- "We can still be attacked by some giant exploding Fire Nation spoon. Or find out the city's been submerged in an ocean full of killer shrimp."
"You been hitting the cactus juice again?"
"I'm just sayin', weird stuff happens to us." - ― Sokka and Toph (Avatar: The Last Airbender, "City of Walls and Secrets")
The ability to perceive, analyze, and comprehend patterns.
Also Called
- Apophenia
- Paradigm Apperception
- Pattern Analysis/Perception/Recognition
Capabilities
User can perceive, analyze, and comprehend patterns in one's environment.
This ability comes in two parts: the analysis and the perception. First, the user looks at a subject, or otherwise, comes into contact with it, which triggers the willful psionic analysis of a subject's properties and features (shape, density, texture, etc.). After the analysis, the user can pick up on any subject of the same molecular/chemical/genetic, or otherwise, structural makeup, and track them accordingly.
Applications
- Tactical Analysis
- Character Judgement Mastery
- Clear Sight
- Retrospective Intelligence
- Causality Perception
- Probability Perception
- Literary Mastery
Associations
- Detail Detection
- Enhanced Intelligence
- Enhanced Investigation
- Enhanced Perception
- Enhanced Senses
- Enhanced Wisdom
- Field Perception
- Photographic Deduction
- Scientific Perception
Limitations
- Users will be thrown off by Unpredictability, and can NEVER comprehend Absolute Unpredictability.
- Analysis, if undeveloped, can be triggered randomly.
- Analysis can be used to analyze language patterns, fighting styles, etc., but this can take a while.
- At higher levels, even analyze the space-time continuum, but this may take a while to obtain for others.
Known Users
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Tengen Uzui (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba); via Musical Score
- L (Death Note)
- Near (Death Note)
- Mello (Death Note)
- Son Goku (Dragon Ball series); via Combat Perception
- Mavis Vermillion (Fairy Tail)
- Haruka Sakurada (Castle-Town Dandelion)
- Schneizel el Britannia (Code Geass)
- Ranpo Edogawa (Bungou Stray Dogs)
- Loid Forger/Twilight (Spy x Family)
- Guides (Tower of God)
- Various Characters (Kingdom)
Cartoons
- Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Comics
- Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics)
- Robin (DC Comics)
- Jason Hood
- Tim Drake
- Damian Wayne
- Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
- Vic Sage/Question (DC Comics)
- Amazo (DC Comics)
- Midnighter (DC Comics/Wildstorm)
- Amadeus Cho (Marvel Comics)
- Douglas Ramsey/Cypher (Marvel Comics)
- Sage/Tessa (Marvel Comics)
- William Knoblach/Clarity (Marvel Comics)
Literature
- Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson and the Olympians/Heroes of Olympus)
- Mycroft Holmes (Sherlock Holmes novels)
- Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes novels)
- Professor Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes novels)
- Dr. John H. Watson (Sherlock Holmes novels)
- Pattern (Stormlight Archive)
- Nancy Drew (Nancy Drew)
- The Hardy Boys (The Hardy Boys Series)
Live Television
- Odo (Star Trek)
- Patrick Jane (The Mentalist)
- The Doctor (Doctor Who)
- Chuck Bartowski (Chuck); via The Intersect
- Ian Archer (Tower Prep)
- Stiles Stilinski (Teen Wolf)
- Kaito Nakamura (Heroes)
- Charlie Epps (Num3ers)
- Brian Finch via NZT-48 (Limitless)
- Edward Morra via NZT-48 (Limitless)
Movies
- Guy (Free Guy)
Web Animation/Comics/Series/Original
- Haley Starshine (The Order of the Stick)
Known Powers
- Lots of Next (Castle-Town Dandelion)
Known Objects
- The Intersect (Chuck)
- NZT-48 (Limitless)
Gallery
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
In mere seconds, Shun Sui Ju (Kingdom) was to analyze and ascertain the strange pattern taken by the Qin during their invasion.
Live Television
Stiles Stilinski (Teen Wolf) is able to distinguish and recognize patterns with ease, as he realizes the marks on the victims in his photos were similar to a lacrosse stick used by a player who hides a blade in it.
Videos
Columbo's Best "Gotcha" Moments! - Columbo-2
“Were You a Witness To What He Just Did? - Columbo-2
Columbo Investigates A College Crime - Columbo-2
Finale of "Caution- Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health" - Columbo-2
The Original Matrix - The Trial of a Timelord - Doctor Who-2
"Why Are You Repeating?" - Midnight - Doctor Who-2
Eleventh Doctor Meets The Tenth Doctor - The Day of the Doctor - Doctor Who
Sherlock Holmes Scene "Dinner with Mary Morstan and Watson"
Sherlock's amazing deductive skills in action.
Sherlock Holmes (2009) - Boxing Match Scene (3-10) - Movieclips
The Question and Huntress learn how Superman killed Lex Luthor - Justice League Unlimited-2
OPs, Themes, and EDs
Case Closed (Detective Conan) - Opening Theme from Season 1-2
Kindaichi Case Files Opening 1 (CONFUSED MEMORIES)-2
Tantei Gakuen Q OP1 - Mei Q-Make You-2