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{{Infobox power
| held by = mysterious vagrant
| image = claude appears.jpg
| ability to = Remain unseen in plain view
| caption = [[Claude]] fades into view.
| held by = [[Claude Rains]],<br />[[Becky Taylor]],<br />"[[Hipster Dude]]" ([[Luke and Joanne's victims|deceased]]),<br />[[Farah Nazan]]
| absorbed by = [[Peter Petrelli]]
| ability to = Remain unseen even in plain view
}}
}}
 
'''Invisibility''' is the [[ability]] to walk in plain view of other people without being seen.
'''Invisibility''' is the ability to walk in plain view of other people without being seen.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
A mysterious vagrant in [[New York City]] has this ability.
<u>'''Confirmed'''</u>
* [[Claude Rains]] is the first character to demonstrate this ability. (''[[Godsend]]'')
* [[Becky Taylor]] has also demonstrated this ability. (''[[Hysterical Blindness]]'')
* [[Peter Petrelli]] [[empathic mimicry|absorbed]] this power from Claude (''[[Godsend]]''), but [[power absorption|lost it]] to his [[Arthur Petrelli|father]] (''[[Dying of the Light]]''). He later regained it with his [[Ability replication|synthetic ability]], though he did briefly discard it in favor of [[telekinesis]]. (''[[Save the Cheerleader, Destroy the World]]'')
* A man nicknamed "[[Hipster Dude]]" has used this ability. (''[[Dark Matters, Part 6]]'')
* [[Farah Nazan]] possesses this ability. (''[[Under the Mask]]'')


[[Peter Petrelli]] has [[Power mimicry|mimicked]] this ability.
<u>'''Unconfirmed'''</u>
* "Disappearing guy" is mentioned in the title of [[Rami Al-Wazzani]]'s "[[attempt video]]". ([[The Odessa Report]])


== Limits ==
== Limits ==
It is currently unclear how the vagrant avoids being seen; whether he is bending light or somehow removing himself from the minds of onlookers is unknown at this time.
It is currently unclear how this ability helps its users to avoid being seen, though it is evident that there is some rearrangement of one's molecules (''[[From the Files of Primatech, Part 5]]''). Invisibility seems to be a passive ability which can operate constantly without effort or concentration, although it can also be "turned off" at will.
 
Users of this ability are [[Ability immunity|not invisible to each other]]; [[Claude Rains|Claude]] is not invisible to [[Peter Petrelli]] when Peter is [[Empathic mimicry|mimicking]] his ability, nor is Peter invisible to Claude. [[Assignment Tracker 2.0/Claude_Rains|Claude's assignment tracker profile]] says that "His ability allows him to see what would otherwise be invisible to the average person."
 
It is unclear whether the ability also hides sound, but it appears that it does not. While Claude covers Peter's mouth when they are hiding from [[Nathan]] and [[Mohinder]] to stop Peter from making noise (''[[Episode:The Fix|The Fix]]''), Claire is able to hear [[Rebecca Taylor|Rebecca]]'s footsteps when the latter is stalking Gretchen and she in the slaughterhouse. (''[[Episode:Strange Attractors|Strange Attractors]]'')
 
While users of this power are invisible to normal sight, they can be detected using infrared imaging devices.(''[[Episode:Unexpected|Unexpected]]'') At least one user of the ability also casts a shadow when subjected to the direct beam of a flashlight.
 
This ability can be stopped by [[The Haitian]] as Noah stated (''[[Shadowboxing]]''), but it must require close proximity, as on the Deveaux rooftop it did not negate the invisibility of Peter and Claude (''[[Episode:Unexpected|Unexpected]]'').
 
[[Elle]] claims that "the rain will help me track [[Claude Rains|him]]." (''[[Graphic Novel:Sum Quod Sum, Part 1|Sum Quod Sum, Part 1]]'')
 
According to [[Noah Bennet]], 10,000 volts from a taser will make them turn visible again, something he learned from Claude, which is proven when Samuel tasers Becky and she turns visible again. (''[[Shadowboxing]]'')
 
===[[Claude Rains]]===
Standing in plain sight at a sidewalk café, Claude was able to pick up a wallet from a purse on a table, remove the money from it, and put it back in the purse without anyone paying any attention to him. However, when he and Peter began struggling and knocked over a table, people nearby noticed something odd happening, even though they didn't see the two men involved.
 
Claude has demonstrated some ability to [[ability extension|make objects that he picks up]] or carries invisible: his clothes, for example, turn invisible with him. A pretzel he stole on another occasion, however, did not immediately become invisible. In fact, his [[Assignment Tracker 2.0/Claude_Rains|assignment tracker profile]] says that Claude "is able to extend his ability to objects and people outside of himself by making physical contact with them while he is invisible. His ability allows him to see what would otherwise be invisible to the average person". Why objects become invisible in some circumstances but not in others isn't yet known. Additionally, Claude can make only certain parts of his body become invisible--when he was partners with [[Haram]], he was able to make only his hand invisible. (''[[Graphic Novel:Golden Handshake, Part 1|Golden Handshake, Part 1]]'')
 
===[[Peter Petrelli]]===
Invisibility was one of Peter's more developed abilities. Peter has spent far more time using it than most of his other abilities, due to the extended period of time spent training while invisible with [[Claude Rains|Claude]]. This may be why turning invisible has frequently been his first response when threatened. Peter has demonstrated the ability to [[Ability extension|turn at least one other person]] invisible in addition to himself while in contact with them (''[[Episode:Landslide|Landslide]]'').
 
===[[Becky Taylor]]===
Becky is able to turn her whole body invisible as well as [[Annie's suicide note|other objects]]. Although some objects can be turned invisible, Becky seems to be able to choose which are turned invisible and which are not. For example, she makes Annie's suicide note invisible while she holds it, but not Samuel's cloth, which he throws and she catches while invisible. (''[[Episode:Hysterical Blindness|Hysterical Blindness]]'')  She first manifested her ability when trying to hide from [[Noah Bennet]] after he father's death: she wished to remain unseen and her invisibility manifested and made her so, protecting her from Noah.  Unfortunately, as this wish came true she began to try to make her other "wishes" come true and became mentally unstable as one of her "wishes" was revenge and she believed that because one came true, she could make the others come true too (''[[Shadowboxing]]''). When Ricky [[Ricky's ability|blasted]] an invisible Becky to save [[Tracy Strauss]], it disrupted her power and made her visible again. (''[[Reaching Out, Part 2]]'')
 
==="[[Hipster Dude]]"===
The goateed man has used his power a few times: at the [[June 13th summit]], he walked around while invisible. He also used his ability to escape hunters in [[Canada]]. During [[Renautas]]'s raid on [[Hero Truther|HeroTruther]]'s launderette. He turned invisible to sneak up on [[M. F. Harris]] and knock him unconscious with a fire extinguisher, turning visible again immediately after. While his clothes turn invisible with him, he was either unable or unwilling to extend his ability to the fire extinguisher he wielded at the time, seeing as it was completely visible to [[Quentin Frady]]. (''[[Dark Matters, Part 6]]'')
 
===[[Farah Nazan]]===
Farah is able to turn her whole body and other objects she is carrying, such as a backpack, invisible. (''[[The Needs of the Many]]'')


The vagrant was not invisible to Peter Petrelli, who mimicked his power.
Farah's manifestation of this ability seems less complete than that of others who have had it: she is transparent to visible light, but she causes it to bend slightly as it passes through her, making her outline slightly visible. She is seen as an invisible presence beside [[Malina]] as the latter uses her powers (''[[Under the Mask]]''). She is also seen praying invisibly on her prayer mat in the Arctic, turning visible only when done. When [[Canadian hiker|a man]] in Canada realizes that she and Malina are evos and attempts to call the authorities, Farah turns invisible before knocking him out (''[[The Needs of the Many]]'').


== Examples ==
==Selected [[Examples of invisibility|Examples]] ==
* Peter Petrelli saw a vagrant steal money while standing in plain view on a New York sidewalk. ([[Godsend]])
<gallery>
Image:powers_claude.jpg|[[Peter]] and [[Claude]]'s invisible struggle upsets items on a street vendor's table. <br>(''[[Godsend]]'')
Image:Peter claude infrared.jpg|[[Mr. Bennet]] and [[the Haitian]] use [[thermal imaging goggles]] to find the invisible Claude and Peter...
Image:Unexpected ClaudeInvisible.JPG|...resulting in Claude "disappearing". (''[[Unexpected]]'')
Image:Claude rains the semi invisible man.jpg|Initially invisible, Claude reveals himself to [[Mr. Bennet]] in [[Thompson]]'s [[Thompson's office|office]]. <br>(''[[Company Man]]'')
Image:Powers_peter_invisibility_with_claire.jpg‎|As [[FBI]] agents ambush [[Ted]], [[Peter]] grabs [[Claire]], and [[Power extension|both turn invisible]]. (''[[Landslide]]'')
Image:Invisibility (5) in Hysterical Blindness.JPG|[[Becky Taylor|Becky]] remembers when she invisibly pushed [[Annie]] out of a window. (''[[Hysterical Blindness]]'')
Image:Invisibility in 408 (1).JPG|[[Becky]] reveals herself to Noah.<br>(''[[Shadowboxing]]'')
Image:Invisibility Dark Matters.jpg|The [[goateed invisible man]] reveals himself to [[Quentin]] after clobbering [[M. F. Harris]].<br>(''[[Dark Matters, Part 6]]'')
</gallery>


== Memorable Quotes ==
== Memorable Quotes ==
"How can you see me?  I'm invisible!"
"''You can see me!  Nobody sees ''me'', do you hear me?  Nobody sees me&mdash;I'm invisible!''"
-- the vagrant
 
: - [[Claude]] (to [[Peter]]) (''[[Godsend]]'')
 
 
"''Interesting. I can't wait to try that one.''"
 
: - [[Sylar]] (to [[Peter]]) (''[[.07%]]'')
 
 
"''Claude, I didn't see you there.''"


== Notes ==
"''That's generally the idea of being invisible.''"


: - [[Ivan Spektor]], [[Claude]] ([[Graphic Novel:Comrades, Part 1|''Comrades, Part 1'']])


==Gallery==
==Notes==
<gallery>
* [[Flint]] states that he was tackled by an "invisible man" sometime in 2006 (''[[Villains]]''). At that time [[Claude]] was not with [[the Company]] participating in [[bag and tag]] missions. However, Flint may not have been directly captured as part of a Company mission, or by a Company operative. The identity of the invisible man is unknown. Writers [[Joe Pokaski]] and [[Aron Coleite]] [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18984 explained] that this line was a mistake made by [[Rob Fresco|a new writer]].
* According to a billboard in ''[[Graphic Novel:Smoke & Mirrors|Smoke and Mirrors]]'', the [[Carnival]] has an invisible man who can turn himself invisible, but not his clothes.
* [http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/02/22/movie.tv.science/index.html?hpt=Sbin According] to [[Aron Coleite]], the writers discussed whether invisibility should work only on the user's skin, but ultimately it was decided that the power creates "an invisible field around them that distorts light".
* [[Arthur Petrelli]] [[ability absorption|stole]] his son [[Peter]]'s abilities, saying, "I have [your powers] now." It is presumed that Arthur stole all of Peter's abilities, including invisibility. However, it is possible that Arthur did not steal all of Peter's abilities. Since Arthur never used this ability, there is no conclusive evidence that he actually stole this ability.


</gallery>
==See Also==
* {{seealsodisambig|invisibility}}
* For [[Isaac's paintings]] about invisibility, see '''''[[Invisibility Series (painting)|Invisibility Series]]'''''.
* For the similar ability to hide objects from sight, see '''[[cloaking]]'''.


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Latest revision as of 19:25, 24 April 2019

Invisibility

Claude fades into view.
Originally held by: Claude Rains,
Becky Taylor,
"Hipster Dude" (deceased),
Farah Nazan
Absorbed by: Peter Petrelli
Ability to: Remain unseen even in plain view
Examples of invisibility

Invisibility is the ability to walk in plain view of other people without being seen.

Characters

Confirmed

Unconfirmed

Limits

It is currently unclear how this ability helps its users to avoid being seen, though it is evident that there is some rearrangement of one's molecules (From the Files of Primatech, Part 5). Invisibility seems to be a passive ability which can operate constantly without effort or concentration, although it can also be "turned off" at will.

Users of this ability are not invisible to each other; Claude is not invisible to Peter Petrelli when Peter is mimicking his ability, nor is Peter invisible to Claude. Claude's assignment tracker profile says that "His ability allows him to see what would otherwise be invisible to the average person."

It is unclear whether the ability also hides sound, but it appears that it does not. While Claude covers Peter's mouth when they are hiding from Nathan and Mohinder to stop Peter from making noise (The Fix), Claire is able to hear Rebecca's footsteps when the latter is stalking Gretchen and she in the slaughterhouse. (Strange Attractors)

While users of this power are invisible to normal sight, they can be detected using infrared imaging devices.(Unexpected) At least one user of the ability also casts a shadow when subjected to the direct beam of a flashlight.

This ability can be stopped by The Haitian as Noah stated (Shadowboxing), but it must require close proximity, as on the Deveaux rooftop it did not negate the invisibility of Peter and Claude (Unexpected).

Elle claims that "the rain will help me track him." (Sum Quod Sum, Part 1)

According to Noah Bennet, 10,000 volts from a taser will make them turn visible again, something he learned from Claude, which is proven when Samuel tasers Becky and she turns visible again. (Shadowboxing)

Claude Rains

Standing in plain sight at a sidewalk café, Claude was able to pick up a wallet from a purse on a table, remove the money from it, and put it back in the purse without anyone paying any attention to him. However, when he and Peter began struggling and knocked over a table, people nearby noticed something odd happening, even though they didn't see the two men involved.

Claude has demonstrated some ability to make objects that he picks up or carries invisible: his clothes, for example, turn invisible with him. A pretzel he stole on another occasion, however, did not immediately become invisible. In fact, his assignment tracker profile says that Claude "is able to extend his ability to objects and people outside of himself by making physical contact with them while he is invisible. His ability allows him to see what would otherwise be invisible to the average person". Why objects become invisible in some circumstances but not in others isn't yet known. Additionally, Claude can make only certain parts of his body become invisible--when he was partners with Haram, he was able to make only his hand invisible. (Golden Handshake, Part 1)

Peter Petrelli

Invisibility was one of Peter's more developed abilities. Peter has spent far more time using it than most of his other abilities, due to the extended period of time spent training while invisible with Claude. This may be why turning invisible has frequently been his first response when threatened. Peter has demonstrated the ability to turn at least one other person invisible in addition to himself while in contact with them (Landslide).

Becky Taylor

Becky is able to turn her whole body invisible as well as other objects. Although some objects can be turned invisible, Becky seems to be able to choose which are turned invisible and which are not. For example, she makes Annie's suicide note invisible while she holds it, but not Samuel's cloth, which he throws and she catches while invisible. (Hysterical Blindness) She first manifested her ability when trying to hide from Noah Bennet after he father's death: she wished to remain unseen and her invisibility manifested and made her so, protecting her from Noah. Unfortunately, as this wish came true she began to try to make her other "wishes" come true and became mentally unstable as one of her "wishes" was revenge and she believed that because one came true, she could make the others come true too (Shadowboxing). When Ricky blasted an invisible Becky to save Tracy Strauss, it disrupted her power and made her visible again. (Reaching Out, Part 2)

"Hipster Dude"

The goateed man has used his power a few times: at the June 13th summit, he walked around while invisible. He also used his ability to escape hunters in Canada. During Renautas's raid on HeroTruther's launderette. He turned invisible to sneak up on M. F. Harris and knock him unconscious with a fire extinguisher, turning visible again immediately after. While his clothes turn invisible with him, he was either unable or unwilling to extend his ability to the fire extinguisher he wielded at the time, seeing as it was completely visible to Quentin Frady. (Dark Matters, Part 6)

Farah Nazan

Farah is able to turn her whole body and other objects she is carrying, such as a backpack, invisible. (The Needs of the Many)

Farah's manifestation of this ability seems less complete than that of others who have had it: she is transparent to visible light, but she causes it to bend slightly as it passes through her, making her outline slightly visible. She is seen as an invisible presence beside Malina as the latter uses her powers (Under the Mask). She is also seen praying invisibly on her prayer mat in the Arctic, turning visible only when done. When a man in Canada realizes that she and Malina are evos and attempts to call the authorities, Farah turns invisible before knocking him out (The Needs of the Many).

Selected Examples

Memorable Quotes

"You can see me! Nobody sees me, do you hear me? Nobody sees me—I'm invisible!"

- Claude (to Peter) (Godsend)


"Interesting. I can't wait to try that one."

- Sylar (to Peter) (.07%)


"Claude, I didn't see you there."

"That's generally the idea of being invisible."

- Ivan Spektor, Claude (Comrades, Part 1)

Notes

  • Flint states that he was tackled by an "invisible man" sometime in 2006 (Villains). At that time Claude was not with the Company participating in bag and tag missions. However, Flint may not have been directly captured as part of a Company mission, or by a Company operative. The identity of the invisible man is unknown. Writers Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite explained that this line was a mistake made by a new writer.
  • According to a billboard in Smoke and Mirrors, the Carnival has an invisible man who can turn himself invisible, but not his clothes.
  • According to Aron Coleite, the writers discussed whether invisibility should work only on the user's skin, but ultimately it was decided that the power creates "an invisible field around them that distorts light".
  • Arthur Petrelli stole his son Peter's abilities, saying, "I have [your powers] now." It is presumed that Arthur stole all of Peter's abilities, including invisibility. However, it is possible that Arthur did not steal all of Peter's abilities. Since Arthur never used this ability, there is no conclusive evidence that he actually stole this ability.

See Also


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