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->''30. I will refuse all gifts from the EvilOverlord. They probably contain mind-control devices that would [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe 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.''
-->-- '''JustForFun/TheUniversalGenreSavvyGuide''', "[[http://www.thalia.org/truelove.html The True Love List]]"

The power to {{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]].

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.

Note this is direct mind control, not simply [[ArtifactOfDoom corrupting people with the object's dark influence]]. Also, this apply to items worn by the victim, not by the hypnotizer.

A frequent way to HypnotizeThePrincess.

And of course, like most mind control tropes, RuleThirtyFour and FetishFuel can apply, especially with AuthorAppeal.

A SubTrope of MindControlDevice.

Compare ArtifactOfAttraction (rather than hypnotize causes GoldFever), ClothesMakeTheManiac, TheHatMakesTheMan, HypnoRay, InstantAllegianceArtifact, LovePotion, MirrorMoralityMachine, and MindControlDevice.

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!!Examples

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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* Hige's collar [[spoiler:and the collars of at least 22 other wolves]] in ''Manga/WolfsRain'' is a mind-control device of Lady Jagara's.
* In an ''Anime/InuYasha'' filler episode, a Chinese boar yokai collects fiancées this way.
* ''Manga/DragonBall Z'': 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.
* Arguably, the RedStringOfFate that Shampoo uses on Ranma in the ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' TV series. [[spoiler:And then Shampoo just ''had'' [[WhatAnIdiot to brag about it all the time]], therefore Akane gets enough time to brew a plan to get it cut...]]
* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' has the Dark Rings (and later, upgraded Dark Spirals.)
* Used in {{Orphen}} Revenge, when [[spoiler: Majik gets BrainwashedAndCrazy by Esperanza due to a NiceHat that she puts on him. Orphen "fixes" him via both [[WarriorTherapist both blasting and talking to him]], then lowring Majik's defense enough to blast the hat away.]]
* ''RecordOfLodossWar'' has Karla the Grey Witch's circlet that allows her to possess its wearer.
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[[folder:ComicBooks]]
* Disney did this with a ''ComicBook/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' comic, where Gadget and a bunch of other creatures were enslaved with magical necklaces by Fat Cat.
* In ''Comicbook/{{Batman}}'' comics, the Mad Hatter started using his trademark mind-control hats in the early eighties.
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[[folder:Fanfiction]]
* Small silver tags were used in ''FanFic/TheManWithNoName'' to gain control over [[spoiler: an army's worth of [[{{Firefly}} Reavers]] as well as a few humans]].
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[[folder:Gamebooks]]
* In Book 3 of the ''LoneWolf'' series, ''The Cavern of Kalte'', evil sorcerer Vonotar the Traitor uses gold bracelets to control the Ice Barbarians. Putting one on your wrist is a ''[[DontTouchItYouIdiot very bad idea]]''.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* Dale Arden is given a mind-controlling ring by Ming the Merciless in the ''Film/FlashGordon'' movie.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* 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.
* The Caps in ''Literature/TheTripods''.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' uses an old riding jacket that causes a girl to be possessed by the spirit of her dead aunt.
* Similarly, in ''Series/TheAvengers'' episode "Return of the Cybernauts", Beresford gives Mrs. Peel a bracelet, which is actually a mind control device.
* In ''Music/TheMonkees'' episode "Monstrous Monkee Mash," the vampiress Lorelei mind-controls her victims with a magic necklace, which she bestows with a kiss. ([[spoiler:Prompting 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...]])
* In the original ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "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. The '80s remake did a gender flip, "Dead Woman's Shoes", in which the trinket is a pair of shoes belonging to the murdered wife of a rich corporate type.
* In ''{{Series/Merlin}}'', Uther is hypnotized with a magic amulet powered by troll blood.
** Also Gwen and the magic bracelet in "Lancelot Du Lac".
* In ''{{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).
* They have appeared several times in ''DoctorWho'' over the years.
** Wearing anything made of gold allows the Animus to control you in ''The Web Planet''.
** The Shadow uses tiny mind-control trinkets to control Princess Astra in ''The Armageddon Factor''
** Kassia finds that the Melkor's gifts have a price in ''The Keeper of Traken''.
** Please wear your Cybus Industries technology with pride. You will not be permitted to regret it! (''Rise of the Cybermen'')
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* 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 by the power struggle within.
** Also, in ''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...
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* 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.
** 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.]]
* Similar to the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' 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.
* The titular item from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]''. The evil creature that lives in the mask takes control of any person who puts it on.
* There are a couple in ''BaldursGate 2'', ranging from cursed items to vitally important devices that used for an interesting subset of MindControl - mind ''flayer'' control. Handy.
* 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.
* The Sega Genesis game ''[[TinyToonAdventures Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure]]'' has MadScientist Gene Splicer use 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.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* Musaran in the CiemWebcomicSeries is the result of an AI backvisor being attached to the back of Jeraime's head. It essentially makes Jeraime into Arfaas' slave; a no-fee version of the PsychoForHire.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda'', Ganon [[HypnotizeThePrincess puts a necklace on Zelda to force her to marry him.]]
* 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.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog}}'' 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.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', Ice King uses an engagement ring to hypnotize a princess into marrying him.
* 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.
* 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.''
* 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.
* ''TheHerculoids'' episode "Ruler of the Reptons". The Reptons put a crown on Tarra to mind-control her into being their queen.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' had a mind-control helmet that was mass-marketed towards girls as a way of controlling their boyfriends. Lizzie put one on Numbuh One, who was forced to take her on a fancy date, until eventually the [[BerserkButton insane prices]] made him angry enough to break free.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' has Dr. Drakken brainwashing Shego and Kim via this method.
* An inversion of the trope was used in ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''. When Ursula directly intervened 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, was 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 and both free Eric ''and'' return Ariel's voice to her.
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