History Main / XRayVision

* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}} and the Pirate's Curse'' gives Shantae the X-Ray Specs, which will allow her to look at the contents of the mummy sarcophagi without opening them and triggering their curse.

* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', engineers can make Gnomish X Ray Specs which can see through other players' armor... but not undergarments. Not that this helps much with the "GAAHH! NAKED DWARF!" reaction.

** There is a GameMod [[VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinXRayMod that renders the entire cast this way]], though Boyfriend (discounting the GameOver screen), Skid and Pump lack the spheres on their groins to indicate balls. On the title screen of said mod, you could see Girlfriend wearing a pairof x-ray googles.

* Some consumer cameras are sensitive to radiation just outside of the normal range of human vision. Many fabrics which appear opaque in visible light are quite sheer in infrared light, so it's in some cases possible to get an image that shows what's underneath somebody's clothes, especially if you use a filter that blocks out the visible light.

* Very strong, directed light, such as a photo-flash, can sometimes penetrate clothing that appears opaque in normal lighting conditions. This has been utilized by paparazzi who've shot revealing photos of celebrities who thought they were decently dressed.
* Some consumer cameras are sensitive to radiation just outside of the normal range of human vision. Some fabrics which appear opaque in visible light are quite sheer in infrared light, so it's in some cases possible to get an image that shows what's underneath somebody's clothes, especially if you use a filter that blocks out the visible light.

* You can't simply press a button on Photoshop to do this ([[PowerPerversionPotential yet]]), but you can do [[http://www.metacafe.com/watch/400249/photoshop_x_ray_trick_see_through_clothes/ something similar]] if the subject in the photo is wearing light and thin clothes.
* Some cameras capture input outside of the normal range of human vision, and it's possible, with a bit of manipulation of the footage, to get an image of the body under the clothes, again requiring light material, such as with swimsuits.

* An ability of Aiba in ''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFiles''. When not used in attempts to ogle women--In which case, only being able to see their bones--It is used for plot-related purposes (such as [[spoiler:spotting the Iris figure inside Moma's wall safe to determine he's a fan--And use that fact against him]]).

See also: SuperSenses. Similar to VeinOVision and VolcanicVeins.

** In ''ComicBook/ActionComicsNumber252'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} practices her X-Ray vision, focusing the X-rays enough to generate heat and fix her bedroom's cracked mirror, and later watching through the walls of the Midvale's orphanage.

* The title characters of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' make X-Ray glasses on one occasion. They try to mass-produce them, but [[ItMakesSenseInContext their carrot supply winds up mysteriously disappearing]].

* The ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode [[Recap/PhineasAndFerbNoMoreBunnyBusiness "No More Bunny Business"]] has the boys create their own pair of x-ray glasses, after ordering a dud one from a comic book mail ad. They use their newly created pair to find a lost ring inside a pipe drain, discover dinosaur fossils underground, and [[MundaneUtility figure out which cereal box has the biggest prize inside]], among other things.

** Ultra Boy of the ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}} originally had this as his only power, but was later upgraded to "Any of Superman's powers, but only one at a time". Originally the wrinkle was that he ''could'' melt lead, unlike Superboy (see above), which humorously led some writers to have him do nothing ''but'' melt lead just to drive the point home.

* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' SuperheroEpisode "[[Recap/DoctorWho2016CSTheReturnOfDoctorMysterio The Return of Dr Mysterio]]", young Grant develops all Superman's powers as he grows up, with the x-ray vision coming in when he reaches puberty. Despite the Doctor's sarcastic comment that this makes sense, he doesn't ''intentionally'' use it for voyeuristic purposes, and is embarrassedly trying to avoid ''ever'' looking at ''anyone'', until he figures out how to control it.
* In ''Series/TheBoys2019'', [[BewareTheSuperman evil Superman analogue]] Homelander has this, and like the original it is blocked by one metal, zinc. (for whatever reason - while zinc does make other metals stronger, it is not a radiation shield like lead)

* An episode of ''Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket'' has a woman named Nova and a scientist invent a special eye drops that let the user see through any surface with complete clarity. Nova gives it to Zenigata; he and his policeman discover also the ''potential'' of the invention on Nova herself and Fujiko later.

[[caption-width-right:250:Neat, my bones! ...[[RealityEnsues Are those tumors?]]]]

* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'': You get it during the GameOver screen focused on The Boyfriend's cracked skeleton. You can also see [[VisualInnuendo that his balls are now firmly blue]] and that his brain is in the shape of the word "Retry".

* In ''Film/XXx'', Xander has a pair of X-ray binoculars with a built-in digital camera which can see through anything from [[FanService clothes]] to brick walls, depending on what the viewer focuses on.
* The movie ''Film/XTheManWithTheXRayEyes''. The main character takes eyedrops to increase the frequencies of light that he can see; he goes from seeing everyone with no clothes on, to seeing their organs to seeing skeletons... Until finally seeing a monster at the center of their universe! He attempts to stop it by [[EyeScream gouging his own eyes out]] but in an alternate ending (which may or may not be an UrbanLegend), he can still see!

* Film/JamesBond gets a pair of X-ray glasses in ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough''. He uses them in a casino both to see who is armed and to [[PowerPerversionPotential check out the underwear]] of the [[FanserviceExtra lovely ladies]] present.

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* ''{{Toys/Bionicle}}'' has the [[MaskOfPower Mask of X-Ray Vision]]; Kanohi Akaku or just "Akaku" for short.
** The Great Ruru also has a limited version of this. In both cases, though, it doesn't seem to be ''literally'' x-rays.
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* In ''Manga/AkameGaKill'', the AxCrazy SerialKiller Zank the Beheader has several vision powers, including X-Ray Vision. He uses it to see Akame in her underwear while fighting her, but he only comments that she doesn't have any concealed weapons.

* In ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD'', when Issei gains an ability called "Penetrate", which is ''normally'' used to allow his attacks to pierce any barrier, he promptly applies it to his own eyes so he can look through girls' shirts.

* Some kinky FanArt for ''Anime/DennouCoil'' tends to reverse this, using the city's augmented reality glasses to cover some streaking girls -- that is, the girls are using augmented reality to make them ''look'' like they're wearing clothing to anyone wearing the AR glasses (i.e., everyone), when in reality they're, er, [[DontExplainTheJoke not]]. This means that to see "through" clothing, you have to take the glasses ''off''.

* Some kinky FanArt for ''Anime/DennouCoil'' tends to reverse this, using the city's augmented reality glasses to cover some streaking girls -- that is, the girls are using augmented reality to make them ''look'' like they're wearing clothing to anyone wearing the AR glasses (i.e., everyone), when in reality they're, er, [[DontExplainTheJoke not]]. This means that to see "through" clothing, you have to take the glasses ''off''.
** An example from [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/365926/dennou_coil-glasses-glasses_view-okonogi_yuuko-rev Siraha]] and another from [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/310151/3girls-amasawa_yuuko-bare_shoulders-blush-brown_ha Kakkii]] here (and see-through [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/311801/amasawa_yuuko-dennou_coil-digital_dissolve-glasses here]] with BarbieDollAnatomy underneath) -- mostly tame pictures, but definitely a '''NSFW''' website. This has even gained it's [[RuleThirtyFour own tag]] on the Danbooru system -- "Reverse X-Ray".
* Some Manga/{{Doraemon}}'s gadget have this functionality. For example, the "Xyz Light Camera" can be used to see the contents of objects, similarly to an x-ray.

* Kogarashi's "Maid Guy Scan" ability in ''Manga/KamenNoMaidGuy''. He ''does'' use it to see through girls' clothes, but only with good intentions...such as telling his master, Naeka, that she needs to lose some weight. Nobody really likes it when he does this.
** Particularly because the ONLY people he really uses this is on women.

* Characters with the Byakugan power in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' (Hyuga family members) have general all-purpose awesome vision, including the ability to see people through objects. Used mostly to see [[KiManipulation chakra lines]], it's also been shown to allow vision of a person's skeletal structure, and [[PowerPerversionPotential fans have speculated]] that it might have... other advantages (and [[http://totallyshoot.blogspot.com/2012/02/totally-shoot-comics-naruto-byakugan.html disadvantages]]).

* One chapter of ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' has Rito put on a special pair of glasses that Lala uses to work on her inventions. As this is ''[[{{Ecchi}} To Love Ru]]'', we get to see "Rito Vision" of various girls in their lingerie. At one point, he accidentally adjusts the intensity, which renders them totally nude after that. He also gets some {{fan disservice}}, because those glasses allow to see through male clothing as well. Near the end, Rito somehow ended up under Run's groin, and she sneezes and transforms into Ren in which Rito commented 'has become something much worse' and he passed out.

* Comic book Franchise/{{Superman}} looks at a wall and sees Lois, in natural colour, tied up behind it. Or he sees a bomb inside a ship that he's swimming past. Apparently, his eyes emit something that goes right through masonry or steel, but bounces off skin, clothing, dynamite, etc. at wavelengths that look just like ordinary light. However, like real X-rays, it's stopped by sufficiently dense materials (although, [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Pre-Crisis]], ''only'' lead stopped it).
** One HandWave for this is that it's not X-rays, but actually a combination of his telescopic vision and microscopic vision; he looks ''between'' the molecules of whatever he's looking through. To which those with even a passing understanding of what ''makes'' an object opaque in the first place will say: No.
** It could also be a completely different wavelength of light, or [[BizarreAlienBiology not vision based at all]] (a la daredevil) but its being rendered as vision because thats what human readers would identify with.
** Another ties into the "psionic Superman" explanation that was quite popular a couple decades back (and which seems to have influenced the John Byrne reboot).
** Another post-Crisis theory says that he can detect the minor electromagnetic energy emitted when cosmic ray particles pass through matter, and his brain just interprets it as a visual image subconsciously constructed from the energy patterns. These emissions might be partially blocked by lead (or any sufficiently dense material).
** However, in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks and at least part of UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, it was definitely X-rays. In fact, this is where his [[EyeBeams heat vision]] originally came from; he was able to focus the X-rays enough to cook whatever he was looking at. Or in one Superboy comic, turn gold into lead. One odd side-effect of this was that, until the ComicBook/PostCrisis reboot, his heat vision couldn't melt lead. (This ignores the fact that an actual beam of highly focused X-rays could in fact melt lead, if it were sufficiently intense.)

** In ''Comicbook/KryptonNoMore'', Superman uses his X-Ray vision to scan an enemy and figure out a way to beat him. Later on, his X-Ray vision warns him that he mustn't fly in his apartment through a window because Comicbook/LoisLane is inside.
** In ''Comicbook/SupermanVsTheAmazingSpiderMan'', Superman uses it to scan Comicbook/LexLuthor's machines and to anticipate co-worker Steve Lombard's pranks.
* ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' has this power.
** In her first appearance (''Comicbook/ActionComics #252'') she practices her X-Ray vision, focusing the X-rays enough to generate heat and fix her bedroom's cracked mirror, and later watching through the walls of the Midvale's orphanage.

** In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2011 Supergirl Vol. 6]]'' #2, her X-Rays first activate when she's fighting Superman. Having no idea what her powers are, she freaks out [[http://i.stack.imgur.com/teI58.jpg when she sees her own bones]].

* Ultra Boy of the Comicbook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}} originally had this as his only power, but was later upgraded to "Any of Comicbook/{{Superman}}'s powers, but only one at a time".
** Note that originally the wrinkle was that he ''could'' melt lead, unlike Superboy (see above), which humorously led some writers to have him do nothing ''but'' melt lead just to drive the point home.
* British juvenile comic character X Ray Specs sometimes sees other people as skeletons, sometimes not. Sometimes he sees the crucial thing at the right time, sometimes not.
** Ray's specs had an interesting power if he looked through the front of the lenses: he could then see, for example, a skeleton as it looked when it was alive. In other words, a sort of reverse x-ray.

* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', engineers can make Gnomish X Ray Specs which can see through other players' clothes.
** Armor, but not undergarments. Not that this helps much with the "GAAHH! NAKED DWARF!" reaction.
* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'': Samus can gain X-ray vision as a powerup to let her see through false floors. In the ''[[VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy Prime]]'' subseries she can also use this to find enemy weakpoints and track invisible enemies. ''[[VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption Prime 3]]'' lets you kill many tough enemies in a single blow if [[AttackItsWeakPoint you find their weakpoint]]!

** Some apps for mobile phones feature the same thing, saying they'll convert the camera of your cellular into a X-Ray one. Same as per X-Ray goggles mentioned above. (The idea that a software application could 'convert' a camera to an X-ray device is [[DontExplainTheJoke totally ludricrous]] to anyone who understands how software and X-rays actually work, of course.)

** The Great Ruru also has this.

* Characters with the Byakugan power in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' (Hyuga family members) have general all-purpose awesome vision, including the ability to see people through objects. Used mostly to see [[KiAttacks chakra lines]], it's also been shown to allow vision of a person's skeletal structure, and [[PowerPerversionPotential fans have speculated]] that it might have... other advantages (and [[http://totallyshoot.blogspot.com/2012/02/totally-shoot-comics-naruto-byakugan.html disadvantages]]).