extrasensory perception theme
The discredited theory that information can be received directly by the mind itself in addition to the recognized physical senses.
Examples
Elizabeth Dehner was reported to have an esper rating of 089 and an aperception quotient of 20/100 in tos1x01 "Where No Man Has Gone Before".
11 total · 4 major · 7 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| columbo1971e8x01 | major | The villain of the story Elliot Blake faked having telepathic abilities, and had designs on scamming The CIA into hiring him to use his supposed mind reading abilities against Soviet double agents. |
| movie: Scanners (1981) | major | Cameron, and the other scanners, manifested this ability. |
| movie: UFO: Target Earth (1974) | major | Vivian was endowed with some kind of uncanny ability to sense the presence of aliens. |
| tos1x01 | major | much made of Gary and Elizabeth having ESP |
| movie: Escape (1971) | minor | There was a parlor frequented by psychics called The Crystal Ball. |
| movie: Ghostbusters (1984) | minor | Peter Venkman and Ray Stantz were researching ESP at the university until the dean revoked their grant. Egon Spengler appeared to be an independent researcher. |
| movie: Godzilla vs Biollante (1989) | minor | Miki was said to be able to communicate with plants using ESP. |
| movie: Godzilla vs Destoroyah (1995) | minor | Miki explained that her ESP ability had weakened in the time since she'd received training at an ESP school in the United States. |
| movie: Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II (1993) | minor | There was an ESP school for children. |
| movie: Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012) | minor | Jenkins was described as being "that ESP prick". |