History Main / BungledHypnotism

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* In one episode of ''Anime/RanmaOneHalf'', Shampoo tries to hypnotize Ranma into focusing only on her as a fiancée by sneaking some mind-control herbs into his food, but Akane interferes in the part of the procedure that would have brainwashed Ranma, so not only Ranma doesn't becomes infatuated with Shampoo but he instead gets the order to [[TheGlomp glomp any woman that sneezes]], even if he really doesn't want to (he does it out of reflex while screaming that it's NotWhatItLooksLike for the rest of the episode). And to make things worse, [[{{Tsundere}} Akane]] happens to have a cold at the time.

* A ''[[Creator/DaveAllen Dave Allen at Large]]'' sketch involved a hypnotist who brings a beautiful woman on stage for his act. When he tries to hypnotize her into stripping naked, she calls him fresh, slaps his face, and leaves the stage. She goes back to her table - surrounded by naked patrons sitting at their tables.

* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainFlamingo'': In "Nothing But the Tooth", Milo tries to help Max conquer his fear of the tooth fairy, eventually resorting to using hypnotism. However, he screws up by talking to Lizbeth about making out the tooth fairy as an evil entity who steals teeth from children, which Max overhears in his trance and becomes that very description. Milo and Lizbeth then have to hunt him down and stop him from stealing other kids' teeth.

* Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's short story ''The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar'' is about the {{narrator}}, who's interested in mesmerism (a pseudoscience that later will be evolved into hypnotism), and his friend Ernest Valdemar, a phthisis (tuberculosis) terminal patient that accepted to be part in an experiment of being mesmerized the night of his death. The experiment actually worked, being Valdemar in a hynotic state with thin pulse, pale skin and mildly awake for seven months. In between trance and wakefulness, Valdemar begs the narrator to quickly put him back to sleep or to wake him. As Valdemar shouts "Dead! Dead!" repeatedly, the narrator starts to bring him out of his trance, only for his entire body to immediately decay into a "nearly liquid mass of loathsome-detestable putrescence."

* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainFlamingo'': In one episode, Milo tries to help Max conquer his fear of the tooth fairy, eventually resorting to using hypnotism. However, he screws up by talking to Lizbeth about making out the tooth fairy as an evil entity who steals teeth from children, which Max overhears in his trance and becomes that very description. Milo and Lizbeth then have to hunt him down and stop him from stealing other kids' teeth.

* On an episode of ''Series/NightCourt'', Bull is nervous about having to testify and is hypnotized with the intent of allowing him to relax. Unfortunately, Dan picks an inopportune moment to hit on Christine and Bull's trigger phrase for relaxing becomes "I want to be your love slave." Not only that, but it only works if Dan speaks it, and only in the same tone of voice he originally used. And Bull's testimony is the only thing that might keep Dan out of jail. HilarityEnsues.

Usually PlayedForLaughs. Often overlaps with NiceJobBreakingItHero or HypnoFool. Is not to be confused with BungledSuicide. See also ImmuneToMindControl and PretendToBeBrainwashed.

* ''Film/DonnieDarko'': Donnie's psychiatrist uses hypnotism to investigate [[AllTherapistsAreMuggles what she thinks]] are his paranoid hallucinations. One of her questions causes him to [[HormoneAddledTeenager fixate on his sexual fantasies]] instead, forcing her to wake him up in a hurry when he [[ADateWithRosiePalms starts to reach into his pants]].

* On an episode of ''Series/NightCourt'', Bull is nervous about having to testify and is hypnotized with the intent of allowing him to relax. Unfortunately, Dan picks an inopportune moment to hit on Christine and Bull's trigger phrase for relaxing becomes "I want to be your love slave." Not only that, but it only works if Dan speaks it, and only in the same tone of voice he originally used. And Bull's testimony is the only thing that might keep Dan out of jail. HilarityEnsues .

* In one episode of ''Series/Car54WhereAreYou'', after he ends up saying "I hate Captain Block" [[NotInFrontOfTheParrot in front of Captain Block's parrot]], Gunther tries to erase the phrase from the bird's mind using hypnotism. Unfortunately, he ends up hypnotizing himself into not remembering who the captain is.

* In one episode of ''Series/CarFiftyFourWhereAreYou'', after he ends up saying "I hate Captain Block" [[NotInFrontOfTheParrot in front of Captain Block's parrot]], Gunther tries to erase the phrase from the bird's mind using hypnotism. Unfortunately, he ends up hypnotizing himself into not remembering who the captain is.