The power to sense and identify supernatural phenomena. Sub-power of Supernatural Manipulation. Variation of Detection.
Also Called[]
- Insight
- Magical/Paranormal/Supernatural Awareness/Detection/Sensation/Sense/Sensitivity
Fiction-Specific Terms[]
- Beast Sense (D&D)
- Ghost Sense (Danny Phantom)
- Neck-Sense (Stranger Things)
Capabilities[]
The user can sense the presence of supernatural beings or forces and identify them as such on sight.
Applications[]
Variation[]
Associations[]
- Change Sense
- Divine Sense
- Extrasensory Perception
- Paranormal Mastery
- Psionics
- Supernatural Manipulation
Used By[]
Limitations[]
- May only be able to detect particular supernatural activity/beings.
- May be limited in range.
- Detection may come in the form of a physical pain sensation.
Known Users[]
Literature
- Gods (Beauchamp Family series)
- Maccon "Malcolm" (Blue Bloods series)
- Dragons (Karsearin: Adventures of a Red Dragon); via Dragon Detection
- Isabelle Lightwood (The Mortal Instruments series); with her necklace.
- Supernaturals (Shadow Falls); scan another's brain pattern to recognize its species identity
- Descendants of gifted Native Americans (Shadow Falls); physically drawn to supernaturals
- Mrs. Galen
- Ghost-whispering individuals (Shadow Falls); sense and see spirits
- Kylie Galen
- Francyne
- Holiday Brandon
- Burnett James
- Elf Bus Driver
- Della Tsang
- Chase Tallman
Live Television/Movies
- Illyria (Angel)
- Vampire Detectors (Angel)
- Glory (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Slayers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
- Vampires (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
- Drusilla
- Ghosts (Being Human)
- Vampires (Being Human)
- Werewolves (Being Human)
- Grimms (Grimm)
- Lukas Bahn (Heroes)
- Paul Carpenter (The Portable Door)
- Alice (Resident Evil films)
- Brad Alcerro (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch); sensed a witch's magic
- Margaret Isobel Thoreaux (Smallville)
- Will Byers (Stranger Things)
- Sam Winchester (Supernatural); formerly
- Banshees (Teen Wolf)
- Lydia Martin
- Meredith Walker
- Witches (The Vampire Diaries); could detect vampires by touch
- Zack Greenburg (The Zack Files)
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Guts (Berserk); via Brand of Sacrifice
- Casca (Berserk); via Brand of Sacrifice
- Luck Voltia (Black Clover)
- Cerberus/Kero (Cardcaptor Sakura)
- Eriol Hiiragizawa/Clow Reed (Cardcaptor Sakura)
- Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura)
- Syaoran Li (Cardcaptor Sakura)
- Toya Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura)
- Yue (Cardcaptor Sakura)
- Various Madougu (Garo)
- Reiko Mikami (Ghost Sweeper Mikami)
- Hyun-woo Kim (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
- Alucard (Hellsing)
- Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto)
- Isshiki Ōtsutsuki (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
- Inuyasha (InuYasha); via smell
- Madarao (Kekkaishi)
- Hakubi (Kekkaishi)
- Espers (Mob Psycho 100)
- D (Vampire Hunter D)
- Kazuma Kuwabara (YuYu Hakusho)
- Shizuru Kuwabara (YuYu Hakusho)
Cartoons/Comic
- Monasterenser Magnaserms (Angel: After the Fall)
- Polyphemus (Angel: After the Fall)
- Ghost Sense Users (Danny Phantom)
- Dani Fenton/Phantom
- Danny Fenton/Phantom
- Dark Danny
- Madame Xanadu (DC Comics)
- Eric Brooks/Blade (Marvel Comics)
- Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)
- Danny Ketch/Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)
- Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
- Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
- N'Kantu the Living Mummy (Marvel Comics)
- Will Vandom (W.I.T.C.H.)
Video Games
- Cole MacGrath (Infamous 2: Festival of Blood)
- Gooigi (Luigi's Mansion)
- Shepherds (Tales of Zestiria)
- Squires (Tales of Zestiria)
- Princess Zelda (The Legend of Zelda)
Known Objects[]
- P.K.E. Meter (Ghostbusters)
- The Yo-kai Watch (Yo-kai watch)
Gallery[]
Unlike other Ghost Sense users, Dark Danny's (Danny Phantom) ghost sense is red rather than blue and can sense half-ghost all the time after his fusion with Vlad's ghost half.
In response to feeling the presence of creatures of darkness and restless souls, Humans who receive the Brand of Sacrifice (Berserk) will bleed and feel pain around the branded area.
Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) can detect vampires within her area like when she sensed Spike hiding behind a tree.
As a vampire himself, Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel) detects on sight that one of Helen Brucker's aides is a vampire.
Lydia Martin and Meredith Walker (Teen Wolf) are able to sense every supernatural creature in Beacon Hills; Meredith put these beings on the Deadpool hit list, whereas Lydia made a list for her mother to help protect her.















