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* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23952523/chapters/57606361 Enchanted]]'', a ''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia'' fic: Present Mic is hit by a quirk like this. He goes quiet when he's told to be quieter and then to stop talking. Someone tells him to eat a bite of cake and he has a strawberry allergy and reacts to it. His scummy temporary director at the radio station recognizes the signs of the quirk and takes advantage, telling him to come on a date and put a picture of it on Instagram...right after he follows Namuri telling him to confess his feelings to Shota. Then Shota tells him to get lost after seeing the Instagram post and he literally does. Although he's hospitalized, the obedience quirk guy makes Hizashi come with him to trap Shota so he can order Mic to kill Shota. Mic tries but finds a loophole that the guy didn't say Mic couldn't punch him. He's unable to resist shooting Shota but Shota cancels the guy's quirk with Erasure and it frees Mic. The love confession, however, is actually genuine.

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* ''Fanfic/TheAccidentalWarlordAndHisPack'': Gustavus has placed his attendants under so many compulsions that they can't do anything beyond following his orders. If he wants to use them in his experiments or torture them, they have no choice but to comply.
* ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTheGrimmlands'': After being turned into Grimm, all of Jaune's siblings are conditioned to follow his every command and stay by his side at all times.
* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23952523/chapters/57606361 Enchanted]]'', a ''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia'' fic: Present Mic is hit by a quirk like this. He goes quiet when he's told to be quieter and then to stop talking. Someone tells him to eat a bite of cake and he has a strawberry allergy and reacts to it. His scummy temporary director at the radio station recognizes the signs of the quirk and takes advantage, telling him to come on a date and put a picture of it on Instagram... right after he follows Namuri Nemuri telling him to confess his feelings to Shota. Then Shota tells him to get lost after seeing the Instagram post and he literally does. Although he's hospitalized, the obedience quirk guy makes Hizashi come with him to trap Shota so he can order Mic to kill Shota. Mic tries but finds a loophole that the guy didn't say Mic couldn't punch him. He's unable to resist shooting Shota but Shota cancels the guy's quirk with Erasure and it frees Mic. The love confession, however, is actually genuine.


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* ''Fanfic/SmartAdversariesAU'': ''Fanfic/RogerOverAndOut'' shows that Adrien believes he can't disobey a direct order from his ControlFreak father. So when his dad wants him to embrace his new "bad boy" image by pulling pranks at school, sowing discord that Hawkmoth then exploits by akumatizing more people at his school, well... he doesn't ''want'' to do it, but feels he has no real choice.

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* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23952523/chapters/57606361 Enchanted]]'', a ''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia'' fic, Present Mic is hit by a quirk like this. He goes quiet when he's told to be quieter and then to stop talking. Someone tells him to eat a bite of cake and he has a strawberry allergy and reacts to it. His scummy temporary director at the radio station recognizes the signs of the quirk and takes advantage, telling him to come on a date and put a picture of it on Instagram...right after he follows Namuri telling him to confess his feelings to Shota. Then Shota tells him to get lost after seeing the Instagram post and he literally does. Although he's hospitalized, the obedience quirk guy makes Hizashi come with him to trap Shota so he can order Mic to kill Shota. Mic tries but finds a loophole that the guy didn't say Mic couldn't punch him. He's unable to resist shooting Shota but Shota cancels the guy's quirk with Erasure and it frees Mic. The love confession, however, is actually genuine.

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* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23952523/chapters/57606361 Enchanted]]'', a ''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia'' fic, fic: Present Mic is hit by a quirk like this. He goes quiet when he's told to be quieter and then to stop talking. Someone tells him to eat a bite of cake and he has a strawberry allergy and reacts to it. His scummy temporary director at the radio station recognizes the signs of the quirk and takes advantage, telling him to come on a date and put a picture of it on Instagram...right after he follows Namuri telling him to confess his feelings to Shota. Then Shota tells him to get lost after seeing the Instagram post and he literally does. Although he's hospitalized, the obedience quirk guy makes Hizashi come with him to trap Shota so he can order Mic to kill Shota. Mic tries but finds a loophole that the guy didn't say Mic couldn't punch him. He's unable to resist shooting Shota but Shota cancels the guy's quirk with Erasure and it frees Mic. The love confession, however, is actually genuine.



* Basically defied in ''Fanfic/GinnyWeasleyDoubleLife''; when hypnotic snake Milikan makes Ginny Weasley her servant, the only clear rule Milikan insists Ginny ''must'' obey is not to tell anyone else about Milikan's presence in her life, but Milikan otherwise makes it clear that Ginny is always free to tell her "no", and understands when Ginny makes it clear she wouldn't leave her family even if Milikan ordered her.

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* Basically defied in ''Fanfic/GinnyWeasleyDoubleLife''; when ''Fanfic/GinnyWeasleyDoubleLife'': The hypnotic snake Milikan makes Ginny Weasley her servant, but the only clear rule Milikan insists that Ginny ''must'' obey is not to tell anyone else about Milikan's presence in her life, but Milikan otherwise makes it clear that Ginny is always free to tell her "no", and understands when Ginny makes it clear she wouldn't leave her family even if Milikan ordered her.her.
* ''Fanfic/TheVioletDemon'': Fornaxian control collars completely override the nervous systems of the people that they are placed on, rendering them completely unable to control their bodies, except for they eyes, and forcing them to comply with every order that they are given.



* In ''Literature/TheGapCycle'', space travelers suffering from "gap sickness" (a form of psychosis brought on by hyperspace) can be fitted with zone implants that allow their nervous systems to be temporarily shut down. In theory, this allows someone else to stop them if they become a danger to themselves or others, but Angus Thermopyle abuses Morn Hyland's implant to make her compliant while he abuses her.

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* In ''Literature/TheGapCycle'', space ''Literature/TheGapCycle'': Space travelers suffering from "gap sickness" (a form of psychosis brought on by hyperspace) can be fitted with zone implants that allow their nervous systems to be temporarily shut down. In theory, this allows someone else to stop them if they become a danger to themselves or others, but Angus Thermopyle abuses Morn Hyland's implant to make her compliant while he abuses her.
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For related and subtropes, compare CompellingVoice, MagicallyBindingContract, and RestrainingBolt, which can cause similar effects on a smaller scale. ThreeLawsCompliant is a specific form where robots are required to obey orders from humans ''unless'' it's to harm other humans. See also {{Geas}}, which may or may not be breakable by choice but carries stiff penalties for doing so regardless. This effect can also be achieved by BehavioralConditioning or {{Brainwashing}}.

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For related and subtropes, compare BlindObedience, CompellingVoice, MagicallyBindingContract, and RestrainingBolt, which can cause similar effects on a smaller scale. ThreeLawsCompliant is a specific form where robots are required to obey orders from humans ''unless'' it's to harm other humans. See also {{Geas}}, which may or may not be breakable by choice but carries stiff penalties for doing so regardless. This effect can also be achieved by BehavioralConditioning or {{Brainwashing}}.
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** The Orokin installed a RestrainingBolt in their Dax SuperSoldiers to prevent them from turning against them. For as long as the Orokin retains their scepter, the Dax soldiers cannot disobey their commands. [[spoiler:The Grineer Twin Queens are actually Orokin who transferred their minds into Grineer bodies to survive their kin's downfall, but retain their scepter and its compelling abilities, allowing them to control Teshin, a Dax soldier.]]

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** The Orokin installed a RestrainingBolt in their Dax SuperSoldiers {{Super Soldier}}s to prevent them from turning against them. For as long as the Orokin retains their scepter, the Dax soldiers cannot disobey their commands. [[spoiler:The Grineer Twin Queens are actually Orokin who transferred their minds into Grineer bodies to survive their kin's downfall, but retain their scepter and its compelling abilities, allowing them to control Teshin, a Dax soldier.]]
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* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23952523/chapters/57606361 Enchanted]]'', a ''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia'' fic, Present Mic is hit by a quirk like this. He goes quiet when he’s told to be quieter and then to stop talking. Someone tells him to eat a bite of cake and he has a strawberry allergy and reacts to it. His scummy temporary director at the radio station recognizes the signs of the quirk and takes advantage, telling him to come on a date and put a picture of it on Instagram…right after he follows Namuri telling him to confess his feelings to Shota. Then Shota tells him to get lost after seeing the Instagram post and he literally does. Although he’s hospitalized, the obedience quirk guy makes Hizashi come with him to trap Shota so he can order Mic to kill Shota. Mic tries but finds a loophole that the guy didn’t say Mic couldn’t punch him. He’s unable to resist shooting Shota but Shota cancels the guy’a quirk with Erasure and it frees Mic. The love confession, however, is actually genuine.

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* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23952523/chapters/57606361 Enchanted]]'', a ''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia'' fic, Present Mic is hit by a quirk like this. He goes quiet when he’s told to be quieter and then to stop talking. Someone tells him to eat a bite of cake and he has a strawberry allergy and reacts to it. His scummy temporary director at the radio station recognizes the signs of the quirk and takes advantage, telling him to come on a date and put a picture of it on Instagram…right after he follows Namuri telling him to confess his feelings to Shota. Then Shota tells him to get lost after seeing the Instagram post and he literally does. Although he’s hospitalized, the obedience quirk guy makes Hizashi come with him to trap Shota so he can order Mic to kill Shota. Mic tries but finds a loophole that the guy didn’t say Mic couldn’t punch him. He’s unable to resist shooting Shota but Shota cancels the guy’a guy’s quirk with Erasure and it frees Mic. The love confession, however, is actually genuine.
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* In ''VideoGame/Fallout3'', the Ghoul mercenary Charon was raised to be subservient to whoever holds his contract. He isn't entirely loyal to the holder and has his own moral compass, as is proven when he shoots Azhrukhal after the Lone Wanderer buys his contract from him and will shoot the Lone Wanderer if they killed a good person before dismissing him, but so long as anybody holds his contract he has no choice but to do as they ask. Annoyingly, this is subverted in two instances where he [[spoiler:refuses to go through irradiated environments for no reason despite his immunity to radiation. He implies if you ask him to fetch the G.E.C.K. that his contract only covers combat situations, but you can't actually read the contract yourself. The following case, when the control chamber of Project Purity is flooded with radiation, was revised with ''Broken Steel'' such that he obeys and activates the purifier.]]
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* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23952523/chapters/57606361 Enchanted]]'', a ''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia'' fic, Present Mic is hit by a quirk like this. He goes quiet when he’s told to be quieter and then to stop talking. Someone tells him to eat a bite of cake and he has a strawberry allergy and reacts to it. His scummy temporary director at the radio station recognizes the signs of the quirk and takes advantage, telling him to come on a date and put a picture of it on Instagram…right after he follows Namuri telling him to confess his feelings to Shota. Then Shota tells him to get lost after seeing the Instagram post and he literally does. Although he’s hospitalized, the obedience quirk guy makes Hizashi come with him to trap Shota so he can order Mic to kill Shota. Mic tries but finds a loophole that the guy didn’t say Mic couldn’t punch him. He’s unable to resist shooting Shota but Shota cancels the guy’a quirk with Erasure and it frees Mic. The love confession, however, is actually genuine.
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* ''WebOriginal/LoomingGaia'':

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* ''WebOriginal/LoomingGaia'':''Literature/LoomingGaia'':

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