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Telekinesis

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

Telekinesis was the supernatural ability to move a target without the mediation of physical energy or contact.[1]

Description

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 performing telekinesis, causing an undesirable result.[2][1] Low-level telekinetics could at least levitate small, light objects[2] while those with a high level of control could perform 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][1][7][8] operating motor vehicles,[9][7] causing localized tremors,[1][10] inducing cuts and lacerations[4] and applying invisible pressure to someone's neck in order to strangle them.[5][1]

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 performing 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][1] 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]

Users

Telekinesis was an innate power of certain demon species, such as Ethros[13] and vengeance demons.[18] Humans developed telekinesis due to severely traumatic events, as was the case of Bethany Chaulk.[1] Witches and warlocks could develop telekinesis as part of their training in the control of supernatural forces.[2] Certain mystical tattoos could endow the wearer with telekinetic abilities as well.[19]

Known telekinetics

Witches and warlocks

  • Amy Madison: After 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.[2] During that period, she could only really use it to levitate pencils,[20] but she did manage to kill a vampire by floating a pencil behind him and staking him.[21] 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] Willow's telekinetic capacity grew immeasurably after her training with Aluwyn; she used her powers to manipulate the appliances in the Slayer Organization command center and to defend herself during the fight in John's hideout in Las Vegas, pushing back her demon opponents with immense force.[citation needed]
  • 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.[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]
  • 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.[9]

Humans

  • Bethany Chaulk: Bethany developed her telekinetic powers since she was little 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. Bethany used 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.[1]
  • 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.[23]

Demons

  • 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.[24]
  • Ethros demon: When trapped into Ryan Anderson's soulless 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]

Spirits

  • 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 Vic's torso and pull Cordelia into the bedroom.[27]
  • Lowell House poltergeist: This apparition moved a bottle to gyrate until it exploded, manipulated strips to attach Spike to a chair, and caused a violent ejection on Xander when he tries to return inside by throwing him out.[28]

Appearances

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 1
"Welcome
to the
Hellmouth"
Absent 		"The
Harvest"

Absent 		"Witch"


Appears 		"Teacher's
Pet"

Absent 		"Never Kill a
Boy on the
First Date"
Absent 		"The
Pack"

Absent 		"Angel"


Absent 		"I Robot,
You Jane"

Absent 		"The
Puppet
Show"
Absent 		"Nightmares"


Absent 		"Out of
Mind, Out
of Sight"
Mention 		"Prophecy
Girl"

Absent
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2
"When She
Was Bad"

Absent 		"Some
Assembly
Required"
Absent 		"School
Hard"

Absent 		"Inca
Mummy
Girl"
Absent 		"Reptile
Boy"

Absent 		"Halloween"


Absent 		"Lie
to Me"

Absent 		"The Dark
Age"

Appears 		"What's
My Line?
Part One"
Absent 		"What's
My Line?
Part Two"
Absent 		"Ted"


Absent
"Bad Eggs"


Absent 		"Surprise"


Absent 		"Innocence"


Absent 		"Phases"


Absent 		"Bewitched,
Bothered and
Bewildered"
Absent 		"Passion"


Absent 		"Killed
by Death"

Absent 		"I Only
Have Eyes
for You"
Absent 		"Go Fish"


Absent 		"Becoming,
Part One"

Absent 		"Becoming,
Part Two"

Absent
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 3
"Anne"


Absent 		"Dead
Man's
Party"
Absent 		"Faith,
Hope
& Trick"
Absent 		"Beauty
and the
Beasts"
Absent 		"Homecoming"


Absent 		"Band
Candy"

Absent 		"Revelations"


Absent 		"Lovers
Walk"

Absent 		"The
Wish"

Absent 		"Amends"


Absent 		"Gingerbread"


Absent
"Helpless"


Absent 		"The
Zeppo"

Absent 		"Bad
Girls"

Appears 		"Consequences"


Absent 		"Doppelgängland"


Appears 		"Enemies"


Absent 		"Earshot"


Absent 		"Choices"


Appears 		"The
Prom"

Absent 		"Graduation
Day,
Part One"
Absent 		"Graduation
Day,
Part Two"
Absent
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 4
"The
Freshman"

Absent 		"Living
Conditions"

Absent 		"The Harsh
Light
of Day"
Absent 		"Fear,
Itself"

Absent 		"Beer
Bad"

Absent 		"Wild
at
Heart"
Absent 		"The
Initiative"

Absent 		"Pangs"


Absent 		"Something
Blue"

Absent 		"Hush"


Appears 		"Doomed"


Absent
"A New
Man"

Appears 		"The I
in Team"

Absent 		"Goodbye
Iowa"

Absent 		"This
Year's
Girl"
Absent 		"Who
Are
You?"
Absent 		"Superstar"


Absent 		"Where
the Wild
Things Are"
Absent 		"New
Moon
Rising"
Absent 		"The
Yoko
Factor"
Absent 		"Primeval"


Absent 		"Restless"


Absent
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 5
"Buffy
vs.
Dracula"
Absent 		"Real
Me"

Absent 		"The
Replacement"

Absent 		"Out of
My Mind"

Absent 		"No Place
Like Home"

Absent 		"Family"


Absent 		"Fool
for
Love"
Absent 		"Shadow"


Absent 		"Listening
to Fear"

Absent 		"Into
the
Woods"
Absent 		"Triangle"


Absent
"Checkpoint"


Absent 		"Blood
Ties"

Absent 		"Crush"


Absent 		"I Was
Made to
Love You"
Absent 		"The
Body"

Absent 		"Forever"


Absent 		"Intervention"


Absent 		"Tough
Love"

Appears 		"Spiral"


Appears 		"The Weight
of the
World"
Appears 		"The
Gift"

Appears
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 6
"Bargaining,
Part One"

Absent 		"Bargaining,
Part Two"

Absent 		"After
Life"

Absent 		"Flooded"


Absent 		"Life
Serial"

Absent 		"All
the
Way"
Absent 		"Once
More, with
Feeling"
Absent 		"Tabula
Rasa"

Absent 		"Smashed"


Appears 		"Wrecked"


Appears 		"Gone"


Absent
"Doublemeat
Palace"

Absent 		"Dead
Things"

Absent 		"Older
and Far
Away"
Appears 		"As
You
Were"
Absent 		"Hell's
Bells"

Absent 		"Normal
Again"

Appears 		"Entropy"


Absent 		"Seeing
Red"

Absent 		"Villains"


Appears 		"Two
to
Go"
Appears 		"Grave"


Appears
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 7
"Lessons"


Absent 		"Beneath
You"

Absent 		"Same Time,
Same Place"

Absent 		"Help"


Absent 		"Selfless"


Absent 		"Him"


Absent 		"Conversations
with Dead
People"
Absent 		"Sleeper"


Absent 		"Never
Leave
Me"
Absent 		"Bring
on the
Night"
Absent 		"Showtime"


Absent
"Potential"


Absent 		"The
Killer
in Me"
Appears 		"First
Date"

Absent 		"Get It
Done"

Absent 		"Storyteller"


Absent 		"Lies My
Parents
Told Me"
Absent 		"Dirty
Girls"

Absent 		"Empty
Places"

Absent 		"Touched"


Absent 		"End of
Days"

Absent 		"Chosen"


Absent
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10
New Rules,
Part 1

Absent 		New Rules,
Part 2

Absent 		New Rules,
Part 3

Absent 		New Rules,
Part 4

Absent 		New Rules,
Part 5

Absent 		I Wish,
Part 1

Absent 		I Wish,
Part 2

Absent 		Return to
Sunnydale,
Part 1
Absent 		Return to
Sunnydale,
Part 2
Absent 		Day Off (or
Harmony
in My Head)
Absent
Love
Dares
You,
Part 1
Absent 		Love
Dares
You,
Part 2
Absent 		Love
Dares
You,
Part 3
Absent 		Relationship
Status:
Complicated,
Part 1
Absent 		Relationship
Status:
Complicated,
Part 2
Absent 		Old
Demons,
Part 1

Absent 		Old
Demons,
Part 2

Absent 		Old
Demons,
Part 3

Absent 		Freaky
Giles
Day

Absent 		Triggers



Absent
In Pieces
on the
Ground,
Part 1
Absent 		In Pieces
on the
Ground,
Part 2
Absent 		In Pieces
on the
Ground,
Part 3
Absent 		In Pieces
on the
Ground,
Part 4
Absent 		In Pieces
on the
Ground,
Part 5
Absent 		Own It,
Part 1


Appears 		Own It,
Part 2


Appears 		Own It,
Part 3


Absent 		Own It,
Part 4


Absent 		Own It,
Part 5


Absent
"Where Are They Now?"
Absent
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 11
The Spread of
Their Evil
Absent 		In Time
of Crisis
Absent 		A House
Divided
Appears 		Desperate
Times
Absent 		Desperate
Measures
Absent 		Back to the
Wall
Absent 		Disempowered

Absent 		Ordinary
People
Absent
The Great
Escape
Absent 		Crimes Against
Nature
Absent 		Revelations

Appears 		One Girl in All
the World
Absent 		Girl Blue,
Part 1
Absent 		Girl Blue,
Part 2
Absent 		Girl Blue,
Part 3
Absent 		Girl Blue,
Part 4
Absent
Angel
Angel: Season 1
"City Of"


Absent 		"Lonely
Heart"

Absent 		"In the
Dark"

Absent 		"I Fall
to Pieces"

Absent 		"Rm w/a Vu"


Appears 		"Sense &
Sensitivity"

Absent 		"The
Bachelor
Party"
Absent 		"I Will
Remember
You"
Absent 		"Hero"


Absent 		"Parting
Gifts"

Absent 		"Somnambulist"


Absent
"Expecting"


Absent 		"She"


Absent 		"I've Got
You Under
My Skin"
Appears 		"The
Prodigal"

Absent 		"The
Ring"

Absent 		"Eternity"


Absent 		"Five
by
Five"
Absent 		"Sanctuary"


Absent 		"War
Zone"

Absent 		"Blind
Date"

Absent 		"To Shanshu
in L.A."

Absent
Angel: Season 2
"Judgment"


Absent 		"Are You
Now or Have
You Ever Been"
Absent 		"First
Impressions"

Absent 		"Untouched"


Appears 		"Dear
Boy"

Absent 		"Guise
Will Be
Guise"
Absent 		"Darla"


Absent 		"The
Shroud
of Rahmon"
Absent 		"The
Trial"

Absent 		"Reunion"


Absent 		"Redefinition"


Absent
"Blood Money"


Absent 		"Happy
Anniversary"

Absent 		"The Thin
Dead
Line"
Absent 		"Reprise"


Absent 		"Epiphany"


Absent 		"Disharmony"


Absent 		"Dead
End"

Absent 		"Belonging"


Absent 		"Over the
Rainbow"

Absent 		"Through
the Looking
Glass"
Absent 		"There's No
Place Like
Plrtz Glrb"
Absent
Angel: Season 3
"Heartthrob"


Absent 		"That
Vision-
Thing"
Absent 		"That Old
Gang
of Mine"
Absent 		"Carpe
Noctem"

Absent 		"Fredless"


Absent 		"Billy"


Absent 		"Offspring"


Absent 		"Quickening"


Appears 		"Lullaby"


Absent 		"Dad"


Absent 		"Birthday"


Absent
"Provider"


Absent 		"Waiting
in the
Wings"
Absent 		"Couplet"


Absent 		"Loyalty"


Absent 		"Sleep
Tight"

Absent 		"Forgiving"


Absent 		"Double
or
Nothing"
Absent 		"The
Price"

Absent 		"A New
World"

Absent 		"Benediction"


Absent 		"Tomorrow"


Absent
Angel: Season 5
"Conviction"


Absent 		"Just
Rewards"

Absent 		"Unleashed"


Absent 		"Hell
Bound"

Absent 		"Life
of the
Party"
Appears 		"The Cautionary
Tale of
Numero Cinco"
Absent 		"Lineage"


Absent 		"Destiny"


Absent 		"Harm's
Way"

Absent 		"Soul
Purpose"

Absent 		"Damage"


Absent
"You're
Welcome"

Appears 		"Why We
Fight"

Absent 		"Smile
Time"

Absent 		"A Hole
in the
World"
Absent 		"Shells"


Absent 		"Underneath"


Absent 		"Origin"


Absent 		"Time
Bomb"

Absent 		"The Girl
in
Question"
Absent 		"Power
Play"

Absent 		"Not
Fade
Away"
Appears

References