Thermoreception

Thermoreception
Samus Aran (Metroid Prime) using her suit's Thermal Visor
Power/Ability to:	Sense heat signatures

The power to perceive thermal signatures. Sub-power of Infrared Radiation Manipulation, Thermal Manipulation. Variation of Enhanced Senses. Opposite of Inverted Thermoreceptor.

Also Called

• Body Heat Sense
• Enhanced Thermoception
• Heat/Cold Sense
• Infrared Vision/Sensory/Perception
• Thermal Sense/Vision
• Thermal Scanning (Lab Rats)

Capabilities

The user is able to perceive the far infrared spectrum (i.e. temperature signatures), allowing them to perceive temperature variations in objects and environment. This ability is incredibly useful for observation purposes, as the user is able to perceive the heat presences of any living targets. This power is capability of seeing biological or artificial systems to detect infrared radiation. The terms thermal vision and thermal imaging, are also commonly used in this context since infrared emissions from a body are directly related to their temperature: hotter objects emit more energy in the infrared spectrum than colder ones.

Cold temperatures appear as green or blue while warmer ones appear yellow to dark pink or even red-orange-yellow.

Applications

• 360-Degree Senses
• Blood Flow Vision
• Blindsight
• Darkness Adaptation
  • Night Vision
• Hyper Awareness
• Illusion Awareness
• Invisibility Awareness
• Radio Frequency Detection
• Penetration Vision/X-Ray Vision

Techniques

• Disease Detection by reading body temperature.
• Empathy/Emotion Detection by reading body temperature.
• Enhanced Tracking by detecting lingering body heat form physical contact.
• Lie Detection by reading changes in body temperature.
• Pregnancy Detection by sensing the baby's body temperature.

Associations

• 360-Degree Senses
• Blindsight
• Enhanced Senses
  • Enhanced Vision
• Snake Physiology
• Thermal Manipulation

Limitations

• Body Heat Camouflage renders the ability useless.
• Too much heat can blind a user from sensing the target, if the target hides near or within a major heat source. (Such as setting the surrounding area on fire).
• May be limited to sensing temperatures in one sense (usually sight).

Known Users

See Also: Innate Night Vision.

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Ao Thurston (Eureka Seven AO)
• Amon Hajiki (Fire Force)
• Inca Kasugatani (Fire Force)
• All for One (My Hero Academia)
• Muhammad Avdol (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure); via Magician's Red: Life Detector
• Yoshikage Kira (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure); via Killer Queen: Sheer Heart Attack
• Saphentite Neikes (Monster Girl Doctor)
• Byakugan Users (Naruto/Boruto: Naruto Next Generation)
• Tomokui Kanata/Rou (Re:Monster)
• Debonair Diamond (The Hunter's Guild: Red Hood)
• Stiyl Magnus (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
• Lamias (Monster Musume)
  • Miia
  • Miia's Mother

Comics/Cartoons

• Dragons (American Dragon: Jake Long)
  • Jake Long
• Kraab (Ben 10)
• Wildmutt (Ben 10)
• King Koil (Ben 10 Reboot)
• Hot Spot (DC Comics)
• Martians (DC Comics)
  • Martian Manhunter
  • Miss Martian
• Kryptonians (DC Comics); via yellow sun radiation
  • Superboy
  • Superman
• Snow Wraiths (How To Train Your Dragon)
• Mystique Sonia (Hero: 108); via Yaksha
• Werewolf by Night (Marvel Comics)
• Wolfsbane (Marvel Comics)
• Bobby Drake/Iceman (Marvel Comic/X-Men)
• E-113 Xi (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Commander Brutus (Sonic the Comic)
• Taranee Cook (W.I.T.C.H.)
• Scorpius rex (Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous)
• Cetus (Sinbad: Legends of the Seven Seas)

Live Television/Movies

• Predators (Aliens vs. Predator)
• Silurians/Homo Reptilia (Doctor Who); via third eye
• Shalimar Fox (Mutant X)
• Gamera (Gamera)
• Aleera (Van Helsing)
• Mr. Hyde (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)
• Chase Davenport (Lab Rats)
• Chiss (Star Wars)
  • Thrawn
• Primitives (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Shriekers (Tremors)

Video Games

• Users of Eagle Vision (Assassin's Creed)
• Gekkos (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)
• Samus Aran (Metroid Prime); via Thermal Visor
• Alex Mercer (Prototype)
• Roxanne Wolf (Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach)

Known Powers

• Curse of Heat (The Hunters Guild: Red Hood)

Known Objects

• Ghost Detectors (Danny Phantom)
• Pig Talisman (Jackie Chan Adventures)
• The Falcon’s Goggles (Marvel Comics)
• Thermal Visor (Metroid Prime)
• Heat Sensor 6000 Infrared Motion Detector Sunglasses (Totally Spies!)
• Bruce Wayne's Contact Lenses (‎Telltale's Batman: The Enemy Within)

Gallery

Jake Long (American Dragon: Jake Long) can transform his human eyes to dragon eyes for Enhanced Vision also giving them Infrared Vision.

Primitives (Agents of Shield) are blind but can see heat signatures of their prey.

Using Eagle Vision, Desmond Miles (Assassin's Creed) sees the heat signature of fingerprints left on a keypad.

Ghost Hunters (Danny Phantom) often use specialize ghost detectors that allow them to see a ghost or a half-ghost even when they are invisible, because they still radiate heat from their body.

Superman (DC Comics) can track a person's or vehicle's heat signatures even while their invisible.

Superboy (DC Comics/Young Justice) using infrared vision.

Because Snow Wraiths (How To Train Your Dragon) have incredibly poor eyesight, making them close to being visually blind, they rely on their thermal vision to track prey even during the most blustery blizzard, but they can’t see their prey if they are buried in the snow.

Because of the absence of heat around him, Bobby Drake/Iceman (Marvel Comic/X-Men) see beings due to the heat signature that others give off.

Samus Aran (Metroid) using the Thermal Visor.

A Predator (Predator/Aliens vs. Predator) eyes its prey.

Using his infrared scanners, Commander Brutus (Sonic the Comic) detects the heat signature of Sonic's footprints.

Chase Davenport’s (Lab Rats) Bionic Eyes allow him to conduct Thermal scans and preserve heat signatures inside a bionic or a normal human, but the bionic soldier S-1 has the ability to camouflage from his heat detection so Chase couldn’t detect her.

Scorpius rex (Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous)

Shrieker (Tremors)

Alex Mercer (Prototype) using infrared vision.

E-113 Xi (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog) can trace heat signatures, as it could scan both Sally and Amy hiding behind a bush.

Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Marvel Comics)

The signature red eyes of the Chiss (Star Wars) allow them to see infrared to some degree.

Killer Queen's Sheer Heart Attack (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamonds Is Unbreakable) can sense heat signatures in its vicinity.

Videos

You are one ugly motherfucker - Predator 2-2

JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable - Sheer Heart Attack-2

JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable - Star Platinum Attacks Sheer Heart Attack-2

JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable - Koichi's Mistake-2

Videos

PREDATOR Movie Clip - Battle Wounds (1987) Arnold Schwarzenegger Sci-Fi Action Movie HD-2

Predator vs Voodoo Posse - Predator 2-2

Predator 2 - King Willie vs The Predator -HD--2

You are one ugly motherfucker - Predator 2-2

Predator 2 - Roof Fight (HD)-2

Predator 2 - Final Fight (HD)-2