History Main / HyperAwareness

** Tywin Lannister.

** Likely inherited from his father; Tyrion is very adept at reading people quickly. He accurately forecasts the imminent riot in "The Old Gods and the New" just by looking over the crowd, and takes steps to get Joffrey's heir Tommen to safety before it sparks.

* ''Anime/CowboyBebop" has the crew of the Bebop falling under this trope. They almost always know when someone is not being forthcoming with them or when someone is out to get them. It's how they survive sudden gunfights in bars and attempted robberies by street gangs.

* '"Anime/CowboyBebop" has the crew of the Bebop falling under this trope. They almost always know when someone is not being forthcoming with them or when someone is out to get them. It's how they survive sudden gunfights in bars and attempted robberies by street gangs.

* ''Manga/{{Golgo 13}}''. It's practically ''impossible'' for the eponymous protagonist to miss out any details that would jeopardize his assignment.
* Mai in ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'' remembers positions softball players enter for a split second (for instance, Saki in mid-pitch) accurately enough that she can draw their poses, compare the drawings, and demonstrate how the players are moving differently than usual. She can also [[spoiler:remember the faces, well enough to recognize them as classmates, of people she saw ''flying through the night sky'' at a great distance.]] The former looked like horrible writing at the time, but after the latter, seems more like a clumsy attempt at ChekhovsSkill.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** Shikamaru, the lazy genius, has shown this at times, as has Shino.
** Kakashi too, to the point where he was the only one to succesfully see through and analyze the BigBad's technique and come up with an equally succesful counterattack in minutes. Similarly, and perhaps more on topic, he was able to deduce that Zabuza truly loved Haku.
** In the Konoha 11 filler arc, Ino can tell someone's profession by the condition of their hands, and concludes that the corpse that is supposedly that of the trap ninja they're dealing with is fake because it doesn't have any.
* In ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', Sagara Sanosuke has a minor level of hyper awareness earned from a life in a gang, allowing him to detect many traps before they go off. This allows him to conveniently play MrExposition for some of Kenshin's fights. It was also used to identify Saito before he could do his big reveal. All this doesn't help him overcome his [[NoSenseOfDirection lack of direction sense]].

** Hattori Heiji. Back when they were in Middle School [[spoiler:both Shinichi and Heiji solved a case at the ''exact same pace of deduction'', so he must have the same hyperawareness as Shinichi.]]
* Caerula Sanguis from ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita: Last Order'', being a fighter of no mean skill, lives mainly off of this trope, which she partly attained through [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld lots and lots of combat experience]]. Even before picking up her special ability to read neural impulses, she had long set a rule for fighting with a sword against guns, carefully watching the gunner for his or her tell before each shot, and counterattacking when within a certain number of steps depending on the kind of gun. After she gains her special ability, however, all bets are off. Coupled with her ability to quickly gauge terrain and her drilled-in experience with and against several kinds of weapons, this allows her to take enemy capabilities and personalities -- even subconscious reflexes -- into account and completely take control of any fight.
* Ryuuguu Rena of ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''. Dangerous when she's infected with the HatePlague, very useful when she's helping to investigate someone else who is [[spoiler:(except that one time when it gets her killed, where her comments about strange details that the infected party is hiding end up convincing him that ''she'' is the murderous one)]].

* In ''Manga/Reborn2004'' hyper awareness is one of the things that links Tsuna to the first head of the Vongola family. It's actually in his blood though it's unknown if other Vongola boss possess the same traits. In the anime, [[spoiler:the test of intituation is the one Tsuna could pass with closed eyes if he wanted to AND if Verde wasn't trying to experimenting on them.]]
* In ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', several of the girls in Negi's class qualify for this, but Yue in particular is very very good at noticing minute details.

* The main character from ''Manga/LockOn'' has this in his left eye which he calls his Shutter Eye. It is so powerful that he can even use it to detect freshly made dents in a wooden floor to track where a friend had walked off to. However it is shown that if he overuses this he becomes incredibly fatigued. To limit it he usually wears an eye patch over it.

* Doctor Alex Brisbane from ''Anime/YuGiOhCapsuleMonsters'', when he, Yugi and his friends go to the inner places of a temple, says that he observes his surroundings since childhood, preventing them from going into traps. It is the second time that he enters the temple. [[spoiler:Apparently not true because he's currently possessed by Alexander The Great's EnemyWithout, who knows every detail of the temple.]]
* ''Manga/{{Arachnid}}'' heroine Alice Fuji has a concentration disorder that for most of her life only caused her to be absentminded and thus mocked by everyone, until she's trained to control and use it as a superpower. The worst enemies she faces are those who can also somehow instantly react to any threat around them.
* Ranpo Edogawa of ''Manga/BungouStrayDogs'' has the ability "Ultra Deduction" which allows him to instantly notice and process every single detail of a crime scene. The result is that he can solve a complex murder case within seconds of him putting on his glasses. Oh, and it turns out that Ultra Deduction isn't actually a special ability (as shown when Dazai secretly uses his PowerNullifier ability on Ranpo while he's doing his deduction). He's just naturally ''that'' perceptive, but deludes himself into believing he has a superpower like his allies.

* Franchise/{{Batman}} has this sometimes, in addition to being CrazyPrepared, and ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} and ComicBook/RedRobin both usually display an uncanny awareness of their surroundings. Being aware of everyone around you and what they're wearing and doing was the first thing Dick started training Tim on back when he was still new. This is part of the reason the entire Batclan is so difficult to sneak up on.
* Barbara Gordon -alias ComicBook/{{Oracle}}- is highly intelligent and has eidetic memory. She ''cannot'' miss out any details and she ''always'' remembers ''everything'' (including stuff she would rather forget).
* From ''ComicBook/GothamCentral'', we have Josie Mac. She has the psychic ability to walk into a room and tell if anything is out of place and where it actually belongs. Frustrates her co-workers to no end when they keep hiding her coffee mug and she finds it with no problem '''every''' time.
* Amadeus Cho, of ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules'', has a similar ability with similar floating purple equations as part of his super-intelligence.
* ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} often has to deal with this as a side-effect of his powers; while he can't actually see due to his blindness, his other four senses are so enhanced that he possesses full awareness of everything around him, with the disadvantage that his enhanced senses can cause him pain if he is exposed to particularly powerful stimuli.
* Franchise/{{Superman}} post ''Comicbook/InfiniteCrisis''. In addition to having SuperSenses, his memory and super fast thought processes have allowed him to make such observations as noting changes in the average heart rate of the average Metropolis citizen, stated numerically (indicating an overall increase in anxiety after an attack on the city.) He's so good at this that he can pick out the heart beats of individuals he is familiar with.
* Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} has also demonstrated having impressive capability for analysis and deductive reasoning (Super Instinct she called it back in the Silver Age) owing to her SuperSenses, heightened memory and natural intelligence. ''[[Comicbook/{{Supergirl 1982}} In a classic story]]'' she recognizes a heartbeat because "with hearing as sensitive as mine, they're as individual as fingerprints".
* ''Franchise/GIJoe'''s Native American tracker Spirit got retconned as having this ability in the new [[ComicBook/GIJoeIDW IDW continuity]], to do away with the "Native American Tracking Master" stereotype. He's still Native American, but descended from the Pueblo tribes (city dwellers) and was raised in the suburbs. He was diagnosed with hyper-awareness as a child, and started living in the wilderness to avoid overstimulation, while learning to focus his ability.
* Marvel's first ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}} (not to be confused with [[Comicbook/{{Shazam}} the original Captain Marvel]]) was gifted with Cosmic Awareness, that let him perceive everything around him. The limits of this ability weren't clear, but when he got it, he sensed without any mirror that his hair had turned from white to blond. He also could find the best timing to avoid a hit or to attack himself, and was also a plot point when Thanos became the entire universe thanks to the Cosmic Cube. He even became aware that he had cancer long before he underwent any medical tests to confirm it.
* Due to having believed to have gained her powers in a freak accident that spliced her DNA with Mar-Vell's (in fact it actually woke up her half-Kree heritage), ComicBook/CarolDanvers also has Cosmic Awareness... but her version is much less reliable than Mar-Vell's, and often forgotten (with the precise correlation between the two being uncertain). She also doesn't have access to this power during her time as Binary, though it's reappeared a little in recent years, particularly during ''ComicBook/Ultimates2015''.
* ComicBook/{{Rogue}} was originally a copy of a copy, having used her default PowerParasite ability to permanently add Carol's ComboPlatterPowers to herself. Her Cosmic Awareness showed up even less frequently than Carol's did, and she lost the power when Carol's "essence" was permanently expunged from her body.

* One of Gary's key skills in ''ComicBook/TheSecretService''.
* In ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'', Usagi's teacher made sure he would be constantly alert for danger; a vital habit for any warrior.

** Harry being increasingly hyper-aware of his surroundings and of other people, allowing him to read them like a book - even when he ''isn't'' able to use his psychic powers. While part of it is trained, it's strongly indicated that he inherited a talent for it from his mother.
** Lily, as mentioned, was (and being NotQuiteDead, is) an example of this. As Sirius puts it, while the rest of them were smart, Lily ''saw'' things - which is how, during the First Order of the Phoenix, she figured out that Wanda was pregant with Hermione being the only one apart from Remus at the time to even guess. Hermione makes the comparison between her and Harry when she encounters Lily's spirit and sees this tendency first hand.
* ''[[Fanfic/TheGamesWePlayTheGamerRWBY The Games We Play]]'': A ''[[Webcomic/TheGamer Gamer]]'' × ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' cross-fic, in which the protagonist gradually unlocks a wide variety of information-gathering abilities, and eventually learns that there is a reason why these abilities are moving him closer and closer towards omniscience.
* Played for horror in the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Nightingale}}'', where Neji's byakugan -- which gives him XRayVision and almost 360 degrees of vision -- is turned on permanently. He slowly loses his mind and begins hallucinating because he can no longer handle seeing ''everything'' around him all at once.
* ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm's'' [[OriginalCharacter Sonata]]. She's [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic a unicorn]] with the special talent of hyper awareness, which gives her [[CompositeCharacter yet another parallel]] with ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' characters, VisualNovel/{{Apollo Justice|AceAttorney}} in particular. This ability is quite handy to her, [[spoiler:especially for her blackmailing activities]].
* The changeling who interrogates Shadowfax in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfiction, [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119688/1/you-obey/the-interrogation You Obey,]] has the ability to not only read even the smallest cues from his victims, but also read their auras to the point where he [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119688/1/you-obey/the-interrogation knows when he's being lied to.]]

--> '''Jones''': [[AwesomenessByAnalysis Pitch is too high]]. [[OhCrap The torpedo's Russian]].
* In the first movie remake of ''Film/MissionImpossible'', Creator/TomCruise's character meets his IMF superior for a debriefing after a botched ImpossibleMission. He looks around the cafe and, despite LatexPerfection, recognizes around him another IMF team that had also been present at the botch.
* Jason Bourne of ''Film/TheBourneSeries'' series has this because of his Treadstone training. In the third movie this was cranked to insane levels. He was able to direct a journalist through a train station with instructions from a cell phone, all the while avoiding the cameras himself ''and'' identifying and disabling TheMenInBlack agents who are trying to track the journalist down.
** The fourth film explains that this is partly thanks to a wonder-drug.
* In the ''Film/{{Hitman}}'' movie, Agent 47 is shown to have this ability. He's also CrazyPrepared, and TheChessmaster to boot.
* The T-850 Terminator in ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' revealed that he had basic knowledge of human physiology and was able to deduce whether or not a human was lying or [[LivingLieDetector otherwise being deceitful.]]
* Colonel Hal Moore in ''Film/WeWereSoldiers'' seemed to have a situational awareness that seriously bordered on pre-cognition with him being able to read the tide of battle a little too well resulting from [[OldSoldier decades of military service]], one shared by the North Vietnamese commander in turn.
* ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009'' with Creator/RobertDowneyJr shows the downside of this: it ''never'' turns off and he's almost constantly being overloaded. In the sequel, the gypsy queen asks, "What do you see?" Holmes replies, "Everything. That is my curse."
* In ''Film/RaisingArizona'', BountyHunter Leonard Smalls tracks his prey to a trailer home. Upon seeing the chaos inside (two men had just had a destructive fight there), he immediately picks up the one clue he needs, a scrap of paper.
* Used by Kato in ''Film/TheGreenHornet''. It's used to explain how he can fight so efficiently. It is also parodied and then used straight by [[spoiler:Brit when he spends several minutes staring into space while working out the plot twist and then to save Kato, respectively]].
* In ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006,'' Bond and Vesper trade instant analyses of one another on the train.
* ''Film/{{Limitless}}'' is built on this trope. One dose of the drug and [[SherlockScan sherlock scanning]] becomes a natural reflex.

* The principal ability of Riko Rinda in ''All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa''. She is able to tell the veracity, history and value of an object at a glance, which is how she gets pulled into involvement with the titular masterwork. She was even able to learn basic French overnight, which is hard enough for someone who has a Latinate first language, much less Japanese.
* In ''Film/MarriedToTheMob'', mob boss Tony seems to have this as a result of [[ProperlyParanoid sheer paranoia]], being able to tell from almost unnoticeable little hints that his mistress is two-timing him, a new clown at a fast-food restaurant signals an impending assassination attempt, and that a guy he keeps noticing is an FBI agent tailing him.
* In ''Film/DownPeriscope'', Sonar Technician 2nd Class E.T. "Sonar" Lovacelli can hear how much change is dropped on a nearby submarine. And a crewman eating an Oreo on another deck. And a couple of lobsters dukin' it out. This IS helped by his listening equipment, but it takes more than fancy gear to point out that someone dropped "forty-five cents. A quarter... and two dimes", after jerking as if an explosion went off in his ear after the coins hit the deck. He can also hear a whisper from a long distance away with other, much louder, sounds masking it. Naturally, his former CO [[CursedWithAwesome considered him a security risk]].

* ''Film/TheAssignment1997'': Carlos has this ability, picking up even the smallest out of place details in a location, which Annibal is taught to double him.

* ''Literature/ACourtOfThornsAndRoses'': Tamlin is unbelievably perceptive of his surroundings in ''A Court of Thorns and Roses'' much to Feyre's dismay, given that most of her attempts at deceiving the High Fae of the Spring Court are botched before they even start.
* Anafiel Delaunay in ''Literature/KushielsLegacy'' teaches both Phedre and Alcuin how to do this.
* Literature/SherlockHolmes is probably the most famous example, being the {{Trope Namer|s}} for SherlockScan.
* Luna Lovegood of ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fame is shockingly perceptive, except when it comes to her own {{Cloudcuckoolander}} beliefs. When Harry is transformed via Polyjuice Potion, Luna has absolutely no forewarning that he'll be in disguise, but she instantly recognizes him by the expression on his face. It does not, however, occur to her that walking up and greeting him by name might be a bad idea.

** One of the few people who can hide from him is, predictably, Lord Vetinari (who notably failed all his stealth examinations at the Assassins' Guild because he was marked absent -- think about it). Vetinari is so clinically aware that he makes Vimes look normal -- despite Vimes being described as "the most cynical bastard that ever walked under the sun". In ''Literature/GuardsGuards'' he is shocked and transfixed by the sheer depth of Vetinari's cynicism.

*** Another example from Vetinari is at the end of ''Literature/TheTruth'' when he corrects a newspaper printer's spelling mistake... which is in the middle of the text, and from Vetinari's perspective is upside-down and back-to-front.

** Tiffany Aching has First Sight (seeing what's really there, not what you expect to see) in ''Literature/WeeFreeMen'' and it plays a reasonably large part in ''Hat Full of Sky''. Most witches have this (except possibly Magrat), and in ''Mort'' we're told it's the first thing wizards learn at UU as well. (Okay, the ''first'' thing they learn is where the privies are and so on, but after all that it's the first thing.)

** The Bene Gesserit use their hyper awareness as a tool for manipulation. Descriptions of Bene Gesserit thought processes in the novels are often comparable to chess masters watching the world around them like one big chessboard, and calmly noting their accruing advantage. At one point a Bene Gesserit correctly deduces that there is a hidden room on the other side of a large banquet room by noting the subtle geometry of the walls of the room and the objects in it as being specifically designed to produce a slight echo where those in the hidden room can listen in.
** Even with mental processing as incredible as that, the Bene Gesserit still only learn those abilities as a ''supplementary'' skill for their main areas of expertise. The mentats, however, specialize specifically in Hyper-Awareness and so are infinitely more adept then even the best Bene Gesserit. This is because Mentats are, literally, human computers, as the inhabitants learned all too well what happens when they [[GoneHorriblyRight make a machine]] [[AIIsACrapshoot in the likeness of a human mind]]...
* Marlene Fisher from the Creator/IsaacAsimov novel ''Nemesis'' has this for body language, although she either can't or doesn't use it for things other than reading people like the proverbial book. It's treated like a superpower.

* Allison Parmeter from Creator/PaulCornell's novel ''British Summertime'' has this ability, which she refers to as "chipshopness" or the ability to "read the world". She can see patterns and meaning in anything, from facial expressions to sports statistics to the arrangement of buildings on a street. This lets her detect lies, predict the results of upcoming sports matches as part of her job in a betting shop, and determine the most likely location of specific types of establishments in cities she's never been in before, such as the closest fish and chip shop when she gets lost on her first trip to Edinburgh. She views this as a curse, since she is forced to face up to things she'd rather not know about, like people's real feelings towards her and the upcoming end of the world.

* This is apparently an ability that John Coffey has in ''Literature/TheGreenMile'', from what Paul Edgecomb remembers when he is healed by him. Later, he gets another dose, and realizes that this, along with [[spoiler:the fact that he probably would live a long, long life if he wasn't executed]], contributes to Coffey's not being bothered by being executed [[spoiler:even if he is WronglyAccused]].
* Deconstructed in ''Literature/TheCuriousIncidentOfTheDogInTheNightTime''. The autistic protagonist "sees everything," and at one point he tries to explain this to the reader. He talks about a particular moment of his life, looking at a field of cows, and he remembers the slope of the field and the patterns on the cows and the position of the sun in the sky and one detail after another after another and all of this goes through his conscious mind at once... he can barely handle being in a room he's never been in before, because of all the information crowding in on him at once. Only familiarity makes things better, and he won't even move the furniture in his house to a different configuration for fear of the effect on his mind. He doesn't quite consider this BlessedWithSuck, since he's a Literature/SherlockHolmes fanboy and likes being able to use the SherlockScan, but it definitely impairs his ability to live a normal life. However, his being autistic (and thus having trouble understanding people) means that, even though he notices all the details a SherlockScan requires, he has trouble analysing what those details mean in context and putting together the sort of deduction that Sherlock might.
* Enhanced senses is just one of the many benefits of sinanju in ''Literature/TheDestroyer''. Remo can fight in the dark using his hearing, detect snipers over distance by the feel of the wind on his arms, determine the number of people in a room from its ambient temperature, and figure out a door code from the residual heat in the buttons the last person touched some hours ago. (Later he simply opens an electronic lock through the sinanju art of manipulating electric signals. Yes, really.) And people think the ''fighting'' skills go into the superhuman...
* Gunslingers were trained in this art in ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' series.
* A few of the main characters in ''Literature/ThePaleKing''. Chris Fogle has an absurdly good memory and attention to detail, David Cusk can keep track of room temperatures and lighting angles, and Toni Ware can read people exceptionally well.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': This is a minor effect of a potion that Harry puts together in ''Literature/FoolMoon''. It's a "pick-me-up" or a "super-coffee", and before it wears off, he has shades of this. And composes a symphony. And blows all the tires of a truck on the highway. It was a sharing kind of mood. He also has shades of this when Thomas asks him to size up all the people in the park at the end of ''Literature/TurnCoat''. This one is much more mundane -- throughout the series he's mentioned things he's noticed as an investigator. Sure, [[MaleGaze most of them were features of women]] (or people who might be trying to kill him, who are frequently women), but his skill as an investigator is renowned, and its a very practicable skill as an investigator. Earlier in the same book, Harry got access to a kind of localized omniscience called "Intellectus". He realizes, while in its throes, that because he's unfamiliar with it, he's visibly reacting to it (knowing there's someone there, he's trying to look for them) and therefore must look crazy. More than usual, anyway. It makes his trying to convince two hostile parties to work together that much harder.
* ''Literature/BooksOfBayern'': In ''River Secrets'', Razo apparently has this ability but never noticed it. His commanding officer asks him a series of questions about small details he's observed (such as "Who do you know who has ink stains on their hands?"), which Razo answers easily, and seems surprised when he's told that [[IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat most people wouldn't have noticed]].
* ''Literature/TheGeneralSeries'' shows a computer-assisted version. Through Raj Whitehall's mental link with the supercomputer Center, Center is able to use all of Raj's senses as input to be analyzed and feed back the results, including information Raj wasn't paying attention to at the time or couldn't interpret himself.
* ''Literature/InDeath'': More than once, Eve Dallas has picked up on details that everyone else would miss. Roarke doesn't miss a detail either, and it's been said that he has a brain like a computer. "Visions In Death" explained that Eve is not psychic, but her gift is essentially the opposite of psychic powers.

* The titular character of ''Literature/UkiahOregon'' has this, due to his SuperSenses and PhotographicMemory.

** Tattletale has this an actual superpower, which she uses [[BreakThemByTalking to great effect]]. Although [[PsychicNosebleed overusing it gives her incredibly painful migraines]], and the certainty of squicky sensory overload means Tattletale CantHaveSexEver.
** Taylor uses her ability to share the senses of swarms of bugs to create a form of hyper-awareness over a limited area. She can also place bugs on enemies' limbs to sense their movements, giving her advance warning of attacks. She's so effective her enemies speculate her powers include limited precognition.
*** Taylor's Hyper-Awareness is so effective that by the later parts of the series, she relies on it more than her normal sense. When she's [[spoiler:temporarily blinded]], she remains so aware of her surroundings that ''no one notices'' and she doesn't bother mentioning it. And she's not sitting down either-she escapes a deathtrap, then fights a Endbringer-level opponent without any loss of effectiveness.
* The Tesks in ''Literature/AlienInASmallTown'' were genetically engineered as soldiers to have both heightened situational awareness and animal-like superhuman senses. This had the unintended side effect of essentially making them ''empaths,'' able to read a person's intentions and emotional state effortlessly through heightened sense of smell and awareness of body language. They tend to get rattled in the presence of StarfishAliens, though, because they find them unreadable.
* In ''Literature/ShadowOfTheConqueror,'' Lifebinders can enhance their perception to achieve this effect, noticing eveything from hidden compartments to the type of wood used to construct a desk.
* ''Literature/GirlsDontHit'': Joss is trained to notice all surrounding details, and trains Echo to as well, so she can better kill people then get away clean.
* ''Literature/MoonlightBecomesYou'': Maggie has a keen eye for detail and picks up on even subtle things that appear out-of-place, and are of course important to the plot. In fairness, she's a professional photographer and does sculpting as a hobby, so it comes with the territory. Her observation skills lead her to subconsciously pick up that something's not right at the cemetery where Nuala - her recently murdered stepmother - is buried: upon closer inspection she realizes that [[spoiler:not only did Nuala and some her friends die only weeks apart, but that [[CallingCard bells]] have been left on these graves]].
* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfDorsa'': Joslyn has this, using it to pick small details up that others miss, for instance about other people's appearances (even their smells) that provide clues on who they are.

* In the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "Supersymmetry", Angel was able to use his PhotographicMemory to exactly reconstruct a crime scene and identify a suspect. While in earlier episodes he had demonstrated an impressive memory and other exceptional mental talents (he speaks several languages and can recreate faces almost perfectly), that particular ability had not been shown before; Angel {{Hand Wave}}s this by stating it's "not an automatic reflex."
* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Giles tried to teach Buffy that the Slayer should have a sixth sense about vampires and be capable of identifying one without seeing fangs. Buffy deduced one individual being a vampire because their fashion choice was "20 years out of date."
** The original movie said that the Slayer actually had a built-in vampire detector because they will feel muscle cramps when one is nearby. As Buffy said, "Great... PMS is my secret weapon."
* Used and subverted in ''Series/BurnNotice''. Michael explained that especially when your adrenaline is high and with the training a spy would have, your mind can play tricks on you and you start seeing things that really aren't there. But there are multiple times in the series where Michael does demonstrate a keen sense of observation, considering he is a former spy.
* Lieutenant Series/{{Columbo}}.

* ''Series/{{Counterpart}}'': Baldwin's reported to note even the most minute detail of her target's routines as mentioned in "The Crossing" in order to accomplish missions with deadly effectiveness. This becomes a ChekhovsSkill later in the same episode, where Howard Prime's failure to do something she'd noted Howard Alpha did tips her off that something's up, and she escapes the trap they set.
* Just about everyone on ''Series/{{CSI}}'', most especially Gil Grissom. His flashback in the episode "[[TheRashomon Rashomama]]" is a good demonstration.
* The Doctor from ''Series/DoctorWho''. Most notably in the episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour "The Eleventh Hour"]], where he is able to analyze every detail of an area he ''glanced at while passing''.
** Amy Pond shows signs of this in the climax of ''The Big Bang'' and taking down the Teselector in ''Let's Kill Hitler''.

* Played for laughs in the ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' episode "Ham Radio." Apparently, Frasier can tell a person's religion by their voice.

*** When he notices Arya, who has been [[SweetPollyOliver disguised as a boy for weeks]] and whose disguise no one else has been able to see through (besides Gendry Waters who is also quite good at deducing things), he doesn't even need to hear her speak to see through the deception at first glance. He later deduces from tiny clues that she is highborn and from the North.
---> '''Tywin:''' This one's a girl, you ''idiot''.

** Irri realizes Daenerys is pregnant before she is showing.
* In the ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'' series:
** Will Graham's overabundance of mirror neurons gives him a [[Film/RainMan Rainman]]-esque talent for reconstructing crime scenes, gauging how a murder took place and inferring the killer's mindset from a glance around the scene. He very much considers this being BlessedWithSuck, since it forces him to adopt the mindset of some very sick people.

* Dr. Gregory Series/{{House}}. At one point he walks down a line of patients waiting at the ([[RunningGag much hated]]) clinic and diagnoses entirely on their physical appearance and general behavior. More then a few episodes are dedicated to showing how he is certain that there was some little thing that he might have missed that is key to the problem of the week. In one episode, he manages to deduce he is in a coma-induced hallucination by a combination of in-universe [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall fourth wall awareness]] and that everything is running ''too'' smoothly. Yes, House's Hyper-Awareness is sufficient to allow him to break free of a hallucination [[SuccessThroughInsanity made by his own mind]].

* In ''Series/LieToMe'', the leads have this. However, this can also engender Hyper Awareness in the ''viewer'', as you try to catch the little tics the characters notice before they're pointed out.
* Malcolm of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' is shown to have this in the first episode, part of how they deduce he's a child prodigy.
* Patrick Jane of ''Series/TheMentalist'' - it's basically the whole point of him being good at his job / at pretending to be a medium.
* Adrian Series/{{Monk}}. In one episode, a rock is thrown through his psychiatrist's window. He recognizes the rock. You really can't get much more hyper aware than that. In one episode, his psychiatrist prescribes him pills that allow him to relax and reduce his OCD. As a result, his detective skills also suffer.
* Michael Scofield from the TV series ''Series/PrisonBreak''. It is established that he has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latent_inhibition low latent inhibition]] combined with high intelligence, which gives him Hyper-Awareness. See Real Life, below.

* ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}''
** Doctor William Zimmerman of the Sanctuary can join these ranks.
** [[spoiler:[[Literature/SherlockHolmes James Watson]]]] has all the analytical abilities that Zimmerman has but exaggerated.
* Jim Ellison in ''Series/TheSentinel'' has this as his [[SuperHero super-power]].
* In ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' the entire success of Sherlock Holmes' work as a "consulting detective" is based on his immense ability to notice and evaluate the tiniest details on one glance.
* ''Series/StargateSG1'': When [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Jonas Quinn]] is placed on the SG-1 team, he shows to have skills at recall and noticing tiny details that other characters found spooky. Though it serves the story for him to quickly be able to replace Daniel Jackson on SG-1, it is indicated to be because he (or possibly his species) is slightly [[HollywoodEvolution more evolved]] than Earth-based humans in one episode of the series.
** This is clearly demonstrated in an episode where they are investigating a small town after a strange call. Teal'c and Jonas are sitting in a diner, and Jonas easily points out the strange things people are doing, such as a guy who is reading the same page of a newspaper three times, or another who has put a dozen teaspoons of sugar in his coffee. He's never showing actively looking around him and seemingly notes things at a glance.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Do you think you would be able to notice a single fingernail embedded in a chalklike wall in a dimly-lit cellar? Or a small symbol carved on the ''inside'' of a vase you happen to be walking past? Sam Winchester can.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'''s Data, being an android with perfect recall, has this, and often exasperates his crew mates by picking up on tiny details that are not at all relevant.
* In ''Series/Watchmen2019'', this is Wade Tillman/Looking Glass' [[BadassNormal "superpower"]], although it's [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructed]] to a significant degree. Being incredibly observant of human behavior, from outward expression to involuntary reflexes from subtle stimuli, [[AwesomenessByAnalysis he makes for an excellent police interrogator]]. However, [[BlessedWithSuck this is largely born out of a general paranoia of being around other people]], being inherently distrusting and [[TheParanoiac constantly anxious that something is about to go horribly wrong with the world]]. He tries to ease up on this with regards to his love life, but his inability to fully accept and understand people on an intimate, personal level proves to be his own downfall, having led to the collapse of his marriage and [[spoiler:getting lured and trapped by a Seventh Kavalry member [[LoveIsAWeakness preying on his emotions]]]].

* During ''Radio/TheAdamCarollaShow'', Adam claimed to suffer from hyperawareness. His actual complaint was more along the lines of not being able to ignore the little things wrong in a situation the way most people can. (Notable example: on multiple occasions, a caller would phone in and their smoke detector's "low battery" chirp would be overheard on the call. It would drive him nuts that they didn't replace the battery the instant they first heard the chirp.)

* In ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', followers of the eldritch god Slaanesh have honed their senses to an incredible degree, able to distinguish between the subtlest differences in any of their myriad senses. Why? To enjoy their senses more, of course! This has the unfortunate side-effect of eventually requiring more and more stimulation to reach the same high. Eventually, the worshiper is rendered unable to be roused by anything except the most audacious, perverse, and extreme stimulus.
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
** The psionic power [[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/psionic/powers/hypercognition.htm Hypercognition]] does exactly this.
** Indeed, ''any'' character with a high Wisdom score and a good modifier for the sensory skills can end up in this trope, in any D20 system game.

* Similarly, the Hypersenses mutation in ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}''. Great for gathering information on your (many) enemies, but (this being ''Paranoia'') with a measure of BlessedWithSuck (sensory overload, hallucinations, what have you).
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'', characters with Perception, Awareness and/or Investigation scores of 3 or above (to say nothing of the corresponding Charms) will very likely be doing this regularly. ''With'' the corresponding Charms, you get people doing things like critiquing the mating dances of insects or identifying every illicit affair at a high society event through scent. The best of which, ''Sagacious Reading of Intent'', allows you to discern someone's lifegoals and {{Berserk Button}}s just by looking at them, or knowing how everyone in a group relates to each other person. [[{{Ambadassador}} Eclipse Castes]] explicitly consider parties and social functions to be their "battleground".
* ''TabletopGame/SpiritOfTheCentury'' has stunts that can make a character Hyper Aware. In particular there are the Focused Sense and Impossible Detail stunts. The former allows the character to have a single hyper-developed sense (and can be taken multiple times to apply to multiple senses), while the latter removes any penalty to notice a detail because it's too small or subtle.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Aberrant}}'', characters can take points in Mega-Perception. With Mega-Perception, noting and remembering all the license plate numbers in the parking lot, ''Bourne''-style, is level one on a five-level scale.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' has the perks ''Awareness'' and ''Friend or Foe''. With ''Awareness'' you are able to see how many HitPoints the target has and which weapon he's wielding, with ''Friend or Foe'' you can instantly [[GoodColoursEvilColours distinguish between friendly and enemy NPCs]]. Black Isle apparently decided the latter was a dick move and just allowed any and all [=PCs=] to discern this from the start. There's also the Empathy perk, which effectively tells you which conversational options will make a person happy or sad without having to resort to SaveScumming.

** Also in ''Fallout: New Vegas'' is the ''Spotter'' perk granted by a companion that highlights hostiles when you aim down the sights, making it way easier to pick out enemies even if their coloration camouflages them.
* The "eagle vision" of the ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' series is an inherited Hyper Awareness passed down through a family line, being possessed by every main character across the ages. A person with this trait becomes clued in to their surroundings, instinctively identifying friends, enemies, and any number of other clues and signs relevant to them. It is implied that this ability was gifted to this genetic line by an ancient race of pre-human {{Precursors}} living on Earth. Being put in the Animus awakens this latent ability in Desmond Miles, who's story acts as a framing device for those of his ancestors.
* ''VideoGame/CondemnedCriminalOrigins'' and its sequel ''[[VideoGame/Condemned2Bloodshot Bloodshot]]'' uses this as an ability of protagonist Ethan Thomas, a detective serving in the [=FBI's=] Serial Crimes Unit. Described as a "gift", he possesses a certain instinct for finding clues, which borders on being supernatural. [[spoiler: There is some implication in the games that it might actually ''be'' supernatural.]]
* [[TheHero Zael]] from ''VideoGame/TheLastStory'' is noted to have exceptional eyesight, being able to spot things the other characters don't notice at first. This becomes FridgeBrilliance when you realize that this is because ''the player'' can control the camera, giving you (and by extension, Zael) a higher awareness of the surrounding area than the NPC party members.
* ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' allows Adam Jensen is able to gain this through a few augs. In particular, the social enhancer, which allows Jensen to analyse, and notice things that players wouldn't particularly notice. It helps with persuading and convincing [=NPCs=] of doing what you want them to do. (With the help of pheromones.)
* Sans of ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' seems harmless at first, but notices a lot more than he lets on. [[spoiler:When the player loads a previous save, it's not simply a gameplay mechanic, [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration it's worked into the plot]] that this is an ability the player has, akin to time travel. No other character is aware of when you do this other than Flowey, who retains his memories across resets. Sans doesn't retain his memories, but he is ''aware'' that the ability to reset exists, and is perceptive enough to deduce that you can do so based on your reactions to the world.]]

* This could be called ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'''s Apollo Justice's and Trucy Wright's "superpower" and is mainly used to call out CharacterTics. Oh, and by the way, it's [[spoiler:InTheBlood]].
* It's subtle, but events early on in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' show that [[TheHero Shirou]] has extraordinarily good eyesight; he's able to pick out a single person standing on top of a skyscraper while being on the ground himself. He also has a form of super sense through his magecraft that instinctively lets him know how something is broken, where it is broken and how to fix it just by touch. He pales compared to the supernatural servants, however: Servant Archer can pick out single people in perfect detail from kilometres away, [[spoiler:and can instantly identify and discern all details of crafted objects through a cursory glance. Shirou ends up siphoning this ability from him due to the time paradox.]]

* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', Agatha Heterodyne builds the [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070618 ultimate coffee maker]] which brews coffee so perfect it induces this state in those who drink it, very similar to the knurd state of Klatchian Coffee in Discworld.
* Ravenwing teaches this to the scouts of the Clan of the Hawk in ''Webcomic/WanderingOnes''. At the same time, others in the clan are taking the awareness to a metaphysical level.

* Spectre from ''Series/{{Noob}}'' has this and the creator admitted to lifting the cause (e.g. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latent_inhibition low latent inhibition]]) from a certain ''Series/PrisonBreak'' character. It becomes relevant in the webseries storyline as it's also the version that reveals that [[spoiler:Tenshirock's wife had low latent inhibition, which eventually lead to her death. It also turns out Tenshirock spent time as Spectre's guildmate before becoming a hacker, figured out his condition and got him to quit the MMORPG they were both playing. Spectre's storyline exists because he ended his retirement during the main timeframe]].

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' {{invoke|dTrope}}s this in "Peggy's Turtle Song"; Bobby is diagnosed with ADD, and is given Ritalin that hones his attention [[PlayedForLaughs to superpower levels]].

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "Testing, Testing 1-2-3", we find that when she's flying, the normally BookDumb [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRainbowDash Rainbow Dash]] is hyper-aware of everything going on in the air around her and on the ground below. Afterward, she can describe what she observed down to the smallest detail.

* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfDorsa'': Joslyn has this, constantly things nearby to pick small details up that others miss, for instance small details of people's appearance (even smells) that provide clues on who they are.

* ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'':

** Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade display a variant of this, along with a short-term sort of PhotographicMemory, in ''Literature/SurvivorsQuest''. Being well-trained Jedi written by [[Creator/TimothyZahn an author]] who eschews extravagant powers in favor of subtler ones, he has them walk through an area, stop, and sort of rewind their short-term memories. They're still only looking directly at the original things, but this way they can scrutinize whatever else was happening in their field of view, and pay more attention to background noise. They can't go too far back with this.

* Literature/SherlockHolmes is probably the most famous example, being the TropeNamer for SherlockScan.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''

* ''Franchise/{{Dune}}''

** Even with mental processing as incredible as that, the Bene Gesserit still only learn those abilities as a ''supplementary'' skill for their main areas of expertise. The mentats, however, specialize specifically in HyperAwareness and so are infinitely more adept then even the best Bene Gesserit. This is because Mentats are, literally, human computers, as the inhabitants learned all too well what happens when they [[GoneHorriblyRight make a machine]] [[AIIsACrapshoot in the likeness of a human mind]]...

* One ''Literature/TheHardyBoys: [[DarkerAndEdgier Casefiles]]'' book had Frank Hardy realize that a series of small noises on a car radio was a signal being transmitted. For what was probably a bomb attached to their car. He is, of course, right. This is also used to subvert the usual MagicCountdown: when the noises stop, they know they only have a few seconds.
** Many theatre people are familiar with what happens if you have a cell phone, even one that isn't in active use, in close proximity to a wireless microphone; it's a very characteristic sound. Still, going from "sounds like someone left their cell phone on" to "we have a bomb in the car" would not be an intuitive leap for most people.
* Allison Parmeter from Paul Cornell's novel ''British Summertime'' has this ability, which she refers to as "chipshopness" or the ability to "read the world." She can see patterns and meaning in anything, from facial expressions to sports statistics to the arrangement of buildings on a street. This lets her detect lies, predict the results of upcoming sports matches as part of her job in a betting shop, and determine the most likely location of specific types of establishments in cities she's never been in before, such as the closest fish and chip shop when she gets lost on her first trip to Edinburgh. She views this as a curse, since she is forced to face up to things she'd rather not know about, like people's real feelings towards her and the upcoming End Of The World.
* Taking the "Soy Sauce" in ''Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd'' can temporarily grant someone Hyper Awareness, in addition to the permanent ability to see supernatural things and simultaneously exist in multiple dimensions. However, ''most'' people who take the stuff end up dead or inhuman.
* In the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade display a variant of this, along with a short-term sort of PhotographicMemory, in ''Literature/SurvivorsQuest''. Being well-trained Jedi written by [[Creator/TimothyZahn an author]] who eschews extravagant powers in favor of subtler ones, he has them walk through an area, stop, and sort of rewind their short-term memories. They're still only looking directly at the original things, but this way they can scrutinize whatever else was happening in their field of view, and pay more attention to background noise. They can't go too far back with this.
** This first showed up in ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy''. ''Literature/JediApprentice'' has Qui-Gon and his young apprentice Obi-Wan walk through an area, and Qui-Gon quizzes his Padawan on minute details spotted on the way through. It may be a little different from Luke's version, though; Obi-Wan was too distracted to pay proper attention and is called on it, while Luke doesn't have to pay any attention. Luke's version only works on his short term memory, while later Obi-Wan is able to closely review a memory of something that happened weeks ago.

* Gunslingers were trained in this art in Stephen King's ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' series.

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Minor effect of a potion that Harry puts together in ''Literature/FoolMoon''. It's a "pick-me-up" or a "super-coffee", and before it wears off, he has shades of this. And composes a symphony. And blows all the tires of a truck on the highway. It was a sharing kind of mood. He also has shades of this when Thomas asks him to size up all the people in the park at the end of ''Literature/TurnCoat''. This one is much more mundane -- throughout the series he's mentioned things he's noticed as an investigator. Sure, [[MaleGaze most of them were features of women]] (or people who might be trying to kill him, who are frequently women), but his skill as an investigator is renowned, and its a very practicable skill as an investigator. Earlier in the same book, Harry got access to a kind of localized omniscience called "Intellectus". He realizes, while in its throes, that because he's unfamiliar with it, he's visibly reacting to it (knowing there's someone there, he's trying to look for them) and therefore must look crazy. More than usual, anyway. It makes his trying to convince two hostile parties to work together that much harder.
* In Creator/ShannonHale's ''[[Literature/BooksOfBayern River Secrets]]'', Razo apparently has this ability but never noticed it. His commanding officer asks him a series of questions about small details he's observed (such as "Who do you know who has ink stains on their hands?"), which Razo answers easily, and seems surprised when he's told that [[IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat most people wouldn't have noticed]].
* Drake and Stirling's ''Literature/TheGeneral'' shows a computer-assisted version. Through Raj Whitehall's mental link with the supercomputer Center, Center is able to use all of Raj's senses as input to be analyzed and feed back the results, including information Raj wasn't paying attention to at the time or couldn't interpret himself.
* ''Literature/InDeath'' series: More than once, Eve Dallas has picked up on details that everyone else would miss. Roarke doesn't miss a detail either, and it's been said that he has a brain like a computer. "Visions In Death" explained that Eve is not psychic, but her gift is essentially the opposite of psychic powers.

* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'':

*** Taylor's HyperAwareness is so effective that by the later parts of the series, she relies on it more than her normal sense. When she's [[spoiler: temporarily blinded]], she remains so aware of her surroundings that ''no one notices'' and she doesn't bother mentioning it. And she's not sitting down either-she escapes a deathtrap, then fights a Endbringer-level opponent without any loss of effectiveness.

* River in ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' fits this well, though perhaps more in ''Film/{{Serenity}}''. Taking one quick look at three gunmen behind cover, then ducking back and shooting them all dead without aiming, is for example rather impressive. However, it's difficult to tell when she's using HyperAwareness and when it's her PsychicPowers coming into play.

* Dr. Gregory Series/{{House}}. At one point he walks down a line of patients waiting at the ([[RunningGag much hated]]) clinic and diagnoses entirely on their physical appearance and general behavior. More then a few episodes are dedicated to showing how he is certain that there was some little thing that he might have missed that is key to the problem of the week. In one episode, he manages to deduce he is in a coma-induced hallucination by a combination of in-universe [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall fourth wall awareness]] and that everything is running ''too'' smoothly. Yes, House's HyperAwareness is sufficient to allow him to break free of a hallucination [[SuccessThroughInsanity made by his own mind]].

* Michael Scofield from the TV series ''Series/PrisonBreak''. It is established that he has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latent_inhibition low latent inhibition]] combined with high intelligence, which gives him HyperAwareness. See Real Life, below.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', followers of the eldritch god Slaanesh have honed their senses to an incredible degree, able to distinguish between the subtlest differences in any of their myriad senses. Why? To enjoy their senses more, of course! This has the unfortunate side-effect of eventually requiring more and more stimulation to reach the same high. Eventually, the worshiper is rendered unable to be roused by anything except the most audacious, perverse, and extreme stimulus.

* In ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'' game ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'', changelings with high Clarity gain a bonus to their senses.
* Possible with the Super-Senses power in ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds''. In this version, it is actually possible to have HyperAwareness with ''sonar'' as though you're a mixture of Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} and Literature/SherlockHolmes.

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* The Literature/BastardOperatorFromHell uses his HyperAwareness to set up his {{plan}}s.
* Roc (Tagg's Staraptor♂), in ''Roleplay/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers'', exhibits this trope, nicely contrasting (or complementing) his laziness for eg.: a SherlockScan. His daughter, Shahinne (Silent's Starly♀) has inherited some of it, such as being able to sense one of her teammates has been dragged to the Netherworld.
* Spectre from ''Series/{{Noob}}'' has this and the creator admitted to lifting the cause (e.g. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latent_inhibition low latent inhibition]]) from a certain ''Series/PrisonBreak'' character. It becomes relevant in the webseries storyline as it's also the version that reveals that [[spoiler:Tenshirock's wife had low latent inhibition, which eventually lead to her death. It also turns out Tenshirock spent time as Spectre's guildmate before becoming a hacker, figured out his condition and got him to quit the MMORPG they were both playing. Spectre's storyline exists because he ended his retirement during the main timeframe]].
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* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''

* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'':

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'', characters with Perception, Awareness and/or Investigation scores of 3 or above (to say nothing of the corresponding Charms) will very likely be doing this regularly. ''With'' the corresponding Charms, you get people doing things like critiquing the mating dances of insects or identifying every illicit affair at a high society event through scent. The best of which, ''Sagacious Reading of Intent'', allows you to discern someone's lifegoals and BeserkButtons just by looking at them, or knowing how everyone in a group relates to each other person. [[{{Ambadassador}} Eclipse Castes]] explicitly consider parties and social functions to be their "battleground".

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* [[http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/attention.gif ASD- otherwise known as Attention Surplus Disorder.]]
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* Franchise/{{Batman}} has this sometimes, in addition to being CrazyPrepared, and ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} and ComicBook/{{RedRobin}} both usually display an uncanny awareness of their surroundings. Being aware of everyone around you and what they're wearing and doing was the first thing Dick started training Tim on back when he was still new. This is part of the reason the entire Batclan is so difficult to sneak up on.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'':