Ted Sprague

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Ted Sprague

Interpretado por	Matthew John Armstrong
Primera aparición	Nothing to Hide
Historial
Habilidad conocida	Induced Radioactivity
Nombre formal	Theodore Sprague
seudónimo	TeddyBear616
Género
Edad	33
Fecha de nacimiento	August 28, 1973
Fecha de matrimonio	2004
Fecha de la muerte	November 7th, 2006
Hogar	Los Angeles, CA
Occupación	Medical equipment salesman
Ser querido	Karen Sprague (deceased wife)

Theodore "Ted" Sprague vivia en Los Angeles, CA. El tenia el poder de emitir radiación a través de sus manos.

Character History

Nothing to Hide

Matt y Audrey están invesigando una serie de asesinatos cometidos por alguien que se hace llamar Sylar y durante esa investigación encuentran el cuerpo de Robert Fresco, oncologo de UCLA. En un principio creen que era también una victima de Sylar pero se dan cuenta que no coincide con su manera de actuar por lo que descartan esta opción. El cuerpo de el Sr. Fresco aparecio quemado en su consulta y emitiendo 1800 curios de radiacion. Encontraron una huella dactilar en uno hueso de su brazo, esta huella esta grabada en el hueso y gracias a esta huella y usando el sistama CODIS del FBI relacionan a Ted con el asesinato.

Matt y Audrey investigan la casa de Ted y la encuentran grabemente dañada por la radiación: fotogracias que tenian las caras chamuscados,el teclado del ordenador quemado, tiradores de puertas chamuscados, e incluso daños estructurales en una habitación.

Matt encuentran un documento médico emitido por el Doctor Fresco para que Karen Sprague, la mujer de Ted, comience sus sesiones de quimioterapia pues padece cancer. Matt y Audrey parten hacia el hospital donde se encuentra ingresada Karen. Al llegar encuentran a Ted junto a la cama de su esposa. Ante esta situación Ted admite que fue él quien mato al Doc. Fresco, pero dice que fue un accidente mientras el le daba el diagnostico de su esposa. Ted se pone algo agresivo cuando ellos intentan detenerle. He grabs a nurse and holds her hostage, and tells them that he doesn't know what will happen if they shoot him ... he might even explode. Matt uses his telepathic abilities to calm Ted by relaying messages from a comatose Karen. Ted releases the nurse, whose arm is covered in radiation burns. After a last reminiscence, Karen dies, and Ted agrees to go peaceably with Audrey for questioning.

Later, as he is being processed by the police, two small marks are apparent on his neck. They are identical to marks Matt discovers on his own neck.

Seven Minutes to Midnight

Ted is sitting alone in an interrogation room when Matt Parkman and Audrey Hanson come in. Audrey gives Theodore a glass of water. Theodore complains that they won't let him go to his wife's funeral. Audrey tells him that they need him to answer a few more questions. She asks Ted how he's able to do what he does. Ted exclaims that nothing matters since he killed his wife. Matt glances at his radiation badge and notices it's turned red. Ted screams that he just wants to be left alone and doesn't know anything about any nuclear material. Matt tells him to relax, but Ted just gets angrier. He tells them out of frustration that if they want him to be the bad guy then he'll blow the place apart. He grabs the glass of water and it quickly begins boiling. Audrey threatens to shoot him and Ted tells her to just do it. Matt tries to calm Ted down by showing that he's not alone in having abnormal powers. He tells Ted they're just trying to understand what's going on and to relax. He manages to calm Ted down and tells him to take him back to when this all started.

Matt hears Ted think that he blacked out and when he woke up things just started dying. Remembering his own experiences, Matt asks him for how long he blacked out and whether he was drinking. He asks if when he woke up he had bruises on his arms. Ted shows them the mark on his neck and Matt shows the same marks on his own neck. Ted explains that he was in Kansas a few months back having sold a dialysis machine to a university hospital. He went to the hotel bar where he saw a couple from Wyoming, a few professors, and a student from Haiti. The next thing he knew he woke up in his car in Arizona two days after his abduction with cuts and bruises on him. Matt asks Ted if he feels sick at all or gets headaches and Ted admits he has headaches. Audrey asks Ted if there are any more dead bodies that they need to know about and Matt defends him, telling Audrey that it's not his fault. Matt tells Ted that he, too, blacked out and lost two days, and now he can't stop hearing people's thoughts. Matt offers a description of the Haitian man Ted saw at the bar and they confirm that they both saw the same man right before they blacked out. Agent Elisa Thayer comes in and several agents take Ted away. As he's being escorted out, Ted tells Matt to find the Haitian. Later, Ted escapes, burning a car in the process.

Graphic Novel:Wireless, Part 4

Hana Gitelman intercepts a transmission from TEDDYBEAR616.

Godsend

Ted practices his abilities in a cabin in the Nevada desert. He deliberately induces radioactivity in one hand, and then the other.

Graphic Novel:How Do You Stop an Exploding Man?, Part 1

Ted remembers his blissful wedding, and the his wife's tragic development of cancer. He is taken into custody, but escapes by blowing up a transport car, killing several FBI agents. He retreats to a cabin in the Nevada desert. As TEDDIEBEAR616, he receives messages from WIRELESS, and subsequently meets Hana Gitelman. They share their knowledge of the people who lied to them and gave them marks on their necks. Their meeting is cut short when Ted is confronted by a large military force.

Graphic Novel:How Do You Stop an Exploding Man?, Part 2

The leader of the force covers Ted with liquid cement, but Ted escapes. He makes his way to Billings, MT in search of the man, and enters the Pharmatech Industrial Building. Ted faces a Pharmatech scientist armed with a hypo gun. Ted threatens the scientist, learns disturbing information about the hypo needle, and vengefully destroys the building.

Unexpected

Ted receives an IM from a user named "Wireless" on a laptop in his cabin. After confirming that he currently does not have an Internet connection, he sends a reply asking how this is possible. When he receives a schematic for a pneumatic syringe, Ted suggests that he and "Wireless" meet. A woman standing behind him introduces herself as Hana Gitelman and the two compare Marks.

Ted visits his wife's grave. He tells her that he misses her and that "they" are going to pay for what they did. He places some flowers down which quickly wilt away due to Ted's radiation. The grass all around Ted also wilts away. He tells her that she's not going to like what he has to do and so he has come to say goodbye. Matt meets Ted Sprague in a cemetery. Ted tells Matt that he has found out that the Marks on their necks are because they're being tracked. Ted tells Matt that he had his blood tested and that the isotope is in his blood and bets that it's in Matt's as well. Ted encourages Matt to join forces with Hana and him, telling him he can be a hero, and that they need his telepathic power to be successful.

Later, at the Bennets' home, Ted and Matt take the family hostage.

Graphic Novel:The Path of the Righteous

Ted and Hana meet Matt at Karen Sprague's grave. Hana feels Ted is too focused on revenge.

Company Man

Ted and Matt break into the Bennets' home to get information on what "The Company" has done to them. They are interrupted by the Bennet family returning home. Matt wants to leave but Ted insists that they confront them there and then. Ted threatens to get "very bright and very hot" unless Mr. Bennet gives them some answers. He wants to find a cure for what's happening to them and if there is no cure he'll kill everyone. After Mr. Bennet tries to pull a gun on them, Ted loses control and threatens to shoot Sandra. Matt shoots Claire instead (knowing that she will heal) preventing Ted from shooting Sandra.

Ted insists that he stay with the family while Matt and Mr. Bennet go to the paper company to get evidence of their abductions. While they are at the paper factory, Ted practices making fireballs, all the while intimidating his captives. He catches Claire trying to rescue her brother and mother. Ted figures out that Matt and Mr. Bennet have been secretly trying to trick him into not hurting anyone and confronts them when they return. Mr. Bennet gives him his medical file and explains that there is no cure and he has been giving off low level radiation even before he was abducted. Thompson arrives and shoots Ted in the shoulder. Ted completely loses control of his powers, falling to the ground and releasing waves of radiation that set fire to the house. Mr. Bennet tries to sedate Ted but cannot get close enough. Claire manages to get close enough to Ted and sedate him.

Later, Mr. Bennet and Thompson observe a restrained Ted in a secure cell.

.07%

With help from Mr. Bennet, Matt Parkman breaks Ted out of his cell at Primatech Paper. Mr. Bennet tells Ted through Matt that he is able to create an electromagnetic pulse. Ted's EMP knocks out the alarms in the building. Matt and Ted break Mr. Bennet out of his cell, and they all escape. They then go to the Burnt Toast Diner where they discuss how to bring down the Company. They need to go to New York in order to disable the unit that controls the Company's tracking system. Ted comments that "he's never been there".

Graphic Novel:String Theory

Ted's picture is part of Future Hiro's string web.

The Hard Part

Peter shows Claire his sketchbook, containing drawings of the explosion and a picture Claire confirms to be Ted. When Peter explains how he will blow up New York City like a nuclear bomb, Claire is reminded of Ted. Claire explains to Peter and Nathan what happened with Ted in Odessa. Later, Nathan tells Thompson about Ted and the impending explosion.

Ted, Mr. Bennet, and Matt stop at a used car lot to get a car to take them to New York. Ted defrosts and starts a car with his power and they leave. When the three of them arrive in New York, they run into Peter and Claire. Peter's hands start glowing with radiation. Ted asks Bennet what he's doing and he replies that he's absorbing his ability.

Landslide

Ted decides to go to Nebraska with Peter and Claire to avoid the risk of causing the explosion. Sylar, however, listens to their conversation and calls the FBI to inform them of Ted's location. After Ted is captured, Ted pleads to be put in a concrete cell lined with lead. In transit, Sylar flips the armored vehicle holding Ted. He opens the back door and finds an upside-down Ted saying he has been injured. Sylar says he can help, and proceeds to "help" Ted with the pain.

Graphic Novel:The Death of Hana Gitelman, Part 1

Mr. Bennet, Matt and Ted meet with Hana to discuss taking down the Company's tracking systems. When Hana pulls a gun on the men, Ted threatens to melt the bullets, the gun and her, and tells Hana to listen to what Bennet has to say.

Powers

Ted had the ability to emit radiation. He seemed to have some control over the intensity, but judging from the damage to his home and his accidental killing of Dr. Fresco, his ability to control his power was severely limited, possibly more so when he was emotionally agitated.

After his arrest, Ted boiled water at FBI Headquarters, a scene depicted in one of Isaac's paintings. (Seven Minutes to Midnight)
Ted could also release an EMP wave, thanks to guidance from Mr. Bennet. (.07%)
Ted put out 1,800 curies (Ci) of radiation without even coming in contact with radiative material. (One Giant Leap)
Ted claimed that he could emit 10,000 curies of radiation, but this is unconfirmed. (Graphic Novel:How Do You Stop an Exploding Man?, Part 2)
According to Mr. Bennet, Ted's power is capable of destroying every living thing within a twenty mile radius. (Graphic Novel:Family Man)
Ted could use his powers to start a car. (The Hard Part)

Memorable Quotes

"Do you have any idea what would happen if you did that? Because I don't. Maybe I'll explode. Maybe I'll take out this whole hospital. Maybe I'll wipe out this city like an atomic bomb! "

- Ted (to Audrey) (Nothing to Hide)

"If you're not back in an hour, just look for the mushroom cloud."

- Ted (to Matt and Mr. Bennet) (Company Man)

"Don't worry, I'm not going to nuke the dog, I wouldn't hurt... Mr. Muggles."

- Ted (to Matt) (Company Man)

"You're gonna upset me. Do you know what happens when I get upset? I get very bright and very hot."

- Ted (to Mr. Bennet) (Company Man)

"Put the gun down and listen to the man... or else I'll melt that bullet, melt the gun, and melt you before you can even think of pulling the trigger!"

- Ted (to Hana) (The Death of Hana Gitelman, Part 2)

Notes

Ted is based heavily on the engineer, a terrorist character from the 72 minute version of the original pilot. Both men have the same powers, and both men have wives they love very much who die of cancer, probably related to their own radiation powers.
Ted's name, appearance, and explosive nature are all references to Theodore Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber.
Ted has an unusual mark on his shoulder which is identical to Matt Parkman and Hana's.

Trivia

Theodore Sprague lived at 93 Laramie Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90016.
Ted was 5’10” tall, weighed 175 pounds and had brown eyes and hair.
Ted's IRC username was TEDDIEBEAR616. He sent an email using the name TEDDYBEAR616.
Ted's IRC username TEDDIEBEAR616 could be a reference to his wife's nickname for him. Karen Sprague's dying thoughts reveal that she refers to Ted as "her teddy bear." (Nothing to Hide)
Ted's internet nickname was TEDDIEBEAR616. 616 is sometimes considered to be the Number of the Beast, as referenced in the Bible (as opposed to the more widely known 666). 616 also is the numerical tag Marvel Comics assigns to the universe containing its core books.
His first name, Theodore, comes via French from the Greek name Theodōros, composed of the elements theos (god – in Greek, θεός) + dōron (gift – in Greek, δώρον), meaning "gift of God".
His last name, Sprague, is an English surname meaning "alert" or "lively".

Gallery

Theodore sits at the bedside of his comatose wife, Karen.	Ted practices focusing his power.	According to Tim Kring, Ted is inspired in part by real-life terrorist Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber.	Ted's hands glow with radiation.
Ted demonstrates the relaxing effects of small nuclear explosions.	After Ted is shot, his eye glows like Peter's glowing eye.	Ted starts to lose control of his powers after being shot.