My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That: Difference between revisions

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[[Unresolved Sexual Tension]] is always fun when played for laughs and amusement. Two characters are totally into each other but it's never acknowledged, just heavily implied.

{{noreallife|All The Tropes is not a gossip site.}}

{{examples}}

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'':

** [[Robot Girl|Chachamaru]] does this to some who's trying to deny their attraction to Negi. Chachamaru even offers to replay a video of it.

* ''[[Future GPX Cyber Formula]]'': Even though Asurada doesn't really know or care of any [[Love Triangle|love-related conflict around Hayato, Asuka, and Randoll]], he still detects his partner's heart rate increasing by 1.2 times and demands to know what a kiss is.

 

* From ''[[Ms. Marvel]]''; "I analyze your every word, identifying subconscious speech patterns that betray your poorly hidden lust for my rock-hard robot body."—Aaron Stack, the ☠☠☠☠-ing Machine Man.

* In ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]: Kingbreaker'', when Korvus hurts himself in battle, his "healbot" from the Shi'ar world senses that "his body temperature and heart rate has increased" as he watches Rachel Summers with whom he had a fling. Korvus responds with a definitive "shut up," as he is embarrassed by the robot's intuitive perceptions.

* In ''[[Empowered]]'', the Caged Demonwolf has this role.

 

* In one of the ''[[Not Quite Human (novel)|Not Quite Human]]'' movies, [[Ridiculously Human Robot]] Chip is able to tell that his human sister has a crush on a guy at school.

{{quote|'''Becky''': What makes you think I like him?

* ''[[Discworld]]''

** A vampire named Sally is able to discern Angua and Carrot's feelings for each other by [[Vein-O-Vision|reading their heart rates]]. Unusual in that this wasn't news to anyone.

* In the ''[[Mercy Thompson]]'' books, this trope makes it impossible for homosexual werewolves like Warren to remain in the closet. To make matters worse, werewolves are socially conservative. It's a testament to Warren's fighting skill that he's survived as a gay werewolf for over 150 years.

* ''[[The Lords of Creation|The Sky People]]'' by [[S.M. Stirling]]. Venusian cave princess Tessa of the Cloud Mountain People knows that Marc Vitrak is attracted to her from his scent. Of course even the fellow members of the Earth expedition can detect this because, as one of them points out, Marc is wearing a loincloth which makes it clear that he's... aroused.

* Subverted in the ''[[Prince Roger]]'' series. One of Despreaux's fellow marines {{spoiler|monitors her biometrics to know when to send in a [[Moment Killer]] to keep her and Roger from getting it on.}} Oddly enough, this doesn't work on Roger. {{spoiler|''Nothing'' raises his heart rate or blood pressure except exertion.}}

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* In season 3 episode 4 of ''[[Lost]]'', Sawyer is fitted with a heart monitor with unknown consequences if he reaches 140 bpm. When Kate starts to change nearby, he almost triggers it.

* In an episode of ''[[Babylon 5]]'', Talia Winters, a telepath, enters the elevator while talking about her abilities (and the fact that [[Chekhov's Gun|some thoughts get through her barriers]]) with a client. Garibaldi just happens to be riding the same elevator behind her and is seen staring behind her.. A few seconds later, she randomly elbows him in the gut before walking out. He stands there for a few seconds, clutching at his gut and says "I think I'm in love".

 

== Video Games ==

'''Fall-from-Grace:''' Oh? Does that include modrons?

'''Nordom:''' I am no longer able to answer that question. I do not know. }}

* A version in which the one with the sensors, Visas Marr, ''also'' wants to tap that comes from ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]] II'' if you're playing a male character.

* In ''[[Star Control]] II'', the [[Telepathy|neo-Dnyarri]] names a couple of your crew members with crushes on you. (Then, when you tell them he's been listening in, they start envisioning creative ways of killing the neo-Dnyarri instead. It's hilarious.)

{{quote|'''Max:''' Why don't we just cruise for chicks?

'''Skun'Ka'Pe:''' Strange. My scans indicate you don't even like girls. }}

 

== Web Comics ==

* Zig-Zag in ''[[Sabrina Online]]'' [http://www.sabrina-online.com/strips/SO_sm181.GIF can] [http://www.sabrina-online.com/strips/SO_sm546.GIF tell] when someone's had sex the night before.

** Possibly explained by the fact that, at some level, they are still animals, and that ZZ is the owner of a porn movie studio.

** [http://xkcd.com/713/ Meet local girls in Low Earth Orbit tonight!]

* The [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|lesbian pirates']] ship in ''[[I Was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates from Outer Space]]'' has a [https://web.archive.org/web/20110108053620/http://rosalarian.com/lesbianpirates/?p=1989 "Gaydar" device] that "detects lesbian thoughts". At one point, Susie uses it to [https://web.archive.org/web/20110108015341/http://rosalarian.com/lesbianpirates/?p=1958 summon] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110108015719/http://rosalarian.com/lesbianpirates/?p=1956 help].

* A variant appears in ''[[Goblins]]'', when [[Awesomeness By Analysis|Psi-Max]], trying to figure out why his attempt to erase a demiplane failed, interrogates Minmax and Kin. He concludes that "as childishly cliched as it is, the previously unnoticed detail is [[The Power of Love|love]]." Effectively, a case of "My research indicates you want to tap that."

 

== Western Animation ==

 

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[[Category:One With the Index]]

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