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6	->''"Okay, new rule: If the Ghost Wizard's eyes start to shimmer... DON'T LOOK INTO THEM. YOU ARE SO DENSE SOMETIMES."''
7	-->-- '''Mitzi [=McNinja=]''' (to her unconscious husband), ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''
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9	If the eyes are the windows to the soul, this person has a very... [[CharmPerson persuasive]]... [[{{Brainwashed}} compelling]]... even [[DemonicPossession possessive]] soul. With little more than a few words intoned in their deep, CompellingVoice, any [[HypnoFool fool]] [[VillainousFaceHold gazing into their eyes]] will be [[WeakWilled hopelessly hypnotized]].
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11	The mind control victim who has gazed too long into this abyss will likely develop MindControlEyes. High power Hypnotic Eyes (or when broadcast) may function like a HypnoRay and work on ''[[MassHypnosis several]]'' onlookers at once.
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13	If the hypnotist is using glasses, then it's likely a MindControlDevice instead of this trope.
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16	!!Examples:
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21	* One commercial for ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'', the debut of [[EvilTwin Wario]] as a villain, has him trying to use Hypnotic Eyes to brainwash people into obeying him.
22	-->'''Wario:''' Obey Wario, destroy Mario!
23	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgPmaNMReKQ This]] Japanese commercial features a young caterpillar with hypnotic eyes.
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27	* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
28	** [[MagnificentBastard Lelouch]] has something akin to this; his "Geass" (a power closely connected to eyes and sight) allows him to issue "absolute orders". If Lelouch geasses you to do something, you do it -- no questions asked. Not fully this trope (there are enough differences to distance it), but certainly closely related. [[spoiler: Especially when it becomes ''permanently'' active]].
29	** Rolo's Geass from ''R2'' is more hypnotic in nature than Lelouch's (it freezes everyone's perception of time) and is centered on his eye, but it doesn't require eye contact to take effect (it works within a radius).
30	* [[spoiler: Saralegui]] from ''Literature/KyoKaraMaoh''.
31	* Alucard from ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' has these, as befitting a powerful true vampire. Of particular note is the scene where he takes control of one of the SWAT team at the hotel in Brazil, making him open the elevator doors keeping him from slaughtering them all.
32	* Kurumu from ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' seduces the main character with these (JustifiedTrope: she's a [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]]), though she calls the ability "{{Charm\|Person}}." She only really uses it in [[ItOnlyWorksOnce one episode]], though, after her [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]].
33	** She has also used it once in the manga after her introduction. But here there is a explanation for this as she wants to catch Tsukunes heart with fair play and not with her powers, not only for her love for him but also her love for the rest of the girls in the harem. This turns into a tear jerker when she [[spoiler:accidentally charms Tsukune and spends the rest of the day with him in her room, ending with her trying to make him saying that he likes her until it's instead her who breaks down to tears and says that she likes him]]
34	* [[spoiler:Sakura]] in ''Literature/{{Kampfer}}''.
35	* Naoi plays these almost entirely for gags in ''Anime/AngelBeats''.
36	* In ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'', members of the Uchiha clan can manifest Sharingan eyes, which have hypnotic powers ranging from subtly throwing off the target's perception of reality to outright mind control. A common piece of advice when fighting Uchiha is to read their actions by watching their feet and hands, as even casual eye contact can be fatal. As first shown with Kakashi, the Sharingan's tomoes usually spin wildly around the pupil when this power is active.
37	-->''[[WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedSeries Ooo! Spinny eye!]]''
38	* Hiei from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''. His ThirdEye gives him a number of psychic abilities. Although sadly, they are rarely, to never used.
39	* When Princess Buburina uses these in ''Anime/{{Catnapped}}'', her eyes change colors AND physically rotate around themselves rapidly. Whether it's hypnosis or it simply causes the victim to have a seizure is debatable.
40	* In the hentai ''Alien from the Darkness'', when the eponymous alien is in its human female form and begins seducing a crew-member, its eyes flash green before revealing its unexpected appendages. Once this happens, the alien's victims' [[MindControlEyes eyes go blank]], and they seemingly become unable (or unwilling) to resist.
41	* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'': Dominique the Cyclops. When she opens her eye shutter, her Demon's Eye can dazzle ''all five'' of a victim's senses, making it seem like she teleports from place to place. [[spoiler:Once he figured out what she was doing, Vash defeats the hypnosis by using intense pain to keep his senses awake.]]
42	* In ''Manga/MaidSama'', Soutaro Kanou has this. He attempted to hypnotize Usui by making him look into his eyes, but it didn't work. It's implied that he used the same technique on Yukimura and Misaki the second time.
43	* In ''Literature/ScrappedPrincess'', anyone who gazes into the eyes of a Peacemaker immediately falls under their control (called Providence). Their influence is so strong that entire cities can be made to submit to their will. One of the reasons they're after Pacifica is she's immune to Providence ''and'' can pass this onto others (she twice invokes involuntary magical outbursts--anyone caught within gains her immunity).
44	* Noroi, a white weasel in ''Ganba No Bouken''. When his red eyes shine eerily, he can apply hypnotism. And he'd do a violent, cruel and villainous acts.
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48	* ''ComicBook/{{Blade}}'': Blade is resistant to vampire mesmerism, but cannot do it himself. However he was given said ability in the Ultimate universe.
49	* ''ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}'':
50	** The title character has them, but isn't too good with it and people can realize what he'd doing and break eye contact. Hence why he once used a shining monocle as a help.
51	** In the story "I Am Diabolik", Diabolik was at the receiving end of this, having been captured by Clerville's queen of the mob Natasha Morgan and resisted the TruthSerum only to find out her underling Victor was an hypnotist and spill out some of his secrets before recovering and beating the crap out of him. As Diabolik and Natasha later teamed up, it's likely he learned the trick from Victor.
52	* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': Non-''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'' Paperinik villains Spectrus and Sapphire have this ability. Sapphire can also [[ShockAndAwe shoot lightnings]], but Spectrus can't... And compensates with a power so big he can hypnotize his victims through ''video tapes'' ([[HoistByHisOwnPetard that's how Paperinik got him the first time: he taped him and then tricked him into watching the tape]]. He later started doing this to others to steal). They become partners in crime (and get a lot of ShipTease) when they finally meet in ''ComicBook/{{Ultraheroes}}''.
53	* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Along with all the combined powers of the Fantastic Four, the Super Skrull has mesmerizing eyes.
54	* ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}'': "Mesmer-Eyezed" sees Iznogoud contracting a stage hypnotist who can make anyone think they are anything (usually an animal) by looking into his eyes. However, clapping breaks the spell, so when the vizier tries to get the hypnotist to make the Caliph think he is a donkey, suddenly they are unable to get away from people making clapping noises. Frustrated that Iznogoud refuses to pay him, the hypnotist makes him think he is a rattlesnake - a deaf rattlesnake who cannot hear the clapping that would break the spell...
55	* ''ComicBook/KidColt'': Bennington Brown is a skilled hypnotist who can use his power on anyone he can make eye contact with. He can use his abilities to create illusions, slow down the reactions of others so he can seem to outdraw them, and prevent his victims from pressing charges against him.
56	* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': In the storyline ''ComicBook/TheUntoldStoryOfArgoCity'', an alien named Zygor develops the power to project hypnotic beams from his single, enormous eye.
57	* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'': The fakir in the story ''[[Recap/TintinCigarsOfThePharaoh Cigars of the Pharaoh]]''; even Tintin is unable to resist the power of his eyes and weird gestures. More so in the AnimatedAdaptation where his eyes are enough to hypnotize someone, and his pupils light up.
58	* ''ComicBook/{{Violine}}'': The main character's (and presumably, her father's) eyes sometimes have this effect on people. In the climax, [[spoiler: Marushka]] is revealed to have these, along with actual hypnotic powers.
59	* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol. 1]]: Villain Hypnota's "Blue Hypnotic Ray" can be projected from her eyes and hands.
60	* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
61	** One of Gambit's most notable traits from his mutation are his red irises on black sclerae. One of his lesser known mutant powers is a hypnotic charm from eye contact that makes people more compliant to him. It's less effective if the target knows about it.
62	** X-Men villain Sauron is a were-pterodactyl that's also an energy vampire, complete with hypnotic eye contact.
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66	* In ''Fanfic/GinnyWeasleyDoubleLife'', the serpent Milikan has these abilities, which she uses to 'convince' her human companions that they are old friends; her latest 'victim' is Ginny Weasley, Milikan hypnotising Ginny to give her false memories that they met when Ginny was a little girl.
67	** Also features in the various one-shots in the spin-off ''Fanfic/TalesFromTheHypnoverse''.
68	* In ''Fanfic/WhenReasonFails'', Yagi theorizes that Izuku's Charm requires the girl to look him in the eyes, so he gives Izuku [[BoringButPractical a pair of sunglasses]] to avoid further accidental seduction.
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72	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'', Kaa the python has these type of eyes, visually represented by colorful circles in his eyes, which he uses to compel his victims to sleep. See below under Literature for how this differs from [[Literature/TheJungleBook the book]].
73	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'': [[EvilChancellor Jafar]] uses a cobra-headed cane to hypnotize the Sultan into obeying his orders.
74	* [[BigBad Kraigor]] in ''WesternAnimation/DennisTheMenaceInCruiseControl'', who sought to take over the island kingdom of Mimosa, has this ability to have others do his bidding, especially when they refuse to follow his commands. Dennis later [[HoistByHisOwnPetard turns his powers against him]], setting free everyone else he hypnotized, including Princess Liana's guards, and getting him sent to the dungeon for high treason.
75	* In ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'', Sir Hiss, having a similar character design to [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 Kaa]], attempts to hypnotize Prince John to calm him down, but it just makes him mad. Hiss is also stated to have hypnotized King Richard into going off on crusade so that John can take power back in England.
76	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'': [[spoiler:Sunset Shimmer]] gains a variant after stealing power from [[spoiler: The Element of Magic]].
77	* One of ''WesternAnimation/TheTwelveTasksOfAsterix'' involves being able to resist the hypnotic gaze of Iris the magician. Iris tries to hypnotize Asterix into believing he's a boar, but keeps getting distracted by the Gaul's comments about his GlowingEyes like "Can you make them light up one at a time?" and "They must be handy for reading in bed." Eventually Iris becomes so confused [[DuckSeasonRabbitSeason he ends up hypnotizing himself]].
78	* In ''WesternAnimation/KuboAndTheTwoStrings'', the guardian of the Breastplate Impenetrable is an enormous sea monster with many eyestalks. These eyes can put victims in a trance, revealing truths to the victim to keep them still while guiding them to its gaping mouth.
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82	* The eponymous Dr. Mabuse in Creator/FritzLang's ''Film/DrMabuseTheGambler''.
83	* The villain of the B-movie ''Film/TheThingThatCouldntDie'' (another fine ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' experiment) is the undead head of devil-worshipper Gideon Drew, which is still able to instantly enslave anyone who looks at him without protection.
84	* Played for laughs in the comedy ''Film/LoveAtFirstBite''; when Dracula and Jeffery attempt to do this to each other, a luckless waiter sticks his head between them and instantly keels over.
85	** Followed by ''the entire restaurant'', other than the two in question and the love interest that they're busy fighting over.
86	* The glowing eyes of the children in ''Film/VillageOfTheDamned1960'' and its [[Film/VillageOfTheDamned1995 1995 remake]].
87	* Montag of ''Film/TheWizardOfGore'' is implied to have this, generally modeled by the camera going to an extreme closeup of his eyes as he stares for several seconds, following by a member of the audience doing what he wants.
88	* The BigBad of ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'', Thulsa Doom, has hypnotic eyes that can put anyone who stares at them long enough under a spell - winning that person to his side. [[spoiler: He does so to Conan's mother, long enough to behead her once she dropped her guard. He does it again to Conan at the end of the film, but Conan is able to break the spell and [[KarmicDeath behead him]]]].
89	* In the 1981 film ''Film/{{Looker}}'', a company called Digital Matrix creates computer-generated actors that have hypnotic eyes that cause the viewers to fall into a trance so that they would be receptive to whatever message the producers want to communicate through the TV commercials.
90	* ''Film/RasputinTheMadMonk'': Rasputin puts a hypnotic whammy on women by staring at them intently and saying "Look into my eyes....". He hypnotizes both a lady-in-waiting and the Tsar's wife this way./
91	* Caiphas from ''[[Literature/TheBible The Bible Miniseries]]''.
92	* Rumpelstiltskin sports these in ''Film/AvengersGrimm'' when he's putting a mind whammy on his enemies.
93	* One of the witches in ''Film/HanselVsGretel'' is able to control people's minds through eye contact. [[spoiler:After Gretel consumes the witch, she gains the same power]]. The visual effect is dilated pupils on the controller.
94	* In ''Film/TheMonsterMaker'', Dr. Markoff has some kind of mesmeric ability. He is able to influence Patricia just by staring into her eyes for a short time, and later persuades Maxine that she is tired and wants to go to bed by staring into her eyes and talking to her.
95	* In ''Film/ThirteenWomen'', Ursula is able to hypnotize people by staring deeply into their eyes.
96	* ''{{Film/Vamps}}'': Vampires have these and they can compel weak-willed people to obey their commands, including to forget things, by using them.
97	* In ''Film/InvisibleAvenger'', Cranston and Joegendra are able to hypontise people simply by staring into their eyes intently: no words need be spoken.
98	* In ''Film/TheEroticRitesOfFrankenstein'', the EvilSorcerer Cagliostro can hypnotize people by staring into their eyes.
99	* The Angel in ''Film/DateWithAnAngel'' can calm down anyone...or anything...with her radiant smile and doe eyes.
100	* In ''Film/DraculaVsFrankenstein'', Count Dracula is able to hypnotise people by staring into their eyes.
101	* Evilynn in ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse'' bewitches Courtney Cox's character with her amazing mesmerising eyes. Contrary to common belief these were not contact lenses but actress Meg Foster's spectacular real eyes.
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105	* ''Literature/TheDemonHeadmaster'', although he uses his catchphrase along with it;
106	-->"Funny you should be so sleepy so early in the day... your eyelids are getting heavy... you...are...asleep."
107	* In ''Literature/{{Greenmantle}}'', the villain, Hilda von Einem, tries them on the hero, Hannay.
108	-->The eyes grew large and luminous, and I was conscious for just an instant of some will battling to subject mine.
109	* In Creator/RudyardKipling's short story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", Darzee's wife must avoid looking into the cobra Nagaina's eyes, because doing so would leave her paralyzed with fear.
110	** In Kipling's ''Literature/TheJungleBook'', Kaa the python is able to hypnotize all the animals of the jungle with his gaze... ''[[HumansAreSpecial except]]'' for Mowgli.
111	* In the ''Literature/NightHuntress'' books, vampires can brainwash humans if they look at the vampire's eyes. A small percentage of the human population is immune to this ability.
112	* In the fantasy series ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'', snakes, primarily adders, have this ability. The only (known) non-snake example would be the pine marten Ublaz Mad Eyes. [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The name says all]].
113	* In ''Literature/AWrinkleInTime'', the Man with Red Eyes has powerful Hypnotic Eyes which he uses to bring Charles Wallace under the control of IT.
114	* ''Literature/TheShadow'' was known for this in most of his incarnations.
115	* Manfred, the Headmaster's son in ''Literature/ChildrenOfTheRedKing'', has these as his gift.
116	* In his political satire ''Rabbits and Boa Constrictors'', Soviet writer Fazil Iskander plays with this. The titular boa constrictors have Hypnotic Eyes that completely incapacitate any rabbit who gazes into them, making them easy prey. [[spoiler:Except there's actually no such thing as hypnosis - what actually paralyzes rabbits is their own fear of the serpents.]]
117	* Literature/MollyMoon has a hypnotic gaze as her main ([[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands and original]]) power.
118	* Olga Barcova (also known as "The Green Terror"), one of the two arch-nemesises of Norwegian police inspector Knut Gribb, can use her brilliant green eyes to hypnotize any man. A few men are immune -- most notably Knut Gribb himself -- and it heavily [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on the story]] whether the hypnotic powers work on women.
119	* The snake in the Franchise/IndianaJones styled section of ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogInCastleRobotnik'' attempts this unsuccessfully, eventually getting out a watch and trying to still no avail.
120	* The eponymous goldfish in the ''My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish'' series has this power.
121	* In ''Literature/TheGolgothaSeries'', {{chupacabra}}s have glowing hypnotic eyes. However, they only seem to work on goats.
122	-->'''Jim''': I think... it's trying to... hypnotize us, Mutt. I don't think it's working.
123	-->'''Mutt''': It'd have a damn sight better chance if it wasn't so backside ugly. Now vampires, there are some hypnotisers, I'll tell you what.
124	* This is how hypnosis works in Gordon Korman's ''Literature/TheHypnotists''.
125	* ''Literature/TheThinkingMachine'': In "The Problem of Dressing Room A", Van Dusen claims you can tell a hypnotist through his eyes.
126	%%* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', [[spoiler:Valefor]] has these.
127	* In ''Literature/DrGretaHelsing'', this is a common ability of the [[VampireVarietyPack various strains of sanguivore]], accompanied by regular dilation and contraction of the pupil. The vampire [[Literature/TheVampyre Lord Ruthven]] has a relatively mild version that works well to placate his blood donors and [[MundaneUtility relieve migraines]], whereas the vampyre [[Literature/VarneyTheVampire Francis Varney]]'s thralling hits like a warm fuzzy dump-truck.
128	* ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'': All fairies can use a hypnotic power called mesmer by prolonged eye contact, which makes the victim happy, docile and compliant to the fairy's orders. [[spoiler:Artemis figures out that it can be countered by wearing mirrored contact lenses, but pretends to be mesmerized in order to avoid the fairies finding his contingency plan against the FakeMemories they're going to implant.]]
129	* [[GiantSpider N'Ktane]] and her "son" Stalker have these in ''{{Literature/Tasakeru}}''.
130	* ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': Kaylana can mind control humans with difficulty through looking into their eyes, and animals more easily. It has to be simple orders however, and her control can't last for long.
131	* In ''Literature/GirlsKingdom'', FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire [[spoiler:Angelica]] can use these, but she only does so once, to fuzzy up Matsuri's memories of her actions after dealing with a VampireHunter.
132	* In Creator/JRRTolkien's [[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Middle-earth legendarium]], dragons have hypnotic eyes:
133	** ''Literature/TheHobbit'': When Bilbo converses with Smaug under cover of invisibility, Bilbo is seized with an "unaccountable desire" to come out of his cover and tell Smaug everything he wants to know whenever "Smaug's roving eye, seeking for him in the shadows, flashed across him".
134	** ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': At the sack of Nargothrond, the hero Turin is hypnotized by the dragon Glaurung just as he is going to attack Glaurung and unwisely looks into the latter's "lidless eyes". As Glaurung holds him under a spell, Turin stands passive as the captives of Nargothrond are driven away, and only regains (part of) his senses when the dragon withdraws his gaze. Later Turin's sister Nienor is found by Glaurung and hypnotized so that she forgets her past and identity. She only regains her memory many years later at the death of Glaurung.
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138	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
139	** [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E1BuffyVsDracula "Buffy vs. Dracula"]]. The Count has hypnotic OccultBlueEyes that can enthrall even Buffy.
140	** Drusilla uses them on Kendra to distract her long enough [[spoiler: to slit her throat with her [[FemmeFatalons FREAKIN' FINGERNAIL!]]]]. The next episode [[spoiler: she uses them to hypnotize Giles into believing she's Jenny Calendar]]
141	** In the canonical comics, Angel mentions that this is an inherent power of vampires but most of them never bother developing it much, and he himself has never got the hang of it.
142	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
143	** The Master has a long history of hypnotizing people by staring into their eyes and telling them to obey him.
144	** The Fourth Doctor was the first Doctor with this trait — most other Doctors have to use a pendulum or physically touch people they hypnotise, but as Creator/TomBaker naturally possessed very wide, pale blue eyes and a mesmerising stare, no other visual aids were necessary.
145	--->'''Fourth Doctor:''' Sarah, I want you to look into my eyes.\
146	'''Sarah Jane:''' OH NO, NO THAT'S NOT F– ''[falls into trance]''
147	** The Seventh Doctor used this on a couple of occasions, such as compelling two people to stop fighting and agree to be taken away from the situation by UNIT.
148	* ''Series/FirstKill'': Elinor is unique in the legacies through having a CompellingVoice ability that's accompanied by this, her eyes glowing yellow as she commands them.
149	* Ryutaros in ''Series/KamenRiderDenO''. He is able to freely manipulate people while he's possessing Ryotaro by his purple eyes. While he's doing a hip-hop dance, the boys hypnotized to come from somewhere and dance with him.
150	* During one of Gonzo's segments, on ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', after practicing hypnosis on his chickens, he is unable to find a volunteer, and decides to hypnotize himself, using a mirror, to give himself super strength. It works, unfortunately, he is tricked by Statler and Waldorf into waking himself out of his self induced trance, causing him to loose his hypnotic strength, and be squished by the 5000ld he is supporting. Given its Gonzo, he's okay, and actually proud of his accomplishment.
151	* All vampires in the series ''Series/TrueBlood'' possess this power (assuming their maker taught it to them). It seems to get more powerful with age, like most vampire abilities in the ''True Blood'' universe: while most vampires can put you in a trance while looking into their eyes and affect your perception, older vampires (or possibly just Russell Edgington) seem to be able to be able to look into your eyes once and then subsequently leave you in a trance even after eye contact is broken.
152	* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E18BlackLeatherJackets Black Leather Jackets]]", Steve uses his eyes to hypnotize Stuart Tillman into thinking that he, Scott and Fred are nice young men, though the effect is short-lived.
153	* A constant on ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' and its spin-offs ''Series/TheOriginals'' and ''Series/{{Legacies}}'' in how the vampires use "compulsion" on people. A regular bit in all the shows is a close-up of the vampire's eyes and then a close-up of the victim's as they accept whatever they're told (unless they've been taking vervain, which counteracts compulsion). Also, vampires who've been [[VegetarianVampire feeding only on animals]] aren't able to do it.
154	* All vampires in ''Series/YoungDracula'' but Vlad takes the cake. He's so good that he [[spoiler: mind-wiped an entire crowd, including several slayers and Renfield, into forgetting about vampires. It was so strong that Renfield's memory was still being re-wiped every time he re-learned about vampires four years later.]]
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158	* This is part of Music/{{Rezz}}'s stage outfit in the form of LED glasses. The fictionalised version of herself also have these.
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162	* ''Website/SCPFoundation'', [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1529 SCP-1529 ("King of the Mountain")]]. When SCP-1529 makes eye contact with a human being it exerts hypnotic control over the victim. This causes the victim to feel the effects of freezing to death (feeling warm and comfortable, sitting down and relaxing).
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166	* ''Wrestling/TheUndertaker'' used this on Mabel at the 1999 Royal Rumble. Shortly after doing so, Mabel became ''Viscera''.
167	* ''Wrestling/BrayWyatt'' used this on ''Wrestling/XavierWoods'' on an episode of Raw, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqgX4AhKqO0 as seen here...]].
168	* ''Wrestling/AlexaBliss'' gained the ability to do this in 2021, using it on [[https://youtu.be/dO6pwzLM_tM Nia Jax and Reginald]] as well as on Shayna Baszler.
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172	* [[YellowPeril The Hood]] of ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' combines this with GlowingEyesOfDoom. He uses his eyes to render anyone unconscious, or to gather information about International Rescue from his half-brother, Kyrano.
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176	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': Swamp landwyrms can hypnotize anyone who looks into their glowing yellow eyes.
177	* ''TabletopGame/{{Necromunda}}'': Some of the Adepts who lead [[ApocalypseCult Genestealer Cult]] gangs in the 3rd Edition of the rules[[note]]released in ''Magazine/WhiteDwarf''[[/note]] share the hypnotic gaze exhibited by their Purestrain Genestealers progenitors, and are able to dominate the mind of weak-willed enemies with nothing more than a piercing stare. This is represented in-game by the 'Hypnosis' Adept Ability that allows the Adept to stop an attack by an opponent before they can make it.
178	* ''TabletopGame/PsionicsTheNextStageInHumanEvolution'': Psychokinetics can Push people into seeing things (or not seeing things) and following commands, but they have to make eye contact with them first.
179	* ''TabletopGame/TheUnofficialHollowKnightRPG'': The Enrapture spell causes a target to fall into a trance, unable to move or act for as long as the caster maintains eye contact.
180	* ''Franchise/TheWorldOfDarkness'':
181	** In ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' and ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'', this is any vampire with the Dominate discipline, which generally requires that the user make eye contact with the target to implant suggestions.
182	** Setites with Serpentis 1, Eyes of the Serpent, can freeze someone in place by making eye contact.
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186	%%* Takadox from ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}''.
187	* ''Toys/NoviStars'': This is Mimi Merize's ability. She has a side effect of hypnotizing herself when looking in mirrors.
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191	* ''VideoGame/DareToDream'': The second and third episodes both have an obstacle where Tyler's paralyzed by a statue with hypnotic eyes he can't pass until he finds a way of neutralizing its gaze.
192	* The Tiki Tak tribe from ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'' aren't much of body, so they invoke this trope into hypnotizing various animals into doing their labor for them. Beings of higher thought capacity are proofed against this power, but since this is an animals-only universe, that limits it to the Kongs. The first level literally starts with Donkey Kong demonstrating this fact to one of them [[TalkToTheFist the only way he knows how]].
193	* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'': Lullab-Eye, which first appears from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'' onwards, sends one enemy to sleep with a gaze from the user's eyes, be it [[VideoGame/DragonQuestIV Aamon]],[[note]]In his Ashtaroth form's purple coloration[[/note]] Murdaw, his master Mortamor, [[VideoGame/DragonQuestVII Orgodemir]], [[VideoGame/DragonQuestVIIII Dhoulmagus[[note]]In human form[[/note]], Rhapthorne]], [[VideoGame/DragonQuestIX Corvus]][[note]]In Fallen Angel form[[/note]] and other villains such as Maldragora, or normal enemy monsters from ''Dragon Quest VII'' onwards, starting with Eyesaurs and Testudogres. It's usually non-resistant and the sleep status cannot be cured until the victim awakens either after some turns have passed or is attacked during the battle, though from ''Dragon Quest IX'' onwards, it can be resisted when the would've been victim is in Super High Tension, and by ''VideoGame/DragonQuestX'' onwards, it can also be cured with sleep healing items and spells.
194	* Agent Superball in the second season of ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam & Max]]'' does this through his Secret Service shades if Sam insists in believing in TimeTravel. In the future. With the time travel machine only 4 meters away.
195	* ''VideoGame/TitanQuest'': The ''Immortal Throne'' DownloadableContent's Dream Mastery's Hypnotic Gaze skill.
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199	* In ''VisualNovel/MiceTea'', Sylvia gains these as a result of her half-snake transformation. Notably, she's extremely aware of what kind of damage she could do if she were more selfish or careless, and takes great pains to avoid using them on people without their consent.
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203	* Several characters in ''Podcast/SibyllineSounds'' have this ability, most of them are snakes.
204	* In ''ARG/WelcomeHomeClownIllustrations'', there's a strong theming around spirals and eyes...particularly with the main character, Wally Darling. His eyes are sometimes drawn looking manic, or completely dilated, and even more unsettling, with a small white dot in the middle. And he rarely ever not stares at his favourite neighbor: [[spoiler:you]].
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207	[[folder:Webcomics]]
208	* Black Mage of ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' has on two occasions used Hypnovision on his [[strike:allies]] [[strike:enemies]] allies. Both occasions did little to no good, as the first target (Fighter) was too dumb to be affected by it (even though he actually kinda was), and the second (Red Mage) was wearing mirrored shades for "[[CrazyPrepared no apparent reason]]".
209	* In ''Webcomic/CaptusCinematicUniverse'', Tizer gets the attention of his victims so they can look into his eye and fall under his spell.
210	* [[PrinceCharmingWannabe Count Antonie]] the vampire tries this on Meryl in ''Webcomic/{{Minion}}''. She of course [[NoSell sees right through it]] and clobbers him.
211	-->'''Meryl''': "I'm a dark witch, you moron! Did you honestly think I wouldn't know about that stupid 'Hypno-Eye' of yours?!"
212	* ''Webcomic/TheKingfisher'' features vampires with the Hypnotic Eyes, to varying degrees. Vitus early on puts Marc to sleep with the look, but goes to Helen for help rewriting his memories.
213	* ''Webcomic/BallAndChain'''s Silver has this ability, but so far it's only been shown to work on animals.
214	* In ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'', [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-6-43/ the vampire, while dominating.]]
215	* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', a stick-figure FillerStrip has Torg accidentally get mind-control eyes when his swirly eyes caused by sudden exposure to light get combined with a top hat and a chocolate milk moustache, making him look like a sinister hypnotist.
216	* In ''Webcomic/ThinkBeforeYouThink'', Julia imagines Becky with eyes like [[http://thinkbeforeyouthink.net/?comic=20120720-the-dark-side this]].
217	* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', staring into the eyes of [[spoiler: [[DemonicDummy Lil' Cal]]]] puts a person under the trance of [[BigBad Lord English]] himself and do his bidding, be that murder your friends or rip out your own eyes [[spoiler: and replace them with the dummy's, thereby becoming one of English's avatars]]. It's explained that [[spoiler: Lil' Cal is a SoulJar for English, so staring into its eyes is effectively the same as staring into English's soul]]. And you wonder why [[spoiler: the Striders wear SunglassesAtNight]]!
218	* In ''Webcomic/LucidSpring'', Pacem and Viktor deal with a bear that sends them into [[http://lucidspring.thecomicseries.com/comics/35 an intense hallucination]] through eye contact.
219	* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': Spirits corrupted by [[ThePlague the Rash]] are able to lure [[ISeeDeadPeople those who can see and hear them]] into a trap via a CompellingVoice that requires intial eye contact with the target to work. Onni hints that a strong enough mages can shield themselves from it, but weaker mages (Reynir) and non-mages SharingABody with a mage (Emil in later chapters) need to avoid eye contact with Rash-corrupted spirits at all costs.
220	* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': [[RPGMechanicsVerse As in]] ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', vampires can MindControl humanoids by making eye contact. [[spoiler:The High Priest of Hel]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0917.html uses this]] to take control of a bunch of enemy {{Mooks}}, and [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1122.html later]] to [[spoiler:defeat the entire Order by dominating half the protagonists]].
221	* ''Webcomic/DebuggingDestiny'' has Ignacia, who gleefully uses this ability all the time. [[spoiler:At the time the story begins, she's hypnotized all Red characters except three, and she is actively trying to complete her "collection".]] Her almost-sultry attitude when trying to bait people into eye contact adds shades of FemmeFatale to this.
222	--> '''Ignacia:''' Hello, stranger. Tell me, do you think that I have pretty eyes?
223	* ''Webcomic/VampireGirl'': Paul uses this on Levana as a way to apprehend her after he and Saul sneak into the hospital costume ball to do just that; it's particularly effective because he does this through a bathroom mirror, in which he casts no reflection.
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227	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' Darwin once used these to hypnotize Gumball into remembering a repressed memory. While this succeeds, Gumball starts flashing back to past lives, culminating in him becoming a hypnotist, and he uses these to start hypnotizing Darwin. Before they’re snapped of it, Gumball has made Darwin allergic to the word cheese and fluent in French.
228	* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'': [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vladats]] like Lord Transyl and Whampire have this power if they don't feel like using their [[PuppeteerParasite Corrupturas]].
229	* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': Tilly Green has these, and can hypnotize others by staring into their eyes long enough. She tried this on a woman in "Sellouts", and it works... [[EyeScream until the two touch eyeballs]], snapping her out of it.
230	* In the 2006 revival of ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'', the one-off villain Eyemore uses this on Charlie to brainwash her into rebelling against the mice.
231	* A completely out-of-left-field example from ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'', when Duke Phillips is running for President:
232	-->'''Reporter''': What is your response to critics who say that this marriage is just an outrageous publicity stunt to help your campaign?
233	-->'''Duke''': I say, ''gaze into the hypnotic power of my Evil Eye!''
234	-->''[He leans forward...]''
235	* The Changewings from ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'' are [[AllThereInTheManual stated to possess this ability]], but they have not yet demonstrated this.
236	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
237	** Super Bike has a pair that he uses on Timmy. It works... until he tries to imply that his father doesn't love him.
238	** The Gigglepies from "So Totally Spaced Out" use these on Cosmo and Wanda. It stops working when their rhyming habit begins to falter.
239	** The eponymous "Fair Bears" use these on Timmy, Cosmo, Wanda and Chloe to lull them into a nap so they can mind control the first and third mentioned.
240	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has [[HypnoticCreature the Hypnotoad]], whose penetrating gaze lulls you into a mindless catatonic state until all you care about is praising the creature's glory.
241	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour'' features a bipedal cobra-monster named "''Axor''", one of his superpowers is to hypnotize its victims by firing a grey laser from his eyes at the victim's eyes as well. He uses this on the Calico Crew (minus Godzooky) and multiple humans [[EvilOverlord to serve him]], [[CerebusSyndrome having already forced them to build him his own castle]]. [[spoiler: Strangely enough, not only does his hypnosis [[AwesomeButImpractical not work on those who are sick]], but it also winds up [[HoistByHisOwnPetard being his own undoing]].]]
242	* ''WesternAnimation/GrowingUpCreepie'': The wasp in "Attack of the Wasp Zombies" has these, which are used to entrance his victims before stinging them, turning them into his mindless slaves.
243	* Sir Pentious in ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' can use [[EyesDoNotBelongThere the eyes all over his body]] to mind control others, though the effect is very shortlived so he can at best make them do something that takes a few seconds to do:
244	-->'''Angel Dust: ''' (Tackles Sir Pentious to the ground and starts punching him.)
245	-->'''Sir Pentious: '''(With HypnoticEyes) Get your aggressively average body off of me.
246	-->'''Angel Dust: ''' (Reels back with MindControlEyes) Fuck.
247	* Count Dracula can do this in the [[Franchise/HotelTransylvania Hotel Transylvania]] franchise. First seen at the end of the first movie where he compels a skeptic to hit himself in the head with a mug to prove he's really Dracula. Mavis has the ''potential'' to do this, but it doesn't yet work on anyone except Donald.
248	* ''WesternAnimation/IHeartArlo'': The [[BigBad Bog Lady]] from the Season 1 finale has these, which she uses on Arlo during her VillainSong when he's ensnared in her vine trap so he doesn't leave the swamp.
249	* Tak in ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' seems to possess these in the form of some sort of device in or near her eyes. While in disguise, a flash of her eyes allows her to erase short-term memories of her victims (unless their mind is too strong, like Dib's and Gaz's were) and, in one case, impose her will over others.
250	-->'''Girl: '''Looks like Zim has a girlfriend!
251	-->'''Tak: '''It's not NICE...to embarrass people! You should apologize...and...[eyes flash] eat your eraser!
252	-->'''Girl: '''(With MindControlEyes) Yes, Tak! I'm sorry, Zim. [Takes a bite out of her eraser]
253	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'': This version of [[WesternAnimation/TopCat Spooky]] can apparently hypnotize people, and when she does, her eyes fill with static. She used this in one episode to get someone to buy expired fish sticks.
254	* Sunil from ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' has these. He uses them on the Biskit Twins in the episode "Gailbreak!".
255	* In the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short "Mexican Boarders", Slowpoke Rodriguez, the Slowest Mouse in all Mexico, uses Hypnotic Eyes to zap Sylvester into becoming his obedient slave, thus showing how he's been able to survive.
256	--> '''Slowpoke:''' Slowpoke may be pretty slow downstairs in the feets but is pretty fast upstairs in the ''cabeza''.
257	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
258	** Fluttershy's "the stare" is compelling enough to put a cockatrice, a brood of chickens, or an entire ''colony'' of vampire fruit bats into a suggestible trance.
259	** Discord, in his initial appearance as a major villain, showcases this ability, which he uses to invert the personalities of most of the main characters (except Twilight). He uses this as the finishing touch after having worn down his victims [[BreakThemByTalking the "fun" way]] first, but when Fluttershy proves immune to this kind of persuasion, he skips straight to the magic out of exasperation.
260	** In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip Bridle Gossip]] Pinkie Pie ''claims'' that Zecora the Zebra has this ability, and shows the swirling eyes herself when she sings a song about it, but she is just imagining things/making things up.
261	* The Hypnobrai Tribe from ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' lure their victims into being hypnotised by rattling their tails and staring their victims straight in the eye. They can also plant post-hypnotic commands in which the victim acts as a sleeper agent, seeing through their eyes and enforcing their control. Cole unfortunately had to find this out the hard way.
262	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rupert}}'': The eponymous Great Mephisto has this ability.
263	* ''WesternAnimation/SkysurferStrikeForce'' villain, Dr. Five Eyes has this power, but oddly for just the eye in the center of his forehead.
264	* In the original ''WesternAnimation/{{ThunderCats\|1985}}'' episode [[http://thundercats.wikia.com/wiki/The_Doom-Gaze ''The Doom Gaze'']], this is the power the evil Ta-She possesses. [[spoiler:Tiny problem. It only works on men.]]
265	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheTwelveTasksOfAsterix'', Iris the Great Egyptian Magician has spotlight-like eyes he uses to hypnotize people.
266	-->'''Iris: '''"By Osiris and by Apis, look in my eyes. You have turned into a wild boar. Yes! A wiiillld boooaaarrr..."
267	* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': This is one of Darcy's powers.
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270	[[folder:Real Life]]
271	* In hypnosis, particularly in stage hypnosis and instant inductions, eye contact is essential. If you stare at someone without blinking long enough, many people naturally fall into a light trance attempting to keep eye contact with you. In stage hypnosis, the term is literally called the "hypnotic gaze".
272	* Creator/CillianMurphy.
273	* Apparently, Wolf Messing as well.
274	* According to last Russian Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse), also Rasputin.
275	* Another Russian, Creator/NataliaGuseva.
276	* An interesting natural world variant — [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1T4ZgkCuiM cuttlefish]] can use special pigment cells called chromatophores to cycle their entire bodies through multiple colors, hypnotizing their prey in a manner very similar to this trope.
277	** According to some scientists, cephalopods actually see color with their skin, essentially making the entire cuttlefish a giant Hypnotic Eye.
278	* Since olden times, folklore across many cultures has attributed snakes with many preternatural abilities, with a hypnotic gaze being a common one. This particular myth often points to the snake's unblinking stare as it approaches its prey, the prey itself remaining frozen in place despite the impending threat, and how the snake occasionally moves its head from side to side or back and forth in what seems like the manner of a hypnotist. That is not the only explanation for these phenomena, however. While the snake may have a hypnotic gaze in folklore, they probably don't elsewhere. In truth, moving their heads side to side may help with depth perception, while prey remaining motionless may be a defensive mechanism to avoid being seen.
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