The power to read a person's memories. Sub-power of Telepathy and Memory Manipulation.
Also Called
- Memory Scanning
Fiction-Specific Terms
- Dreamfasting (The Dark Crystal)
Capabilities
The user can read the target's memory to learn their history, discover lost memories and help the person remember, learn a memory that the target is unaware of, but could be useful. etc.
Applications
Variations
Associations
- History Reading
- Memory Absorption
- Memory Manipulation
- Memory Reliving
- Memory Replication
- Psychometry
- Retrocognition
- Telepathy
- Visual Mind Reading
Limitations
- May require physical contact with the target.
- The user cannot read someone's mind, just their memory.
- Memories of past events may be overwhelming to the user, such as traumatizing scenes and past sorrows.
- Users of Psychic Shield (highly resistant) and Psychic Immunity (impervious).
- May cause intense headache and brain pain.
Known Users
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Anyone bitten by a vampire (Black Blood Brothers)
- Hana Mutou (Captain Earth)
- Planetary Gears (Captain Earth)
- Users of Memory Reading Quanx ability (Denma)
- Lulu Bell (D.Gray-man)
- Wisely Kamelot (D.Gray-man)
- Duskmon (Digimon)
- Momoa Rukel (Gachiakuta); via Asyl
- Pakunoda (Hunter x Hunter)
- Alucard (Hellsing/Hellsing Ultimate); via blood consumption
- Rohan Kishibe (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable); via Heaven's Door
- Verossa Acous (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha); via Thought Investigation
- Sonica Lilian (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
- Gowther (Nanatsu No Taizai)
- Viola (One Piece), via Giro Giro no Mi
- Charlotte Pudding (One Piece); via the Memo Memo no Mi
- Tomoe (Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy)
- Noa Takigawa (Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches); via kiss
- Lord Slug (Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug)
- Shiki Granbell (Edens Zero); via Overdrive
- Momoa Rukel (Gachiakuta); via Asyl
Comics/Cartoons
- Charles Xavier/Professor X (Marvel Comics); via Telepathy
- Martian Manhunter (DC Comics)
- Miss Martian (DC Comics/Young Justice)
- Y (The Last Whale Singer)
- Sunset Shimmer (My Little Pony series)
- Horde Prime (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
- Hay Lin (W.I.T.C.H.)
Literature
- Schuyler Van Alen (Blue Bloods Series); via Blood Consumption
- The Gelfling (The Dark Crystal); via hand-to-hand contact
- Ruby Daly (The Darkest Minds)
- Clancy Gray (The Darkest Minds)
- Nika (Demon Accords)
- Aro (Twilight); via Tactile Telepathy
Live Television/Movie
- Agnes Walker (Alphas)
- Mitchell Morgan (Alphas)
- Mesmer (The Boys)
- Litvack (Charmed); via Visual Mind Reading
- Farah Dowling (Fate: The Winx Saga)
- Third (The Gifted Graduation)
- Lee Ahn (He is Psychometric)
- Matt Parkman (Heroes)
- Min-joon Do (My Love from Another Star)
- Cassandra Nova (Marvel Cinematic Universe) via body phasing.
- Rafkonians (Power Rangers Dino Fury)
- Jane "Eleven" Hopper (Stranger Things)
- Abaddon (Supernatural); via Partial Possession
- Werewolves (Teen Wolf)
- Frederick Beauchamp (Witches of East End)
- The Crow (The Crow)
- Professor Kang (Magic to Win)
- Macy Cheng (Magic to Win)
- Vampires (Queen of the Damned); via Blood Consumption
- Lestat
- Marius
- Akasha
- Jesse
- Vampires and Lycans (Underworld franchise), via Blood Consumption
- Do Ha-na (Uncanny Counter)
- Alien Zamu II (Ultraman Neos)
- Nina (Ultraman Max)
- Sweed (Ultraman Arc)
- John Coffey ("The Green Mile")
Video Games
- Protagonists (God Eater Burst and God Eater 2)
- Kiana Kaslana (Honkai Impact 3rd); limited to Fu Hua
- Black Swan (Honkai Star Rail)
- Memokeepers (Honkai Star Rail)
- Delsin Rowe (InFamous Second Son); can only use this on other Conduits.
- Ahri (League of Legends)
- Sleepwalker Patients (Madness: Project Nexus); via their masks
- Sleepwalker Experiments/G03LM Sleepwalkers
- Kinesis (MapleStory)
- Javik (Mass Effect)
- Ultra V (War Of The Monsters)
Web Animation/Comics/Series/Original
- Galoo (Castle Swimmer)
- Kheon (unOridnary)
Known Objects
- Memory Scanner (Meet the Robinsons)
- Khaji Da (DC Extended Universe)
- Memory Disk (Doraemon)
- Memory Tapes (Infinity Train)
- Sleepwalker Dream Assimilation Beds (Madness: Project Nexus)
- Sleepwalker masks (Madness: Project Nexus)
- Memory Scanner/Viewer Machine (Dexter’s Laboratory)
Gallery
The Memory Scanner (Meet the Robinsons) serves to see the memories of others.
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Frederick Beauchamp (Witches of East End) extracting words from Dash's mind.
Schuyler Van Alen (Blue Bloods) can see the memories of a vampire by drinking their blood.
Lulu Bell (D.Gray-Man) using her powers to read Allen's memories in order to replicate the behavior of those she turns into and lure him to a trap.
Wisely Kamelot (D.Gray-Man) uses his Demon Eye to manipulate memories to force Kanda and Alma to relive their past through Kanda's memories.
Gowther (Nanatsu no Taizai) uses Search Light to to invade the memories of anyone.
Doraemon (Doraemon) using the Memory Disk to extract a memory from Suneo and can view it on screen.
After Fu Hua bonded her soul to her's, Kiana Kaslana (Honkai Impact 3rd) gained access to her memories through her dreams.
Horde Prime (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) accesses the memories of his past body.
Werewolves (Teen Wolf) can connect their claws to the nape of target's neck to infiltrate their minds, allowing them to go through their memories.
Memory Tapes (Infinity Train) can be used to transport others inside a world of the memories of the passenger specific to it.
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Rohan Kishibe (JJBA Part IV) can turn other living beings into books using his stand, Heaven's Door. This book contains all the memories of the target.
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Miss Martian (Young Justice/DC Comics)
Upon entering Overdrive, Shiki Granbell's (Edens Zero) Satan Gravity became powerful enough to where he could "attract" the memories of his death from World No. 29.
Lord Slug (Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug) reading Bulma's Memory
Aro (Twilight Series) reading Alice memories through touch.
Eric Draven (The Crow) read Sergeant Albright's memory.
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Charles Xavier/Professor X (Marvel Comics)
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Khaji Da (DC Extended Universe) gained Ignacio Carapax’s memories and shared them with Jaime Reyes.
Memory Scanner/Viewer Machine (Dexter’s Laboratory)
Videos
Dexter’s Lab - S3 E6a - If Memory Serves (2002)-2
Heavens Door Reads Koichi and Hazamada!-2
-4K UHD- Khaji-Da Stops Jaime From Killing Carapax CUTSCENE - Blue Beetle (2023)-2