User:Catalyst/Active and Passive Abilities
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See Also: GN Active and Passive Abilities and Evolutions Active and Passive Abilities
All of the abilities shown in Heroes can be classified into two types: those that are active, meaning the user has to make a decision to use his/her ability or not at a given time, and those that are passive, meaning the mechanism that makes the ability work is constantly active and the possessor cannot choose not to use his/her ability.
Active Abilities
The following abilities are active in nature. The users of these abilities can decide whether to use their particular ability or not. The users of some of these abilities also have control over the manner in which they use the ability, for example how much electricity to apply or what ability to replicate.
To Acquire Abilities
Power | Former Users | Current Users | |
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Ability replication | None | Peter Petrelli (synthetic) | |
The ability to replicate one ability at a time through physical contact | |||
Power absorption | Arthur Petrelli | None | |
The ability to steal another's ability, rendering them powerless | |||
Biological
Power | Former Users | Current Users | |
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Alejandro's ability | None | Alejandro Herrera | |
The ability to absorb and counter the effects of Maya's ability | |||
Body insertion | Peter Petrelli (exposed future) | None | |
The ability to insert a person into someone else's body | |||
Healing touch | Daniel Linderman, Ishi Nakamura, Jeremy Greer |
None | |
The ability to heal the wounds of others | |||
Metal mimicry | Danny Pine | None | |
The ability to transmute one's own body into metal | |||
Poison emission | Maya Herrera (lost), Arthur Petrelli |
None | |
The ability to harm or kill people in the immediate area by emitting a deadly poison | |||
Electronical
Power | Former Users | Current Users | |
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Electronic communication | Hana Gitelman, Richard Drucker |
None | |
The ability to intercept, generate, and interpret electronic, digital, and radio transmissions with one's mind | |||
Technopathy | None | Micah Sanders | |
The ability to control and manipulate technology with the mind | |||
Energy
Power | Former Users | Current Users | |
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Ability supercharging | Paulette Hawkins | Ando Masahashi (synthetic) | |
The ability to supercharge other evolved human abilities | |||
Electric manipulation | Agent, Elle Bishop, Peter Petrelli (lost), (Explosion / Exposed), Arthur Petrelli |
Sylar | |
The ability to create and direct electrical arcs | |||
Freezing | James Walker, Sylar (lost), Peter Petrelli (lost) |
Tracy Strauss (synthetic) | |
The ability to reduce temperatures and freeze objects by force of will | |||
Heating | None | Mrs. Comey | |
The ability to produce heat from the body. | |||
Induced radioactivity | Ted Sprague, Peter Petrelli (lost), Sylar (lost) (Exposed) |
None | |
The ability to manipulate the movement of subatomic particles, thus generating and emitting toxic radiation | |||
Microwave emission | None | Luke Campbell | |
The ability to emit rays of microwaves from one's hands | |||
Pyrokinesis | Meredith Gordon, Flint Gordon, Jr. Peter Petrelli (lost), (Explosion), Maarten, Iris |
None | |
The ability to create and control fire using the power of the mind | |||
Seismic burst | Mr. Shaw | None | |
The ability to repel objects away from one's self. | |||
Mental
Power | Former Users | Current Users | |
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Activation and deactivation | None | Matt Parkman, Jr. | |
The ability to activate and deactivate various objects | |||
Clairsentience | Bridget Bailey | Sylar | |
The ability to perceive the history of an object by touching it | |||
Clairvoyance | None | Molly Walker | |
The ability to see distant people and things | |||
Cloaking | None | Teddy | |
The ability to cause things to disappear and reappear | |||
Enhanced synesthesia | None | Emma Coolidge | |
The ability to see sound waves as colorful light. | |||
Dream manipulation | None | Sanjog Iyer | |
The ability to manipulate the dreams of others | |||
Illusion | Candice Willmer, Crazy Tom, Sylar II, Peter Petrelli III |
None | |
The ability to alter the perceptions of others | |||
Magnetism | The German, Magnetism terrorist |
None | |
The ability to manipulate ferrous objects and materials | |||
Memory manipulation | None | Damian | |
The ability to manipulate memories. | |||
Mental manipulation | Arthur Petrelli | The Haitian | |
The ability to manipulate others' minds, causing them to lose memories or be prevented from using mental powers | |||
Puppet master | None | Eric Doyle | |
The ability to control the motor functions of people and objects | |||
Sedation | None | Samson Gray | |
The ability to lull victims into a sedated state. | |||
Telekinesis | Brian Davis, Peter Petrelli (lost), Arthur Petrelli |
Sylar, Samson Gray Misha | |
The ability to move objects with the mind | |||
Telepathy | Maury Parkman, Charles Deveaux, Peter Petrelli (lost), Arthur Petrelli |
Matt Parkman | |
The ability to mentally control functions of the brain | |||
Terrakinesis | None | Samuel Sullivan, Sparrow Redhouse | |
The ability to control geologic materials such as dirt and rocks | |||
Trevor's ability | Trevor Zeitlan Sylar (lost) |
None | |
The ability to shatter objects without physical contact | |||
Weather control | Albert Rossling "The Croatian" |
Alice Shaw | |
The ability to control the weather | |||
Physical
Power | Former Users | Current Users | |
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Adoptive muscle memory | None | Monica Dawson | |
The ability to replicate any physical action after seeing it performed | |||
Empathy | None | Lydia | |
The ability to feel the emotions, thoughts, hopes, desires, and dream of others | |||
Enhanced strength | Niki Sanders (synthetic), Knox, Scott (synthetic), Peter Petrelli (lost) |
Mohinder Suresh (synthetic), Michael Fitzgerald | |
The ability to exert greater than normal physical force | |||
Flight | Nathan Petrelli (synthetic), Peter Petrelli (lost), Sylar (explosion future) |
West Rosen, Angie | |
The ability to propel oneself through the air | |||
Gravitational manipulation | Stephen Canfield | None | |
The ability to create gravitational vacuums | |||
Invisibility | Peter Petrelli (lost) | Claude Rains | |
The ability to not be seen | |||
Shape shifting | James Martin | Sylar | |
The ability to shift one's physical characteristics to match another's | |||
Phasing | D.L. Hawkins, Samir Mellouk, Sylar (explosion future), Peter Petrelli (lost) |
None | |
The ability to pass through solid objects at will | |||
Precognition | Isaac Mendez, Peter Petrelli (lost), Sylar (lost) (Exposed), Arthur Petrelli, Usutu |
None | |
The ability to accurately predict future events through paintings | |||
Space-time manipulation | Hiro Nakamura (partially restored), Peter Petrelli (lost), Arthur Petrelli |
Arnold | |
The ability to alter the space-time continuum, including slowing down, speeding up, reversing, stopping, moving backwards and forwards through time, and moving instantaneously through space | |||
Super speed | Daphne Millbrook, Peter Petrelli (lost), (Explosion), Agent |
Edgar | |
The ability to move at a higher rate than normal | |||
Transmutation
Power | Former Users | Current Users | |
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Alchemy | Bob Bishop | Sylar | |
The ability to change the molecular composition of any material to gold | |||
Disintegration | Tom Miller | Sylar | |
The ability to disintegrate objects without physical contact | |||
Melting | Zane Taylor, Sylar (lost) |
None | |
The ability to melt solid materials | |||
Vocal
Power | Former Users | Current Users | |
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Persuasion | Eden McCain | None | |
The ability to force others to obey one's spoken commands | |||
Sound manipulation | Echo DeMille, Jesse Murphy |
Sylar | |
The ability to manipulate sound waves using one's voice | |||
Passive Abilities
The following abilities are passive in nature. The users of these abilities cannot choose not to use their particular ability because the mechanism responsible for the ability cannot be turned off (or at the very least have not yet learned to turn said mechanism off). For example, Regenerators like Claire cannot choose to leave their wounds open and gaping, their body automatically and very quickly heals the wound independent of any thinking on the regenerator's part.
To Acquire Abilities
Power | Former Users | Current Users | |
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Empathic mimicry | Peter Petrelli (lost), Arthur Petrelli |
None | |
The ability to duplicate the powers of other evolved humans within proximity and reproduce them at will when thinking about the original source of the power | |||
Intuitive aptitude | Peter Petrelli (lost) | Sylar, Samson Gray | |
The ability to analyze complex systems and intuitively understand how they work without special education or training | |||
Biological
Power | Former Users | Current Users | |
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Rapid cell regeneration | Peter Petrelli (lost), Adam Monroe, Arthur Petrelli |
Claire Bennet, Sylar | |
The ability to heal wounds quickly without any scarring | |||
Mental
Power | Former Users | Current Users | |
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Enhanced memory | Charlie Andrews, Matt Neuenberg Sylar (lost) |
None | |
The ability to quickly absorb and accurately retain great amounts of information | |||
Lie detection | Sue Landers | Sylar | |
The ability to detect when others lie | |||
Precognitive dreaming | Peter Petrelli (lost) | Angela Petrelli | |
The ability to see the future through dreams | |||
Physical
Power | Former Users | Current Users | |
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Enhanced hearing | Dale Smither, Sylar (lost) |
None | |
The ability to hear sounds beyond normal limits | |||
Impenetrable skin | None | Baron Samedi | |
The ability of one's skin to not be penetrated by anything | |||
Mohinder's ability | Mohinder Suresh (synthetic, corrected) | None | |
The ability to possess enhanced human senses, instinct, and strength | |||
Underwater breathing | None | Alex Woolsly | |
The ability to breathe underwater | |||
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