- "This taste...Is the taste of liar!! Giorno Giovanna!!"
- ― Bruno Bucciarati (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V Vento Aureo)
The power to detect lies. Not to be confused with Telepathy or Truth Inducement. Opposite to 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
- 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 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.
- May not work against brainwashed targets.
- May not be able to sense the reason behind the lie.
Known Users
Anime/Manga
- Ryuji Maesaka (Darwin's Game)
- Yuri Dreyar (Fairy Tail Zero); via Judgment Field
- Inspector (Goblin Slayer); via Sense Lie
- Melody/Senritsu (Hunter x Hunter); via Enhanced Hearing
- Bruno Buccellati (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Vento Aureo); via licking someone's sweat
- Alien mermaids (Level E); but kills the person when detected a lie
- Karin (Naruto); via Chakra Sensing
- Nagato/Pain (Naruto); via Jigokudo/Naraka Path
- Sora (No Game No Life)
- Viola (One Piece)
- Crusch Karsten (Re:Zero)
- Galand (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Asmodeus (Seven Mortal Sins)
- Holo (Spice and Wolf); via Enhanced Hearing
- Zebra (Toriko); via Enhanced Hearing
- Naomasa Tsukauchi (My Hero Academia)
Cartoons/Comics
- Mobian Dragons (Archie’s Sonic The Hedgehog/Sonic SATAM)
- Dulcy The Dragon
- Toph Beifong (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Aiwei (Avatar: The Legend of Korra)
- Wonder Woman (DC Comics); via Lasso of Truth
- Fibber/Experiment 032 (Lilo & Stitch: The Series)
- Daredevil (Marvel Comics); via Superhearing
- Luna Maximoff (Marvel Comics); via Empathy
- Spider-Girl (Marvel Comics/MC2)
- Rachel Summer (Marvel Comics); via Telepathy/Empathy
- Verity Willis (Marvel Comics)
- Wolverine (Marvel Comics); via Superhuman Senses
- Sunset Shimmer (My Little Pony: Equestria Girls)
- April O'Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
Literature
- Toto (Gone)
- Severus Snape (Harry Potter)
- Voldemort/Tom Riddle (Harry Potter)
- 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)
Live Television/Movies
- Rachel Pirzad (Alphas); via Enhanced Senses
- Karl Pilkington (An Idiot Abroad); as Bullshit Man
- Empaths (Charmed)
- Phoebe Halliwell (Charmed); via Empathy
- The Doctor (Doctor Who)
- River Tam (Firefly/Serenity)
- Sue Landers (Heroes)
- Sylar (Heroes)
- Hyde (Jekyll); via Enhanced Hearing and Smell
- Kyle (Kyle XY)
- Jessi (Kyle XY)
- Confessors (Legend of the Seeker)
- Kahlan Amnell
- Call Lightman (Lie to Me)
- Vitto Montesino (Los Unicos)
- Emma Swan (Once Upon A Time); not reliable when emotional
- Geordi LaForge (Star Trek)
- Veritas (Supernatural)
- Clement MacDonald (Torchwood: Children of Earth); via his Supersmelling
- CJ Ward (Tower Prep)
- Werewolves (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
- Rebekah Mikaelson (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
- Elijah Mikaelson (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
- Steve Jinks (Warehouse 13)
Video Games
- Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney series); via Magatama
- Apollo Justice (Ace Attorney series); via Justice Bracelet
- Yu Narukami (Persona 4)
- Soul Dowser (Valkyrie Crusade)
Known Objects
- Lasso of Truth (DC Comics)
- Judgement Field (Fairy Tail Zero)
- Shining Lie Detector (Nanana's Buried Treasure)
- Box of Truth (Star vs. the Forces of Evil)
Gallery
Apollo Justice (Ace Attorney Series)
Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney Series)
Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics) can detect a lie via his super hearing and radar 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.
Zebra (Toriko) truly lives up to his epithet - Hell Ears, can detect a lie by hearing a change in a person's pulse.
By observing opponent's behavior and motivations, Sora (No Game No Life) can detect their deception and lie with little or no effort.
Yuri Dreyar (Fairy Tail Zero) holding Judgment Field cube form, when...
...when activated forms a several meters wide spherical barrier where one cannot lie.
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.
After acquiring the Orb of Sight, Yu Narukami (Persona 4) gained the power to discern truth from lies.
Emma Swan (Once Upon A Time)
Asmodeus (Seven Mortal Sins) is able to smell the pheromones of a person to tell whether or not they are lying.