 km/h. Totality can never last more than 7 min 31 s, and is usually much shorter: during each millennium there are typically fewer than 10 total solar eclipses exceeding 7 minutes. The last time this happened was June 30, [[1973]] (7 min 3 sec). || {{plus}} 1603 (Total [[eclipse]]) + 68 years = [[1671]] (Annular, gives and takes away powers) [[1973]] (Total eclipse) + 34 years = [[2007]] (Hybrid eclipse, gives and takes away)<br /> | ||
{{plus}} But if [[Hiro Nakamura]] was never sent to [[1671]], then | {{plus}} But if [[Hiro Nakamura]] was never sent to [[1671]], then Adam would've still became evil. He could trick Hiro into [[teleporting]] him to [[2011]], where he would release the [[Shanti virus]] and take over the world. So that Adam could escape the next eclipse in 2041, when he could just use a cryogenic tube or have someone with [[freezing]] put him in that state.<br /> | ||
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| [[Adam Monroe]] was written out of the show because the writers resent his character. || Adam's death scene, the most recent Behind the Eclipse. || {{plus}} Adam was a popular character, yet the writers killed his character off early in Season 3, in a humiliating way. Adam could well have remained sealed to be dug up in future seasons - instead, he was killed off quickly.<br /> | | [[Adam Monroe]] was written out of the show because the writers resent his character. || Adam's death scene, the most recent Behind the Eclipse. || {{plus}} Adam was a popular character, yet the writers killed his character off early in Season 3, in a humiliating way. Adam could well have remained sealed to be dug up in future seasons - instead, he was killed off quickly.<br /> | ||
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{{plus}} When [[Angela]] sent [[Matt]] and [[Nathan]] to stop Adam from releasing the [[Shanti virus]], she didn't say anything about the sweetspot, just to shoot him in the head.<br /> | {{plus}} When [[Angela]] sent [[Matt]] and [[Nathan]] to stop Adam from releasing the [[Shanti virus]], she didn't say anything about the sweetspot, just to shoot him in the head.<br /> | ||
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| Adam was behind Coyote Sands. || None || {{plus}} | | [[Adam]] was behind Coyote Sands. || None || {{plus}} Adam said he wanted to a group of his own. This is a good way to find them.<br /> | ||
{{plus}} Adam learnt about other heroes from [[Hiro]]. So a century after his cloning foe [[Evan]] mocked him, he found out how to gather his people.<br /> | |||
{{minus}} He was just a guard at there.<br /> | |||
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| [[Adam]] is [[Samuel]]'s father. || None || {{plus}} | | [[Adam]] is [[Samuel]]'s father. || None || {{plus}} Adam and [[Theresa]] were married around the time Samuel was born.<br /> | ||
:{{minus}} | :{{minus}} Adam didn't mention any children with Theresa.<br /> | ||
::{{note}} Adam | :{{minus}} [[Mrs. Sullivan]] may not have survived Coyote Sands destruction to be killed by Adam later.<br /> | ||
::{{plus}} [[Joseph]] specifically states that his mother told him what happened at Coyote Sands, and how Samuel needed to be controlled.<br /> | |||
{{plus}} Mrs. Sullivan could have cheated on Mr. Sullivan, making him Samuel's stepfather.<br /> | |||
:{{note}} It's not even known who Samuel's father is, and if he is not Joseph's father.<br /> | |||
{{plus}} Mrs. Sullivan has displayed no sign of an ability except Samuel's. Could be he and possibly Joseph got abilities from Adam.<br /> | |||
:{{note}} Mrs. Sullivan was at Coyote Sands, and she knew that Samuel's power can be magnified. Unless she only was there because of Joseph and somebody else told her about Samuel's distinction, she had an ability.<br /> | |||
{{plus}} They're both possible causes of dark futures.<br /> | |||
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| Adam's eleventh bride is [[Alice Shaw]]. || None || {{plus}} Adam | | Adam's eleventh bride is [[Alice Shaw]]. || None || {{plus}} Adam survived Coyote Sands destruction due to his ability. He may look for any survivors and find a scared cute girl whom he might become engaged to in the future.<br /> | ||
{{minus}} And yet before their fight, [[Alice]] said nothing about it to [[Angela]].<br /> | |||
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| Adam's eleventh bride is never identified, and never played an important role. || None || {{plus}} Adam may have been lonely, and referring to that once he does get out of the coffin, he would go search for a new woman to marry, whether out of love, lust, or loneliness.<br /> | |||
{{plus}} If his "newest bride" were to play an important role, she would have been revealed before Adam died.<br /> | |||
:{{note}} The writers may have originally planned to keep Adam alive, and later to find his "newest bride". However, this is unlikely.<br /> | |||
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| Adam is the father of [[Ted Sprague]]. || None || {{plus}} He wasn't imprisoned until 1977.<br /> | |||
{{plus}} [[Mindy]] is Ted's mother and she carried a file about [[Adam]].<br /> | |||
{{minus}} Could be Mindy helped [[Kaito]] lock up Adam.<br /> | |||
{{plus}} They resembled each other.<br /> | |||
:{{minus}} Having light hair does not make them related.<br /> | |||
::{{note}} They do not both have blonde hair.<br /> | |||
{{plus}} There is no mention of Ted's father.<br /> | |||
{{plus}} Angela dreamt of alarms blaring, and a woman in a white coat running down a hall. This could be the event which happened in 1977, the woman being [[Victoria Pratt]]. A date, [[January 3, 1973]], is also dreamt, which is approximately nine months before Ted Sprague's birth.<br /> | |||
{{plus}} They're both possible causes of dark futures.<br /> | |||
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Adam Monroe is the ancestor of Claire Bennet. | None | + They both have the power of rapid cell regeneration.
+ They both have blond hair - possibly a result of genes being passed down.
+ Adam's second wife was an Italian woman who bore him two sons. These sons might be ancestors of the Petrelli's and, through Nathan, an ancestor of Claire.
+ As Kensei, Adam used the symbol as his mark; Angela also notes that the symbol was the logo of the Petrelli family law practice. |
Adam Monroe can create copies of himself through his regenerative power. | None | + His body is charred in Out of Time, yet he is seen in the future.
+ He was able to witness the kiss between Hiro and Yaeko, even through he should be still in Whitebeard's camp given the amount time that passed.
- If rapid cell regeneration also allowed users to clone themselves, this would make Julien's ability completely obsolete.
• Low order organisms such as flat-worms can reproduce asexually through transverse fission. |
Linderman and Adam Monroe had similar ideals originally, but they had a disagreement of some sort. | None | + Adam Monroe was held prisoner for 30 years by the Company. It was heavily implied that Linderman was the dominant figure in the Company up until his death. + Linderman might have realized that Adam wasn't actually interested in healing the world, but was interested in punishing the world. Linderman considers himself a healer and would not have accepted Adam's petty motivation of revenge.
- Linderman was one of the people who had Adam locked up. |
Adam's eleventh bride has an ability similar to Molly's. | Adam believed that his latest bride would come to free him from his coffin. (The Ten Brides of Takezo Kensei) | + It is impossible for anyone else to know where Hiro took Adam unless they have Molly's ability to find people.
- His last wife was Trina (who remarried and later died while he was imprisoned). I doubt the reference to his "latest wife" was someone he met and married with in the four months leading up to the beginning of season 2. He would have been too busy planning the deaths of the founders. It makes more sense that he would have meant Trina was coming for him to take him to the other side. He stated that he had died many times while buried alive, so it stands to reason that after so many deaths, he would start to think one of these deaths would be his last, and at that point he would most likely be wishing it to be so. |
Adam's eleventh bride is Elle. | None | • The theory goes that Adam and Elle had a secret alliance and relationship. + Adam implies that he slept with Elle. (Four Months Ago...)
+ Elle is the only person besides Peter that Adam has had major contact with in the past 30 years.
+ In Four Months Ago..., the Haitian chased Peter while Elle chased Adam. Peter was easily caught, and he was far more powerful than Adam. It is possible that Elle purposely let Adam escape.
+ Elle is a sadist; it is possible she agrees with Adam's misanthropy. (Four Months Ago...)
- There is no reason that Elle would know the location of Adam's new prison.
- Elle's First Assignment was eight months ago. Elle was closely watched before this point. It is unlikely that Elle could have a secret marriage in this time.
- Adam seems to dislike Elle.
- Adam was locked up by the company before Elle was even born. |
Adam's eleventh bride doesn't really exist. | None | + The line about his newest bride could just be foreshadowing.
+ The eleventh bride could never be mentioned again and turn out to be a forgotten plot thread that is never resolved, which has been known to happen in Heroes. |
Adam's eleventh bride is Jessica or another of Niki's alter egos. | None | + She has the strength to free him from his coffin. |
U.S. President James Monroe was a descendant of Adam. | None | + They share the last name. + Adam was born over a century before President Monroe. |
Adam's eleventh bride is Linda Tavara. | None | + Adam says that his newest wife will find him. This seems to imply that this person either has a power, or is a skilled tracker. Linda has a power, and was a private investigator. - Adam already had a wife during the seventies, Trina.
- Linda is dead.
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Adam's eleventh bride is Angela Petrelli. | None | + Adam said that his newest bride would find him. Angela Petrelli indeed did it, once she (indirectly) asked Hiro to release Adam, in order to find out where the formula is.
+ Angela has admitted to having sexual relations with Kaito, therefore it's possible she slept with Adam as well.
- Adam seemed to have a positive opinion of his eleventh bride, whereas Angela was the first he implicated as the possible thief of the formula.
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Adam's eleventh bride is Tracy Strauss. | None | + Either she or Barbara is standing beside Adam (along with Maury Parkman and Knox) in Angela's dream of the dark future (The Butterfly Effect). - In the dark future, Tracy Strauss is the First Lady, married to President Nathan Petrelli (I Am Become Death).
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Adam was originally intended to have an eleventh wife but the writers changed the storyline so that he will no longer have one. | None | + As of Dying of the Light Adam is now dead and his wife has not yet been revealed. |
The manifestation of Adam's ability was related to the 1671 eclipse. | The later eclipse seems tied to the abilities of numerous others. | • Adam seemed unaware of his abilities until he healed when Hiro was there. - The eclipses that happen every 370 years aren't always the eclipses that activate powers. Peter mentions a dream he had in Villains about Nathan and Heidi in their accident at the same time it was occurring, which was 18 months before the total eclipse that was assumed to activate most of the other main characters' powers. |
Adam died after Arthur absorbed his power due to the viruses and infections that were kept dormant due to his power. | None | + Claire was immediately prone to a bad infection from the shot wound she received. Imagine this times over 400 years of collecting viruses and bacteria that one's immune system never killed. • Claire lost her ability temporarily to the eclipse. She was not infected until she was shot.
• The human body is full of important non pathogenic bacteria, and without them humans would lack important nutrients, such as vitamin B complex. |
Adam Monroe survived until 2007 because the eclipses that give and take away powers only happen every 370 years. | Total solar eclipses are rare events. Although they occur somewhere on Earth every 18 months on average, it has been estimated that they recur at any given place only once every 370 years, on average. The total eclipse only lasts for a few minutes at that location, as the Moon's umbra moves eastward at over 1700 km/h. Totality can never last more than 7 min 31 s, and is usually much shorter: during each millennium there are typically fewer than 10 total solar eclipses exceeding 7 minutes. The last time this happened was June 30, 1973 (7 min 3 sec). | + 1603 (Total eclipse) + 68 years = 1671 (Annular, gives and takes away powers) 1973 (Total eclipse) + 34 years = 2007 (Hybrid eclipse, gives and takes away) + But if Hiro Nakamura was never sent to 1671, then Adam would've still became evil. He could trick Hiro into teleporting him to 2011, where he would release the Shanti virus and take over the world. So that Adam could escape the next eclipse in 2041, when he could just use a cryogenic tube or have someone with freezing put him in that state. |
Adam Monroe was written out of the show because the writers resent his character. | Adam's death scene, the most recent Behind the Eclipse. | + Adam was a popular character, yet the writers killed his character off early in Season 3, in a humiliating way. Adam could well have remained sealed to be dug up in future seasons - instead, he was killed off quickly. - Older BTE interviews stated that they had to kill Adam to establish Arthur Petrelli as villain.
+ The most recent Behind the Eclipse scorned the possibility of Adam returning in Volume 4, remarking about Adam's thorough death scene.
+ Adam's role in the story has been marginalized since his death, despite his important role prior to Season 3.
+ The aforementioned Behind the Eclipse alluded to 'dirty laundry' and fights behind the scenes. Perhaps a grudge against David Anders is among this dirty laundry.
- It is unlikely the writers grew to resent Adam in between the decisions to write him back in in episode 4 and to write him out in episode 6.
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Adam didn't have a sweetspot. His entire brain was vulnerable. | None | + Sylar and Claire can only be killed if shot in the back of their head. + When Angela sent Matt and Nathan to stop Adam from releasing the Shanti virus, she didn't say anything about the sweetspot, just to shoot him in the head. |
Adam was behind Coyote Sands. | None | + Adam said he wanted to a group of his own. This is a good way to find them. + Adam learnt about other heroes from Hiro. So a century after his cloning foe Evan mocked him, he found out how to gather his people. |
Adam is Samuel's father. | None | + Adam and Theresa were married around the time Samuel was born.
+ Mrs. Sullivan could have cheated on Mr. Sullivan, making him Samuel's stepfather.
+ Mrs. Sullivan has displayed no sign of an ability except Samuel's. Could be he and possibly Joseph got abilities from Adam.
+ They're both possible causes of dark futures. |
Adam's eleventh bride is Alice Shaw. | None | + Adam survived Coyote Sands destruction due to his ability. He may look for any survivors and find a scared cute girl whom he might become engaged to in the future. - And yet before their fight, Alice said nothing about it to Angela. |
Adam's eleventh bride is never identified, and never played an important role. | None | + Adam may have been lonely, and referring to that once he does get out of the coffin, he would go search for a new woman to marry, whether out of love, lust, or loneliness. + If his "newest bride" were to play an important role, she would have been revealed before Adam died.
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Adam is the father of Ted Sprague. | None | + He wasn't imprisoned until 1977. + Mindy is Ted's mother and she carried a file about Adam.
+ There is no mention of Ted's father. |
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See Also: 9 • Red • Time travel • Adam Monroe |