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Why use your amazing powers of hypnotism merely to [[Hypnotize the Princess]] or make your hero's friend [[Brainwashed and Crazy|psychotic]]? Just steal some broadcasting equipment, [[Hypnotic Head|record your message]], and [[I Control My Minions Through...|hypnotize the masses to do your bidding]], [[Stock Evil Overlord Tactics|build your weapons, and wipe out the hero.]]
You could end up with a couple different possible results; the hypnotized people could become zombies, or could stay generally the same but still be compelled to follow you. Pretty soon, you'll have a cities worth of zombielike [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] minions that follow your every order and, best of all, the hero can't beat, since they're really just poor [[Innocent Bystander
Compare [[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]. Often used to get rid of [[The Evils of Free Will]]. See also [[Glamour]], which may be paired with this trope. Anyone who is [[Weak
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== Advertising ==
* The image is from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhB8XG9_5Rc the commercial] for ''[[Super Mario Land 2:
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSsjLXjPbbI The commercial] for the first ''[[
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* This happens in the ''[[One Piece]]'' special 'Dance Carnival' when Jango hypnotizes everyone on Mirrorball Island(including himself) to dance until they drop.
* In ''[[Sonic X]]'', Eggman pulled a rather complicated Hypno Ploy which ends up being awesome through its sheer bizarreness. It went something like this:
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Step 2: Reprogram my space station to block out the sun.
Step 3: Claim my space station is malfunctioning and sell lightbulbs as a sun substitute. }}
* In ''[[Naruto]]'', {{spoiler|Tobi/Madara's plan is to do this for the sake of his [[Assimilation Plot]], where he'll bounce an incredibly powerful illusion '''''Off The Moon!'''''}}
* Used humorously (are we surprised?) in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
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== Film ==
* A similar premise is found in ''[[Baby Geniuses]] 2: Supergeniuses''.
* ''[[They Live!]]''. The aliens use a TV station to broadcast a signal that keeps human beings from seeing the truth. They also use actual TV broadcasts to send specific messages.
* This was used by the villain in the ''[[Josie and
* In ''[[The Wizard of Gore]]'', this was what Montag planned to do by getting onto a late night TV show. And possibly make every person watching kill themselves.
* Both [[The Shadow (
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* ''[[The Tripods]]'': The aliens (known as the Masters) take over humanity by hypnotizing them with television signals. Though while not universally effective, the Masters made sure the process was permanent by placing mind-controlled caps on the victims' heads - and the heads of everyone else, once the victims provide a sufficient foothold.
* [[Molly Moon]] does it too many times to count, through various means (going up on a stage to hypnotize a crowd, appearing on TV to hypnotize the audience). Her motives are usually less sinister than most people who use this trope, though sometimes (especially in the first book, ''Molly Moon's Incredible Book Of Hypnotism'') she does it for purely selfish reasons. Her enemies occasionally do it as well, though usually with more sinister motives.
* In the [[Novelization]] of the first ''[[
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Babylon
* In ''[[True Blood]]'', Maryann uses her mind-controlling powers to take over the entire town of Bon Temps.
* In ''[[Mr. Meaty]]'', the titular company makes a hypnotism device that is designed to drive customers into a meat addicted frenzy. Unfortunately, after finishing off all the meat in the restaurant, the zombie customers decide that [[I'm a Humanitarian|human meat is just as good]].
* In ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' story "Secret Of The Stars" Martin Trueman hijacks a tv station and makes it broadcast on every channel so as to hypnotise the masses under one star sign at a time (though the victims don't actually need to be watching tv to be affected, that's just for relaying instructions).
* ''[[
** Jasmine spreads her delusional happiness throughout the world before the heroes manage to break her spell.
** In the episode "Smile Time", a mass energy-draining event via a popular children's TV program is planned. [[Hilarity Ensues]], Angel is turned into a puppet, and, ultimately, the world is saved again, hooray.
* Didn't this happen in the [[Show Within a Show]] on ''[[The Famous Jett Jackson]]''? One of the villains had some plushie toy, and the commercials for it had subliminal messages saying "Obey Me" in several different languages.
* ''[[
** The Master becomes Prime Minister by hypnotising people through their mobile phones.
** The Sycorax hyponotize people by blood type in "The Christmas Invasion".
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** Interestingly, he is able to give orders immediately after the election, something a [[Real Life]] President-Elect can't do.
* In ''[[Dollhouse]]'', this is the true goal behind the creation of the imprinting technology. The [[Big Bad]] intends to use it to "imprint" the ''entire world''.
* An episode of ''[[Painkiller Jane]]'' has a [[Differently
* In a ''[[Sliders]]'' episode, the heroes finds themselves in a giant floating shopping center that uses subliminal advertising to get people to buy things until they need to get a loan (from the same corporation), essentially enslaving people.
* The series finale of ''[[V-2009]]'' has Anna do it to the entire world.
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Rocket Knight Adventures]]''. According to [[All There in the Manual|the manual]], the [[Big Bad]] controlled his armies through hypnosis. This could have led to some serious moral dissonance if the player killed them instead of merely making them run around in their underwear.
* In ''[[Mastermind World Conqueror]]'', The Mastermind can send [[Mook
* ''[[Command
* The whole plot of ''[[The Adventures of Sam
* This is your aim in the Hentai-Flash-Game ''Robozou''.
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== Western Animation ==
* [[Invader Zim]] jokes with this sometimes:
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* [[Batman|The Joker]] does something like this in ''[[Justice League]]'', but it's less "mass hypnosis" and more "mass insanity." Almost works, too.
* Every plan by ''[[
* Happened to a mall in an episode of ''[[
* ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'': The Brain has tried this more than once, including in the [[Christmas Episode]].
* In ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'', "The Beast From Beyond", a Tyrannosaurus Rex gets his own TV show that hypnotizes people.
* ''[[
** All glory to the Hypnotoad!
** That's gone downhill since season three. The ''popular'' show now is The Mass Hypnosis Hour.
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'' had a pretty creative one. Dr. D's Brainwashing Shampoo. No wonder he went on an [[American Idol]] Parody to promote something that was well... [[Exactly What It Says
* An episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'' has Stewie try this when he get put on the show "Kids Say the Darndest Things". This eventually backfires and has Bill Cosby accidentally hypnotize Stewie instead.
* In an episode of ''[[The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', Robotnik did this in order to run for presidency.
* Ember used this in ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' with her rock music.
* An episode of ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]'' has a character doing this in order to sell flan.
* The first ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987
* In ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants
* On ''[[
* ''[[
* The Horn of Hypnos from ''[[WITCH (
* ''[[Justice League]]'': In the two-part episode, "The Brave and The Bold", Gorilla Grodd controls the populace of Central City with his mind-control helmet so he launch a nuclear assault on Gorilla City.
== Real Life ==
* The UK ''Hypnotism Act 1952'' prohibits displays of hypnosis on British television. Allegedly, this law exists over fear of this.
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