History Main / MySignificanceSenseIsTingling

* In the ''Literature/DoctorWhoMissingAdventures'' novel ''Millennial Rites'', the transformation of half of London into a LowFantasy CosmicHorrorStory setting is detected by [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} a blond haired man in a dirty trenchcoat]] in a Dublin pub and [[Comicbook/DoctorStrange a thoughtful man levitating in a voluminous blue cloak]] in a New York brownstone.

* Over the two occasions when Jean Grey emerges as the Phoenix in ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'', [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], Comicbook/DoctorStrange, ComicBook/CaptainBritain, Uatu and Eternity can all be seen reacting to her one way or another.

** ComicBook/SpiderMan is the serial perpetrator of this trope. Whenever something cosmic goes down, his Spider-Sense goes haywire.

** Single-issue example: ''Wisdom'' #5 comes at it from both ends, with the fairy and the alien both sensing a "change in the worlds".

** In his original incarnation, one of Drax the Destroyer's powers was {{Telepathy}} which he could use to track Thanos across vast distances. After his second reincarnation, Drax loses his telepathy but possessed the ability to either sense Thanos or other beings who have been in recent contact with Thanos, alongside a precognitive ability to sense when beings will be in contact with Thanos in the near future.

** By Belkar. Yes, [[PsychoForHire that]] [[BloodKnight Belkar.]] See [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0418.html here]] and [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0478.html here]]. The second one is the more serious example.

Compare TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne (a character who can sense another character's PowerLevel), {{Seers}}, GutFeeling, ImCryingButIDontKnowWhy, {{Synchronization}} and SneezeCut.

* Midoriya in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' gains access to this as one of the previous One For All holders’ quirks that he’s able to tap into.

* ''Fanfic/TheArithmancer'': When a scene cut shows Ginny blowing up about Rita Skeeter getting her name wrong, Hermione (on a different continent) turns to her friends and asks, "Did you hear something just now?" She concludes that she must have imagined it.

* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', it seems that Hohenheim (as well as all of the Xingese characters who can feel chi) are able to feel shifts in alchemy around Father, much like a [[Franchise/StarWars "disturbance in the Force"]]. [[spoiler: like when he temporarily turns off all the alchemy in central]]

** "Whatcha doin'?" is Isabella's {{Catchphrase}}, and she's ''quite'' determined to keep it that way. In the ChristmasSpecial, when Candace says it to Jeremy over the phone, the show cuts to Isabella at her house, sensing that someone else said it by squinting and shifting her eyes suspiciously.

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* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling/AnimeAndManga
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling/FanWorks
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling/VideoGames
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling/WesternAnimation
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* In the Franchise/MarvelUniverse:

[[folder:Webcomics]]

* ''WebCOmic/TowerOfGod''

* River sometimes in ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. In "[[Recap/FireflyE08OutOfGas Out of Gas]]", she senses incoming fire that kills the engines, though the others assume she means the fire on Simon's birthday candles. It's linked to her brain being altered and her being able to feel emotions and things. It's also how she knows about Miranda in the film.

[[folder:Films — Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' has Master Shifu sensing [[spoiler:Po being shot by Lord Shen's cannon.]] Also at the end, [[spoiler:Po's biological father]] senses [[spoiler:his son]] is alive and well.

[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]

* ''Series/BlakesSeven''.

** During the "Liars, Guns and Money" trilogy Stark breaks down screaming when he senses that Scorpius has just executed 10,000 slaves, including members of Stark's species, that the crew of Moya were trying to save.
* River sometimes in ''{{Series/Firefly}}''. In "Out of Gas" she senses incoming fire that kills the engines, though the others assume she means the fire on Simon's birthday candles. It's linked to her brain being altered and her being able to feel emotions and things. It's also how she knows about Miranda in the film.
* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': Crow says this after Mike blows up Earth in the episode "The Deadly Mantis" - "I felt... a disturbance... as if a million monkeys cried out at once... and were suddenly silenced."

** Spock in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' has an Obi-Wan moment nine years before the TropeNamer in "The Immunity Syndrome", where he senses the shock and terror of 400 Vulcan crewmen [[spoiler:who were eaten by a giant amoeba]]. But then again, Vulcans are usually somewhat telepathic if the plot demands it.
** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': this was one of [[TheEmpath Troi's]] main jobs. However, it was a StoryBreakerPower for many mystery solving episodes and so her abilities [[DependingOnTheWriter varied wildly]] from one episode to another.
*** When Troi wasn't around, [[AlmightyJanitor Guinan]] had this ability, especially in regards to the antics of the RealityWarper Q. In "Q Who?", she spends the first portion of the episode with a vague feeling of unease and, when Q makes his appearance, declares "I ''knew'' it was you." In "Yesterday's Enterprise," time-travel antics lead to changes on the starship, with Guinan the only person able to realize that something isn't right. The film ''Generations'' would reveal that Guinan's powers are possibly derived from [[spoiler: the time she spent trapped in the Nexus, giving her a mild degree of omniscience.]]
** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In the episode "Tears of the Prophets," [[TheCaptain Sisko]] senses when the Prophets are attacked and the wormhole collapses.
** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': In "Time and Again", an industrial disaster wipes out an entire planetary civilization. Kes sleeps through the shockwave as it strikes Voyager, but [[CatapultNightmare sits up in bed]] as she telepathically senses the massive death toll.
* In ''Series/StrangerThings''[='=] third season, Will can sense when [[BigBad the Mind Flayer]] is active or nearby, apparently as an aftereffect of it having possessed him previously.
* In ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' when Charlie's girlfriend talks to Alan about how her large breasts are causing her back pains, Alan suggests that she gets breast reduction surgery. As soon as he says that, the scene is switched to upstairs, where Charlie immediately awakens and sits up, realizing that something is wrong.

[[folder:Web Comics]]

* In the MarvelUniverse:

** Uatu the Watcher shows up and stands around ominously whenever the writers feel the need to add cosmic weight to an event. Used by genre-savvy villain Thanos in the Infinity Gauntlet mini-series to identify the start of hostilities. He knows it's about to go down because the Watcher has appeared in space by his temple. This may well be why Marvel did away with Uatu in the [[ComicBook/OriginalSin Original Sin crossover]] in 2014. Virtually everyone in the Marvel universe knew that Uatu's presence was a bellwether for Important Cosmic Stuff.

** In the original [[ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga Dark Phoenix]] story, when Jean initially goes crazy in Central Park and easily whups the X-Men, about three or four panels show the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, and the Silver Surfer reacting to the massive outpouring of bad energy.
** Something very similar was caused purposely by the Silver Surfer in the early stages of Atlantis Attacks. And an even more similar stance happened in the mid-1970s Avengers story that featured [[spoiler:Michael Korvak slaughtering Starhawk.]]
** ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}} possessed an ability named "cosmic awareness" which allowed him to detect threats and perceive changes in the universe as long as they are important to him for some reason. This ability could be used internally, allowing him to know he was dying of cancer before it was even confirmed. His DistaffCounterpart and later [[LegacyCharacter successor]] ComicBook/CarolDanvers had a limited variant of this ability that would activate against her control.
** In his original incarnation, one of ComicBook/DraxTheDestroyer's powers was {{Telepathy}} which he could use to track ComicBook/{{Thanos}} across vast distances. After his second reincarnation, Drax loses his telepathy but possessed the ability to either sense Thanos or other beings who have been in recent contact with Thanos, alongside a precognitive ability to sense when beings will be in contact with Thanos in the near future.

** ComicBook/TheJoker ceasing to laugh has been used as a sign that something ''really'' bad is happening.

* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' occasionally has Destiny turning the pages of his book and looking troubled. One of these, in issue 5, is the first time we ever see Destiny (in ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', at any rate).

* Inverted in K.H. Metzger's ''Skye Sparkler'', where the title superheroine has a "trouble sense" that tells her when (and approximately where) something bad is about to happen.

* Unintentionally [[DefiedTrope defied]] in the Spider-Man newspaper comic strip, where Spider-Man's spider-sense frequently just seems to cease to exist.

* Spock in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' has an Obi-Wan moment nine years before the TropeNamer in "The Immunity Syndrome", where he senses the shock and terror of 400 Vulcan crewmen [[spoiler:who were eaten by a giant amoeba]]. But then again, Vulcans are usually somewhat telepathic if the plot demands it.
* In ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' this was one of [[TheEmpath Troi's]] main jobs. However, it was a StoryBreakerPower for many mystery solving episodes and so her abilities [[DependingOnTheWriter varied wildly]] from one episode to another.
** When Troi wasn't around, [[AlmightyJanitor Guinan]] had this ability, especially in regards to the antics of the RealityWarper Q. In "Q Who?", she spends the first portion of the episode with a vague feeling of unease and, when Q makes his appearance, declares "I ''knew'' it was you." In "Yesterday's Enterprise," time-travel antics lead to changes on the starship, with Guinan the only person able to realize that something isn't right. The film ''Generations'' would reveal that Guinan's powers are possibly derived from [[spoiler: the time she spent trapped in the Nexus, giving her a mild degree of omniscience.]]
* In the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Tears of the Prophets," [[TheCaptain Sisko]] senses when the Prophets are attacked and the wormhole collapses.
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. In "Time and Again", an industrial disaster wipes out an entire planetary civilization. Kes sleeps through the shockwave as it strikes Voyager, but [[CatapultNightmare sits up in bed]] as she telepathically senses the massive death toll.

* In the episode of ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' called "The Addams Family Meet the [=VIPs=]", two Russian diplomats choose a random location from a phonebook using a pin from one of their suits. The scene cuts to Morticia, who fees as if she was struck by a pin.

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': Crow says this after Mike blows up Earth in the episode "The Deadly Mantis" - "I felt... a disturbance... as if a million monkeys cried out at once... and were suddenly silenced."

* In the episode of ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' called "The Addams Family Meet the VIPs", two Russian diplomats choose a random location from a phonebook using a pin from one of their suits. The scene cuts to Morticia, who fees as if she was struck by a pin.

** Dabbler has the ability to sense sexy-times by virtue of being [[HornyDevils a succubus]]. [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/641 Sydney dubs it "Porno Sense"]] before blurting out that it must be the ''best'' sense when it tingles.

** {{Exaggerated}}: In episode 540 (ep. 123 of season 3), the head of the Lo Po Bia family merely readies his version of the Shinsu Black Hole Sphere to use it as a threat -- and ''everyone in the Tower'' can feel it, something like a feeling that they're screwed now.

* Seen in the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''-featured movie ''Film/PumaMan''. The main character will often grab his forehead when he "senses danger." Just what you want in a superhero -- when he senses danger, he gets a headache. Not to mention he only manages to do so once or twice out of the several times he's attacked.

* In ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' this was one of [[TheEmpath Troi's]] main jobs. However, it was a StoryBreakerPower for many mystery solving episodes and so her abilities varied wildly from one episode to another.

* In the episode of ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' called The Addams Family Meet the VIP's,two Russian diplomats pinpoint the random location from a phonebook using their pin then the scene cuts to Morticia who felt as if she was struck by a pin.

Compare TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne (a character who can sense another character's PowerLevel), {{Seers}}, GutFeeling, ImCryingButIDontKnowWhy, and SneezeCut.

* Parodied in ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'': When Scott’s sister and girlfriend strike up a friendship independently from him, Scott is suddenly struck with an ominous feeling.

* River sometimes in ''{{Series/Firefly}}''. In “Out of Gas” she senses incoming fire that kills the engines, though the others assume she means the fire on Simon’s birthday candles. It’s linked to her brain being altered and her being able to feel emotions and things. It’s also how she knows about Miranda in the film.

** And the scene earlier on in which Legolas is commenting that "something stirs in the East," just before Pippin tries to use the Palantír and draws Sauron's attention to Edoras

* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' does this in an [[TearJerker absolutely heartbreaking way]] after [[spoiler: Thanos erases half of the life in the universe with the complete Gauntlet. Mantis's [[TheEmpath empathetic powers]] allow her to sense the pain, sorrow, and fear of countless sentient beings turning to ash--"Something...is happening..."--just before she is taken herself. Immediately after this, Peter Parker's SpiderSense starts going haywire: "Mr. Stark? I don't feel so good..." Since this power allows him to foretell danger, it's an indication that his body ''knows'' he's about to be consumed, too, and he spends his last seconds alive [[PleaseDontLeaveMe begging Tony to save him--"I don't wanna go..."]]]]

[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* Various anime series have a RunningGag based on a Japanese superstition: someone will say something about someone else, and then the scene will [[SneezeCut cut to that someone else sneezing]]; it's often followed by "someone must be talking about me".
* The meisters of ''Manga/SoulEater'' are born with the ability of "soul perception", an adaptation that is supposed to make hunting easier. It varies from being able to tell where someone is, who someone is, being able to tell when someone is lying (Joe Buttataki), up to being able to find any specific person on earth (Maka). Normally in a fight, these people can tell if the group is being followed, if there is a traitor in their midst, etc. Doesn't really work on witches, who have adapted to get around this.
* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' [[{{Padding}} has quite a few scenes]] of the [[OvershadowedByAwesome second-tier characters]] [[SupernaturalMartialArts sensing the energy]] of the heroes or villains powering up or launching their most powerful attack. As the {{Power Level}}s ramp up, these scenes start occurring with characters on other ''planets'' or even in ''the afterlife''. Then the SequelSeries ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' amps it up by introducing the concept of Godly Ki, which mortals can't even sense.
** ''Super'' also reveals that [[PhysicalGod Beerus]], a God of Destruction, and his attendant Whis have the ability to sense KillingIntent, no matter how good they are at hiding it. This ability is unique to the Gods of Destruction and their attendants. [[spoiler:It's how they discover Zamasu is intending to murder his teacher Gowasu, something Gowasu, Goku, and the Supreme Kai of Universe 7 were unable to detect.]]
** Later on in ''Super'' the heroes get to meet people from other universes, and are surprised to discover that they can't sense those peoples' Ki due to the differences between the natures of their worlds. The sole exception to this is Universe 6, which can be seen as justified since it and Universe 7 are "brothers".
* In the ending of ''Manga/TokyoMewMew,'' ''everyone'' is suddenly able to sense something is wrong with Ichigo. Turns out [[spoiler: Ichigo has just given her own life so Masaya and the Earth can survive and for everyone else to revive too.]]
* At one point in ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'', Noel and Coco suddenly sense that Lucia and the others are facing down Michel all the way in ''Antarctica''. What's more, their powers seem to reach that far to help out, even though it depends on their singing voices -- we've heard of carrying, but this is ridiculous.
* In ''Manga/{{X1999}}'', the Dragons (the people involved in determining the outcome of the Apocalypse) can innately sense when a kekkai has been raised or broken... which is tantamount to knowing that a battle is going down.
* In the penultimate episode of the first season of ''Anime/SailorMoon'', the title heroine is able to sense when [[spoiler:Sailor Mercury]] dies; she bears witness to the other deaths but this one she wasn't present for.
** Likewise from the Anime's Sailor Moon R [[spoiler: Petz]] seemingly is able to feel, and possibly hear [[spoiler: Saphire's]] death, and his final confession.
** In the manga, Diana shivers when [[spoiler:Mistress 9 rips out Chibiusa's crystal, essentially leaving her dying.]] Later, Hotaru apparently senses when [[spoiler:Galaxia has come to attack Pluto, prompting her to teleport to Pluto's side to help (though sadly, it doesn't do any good).]]
** In general, Rei is stated to possess psychic abilities and can sense when evil energies are present.
** In the anime, this occasionally happens to Mamoru. One particular instance is him passing by Nephrite (in his human disguise) and both freeze up from the reaction.
** Luna also had a strong reaction to being near Jadeite's presence when he was in disguise but couldn't tell who due to her being inside a basket.
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'':
** In one early chapter, Kunō has a vivid daydream of giving "The pig-tailed girl" ([[GenderBender a.k.a. Ranma in female form]]) a very passionate kiss. Cue cut to Ranma shuddering violently, and responding to Akane's question of what's wrong with, "Dunno, just a sudden chill."
** Similarly, in the late manga, both Akane and Ranma feel a sudden sense of something being wrong when [[VillainOfTheWeek Lime of the Musk Dynasty]] throttles Ryōga to the brink of death.
** This may possibly be the explanation for how Akane heard Ranma's declaration of love (which is equally implied to have been merely thought, rather then spoken) in the final chapter.
* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', those who possess a Geass Code or are in the Sword of Akasha can sense others with Geass powers.
* The ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' series has Newtypes who do this with special senses. it's mainly the main characters and main villains who do it though.
** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'', during one of the last episodes, Kira inexplicably senses that [[CharClone Rau Le Creuset]] is attempting to destroy the [[CoolShip Archangel]] and heads off to save his friends. Muu and Rau had used this ability to sense each other multiple times throughout the series, but Kira had not demonstrated such an ability before. The ability is never really given an explanation. [[spoiler: Although, in the case of Muu and Rau, it may be due to the fact that they're related.]]
* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', it seems that Hohenheim (as well as all of the Xingese characters who can feel chi) are able to feel shifts in alchemy around Father, much like a [[Franchise/StarWars "disturbance in the Force"]]. [[spoiler: like when he temporarily turns off all the alchemy in central]]
* In ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', during the final part of the Magic World arc, ''everyone'' with any magical skill sensed [[spoiler:Negi turn demonic]] from every range possible.
* Elie pulls this in ''Anime/RaveMaster'' at the end of Sieg's fight, though it's mainly just to tease that one of the manga's "[[MrFanservice best liked]]" characters may have died.
* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', the shinigami have the ability to sense when someone else is fighting, doing badly in a fight, or about to die, by "feeling" their Reiatsu (or spiritual pressure, if you want). Often said shinigami are a good couple of miles away from the fight (or whatever else may be happening), and more often than not, in a position where they can't really go and help out.
* In the manhwa ''Manhwa/{{Yureka}}'', Ah-Dol down right says the Trope's name in the Demon King Quest arc. At least in the translation anyway...
* Nyarko from ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' claims that her IdiotHair functions as a Malign Deity Radar (a ShoutOut to ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro''); [[DeadpanSnarker Mahiro]] thinks that it only works when she wants it to.
* In ''Literature/{{Anpanman}}'', Anpanman himself has super hearing as one of his superpowers, allowing him to hear calls of distress or his name being called from wherever he happens to be.
* It happened in Episode 23 of ''Manga/RockLeesSpringtimeOfYouth'' Where Rock Lee in the body of Naruto uses the Transformation technique to turn into Sakura and does a "Monroe Jutsu", cut to the real Sakura who is far away felt discomfort as if someone is making fun of her.
* In ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'', the Eight Kings of the Gourmet World have maintained their dominance for centuries thanks to their [[SpiderSense ability to sense any potential threats]]. [[spoiler:When Toriko wakes up after his battle with Starjun]], the Eight Kings [[OhCrap immediately realize they are in danger]].
* In an extra chapter of ''Manga/StrawberryShakeSweet'', Ran drinks alcohol for the first time, unleashing her inner ButchLesbian. Ryou, the VisualKei pop star, is half a city away when this happens:
-->'''Ryou:''' I sense a new comrade. A [[YuriGenre yuri]] nova was just born.
* In ''Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu'', MysteriousWaif [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Ruru/Lulu]] can sense Flame Power, an ability used to great effect as both a substitute for MissionControl and, since in this world, Flame is both a Ki analogue and AppliedPhlebotinum, to double as TheEmpath.
* The eponymous warriors in ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'' can sense yoki, the demonic energy that also powers them, at a distance--though some can do so much better than others. However, when [[spoiler:Teresa of the Faint Smile is reborn]], ''every single'' Claymore across the land feels it.
* In ''Manga/CaseClosed'', when Ran watches Shinichi run off at the amusement park, she has a premonition that she'll never see him again. Given that this is when he's turned into Conan, that's not entirely inaccurate (she does see him, but has no idea who he is).
* In ''Anime/ConcreteRevolutioChoujinGensou'', the RobotGirl Earth-chan can detect whenever someone is crying out for help from the bottom of their heart, allowing her to immediately come to the rescue.
* ''[[Anime/ProjectAko Project A-ko]]'': In ''Uncivil Wars'', A-ko pauses in the middle of her fight with Liza when she hears B-ko call her name telepathically... at the exact moment she's [[spoiler: [[OurHeroIsDead shot and killed]]]] by Gail.
* In ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', zodiac members can feel the curse linking them if they try, although most do not [[MadeASlave for obvious reasons]]. This is unfortunate- if they had, more of them might have realized that [[spoiler:it's fading]].
-->'''Shigure:''' ''([[IJustWantToBeFree triumphantly]])'' Hatori, can't you hear it? The sound of ''breaking''.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/TheArithmancer'': When a scene cut shows Ginny blowing up about Rita Skeeter getting her name wrong, Hermione (on a different continent) turns to her friends and asks, "Did you hear something just now?" She concludes that she must have imagined it.
* In ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', Gravemoss' first major spell with the Darkhold, in Paris, draws this reaction from most of the psychically/mystically sensitive people around the world, to varying degrees based on proximity - Wanda Maximoff's on the other side of the planet and her hands glow red. Harry Dresden is practically right above Gravemoss (who's in the catacombs under Paris, the charmingly named 'City of the Dead') and has a full on seizure.
** Dumbledore mentions that Jean Grey's first power manifestation at the age of ''six'' was sensed by most every person with trained psychic senses on the planet.
** [[spoiler: Harry being resurrected by the Phoenix]] has a similar effect, though it's directly compared to Gravemoss' spell as more of a whisper than a shout, but one that carries a very long way.
** In ''Ghosts of the Past'', [[spoiler: Harry and Maddie's]] psychic brawl gives ''everyone'' some degree of PsychicNosebleed, and the more powerful the psychic/mage, the worse they're affected.
* In Chapter 2 of the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' fanfiction [[https://www.quotev.com/story/9963874/Diamond-Talent/2 "Diamond Talent"]], when Yellow Diamond says that she wishes to terminate the Cluster, Lapis, in the barn, tells Peridot that she (Lapis) feels a disturbance.
* A throwaway joke in the ''Fanfic/FacingTheFutureSeries'' when Danny's "Father Sense" is tingling after Jack caused a citywide blackout.
* In ''FanFic/QueenOfAllOni'', all of the heroes feel it when [[spoiler: Jade [[BrainwashedAndCrazy transforms Viper into Hebi]]]]. Uncle and Tohru get the willies, as per canon whenever they sensed something evil and magical in nature, but even the others all feel a sudden pall of despair.
* ''[[Fanfic/TheUltimateEvil The Stronger Evil]]'': When the demon chi fragments are awakened, all the actual demons feel it as waves of chi radiate out from them.
* ''Fanfic/{{Kage}}'': When [[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures Jade]] first arrives in [[WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}} Meridian]] from the Shadowrealm, it is sensed by more experienced magic users like Arkhanta's ancient Heart Yua and ex-Guardians Nerissa and Yan Lin as a disturbance in the magical Veil surrounding Meridian. The Oracle Himerish senses Jade's arrival in the form of a headache followed by [[TheProphecy an ancient vision]] of one of his predecessors.
* In ''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space'', [=TuMok=] of Mars uses the power of the Farce (the natural incompetence found in any organization) to get out of their cell. But it stops working when the BigBad's HypercompetentSidekick is about to arrive on the scene. "I sense a disturbance in the Farce. It is called Efficiency."
* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' has these instances:
** In the Big P Pokémon Race Interlude sidestory, Ash's Pidgeot arrives in Kalos to deliver a message from Serena, and muses that she couldn't shake off the feeling that Ash and the others somehow were in danger. This was specifically tied to the events of [[WhamEpisode Chapter 23]], when Ash and Co. had to fight their way through the Gringy City Power Plant, taken over by a horde of Poison-type Pokémon.
** PlayedForLaughs in the Chapter 36 omake, when Charizard practices his Seismic Toss and Togepi sees it and begins to imitate him. Suddenly, Charizard begins to get the idea to train Togepi to see if he can learn to do that, learn Flamethrower or something like that, and Pikachu senses "a horrible disturbance on the force of all things pure and innocent".
* ''Fanfic/APossibleEncounterForAPhantom'' has a PlayedForLaughs version. WesternAnimation/KimPossible tells [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Danny Fenton]] she prefers Nasty Burger over Bueno Nacho. In Middleton, despite not knowing what Kim's doing, Ron can somehow sense something is wrong with the world when she says that.
* [[WarGod War Gods]] in ''Fanfic/SonOfTheWesternSea'' are capable of detecting potential for conflict, and according to Guan Yu ''all of them'' were able to feel how close [[spoiler: [[WorldWarIII World War Three]] was to starting.]] [[BloodKnight The Morrigan]] was apparently sharpening her spear for a week in anticipation.
* In ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy,'' expect Peter and Izuku's [[SpiderSense Spider-Senses]] to tingle whenever something dangerous is about to go down nearby.
* ''Fanfic/ThePowerOfTheEquinox'': When [[TheHeartless the Entity]] has [[ImMelting dissolved Twilight's body]] in the process of transforming her into [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Dimmed Star]], Princess Celestia senses it as a hard chill.
* Played for laughs in ''Fanfic/HeroicMyth''. Ais gets the distinct feeling that she missed out on something when Gina vetoes [[SupremeChef Archer's]] proposal to sell [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Jagamaru-kun croquettes]] like everyone else on Grand Day. This is while Ais is eighteen floors deep in the Dungeon while Archer and Gina are up in Orario.
* ''Fanfic/UnbreakableRedSilkenThread'': A trait shared by a number of characters, though none more so than Dawn. While Heather and Cody both have this to an extent thanks to a lifetime of fight up the food chain or from being bullied, Dawn's extends beyond the supernatural.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'' with Ino, whose "gossip sense" alerts her to when people she knows develop a crush.
-->'''Shikamaru:''' You can sense people's relationships? Troublesome.\\
'''Choji:''' 'Scary' is the word I'd use.
* In ''Fanfic/WithConfidence'', Izuku and Nedzu recognising a kinship with each other wakes Aizawa up in fright.
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* ''Literature/HarryPotter''

** This is also subverted when it comes to the Horcruxes. Dumbledore guesses (correctly) that Voldemort cannot tell when a Horcrux is destroyed, although Voldemort tries to assure himself (after starting to catch on to the heroes' efforts) that surely he would magically sense if they succeeded in destroying any of his {{Soul Jar}}s. Dumbledore's theory is that Voldy has sundered his soul so much that he can't detect any further trauma to it. This ends up being crucial later [[spoiler: as it means he doesn't realize he accidentally turned Harry into a Horcrux when he tried to kill him]].

[[folder:Video Games]]
* From ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'', Chaos units has this quote:
-->'''It's as if a thousand mouths cry out in pain!'''
* This is the entire point of the Grey Wardens in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' as it is nearly impossible for Darkspawn to get the drop on them since they know exactly when a Darkspawn is approaching and from where. Unfortunately, it works the other way around too.
-->"My Warden senses are tingling!"
* Takes the form of hearing mysterious voices in ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}''. These voices convey all sorts of information: what seals have just capitulated, what genocidal atrocities are taking place, whenever a person in a pact is in danger. Y'know, [[PlotCoupon things of that nature]].
* Unlike the other two Ancients in ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'', Xel'lotath knew exactly what happened when [[spoiler: her [[EliteMook Guardian]] colonies were blown up.]] Justified, considering [[PhysicalGod what]] [[GodOfEvil she]] ''[[CosmicHorror is]]''...
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'': Aerith Gainsborough could tell that her adoptive mother Elmyra's husband had died in battle days before the letter informing it arrived because she could sense his presence in TheLifestream.
* Ninian and Nils in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade''. [[spoiler: Nils upgrades to {{Seer|s}} when Hannah the witch is PutOnABus.]]
* Subverted and ultimately parodied in ''VideoGame/ThimbleweedPark''. The first characters the main characters will meet are [[ItMakesSenseInContext two women dressed as pigeons]] who tell the player in almost every bit of dialogue that "the signals are very strong tonight." If pressed on the matter, they admit they're just screwing with you.
* Spoofed in ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland2LeChucksRevenge'', when the Voodoo lady's powers sense that a small voice shrieked in terror and was suddenly silenced, when Wally was kidnapped.
* In ''VideoGame/StarWarsJediFallenOrder'', Cal's Jedi Master Jaro Tapal senses the deaths of his fellow Jedi during Order 66. Just in time too, since the clone trooper ''right behind him'' has just received Order 66 and is aiming a blaster at him.
* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
** ''VideoGame/JediKnightJediAcademy'' spoofs the Jedi's fondness for this trope:
--->'''Luke Skywalker:''' I sense a disturbance in the Force.\\
'''Kyle Katarn:''' You always sense a disturbance in the Force, but yeah, I sense it too.
** ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic averts'' it when [[spoiler:you're captured by the Leviathan, and Saul tells you about the Sith attacking Dantooine]]. Bastila points out that it's a sign that the Dark Side presence in the area is much stronger than she initially thought.
** In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'', Atton has a habit of saying "I have a bad feeling about this", which is eventually picked up on by the player character:
--->'''Exile:''' Would you stop ''saying'' that?
*** Then the ''game itself'' suggests that you should listen out for when he says it -- "it's advised that you save your game". The in-game explanation for this is that Atton is a bit of a rogue, and as such he has sense for when bad things are about to happen around him. That and [[spoiler:he's one of several Force-sensitive companions of the Exile.]]
* Shine Hausen of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration''. This RebelliousPrincess is known for being the strongest user of this trope her family's ever produced, the reason why the [[LaResistance Divine Crusaders]] captured and used her in one their HumongousMecha. When the sequel rolls along, Shine gets to pilot her own custom unit and her powers are used as means to invoke a CombinationAttack with [[ElegantGothicLolita Latooni]] [[LittleMissBadass Subota]].
** Actually, there are several characters who exhibit this trope. Many of the characters from the [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Alpha series]] (such as Ryusei, Bullet, Aya, and Kusuha) are [[PsychicPowers Psychodrivers]], and are usually shown to getting "Bad Vibes" whenever something "untoward" is amiss. Radha Byraban also displays this trope, though it's due to her heightened sense of awareness rather then actual TK powers.
** BadassNormal Kyosuke Nanbu tends to show this trope as well, but this is credited to his sharp instincts rather than any sort of mystic power.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' combines this trope with TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive. After [[BigBad Ganondorf]] seizes the Triforce of Power and takes over Hyrule, the Sacred Realm itself senses the release of his evil power and issues an awakening summons to five specific individuals, who are compelled to visit the temples of their regions and take up their mantle as the [[TheChosenMany new Sages.]]
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords'', Princess Zelda feels a strange compulsion to visit the Four Swords Shrine to make sure that [[SealedEvilInACan the seal]] on [[EvilSorcerer Vaati the Wind Mage]] is staying strong. [[LeakingCanOfEvil It isn't.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' season 1 finale: When Zhao kidnaps the Moon Spirit, Aang and Yue (the Moon's backup SoulJar) clutch their foreheads in pain:
-->'''Yue:''' I feel faint.\\
'''Aang:''' I feel it, too. The Moon is in trouble.
** In the SequelSeries, ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': it's a "blink and you'll miss it" moment, but Tenzin's beard ''bristles'' in response to the electrical charge of Equalist weapons.
** The same thing happens to Daw's bald head in "Original Airbenders", when waves from the net about to snare him sends shivers up his head, alerting him of the attack.
* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': One good thing about Ma-Ti's [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway Heart power]] -- it apparently never turns off (as long as he has his ring), giving Ma-Ti a sort of permanent SpiderSense to know whenever something extremely bad was going down.
* Another spoof in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', episode "Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.I.V.E.": when the orbital ice scream storage of the KND is destroyed by Father's Death Star Cake, [[SweetTooth Numbuh Five]] falls to her knees and says it:
-->'''Abby:''' Something just happened. It's as if million of gallons of ice cream just... disappeared.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
** Spoofed when Chester gets in his teeth broken just after having his braces removed, miles away his dentist says "I sense a disturbance... in my wallet!"
** Also spoofed when Timmy is turned into a [[GenderBender girl]] and [[StalkerWithACrush hangs out]] with Trixie to find out the perfect birthday present to get her. The two get along so well, Trixie rips up a picture of Veronica, her best friend up to that point. A second later, at another part of the mall, Veronica screams in pain and clutches her chest.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'' episode "Speed Eraser" when Fanboy erases Boog's high scores with the magic eraser:
-->'''Boog:''' AAGH! I feel a great disturbance...like a million points cried out...and were suddenly silenced.
* In an episode of ''The Fender Bender 500'', after Dick Dastardly declares himself, [[PhraseCatcher "smarter then the av-er-age cheat"]], in another part of the race, [[WesternAnimation/YogiBear Yogi]] realizes that "Dick is stealing his schtick."
* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode [[Recap/FuturamaS4E8CrimesOfTheHot "Crimes of the Hot"]]. Just as Nixon sets in motion a plan to [[spoiler: permanently shut down all robots,]] Professor Farnsworth sullenly comments, "Oh, the Jedis are going to feel this one."
* A RunningGag on ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' is how Helga shouts Arnold's name whenever she gets in trouble because of him.
-->'''Arnold:''' Did you hear something?\\
'''Gerald:''' No.
* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': At the beginning of Season 3's main plot, it's implied a ''nightmare'' warned Uncle about Daolong Wong breaking into Section 13.
** In general, Uncle gets "the willies" whenever something evil and magical in nature is afoot. Later, this starts happening to Tohru as well.
* Taken to an extreme in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "The Balance", when after the underworld is taken over by Felix Faust, Dr. Fate and Zatanna go catatonic and have to be submitted to and strapped onto their beds in the medical ward. And Jason Blood/Etrigan ''half transforming''. Used as a catalyst to get Wonder Woman to [[EnemyMine help her less-than-favorite person]].
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E12PinkiePride Pinkie Pride]]", Cheese Sandwich has a Cheesy Sense that lets him know when there's a party in need of a planner.
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1]]", Discord is tasked with tracking down Tirek because he has the ability to sense the magical disruptions that come with Tirek draining a pony.
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2]]", Discord visibly wobbles when he senses the imbalance caused by Cadance, Luna, and Celestia transferring their powers to Twilight, but tells no one.
--->'''Discord:''' That can't be right.\\
'''Tirek:''' What can't be right?\\
'''Discord:''' Nothing. Carry on!
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E2TheBeginningOfTheEndPart2 The Beginning of the End – Part 2]]", Star Swirl the Bearded explains that he sensed [[spoiler:the Tree of Harmony's destruction, describing it as "like part of [his] essence just ceased to be".]]
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E3Uprooted Uprooted]]", the burst of magic caused by [[spoiler:the Tree of Harmony being reborn]] is felt by Twilight Sparkle all the way to Ponyville, and she teleport to [[spoiler:the Castle of the Two Sisters]] shortly thereafter.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
** "Whatcha doin'?" is Isabella's {{Catchphrase}}, and she's ''quite'' determined to keep it that way. In the ChristmasSpecial, when Candace says it to Jeremy over the phone, the show cuts to Isabella at her house, sensing that someone else said it by squinting and shifting her eyes suspiciously.
** Also, when Candace quickly stacked some cans so her mother would see what Phineas and Ferb built in that episode, Doofenshmirtz, who held a cup stacking record until then, felt it being broken.
** In "The Flying Fishmonger" Phineas and Ferb start creating a canyon for their Grandfather to jump over. Meanwhile at the mall, Candace calls Stacy with the strange feeling that ground was just broken in her backyard.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In an episode, Homer says that the Simpsons are going to Africa. Cut to a stereotypical African village, where several tribal men, including one in a large mask, sit around a fire.
--->'''Ngungo:''' ''[shudders]'' Evil is coming.\\
'''Man:''' What shall we do, Ngungo?\\
'''Ngungo:''' ''[removes his mask and puts it on the man who spoke]'' You are Ngungo now! ''[[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere runs away into the night]]]''
** In another episode, Homer invites a pair of carnies to come live at their house. Cut to Lisa and Marge:
--->'''Lisa:''' Why did you just shudder, Mom?\\
'''Marge:''' ''I don't know...''
** In another episode, Marge's sister Selma wants to adopt a Chinese infant. Being unmarried, she puts Homer's name on the form as her husband. Cut to Homer, eating in the cafeteria at work. He visibly cringes and declares:
--->'''Homer:''' I just felt a chill go through my very soul...\\
'''Lenny:''' Yeah, the sloppy joes will do that to ya.
** Parodied in "She of Little Faith": Lisa converts to Buddhism, and shouts "I'm a Buddhist!" out the window. Cut to Christian neighbor Ned Flanders, who proclaims "My Satan sense is tingling!" and takes his children to hide in the basement.
* Spoofed in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''. When he ate a nibble of and expressed his disgust for Gary's snailfood, the [=CEOs=] felt it. Considering he repeats the action several times (ItMakesSenseInContext), one wonders if they weren't passed out by the end of the episode.
** Also in the [=SpongeBob=] B.C. special, Patchy the Pirate and Potty the Parrot argue with each other on whether [=SpongeBob=] favors the ancient past or high tech future. We then cut to Krusty Krab where [=SpongeBob=] has a worried -out look on his face.
-->'''Mr. Krabs:''' [=SpongeBob=]! What's wrong?\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' I don't know, Mr. Krabs, but I've got the strangest feeling that somewhere out there, a pirate and parrot are arguing about me. And the parrot is winning.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': In the first episode, [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsSparkOfRebellion "Spark of Rebellion"]], street rat Ezra Bridger gets a weird feeling, that he can't explain, about a random guy with a ponytail in the street below (Ezra's on the roof of a building). This leads directly to him meeting the ''Ghost'' crew, when he interferes with the heist they're currently pulling. Of course, this being ''Star Wars'', it's the Force, and Kanan, who definitely noticed Ezra sensing him earlier, lets Ezra steal his Jedi holocron when he senses it later on to see if he can open it — which he can.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'', Junko reveals that he has a significance sense (specifically, a nasal allergy) specific to Murk Raiders... just in time for it to go off. At the end of the episode, when asked if he has any more allergies like this, he informs them that yes, he's got one for sky sharks. Then he sneezes.
* Perhaps subverted in the first episode of the original ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' cartoon, when a couple of construction workers come upon a facility mangled by the Decepticon, and one of them says, "Somethin's wrong... real wrong." And then Ravage leaps out at them, chasing them away.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', while the gang are playing football in the backyard, Brock immediately stops and without hearing or seeing anything, realizes that someone is in his car. He is right.
-->'''Shore Leave:''' Okay, that is a legitimate superpower.\\
'''Hank:''' I've seen him do that from another country away.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' season 2 episode 24, when [[spoiler:a portal opens from Rushu's World and an army of Shushus swarms the Purple Claws Island]], [[PrecursorHeroes Master Goultard]] immediately feels it although he's in another part of the world.
* Over the two occasions when Jean Grey emerges as the Phoenix in ''WesternAnimation/XMen'', [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], Comicbook/DoctorStrange, ComicBook/CaptainBritain, Uatu and Eternity can all be seen reacting to her one way or another.
* In ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'''s first episode, after Jack Spicer frees [[SealedEvilInACan Wuya from her puzzle box]], the scene cuts to the elder monks of the Xiaolin Temple.
-->'''Monk:''' Did you feel that?\\
'''Monk:''' It was if a great chill descended upon the land.
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* River sometimes in ''{{Series/Firefly}}''. In “Out of Gas” she senses incoming fire that kills the engines, though the others assume she means the fire on Simon’s birthday candles. Her messages are often cryptic and hard to decipher, like “Miranda” in the movie.