- "Sometimes in life you have to feel your way through a situation!"
- ― Setzer Gabbiani (Final Fantasy VI)
The power to instantly learn and understand the complexity and exactness of organisms, objects, etc. without the need of long-term or special education. Sub-power of Hypercompetence. Not to be confused with Claircognizance.
Also Called
- Adept/Advanced Fast Learning/Intellect
- All Kinds of Talents (Fate/Strange Fake)
- Hyper Intuition
- Innate Capability
- Instinctive Aptitude
- Intuitive Intellect/Intelligence/Knowledge/Psychometry
- Natural Talent
- Psychic Aptitude
- Quick Learning Ability
- Spontaneous Learning
- Unnatural/Supernatural Talent
Capabilities
The user can instantly learn and understand the workings and mechanics of anything, regardless of how simple or complex. They can comprehend the complexity and exactness of events, organisms, objects, subjects, fields, powers, etc. without the need of long-term or special education, or explanation.
Applications
Techniques
Variations
- Ability Intuition - knowledge of abilities and how they work. Also allows user to immediately & perfectly assess others abilities.
- Action Intuition - possess innate knowledge about how to act at times.
- Anatomical Intuition aka Bodily Intuition - knowledge of the name, appearance, location and function of every part in the body. This ability can be used to detect the physical limits and weaknesses of every body part/body system of any living creatures. (human, animal, plant, alien).
- Archaeology Intuition - knowledge of archeology.
- Architecture Intuition - ability to possess innate and expensive understanding/knowledge of architecture.
- Astronaut Intuition - to possess knowledge and experience in interstellar explorations.
- Carpentry Intuition - knowledge of carpentry/construction work.
- Chemical Intuition - ability to have innate knowledge of all types and forms of chemicals and chemistry.
- Cosmetology Intuition - knowledge of beauty treatment (hairstyling, skin care etc.).
- Craft Improvisation - ability to improvise in any craft or skill.
- Efficacy Intuition - knowledge of how to make the best use of oneself or one's abilities.
- Escape Intuition aka Situational/Danger Escape Intuition, Evasion Intuition or Situational/Danger Evasion Intuition - ability to intuit how to avoid danger, allow one to perceive what part of an area is least dangerous, and how to get there with the least harm.
- Fighting Instinct - ability to intuitively/instinctively handle any combat situation by any means.
- Firefighting Intuition - knowledge in firefighting protocol.
- Geometry Intuition - ability to intuitively/instinctively understand anything about geometry.
- Intuitive Perception - analyze and instantly comprehend anything perceived.
- Limit Intuition - possess innate knowledge about the limits of anything.
- Love Intuition -possess innate knowledge about love and romance
- Magic Intuition - possess intuitively/instantly understanding of magic knowing intuitively/instantly how to perform magic and spells.
- Mathematical Intuition - understand math, logic, and deduction/inductive reasoning. Can easily do all calculations in head.
- Mechanical Intuition - understanding of mechanics and electronics, user can observe random scattered "junk" and subconsciously/effortlessly create detailed schematics (in their head) then create an complex/effective creation or device using "junk".
- Medical Intuition - knowledge/intuition of the healing properties of subjects in one's environment. Allows one to come up with treatments.
- Military Intuition - knowledge of military policies, tactics, and procedures.
- Movement Intuition - knowledge of how to use or make the best of one's or others' movement capabilities.
- Musical Intuition - immediate understanding and use any and all instruments, and musical notes with the proficiency of a master. With this ability one only needs to touch an instrument before they instantly become proficient in it. Also gives the user perfect pitch hearing.
- Philosophy Intuition - possess innate knowledge of philosophy.
- Physics Intuition - comprehend the branch of science concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy. User can discern the subject matter which includes mechanics, heat, light and other radiation, sound, electricity, magnetism, and the structure of atoms.
- Piracy Intuition - knowledge of piracy, smuggling goods, and plundering ships successfully.
- Police Intuition - knowledge of police procedure and law enforcement.
- Predator Instinct - possesses instincts innate to a predatory creature, one with this ability can discern numerous factors of a situation that make them a master of pursuit and capture. This includes what move a foe will make, where it is headed (if the user is in the foe’s proximity, or knows the foe fairly well), as well as how to effectively cause a foe to play right into one’s hands in combat/pursuit.
- Pressure Point Intuition - pinpoint the pressure point in a person and act accordingly of what the pressure point does and suspends the person.
- Preternatural Studies Intuition - knowledge/intuition of fields of studies that are beyond normal or natural.
- Prey Instinct - instincts innate to a prey creature. One with this ability can discern numerous factors of a situation that make them a master of evasion. This includes how much of a threat a foe poses (what move he will make, where he is going, and if these things relate to bringing harm to the user), as well as how to hide without giving away one’s presence, and how to preserve energy when running.
- Reaction Intuition - knowledge/intuition about how to react in situations.
- Researching Intuition - skill of researching materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.
- Rhythm Intuition - knowledge/intuition of the rhythm and fluctuation of the soundwaves.
- Riddle Intuition - knowledge/intuition of riddles, enigmas and puzzles.
- Science Intuition - have intuitive knowledge and skill in all forms and levels of science, technology, engineering, and programming.
- Animal Intuition: to have innate understanding of animals.
- Astrobiology Intuition: to have innate understanding in alien biology.
- Astronomy Intuition: to have innate knowledge of astronomy, the study of celestial bodies and phenomena.
- Astronaut Intuition: to possess knowledge and experience in interstellar explorations.
- Biochemistry Intuition: to possess innate knowledge of biochemistry.
- Biology Intuition: to have innate knowledge of the study of life.
- Botany Intuition: to have innate knowledge of plants and fungi.
- Chemical Intuition: to have innate knowledge of all types and forms of chemicals and chemistry.
- Poisoning Intuition: to possess intuitive knowledge and/or skill in the use of poisonous substances.
- Creature Intuition: to innately understand any/all paranatural organisms & entities.
- Engineering Intuition: To have great knowledge and skill in engineering.
- Entomology Intuition: to have innate knowledge over insects.
- Experimentation Intuition: to innately detected the concepts of an experiment.
- Genetics Intuition: to have innate understanding of genetics.
- Geography Intuition: to have innate knowledge of geography, the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere.
- Marine Biology Intuition: to have great knowledge of marine biology, the study of ocean lifeforms.
- Microbiology Intuition: to have innate knowledge of microorganisms.
- Nature Intuition: to have innate knowledge about nature and natural forces.
- Seduction Intuition - intuitive seductive and sexual skills, user is be able to seduce anyone, and always provide immense sexual pleasure to anyone including oneself.
- Sickness Intuition - to innately and subconsciously know as well as interpret different kinds of diseases and what effects that they have on their recipient, including how best to utilize them for various purposes.
- Social Intuition aka Common Touch - intuitively determine how to interact with subjects. One with this ability could tell exactly what to say to interact with certain people, or tell the rank of a person within a group. The user also gains a great voice, eloquence, and charisma.
- Survival Intuition - Intuition know all survival skills for all types of environments and being able to work effortlessly in those environments.
- Weapon Proficiency - immediate understanding and use any and all weapons with the proficiency of a master. Someone with this ability need only to pick up a weapon before they instantly become proficient in it.
Other Variations
- Acting Intuition: to have innate knowledge on how to act.
- Administration Intuition:to have innate knowledge over administration.
- Agriculture Intuition: to have innate understanding of Agriculture/Aquaculture.
- Alien Intuition: to have innate understanding of alien species, languages and technology.
- Amusement Park Intuition: to have innate knowledge of amusement parks.
- Animation Intuition: to have innate knowledge over animation.
- Answer Intuition: to know the answer to any question or problem one happens to experience.
- Anthropology Intuition: to have innate understanding of culture, tradition, and custom.
- Archaeology Intuition: to have innate knowledge of unearthing history through excavation or analyzing artifacts.
- Armorer Intuition: to have innate knowledge of designing, creating, or repairing armor.
- Artistic Intuition: to have skills, techniques and/or knowledge in artistic activities and all forms of art.
- Aviation Intuition: to have extraordinary skill in piloting aircrafts, spacecrafts, etc.
- Bladesmithing Intuition: to have an innate understanding of bladesmithing.
- Blocking Intuition: to possess an innate automatic response and intuition for blocking physical attacks
- Boarding Intuition: to have extraordinary skill in riding boards.
- Boat Intuition: have extraordinary skill in operating watercraft.
- Breeding Intuition: Have innate knowledge in terms of breeding.
- Business Intuition: to have innate knowledge of how to run businesses and companies.
- Cartography Intuition: To have innate mastery of cartography.
- Change Sense: to have innate knowledge of any change made.
- Chaos Sense: to have innate knowledge of anything chaos related.
- Compass Sense: to sense directions like a compass.
- Child Caretaking Intuition: to have skill to take care of children.
- Chronological Intuition: to understand an object, a person, or a system to the smallest aspects from different timelines.
- Computer Operation Intuition: to have skills and knowledge at operating computers.
- Conspiracy Intuition: to have skill to understand the lies and secrets.
- Counseling Intuition: to innately give guidance on personal or psychological problems.
- Countering Intuition: to possess an innate automatic response and intuition for countering physical attacks.
- Criminology Intuition: to have innate knowledge of how criminals work.
- Cryptozoology Intuition: to understand the study of cryptids.
- Culinary Intuition: to master all culinary skills and techniques.
- Cultivation Intuition: to innately understand various learning and schooling processes.
- Danger Intuition: to detect impending threats.
- Deception Intuition : to be good con artist and intricate liar.
- Decision Intuition : to be innately capable of ensuring success and victory through a certain sequence of choices.
- Definition Intuition: to know the definitions of anything.
- Demonology Intuition: to know about demons and demon-related subjects.
- Dental Intuition: to have innate knowledge of dentistry.
- Desire Intuition: to know the deepest desires of anyone.
- Detail Intuition: to notice any and all details, no matter how small.
- Detective Intuition: to possess extensive, if not innate, skills as a detective.
- Distance Sense: to have innate knowledge of one’s distance to a target, wether it be a physical destination or specific goal.
- Dracology Intuition: to have innate knowledge about dragons and dragon-related subjects.
- Drug Intuition: to have innate knowledge over drugs, medicine, remedies, and pills.
- Economics Intuition: to have innate knowledge of the economy and economical-related subjects.
- Eldritch Intuition: To possess an underlying understanding of various outerworld creatures and their culture.
- Evading Intuition: To possess an innate automatic response and intuition for evading physical attacks.
- Excavation Intuition: to know about excavating things.
- Experience Intuition: to know intuitively the experience of anything.
- Fashion Intuition: to have innate understanding, knowledge and skills in fashion.
- Fishing Intuition: to possess extraordinary talent and instinct in/for fishing.
- Fixing Intuition: to have an innate understanding of fixing things.
- Forensic Psychology Intuition: to have an innate understanding of Forensic Psychology.
- Game Intuition: to possess great skills in playing games.
- Gardening Intuition: to have intuitive understanding and skills in gardening.
- Glider Intuition: to have extraordinary skills and understanding of operating gliders.
- Gunsmithing Intuition: have an innate understanding of gunsmithing.
- Hacking Intuition: to possess intuitively high skills in hacking machinery and technological systems.
- History Intuition: to possess intuitive and accurate knowledge and understanding of all historical events.
- Housekeeping Aptitude: to possess intuitive aptitude for housekeeping.
- Holiday Intuition: to possess intuitive knowledge in everything to do with holidays.
- Humor Intuition: to be innately skilled in telling jokes or using humor.
- Hunting Intuition: to innately have to be highly skilled in hunting any and all prey.
- Interrogation Intuition: to innately know how to extract information from an opponent through different forms of interrogation.
- Intimidation Intuition: to possess an innate knowledge of intimidation.
- Journalist Intuition: to possess extensive, if not innate, skills as a journalist.
- Juggling Intuition: to have greatly enhanced skills in juggling.
- Killing Intuition: to have perfect intuition on killing styles.
- Labyrinth Intuition: to have perfect intuition in terms of knowing labyrinths.
- Law Intuition: to understand various laws.
- Leadership Intuition: To have innate understanding of how to be a great leader
- Linguistic Intuition: to understand, write, read and speak all forms of languages, fluently.
- Literary Intuition: to have intuitive understanding of literary techniques and styles.
- Logic Intuition: to innately know all of the reasons for anything.
- Maintenance Intuition: to have intuitive knowledge on how to groom and maintain oneself and others.
- Magicians Intuition: to have a talent of deception through stage performances.
- Management Intuition: to have great skill at managing and organizing others.
- Martial Arts Intuition: to intuitively understand all Martial Arts.
- Massaging Intuition: to possess extensive innate, knowledge and skills in massaging.
- Material Intuition: to verify what a compound object is made up of.
- Mech Piloting Intuition: to have extraordinary skill in piloting mechs/mecha/giant robots.
- Metallurgy Intuition: to have an innate understanding of metallurgy.
- Morality Intuition: to possess knowledge or morality.
- Movement Intuition: to possess innate knowledge of movement capabilities.
- Nanotechnology Intuition: to have an innate understanding of nanotechnology.
- Navigation Intuition: to have innate knowledge on navigating through any area.
- Necropsy Intuition: to have knowledge of extracting information of a corpse.
- Negotiation Intuition: to be innately skilled in negotiating.
- Neurology Intuition: to have knowledge over neurology, a branch of medicine specializing in nerve disorders.
- Opportunity Intuition: to have innate sense of opportunities and how to seize them.
- Order Sense: to have innate knowledge on anything order related.
- Origin Intuition: to know where things come from.
- Paranormal Expertise: to have innate knowledge and information about the entire paranormal world and all supernatural phenomenon.
- Parapsychology Intuition: to understand the study of parapsychology.
- Particle Physics Intuition: to have knowledge of particle physics.
- Party Intuition to have knowledge on parties.
- Path Sense: to have innate knowledge on which paths can be taken.
- Pedagogy Intuition : to understand education and teaching.
- Performance Art Intuition: to understand performance arts.
- Photographic Deduction: Intuitively observe environment and deduces any connections to situations and process them extremely fast.
- Planetary Intuition: to possess intuitive knowledge and understanding of planets/worlds.
- Plumbing Intuition: to possess intuitive knowledge and understanding of plumbing.
- Puppeteering Intuition: To possess knowledge in puppeteering.
- Poetry Intuition: To possess knowledge and skill in poetry.
- Political Intuition: to possess intuitive knowledge and understanding in politics.
- Pop Culture Intuition: to be intuitive in popular culture.
- Prank Intuition: to be highly proficient in the art of pranks.
- Preparation Time Intuition: to be intuitive in using prep time for either combative or non-combative purposes.
- Preservation Intuition: to have innate knowledge of preserving things.
- Programming Intuition: To have innate knowledge of programming, coding, and software development.
- Profession Intuition: to have innate knowledge of various professions.
- Psionic Intuition: to gain knowledge through psionic means.
- Psychological Intuition: to understand the way the mind works to the smallest details. Allows user to detect lies, and perform perfect cold-readings.
- Replication Sense: To possess innate knowledge of replicas.
- Rescue Intuition: to possess intuitive knowledge and/or skill in rescuing.
- Restaurant Intuition: to have innate knowledge of restaurants.
- Religion Intuition: to possess innate knowledge and understanding of every form of faith, religion, and belief.
- Reverse-Engineering Intuition: to have innate skill at reverse engineering.
- Rhetoric Intuition: to possess extensive and innate understanding, knowledge and skills in rhetoric.
- Ricochet Intuition: to posses intuitive knowledge of how to create ricochet.
- Riders Aptitude: to possess extraordinary driving and riding skills.
- Robotics Intuition: to have an innate understanding of robotics.
- Sarcasm Intuition: to be innately skilled in making witty remarks and sarcastic mocks.
- Scatology Intuition: to have innate knowledge of the study of digestive waste.
- Science-Magic Intuition: to possess intuitive/instant understanding science and magic.
- Security Intuition: to have innate knowledge of security.
- Sewing Intuition: to possess extensive, innate, skill in sewing.
- Sexual Intuition - to possess intuitive and expertise understanding of sex.
- Shatterpoint Intuition: to possess extensive, if not innate, knowledge of weak points in objects.
- Showmanship Intuition: to possess innate skill in terms of showmanship.
- Solidarity Intuition: to possess inbred understanding of companionship, unity and teamwork.
- Spatial Intuition: to understand the angles and mapping of areas with adjusting.
- Special Ops Mastery: to innately or through training have special operations skills and maintain them without the need of further training.
- Sport Intuition: to have skill and knowledge in sports and sports-related things.
- Stacking Intuition: to have skill and knowledge in stacking things.
- Stealth Intuition: To have an innate knowledge of stealth.
- Surgery Intuition: To have an innate knowledge and skill in surgery.
- Surveillance Intuition: To possess extensive, if not innate, knowledge of surveillance.
- Teaching Intuition: to have skill and knowledge in teaching/training others.
- Temporal Intuition: to innately know the date and time.
- Torture Intuition: to possess an innate understanding of torturing.
- Trading Intuition: to have skill and knowledge in selling/trading.
- Trapping Intuition: to proficiently create a variety of unique and difficult traps for others to fall for.
- Urban Intuition: to have knowledge about any kind of urban area and its inhabitants.
- Universal Intuition: to possess intuitive knowledge and understanding of universes/dimensions.
- Vehicle Intuition: to operate a variety of different vehicles (cars, aircraft, etc.) with ease.
- Video Game Intuition: to play any kind of video game with ease.
- Virology Intuition: to have an innate understanding of virology.
- Weakness Detection: to intuitively observe anything and instantly understand the weakness of anything, including people, objects, relationships, societies, structures, organizations, laws of nature, etc.
Associations
- Combined with Empathic Mimicry, the user may gain Intuitive Empathic Replication.
- Encyclopedic Knowledge
- Empathy
- Enhanced Condition
- Enlightenment
- Hypercompetence
- Hypercognition
- Indomitable Will
- Instant Learning
- Intuitive Bilingualism
- Intuitive Multilingualism
- Intuitive Perception
- Intuitive Precognition
- Retrocognition (intuitive)
- Knowledge Replication
- Mindshifting
- Neuro-Psychic Knowledge
- Numerical Precision
- Omni-Communication
- Omni-Intuition
- Omnilingualism
- Omnicompetence
- May develop Omniscience
- Psychography
- Psychometry
- Spiritual Meditation
- State of Mind
- Telepathy (intuitive)
- Telempathy (intuitive)
Limitations
- Can still forget known information.
- While most logical things can be understood, some things may be innately illogical or have no logical method of understanding.
- May have the side affect of becoming obsessed with knowing more of everything.
- May only work as a "gut feeling" rather than giving the user the whole picture.
- Could suffer from information overload.
Known Users
Comics/Cartoons
- Ben Tennyson (Ben 10)
- Nanomech (Ben 10 Series)
- Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom)
- Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman (DC Comics)
- Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
- Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)
- Madman (Image Comics)
- Thraxans (Image Comics)
- Callisto (Marvel Comics)
- Steve Rogers/Captain America (Marvel Comics); via Super-Soldier Serum
- Kraven the Hunter (Marvel Comics); via Calypso Serum
- Grim Hunter (Marvel Comics); via Calypso Serum
- Alyosha Kravinoff (Marvel Comics); via Calypso Serum
- Anastasia Kravinoff (Marvel Comics); via Calypso Serum
- Sage/Tessa (Marvel Comics)
- Shatterstar (Marvel Comics)
- Forge (Marvel Comics)
- Buford Hollis/Razorback (Marvel Comics)
- Teon Macik/Primal (Marvel Comics)
- Wendell Vaughn/Quasar (Marvel Comics)
- Practitioners of the Hercules Method (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)
- Rick Sanchez ("Rick and Morty")
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Yuujiro Hanma (Baki the Grappler)
- Skull Knight (Berserk)
- Aion (Chrono Crusade)
- Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa (Detective Conan/Case Closed)
- Takagi Wataru (Detective Conan/Case Closed)
- Yusaku Kudo (Detective Conan/Case Closed)
- Richard I (Fate/Strange Fake)
- Meruem (Hunter X Hunter)
- Pillar Men (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II Battle Tendency)
- Kiriyama Kazuo (Battle Royale)
- Mamoru Kagemori (Kage Kara Mamoru); temporarily via Shinijitesu
- Tsunayoshi Sawada (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
- Evil Rain Bow Man (Kekki Genkai Heroes)
- Maguro Kurokami (Medaka Box)
- Diego Brando (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part VII Steel Ball Run); enhanced later on via the Saint's Corpse
- Shuzen Akua (Rosario + Vampire: Season II)
- Answer-Talker users (Zatch Bell!)
- Lelei La Lalena (Gate)
Live Television/Movies
- Charles Irving "Chuck" Bartowski (Chuck); via The Intersect
- The Doctor (Doctor Who)
- River Tam (Firefly/Serenity)
- Arthur Petrelli (Heroes)
- Peter Petrelli (Heroes)
- Samson Gray (Heroes)
- Sylar (Heroes)
- Chase Davenport (Lab Rats)
- Edward "Eddie" Morra (Limitless); via NZT-48
- Brian Finch (Limitless TV Series); via NZT-48
- Billy Cranston (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
- J.J. Powell (No Ordinary Family)
- Mackenzie Hartford (Power Rangers Operation Overdrive)
Video Games
- Link (The Legend of Zelda)
- Mario (Super Mario)
- Aloy ("Horizon: Zero Dawn")
- Jojo Achimu (Ninjutsu series)
- Human Rashi (Ninjutsu series)
- William Afton (Five Nights At Freddy's series)
Literature
- Virtue (Gone series)
- Ikki Kurogane (Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry); via Perfect Vision
- Mycroft Holmes (Sherlock Holmes novels)
- Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes novels)
- Professor Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes novels)
- Khayman and other First Brood vampires (The Vampire Chronicles)
- Savant Vega/Lethe (Skulduggery Pleasant)
- Children of Hephaestus (Percy Jackson)
- Leo Valdez
- Charles Beckendorf
- Roboute Guilliman (Warhammer 40k)
Folklore/Mythology
- Daniel (Abrahamic Faiths)
Web Original
- SCP-4606 - Deimos (SCP Foundation)
Known Objects
- The Intersect (Chuck)
- NZT drug (Limitless)
- Calypso Serum (Marvel Comics)
- Super-Soldier Serum (Marvel Comics)
Gallery
Kazuo Kiriyama (Battle Royale) can instantly learn and master something due to his brain damage erasing all emotions, leading him to the projected winner of the program, barring unforeseen circumstances.
Ben Tennyson (Ben 10) is an exceedingly fast learner as he's able to use his aliens and their powers at a professional level even after only moments of discovering them.
Liv Moore (iZombie) can gain intuitive abilities by eating the brains of many recently killed victims.
While born in a prehistoric era, the Pillar Men (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II: Battle Tendency) are able to instantly analyze and understand anything in modern day.
Mario (Super Mario) easily masters virtually any activity and understands how to do it the minute he tries, be it sports, medical work, vehicle operation, mechanics, or toymaking, among others.
Ikki Kurogane's (Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry) Perfect Vision allows him to grasp not only an individual's fighting style but also their personalities, tendencies, and the true nature of their abilities.
After witnessing Toho Fuhai (Rosario + Vampire: Season II) perform the long-range version of the Moon Crushing Dimension Blade…
Chase's (Lab Rats) bionic chip allows him to upload and download data and allow him to instantly learn whatever he wants by searching for it on the internet and learn physical skills is impossibly easy for him.
Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom) has quickly learned a lot of fighting skills and ghost powers techniques by first look and without even having training on his part, as he first learned to create a Ghost Shield seconds after his archenemy Vlad created one.
Buford Hollis/Razorbacks's (Marvel Comics) mutant power grants him intuitive vehicular operation skill.