History Main / MindOverMatter

* Patrick Swayze's ''Film/{{Ghost}}'' is an example of the "mind over matter only" convention.

[[caption-width-right:315:''[[WaxingLyrical ...Does it matter,]] [[Music/YoungTheGiant to any of us?]]'']]

Note that the term "mind over matter" originally had ''nothing'' to do with telekinesis, it was coined in reference to what Tropers would call HeroicWillpower (or maybe CharlesAtlasSuperpower); the mind forcing the body beyond its normal limits.

[[caption-width-right:315:Jean doesn't have to lift a finger to lift Hank.]]

** [[PhysicalGod Mewtwo]] takes this UpToEleven in the first movie.

* The Polish-French film ''Film/TheYoungMagician'' has a boy named Peter discover that he has telekinesis. He is ostracized by his peers for being "weird" but befriends an aspiring cellist. Then the military loses a canister with a highly-volatile substance (think nitroglycerin UpToEleven) that threatens to destroy the entire city, and Peter's abilities are the only thing that can contain it. He has trouble focusing them, but his friend ends up talking him through it and inspiring him to focus enough to seal the leaking canister (with each drop causing a sizable explosion) and save the town. In the epilogue, he attends his friend's first public cello performance, then causes all the flowers in the room to fly to the stage.

It's also very light in terms of Special Effects demand (no need for expensive fire effects or CG energy projectiles, just use some strings or an air-cannon to blast stuff around), making it popular with Live Action shows. It's also very simple to pull off in 3D animation. See CoconutSuperpowers.

* ''ComicBook/{{Touch}}'': Brian and Jordan get telekinetic powers. Brian's takes the form of immobilizing people in bright prisms of light, while Jordan's is moree slight of the hand/ flip over a car kind.

* Denny from ''Literature/{{Sanctuary}}'' is telekinetic. He mostly moves light objects like pens, until the battle with the ghost eater, when he [[spoiler:draws on the mental equivalent of hysterical strength to rip a door off its hinges and slam it into the ghost eater, then drop a wardrobe on him, immobilizing him.

* In Creator/PoulAnderson's ''Sargasso of Lost Starships'', the aliens. Fighting them includes flying spears.

* ''Comicbook/ElfQuest'' has Rayek, whose telekinesis was at his first appearance more of a party trick. Years of training and some other boosts let him push the limit, far enough to fly while carrying someone else, and/or repel arrows shot at him.\\

* The ''Comicbook/XMen'''s ComicBook/JeanGrey is one superhero with general-purpose telekinesis (as are her various [[SuperpowerfulGenetics genetic descendants]]). Initially, the Phoenix power was simply this at its highest level -- rearranging any and all matter down to the sub-molecular level.

** According to ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen, the strongest telekinetic mutant of the lot is Bennet du Paris a.k.a. Exodus, who is listed among the 14 living omega level mutants and is the only one with Telekinesis as his "omega power". This would place him above even Jean Grey (who is listed as an omega-level ''telepath'', but not telekinetic) and all the other characters on this list, though it is possible that the deceased/MIA/not listed mutants such as Cable and X-Man might meet or surpass him (X-Man in particular almost certainly does), at least in power. In precision, though, it's hard to find a feat surpassing his reassembly of Professor X's brain by way of telekinetic PsychicSurgery.
** On the villain's side, Comicbook/{{Apocalypse}} can manipulate living beings, inanimate objects, and to some extent energy.

* This is Psion's superpower in ''FanFic/AnAmericanSuperheroInJapan''. He is [[PowerLevels strong enough to toss cars around]], and also uses it to fly.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''[=/=]''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' {{crossover}} fanfic ''Fanfic/AShadowOfTheTitans'', the Rooster talisman becomes fused into Jade's body, giving her 'natural' telekinesis.

* Ren kidnaps Hanyuu via telekinesis in the ''Manga/InuYasha'' fanfic ''FanFic/BeyondTomorrow''.

* Chimei in the fanfic ''FanFic/FutariWaPrettyCureDragon''. She uses it on Hiroshi at least once in episode 9, in a ShoutOut to a scene in episode 6 of ''Manga/ShugoChara'' where one of Amu's Charas forces her to dance using a similar form of telekinesis.

* One of Sevag's powers in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fanfic ''FanFic/JourneyIntoDarkness''.

* Benny of the ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' fanfic ''FanFic/PisayHeroes'' has telekinesis.
* In the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' fanfic ''FanFic/{{Presets}}'', [[spoiler: Matthias's wife]] is a Reader who happens to be telekinetic. But in order for [[spoiler: her]] to do anything, [[spoiler: she]] must expend the same amount of mental energy it would take to do the task physically. So anything more than a windstorm is generally impossible.

* Finn gets telekinesis after the MassSuperEmpoweringEvent in ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' fanfic ''FanFic/RedLightning''.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ReflectionsLostOnADarkRoad'', Raven initially has her full telekinetic powers from the series, but then has them drained so much that they become near useless.
* One of the tests Jumba has Experiment 419 perform in the ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' fanfic ''[[FanFic/StarlightSeries Alpha and Omega]]'' is to see if she has levitation powers, as that was one of the things he'd been planning on working on before his [[TraumaInducedAmnesia accident]].
* Socharis, and later Enigma in the ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' fanfic ''[[FanFic/StreetsOfRageSaga Behind the World]]''.

* In ''Series/{{Legion}}'' David Haller displays a more crazed and destructive variant of telekinesis similar to Carrie or Tetsuo. [[spoiler: Although once he frees his mind from Farouk, he can use telekinesis more calmly and efficiently like Jean Grey or his father Xavier.]]

* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': The [[GodEmperor Demiurge]] Mottom has a host of magical and {{Reality Warp|er}}ing powers, but to ''really'' show off, her city-sized palace complex flies from world to world by the power of her will alone.

** Subverted in ''ComicBook/TheStrangeRevengeOfLenaLuthor''. ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s Lena Colby is made believe she has gained dangerously uncontrollable telekinesis, but in reality she is being gaslighted by a crook gang who intend to drive her crazy.

** Sylar also manages to display a version of telekinesis [[FanNickname known in some corners]] as "microscale TK" -- using telekinesis as a cutting weapon.

* Some of the more powerful [[WitchSpecies Hexenbiests]] in ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' are capable of this, although they don't use it much. It's mentioned off-handedly that this is due to their intimate connection to the "primal forces". After getting her powers back, Adalind is surprised at the extent at which she's able to do this, to the point of getting a Verrat soldier to [[PsychicAssistedSuicide shoot himself]] (although she claims to have been trying to get him to drop the gun). Her infant daughter (3/4 Hexenbiest and 1/4 Royal) is able to manipulate objects remotely without any effort, besides other powers. [[spoiler:Juliette]] is also able to do this after becoming a Hexenbiest (according to another Hexenbiest, a very powerful one), forcing a Manticore to stab himself with his own sting and exploding a car engine in a fit of anger. Later, [[spoiler:Juliette/Eve]] uses telekinesis as her primary mode of attack, either forcing enemies' heads to explode or throwing them up in the air and then slamming them down. She even gets to have a telekinetic fight with [[spoiler:Conrad Bonaparte, a full Zauberbiest]], who proves to be too strong even for her. Meanwhile, Adalind's daughter Diana is able to [[spoiler:kill Renard's girlfriend from half a city away by suffocating her with her own bedsheet]].

* One key point in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic[=/=]VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' {{crossover}} fanfic ''Fanfic/AradsStardust'' is that Twilight's telekinetic powers would be hard for XCOM to combat if she was on the other side.

*** The most likely reasons being limits in terms of special effects and that in [[Film/ANewHope the first movie]] telekinesis is basically non-existent, the Jedi only seen using [[MindManipulation Mind Over Mind]] and [[BlindfoldedVision ESP]] (to the point of sensing a planet's population's collective fear many lightyears away).

* ''{{Film/Thelma}}'': Thelma is capable of moving objects, vanishing them, teleporting, levitating and starting fires with her mind. At first she can't control it, but can by the end of the film.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''[=/=]''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' {{crossover}} fanfic ''FanFic/AShadowOfTheTitans'', the Rooster talisman becomes fused into Jade's body, giving her 'natural' telekinesis.

* This is the "default mode" of [[spoiler:Lisa Vanette]]'s awakened mage gift in the ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' fanfic ''[[FanFic/DrunkardsWalk Drunkard's Walk II: Robot's Rules of Order]]''

** As early as ''Manga/DragonBall'', Chiaotzu was shown to have [[https://i.imgur.com/0rfovWv.jpegtelekinetic abilities]]. Before Chiaotzu, there was General Blue [[https://manga1st.online/wp-content/uploads/WP-manga/data/2506/7031a20b08925196427bfedfdf49e34f/15.jpg who could freeze Goku in place with his eyes]] and [[https://i.imgur.com/hIiiRTr_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium telekinetically make ropes bind people]]. Though both Chiaotzu and Blue’s telekinesis could be broken if they’re distracted by something. Like a mouse or mathematics.
** In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', Guldo of the [[QuirkyMiniBossSquad Ginyu Force]] uses this [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dragonball/images/3/35/GuldoVsGohanAndKrillinNV02.png/revision/latest?cb=20180413034909 to immobilize Gohan and Krillin]], and nearly impales them with a sharpened tree trunk. Captain Ginyu uses [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dragonball/images/e/e5/Ginyu_Telekinesis.png/revision/latest?cb=20180705015219 it to lift the Dragon Balls]], Frieza [[https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-d695a34ce31f5635db8d0355edbc6619 uses it to hurl boulders]] at Goku [[https://media.tenor.com/images/66341297c5e8ae4a93bd81b117e557dd/tenor.gif and kill Krillin]], Cell [[https://manga1st.online/wp-content/uploads/WP-manga/data/2506/d2a3ce65d8727f46df54b12652c07451/3.jpg builds his]] [[https://manga1st.online/wp-content/uploads/WP-manga/data/2506/d2a3ce65d8727f46df54b12652c07451/4.jpg arena this way]] and the Kaioshin uses it to make Katchin the super hard metal [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xNj_9lY-S_Y/maxresdefault.jpg float]].

** Goku does something similar when he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1-C7dy31Lw sneaks out of hospital to train]]. Before that, Goku was shown [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dragonball/images/a/af/Goku_Water_TK.jpg lifting water out of it glass with his mind]], then Chi-Chi breaks his concentration and causes it to fall on him.

SingleSubstanceManipulation is a SubTrope for when this can only be done for one type of object, with [[MagnetismManipulation magnetic fields]] and [[ThePowerOfGlass glass]] being sub-sub-tropes.

* Lampshaded by Maddie Sullivan in ''ComicBook/AstroCity,'' a mid-level telekinetic who briefly considered becoming a super-heroine with the codename "Mind Over Maddie".

* One {{Retcon}} of Comicbook/{{Superman}}'s abilities proclaimed that all his super-powers were telekinesis or another [[PsychicPowers psychic power]]; this became explicit with ComicBook/{{Superboy}}, a [[HalfHumanHybrid part-Kryptonian part-human]] clone with "tactile telekinesis", allowing him to telekinetically manipulate anything he could touch. Then it got {{RetCon}}ned away again...

** For Superman these abilities were retconned, but not for Superboy. In fact, the ComicBook/{{New 52}}'s Superboy possesses telekinesis on par with/greater than the "Titans of Tomorrow" version, and also can manipulate his powers to mimic Superman (super strength by channeling TK through limbs, X-ray vision by telekinetically scanning the contents of a building/ship, which requires touching it, heat vision by intensifying his TK and channeling through his eyes, etc.)
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' foe and occasional ComicBook/SuicideSquad member Manchester Black can do this. Being a DarkerAndEdgier take on the NinetiesAntiHero archetype, his favorite tricks include giving people strokes and telekinetically stopping their hearts.

* [[Music/TheBeatles Ringo]] in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached''. Extraordinarily powerful, inasmuch as, by using his TK in conjunction with his [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling mindsight]], he has incredibly precise control and can reach at least a hundred miles with it. It does not tire him out to use it. His upper level of strength is not known, but he can toss people around and move them very rapidly. One limitation he has is that he must constantly concentrate on an item to keep it moving, and his concentration fails after 5-7 seconds, or if he's terrified, or if he's being jounced around. Still, he can do a lot in 5-7 seconds.
** Isn't it a good thing he's an ActualPacifist?

* Taylor of the ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Acceleration}}'' can freely modify the vector value of almost anything, much like Accelerator of ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex''.

* Noa from ''Fanfic/HardBeingPure'' has a telekinetic aura around her that automatically cleans dust and other impurities. When she focuses on something, she can lift somewhere around a full backpack.

* Most people skilled with Ki manipulation in the ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheFallOfLordFrieza'' have at least a little, but Frieza trained his telekinetic powers into a deadly weapon. [[spoiler: In his sixth form, he can casually smash gigantic icebergs together with little strain.]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''[=/=]''[[VideoGame/BioShock1 BioShock]]'' {{crossover}} fanfic ''Fanfic/TotalDramaRaptured'', as of chapter 25, Telekinesis is part of the group's current plasmids. [[spoiler: Unlike the game, Steinmann has this power as well]].
* This is Psion's superpower in ''FanFic/AnAmericanSuperheroInJapan''. He is [[PowerLevels strong enough to toss cars around]], and also uses it to fly

* In the ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' [[ParodyFic parody]] fanfic ''Fanfic/JustTheBestMarySueEver'', Fellaurora sends a statue flying across the room with her mind.
* One of psychic Franchise/{{Pokemon}} N's powers in ''Fanfic/NaturalLiberated'' is telekinesis. Sebrina, Reshiram, and Zekrom have it as well.

* ''Fanfic/ElementalsOfHarmony'': Unicorns have telekinesis, which they usually apply in MundaneUtility to carry things, like in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/1048/3/elementals-of-harmony/even-on-the-battlefield "Even on the Battlefield"]], where Address Unknown uses it to hold letters.
* ''Fanfic/{{Adjacency}}'': Part of {{Unicorn}} magic, usually used for MundaneUtility like flipping book pages.

* ''Fanfic/CaseySteele'': Usually shortened from "Telekinesis" to "TK". Power and finesse are usually mutually exclusive -- you can either lift a lot of mass or handle small objects -- and being able to do both is considered very impressive.
* ''Fanfic/SteelSoulSaga'': ''Steel Soul'': {{Unicorn}} telekinesis, cast through their horns, for the MundaneUtility of moving things around.

[[folder:Web Comics]]
* The titular superhero of [[http://ajcomic.com/ Average Joe]] has this as one of his many powers, which seems to be [[http://ajcomic.com/?p=745 limited]] by his ability to concentrate at the time.
* In ''Webcomic/BitsFair'', Irya and Ida's dad both exhibit telekinetic powers, which are called "mindlymoving" in the setting.
* Sofia of ''Webcomic/BreakpointCity'' can do this.
* The eponymous character of ''Webcomic/{{Daniel}}'' is a vampire who can move objects without touching them. He also uses his ability to [[PowerFloats float]] for added dramatic effect.
* One of Nanashi's pool of powers in ''Webcomic/{{Earthsong}}''.

* The aptly-named Dr. Kinesis in ''Webcomic/EvilPlan''.
* As Antimony's powers develop in ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'', she gains the ability to affect the physical world while [[AstralProjection projecting]] her mind through the ether. Her mother [[spoiler:and Jack, while [[PowersViaPossession infected with an etheric parasite]],]] were able to {{fl|ight}}y through this.
* Quite a few of the Trolls in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' have some form of PsychicPowers, but Sollux and Aradia, [[spoiler: after [[DeadAllAlong she became a ghost]]]], are the only ones with telekinesis. Both of them prefer to use their abilities to fight rather than allocating a specific weapon to their [[WeaponOfChoice Strife Specibus.]]

* A natural ability of [[{{Unicorn}} Unicorns]] in ''Webcomic/HoovesOfDeath,'' which is part of the reason for their incredible combat potential against [[ZombieApocalypse the hordes of the undead]]. They're shown using it to pull the pins of grenades, lower fussy children down from trees during a rescue, or to throw [[{{HellHound}} Hellhounds]] over the horizon.
* Joanne and Masha from ''Webcomic/{{Inhibit}}'' both have the power of telekinesis.
* The [[GodEmperor Demiurge]] Mottom in ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'' has a host of magical and {{Reality Warp|er}}ing powers, but to ''really'' show off, her city-sized palace complex flies from world to world by the power of her will alone.
* Most, but not all, Espers in ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100.''
* Clau, from ''[[Webcomic/M9Girls M9 Girls!]]'', uses her telekinesis in the usual way, and also to create force fields.
* Tatsumaki from ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' is the most powerful psychic on Earth, easily capable of feats such as [[ColonyDrop pulling an asteroid out of space to use against a foe]] or [[CatchAndReturn catching hundreds of shells from an alien ship in mid-air, then using them against the ship who fired the bombardment]]. After the death of Lord Boros' telekinetic psychic, she may now be the most powerful psychic in the galaxy... especially since she can have at least some effect on [[InvincibleHero Saitama]]. Her [[BigLittleSister younger sister]] Fubuki has the same telekinetic abilities, but much to her frustration isn't anywhere near as strong.
* ''Webcomic/{{Project 0}}'': [[http://www.centralcitytower.com/2010/12/modding-movement.html Movement]] powers as a subset of modding.
* In ''{{Webcomic/Sarilho}}'', telekinesis is apparently the most common ''Talent'' in the Meditan Empire.
* Jina Ellison's natural superpower in ''Webcomic/{{Sidekicks}}''. [[BigBad Metheos]] also displayed some usage of this power.
* In ''Webcomic/SpareKeysForStrangeDoors'', Marion Sark.
* In ''Webcomic/TheSpecialists'', [[http://thespecialistscomic.com/page-70/ Lady Liberty]].
* Some of the Abductees in the ''Webcomic/WalkyVerse'' have this power.

* Most, but not all, Espers in ''Manga/MobPsycho100.''

* Tatsumaki from ''WebComic/OnePunchMan'' is the most powerful psychic on Earth, easily capable of feats such as [[ColonyDrop pulling an asteroid out of space to use against a foe]] or [[CatchAndReturn catching hundreds of shells from an alien ship in mid-air, then using them against the ship who fired the bombardment]]. After the death of Lord Boros' telekinetic psychic, she may now be the most powerful psychic in the galaxy... especially since she can have at least some effect on [[InvincibleHero Saitama]]. Her [[BigLittleSister younger sister]] Fubuki has the same telekinetic abilities, but much to her frustration isn't anywhere near as strong.

** Macy Vaughn's power from the 2018 reboot.

[[folder:Western Animation]]
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AlmostNakedAnimals'', Howie gets a remote control stuck to his head. He gains telekinetic powers after it gets wet while he tries to remove it.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', most bending is controlled by physical actions. Only a handful of benders have surpassed this limitation:
** King Bumi can bend the earth from a distance with his ''face''.
** "Combustion" Man wields an unusual form of Firebending that projects explosive blasts from the third eye tattoo on his forehead.
** Yakone and his sons [[spoiler:Amon/Noatak and Tarrlok]] can do this with Bloodbending since they have a natural talent for it. They can twist an entire roomful of people into pretzels without even lifting a finger.
** Ming-Hua is missing her arms, but this handicap doesn't stop her from being a potent Waterbender. She simply psychically bends water to fashion replacement limbs.
** Ming'Hua's comrade P'Li is even better at Combustion-bending than the original Combustion Man, being able to curve her shots around cover.
* Used in its original meaning in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', when a villain turns out to be nigh-invulnerable purely by ''convincing himself that he is''. Apparently, all you need when you're falling from a high-rise is to imagine that you can't get hurt, and you'll be fine. Bruce utters this trope's title.
** PsychicPowers are involved as well as NinetyPercentOfYourBrain.
* Yumi of ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' can perform telekinesis while in the virtual world of Lyoko, most often using it offensively to crush XANA's monsters under boulders. She can also use it to levitate her teammates on occasion.
** In the short pilot "Garage Kids", unlike in the main series, Yumi can use this power while in the real world.
* [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Danny]] used this power to hand [[HarmlessVillain The Box Ghost]] a broom after he got ahold of PandorasBox.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Stewie after [[ILoveNuclearPower being exposed to nuclear waste]].
* The ComicBook/MartianManhunter was depicted with telekinesis being among his powers on ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' and ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' (the latter also giving it to Miss Martian).
* Unicorns in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' are all magically gifted, which is usually portrayed as some form of telekinesis. This really comes in handy in their daily lives, since it allows them to easily do things like reading books, carrying small objects etc. despite their lack of fingered hands. Twilight Sparkle, however, specializes in magic and is thus extremely powerful (e.g. plucking all apples from tens of trees at once, then neatly putting them in baskets). The only other unicorn we've seen with anywhere near her level of power is Trixie, [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter and even she pales in comparison.]]
** Actually [[SmallNameBigEgo Trixie]] never does anything all that impressive, least of all with her telekenesis, as she really only handles her hat and a rope using it. [[ActionFashionista Rarity]], on the other hand, has demonstrated rather impressive telekenesis on a couple occasions. In one episode, she levitated roughly a dozen mannequins at once, and in another, she summons a couch from her house for the sole purpose of [[DramaQueen fainting melodramatically onto it because she realized she forgot to bring plates on their picnic.]]
** To some extent they can create objects from nothing, as seen when Trixie conjures up flowers during her show. Sure, they might not be real (she performs ''tricks'' after all), but the freaking '''storm cloud''' she uses to embarrass Rainbow Dash certainly was.
*** This is backed up in the Winter Wrap Up episode, where Twilight mentions that the Unicorns in Canterlot use their magic to change the weather(or at least the seasons).
** Twilight's telekinesis is also capable of handling extreme loads [[spoiler:such as rebuilding a dam after it has burst, or levitating a full water-tower, and possibly the Ursa (depending on just how heavy a bear literally ''made of the sky'' really is).]]
** Starlight Glimmer is skilled enough with telekinesis for her to [[NotQuiteFlight levitate herself]] with similar finesse to Pegasus flight.
* In ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'', Pinky once makes some paperclips fly in the air. When an astonished Brain asks about it, Pinky just casually says "Comes and goes."
* In the 1973/74 ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' episode "The Balloon People", the title characters have modest telekinetic power. When acting together, they can move a doghouse.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo'' this is one of the many supernatural powers [[BigBad Skeleton King]] possesses. Chiro learns this the hard way in their first fight when Skeleton King telekinetically tosses him around his throne room.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', Comicbook/DoomPatrol leader Mento has this, and it seems to also be part of the standard package for the SuperpowerLottery winners, among which we have most prominently [[DarkMagicalGirl Raven]], [[SinisterMinister Brother Blood]] and even -- on one occasion never mentioned again -- [[BigBad Slade]].
* Used in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', where the school of Cyber-Ninjutsu that Prowl and Jazz practice features mastery of "processor over matter" as its ultimate technique. It's used by mechanical beings.
* In ''WesternAnimation/WandaAndTheAlien'', telekinesis is Alien's main speciality.
* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': Major Threat has a ton of psychic powers, such as telekinesis, brainwashing, and forcefields.
* ''WesternAnimation/WhatsWithAndy'': Discussed in "Scary Teri" when [[ThePrankster Andy]] tries to convince everybody that his BigSisterBully Jen's best friend Teri is telekinetic.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' Cornelia gains telekinesis as her power upgrade in season two. Will also has telekinesis as part of her power of [[ElementNumberFive Quintessence]] but it only applies to inanimate objects.
* In ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'', Jean is the most prominent user of this. At first, she's fairly limited, but after going through a power surge early in Season 2, during which her powers go out of control and she displays the ability to manipulate matter on a fundamental level, making her a borderline RealityWarper, she settles at a much stronger level than before.
** [[spoiler: Legion]] is even stronger than Jean.
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** As early as ''Manga/DragonBall'', Chiaotzu was shown to have [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dragonball/images/9/99/ChaozuTelekinesis.png/revision/latest?cb=20110414120002 telekinetic abilities]]. Before Chiaotzu, there was General Blue [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/powerlisting/images/3/3a/General_Blue_uses_paralyzing_telekinesis.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20190915131930 who could freeze Goku in place with his eyes]] and telekinetically make ropes bind people. Though both Chiaotzu and Blue’s telekinesis could be broken if they’re distracted by something. Like a mouse or mathematics.
** In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', Guldo of the [[QuirkyMiniBossSquad Ginyu Force]] uses this [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dragonball/images/3/35/GuldoVsGohanAndKrillinNV02.png/revision/latest?cb=20180413034909 to immobilise Gohan and Krillin]], and nearly impales them with a sharpened tree trunk. Captain Ginyu uses [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dragonball/images/e/e5/Ginyu_Telekinesis.png/revision/latest?cb=20180705015219 it to lift the Dragon Balls]], Frieza [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/xianb/images/e/ec/Psychicbarragenewmini.gif/revision/latest?cb=20171130174029 uses it to hurl boulders]] at Goku [[https://media.tenor.com/images/66341297c5e8ae4a93bd81b117e557dd/tenor.gif and kill Krillin]], Cell [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dragonball/images/8/88/DBZ_Manga_Psycho_Crash_-_Cell_Games_Arena_Under_Construction_DBZ_ch0195-p003.png/revision/latest?cb=20180318161159 builds his]] [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dragonball/images/a/aa/DBZ_Manga_Psycho_Crash_-_Cell_Games_Arena_Under_Construction_DBZ_ch0195-p004.png/revision/latest?cb=20180318162025 arena this way]] and the Kaioshin uses it to make Katchin the super hard metal [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSPZCU8yjwwsBDvT38q-H0jRs3BhYjYlMINpQ&usqp=CAU float]].
** An early filler scene shows Piccolo lifting ''[[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/powerlisting/images/2/29/Piccolo_telekinesis.gif/revision/latest?cb=20190915131430 an entire pyramid]]'' while meditating, though it takes his full concentration.
** Goku does something similar when he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1-C7dy31Lw sneaks out of hospital to train]]. Before that, Goku was shown [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K4oHqDNi9Uk lifting water out of it glass with his mind]], then Chi-Chi breaks his concentration and causes it to fall on him.