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My name is Doof and you'll do what I say. Whoop Whoop!

A stock visual effect that is usually used to indicate someone is being hypnotized (or trying to hypnotize someone). It does get used for all sorts of hallucinations and visualized breakdowns but it's primarily associated with hypnosis for some reason.

The common version tends to include:

A floating head
The head itself is spinning or moving
A (usually) multicolored swirl as the background
A humming 50's sci-fi sound effect or increased echo if the head is speaking.

Goes in hand with Hypnotic Eyes and Compelling Voice, often used as part of a Mass Hypnosis plot. Compare Hypno Ray, Huge Holographic Head. For the eastern version of hypnosis symptoms, see Mind Control Eyes.

Examples of Hypnotic Head include:

Comic Books

The Ringmaster from Marvel Comics has done this at least once.
Blake and Mortimer: Used when Abdul Razek hypnotizes Blake and Mortimer so they can't remember the Chamber of Horus and later in the series when Septimus hypnotizes Mortimer, complete with swirling effect.

Commercials

This commercial for Super Mario Land 2. "Obey Wario! Destroy Mario!"

Film

Used in Zoolander, when Mugatu tries to brainwash the title character into assassinating the Prime Minister of Malaysia. "OBEY MY DOG!"
The Joker in the 1989 Batman film, just after his "Smilex" "commercial".

Live-Action TV

Max Headroom
- Honorable Mention must go to the Max Headroom Pirating Incident.

Video Games

Sam and Max Freelance Police: Culture Shock has this happen to Sam when he gets hypnotized by Brady Culture. "Do my evil bidding, and so forth."

Western Animation

The villain Vertigo in Batman the Animated Series episode "Off Balance".
Apu in The Simpsons episode "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood", during Bart's and Milhouse's squishee hallucinations.
In Phineas and Ferb, Dr. Doofenshmirtz invents a Musical-Video-Mind-Control-Inator, and a Hypnotic Head of him was shown (see featured image above).
Mr. Mental in The Tick.
The Brain during the bumpers in "You Will Buy This Video".

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 == Commercials ==
-* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhB8XG9_5Rc This commercial] for ''[[Super Mario Land 2 (Video Game)|Super Mario Land 2]]''. "''Obey'' Wario! ''Destroy'' Mario!"
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhB8XG9_5Rc This commercial] for ''[[Super Mario Land 2 Six Golden Coins|Super Mario Land 2]]''. "''Obey'' Wario! ''Destroy'' Mario!"
 == [[Film]] ==
-* Used in ''[[Zoolander (Film)|Zoolander]]'', when Mugatu tries to brainwash the title character into assassinating the Prime Minister of Malaysia. "OBEY MY DOG!"
+* Used in ''[[Zoolander]]'', when Mugatu tries to brainwash the title character into assassinating the Prime Minister of Malaysia. "OBEY MY DOG!"
-* [[The Joker]] in the 1989 ''[[Batman (Film)|Batman]]'' film, just after his "[[Deadly Gas|Smilex]]" "[[Do Not Adjust Your Set|commercial]]".
+* [[The Joker]] in the 1989 ''[[Batman (film)|Batman]]'' film, just after his "[[Deadly Gas|Smilex]]" "[[Do Not Adjust Your Set|commercial]]".
 == [[Live-Action TV]] ==
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 == [[Video Games]] ==
-* ''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police (Video Game)|Sam and Max Freelance Police]]'': Culture Shock'' has this happen to Sam when he gets hypnotized by Brady Culture. "Do my evil bidding, and so forth."
+* ''[[The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police|Sam and Max Freelance Police]]'': Culture Shock'' has this happen to Sam when he gets hypnotized by Brady Culture. "Do my evil bidding, and so forth."
 == [[Western Animation]] ==
-* The villain Vertigo in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]'' episode "Off Balance".
+* The villain Vertigo in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'' episode "Off Balance".
-* Apu in ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood", during Bart's and Milhouse's squishee hallucinations.
+* Apu in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood", during Bart's and Milhouse's squishee hallucinations.
-* In ''[[Phineas and Ferb (Animation)|Phineas and Ferb]]'', Dr. Doofenshmirtz invents a [[Ear Worm|Musical-Video]]-[[Subliminal Advertising|Mind-Control]]-[[Theme Naming|Inator]], and a [[Hypnotic Head]] of him was shown (see featured image above).
+* In ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', Dr. Doofenshmirtz invents a [[Ear Worm|Musical-Video]]-[[Subliminal Advertising|Mind-Control]]-[[Theme Naming|Inator]], and a [[Hypnotic Head]] of him was shown (see featured image above).
 * Mr. Mental in ''[[The Tick]]''.
-* [[Pinky and The Brain (Animation)|The Brain]] during the [[Ad Bumpers|bumpers]] in "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVYO3MH0M4k You Will Buy This Video]".
+* [[Pinky and The Brain|The Brain]] during the [[Ad Bumpers|bumpers]] in "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVYO3MH0M4k You Will Buy This Video]".
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