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** A picture of Hiro pointing a sword at a dinosaur, which made everyone believe Hiro's time traveling abilities would send him back to the Jurassic Age. Instead it came true when he pointed a fake sword at a museum dinosaur. |
** A picture of Hiro pointing a sword at a dinosaur, which made everyone believe Hiro's time traveling abilities would send him back to the Jurassic Age. Instead it came true when he pointed a fake sword at a museum dinosaur. |
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** A picture of Nathan standing in the Oval Office, insinuating that he gets elected president, a painting that becomes the basis for mob boss Daniel Linderman's plan for world domination. As it turns out, the painting comes true, but it's not really Nathan. {{spoiler|It's Sylar, who gains illusion abilities, kills Nathan, and takes his place in his own plot to gain power}}. Thank god it only happened in an alternate future seen only in ''Five Years Gone''. |
** A picture of Nathan standing in the Oval Office, insinuating that he gets elected president, a painting that becomes the basis for mob boss Daniel Linderman's plan for world domination. As it turns out, the painting comes true, but it's not really Nathan. {{spoiler|It's Sylar, who gains illusion abilities, kills Nathan, and takes his place in his own plot to gain power}}. Thank god it only happened in an alternate future seen only in ''Five Years Gone''. |
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* An [[Applied Phlebotinum]] / [[Techno Babble]]-powered example occurred in the first episode of ''[[Blake's |
* An [[Applied Phlebotinum]] / [[Techno Babble]]-powered example occurred in the first episode of ''[[Blake's 7|Blakes Seven]]'' after the super-computer ORAC joined the cast, when they tested out its future-prediction capabilities and got a short video clip of what appeared to be the ''Liberator'' exploding. {{spoiler|1=Turns out it was another ship of the same design, launched in pursuit after they spent the episode trying to escape the people who built the ''Liberator'' and disputed their salvage claim, and it turned out to have been ORAC who sabotaged it.}} Apparently they decided that getting ORAC to predict the future was more trouble than it was worth, as with the possible exception of [[The Caper]] Avon and Vila pulled on a casino it was never used again. |
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* This happens a fair bit in [[The Dead Zone]], with Johnny getting visions where the intended target/victim is unclear or he jumps to the wrong conclusion about what he is seeing because he doesn't know what he's seeing is incomplete. A particularly good example occurs when he has a vision of himself {{spoiler|killing a stranger}} and the clues lead him to believe Sarah or JJ are in danger ( {{spoiler|the victim is really Bruce and it's a complete accident.}}) At the end of the episode, Johnny laments that he just sees flashes of events out of context which makes trying to predict (and prevent) the future very difficult. |
* This happens a fair bit in [[The Dead Zone]], with Johnny getting visions where the intended target/victim is unclear or he jumps to the wrong conclusion about what he is seeing because he doesn't know what he's seeing is incomplete. A particularly good example occurs when he has a vision of himself {{spoiler|killing a stranger}} and the clues lead him to believe Sarah or JJ are in danger ( {{spoiler|the victim is really Bruce and it's a complete accident.}}) At the end of the episode, Johnny laments that he just sees flashes of events out of context which makes trying to predict (and prevent) the future very difficult. |
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