History Main / HypnotizeTheCaptive

* Lord Zedd tried this in an episode of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' when he decided he wanted to marry Kimberly. In a subversion, the spell was a bust and Kimberly simply pretended to be ''[[EvilIsHammy Rita Repulsa]]'', until her friends showed up to rescue her.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SabansAdventuresOfTheLittleMermaid'', Marina gets this when a hypnotic flute puts her in a trance in "Sing Along with Witch". Happens again in "Hold That Thought." [[spoiler:Subverted in that she was faking it in the latter.]]

** In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story arc [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 "Candor"]], ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes villain Saturn Queen captures Kara Zor-El and then mind-zaps her so she marries Franchise/{{Superman}}'s EvilDoppelganger Ultraman. Fortunately Kara manages to snap out of it.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':

* In an early episode of the ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' cartoon, Scott and Jean are kidnapped by the Morlocks. When the other Franchise/XMen come to rescue them, they run across a hypnotized Jean. In another episode, Sauron hypnotizes Storm.
* Happens to Jean in ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'', thanks to [[spoiler:Mesmero.]] She's not the only one, either: Kurt, Kitty and Evan were under the same treatment.

** In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story arc [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 "Candor"]], ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes villain Saturn Queen captures Kara Zor-El and then mind-zaps her so she marries Franchise/{{Superman}}'s EvilCounterpart Ultra man. Fortunately Kara manages to snap out of it.

* ''Film/OurManFlint''. The Galaxy organization does this to Gila after they conclude that she's done a HighHeelFaceTurn for Flint.

* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'': Darkseid does this to ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} after capturing her to make her his [[TheDragon dragon]], leading to a climatic battle between her and Superman in Darkseid's throne room. Of course, Evil Kara, instead of the normal street clothes she wore previously, is now clad as [[EvilIsSexy a hot teenage dominatrix]].

This rarely works save for cynical-enough stories. The EvilOverlordList would likely recommend this be done just to get her to cooperate in that quiet civil ceremony so you can [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe marry her]] with as little fuss if possible. Anything else is just asking for trouble.

* The ''Franchise/LupinIII'' film, ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'', has the Count drug Clarisse to put her in a trance-like state. With her mind suggestible, he has her participate in a [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe marriage ceremony]], using her as a means to an end to unlock the treasure hidden beneath the castle. [[WeddingSmashers Cue Lupin to crash the wedding, save her from his clutches and expose his misdeeds]].

* ComicBook/JeanGrey has been the victim of mind control many times, most famously in ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'' (in both the comics and some of the adaptations).
* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'': In issue #200, it happened to ComicBook/MsMarvel at the hands of Marcus, who actually got her pregnant, and made her give birth to... himself.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook2'', Shanti is brainwashed by Kaa and is nearly eaten by him before Ranjan arrives.
* Screen Slaver in ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'' attempts to do this to Elastigirl with his hypnotic screens during their fights, but fails thanks to her quick reactions. [[spoiler:Evelyn, the mastermind behind Screenslaver, is far more successful thanks to ambushing Helen and restraining her to put on her the mind-control goggles.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'', the BigBad Rasputin uses magic to make Anya sleepwalk off the side of the ship she's on in a storm. Dimitri, fortunately, stops her and wakes her up before she can jump.

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]

* In ''Film/ThatManFromRio'', Agnes's captors drug her so that she appears to follow them willingly, and she sleepily says she does not recognises her boyfriend Adrien when he catches up to them.

* An interesting take on it happens at the start of ''Anime/CodeGeass'' [[OddlyNamedSequel R2]]. From the perspective of the Black Knights, this is what happened to Zero, the Emperor making Lelouch think he's an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent and has no connection to the Black Knights through LaserGuidedAmnesia. Their first act upon their return is thus to restore his memories so he can return to command them. Most of them don't know he actually ''is'' royalty...or that he's meant to be like this to lure out [[MysteriousWaif C.C.]] for the sake of the Emperor's plans.
** The Geass of a young woman is revealed to be the inversion of this trope, allowing the "princess" to be adored by all who looked upon her while the Geass is active. [[spoiler: It's what C.C. had when she was mortal and her experiences with it, particularly once it became ''permanent'', is a major reason why she sees Geass as a [[BlessedWithSuck cursed power]] and her own aloof yet also immature personality.]]

* {{Inverted}} in ''{{Literature/Everworld}},'' kind of--[[HotWitch Senna]] starts the series looking like a DamselInDistress, but it quickly becomes apparent that she's [[EvilVersusEvil basically a sociopath herself]]. She has MoreThanMindControl which keeps one of the main characters, [[HeroicWannabe David]], desperate to always save her, and she can use it on others for short bursts as well.

* The sixth book of ''Literature/RangersApprentice'' sees Alys held captive by the traitor Sir Keren. He uses a combination of a drug (to put her into a suggestible state) and a jewel with hypnotic properties to pump her for information on her allies. Finding a way to help her resist the hypnotic effect before she's forced to give away Will's plans is an important plot point, and the climax comes when [[spoiler:her resistance fails, she falls back under Keren's control, and is ordered to kill Will. Luckily, ThePowerOfLove snaps her out of it in time.]]
* In ''Literature/TheSilverChair'', the BigBad had hypnotized [[DistressedDude Prince Rillian]] into becoming a sort of EmptyShell without any memories of his past life as the Crown Prince of Narnia. [[spoiler:The spell wears off temporally every night, thus Rillian ends tied up to the eponymous Silver Chair when that happens so he won't escape. The PowerTrio frees him, though.]]
* In ''Literature/TheSilverCrown'', the black metal stuff is being used to [[MindControl brainwash]] just about everyone, but it only applies so long as you're near the stuff. The heroine's apparently immune. She breaks into the fortress to free her friend, and manages to get free with both her friend and a new girl who's also apparently immune. But when they get back to the place where they hid the silver crown, [[spoiler:her friend turns traitor! Turns out he was wearing a belt made of the black metal, and calls in the enemies to capture them all.]]

** Unconventional example, but Moghedien does this to [[spoiler:Elayne. (And Nynaeve]]
** Graendal does this as a rule - she likes her ''pets'' to be ''compliant''.

* ''[[Series/WonderWoman1975 Wonder Woman]]'': In "The Boy Who Knew Her Secret", the Shapeshifter succeeds in hypnotizing Princess Diana into forgetting that she is Wonder Woman. [[spoiler: She breaks the spell with the help of the titular boy who knew her secret reminding her of who she is.]]

** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776'', [[spoiler:Mareeta]] is a variation. She's actually not hypnotized, but [[spoiler:forced to use an EvilWeapon that takes over her mind.]] She gets better, and ultimately [[spoiler:said EvilWeapon becomes her personalised sword.]]
** Don't forget Ninian in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'', brainwashed and forced to [[spoiler:open the Dragon's Gate and call upon the dragons]] by Nergal. Good thing her younger brother Nils showed up before it got very far and debrainwashed her! And later, [[spoiler:''Nils'' himself almost goes through the same thing, but fortunately Athos manages to hold Nergal back.]]
* In the [[OurElvesAreDifferent Elven]] campaign of ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic IV'', the hero's girl has been kidnapped by his evil rival, who puts her under a mind control spell. The only way to free her from it (even killing the BigBad won't do it), is to construct the Mirror of True Love. All she has to do is look into it to see her true love's face, and the spell will be broken. However, the BigBad mentions in a not-so-subtle manner that they have already consummated their "relationship."

* Same goes for [[spoiler:Peach]] in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor''. Well, it's less "hypnotize" than [[spoiler:use as the new host of a SealedEvilInACan.]]

** Zelda is also [[DemonicPossession possessed]] by Ganondorf and forced to fight you in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess''.
** And not only does something similar happen to her in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'' as well, there's also the second-to-last boss battle, where [[spoiler:Ghost Mice repeatedly possess Zelda, while ''she'' is possessing a Phantom.]]

* In ''Podcast/AliceIsntDead,'' this is an {{Implied}} power of HumanoidAbomination the Thistle Man, triggered [[AmbiguousSituation either]] by touch or a continuous grip on the neck. The victim's eyes go "vacant" and, they seem semiconscious or asleep, but still capable of movement. The Thistle Man uses it to walk truck driver Earl out of a diner and into a parking lot unobtrusively, to further demonstrate his powers and nature to the series' CharacterNarrator.

** In "Nightmare in Retroville", Cindy is hypnotized by the vampire-turned-Carl into letting her bite him which turns her into a vampire as well.

The DamselInDistress or DistressedDude is in the clutches of the villain, but the villain decides that chains, cages, cells, and other ways of containment are too unreliable. The hardest chain for TheHero to break while freeing this prisoner is in the damsel's own mind. Thus the villain hypnotizes the damsel. As with SaveThePrincess, this need not be a princess. It could be '''anyone'''.

Compare HypnoFool, StockholmSyndrome (doing this over long term), MoreThanMindControl, IHaveYouNowMyPretty, HypnoTrinket, and HypnoticCreature.

* In Nintendo Power's ''ComicBook/SuperMarioAdventures'' comic, Bowser has Magikoopa do this to Peach so she would marry him (shown in the image above) -- though in this case, it was a last resort after he tried everything else and the willful Peach was too much.