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Sunday, October 21, 2007

Sylar Cockroach Theories

In more than a couple scenes involving notorious Heroes supervillain, Sylar, we have seen a curious cockroach in the vicinity:

1) Sylar in the holding cell at Primatech Paper. Sylar's drugged or presumed dead and on the floor, we see a cockroach crawling near his face.

2) When Sylar is stabbed during the Season finale of Season 1, we later see his body has disappeared. A cockroach is seen crawling near an uncovered manhole, leading us to believe Sylar is not dead and is down in the sewers.

3) Recently we are lead to believe Sylar kills Derek with a brick, the young convict that was traveling with Maya and Alejandro. When we see Derek lying in a pool of blood, there is that pesky cockroach crawling nearby.

I've seen some interesting theories regarding this, most notably is the concept that the cockroach is merely symbolism, for how much of a menace Sylar is as a villain, in that he can't be killed, and keeps coming back. He's been shot, stabbed, drugged and fell off the top of a roof/bleachers area with Peter Petrelli. He didn't die in any of these situations, yet he lacks Claire's power to regenerate and has been trying to get it for a while now. This would seem to indicate he is able to survive very intense injuries despite lacking the power.

In the opening episode of Heroes, season 1, a reference to cockroaches is made in Dr. Mohinder Suresh's lecture. While speaking to his class at Chennai University, he discusses the cockroach as the pinnacle of evolution, and lists several of its advanced attributes. Later on at his father's apartment, Suresh steps on a cockroach on the floor. This would seem to indicate Sylar is like a cockroach, in that he has these advanced abilities yet is such a dreaded creature. The insect shows up at the scene of his murders (his own or others).

Another theory suggests Sylar has some ability similar to that of a cockroach which he stole from another person's brain. This would be quite interesting to see. Further theories suggest the cockroach is a relative of Sylar's such as his father or a brother, which doesn't make a ton of sense but is always possible. The very notable fact is that the cockroach has showed up in 3 death or near-death scenes involving Sylar though. (4 if you are to count that he murdered Suresh's father, even though it was not in the apartment).

Theories aside, the cockroach seems to be an instrument of symbolism, just like the eclipse and the helix we continue to see throughout the series. At times it almost seems like Sylar's serial killer "calling card", similar to the insects/moths in the mouth in the killer's victims in "Silence of the Lambs". Hopefully more will be revealed about the cockroach in future episodes, and it would be pretty interesting if it was tied into a power somehow.

Interestingly enough, the cockroach has its own Heroes Wiki page which discusses the Cockroach's appearances and some fun trivia facts about the bug.

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