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Its pilot drew NBC's best drama premiere rating in five years.
Who created Heroes?
He had previously created Crossing Jordan for NBC.
How many seasons of the original Heroes were made?
NBC cancelled it on May 14, 2010.
What is the title of the first volume and of the pilot episode?
Season one is a single 23-episode volume.
Who plays Peter Petrelli?
He was Jess on Gilmore Girls before the role.
What is Peter Petrelli's job when the series begins?
He becomes a paramedic in season four.
What is Claire's ability?
She says she feels pain but gets over it quickly.
Who plays Hiro?
He translated his own dialogue into Japanese.
What is Nathan Petrelli's power?
He is a congressional candidate when the show begins.
What does LAPD officer Matt Parkman do with his ability?
He later develops mind control and precognitive painting.
Which character does Ali Larter play in season four after Niki is written out?
Tracy is Niki's triplet sister.
What power does Niki's triplet sister have?
She is Niki's triplet sister.
How many episodes did the first season of Heroes have?
It averaged 14.3 million U.S. viewers.
Where is the season-one explosion that the heroes must prevent?
Nathan flies Peter above the city to detonate safely.
What is the name of the second volume, which is also season two?
It picks up four months after Kirby Plaza.
Which illness is weaponized and locked away at Primatech Paper in season two?
It is named after Mohinder's late sister.
What kind of business is Primatech's front in Texas?
Primatech Paper is in Odessa, Texas.
Which two volumes make up season three?
Thirteen episodes then twelve.
What is Level 5?
Twelve villains escape it in season three.
Who plays Arthur Petrelli, the father of Peter and Nathan?
He heads Pinehearst, the Company's rival.
What is the name of Primatech's rival organisation in Villains?
Both are destroyed at the end of Villains.
Who kills Nathan Petrelli at the end of Fugitives?
Matt then makes Sylar believe he is Nathan.
Where does Sylar's consciousness end up after his memory is rewritten?
He taunts Matt through season four.
What is Volume Five, the fourth season, called?
It starts six weeks after season three.
What is slowly killing Hiro in season four?
He hallucinates a trial of his life in Pass/Fail.
What is Samuel Sullivan's ability?
It grows stronger with more specials around him.
What is the never-made Volume Six teased in the series finale called?
Heroes Reborn later reused the title for its premiere.
From what does Claire jump in the last scene of the series?
She says she has lost count of her attempts.
Which NBC show had Tim Kring created before Heroes?
He was its showrunner for six years.
Which Lost producer advised Kring on pitching a serialized drama?
They had worked together on Crossing Jordan.
Roughly how much did each episode of Heroes cost to produce?
The San Diego Comic-Con saw a 73-minute pilot cut.
Which comic-book writer helped define the tone of the series?
He co-wrote Teen Wolf Too with Kring decades earlier.
Why did season two have only 11 episodes?
Twenty-four had been planned.
What was the name of the cancelled third volume planned for season two?
It would have covered strain 138 of the Shanti virus.
Which Pushing Daisies creator rejoined the Heroes writing staff in season three?
He had also written the season-one episode Company Man.
Which duo composed the Heroes score?
Vocals came from Shankar.
Sylar's musical theme uses marimbas and bassoons to evoke what sound?
A nod to his watchmaker origins.
Which comic-book artist provided Isaac Mendez's paintings and the show's lettering font?
The caption font is based on his handwriting.
What is the name of Isaac Mendez's comic book within the show?
Hiro and Ando follow one issue to Las Vegas.
What was Heroes: Origins?
Kevin Smith and Eli Roth were to write episodes.
What was the show's record at the 2007 Primetime Emmys?
Masi Oka was among the nominees.
Which award did Heroes win at the 33rd People's Choice Awards in January 2007?
It was also an AFI top-ten programme that year.
Which season-one episode drew the series' largest audience?
It is the episode where Peter saves the cheerleader.
What was the season four premiere's audience, then a series low?
The finale fell to 4.41 million.
What was NBC's own secret parody of Heroes called?
It was released as a viral video without telling Kring.
What was the tagline that became a famous marketing device in 2006?
Future Hiro delivers it to Peter on a subway.
What was the title of the only Heroes novel, about Hiro's lost love?
Aury Wallington wrote it with the show's writers.
Which BBC behind-the-scenes series went with the show in the UK?
Its first two series were narrated by Anthony Head.
What was the Evolutions online extension originally called in season one?
It won a Creative Arts Emmy for interactive fiction.
Which 1999 comic did some say the show resembled, though Kring said he never read it?
He said he deliberately avoided superhero works.
How many episodes was Heroes Reborn?
It premiered September 24, 2015.
In the pilot, in which Texas town is Claire a high school cheerleader?
She saves a man from a fiery train wreck there.
Where does Hiro teleport to at the end of the pilot?
He starts on a Tokyo subway.
Who catches Peter when he leaps off a roof at the end of the pilot?
Kring credits the scene idea to Damon Lindelof.
Which recurring celestial event appears in the pilot and in the show's logo?
A second eclipse later strips everyone's powers.
Which appliance maker sued NBC over Claire's garbage-disposal scene in the pilot?
The InSinkErator label was removed on the DVD.
Who directed the pilot episode?
He earned an Emmy nomination for it.
Who plays Simone Deveaux, Peter's friend and Isaac's girlfriend?
She is accidentally shot dead in Unexpected.
What is the ability of Niki's husband, D. L.?
He is Niki's husband and Micah's father.
Who plays the future-painting artist Isaac Mendez?
He later narrated Heroes Unmasked.
Why was Hiro added to the pilot late in development?
He was one of the last main characters Kring created.
What is the ability of Niki's son?
He later becomes 'Rebel' in Fugitives.
What is the name of Niki Sanders's violent alter ego?
Ali Larter plays both.
Which Doctor Who actor played the invisible man Claude Rains?
His theme used wind and voices for a ghostly feel.
Who plays the mobster Daniel Linderman?
His power is healing.
Who plays Hiro's father, Kaito?
He teaches Hiro to use a sword in Landslide.
What is the name of the diner waitress Hiro falls for, who has perfect memory?
She works at the Burnt Toast Diner.
What is Sylar's real name?
He was raised as a watchmaker's son.
Which season-one episode is a flashback set half a year before the main story?
It reveals Sylar's origin.
Who is Claire's biological mother, who has pyrokinesis?
Her younger brother Flint has the same power.
Whose sword does Hiro seek in season one?
The museum copy is a replica; the real one is Linderman's.
Which flashback episode shows why Claire's adoptive father is so protective of her?
Ted burns down the Bennet house in it.
How much does Meredith blackmail Nathan for after telling him Claire is alive?
It could ruin his political career.
Whose identity does Sylar assume to join Suresh's search for people with powers?
Mohinder eventually drugs him.
In Five Years Gone, who is President of the United States in the dark future?
People with abilities are labeled terrorists.
Who turns out to be the tracking system used to find people with abilities?
She can locate anyone in the world.
Who kills Linderman?
D.L. is shot in the process.
Where does Hiro teleport to after impaling Sylar in the season one finale?
He meets Takezo Kensei there.
Which Emmy did Masi Oka receive a nomination for in 2007?
He was the only Heroes actor Emmy-nominated.
What is the surprising truth about the samurai hero Hiro meets in 1671?
David Anders plays him.
Under what name does Kensei live in the present day?
His power is immortality.
In which country is the amnesiac Peter found at the start of season two?
He falls in with a gang and its leader's sister Caitlin.
What are the twins Maya and Alejandro Herrera fleeing?
They hope to find Chandra Suresh, unaware he is dead.
What is Monica Dawson's ability?
She is Micah's cousin in New Orleans.
Who plays Elle, the electricity-wielding agent introduced in season two?
She joined after Veronica Mars was cancelled.
Who is Elle's father, who runs Primatech?
Stephen Tobolowsky plays him.
What share of the world has died when Peter jumps a year ahead in Out of Time?
The Shanti virus is the cause.
How does Hiro deal with Kensei in the season two finale?
Hiro and Ando dig him back up in season three.
Who shoots Bennet through the eye in Cautionary Tales, as Isaac's painting predicted?
Claire's blood revives him.
What happens to Nathan at the very end of season two?
He was about to go public with his power.
Who plays the speedster Daphne Millbrook?
She steals half the formula in Tokyo.
Who plays Emile Danko, the head of the government force hunting people with abilities?
Sylar teams up with him in Fugitives.
Which Star Trek actor plays the U.S. President in Fugitives?
He voiced Worf on The Next Generation.
Who is 'Rebel', the hacker helping people with abilities hide in Fugitives?
His technopathy makes him ideal for it.
Which two comedy actors play the comic geeks helping Ando in The Eclipse?
They use 9th Wonders! comics.
Where does the government detain captured people with abilities in Fugitives?
Nathan and Danko fight over control of it.
Which episode reveals Angela's past at a government camp, and is titled with a year?
Coyote Sands is where the Company's founders met.
What is Ando's ability once he injects himself with the formula?
He first supercharges others' powers by touch.
What ability does Suresh give himself with the formula?
Side effects make him monstrous.
What is Angela Petrelli's ability?
Her dreams are precognitive.
What is Sylar's innate ability, before he steals any others?
It lets him understand how things work, including brains.
What was Sylar's trade before he became a killer?
He took his name from a watch brand.
Where did Sylar get the name 'Sylar'?
He lashes out at anyone who calls him Gabriel.
What was the original, deliberately vague idea of how Sylar took powers?
Sylar tells Claire, 'Eat your brain? That's disgusting.'
Who was Sylar's first victim, killed for his telekinesis?
Gabriel tried to hang himself in remorse afterwards.
Which voice actor spoke Sylar's recorded phone message in Don't Look Back?
Quinto re-recorded it for Six Months Ago.
Which TV Guide list of 2013 included Sylar?
He was season one's primary villain.
What is the name of Sylar's biological father, who shares his ability?
Sylar finds him dying of cancer in a trailer.
At what precise time did Sylar kill Chandra Suresh in his cab?
The Reborn episode is called '11:53 to Odessa'.
Where does Hiro work when the series begins?
He is a level-3 programmer in a sea of cubicles.
Hiro is named after which city, according to the NBC online comic?
His name is used as a pun throughout the show.
Which pop singer took her stage name from Hiro?
She is a Malian-French artist.
Which character appears in more episodes than any other, 72 plus one via stock footage?
Hayden Panettiere did not return for Heroes Reborn.
Which future star said losing the Claire audition was her Hollywood rock bottom?
She overheard 'you're an 11' before learning the role was gone.
Which visual-effects house did Masi Oka work for on the Star Wars prequels?
He kept working there part-time during the show.
What did Masi Oka do with his own Heroes dialogue?
English subtitles accompanied his Japanese lines.
Which role was Zachary Quinto cast in at Comic-Con 2007, while still playing Sylar?
Leonard Nimoy had approval over the casting.
On which show did Peter Petrelli's actor play Jess Mariano before Heroes?
He later starred in This Is Us.
Which co-star did Peter's actor date from December 2007 to February 2009?
They played uncle and niece on screen.
Which musician was Adrian Pasdar married to from 2000 to 2019?
She fronts The Chicks.
Which 1980s soap role made Jack Coleman famous before Heroes?
He took over the role in 1982.
On which J. J. Abrams series did Greg Grunberg play Eric Weiss?
He and Abrams are childhood friends.
Which horror franchise made Ali Larter a 'scream queen' before Heroes?
She played Clear Rivers.
How old was Suresh originally written to be before Ramamurthy's audition?
The older geneticist idea became Chandra.
What was Niki's profession originally going to be before Ali Larter was cast?
It became internet stripper instead.
What password unlocks Chandra Suresh's computer files?
It is the name of Mohinder's sister who died at five.
The Heroes soundtrack included the first new song in ten years from which band?
The song was 'All Things Must Pass'.
What Primatech phone number appears on Bennet's business card in Godsend?
Calling it played a Nissan advert.
Which tech conglomerate acquires Primatech in Heroes Reborn?
Erica Kravid runs it.
What term does Heroes Reborn use for people with abilities?
Short for evolved humans.
Which Chuck star plays vigilante Luke Collins in Heroes Reborn?
His wife Joanne is played by Judith Shekoni.
What is the name of the video game Miko enters in Heroes Reborn?
She is revealed to be a program herself.
What global disaster must the heroes stop in Heroes Reborn?
Renautas plans to save only 12,000 people.
How did Tim Kring describe Heroes Reborn's place in the timeline?
It is set considerably after the original.
What was the name of the six-chapter prequel web series to Heroes Reborn?
It introduced Phoebe and Quentin Frady.
Which characters are revealed to be Claire's twin children in Heroes Reborn?
Hiro hides them in 1999.
Who sacrifices himself in the Reborn finale to help his grandchildren?
Tommy uses his time power to exist in both eras.
What was reportedly the title of the revival series in development in 2024?
Deadline reported Kring was involved.
What did Kring say season two lacked, in his Entertainment Weekly apology to fans?
He said viewers wanted it rather than slow character build-up.
On which BBC channel did Heroes get its UK terrestrial premiere?
Sci Fi UK aired it first in February 2007.
How long was the extended pilot screened at the 2006 San Diego Comic-Con?
It later appeared on the season one DVD.
How many main characters did season one have, then TV's third-largest cast?
Behind Desperate Housewives and Lost.
Which DC imprint published the collected graphic novels in 2007?
Alex Ross and Jim Lee did the covers.
Who plays the Haitian, René?
He can erase memories and block powers.
Who plays Samuel Sullivan, the carnival leader of season four?
He was known as T-Bag on Prison Break.
Which Darth Maul actor plays the knife-throwing speedster Edgar in season four?
He teams with Noah against Samuel.
Who plays Claire's college roommate Gretchen Berg?
She was Grace on The Nanny.
Which season-four episode shows three separate holiday dinners?
Nathan and Peter confront Angela about the truth.
What business do Hiro and Ando run at the start of season four?
Hiro secretly believes he is dying.
What average US audience did the first season of Heroes draw, NBC's best drama premiere rating in five years?
Season two slipped to 13.1 million but was still NBC's only series in the top 20 for 2007-08.
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