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* ''Series/FatherBrown'': In "[[Recap/FatherBrownS1E5 The Eye of Apollo]]", Father Brown accurately pegs this as part of the methodology of Kalon, the leader of the cult-like Church of Apollo. Unfortunately, it manages to work on Suzie, who has been feeling particularly vulnerable, prompting Father Brown and Sid to try and extract her from Kalon's clutches.
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* ''Series/{{Monk}}'': The novel ''Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii'' sees Monk and Natalie cross paths with one such notorious psychic named Dylan Swift, who Monk pegs right away as a cold reader, even explaining to Natalie just how he reads people.

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* ''Series/{{Monk}}'': The novel ''Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii'' ''Literature/MrMonkGoesToHawaii'' sees Monk and Natalie cross paths with one such notorious psychic named Dylan Swift, who Monk pegs right away as a cold reader, even explaining to Natalie just how he reads people.
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# A skilled cold reader can smoothly turn a miss into just more evidence of their abilities: HeadsIWinTailsYouLose. "Does a name starting with the letter B mean anything to you? Right, that's good, I didn't think so."


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Not to be confused with the other theatrical skill called "cold reading", performing a script from the page at first sight (reading) with [[{{Improv}} little to no rehearsal time]] (cold).
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* The Warbeasts in ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'' claim to be psychic, but in reality they just practice an advanced version of this, as their heightened senses can hear a person's heartbeat. Sora scares them when he reveals he knows their secret because he is also an adept cold reader.

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* The Warbeasts in ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'' ''Literature/NoGameNoLife'' claim to be psychic, but in reality they just practice an advanced version of this, as their heightened senses can hear a person's heartbeat. Sora scares them when he reveals he knows their secret because he is also an adept cold reader.

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