Care Bear Stare: Difference between revisions

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* In ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' Professor X has used his psychic powers to deliver a super mind hug, built of all the positive thoughts he could find to drive off [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens]].

** He did it again in The [[Ultimate Marvel|Ultimate Universe]] to stun Gah Lak Tus.

* In a Manga version of ''[[Star Trek: The ~~Original Series|Star Trek the~~ Original Series]]'', Kirk met up with an entity called the Bandi Bear, which was a living teddy bear with empathic capabilities. Kirk found the only way to "conquer" it was to approach it with love.

* In a Manga version of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'', Kirk met up with an entity called the Bandi Bear, which was a living teddy bear with empathic capabilities. Kirk found the only way to "conquer" it was to approach it with love.

** This differs from his [[Boldly Coming|usual approach to First Contact]], how?

* Noora in ''[[The 99]]'' has the power to shine light at people, making them see their own inner darkness and feel guilt. [[Meaningful Name|Not coincidentally, "noor" means "light" in Arabic.]]

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== Live Action TV ==

* Not exactly a mind hug, but in ''[[Star Trek: ~~Voyager|Star Trek~~ Voyager]]'', Tuvok initiates a mind-meld with Lon Suder, a mentally disturbed killer. The meld, along with Tuvok's teaching him Vulcan self-discipline, allows Suder to gain some peace. After some time and training, he begins to feel that he might be able to control his homicidal tendencies.

* Not exactly a mind hug, but in ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', Tuvok initiates a mind-meld with Lon Suder, a mentally disturbed killer. The meld, along with Tuvok's teaching him Vulcan self-discipline, allows Suder to gain some peace. After some time and training, he begins to feel that he might be able to control his homicidal tendencies.

** In ''[[Star Trek: The ~~Next Generation|Star Trek the~~ Next Generation]]'', Sarek (Spock's dad) has Bendii's syndrome, a Vulcan disease that leaves them unable to control their emotions. A mindmeld with Picard alleviates his symptoms enough for him to finish a mission. Unfortunately, it turned Picard into a raving lunatic for the duration.

** In ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', Sarek (Spock's dad) has Bendii's syndrome, a Vulcan disease that leaves them unable to control their emotions. A mindmeld with Picard alleviates his symptoms enough for him to finish a mission. Unfortunately, it turned Picard into a raving lunatic for the duration.

* Inverted in ''[[Star Trek: The ~~Original Series|Star Trek the~~ Original Series]]'' when Kirk fills his mind with racist hatred to infect an android duplicate that is being made of him via a mind-scan: Spock realises it's not the real Kirk when the android starts insulting him.

* Inverted in ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' when Kirk fills his mind with racist hatred to infect an android duplicate that is being made of him via a mind-scan: Spock realises it's not the real Kirk when the android starts insulting him.

* The ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'' finale "[[Crisis Crossover|Countdown to Destruction]]" had the Red Ranger destroy Zordon's chamber, unleashing his goodness on all the bad guys currently battling. Monsters were turned to dust, humanoid villains were all turned good.

* In ''[[Angel]]'''s third season, post-[[Plot-Relevant Age-Up]] Connor gets a Care Bear Stare from Cordelia when he tries to kill her.

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== Tabletop Games ==

* Compel Emotion in ''[[GURPS]]: Magic'' can be used to compel happiness or peace. Ecstasy is a more malicious variant used to incapacitate the target.

* In ''[[Dungeons ~~and~~ Dragons]]'' Emotion spell in "Happiness" mode makes victims unwilling to attack without an extreme provocation.

* In ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' Emotion spell in "Happiness" mode makes victims unwilling to attack without an extreme provocation.

* The ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' card "[http://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=129667 Pacifism]" essentially disables opponent creatures by making them too peaceful to attack or block.

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== Video Games ==

* James did this to Dolores in ''[[Zone of the Enders]] Dolores i'' when she had a [[Heroic BSOD]] via [[Journey to the Center of the Mind]]. Appropriate, considering she's a [[Robot Girl]].

* All three ''[[~~Earthbound~~|Mother]]'' games seem to have the characters using this to beat the final boss.

* All three ''[[EarthBound|Mother]]'' games seem to have the characters using this to beat the final boss.

* Lenneth Valkyrie, of ''[[Valkyrie Profile]]'', can use the experience gained by her Einherjar to increase their virtues and reduce their vices to increase their individual [[Karma Meter|"Hero" rating]].

* [[Disgaea|Laharl]] is subjected to one of these in the form of sexually attractive women spouting optimistic phrases. Given his aversion and (literal) allergy to the aforementioned, his stats are cut in half for the next fight. Flonne spouting "eternal love!" didn't help at all.

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*** Or an intentional parody? Given that it comes from the Virtue Bear's butts in the form of [[Fartillery|a fart]], probably the latter.

* Subverted in an ''[[Xkcd]]'' [http://xkcd.com/146/ strip]; this "Care Bear Stare" is an energy blast that knocks the target down, and the black hat is a long-established identifier of the strip's "[[Jerkass]]" character. [[Word of God]] says that he got this power from ''[[Made From Real Girl Scouts|eating Care Bears]]''.

* In ''[[Nodwick]]'', they do a parody of the ''[[Dungeons ~~and~~ Dragons (film)|Dungeons and Dragons]]'' film. In the film, there is a scene where Damodar does [[Mind Rape]] of the captive Marina Pretensa. In the Nodwick comic, Damodar attempts this on the captive Piffany, the [[Lawful Good]] cleric who is [[The Pollyanna|all about gumdrops, rainbows, and kittens]]. Her mind is too happy and cheerful for Damodar to take, and he begs her to just take the treasure map and go. (See it [http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php?date=2003-10-02 here.])

* In ''[[Nodwick]]'', they do a parody of the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons (film)||Dungeons and Dragons]]'' film. In the film, there is a scene where Damodar does [[Mind Rape]] of the captive Marina Pretensa. In the Nodwick comic, Damodar attempts this on the captive Piffany, the [[Lawful Good]] cleric who is [[The Pollyanna|all about gumdrops, rainbows, and kittens]]. Her mind is too happy and cheerful for Damodar to take, and he begs her to just take the treasure map and go. (See it [http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php?date=2003-10-02 here.])

** Also, a [http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php?date=2006-05-17 particularly gruesome variant] in ''Q4force'' stories.

* The effects of Agatha Heterodyne's "perfect" coffee in ''[[Girl Genius]]''. Except on other [[Mad Scientist|Sparks]] who are more overall resistant than normal people, and Jaegermonsters, for whom it's just Verra Gud Coffee, Vit A Nize Kick.

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** She did say she could "fix that" after seeing the initial euphoria, so while the Spark could be resistant, she could also have toned it down....

* In the Superhero arc of ''[[Dragon Tails]]'', Lemuel becomes a villain named Sparkles with the superpower of "Happiness Sparkles", in an attempt to pacify his enemies. It doesn't work particularly well - all it does is make them feel rather happy about beating the snot out of him.

* ''[[Something Positive]]'', in one of their many RPG storylines, has Davan playing in a game based on statting up kids' toys. Thinking the others would leave their toys unmodded (clearly not knowing how girls play with dolls), he is left with a "stock" Care Bear. His Care Bear Stare proves useful, though... as a distraction, so the rest of them can rip him apart.

* ''[[Something*Positive]]'', in one of their many RPG storylines, has Davan playing in a game based on statting up kids' toys. Thinking the others would leave their toys unmodded (clearly not knowing how girls play with dolls), he is left with a "stock" Care Bear. His Care Bear Stare proves useful, though... as a distraction, so the rest of them can rip him apart.

* [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-01-28 This] ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' strip subverts it to the point of [[Nightmare Fuel]] (continued two comics later).

** Later an Immortal used a heavy assault Care Bear Stare called a [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-07-09 Serenity Spell] as an emergency [[Instant Sedation]] for a magic-user going bananas.

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** ''[[The Care Bears Movie]]'' has it used to stop an evil spell, but it's not enough to stop the villain. That takes [[The Power of Friendship]].

* Maguro from ''[[Sushi Pack]]'' frequently uses her telepathic powers to share zen thoughts when an antagonist needs to calm down. In one instance, she used this on her own team mates to make them follow a course of action that they did not agree with.

* In ''[[The Fairly ~~Odd Parents~~]]'' there exists a race of [[Card-Carrying Villain|self-proclaimed evil]] aliens whose weaknesses include chocolate, flowers, and hugs. In fact, there was an episode where a [[Killer Rabbit|Care Bear-eque army of creatures]] invades their planet through the use of cereal boxes and the evil aliens are unable to do anything because the power of Cute exhibited by these creatures is too strong.

* In ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'' there exists a race of [[Card-Carrying Villain|self-proclaimed evil]] aliens whose weaknesses include chocolate, flowers, and hugs. In fact, there was an episode where a [[Killer Rabbit|Care Bear-eque army of creatures]] invades their planet through the use of cereal boxes and the evil aliens are unable to do anything because the power of Cute exhibited by these creatures is too strong.

** {{spoiler|Until they learn they taste like manure, said aliens' most loved delicacy, at which point they proceed to eat them.}}

** A greater example is shown in "Wishology" as {{spoiler|the Darkness is defeated by blasting it with a celestial smile, turning it into the Kindness}}.