History Main / FortuneTeller

* ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'': A palm-reading fortune teller is important to the plot of "Future Tense". Slim Doc has him tell his fortune before Lamput passes by, and the doc chases after him, with the fortune teller predicting various misfortunes aimed at Slim by reading his palm-''prints'' (such as an imprint of his hand in cement and a print of his hand in a foggy window) and coming to rescue him.

Compare the PhonyPsychic and the {{Astrologer}}.

* Uranai Baba in ''Manga/DragonBall'', who is also Master Roshi's sister.
* ''Manga/LuckyStar'''s final episode centers on preparations for the SchoolFestival, with Konata, Tsukasa and Miyuki's class running a fortune telling booth. Miyuki uses tarot cards to tell fortunes, Tsukasa attempts to do shape readings but is utterly hopeless at it, and Konata cosplays as Yuki Nagato from ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' and imitates Yuki's extremely exact predictions.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
** Konoka Konoe is an odd example in that her fortune telling is used so rarely, we never see if she has an premonition or not (though she will make blatantly fake prophecies for laughs).
** There's Negi's UnluckyChildhoodFriend, Anya, who was tasked to be a fortune teller in London to complete her training. ''[[Anime/NegimaSecondSeason Negima Neo]]'' (the alternate manga) says she's bullseye accurate.
* Kana Altair from ''Manga/SoulEaterNot'', using tarot cards to predict the future and predict the compatibility between [[EquippableAlly weapons]] and meisters.

* ''Manga/{{xxxHolic}}'' has a chapter where Yuuko demonstrates the difference between "popular" fortune telling and "real" fortune telling. The fake uses information sheets, leading questions, simple common sense, and has no sense of the supernatural (she didn't notice Mokona at all, or of Watanuki's real problems). The real fortune teller notices Mokona right off the bat, proving her supernatural sense, and only asks Watanuki his name for the sake of conversation easier before using a sand dish and her own sensing powers to pinpoint his problems exactly.
* In ''Anime/TwinPrincessOfWonderPlanet'', the princesses seek out a fortune teller so that they can get a reading on the resident Bad Boy. Said fortune teller milks it for all she can, despite not being a fraud.

* In ''Anime/{{Clannad}}'', Ryou Fujibayashi practices fortune telling (using playing cards) as a hobby. Most of the time, she's not too accurate, but she takes comfort from this, explaining that it would feel constricting if the future was set in stone. In the visual novel, she can get a deck of actual tarot cards, at which point she suddenly becomes more accurate...

* ''Literature/TheTatamiGalaxy'' has an old fortune teller who shows up in every episode to give the same speech for an increasing fee.

* Sonica of ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'' acts as an ordinary palm reader as a front. In reality, she's an invaluable interrogator for the underworld since she has the ability to read people's biological data and memories through physical contact, though the price for the information she gathers is very steep.
* Rigen of ''Mikado no Shihō'' works as this, even though his predictions are often horribly incorrect.
* ''Anime/DayBreakIllusion'' has the main character work as a fortuneteller, alongside three others. They all use tarot, because tarot is kind of [[TarotMotifs the show's thing]].
* ''Anime/LupinIIIDragonOfDoom'' has Genzai disguised as one in an attempt to kill Goemon. He fails.
* ''Manga/SailorMoon'': Sailor Mars/Rei Hino's [[ThePsychoRangers counterpart]] in the second arc of the manga, Koan, impersonates one of this for a school festival, reading only horrible, doomed futures, contrasting with a similar stand run by Rei, a girl with actual [[{{Seers}} future seeing abilities]]. In the last season of the anime Rei herself pretends to be one for another festival, but in a more positive fashion since she offered more of moral support and helpful advices rather than inventing stuff.

** One of the early stories in ''Manga/YuGiOh'' had a student claim he could see the future (by way of pre-written fortunes hidden under his cloak). When defeated, we see the kind of prediction he gave out, such as "There will be an earthquake". In Japan.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'': Mohammed Avdol of worked as one in his hometown of Cairo before meeting [[Manga/BattleTendency Joseph Joestar]]. He doesn't do much fortune telling in the story itself, but it helps set up its use of TarotMotifs.
** ''Manga/GoldenWind'': Doppio encounters a fortune teller while heading to Sardinia, who predicts why Doppio has arrived. However, the fortune teller becomes confused by Doppio's appearance and starts becoming persistent that his prediction was accurate until Diavolo emerges and kills him for wallowing too much into his identity.
* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'':
** Yume Atenbo, the president of the occult studies club, runs a fortune telling booth during the culture festival. She's scarily accurate for a setting that lacks any supernatural elements.
** Shirogane's father is shown working as a fortune teller during the New Game arc, though his work is more along the lines of relationship advice based on keen observation and personal experience.
* Chikage in ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'' practices geomancy, a form of divination that involves interpreting the patterns of thrown rocks, and is insightful on the hidden meanings of gemstones. This is rather different from her sister Mikage, who studies stones scientifically and only use the mystical side in increase public awareness.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Pinkie Pie sometimes does a fortune teller act, complete with turban and crystal ball. The joke of it is that Pinkie is a ''genuine'' -- and fairly powerful -- precognitive.

* In 1927's ''[[Film/Napoleon1927 Napoléon]]'', Joséphine de Beauharnais visits the famous clairvoyant Mlle. Lenormant, who foretells that she will be Queen one day. She'll end up close enough, ''empress'' that is.

The Fortune Teller is often an old MagicalRomani woman, though mechanical ones are not unknown. May reside at the local Creepy AmusementPark, TheFreakshow, or CircusOfFear. Expect an Eastern European accent, [[TarotMotifs Tarot Cards]], a CrystalBall, a [[ReadingTeaLeaves cup of tea]] and some sort of prophecy involving the words "I see..." They sometimes use the phrase "Cross my palm with silver" when they wish to be paid. They are very often refered as "[[MadameFortune Madame]] [[LetXBeTheUnknown X]]". They have also been known to lead a SpookySeance.

The Fortune Teller is often an old MagicalRomani woman, though mechanical ones are not unknown. May reside at the local Creepy AmusementPark, TheFreakshow, or CircusOfFear. Expect an Eastern European accent, [[TarotMotifs Tarot Cards]], a CrystalBall, a [[ReadingTeaLeaves cup of tea]] and some sort of prophecy involving the words "I see..." They sometimes use the phrase "Cross my palm with silver" when they wish to be paid. They are very often refered as "[[MadameFortune Madame]] ''X''". They have also been known to lead a SpookySeance.