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{{Quote|Telekinesis is a psychic phenomenon that occurs during extreme emotional distress.|[[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce]].|Untouched}}
 
{{Quote|Telekinesis is a psychic phenomenon that occurs during extreme emotional distress.|[[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce]].|Untouched}}
   
'''Telekinesis''' was the supernatural ability to exert influence on a physical system - an object - without the mediation of physical energy or contact.
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'''Telekinesis''' was the supernatural ability to exert influence on a physical system an object without the mediation of physical energy or contact.
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
 
{{Quote|Ah. Yes. The power of moving things with one's mind. That's pretty much it.|[[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce]].|Untouched}}
 
{{Quote|Ah. Yes. The power of moving things with one's mind. That's pretty much it.|[[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce]].|Untouched}}
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{{Quote|It's all about emotional control. Plus, obviously, [[magic]].|[[Willow Rosenberg]].|Doppelgangland}}
 
{{Quote|It's all about emotional control. Plus, obviously, [[magic]].|[[Willow Rosenberg]].|Doppelgangland}}
   
The application of telekinesis highly depended on the user's level of concentration and emotional state. Being overrun with emotions would sometimes activate the power unintentionally or cause the user to lose control while preforming telekinesis, causing an undesirable result.<ref name=DG>"[[Doppelgangland]]"</ref><ref name=untouched/> Low-level telekinetics could at least levitate small, light objects<ref name=DG/> while those with a high level of control could preform a number of feats of telekinesis such as lifting objects several times their own body weight,<ref name=hush>"[[Hush]]"</ref><ref name=grave>"[[Grave]]"</ref> pushing people several meters away,<ref name=witch>"[[Witch (episode)]]"</ref><ref name=TDA>"[[The Dark Age]]</ref><ref name=untouched/><ref name=22go>"[[Two to Go]]</ref><ref name=TKIM>"[[The Killer in Me]]</ref> operating motor vehicles,<ref name=wrecked>"[[Wrecked]]"</ref><ref name=22go/> causing localized tremors,<ref name=untouched/><ref name=TL>"[[Tough Love]]"</ref> inducing cuts and lacerations<ref name=grave/> and applying invisible pressure to someone's neck in order to strangle them.<ref name=witch/><ref name=untouched>"[[Untouched]]"</ref>[[File:TheWitch463.jpg|thumb|Catherine Madison (in Amy's body) telekinetically chokes Xander Harris]]
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The application of telekinesis highly depended on the user's level of concentration and emotional state. Being overrun with emotions would sometimes activate the power unintentionally or cause the user to lose control while preforming telekinesis, causing an undesirable result.<ref name=DG>"[[Doppelgangland]]"</ref><ref name=untouched/> Low-level telekinetics could at least levitate small, light objects<ref name=DG/> while those with a high level of control could preform a number of feats of telekinesis such as lifting objects several times their own body weight,<ref name=hush>"[[Hush]]"</ref><ref name=grave>"[[Grave]]"</ref> pushing people several meters away,<ref name=witch>"[[Witch (episode)]]"</ref><ref name=TDA>"[[The Dark Age]]</ref><ref name=untouched/><ref name=22go>"[[Two to Go]]</ref><ref name=TKIM>"[[The Killer in Me]]</ref> operating motor vehicles,<ref name=wrecked>"[[Wrecked]]"</ref><ref name=22go/> causing localized tremors,<ref name=untouched/><ref name=TL>"[[Tough Love]]"</ref> inducing cuts and lacerations<ref name=grave/> and applying invisible pressure to someone's neck in order to strangle them.<ref name=witch/><ref name=untouched>"[[Untouched]]"</ref>
   
Greater control could be achieved with multiple users focusing on the same task at the same time, allowing them to move heavier objects<ref name=hush/> or effect multiple objects or people simultaneously<ref name=TheGift>"[[The Gift]]</ref> however, the users would have to remain in synchronized thought or the object in question would became frenzied.<ref name=ANM>"[[A New Man]]"</ref>
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Greater control could be achieved with multiple users focusing on the same task at the same time, allowing them to move heavier objects<ref name=hush/> or effect multiple objects or people simultaneously<ref name=TheGift>"[[The Gift]]</ref> however, the users would have to remain in synchronized thought and the spell must remain undisturbed by dark magic or the object in question would became frenzied.<ref name=ANM>"[[A New Man]]"</ref>
   
Telekinesis would usually be channeled through the user's hand gestures or by simply looking at the object or person. Some users were even capable of preforming specific tasks without even looking.<ref name=IGYUMS>"[[I've Got You Under My Skin]]"</ref> Telekinesis could also be activated by a vocal command of what action the user wanted to do<ref name=TL/> or, especially, in the case of magic practitioners, by an incantation.<ref name=Spiral>"[[Spiral]]"</ref><ref name=untouched>"[[Untouched]]"</ref> While telekinesis mostly did not the result in any form of visible energy manifesting, there have been cases with magic practitioners where some energy has been shown to appear.<ref name=smashed>"[[Smashed]]"</ref><ref name=NA>"[[Normal Again]]"</ref>
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Telekinesis would usually be channeled through the user's hand gestures or by simply looking at the object or person. Some users were even capable of preforming specific tasks without even looking.<ref name=IGYUMS>"[[I've Got You Under My Skin]]"</ref> Telekinesis could also be activated by a vocal command of what action the user wanted to make happen <ref name=TL/><ref>"[[The Weight of the World]]"</ref> or, especially in the case of magic practitioners, by an incantation.<ref name=Spiral>"[[Spiral]]"</ref><ref name=untouched>"[[Untouched]]"</ref> While telekinesis mostly did not the result in any form of visible energy manifesting, there have been cases with magic practitioners where some energy has been shown to appear.<ref name=smashed>"[[Smashed]]"</ref><ref name=NA>"[[Normal Again]]"</ref>
   
 
===Types of Users===
 
===Types of Users===
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''See also [[:Category:Telekinetics|Telekinetics]] ''
 
''See also [[:Category:Telekinetics|Telekinetics]] ''
 
===Witches and Warlocks===
 
===Witches and Warlocks===
* '''[[Amy Madison]]: '''After being de-ratted, Amy demonstrated at least some telekinetic skills when she startlingly closed a window and drew the curtain.<ref name=smashed/> A year later, she appeared to have improved when she pushed Kennedy several meters away.<ref name=TKIM/>
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* '''[[Amy Madison]]: '''After being de-ratted, Amy demonstrated at least some telekinetic skills when she, startled, closed a window and drew the curtain.<ref name=smashed/> A year later, she appeared to have improved when she pushed Kennedy several meters away by merely extending her arms forward.<ref name=TKIM/>
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* '''[[Catherine Madison]]: '''Catherine showed to be an adept telekinetic. She could cause strangulation, summon a [[fire axe]] out of her daughter's hands, move a teacher's desk by looking at it and throw Buffy accross the other side of the room.<ref name=witch/>
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* '''[[Catherine Madison]]: '''Catherine showed to be an adept telekinetic. She could cause strangulation, summon a [[fire axe]] out of her daughter's hands, push a teacher's desk by looking at it and throw Buffy across the other side of the room with a hand gesture.<ref name=witch/>
* '''[[Willow Rosenberg]]:'''[[File:Willow_Tk_on_skin.gif|thumb|Willow using her Telekinetic powers to rip Warren's skin from his body. (Click for Animation)]] Willow developed limited telekinetic abilities during her first year as a witch. During that period, she could only really use it to levitate pencils (as Buffy said to Willow when a bunch of mind-controlled parents tried to burn them at a stake, "What are you gonna do, float a pencil at them?").<ref name=GD>"[[Gingerbread]]"</ref><ref name=DG/> However, Willow did manage to kill a [[vampire]], by floating a pencil behind him and staking him.<ref name=Choices>"[[Choices]]"</ref> The next year, Willow soon was able to manipulate heavier objects with the help of Tara, once being only able to make a large vending machine shake a bit, but by binding her powers with Tara, the two witches could quickly shift the vending machine over to a door to block entry by the [[Gentlemen]].<ref name=hush/> The year after, Willow showed to possess even more development with her telekinesis. During a rage-filled battle with [[Glory]], Willow could caused tremors powerful enough to make Glory think an [[apocalypse]] was happening, make a mirror break by saying "SHATTER" and blowing the shards at Glory, and move a bag which contained several knives (which she seemingly multiplied out of one) before lifting them and tossing them at Glory.<ref name=TL/> Willow also later managed to stop Glory in her tracks and push her via incantation.<ref name=Spiral/> After the death of Tara, a grief-stricken Willow absorbed a large amount of magical energy where she demonstrated a high level of telekinetic control and strength. With it, she was able to flay the top part of Warren Mears by a mere hand gesture, remove various bricks and subsequently chunks from a prison wall and take control of a mack truck by standing on it.<ref name=22go/> This drained some of her energy, but she refueled herself with absorbing Rack's energy and later the collective energies from a [[Devon Coven]] which she used to erect the top part of a buried cathedral, out from under the ground with little to no effort.<ref name=grave/>
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* '''[[Willow Rosenberg]]:''' Willow developed limited telekinetic abilities during her first year as a witch. During that period, she could only really use it to levitate pencils (as Buffy said to Willow when a bunch of mind-controlled parents tried to burn them at a stake, "What are you gonna do, float a pencil at them?").<ref name=GD>"[[Gingerbread]]"</ref><ref name=DG/> However, Willow did manage to kill a [[vampire]], by floating a pencil behind him and staking him.<ref name=Choices>"[[Choices]]"</ref> The next year, Willow soon was able to manipulate heavier objects with the help of Tara, once being only able to make a large vending machine shake a bit, but by binding her powers with Tara, the two witches could quickly shift the vending machine over to a door to block entry by the [[Gentlemen]].<ref name=hush/> The year after, Willow showed to possess even more development with her telekinesis. During a rage-filled battle with [[Glory]], Willow could caused tremors powerful enough to make Glory think an [[apocalypse]] was happening, make a mirror break by saying "SHATTER" and blowing the shards at Glory, and move a bag which contained several knives (which she seemingly multiplied out of one) before lifting them and tossing them at Glory.<ref name=TL/> Willow also later managed to stop Glory in her tracks and push her via incantation.<ref name=Spiral/> After the death of Tara, a grief-stricken Willow absorbed a large amount of magical energy where she demonstrated a high level of telekinetic control and strength. With it, she was able to flay the top part of Warren Mears by a mere hand gesture, remove various bricks and subsequently chunks from a prison wall and take control of a mack truck by standing on it.<ref name=22go/> This drained some of her energy, but she refueled herself with absorbing Rack's energy and later the collective energies from a [[Devon Coven]] which she used to erect the top part of a buried cathedral, out from under the ground with little to no effort.<ref name=grave/> When Willow finally grew into her powers after her time with Aluwyn, her telekinetic capacity has grown immeasurably. She used her powers to manipulate the appliances in the Scotland Base of the Slayer Organization. She has also used her telekinetic powers to defend herself during the fight in John's hideout in Las Vegas, pushing back her demon opponents with immense force.
* '''[[Tara Maclay]]:''' Like Willow, Tara seemed to have some limited telekinetic powers when they first met and was able to control heavier objects when in syncronization,<ref name=hush/> but once accidentally caused a rose to fly around uncontrollably until it hit the floor with enough force that all its petals disintegrated, when the intention was to levitate the rose and gracefully remove each petal (the reason for the spell's failure may have been Tara's strong, hidden romantic feelings for Willow).<ref name=ANM/> Two years later, Tara became more adept at telekinesis during a fight with a demon, using it to push the demon back and drag a shelf at it.<ref name=NA/>
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* '''[[Tara Maclay]]:''' Like Willow, Tara seemed to have some limited telekinetic powers when they first met and was able to control heavier objects when in synchronization,<ref name=hush/> but once accidentally caused a rose to fly around uncontrollably until it hit the floor with enough force that all its petals disintegrated, when the intention was to levitate the rose and gracefully remove each petal (the reason for the spell's failure was a disruption caused by [[Ethan Rayne]]'s spell).<ref name=ANM/> Two years later, Tara became more adept at telekinesis during a fight with a demon, using it to push the demon back and drag a shelf at it.<ref name=NA/>
 
* '''[[Rack]]: '''Rack could levitate Willow during a magic-induced session with the movement of his fingers, demonstrating his skill along with the amount of magical energy he possessed.<ref name=wrecked/>
 
* '''[[Rack]]: '''Rack could levitate Willow during a magic-induced session with the movement of his fingers, demonstrating his skill along with the amount of magical energy he possessed.<ref name=wrecked/>
   
 
===Humans===
 
===Humans===
* '''[[Bethany Chaulk]]: '''Bethany developed her telekinetic powers since she was a little girl due to being subjected to sexual abuse from her father. As a teenager in 2000,  her powers only activated out of her control whenever she felt strong emotion distress. [[Lilah Morgan]] attempted to manipulate this by hiring men to rape her, only for Bethany to use her powers to crush them to death with a dumpster. Wesley also tested this by outright mocking Bethany, causing her to force push him and Angel, almost killing Angel due to him landing in sunslight. When being reunited with her father, Bethany's powers reached its peak when she smashed all of the windows in the [[Hyperion Hotel]]. She lifted her father and choked him with her powers before throwing him out of the building they were in, making him fall before him stopping inches away from the ground, taking away his momentum and letting him drop alive, all of this without even looking. After this experience, Bethany began to control her powers using it to close her briefcase and flying it towards her hand.<ref name=untouched/>
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* '''[[Bethany Chaulk]]: '''Bethany developed her telekinetic powers since she was a little girl because of being sexually abused by her father. As a teenager in 2000, her powers only activated out of her control whenever she felt strong emotional distress. [[Lilah Morgan]] attempted to manipulate this by hiring men to rape her, only for Bethany to use her powers to crush them to death with a dumpster. Wesley also tested this by outright mocking Bethany, causing her to force push him and Angel, almost killing Angel because of his landing in sunlight. When being reunited with her father, Bethany's powers reached its peak when she smashed all of the windows in the [[Hyperion Hotel]]. She lifted her father and choked him with her powers before throwing him out of the building they were in, making him fall before him stopping inches away from the ground, taking away his momentum and letting him drop alive, all of this without even looking. After this experience, Bethany began to control her powers using it to close her briefcase and flying it towards her hand.<ref name=untouched/>
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* '''[[Lindsey McDonald]]:''' Lindsey acquired a number of powers with his mystical tattoos, one of them at least a mild form of telekinesis; demonstrated when he closed the door of the [[failsafe]] room of [[Wolfram & Hart]] by pointing at it.<ref>"[[You're Welcome]]</ref>
 
* '''[[Lindsey McDonald]]:''' Lindsey acquired a number of powers with his mystical tattoos, one of them at least a mild form of telekinesis; demonstrated when he closed the door of the [[failsafe]] room of [[Wolfram & Hart]] by pointing at it.<ref>"[[You're Welcome]]</ref>
* '''[[Telekinetic Ninja Assassin]]:''' This human assassin was able to summon his sword from a distance into his hand.<ref>"[[Quickening]]</ref>
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* '''[[Telekinetic Ninja Assassin]]:''' This human assassin was able to summon his sword from a distance into his hand. This required him to concentrate on the sword, making it shake slightly before launching it into his hand.<ref>"[[Quickening]]</ref>
   
 
===Demons===
 
===Demons===
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* '''[[Halfrek]]: '''The [[Vengeance Demon]] Halfrek once demonstrated telekinesis by pushing [[Anya Jenkins]] away when she tried to take her pendant.<ref>"[[Older and Far Away]]"</ref>
 
* '''[[Halfrek]]: '''The [[Vengeance Demon]] Halfrek once demonstrated telekinesis by pushing [[Anya Jenkins]] away when she tried to take her pendant.<ref>"[[Older and Far Away]]"</ref>
 
* '''[[Sebassis]]: '''Sabassis revealed an inventory full of weapons at his lair with a wave of his hand.<ref>"[[Life of the Party]]</ref>
 
* '''[[Sebassis]]: '''Sabassis revealed an inventory full of weapons at his lair with a wave of his hand.<ref>"[[Life of the Party]]</ref>
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* '''[[Cyvus Vail]]: '''The ancient and powerful [[warlock]] could suspend [[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce]] long enough to stab him in the stomach.<ref>"[[Not Fade Away]]"</ref>
* '''[[Cyvus Vail]]:'''
 
* '''[[Noelle]]: '''Along with her species, this demon possessed limited telekinetic powers.
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* '''[[Noelle]]: '''Along with her species, this demon possessed limited telekinetic powers. 
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=== Ghosts===
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*'''[[Maude Pearson]]: '''Maude could move objects with her mind as one of her ghostly powers. She used it to shake Cordelia's bed, move a chair out of place, make a noose out of a piece of wire, chuck knives into the torso of one of Griff's [[Vic (Kailiff Demon)|men]] and pull Cordelia into the bedroom.<ref>"[[Rm w/a Vu]]</ref>
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*'''[[Lowell House]] Apparitions: '''They are allowed to manipulates a bottle which turns by telekinesis to the point to explode, manipulated strips to attach [[Spike]] to a chair and a violent ejection on Xander when he tries to return inside by throwing him out.
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery widths="150" spacing="small" orientation="landscape">
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TheWitch463.jpg|Catherine Madison telekinetically chokes Xander by simulating strangling with her hand from a distance
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Willow tk.jpg|Willow levitating a pencil without her hands
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doppelgangland willow pencil no eye contact.jpg|Willow does not even have to look at the pencil
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tk pencil torpedo.jpg|The pencil then torpedos into a tree when her emotions run high
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willow pencil staking vampire.jpg|Willow stakes a vampire with a pencil
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hush willow tk concentrate.jpg|Willow tries to move vending machine by looking at it
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hush vending machine does not move.jpg|The vending machine does not budge
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hush tara and willow combine power.jpg|Willow and Tara combine their power
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Willow hush.png|Both look at the vending machine
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vending machine tk barrior.jpg|The vending machine instantly moves
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usesmagic.png|Willow uses magic
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tofloatitems.png|to float items in The Magic Box
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Halfrek telekinesis older and far away.gif
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TK ninja quickening.gif
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Amy tk pushes kennedy the killer in me.gif
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Catherine madison tk pushes buffy witch.gif
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Willow Tk on skin.gif
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</gallery>
   
=== Non-Canon ===
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== Appearances ==
*'''[[The Master]]'''
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*"[[The Witch]]"
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*"[[Out of Mind, Out of Sight]]" {{Om}}
*'''[[Urd]]'''
 
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*"[[The Dark Age]]" 
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*"[[Bad Girls]]"
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*"[[Doppelgangland]]"
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*"[[Choices]]"
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*"[[Rm w/a Vu]]"
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*"[[I've Got You Under My Skin]]"
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*"[[Hush]]" 
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*"[[A New Man]]"
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*"[[Untouched]]"
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*"[[Tough Love]]"
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*"[[Spiral]]"
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*"[[The Weight of the World]]"
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*"[[The Gift]]"
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*"[[Quickening]]"
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*"[[Smashed]]"
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*"[[Wrecked]]" 
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*"[[Older and Far Away]]"
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*"[[Normal Again]]"
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*"[[Villains]]"
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*"[[Two to Go]]"
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*"[[Grave]]"
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*"[[The Killer In Me]]"
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*"[[Life of the Party]]"
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*"[[You're Welcome]]"
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*"[[Not Fade Away]]"
   
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 01:25, 29 July 2017

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Telekinesis is the first major power Willow develops while practicing witchcraft.

Telekinesis is a psychic phenomenon that occurs during extreme emotional distress.
Wesley Wyndam-Pryce.[src]

Telekinesis was the supernatural ability to exert influence on a physical system — an object — without the mediation of physical energy or contact.

Description

Ah. Yes. The power of moving things with one's mind. That's pretty much it.
Wesley Wyndam-Pryce.[src]

Application 

It's all about emotional control. Plus, obviously, magic.
Willow Rosenberg.[src]

The application of telekinesis highly depended on the user's level of concentration and emotional state. Being overrun with emotions would sometimes activate the power unintentionally or cause the user to lose control while preforming telekinesis, causing an undesirable result.[1][2] Low-level telekinetics could at least levitate small, light objects[1] while those with a high level of control could preform a number of feats of telekinesis such as lifting objects several times their own body weight,[3][4] pushing people several meters away,[5][6][2][7][8] operating motor vehicles,[9][7] causing localized tremors,[2][10] inducing cuts and lacerations[4] and applying invisible pressure to someone's neck in order to strangle them.[5][2]

Greater control could be achieved with multiple users focusing on the same task at the same time, allowing them to move heavier objects[3] or effect multiple objects or people simultaneously[11] however, the users would have to remain in synchronized thought and the spell must remain undisturbed by dark magic or the object in question would became frenzied.[12]

Telekinesis would usually be channeled through the user's hand gestures or by simply looking at the object or person. Some users were even capable of preforming specific tasks without even looking.[13] Telekinesis could also be activated by a vocal command of what action the user wanted to make happen [10][14] or, especially in the case of magic practitioners, by an incantation.[15][2] While telekinesis mostly did not the result in any form of visible energy manifesting, there have been cases with magic practitioners where some energy has been shown to appear.[16][17]

Types of Users

Telekinesis was an innate power of certain demon species, such as Vengeance or Ethros demons. Humans developed telekinesis due to severely traumatic events, as was the case of Bethany Chaulk, who suffered sexual abuse from her father during her puberty. Witches and warlocks could develop telekinesis as part of their training in the control of supernatural forces. Certain mystical tattoos could endow the wearer with telekinetic abilities as well.

Known telekinetics

See also Telekinetics

Witches and Warlocks

  • Amy MadisonAfter being de-ratted, Amy demonstrated at least some telekinetic skills when she, startled, closed a window and drew the curtain.[16] A year later, she appeared to have improved when she pushed Kennedy several meters away by merely extending her arms forward.[8]
  • Catherine Madison: Catherine showed to be an adept telekinetic. She could cause strangulation, summon a fire axe out of her daughter's hands, push a teacher's desk by looking at it and throw Buffy across the other side of the room with a hand gesture.[5]
  • Willow Rosenberg: Willow developed limited telekinetic abilities during her first year as a witch. During that period, she could only really use it to levitate pencils (as Buffy said to Willow when a bunch of mind-controlled parents tried to burn them at a stake, "What are you gonna do, float a pencil at them?").[18][1] However, Willow did manage to kill a vampire, by floating a pencil behind him and staking him.[19] The next year, Willow soon was able to manipulate heavier objects with the help of Tara, once being only able to make a large vending machine shake a bit, but by binding her powers with Tara, the two witches could quickly shift the vending machine over to a door to block entry by the Gentlemen.[3] The year after, Willow showed to possess even more development with her telekinesis. During a rage-filled battle with Glory, Willow could caused tremors powerful enough to make Glory think an apocalypse was happening, make a mirror break by saying "SHATTER" and blowing the shards at Glory, and move a bag which contained several knives (which she seemingly multiplied out of one) before lifting them and tossing them at Glory.[10] Willow also later managed to stop Glory in her tracks and push her via incantation.[15] After the death of Tara, a grief-stricken Willow absorbed a large amount of magical energy where she demonstrated a high level of telekinetic control and strength. With it, she was able to flay the top part of Warren Mears by a mere hand gesture, remove various bricks and subsequently chunks from a prison wall and take control of a mack truck by standing on it.[7] This drained some of her energy, but she refueled herself with absorbing Rack's energy and later the collective energies from a Devon Coven which she used to erect the top part of a buried cathedral, out from under the ground with little to no effort.[4] When Willow finally grew into her powers after her time with Aluwyn, her telekinetic capacity has grown immeasurably. She used her powers to manipulate the appliances in the Scotland Base of the Slayer Organization. She has also used her telekinetic powers to defend herself during the fight in John's hideout in Las Vegas, pushing back her demon opponents with immense force.
  • Tara Maclay: Like Willow, Tara seemed to have some limited telekinetic powers when they first met and was able to control heavier objects when in synchronization,[3] but once accidentally caused a rose to fly around uncontrollably until it hit the floor with enough force that all its petals disintegrated, when the intention was to levitate the rose and gracefully remove each petal (the reason for the spell's failure was a disruption caused by Ethan Rayne's spell).[12] Two years later, Tara became more adept at telekinesis during a fight with a demon, using it to push the demon back and drag a shelf at it.[17]
  • RackRack could levitate Willow during a magic-induced session with the movement of his fingers, demonstrating his skill along with the amount of magical energy he possessed.[9]

Humans

  • Bethany ChaulkBethany developed her telekinetic powers since she was a little girl because of being sexually abused by her father. As a teenager in 2000, her powers only activated out of her control whenever she felt strong emotional distress. Lilah Morgan attempted to manipulate this by hiring men to rape her, only for Bethany to use her powers to crush them to death with a dumpster. Wesley also tested this by outright mocking Bethany, causing her to force push him and Angel, almost killing Angel because of his landing in sunlight. When being reunited with her father, Bethany's powers reached its peak when she smashed all of the windows in the Hyperion Hotel. She lifted her father and choked him with her powers before throwing him out of the building they were in, making him fall before him stopping inches away from the ground, taking away his momentum and letting him drop alive, all of this without even looking. After this experience, Bethany began to control her powers using it to close her briefcase and flying it towards her hand.[2]


  • Lindsey McDonald: Lindsey acquired a number of powers with his mystical tattoos, one of them at least a mild form of telekinesis; demonstrated when he closed the door of the failsafe room of Wolfram & Hart by pointing at it.[20]
  • Telekinetic Ninja Assassin: This human assassin was able to summon his sword from a distance into his hand. This required him to concentrate on the sword, making it shake slightly before launching it into his hand.[21]

Demons

  • Eyghon the SleepwalkerWhilst possessing Jenny Calendar, Eyghon used his mind to open a door to Ethan's costume shop and moments later pushes Buffy by pointing at her.[6]
  • Balthazar: While the true extent of his power could only be utilized with his amulet, without it Balthazar still could telekinetically summon other beings with a stream of clear, distorted energy emanating from his hands, pulling them towards him.[22]
  • Ethros DemonWhen trapped into a soulless boy's body, an ethros demon made a cry for help by spilling some M&Ms on a table and telekinetically forming the words "Help Me" with them.[13]
  • Halfrek: The Vengeance Demon Halfrek once demonstrated telekinesis by pushing Anya Jenkins away when she tried to take her pendant.[23]
  • SebassisSabassis revealed an inventory full of weapons at his lair with a wave of his hand.[24]
  • Cyvus Vail: The ancient and powerful warlock could suspend Wesley Wyndam-Pryce long enough to stab him in the stomach.[25]
  • NoelleAlong with her species, this demon possessed limited telekinetic powers. 

Ghosts

  • Maude PearsonMaude could move objects with her mind as one of her ghostly powers. She used it to shake Cordelia's bed, move a chair out of place, make a noose out of a piece of wire, chuck knives into the torso of one of Griff's men and pull Cordelia into the bedroom.[26]
  • Lowell House Apparitions: They are allowed to manipulates a bottle which turns by telekinesis to the point to explode, manipulated strips to attach Spike to a chair and a violent ejection on Xander when he tries to return inside by throwing him out.

Gallery

Appearances

References