History Main / WeakWilled

* This is implied to be the reason Sango in ''Franchise/{{Inuyasha}}'' wasn't able to resist the Salamander demon's egg inside of her belly despite both it not hatching yet and her being a powerful fighter on her own right. Said demon justified it as women are weak willed and easy to control in general, something Kagome visibly objected to.

* Despite wearing a helmet that by all rights ought to protect his from this, the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica member Magog was ridiculously easy to hypnotize. He was only around as an active hero for a couple of years, but in that time pretty much every DC villain with a mind control shtick made him dance to their tune -- Gorilla Grodd, Maxwell Lord, and even those creepy psychic twins from ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' to name a few.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''

* ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'': Most members of the team have been mind-controlled at one point or another (especially under Creator/ChrisClaremont's [[AuthorAppeal tenure]]), but Havok is the only member of the team to date whose brainwashings have been so frequent and recurring that they've become a '''plot point'''. After years of being mind-whammied from everyone to Sauron to Erik the Red to the Siege Perilous itself, Havok finally snapped and went over to the Brotherhood, claiming that he was done with letting himself be controlled -- except, whoops, he was actually acting on the orders of Dark Beast, who had his operative Random capture Havok over in ''ComicBook/XFactor''. Even when this guy ''thinks'' he's not brainwashed, he's brainwashed!

** Ron falls under this trope -- he seems to fall under [[InhumanlyBeautifulRace Veela]] magic more easily than the average guy (even a quarter-Veela is enough to affect him), was the easiest for [[HatePlague Voldemort's locket]] to manipulate (granted, he had the most insecurities that could be exploited), and when Imperiused by Moody was actually still partially affected at the end of class (he couldn't stop skipping for a while). A [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul Cheering Charm]] is known to cause the victim to break into a laughing fit when overdone, but it should be taken into consideration that the said victim was him.

* In ''Literature/TheTraitorSonCycle'', the boglins and the Rukh both have weak will as a species, which the Powers of the Wild often utilize when they want to raise an army.

* Morgana in ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'' is easily hypnotized or entranced.

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* The Will Save of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 3[[superscript:rd]] Edition (and to a lesser extent, its descendant, Will Defense, in 4[[superscript:th]] Edition) dictates whether or not a character is Weak-Willed. It's based on the Wisdom stat and a class may or may not get a bonus to it. This lead to classes that prioritized Wisdom and with a good bonus (Monk, Cleric, Druid, etc.) to being very strong-willed, while classes that prioritizes other stats and gave no class bonus (Fighter and Rogue, especially) being almost legendarily prone to this trope. A very real possibility is for the party's Min-Maxed warrior to turn on the party's SquishyWizard the moment an enemy cast ''dominate person''. Barbarians actually get a bonus to Will Save while [[TheBerserker raging]] to try and prevent just such a scenario.
** 5th Edition did away with Will Saves to give every stat potential Saves instead... and so, the trope still applies to those who use a mental stat as a DumpStat. Wisdom Saves take the spot most of the time, but if the aforementioned Min-Maxed warrior decided to dump Intelligence instead of Wisdom to avoid the "Dominate Person" scenario you can expect them to get {{Mind Rape}}d by psychic spells until he can't even talk if your DM wants to prey on that. Play it safe and dump Charisma? Tests of raw will like avoiding DemonicPossession and not getting Banished out of reality are still there to abuse that.
* The ''TabletopGame/StarWarsD20 Roleplaying Game'' uses an identical mechanic -- a character with a low Wisdom score is vulnerable to a Jedi Mind Trick. Notably the rules state outright that Twi'lek's tend to be weaker-willed on average than humans (in game terms they have a Wisdom penalty). Hutts on the other hand have a Wisdom bonus reflecting their strong willpower.

* In general, Souma of ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'' is an extremely hard-working, undyingly loyal, and highly principled kid. However, he's also quite gullible and prone to leaping to emotional conclusions, and has a rather childishly single-minded drive. Because of this, there are two separate occasions in which he is successfully [[HypnoFool hypnotised]] by another character - by Wataru in ''Quarrel Fes'' and Natsume in ''Meikyoushisui''. Both times, the characters note that it's probably his fundamentally honest nature that makes him so suggestible.
* ''VideoGame/CastleForestIslandSea'' discusses weakness of will from a philosophical point of view.
* Gargouille from ''VisualNovel/MarcoAndTheGalaxyDragon'' may be a brave and strong-willed warrior woman, but she is not good at resisting the Love's BackstoryInvader powers. She gets tricked by the creatures twice in the span of a few minutes, whereas Marco and Haqua are unaffected.
* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'': The Gadgetron vendors are this, being the only people in the franchise known to be vulnerable to the Persuader, a black market device made to control minds that otherwise proves completely ineffective. Even they are only somewhat effected though, as they can only be hypnotized to give varying discounts on weapons instead of charging you full price. It also cannot get them to give you a discount on ammo.

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* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Belkar has a habit of succumbing to almost any enemy that tries to mind-control him. This ties into the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' example above, as Belkar is a ranger/barbarian and both classes have poor Will saves. Additionally, Belkar has such a poor Wisdom score he can't even use the spells he should get as a ranger, making his Will saves even worse. Later in the comic, he plans against this by acquiring a ''protection from evil'' trinket that can ward off mind-control. However, Belkar is [[ChaoticEvil Evil-aligned]], so it causes him immense pain every time he uses it.
* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': Lalli says this of Emil after having to pull him out of the control of a troll-spirit's CompellingVoice.

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* In the 6th ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'' special, Custodisi is defeated in the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay game the main cast were playing ([[MakesSenseInContext ... long story]]) because, despite being a SuperSoldier with physical abilities far beyond the [=PCs=], his willpower score is 10. '''Out of 100'''. This means that the party wizard (played by the Emperor) is able to easily subdue him with a basic ''Sleep'' spell.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'' after [[spoiler:[[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]]]] gets controlled by [[spoiler:The Cloaks.]] And then they break the control just by shaking him a bit and saying "Snap out of it!"
-->'''WebVideo/{{Todd|InTheShadows}}:''' Apparently they have power over the ''phenomenally'' weak-minded.
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic has a rather worrying tendency to get manipulated and controlled ''really'' easily. For example, he would have done anything '''Sage as the Devil''' told him to do if it meant getting his mind erased of Sequel Month.
* ProductPlacement once made vegetarian [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick Nostalgia Chick]] crave a burger. She can also be hypnotized pretty easily, as long as you don't mention WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows. Doesn't work then.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'':

* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' was once hypnotized by staring at a ''motionless'' watch for ten seconds. Suzie didn't even say anything other than the ''instruction manual''.
-->'''Johnny''': zzz... I am completely within your power... zzz...
* The ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short Mexican Boarders has Speedy Gonzales' cousin, Slowpoke Rodriguez, easily hypnotize Sylvester mid sentence. The short ends with Slowpoke telling his cousin, "I like your pussycat friend. He's nice and stupid."

* In one of the Creator/AbbottAndCostello films, a psychologist tries to hypnotize Lou Costello. Lou proves to be completely immune, but the psychologist accidentally hypnotizes himself. Then Lou wakes him up, and managed to accidentally hypnotizes him again mere seconds later.

* Homer on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. One episode has him er... [[TooDumbToFool "resist"]] the most powerful mind control techniques of a commune, until they change the lyrics to the 1960's ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' score from "Batman" to "Leader".

* WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck in the comics is prone to boasting he's immune to hypnosis and subsequently being extremely easily hypnotized. In one story by Creator/CarlBarks he is even hypnotized by a children's toy he only imagines to have the power to do so. In another by Creator/DonRosa, he falls asleep immediately as soon as the hypnotist starts speaking about sleepiness.

* [[TheSmartGuy Sam]] from ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' is mind-controlled inordinately often, even though she's supposed to be the most intelligent of the three (not to TeenGenius levels, but she is). In comparison, vain Clover ends up dealing with some sort of BodyHorror.

If it's a friend rather than an enemy doing the hypnosis, expect it to devolve in PygmalionSnapback or TeachHimAnger. Compare ExtremeDoormat and EmptyShell.

It's not just against mundane party game hypnotism, but also brainwashing or PsychicPowers. The JediMindTrick can leave them in a day long haze, and CharmPerson will make them [[{{Glamour}} lifelong love slaves]]. At times, [[MilesGloriosus they may boast]] they [[MoreHypnotizableThanHeThinks have an iron resolve that can't be broken]], before being comically "switched on" to [[EvilMinions Minion]] or TheRenfield just by glancing at the goofy [[HypnoticEyes swirly eyes]]. Their new master may even be unsettled by [[BlackShirt how readily]] they [[ProfessionalButtKisser took to the conditioning.]] This type of character also faces the PowerPerversionPotential of having sex without giving conscious consent -- which, for those of you following along at home, is a form of rape.

A common variant is the "easily suggestible". Their weakness to brainwashing stems from a chronic [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} wishy-washiness]]; if they're incapable of putting up resistance to mundane used car salesmen, how can they hope to fight off HypnoticEyes?

* Wolfram from ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh'' is subjected to this. Justified though because [[spoiler: the key to unlocking the greatest evil in the demon world is his heart and as the series goes on and the seal to the great evil weakens, he starts zoning out more often than not.]]

* ''LightNovel/IveBeenKillingSlimesFor300YearsAndMaxedOutMyLevel'': Halkara is so vulnerable to [[DemonicPossession ghostly possession]] that the ghost actually has trouble leaving her body afterwards. Beelzebub explains that people with great personal power or high self-confidence have no mental "gaps" for ghosts to enter, [[StealthInsult implying that Halkara is the opposite]].