History Main / DirtyMindReading

* ''Webcomic/MousouTelepathy'' largely consists of this at first - a high schooler girl named Nanako Ayano continuously reads other people's minds, and the boy Toda Hayako is one of her classmates and also has a crush on her. Outwardly, he's perfected his poker face. Inwardly...well, [[HormoneAddledTeenager he's clearly a high schooler boy]] whenever he thinks about Nanako.

* ''Manga/Mousou Telepathy'' largely consists of this at first - a high schooler girl named Nanako Ayano continuously reads other people's minds, and the boy Toda Hayako is one of her classmates and also has a crush on her. Outwardly, he's perfected his poker face. Inwardly...well, [[HormoneAddledTeenager he's clearly a high schooler boy]] whenever he thinks about Nanako.

* The manga ''Mousou Telepathy'' largely consists of this - a high schooler girl named Nanako Ayano continuously reads other people's minds, and the boy Toda Hayako is one of her classmates and also has a crush on her. Outwardly, he's perfected his poker face. Inwardly...well, [[HormoneAddledTeenager he's clearly a high schooler boy]] whenever he thinks about Nanako.

*** It could also be guy on girl, or girl on girl, because in the same episode, Strax also showed that he has problems identifying differences between human genders.

** In ''VideoGame/StarCraft'', we're never told in-game exactly what Raynor was thinking when he met Kerrigan, but Kerrigan's response implies that this trope was involved. According to tie-in book ''Liberty's Crusade'', it's along the lines of "ShesGotLegs".

* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}:

* In ''Fanfic/{{Daemorphing}}'', when Tobias morphs a Yeerk and infests Loren to see if she's trustworthy, he accidentally comes across her memories of having sex.
* Discussed in ''[[Fanfic/{{Eleutherophobia}} The Day the Earth Stood Still]]''. Tom thinks about sex for the first time in over three years while waiting for his parents to be released from custody, now that he doesn't have a PuppeteerParasite to witness it.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', Harry is trying to learn Occlumency, [[PsychicBlockDefense the ability to block mind-reading]], from Snape, which naturally involves Snape trying to read his mind. Harry also recently had his first kiss, and freaks out and manages to repel Snape (incorrectly) when he's about to see that memory.
** In the next book, ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', Harry has developed a crush on Ginny, [[MySisterIsOffLimits his best friend Ron's sister]], and notes that with his [[EroticDream current dreams]] he's rather lucky that Ron can't read minds.

* In ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', you don't even need another person to find yourself in this situation, such as [[ShrinkingViolet Nodoka]] [[MindProbe Miyazaki]], who has a rather [[CovertPervert perverted subconscious]]. Much later, she meets a huge-bodied masked mercenary with creepy tentacles whose predominant thoughts are "Boobies!". Very creepy until [[SamusIsAGirl the truth]] [[DoubleStandard is revealed]].

* Her daughter ComicBook/RachelSummers, reacts to this in an issue of ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur}}'', during the ''Cross-Time Caper'' story (where Excalibur were bounced around the multiverse), from a version of Nigel Frobisher - a creep in the 616 'verse who's obsessed with Rachel, and apparently a creep throughout the multiverse. This results in her very suddenly tarring & feathering him. We never find out what the exact thoughts were, but when Brian Braddock (Captain Britain) rebukes Rachel for her behaviour - they are, after all, guests - she shows them to him by way of explanation. Cue an expression of shock from Brian, before ''[[BigBrotherInstinct his]]'' [[HotBlooded temper slips as well.]] [[SuperStrength Thankfully]] for alt!Frobisher, through the efforts of the rest of Excalibur, he's prevented from actually throwing a punch.
* Also in ''X-Men'', ComicBook/{{Gambit}} deliberately invokes this trope to [[PsychicStatic keep telepaths out of his mind]]. These aren't just ''any'' dirty thoughts, though, no... they involve [[spoiler:[[AMindIsATerribleThingToRead the]] [[FanDisservice Blob]]]].

* In the tie-in comic book for ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', the psychic superheroine, Sister Psyche, was disgusted to hear the thoughts that a teenage boy was having of her. Strange, since being [[OlderThanTheyLook sixty years old]] should have given her more time to get used to it... or at least to choose a costume that wasn't absurdly {{Stripperific}}.
* [[Creator/CrossGen Persha of the First]] has the power to see through the eyes of others. She sometimes uses it to keep track of her scheming mother Ingra, who is TheVamp. [[PrimalScene Sometimes, Ingra's... busy]].

* Another ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' fic, “ [[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7737894/1/He-s-Got-a-Secret He’s Got a Secret]]” Jayne has gotten angry at River for what she says while he’s getting his shot up butt fixed by Simon because he’s ashamed he was molested as a child. River yells back that she doesn’t go digging because he broadcasts his thoughts and she mentions his thoughts about having sex with her. Simon seems like he’s about to say MySisterIsOffLimits, but River defuses it by saying it’s basic evolutionary strategy and she won’t gossip to anyone else.

* This ''Series/TinMan'' [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4044972/1/Brother_Raw_Explains_It_All_For_You fanfic]] uses a version of it. [[TheEmpath Raw]] isn't sure quite what to make of the truly strange emotions coming from two of his human friends, as Viewers handle the whole mating thing much differently. Unfortunately for him, he finds out.
--> ''Raw didn't get any sleep after all that night. He ended up pacing his room. This was worse than when the females went into season.''
* Tends to show up in ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' KinkMeme prompts and fills, especially when Ivan (noted for being rather fond of his mind reading powers in canon) is half the pairing. Possibly nodded to in ''Dark Dawn'', when it's noted that Ivan is no longer quite so thrilled with his mind reading powers.

* This trope plagues poor Satori Komeiji in ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' fanworks, sometimes [[http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=264852 freaking her out]] or [[CorruptTheCutie getting to her]], other times subverting this with Satori getting ''bored'' with dirty thoughts due to overexposure. Since subconscious desire is a massive part of Freud's theories of psychology, this trope also gets used by her sister, Koishi, though she tends to be portrayed as less bothered by it. Or, indeed, [[EmptyShell anything]].
* [[http://markmak.deviantart.com/art/Can-not-be-unseen-477512918 This]] ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' fancomic features a slight variant: Bill enters Soos' mind and sees a... strange memory. [[spoiler:Involving a [[CargoShip sub sandwich]].]]
* ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/82162 Stars From Home]]'': Charles is hesitant to read Scott's mind after accidentally reading his thoughts when he [[ADateWithRosiePalms "did what all teenage boys do".]]
* Inverted in ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World''. Any time the four think their minds are being read, they deliberately think things like “Fuck you!” to see if the supposed telepath reacts. Most of the time nothing results, so either their minds are not being read, or the telepaths are inured to that kind of thing.
** Except when the unfortunate John has an ''extremely'' one-sided telepathic conversation with Trelayna, where she first chides him for using profanity in his thoughts, then yells at him for slandering her with half-formed ideas.
* When Lily is learning to shield her mind from intrusion in ''Fanfic/ThePeaceNotPromised'', she ''deliberately'' takes the opportunity to flirt with Severus.
* Chapter 30 of ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' has Ash doing some training with [[spoiler: Anabel]], and apologizing to her because it was Iris' idea and he didn't think she would drag her (and Misty) to it too. Unfortunately, he recalls when he and Iris [[ShowerOfAwkward bathed together]] [[WaterfallShower under a waterfall]], and being a telepath, [[spoiler: Anabel]] accidentally sees the memory. They both blush in unison.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2241604/3/Chimera-Luck Chimera Luck]]'' when Draco's Chimera powers begin to manifest, he accidentally reads the minds of a couple of dormmates and is displeased to find Blaise having an EroticDream about Ron, while Vincent's is about Argus Filch.
* In the ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' story "Empath's Honeymoon", Smurfette develops a telepathic bond between herself and Empath after their first night alone with each other, and can thus sense whenever her husband has dirty thoughts about her, such as when she fell into a chocolate mud pool and she emerges all brown and sticky, with her husband just standing around and staring at her.
* The Heart in ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' has the power to reveal secrets when pointed at someone. It's also sentient, and in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2145390 Heard It Through The Heart Line]]'', enjoys trolling Corvo by exposing embarrassing secrets. Corvo is forced to keep a straight face as he learns about the myriad sex lives and fantasies (some of which involve him) of his comrades, but what sets him off is learning that Admiral Farley Havelock was nicknamed 'Farty' in school.

* About half of the movie ''Film/WhatWomenWant'' was this.

* In the UnratedEdition of ''Film/PrettyCool'', Howard uses his mind control powers on his sister's friends for some of this, but to be fair, it is while he's having sex with them.
* ''Film/AScannerDarkly'': Although it's only part of his own drug-induced hallucinations, Freck is able to see Barris's thoughts as he fantasizes about a pretty waitress undressing herself.
* Queenie Goldstein, a psychic from ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'', reads what men think of her in their minds, but it doesn't seem to bother her.
* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', Mantis [[TheEmpath reads Peter’s emotions]] and proceeds to [[MySensorsIndicateYouWantToTapThat blurt out how he has “sexual feelings” for Gamora]]... while Gamora is sitting right next to him...

* When Edward of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' reveals his telepathy to Bella, he mentions that most of the people around them are thinking of either sex or money. Except one, who was thinking about their cat. It's also made pretty clear that this is one of the least pleasant parts of the high school experience. He can hear everybody's pointless horny thoughts... as well as much later hear the thoughts of a gang of thugs who were going to rape the girl he loves. [[StalkingIsLove Fortunately, he was nearby to rescue her.]]
* In one of the ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'' novels, three of the young characters need to join the Adult Conspiracy (i.e. learn about sex) before obtaining a magical MacGuffin that will allow one of them to lead a tribe of goblins. This is because said character is nearly blind, and the item she needs is a set of magical contact lenses that will not only fix her vision, but allow her to see into the thoughts and daydreams of others. Including the naughty ones. It was determined that she had best learn about sex the mature way, rather than from seeing the filthy thoughts of the average goblin male.

* In ''Literature/DyingInside'' the main character can read minds. His equally telepathic roommate sweeps the building for any bored women one day when their apartment is snowed in.

* The ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' novel ''Beasts in Velvet'' has a "scryer" as its protagonist. Since this is the Warhammer world and her powers freak everyone out, she divides men into the ones who want to screw her and the ones who want to burn her at the stake.

* In ''Literature/HarryPotter,'' Harry is trying to learn Occlumency, the ability to block mind-reading, from Snape, which naturally involves Snape trying to read his mind. Harry also recently had his first kiss, and freaks out and manages to repel Snape (incorrectly) when he's about to see that memory.
** In the next book, Harry has developed a crush on Ginny, [[MySisterIsOffLimits his best friend Ron's sister]], and notes that with his [[EroticDream current dreams]] he's rather lucky that Ron can't read minds.
* Creator/DaveDuncan's book ''Cursed'' has a family traveling in the country come through an area where an exiled telepath is hiding. Several erotic thoughts are revealed, although no names are associated with the thinkers directly. Other thoughts are revealed as well, and the patriarch decides that having a telepath living outside their enclave will be beneficial to both parties: the telepath would have food, clothing, etc., while the enclave would have a guardian to alert them to invaders or thieves.
* In the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' novels, people with strong enough "Mindspeech/Mindhearing" or "Empathy" can listen in on another's amorous encounters -- sometimes even when they're trying to screen it out.
* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', Molly tries to examine a dead woman's last memories to help solve her murder. [[spoiler: [[DeathBySex The woman was killed by a White Court Vampire]].]] She got this trope. [[spoiler: ''Yeah she did.'']] It lead to this memorable exchange:
--> '''Dresden:''' She got something.\\
'''Butters:''' She got ''something'', all right. I haven't gotten anything like that in two years.
* Invoked in ''[[Literature/GarrettPI Angry Lead Skies]]'', where Garrett encounters a strange race of [[strike:aliens]] silver elves. Informed that the female he's confronting may be a telepath, he tests this idea by deliberately picturing the two of them having vigorous sex, then watching her shocked reaction.
* Jarlaxle invokes this trope in ''[[Literature/LegacyOfTheDrowSeries Siege of Darkness]]'' when being mind-read by the head of House Oblodra, a priestess/psion. She quickly retreated from his mind. Usually he wears a magic item to prevent such scans, but there was a worldwide disruption of magical energies going on at the time.

* A DownplayedTrope example in the YoungAdult ''Literature/JackBishop'' novels by Steve Diamond. Alexandra Courtney is quite jaded as a teenager since every one of her classmates thinks about nothing but sex but all of them are desperately trying to hide it.
* Irsil in ''MissionLevity'' gets a dose of this as a result of exhaustion-caused PowerIncontinence. She is not happy about seeing her captain having GladToBeAliveSex in the next room when all she wanted was a relaxing bath.
* In ''Literature/TheEmpressGame'', it's done second-hand. Contrary to what Malkor thinks, Kayla can't read his mind, but Corinth can, and his comments indicate that Malkor's thoughts about Kayla are along these lines.
-->'''Corinth:''' It's a loop between "Can she read my thoughts? Is she doing it right now?" and "Shit! Don't think that! What if she heard it?" [...] [awkwardly] Oh. Oh, wow. He definitely doesn't want you to hear that. I'm not sharing that one.
* This is one of the reasons why the [[SuperSerum Veritas]] drug is illegal to non-[[LivingLieDetector Truthsayers]] in ''Literature/{{Blindfold}}''. Only they are not only conditioned from even before they're born to use the drug to its full effect but also trained to only use it in the name of justice and only with the consent of the person wishing to be mind-read. Ordinary people are only able to use it for a few seconds, and their desires tend to be... less noble. [[FeudalFuture Landholder]] Franz Dokken stages a public punishment for a young couple, who tried to use Veritas to read one another's mind during sex, admonishing them for their reckless disregard for the law. Then he himself does this while having sex with his mistress. [[spoiler:To his anger, he discovers that she's fantasizing about having sex with his cook and kills her on the spot]].
* In ''Literature/TheGirlFromTheMiraclesDistrict'', Freya enjoys flirting with people and then revealing that she can read their minds and has just heard all the dirty thoughts they had about her.
* A recurring trope in ''Literature/HiveMind2016'', whose main character is a telepath who works in law enforcement. Her boyfriend teasing her by imagining them having sex is fine, if somewhat embarrassing; the necrophiliac is less so.
* In ''Literature/{{Touch|2017}},'' thirteen-year-old [[TheEmpath empath]] Caspar usually feels uncomfortable when he can sense people's romantic or sexual feelings, which are described as feeling warm and occasionally "icky." Notably, the first story arc kicks off when he senses what he's fairly sure is a child being molested.
** Played creepily when he meets Father, a pedophile with the power to induce {{Mind Control}}ling levels of happiness. (Don't worry, he snaps out of it before things get beyond a kiss.)
-->''...within the man’s mind, he felt a momentary trace of the same warmth he’d felt in a hundred minds before, the slight, tingling thrill of attraction. He let out a small laugh at that, completely ignoring it as the shouting in the back of his mind grew just the tiniest bit louder. He liked that the man felt that way; wondered if he could use it to repay him, somehow.''

* In ''Literature/InCryptid'', Sarah mentions this as one of the downsides of being a telepath.
* ''Literature/GracelingRealm'': Fire, being a monster, can read the minds of people around her that don't guard their thoughts. As she is [[SoBeautifulItsACurse supernaturally beautiful]], ''a lot'' of thoughts are sexual in nature and revolve around her.

* In ''Something Is Out There'' (a short-lived sci-fi series on NBC), the alien protagonist Ta'Ra is telepathic; unfortunately she's also a [[MsFanservice hot chick]] so she's constantly annoyed over how these Earth people want to "do ''that'' with her body" (her species has a [[BizarreAlienBiology somewhat different way of making love]]).
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. In "The Cage", the Talosians kidnap Number One and Yeoman Colt as [[AdamAndEvePlot possible mates for Captain Pike]]. The Magistrate states (in front of all parties concerned) that Number One's IceQueen demeanor is a facade and she's often had fantasies about him, while Yeoman Colt has assumed the captain was [[IgnoredEnamoredUnderling out of her reach]], "but now is realising [[LockedInARoom this has changed]]". Also the famous scene where Pike is tempted by a LotusEaterMachine fantasy in which he's a decadent Orion slave trader.

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'':
** In "Warlord", Kes is [[GrandTheftMe taken over]] by the VillainOfTheWeek, who reads Tuvok's mind and suggests that [[TeacherStudentRomance he secretly desires the student he's been coaching]] in the use of her PsychicPowers.
** A telepath (not Kes) noted that Neelix was thinking that he'd like her to tug on his whiskers (a noted erogenous zone for Talaxians). Luckily she was attracted to him as well, so she wasn't really offended.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'':
** Lwaxana Troi read some dirty thoughts from Picard, or at least claimed to for the sake of messing with his head. She also mentions at one point that her former valet's thoughts about her were almost pornographic.
** In the Peter David novel [[http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Q-in-Law Q-in-Law,]] Q is (or at least pretends to be) appalled when Lwaxana mentions the above. Q says this is because, for a Q at least, thinking about something is the same thing as doing it, more or less.
** In one episode, Picard and Crusher were implanted with chips in their heads that ended up sending each other their thoughts. On the run and camping out, it leads to a very intimate conversation about how their UnresolvedSexualTension, but they agree not to act on it. Crusher later told Picard that she read his thoughts when he went to sleep after that and started dreaming, prompting Picard to say that he cannot be held responsible for his unconscious thoughts.

* ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'':
** Sasha Nein accidentally wound up doing this as a child when he attempted to learn more about his dead mother by probing his father's mind. Most of them were happy memories. A few of them were ''really'' happy (and [[PrimalScene child-scarring]]) memories.
** A G-rated version occurs when Raz runs into [[{{Tsundere}} Lili]] on his way to Sasha's secret training. As she laments how immature he's being, Raz accidentally reads her mind and hears that she secretly wants to make out with him. [[spoiler:Near the end of the game, she deliberately projects the same thought into his head as a CallBack.]]

* In ''VideoGame/StarCraft'', we're never told in-game exactly what Raynor was thinking when he met Kerrigan, but Kerrigan's response implies that this trope was involved. According to tie-in book ''Liberty's Crusade'', it's along the lines of "ShesGotLegs".
* 6 years later in ''VideoGame/StarcraftIIHeartOfTheSwarm'' you can get an EasterEgg where Kerrigan once again reads Jim's mind. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5Uu5i9qA0s Yes, he hasn't changed a bit.]]
* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'': Kreia's bond with the Jedi Exile sometimes veers into this territory, with the old bag lecturing about "base thoughts" and "indignities." However, one also wonders if that misplaced [[Franchise/{{Dune}} Bene Gesserit]] is getting her kicks by it, as she's talking about it a lot.
* Invoked by Mint in ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel Moonlit Lover'', Vanilla route. While Tact and [[ShrinkingViolet Vanilla]] did share some intimate moments (not that way; Tact just got his [[EarCleaning ears cleaned]]), [[TheOjou Mint]] [[CovertPervert invokes]] this trope with some very careful wording, leading both [[LoveFreak Ranpha]] and [[CoolBigSis Forte]] to be very visibly excited over the prospect. Naturally, [[TheDitz Milfie]] and [[NewMeat Chitose]] fail to get it.
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''; when Palutena directs Pit to a stash of treasure in the second level, Pit asks her how she knows this. Palutena says that she can analyze the situation through Pit's laurels, then tells Pit that she can also use them to read Pit's thoughts while warning him that he better not be thinking of anything "naughty." But when Pit promptly sheepishly denies any impure thoughts, Palutena says she was kidding about the whole thing with the laurels.
* After recruiting supernatural [[TheCasanova Casanova]] Gannayev to your party in ''[[VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2 Mask of the Betrayer]]'', prison warden Tirzah the Old sends him off with a bitter good riddance and hopes that she never has to deal with him again. At this, Gannayev asks how she can really be so happy to get rid of him when most of the dreams he's sneaked a peek at involve them making sweet, sweet, passionate love.
* Invoked by Gault in the ''Knights of the Fallen Empire'' expansion of ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', who deliberately thinks of the most repulsive and perverse thoughts possible when dealing with Force Users as a form of PsychicStatic. It's even effective on a Force-sensitive PC, can try to read his mind only to recoil in disgust soon after.
* In ''VideoGame/DragonBallFighterZ'', after Piccolo is rescued, Bulma tries to explain the situation with the clones and spirit linking to him, but he tells her that he already got all of that information by reading her mind. She then wonders what else he could have taken from her while he was mind-reading, and Piccolo casually mentions that he ''might'' have looked at memories of her taking a bath.
* ''VideoGame/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyTheTelltaleSeries'' lets the player invoke this at one point by having Star-Lord think dirty thoughts when Mantis reads his mind. Mantis, for her part, seems both embarrassed and [[ActuallyPrettyFunny slightly amused]].

* Cole from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' is a spiritual entity from the Fade - in broad strokes, the realm of imagination, dreams, concepts, and thoughts - and has the ability to read minds as a result. He also has NoSocialSkills and tends to describe the things he reads off of people out loud without thinking much of it, which can result in party banter that involves him asking questions about or airing out the sex lives of his fellow Inquisition officials.
-->'''The Iron Bull''': Do you mind, kid? If you take away the mystery, it's not ''quite'' as hot.
* One event in ''VisualNovel/MonsterProm'' featuring the interdimensional Prince involves the player gaining telepathy as a gift. In the middle of the cafeteria. They are promptly assaulted by the gross problems and sexual desires that the average high schooler thinks about on mass and ask the prince to change it to "telepathy when drunk".

* ''Webcomic/TheLastDaysOfFoxhound'''s version of Psycho Mantis. Thanks to PowerIncontinence, he hears the thoughts of ''everyone'' in a huge radius. Being exposed to this for god knows how long has [[FreudianExcuse given him an absolute disgust with sex and women.]]
* In [[http://www.pbfcomics.com/160/ this strip]] of ''Webcomic/ThePerryBibleFellowship'', a group of scientists gets a visit by one Senator Bix, and present the Dreamcatcher 3000 to her, a machine that allows one to see other people's dreams. Hooked up to the machine is Prof. Digmund - who is at that very moment dreaming about himself and Senator Bix...
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', Jake falls in love instantly with Aranea when he meets her, due to having a fetish for blue women. Unfortunately, Aranea is telepathic, and she picks up on the fact that he's thinking certain things about her (although it's not the first time it's happened with her). In the same scene, Jake also conjurs up Brain Ghost Dirk, a semi-imaginary version of his real friend who lives in Jake's mind, and thus can read his thoughts. To troll him, Brain Ghost Dirk repeatedly comments on Jake's sexy thoughts and threatens to make him pop a boner. Jake struggles to maintain both conversations while trying not to think anything too dirty around either mind-reader.

* In ''WebVideo/BerserkAbridged'', Griffith worries about this happening with the [[GodOfEvil God Hand]] and sings the Meow Mix theme song in his mind before they assure him that they're used to this happening. Then they actually read his mind and are [[EvenEvilHasStandards absolutely disgusted]] at the thoughts going on in his head.
* Justified, Invoked, and Exploited by Bells in Roleplay/{{Glowfic}}, especially in Effulgence. Only with people who've agreed to it and who they're already dating, though.

* In ''WesternAnimation/YinYangYo'', the Nightmaster's female minion [[PunnyName Ella Mental]] has telepathy. After she reads Yin's mind she shouts, "She can read minds?", Yo then smiles and immediately receives a black eye from her and comments, "That would be a yes."

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', Dipper gets hooked up to a machine that translates thoughts to text. Among the {{Freeze Frame Bonus}}es are "[[RagingStiffie Maybe if I cross my legs, no one will notice]]" and "That red bathing suit, man!" (presumably in reference to his crush, Wendy, in "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E15TheDeepEnd The Deep End]]").

* This happens to George in ''Series/MyHero''. He discovers that Piers thinks about sex ALL the time (Even while draining a cyst) and catches his cousin thinking "Boy, is she hot" about Janet.

** In one early episode, as Peter and his gang are [[ItMakesSenseInContext using a police van's high-tech surveillance mic to spy on Lois]], Peter turns up the sensitivity dial [[UpToEleven to a degree it wasn't supposed to]]. They inexplicably start hearing the thoughts of [[LovableSexManiac Quagmire]] (who is among them), mentally complaining about a genital rash he got from a woman... [[OhCrap then panics once he realizes that not only can they hear him, HE HIMSELF can hear him.]]

* In the penultimate episode of the first season of ''WesternAnimation/InsideJob'', when the heads of Cognito Inc. are [[spoiler:trying to determine the identity of TheMole]], Myc reveals everyone's dirty secrets when they start accusing him of possibly being the mole:

* ''Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'': The Belcerebon people of Kakrafoon Kappa had telepathy inflicted on them - the cruellest social disease known to sentient creatures - in just vengeance for their being perceived as tranquil and at peace with themselves. The animation of the Book shows one Belcerebon radiating mind-waves and another's jaw dropping open in wide-eyed shock and disgust at what he or she is picking up. As Douglas Adams remarked, the only way of shutting it out and getting some peace back is to play host to heavy metal gigs such as that of Disaster Area.

* Another ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' fic, “ [[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7737894/1/He-s-Got-a-Secret He’s Got a Secret]]” Jayne has gotten angry at River because he’s ashamed he was molested as a child. River yells back that she doesn’t go digging because he broadcasts his thoughts and she mentions his thoughts about having sex with her. Simon seems like he’s about to say MySisterIsOffLimits, but River defuses it by saying it’s basic evolutionary strategy and she won’t gossip to anyone else.

* Another ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' fic, “ https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7737894/1/He-s-Got-a-Secret He’s Got a Secret]]” Jayne has gotten angry at River because he’s ashamed he was molested as a child. River yells back that she doesn’t go digging because he broadcasts his thoughts and she mentions his thoughts about having sex with her. Simon seems like he’s about to say MySisterIsOffLimits, but River defuses it by saying it’s basic evolutionary strategy and she won’t gossip to anyone else.

** During the ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'' Jean uses her powers to scan the minds of the [[WretchedHive audience]] at ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}'s concert and finds that part of her is actually ''enjoying'' their sleazy and obscene thoughts. It's an early indication that Jean's starting to succumb to her darker impulses and losing control of the Phoenix.

* ''Series/TheBoys2019'': Mesmer learns a female fan of his wants to do something amorous with him due to his mind reading power. He replies that he'd been thinking the same thing.

-->'''Cole''': What's an... Orlesian tickler?\\
'''The Iron Bull''': I'll tell you when you're older.\\
'''Cole''': ...No. You won't.\\
'''The Iron Bull''': No. I won't.

** In ''Fanfic/{{Forward}}'', a more unusual take on this is used. Jayne deliberately thinks dirty thoughts about River to get her attention when they couldn't talk.

* While it never actually happens in the show (bar the pleasure sensing in "Objects In Space"), rather a lot of ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' {{fanfiction}} takes River's well-established PowerIncontinence to its logical conclusion.