Psychic Static: Difference between revisions

* Happy Flame Time's ''[[Touhou (Video Game)|Touhou]]'' [[Doujin]] ''Fly Up from the Underground'', has series protagonist Reimu use two different tactics against Satori. The first involves [[Shaggy Dog Story|thinking of a story that doesn't go anywhere]], while the second is a parody of the ''Yu Yu Hakusho'' example, with the defeat coming when Satori is distracted by the "and take off all her clothes" bit Reimu adds to her attack plans.

* The protagonist of the ''[[The Dresden Files (Literature)|The Dresden Files]]'' fanfic ''[[Fair Vote (Fanfic)|Fair Vote]]'' received [[Training From Hell]] for nine months in psychic resistance measures.

* ''[[With Strings Attached (Fanfic)|With Strings Attached]]'' has a variation on this trope: Ringo experiences great pain whenever he tries to scry the [[Ghost City]] of Ehndris, thanks to the Poison Protections maintained over the city. Later, when the four go there, the Poison Protections keep him in constant, massive pain and effectively neutralize him until he accidentally teleports out of the city.

* When [[X-Men (Comic Book)|Professor X]] tries to read {{spoiler|Lance's}} mind in [[I'm a Marvel And Im ADC (Fanfic)|"After Hours"]], the only thing he gets is an endless loop of "My Humps". Which {{spoiler|Lance}} also sings later when being interrogated by Nightwing.

 

== Live-Action TV ==

** In the episode "A Race Through Dark Places", a captured telepath tries to block Bester from reading him by reciting "Mary Had A Little Lamb". (Since everything ESP-related in ''Babylon 5'' comes from ''The Demolished Man'', this is unsurprising.)

** Later, an assassin tries to kill Garibaldi. When he's captured, Garibaldi gets Lyta to mind probe him. He resists by singing and doing math equations in his head, but since he's essentially taking on the [[Touched By Vorlons|telepathic equivalent of a WMD]], he lasts... ooh.. less than 20 seconds. And that's only because Lyta takes some time to screw with him.

** An episode of ''[[Star Trek Voyager (TV)|Star Trek Voyager]]'' has a psychic trying to forcibly take violent thoughts from Tuvok to be sold on the black market of a planet of pacifists. Tuvok managed to overpower him by concentrating on his very worst, horrific thoughts.

** A variation occured in an episode where Tuvok, Janeway, and a few others got themselves assimiliated by the Borg deliberately as part of a [[Plan]] (with precautions taken to keep them from being absorbed by [[Hive Mind|the Collective]]). Whenever Tuvok feels his individuality slipping, he recites details about his own life and experiences (particularly memories of his family).

* ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]''

** Mr. Bennet thinks in Japanese to throw off Mindreaders, specifically Matt.

** In the season 1 episode "Sparks Fly Out", Tara doesn't want telepath Sookie to read her thoughts, and when Sookie tries all we hear is "'''''LALALALALA'''''..." The wide-eyed look of intense-focus on Tara's face as she does this make this ''hilarious''.

** In the first season finale, Sookie is with Rene, {{spoiler|the killer}}. She keeps trying to read his mind, and he keeps reciting "Don't think, don't think, don't think...". He eventually slips up though {{spoiler|having a flashback of him killing Sookie's grandmother}}.

* In ''[[The Avengers (TV)|The Avengers]]'' episode "Too Many Christmas Trees", Steed and Mrs. Peel come under psychic attack. Their defenses include "Green Grow the Rushes, O" and an obsession with socks.

* Daphne in ''[[No Ordinary Family]]'' tries to read Joshua's mind but ends up literally hearing only static. This freaks her out and makes her suspicious of him.

* ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]''

** Subverted in the Halloween episode which features Bart having telepathy. Homer attempts to kill Bart but, instead of blocking Bart's abilities, Homer ''thinks about'' blocking his thoughts (and bashing his head in with a chair) but doing this before he ''actually does what he's thinking.'' Thus, broadcasting to Bart his intentions. Guaranteeing [[Failure Is the Only Option]].

* When an eavesdropping device gets turned up too high in an episode of ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'', everyone can suddenly hear Quagmire's embarrassing thoughts. As soon as he realizes this, he combats it by humming a John Philip Sousa march.

{{quote| '''Quagmire's Mind:''' Man, this itches. I wonder who gave it to me. Probably that skank who needed a ride to the gas station. Last time I do somebody a favor... Oh God, they must have heard me! Oh God, ''I'' can hear me! '''''Baaah ba DA da da ba ba ba da da BUM baaah da da DUM baaah da da--'''''}}

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