Telekinesis

"What powers, you ask? I dunno, how 'bout the power of flight? That do anything for ya? That's levitation, Holmes. How 'bout the power to kill a yak, from 200 yards away... with mind bullets! That's telekinesis, Kyle! How 'bout the power... to move you?"

― Jack Black (of Tenacious D), "Wonderboy"

The power to manipulate objects/matter with the mind.

Also Called

Mind-Over-Matter
Mind Power
Object Manipulation
PK
Psychokinesis
Telekinetic Power
TK

Capabilities

User can influence/manipulate/move objects/matter with their mind. Telekinesis is one of the basis of many superpowers that are based on "controlling/manipulating", and may evolve to the point that a Telekinetic can control anything at a subatomic level.

Applications

"Psychokinesis" is an umbrella term for any ability that involves using the mind to influence/manipulate/move matter/objects.

Basic level

Binding: To keep object/being from moving.
Levitation: To lift an object, e.g. raising a pitcher several inches into the air.
Matter Manipulation: Manipulate matter with your mind.
Psionic Speed: To augment the user's physical speed, e.g. outrunning a speeding vehicle.
Psionic Strength: To augment the user's physical strength, e.g. punching through a steel wall.
Telekinetic Bullet Projection: To project telekinetic energy or objects as bullets.
Telekinetic Choking: To strangle others.
Telekinetic Grip: To grasp an object firmly in place, e.g. keeping the tides from washing a friend away.
Telekinetic Maneuver: To alter an object's directional course, e.g. changing what number a dice lands on or deflect an opponent attack.
Telekinetic Pull/Push: To pull objects towards the user or to push objects away from the user, e.g. yanking a book off a shelf or sliding a cup across a table.

Advanced level

Elemental Manipulation: Alternate the natural elements of existence at a sub-molecular level.
Homing Effect: To make any object automatically follow, home in and lock onto its target or targets until it hits them.
Molecular Manipulation: To manipulate matter and energy at molecular level.
- Motion Manipulation: Guide or shift directional vectors through direct molecular motion manipulation.
- Property Manipulation: Change the physical and chemical properties.
- Self-Molecular Manipulation: To manipulate self at molecular level.
- Transmutation: Ability of changing molecules turning anything into most anything else.
Motor-Skill Manipulation: To manipulate the movement of others.
Object Manipulation: To alter an object's inner workings, e.g. unlocking a door.
- Intuitive Aptitude: To learn how an object work by taking it apart and putting back together.
Psionic Healing: To heal others with one's own telekinetic powers.
Spatial Sense: To "see" one's surroundings using telekinesis, e.g. sensing a target from a distance.
Telekinetic Aura: Possess powerful telekinetic extensions field from oneself.
Telekinetic Blast: Emit telekinetic energy to make blast that destroys anything in the user's path.
Telekinetic Combat: to use telekinesis in physical combat
Telekinetic Compression: To crush an object, e.g. squeezing a chair into a ball.
Telekinetic Constructs: To create objects, weapons and creatures out of telekinetic energy.
Telekinetic Destruction: To make an object explode, e.g. blowing up a table.
Telekinetic Flight: To use telekinesis to fly.
Telekinetic Surgery: To conduct complex surgery through telekinetic means.
Telekinetic Teleportation: Use telekinesis to teleport themselves or others.
Telekinetically Enhanced Condition: To use telekinesis to enhance the user's condition.
Unarmed Weapon Wielding: Use weapons without touching them.
Wound Inducement: to use telekinesis to cause physical wounds on others.

Master level

Atomic Manipulation/Energy Manipulation: To control matter and energy at the atomic levels. e.g. rearranging atoms and controlling energy.
- Chemistry Manipulation: By directly applying change to the sub-molecular bonds.
- Cosmological Force Manipulation: Bend the very energies of the universe via thought alone.
- Energy Absorption/Conversion: To absorb and convert energy.
- Matter Manipulation: Change the very nature of physical nature of substance.
- Self-Atomic Manipulation: To manipulate self at atomic level.
Dimensional Travel: To bend the very fabric of dimensional barriers, allowing travel through wormholes or teleportation-like movement.
Neural Impulse Manipulation: To redirect the electrical signals between the brain and nerves, achieving control over thoughts, feelings, and movement of a body.
- Mental Manipulation: By controlling the electrical signals in the brain.
- Reanimation: To reanimate corpses.
Organic Manipulation: To manipulate organic matter.
- Age Shifting: By manipulating the cells through telekinesis, could potentially achieve Immortality.
- Telekinetic Regeneration: To regenerate one's own cells via telekinetic manipulation or gathering telekinetic energy to do so, e.g. using telekinesis to induce molecular/biological manipulation.
Psionic Explosion: To create and discharge a destructive psychic energy across a wide range.
- Psychic Bomb Generation: To generate and release a destructive explosive composed of psychic energy.
Remote Telekinesis: To manipulate matter that is not within the user's location, e.g. controlling a rock 2000 miles away.
Technology Manipulation: To manipulate the functions and properties of technology and all forms of high-tech machinery.
Vibration Emission: To emit a powerful vibration strong enough to make objects shatter, i.e. sonic boom.
Weather Manipulation: To manipulate the weather, e.g. create lightning storms.

Ultimate level

Fundamental Forces Manipulation: To manipulate the fundamental forces of the universe.
Omnikinesis: To manipulate anything and everything.
Particle Manipulation: To manipulate matter at the basest of levels.
- Particle Energy Manipulation: To manipulate particle energy.
Reality Warping: To manipulate reality by bending quantum strings in a localized area.
Space-Time Manipulation: To manipulate and distort the space-time continuum.
Subatomic Manipulation/Energy Manipulation: To control matter and energy at subatomic levels.
- Self-Subatomic Manipulation: To manipulate self at sub-atomic level.
Universal Force Manipulation: To manipulate both the physical and esoteric forces of the universe.

Techniques

Deflation: To make objects to deflate.
Telekinetic Combat: To utilize telekinesis in combination of physical combat.
Telekinetic Cutting: To use telekinesis to cut things.

Variations

Elemental Matter Manipulation: using certain elements that have the potential to manipulate objects' movements (such as electromagnetism, gravity, and air).
Spatial Telekinesis: manipulate matter and energy by manipulating the space it is occupying.
Tactile Telekinesis: where the user has to be in physical contact with an object to be able to move it telekinetically. Other uses include focusing it inward increasing ones physical traits, while simulating Invulnerability via skin-layer Barrier by surrounding the body in a field of psychokinetic force.
Telekinetic Force Manipulation: specialized variation concentrate on simple but (extremely) strong TK Force itself.
Vector Manipulation: user creates telekinetic energy appendages to move the object, giving it vector, making it easier to move and more effective than normal telekinesis.

Associations

Matter Manipulation
Psionic Manipulation

Limitations

Telekinesis Immunity
May only be capable of moving objects they could physically move.
May not be able to manipulate magic-based matters/energies.
Psychic strength may be proportional to user's capacity, meaning an opponent with physical strength stronger than the user's mental strength may break free, or even be immune to the ability altogether.
Ability may be weakened or nullified by stress, fear or distractions.
May only be able to manipulate targets of certain number, size or weight at once.
Using this ability may be physically fatiguing.
User may not have control over the speed of which the target moves.
May be able to move only the objects that they can perceive.
May be unable or only able to move only certain objects.
Psychic Energy Absorption can negate this power.
Could be ineffective against those who control themselves at fundamental levels.

Known Users

See Also: Mind Over Matter.

Cartoons

Goliad (Adventure Time)
Marceline the Vampire Queen (Adventure Time)
Vampire King (Adventure Time)
Jafar (Disney's Aladdin)
William (The Amazing World of Gumball)
Transmetal 2 Blackarachnia (Beast Wars: Transformers)
Ghostfreak (Ben 10)
Synaptak (Ben 10)
Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10)
Xylene (Ben 10)
Zs'Skayr (Ben 10)
Charmcaster (Ben 10)
Hex (Ben 10)
Alien X (Ben 10)
Ultimate Albedo (Ben 10: Omniverse)
Chris (Bravest Warriors)
Ce-Matoran/Toa/Turaga of Psionics (BIONICLE)
Female Skrall (BIONICLE)
Makuta/Rahkshi (Bionicle); The Melding Alternate Timeline
Theresa (Class of the Titans)
Yumi Ishiyama (Code Lyoko)
The Box Ghost (Danny Phantom); only affects boxes.
Pariah Dark (Danny Phantom)
Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom)
Sidney Poindexter (Danny Phantom)
Brainy Barker (Krypto the Superdog)
The Cortex (Dr. Dimensionpants)
Billy Joe Cobra (Dude, That's My Ghost)
Stewie Griffin (Family Guy); one-off
Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)
Francine Nebulon (Lloyd in Space)
Lexi Bunny (Loonatics Unleashed)
Astranova (Monster High)
Coverton (Monsters vs Aliens)
Buttons (My Little Pony 'n Friends)
Alicorns (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Unicorns (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Discord (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Edit Stone/Lady Fantastic (Norman Normal)
Jericho (Phantom Investigators)
Pix (Pixcodelics); via Telekinetic Joystick
Daemon (ReBoot)
Hexadecimal (ReBoot)
Aku (Samurai Jack)
Celia Crowley (Storytellers)
Hunter Crowley (Storytellers)
Antauri (Super Robot Monkey Team HyperForce Go!)
Grybyx (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; 1987 series)
Tengu Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; 2003 series)
April O'Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; 2012 series)
Dr. Tyler Rockwell (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; 2012 series)
Brother Blood (Teen Titans)
Mumm-Ra (Thundercats)
Cornelia Hale (W.I.T.C.H)
Wuya (Xiaolin Showdown)
Chase Young (Xiaolin Showdown)
Jason Fenton (Brother's)

Comics/Webcomics

Sadecki Demons (Angel: After the Fall)
Brody (Brody's Ghost)
Neena (Charmed Comic)
Hector Hammond (DC Comics)
Icon (DC Comics)
Martians (DC Comics)
Maxima (DC Comics)
Kinetix (DC Comics)
Psimon (DC Comics)
Mento (DC Comics)
Raven (DC Comics)
Superboy (DC Comics)
Tomorrow Woman (DC Comics)
Asok the Intern (Dilbert)
Aradia Megido (Homestuck)
Ruth Aldine (Marvel Comics)
Apocalypse (Marvel Comics)
Armageddon (Marvel Comics)
Cable (Marvel Comics)
Cosmo (Marvel)
Aliya Dayspring (Marvel Comics)
Tyler Dayspring (Marvel Comics)
Debrii (Marvel Comics)
Jean Grey (Marvel Comics)
Nate Grey (Marvel Comics)
David Haller/Jack Wayne (Marvel Comics)
Hyperstorm (Marvel Comics)
Justice (Marvel Comics)
Hellion (Marvel Comics)
Fiona Knoblach (Marvel Comics)
Meggan (Marvel Comics)
Madelyne Pryor (Marvel Comics)
Psylocke (Marvel Comics)
Quentin Quire (Marvel Comics)
David Richards (Marvel Comics)
Franklin Richards (Marvel Comics)
Scarlet Witch (Marvel Comics)
Rachel Summers (Marvel Comics)
Todd Ingram (Scott Pilgrim VS The World)
Fortunato (Wild Cards)
Battalion (Wildstorm)

Films

Alex (5ive Girls)
Members of the Adjustment Bureau (The Adjustment Bureau)
Arousians (The Brain from Planet Arous)
The Mirror Queen (The Brothers Grimm)
James Freeman (Bomb Squad)
Chloe Freeman (Bomb Squad)
Bruce Nolan (Bruce Almighty)
Andrew Detmer (Chronicle)
Matt Garetty (Chronicle)
Steve Montgomery (Chronicle)
Chase Collins (The Covenant)
Caleb Danvers (The Covenant)
Reid Garwin (The Covenant)
Pogue Parry (The Covenant)
Tyler Simms (The Covenant)
Sarah Bailey (The Craft)
Paco (Dream Warrior)
Zo (Dream Warrior)
Grey Aliens (Escape from Planet Earth)
E.T. (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial)
Pazuzu (The Exorcist)
The Jade Warlord (The Forbidden Kingdom)
Monkey King (The Forbidden Kingdom)
Sheng Yayu/Emotionless (The Four)
Tina Shepard (Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood)
The Controller (Godzilla: Final Wars)
Shinichi Ozaki (Godzilla: Final War)
Spacegodzilla (Godzilla film series)
Muriel (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters)
Redhead Witch (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters)
Akal (Hardcore Henry)
Necromancer (Island of Lost Souls)
Juro (Krabat)
Jadoo (Krrish series)
Kaal (Krrish series)
Krrish (Krrish series)
Zoe (The Lazarus Effect)
The Rainmaker/Cid (Looper)
Lucy (Lucy)
Matilda (Matilda)
Neo (The Matrix)
Alton (Midnight Special)
Imhotep (The Mummy)
Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Theodora (Oz the Great and Powerful)
Movers (Push)
Sara (Race to Witch Mountain)
Rachel Lang (The Rage: Carrie 2)
Jonah and Seth Trimble (Seconds Apart)
Balthazar Blake (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
Maxim Horvath (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
Dave Stutler (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
Drake Stone (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
Sun Lok (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
Jedi (Star Wars)
Sith (Star Wars)
Buddha (Super Buddies); via Power Ring of Inspiron
Commander Drex (Super Buddies)
The Hood (Thunderbirds)
The Fallen (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
Ali Bin Schick (Vampire Sisters)
Brian (Witchboard 3: Possession)
Sukie Ridgemont (The Witches of Eastwick)
Jane Spofford (The Witches of Eastwick)
Alice/Janus Prospero (Resident Evil Movie Series)
Alexandra Medford (The Witches of Eastwick)
Darryl Van Horne (The Witches of Eastwick)
Heather Fasulo (The Woods)
Barney Springboro (Zapped!)
Kevin Matthews (Zapped Again!)
Lucy (Zapped Again!)
Summer Jones/Wonder (Zoom)

Literature

Carrie White (Carrie)
Idith Branko (Charlie Bone)
Inez Branko (Charlie Bone)
Natalia Dobinski (Charlie Bone)
Zelda Dobinski (Charlie Bone)
Beth Strong (Charlie Bone)
Alex Knight (Cloak Society)
Lord Hades (The End)
Rebecka Mohlin (Engelsfors)
Caine (Gone)
Witches and Wizards (Harry Potter); via various means
Laura Leander (Laura and the Secret of Aventerra)
Aurelius Morgenstern (Laura and the Secret of Aventerra)
All the Loric Garde (Lorien Legacies)
Bradley (The Medusa Project)
Nico (The Medusa Project)
Audrey (The Roar)
Ellie (The Roar)
Mika (The Roar)
Ruben Snaith (The Roar)
Chameleons (Shadow Falls)
- Mario Esparza
Faes (Shadow Falls)
Witches (Shadow Falls)
Sister Nicci (Sword of Truth)
Robert Doru (Vampire Academy)
Lissa Dragomir (Vampire Academy)
Adrian Ivashkov (Vampire Academy)
The Great and Powerful Turtle (Wild Cards)
Gregory Kennedy (The Young Guardians)

Live Action TV

Orson Bailey (The 4400)
Isabelle Tyler (The 4400)
Richard Tyler (The 4400)
Kathy Weir (The 4400)
R. Giyera (Agents of Shield)
Zoe Benson (American Horror Story: Coven)
Misty Day (American Horror Story: Coven)
Cordelia Foxx (American Horror Story: Coven)
Fiona Goode (American Horror Story: Coven)
Madison Montgomery (American Horror Story: Coven)
Nan (American Horror Story: Coven)
Queenie (American Horror Story: Coven)
Bethany Chaulk (Angel)
Ethros Demons (Angel)
Lindsey McDonald (Angel)
Archduke Sebassis (Angel)
Cyvus Vail (Angel)
Alexia (Ángel o Demonio)
Damian (Ángel o Demonio)
Graziel (Ángel o Demonio)
Iris (Ángel o Demonio)
Nathael (Ángel o Demonio)
Valeria (Ángel o Demonio)
Damien Darhk (Arrow)
Bo Adams (Believe)
Nina Adams (Believe)
Joshua Carpenter (Believe)
Danni (Believe)
Ghosts (Being Human)
Witches (Being Human)
Drew McCormick (Big Bad Beetleborgs)
Cordelia Chase (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Eyghon the Sleepwalker (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Tara Maclay (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Amy Madison (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Catherine Madison (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Rack (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Roden (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Shrouded Man (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Vengeance Demons (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Chris Halliwell (Charmed)
Penny Halliwell (Charmed)
Prue Halliwell (Charmed)
Billie Jenkins (Charmed)
Lazarus Demons (Charmed)
Simon Marx (Charmed)
Richard Montana (Charmed)
Cole Turner (Charmed)
Valkyries (Charmed)
Melinda Warren (Charmed)
Zankou (Charmed)
Ana McLaren (Chica Vampiro)
Angelique Bouchard (Dark Shadows)
Ghosts (Dead Gorgeous)
The Beast (Doctor Who)
The Eight Legs (Doctor Who)
Joanna Frankel (Eastwick)
Gloria Spofford (Eastwick)
Glenda (The Haunted Hathaways)
Louie (The Haunted Hathaways)
Miles (The Haunted Hathaways)
Brian Davis (Heroes)
Arthur Petrelli (Heroes)
Peter Petrelli (Heroes)
Sylar (Heroes)
Cassie Hughes (Hex)
Ella Dee (Hex)
Chase Davenport (Lab Rats)
Marcus Davenport (Lab Rats)
Victor Krane (Lab Rats)
Carlitos (Los Protegidos)
Mara (Los Unicos)
Lucas Miller (Los Unicos)
Mermaids and mermen (Mako Mermaids)
- Zac Blakely
- Lyla
- Nixie
- Sirena
- Ondina
- Erik
- Mimmi
Merlin (Merlin)
Edwin Muirden (Merlin)
Morgana (Merlin)
Mordred (Merlin)
Gilli (Merlin)
Trickler (Merlin)
Goblins (Merlin)
Alan Diaz (Mighty Med)
Skylar Storm (Mighty Med)
Elliot (Misfits)
Finn (Misfits)
Gloria Dinallo (Misfits of Science)
Cora (Once Upon A Time)
Regina Mills/Evil Queen (Once Upon A Time)
Zelena (Once Upon A Time)
Rumpelstilskin/Mr. Gold (Once Upon A Time)
Jafar (Once Upon A Time in Wonderland)
The Red Queen (Once Upon A Time in Wonderland)
Engkantao Josef (Pedro Penduko at ang mga Engkantao)
Andros (Power Rangers in Space)
Zhane (Power Rangers in Space)
Mary Sibley (Salem)
John Hale (Salem)
Anne Hale (Salem)
Mercy Lewis (Salem)
Countess Von Marburg (Salem)
Sebastian Von Marburg (Salem)
Eve (The Sarah Jane Adventures)
Jeggorabax Energy Entity (The Sarah Jane Adventures)
Alex Mack (The Secret World of Alex Mack)
Red (Spirits)
Gary Mitchell (Star Trek: The Original Series)
Cassandra Frasier (Stargate SG-1)
Daniel Jackson as a Prior (Stargate SG-1)
Wodan (Stargate SG-1)
Eleven (Stranger Things)
Angels, Seraphim and Archangels (Supernatural)
- Castiel
Deities (Supernatural)
Demons (Supernatural)
- Azazel
- Crowley
Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse (Supernatural)
Ghosts (Supernatural)
- Melanie Merchant
Max Miller (Supernatural)
Psychics (Supernatural)
- Fred Jones
- Jimmy Tomorrow
Dean Winchester (Supernatural)
Sam Winchester (Supernatural)
Witches (Supernatural)
Max Thunderman (The Thundermans)
Phoebe Thunderman (The Thundermans)
Homo Superiors (The Tomorrow People)
- Cara Coburn
- Stephen Jameson
- Russell Kwon
- John Young
Jimbo Cobb (The Twilight Zone)
Elizabeth Maxwell/The Starchild (V)
Marty Strickland (Vampire High)
Witches and Warlocks (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)