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Controlling emotions is quite different from regular mind control. It lets you toy with people, brainwash them, and in some cases get a lot of result from much less effort than actual mind control demands.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* DC Comics' Psycho-Pirate, has alternately either had a mask that allowed him to project emotions into people or has been an "emotion vampire", able to drain emotions from people. The first mask often seems to work through intensifying emotions a person already feels, no matter how small.)
* This was the mutant power of Manual "Empath" de la Rocha of the [[New Mutants|Hellions]].
* [[Marvel Universe]]'s Hate-Monger used to have to use a "Hate-Ray" to project hate, anger and fear into people... but after he [[Death Is Cheap|died and was resurrected]], he was able to do the same without the ray. {{spoiler|Oh, also he's [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]].}}
* ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]'' villain Psycho-Man carries a box-shaped device that can cause Fear, Doubt, and Hate in humans.
* Brain Boy, who appeared in ''Four Color'' and a self-titled comic series, has the power to alter people's emotional states.
== [[Fan Fiction]] ==
* In the ''[[Firefly]]'' fanfic ''[[
== [[Film]] ==
* Jasper from ''[[Twilight (
* The ''[[Wolverine]]'' origin movie included a character who could control people's minds. A major plot point was whether the character {{spoiler|used her powers to influence Wolverine's emotions or whether he was truly immune as a result of his own powers.}}
* ''[[The
== [[Literature]] ==
* In [[Isaac Asimov]]'s [[Foundation]] trilogy, the mutant known as the Mule could permanently change people's emotions, such as making them loyal to him. He explained it as like being able to see and adjust a dial in people's minds. Notable that this is a rather hard sci-fi setting and his mysterious powers (unlike the straightforward psychic abilities of the Second Foundation) weren't explained until several books later in the series (he himself seemed to imply that he was just a phenomenal random mutation of humanity, another side effect of which was his {{spoiler|sterility (hence the nickname), leaving his empire with no heir capable of maintaining control. In truth, he was an overly aggressive outcast from an entire planet of people with such abilities (the result of guided evolution under an immortal guardian)}}.
* [[Slave World]]: Used through social conditioning throughout the series. Also in the form of supertech, but for the first few books this is limited to [[Getting Smilies Painted
* Soothing and Rioting are powers in [[Mistborn]] that allow you to do this- a Rioter can inflame emotions, a Soother can dampen them, and a full Mistborn can do both ([[Evil Overlord|The Lord Ruler]], for example, turned himself into a walking [[Emotion Bomb]], dampening all emotions in about a mile radius around him apart from fear and despair). However, a Soother or Rioter can't ''sense'' emotions, so they need to be very good at reading people to get the results they want.
* This is one of the secondary powers granted by some types of [[Elemental Powers|crafting]] in the ''[[Codex Alera]]''. [[Dishing Out Dirt|Earthcrafters]] can calm animals or induce lust, while [[Playing
* Emotion workers in Holly Black's ''[[The Curse Workers]]'' trilogy can manipulate emotions through touch, and the effects can last for several months. One emotion worker got in serious legal trouble for [[Gold Digger|making several wealthy men]] [[Love Potion|fall in love with her.]] However, people with this ability become emotionally unstable themselves for a time whenever they use their power. The more often they use it, the more unstable their own emotions become.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In a late ''[[Star Trek:
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* In [[Mutant UA]], there are several mind-altering psychic powers. "Påverka" (affect) for
* The "Sway Emotions" form of the Enthrallment skill in ''[[GURPS]]'' can induce: anger, boredom, depression, disgust, fear, greed, hate, jealousy, joy, love, lust, patriotism, peace, sadness, or unrest.
* ''[[Mutants and Masterminds]]'' has this as a [[Stock Superpower]] that can induce Calm, Despair, Fear, Hate, Hope, or Love.
* LIkewise ''[[Villains and Vigilantes]]'' has a stock "Emotion Control" power.
* ''[[
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Laroth in the [[Fall From Heaven]] backstory.
* In ''[[Touhou]]'', the Prismriver Sisters can do this through their [[Magic Music]] (Merlin causes happiness, Lunasa causes depression, Lyrica deadens them altogether), and [[Green-Eyed Monster|Parsee's]] power is explicitly to [[Driven
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* [[Megatokyo]]: Miho's character could do this within the Endgames world. It's a matter of much [[Epileptic Trees|debate]]of whether she has the ability to do this out of game or not.
* Moodswing from [[
* [[Horny Devil|'cubi]] in ''[[Dan and
* Magus from ''[[
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Sweet Sorrow is an emotion manipulator in the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'' who concentrates on the "darker" emotions like fear, anger, hatred, sadness, depression, and so on. Charmer makes people trust and like her as if she was their closest friend. Heart-Throb, one of the [[Super
** The Blood Red King is the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of Fear and Terror. Manipulating fear in others is his bread and butter power.
* Frank of the [[Whateley Universe]] can't help broadcasting emotions. Frank isn't his name, it's his codename, because you always know what he's feeling. Without his power limiter helmet, he would be swamping entire sections of the school with his emotions.
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