History Trivia / Heroes

** Had season two been longer, "Exodus" would have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=16&v=c3zbLS9DqtY&feature=emb_title ended]] with Peter ''failing'' to stop the Shanti virus, resulting in it being released airborne. Immediately, victims start to pile up and the virus spreads to the edges of Odessa. Nathan leads the Odessa Police Dept., along with Matt, while Peter closes off the main highway into town with a landslide. During a press conference, Nathan announces on national television the spreading of "a deadly virus" and immediately collapses from a fever. The rest of the season would have focused on the main characters dealing with the aftermath. The CDC and National Guard begin to take control of Odessa, reformatting gymnasiums and educational institutions into research labs and shelters. The town is held quarantined, with anyone attempting to leave it gunned down by the National Guard. Claire, in order to save Nathan and reunite with Peter, attempts to force her way into town. Mohinder and Maya would also try to enter the town and try to find a cure. Agent Howard, who Peter met in the future, was set to be the BigBad of this season. He turns out to be an agent for the Company who was tasked with letting the outbreak kill the entire town, as to ensure the secrecy of the Company. In the end, Maya would use her power to absorb the virus, sacrificing herself in the process. Meanwhile, Elle is tasked to capture and bring in Sylar, who is once again acquiring new powers. Thanks to Noah, she learns that she is in-fact just bait for the killer.

* TheWikiRule: [[https://heroeswiki.ddns.net/wiki/Main_Page Heroes Wiki]], created early into season 1 and closed in 2020 (but kept alive through a mirror created by users). There's also a Fandom wiki [[https://heroes.fandom.com/wiki/Heroes_Wiki here]].

* {{Trope Namer|s}}: For FutureMeScaresMe (well, Hiro's actual quote is "I scare me; you do it.", referencing his FutureBadass self).

** Peter's shaggy PeekABangs were a result of Creator/MiloVentimiglia filming his last ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' appearance, ''Film/RockyBalboa'', and the pilot within a short time of each other, thus having no time to get a haircut in between. He hated having the long hair so much that the show wrote in Sylar cutting off a lock of Peter's hair as a reference to his hatred. After the first season finished shooting, he buzzed it all off and kept it fairly short until the final season. Elle giving him a haircut in Season 2 was written in because of it and he had to wear a wig in the flashbacks.

** Creator/ChristopherEccleston was originally offered the role of Sylar, but declined, as he didn't want to be tyepcast in EvilBrit roles. He accepted the role of Claude.

* NamesTheSame: Claire shares the name of a character in ''VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth,'' of all things.

* SparedByTheCut: The writers were originally going to have a KillEmAll ending at the end of season 1 and have a rotating cast each season. They didn't anticipate the characters becoming popular and developing a fanbase or ExecutiveMeddling and it became increasingly difficult to properly use the SuperPowerLottery winners like Peter and Hiro again.

* McLeaned: When Creator/DavidAnders left to film ''Children of the Corn'', Adam Monroe was quickly killed off to make way for a new villain. They brought him back for Hiro's dream trial a year and a half later when Anders was available.

** There has been long-time fandom speculation that perception of the HomoeroticSubtext between some of the male characters as a RelationshipWritingFumble led to some abrupt shifts in character relationship dynamics and gratuitous {{Temporary Love Interest}}s.

** the actor who played Isaac is white though.

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** StartOfDarkness

** The {{Aborted Arc}}s caused by the writer's strike, which led to the SeasonalRot which the series never fully recovered from. According to Sendhil Ramamurthy, the strike had [[http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/08/heroes-reborn NBC force the show]] to expand season 3 to 25 episodes, which apparently tested everyone's limits during filming.
** The Season 2 DVD had an alternate ending in which Peter failed to catch the virus vial that Adam had dropped. It was planned that the virus would have been unleashed, and the latter half of the season would have been dedicated to finding a cure with Maya performing a HeroicSacrifice by using her plague power to absorb the virus, killing her in the process.

** Creator/GregGrunberg originally auditioned for the part of Peter Petrelli. The role of Matt Parkman was written for him after Creator/TimKing's wife pointed out that the show had no everyman character.

** Creator/GregGrunberg (Matthew Parkman) originally auditioned for the part of Peter Petrelli.

** James Kyson is Korean-American, and doesn't speak any Japanese. He had to rely on Masi Oka and a dialect coach to help him speak the language correctly.

** Tawny Cypress (Simone) originally auditioned for the role of Niki.

** In an interview with ''Entertainment Weekly'', Tim Kring commented on criticisms of season two, and the series' 15% decline in ratings. Kring said that he felt he had made mistakes with the direction of season two. He had thought that the audience was looking for a "build-up of characters and the discovery of their powers", when viewers were instead looking for "adrenaline." Kring also outlined what he felt were problems with plot development, stating that season two "took too long to get to the big-picture story", explaining that Peter's vision of the viral armageddon should have occurred in the first episode instead of the seventh. He feels that it would have been better to introduce new characters within the context of the main storyline, as with Elle, rather than in unattached arcs such as that of Maya and Alejandro. Kring also admitted that he should have resolved the "Hiro in Japan" storyline much more quickly, and that the romantic stories were not working well. With regard to Claire and West, and Hiro and Yaeko, he said, "I've seen more convincing romances on TV. In retrospect, I don't think romance is a natural fit for us."

* QueerCharacterQueerActor: There hints in Volume One that Zach is gay. Thomas Dekker came out in 2017.