History Main / CareBearStare

* ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} once used this in order to ''MindRape'' someone. [[ComicBook/IdentityCrisis2004 She "reprogrammed" Doctor Light]], a vicious rapist, trying to pull out a good side that wasn't really there. What she succeeded in doing was creating an inept villain, but the idea was there. (This is the RetCon to ''try'' to make Doctor Light a threat: he ''used'' to actually be one, and the IneffectualSympatheticVillain we know and love is the result of attempted HeelFaceBrainwashing.) Depending on your interpretation she either had slightly more success or ''much'' greater failure when she attempted the same thing in the pages of ComicBook/TheFlash. Barry Allen asked her to try to make The Top, a recurring villain of his, an actual ''hero''. It worked, at first. But Top now had a conscience and couldn't deal with the horrible things he had done. He went nuts and started trying to do the same to other Flash villains. It didn't end well.

* Noora in ''ComicBook/{{The 99}}'' has the power to shine light at people, making them see their own inner darkness and feel guilt. [[MeaningfulName Not coincidentally, "noor" means "light" in Arabic.]]
* Used by name on Illyria in Series/{{Angel}}: After the Fall when the psychic floating fish Betta George flooded Illyria's original form with Wesley and Spike's memories of Fred.
* ComicBook/TheAvengers have a former member, Starfox, who has the power to project good feelings. He mostly uses this to get laid. This is only to be expected, given his real name is Eros. ComicBook/SheHulk tries to bring him up on charges of rape, since Starfox ''is'' essentially Roofieman. The resolution of that arc is that he never knowingly used his powers to that extent on anyone who wasn't already up for casual sex, but that Thanos had injured him so that he temporarily lost conscious control of them.
* In the "[[ComicBook/TheBlackRing Black Ring]]" storyline in ''ComicBook/ActionComics'', Lex Luthor releases the Zone Child (a creature that intended to purge all negative emotion from the universe) from the Phantom Zone and defeats it. He gains its full power and proceeds to use it as the Zone Child would. We then get a montage of Franchise/TheDCU (the ''entirety'' of it) experiencing eternal bliss. Luthor learns that he can only keep his newfound power as long as he doesn't do anything negative, [[StatusQuoIsGod so]] [[HisOwnWorstEnemy of course the first thing he does is try to kill Superman]]. This led to the Joker, of all people, commenting about how Luthor, with his pettiness, squandered the ultimate power to do good.
* In the first arc of his old solo series, ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} has to save the world from a creature that would make everyone perfectly happy... so joyous in fact, that they wouldn't have free will. 'Pool is pretty mad that his big heroic act involves killing the bringer of pure bliss. His method is [[spoiler: '''KICKING CAPTAIN AMERICA IN THE BALLS''']] which turns out to be an effective method for Deadpool.
* In ''ComicBook/ElfQuest,'' elven healers have the ability to not only heal the body but also the mind. Winnowill is a healer who went mad, and misuses her powers accordingly. She's keenly aware that the heroes' healer, Leetah, could actually ''fix'' her, and she will do just about anything to avoid this.
* The DC character Faith has been described as a psychic "warm and fuzzy generator". Her mere presence makes people feel good and get along better.
* ''ComicBook/GhostRider'': Marvel's Mephisto gets this very often. In a WhatIf he traps the ComicBook/SilverSurfer in his hellplane, only to burn because of the purity of his soul. Likewise when Doctor Doom's mother Cynthia redeemed her soul, she ascended to heaven and burned him.
* In ''Franchise/GreenLantern'', the Indigo Tribe is made up of reformed villains whose rings provide them with a compassionate outlook... in many cases, not entirely willingly. When the rings come off... hoo, boy.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Lucifer}}'', fallen cherub [[MeaningfulName Gaudium]], backed into a corner by a [[MindRape mind-raping]] people-eating monster, defeats it by radiating "joy and love and peace. Just like it says on the label"
* In the ''ComicBook/MaximumCarnage'' crossover, ComicBook/SpiderMan and his friends built a Care-Bear Stare raygun and used it to mellow out most of the villains that had teamed up with Carnage. But since Carnage had never experienced such positive emotions before, the effect on him was more akin to MindRape.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': In ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManDanSlott'' #700, [[spoiler:Peter (trapped in Doctor Octopus' dying body after a FreakyFridayFlip) uses a Care Bear Stare consisting of his own memories to convince Doc Ock to be a true hero. The result is ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan2013''.]]
* In a Manga version of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', Kirk met up with an entity called the Bandi Bear, which was a living teddy bear with empathic capabilities. Kirk found the only way to "conquer" it was to approach it with love.
* In ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' #58, Miss Martian fights her [[EnemyWithin evil inner conscience]] by assaulting it with puppies.

* ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} once used this in order to ''MindRape'' someone. [[ComicBook/IdentityCrisis2004 She "reprogrammed" Doctor Light]], a vicious rapist, trying to pull out a good side that wasn't really there. What she succeeded in doing was creating an inept villain, but the idea was there. (This is the RetCon to ''try'' to make Doctor Light a threat: he ''used'' to actually be one, and the IneffectualSympatheticVillain we know and love is the result of attempted HeelFaceBrainwashing.) Depending on your interpretation she either had slightly more success or ''much'' greater failure when she attempted the same thing in the pages of Franchise/TheFlash. Barry Allen asked her to try to make The Top, a recurring villain of his, an actual ''hero''. It worked, at first. But Top now had a conscience and couldn't deal with the horrible things he had done. He went nuts and started trying to do the same to other Flash villains. It didn't end well.

One character bombards the other character's mind with ThePowerOfLove, {{Precious Pupp|y}}ies, peace, joy, [[EverythingsBetterWithRainbows rainbows]] and other such sweet stuff. Sometimes it will cause damage to or drive off TheHeartless, TheUndead, Demons, and other enemies that are MadeOfEvil. When used on good guys, it may bolster morale and heal them in body and spirit. For this reason it's generally used by heroes against villains.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': In ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManDanSlott'' #700, [[spoiler:Peter (trapped in Doctor Octopus' dying body after a FreakyFridayFlip) uses a Care Bear Stare consisting of his own memories to convince Doc Ock to be a true hero. The result is ''The ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan''.]]

** In "The Return of Harmony: Part 2", in the climax, after Twilight [[spoiler:shakes off Discord's influence when she's reminded of how much her friendship with the other five means to her,]] she goes around using a spell to snap [[spoiler:her other five friends]] out of Discord's control. It consists of her [[spoiler:playing back memories of who they really are, and what they mean to each other, and the happy thoughts override the HatePlague that Discord put each of them through,]] bringing them back to normal.

* Comicbook/TheAvengers have a former member, Starfox, who has the power to project good feelings. He mostly uses this to get laid. This is only to be expected, given his real name is Eros. ComicBook/SheHulk tries to bring him up on charges of rape, since Starfox ''is'' essentially Roofieman. The resolution of that arc is that he never knowingly used his powers to that extent on anyone who wasn't already up for casual sex, but that Thanos had injured him so that he temporarily lost conscious control of them.

* In ''Comicbook/ElfQuest,'' elven healers have the ability to not only heal the body but also the mind. Winnowill is a healer who went mad, and misuses her powers accordingly. She's keenly aware that the heroes' healer, Leetah, could actually ''fix'' her, and she will do just about anything to avoid this.

* ''Comicbook/GhostRider'': Marvel's Mephisto gets this very often. In a WhatIf he traps the ComicBook/SilverSurfer in his hellplane, only to burn because of the purity of his soul. Likewise when Doctor Doom's mother Cynthia redeemed her soul, she ascended to heaven and burned him.

* In ''Comicbook/TeenTitans'' #58, Miss Martian fights her [[EnemyWithin evil inner conscience]] by assaulting it with puppies.

* ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} once used this in order to ''MindRape'' someone. [[ComicBook/IdentityCrisis She "reprogrammed" Doctor Light]], a vicious rapist, trying to pull out a good side that wasn't really there. What she succeeded in doing was creating an inept villain, but the idea was there. (This is the RetCon to ''try'' to make Doctor Light a threat: he ''used'' to actually be one, and the IneffectualSympatheticVillain we know and love is the result of attempted HeelFaceBrainwashing.) Depending on your interpretation she either had slightly more success or ''much'' greater failure when she attempted the same thing in the pages of Franchise/TheFlash. Barry Allen asked her to try to make The Top, a recurring villain of his, an actual ''hero''. It worked, at first. But Top now had a conscience and couldn't deal with the horrible things he had done. He went nuts and started trying to do the same to other Flash villains. It didn't end well.

* In the ''ComicBook/MaximumCarnage'' crossover, Franchise/SpiderMan and his friends built a Care-Bear Stare raygun and used it to mellow out most of the villains that had teamed up with Carnage. But since Carnage had never experienced such positive emotions before, the effect on him was more akin to MindRape.
* In ''[[Franchise/SpiderMan Amazing Spider-Man #700]]'', [[spoiler:Peter (trapped in Doctor Octopus' dying body after a FreakyFridayFlip) uses a Care Bear Stare consisting of his own memories to convince Doc Ock to be a true hero. The result is ''The Superior Spider-Man''.]]

-> "''Fighting hate with love only really works if you're [[Franchise/SailorMoon Sailor Moon]] and can turn it into laser beams.''"

%%* Tsutomu to Nataru in ''Anime/BirdyTheMighty Decode'' 02.

* Jasper in ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''. He is TheEmpath of the Cullens, and is often called on in the first book to calm Bella down with feelings of peace and happiness. Inverted in the fourth book, where Jasper follows Bella around for a while because she is emitting such positive emotions.

--> -- ''[[MemeticMutation Internet proverb]]''

* Kenzou Tenma of ''Anime/{{Monster}}'' tries doing this to Johan early on [[spoiler: to stop him from killing one of his patients]]. It didn't work.

* All three ''[[VideoGame/EarthBound Mother]]'' games seem to have the characters using this to beat the final boss.

* Double-Subverted in the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' anime. After Kyon laments that he'd like to have even a bit of Haruhi's super-confidence, she gives him a '''DeathGlare''' and then supposes she has sent "warm energy" into Kyon's body. Kyon, in his usual [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] attitude replies "I felt like my life was in danger.." Nothing else more completely illustrates how out-of-touch Haruhi is with [[spoiler:her own [[RealityWarper nigh-omnipotence]].]] Interestingly, once the battle started, he got into the game to the point that he was shouting his attack orders at the computer. Wouldn't Haruhi think it a bit strange if Kyon had immediately burst into full hot-blooded confidence as soon as she stared him down? [[FridgeBrilliance A delayed reaction?]]

* [[LoveFreak Amelia]], [[NiceGuy Gourry]] and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Zelgadis]] of ''{{LightNovel/Slayers}}'' tried this once on a member of the Mazoku race, which feeds on negative emotions. It was so effective that they had him writhing on the ground in pain.

Compare and contrast HolyHandGrenade, ReviveKillsZombie, and HeartBeatdown. See also SuperCuteSuperPowers.

* This happens in ''Literature/TheInheritanceCycle'' [[spoiler: in TheFinalBattle.]] Eragon and [[spoiler: the old dragons]] join together to defeat [[spoiler: Galbatorix]]. It starts as a reminder of the pain he caused, then turns into a full-blown Care-Bear Stare. [[spoiler: He winds up going even ''crazier'' than he already was, [[DrivenToSuicide and kills himself to make it stop.]] [[NukeEm In a pretty spectacular way.]]]]
* At the end of Madeline L'Engle's novel ''Literature/AWrinkleInTime'', Meg Murray's brother Charles Wallace has been converted to evil by the being called IT. She frees him by concentrating on and expressing her love for him.
** She PONDERED doing it to 'IT'... but she found that impossible; she could never have any love for the EldritchAbomination.
* ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''. Not intentionally done by the citizens of Whoville, but probably the definitive example of this trope, when the Whos' celebration of Christmas -- despite losing all of the outward trappings -- sends the Grinch into an existential crisis and results in him entirely reforming.
* Something like this happens to [[spoiler:Wendy Nogard]] in ''Literature/WaysideSchool Gets A Little Stranger'' when she tries to use her evil telepathic powers on Mrs. Jewls' baby: [[spoiler:"Babies don't think in words. Miss Nogard heard pure love. And trust. And faith. With no words to get in the way. It was a love so strong that it dissolved away all the bitterness that had been caked around her heart."]]
* Happened in the conclusion of ''The Witch Returns''. The villain is finally defeated when the entire family of the protagonists gathers in a circle around her and assaults her -- with acceptance and general goodness. All her evil power fades away, leaving only a kitten, which apparently symbolizes the bit of goodness that was left in her heart.
* In ''Literature/TheWishList'', apparently, whenever an act of perfect good is performed, it sets off an explosion in the spiritual plane that leaves ghosts unaffected, but has the same effect as a nuclear bomb on demons, and it leaves a nice scent around them when they end up splattered back in Hell.
* The title character in ''Literature/LordValentinesCastle'' does this. Actually, Creator/RobertSilverberg is fond of this trope in general.

* At the climax of the ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheStars'' novel, The Deacon's Tale, [[spoiler:The Deacon has Cai Rui's love for his mentor and Iishi's love for his mate telepathically forced into his mind, awakening the atrophied parts of his mind that deal with love and kindness]]. This is made all the more jarring by the recipient's nature as member of a species who consider mind rape as a healthy form of social interaction, and the Care-Bear Stare thus ends up turning him into a self-flagellating, neurotic and suicidal wreck.
** According to the game's sequel, he got better. [[spoiler:So much better, in fact, he ended up [[HeelFaceTurn rebelling against The Great Masters]] and became responsible for a ''[[EnemyMine liir-zuul alliance]]''.]]
* In the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' series, Jake morphs into a Howler, a member of the foottrooper race of the [[BigBad Crayak]] built to do nothing but have fun destroying and murdering. When Jake learns that all Howlers ever created share a hivemind, he begins pushing all of his memories of love and kindness into it. The end result is that the next time the Howlers are sent to destroy a planet, they try kissing everyone instead.
* In the Franchise/StarWarsLegends novel ''Literature/TruceAtBakura''. [[spoiler: Luke uses the Force to blast light into the darkness in Dev Sibwara's mind, freeing him from the Ssi-Ruuk's MindControl]]
** And in ''[[Literature/NewJediOrder Traitor]]'' Jacen Solo wins back the trust of a Yuuzhan Vong dhuryam (an organic computer that looks like an EldritchAbomination) with "perfect empathy".
** During ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'', Tash Arranda makes friends with [[spoiler: UltimateLifeForm [[PokemonSpeak Eppon]]]] before his creator the BigBad shows up and takes him away. Later he uses it, much more monstrous now, against them, and Tash finds herself calling on the Force to remind it who she is and that they were friends.

* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', boggarts are creatures that transform into your worst fear. The spell to counter them is "riddikulus," which turns them into something hilarious, and laughter drives boggarts away. Patronuses (Patroni?) do a more solemn, protective version of the same thing to dementors.
** A dark version of this is also how Harry gets [[spoiler:Voldemort]] out of his mind in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' when he wishes [[spoiler: he could die, so that he could be with Sirius]]. He continues to use a version of it to keep [[spoiler: Voldemort]] out and to keep his mind out of [[spoiler:Voldemort's.]]
** ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'': Riddle's diary exploited Ginny in a manner similar to the "love bombing" mentioned below. She told him about her everyday troubles and he expressed sympathy, causing her to feel loved and understood. It was all a ruse to make her susceptible to his MindRape.
* ''Literature/FuturologicalCongress'' by Creator/StanislawLem features special drugs benignators that cause severe feats of tenderness and love in humans.
* ''Literature/NightWorld'' series: Maggie does this to [[spoiler:Delos]]. She takes a romp through his head and kisses happiness and light into the darkness. It's not nearly as sweet as that makes it sound.
* ''Literature/TheLastDove'': the Doves, particularly Queen Vasi, have the ability to defuse tension and make people feel at ease.
* In ''Literature/TheHourBeforeMorning'', Jenchae tries this on Elek, but gets more than he bargained for.
* Happens by ''Literature/DoraWilkSeries'' by accident. When [[OneManArmy Azjel]] comes to kill Nathaniel, Dora tries to blast him with storm magic, but in panic reaches for love magic. This proves to be actually better, as it awakens the memories of Azjel's mother, therefore bringing back his emotions and humanity. The sheer shock drives him away and when he returns, it's as an ally.

* The cult variant (see ''RealLife'' below) featured in the ''Series/StrangersWithCandy'' two-parter "Blank Stare". It works on Jerri - and when they try it on Chuck, who has supposedly come to rescue her, all it takes is the words "Do you need someone to love you?" before he breaks down crying and gives in.

* In ''Tabletopgame/DungeonsAndDragons'', the Emotion spell in "Happiness" mode makes victims unwilling to attack without an extreme provocation.

* James did this to Dolores in ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders Dolores i'' when she had a HeroicBSOD via JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind. Appropriate, considering she's a RobotGirl.

* ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea|HourOfDarkness}}'': Laharl is subjected to one of these in the form of sexually attractive women spouting optimistic phrases. Given his aversion and (literal) allergy to the aforementioned, his stats are cut in half for the next fight. Flonne spouting "eternal love!" didn't help at all.
** Were Flonne a buxom succubus like the aforementioned attractive women rather than a flat-chested angel, Laharl would likely have been slain outright.
* In ''VideoGame/HaloWars'', one of the skulls players can collect will make any Scarabs on the map fire, instead of the normal blue plasma, a rainbow beam which covers the target in hearts and bubbles.

* In the Demonflame adventure pack for ''VideoGame/ChampionsOnline'', you force a demon into temporary servitude. After you rescue some children, it uses the happy thoughts of those children to destroy a magical barrier. Before doing this, the demon informs you that "Regrettably, it will not harm the children."

* Paint in ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' has this effect. It restores damages from thinner and redeems enemies into friends.
* Pyrovision in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''. Essentially the Pyro character sees themself wielding a magical tuba (flamethrower) that sprays rainbows and bubbles (blazing napalm) at the various cartoon creatures (opponents) found in their personal candyland (battlefield).

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', Queen Mikoto set up a barrier around her kingdom of Hoshido so invaders from their warmongering neighbor, Nohr, would become peace-loving upon entering the barrier's range. In response to this, the Kingdom of Nohr invented [[TheHeartless Faceless]], soulless undead monsters who have no will to be affected.

* Inverted in an ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' [[http://xkcd.com/146/ strip.]] This "Care Bear Stare" is an energy blast that knocks the target down, and the black hat is a long-established identifier of the strip's {{Jerkass}} character. WordOfGod says that he got this power from ''[[MadeFromRealGirlScouts eating Care Bears.]]''
* In ''Webcomic/{{Nodwick}}'', they do a parody of the ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000'' film. In the film, there is a scene where Damodar does MindRape of the captive Marina Pretensa. In the Nodwick comic, Damodar attempts this on the captive Piffany, the LawfulGood cleric who is [[ThePollyanna all about gumdrops, rainbows, and kittens]]. Her mind is too happy and cheerful for Damodar to take, and he begs her to just take the treasure map and go. (See it [[http://comic.nodwick.com/?comic=2003-10-02 here.]])
** Also, a [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php?date=2006-05-17 particularly gruesome variant]] in ''Q4force'' stories.
* The effects of Agatha Heterodyne's "perfect" coffee in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''. Except on other [[MadScientist Sparks,]] who are more overall resistant than normal people, and Jaegermonsters, for whom it's just Verra Gud Coffee, Vit A Nize Kick.

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' : an Immortal used a heavy assault Care Bear Stare called a [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-07-09 Serenity Spell]] as an emergency InstantSedation for a magic-user going bananas.
* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater''. [[OmnicidalManiac Black Mage's]] [[KamehameHadoken Hadoken]] is ''powered'' by love, in the sense that a minivan is powered by petroleum: every usage depletes the universe of some of a finite resource. Apparently, the divorce rate increases with each use.
* [[http://www.darklegacycomics.com/251.html This]] ''Webcomic/DarkLegacyComics'' strip, where due to PlayerCharacter predation, only the [[SickeninglySweet sickeningly cute]] ones survive. Only a small group of wolves managed to adapt, and thus was born the Gnome-Eating wolf.
* Another literal example of a Care Bear Stare being parodied in [[http://batfee.deviantart.com/art/Twilight-Sparkle-92552798 this]] ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' comic.
* ''Webcomic/{{Delve}}'': Teal gains the power to use her aura of positivity as a weapon against unholy foes. Mainly by transforming demons into butterflies.
* ''WebComic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'': In [[http://nonadventures.com/2015/08/08/emote-control/ "Emote Control"]], after Wonderella frees Wonderita from a sorceress's mind control, they embrace and mention ThePowerOfFriendship, which apparently is enough to blast the sorceress to pieces. It's sort of taking that line "The most powerful weapon of all is friendship!" literally.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheCareBearsMovie'' has it used to try and stop a living evil spell, but it's not enough to stop the villain. That takes ThePowerOfFriendship.
* Maguro from ''WesternAnimation/SushiPack'' frequently uses her telepathic powers to share zen thoughts when an antagonist needs to calm down. In one instance, she used this on her own teammates to make them follow a course of action that they did not agree with.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', [[spoiler:Peter is forced into a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind by the symbiote trying to convince him to stay with it. Peter's memory of Uncle Ben gives him this figuratively and literally, by using his memories of his friends and his good deeds to make him strong enough to defeat the symbiote.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', the mechanical Fixit attempts to turn Cyborg into a pure robot, but in linking his brain to Cyborg's, Fixit's mind is flooded with all the simple pleasures of life that he had forgotten after [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul removing his own humanity]]. He releases Cyborg and decides to try to relearn some of what he had lost.

* Believix powers in the universe of ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' fill the target with positive feelings. They can end arguments and lift spirits.

* In ''WesternAnimation/PeppermintRose'', the Peppermint Glow song does this to the villains, opening their hearts and turning them good.
* Deconstructed in ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' when Muscle Man babysits his girlfriend's little sister by watching a Huggstables marathon with her. They ''execute'' bad guys by literally hugging them out of existence. This traumatizes a middle-aged man into endless nightmares about being erased from reality by love and positivism.

* In ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'', Kamille tried to pull this with Haman, but all it did was tick her off. Namely, Haman used to have a one-sided crush on Char as a teenager but he rejected her, which she [[WomanScorned took as a personal betrayal]]; what Kamille did was to show Haman a Newtype vision of herself and Char in a happy relationship, which resulted in Haman angrily calling Kamille a hypocrite for claiming that people can understand each other while messing with her head.
* All over the place in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn''.
** During their second duel, Banagher almost kills Marida [[BrainwashedAndCrazy while under the effect of the Unicorn's NT-D]] before she [[spoiler:shows him her [[SexSlave memories]] as Puru Twelve]]. He instantly finds the mental fortitude to restrain the system and spare her life.
** Banagher attempts this with Loni, but a combination of her deep-seated revenge issues and the Shamblo's malfunctioning psycommu renders it ineffective. [[spoiler:Riddhe is forced to MercyKill her in order to save Banagher.]]
** In the final episode, Riddhe has a rather traumatic Newtype awakening during battle, so Mineva and Marida try this to calm him down. [[spoiler:It almost works before the Banshee's rifle bumps against the Banshee's exposed psycoframe, turning the Mind Hug into a MindRape of the sensory overload kind that causes Riddhe to reflexively grab the rifle and blow Marida away. She finishes the job anyway as a Newtype ghost, reducing Riddhe into a [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone sobbing wreck]].]]
* Basically the entire point of the [[LimitBreak Trans-Am Raiser]] in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''.

* ''Manga/WeddingPeach'' uses this as a FinishingMove and its targets always HeelFaceTurn because of it.
* Kenzou Tenma of ''Anime/{{Monster}}'' tries doing this to Johan early on [[spoiler: to stop him from killing one of his patients]]. It didn't work.
* [[LoveFreak Amelia]], [[NiceGuy Gourry]] and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Zelgadis]] of ''{{LightNovel/Slayers}}'' tried this once on a member of the Mazoku race, which feeds on negative emotions. It was so effective that they had him writhing on the ground in pain.

* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' has a few attacks that simply "heal" or "purify" monsters or transformed humans. These are spliced in with all the ''lethal'' attacks she uses.
** Sailor Chibi Moon attacks with "Pink Sugar Heart Attack". In the [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]], it rarely works - and when it does, it tends to be more of a nuisance used for humor. She eventually joins Sailor Moon in a ''lethal'' attack during [=SuperS=]. In the [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]], [[LittleMissBadass her attacks are all lethal]] despite still having names like [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower "Pink Sugar Heart Attack".]]
* Exploited by a villain in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', by [[spoiler:Mukuro's father, who had used her as a sex toy since birth, and threw her out after she had thrown acid on herself to make herself less appealing.]] The mind hug was implanted into her at a very young age, giving her conflicting feelings of joy and happiness with her father whenever there were thoughts of death and revenge. This left him safe from her but unprepared for Hiei's attack, who took this situation and made her a "sweet" birthday present, if we read "sweet" to mean "thoughtful, but still some pretty damn creepy." They're {{youkai}}, so it works.

* Another manga example: In ''Manga/HisAndHerCircumstances'' volume 16, Rika and Tsubasa Care Bear Stare [[spoiler: Arima's [[EvilMatriarch horrid biological mother]]]] into submission.
* In the early episodes of ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' (episode 2 to be exact), Belldandy does this a lot to Keiichi.
* Fans joke about ''[[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Nanoha's]]'' attacks being this, to the point that "[[DefeatMeansFriendship befriend]]" has become a synonym for "utterly defeat". ''Multiverse Crisis {{MUSH}}'' has turned it into an [[http://multiverse-crisis.wikidot.com/nanoha actual ability:]]
-->'''Friendship Beamspam''': Despite her total obliviousness to it, Nanoha has the strange and unexplainable ability to befriend anyone she causes physical harm to, ever since an incident wherein she slapped someone in first grade and they became her best friend. Studies and tests have confirmed this ability, though even Multiversal technology is at a loss to explain how or why it works. Is it radiation from the lasers? Some sort of Aura? No one knows, but it can generally be assumed that physical harm dealt by Nanoha will result in her making a new friend, with the degree of physical damage directly proportional to the level of friendship. How this translates to Aurics in the Multiverse has yet to be tested. (Consent Required where applicable.)
%%* Tsutomu to Nataru in ''Anime/BirdyTheMighty Decode'' 02.
* The "Love Beam" was the specialty of Getalong in ''Anime/FlintTheTimeDetective''. It helped calm down berserk Time Shifters, and occasionally prevent other fights/arguments from happening.

* The various Forte/Fortissimo attacks from ''Anime/HeartCatchPrettyCure'' are like this, as the attacks end up purifying the Heart Flowers of an affected human, freeing them from their problems. Erika Kurumi/Cure Marine has the dubious honor of being hit with it twice, the second time showing that it does bring about a calming effect on them and when a Giant Snackie is hit with one, he just turns his suit white, but he still works for the bad guys.
** While ''Heartcatch'' elaborated on them the most, similar attacks are common throughout the ''Anime/PrettyCure'' franchise, starting almost from the very beginning with [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Rainbow Therapy]].
* The manga version of ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' features an incredibly long climax whose final resolution involves [[AllLovingHero Vash]] giving every plant on the planet, in the form of [[EvilTwin Knives']] BodyHorror collective thing, a Care-Bear Stare via ''bullet''. He reminds all of them [[spoiler: about the humans they always wanted to protect, so they detach from the KillAllHumans party, and then it rains angels.]]
** It affects Knives, too. [[spoiler: He apologizes, and apparently dies. But later-apparently he had just enough energy left to pull together a human form, and get a nice hat to spend his final years wearing. He doesn't tell Vash.]]
* In ''Manga/SoulEater'', Maka matches soul wavelengths with Crona to confront [[AmbiguousGender them]] [[spoiler:leading to them appearing to each other as children, with Maka erasing the border in the sand Crona put around themself. When we go back to the real world it seems to just make Crona crazier, but then Maka finishes the job with a regular CooldownHug.]]

* In ''Comicbook/TeenTitans'' #58, Miss Martian fights her [[EnemyWithin evil inner conscience]] by assaulting it with puppies.

* Comicbook/TheAvengers have a former member, Starfox, who has the power to project good feelings. He mostly uses this to get laid. This is only to be expected, given his real name is Eros.
** ComicBook/SheHulk tries to bring him up on charges of rape, since Starfox ''is'' essentially Roofieman. The resolution of that arc is that he never knowingly used his powers to that extent on anyone who wasn't already up for casual sex, but that Thanos had injured him so that he temporarily lost conscious control of them.
* In the first arc of his old solo series, ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} has to save the world from a creature that would make everyone perfectly happy... so joyous in fact, that they wouldn't have free will. 'Pool is pretty mad that his big heroic act involves killing the bringer of pure bliss. His method is [[spoiler: '''KICKING CAPTAIN AMERICA IN THE BALLS''']] which turns out to be an effective method for Deadpool.

* ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} once used this in order to ''MindRape'' someone. [[ComicBook/IdentityCrisis She "reprogrammed" Doctor Light]], a vicious rapist, trying to pull out a good side that wasn't really there. What she succeeded in doing was creating an inept villain, but the idea was there. (This is the RetCon to ''try'' to make Doctor Light a threat: he ''used'' to actually be one, and the IneffectualSympatheticVillain we know and love is the result of attempted HeelFaceBrainwashing.)
** Depending on your interpretation she either had slightly more success or ''much'' greater failure when she attempted the same thing in the pages of Franchise/TheFlash. Barry Allen asked her to try to make The Top, a recurring villain of his, an actual ''hero''. It worked, at first. But Top now had a conscience and couldn't deal with the horrible things he had done. He went nuts and started trying to do the same to other Flash villains. It didn't end well.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Lucifer}}'', fallen cherub [[MeaningfulName Gaudium]], backed into a corner by a [[MindRape mind-raping]] people-eating monster, defeats it by radiating "joy and love and peace. Just like it says on the label"
* Used by name on Illyria in Series/{{Angel}}: After the Fall when the psychic floating fish Betta George flooded Illyria's original form with Wesley and Spike's memories of Fred.
* In ''ComicBook/XMen'' Professor X has used his psychic powers to deliver a super mind hug, built of all the positive thoughts he could find to drive off ScaryDogmaticAliens.
** He did it again in The [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate Universe]] to stun Gah Lak Tus.

** This differs from his [[BoldlyComing usual approach to First Contact]], how?
* Noora in ''ComicBook/{{The 99}}'' has the power to shine light at people, making them see their own inner darkness and feel guilt. [[MeaningfulName Not coincidentally, "noor" means "light" in Arabic.]]
* [[Comicbook/GhostRider Marvel's Mephisto]] gets this very often. In a WhatIf he traps the ComicBook/SilverSurfer in his hellplane, only to burn because of the purity of his soul. Likewise when Doctor Doom's mother Cynthia redeemed her soul, she ascended to heaven and burned him.
* In ''Franchise/GreenLantern'', the Indigo Tribe is made up of reformed villains whose rings provide them with a compassionate outlook... in many cases, not entirely willingly. When the rings come off... hoo, boy.
** Blue Lanterns have a similar ability, their blue rings able to cool down the rage of Red Lanterns.
** One storyline deals with [[DeathByOriginStory Abin]] [[ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin Sur's]] relationship with the tribe (and the antagonism he had with Indigo-1).
* In the "[[ComicBook/TheBlackRing Black Ring]]" storyline in ''ComicBook/ActionComics'', Lex Luthor releases the Zone Child (a creature that intended to purge all negative emotion from the universe) from the Phantom Zone and defeats it. He gains its full power and proceeds to use it as the Zone Child would. We then get a montage of Franchise/TheDCU (the ''entirety'' of it) experiencing eternal bliss. Luthor learns that he can only keep his newfound power as long as he doesn't do anything negative, [[StatusQuoIsGod so]] [[HisOwnWorstEnemy of course the first thing he does is try to kill Superman]]. This led to the Joker, of all people, commenting about how Luthor, with his pettiness, squandered the ultimate power to do good.
* In ''[[Franchise/SpiderMan Amazing Spider-Man #700]]'', [[spoiler:Peter (trapped in Doctor Octopus' dying body after a FreakyFridayFlip) uses a Care Bear Stare consisting of his own memories to convince Doc Ock to be a true hero. The result is ''The Superior Spider-Man''.]]
* In ''Comicbook/ElfQuest,'' elven healers have the ability to not only heal the body but also the mind. Winnowill is a healer who went mad, and misuses her powers accordingly. She's keenly aware that the heroes' healer, Leetah, could actually ''fix'' her, and she will do just about anything to avoid this.

* ''Film/{{Orgazmo}}'' gives us HotterAndSexier variation. The titular superhero has a weapon called orgazmorator which stuns his opponents with, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin orgasms]].
* In ''Franchise/StarWars'', Sith are said to have a skill called [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Dun_Moch Dun Möch]], used to commit psychological warfare against their opponents. Mockery is part of it, but apparently not all. It has an ''inverse'' side which Luke used on Anakin in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', reminding him that he still had good in him. The {{novelization}} makes it clearer that this is actually a power, and Luke is trying to use it to call out the Jedi he's sure is somewhere in the Dark Lord of the Sith. Vader resists on the surface of Endor, but it still has an effect. The Sith who most favors it (apart from perhaps Palpatine) is, who else, [[AffablyEvil Count Dooku.]]
* Basically SG-1's entire strategy in ''Film/StargateTheArkOfTruth''. By opening [[SealedGoodInACan the Ark]] in the presence of an Ori Prior, the team intends to [[PsychicLink reveal]] the [[GodGuise true nature]] of the Ori to the entire priesthood, depriving Adria of the faith and belief that powers her abilities.

** It affects Knives, too. [[spoiler: He apologizes, and apparently dies. But later-apparently he had just enough energy left to pull together a human form, and get a NiceHat to spend his final years wearing. He doesn't tell Vash.]]

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** Taken UpToEleven in ''The Beginning of the End'' when the Mane Six unite and, with ThePowerOfFriendship and {{Heart|IsAnAwesomePower}}, they charge up and defeat King Sombra...by [[KilledOffForReal outright killing him]] with a blast of friendship-powered energy that [[https://trixiebooru.org/images/2004578 graphically blows him to pieces on-screen]]. One could call it [[{{Pun}} Friendly Fire]].
** Taken UpToEleven again in ''The Ending of the End'' as Twilight combines the magic of her friends, the Student Six and the Pillars of Equestria into one gigantic rainbow beam that not only defeats the LegionOfDoom but also destroys the Windigos as well.

One character bombards the other character's mind with ThePowerOfLove, {{Precious Pupp|y}}ies, peace, joy, [[EverythingsBetterWithRainbows rainbows]] [[TastesLikeDiabetes and other such sweet stuff]]. Sometimes it will cause damage to or drive off TheHeartless, TheUndead, Demons, and other enemies that are MadeOfEvil. When used on good guys, it may bolster morale and heal them in body and spirit. For this reason it's generally used by heroes against villains.

* ''Literature/NightWorld'' series: Maggie does this to [[spoiler:Delos]]. She takes a romp through his head and kisses happiness and light into the darkness. It's not nearly so [[TastesLikeDiabetes sickly sweet]] as that makes it sound.

* [[http://www.darklegacycomics.com/251.html This]] ''Webcomic/DarkLegacyComics'' strip, where due to PlayerCharacter predation, only the [[TastesLikeDiabetes sickeningly cute]] ones survive. Only a small group of wolves managed to adapt, and thus was born the Gnome-Eating wolf.

* ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''. Not intentionally done by the citizens of Whoville, but probably the definitive example of this trope.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon, the mechanical Fixit attempts to turn Cyborg into a pure robot, but in linking his brain to Cyborg's, Fixit's mind is flooded with all the simple pleasures of life that he had forgotten after [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul removing his own humanity.]] He releases Cyborg and decides to try to relearn some of what he had lost.

** Taken UpToEleven in ''The Beginning of the End'' when the Mane Six unite and, with ThePowerOfFriendship and {{Heart|IsAnAwesomePower}}, they charge up and defeat King Sombra...by [[KilledOffForReal outright killing him]] with a blast of friendship-powered energy that [[https://trixiebooru.org/images/2004578 graphically blows him to pieces on-screen.]] One could call it [[{{Pun}} Friendly Fire.]]

** Taken UpToEleven in ''The Beginning of the End'' when the Mane Six unite and, with ThePowerOfFriendship and {{Heart|IsAnAwesomePower}}, they charge up and defeat King Sombra...by [[KilledOffForReal outright killing him]] with a blast of friendship-powered energy that [[https://trixiebooru.org/images/2004578 graphically blows him to pieces on-screen.]] One could call it [[IncrediblyLamePun Friendly Fire.]]

** During ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'', Tash Arranda makes friends with [[spoiler: UltimateLifeForm [[PokemonSpeak Eppon]]]] before his creator the BigBad shows up and takes him away. Later he uses it, much more monstrous now, against them, and Tash finds herself calling on TheForce to remind it who she is and that they were friends.

* Pyrovision in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''. Essentially the Pyro character sees him/herself wielding a magical tuba (flamethrower) that sprays rainbows and bubbles (blazing napalm) at the various cartoon creatures (opponents) found in his/her personal candyland (battlefield).

* The trope namer is the WesternAnimation/{{Care Bears|1980s}}. Originally conceived as a powerful weapon against the bad guys, ''[[WesternAnimation/CareBearsAdventuresInCareALot Adventures in Care-A-Lot]]'' introduced the notion that it could also be used to heal and cheer up sad Franchise/CareBears and kids. It isn't used nearly as often in ''[[WesternAnimation/CareBearsWelcomeToCareALot Welcome to Care-a-Lot]]''. Through the first fifteen or so episodes, it was only seen once and was used by the bears to simmer down a bully, forcing her to stop bullying another girl and actually talk about the feelings of jealousy she had which led to the bullying in the first place.

* ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} once used the MindHug in order to ''MindRape'' someone. [[ComicBook/IdentityCrisis She "reprogrammed" Doctor Light]], a vicious rapist, trying to pull out a good side that wasn't really there. What she succeeded in doing was creating an inept villain, but the idea was there. (This is the RetCon to ''try'' to make Doctor Light a threat: he ''used'' to actually be one, and the IneffectualSympatheticVillain we know and love is the result of attempted HeelFaceBrainwashing.)

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', [[spoiler:Peter is forced into a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind by the symbiote trying to convince him to stay with it. Peter's memory of Uncle Ben gives him a MindHug figuratively and literally, by using his memories of his friends and his good deeds to make him strong enough to defeat the symbiote.]]

-->-- ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Pibby}} Melira]]''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pibby}}'': Parodied, thanks to a Lampshade Hanging by Melira. While Pibby is discussing plans on how to save the universe, Melira sarcastically thinks that the only way to save the world is the power of love. [[GilliganCut Smash cut]] to a more aggressive Pibby at a much later point, wielding a freaked out Care-Bear expy as a weapon as it shoots heart-shaped lasers.