History Main / HypnoTrinket

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989'', Ganon [[HypnotizeTheCaptive puts a necklace on Zelda to force her to marry him.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/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.

* The Mad Hatter from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' controls minds without spirals, using cards marked 10/6 which he sticks on people's heads. And that's just his stock device; he has been known to use other things when appropriate.

* ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'': In the episode "The Crown: Joancoming: It's a Cleo Cleo Cleo Cleo World," the Homecoming crown grants the power to enslave anyone to its wearer.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
** An episode has the "Yes-Dear 6000" (better known as the Boyfriend Helmet) a mind-control helmet that is mass-marketed towards girls as a way of controlling their boyfriends. More frighteningly, the effect becomes permanent as the [[BodyHorror helmet fuses with the victim.]] Lizzie puts one on Numbuh One, who is forced to take her on a fancy date, until eventually the insane prices make him angry enough to break free.
** Brought back in a later episode; [[spoiler:this time, it was modified to be a Girlfriend Helmet by the evil 4th grade student president to be used on Lizzie]].

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E25TheCutieRemarkPart1 The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 1]]": The helmets worn by the soldiers of the Crystal Empire on the battlefield. It is strongly implied (by the SicklyGreenGlow that lights up through the eye slits, when we see King Sombra equip one on a pony) that they are mind-controlling the otherwise peaceful Crystal Ponies.

* ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'':

** Also Gwen and the magic bracelet in "Lancelot Du Lac".

* In ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' 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. ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'' did a GenderFlip, "Dead Woman's Shoes", in which the trinket is a pair of shoes belonging to the murdered wife of a rich corporate type.

* The Rings of Power in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' aside from the One Ring. The whole reason Sauron taught the Elves how to craft them was so he could enslave their bearers with the One Ring. His initial attempt failed though because the Elves immediately took off their Three Rings of Power when they sensed Sauron's influence and refused to use them again. He then tried to corrupt other races with the Rings of Power. He had more success with the Seven and the Nine because he had a hand in their creation (unlike the case with the Three). Even then, the Dwarves' hardy mental states made them too difficult to outright control -- all the Rings could do was make them even greedier. Sauron would hit pay dirt with the Nine when he gave them to Men. These Men gained great power and long life, but were eventually corrupted into Sauron's Ringwraiths, falling under Sauron's will.

** Wearing anything made of gold allows the Animus to control you in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E5TheWebPlanet "The Web Planet"]].
** The Shadow uses tiny mind-control trinkets to control Princess Astra end even K9 in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E6TheArmageddonFactor "The Armageddon Factor"]]. They are a NoSell on the Doctor, though.
** Kassia finds that the Melkur's gifts have a price in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E6TheKeeperOfTraken "The Keeper of Traken"]].
** Please wear your Cybus Industries technology with pride. You will not be permitted to regret it! ([[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E5RiseOfTheCybermen "Rise of the Cybermen"]])

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E25TheCutieRemarkPart1 "The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 1"]]: The helmets worn by the soldiers of the Crystal Empire on the battlefield. It is strongly implied (by the SicklyGreenGlow that lights up through the eye slits, when we see King Sombra equip one on a pony) that they are mind-controlling the otherwise peaceful Crystal Ponies.

* ''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 between 28 and 35 years old [[TheHatMakesTheMan puts on the helmet]], the legionnaire's personality possesses them.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode, "Hare Raising Night", Dr. Gene Splicer uses a mind control helmet on [[Main/MixAndMatchCritters Melvin the Monster]] to help him turn the show's four main protagonists into a single species. Babs uses Melvin's crush on her to override the helmet and later help Melvin [[Main/HeelFaceTurn turn against Splicer]].

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

* 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.

* ''Anime/PeterPanNoBouken'' has a bracelet. Sinistra originally had it meant for Luna to have her become evil, but it accidentally ends up on Wendy. While not magically destructive, her hateful behaviour almost causes the Lost Boys to fall apart, Peter to abandon the group and Luna to volunteer to become evil in exchange for freeing Wendy.

** An episode has the "Yes-Dear 6000" (better known as the Boyfriend Helmet) a mind-control helmet that is mass-marketed towards girls as a way of controlling their boyfriends. More frighteningly, the effect becomes permanent as the [[BodyHorror helmet fuses with the victim.]] Lizzie puts one on Numbuh One, who is forced to take her on a fancy date, until eventually the [[BerserkButton insane prices]] make him angry enough to break free.

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

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda'', Ganon [[HypnotizeTheCaptive puts a necklace on Zelda to force her to marry him.]]

* Daitoku Igor in {{Franchise/Extrapower}} becomes a pawn of Dark Force after having a mind-control antenna installed in his brain. [[spoiler: It's too delicately embedded in his brain to operate. So they just rip it out.]]

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

* The BigBad of ''VideoGame/HeroOfTheKingdom III'' uses a magic ruby to HypnotizeThePrincess, who comes to believe that the ruby loves her. She then obeys its request to take it to the BigBad's hiding place in the [[ForbiddenZone Forbidden Valley]].

A frequent way to HypnotizeThePrincess.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda'', Ganon [[HypnotizeThePrincess puts a necklace on Zelda to force her to marry him.]]

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* In the ''Series/OddSquad'' episode "Oscar Strikes Back", President Obbs uses the pins that every Scientist has received upon entry to Lab-Con to mind-control all of them. The only Scientists that aren't mind-controlled are Oscar, who drops his pin at the opening ceremony before he has a chance to put it on, and Oona, who is in the garage. Likewise, Ms. O is also unaffected.

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

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', Azhag the Slaughterer has a crown that tries to control him. However, as Azhag is an orc this isn't going that easily, and he suffers from stupidity by the power struggle within.

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

* An inversion of the trope is used in ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''. When Ursula directly intervenes 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, which both frees Eric ''and'' returns Ariel's voice to her.

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

* Used in ''LightNovel/{{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.]]

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* 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 very bad idea, one that can end in PsychicAssistedSuicide.
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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.]]

* An inversion of the trope is used in ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''. When Ursula directly intervenes 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.

* ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' uses an old riding jacket that causes a girl to be possessed by the spirit of her dead aunt.

* 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 ''Videogame/Borderlands2'' 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.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheHerculoids'' episode "Ruler of the Reptons". The Reptons put a crown on Tarra to mind-control her into being their queen.

** 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]].

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E25TheCutieRemarkPart1 "The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 1"]]: The helmets worn by the soldiers of the Crystal Empire on the battlefield. It is strongly implied -- from the SicklyGreenGlow that lights up through the eye slits, when we see King Sombra equips one on a pony -- that they are mind-controlling the otherwise peaceful Crystal Ponies.
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