History Main / SnakeCharmer

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* ''EasternAnimation/PodrozeKapitanaKlipera'': The titular captain Kliper brings one of these on board of his ship for help with untangling a huge knot of ropes.

An inseparable part of any SimSimSalabim setting, the snake charmer--invariably depicted wearing a turban--sits in a LotusPosition and plays an oriental-sounding melody on his flute (called a "pungi"), hypnotizing a snake sitting in a wicker basket. More than just mere street performers, they often have the ability to reliably control any snake with their MindControlMusic--or, for that matter, any animals or objects that vaguely resemble snakes, such as vines or ropes. In fact, in more comedic settings, sometimes it appears that any character can spontaneously acquire a snake charmer's abilities simply by grabbing a flute and putting on a turban.

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* In the [[DisneyAcidSequence Pink Elephants on Parade]] segment of ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}'' there is a brief shot of a snake charmer elephant who [[TransformationHorror transforms]] a passing [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext camel-elephant]] into a cobra.

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A subtrope of MagicalFlutist. As snakes are sometimes depicted as having HypnoticEyes, this can be considered an inversion.

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* In ''Film/{{Octopussy}}, Bond's contact Vijay is posing as a snake charmer in the marketplace. He then comments that it is a really bad cover, as [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes he hates snakes]].

* In the [[DisneyAcidSequence Pink Elephants on Parade]] segment of Dumbo there is a brief shot of a snake charmer elephant who [[TransformationHorror transforms]] a passing [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext camel-elephant]] into a cobra.

Note that despite a common misconception, real-life snake charmers don't literally hypnotize the snake with their music. Snakes can't hear the melody since they lack an outer ear (though they can sense the vibrations made by sound), and they aren't being hypnotized, either. What really happens is that the snake perceives the performer and his flute as a threat, and assumes an upright, warning stance.

* In the [[DisneyAcidSequence Pink Elephants on Parade]] segment of Dumbo there is a brief shot of a snake charmer elephant who [[TransformationHorror transforms]] a passing camel-elephant into a cobra.

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An inseparable part of any SimSimSalabim setting, the snake charmer--invariably depicted wearing a turban--sits in a lotus position and plays an oriental-sounding melody on his flute (called a "pungi"), hypnotizing a snake sitting in a wicker basket. More than just mere street performers, they often have the ability to reliably control any snake with their MindControlMusic--or, for that matter, any animals or objects that vaguely resemble snakes, such as vines or ropes. In fact, in more comedic settings, sometimes it appears that any character can spontaneously acquire a snake charmer's abilities simply by grabbing a flute and putting on a turban.

* ComicStrip/{{Nero}}: Whenever Nero visits India - even if he's only there for a pitstop in the harbour - he always meets a lot of fakirs and there's always a snake charmer sitting there. Specific albums where this happens are ''Beo De Verschrikkelijke'' (''Beo The Terrible''), ''Operatie Koekoek'' (''Operation Cuckoo''), ''De Kromme Cobra'' (''The Crooked Cobra''), ''De Matras van Madras'' (''The Mattress of Madras''), ''De Neroberg'' (''The Nero Mountain'').

* In the WesternAnimation/BugsBunny short "WesternAnimation/RabbitOfSeville", Bugs as a snake charmer controls an electric shaver to attack Elmer.

* One ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' strip has a snake-charmer's cobra poking his head out of his basket wearing a pair of Groucho glasses, with the charmer thinking "I'm going to kill him."

* In ''VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames'', snake charmers are a type of enemy, who have their snake leap out and bite you if you're near.
* A [[http://scribblenauts.wikia.com/wiki/Snake_Charmer snake charmer]] is one of the characters possible to summon in ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}''.

An inseparable part of any SimSimSalabim setting, the snake charmer--invariably depicted wearing a turban--sits in a lotus position and plays an oriental-sounding melody on his flute (called a "pungi"), hypnotizing a snake sitting in a wicker basket. More than just mere street performers, they often have the ability to reliably control any snake with their MagicMusic--or, for that matter, any animals or objects that vaguely resemble snakes, such as vines or ropes. In fact, in more comedic settings, sometimes it appear that any character can spontaneously acquire a snake charmer's abilities simply by grabbing a flute and putting on a turban.