History Main / AuraVision

Supertrope of DetectEvil. Subtrope of PsychicPowers. Sister trope of EnemyScan and TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne.

** And there's Ash's power, as shown in the Lucario movie. Interestingly, it is called "the wave" in the original version. Some would say... Rui from ''Colosseum'' and Yellow from ''Pokémon Special'' manga have similar powers (despite appearing first).

* Played for laughs in Dave Chappelle's infamous Rick James sketch, when Charlie Murphy mentions that Rick James had a "kind of aura" around him. Cue shot of James surrounded by an orange glow.

* Dan Shive shows us how it's done in [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2008-08-04 this installment]] of ''ElGoonishShive'', where a "Bloodgrem" gets a good look at Elliott's power level.

[[caption-width-right:274:Glowing with health. And Badassery.]]

*** He had this power in Ellion S! Maggin's novel ''Miracle Monday''.

[[caption-width-right:274:Glowing with health.]]

** Although 'life' if fairly broadly defined, undead and non biological enemies like wisps are also detected.

For other information displays within a persons field of view see {{HUD}} and Stat-O-Vision

* Altair and, later, Desmond from ''AssassinsCreed'' both have this ability. You can use it to tell if people are hostile, friendly, neutral or have important information of some fashion.
** Expanded on in the sequal, where in addition to the above uses, it now highlights hiding spots, reveals secret glyphs, and plot relevant NPC's you need to tail leave a glowy trail.

* The "Eagle Vision" power in ''AssassinsCreed'' is a "sixth sense" available to members of Desmond's Assassin bloodline, that allows the user to determine who is friendly/useful to them, who is an enemy, and who their targets are, among other things. This shows up as a blue, red, or yellow aura around the individual.

** Rui, from ''Pokémon Coliseum''. She's the only character able to see the dark purple glow Shadow Pok?n give off. Or, she was until Michael gets his [[DragonBallZ scouter]]-esque Aura Reader in ''Gale of Darkness.''

* The Detect power in '''''GURPS''''' can give any character this power.

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* Referenced in the first episode of ''{{Friends}}'', when Chandler tells Phoebe to "stop cleansing my aura". Whether Phoebe can see auras or not is never made clear, since it's never brought up again.
** It was Ross; not Chandler. Granted, Carol had just moved all of her things out of what used to be their shared apartment, so it really didn't take a psychic to see that Ross was clearly in a foul mood.
* Tara in ''{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}'' spotted that Buffy wasn't really Buffy, after Faith did the body switch in ''Who Are You?'' because her aura was "fragmented". This was despite never having met her before.

* ''[[DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]'' has one bit of everything, so it should not be surprising that ''The Complete Psionic's Handbook'' of ''AD&D'' 2 ed. has Aura Sight power working as a limited range life detector and allowing to appraise level and discern [[CharacterAlignment alignment]] and Aura Alteration, to make a fake aura disguising the same traits or remove curses and similar effects.

** Lucario can do it in the anime, as well.
** There's also Rui, from ''Pokémon Coliseum''. She's the only character able to see the dark purple glow Shadow Pok?n give off. Or, she was until Michael gets his [[DragonBallZ scouter]]-esque Aura Reader in ''Gale of Darkness.''

This can be magical, [[ThirdEye related to spirituality]], psionic, a biological gift, or even technological.

This can be magical, related to spirituality, psionic, a biological gift, or even technological.

* AssassinsCreed uses 'Eagle vision' to distinguish between targets, enemies and allies.

* {{Assassin's Creed}} uses Eagle vision to distinguish between targets, enemies and allies.

** It, and all of Superman's vision powers, are given quite the spotlight in the Superman origin graphic novel ''SupermanBirthright''. Whether another form of the many frequencies of light Clark can see or something else entirely, all living things emit an ethereal glow that tragically fades as soon as they dies. The aura is equally strong for all animals, and is mentioned as influencing Clark's decision to become a vegetarian.

** It, and all of Superman's vision powers, are given quite the spotlight in the Superman origin graphic novel ''Superman: Birthright''. Whether another form of the many frequencies of light Clark can see or something else entirely, all living things emit an ethereal glow that tragically fades as soon as they dies. The aura is equally strong for all animals, and is mentioned as influencing Clark's decision to become a vegetarian.

* In ''TheMatrix'' sequels, Neo can see Smith's aura [[spoiler:when Smith hitches a ride into the real world]]. Neo retains this ability even after [[spoiler:he becomes blind]].