The power to sense and identify supernatural phenomena. Sub-power of Supernatural Manipulation. Variation of Detection.
Also Called
- Ghost Sense (Danny Phantom)
- Insight
- Magical Awareness/Detection/Sensation/Sense/Sensitivity
- Paranormal Awareness/Detection/Sensation/Sense/Sensitivity
- Supernatural Awareness/Detection/Sensation/Sense/Sensitivity
- Spider/Spidey-Sense (Marvel Comics)
Capabilities
The user can sense the presence of supernatural beings and identify them as such on sight.
Applications
Associations
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
Cartoons/Comic
- Monasterenser Magnaserms (Angel: After the Fall)
- Polyphemus (Angel: After the Fall)
- Dani Phantom (Danny Phantom)
- Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom)
- Dark Danny (Danny Phantom)
- Madame Xanadu (DC Comics)
- Eric Brooks/Blade (Marvel Comics)
- Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics): via Spider-Sense
- Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics): via Supernatural Senses
- Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)
- Danny Ketch/Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)
- N'Kantu the Living Mummy (Marvel Comics)
- Will Vandom (W.I.T.C.H.)
Live Television/Movies
- Illyria (Angel)
- Vampire Detectors (Angel)
- Drusilla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Glory (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Slayers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
- Vampires (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
- Ghosts (Being Human)
- Vampires (Being Human)
- Werewolves (Being Human)
- Grimms (Grimm)
- Lukas Bahn (Heroes)
- Alice (Resident Evil films)
- Brad Alcerro (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch); sensed a witch's magic
- Margaret Isobel Thoreaux (Smallville)
- 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
- 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)
- Alucard (Hellsing)
- Inuyasha (Inuyasha); via smell
- Madarao (Kekkaishi)
- Hakubi (Kekkaishi)
- Shigeo Kageyama/Mob (Mob Psycho 100)
- D (Vampire Hunter D)
- Kazuma Kuwabara (YuYu Hakusho)
- Shizuru Kuwabara (YuYu Hakusho)
- Jigen (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
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)
Literature
- Gods (Beauchamp Family series)
- Maccon "Malcolm" (Blue Bloods series)
- Isabelle Lightwood (The Mortal Instruments series); with her necklace.
- All 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
Known Objects
- P.K.E. Meter (Ghostbusters)
Gallery
Buffy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) can detect vampires within her area.
Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) senses Spike hiding behind a tree and pulls him into the open.
As a vampire himself, Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel) detects on sight that one of Helen Brucker's aides is a vampire.
Alucard (Hellsing)
Blade (Marvel Comics) can sense supernatural activity.
Madame Xanadu (DC Comics)
D (Vampire Hunter D)
P.K.E. Meter (Ghostbusters) tracks ghosts and other entities.
Grimms (Grimm) are able to see the true form of Wesen even when the Wesen don't want them to.
Danny Fenton's (Danny Phantom) Ghost Sense alerts him to the presence of ghosts other than himself, usually manifesting as a blue mist.
Cole MacGrath (Infamous 2: Festival of Blood) using Vampire Sense to discover a disguised 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.
Gooigi (Luigi's Mansion) can sense the presence of Boos.
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