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{{quote|''"I get these chills up and down my spine, and all of the sudden, it's as clear as day. That if I stay put, I'm dead."''~~|'''Kabuto''', ''[[Psyren]]''}}~~

{{quote|''"I get these chills up and down my spine, and all of the sudden, it's as clear as day. That if I stay put, I'm dead."''

|'''Kabuto''', ''[[Psyren]]''}}

A character has the [[Psychic Powers|psychic ability]] to know when something is about to happen, and react accordingly to prevent some kind of harm. Named after [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'s iconic super-power.

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Compare and contrast with [[Super Reflexes]], the non-psychic version of this power.

== Anime and Manga ==

* The Newtypes in ''[[Gundam]]'' have the ability to sense (amongst other things) hostility directed at them, which allows them to dodge attacks much faster than any normal humans can. Whenever it happens, you see a [[Beam of Enlightenment]] around the character with a distinctive sound effect, widely referred to now as the "Newtype Flash."

** In the ''[[Super Robot Wars]] series, it's an actual ability (called "Flash" in the original Japanese, and "Alert" in the English versions), and not limited to just Newtypes. The activation of the ability is even the Gundam Newtype Flash sound effect.

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* ''[[The Flash]]'' villain Brother Grim can sense the Speed Force, allowing him to anticipate and hit or block Flash no matter how fast he attacks. To bypass this, Flash has to fight him at normal speed.

== ~~Film~~ ==

== Fan Works ==

* Douglas Sangnoir of ''[[Drunkard's Walk]]'' possesses a rudimentary "danger sense", and claims that everyone in the Warriors (the superhero team of which he is a part in his home timeline) develops a "danger sense" sooner or later, and notes that scientists call it "class 1 post-natal acquired precognition".

== Film ==

* The 2002 ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]]'' movie depicted his Spider Sense using [[Bullet Time]]. Whenever something bad was about to happen, time would slow down from Peter's perspective, allowing him ample time to react. Later on in the film (and its sequels), the use of this power is mostly left to be assumed by the audience.

** There are still visual cues in the sequels, like when Peter senses the tram he's on is soon going to run out of track in Spiderman 2.

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* Earl has it on ''[[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs]]'':

* [[The Incredibles|Mr. Incredible]] has this power. It's only implied in the film by a sudden look of alarm on his face when the first Omnidroid is behind him, but is listed among his abilities [[All There in the Manual|in the DVD extras]].

* ''[[The Incredibles]]'': Mr. Incredible has this power. It's only implied in the film by a sudden look of alarm on his face when the first Omnidroid is behind him, but is listed among his abilities [[All There in the Manual|in the DVD extras]].

== Literature ==

* [[Robert Heinlein]]'s novel ''[[The Number of the Beast]]''. Zebadiah Carter has a danger sense that alerts him to trouble just before it occurs, allowing him just enough time to react to it.

* The [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] novel ''Death Star'' had Nova Stihl and 'blinking', a spider-sense of his own that allowed him to excel as a martial artist and stormtrooper. {{spoiler|But it's actually the Force.}}