Care Bear Stare: Difference between revisions

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[[File:carebearstare 4710.jpg|link=Care Bears|frame|The [[Power of Love]]. In rainbow form.]]

Pretty much the polar opposite of [[Mind Rape]], one character bombards the other character's mind with peace, joy, [[The Power of Love|love]], [[Precious Puppy|puppies]], [[Everything's Better with Rainbows|rainbows]] [[Tastes Like Diabetes|and other such sweet stuff]]. Generally used by heroes against villains. Will sometimes cause damage to or drive off [[The Heartless]], [[The Undead]], Demons, and other enemies that it's [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|allowed to damage because they don't really count]]/are [[Made of Evil]]. See [[Revive Kills Zombie]]. When used on good guys, may bolster morale and even heal good guys in body and spirit.

[[Trope Namer|Named]] for the "attack" used by the ''[[Care Bears]]'', naturally. The [[Fantastic Aesop|moral]] here being: "Never mess with a humanoid bear with a laser cannon in its chest."

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== Anime and Manga ==

* In ''[[Zeta Gundam]]'', Kamille Bidan gave a Mind Hug to Haman Khan, but all it did was tick her off.

* Fans joke about ''[[Lyrical Nanoha|Nanoha's]]'' attacks being this, to the point that "[[Defeat Means Friendship|befriend]]" has become a synonym for "utterly defeat". ''Multiverse Crisis [[MUSH]]'' has turned it into an [http://multiverse-crisis.wikidot.com/nanoha actual ability:]

{{quote|'''Friendship Beamspam''': Despite her total obliviousness to it, Nanoha has the strange and unexplainable ability to befriend anyone she causes physical harm to, ever since an incident wherein she slapped someone in first grade and they became her best friend. Studies and tests have confirmed this ability, though even Multiversal technology is at a loss to explain how or why it works. Is it radiation from the lasers? Some sort of Aura? No one knows, but it can generally be assumed that physical harm dealt by Nanoha will result in her making a new friend, with the degree of physical damage directly proportional to the level of friendship. How this translates to Aurics in the Multiverse has yet to be tested. (Consent Required where applicable.)}}

* The "Love Beam" was the specialty of Getalong in [[Flint the Time Detective]]. It helped calm down berserk Time Shifters, and occasionally prevent other fights/arguments from happening.

* The title character's [[Magic Dance|dancing]] seems to do something like this in ''[[Princess Tutu]]''.

* Stark from ''[[Farscape]]'' can psychically transmit memories, making him ideal for calming down those in pain or distress. {{spoiler|He's also very good at helping the dying to cross over.}}

** The Eidolons are legendary for their Care Bare Stare: quite simply, it's a calming aura used to make individuals "see reason," powerful enough to have [[Magnificent Bastard|Scorpius]], [[The Hero|Crichton]], and [[Big Bad|Emperor Staleek]] cheerfully sitting around a table discussing the terms of a Peace Treaty.

{{quote|'''Jeff:''' This won't work. The last time you did this, I saved a vial of your tears and I've been slowly building up an immunity.}}

* 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.