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* Stewie Griffin on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' once tried to get on ''KidsSayTheDarndestThings'' to use one on the audience, but was defeated when Creator/BillCosby grabbed it and unknowingly [[HoistByHitOwnPetard used it on Stewie]].

* Stewie Griffin on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' once tried to get on ''KidsSayTheDarndestThings'' to use one, but was defeated by Creator/BillCosby.

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* The Zorglonde (Zorglwave) in the ''SpirouAndFantasio'' comics. It allows the whole range from paralysing people at lower settings to making them highly suggestible, or completely brainwashing them and turn them into obedient automatons.

* Used in ''TheReturnOfCaptainInvincible''. Mr Midnight (Creator/ChristopherLee) steals it and uses it on ethnic minorities in America to force them to move to a particular town so that he can kill them off in one move.

* Used in ''TheReturnOfCaptainInvincible''. Mr Midnight (ChristopherLee) steals it and uses it on ethnic minorities in America to force them to move to a particular town so that he can kill them off in one move.

* ''{{Pokemon}}'' has the move Hypnosis,which is a hypnotic suggestion that tells the opponent to go to sleep.

* ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'': Zurg's Zurgatronic Mega-Ray from the pilot movie, which is powerful enough to ''put the entire populace of a planet under at once''.

* In ''CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind,'' the [[TheGreys Grey Aliens]] blast Roy Neary at close range and sunburn half of his face. SanitySlippage ensues.

->Paul: "She looks hypnotized! He must have used that joy buzzer on her!"
->--''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaucers}}''

* Parodied in ''HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'', in the "Turner Classic Birdman" episode.
-->'''Mentok''': You're no longer in control of your mind, and your wings are missing too.
-->'''Harvey''': I am no longer in control of my mind, and my wings are missing too.
-->'''Mentok''': Uh, you don't have to repeat what I'm saying.
-->'''Harvey''': I don't have to repeat what you're saying.

--->'''Potamus''': Must... give... wallet... to... evil leprechaun...
* Happened once in ''{{WesternAnimation/Thundercats}}''. The cast was saved by Snarf. ''Snarf''.
* In the ''Birdman'' episode "Empress of Evil", the title character's serpent shaped head piece gives off one of these.

* ''BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'': Zurg's Zurgatronic Mega-Ray from the pilot movie, which is powerful enough to ''put the entire populace of a planet under at once''.

* Stewie Griffin on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' once tried to get on ''KidsSayTheDarndestThings'' to use one, but was defeated by BillCosby.

* The first "super-villains" to appear in the MickeyMouseComicUniverse were a trinity of MadScientist apes named Professors Ecks, Doublex ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS or Duplex]]), and Triplex who wanted to use one of these to TakeOverTheWorld. They appeared in the "Blaggard Castle" storyline of daily strips, published in 1933.

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* In the second ''Film/{{Fantomas}}'' movie, the eponymous villain abducts a number of scientists and has them construct a HypnoRay gun. After the heroes thwart his plans and free the scientists, they use the gun to placate a pair of mooks he threw at them, but Fantômas himself escaped before they have a chance to subdue him.

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* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "The Return of Chef" where Chef is brainwashed by the Super Adventure Club to want to molest children. While the club leader explains the purpose of their group, they ask if the boys want to accompany them on their next trip. When they say no, he says maybe he should ask again and points a hypnotizer at them. When that attempt fails, he admits it doesn't work on everyone. They later explain to a psychiatrist that the Super Adventure Club convinced Chef that having sex with children was okay with a little thing that goes ''[[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud whrrrrrr]]''.

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--->'''Mentok''': You're no longer in control of your mind, and your wings are missing too.
--->'''Harvey''': I am no longer in control of my mind, and my wings are missing too.
--->'''Mentok''': Uh, you don't have to repeat what I'm saying.
--->'''Harvey''': I don't have to repeat what you're saying.

* In the second ''{{Fantomas}}'' movie the eponymous villain abducted a number of scientists and had them construct a HypnoRay gun. After the heroes thwarted his plans and freed the scientists, they used the gun to placate a pair of mooks he threw at them, but Fantomas himself escaped before they had a chance to subdue him.

* In the second ''{{Fantomas}}'' movie the titular villain abducted a number of scientists and had them construct a HypnoRay gun. After the heroes thwarted his plans and freed the scientists, they used the gun to placate a pair of mooks he threw at them, but Fantomas himself escaped before they had a chance to subdue him.

** A HypnoRay also appears in ''Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot'', by the same author.

* ''{{Pokemon}}'' has the move Hypnosis,which is a hypnotic suggestion that tells the opponent to go to sleep. Hypno Beam exists, but is more of a psychic power move, so it's an aversion.

* ''{{Pokemon}}''has the move Hypnosis,which is a hypnotic suggestion that tells the opponent to go to sleep. Hypno Beam exists, but is more of a psychic power move, so it's an aversion.