History Main / EmotionBomb

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Blue Diamond can force other Gems (including [[HalfHumanHybrid Steven]], but not humans or [[TeamPet Lion]]) to feel the same sadness she feels (pictured). She can possibly do the same with other emotions, but [[TheEeyore she's always been sad when we see her]]. [[PowerIncontinence It's usually unintentional]] whenever Blue starts crying in sadness, but she's also able to weaponize it to bring hardened warriors to their knees mid-battle, rendering them immobile and unable to act. [[spoiler:Lapis Lazuli is resistant, as [[InsanityImmunity she's used to feeling miserable]]. Blue can also cause other Gems to share her TearsOfJoy, but they seem more annoyed than happy. By ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'', Blue has found out how to share [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul feelings of happiness]], though by creatings clouds instead of a area of effect.]]

** Glory Girl can create an aura which causes awe in those around her -- awe which tends to manifest as fear in those opposing her.

A subtrope of EmotionControl, and supertrope of SupernaturalFearInducer. Compare MindRape. Contrast CareBearStare, which is this but with niceness, to be used against a villain. Contrast EmotionEater, who eats emotions rather than induces them. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] AngstNuke, where a character ''blows up'' from emotion.

* Perona's Negative Hollow attack in ''Franchise/OnePiece'' sends a ghost through the opponent that leaves them crippled with despair and depression (often wishing they were, say, some seaweed) though only lasting a few seconds. [[spoiler: Usopp, who already lacks self-confidence and spends a lot of time in a funk anyway, is immune to it.]]
* Arael's weapon of choice in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. It's the TropeNamer of MindRape for a ''reason''.
* In the second ''Anime/RanmaOneHalf'' movie, one henchman uses this on Ryoga. The henchman didn't know that Ryoga's most powerful move is [[AngstNuke powered by depression]]. Cue OneHitKO.
* The teddy bear ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' Monzaemon with his CareBearStare-like Hearts Attack has an evil PaletteSwap called Waru Monzaemon with a Heart''break'' Attack. This reduces the enemy to a sobbing pile of {{Wangst}}. Sadly beaten just as he was [[CallingYourAttacks announcing it]] in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure,'' but we finally get to see it in action in ''Anime/DigimonFrontier.''

* The aptly-named character Despair in ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene.'' Three guesses as to what he does...
* The [[TheFairFolk elves]] in Literature/{{Discworld}}'s ''Literature/LordsAndLadies'' seem to include this in their general aura of "glamour". How could something as clunky and utterly inadequate and ''human'' as you ever hope to defeat an elf? You don't even deserve to ''exist'' next to, much less rebel against, something so perfect as an elf. The Auditors also fight like this when incorporeal, making people think that fighting them is pointless because there's nothing really there to fight.

** However in both the books and films, the Nazgûl have this power, mixed with fear.
* ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' gets a ''nasty'' hit of this in ''Duty Calls'', complete with ReligiousHorror. [[spoiler:HeroicWillpower keeps him sane until [[AntiMagic Jurgen]] arrives to break the spell, but he was still out of the fight for a bit.]]
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'''s world has Dementors, who guard the prison of Azkaban. Dementors sense and feed on the positive emotions, happiness and good memories of human beings, forcing them to relive their worst memories. It is notable that Dumbledore is against the use of Dementors, considering them cruel and unusual punishment (as well as a natural fifth column for Dark wizards).
* Averted in ''The Bones Of Haven''. Initially, the Brimstone Boys' very presence seems to have this effect on the Special Wizardry And Tactics team's sorcerer. [[spoiler: It turns out he was faking, so as to catch the Boys off-guard.]]
* One of the sets of Allomantic powers in ''{{Franchise/Mistborn}}'' is the ability to Push (suppress) or Pull (inflame) specific emotions. Even Mistings who only have one of the two powers can ''very'' deftly manipulate those around them with practice. A Mistborn with duralumin even managed to force a pseudo-{{VillainousBSOD}} by literally completely suppressing ''all'' emotion. The [[EvilOverlord Lord Ruler]] uses his powers of Soothing to deaden the emotions of anyone within about a mile radius of him, sapping them of the will to resist him (though a skilled Mistborn can counteract the effects to a degree by Rioting the emotions of those in his or her immediate vicinity). Later on, Vin learns to do a similar trick, though because she's much weaker than the Lord Ruler she can only affect a few people at a time.
* In Saberhagen's Books of Swords series, this is what the Tyrant's Blade (AKA Soulcutter) does. When it is drawn from its sheath everyone in a 250m radius ''including the wielder'' is struck with such crippling despair that most will be unable to summon the will to do ''anything'', even eat when food is provided.
* The Nameless one from the ''Literature/BrimstoneAngels'' novel ''The Adversary'' is a Chosen of Shar (goddess of darkness, nihilism, and entropy) and carries a permanent aura with her that saps life and hope from anyone in the vicinity. Prolonged exposure is sufficient to reduce Sairche (who in addition to being a poised, composed villainess is a literal ''devil'') to a shivering wreck.
* Used in the final ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'' book. [[spoiler:Eragon uses a spell to make Galbatorix feel every emotion he has ever caused anyone else to feel. Galbatorix blows himself up because [[DespairEventHorizon the pain is just too much]]. Doesn't qualify as AngstNuke because Galbatorix is well and truly killed by the explosion.]]

* According to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOdfPwJdJY4 Ninjormon]], ninjanaries have to fight a sad dragon to get their mission calls.

* ''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Guilty Gear -STRIVE-]]'' with [[spoiler:I-No's ascension to godhood]], which causes everyone in the world to cry. Not even [[TheStoic Zato]] is immune.

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* Salamander, a low-level villain in the first issue of ''Manga/FairyTail'' had such a spell, which he used to entrance young women and attempt to sell them into slavery.
* In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', America invents a "love gun" which he believes would make enemies shot with it fall in love with each other and leave them unwilling to fight.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'' played with this by having Mai Valentine (Mai Kujaku) use the "Shadow of Eyes" spell to entrance monsters to attack, having their power drastically reduced by her "Mirror Wall" trap and be destroyed in the process. Yami Yugi cleverly [[ScrewTheRulesIHavePlot (and in defiance of all game rules)]] subverts this by summoning "Mystical Elf", a ''female'' monster, in defense position.
** ''[[Anime/YuGiOhGX GX]]'' also plays with this trope by having Rei Saotome (Blair Flannigan) initially run a deck focused on dropping Maiden Counters on her opponent's monsters and having them serve her. While the way Judai (Jaden) trumps this is within the boundaries of the rules, it still focuses on Burst Lady (Burstinatrix) being female, which is overall irrelevant to the duel at hand.

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* The main power of Venus from ''ComicBook/AgentsOfAtlas''. It gets them out of a lot of fights, as suddenly everyone is either gaping at her or thinking of their own love.
* When Eric and Linda Strauss were ComicBook/DoctorFate, they fought [[ComicBook/NewGods Darkseid]], and were losing badly. Then they cast one last spell on him, and he gets this look of utter confusion and despair on his face. He turns to them and plaintively asks "What have you done to me?" to which they reply that they've shared their love for one another with him. Feeling love so discombobulates him that he surrenders. [[spoiler:Then one of his footsoldiers [[DiabolusExMachina kills Eric with a spear]].]]

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* In Saberhagen's ''Books of Swords'' series, the Mindsword, when drawn from its sheath, causes all within 250m ''including gods'' to become fanatically devoted to serving the wielder.

* The finished product in ''Literature/{{Perfume}}'' causes such powerful feelings of love and desire that it triggers an instant mass orgy at the scene of its maker's intended execution. In the end, an overdose of the perfume causes a mob to gather around and [[spoiler: devour the protagonist]].

* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' examples: Fey has a glamour that does this even when she doesn't want it to. Carmilla can evoke a lust aura that's overwhelming. And Cytherea likes to use her lust aura to get her way, since she's really the avatar (or something) of Aphrodite.
* In Harry Turtledove's ''Literature/{{Worldwar}}'' series, the female aliens go into heat when exposed to ginger (and their pheromones drive nearby males into a mating frenzy). So the clever earthlings use ginger bombs.
* In ''Literature/CodexAlera'', [[DishingOutDirt Earthcrafters]] are able to invoke either lust or calm in people they are in close contact with via their furies. The furies themselves may directly invoke this as well, [[YouNeedToGetLaid when they think their human needs it.]]

* The "gay bomb" is referenced on ''Series/ThirtyRock'', when Jack Donaghy ''uses it on the Joint Chiefs of Staff'' in order to get fired and return to GE.

* Alisha's power in ''Series/{{Misfits}}'' makes anyone she touches crazy with lust for her. This often does more harm than good.

* The Website/SCPFoundation has [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-252-arc SCP-252-ARC]], a literal "Gay Bomb", that does exactly as described, with a cloud of pink smoke.

* ''TabletopGame/VillainsAndVigilantes'' adventure ''Devil's Domain''. The Devil has the power to affect the minds of all creatures within a certain radius and make them love him.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'''s resident God(dess) of PerverseSexualLust, Slaanesh, [[CharmPerson has this effect on anyone]] short of fellow God-level beings. (Translation: Non-gods will look upon Slaanesh and happily sell their souls, HeroicWillpower be damned.) To a lesser extent, [[DepravedBisexual His/Her]] [[TheHedonist stronger followers]] get this power as a primary perk, along with the inverse of PowerPerversionPotential.
** Literature/CiaphasCain ('''[[InHarmsWay HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!]]''') has had a fair bit of trouble with Slaaneshi cultists. First there was that [[CharmPerson witch]] he just managed to fight off and kill (before she could [[FateWorseThanDeath sell his soul to Slaanesh]])... then later on more cultists [[spoiler: summoned her back as a Daemonette]], and again he managed to fight it off with HeroicWillpower ([[SpannerInTheWorks and]] [[PowerNullifier Jurgen]] [[spoiler: and more [[BigDamnHeroes Imperial Guardsmen]]]]). Naturally, these folks have been a lovely source of his {{Past Experience Nightmare}}s.

* This is usually the emotion stoked by your [[CharmPerson average Charm spell]].
* A Valentine's Day seasonal event in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has someone do this ''worldwide'' [[spoiler: so that everyone will be moonstruck and distracted for some attack that's never followed through on.]] He has help from some naive individuals who really just want to "help ease the awkward rituals of courtship".
* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' move "Attract" gives a chance that Pokemon of the opposite gender will become too smitten to attack.
** Pokemon fangame ''VideoGame/PokemonClover'' has the "Gay Agenda" move, which does the same as attract, except that it only works on Pokemon of the same gender.

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* In ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' Dabbler is a succubus who is able to push her lust aura to cause others to become aroused. It's strong enough thhat her boobs are "literally hypnotic" and she can detect the presence of other people who are aroused even if otherwise invisible.

* Ember in ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' made Danny fall in love with Sam to distract him from fighting her.

This is rarely seen as positive as, even if you can make people happy, it's likely done against their will (unless the affected people consents, like asking to be made happy - which is rare, but does happen). There's also the case of making people happy without actually solving their individual problems, which will make things worse down the line.

* Masamune Ichijo from ''Manga/YamadaKunAndTheSevenWitches'' can use his "Power of Provocation" to enhance people's negative emotions - usually jealousy, anger, and/or feelings of inferiority - and make them mostly unable to control them.

* The Psycho-Man, a villain from ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', has three settings on his emotio-caster: Fear, Hate, and Doubt (the last of which has similar effects to Despair, but is less likely to produce suicides). Usually he is a serious villain who uses the 'caster to MindRape his foes, but on one occasion he attempts to get the rather stupid "hero" Drax the Destroyer to do his bidding and is brought to lament that he needs some new settings on the thing -- hate makes Drax lash out at everything, including him, while fear and doubt make him cower.

** The SevenDeadlySins are demons who can make people fall under the influence of their respective sins. One villain Sabbac briefly merged with all seven demons and gained their powers. The first thing he did was to use Lust to make a prison complex have a massive orgy [[ForTheEvulz just for kicks]].

* ''ComicBook/FingerGuns'': The finger gun ability that the kids have can control people's emotions. Two fingers (the ring and middle finger) together can make someone angry, pointing just one (ring finger) can calm them down. Wes is good at the first ability, Sadie is good with latter. [[spoiler: Crossing the middle and ring finger can apparently either make someone brave and/or make them feel good about themselves.]]

* In ''Fanfic/{{Forward}}'', ''all of the above'' and more are used as weapons by the Inducer-type psychics, which are psychics who can manipulate human emotions. Lust, fear, and despair are used alternately on [[spoiler:River]] when she confronts one of the Inducers, and HatePlague is used on [[spoiler:a bystander to make him shoot and critically injure Mal]].
* In ''Fanfic/TheChildOfAzkabanLonelyHarvest'', Voldemort reveals to Harry that [[spoiler:both he and Harry possess a rare magical skill (other than being a parseltongue) that causes them to emit a magical aura that enforces a specific temperament onto those around them. Voldemort emits an aura of awe, ensuring that those around him - be they allies or enemies - notice him and take him seriously. Harry on the other hand enforces a sense of Reason, causing those around him to remain calm and think rationally, [[WhiteMage with prolonged exposure healing mental trauma]], as it slowly did with the Longbottoms and the inmates in Azkaban.]]
* In ''Fanfic/FadedBlue'', like his mother, Steven can immobilize Gems by overloading them with negative emotions. He also has a lightning attack that forces people to listen to their own worst fears about themselves. 
* ''Fanfic/AWolfInTheGarden'': Leman Russ is sent on a quest where he must complete a trial for each of the (non-Chaos versions of the) gods. Slaanesh's trial is forcing Leman to walk through a hallway, where each step exposes him to a different vision. In order: [[spoiler: he experiences the despair and humiliation of Lorgar and the Word Bearers when the Emperor rejected them at Monarchia; the fear and misery of Mortarion and the Death Guard when they were suffering from Nurgle's Rot, but unable to die; the pain Angron felt when the Butcher's Nails were implanted; Konrad's despair on the night he committed suicide; the day he burned Prospero; and many, many more,]], finally culminating with [[spoiler: the Emperor's regret and Horus' fear during their duel at the end of the Heresy]].

* The "blamethrower", from ''Film/MysteryMen'', produces not so much Anger as petty bickering.

* The [[Franchise/StarWars Force]] power known as Battle Meditation works by bolstering the confidence, courage, and such of the practitioner's allies while at the same time sapping the enemy's will to fight and causing despair and a huge morale drop. It's a very difficult and complicated power, and is very rare; users include Oppo Rancisis, [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Bastila Shan]], and [[Literature/DarthBane Lord Kaan]].

* Flinx, main protagonist of the ''Literature/HumanxCommonwealth'' universe, by Creator/AlanDeanFoster, has [[TheEmpath empathic]] powers that were originally sense-only, but received an upgrade in ''Flinx in Flux'' that allowed him to fully access his latent projective powers. He has used this ability to induce catatonic fear and/or despair in his enemies, at one point immobilizing a youth gang simply by exposing them to a glimpse of his personal angst. In ''Reunion'', he uses his powers to seduce an employee of the Terran Shell complex in order to gain access to restricted data, and manipulates ''the computer itself''.
* The Gubru in ''[[Literature/{{Uplift}} The Uplift War]]'' have spheres which broadcast signals which produce certain emotional responses in anyone who gets too near. Fibbin, one of the main characters, encounters one set which broadcasts fear, and one which broadcasts [[spoiler:self-consciousness. Fortunately, neither set is a match for a determined neo-chimp "[[SelfDeprecation with delusions of adequacy]]".]]
** In ''Startide Rising'' many psi-weapons are mentioned in the massive space battle happening overhead. The Streaker crew use a psi-bomb as a distress beacon. And [[spoiler: the Karrank% unleash a psionic assault that temporarily disorients every non-cetacean sophont in the system, the humans are less affected than most since their brains have some similarity to their dolphin clients.]]
* In ''Literature/TheSoldierSon'' trilogy by Creator/RobinHobb, a form of magic induces despair and fear.
* ''Literature/TheShamerChronicles'' by Leene Kaaberboel has at its center two women who are Shamers. They can make people feel buried shame by looking them in the eyes. Conventionally in their society, it is used to find out if an accused is guilty or not, and to make criminals repent on their behaviour. The books also shows it backfiring in several ways.
* ''Literature/CodexAlera'': Firecrafters can inflame the emotions of others. Senators and Lords of the realm that can firecraft generally use this ability during their speeches to influence the listeners. Also, Earthcrafters can create lust, which many exotic dancers use to their advantage - though being able to throw your clientele farther than you trust them doesn't hurt, either!
** While politicians use firecrafting subtly, it goes up a notch. In the first book Count Gram creates a fear strong enough to drive back a barbarian horde, and Gauis Sextus can knock entire legions of veteran soldiers unconscious through sheer mind-breaking terror.
*** knock unconscious hell, some of them ''died'' from it!
** Watercrafters have a lot of trouble turning off their psychic sense, such that cities can be actually painful for strong watercrafters from the steadholts. It's also a great way to neutralize them in a fight - just give in to a strong emotion like panic.
*** Tavi takes out a notably-insane expert swordswoman by using his watercraft to figure out which taunts would be most effective, causing her to lose her cool and make mistakes.
* This is the schtick of the [[EmotionEater White Court vampires]] in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''. The most common emotional affinity is lust, especially among House Raith, which is why they're often called SuccubiAndIncubi. Other branches specialize in fear or despair. (Though, interestingly, real, pure emotion can actively injure them; [[ThePowerOfLove True Love]] burns lust-feeders, for example.) In addition, there's Vittorio Malvora: because he decided to do some finagling outside of the traditional PlanetOfHats line, he has the ability to use despair, plus lust, plus fear, ''all at the same time''. It takes [[spoiler:the HeroicSacrifice of a freakin' fallen angel]] to keep it off Harry.

* The Protege in ''Literature/{{Brennus}}'' continually projects mind-breaking shame into the minds of everyone within his range -- which covers ''sixteen square miles''. The closest anyone has gotten within six years was five hundred metres, achieved by a metahuman with a supposedly invincible [[PsychicBlockDefense mind shield]] who subsequently went insane. Thankfully, the Protege also hasn't moved in those six years.
* In ''Literature/DreamPark'', Neutral Scent is an experimental emotion-enhancing chemical that intensifies whatever a person is already feeling. When a sample is unleashed on a group of unsuspecting Gamers, some run off in fear, others goof around, two of them pick a nasty fight, and several pair off to have sex.
* In ''Literature/TheMachineriesOfEmpire'', when Cheris' fleet enters the calendric rot zone for the first time, everyone but her falls unconscious or catatonic, and Cheris herself almost takes her own life before Jedao talks her through it.
* ''Literature/TheWanderingInn'': When Erin uses her "Immortal Moment" skill while singing, everybody present hears instruments that aren't being played and is moved to tears by the music, even the toughest listeners.
* In ''Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy'', Vin and Elend make a point to [[spoiler:Straff Venture]] about BullyingADragon by using [[spoiler:[[AmplifierArtifact duralumin]]-enhanced]] emotional Allomancy to bombard him with one overwhelmingly powerful emotion after another, and finally an apathy strong enough that it feels like dying to him.
** In the sequel ''Literature/WaxAndWayne'', [[spoiler:Marsh]] needs to talk to Marasi in private. Unfortunately, that someone is believed to be the GrimReaper, and is [[TheDreaded generally considered terrifying to most of the populace]]. So to get her to chase him, he slams her with curiosity, and once she sees who he is, he deadens all emotion to stop her from panicking. Marasi intellectually knows that she'd be terrified, if she could feel anything at all.
* Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/FoundationSeries'':
** "Literature/TheMule": This is The Mule's favorite weapon. Used broadly, it makes [[CurbStompBattle enemy armies surrender]]. Used narrowly, it is the most horrible death possible. He can produce other emotions too, such as loyalty and confidence for his own servants.
** "Literature/SearchByTheMule": While in the first chapter, in conversation with Bail Channis, the Mule forced him to feel overwhelming grief, in direct response to his delight. It is later revealed that [[spoiler:the Mule was testing him, and he managed to block the Mule's attack briefly, something only another person with PsychicPowers could do, which reveals him to be an agent of the Second Foundation]].
* A rare positive examples of the trope is used in ''Literature/TheCharmedSphere''. Magic users can't use their gifts to harm another living creature, but the tiny kingdom of Aronsdown still makes use of {{Military Mage}}s. Protagonist Chime is an [[SpellLevels emerald-level mage]] capable of casting powerful mood-detecting, mood-boosting, and mood-altering spells found in the green spectrum (as well as the pain-soothing orange spells and emotion-soothing yellow spells). When she uses her powers to bolster Aronsdale's army, she does so by pumping up the morale and confidence of Aronsdale's troops as they face the invading army of Harsdown.
* ''Literature/DaughterOfTheSun'': Xera, Goddess of Melancholy, has these. When she's around, anyone who's feeling grief or sorrow has it amplified greatly, to the point this can manifest itself as a [[LiteralSplitPersonality wraith]] that is separate from their body. She can also inflict an emotional attack on someone by touching them, amplifying any past sadness they felt with a phrase connected to it. It's so devastating a person who's affected by this can be left temporarily stricken.

* The ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' episode "Alienated", has several characters unknowingly hit by an experimental beam that causes extreme paranoia, while watching a movie about an AlienInvasion. They kidnap a visiting senator, who they're sure is being [[PuppeteerParasite controlled by an alien]].

* One MonsterOfTheWeek in ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' had, of all things, a magic fishing rod. With it, he could fish out what looked like glowing copies of people's skeletons, leaving his victims "boneless" and turning them into a LazyBum.
* Implied in ''Series/WandaVision'': [[spoiler:Episode 5 reveals that everyone in the sitcom reality can feel the grief Wanda feels over the events of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' while they are being forced to act like typical wacky sitcom characters, but [[AndIMustScream they cannot do anything about it]] due to said brainwashing. The only ones who appear to be exempt from this besides Wanda and Vision themselves are Wanda and Vision's kids [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers Billy and Tommy]] and Agnes, who is the one responsible for much of the show's plot in the first place.]]

* "The Thing in the Bass Amp!" by ''Music/TheAquabats'' is about a town overcome with malaise and apathy thanks to the eponymous Thing.

* ''Website/SCPFoundation'', [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1225 SCP-1225 ("The Worst Christmas")]]. Anyone who spends more than 4 hours per 24 hour period within 10-12 meters of SCP-1225 will express aggression, anger and irritability as well as decreased patience and tolerance for frustration.

* This is one of Red's specialities in ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', since it is the colour of emotion; most of the time its anger or fear (since it is a game about fighting, after all), but occasionally love/lust is also induced. Black also gets a few on virtue of being the colour of darkness, inducing despair and fear.

** In 1st Edition the psionic ability "Telempathic Projection" could send an emotion to a target creature.

* The Psychic Powers sourcebook for ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' includes a literal emotion bomb -- when it goes off, everyone in range experiences the emotion preset into it. The MindControl skill can be taken with an "Emotions Only" limitation, and the Terror advantage produces fear or "awe".

* ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' TabletopRPG. 2nd Edition changed the Empathy mutant ability so that the user could project his own emotions onto an opponent.
* ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'' offers several Emotion Bombs to the members of the Great Courts. Each Court (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter) has a Fleeting [Season] Contract list centered around manipulation of the Court's ruling emotion (desire, wrath, fear, sorrow). In addition, high-powered changelings have the ability to inflict bedlam, which hits everyone in the immediate area with an intense dose of an emotion.
* ''[[TabletopGame/GeistTheSinEaters Geist: the Sin-Eaters]]'' likewise has various ways to make this work through the Passion Key. The Passion Boneyard allows a Sin-Eater to enter a trance and assume control over an area, where he can manipulate the emotions of everyone therein (and gain benefits when they act towards a certain emotional resonance). The Passion Curse, on the other hand, hits a target with an uncontrollable burst of the Sin-Eater's choice of emotion... and higher levels [[HatePlague make it spread to everyone the target touches]].
* Khorne of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' has this for his followers, particularly in the [[AxCrazy World Eater]] Chaos Space Marines. Though most of them underwent voluntary lobotomy beforehand.

* The ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' compatible ''The Tome of Mighty Magic'' supplement by North Pole Productions. The spell Emotion Alteration can instill any emotion desired in the target, such as loyalty, panic or love.

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series has multiple spells to this effect. For added effect, each can be crafted into a massive AreaOfEffect spell if you choose, making it even more "bomb"-like. Examples:

* The Parabola Gun in VideoGame/MegamanLegends 2 causes the target to feel one emotion only: uncontrollable laughter. It's so potent that it works on both organic (Glyde) and non-organic (Glyde's birdbots) beings. The laughter is so bad that two of Glyde's birdbots start clubbing the bridge and blowing up Glyde's main ship just to get the laughter out while Glyde can do nothing but watch.
* Occurs in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots''. When [[spoiler: Liquid shuts off SOP the first and second time]], the soldiers affected immediately [[spoiler: experience all the emotion the system had prevented them from feeling.]] This involves such graphic displays as soldiers unable to stop laughing as they beat the shit out of their comrades, and other soldiers simply killing themselves as fear and sadness overwhelms them. Most become brain-damaged from the extreme emotional trauma they endure.

* ''VideoGame/StarTrekJudgmentRites'' features The Savant, an EnergyBeing comprised of pure emotion. However the Savant wishes to maintain a state of pure joy, and therefore excretes all other emotions in the form of large gem-like rocks, which can be found littered around its PocketDimension. When touched, these rocks trigger an intense emotion in the victim, corresponding to the color of the rock. This nearly causes the Landing Party to attack one another, break down in hopelessness, or cower in fear. In the end, Kirk throws these emotional excretions back into the Savant in order to get its attention.

** [[VideoGame/TouhouEiyashouImperishableNight Reisen]] has an indirect version - she's capable of speeding up or slowing down peoples' brainwaves (inflicting restlessness, apathy, etc.), which she uses in conjunction with [[MasterOfIllusion illusions]] in order to screw with her opponents' heads.

* Parodied in ''VideoGame/WhenTailsGetsBored'', where [[spoiler:Amy uses mind control]] on Tails to... make him bored.
* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', the warlock class used to have a spell called Curse of Recklessness. It would drive the target into overconfidence, making them immune to fear effects (and ordinary fleeing, if an NPC) and hit harder but causing them to drop their defence (reducing their armour stat). The spell was recently removed and the armour reduction effect combined with another curse.

* In ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry,'' [[spoiler:Hinamizawa Syndrome]] is at least as much a Fear/Paranoia Plague as a HatePlague. Although the characters start attacking each other, rather than being motivated by outright anger, frequently, it's a poorly-conceived self-preservation method. [[spoiler:Keiichi]] in Onikakushi-hen in particular comes to mind.

* This was the basis for Dr. Steve's [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=991010 control over Oasis]] in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance''.

* ''Webcomic/{{Swords}}'' The Boredsword [[https://swordscomic.com/swords/IV/ inflicts boredom]] upon wielder and adversary alike.

* The ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' episode "Emotion Sickness" has both Kim and Shego get accidentally implanted with emotion-altering computer chips, controlled by a remote-control device. The device then gets mistaken for a video game...
* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' the Makuta are capable of this as part of their ComboPlatterPowers, and can use this to devastating effect by forcing their foes to feel multiple intense emotions one after the other, such as inducing intense confusion, then anger, then fear, and then drowsiness all within seconds of each other. The Rahkshi they spawn containing the specific emotion-based power can also do this, though only with one emotion rather than multiple.
* The ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'' episode "One Million Emotions" had the team seeking to recover a stolen "sensation doll" created as a piece of art by an extinct alien culture. Anyone who made direct contact with the doll would be deluged with "one million emotions" [[MindRape ALL AT ONCE]] (or as Goose called it, "the emotional electric chair"). One of the thieves who touched the doll was reduced to an insane wreck. [[note]]He got better in later episodes, though.[[/note]]
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'', "The Flawed Couple", had a VillainTeamUp between Abis Mal and Mecanicles involving magical stones that could alter people's moods. Aladdin managed to break the fear one by focusing on the fact that Jasmine was in danger.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' - In "Stimpys Invention", Stimpy creates the Happy Helmet for Ren, in the mistaken belief that Ren would ''want'' to be happy ''all the time''.

* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', the Apathy are a type of Grimm who incite apathy in their victims. Proximity to the Apathy causes a loss of other emotions, calming people down, and the number of Apathy increases the impact of their proximity to the point that they can cause an entire settlement to simply stop caring about anything and die of starvation or dehydration. At closer range, the Apathy can also [[MakeMeWannaShout unleash a piercing scream that dramatically amplifies this effect]], causing victims to collapse and lose all will to fight, eventually just lying down and waiting to die.

* ''Literature/DaughterOfTheSun'': Xera, Goddess of Melancholy, has these. When she's around, anyone who's feeling grief or sorrow has it amplified greatly, to the point this can manifest itself as a [[LiteralSplitPersonality wraith]] that is separate from their body. She can also inflict an emotional attack on someone by touching them, amplifying any past sadness they felt with a phrase connected to it. It's so devastated a person who's affected by this can be left temporarily stricken.

[[caption-width-right:350:For god's sake, someone get her some [[HeartbreakAndIceCream ice cream]] before we all [[PsychicAssistedSuicide kill ourselves]]!]]

[[caption-width-right:350:For god's sake, someone get her some [[HeartbreakAndIceCream ice cream]] before we all [[DrivenToSuicide kill ourselves!]]]]

* The aptly named Despair Squid of ''Series/RedDwarf'' causes hallucinations in its victims that are so terrible that the victim commits suicide.