History Main / HypnoTrinket

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

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie'', Plankton's evil plan once he succeeds in stealing the Krabby Patty formula is to give out free Chum Bucket helmets to everyone that buys one, which can drop down over the wearer's face when activated and mind control them, allowing him to enslave the entire population of Bikini Bottom and turn the city into an {{Egopolis}}.

* In the ''Videogame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' DLC Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep, during the fight with Greedtooth [[DungeonMaster Tina]] notes that there's a "Weird-Ass Magic Globe" floating around the battlefield which might be the reason he's hostile. If you blow it up, Greedtooth stops fighting you [[spoiler:and then remembers that you killed the Dwarven King earlier. Afterwards, he gets back to killing you.]]

* In the original ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' 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.

* ''Series/{{Merlin}}'':

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* ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'': Dale Arden is given a mind-controlling ring by Ming the Merciless.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'', goggles are used by the Screenslaver [[spoiler: or more accurately, Evelyn Deavor, to hypnotize a pizza guy into acting as a fake Screenslaver, and then subsequently hypnotizing various supers into performing actions that would cause superheroing to permanently stay illegal.]]

* The Caps in ''Literature/TheTripods''.

* In ''Series/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...]])
* In the original ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' 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.
* ''Series/{{Merlin}}'':
** Uther is hypnotized with a magic amulet powered by troll blood.
** Also Gwen and the magic bracelet in "Lancelot Du Lac".
* In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', Winslow Schott has a diadem that emits a frequency to the brain stem. He got Courtney Whitmore to commit crimes for him and Lois try to kill Clark (who had his powers at the time).

** Wearing anything made of gold allows the Animus to control you in "The Web Planet".
** The Shadow uses tiny mind-control trinkets to control Princess Astra end even K9 in "The Armageddon Factor". They are a NoSell on The Doctor, though.
** Kassia finds that the Melkor's gifts have a price in "The Keeper of Traken".
** Please wear your Cybus Industries technology with pride. You will not be permitted to regret it! ("Rise of the Cybermen")

* Used in ''{{Orphen}} Revenge'', when [[spoiler: Majik gets BrainwashedAndCrazy by Esperanza due to a NiceHat that she puts on him. Orphen "fixes" him via both [[WarriorTherapist both blasting and talking to him]], then lowring Majik's defense enough to blast the hat away.]]

** Brought back in a later episode; [[spoiler:this time, it was modified to be a Girlfriend Helmet by the evil Student 4th grade president to be used on Lizzie]]

* In ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' comics, the Mad Hatter started using his trademark mind-control hats in the early eighties.

-->-- #30 on ''JustForFun/TheUniversalGenreSavvyGuide'', "[[http://www.thalia.org/truelove.html The True Love List]]"

And of course, like most mind control tropes, RuleThirtyFour and FetishFuel can apply, especially with AuthorAppeal.

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

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'', [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1510 SCP-1510 ("The Tarnished Legionnaire")]]. A Roman legionnaire was affected by a curse that caused his body to rot away and his mind/soul to be stored in his helmet. Whenever a man who is between 28 and 35 years old puts on the helmet, the legionnaire's personality possesses them.

->''"I will refuse all gifts from the EvilOverlord. They probably contain mind-control devices that would [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe 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."''

* In the Gun'drak zone of ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', the Scourge commander Drakuru attempts to give the PlayerCharacter one of these, a necklace that will control their mind and turn them into a shambling undead to boot. Seeing as his enemies are adventurers, he does this by giving it to a minion, in hopes that you'll kill it, loot the item, and put it on ([[DangerouslyGenreSavvy as adventurers are wont to do]]). Fortunately for you, you're working for the [[NobleDemon Knights of the Ebon Blade]], former Scourge agents who know all the tricks of the trade. They stop you from putting the stupid thing on, and help you modify it to disguise you as an undead while retaining your free will. You then use the item [[TheMole to trick Drakuru into thinking you're a minion]] and destroy his operation from within.

** The Sega Genesis game, ''[[VideoGame/TinyToonAdventuresBustersHiddenTreasure Buster's Hidden Treasure]]'' has MadScientist Dr. Gene Splicer use spiky mind control helmets on Plucky Duck, Hamton Pig, Dizzy Devil, and Calamity Coyote. They are all fought as boss fights, though in order to win, Buster must hit the one controlling them (Splicer) rather than his BrainwashedAndCrazy friend -- recall that the mind control helmets are ''[[TheSpiny spiky]]''.
** In the Super Nintendo Game, ''Buster Busts Loose'', Splicer uses a mind control helmet on [[Main/MixAndMatchCritters Melvin the Monster]], much like he did in the episode, "Hare Raising Night". To save Melvin from Splicer's mind-control, Buster must destroy Splicer's machine by kicking the screwbolts Melvin tosses at him towards it.

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[[caption-width-right:280:At least they'll be too busy to [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain try to take over the world every night.]]]]

->''30. I will refuse all gifts from the EvilOverlord. They probably contain mind-control devices that would [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe 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.''
-->-- ''JustForFun/TheUniversalGenreSavvyGuide'', "[[http://www.thalia.org/truelove.html The True Love List]]"

* The Ringmaster, who leads the {{Circus of| fear}} Crime and began as an antagonist for the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk, also has a mind-control device in his top hat.

* Small silver tags were used in ''Fanfic/TheManWithNoName'' to gain control over [[spoiler: an army's worth of [[Series/{{Firefly}} Reavers]] as well as a few humans]].

* In Book 3 of the ''Literature/LoneWolf'' series, ''The Cavern of Kalte'', evil sorcerer Vonotar the Traitor uses gold bracelets to control the Ice Barbarians. [[DontTouchItYouIdiot Putting one on your wrist]] is a ''[[PsychicAssistedSuicide very bad idea]]''.

* An inversion of the trope is used in ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''. When Ursula directly intervens in the goal by disguising herself as RomanticFalseLead Vanessa, it's clear that a Hypno Trinket is involved. Said Hypno Trinket (a necklace with a big shell that has Ariel's voice inside), however, is worn by Vanessa -- and she uses it to place Prince Eric under mind control. When Ariel's animal friends attack her, they shatter the shell and both free Eric ''and'' return Ariel's voice to her.

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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'', [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1510 SCP-1510 ("The Tarnished Legionnaire")]]. A Roman legionnaire was affected by a curse that caused his body to rot away and his mind/soul to be stored in his helmet. Whenever a man who is between 28 and 35 years old puts on the helmet, the legionnaire's personality possesses them.
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** The Shadow uses tiny mind-control trinkets to control Princess Astra in "The Armageddon Factor".

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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'', [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1510 SCP-1510 ("The Tarnished Legionnaire")]]. A Roman legionnaire was affected by a curse that caused his body to rot away and his mind/soul to be stored in his helmet. Whenever a man who is between 28 and 35 years old puts on the helmet, the legionnaire's personality possesses them.
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[[caption-width-right:280:At least they'll be too busy to [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain try to take over the world everynight]]]]

* In ''Literature/ThroneofGlass'', King Havilliard gives out black rings that render those who wear them under his control. [[spoiler: Dorian gets a neck brace version at the end of ''Heir of Fire''.]]

Note this is direct mind control, not simply [[ArtifactOfDoom corrupting people with the object's dark influence]]. Also, this apply to items worn by the victim, not by the hypnotizer.

Compare ArtifactOfAttraction (rather than hypnotize causes GoldFever), ClothesMakeTheManiac, TheHatMakesTheMan, HypnoRay, InstantAllegianceArtifact, LovePotion, MirrorMoralityMachine, and MindControlDevice.