History Main / MoreHypnotizableThanHeThinks

Distantly related to TemptingFate. See also {{Unpaused}}. A form of {{Irony}}. This is very much TruthInTelevision -- trance is a state of consciousness that people enter and leave many times a day, so someone can be hypnotized and not recognize it, largely because the memory blackout and loss of free will are complete myth. Though if they know someone is trying to hypnotize them it won't work if they don't want it, all they need to do is not focus on whatever the hypnotist wants them to focus on.

* ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls2019'': Inverted in the episode "Anger Management". Zatanna states that hypnotizing someone isn't easy, only to then be proved false by Jessica hypnotizing [[WeakWilled Supergirl]] in a matter of seconds.

If the character snaps out of hypnosis, expect him or her to say something along the lines of, "See? I told you I can't be hypnotized!"

* ''Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya'': Angelica Ainsworth and Beatrice Flowerchild kidnap Rin Tohsaka and Luvia Edelfelt and decide to brainwash them into slaves. Rin and Luvia boast that they are first class magi and it won't work, only for them to instantly go into a trace. Twice, when Beatrice accidentally snaps them out of it, they boast that they won't fall for it again now that they have seen the technique, but they instantly go into traces both times.

* In ''Series/HappyDays,'' the cowardly Ralph Malph is terrified by an approaching tornado, so a doctor hypnotizes him despite that he says he's too strong-willed; the doctor then makes him completely fearless, leading to his almost getting killed-- not only by the tornado, but also the Fonz.

** There are many characters, of various levels of intelligence and willpower, who believe they will be safe from the effects of [[EldritchAbomination Reaper]] [[MindRape Indoctrination]]. Often, they take some kind of precaution against it, and think that this precaution will stop them succumbing. By the end of the series [[spoiler: absolutely nobody has has been able to resist the effect once they are exposed to it, and the most that any indoctrinated character can manage is to commit suicide, and even that requires an extremely strong will and a lot of encouragement from MagneticHero Shepard to make them realise they've succumbed and break free for just a short while.]]
** Only one character is shown to actually recover from Indoctrination[[spoiler: if you spare her. And even then it's only possible because a ''second'' EldritchAbomination overwrites it with its own version, which wears off after it dies.]]

* In her 11/23/14 ''Parade'' magazine column answering a reader's question about hypnotism, Marilyn vos Savant states "People who can be hypnotized -- not everyone can be hypnotized, among them yours truly -- ...." Unknown if she's merely bragging or if she did indeed once give someone a fair shot at putting her under.

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* In one episode of ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'', Felix confidently declares that he's immune because "persons of superior intellect cannot be hypnotized". After he goes under and Oscar asks what happened, the hypnotist jokes, "Since his intellect is too strong for hypnosis... he must be dead!"

** Shepard him/herself can run afoul of this trope depending on how one has role-played in ''Mass Effect 2'' during Samara's Loyalty Mission. Acting as the bait for [[TheVamp Morinth]], Shepard will be given three conversation prompts as Morinth attempts to assert power over Shepard's mind. The first two are fairly reasonable reputation checks that let Shepard blithely ignore Morinth's attempts to manipulate their thoughts, but when Morinth gets serious, the third prompt hits you with one of the two most difficult reputation checks in the game; a Shepard that does this mission early or was mixing Paragon and Renegade options will likely be stunned by Morinth before Samara bursts in to save them. A very powerful Paragon or Renegade, however, can avert this and chalk up another CrowningMomentOfAwesome by being too badass for Morinth's mind-trick to have any power.

* In the first season of ''{{Series/Smallville}}'', Chloe and Clark go to see this man affected by meteor rock who claims he can hypnotize people. Chloe disbelieves him, he promptly does it to her, and he makes her kiss Clark. Afterward...

* ''Series/TheFlash2014''; a hypnotherapist does this to [[ComicBook/ElongatedMan Ralph Dibny]] to jog his memory of the bus accident that resulted in a new crop of metahumans (including himself). Before he went under, Barry and Iris were sitting on either side of him. When he snapped out of it, they were sitting next to the therapist.

* In a ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' episode, Courage attempts to use past-life regression hypnosis on Muriel and Eustace [[ItMakesSenseInContext in order to get rid of a mummy that is coming to kill them]]. Eustace says that he can't be hypnotized, right before Courage ends up turning him into a monkey.

* On at least two separate occasions on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer,'' Buffy is completely oblivious to the fact that she is under a spell. In both cases, she is fully aware that a spell is in effect on the people around her, but she's convinced that she has "Slayer Immunity" protecting her from it. The results are [[CrowningMomentOfFunny pretty hilarious.]]

* Happens to the ''player'' in one side mission in ''AssassinsCreedSyndicate''. Evie is investigating a series of incidents where apparently law-abiding people suddenly committed crimes claiming no memory of what happened, and eventually tracks down a mesmerist who is hypnotizing ordinary people to steal and bring him the loot. Evie is dismissive that he has such skill, and the player probably thinks that of course the badass assassin they're currently controlling will easily take care of this crimin-...why did the screen just fade to black, and when it comes back, why is Evie sitting in a police cell with utterly no idea why she's there, what she was previously doing, or that she was investigating anything at all?