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{{quote|Paul: "She looks hypnotized! He must have used that joy buzzer on her!"|''[[Dinosaucers (Animation)|Dinosaucers]]''}}

A standard gadget in the [[Mad Scientist]] grab bag. The [['''Hypno Ray]]''' allows the user to instantly hypnotize an unsuspecting target and make that person [[Mind Control|do their evil bidding]].

* The [[Mad Scientist]] flashes the [['''Hypno Ray]]''', instantly stunning the victim.

* The [['''Hypno Ray]]''' shuts off and the victim [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|wonders what just happened]].

* The first "super-villains" to appear in the [[Mickey Mouse Comic Universe]] were a trinity of [[Mad Scientist]] apes named Professors Ecks, Doublex ([[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"|or Duplex]]), and Triplex who wanted to use one of these to [[Take Over the World]]. They appeared in the "Blaggard Castle" storyline of daily strips, published in 1933.

* The Neuralizer from ''[[Men in Black (Filmfilm)|Men in Black]]''.

* Jafar's cobra headed staff in ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', which he uses on the Sultan repeatedly until Aladdin breaks it.

* In the second ''[[Fantomas]]'' movie the titular villain abducted a number of scientists and had them construct a [[Hypno Ray]] gun. After the heroes thwarted his plans and freed the scientists, they used the gun to placate a pair of mooks he threw at them, but Fantomas himself escaped before they had a chance to subdue him.

* The 3-D Hypno Ring from ''[[Captain Underpants (Literature)|Captain Underpants]]''.

** A [[Hypno Ray]] also appears in ''[[Ricky RicottasRicotta's Mighty Robot (Literature)|Ricky Ricottas Mighty Robot]]'', by the same author.

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' season six episode "Dead Things" features a dramatic subversion, at least as far as the comedic setting goes. Nerd supervillain Warren invents a mind control device and uses it on his ex-girlfriend, allowing the geek trio to dress her up as a French maid and generally be laughably adolescent about the whole thing. Then the story makes a swift plunge into darkness when {{spoiler|Warren commands his ex to give him oral sex; she comes out of the trance and accuses the trio of attempted rape, and is brutally killed by Warren when she tries to escape.}}

* The Mad Hatter from ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' had one in his top hat, customized to look like a pair of eyes.

* Much used in [[Telltale Games]]'s ''[[The Adventures of Sam and& Max: Freelance Police (Video Game)|Sam and Max Freelance Police]] Season 1''. After all, the story is about [[Mass Hypnosis]].

* ''[[De Blob (Video Game)|De Blob 2]]'' features the Hypno Ray, a planetary-sized hypnotic device under the control of Comrade Black powered by the color energy gathered by De Blob throughout the game. It's used once to take control of the residents of Prisma City. Apparently it also bleaches buildings.

* Stewie Griffin on ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'' once tried to get on ''[[Kids Say the Darndest Things]]'' to use one, but was defeated by [[Bill Cosby]].

* Used at least twice on ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: (Animation)Boy Genius|The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]''. Once used by Beautiful Gorgeous to control [[Secret Agent Man]] Jet Fusion, but it failed when hundreds of people said the trigger words at the same time. Jimmy also used one to force his parents to think it was his birthday, but they [[Trickster Mentor|tricked him]] to [[An Aesop|teach him a lesson]].

** They later try to [[Justified Trope|justify]] it: After Jimmy uses his [[Hypno Ray]] to disable the [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter]], his partner mentions that he didn't think hypnotism worked like that. Jimmy responds that the weak-willed are easily swayed by flashy special effects.

*** [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard|Ironically, she hypnotizes Jimmy in a later episode.]]

* The Hypnotoad on ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'' is the biological equiva- '''all glory to the Hypnotoad!'''

{{quote| '''Fry:''' He must've used a sleep ray on me! Sleep rays exist in the future, right?<br />

'''Leela:''' No.<br />

* Used for laughs in ''[[Meet the Robinsons (Disney)|Meet the Robinsons]]'', when Bowler Hat Guy attempts radio control of a frog. And later, a T-Rex. Bowler Hat Guy has trouble picking useful thralls.

* On ''[[Word Girl (Animation)|Word Girl]]'', Mr. Big has a mind control ray which is used for farcical reasons - one of which was making everyone in town use huge words in order to occupy the heroine. Even the title character is not immune to this trope, but usually snaps out of it within seconds.

* In ''[[Dinosaucers (Animation)|Dinosaucers]]'', Quackpot's "Joy Buzzer" is actually a ray gun with many uses. One of them is this, like when he [[Hypnotize the Princess|hypnotized Sarah]].

* Parodied in ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney Atat Law]]'', in the "Turner Classic Birdman" episode.

{{quote| '''Mentok''': You're no longer in control of your mind, and your wings are missing too.<br />

'''Harvey''': I am no longer in control of my mind, and my wings are missing too.<br />

'''Mentok''': Uh, you don't have to repeat what I'm saying.<br />

{{quote| '''Potamus''': Must... give... wallet... to... evil leprechaun...}}

* Happened once in ''[[Thundercats (Animation)|Thundercats]]''. The cast was saved by Snarf. ''Snarf''.

* Parodied in the ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'' episode "The Return of Chef" where Chef is brainwashed by the Super Adventure Club to want to molest children. While the club leader explains the purpose of their group, they ask if the boys want to accompany them on their next trip. When they say no, he says maybe he should ask again and points a hypnotizer at them. When that attempt fails, he admits it doesn't work on everyone. They later explain to a psychiatrist that the Super Adventure Club convinced Chef that having sex with children was okay with a little thing that goes ''[[Saying Sound Effects Out Loud|whrrrrrr]]''.