History Main / CompellingVoice

** ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'' has a wealth of these -- while not straight-up mind control, they can easily affect a person in similar ways. The Merit Siren Song draws a person's attention whenever the changeling is speaking, imposing a penalty on die rolls. Some Vainglory Contracts also lean in this direction, such as Songs of Distant Arcadia (which gives a bonus to all Expression and Persuasion rolls) and Words of Memories Never Lived (which allows the changeling to tell a story so convincing, the audience believes it's true).

** Lelouch gains a power called Geass at the [[PowersInTheFirstEpisode start]] of the story, allowing him to give orders that can't be refused, can be fought by the victim, but after a couple of seconds they [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption will fail]] and obey the command. His power is a combination of [[HypnoticEyes sight-based]] and voice-based (eye contact allows the ability to work, commands given verbally), and only works once per person. Of course, that "one command" can just be "[[WishingForMoreWishes do what I say from now on...]]" but Lelouch (initially) has too much MindOverManners for that.

See also SirenSong, a trope about sirens and other supernatural creatures using their beautiful voices to lure people into danger. Also compare CharmPerson and EnslavedTongue.

See also SirenSong, a trope about sirens and other supernatural creatures using their beautiful voices to lure people into danger. Also compare CharmPerson and UnableToLie

See also SirenSong, a trope about sirens and other supernatural creatures using their beautiful voices to lure people into danger.

* An author named Nekollx reveals this in one of his stories, posted on Website/DeviantArt. Anyone who has a 'Greater Beast Spirit' has ability to control someone with a lesser beast spirit. Unfortunately, the bad guys manage to awaken the old hero's Beast Spirits, allowing them to cause a Face Heel Turn in the old guard, meaning that a group of new heroes have to save the day. And one of them, Sonya, gets it FAR worse then the others...

* The Incognito Princess from ''VideoGame/SunlessSkies''is this crossed with BrownNoteBeing. When she asks people to do things, they do then, even if they're physically impossible. At one point she suggests a group of poets try their hand at a StarfishLanguage impossible to achieve with the human tongue, which results in their tongues combusting. They don't stop trying even as they incinerate.

** Lorelei could also do this. In the original comics she's a mutate, in ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' she's a mutant.

** Then there's Dominate, a specialty of the Ventrue in both ''Masquerade'' and ''[[TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem Requiem]]''. Dominate allows a vampire to look someone in the eye and give them an order they can't disobey. At lower levels, it's one-word commands and implanted suggestions; at higher levels, they're able to alter someone's personality and possess them.

** Issue eight of ''Forever People'' featured a villain named Billion Dollar Bates, who used his power of making people do whatever he told them to do to amass a fortune and make those who tried to hold him accountable his puppets.

* ''Series/TheWheelOfTime2021'': Siuan has this power, it turns out. As the Amerlyn, she's the head of the Aes Sedai. Subordinate Aes Sedai have sworn [[{{Geas}} magically unbreakable]] oaths to obey her. Thus when Moiraine refuses to obey an order Siuan gives her, she invokes her authority formally, with doing so compelling obedience.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' has a version of this when Dr. Doofenschmirtz begins obeying instructions such as "Punch yourself in the head," because they're written in "a very persuasive font."

* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' has a StoryBreakerPower level version in the Control Devil [[spoiler: also known as Makima]], the Devil embodying humanity's fear of losing control. Differing from most examples, Control's only limitation is that it can only take control of a being if it considers itself superior to them, and because it was born with it's powers, and Control considers itself superior to almost ''everyone''.

* ''Series/GenV'': Cate Dunlop can compel a person to do what she tells them to do, provided she physically contacts that person with her bare hands. Most of the time, this means she has to remove her gloves before using her powers, gloves she's had to wear since [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening her power manifested itself when she was nine]] and told her brother Caleb in a moment of anger to go away and never return.

* ''Series/GenV'': Cate Dunlop can compel a person to do what she tells them to do, provided she physically contacts that person with her bare hands. Most of the time, this means she has to remove her gloves before using her powers, gloves she's had to wear since her power manifested itself when she was nine and told her brother Caleb in a moment of anger to go away and never return.

** The Master is notorious for this. In the new series he artificially magnifies his abilities to the point that he [[spoiler: conquers Britain simply by running for Prime Minister and convincing everyone to vote for him.]]

** In ''Series/JessicaJones2015'', Kilgrave simply has to give an instruction, and his subjects are immediately compelled to obey. Those receiving his orders ''cannot'' directly invoke ExactWords, they'll try to obey the command in the spirit it was given -- though someone else not under his control can convince a controlled individual that an order has technically been fulfilled. [[note]]For example, he tells one character to "put a bullet in your head". Not having a loaded gun, she tries to physically force a bullet into her skull -- but Jessica forces the victim's mouth open and pops a bullet in, then tells her that a bullet is now in her head, ending the compulsion.[[/note]]

* The ''Series/{{Haven}}'' episode "Burned" had a little girl named Ginger with this power. Commands are usually interpreted literally. During a drive, she told her father "Leave me alone!" and he jumped out of the moving van, causing it to crash with her in it. She told a guy "I hate your guts!" and he committed {{Seppuku}}.

See also SirenSong, a trope about siren and other supernatural creature using their beautiful voices to lure people into danger.