Examples of ability replication

Ability replication is the ability to copy others' powers through physical touch. A full list of examples of the ability follows.

Season Three

Click "hide/show" to hide or show the Season Three images.

Peter touches Mohinder and gains his ability... ...and uses it to break out of his restraints... ...and then uses it on one of the guards. (A Clear and Present Danger) Peter touches Tracy and gains her ability... ...and starts to freeze the plane. (A Clear and Present Danger) Peter touches Nathan's shoulder and replicates his flying ability. ...and starts to fly away. (Trust and Blood) Peter touches Matt... ...mimicking his telepathic abilities. (Exposed) Peter hugs Nathan and replicates his flying ability again. (Exposed) Claire sees an orange flash which looks like Peter's ability... ...and soon thereafter, he poses as the President. (An Invisible Thread)

Season Four

Click "hide/show" to hide or show the Season Four images.

With a new ability, Peter saves a woman. (Orientation) Peter replicates Edgar's speed... ...and the two begin to fight. (Jump, Push, Fall) After saving Emma from an oncoming bus, Peter unintentionally replicates her ability... ...and begins to see sound as color. (Hysterical Blindness) Peter copies Hiro's ability... ...and is then able to teleport. (Tabula Rasa) After copying Jeremy Greer's ability Peter uses it at work. (Shadowboxing) ...and to heal Matt Parkman. (Brother's Keeper) From Sylar, Peter reacquires flight... ...and is then able to fly. (Brother's Keeper) Peter takes René's ability... ...and uses it in the fight against Sylar... ...so he can bring back his brother. (The Fifth Stage) He subconsciously stops Claire from healing... ...and is able to enter a building to save some hostages. (Let It Bleed) Peter borrows Claire's regeneration powers... ...to heal a gunshot wound. (Let It Bleed) Peter replicates Angela's ability of precognitive dreaming... ...and has a bad dream about Emma. (Close to You) Peter replicates Matt's telepathy... ...and tries to get into Sylar's head... ...and gets into Sylar's nightmare. (The Art of Deception) After replicating flight from Sylar... ...Peter tackles Samuel and replicates... ...his ability of terrakinesis... ...to battle Samuel. (Brave New World)