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No. 002
Telekinesis
Move objects with your mind alone: lift, throw, crush or hold anything you can focus on.
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Telekinesis.
Also called Psychokinesis · TK · Mind Over Matter · Kinetic Control · Psychic Force
Move objects with your mind alone: lift, throw, crush or hold anything you can focus on.
At a glanceMajorMind11 Holders · 5 Media
- Main Drawback
- Heavy lifting takes a toll on the body, with nosebleeds and exhaustion after a big push.
- Main Weakness
- Breaking the user's concentration with noise, pain or distraction can drop whatever they are holding.
What is Telekinesis?
Telekinesis is the power to move things without touching them. The small version slides a cup across a table or flicks a lock open. The big version flips vans, holds up collapsing buildings, or lets the user fly by pushing against the ground. Most stories show it through focus: a stare, a raised hand, a nosebleed when the load gets too heavy.
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Writers love it because it is the most flexible power on the list. The same ability can be a weapon, a shield, a way to travel, a way to snoop and a quiet magic trick at the dinner table. That flexibility means you have to set limits on purpose, or the character can solve every problem by thinking hard at it.
The theme that keeps coming back is pressure. From Carrie to Stranger Things to Mob Psycho 100, telekinesis is tied to bottled-up feelings that finally break loose. Teenagers, abuse, anger and self-control show up again and again. If your character's power grows with their emotions, decide what they are holding back and what happens when they stop.
Variants · 6
Object Throwing. Picking things up and hurling them, from chairs to cars. The surroundings become the arsenal, so the setting decides how dangerous the user is.
Telekinetic Shield. Pulling debris into a wall or holding a field of force in place to stop incoming attacks. Defensive, and great for protecting other characters.
Levitation and Flight. Lifting the user's own body, either floating in place or flying outright. A cheap way to give a psychic mobility without a second power.
Tactile Telekinesis. A field that only works on what the user touches, letting them lift a plane by holding one corner or take it apart from the inside. It can pass for super-strength.
Fine Control. Delicate work instead of brute force: picking locks, writing on a blackboard, stopping a heart, moving single molecules at the very top end.
Emotional Burst. Power that builds up with feelings the user keeps buried and then explodes out all at once. Hard to aim, and ideal for a turning point in the story.
Drawbacks & Weaknesses
Drawback = the price the Holder pays. Weakness = what stops it from outside.
Drawbacks
Heavy lifting takes a toll on the body, with nosebleeds and exhaustion after a big push.
Seen in Eleven (Stranger Things)
The power feeds on emotion, so control drops as feelings build up, and a breaking point can turn into a disaster.
Seen in Mob (Shigeo Kageyama) (Mob Psycho 100)
A power that grows faster than the user's stability can wreck their mind and even their body.
Seen in Tetsuo Shima (Akira)
Each use spends a limited energy reserve, so the user has to stop and recover between big moves.
Seen in Jesse Faden (Control)
Weaknesses
Breaking the user's concentration with noise, pain or distraction can drop whatever they are holding.
Some forms only work on what the user touches, so an enemy who stays out of reach is safe from it.
Seen in Superboy (Conner Kent) (Superman (DC Comics))
Technology designed against psychics can weaken or block the power.
Seen in Eleven (Stranger Things)
Empty spaces are a problem for a user who throws things: with nothing loose nearby, the main attack has no ammunition.
Seen in Jesse Faden (Control)
Characters with telekinesis
11 Holders across Game, Film, TV Series, Comics, Anime & Manga. The same character in another Work is listed separately, because the rules can change.
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How the rules differ
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- ElevenBorn with it, honed in a lab
- Tetsuo ShimaAccident plus military experiments
- Andrew DetmerA glowing crystal underground
- Superboy (Conner Kent)A clone's built-in force field
- Razputin (Raz)Trained and earned at psychic camp
- Mob (Shigeo Kageyama)Bottled emotions hitting 100%
- Carrie WhiteHumiliation and rage
- Matilda WormwoodAnger, then practice
- Jesse FadenA recharging energy meter
- ElevenNosebleeds and exhaustion
- Matilda WormwoodChalk writing on a blackboard
- ElevenA flipped government van
- Mob (Shigeo Kageyama)Whole skyscrapers
- TatsumakiDwarfs every other esper
- Jean GreyMatter at the molecular level
Roughly ordered from smallest to largest reach.
Writing your own telekinesis character
- 1Set the limits before the first scene: how much weight, how far away, how many objects at once, and whether they need line of sight or touch. Telekinesis without limits solves every plot problem.
- 2Show the strain. A nosebleed, a headache, shaking hands or a meter that runs dry tells the reader the user is at the edge without any explanation.
- 3Decide what the power means. Most famous telekinetics are pressure cookers whose power tracks what they are suppressing; pick that on purpose, or pick something different, like discipline, curiosity or grief.
- 4To avoid reading as an Eleven or Jean Grey copy, skip the shaved-head lab escapee and the cosmic fire bird. Try a stage magician hiding real power in fake tricks, a surgeon with steady mental hands, or a mover who only ever uses it to lift furniture.
- 5Build fights out of the room. A telekinetic is only as dangerous as what is lying around, so plan where the loose objects are, what can be pulled down, and what happens in an empty hallway.
FAQ
What is the difference between telekinesis and psychokinesis?
In most fiction they mean the same thing: moving objects with the mind. Psychokinesis is sometimes used as the wider term, covering any mind-over-matter effect such as bending spoons or changing temperatures, while telekinesis means moving things specifically.
Who is the strongest telekinetic in anime?
There is no official ranking. Fan debates usually come down to Mob from Mob Psycho 100, who has moved whole skyscrapers, and Tatsumaki from One-Punch Man, whose telekinesis outclasses every other esper in her world. Tetsuo from Akira is the classic pick for raw, uncontrolled power.
Does Eleven have telekinesis?
Yes. Her main power in Stranger Things is telekinesis, along with other extrasensory abilities. Heavy use gives her nosebleeds and wears her out, and she loses the power for a stretch before it comes back.
Is telekinesis real?
No. Researchers have tested claims of psychokinesis for decades without reliable results. The real-world tools that come closest are brain-computer interfaces, which let people move a cursor or a robotic arm using recorded brain signals and a machine.
Sources and how this page was written Updated October 16, 2026 +
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