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5	[[caption-width-right:276:At least they'll be too busy to [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain try to take over the world every night.]]]]
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7	->''"I will refuse all gifts from the EvilOverlord. They probably contain mind-control devices that would make me giddily happy to marry him. It's demeaning enough to be head-over-heels for the Hero, let alone a creep like the EO."''
8	-->-- #30 on ''JustForFun/TheUniversalGenreSavvyGuide'', "[[http://www.geocities.ws/evilsnack/truelove.html The True Love List]]"
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10	The power to [[{{Brainwashed}} Hypnotize]] being imbued in a wearable item, by either magic or AppliedPhlebotinum. It doesn't matter the form. It's usually just a piece of {{jewelry}}, but it can be anything from a hat to a [[PimpedOutDress wedding dress]].
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12	Heck, it doesn't always have to be mind control in the typical sense. It can also be a [[GrandTheftMe conduit]] for a spirit to [[DemonicPossession possess the wearer]]. This can even cause the victim to look like the spirit did in life. Many of [[EvilIsNotAToy these things]] tend to be {{Soul Jar}}s of the SealedEvilInACan, and are [[ArtifactOfAttraction purposely made desirable]] for this effect.
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14	Note this is direct mind control, not simply [[ArtifactDomination corrupting people with the object's dark influence]]. Also, this apply to items worn by the victim, not by the hypnotist.
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16	A frequent way to HypnotizeTheCaptive.
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18	And of course, like most mind control tropes, RuleThirtyFour and {{Fetish}} can apply, especially with AuthorAppeal.
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20	A SubTrope of MindControlDevice.
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22	Compare ArtifactOfDoom, ArtifactOfAttraction (rather than hypnotize causes GoldFever), InstantAllegianceArtifact, ClothesMakeTheManiac, TheHatMakesTheMan, HypnoRay, LovePotion, MirrorMoralityMachine, and MindControlDevice.
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25	!!Examples:
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29	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
30	* A villain in a {{Filler}} arc of ''Manga/OnePiece'' was able to create these thanks to the Pet-Pet Fruit. He created collars that attached to people and animals, forcing them to obey his orders... [[LogicalWeakness provided they could hear him]].
31	* Hige's collar [[spoiler:and the collars of at least 22 other wolves]] in ''Anime/WolfsRain'' is a mind-control device of Lady Jagara's.
32	* In an ''Anime/InuYasha'' filler episode, a Chinese boar yokai collects fiancées this way.
33	* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': Broly in Movie 8 was given a mind-control crown by his dad (and going by the flashback, it was without his consent), initially to control Broly so as to not have him have outbursts, but shortly thereafter, he ended up used by Paragus to blow up planets -- presumably more than before, given the fact that the amount was high enough to get even King Kai to notice.
34	* Arguably, the RedStringOfFate that Shampoo uses on Ranma in the ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' TV series. [[spoiler:And then Shampoo just ''has'' to brag about it all the time, therefore Akane gets enough time to brew a plan to get it cut...]]
35	* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' has the Dark Rings (and later, upgraded Dark Spirals.)
36	* Used in ''[[Literature/SorcererStabberOrphen Orphen Revenge]]'', when [[spoiler: Majik gets BrainwashedAndCrazy by Esperanza due to a hat that she puts on him. Orphen "fixes" him by [[WarriorTherapist both blasting and talking to him]], then lowering Majik's defense enough to blast the hat away]].
37	* ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'' has Karla the Grey Witch's circlet that allows her to possess its wearer.
38	* ''Anime/TheAdventuresOfPeterPan'' has a bracelet. Sinistra originally had it meant for Luna to have her become evil, but it accidentally ends up on Wendy. While not magically destructive, her hateful behavior almost causes the Lost Boys to fall apart, Peter to abandon the group and Luna to volunteer to become evil in exchange for freeing Wendy.
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41	[[folder:Comic Books]]
42	* Disney did this with a ''ComicBook/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' comic, where Gadget and a bunch of other creatures were enslaved with magical necklaces by Fat Cat.
43	* In ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' comics, the Mad Hatter started using his trademark mind-control hats in the early eighties. He would later be contacted to create a new variant of the Justifier helmets used by Darkseid's troops in ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis''.
44	* The Ringmaster, who leads the {{Circus of\|fear}} Crime and began as an antagonist for ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk, also has a mind-control device in his top hat.
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47	[[folder:Fan Works]]
48	* Small silver tags were used in ''Fanfic/TheManWithNoName'' to gain control over [[spoiler:an army's worth of [[Series/{{Firefly}} Reavers]] as well as a few humans]].
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51	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
52	* In ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'', goggles are used by the Screenslaver [[spoiler: (or more accurately, Evelyn Deavor) to hypnotize a pizza guy into acting as a fake Screenslaver, and then subsequently hypnotizing various supers into performing actions that would cause superheroing to permanently stay illegal]].
53	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'', Plankton's evil plan once he succeeds in stealing the Krabby Patty formula is to give out free Chum Bucket helmets to everyone that buys one, which can drop down over the wearer's face when activated and mind control them, allowing him to enslave the entire population of Bikini Bottom and turn the city into an {{Egopolis}}.
54	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'': Inverted. When Ursula directly intervenes in the goal by disguising herself as RomanticFalseLead Vanessa, it's clear that a Hypno Trinket is involved. Said Hypno Trinket (a necklace with a big shell that has Ariel's voice inside), however, is worn by Vanessa -- and she uses it to place Prince Eric under mind control. When Ariel's animal friends attack her, they shatter the shell, which both frees Eric ''and'' returns Ariel's voice to her.
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57	[[folder:Gamebooks]]
58	* In Book 3 of the ''Literature/LoneWolf'' series, ''The Cavern of Kalte'', evil sorcerer Vonotar the Traitor uses gold bracelets to control the Ice Barbarians. [[DontTouchItYouIdiot Putting one on your wrist]] is a very bad idea, one that can end in PsychicAssistedSuicide.
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61	[[folder:Literature]]
62	* In ''Illusion'' by Paula Volsky, the king's brother uses hypnotic jewelry to make ladies in the court fall for him when they first spurn his advances.
63	* The Rings of Power in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' aside from the One Ring. The whole reason Sauron taught the Elves how to craft them was so he could enslave their bearers with the One Ring. His initial attempt failed though because the Elves immediately took off their Three Rings of Power when they sensed Sauron's influence and refused to use them again. He then tried to corrupt other races with the Rings of Power. He had more success with the Seven and the Nine because he had a hand in their creation (unlike the case with the Three). Even then, the Dwarves' hardy mental states made them too difficult to outright control -- all the Rings could do was make them even greedier. Sauron would hit pay dirt with the Nine when he gave them to Men. These Men gained great power and long life, but eventually turned into Sauron's Ringwraiths, falling completely under Sauron's will.
64	* In ''Literature/ThroneOfGlass'', King Havilliard gives out black rings that render those who wear them under his control. [[spoiler: Dorian gets a neck brace version at the end of ''Heir of Fire''.]]
65	%%* ''Literature/TheTripods'': The Caps.
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68	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
69	* One episode of ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' features an old riding jacket, which causes a girl to be possessed by the spirit of her dead aunt.
70	* Similarly, in ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'' episode "Return of the Cybernauts", Beresford gives Mrs. Peel a bracelet, which is actually a mind-control device.
71	* They have appeared several times in ''Series/DoctorWho'' over the years.
72	** Wearing anything made of gold allows the Animus to control you in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E5TheWebPlanet The Web Planet]]".
73	** The Shadow uses tiny mind-control trinkets to control Princess Astra and even K9 in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E6TheArmageddonFactor The Armageddon Factor]]". They are a NoSell on the Doctor, though.
74	** Kassia finds that the Melkur's gifts have a price in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E6TheKeeperOfTraken The Keeper of Traken]]".
75	** Please wear your Cybus Industries technology with pride. You will not be permitted to regret it! ("[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E5RiseOfTheCybermen Rise of the Cybermen]]")
76	* ''Series/Merlin2008'':
77	** Uther is hypnotized with a magic amulet powered by troll blood.
78	** Also, Gwen and the magic bracelet in "Lancelot Du Lac".
79	* In the ''Series/GilligansIsland'' episode "Ring Around Gilligan", mad scientist Dr. Boris Balinkoff invents a ring that, when worn, turns the wearer into a mind-controlled robot slave. He plans to use the ring to mind control all seven castaways to rob Fort Knox.
80	* In the ''Series/OddSquad'' episode "Oscar Strikes Back", President Obbs uses the pins that every Scientist has received upon entry to Lab-Con to mind-control all of them. The only Scientists that aren't mind-controlled are Oscar, who drops his pin at the opening ceremony before he has a chance to put it on, and Oona, who is in the garage. Likewise, Ms. O is also unaffected up until the climax, where she and Oscar both have pins placed on them and are hypnotized by Obbs.
81	* In ''Series/TheMonkees'' episode "Monstrous Monkee Mash", the vampiress Lorelei mind-controls her victims with a magic necklace, which she bestows with a kiss. ([[spoiler:This prompts the repeated exchange: "What a kiss! I've never felt this way before!" "You fool, it is not my kiss, but the magic necklace!" "What a necklace! I've never felt this way before!" The villainess herself got tired of it...]])
82	* In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', Winslow Schott has a diadem that emits a frequency to the brain stem. He got Courtney Whitmore to commit crimes for him and Lois try to kill Clark (who had his powers at the time).
83	* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E18DeadMansShoes Dead Man's Shoes]]", a homeless man finds the body of a gangster's victim, puts on his shoes, and is possessed by the victim. ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'' did a GenderFlip, "Dead Woman's Shoes", in which the trinket is a pair of shoes belonging to the murdered wife of a rich corporate type.
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86	[[folder:Pinball]]
87	* In ''Pinball/FooFighters2023'', the Overlord uses specialized helmets to mind control people, turning them into the "Reformatted." [[spoiler:Much later, he also uses headphones to brainwash four of the band's members during the WizardMode.]]
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90	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
91	* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', Azhag the Slaughterer has a crown that tries to control him. However, as Azhag is an orc this isn't going that easily, and he suffers from Stupidity (a chance to skip each turn) by the power struggle within.
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94	[[folder:Video Games]]
95	* [[BigBad King Drool's]] mind control egg helmets in ''VideoGame/BonksAdventure'', which he used to brainwash the bosses in the game, as well as [[HypnotizeThePrincess Princess Za]] into battling the player. Bonk has to break these helmets to free the bosses from Drool's control.
96	* In ''VideoGame/WarhammerOnline'' and related media, Grumlok has an enchanted amulet that makes him unwittingly carry out the Witch King's plans. Although later Greenskin quests suggest that he's not ''entirely'' mind-controlled...
97	* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
98	** Terra, one of the characters of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', wears a slave crown and thus is mind controlled. Cut dialogue that remained in the Data Texts for the game also had Terra shouting "No! Stay Away!" during the procedure from Kefka, implying that she was not a willing participant.
99	** This gets a ContinuityNod in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' [[spoiler: during the boss fight against her in Onion Knight's storyline. If you check her equipment before the fight, you can see that she is wearing a Hypnocrown to explain why she is acting against her will]].
100	* Similar to the ''Final Fantasy VI'' example above, in ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'', Dimentio implants a floro sprout that he got from the Floro King into Luigi's head when he knocked him unconscious, activating it when betraying Count Bleck so Luigi, or rather, Mr. L, could merge with the Chaos Heart and thus allow him to gain control of it.
101	* The title item from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask''. The evil creature that lives in the mask takes control of any person who puts it on.
102	* There are a couple in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'', ranging from cursed items to vitally important devices that used for an interesting subset of MindControl -- mind ''flayer'' control. Handy.
103	* This goes back as far as ''VideoGame/CommanderKeen''. In the "Invasion of the Vorticons" trilogy, "The Grand Intellect" enslaves the entire Vorticon race with mind control belts, and it's up to Keen to thwart their invasion and discover who the Grand Intellect really is.
104	* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' games:
105	** The Platform/SegaGenesis game, ''[[VideoGame/TinyToonAdventuresBustersHiddenTreasure Buster's Hidden Treasure]]'' has MadScientist Dr. Gene Splicer use spiky mind control helmets on Plucky Duck, Hamton Pig, Dizzy Devil, and Calamity Coyote. They are all fought as boss fights, though in order to win, Buster must hit the one controlling them (Splicer) rather than his BrainwashedAndCrazy friend -- recall that the mind control helmets are ''[[TheSpiny spiky]]''.
106	** In the [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Nintendo]] game, ''[[VideoGame/TinyToonAdventuresBusterBustsLoose Buster Busts Loose]]'', Splicer uses a mind control helmet on [[Main/MixAndMatchCritters Melvin the Monster]], much like he did in the episode, "Hare Raising Night". To save Melvin from Splicer's mind-control, Buster must destroy Splicer's machine by kicking the screwbolts Melvin tosses at him towards it.
107	* In the Gun'drak zone of ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', the Scourge commander Drakuru attempts to give the PlayerCharacter one of these, a necklace that will control their mind and turn them into a shambling undead to boot. Seeing as his enemies are adventurers, he does this by giving it to a minion, in hopes that you'll kill it, loot the item, and put it on (as adventurers are wont to do). Fortunately for you, you're working for the [[NobleDemon Knights of the Ebon Blade]], former Scourge agents who know all the tricks of the trade. They stop you from putting the stupid thing on, and help you modify it to disguise you as an undead while retaining your free will. You then use the item [[TheMole to trick Drakuru into thinking you're a minion]] and destroy his operation from within.
108	* In the ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' DLC ''Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep'', during the fight with Greedtooth, [[DungeonMaster Tina]] notes that there's a "Weird-Ass Magic Globe" floating around the battlefield which might be the reason he's hostile. If you blow it up, Greedtooth stops fighting you. [[spoiler: Then he remembers that you killed the Dwarven King earlier. Afterwards, he gets back to killing you.]]
109	* In ''Incredible Dracula 2: The Last Call'' owners of the latest cell phone are turned into mindless zombies by the manufacturer.
110	* The BigBad of ''VideoGame/HeroOfTheKingdom III'' uses a magic ruby to [[HypnotizeTheCaptive hypnotize the princess]], who comes to believe that the ruby loves her. She then obeys its request to take it to the BigBad's hiding place in the [[ForbiddenZone Forbidden Valley]].
111	* Daitoku Igor in ''VideoGame/{{Extrapower}}'' becomes a pawn of Dark Force after having a mind-control antenna installed in his brain. [[spoiler: It's too delicately embedded in his brain to operate. So they just rip it out.]]
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115	* ''Website/SCPFoundation'', [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1510 SCP-1510 ("The Tarnished Legionnaire")]]. A Roman legionnaire was affected by a curse that caused his body to rot away and his mind/soul to be stored in his helmet. Whenever a man between 28 and 35 years old [[TheHatMakesTheMan puts on the helmet]], the legionnaire's personality possesses them.
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118	[[folder:Western Animation]]
119	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' has Robotnik put a mind-controlling watch on Tails, called a "compliance chip". Robotnik's fatal mistake is putting Scratch and Grounder in command of him.
120	* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', Ice King uses an engagement ring to hypnotize a princess into marrying him.
121	* The Mad Hatter from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' controls minds without spirals, using cards marked 10/6 which he sticks on people's heads. And that's just his stock device; he has been known to use other things when appropriate.
122	* ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'': In the episode "The Crown: Joancoming: It's a Cleo Cleo Cleo Cleo World," the Homecoming crown grants the power to enslave anyone to its wearer.
123	* In ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'', XANA once manages to sneak an enhanced piece of jewelry to Aelita, who's usually immune to the mind control through his specters, by disguising it as a Valentine's gift from Jérémie.
124	* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
125	** An episode has the "Yes-Dear 6000" (better known as the Boyfriend Helmet) a mind-control helmet that is mass-marketed towards girls as a way of controlling their boyfriends. More frighteningly, the effect becomes permanent as the [[BodyHorror helmet fuses with the victim.]] Lizzie puts one on Numbuh One, who is forced to take her on a fancy date, until eventually the insane prices make him angry enough to break free.
126	** Brought back in a later episode; [[spoiler:this time, it was modified to be a Girlfriend Helmet by the evil 4th grade student president to be used on Lizzie]].
127	* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', Johnny 13 uses his girlfriend's clothing to first influence the mind of, and then transfer his girlfriend's soul into, the body of Jazz when she wears them.
128	* A literal "love bracelet" was used in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaucers}}''. Subverted to comic effect when the bracelet ends up on the wrong person. ''Twice.''
129	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheHerculoids'' episode "Ruler of the Reptons," the Reptons put a crown on Tarra to mind-control her into being their queen.
130	* ''WesternAnimation/JadeArmor'': A number of Shard-infused objects have the power to make others obey the one using them in different ways.
131	* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' has Dr. Drakken controlling Shego and Kim with computer chips attached to their forehead.
132	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989'', Ganon [[HypnotizeTheCaptive puts a necklace on Zelda to force her to marry him.]]
133	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E25TheCutieRemarkPart1 The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 1]]": The helmets worn by the soldiers of the Crystal Empire on the battlefield. It is strongly implied (by the SicklyGreenGlow that lights up through the eye slits, when we see King Sombra equip one on a pony) that they are mind-controlling the otherwise peaceful Crystal Ponies.
134	* In the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode, "Hare Raising Night", Dr. Gene Splicer uses a mind control helmet on [[MixAndMatchCritters Melvin the Monster]] to help him turn the show's four main protagonists into a single species. Babs uses Melvin's crush on her to override the helmet and later help Melvin [[HeelFaceTurn turn against Splicer]].
135	* In ''WesternAnimation/WildKratts'', Zack Varmitech specializes in creating devices that can control animals - anything from parrotfish to rhinoceroses.
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