History Main / HypnoTrinket

* Hige's collar [[spoiler:and the collars of at least 22 other wolves]] in ''[=~Wolf's Rain~=]'' is a mind-control device of Lady Jagara's.

* Arguably, the RedStringOfFate that Shampoo uses on Ranma in the RanmaOneHalf TV series. [[spoiler: And then Shampoo just ''had'' to brag about it all the time, so Akane has time to brew a plan to get it cut...]]

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* Dale Arden is given a mind-controlling ring by Ming the Merciless in the Film/FlashGordon movie.

* The Helm of Opposite Alignment was a fun one of these in earlier editions of ''[[DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]'' -- although technically it wasn't pure Mind Control but a change of ethics and worldview.

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* Similarly, in ''TheAvengers'' episode "Return of the Cybernauts", Beresford gives Mrs. Peel a bracelet, which is actually a mind control device.

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* In TheMonkees episode "Monstrous Monkee Mash," the vampiress Lorelei mind-controls her victims with a magic necklace, which she bestows with a kiss. ([[spoiler:Prompting the repeated exchange: "What a kiss! I've never felt this way before!" "You fool, it is not my kiss, but the magic necklace!" "What a necklace! I've never felt this way before!" The villainess herself got tired of it...]])

* An episode of ''{{The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog}}'' had Robotnik put a mind-controlling watch on Tails (called "[=SoumiChip=]" in the French dub), if memory serves right.
** Actually, in English, it is a 'compliance chip'. Robotnik's fatal flaw was putting Scratch and Grounder in command of him.

* In the original TwilightZone episode ''Dead Man's Shoes'', a homeless man finds the body of a gangster's victim, puts on his shoes, and is possessed by the victim. The '80s remake did a gender flip, ''Dead Woman's Shoes'', in which the trinket is a pair of shoes belonging to the murdered wife of a rich corporate type.

* In TheMonkees episode "Monstrous Monkee Mash," the vampiress Lorelei mind-controls her victims with a magic necklace, which she bestows with a kiss. ([[spoiler:Prompting the repeated exchange: "What a kiss! I've never felt this way before!" "You fool, it is not my kiss, but the magic necklace!" "What a necklace! I've never felt this way before!"]])

* Terra, one of the characters of ''FinalFantasyVI'', wears a slave crown and thus is mind controlled.

-->''30. I will refuse all gifts from the EvilOverlord. They probably contain mind-control devices that would make me giddily happy to marry him. It's demeaning enough to be head-over-heels for the Hero, let alone a creep like the EO.''\\
-- ''TheUniversalGenreSavvyGuide'', "[[http://www.thalia.org/truelove.html The True Love List]]"

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->''30. I will refuse all gifts from the EvilOverlord. They probably contain mind-control devices that would make me giddily happy to marry him. It's demeaning enough to be head-over-heels for the Hero, let alone a creep like the EO.''
-->-- ''TheUniversalGenreSavvyGuide'', "[[http://www.thalia.org/truelove.html The True Love List]]"

->''30. I will refuse all gifts from the EvilOverlord. They probably contain mind-control devices that would make me giddily happy to marry him. It's demeaning enough to be head-over-heels for the Hero, let alone a creep like the EO.''\\

Note this is direct mind control, not simply [[ArtifactOfDoom corrupting people with the object's dark influence]].

[[folder:Comics]]
* ''{{Batman}}'' villain The Mad Hatter has a gimmick based around hats with mind control devices.

[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* In Disney's ''[[{{Disney/Aladdin}} Aladdin]]'' Jafar [[HypnoRay hypnotizes people]] with the eyes of his magical cobra head staff.

[[folder:Films -- Live Action]]
* In ''FlashGordon'' the Emperor Ming [[HypnotizeThePrincess hypnotizes Dale Arden]] with his ring.

[[folder:Literature]]
* In ''Illusion'' by Paula Volsky, the king's brother uses hypnotic jewelry to make ladies in the court fall for him when they first spurn his advances.

[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* ''{{Are You Afraid of the Dark}}'' uses an old riding jacket that causes a girl to be possessed by the spirit of her dead aunt.
* Similarly, in ''TheAvengers'' episode "Return of the Cybernauts", Beresford gives Mrs. Peel a bracelet, which is actually a mind control device.
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* Terra's Slave Crown from ''FinalFantasyVI''.
* Majora's Mask from ''{{The Legend of Zelda}}: Majora's Mask'', the evil creature that lives in the mask takes control of any person who puts it on.

* XANA once anonymously sent a hypnotizing necklace to Aelita on ''CodeLyoko''; she fearlessly put it on because she assumed it was a Valentine's Day gift from Jérémie.

* ''Birdman'' episode "Empress of Evil". The title villain uses a type 1 version: her serpent shaped mind control headpiece.

-->''30. I will refuse all gifts from the EvilOverlord. They probably contain mind-control devices that would make me giddily happy to marry him. It's demeaning enough to be head-over-heels for the Hero, let alone a creep like the EO.''\\
-- '''TheUniversalGenreSavvyGuide''', ''[[http://www.thalia.org/truelove.html The True Love List]]''

Heck, it doesn't always have to be mind control in the typical sense. It can also be a [[GrandTheftMe conduit]] for a spirit to [[DemonicPossession possess the wearer]]. This can even cause the victim to look like the spirit did in life. Many of [[EvilIsNotAToy these things]] tend to be {{Soul Jar}}s of the SealedEvilInACan, and are [[ArtifactOfAttraction purposely made desirable]] for this effect.

A frequent way to HypnotizeThePrincess.

Compare LovePotion, HypnoRay, ArtifactOfAttraction (rather than hypnotize causes GoldFever), InstantAllegianceArtifact, MirrorMoralityMachine.

!!Examples:

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* Hige's collar [[spoiler:and the collars of at least 22 other wolves]] in ''WolfsRain'' is a mind-control device of Lady Jagara's.
* In an ''{{Inuyasha}}'' anime filler episode, with a Chinese boar yokai collecting fiancees this way.

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[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* In ''FlashGordon'' the Emperor Ming [[HypnotizeThePrincess hypnotizes Dale Arden]] with his ring.

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[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* ''AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' used an old riding jacket that caused a girl to be possessed by the spirit of her dead aunt.
* Similarly, in ''TheAvengers'' episode "Return Of the Cybernauts", Beresford gives Mrs. Peel a bracelet, which is actually a mind control device.

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* Terra's Slave Crown from ''FinalFantasy6''.
* Majora's Mask from ''TheLegendOfZelda: Majora's Mask'', the evil creature that lives in the mask takes control of any person who puts it on.

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* In the ''Animated/TheLegendOfZelda'' series, Ganon puts a necklace on Zelda to force her to marry him.

* An episode of ''TheAdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' had Robotnik put a mind-controlling watch on Tails (called "[=SoumiChip=]" in the French dub), if memory serves right.
* In ''AdventureTimeWithFinnAndJake'', Ice King uses an engagement ring to hypnotize a princess into marrying him.

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* * In the ''Animated/TheLegendOfZelda'' series, Ganon puts a necklace on Zelda to force her to marry him.

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* In ''Illusion'' by PaulaVolsky, the king's brother uses hypnotic jewelry to make ladies in the court fall for him when they first spurn his advances.

* In the ''Animated/TheLegendOfZelda'' series, Ganon puts a necklace on Zelda to force her to marry him.
* In ''Illusion'' by PaulaVolsky, the king's brother uses hypnotic jewelry to make ladies in the court fall for him when they first spurn his advances.
* ''AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' used an old riding jacket that caused a girl to be possessed by the spirit of her dead aunt.
* In DannyPhantom, Johnny 13 uses his girlfriend's clothing to first influence the mind of, and then transfer his girlfriend's soul into, the body of Jazz when she wears them.
* Terra's Slave Crown from ''FinalFantasy6''.

* ''{{Batman}}'' villain The Mad Hatter has a gimmick based around hats with mind control devices.
* Majora's Mask from ''TheLegendOfZelda: Majora's Mask'', the evil creature that lives in the mask takes control of any person who puts it on.

* An episode of ''TheAdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' had Robotnik put a mind-controlling watch on Tails (called "[=SoumiChip=]" in the French dub), if memory serves right.
* In ''AdventureTimeWithFinnAndJake'', Ice King uses an engagement ring to hypnotize a princess into marrying him.
* XANA once anonymously sent a hypnotizing necklace to Aelita on ''CodeLyoko''; she fearlessly put it on because she assumed it was a Valentine's Day gift from Jérémie.
* A literal "love bracelet" was used in an episode of ''Dinosaucers''. Subverted to comic effect when the bracelet ends up on the wrong person. ''Twice.''

* In ''TheLittleMermaid'', the shell Ursala was holding Ariel's voice somehow had this ability as well.

** Freakshow used a crystal ball attached to a staff to control ghosts who looked directly into it. It even worked (although with a lessened effect) through a broadcasted ad in TV. The staff had been passed down through generations of his family in order to control ghosts.

* Xander thinks this is happening in one episode of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' when a doppleganger Xander convinces everyone he's the real Xander - Doppleganger!Xander is often seen playing with a shiny coin. But it's not; they're both the "real" Xander, and the coin was just something the split Xander thought was cool.
* [[{{Disney/Aladdin}} Jafar's]] staff had jewels in its eyes that had hypno-power. That's how he controlled the sultan.

* Rika Sasaki is possessed by a sword brooch in an episode of ''CardCaptorSakura'', which causes her to attack her friends rather aggressively.
* The device in the ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "The Battle".

The power to {{Hypnotize}} being imbued in an object by magic or AppliedPhlebotinum. How the mind control is triggered can vary. Three of the most common are:
# Looking directly at the object beguiles the observers, much like HypnoticEyes. Blocking line of sight may sever control. Unlike a hypnotists' swinging watch and CompellingVoice, the object controls the viewer all on its own.
# The object is [[{{Telepathy}} broadcasting]] some [[MassHypnosis control]] on the victim. [[NoOntologicalInertia Destroying it]] is the most common solution for this.
# The object is a garment (usually [[PowerCrystal jewelry]]) that controls the wearer, and removing it usually snaps the victim out of it immediately.

If it's worn, it can also be a [[GrandTheftMe conduit]] for a spirit to [[DemonicPossession possess the wearer]]. This can even cause the victim to look like the spirit did in life. Many of [[EvilIsNotAToy these artifacts]] tend to be {{Soul Jar}}s of the SealedEvilInACan, and are [[ArtifactOfAttraction purposely made desirable]] for this effect.

* ''Birdman'' episode "Empress of Evil". The title villain uses a type 3 version: her serpent shaped mind control headpiece.

* Similarly, in ''TheAvengers'' episode "Return Of the Cybernauts", Beresford gives Mrs. Peel a bracelet, which is actually a mind control device.

->''30. I will refuse all gifts from the EvilOverlord. They probably contain mind-control devices that would make me giddily happy to marry him. It's demeaning enough to be head-over-heels for the Hero, let alone a creep like the EO.''\\

-->''30. I will refuse all gifts from the EvilOverlord. They probably contain mind-control devices that would make me giddily happy to marry him. It's demeaning enough to be head-over-heels for the Hero, let alone a creep like the EO.''\\

* A literal "love bracelet" was used in an episode of ''Dinosaucers''. Subverted to comic effect when the bracelet ends up on the wrong person. ''Twice.''

* XANA once anonymously sent a hypnotizing necklace to Aelita on ''CodeLyoko''; she fearlessly put it on because she assumed it was a Valentine's Day gift from Jérémie.

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->''30. I will refuse all gifts from the EvilOverlord. They probably contain mind-control devices that would make me giddily happy to marry him. It's demeaning enough to be head-over-heels for the Hero, let alone a creep like the EO.''
--> -- '''TheUniversalGenreSavvyGuide''', ''[[http://www.thalia.org/truelove.html The True Love List]]''

A frequent way to HypnotizeThePrincess. For other mind affecting artifacts, see also HypnoRay, InstantAllegianceArtifact, LovePotion and MirrorMoralityMachine. Compare the ArtifactOfAttraction, which rather than hypnotize causes GoldFever to break out in viewers.

-->''30. I will refuse all gifts from the EvilOverlord. They probably contain mind-control devices that would make me giddily happy to marry him. It's demeaning enough to be head-over-heels for the Hero, let alone a creep like the EO.''\\
-- '''TheUniversalGenreSavvyGuide''', ''[[http://www.thalia.org/truelove.html The True Love List]]''

The power to {{Hypnotize}} being imbued in an object by magic or AppliedPhlebotinum. How the mind control is triggered can vary. Two of the most common are:
# Looking directly at the object and falling under its spell (not to be confused with looking at a swinging watch or necklace while a hypnotist does the work).
# The object is just broadcasting some control on the victim. Destroying it is the most common solution for this.
# The object is a garment (usually jewelry) that controls the wearer, and removing it usually snaps the victim out of it immediately.

If it's worn, it can also be a conduit for a spirit to possess the wearer. This can even cause the victim to look like the spirit did in life.

Note this is direct mind control, not simply [[LordOfTheRings corrupting people with the object's dark influence]].

A frequent way to HypnotizeThePrincess.

Compare LovePotion, HypnoRay, ArtifactOfAttraction.