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-->''"Who d'you reckon he is?" Ron hissed as they sat down and slid the door shut, taking the seats farthest away from the window.\\

"It's on his case," she replied, pointing at the luggage rack over the man's head.''

** In a somewhat similar example: in the final episode, Angel is able to guess that Buffy and Angel have grown closer because he [[SuperSenses can smell him on her]]. Later, Spike says that he knows that she and Angel kissed; she assumes it's from the scent, but he sarcastically replies that no, he ''saw'' them with his vampire eyeballs.

Sometimes, Watson gasps in shock that Holmes instantly deduced some secret. But Holmes didn't correlate a thousand minutia to get his answer - he just read it on something.

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--> '''Luci:''' Yes, with mystical going-through-your-wallet powers.
* In ''ComicBook/BakerStreet'' #1, Susan arrives at Baker Street to apply for the flatmate position. Sharon Ford (the settings' equivalent of Franchise/SherlockHolmes) does a SherlockScan on her and deduces a number of things about her (she is a medical student, the university she is attending, etc.), including that she is American. Susan is astounded and asks Sharon if she deduced she was American from the clues she just listed. Sharon replies 'yes', but adds that the accent was something of a giveaway as well.

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* ''Film/TheReturnOfSherlockHolmes2016'': When Holmes buys the last Napoleon bust off Mr. Sandeford, Sandeford asks him how he deduced that he possessed the bust and his address. Holmes replies that after the sculptor provided the names of the purchasers, he glanced at the sculptor's records and copied Sandeford's address down.

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* PlayedWith on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer:'' [[MadOracle Drusilla]] discusses a vision that she's had, and while she probably did get the information with her powers, [[BreakoutVillain Spike]] reveals that he has a more cogent source for the same information:
-->'''Angelus:''' You can see all that in your head?
-->'''Spike:''' No, you ninny. She read it in the morning paper.

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'''Lisa:''' ''({{gasp}})'' How did you know my name?\\

-->'''Gideon:''' ''I'll read your mind if I'm able/Something tells me your name's "Mabel!"''
-->'''Mabel:''' ''(mystified)'' How'd he do that?
-->''(Camera pulls back to show that "MABEL" is written on her sweater)''
* Splinter reveals to the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Turtles]] that the [[BaseOnWheels Technodrome]] has returned and is smashing everything in it's path. They're shocked how he knows this. Was it a [[{{Seers}} mystic revelation?]] He tell them, no, he saw it on the 5 O'Clock News.

* In ''ComicBook/BakerStreet'' #1, Susan arrives at Baker Street to apply for the flatmate position. Sharon Ford (the settings' equivalent of Franchise/SherlockHolmes) does a SherlockScan on her and deduces a number of things about her (tshe is a medical student, the university she is attending, etc.), including that she is American. Susan is astounded and asks Sharon if she deduced she was American from the clues she just listed. Sharon replies 'yes', but adds that the accent was something of a giveaway as well.

* Done rather hilariously in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'' when Amanda Waller manages to swiftly and easily answer The Riddler's quip about doors:
-->'''The Riddler:''' ... Oh. You've heard that one before?\\
'''Amanda Waller:''' No! ''I have Google!'' Just like the rest of the world!

* ''Film/Firestorm1998'': After being rescued by Jesse, Jennifer pauses to check the bird eggs she was protecting. Jesse looks over her shoulder at the eggs, and then reels off the scientific name of the species. Jennifer is impressed by his ornithological knowledge. Until Jesse holds up the lid of the tin, which she had put to one side when she opened the tin, which has the specie name written on it.

* In ''ComicBook/BakerStreet'' #1, Susan arrives at baker Street to apply for the flatmate position. Sharon Ford (the settings equivalent of Franchise/SherlockHolmes) does a SherlockScan on her and deduces a number of things about her (that, she is a medical student, the university she is attending, etc.), including that she is American. Susan is astounded and asks Sharon if she deduced she was American from the clues she just listed. Sharon replies 'yes', but adds that the accent was something of a giveaway as well.

* ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'': Sacajawea is asked to track down the thief of Akmenrah's tablet from the tracks in the snow. She immediately deduces that he tried driving away, but his car slipped on the ice and crashed. Greg is amazed at her tracking skill, until she points at the crashed car just a few yards away.
* ''Film/NowYouSeeMe'': Merritt's shtick is mentalism, which includes reading people's minds via their body language; he uses this on Henley at their first meeting to guess her name, but Danny points out that it's on her coffee cup. This also sets up Merritt and Danny's mild rivalry.

* ''Film/Firestorm1998'': After being rescued by Jesse, Jennifer pauses to check the bird eggs she was protecting. Jesse looks over her shoulder at the eggs, and then reels off the scientific name of the species. Jennifer is impressed by his ornithological knowledge. Until Jesse holds up the lid of the tin, which she had put to one side when she opened the tin, which has the specie name written on it.

* Splinter reveals to the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Turtles]] that the [[BaseOnWheels Tedchnodrome]] has returned and is smashing everything in it's path. They're shocked how he knows this. Was it a [[TheSeer Mystic Revelation?]] He tell them, no, he saw it on the 5 O'Clock News.

-->'''Gideon:''' ''I'll read your mind if I'm able/Something tells me your name's "Mabel!''

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* Played with in ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', where Dr. Facilier "deduces" Naveen's identity from a palm-reading, while Lawrence looks in the bad doctor's back pocket and cynically notes the newspaper there. Given that Facilier really ''does'' consort with supernatural forces, it's [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane ambiguous]] whether this trope was played straight or not.

-->'''The Riddler:''' ...Oh. You've heard that one before?\\

-->'''Ron:''' Who do you think that is?
-->'''Hermione:''' Professor R. J. Lupin.
-->'''Ron:''' Do you know everything?
-->'''Ron:''' ''(to Harry)'' How is it she knows everything?
-->'''Hermione:''' ''(annoyed)'' It's on his suitcase, Ronald.
-->'''Ron:''' Oh.

* In ''The Yellow Face'', Sherlock Holmes stuns the client of the day by giving his name before he'd introduced himself.
--> '''Holmes:''' My dear Mr. Grant Munro--
--> '''Munro:''' What! You know my name?
--> '''Holmes:''' If you wish to preserve your incognito, I would suggest that you cease to write your name upon the lining of your hat, or else that you turn the crown towards the person you are addressing.

-->'''Sherlock:''' Website/{{Google}}. ''({{beat}})'' Well, not everything is deducible.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': How Baron Wulfenbach [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150619 divined the creator of a slaver engine]].

-->'''Fortune Teller:''' I've been waiting for you...Lisa.
-->'''Lisa:''' ''({{gasp}})'' How did you know my name?
-->'''Fortune Teller:''' Your nametag.

Compare to HowDidYouKnowIDidnt and YouJustToldMe, but in both cases, Holmes is guessing; Here, he knows for a fact. See ClueEvidenseAndASmokingGun.

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* ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'': Sacajawea is asked to track down the thief of Akmenrah's tablet from the tracks in the snow. She immediately deduces that he tried driving away only for his car to slip on the ice and crash. Greg is amazed at her tracking skill, until she points at the crashed car just a few yards away.

* Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban: Hermione may be a know-it-all, but even her knowledge has its limits, as demonstrated when the trio stumbles across an adult sleeping on the Hogwarts Express.

* In ''The Yellow Face'', Holmes stuns the client of the day by giving his name before he'd introduced himself.
--> '''Holmes:''' My dear Mr. Grant Munro-

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* On NewsRadio, Bill and Dave are in an airport returning from a convention. When an attendant greets Bill by name, Bill is flattered that his fame precedes him. Then Dave points out that he's still wearing his name tag.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E19LisasWedding "Lisa's Wedding"]] a fortune teller momentarily impresses Lisa by knowing her name.

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Sometimes, Watson gasps in shock that Holmes instantly deduced some secret. But Holmes didn\'t correlate a thousand minutia to get his answer - he just read it on something.

DoWeHaveThisOne The closest I can find is HowDidYouKnowIDidnt and YouJustToldMe, but in both cases, Holmes is guessing; Here, he knows for a fact.

[[AC:Film]]
* \'\'Film/NightAtTheMuseum\'\': Sacajawea is asked to track down the thief of Akmenrah\'s tablet from the tracks in the snow. She immediately deduces that he tried driving away only for his car to slip on the ice and crash. Greg is amazed at her tracking skill, until she points at the crashed car just a few yards away.
* \'\'Film/NowYouSeeMe\'\': Merritt\'s shtick is mentalism, which includes reading people\'s minds via their body language; he uses this on Henley at their first meeting to guess her name, but Danny points out that it\'s on her coffee cup. This also sets up Merritt and Danny\'s mild rivalry.

-->\'\'\'Ron:\'\'\' Who do you think that is?
-->\'\'\'Hermione:\'\'\' Professor R. J. Lupin.
-->\'\'\'Ron:\'\'\' Do you know everything?
-->\'\'\'Ron:\'\'\' \'\'(to Harry)\'\' How is it she knows everything?
-->\'\'\'Hermione:\'\'\' \'\'(annoyed)\'\' It\'s on his suitcase, Ronald.
-->\'\'\'Ron:\'\'\' Oh.

[[AC:Literature]]
* In \'\'Discworld/FeetOfClay\'\', Cheery told Vimes that he smokes Pantweed\'s Slim Panatellas - not through alchemical expertise, but by reading the packet on Vimes\' desk.
* In \'\'The Yellow Face\'\', Holmes stuns the client of the day by giving his name before he\'d introduced himself.
--> \'\'\'Holmes:\'\'\' My dear Mr. Grant Munro-
--> \'\'\'Munro:\'\'\' What! You know my name?
--> \'\'\'Holmes:\'\'\' If you wish to preserve your incognito, I would suggest that you cease to write your name upon the lining of your hat, or else that you turn the crown towards the person you are addressing.

[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* \'\'Series/{{Elementary}}\'\'\'s pilot episode has Sherlock Holmes explain how he uses the SherlockScan and deduction to learn things, having previously demonstrated it by determining various aspects of Joan Watson\'s background. Then she asks how he knew her father had had an affair.
-->\'\'\'Sherlock:\'\'\' Website/{{Google}}. \'\'({{beat}})\'\' Well, not everything is deducible.

[[AC:Radio]]
* On NewsRadio, Bill and Dave are in an airport returning from a convention. When an attendant greets Bill by name, Bill is flattered that his fame precedes him. Then Dave points out that he\'s still wearing his name tag.

[[AC:Webcomics]]
* \'\'Webcomic/GirlGenius\'\': How Baron Wulfenbach [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150619 divined the creator of a slaver engine]].

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* \'\'WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons\'\': In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E19LisasWedding \"Lisa\'s Wedding\"]] a fortune teller momentarily impresses Lisa by knowing her name.
-->\'\'\'Fortune Teller:\'\'\' I\'ve been waiting for you...Lisa.
-->\'\'\'Lisa:\'\'\' \'\'({{gasp}})\'\' How did you know my name?
-->\'\'\'Fortune Teller:\'\'\' Your nametag.

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Note:
User/SolipSchism has pointed out the trope ClueEvidenceAndASmokingGun, of which this may be a duplicate, but I\'m not entirely sure. I\'m leaning toward \"duplicate\", though. Thoughts?