History Main / HypnoticEyes

* ''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./

* In ''Film/ThirteenWomen'', Ursula is able to hypnotise people by staring deeply into their eyes.

** The Master of ''Series/DoctorWho'' fame has a long history of hypnotizing people by staring into their eyes and telling them to obey him.
** The Fourth Doctor is the only 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.
-->'''Fourth Doctor:''' Sarah, I want you to look into my eyes.
-->'''Sarah Jane:''' OH NO, NO THAT'S NOT F__ ''(falls into trance)''

* 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.
* Ryutaros in ''Series/KamenRiderDenO''. He will be able to manipulate freely 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.

* 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.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgPmaNMReKQ This]] Japanese commercial features a young caterpillar with hypnotic eyes

%%* Cho-in from Haunters.

If the eyes are the [[WindowsOfTheSoul 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]] gazing into their eyes will be [[WeakWilled hopelessly hypnotized]].

** The major villain Discord has this ability, which he uses to invert the personalities of most of the main characters (except Twilight). He usually uses this as the finishing touch after having worn down his victims [[BreakThemByTalking the mundane way]] first, but when Fluttershy proves immune to this kind of persuasion, [[spoiler:he skips straight to the magic.]]

* 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.

* 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. Snakes do not blink simply because they '''lack eyelids''' in the first place, a prey's "fight or flight" response also includes the option of "freeze in hopes the predator hasn't noticed me yet", and snakes bobbing their heads are probably trying to better gauge the distance.

* 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]].

* 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 side to side or back and forth in what seems like the manner of a hypnotist; the reality of the matter, however, is that snakes do not blink simply because they '''lack eyelids''' in the first place, a prey's "fight or flight" response also includes the option of "freeze in hopes the predator hasn't noticed me yet", and snakes bobbing their heads are probably trying to better guage the distance because their eyesight is universally bad. (And if it wasn't clear, no, snakes do '''not''' have Hypnotic Eyes.)

* In the original ''ThunderCats'' 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.]]

* 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.

* In ''Strange Practice'', 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/VarneyTheVampyre Francis Varney]]'s thralling hits like a warm fuzzy dump-truck.

* A two-part commercial for Trix cereal has a psychiatrist attempt to hypnotize the Rabbit to help him get over his Trix cravings, resulting in his eyes swirling. In the end it's revealed that the Rabbit was faking it.

* Cassandra in ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' has these whenever she has a vision of the future, though it's not really for hypnotizing.

** The major villain Discord has this ability, which he uses to invert the personalities of most of the main characters. He usually uses this as the finishing touch after having worn down his victims [[BreakThemByTalking the mundane way]] first, but when Fluttershy proves immune to this kind of persuasion, [[spoiler:he skips straight to the magic.]]

* ''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 Pete and 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]].]]

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