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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 Universal Genre Savvy Guide/Just for Fun|The Universal Genre Savvy Guide]]''', "[http://www.thalia.org/truelove.html The True Love List]"}}
 
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|Soul Jars]] of the [[Sealed Evil in A Can]], and are [[Artifact of Attraction|purposely made desirable]] for this effect.
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A frequent way to [[Hypnotize the Princess]].
 
And of course, like most mind control tropes, [[Rule Thirty Four34]] and [[Fetish Fuel]] can apply, especially with [[Author Appeal]].
 
A [[Sub Trope]] of [[Mind Control Device]].
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Compare [[Artifact of Attraction]] (rather than hypnotize causes [[Gold Fever]]), [[Clothes Make the Maniac]], [[The Hat Makes the Man]], [[Hypno Ray]], [[Instant Allegiance Artifact]], [[Love Potion]], [[Mirror Morality Machine]].
 
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== Anime & Manga ==
* Hige's collar {{spoiler|and the collars of at least 22 other wolves}} in ''[[WolfsWolf's Rain (Manga)|Wolfs Rain]]'' is a mind-control device of Lady Jagara's.
* In an ''[[Inu Yasha (Anime)|Inu Yasha]]'' filler episode, a Chinese boar yokai collects fiancées this way.
* ''[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|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 planets -- presumably more than before, given the fact that the amount was high enough to get even King Kai to notice.
* Arguably, the [[Red String of Fate]] that Shampoo uses on Ranma in the ''[[Ranma One Half½ (Manga)|Ranma One Half]]'' 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 (Anime)|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.}}
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* In ''[[Code Lyoko (Animation)|Code Lyoko]]'', XANA once manages to sneak an enhanced piece of jewelry to Aelita, who's usually immune to the mind control through his specters, by disguising it as a Valentine's gift from Jérémie.
* A literal "love bracelet" was used in an episode of ''[[Dinosaucers (Animation)|Dinosaucers]]''. Subverted to comic effect when the bracelet ends up on the wrong person. ''Twice.''
* The Mad Hatter from ''[[Batman: theThe Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]'' controls minds without spirals, using cards marked 10/6 which he sticks on people's heads. And that's just his stock device; he has been known to use other things when appropriate.
* ''[[The Herculoids]]'' episode "Ruler of the Reptons". The Reptons put a crown on Tarra to mind-control her into being their queen.
* An episode of ''[[Codename Kids Next Door (Animation)|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 (Animation)|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 Vanessa -- and she uses it to place Prince Eric under mind control. When Ariel's animal friends attack her, they shatter the shell and both free Eric ''and'' return Ariel's voice to her.
 
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