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{{quote|''30. I will refuse all gifts from the [[Evil Overlord]]. They probably contain mind-control devices that would [[And Now You Must Marry Me|make me giddily happy to marry him]]. It's demeaning enough to be head-over-heels for the Hero, let alone a creep like the EO.''|'''[[
The power to [[Hypnotize]] being imbued in a wearable item, by either magic or [[Applied Phlebotinum]]. It doesn't matter the form. It's usually just a piece of [[Jewelry]], but it can be anything from a hat to a [[Pimped-Out Dress|wedding dress]].
Heck, it doesn't always have to be mind control in the typical sense. It can also be a [[Grand Theft Me|conduit]] for a spirit to [[Demonic Possession|possess the wearer]]. This can even cause the victim to look like the spirit did in life. Many of [[Evil Is Not a Toy|these things]] tend to be [[Soul Jar
Note this is direct mind control, not simply [[Artifact of Doom|corrupting people with the object's dark influence]]. Also, this apply to items worn by the victim, not by the hypnotizer.
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▲== Anime & Manga ==
* Hige's collar {{spoiler|and the collars of at least 22 other wolves}} in ''[[Wolf's Rain|Wolfs Rain]]'' is a mind-control device of Lady Jagara's.
* In an ''[[Inuyasha|Inu Yasha]]'' filler episode, a Chinese boar yokai collects fiancées this way.
* ''[[Dragon Ball]] Z'': Broly in Movie 8 was given a mind-control crown by his dad (and going by the flashback, it was without his consent), initially to control Broly so as to not have him have outbursts, but shortly thereafter, he ended up used by Paragus to blow up
* Arguably, the [[Red String of Fate]] that Shampoo uses on Ranma in the ''[[Ranma ½]]'' TV series. {{spoiler|And then Shampoo just ''had'' [[What an Idiot!|to brag about it all the time]], therefore Akane gets enough time to brew a plan to get it cut...}}
* ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'' has the Dark Rings (and later, upgraded Dark Spirals.)
* Used in [[Orphen]] Revenge, when {{spoiler|Majik gets [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] by Esperanza due to a [[Nice Hat]] that she puts on him. Orphen "fixes" him via both [[Warrior Therapist|both blasting and talking to him]], then lowring Majik's defense enough to blast the hat away.}}
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Disney did this with a ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Comic Book)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' comic, where Gadget and a bunch of other creatures were enslaved with magical necklaces by Fat Cat.
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* Small silver tags were used in ''[[The Man
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▲* Small silver tags were used in ''[[The Man qith No Name (fanfic)|The Man With No Name]]'' to gain control over {{spoiler|an army's worth of [[Firefly|Reavers]] as well as a few humans}}.
== Gamebooks ==▼
* In Book 3 of the ''[[Lone Wolf]]'' series, ''The Cavern of Kalte'', evil sorcerer Vonotar the Traitor uses gold bracelets to control the Ice Barbarians. Putting one on your wrist is a ''[[Don't Touch It, You Idiot!|very bad idea]]''.▼
== Films -- Live-Action ==▼
* Dale Arden is given a mind-controlling ring by Ming the Merciless in the ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]'' movie.
== [[Literature]] ==▼
▲== Literature ==
* In ''Illusion'' by Paula Volsky, the king's brother uses hypnotic jewelry to make ladies in the court fall for him when they first spurn his advances.
* The Caps in ''[[The Tripods]]''.
* ''[[Are You Afraid of the Dark?]]'' uses an old riding jacket that causes a girl to be possessed by the spirit of her dead aunt.
* Similarly, in ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' episode "Return of the Cybernauts", Beresford gives Mrs. Peel a bracelet, which is actually a mind control device.
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* In ''[[Smallville]]'', Winslow Schott has a diadem that emits a frequency to the brain stem. He got Courtney Whitmore to commit crimes for him and Lois try to kill Clark (who had his powers at the time).
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==▼
▲== Tabletop Games ==
* In ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'', Azhag the Slaughterer has a crown that tries to control him. However, as Azhag is an orc this isn't going that easily, and he suffers from stupidity by the power struggle within.
** Also, in ''[[Warhammer Online]]'' and related media Grumlok has an enchanted amulet that makes him unwittingly carry out the Witch King's plans. Although later Greenskin quests suggest that he's not ''entirely'' mind-controlled...
▲=== Gamebooks ===
▲* In Book 3 of the ''[[Lone Wolf]]'' series, ''The Cavern of Kalte'', evil sorcerer Vonotar the Traitor uses gold bracelets to control the Ice Barbarians. Putting one on your wrist is a ''[[Don't Touch It, You Idiot!|very bad idea]]''.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Terra, one of the characters of ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', wears a slave crown and thus is mind controlled. Cut dialogue that remained in the Data Texts for the game also had Terra shouting "No! Stay Away!" during the procedure from Kefka, implying that she was not a willing participant.
** This gets a [[Continuity Nod]] in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' {{spoiler|during the boss fight against her in Onion Knight's storyline. If you check her equipment before the fight, you can see that she is wearing a Hypnocrown to explain why she is acting against her will.}}
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* ''[[Half-Life (video game)|Half-Life]]'' mod ''[http://www.moddb.com/mods/point-of-view Point of View]'' assumed that "Alien Slave" critters (the usual and additional varieties) kept enslaved via their prominent collars, and the protagonist loses his to battle damage. Then [[Ascended Fanon|the second game ran with this]] - Vortigaunts were revealed to be indeed kept under control this way.
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* Musaran in the ''[[Ciem Webcomic Series]]'' is the result of an AI backvisor being attached to the back of Jeraime's head. It essentially makes Jeraime into Arfaas' slave; a no-fee version of the [[Psycho for Hire]].
* ''[[Magick Chicks]]'' has [[Crystal Skull]] Dakota used to convince the casual acquaintances that she's a man and mindwipe people who noticed something wrong about her (which happens more often than one could expect, because she's overconfident and not particularly smart). Sometimes this have side effects. In the end, it sort of backfired, because {{spoiler|seeing her "Dad" and "Mom" suddenly at each other's throats in the presence of what she was told is a mind control device, Melissa jumped to the obvious conclusion and shattered it, which also broke implanted illusions affecting herself}}.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda (animation)|The Legend of Zelda]]'', Ganon [[Hypnotize the Princess|puts a necklace on Zelda to force her to marry him.]]
* In ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', Johnny 13 uses his girlfriend's clothing to first influence the mind of, and then transfer his girlfriend's soul into, the body of Jazz when she wears them.
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* An episode of ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' had a mind-control helmet that was mass-marketed towards girls as a way of controlling their boyfriends. Lizzie put one on Numbuh One, who was forced to take her on a fancy date, until eventually the [[Berserk Button|insane prices]] made him angry enough to break free.
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'' has Dr. Drakken brainwashing Shego and Kim via this method.
* An inversion of the trope was used in ''[[The Little Mermaid]]''. When Ursula directly intervened in the goal by disguising herself as [[Romantic False Lead]] [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|Vanessa]], it's clear that a Hypno Trinket is involved. Said Hypno Trinket (a necklace with a big shell that has Ariel's voice inside), however, was worn by
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Costume Tropes]]
▲[[Category:Hypno Trinket]]
[[Category:Magic Items Index]]
[[Category:Mind Manipulation Tropes]]
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