Lie Detection

Lie Detection
Sue Landers (Heroes) senses lies from Sylar.
Power/Ability to:	Sense lies.

The power to detect lies. Not to be confused with Telepathy or Truth Inducement. Opposite of Truth Detection.

Also Called

• Intuitive Polygraphy
• Lie Sensing
• Mendacity Detection

Capabilities

The user can sense when they are lied to by various means.

Associations

• Empathy by reading the emotions of another person to try and see if they are telling the truth.
• Enhanced Hearing by hearing the heartbeat increase.
• Enhanced Smell by smelling pheromones.
• Enhanced Vision by seeing physical body ticks, such as twitching fingers or an increase in blinking.
• Seismic Sense by reading the vibration from one's heart.
• Precognition by using intuition to know that it is a lie

Limitations

• May not differentiate between a white lie or a secret.
• Versions based on pulse difference may not be able to differentiate lies if subject/targets have no pulse difference.
  • Pace makers just beat at one pace.
  • Those who are skilled can control their heartbeat or emotions.
• Divided Mind would allow a user to defeat this technique, by only allowing one personality to know.
• Power can be subconsciously blocked when around someone the person trusts. Say a best friend or a family member.
• Versions based on emotions are useless against Apathy.
• May not work against brainwashed targets.
• May not be able to sense the reason behind the lie.

Known Users

• Sue Landers (Heroes)
• Sylar (Heroes)
• Viola (One Piece)
• Phoebe Halliwell (Charmed); via Empathy
• Empaths (Charmed)
• Veritas (Supernatural)
• Karl Pilkington (An Idiot Abroad); As Bullshit Man
• Fibber/Experiment 032 (Lilo & Stitch: The Series)
• Clement MacDonald (Torchwood: Children of Earth); via his Supersmelling
• Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney Series); via Magatama
• Apollo Justice (Ace Attorney Series); via Justice Bracelet
• Toph Beifong (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• Aiwei (Avatar: The Legend of Korra)
• Severus Snape (Harry Potter)
• Voldemort (Harry Potter)
• Steve Jinks (Warehouse 13)
• Rachel Pirzad (Alphas); via Enhanced Senses
• Daredevil (Marvel Comics); via Superhearing
• Wolverine (Marvel Comics); via Superhuman Senses
• Rachel Summer (Marvel Comics) -via telepathy/empathy
• Wonder Woman (DC Comics)
• Mobian Dragons (Archie's Sonic The Hedgehog/Sonic SATAM)
  • Dulcy The Dragon
• Wisdom Thumbs (Super/Lette)
• CJ Ward (Tower Prep)
• River Tam (Firefly/Serenity)
• Werewolves (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
• Rebekah Mikaelson (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
• Elijah Mikaelson (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
• Karin (Naruto); via Chakra Sensing
• Galand (Nanatsu no Taizai)
• Kyle (Kyle XY)
• Jessi (Kyle XY)
• Call Lightman (Lie to Me)
• Holo (Spice and Wolf); via Enhanced Hearing
• Chameleons (Shadow Falls/Shadow Falls: After Dark); via Enhanced Hearing as vampires or Empathy as faes
  • Kylie Galen
• Vampires (Shadow Falls/Shadow Falls: After Dark); via Enhanced Hearing
  • Della Tsang
  • Burnett James
  • Chase Tallman
• Faes (Shadow Falls/Shadow Falls: After Dark); via Empathy
  • Derek Lakes
  • Holiday Brandon
• Maggie (Twilight Saga)
• Charles (Twilight Saga)
• Geordi LaForge (Star Trek)
• Vitto Montesino (Los Unicos)
• Hyde (Jekyll); vis Enhanced Hearing and Smell
• Confessor's (Legend of the Seeker)
  • Kahlan Amnell
• Emma Swan (Once Upon A Time), not reliable when emotional
• Zebra (Toriko); via Enhanced Hearing
• Sora (No Game No Life)
• Toto (Gone)
• Bruno Buccellati (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Vento Aureo); via licking someone's sweat
• Senritsu (Hunter x Hunter); via Enhanced Hearing
• Alien mermaids (Level E); but kills the person when detected a lie
• Soul Dowser (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Spider-Girl (Marvel Comics/MC2)
• Crusch Karsten (Re:Zero)
• Yu Narukami (Persona 4)

Known Objects

• Judgement Field (Fairy tail Zero)
• Shining Lie Detector (Nanana's Buried Treasure)

Gallery

Apollo Justice (Ace Attorney Series)

Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney Series)

Daredevil (Marvel) detecting a lie via his super hearing to sense a change in a person's pulse.

A werewolf (The Vampire Diaries)

CJ Ward (Tower Prep)

River Tam (Firefly/Serenity)

Toph Bei Fong (Avatar: The Last Airbender) can use her Seismic Sense to detect lies.

Fibber/Experiment 032 (Lilo & Stitch) can sense lies and beeps, forcing them to tell the truth.

Maggie (Twilight) can detect lies verbally or even when their not speaking.

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Zebra (Toriko) truly live up to his epithet; Hell Ears, detect lie by hear a change in a person's pulse.

By observing opponent's behaviour and motivations, Sora (No Game No Life) can detect their deception and lie with little or no effort.

Galand's (Nanatsu no Taizai) Decree "Truth" turns all who tell lies into stone.

Soul Dowser (Valkyrie Crusade) can detect lies, and if she discovers lies in a person's heart, she steals their soul.

Spider-Girl (Marvel Comics/MC2) can use her spider-sense to sense deception.

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After acquiring the Orb of Sight, Yu Narukami (Persona 4) gained the power to discern truth from lies.