Clairvoyance is the psychic ability to see through the eyes of others. It can connect to a person's mind even from great distances if channeled through a precious item connected to the target. It can also be used to see through security cameras[1].
Description[]
Clairvoyance allows Raz to see himself through the eyes of other people. When using this power, Raz can still move freely in his own body and use other psychic powers. Raz can also use this power to locate people as long as he has an object relating to them in some way. He first uses Lili's Bracelet to locate her position at Thorney Towers, and later her music box to locate her father, Truman Zanotto. He also uses a Crow Feather to see from the point of view of nearby crows in the Milkman Conspiracy.
Psychonauts[]
Razputin learns Clairvoyance in the Milkman Conspiracy, where the badge is found in Boyd's refrigerator. Whenever Raz uses Clairvoyance on another character, the camera shows the world from their point of view, but focused on looking at Raz. For most characters, Raz appears as a unique two-dimensional mental image. For instance, if it is used on Boyd, Raz will appear to be a milk bottle with his head at the top. However, some characters see him as his normal 3D model, such as the Den Mother.
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Who they are | What they see | What it means | Image |
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Campers | |||
Dogen Boole | The aviator hat and goggles Raz wears | Dogen fixates on other people's more stylish hats because of his own tinfoil hat, which he needs to wear to help him control his psychic abilities. | |
Kitty Bubai Franke Athens Elka Doom |
A fly | These three girls consider Raz to be very annoying, like a fly. | |
Nils Lutefisk | "Not a girl" sign | Nils is only concerned with ladies, and so subconsciously dismisses Raz. | |
Elton Fir | A mustache-twirling villain, carrying a tied-up Lili | Before he dates Milka, Elton has a crush on Lili and views Raz as a rival for her affections. | |
Bobby Zilch | A punching doll with a target on it | A fierce rivalry is depicted between Bobby and Raz, which explains his view. | |
Benny Fideleo | Raz with oversized ears | Despite his nickname "the Nose," Benny's most obvious attribute is his oversized ears. He may feel somewhat embarrassed and thus desires to project his own feelings onto others. | |
Vernon Tripe | A giant ear | Vernon is always telling stories, so his mental image of Raz is of an ear, ready to listen. | |
Phoebe Love | A pile of kindling | Phoebe is a skilled pyrokinetic and likely suffers from pyromania. While she tries her best to disregard those urges, things and even people around her still subconsciously appear as burnable materials to her. | |
Quentin Hedgemouse | Raz as himself but with Quentin's fashion style | Quentin is an easy-to-like guy who gets along with a lot of people. Viewing Raz the way he views himself shows how accepting he is. | |
J. T. Hoofburger | Raz as a cowboy | J.T. is a wannabe cowboy, projecting that onto others as a way of relating to them. He sees Raz as a peer and part of his ideal world. | |
Melvin "Chops" Sweetwind | Raz as a Hockey player | Like his best friend J.T., Chops sees Raz as a peer. In Chops' case, he sees Raz playing Hockey, the national pastime in his homeland of Canada. | |
Crystal Flowers Snagrash Clem Foote |
Raz as a Football player | Clem and Crystal are the cheerleaders of the camp, always making up cheers to brighten up the campers' day. Cheerleading is most commonly associated with the game of Football. | |
Milka Phage | A boot | Milka turns invisible every time Raz -- or anyone other than Elton, for that matter -- approaches her. She listens for the footsteps of someone approaching her, showing that she subconsciously fixates on the sound as a trigger to turn invisible. | |
Chloe Barge | Raz as a green alien | Chloe believes she is an alien from another galaxy. As Raz is also considered an outsider by the other campers, she perceives him to have alien qualities as well. | |
Mikhail Bulgakov | A smaller, scrawnier Raz | The tall, bear-wrestling Mikhail views Raz as a puny weakling. | |
Maloof Canola | Raz as a mob boss | Maloof sees Raz as someone who already has a great deal of confidence and can stand up to bullies. The fact that this makes him think of a mob boss is one piece of evidence used to support the belief that Maloof comes from a Mafia family himself. | |
Lili Zanotto | Raz as a prince with a rose in his hand | Lili harbors a secret crush on Raz, which she hides under her slight playful disdain for his behavior. | |
Psychonauts | |||
Sasha Nein | Raz as a younger version of himself | It's possible that Nein sees a lot of similarities between Raz and himself, which explains his view. | |
Milla Vodello | Raz as an infant | Ever since her time at the orphanage, Milla has always cared for children. Her painful loss now causes her to view Raz, and probably most of the campers, as innocent, helpless babies that require her protection. | |
Coach Oleander | An oversized brain | Coach Oleander is in the midst of his psychic army plans when he meets Raz. He doesn't see Raz as a strong psychic, but rather raw material with which he can make unstoppable psychic weapons. | |
Ford Cruller (in his Sanctuary) | Raz as a Psychonaut | Ford, like Sasha, has faith in Raz's abilities and potential. Already, he's imagining Raz as a full-fledged member of the Psychonauts. | |
Ranger Cruller (in the GPC & Wilderness) | A heap of fallen leaves | The ranger is always raking leaves out by the abandoned cabin in the wilderness. He spends most of his time telling the kids that the wilderness is off-limits, so he views Raz as a mess (in this case, a pile of leaves) that needs to be gotten out of the way. | |
Janitor Cruller (in the Campfire Area) | A heap of dust | Like his ranger alter-ego, the janitor only sees Raz as a mess waiting to be cleaned up and swept away. He can not focus on anything else. | |
Chef Cruller (in the Main Lodge) | A huge open mouth | Chef Cruller seems to always be in the midst of grilling hamburgers. Any student who approaches him -- even to shop at the camp store -- is viewed by him to simply be another hungry mouth to feed. | |
Admiral Cruller (at the Lake) | Raz as a young sea cadet | The admiral sees Raz in this form because he expects the boy to requisition one of the canoes. | |
Coach Oleander's Basic Braining | |||
Bunnies Mr. Bun |
A huge, scary meat butcher | The bunnies in Basic Braining are thoughts leaking from Oleander's actual psyche into the artificial memories that create the battlefield. The bunnies' vision show Oly's fear of his father, a butcher. | |
Brain Tumbler Experiment | |||
Monster Plant | A fly | Like a Venus Fly-trap, these plants view Raz as something to be eaten. | |
Sasha's Shooting Gallery | |||
Mega Censor | An odd virus to exterminate | Just like the rest of the Censors, the Mega Censor sees Raz as an intrusive thought -- one that seems out of place in the mind. | |
Milla's Dance Party | |||
The Dancers | A fellow party-goer | Milla keeps the dance-party going in her mind all the time. As such, the projections of her inner party, the dancers, see Raz as another person ready to get down and dance. | |
Beneath Lake Oblongata | |||
Linda the Hulking Lungfish | A small lungfish | Linda is a lungfish. That is all she knows. And so, that is all she understands. | |
Suckerfish | A lollipop | These little fish will suck on Raz's head if he gets too close. This is how Raz perceives their desire to do so. | |
Lobsters | A boy in a fish costume | These decapods can not comprehend a human being on the lake bottom. This is the best their pea-sized minds can come up with. | |
Oysters | A pearl | This sprite is unused because it is impossible to use Clairvoyance on the oysters. The oysters seek to protect anything that ends up in their mouths. | |
Lungfishopolis | |||
Lungfish Zealots |
Raz as a zealot |
This sprite goes unused because it is impossible to use Clairvoyance on the lungfish citizens. The lungfish zealots see Raz as a freedom-fighter because of his goal of destroying Kochamara. | |
Kochamara | An oversized brain | Coach Oleander is the one who took control of Linda's mind, and is Kochamara's true identity. He views Raz as a significant part of his plot. | |
Lungfish tanks/turret/electro-canons/airplanes | Raz as he actually is | It is unclear why the Lungfish navy see Raz as himself since there is no gameplay reason for it. | |
Milkman Conspiracy | |||
The Milkman | A bottle of milk and Raz's head as the bottle cap | In reality, the Milkman is merely Boyd Cooper's alternate persona. Boyd is anxious to find and assume this persona so that he can deliver the milk (in this case, the Molotov cocktails he is holding in the real world). His obsession with his task is so intense that he barely registers Razputin, having only milk on his mind. | |
Regular G-Men/Raz with no disguise | A shadowy figure covered in question marks | The G-Men operate on the principle that holding a certain item disguises them as something other than spies. The G-Men will see Raz like this if he doesn't have a G-Man "disguise" on. | |
Roadcrew G-Men | A roadcrew worker. | They see Raz as a roadcrew worker because he is wearing their disguise. | |
Hedge Trimmer G-men | A man holding hedge trimmers. | They see Raz as man with hedge trimmers because he is wearing their disguise. | |
Watering Can G-Men | A lady holding a watering can. | They see Raz as a lady with a watering can because he is wearing their disguise. | |
Widow G-Men | A grieving widow | They see Raz as a widow because he is wearing their disguise. | |
Housewife G-Men | A pie-maker | They see Raz as a housewife because he is wearing their disguise. | |
Assassin G-Men | An assassin | They see Raz as an assassin because he is wearing their disguise. | |
Plumber G-Men | A plumber | They see Raz as a plumber because he is wearing their disguise. | |
Phone line worker G-Men | A phone line repair worker | They see Raz as a phone line worker because he is wearing their disguise. | |
The Rainbow Squirts, Mailboxes | Raz as a robber trying to steal the milk away | The Rainbow Squirts are working against the G-Men to keep the Milkman's location and identity a secret. They view this interloper in Cooper's mind no differently. | |
The Den Mother | Raz as he actually is | This is likely only for gameplay reasons. The player must use Clairvoyance (with the God's Eye) in order to defeat the Den Mother, so it makes sense that Raz would appear normally instead of a 2D image. | |
Trash cans, Fire hydrants, Boyd Cooper | A shadowy figure covered in question marks | Trash cans and other things in this mental realm are actually camouflage for undercover cameras. They are curious as to Raz's identity and intentions, as he does not seem to fit into Boyd's existing theories. | |
The keypad | A giant finger | The keypad is merely waiting to receive the proper passcode, typed in by hand. | |
Security cameras, Flamingos | Raz as he actually is | As seeing through the security cameras is the only way to get through the darkness, Raz appears as himself. This is only for gameplay reasons. | |
Gloria's Theater | |||
Gloria Von Gouton Bonita Soleil |
An autograph of herself with a pen about to sign on it | Gloria and her inner persona, Bonita, always assume that anyone who approaches them is there to ask for an autograph. | |
Jasper Rolls The Phantom |
One and a half stars | Jasper is critical of everyone and everything, never saving his criticism for the stage actors. He holds Raz in very low regard, thus equating him to a bad play review. He also gives Raz a one-and-a-half-star rating in one of his dialogue options. | |
Becky Houndstooth | A check-list clipboard | Becky is all-too-focused on the play, so she cannot think of anything else other than the many tasks that must be completed in order for the play to carry on. | |
The Happy Flower Actors | Raz in happy flower costume | The Flower Actors are bright and sunny and view the rest of the world and everyone in it the exact same way. | |
The Evil Flower Actors | An evil mechanical lawn mower | When the lights switch, the Flower Actors become aggressive just like everything else on-stage. That aggression takes the form of something they think will attack them. | |
The Birds | An angry cat | Self-explanatory. | |
The Bats | A worm | Also self-explanatory. | |
The Happy Dogs | A fire hydrant | Use your imagination. | |
The Feral Hounds | A bowl of dog food | Once again, use your imagination. | |
Waterloo World | |||
Fred Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte Most of the game pieces |
Raz as a contemporary general with a raised sword | Napoleon and Fred view Raz as another player in the game, especially after Raz takes Fred's place against Napoleon. | |
Napoleon Bonaparte (on the board) | Raz as a wooden game piece | The smaller Napoleon on the game board views Raz as just another tiny piece, waiting to be moved by his commander. This is ultimately what causes him to underestimate the young man. | |
Snail Cannons | A big leaf with Raz's face on it | Snails eat leaves. It makes sense. | |
The Knight | Raz as a waiter | The knight will not join the game until Raz brings him some escargot to eat. He views it as Raz's only purpose in the game. | |
The Cows | A bull | The cows see Raz as someone powerful and in charge. | |
Black Velvetopia | |||
Edgar Teglee | Raz as a Joker card | Edgar fixates on the cards he needs to build the card castle in order to reach Lampita. Additionally, Edgar sees Razputin as a wild card—an unpredictable new element that might shake things up and finally help him overcome his problems this time. | |
El Odio | A traditional red bullfighting cape | El Odio runs Raz down if the boy ever gets in his way, just as bulls are stereotypically attracted and infuriated by the red capes used by bullfighters. | |
Saint Bernard | An art model | The Saint Bernard artist sees Raz as an interesting new subject to be painted. | |
Collie | A filthy pig | The Collie views Raz in a much lower light. Also, Collies are often known to work on farms and ranches. | |
Dalmatian | A judge | The Dalmatian is convinced that Raz has come to express his opinions on the art on display. | |
Bulldog | A tourist | The Bulldog likely assumes that Razputin, like many stereotypes of tourists, has a rather surface-level interest in art and culture, and that he is mostly invested in the bullfight for his own entertainment. | |
Dingo Inflagrante | Raz as a lance-wielding picador | The modern day picador’s role is to tire out the bull by various ways, including strategic piercing with a lance and tiring them out for the matador by getting the bulls to try to lift their protective gear-covered horse. Raz fills out the role of a picador by using Levitation and Confusion during the fight against El Odio. | |
The Maidens | A man in a trench coat/
A prince (if Raz is holding a rose) |
We'll leave the rest up to your imagination. | |
Tiger | A weak antelope | Tigers, jaguars, and other large cats hunt, chase, and eat things like antelope. | |
Dragon | A wimpy warrior in cardboard armor | Knights in armor are known in legends for battling fierce dragons. This shows that Dragon doesn't view Raz as a true challenge. | |
Eagle | A worm | Just like Tiger, Eagle sees Raz as something to be hunted and eaten. | |
Cobra | A nerdy-looking Edgar | Edgar and the real-life inspiration for Junior King Kong Cobra obviously had some dirty laundry in the past. Edgar likely feels inferior and judged by this person to the present day. | |
Asylum | |||
Crispin Whytehead | A blurry image of Dr. Loboto | Crispin's vision is so terrible, he can only recognize the real Dr. Loboto (or anyone else for that matter) as a blurry image. The items Raz collects to disguise himself look just enough like Loboto to Crispin that the orderly does not see any difference. | |
Sheegor | A savior | Sheegor is a gentle and fearful soul, despite working as Loboto's assistant. Though she tries to dissuade Raz from climbing the tower, she does see him as someone who could save her from the mad doctor. | |
Rats | A slice of Cheddar cheese | Rats are known to like cheese, but why they would self-destruct in confusion clouds over it is another question. | |
Dr. Loboto | Raz as he actually is | You aren't actually supposed to be able to use Clairvoyance on him. | |
Mr. Pokeylope | A slice of cake | Obviously, Pokeylope cannot wait to have a piece of that birthday cake. | |
Meat Circus | |||
Little Oly | A circus ringleader | Oly sees Raz as the person in charge of the circus he's ended up in, and as a person capable to tame its dangerous animals. | |
Fortune Teller | Raz as a fairgoer | The medium perceives Raz as yet another visitor to the circus. | |
The mutilated bunnies | A carrot with his face on it | The mutilated bunnies try to attack Raz, their primitive minds seeing him as something to be devoured. | |
The Fat Lady | A chocolate bar | She sees Raz as something she wants to eat. | |
Sword Swallowers | Raz on a target | Clearly, they view Raz as great target practice. | |
The Butcher | A steak with Raz's face on it | The Butcher is a projection of Oleander's fear of his own father. He never forgave his father for having slaughtered his pet rabbit to teach him a "lesson" about the only utility of little animals: to became butchered meat. To this day, he believes his father would have butchered him as well, and so that is what Raz sees also. | |
Evil Augustus | A small version of Evil Augustus | This sprite is impossible to get in-game because Clairvoyance doesn't work on Evil Augustus. He sees his son as a miniature version of himself. | |
The Two-Headed Dad Monster | The shape of the Double Fine logo baby, with a rabbit's head and body, but with Raz's head attached to the bunny torso as well | The Two-Headed Dad Monster wants to merge Mr. Bun and Raz together. | |
Creatures | |||
Memory Vaults | A dog catcher | The memory vaults have several dog-like attributes, such as the ears, flopping tongue, and bounding gait. They try to get away from Raz, as a dog would run from a dog catcher. | |
Emotional Baggage | A hotel bellhop | Emotional baggage simply waits to be sorted out, carried off and taken care of. They see Raz in the role of a bellhop for this reason. | |
Oatmeal | A package | Oatmeal sees Raz as a package waiting to be delivered, always eager to send Raz to exactly where he needs to go. | |
Censors | An odd virus to exterminate | The censors exist to remove thoughts from a person's head that should not be there. They see Raz as a virus since they function like a mental immune system, destroying anything foreign. | |
Birds and Seagulls | An angry cat | The birds around the camp fly away if Raz gets close. The image of a cat shows that they are afraid of him. | |
Squirrels | A goofy-looking version of himself, as a primate wearing clothes | The squirrels around the camp are obviously smarter than they appear, given the critical information they pass along to Dogen. They view Raz (and all humans) as simple, stupid creatures who cannot see what is right in front of them. | |
Bears | Left-over food from a picnic | The bears in the camp go after Raz in the same way a real-world bear would be attracted to a picnic table in some park area. They wish to devour him. | |
Cougars | A small bunny | Like the bears, cougars see Raz as something small and helpless to devour. | |
Nightmares | A shadowy figure covered in question marks | The nightmares have noticed a victim has entered their sanctum. They want to know what he's most afraid of. | |
Personal Demons | A bullseye with a face | The personal demons see Raz as a target. | |
Crows | Raz as he actually is | Raz appears as himself for gameplay reasons. | |
Unused | A seagull |
Psychonauts: In the Rhombus of Ruin[]
Clairvoyance had its mechanics enhanced for the VR game, Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin. Raz can mentally hop towards another person’s mind to view from their perspective. He is able to observe around that person or being’s vicinity in order to locate anything that the current view could not and progress through the game. Raz is also able to jump from one person or being’s view to another as long as they are near their vicinity without needing to return to his own perspective. Before the rescue mission began, Raz also uses clairvoyance to locate Truman Zanotto. After his kidnapping and whilst trying to locate his whereabouts, Raz asks Lili if she thought of using clairvoyance to reach out to her father through his old music box, but her anxiety messed with her psychic powers. Raz was capable of reaching out and locating Truman using the music box. Unlike in Psychonauts, the characters do not see Raz as an alternative 2D mental image. However, while Milla, Lili and Sasha are suffering from Psilirium poisoning, Raz will perceive their delusions caused by said poisoning unless he figures how to return them to their senses.
Psychonauts 2[]
Clairvoyance returns in Psychonauts 2.
Unlike the first game, characters don't keep their eyes on Raz, meaning the camera angle stays the same. This is evident by the scenes where Raz uses clairvoyance on other psychonauts, as he was able to move out of the center without characters moving their eyes towards him. Clairvoyance views are now a little bit more animated than in Psychonauts.
Another change is that the characters still move their heads while the ability is being used on them, evident by when Raz used the ability on a squirrel, you can see how the screen moves a little.
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Who they are | What they see | What it means | Image |
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Interns | |||
The interns (minus Sam and Norma) before the casino mission | Raz embarrassed in his underwear | The interns are still reminded of Raz' hazing whenever they see him. | |
Sam Boole | A squirrel | Sam loves animals, so she sees Raz as a squirrel. | |
Adam Joseph Gette | A Psychonaut | After gaining his respect on the casino mission, Adam sees Raz as a fellow Psychonaut. | |
Gisu | Raz riding a skateboard | Raz has gained Gisu's respect on the casino mission. Being fond of skating, Gisu sees Raz as someone she considers cool. | |
Morris Martinez | Raz as a radio host | Raz has gained Morris' respect on the casino mission. Being an amateur broadcaster, Morris now sees Raz as a fellow radio personality. | |
Lizzie | Raz as a confident punk | After Raz gains her respect, Lizzie sees him as a fellow rebel with a matching outfit. | |
Norma (before post-game) | A mole | Norma remains confident that Raz is the mole at the Motherlobe. | |
Norma (post-game) | A Psychonaut | Norma finally acknowledges Raz as her peer. | |
Psychonauts/Motherlobe Residents | |||
Dr. Caligosto Loboto | A frowning tooth | Loboto sees Raz and the Psychonauts in general as a metaphorical tooth that needs to be pulled so he can get on with his life. | |
Sasha Nein | A small version of himself | Just as in the first game, Razputin no doubt reminds Sasha of himself at that age. | |
Milla Vodello | Raz in 1960s fashion | As opposed to the previous game, where she saw Raz-- and possibly other kids-- as a defenseless baby to protect, Milla now acknowledges him as a fun-loving young man who can take care of himself. Since the Psychonauts are an organization of spies, this version of Raz may be a reference to Austin Powers, another unusual but capable international spy. | |
Ford Cruller | Raz as a Psychonaut | Much like in the first game, Agent Cruller still sees the potential to be a full-fledged Psychonaut in Raz. | |
Hairdresser Ford | A pile of different locks of hair | As a hairdresser, Ford is preoccupied with hair and can think of nothing else. | |
Mail clerk Ford | A postman | Mail clerk Ford sees Raz as a co-worker in the Mailroom. | |
Bowling clerk Ford | A smelly foot | Bowling clerk Ford sees Raz as someone who brings in germs. | |
Harold | Raz in a rat costume | Harold sees Raz as a friend, which to a rat would naturally look like another rat. | |
Coach Oleander | Raz as a saluting soldier | After sorting out his issues in the first game, Oleander now respects Razputin as a determined fellow fighter eager to serve—though still of lower rank than himself. | |
Hollis Forsythe (before post-game) | A hatching baby chick | Hollis does not acknowledge Raz's abilities yet, believing he still has much to learn. | |
Hollis Forsythe (post-game) | A Psychonaut | By the end of the game, Raz has impressed Hollis enough for her to consider him a proper Psychonaut agent. | |
Lili Zanotto | Raz as a dashing version of himself | Lili sees Raz as her ideal boyfriend. | |
Lili Zanotto (after the casino mission and before talking to her) | A judge | Before clearing things up again, Lili is mad that Raz seems to be accusing her of being connected to her father's kidnapping. | |
Truman Zanotto (before post-game) | Raz as a Grulovian peasant | Because Truman's body is hosting Gristol's brain, Truman views Raz the same way Gristol would: a person of inferior status to himself. | |
Truman Zanotto (post-game) | Raz as a suitor in prom clothing | Truman knows that Raz is romantically interested in his daughter, and foresees him asking her out. | |
Otto Mentallis | A brain in a jar | Otto has new members of the Psychonauts or the Psychonauts intern program sign an agreement that lets him keep their brain in a jar post-mortem. He could see everyone, including Raz, as future experiment material. Alternatively, the brain in a jar could represent Otto seeing everyone for their minds as opposed to their bodies. | |
Compton Boole | A bee | Compton used to be a beekeeper and can communicate with them, so he sees Raz as an approachable person he can talk to. | |
Helmut Fullbear | A smaller Eddie Riggs. | Eddie is a character from Brütal Legend, another Double Fine game, and voiced by Jack Black, who also voices Helmut. Eddie is a roadie, which he describes like this: "A good roadie knows his whole job is to make someone else look good, keep someone else safe, help someone else do what they were put here to do. A good roadie stays out of the spotlight. If he's doing his job right, you don't even know he's there." - which also applies to Raz. | |
Bob Zanotto | Raz as a gardener | Bob sees Raz as someone invested in nurturing plants. In Bob's mind, those plants symbolize his relationships to other people, meaning he's aware Raz is trying to help him reconnect. | |
Cassie O'Pia | Raz waiting for an autograph | Cassie thinks Raz is first and foremost a fan of her book, Mindswarm. She's not wrong: Raz does in fact ask for an autograph. | |
Nick Johnsmith | A postman | Nick (or at least, his brainless body) sees Raz as a co-worker at the Mailroom. | |
Kim | A cigarette vending machine | Kim sees the new intern as someone she can force some errands on, such as making him get her a pack of cigarettes. | |
Lori | A coffee pot | Lori expects that the new intern is here to fetch her some coffee. | |
Chet and Sherri (when gossiping in the lobby) | Raz listening in with a horn | Chet and Sherri worry Razputin might be listening in on their private conversations. | |
Terryl | A blank nametag | Terryl is eager to learn Razputin's name and possibly make a new friend. | |
Larry and Pam | Raz as a football player | Larry and Pam, rolling around as brains in balls, worry that Raz might decide to kick them at any moment. | |
Bowling alley bartender | An ID card | Likely a reference to Superbad, where one of the characters obtain a fake ID in order to buy alcohol. The bartender is likely suspicious of Raz and thinks he'll try to buy a drink while obviously under aged. | |
Receptionist | Raz as a ticket | The receptionist only sees Raz as a ticket to be counted. | |
The Noodle Bowl cafeteria worker | A mouth | Razputin is yet another hungry mouth to feed at the cafeteria. | |
Thad/Various Psychonauts | A young secret agent | These Psychonauts don't question Razputin's presence at the Motherlobe, and immediately accept him as a fellow professional and a part of the organization. Conversely, his mysterious and stoic appearance may also imply that they don't know much about Raz yet and don't fully trust him. | |
Whitlatch/Various Psychonauts | A mole | These Psychonauts are convinced Razputin is the mole. | |
Various Psychonauts, especially the cleaning staff | A child running around covered in mud | These employees are worried Raz is going to ruin the freshly-mopped floors at the Motherlobe. | |
The Aquato family | |||
Augustus Aquato | Raz as a circus ringmaster/lion tamer. | Augustus sees Raz as a capable young man in circus terms. The fact that he has a whip might imply that Augustus also thinks of him as especially brave, risking his life as though he were taming dangerous animals. | |
Donatella Aquato | Raz as a baby | No matter how old he gets, to Donatella Raz will always be her baby boy. | |
Frazie Aquato | Raz as a screaming toddler | Frazie sees Raz as whiny, much like a toddler. | |
Dion Aquato | Raz as a punching bag | Dion sees his little brother as a punching bag. Literally. | |
Mirtala Aquato, Queepie Aquato | Raz as a circus ringmaster/lion tamer | Mirtala and Queepie still look up to their brother as brave and confident and hold no resentment for him running away. | |
Nona Aquato | Raz as Queepie or Dion | Due to Nona's senility, she often confuses Raz for his brothers. | |
Hollis' Classroom/Hot Streak | |||
Nurse Cherry, Nurse Barr, Nurse Bell, Pillinko Nurse | A lollipop | Raz is yet another "sucker" who will be swindled by the casino's rigged games. Nurses are also stereotypically known for giving patients lollipops after treatment. | |
Defibrillator Nurses | A defibrillator machine | The defibrillator nurses see Raz as a defibrillator machine. | |
Nurse Die | A fetus in a jar | We'll leave this up to your imagination. | |
Rich Mom, Rich Dad | A stork | The rich couple is mostly interested in Raz for his potential to bring them the baby they desire so much. | |
Heart's Content | Raz as a coach | Heart's Content was flattered by Raz's attempt to stick up for him, and now sees him as a coach to help him reach his full potential. | |
Heart's Content, Spade in Full, Diamond Daze, Billy the Club | A joker card | The other card racers see Raz as a joke. | |
Various gamblers and nurses | A hissing black cat | The gamblers and nurses see Raz as bad luck. | |
Roulette Baby | Raz as a nurse | The roulette baby sees Raz as a midwife nurse. | |
Bob's Bottles | |||
Bob's versions of Truman, Lili, and Otto/Bulb bobs | A gardener | The memory versions of Truman, Lili, and Otto see Raz the same way Bob sees him, because they are actually parts of Bob himself that reinforce his insecurities. | |
The Moth | A Kiwi with a seed in it's mouth | The Moth sees Raz as a pesky bird trying to steal the seeds she's protecting from him. | |
Compton's Cookoff | |||
The Gluttonous Goats | A tin can | The judges are all goats, and see Raz the same way the goats at the Quarry see him. | |
Food Audience | Raz as a chef | Raz cooks the food audience, and the audience wants to be cooked. | |
PSI King's Sensorium | |||
Vision Quest | Green Raz with enlarged eyes | Likely a reference to the Cortical Homunculus, a model of the human body where the most sensitive body parts are enlarged. Here, Raz has his eyes enlarged since Vision Quest is focused upon the sense of vision he represents. | |
Dr. Touch | Pink Raz with enlarged hands | Likely a reference to the Cortical Homunculus, a model of the human body where the most sensitive body parts are enlarged. Here, Raz has englarged hands as Dr. Touch represents tactile feedback through the use of hands as a symbol. | |
Audie O | Blue Raz with enlarged ears | Likely a reference to the Cortical Homunculus, a model of the human body where the most sensitive body parts are enlarged. Here, Raz has enlarged ears due to the fact that Audie O represents the sense of hearing, and ears are used as the sensory organ for that process. | |
Tasty | Yellow Raz with an enlarged mouth | Likely a reference to the Cortical Homunculus, a model of the human body where the most sensitive body parts are enlarged. Here, Raz has an enlarged mouth and tongue since those things represent taste, which Tasty embodies. | |
Sniffles | Purple Raz with an enlarged nose | Likely a reference to the Cortical Homunculus, a model of the human body where the most sensitive body parts are enlarged. Here, Sniffles sees Raz with a large nose due to this being the organ used to smell which is the sense Sniffles represents. | |
Mote of Light | An array of bright colors | The Mote of Light has just had his mind stimulated for the first time in 20 years, causing sensory overload. Raz is just another piece of said sensory overload. | |
Maligula's Memory | Raz as a protesting louse | As implied in Ford's Follicles, Maligula associated the non-violent Grulovian protesters with pesky bugs that had to be "cleaned off the streets" through her hydrokinesis. Possibly, this is how Maligula viewed anyone who opposed her. | |
Ford's Mind | |||
The lice | A barber disinfectant jar | The lice recognize that Raz's goal is to get rid of them. This could also represent the non-violent Grulovian protesters who where drowned by Maligula. | |
The germs | Raz as a germ | The citizens of Germ City see Raz as just another member of their society. | |
Cassie's Collection | |||
Teacher Cassie, Counterfeiter Cassie, various other paper characters | Razputin's Archetype | Most of the paper characters in Cassie's mind perceive Raz as identical to his Archetype. | |
Librarian Cassie | A mouse librarian assistant | Librarian Cassie see Raz as another librarian assistant. | |
Writer Cassie | Raz wanting an autograph | Writer Cassie wrote the famous book Mindswarm, and assumes Raz wants an autograph. | |
Librarian's Assistant | A bookworm | The assistant thinks Raz is an avid reader visiting their library. | |
Gentleman Skull | Razputin's gravestone | This gentleman is extremely fixated on the imminence of death. | |
Gerda | A pretzel | Gerda is tempted to push Raz into the pretzel machine, like she did to her father. | |
Muscle Man | Raz as another Muscle man | The Muscle Man sees people in his terms: skinless, with half of their skeleton exposed. | |
Pinky Worm and Slinky Worm | A book on a plate | The worms have nothing on their mind except eating paper. | |
The math illustrations in the library's science section | A diagram of a cone | These characters are unable to think in terms outside of the mathematical. It's unclear why Raz is seen as a cone in particular, however. | |
The paper police officers | Raz as a crook | These police officers are suspicious of Raz, but since they're corrupt, don't actually care too much about investigating him any further. | |
The paper fishmongers | Raz on a dollar bill | These vendors are only interested in Raz as a potential customer. | |
Lucrecia's Lament | |||
Circus Fleas | Raz as a flea in a circus outfit | Raz blends in seamlessly with the other fleas pretending to be one of the flea Aquatos. | |
Maligula | Raz as a protesting louse | As implied in Ford's Follicles, Maligula associated the non-violent Grulovian protesters with pesky bugs that had to be "cleaned off the streets" through her hydrokinesis. Possibly, this is how Maligula viewed anyone who opposed her. | |
Fatherland Follies | |||
The Ride Operator | Raz as a Grulovian bull | The ride operator is annoyed at how "bullheaded" Razputin is being about going on the ride despite being too short to ride. | |
Propagandaneer | Raz as a technician | The propagandaneer is hoping Raz will fix up this part of the ride. | |
Gristol Malik in the mental version of his hotel room | Raz dressed in regal Grulovian clothing | This version of Gristol sees Raz as someone of similar status to him, due to their shared Grulovian blood. | |
Creatures | |||
Memory Vaults | Raz as a dog catcher | The memory vaults have several dog-like attributes, such as the ears, flopping tongue, and bounding gait. They try to get away from Raz, as a dog would run from a dog catcher. | |
Emotional Baggage | Raz as a hotel bellhop | Emotional baggage simply waits to be sorted out, carried off and taken care of. They see Raz in the role of a bellhop for this reason. | |
Censors | Raz as an odd virus to exterminate | The censors exist to remove thoughts from a person's head that should not be there. They see Raz as a virus since they function like a mental immune system, destroying anything foreign. | |
Heavy Censors | Raz as a fly | The Heavy Censors see Raz as a bug to squash. | |
Enablers | Raz as a barricade | Raz prevents the Enablers from assisting their cohorts, and thus see him as an obstacle. | |
Regrets | A flattened Raz | Regrets will try to squash Raz with their weights. This is the outcome. | |
Half-A-Mind | Raz as a surgeon | Raz will put the two brains back together, to make a whole. Only a surgeon would be qualified to do this in real life, if this were possible. | |
Doubts | A scared Raz | Doubts are only there to cause more doubts in others. | |
Bad Idea | An empty light bulb socket | Bad Ideas see Raz as nothing more than a thing to put their lightbulbs in. | |
Bad Mood | Raz as a therapist | The Bad Mood wants Raz to figure out its source and resolve it, much like a therapist would attempt to do. | |
Judge | Raz as a crook | Judges can only see Raz as a guilty party and are ready to punish him. | |
Goats | Raz as a tin can | Goats supposedly eat anything, including tin cans. They always have eating on their minds. | |
Panic Attack | Raz having a panic attack | Panic attacks are trying to cause further panic attacks in Raz. | |
Oatmeal | Raz as a package | Oatmeal sees Raz as a package waiting to be delivered, always eager to send Raz to exactly where he needs to go. | |
Raz Archetype | Raz's Archetype | The Raz Archetype thinks that Raz is actually the clone. | |
Crab Sandwich | A mouth | The Crab Sandwich thinks Raz wants to eat it. | |
Various animals, including Ms. Thatcher, squirrels, rats, birds, flamingos, and beavers | Raz as a bloodthirsty monster | Many animals are afraid of humans, and they see them as dangerous predators. | |
Other | |||
Placeholder Clairvoyance texture | A sad scribble of Raz | This texture was likely used as a placeholder for future Clairvoyance images during development. |
Upgrades[]
- Base Power - See through the eyes of other people and animals to reveal new details.
- Lasting Gaze - Revealed hidden objects stay visible longer.
- Mental Block - Take no damage for a brief period when entering Clairvoyance.
- Limitless - Your powers are no longer restricted by cooldowns.
Pins[]
- Mental Block - Extends the duration of your Brain Block upgrade!
- Speed Reader - Enter a clairvoyant state in double time!
Uses[]
- Clairvoyance is needed to spot the source of a Bad Mood in order to appease it.
- Clairvoyance can be used on many animals to find caches of psitainium that they've hidden.
- A little Clairvoyance symbol appears above the heads of anyone with something of note to see.
Trivia[]
- While being chased by Linda at the bottom of Lake Oblongata, Raz sees the terrain through Linda's POV, even though he hadn't learned Clairvoyance yet.
- Clairvoyance is one of Raz's specialty psychic powers.
- When Clairvoyance is used on The Phantom, players can get an early hint that the saboteur is in fact Jasper, as Raz is seen as one and a half stars, which is also what Jasper sees him as.
- Clairvoyance images can change as a character develops. For example, Coach Oleander first sees Raz as a brain to collect, but later as a hardworking military cadet.
- Even though Raz knows Clairvoyance, he can't use it in Loboto's Labyrinth because the power is not part of the tutorial level.
- Raz's ID card Clairvoyance image is a reference to McLovin's ID card from the 2007 movie Superbad.
- Before completing Bob's Bottles, Bob Zanotto sees the world very grey and desaturated, indicative of his depression.
- In the real world, the mote of light inhabiting Nick's body sees the world oversaturated with colours, indicative of his sensory overload. This only occurs before completing Psi King's Sensorium.Verify
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References/Notes[]
- ↑ Raz uses Clairvoyance to see through the security cameras in the mailroom bathroom in the Milkman Conspiracy.