Explosion
Explosion | |
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Peter Petrelli explodes high above New York, NY | |
First mentioned: | Genesis |
Date of event: | November 8, 2006 |
Location: | New York, NY |
A massive explosion occurs in the skies above New York, NY on November 8th, 2006.
About
Genesis
While under the influence of heroin, Isaac Mendez paints a gigantic painting of a massive explosion directly on the floor of his apartment.
Don't Look Back
Five weeks in the future, Hiro Nakamura goes to Isaac's apartment, but finds the artist dead, an apparent victim of Sylar. When police arrive and question him about Isaac's death, he witnesses the same massive explosion Isaac's painting had predicted, but manages to jump back to the past before the blast hits.
Graphic Novel:The Crane
Hiro, Detective Furakowa and another NYPD detective watch the explosion in New York City. Hiro narrowly averts being caught in the explosion by teleporting himself back to Tokyo.
Seven Minutes to Midnight
In the secret facility within Primatech Paper Co. in Odessa, TX, Mr. Bennet has Eden McCain persuade Isaac Mendez to use heroin and produce another painting.
Homecoming
Isaac's new painting shows an exploding figure. Mr. Bennet deems it worthless in his hunt for Sylar.
Fallout
Peter Petrelli has a vision of Manhattan, which seems to be deserted except for some other evolved humans, who are all at the scene. They are all looking at Peter strangely, and something is wrong. Peter then starts to glow, as if he is about to explode, resembling Isaac's painting.
Parasite
Hiro and Ando time travel to Charles Deveaux's rooftop in New York City. They look over the destroyed city. Hiro laments they have failed to stop the explosion. There is some traffic in the streets, and construction has begun on a number of skyscrapers within the area of devastation. Some buildings remain unscathed.
.07%
Linderman talks to Nathan about the explosion, saying that it will unite the world under a common goal. He justifies the massive death toll by explaining that only .07% of the world's population will be killed.
Graphic Novel:String Theory
Future Hiro remembers that Sylar was the bomb. He is confused when New York City is still destroyed, even though Peter saved the cheerleader, preventing Sylar from gaining the power of regeneration.
Five Years Gone
On the fifth anniversary of the explosion, America remembers those that have fallen. The President gathers many people at the explosion memorial to pay tribute. Sylar is remembered as the cause of the destruction, though Peter says that he was the bomb.
The Hard Part
Sylar paints a prophetic image of the explosion using a new medium: his mother's blood.
How to Stop an Exploding Man
At Kirby Plaza, Peter, after fighting Sylar, is unable to contain Ted's power. Nathan arrives and flies Peter up into the sky, where he explodes without destroying the city.
Graphic Novel:Molly's Dream
Molly has a dream in which she witnesses an explosion in the sky.
Fight or Flight
In a nightmare caused by Maury Parkman, Nathan sees himself in New York post-explosion where he's confronted by a disfigured version of himself.
Four Months Ago...
Peter meets Adam Monroe who realizes that the Haitian erased Peter's memory. To help him regain his memory, Adam shows Peter his picture of himself and Nathan, causing him to focus on it and his mind start heal. As his memory starts to return, Peter sees Nathan fly him high into the air as Peter struggles to contain his power. Nathan is horrifically burned before Peter shoves him away and explodes, the shockwave knocking Nathan from the air. Peter then flies in and catches Nathan, flying him to a hospital. Nathan is left horrifically burned from the radiation he was exposed to carrying Peter through the air, but is eventually healed Adam's blood.
Jump, Push, Fall
Hiro tells Samuel that if he doesn't receive his fortune from a fortune teller, then New York will explode.
Heroes Evolutions
Saving Charlie
- Hiro recalls a painting in Isaac's loft: "A terrifying future. a nuclear bomb going off in [[New York City. The city in flames. Millions of people being killed" (Chapter 3)
- Hiro goes to Isaac's loft and sees the floor covered with a mural of fire, smoke, Armageddon. (Chapter 17)
Hana's website
Richard Drucker sends Hana a video of the explosion, as seen from New Jersey. Hana posts the video on her website. The video shows a small light soaring above the New York City skyline. As the figure explodes, another figure plummets to the ground. Before he hits the ground, another figure swoops in, rescues the plummeting figure, and flies away.
Notes
- When Hiro is in the future just before the explosion, his watch shows the time as 11:52am. The explosion happens around a minute later. In Heroes Reborn the H.E.L.E. also occurs at 11:53am.
- Despite the explosion happening in the morning when Hiro visits the future, it happens at night when Peter actually explodes.
Memorable Quotes
"I saw it. There was a ... bright light. Like an explosion. It wiped out the whole city. Like Hiroshima --"
"Shh, shh, shh, it's okay. It was all a dream."
"No ... I don't think so."
- - Isaac, Simone (Don't Look Back)
"Boom!"
Gallery
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Isaac creates a mural of the explosion on the floor of his apartment.
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This is the first stage of the explosion.
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This is the second stage of the explosion.
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This is the third stage of the explosion.
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Isaac's Exploding Man painting portrays Peter exploding.
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An overhead view of the explosion is seen in Peter's vision.
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The explosion in Peter's vision rips through the city.
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The explosion in Peter's vision leaves a wave of debris.
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Nathan is destroyed in the vision of the explosion.
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Hiro looks at New York City from atop the Deveaux Building after the explosion.
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Even Sylar's mom becomes part of the explosion.
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Peter's explosion makes a spectacle...
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...and dissipates...
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...as everybody watches.
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Molly relives the explosion in a nightmare.
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As the explosion occurs...
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...a figure falls to the ground...
See Also
- For other uses of explosion, see explosion (disambig).
- For a video from Hana's website depicting the explosion, see here (or here for the YouTube-hosted version).