History Main / EmotionControl

** When the Terrigan Cloud started empowered humans with latent [[TheInhumans Inhuman]] ancestry, two Nuhumans ended up with this. One, Swain, also ended up with a prehensile tail, and the other, Romeo, is mainly notable for dating [[AllNewXMen the teenage version of Iceman]].

The SuperTrope of EmotionBomb and GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul, a character who can do Emotion Control often has one or both of these powers in his toolbox. EmotionBomb itself has a subtrope in SupernaturalFearInducer, where the control is over fear alone.

The SuperTrope of EmotionBomb and GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul, a character who can do EmotionControl often has one or both of these powers in his toolbox. EmotionBomb itself has a subtrope in SupernaturalFearInducer, where the control is over fear alone.

However, actual EmotionControl generally demands far more subtlety then simply [[EmotionBomb flooding someone with emotions]] or [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul stimulating someone]]. While these latter are mostly combat and incapacitation super powers, EmotionControl is more about social effects and long-term brainwashing.

Unlike the subtropes, EmotionControl does not necessarily require magic, superpowers or supertech. It can also be done by an [[ManipulativeBastard extremely manipulative character]] or by mundane brainwashing techniques, making it MoreThanMindControl. Most {{Emotion Eater}}s and higher-end versions of TheEmpath have this as a RequiredSecondaryPower. Compare MindVirus

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* In ''TabletopGame/MutantUA'', there are several mind-altering psychic powers: "Påverka" (affect) for EmotionControl, "Skräck" (terror) for EmotionBomb, "Dominera" (dominate) for MindControl.

* Soothing and Rioting are powers in ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'' that allow you to do this- a Rioter can inflame emotions, a Soother can dampen them, and a full Mistborn can do both ([[EvilOverlord The Lord Ruler]], for example, turned himself into a walking EmotionBomb, dampening all emotions in about a mile radius around him apart from fear and despair). However, a Soother or Rioter can't ''sense'' emotions, so they need to be very good at reading people to get the results they want.

* DC Comics' Psycho-Pirate, has alternately either had a mask that allowed him to project emotions into people or has been an "emotion vampire", able to drain emotions from people. The first mask often seems to work through intensifying emotions a person already feels, no matter how small.)
* This was the mutant power of Manual "Empath" de la Rocha of the [[ComicBook/NewMutants Hellions]].
* MarvelUniverse's Hate-Monger used to have to use a "Hate-Ray" to project hate, anger and fear into people... but after he [[DeathIsCheap died and was resurrected]], he was able to do the same without the ray. [[spoiler: Oh, also he's [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]].]]
** Another Marvel villain, the Psycho-Man, used an emotion controlling device that could instill fear, doubt and hatred. In one arc he built a new Hate Monger, a {{Humanshifting}} android who infiltrated various hate groups in different disguises to spread a HatePlague.

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* In the ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Forward}}'', this is what the "Inducer" class of psychics are capable of, coupled with more outright MindManipulation and the periodic EmotionBomb. One of them uses these abilities to [[spoiler: take over an entire village and turn them into a killer mob]], and later [[spoiler: causes an entire space station of hundreds of people to turn on each other in a murderous fury]]. The same Inducer also uses these powers to [[spoiler: MindRape River and turn her into an effective bodyguard/human shield.]]

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Unlike the subtropes, EmotionControl does not necessarily require magic, superpowers or supertech. It can also be done by an [[ManipulativeBastard extremely manipulative character]] or by mundane brainwashing techniques, making it MoreThanMindControl. Most {{Emotion Eater}}s and higher-end versions of TheEmpath have this as a RequiredSecondaryPower.

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** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-288 SCP-288 ("The "Stepford Marriage" Rings")]]. When an appropriate woman wears one of the "female" rings, she displays very few (if any) negative emotions.
** [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-708 SCP-708 ("The Big Orange Forklift")]]. When someone looks at SCP-708 for more than 20 seconds they become extremely enthusiastic about it and want to operate it. Anyone restrained from operating it will engage in emotional outbursts like a young child. Anyone who has been looking at SCP-708 or has operated it before feels jealousy at seeing anyone else operating it.

The SuperTrope of EmotionBomb and GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul, a character who can do EmotionControl often has one or both of these powers in his toolbox. SupernaturalFearInducer is a subtrope where the control is over fear alone.

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* In ''Fanfiction/PokemonTheGreatAdventure'', it is revealed to be one of Ash's empathic powers and the way he can tame some of the Pokémon he meets. The Heart Flute amplifies it, and it is implied he can also do it on non-Pokémon beings.

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* In ''TabletopGame/MutantUA'', there are several mind-altering psychic powers: "Påverka" (affect) for EmotionControl, "Skräck" (terror) for EmotionBomb, "Dominera" (dominate) for MindControl.

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* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', Kim and Shego accidentally get implanted with computer chips which allow their emotions to be changed via a remote control device.

* In Creator/IsaacAsimov's {{Foundation}} trilogy, the mutant known as the Mule could permanently change people's emotions, such as making them loyal to him. He explained it as like being able to see and adjust a dial in people's minds. Notable that this is a rather hard sci-fi setting and his mysterious powers (unlike the straightforward psychic abilities of the Second Foundation) weren't explained until several books later in the series (he himself seemed to imply that he was just a phenomenal random mutation of humanity, another side effect of which was his [[spoiler: sterility (hence the nickname), leaving his empire with no heir capable of maintaining control. In truth, he was an overly aggressive outcast from an entire planet of people with such abilities (the result of guided evolution under an immortal guardian)]].

The SuperTrope of EmotionBomb and GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul, a character who can do EmotionControl often has one or both of these powers in his toolbox.

* In MutantUA, there are several mind-altering psychic powers: "Påverka" (affect) for EmotionControl, "Skräck" (terror) for EmotionBomb, "Dominera" (dominate) for MindControl.

However, actual EmotionControl generally demands far more subtlety then simply [[EmotionBomb flooding someone with emotions]] or [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul stimulating someone]]. While these later are mostly combat and incapacitation super powers, EmotionControl is more about social effects and long-term brainwashing.

* This was the mutant power of Manual "Empath" de la Rocha of the [[NewMutants Hellions]].

** [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-708 SCP-708 ("The Big Orange Forklift")]]. When someone looks at SCP-708 for more than 20 seconds they become extremely enthusiastic about it and act in a childlike manner. Anyone who has been looking at SCP-708 or has operated it before feels jealousy at seeing anyone else operating it.

** [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-708 SCP-708 ("The Big Orange Forklift")]]. When someone looks at SCP-708 for more than 20 seconds they become extremely enthusiastic about it and act in a childlike manner. When someone who has been looking at SCP-708 or has operated it before feels jealousy at seeing anyone else operating it.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'', [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-288 SCP-288 ("The "Stepford Marriage" Rings")]]. When an appropriate woman wears one of the "female" rings, she displays very few (if any) negative emotions.

* In the ''{{Firefly}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Forward}}'', this is what the "Inducer" class of psychics are capable of, coupled with more outright MindManipulation and the periodic EmotionBomb. One of them uses these abilities to [[spoiler: take over an entire village and turn them into a killer mob]], and later [[spoiler: causes an entire space station of hundreds of people to turn on each other in a murderous fury]]. The same Inducer also uses these powers to [[spoiler: MindRape River and turn her into an effective bodyguard/human shield.]]

* MarvelUniverse's Hate-Monger used to have to use a "Hate-Ray" to project hate, anger and fear into people... but after he [[DeathIsCheap died and was resurrected]], he was able to do the same without the ray. [[spoiler: Oh, also he's [[AdolfHitler Hitler]].]]