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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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And of course, like most mind control tropes, [[Rule 34]] and [[Fetish Fuel]] can apply, especially with [[Author Appeal]].
A [[Sub
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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* Hige's collar {{spoiler|and the collars of at least 22 other wolves}} in ''[[Wolf's Rain
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* In an ''[[
▲* Hige's collar {{spoiler|and the collars of at least 22 other wolves}} in ''[[Wolf'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.
* Arguably, the [[Red String of Fate]] that Shampoo uses on Ranma in the ''[[Ranma ½
▲* ''[[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 ½ (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.}}
== [[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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* Dale Arden is given a mind-controlling ring by Ming the Merciless in the ''[[Flash Gordon (
▲* Small silver tags were used in ''[[The Man With 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}}.
== [[Literature]] ==▼
== 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 ==
* 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.▼
▲* ''[[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.
* In ''[[The Monkees (
▲* Similarly, in ''[[The Avengers (TV)|The Avengers]]'' episode "Return of the Cybernauts", Beresford gives Mrs. Peel a bracelet, which is actually a mind control device.
* In the original ''[[
▲* In ''[[The Monkees (Music)|The Monkees]]'' episode "Monstrous Monkee Mash," the vampiress Lorelei mind-controls her victims with a magic necklace, which she bestows with a kiss. ({{spoiler|Prompting the repeated exchange: "What a kiss! I've never felt this way before!" "You fool, it is not my kiss, but the magic necklace!" "What a necklace! I've never felt this way before!" The villainess herself got tired of it...}})
* In ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'', Uther is hypnotized with a magic amulet powered by troll blood.▼
▲* In the original ''[[The Twilight Zone (TV)|The Twilight Zone]]'' episode "Dead Man's Shoes", a homeless man finds the body of a gangster's victim, puts on his shoes, and is possessed by the victim. The '80s remake did a gender flip, "Dead Woman's Shoes", in which the trinket is a pair of shoes belonging to the murdered wife of a rich corporate type.
▲* In ''[[Merlin (TV)|Merlin]]'', Uther is hypnotized with a magic amulet powered by troll blood.
** Also Gwen and the magic bracelet in "Lancelot Du Lac".
* 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]] ==▼
* In ''[[Warhammer
▲== Tabletop Games ==
▲* In ''[[Warhammer (Tabletop Game)|Warhammer]]'', 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 ''[[
** This gets a [[Continuity Nod]] in ''[[
* Similar to the ''[[
* The titular item from ''[[
* There are a couple in ''[[
* This goes back as far as ''[[
* ''[[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.
* 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]].▼
== [[Web Comics]] ==
▲* 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 (
* In ''[[
* An episode of ''[[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
* A literal "love bracelet" was used in an episode of ''[[
* The Mad Hatter from ''[[Batman: The Animated Series
* ''[[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
* ''[[
* 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
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