- "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
- Sunset Shimmer (My Little Pony Equestria Girls)
- The Doctor (Doctor Who)
- Sue Landers (Heroes)
- Sylar (Heroes)
- Viola (One Piece)
- Yuri Dreyar (Fairy Tail Zero); via Judgment Field
- Phoebe Halliwell (Charmed); via Empathy
- Empaths (Charmed)
- Veritas (Supernatural)
- Karl Pilkington (An Idiot Abroad); As Bullshit Man
- Fibber/Experiment 032 (Lilo & Stitch: The Series)
- April O'Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV 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); via Enhanced Hearing and Smell
- Confessor's (Legend of the Seeker)
- Kahlan Amnell
- Emma Swan (Once Upon A Time); not reliable when emotional
- Verity Willis (Marvel Comics)
- Luna Maximoff (Marvel Comics); via Empathy
- 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)
- Melody (Hunter x Hunter)
- Ryuji Maesaka (Darwin's Game)
- Asmodeus (Seven Mortal Sins)
Known Objects
- Judgement Field (Fairy tail Zero)
- Shining Lie Detector (Nanana's Buried Treasure)
- Box of Truth (Star vs. the Forces of Evil)
- Lasso of Truth (DC Comics)
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.
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