Peter Petrelli
Peter Petrelli is a male television character who features in Heroes.
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Biography
Early history
Peter Petrelli
Saving the Cheerleader
Amnesia
Dark future
Brother vs Brother
Alternate futures
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Being a member of an evolved race of human beings, Peter had a number of abilities given to him.
His original power was the capacity to mimic the powers of others allowing him to acquire the powers of others simply by being near someone. This allowed him to gain the capacity to time travel or gain telepathy by just being near the likes of Hiro Nakamura and Matt Parkman. This power was based on his empathy and capacity to connect with others. According to Dr Suresh, Peter's DNA automatically resequences itself in order to mimic the powers of those around him. Originally, this allowed him to only gain a single ability by being close to those with powers. However, he eventually learnt to recall previously mimicked powers with ease which meant that he was the most powerful of the evolved beings. However, there was a danger to this as the close proximity of too many people with powers had the potential of overloading Peter's powers leading him to explode with raw power killing himself and an entire city.
After injecting himself with the formula designed to give powers to those with no abilities, Peter's powers changed somewhat compared to his old ones. Initially, he displayed simply the power to fly like his brother Nathan but later on, it became clear that this was not his ability. Instead, he seemed to share his father's power of gaining another persons power by touch alone. However, unlike Arthur Petrelli, Peter's power did not rob the person of their ability. In addition, this ability only allowed him to have one power at a time and if possessing one ability and touching another evolved person then his old ability was replaced. This allowed him to gain Nathan's flying powers or Tracey's ice abilities or Matt's telepathic powers but he had to make a decision on choosing the ability and risking the loss of the old one unless he acquired it again.
Notes
- Peter Petrelli was created by Tim Kring where he was portrayed by actor Milo Ventimiglia and featured in the setting of the Heroes universe.
Alternate Versions
- In The Second Coming, an alternate possible future was shown where Peter Petrelli failed in saving Claire Bennet. At a press conference in Odessa, TX, Nathan, at the podium and flanked by Matt and Peter, introduces himself as a former New York Congressman. When Nathan starts to reveal his ability of flight, he is shot, mid-sentence, twice in the chest, by an unknown assailant, later revealed to be future Peter. Chaos erupted in the press room as Nathan falls to the ground. While present-Peter is occupied catching his brother, future Peter begins to make for the exit. Matt, after failing to discern the assailant's thoughts, appears to catch a glimpse of Peter before he was gone. Later, Angela Petrelli watches a television news report of her son being shot. The report describes Peter as an 'unknown assassin'. In 2011, Peter is conversing with Claire Bennet. He tells her he can go back and stop the mass genocide on beings with evolved abilities if she trusts him, she responds by saying "I always loved you." Just as Claire fires the pistol, Peter stops time before the bullet hits him. He grabs her gun and teleports to the present day at Nathan's press conference. There, he sees Nathan Petrelli conducting his speech and admittance of his powers. He shoots him twice before he can finish his speech and leaves the area. Present Peter Petrelli follows him with Matt Parkman behind him. They are lead into a bathroom, left empty after the apparent escape of Future Peter. Turns out Future Peter placed Peter in Jesse Murphy's body, and posed as Peter. He later goes back to get the gun, when Matt busts him. Future Peter tells Matt it couldn't be many places to stash the gun. Matt asks how Peter knew he stashed it. Matt attempts to read Peter's mind when he gets canceled out. Future Peter reveals himself to Matt, and sends him to Africa. He goes to see Nathan, but he isn't there. He goes outside, and sees a couple of camera-men going into the chapel next door. There, he keeps an eye on Nathan, and is ready to fire if he tries to reveal his secret to the world. He does not, however.
Appearances
- Heroes:
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