Netflix's The Umbrella Academy released a series of new Sparrow teases ahead of season 3 - but what exactly do they mean? Posted to Twitter on January 1st, 2022, the teases consist of halved headshot posters of the new Sparrow Academy members, each complete with a cryptic caption to boot. While there has been radio silence since the turn of the year on The Umbrella Academy news front, this has done little to dampen rampant social media speculation regarding what each of these character clues could mean.

The Sparrow Academy was briefly glimpsed at the end of The Umbrella Academy season 2, with Reginald Hargreeves' (Colm Feore) alternate superhero team's existence a highly climactic reveal. Although yet to be unveiled in the context of The Umbrella Academy series, the members of the Sparrow Academy and their corresponding actors were subsequently revealed by Netflix's marketing team. The new Sparrow Academy is therefore confirmed to consist of Marcus (Justin Cornwell), Ben (the returning Justin H. Min), Fei (Britne Oldford), Alphonso (Jake Epstein), Sloane (Genesis Rodriguez), Jayme (Cazzie David), and the as-of-yet un-cast Christopher.

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Although there has been no official confirmation, the latest series of Umbrella Academy Twitter teases are likely clues to each member of the Sparrow Academy's corresponding powers. This theory is best displayed by Sparrow Academy member #7's caption, which states "Christopher is a total square," acting as a not-so-subtle hint to his literal physiology as a Psykronium Cube from the original Dark Horse Umbrella Academy comics. While other Sparrow Academy members' powers are less clear-cut, each photo and caption seemingly acts as a signpost to their potency ahead of The Umbrella Academy season 3's 2022 release.

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The Umbrella Academy has never been shy about including outrageous and zany superpowers into its narrative, with the Netflix series occasionally even diverging from Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's original character designs. Luther's (Tom Hopper) physiology is a classic example here, with the Netflix series opting to make his transformation courtesy of an injection of Chimpanzee DNA as opposed to surgical splicing. Klaus (Mortal Engines' Robert Sheehan), A.J. Carmichael, (Robin Atkin Downes), and Vanya (Elliot Page) are all also drastically altered from their comic counterparts, both in terms of superpowers and appearances.

It is no surprise, then, that The Umbrella Academy's season 3 Sparrow teases hint at a new cadre of odd superhumans for the Academy to contend with. The teasers hint at Fei communing with (and possibly losing his eyes to) birds, while Jayme likely induces fits of rage in her opponents. There is precedent to suggest Sloane can fly in addition to her purportedly elitist nature, while the return of an enraged, alternate version of Ben is likely to cause immediate friction within the Academy ranks, although it remains to be seen if he can once again conjure ghostly tentacles as a power. Put simply; The Umbrella Academy is no stranger to imbuing its characters with bizarre abilities, with the Twitter teasers' combination of posters and captions seemingly pointing in this direction once again.

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