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[[caption-width-right:330:Like many oracles, she sees events through her eyes...the eyes [[PeacockGirl on her tail]].]]

->''"Many paths, many seasons I have seen.\\
Time has washed them away just like the sea.\\
So many fates, and dreams...\\
Will become...tragedies..."''
-->--'''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9prDR5gLek Yeul's Theme]]''', ''VideoGame/{{Final Fantasy XIII-2}}''
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People who can see into the future, past and to faraway places. People can be born with this or gain it through freak accidents. If the latter, expect a ResetButton.

When a seer is really powerful, she is TheOmniscient or a OmniscientHero. However, it might turn out that she is NotSoOmniscientAfterAll.

This can also lead into a FantasticAesop about not using this power for selfish gains. It can also lead to FridgeLogic about being able to see the future but not being able to to avoid and/or fix many problems. But then stories that do are often accused of having {{God Mode Sue}}s. Although the latter can justify a GambitRoulette because they the chance involved in such plans is negated by their powers. These types will likely invoke AllAccordingToPlan

A SubTrope of PsychicPowers. A SisterTrope to MySignificanceSenseIsTingling (a more vague feeling instead of visions). A commmon power of the MagicalSeventhSon.

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!!{{Sub Trope}}s:
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* {{Astrologer}}
* BlindSeer
** ProphetEyes
* TheCassandra
** CassandraTruth
* FaintingSeer
* FortuneTeller
* InstantOracleJustAddWater
* JunkieProphet
* MadOracle
** TheOphelia
* MerlinSickness
* NotSoPhonyPsychic
* OracularUrchin
* RetroactivePrecognition
* ScryVsScry
* TheOmniscient
* WaifProphet
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!!Examples:

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[[folder: Anime and Manga ]]

* Granny Elmore from ''{{Psyren}}''.
* Both protagonist Mikura and [[spoiler: antagonist Momomi]] in ''MezzoForte'' can see brief glimpses of future events.
* [[spoiler:Shizune]] in ''SenkouNoNightRaid.''
* [[spoiler: Urawa]] and to a degree Sailor Mars in ''Manga/SailorMoon''.
* Tiffa from ''[[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Gundam X]]'', as one of the few surviving Newtypes. It's not her only psychic power, either.
* The title character of ''Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica''.
* Kakei from ''LegalDrug''.
* Mikoto and [[spoiler: Sugihime]] in ''{{Gate 7}}''.
* Inverted in TokyoBabylon, where Subaru meets a woman named Mirei who can see the ''past'' via touching objects. He even comments on how this kind of seer is ''extremely'' uncommon. [[spoiler: It turns out that there are two other people able to do it: one is Mirei's mother, who uses this in an HeroicSacrifice when Mirei is targeted by a SerialKiller... and the other is HotLibrarian Miyazaki, whom Mirei falls in love with.]]
* In ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', Taniguchi notes that Yuki's class treats her like an oracle, hanging on to her every word and basing decisions solely on if she said a single thing on any given day. Then comes the SchoolFestival, and they assign her to be the FortuneTeller...and she gives [[LudicrousPrecision extremely detailed "predictions" accurate down to the second]].

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[[folder: Comic Books ]]

* The most notable clairvoyant in MarvelComics is Destiny, an old woman who was a member of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. After her death she left behind some hidden books with information about the future that led the ComicBook/{{X-Men}} to various adventures.
** Similarly, Spider-Man enemy/sometimes ally Madam Webb was an old, blind woman who could see the future.
* The most famed precog in DC Comics is Dream Girl, of the ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}}, who could see the future in her dreams. Unlike the Marvel examples she is a young platinum blonde whose powers are rarely useful. But then again she was introduced [[MsFanservice more for her looks than anything else]].
* The Sandman (Sanderson Hawkins), also of DC fame, suffers from the same precognitive nightmares as his predecessor, [[SandmanMysteryTheater Wesley Dodds]].

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[[folder: Film ]]

* The Oracle of ''Film/TheMatrix'' films [[spoiler:is a subversion, as she can't actually see the future. She can, however, ''predict'' what choices people will make with near-perfect accuracy and from that extrapolate events that will come, through an innate understanding of the human psyche. She also admits that this ability has limits: if she doesn't understand a choice someone will make, she can't predict what they will do, and she doesn't know what will happen after that.]]
* The Precogs of ''MinorityReport''.

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* Many seers appear in the Literature/TrojanCycle: The Trojans [[TheCassandra Cassandra]] and Helenus, the Achaean Calchas, and even the ghostly [[BlindSeer Tiresias]].
* A ''lot'' of characters in TalesOfTheBranionRealm. Generally precognitive, and religious in nature.
* The main character of the ''Literature/CassandraPalmer'' series is the Phytia, the world's chief clairvoyant and guardian of the timeline. However, the power comes as a surprise to Cassie, and to everyone else, and finds herself in the most wanted list of the supernatural world. Apart from being a clairvoyant, Cassie can time travel and shift around, a sort of teletransport.
* In the ''Literature/ElementalLogic'' series, this is one of the abilities that can go with having [[ElementalPowers fire blood]]. The seer Medric has dreams and visions that generally have to be interpreted, but accurately reflect the future. (Notably, he and his companions are fairly good at interpreting and acting on the things he sees.) Zanja, a fire blood but not an actual "seer", has limited prescience- she occasionally sees short-term future events, and her glyph card readings are always accurate, but her visions don't have the range or complexity of Medric's.
* Niklaren "Niko" Goldeye from the ''CircleOfMagic'' series, who mainly devotes his talent to spotting magical influence where it was otherwise missed, such as the protagonists. Occassionally he uses it for crime-solving.
* Many novels and short stories by PhilipKDick feature precognitive powers.
* In ''Literature/TheChangeover'', the main character, Laura Chant, has a very mild case of this; more like a premonition when things can be expected to go wrong.
* In Creator/RobertEHoward's ''Literature/TheHourOfTheDragon'', ConanTheBarbarian meets one. Somewhat cryptic.
-->''I am but an oracle, through whose lips the gods speak. My lips are sealed by them lest I speak too much. You must find the heart of your kingdom. I can say no more. My lips are opened and sealed by the gods.''
* ''Literature/TimeScout'''s Ianira Cassondra receives visions voluntarily and involuntarily. Sometimes leads to FaintingSeer.
* Coryn from ''Guardians of Ga'hoole'', who can see the future in the flames of a fire.
* Any medicine cat in ''Literature/WarriorCats'', and the clan leaders, too for that matter. They all get visions and prophecies from StarClan.
* In the ''{{Foundation}}'' series by IsaacAsimov, Hari Seldon manages to perfect a science (psychohistory) that can predict what societies will flourish once TheEmpire dies. [[AncientConspiracy He uses it to try and set up a Utopia.]]
* "The Seer and the Sword" by Victoria Hanely.

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* [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Drusilla,]] [[Series/{{Angel}} Doyle and later Cordelia]] all get visions. Where Drusilla's came from isn't explained but it's revealed she had them prior to becoming a vampire and that they had driven her [[MadOracle quite mad]]; it was the reason she was turned since Angelus wanted her to suffer eternal torment. Doyle got them from the Powers That Be and passed them onto Cordelia via a kiss.
* Screech in ''SavedByTheBell'' gets this for an episode.
* ''{{Lexx}}'''s Time Prophet, who could only see the ''past'' -- which luckily was [[EternalRecurrence identical to the future.]]
* {{Merlin}}'s Morgana, who gets future visions in her dreams.
* Phoebe of Series/{{Charmed}} can get premonitions just by touching something. She can see the past and the future.
* Clyde Bruckman from ''{{Series/The X-Files}}'' episode "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" can see past and future deaths.

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[[folder: Mythology ]]

* The oracles and sybils of ancient Greece and Rome.
* Modern Groundhog Day events presume that a ''rodent'' can be a seer, at least regarding the weather.

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[[folder: Tabletop Games ]]

* In ''DungeonsAndDragons'', divination is the school of magic that specializes in gaining information, including clairvoyance.
** In the optional [[PsychicPowers psionics]] for 3rd Edition, seers are psions who specialize in the same.

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[[folder: Video Games ]]

* Hannah from FireEmblemElibe. [[spoiler: when she gets PutOnABus, Nils takes over her "oracle" duty.]]
** Also [[spoiler: Prince Lyon]] from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones''. Who actually aquired said powers by [[spoiler: experimenting with the Stone of Grado.]]
* Bloomseer Poplar from ''Fallout 3'' is a prophetic old lady living in the settlement of Oasis. Her precognition factors into the gameplay: you can ask about your future, and she will tell you something related to quests that you have not yet discovered.
** The same goes for the Forecaster from ''Fallout: New Vegas''. He can pretty much sum up the whole game for 300 caps.
* Fateweavers from ''KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning''. Contrary to the what the name implies, the Fateweavers can only see the Weave of Fate, they can't actually change it -- [[YouCantFightFate no one can]]. They were honored in the past, but nowadays have a poor reputation since people don't like to receive bad news and tend to blame the messenger. Their reactions to meeting The Fateless One are mixed -- part fear and shock that someone is able to alter the Weave, and part hope since the Fateless One can give them a new unwritten future.

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[[folder: Webcomics ]]

* ''TowerOfGod:'' All the Guides, which includes Evan Edrock and Hw Ryun, are said to be so knowledgable in the ways of the Tower that at times they can foretell the future. Xia Xia also works as a fortune teller, however she probably gets all her knowledge by using her ever-common light houses.
* ''DominicDeegan'' is a seer for hire.
* In ''{{Drowtales}}'', the drowussu Chiri'nide and Shimi'lande Val'Kyorlsolenurn are seers, as is the leader of the light elves of Vanaheimr, Vala Hudr. Since it was revealed that [[spoiler:drowussu are descended from light elves it may mean that prescience is a racial trait]].
* Seer is a player class in {{Homestuck}} that's concerned with seeing alternate timelines and having a non-linear perception of the main one. Notable seers include Rose, the Seer of Light, who can see the most likely path to victory. And Terezi, the Seer of Mind, who can see the consequences of people's decisions before they make them.

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[[folder: Web Original ]]

* Apollo and Hera in ''ThaliasMusings''. They're both prophecy deities who can see visions of the future.
* The Pythia in GreekNinja.

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* Pictured: Peek-A-Blue of ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower''
* Lion-O of ''{{Thundercats}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}}'' through the power of the Sword of Omens.
* In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'', Fenton Crackshell's mother gets this for an episode.
* Sally from ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' has shades of this, though it's unclear if her premeditation is a one-time thing or if she can see the future often.
* Several characters of ''DeltaState''.
* Shirley from ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''.
* Pinkie Pie of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has her "Pinkie Sense", in which specific twitches and tics of her body (or combinations thereof) indicate certain future events; for example, her tail twitching indicates something's going to fall.

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