History Main / ImmuneToMindControl

* The season 2 finale of ''WesternAnimation/StrangeHillHigh'' has the villainess of the week (Terpsichore) use hypnosis against the students. During the episode, Mitchell and Becky discover that the only other student (aside from themselves) who has not been hypnotised is Matthews. He explains to Mitchell and Becky that for some reason, Terpsichore's hypnosis did not work on him.

** SelfDemonstrating/{{Magneto}} has a CoolHelmet that prevents him from being mind-controlled. Definitely comes in handy when your archnemesis (Prof. X) is one of the most accomplished [[PsychicPowers psykers]] in the world.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' episode where Eddy tries hypnotizing everyone in the cul-de-sac, his attempts to hypnotize Lee Kanker don't work. Why? Eddy thinks it's because [[BlindingBangs her hair is blocking her view]], but she says it's because "[[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum I eat my roughage!]]". In the same episode, Eddy tries to hypnotize Johnny, but fails. However, it works on [[CompanionCube Plank]].

--->'''Kellian Jarro''': (Waves hand) You will drop your hands and surrender to me.

* In ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'', the Tiki Tak Tribe attempts to hypnotize DonkeyKong, to no avail.

** Magneto has a CoolHelmet that prevents him from being mind-controlled. Definitely comes in handy when your archnemesis (Prof. X) is one of the most accomplished [[PsychicPowers psykers]] in the world.
** Cyclops was raised by the most powerful telepath in the world, married a second telepath (trained by the first), and dated a third telepath after his wife died. He's also has been possessed by several quasi-demonic evil entities on numerous occasions. As a result, he has built up amazing psychic blocks and resistance over years of training, to the point where he was able to take in a shard of [[MadeOfEvil The Void]] and lock it in a room in his mind, where it has [[TemptingFate yet to be heard from again.]] He was also able to keep a leash on the [[CrystalDragonJesus Phoenix Force]] for a surprisingly long time until ComicBook/TheAvengers forced him to go [[NiceJobBreakingItHero full-on Dark Phoenix.]]
** Emma Frost's [[RePower secondary mutation]] gives her an organic diamond form. While it prevents her from using her own telepathy, it renders her immune to anyone else's.

* ''Arduin'' RPG, ''The Compleat Arduin Book 2: Resources''. A Unicorn can never be mentally controlled, geased or mesmerized (hypnotized).

** All the BadassNormal characters are immune to Jedi/Sith Mind Tricks, which gives you the chance to rub it in their faces.

* The Imperial Agent PlayerCharacter in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' [[spoiler:spends most of Act 2 of their storyline mind-controlled by the Republican Intelligence to do their bidding]]. Afterwards, one of the rewards they can choose is to be completely immune to all forms of mind control for the rest of their life. Sadly, [[InformedAbility this ability never comes up in the story again]] and [[GameplayAndStorySegregation there are no enemies who can mind-control the PCs in the game, anyway]].

* ''Arduin'', ''The Compleat Arduin Book 2: Resources''. A Unicorn can never be mentally controlled, geased or mesmerized (hypnotized).

* ''Arduin'', ''The Compleat Arduin Book 2: Resources''. The Unicorn can never be mentally controlled, geased or mesmerized (hypnotized).

* ''abletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'': Some characters are immune to psychological effects, whether by possessing the heart of a possibly divine being or being blessed by the magic-hating god of war.

Related to NoSell and DisabilityImmunity. Compare IntrinsicVow: A person is immune to MindControl that conflicts with one of their strongly held beliefs. Compare also PsychicBlockDefense, immunity to telepathy. Contrast WeakWilled and HypnoFool.

* In ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'', Killer Bee (and probably all [[SealedEvilInACan Jinchuuriki]]) is shown immune to genjutsu (illusionary techniques) because of the influence of the Tailed Beasts sealed inside them.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' episode where Eddy tries hypnotizing everyone in the cul-de-sac, his attempts to hypnotize Lee Kanker don't work. Why? "[[InsaneTrollLogic I eat my roughage!]]". In the same episode, Eddy tries to hypnotize Johnny, but fails. However, it works on [[CompanionCube Plank]].

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[[AC: {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]

[[AC: ComicBooks]]

* In the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic strip "The First", HistoricalDomainCharacter Ernest Shackleton is immune to the psychic paper. He mentions his wife once took him to see a music hall hypnotist, and that didn't work on him either.
* ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' (in both the comic and animated incarnations) reveals the titular main character is immune to mind control whether induced by a psychic, or by mechanical means. It apparently has something to do with the Electro-Magnetic field he produces.
* Magneto of ''ComicBooks/XMen'' has a CoolHelmet that prevents him from being mind-controlled. Definitely comes in handy when your archnemesis (Prof. X) is one of the most accomplished [[PsychicPowers psykers]] in the world.
** Cyclops was raised by the most powerful telepath in the world, married a second telepath (trained by the first), and dated a third telepath after his wife died. He's also has been possessed by several quasi-demonic evil entities on numerous occasions. As a result, he has built up amazing psychic blocks and resistance over years of training, to the point where he was able to take in a shard of [[MadeOfEvil The Void]] and lock it in a room in his mind, where it has [[TemptingFate yet to be heard from again.]] He was also able to keep a leash on the [[CrystalDragonJesus Phoenix Force]] for a surprisingly long time until TheAvengers forced him to go [[NiceJobBreakingItHero full-on Dark Phoenix.]]

* This is downplayed in ''Comicbook/SavageDragon''. The main character has a HealingFactor that allows him to resist mind control after a time. If the same process is used more than once, he is totally immune. For instance, one story had Horde, a mind-controling worm, take control of him. Once he was free from his control, he was immune to Horde every other time they met. The same goes for other telepathic villains such as Brain-Ape.
* ''ThePunisher'' once {{No Sell}}ed a sexuality-based mind control power from two villainesses who ordered SpiderMan to attack him ([[TechnoBabble something about his using his reptilian brain more than other brain functions]]).

* ''{{Sillage}}'': Navis is unique among all species since as a human, she can't read thoughts or be mind controlled to any degree.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheTwelveTasksOfAsterix'': In this film Asterix and Obelix have to fulfill 12 tasks. One of them is visiting an Egyptian hypnotist who tries to make Asterix believe he's a wild boar. While other clients were easily hypnotised Asterix remains cool and unphased and distracts the hypnotist by asking him silly questions which break the man's concentration. Eventually he is so confused that Asterix makes ''him'' believe he is a wild boar, whereupon the hypnotist leaves the room grunting on all fours. Thus the task is fulfilled.

[[AC: {{Literature}}]]
* In ''Literature/DragonBones'', Ward seems to be immune to mind control to some extent. Doesn't help him much, though. The villains have other means. [[spoiler: A magician who tried to compel him to do something complained that her magic didn't work on him. She theorized it could be due to his stubborn character and thick skull.]]

* In LarryNiven's ''Literature/KnownSpace'' universe the Bandersnatchi were created as a food source for the the mind-controlling Thrintun by one of their subject races. They were also created as spies immune to the Thrintun's powers. The result was that they were pretty much the only vertebrates to survive the Slavers' mass-suicide command and therefore the oldest sapient race in the galaxy by at least a billion years.

[[AC: LiveActionTV]]
* In the ''Series/DickVanDykeShow'' episode "My Husband is Not a Drunk" Buddy really can't be hypnotized, although he plays along for a couple of minutes. Rob however acts the HypnoFool.

* ''Series/DoctorWho''

-->'''That character:''' I never really have dreams.

* ''Series/TheMentalist''. Jane needs to get into a locked & guarded room to talk to a prisoner, but the guard can't be hypnotized, so he resorts to sleight of hand to steal the guy's keycard instead.
* An episode of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' shows a humorous subversion. Someone attempts to hypnotize the Doctor. He calls this ridiculous, because being a hologram rather than a real human, he can't be hypnotized of course. Yet, it succeeds almost immediately. (Perhaps because all this happened within a holo-simulation itself.)

* In the final story of ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', the titular journalist has an interview with a man who is actually a hologram being controlled by aliens. One of the things the aliens can do with the hologram is use it to hypnotise people. So they try to use hypnosis on Sarah Jane. However, Sarah Jane has had experience with hypnosis before (when she was still [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor's]] companion), and has learnt to prevent herself from being hypnotised.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'':
** In an episode where the entire crew is brainwashed into believeing they're at war with another species, Data (who is immune) is deactivated by the same wave which brainwashes them.
** In another episode where the entire crew is brainwashed into an unprovoked attack, Data (who is immune) is deactivated by a brainwashed crew member.

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* ''Roleplay/ForTheSpiritOfCreation'': Lilith, being the Scion of Free Will, has this (although she says isn't sure it will work against a being as powerful as the Enslaver). In fact, even using mind control on other people in her vicinity is a bad idea - not only does she have an aura that boosts the willpower of everyone nearby, but she has an attack that, when used on a mind-controlled person, doesn't hurt them, but ''damages the person controlling them'' (as well as possibly breaking them free).

[[AC: TabletopGames]]

* In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', plants, slimes, insects, {{Golem}}s and TheUndead are immune to hypnosis and all other mind-effecting magic.
** In 3rd Edition, the spell Mind Blank did this as well as provide some immunities to divination.
* ''Warhammer40K'': Some characters are immune to psychological effects, whether by possessing the heart of a possibly divine being or being blessed by the magic-hating god of war.

[[AC: VideoGames]]

* ''WarcraftIII'': The CharmPerson spell doesn't work on heroes, spell-immune units or neutral creatures above a certain level.
* ''StarcraftII'': The Ultralisk has the Frenzied ability, which makes it immune to not only mind control but some slowing effects as well.

[[AC: {{Webcomics}}]]

-->'''Meryl''': ''[PUNCH]'' "I'm a [[EvilSorcerer dark witch]] you '''moron'''! Did you honestly think I didn't know about that stupid 'Hypno-Eye' of yours?!"

[[AC: WesternAnimation]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "The Return of Harmony Part 1", [[BigBad Discord]] hypnotizes the Mane characters into acting contrary to their Elements of Harmony by taking advantage of their weaknesses (e.g. showing Applejack, the element of honesty, a future she can't believe and claiming it's the truth, making Pinkie Pie (element of laughter) think her friends are laughing ''at'' her rather than ''with'' her). However, [[Main/ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]] is the only one who doesn't fall for his tricks. Subverted in that she is hypnotized by brute force by Discord.
** In the animated feature film ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'', [[EnthrallingSiren The Dazzlings]] hypnotize the entire school with their enchanted singing, [[AdultsAreUseless including Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna]], into turning the initially friendly musical showcase into a BattleOfTheBands[[note]]so that the Dazzlings, who feed off the power of hatred and distrust, will become more powerful and eventually conquer the human world[[/note]]. However, the Rainbooms, thanks to the [[ThePowerOfFriendship the magic of friendship]] and the instruments that they play, are the only ones in the school who aren't mind-controlled into showing animosity towards their schoolmates; in fact, they devise a plan to try to break the Dazzlings' spell on the rest of the school. [[spoiler:Double Subverted into that, due to their arguing over little things along the way, the Rainbooms almost fall into the trap of turning on each other and showing ill-will amongst even each other, thus giving the Dazzlings more energy, until Sunset Shimmer tries to reconcile them and bring the band back together again.]]

* The season 2 finale of ''StrangeHillHigh'' has the villainess of the week (Terpsichore) use hypnosis against the students. During the episode, Mitchell and Becky discover that the only other student (aside from themselves) who has not been hypnotised is Matthews. He explains to Mitchell and Becky that for some reason, Terpsichore's hypnosis did not work on him.

* In the original ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' Mowgli (being human) seems to be the only creature in the jungle who's immune to Kaa's hypnosis. [[AdaptationDecay Try telling Disney that.]]

* Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' can manipulate all five senses of anyone who sees the flash of light it emits when first released. Tosen, who is blind, is naturally immune to it.