145 Fun Facts About Heroes (NBC Series)

What is Peter Petrelli's original ability in Heroes?

Absorbing others' powers is what Peter does just by being near them, so at first he mistakes a borrowed gift for his own; in season three his father steals the ability from him.

Which Japanese exclamation is Hiro's cry of triumph in Heroes?

Yatta! It means 'I did it!', and Hiro shouts it when his jump from Tokyo to America works, then finds a comic book there with himself on the cover.

Before Heroes reveals his first name, Claire's adoptive father is known by which nickname?

Horn-Rimmed Glasses, or HRG, was the nickname for Mr. Bennet while the show held back his first name: 'Noah' only comes out in the season-one finale, when he tells Peter to use it.

What title is shared by the Heroes pilot episode and the show's first volume?

Genesis names both the pilot and Volume One. An early cut of the pilot carried a terrorist-cell subplot that was removed before the episode aired.

Who plays Peter Petrelli in Heroes?

Milo Ventimiglia plays Peter Petrelli, the dreamer who leaps off a rooftop in the pilot, sure that he is meant for something greater.

What is Peter Petrelli's job when Heroes begins?

Hospice nurse: one of Peter's dying patients is the father of Simone, who sends him to Isaac's apartment, where he finds a painting of himself. By season four he is a paramedic.

What is Claire's ability in Heroes?

Rapid cellular regeneration heals Claire from any wound within moments, and her blood passes the effect on: an injection of it brings her adoptive father back from a fatal shooting.

Which comics legend has a cameo as a bus driver in season one of Heroes?

Stan Lee drives the bus that Hiro boards in the episode 'Unexpected'. The show isn't based on any of his comics, but the Marvel co-creator still got his customary walk-on.

What is Nathan Petrelli's power?

Nathan Petrelli's power is flight, which he hides while running for Congress in season one.

What can LAPD officer Matt Parkman do when his ability first appears in Heroes?

Read minds is what Matt first does: at a murder scene he follows a child's thoughts to the place where she is hiding. Later he learns to plant thoughts in other people too.

Which character does Ali Larter play in Heroes after Niki Sanders is killed off?

Tracy Strauss arrives in season three as a political adviser who keeps being mistaken for Niki; the two turn out to be triplets separated as babies.

In Heroes, what power does Niki's triplet sister have?

Freezing objects with a touch is the power of Niki's triplet, a political adviser; it later grows until she can turn her own body into water.

What is the title of Chandra Suresh's book about people with abilities in Heroes?

Activating Evolution argues that people with abilities are appearing all over the world; its author dies in New York before the story starts, and his son, sure it was murder, picks up the research.

Where does Peter nearly explode in the season-one finale of Heroes?

Kirby Plaza, New York, is where the heroes converge in the season-one finale: Hiro runs Sylar through with a sword there just as Peter starts to lose control.

What is the name of Heroes' second volume, which makes up all of season two?

Generations is the only volume of season two. Three were planned for that year, but the season was cut short and the volume due to follow it was scrapped.

Which illness is weaponized and locked away at Primatech in season two of Heroes?

The Shanti virus robs people of their abilities and then kills them. In the season-two finale Peter is tricked into forcing open the vault where the deadliest strain is kept.

What kind of business is Primatech's front in Texas?

Primatech's cover is a paper company, Primatech Paper Co.; Noah Bennet poses as its manager while secretly working for the Company.

Which two volumes make up season three of Heroes?

Villains and Fugitives split season three in two. Villains had first been planned for season two and was moved back when that season was cut short.

What is Level 5?

Level 5 is the Company's maximum-security prison area for the most dangerous specials; its inmates break out in the season-three premiere.

Who plays Arthur Petrelli, the father of Peter and Nathan, in Heroes?

Robert Forster plays Arthur Petrelli, long believed dead, who resurfaces in season three and drains his own son Peter of his abilities.

In the Heroes volume Villains, what is the name of Primatech's rival organization?

Pinehearst, run by Arthur Petrelli, sets out to give ordinary people abilities; the volume ends with its formula destroyed and Primatech's headquarters in flames.

In Heroes season three, what lie does Angela Petrelli tell Sylar to win him over?

That she is his mother: Angela uses the lie to try to rehabilitate Sylar, and when Noah Bennet tells him the Petrellis are not his real parents he goes back to killing.

In Heroes, where does Sylar's consciousness end up after his memory is rewritten?

Inside Matt Parkman: when Matt overwrites Sylar's memories, the killer's own mind lodges in the back of Matt's head and torments him in season four.

What is Volume Five, the fourth season of Heroes, called?

Redemption has the heroes reckoning with their pasts while a carnival leader, Samuel Sullivan, tries to draw them into his 'family' of people with abilities.

What is slowly killing Hiro in season four of Heroes?

A brain tumor is slowly killing Hiro in season four; in 'Pass/Fail' he hallucinates a trial of his life as it nearly kills him.

What is Samuel Sullivan's ability in Heroes?

Moving earth, or terrakinesis, is Samuel's power; in the series finale he draws a crowd to Central Park meaning to bury it in an earthquake.

What is the never-made Volume Six teased in the Heroes series finale called?

Brave New World was to begin in a world that has just watched Claire reveal her power on camera; NBC cancelled the show before any of it was made.

From what does Claire jump in the last scene of the series?

Claire jumps from a ferris wheel at the carnival in front of reporters, saying she has lost count of her attempts.

Which NBC show had Tim Kring created before Heroes?

Crossing Jordan, a crime drama about a Boston medical examiner, was still on the air when Heroes began, so for one season Kring had two shows running on the same network.

Which Lost producer advised Kring on pitching Heroes as a serialized drama?

Damon Lindelof had written for Kring's previous series for three years; Kring credits him with ideas for the network pitch and with passing on what Lost had taught him.

Roughly how much did each episode of Heroes cost to make by its third season?

$4 million an episode was the price tag, and in 2008 the show was reported to be running well over it; that November NBC fired two of its senior producers.

Which American comic-book writer was a co-executive producer on Heroes?

Jeph Loeb, the writer of Batman: The Long Halloween, had worked with Kring before on the film Teen Wolf Too; NBC dismissed him from Heroes in 2008 as its ratings slid.

Why did season two of Heroes have only 11 episodes?

The WGA writers' strike stopped production after 11 of a planned 24 episodes, so the last one filmed was given a rewritten ending and served as the season finale.

What was the cancelled third volume of Heroes, planned for season two, to be called?

Exodus was to follow the outbreak of a deadly virus. When the volume was scrapped, the season-two finale was changed so that the virus is never released.

Which writer left Heroes after season one and rejoined its staff in season three?

Bryan Fuller left Heroes to make his own series, Pushing Daisies; when ABC cancelled it in late 2008 he signed a new deal and came back to the writing staff.

Which duo composed the Heroes score?

Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, once of Prince's band the Revolution, came to Heroes through their earlier work with executive producer Allan Arkush.

What sound runs through Sylar's musical theme in the Heroes score?

Clocks ticking run all through Sylar's theme; one reviewer compared the effect to the Jaws motif, a warning that something bad is about to happen.

Which comic-book artist provided Isaac Mendez's paintings and the caption font for Heroes?

Tim Sale's 'paintings' were really wash drawings on comic-book paper: a colorist colored them on a computer, and they were then blown up and transferred to canvas.

What is the name of Isaac Mendez's comic book within Heroes?

9th Wonders! is the comic Isaac draws from his visions; Hiro buys an issue on arriving in America because he is on its cover.

What was Heroes: Origins?

Heroes: Origins was a planned six-episode spin-off cancelled during the 2007–08 writers' strike; Kevin Smith and Eli Roth were each to write and direct an episode.

Heroes went 0 for 8 at the 2007 Primetime Emmys; which series beat it to Outstanding Drama Series?

The Sopranos won for its final season, which had ended that June; it was the last Emmy ceremony the HBO mob drama could contend at.

Which award did Heroes win at the 33rd People's Choice Awards in January 2007?

Favorite New TV Drama is decided by public vote, and Heroes beat Brothers & Sisters and Ugly Betty to it with less than half of its first season aired.

Which episode drew the largest audience of Heroes' first season?

Homecoming, in which Sylar comes for Claire at her high school, drew 16.03 million viewers, the high point of the show's first season.

What ability does a deaf hospital clerk discover in season four of Heroes?

Seeing sound as color: the louder the sound, the brighter the light she sees, and before long she is playing a cello by watching the music it makes.

What was NBC's own secret parody of Heroes called?

Zeroes was a short spoof made by NBC's own promo chief and put online like a fan video, with no logo or credits; even the show's creator was not told about it.

Which Heroes tagline became a famous marketing device in 2006?

'Save the Cheerleader, Save the World' became the 2006 marketing line; Future Hiro delivers it to Peter on a stopped subway train.

What was the title of the only Heroes novel, about Hiro's lost love?

Saving Charlie, by Aury Wallington, was published in December 2007; it follows Hiro's attempt to save Charlie, the Burnt Toast Diner waitress.

Which BBC behind-the-scenes series accompanied Heroes in the UK?

Heroes Unmasked brought back a former cast member for its third series: an actor whose character had been killed off in season one returned as its narrator.

What was the online extension Heroes Evolutions originally called?

Heroes 360 Experience sent players text-message clues and puzzles to solve, each unlocking extra material from the show's world; it took the Evolutions name for season two.

What uncontrolled ability makes Ted Sprague a danger in season one of Heroes?

Emitting radiation: Ted has so little control over it at first that it gives his own wife a fatal dose of radiation poisoning.

In Heroes Reborn, which masked vigilante identity does Carlos Gutierrez take over from his brother?

El Vengador was the masked identity of Carlos's brother, who protected people with powers in Los Angeles; Carlos, a former soldier, puts on the mask himself.

In the pilot, in which Texas town is Claire a high school cheerleader?

Claire cheers at Union Wells High School in Odessa, Texas; in the pilot she pulls a man from a burning train wreck there.

Where does Hiro teleport to at the end of the Heroes pilot?

Times Square, New York, is where Hiro lands after willing himself out of a Tokyo subway car; there he spots himself on a comic-book cover and sets off to find the artist.

In which city do Niki Sanders and her son Micah live in season one of Heroes?

Niki Sanders and Micah live in Las Vegas, where Niki owes money to casino owner Daniel Linderman in season one.

Which celestial event appears in the Heroes pilot and in the show's logo?

A solar eclipse opens the pilot and forms part of the logo; when another arrives in season three, every hero loses their abilities until it passes.

The maker of which garbage-disposal brand sued NBC over Claire's mangled hand in the Heroes pilot?

InSinkErator's owner, Emerson, said the scene cast its disposer 'in an unsavory light'; the two sides settled, and the brand label was edited out of later releases.

Which drug is the artist Isaac Mendez addicted to when Heroes begins?

Heroin: Isaac, twice through rehab, paints his prophecies while high, and his girlfriend, who doubts the visions, makes him choose between her and the drug.

Who plays Simone Deveaux, Peter's friend and Isaac's girlfriend?

Tawny Cypress plays Simone Deveaux, who is accidentally shot dead by Isaac in the season-one episode 'Unexpected'.

In Heroes, what is the ability of Niki's husband, D. L.?

Walking through solid objects, known as phasing, is D. L.'s gift; he escapes from prison, where he was being held over a two-million-dollar robbery.

Who plays the future-painting artist Isaac Mendez in Heroes?

Santiago Cabrera plays Isaac Mendez, whose paintings keep coming true until Sylar murders him in his own loft to take the gift.

Why did Kring add Hiro to the Heroes pilot late in development?

His wife saw nobody was happy to have powers, so Kring wrote in a hero who is thrilled by his; the character central to the show was added almost as an afterthought.

In Heroes, what is the ability of Niki's son?

Technopathy lets Niki's son Micah talk to machines; late in season one he is kidnapped and made to rig the voting machines so that Nathan wins his election.

What is the name of Niki Sanders's violent alter ego?

Jessica Sanders is the alter ego, and Larter plays both halves of the character in season one.

Which Doctor Who actor played the invisible man Claude Rains in Heroes?

Christopher Eccleston, the Ninth Doctor, played Claude Rains, the invisible man who trains Peter to control his powers in season one.

Who plays the mobster Daniel Linderman in Heroes?

Malcolm McDowell plays Daniel Linderman, a crime boss whose own power, of all things, is healing; in the Vietnam War he brought Arthur Petrelli back from the brink of death.

Who plays Hiro's father, Kaito?

George Takei's Kaito gives Hiro his sword lesson in the episode Landslide.

In Heroes, which Company agent with the power of persuasion poses as Mohinder's neighbor?

Eden McCain, who can command people with her voice, poses as Mohinder's neighbor for the Company; cornered by Sylar, she kills herself rather than let him take her power.

What is the name of the Bennet family's pampered Pomeranian in Heroes?

Mr. Muggles is Sandra Bennet's show dog, doted on while she knows nothing of her husband's secret work; in one possible future he is living with a reformed Sylar.

In Heroes, who is Claire's biological mother, who has pyrokinesis?

Meredith Gordon can create fire and is immune to it; Claire, adopted as a baby, tracks her down and meets her face to face in season one.

In the Heroes pilot, which classmate films Claire's attempts to hurt herself?

Zach is one of the few people Claire trusts with her secret: she has him videotape her surviving a long fall, then her walk out of a burning train wreck.

Which Heroes flashback episode shows why Claire's adoptive father is so protective of her?

Company Man intercuts a hostage siege at the Bennet home with flashbacks to Noah's years at Primatech, back to the day he was handed Claire as a baby.

What can the Heroes villain Eric Doyle do to the people around him?

Control them like puppets: after escaping the Company in season three, Doyle goes straight back to running his own marionette theater.

In Heroes, whose identity does Sylar assume to join Suresh's search for people with powers?

Sylar kills Zane Taylor, who can liquefy objects, then greets Mohinder in his place and joins the search under the dead man's name.

In the Heroes episode Five Years Gone, who is President in the dark future?

In 'Five Years Gone' the President is Sylar, posing as Nathan after killing him; his regime labels people with abilities terrorists.

Who turns out to be the tracking system used to find people with abilities?

Molly Walker, the girl rescued from Sylar, can locate anyone in the world by thinking of them; the Company uses her as its tracking system.

Who kills Linderman?

D.L. Hawkins kills Linderman moments after stepping in front of a bullet Linderman fired at Niki.

Where does Hiro teleport to after impaling Sylar in the Heroes season-one finale?

Hiro lands in 1671 Japan, outside Kyoto, where season two picks up his story alongside the samurai hero of his childhood tales.

For which Emmy was Masi Oka nominated in 2007?

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series made Masi Oka the only Heroes actor to earn an Emmy nomination; the award went to Terry O'Quinn of Lost.

What is the surprising truth about the legendary samurai Takezo Kensei?

He is an Englishman: the fabled Takezo Kensei turns out to be a drunk who has to be pushed into the heroic deeds his legend records.

Under what name does Kensei live in the present day?

Adam Monroe is the name Kensei goes by centuries later: his healing power has kept him from ageing, and he turns out to be the man who killed Hiro's father.

In which country is the amnesiac Peter found at the start of season two?

Ireland is where Peter turns up: thieves breaking into a shipping container in Cork find him inside with no memory of who he is.

What are the twins Maya and Alejandro Herrera fleeing?

Maya and Alejandro are fleeing a murder charge after Maya's deadly power killed people at Alejandro's wedding; they hope Dr. Suresh can cure her.

What is Monica Dawson's ability?

Monica Dawson has muscle mimicry, copying any physical skill she watches; she is Micah's cousin in New Orleans.

Who plays Elle, the electricity-wielding agent introduced in season two of Heroes?

Kristen Bell plays Elle; she joined Heroes in 2007, months after her own series Veronica Mars was cancelled.

Which Company boss of season two can turn objects into gold?

Bob Bishop, Elle's father, runs the Company in season two and can turn objects to gold; as a teenager he was held at the Coyote Sands camp with its other future founders.

Whom does Peter leave stranded in a devastated future in the Heroes episode Out of Time?

Caitlin is swept into the future with Peter, to a quarantined New York where 93% of humanity has died; he returns to the present without her.

How does Hiro deal with Kensei in the Heroes season-two finale?

Teleports him into a coffin: Hiro buries his immortal enemy alive in a Japanese cemetery, then digs him up with Ando in season three to ask for help.

Who shoots Bennet through the eye in Cautionary Tales, as Isaac's painting predicted?

Mohinder Suresh shoots Bennet through the eye in 'Cautionary Tales', fulfilling Isaac's painting; Claire's blood later revives him.

What happens to Nathan at the very end of season two?

Nathan is shot at a press conference as he prepares to go public about abilities; season three reveals the gunman was a future Peter.

Who plays the speedster Daphne Millbrook?

Brea Grant plays the speedster Daphne Millbrook, who snatches half of a secret formula from Hiro in Tokyo seconds after he opens his father's safe.

Who plays Emile Danko, the head of the government force hunting people with abilities?

Zeljko Ivanek plays Emile Danko, the government hunter Sylar teams up with in Fugitives.

Which Star Trek actor plays the U.S. President in Fugitives?

Michael Dorn, Worf on Star Trek: The Next Generation, plays the President, who first backs Nathan's round-up of people with abilities and then orders it investigated.

Who is 'Rebel', the hacker helping people with abilities hide in Fugitives?

Micah Sanders is Rebel: from behind a keyboard he warns people with abilities when the government's agents are closing in and guides them to safety.

Which two comedy actors play the comic geeks helping Ando in The Eclipse?

Seth Green and Breckin Meyer play Sam and Frack, comic-shop clerks who dig through back issues to work out how Hiro can get his memory back.

Where does the government detain captured people with abilities in Fugitives?

Building 26 in Washington is where the government holds captured specials sedated in Fugitives; Nathan and Danko fight over control of the operation.

What power does Angela's long-lost sister Alice have in the Heroes episode 1961?

Controlling the weather is Alice Shaw's power: she whips up a storm on the night most of the people in their desert camp die, and Angela believes her dead for almost fifty years.

What is Ando's ability once he injects himself with the formula?

Power amplification and energy projection: Ando takes the formula hoping to rescue Hiro from the past, and finds he can supercharge others' abilities and fire red lightning.

What ability does Suresh give himself with the formula?

Mohinder's formula gives him enhanced strength, agility and reflexes, but side effects scale his skin and drive him to cocoon victims.

What is Angela Petrelli's ability?

Enhanced dreaming lets Angela Petrelli see the future in her sleep; as a teenager at the Coyote Sands camp she hoped its doctor could make the nightmares stop.

What is Sylar's innate ability, before he steals any others?

Sylar's innate ability is intuitive aptitude, an instinctive grasp of how things work; it lets him figure out how other people's powers function and take them for himself.

What was Sylar's trade before he became a killer?

Watchmaker was Sylar's trade: he followed his adoptive father into repairing timepieces, a life he felt he had never been allowed to choose.

What was the original, deliberately vague idea of how Sylar took powers?

He ate his victims' brains in the original concept, which the producers kept vague to avoid zombie comparisons; when Claire asks, Sylar calls the idea disgusting.

Who was Sylar's first victim, killed for his telekinesis?

Brian Davis was Sylar's first kill, a telekinetic who came to him for help; overcome with remorse, Sylar then tried to hang himself.

What does Sylar's mother, Virginia Gray, collect in Heroes?

Snow globes: Virginia Gray's collection is among the belongings Sylar goes through, long after her death, when he needs a reminder of who he is.

What is the name of Sylar's biological father, who shares his ability?

Samson Gray is Sylar's biological father, a taxidermist with the same ability; Sylar tracks him to a trailer in the woods and finds him dying of cancer.

Which condition lies behind Matt Parkman's failed detective's exams in Heroes?

Dyslexia is why Matt keeps failing the written exam; the flashback that reveals it also shows a woman with the power of persuasion sending him off for a dozen donuts.

Where does Hiro work when the series begins?

Yamagato Industries is the Tokyo firm where Hiro works as a low-level programmer, even though his own father Kaito runs it as chief executive.

In the online Heroes comics, what is Hiro's name chosen to commemorate?

An atomic bombing: Hiro is named after Hiroshima, so that his family will always remember what happened to the city.

Which pop singer took her stage name from Hiro?

Aya Nakamura, the French pop star born Aya Danioko in Mali, took her stage surname from Hiro Nakamura, a character in Heroes.

Which future star said losing the Claire audition was her Hollywood rock bottom?

Emma Stone called losing the Claire role to Hayden Panettiere her rock bottom; she overheard 'you're an 11' said to the winner before learning she was out.

Which visual-effects house employed Masi Oka as a programmer before and during Heroes?

Industrial Light & Magic hired Masi Oka straight out of college; he worked on the Star Wars prequels and kept writing effects software there part-time during Heroes.

What did Masi Oka do with his own Heroes dialogue?

Translated it into Japanese himself: Masi Oka received his lines in English and reworked them so the colloquialisms rang true.

Which film role was announced for Zachary Quinto in 2007, while he was still playing Sylar on Heroes?

Spock in Star Trek went to Quinto for J. J. Abrams's 2009 reboot; he made the film alongside his Heroes work and stayed on as Sylar until the show ended in 2010.

On which show did Peter Petrelli's actor play Jess Mariano before Heroes?

Gilmore Girls made him Jess Mariano, Rory's rebellious boyfriend; a spin-off for the character, Windward Circle, got a backdoor pilot but was never picked up.

Which co-star did Peter's actor date from December 2007 to February 2009?

Hayden Panettiere, who plays Claire, dated him for just over a year; on screen the pair are niece and uncle.

Which musician was Adrian Pasdar married to from 2000 to 2019?

Natalie Maines, lead singer of The Chicks, married Adrian Pasdar in 2000, a year after the two met at her bandmate Emily Erwin's wedding.

Which 1980s soap role made Jack Coleman famous before Heroes?

Steven Carrington on Dynasty passed to Jack Coleman when Al Corley left; the soap explained the new face as plastic surgery after an oil-rig explosion.

On which J. J. Abrams series did Greg Grunberg play Eric Weiss?

Greg Grunberg played CIA agent Eric Weiss on Alias; he and J. J. Abrams have been friends since childhood.

Which horror franchise made Ali Larter a 'scream queen' before Heroes?

Final Destination cast Ali Larter as Clear Rivers in 2000; she came back for the 2003 sequel as the last survivor of the first film's plane disaster.

Whose audition persuaded the Heroes writers to turn Mohinder, written as a man in his fifties, into a young one?

Sendhil Ramamurthy's audition won the producers over, so Mohinder was rewritten as a young man and the older geneticist became his father, Chandra.

What was Niki's profession originally going to be before Ali Larter was cast?

Showgirl was the original plan, but Ali Larter did not fit the writers' picture of one, so Niki became an internet stripper instead.

Who plays Thompson, the senior Company agent who works with Noah Bennet in season one?

Eric Roberts plays Thompson, who hunts people with abilities for the Company and later draws a gun on Noah Bennet when Bennet turns against it.

Which band, reunited in 2007, put its first new song in ten years on the Heroes soundtrack?

The Jesus and Mary Chain gave the 2008 soundtrack 'All Things Must Pass', then re-recorded it as 'All Things Pass' for their 2017 comeback album Damage and Joy.

Which Star Trek actress plays Nana Dawson, Monica's New Orleans grandmother, in Heroes?

Nichelle Nichols, Uhura in the original Star Trek, plays Nana Dawson, the family matriarch who takes Micah into her New Orleans home in season two.

Which tech conglomerate acquires Primatech in Heroes Reborn?

Renautas, the tech giant run by Erica Kravid, has bought Primatech by the time of Heroes Reborn and taken over its secret work on people with abilities.

What term does Heroes Reborn use for people with abilities?

Evos, short for evolved humans, are blamed for a terrorist attack in Heroes Reborn and driven into hiding as vigilantes hunt them.

Which Chuck star plays vigilante Luke Collins in Heroes Reborn?

Zachary Levi, Chuck's title star, plays Luke Collins, who hunts people with powers to avenge his dead son until he begins to develop a power himself.

What is the name of the video game Miko enters in Heroes Reborn?

Evernow is the video game Miko enters by unsheathing her father's sword; she learns she is its heroine Katana Girl, brought to life to free a prisoner inside.

What global disaster must the heroes stop in Heroes Reborn?

A geomagnetic reversal and solar radiation threaten extinction: as the poles flip, giant solar flares head for Earth, and Renautas plans to save only a chosen few.

How did the creator of Heroes describe Heroes Reborn's place in the timeline?

'This is actually the 10th season' was his way of saying the story had moved on as if seasons had aired in between, rather than resuming as season five.

What was the name of the six-chapter prequel web series to Heroes Reborn?

Dark Matters, a six-chapter web series released in July 2015, follows Quentin Frady as he searches for his missing sister Phoebe.

Which characters are revealed to be Claire's twin children in Heroes Reborn?

Tommy and Malina are the twins Claire dies giving birth to; Hiro takes the boy, born Nathan, back in time to protect him and raises him as his own.

What was the reported title of the Heroes revival being pitched to networks in 2024?

Heroes: Eclipsed was the title reported in April 2024 for a new series set years after the original, which the show's creator was still shopping to NBC and streamers.

What did the creator of Heroes say season two lacked, in his Entertainment Weekly apology to fans?

Adrenaline was what viewers wanted, he said; the writers had wrongly assumed they wanted a slow build-up of characters discovering their powers.

On which BBC channel did Heroes get its UK terrestrial premiere?

BBC Two gave Heroes its UK terrestrial premiere in July 2007, after pay-TV viewers had already seen it on Sci Fi UK.

At which fan convention was an extended cut of the Heroes pilot first screened in 2006?

San Diego Comic-Con hosted the screening before the NBC premiere; that longer cut kept a terrorist subplot that was dropped from the broadcast pilot.

Who plays Ando Masahashi, Hiro's best friend, in Heroes?

James Kyson Lee plays Ando; born in Seoul and fluent in Korean, he had only a college semester of Japanese behind him when the part called for it.

Which DC imprint published the collected graphic novels in 2007?

Wildstorm, a DC imprint, collected the first 34 weekly online Heroes comics in a hardcover in November 2007, sold with alternate covers by Alex Ross and Jim Lee.

Who plays the Haitian, René?

Jimmy Jean-Louis plays the Haitian, René, the Company agent whose power Noah Bennet uses again and again to wipe his own wife's memory.

Who plays Samuel Sullivan, the carnival leader of season four?

Robert Knepper plays Samuel Sullivan, the carnival leader who has secretly killed his own brother Joseph and blamed the death on an outsider.

Which Star Wars actor plays the knife-throwing speedster Edgar in season four?

Ray Park, Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace, plays the knife-throwing speedster Edgar, who teams with Noah against Samuel.

Who plays Claire's college roommate Gretchen Berg?

Madeline Zima plays Gretchen Berg, who befriends Claire at Arlington University, develops a crush on her and kisses her after a heated argument.

Which season-four episode has Nathan and Peter confront Angela over the truth about Nathan?

Thanksgiving intercuts three holiday dinners: Noah's awkward family meal, the carnival's feast, and a Petrelli table where the truth about Nathan finally comes out.

What business do Hiro and Ando run at the start of season four?

Dial a Hero is the hero-for-hire hotline Hiro and Ando launch in Tokyo, just as Hiro's power starts slipping out of his control.

Who plays Noah Bennet, Claire's adoptive father, in Heroes?

Jack Coleman plays Noah Bennet; he began as a guest star, and NBC made him a series regular in November 2006, weeks into season one.