The Umbrella Academy season 1 had its own twist in the shape of Vanya being the most powerful of all the Hargreeves siblings, and the series cleverly dropped some clues to Vanya’s powers since episode 1 – here’s what they are. Based on the comic book series by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, The Umbrella Academy was released on Netflix in February 2019, and was so well received it was bigger than Stranger Things season 1. The Umbrella Academy was later renewed for a second season, but an official release date hasn’t been revealed yet.

The Umbrella Academy follows the dysfunctional family of adopted siblings, the Hargreeves. All of them, along with other 36 kids, were born on the same day, at the same time, and under the same mysterious circumstances, as none of their mothers were pregnant when the day began. Seven of those kids were adopted by the eccentric billionaire and scientist Sir Reginald Hargreeves, and as they began to develop unique sets of powers, he trained them and formed the superhero team “the Umbrella Academy”. One of the Hargreeves children, however, grew up thinking she was ordinary, and wasn’t allowed to join her siblings on their many visions: Number 7, a.k.a. Vanya.

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The big twist in The Umbrella Academy season 1 was that Vanya wasn’t ordinary at all, and her powers were actually dangerous, which is why Reginald chose to medicate her and have Allison use her powers to make her believe there was nothing special about her. As it turns out, the series dropped a couple of clues to this revelation, but they are all very subtle.

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Umbrella Academy: How It Foreshadowed Vanya’s Powers Twist

The Umbrella Academy hinted at Vanya’s twist from the beginning. Vanya’s powers are linked to her emotions, and has the ability to harness sound and convert it into energy, and can also manipulate the weather to an extent. In episode 1 of The Umbrella Academy, when Vanya finds out that her father died when she watches the news on a TV in a store, it starts raining. Not long after, when the camera pans over some of Reginald’s possessions, there’s a brief look at his notebook, which is open on a page about his observation of the kids’ sleeping patterns. The parts of the notes that can be read say “#4 – No activity this time”, “#6 – Seems to be crying in sleep”, and for Vanya, it says “Astonishing! Absolutely astonishing. Seems to exhibit real force and power”. This is later confirmed when Reginald is monitoring their brain activity while they sleep, and Vanya has more activity than the rest.

Another clue is when Five is in the post-apocalyptic future: the power lines are all bent, and when Vanya is off her medication and her powers are beginning to unleash, her emotions and powers do exactly that to the lamp posts (and, of course, it also starts to rain). These are all very subtle details that are easy to miss when watching The Umbrella Academy for the first time, and they also make the series more entertaining and interesting, and definitely make it worth rewatching a couple more times, as Vanya’s powers are not the only things foreshadowed throughout the first season.

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Adrienne Tyler is a features writer for Screen Rant. She is an Audiovisual Communication graduate who wanted to be a filmmaker, but life had other plans (and it turned out great). Prior to Screen Rant, she wrote for Pop Wrapped, 4 Your Excitement (4YE), and D20Crit, where she was also a regular guest at Netfreaks podcast. She was also a contributor for FanSided’s BamSmackPow and 1428 Elm. Adrienne is very into films and she enjoys a bit of everything: from superhero films to heartbreaking dramas, to low-budget horror films. Every time she manages to commit to a TV show without getting bored, an angel gets its wings.

When she’s not writing, you can find her trying to learn a new language, watching hockey (go Avs!), or wondering what life would have been like had Pushing Daisies, Firefly, and Limitless not been cancelled. Breakfast food is life and coffee is what makes the world go round.

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