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Not to be confused with an [[Bowdlerise|Everything ]]''[[Bowdlerise|Censor.]]'' Compare [[The Little Detecto]], a more specialized device.
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== Anime ==
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** In the original series, K-9 often had this ability, such as detecting approaching monsters or instantly mapping out underground caves.
** In "Planet of the Dead", Malcolm's equipment can't detect a wormhole. So he makes it display ''what it can't detect'', and that shows the wormhole just fine.
** The Doctor also has a [[Timey
* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', when mankind learned to build starships, we also got the bonus package of sensors that can pinpoint life form readings and all energy sources from orbit. It also plays with it a bit, since the initial Earth-designed sensors were rather poor, needing ground teams to tag objects with beacons before they could localise them. An upgrade from the friendly neighbourhood Asgard solved the problem about the time the Daedalus was introduced.
* Heavily lampshaded in the recent [[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]] revival. The gang are in a TV store ([[No Fourth Wall]]) where a salesman is discussing the show and talking about how stupid the 'psi scan' Kryten uses is. At the same time Kryten psi-scans him, before telling the others the guy's name, address, clothing size, the fact that he's a jerk and that he has a very small penis as a result of the scans data. Toyed with further - Rimmer asks how the scan could possibly have found that and Kryten explains it was a simple matter of the machine hacking into his email account.
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* Norman Jayden in ''[[Heavy Rain]]'' has a pair of VR Goggles that allow him to scan crime scenes for all sorts of stuff that most CSI labs would take weeks to analyze, including ''DNA''. Note that the game takes place in 2011 (one year into the future for its year of release). It also has a couple of [[Mundane Utility|minigames he can play]] like a "Throw ball at a brick wall" simulation.
* The "sensors" in Starcraft 2 are able to detect whatever is convenient for the plot.
* Played straight with the Detective Skull, which tells you important stats of the monster you're fighting...then parodied by the Defective Skull joke item in ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'', which is an Everything Sensor that only gives ''useless'' information. For example, it might tell you that the monster you're fighting ''has'' [[Hit Points]] (but not how many), or pick a random, absurdly high number and say the monster has that many hit points, or say that it has "approximately [[Eleventy
* In ''[[Bionic Commando (Video Game)|Bionic Commando]] Rearmed 2'', Radd Spencer is given a "bio-vision scanner" that allows him to analyze pick-up items, enemies, grabbable objects, and even [[Achilles Heel|boss weaknesses]].
* [[Timeshift]]: Your on board A.I warns you about electrical hazards, fire hazards, quantum anomalies, shielded enemies, structural instabilities and...concealed threats, which could be landmines, enemies about to burst though doors or giant mechs tearing up the place. You can only tell which one after they happen, making the warning slightly less useful.
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