We keep getting conflicting info on whether Sylar needs to touch people to be able to shapeshift.

I thought the question was settled that he didn't, but then Noah said he was a handshake away from being President Barak O'Sylar.


What gives?? Can he go off a past touch? If so, when did he touch Nathan?

He doesn't need to touch the person. Just get their DNA. He got Nathan's DNA from his toothbrush (ick) when Sylar was searching his office.

Ok, so let me expand on the DNA idea. Could Sylar go to Ford's theatre and sample Abe Lincoln's bloody death pillow and become Honest Abe? Or how about Kennedy? I'm sure you could probably find DNA from almost any President alive or not.

How about a dodo bird? I'm sure there is some viable DNA around somewhere. What if he goes to a post office and starts touching licked envelopes?



Another thing, If Sylar is imitating Noah with all his DNA and impregnates someone then who's the daddy?


Too many messy issues for me. I liked the limitation of touching the 'victim' first.

I don't think he can shapeshift into animals. Though I may be wrong. lol

If Sylar can shape shift based on touch, why is he being to round about getting to the president, wouldn't it be easier to simply take someone's shape whose close to the president and then stealthily become president? I guess this is part of Sylar's plan or trap.

Noah only had old information, since the power developped into sniffing DNA, even from an old gray pullover of Virginia and fitting the clothes. It is the easy switching that brings the identity problem since it happens over night...

Sylar didn't "sniff" her DNA. That sweater had Virginia's DNA all over it because it's what she was wearing when he killed her. It was covered in her blood.

I'm with Zen that Sylar can't shift into animals. All of those other things, though - yes. He could be Abe Lincoln.

Cool, maybe he could be Douglas as well and we could have a kick ****** reenactment of the Lincoln-Douglas debates.

I'd pay good money for that show.

Ha! he could do entire Civil War reenactments all by himself.

I'm pretty sure he needs to touch the person (or their DNA) somehow in order to shapeshift into them. That's why he wants to meet with the president; As he said, "everything's going to change" when he gets the chance to shake the president's hand.

Not real sure about that eitheir but...
That'd be awesome though! XD

I wanna see him turn into Mistah Muggles.

That was Mister Muggles master plan all along.

I would think that since size isn't a limitation (changing into Micah) he should be able to change into a dog.



How does DNA explain the clothes??

"You're"

If Sylar did shapeshift to Mr. Muggles, then Sylar's mom would want to hold the cute doggy.

Aaah, that's disturbingly freaky.

And as far as the clothes go, he's wearing his original clothes, they just change the outfit for us so that we know it's in Sylar's mind...

I know, it's weird, but that's the writer's bad judgement not realizing we would over-analize it.

I wonder how Sylar would re-act to that? XD
Especially when Sandra asks Muggles to give her a kiss.

I think Sylar would rather turn into Mr.Turtle if that were the case. x3

Abe/Kennedy/etc. - I'm sure he can change into them! Unfortunately, they're dead so Heroes don't have the real guys at their disposal to pretend to be sylar pretending to be them

Dodo bird - aren't those extinct?

Licked Envelopes- That could work! he should go to the post office, and touch lots of licked envelopes so he has endless disguises! Or just go to a public bathroom and touch things... even though that would be gross.

Baby daddy - I think it would still be Sylar. or maybe Noah... or maybe a little bit of both. Did anyone see that Mask movie about the guy wearing the mask when he gets his wife pregnant and then the kid comes out screwed up?