- "Wait, wait, almost finished."
- "Candace, you stayed up all night just to finish that book?"
- "No, no. We finished the whole collection."
- ― Candance Flynn and Lawrence Fletcher (Phineas and Ferb)
- "You have read enough fantasy novels to choke a hippogriff!"
- ― Bart Simpson (The Simpsons)
The power to read at an inhumanly fast level. Technique of Literary Manipulation.
Also Called
- Gale-Force Reading
- Speed Reading
Capabilities
The user can read at unrealistic speeds while still retaining all of the information read. They have intuitive knowledge on how to pronounce any word in a language that they know.
==Applications==Can quickly and thoroughly analyze large amounts of information.
- Can read a large book within seconds.
- Know how to read any word.
Associations
- Encyclopedic Knowledge
- Enhanced Intelligence
- Enhanced Memory
- Enhanced Speed
- Instant Learning
- Literary Manipulation
Limitations
- May not be able to understand what you read.
- Some users may develop slight headaches.
- May only be able to retain information temporarily.
Known Users
See Also: Super Speed Reading.
- Dantalion (As Miss Beelzebub Likes It)
- The Doctor (Doctor Who)
- Users of Gale-Force Reading Glasses (Fairy Tail)
- Samuel (Fairy Tail)
- Steven Grant Rogers/Captain America (Marvel Comics)
- Kid Of Padre (Los Protegidos)
- Haruka Koumi (Rail Wars)
- Jack O'Neill (Stargate SG-1); when wearing the Atanik armband
- Daniel Jackson (Stargate SG-1); when wearing the Atanik Armband
- Superman/Clark Kent (DC Comics)
- The Flash (DC Comics)
- Chloe Sullivan (Smallville); when under Brainiac's influence
- Ozymandias (Watchmen)
- WordGirl (WordGirl)
- The Lone Wanderer (Fallout 3)
- Alexandria (Worm)
- The Courier (Fallout New Vegas)
- Dylan Piper (Halloweentown)
- Data (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- Lore (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- Rohit Mehra (Krrish series)
- Users of the Stream (Outer Limits)
- Aika Tenkuubashi (Shomin Sample)
- Members of the Mensa Springfield Chapter (The Simpsons)
- Kyouko Toshino (Yuru Yuri)
- Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony Series)
- Unnamed player character (Foreign Creature 2)
Known Objects
- Gale-Force Reading Glasses (Fairy Tail)
- The Stream (The Outer Limits)
- Atanik Armbands (Stargate SG-1)
Gallery
Samuel (Fairy Tail) can read at high speeds.
The Flash (DC Comics) can temporarily assimilate knowledge through reading with his Super-Speed powers.
WordGirl (WordGirl!) has the ability to read very fast
Dylan Piper (Return to Halloweentown) uses magic to read rapidly.
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Player character (Foreign Creature series) reading an entire bookshelf instantly.
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Player character (Foreign Creature series) reading all information stored within the internet.
Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony Series)
Video
Smallville 8x03 Toxic IV-0
Chloe Sullivan (Smallville) reads and processes data at lightning speed while under Brainiac's influence.