Psychic Powers: Difference between revisions

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** Newtypes also seem to have the ability to detect one another, though this varies depending on how strong they are. A weak Newtype like Char Aznable might go all but undetected, while a strong Newtype like Kamille Bidan has no hope of sneaking up on anybody, and the frighteningly powerful Scirocco more or less broadcasts his presence to everyone in the vicinity. There are also Artificial or Cyber-Newtypes, who are created in labs, are typically quite powerful, and almost inevitably unstable.

* ''[[Read or Die]]'' has an interesting variant: Paper Masters have the ability to telekinetically control paper. At one point {{spoiler|Donny}} implies that ''all'' psychic powers are possible, and that the only thing stopping people from achieving them is [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe|their belief that it's impossible]].

* The Contractors from ''[[Darker ~~Than~~ Black]]'' wield a wide variety of psychic powers. However, due to the nature of their [[Conditional Powers|Remunerations]], there are no pure telepaths or telekinetics.

* The Contractors from ''[[Darker than Black]]'' wield a wide variety of psychic powers. However, due to the nature of their [[Conditional Powers|Remunerations]], there are no pure telepaths or telekinetics.

* Most of the ''witch'' powers in ''[[Witch Hunter Robin]]'' are standard [[Psychic Powers]], and are sometimes referred to in this fashion. One character uses psychometry, while Robin herself is a pyrokinetic. Telekinesis, projective empathy and psychic healing were all demonstrated by various witches.

* While [[Functional Magic|magecraft]] is something you can learn with the right requirements, psychic powers in ''[[Nasuverse]]'' are abnormalities that generally only last one generation. That being said, they have [[The Empath|Empathy]], [[More Than Mind Control|Telepathic Suggestion]], and Teleportation (well, close). One character has the double-whammy of Clairvoyance coupled with [[Mind Over Matter|Telekinesis]].

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** His sister Manami has demonstrated the ability to [[Technopath|erase videotape with her mind]].

** Cousin Akane can [[More Than Mind Control|appear to be someone else to others]], while her little brother Kazuya has all of the powers Kyousuke has, but much stronger.

* ''[[Katsuhiro Otomo]]'' seems to like this trope. His first manga was a rather forgettable one about cops investigating psychic crimes, next was ''[[Domu]]'', a story of a heroic little girl with telekinesis who must save a city pitted against an equally-powered [[Psychopathic Manchild]], finally culminating in ''[[Akira]]'', which was about the government trying to replicate the powers they saw in [[Domu|Etsuko]]'s story.

* ''[[Katsuhiro Otomo]]'' seems to like this trope. His first manga was a rather forgettable one about cops investigating psychic crimes, next was ''[[Domu: A Child's Dream]]'', a story of a heroic little girl with telekinesis who must save a city pitted against an equally-powered [[Psychopathic Manchild]], finally culminating in ''[[Akira]]'', which was about the government trying to replicate the powers they saw in [[Domu: A Child's Dream|Etsuko]]'s story.

* Lily Strosek the Fourth from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Force]]'' has a limited kind of Psychic ability. She can send psychic thoughts, sometimes to the point of sending others reeling, but unlike telepaths, she can't read minds. It's also noted to be different from the telepathic ability that mages in the setting have. As a [[Cute Mute]], she mostly uses this to talk to others, which can lead to some problems when the being she's trying to communicate with is immune to psychics.

* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' goes a bit easier on the Psychic Powers thing. Every Gundam Meister in Season 2 can communicate through means of Quantum Brainwaves, except for Lyle Dylandy (AKA Lockon Stratos). This actually turns out to be an advantage for Lockon in the movie, because the ELS constantly try to communicate with anyone using Quantum Brainwaves, rendering them unable to fight due to the accidental mind rape. Lockon's inability to use Quantum Brainwaves is actually what also saves Setsuna.

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* ''The Dead Zone'', based on the [[Stephen King]] story (see below) is entirely based on the premise of [[Psychic Powers]].

* Daphne on ''[[Frasier]]'' claims to be "a little bit psychic" in the pilot. This is phased out after a few seasons.

* Corporal "[[Meaningful Name|Radar]]" O'Reilly from ''[[M*A*S*H|Mash]]'' gets his nickname from either some form of clairvoyance ("able to tell things before they happen") or telepathy (the ability to read other characters' minds), although the original movie-character simply had super-acute hearing.

* Corporal "[[Meaningful Name|Radar]]" O'Reilly from ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|Mash]]'' gets his nickname from either some form of clairvoyance ("able to tell things before they happen") or telepathy (the ability to read other characters' minds), although the original movie-character simply had super-acute hearing.

* Bridge from ''[[Power Rangers SPD]]'' had many of these abilities (enough to constantly be a [[Deus Ex Machina]]) in a highly technological society during the year 2025. The reason he and his five teammates have "[[Superpowerful Genetics|genetic powers]]" in the first place is explained as a [[Freak Lab Accident|laboratory accident]] all their parents were involved in, making the kids technical [[Mutants]]. One of his teammates, Sam, gets both teleportation and apportation as a power as well. The other four get abilities [[Stock Super Powers|far less supernatural in design]].

** Trip from ''[[Power Rangers Time Force]]'' (and, like Bridge, a Green Ranger, but from much further in the future) is from a race of aliens called Xybrians. All Xybrians are empathetic and telepathic to the point where lying is completely impossible on their planet, and thus completely alien to Trip. He's also shown some precognitive abilities.

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** In "Leave it to Diva," she briefly becomes a telepath as well, when she goes through a strange illness dubbed as a "psychic cold."

* In the 1970's sci-fi series ''[[UFO]]'' (set [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future|in the year 1980]]) Extra-Sensory Perception is a mental condition being treated by mainstream psychiatrists. While most sufferers adjust to its effects, the subject of the episode "E.S.P" cannot cope with knowing [[Spider Sense|everything that's going to happen before it occurs]]. He decides to murder two of the leaders of SHADO (blaming them for the death of his wife in a UFO incident) knowing they will be helpless as he can predict their every defensive move before they can make it. {{spoiler|He is only stopped when he realises the aliens have been manipulating him, and so [[Suicide by Cop|deliberately allows a third SHADO operative to shoot him]]}}.

* On ''[[My Favorite Martian]],'' Martin the Martian had <s>string-pulling</s> telekinetic "levitating" ability as well as "telepathic" antennae.

* On ''[[My Favorite Martian (TV)]],'' Martin the Martian had <s>string-pulling</s> telekinetic "levitating" ability as well as "telepathic" antennae.

* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' has generic clairvoyant psychics Pamela Barnes and Missouri Mosely as well as the [[Fan Nickname|Special Children]], a gaggle of young adults with psychic abilities of [[Blessed with Suck|varying]] [[Cursed with Awesome|usefulness]].

* ''[[Poltergeist: The Legacy]]'' has main characters Derek and Alex possess "The Sight", a mix of clairvoyance and precognition.