History Main / HypnoPendulum

* In the {{WesternAnimation/Arthur}} Group-Fanfic ''[[http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/iCiFUYUIqh7Lf0iu1u7F7JNwX2Aia-QTY2bcuLnu8Tandh4isK-FMUX8YnQ3qwFs9XWfEUVvFymnRaggdpaa/Club%20story%20logs/arthurproject2-complete.txt Thank Your Lucky Stars]]'', The Brain and Prunella attempts this on the Tibble twins. [[spoiler:It worked.]]

* MollyMoon buys one from an antique shop in ''Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism'', but earlier she uses her own: a spoon (while she's stirring soup) and a piece of soap on a string.

* Strudel attempts to use a swinging acorn to hypnotize a squirrel into acting more like a squirrel in the episode "Call of the Squirreldog" in [[Creator/TheHub The Hub's]] ''[[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010 Pound Puppies]]''. It ''is'' effective... on the wrong target.

* Strudel attempts to use a swinging acorn to hypnotize a squirrel into acting more like a squirrel in the episode "The Case of the Squirrel Dog" in [[Creator/TheHub The Hub's]] ''[[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010 Pound Puppies]]''. It ''is'' effective... on the wrong target.

* Strudel attempts to use a swinging acorn to hypnotize a squirrel into acting more like a squirrel in the episode "The Case of the Squirrel Dog" in [[Creator/TheHub The Hub's]] ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies''. It ''is'' effective... on the wrong target.

Often, a pocket watch (or another round object of that sort) is swung back and forth in front of a victim repeatedly to hypnotize them. This is almost always accompanied with the hypnotist saying "You are getting very sleepy..."

See also MoreHypnotizableThanHeThinks, HypnoFool, HypnoticEyes, TriggerPhrase. Not to be confused with HypnoTrinket, CharmPerson, {{Brainwashed}}, HypnotizeThePrincess, or MassHypnosis.

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* [[http://thinkbeforeyouthink.net/?comic=20111104-hypnotism Becky's fantasy]] in ''ThinkBeforeYouThink'' involves Brian swinging a pocket watch.

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-->'''Team:''' ''([[SpeakInUnison speaking in unison]])'' We are all very good players.
-->'''Hypnotist:''' You will beat Shelbyville.
-->'''Team:''' We will beat Shelbyville.
-->'''Hypnotist:''' You will give 110 percent.

* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'': In the episode "Bearly Enough Time", Johnny tries this to hypnotize a bear into sleeping, but ends up following the swinging pendulum with his own eyes and falling asleep himself.

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* The Psychic-type Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Hypno wields a watch, swinging it back and forth to perform its psychic attacks.

Oftentimes, a pocket watch (or another round object of that sort) is swung back and forth in front of a victim repeatedly to hypnotize them. This is almost always accompanied with the hypnotist saying "You are getting very sleepy..."

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', one ImagineSpot of the titular character has a new friend of Buster's hypnotizing him in this manner.

** In the episode "What Is That Thing?", Francine uses one of these on her cat Nemo to try and cure his fear of water.
* One ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' villain used a golden coin on a string like this.

* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'': In the episode "Bearly Enough Time", Johnny tries this to hypnotize a bear into sleeping, only to end up following the swinging pendulum with his own eyes and falling asleep himself.

** The exact same thing happens in a SylvesterCatAndTweetyBird cartoon, where Sylvester goes to a psychiatrist to try and cure his problem chasing Tweety.

A subtrope of MindControlDevice.

* The Psychic-type VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} Hypno wields a watch, swinging it back and forth to perform its psychic attacks.

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* The Psychic-type VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} Hypno wields a watch, swinging it back and forth to perform his psychic attacks.

* Patrick from ''TheMentalist'' has used various objects to hypnotize people: a pen, a watch, a necklace...
* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': When Xander gets a LiteralSplitPersonality, his meeker side thinks that his more confident side is an evil shapeshifter using a shiny coin to hypntoize people. [[SubvertedTrope Turns out Confident!Xander just found the coin at a construction site he was working at and thought it was cool.]]

* The Psychic-type VIdeoGame/{{Pokemon}} Hypno wields a watch, swinging it back and forth to perform his psychic attacks.

* One ''ScoobyDoo'' villain used a golden coin on a string like this.
* ''JonnyQuest'' TOS episode "Pirates from Below". Hadji hypnotizes a guard with a flashing ruby.

* The ''[[GarfieldAndFriends US Acres]]'' episode "Wade, You're Afraid" had Orson hypnotize Wade into not being afraid, by using a turnip on a string.

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': when Xander gets a LiteralSplitPersonality, his meeker side thinks that his more confident side is an evil shapeshifter using a shiny coin to hypntoize people. [[SubvertedTrope Turns out Confident!Xander just found the coin at a construction site he was working at and thought it was cool.]]

* The Psychic-type ''{{Pokemon}}'' Hypno wields a watch, swinging it back and forth to perform his psychic attacks.

-->'''Hypnotist:''' You are all very good players

* There was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzZCxkkLkGs an episode]] of TazMania featuring that in an attempt by Bull to hypnotize Axle. When it backfires, Axle attempts to snap Bull out of it using the same watch hanging from a fishing rod.
* The [[GarfieldAndFriends US Acres]] episode "Wade You're Afraid" had Orson hypnotize Wade into not being afraid, by using a turnip on a string.
* There was a DonaldDuck cartoon where Donald goes to Ludwig Von Drake for anger issues. Ludwig tries a watch, saying "Vatch de vatch!". [[SubvertedTrope It doesn't work]], so he simply [[DropTheHammer hits him over the head with a mallet]].