History Main / CharmPerson

* Ta'veren (think "[[ChosenOne chosen ones]]") have a measure of this ability in the WheelOfTime series, but it works only sporadically and is not under their conscious control.

* Flinx's empathic influence works like this in some of Alan Dean Foster's HumanxCommonwealth novels. His control over others' emotions is scarily potent, yet limited because he can't call up what lies outside the target's normal spectrum of feelings (e.g. making a fanatical nihilist afraid of dying won't work). Requires a lot of maintanence to keep the effect going, else the subject starts to catch on that their feelings are out of whack.

* In BioShock, Hypnotize Big Daddy (from BioShock 1) and Hypnotise (from 2) can be used to hypnotise many of the enemies in the game to fight alongside you. Eventually they will break free however.

* Freakshow's staff in the ''{{Danny Phantom}}'' episode "Control Freak", can control ghosts. Naturally, [[HalfHumanHybrid being half-ghost]] made Danny suceptable to it, at least [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl until Sam fell off a bridge]], inadvertently leading to the staff getting broken.

* Freakshow's staff in the ''{{Danny Phantom}}'' episode "Control Freak", can control ghosts. Naturally, [[HalfHumanHybrid being half-ghost]] made Danny suceptable to it, at least [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl until Sam fell off a bridge]], leading to the staff getting broken.

->Lord Grater: You will lie down and take a nap!
->Guard: Huh?
-><Torg hits guard over head with large rock>
->Semiconscious Guard: I will lie down and take a nap.

** Technically, that was a dominate spell Thanh was under. But earlier Nale used Charm Person on Belkar and told him to kill his companions and give their magic items to him, which Belkar refuses ([[HeroicSociopath though he had no problem killing them and keeping their items]], while singing Meet me in St. Louis).

* The ''[[MaskOfPower Mask of Charisma]] in ''{{Bionicle}}'' gradually alters the target's opinion to match that of the person wearing it.

It's distinct from CompellingVoice because CharmPerson [[FightingFromTheInside can be resisted]] or broken out of, leading to IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight moments and such. A good way to differentiate between the two is that CharmPerson can never be used to force someone to do anything that would violate the target's moral code (for example, attacking one's king).

!!Examples

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* Narumi-sensei from ''GakuenAlice'' is able to emit pheromones that can make anyone, regardless of age or gender, become infatuated with him. In some cases (such as Natsume), the target may become so enamored that all they can do is faint from the shock.
* Many ''EdenOfTheEast'' fans have concluded that Akira's [[UnusualEuphemism Johnny]] has mind control powers. The reason? In the first episode, not only does he (wearing nothing but a girl's coat and scarf) flash a random guy on the street and say something that makes him laugh, then ''hand over his pants with a smile'', but later he ''[[RefugeInAudacity drops his pants in front of a female police officer]]'' who, instead of arresting him, laughs and sends he and Saki on their way.
** For the sake of information, the police officer had -asked- to see his Johnny to see if it matched a picture of him naked and waving a gun around in front of the White House. She sent them on their way because it didn't match, which was because Akira was colder at the time.
*** Not quite. 'Johnny' is apparently slang for ID as well.
* {{Tomie}} (created by Junji Ito) relies primarily on this to get what she wants - which is ironic as most readers are more likely to remember [[spoiler:her multiple vicious deaths and regenerating FromASingleCell every [[IncrediblyLamePun bloody]] time.]]
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'''Obi-Wan:''' These aren't the droids you're looking for.\\

'''Stormtrooper:''' Move along, move along.\\
-- ''StarWars Episode IV: A New Hope''

Named after, of course, CharmPerson from DungeonsAndDragons and its many, many variants.

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Do not confuse with TheCharmer. The effects of more powerful Charm Person spells or abilities may be compared with {{Love Potion}}s. See also HypnoticEyes, for a frequent way this power is implemented. Compare PolitenessJudo.

Do not confuse with TheCharmer. The effects of more powerful Charm Person spells or abilities may be compared with {{Love Potion}}s. See also HypnoticEyes, for a frequent way this power is implemented.

CharmPerson is some kind of magic, supernatural ability, AppliedPhlebotinum or CharlesAtlasSuperpower (we don't know how that would work, so don't ask) that makes people do what you want them to do, especially the WeakWilled. May or may not have obvious parallels with hypnosis, which is not really anything like this.