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'''Franchise/TheFlash:''' "I don't wanna fight you. I wanna..." Hey, this is like the [[Franchise/StarWars Jedi mind trick!]]\\

* Alucard in ''Anime/HellsingUltimate'' does this on the Rio Hotel clerk to allow his coffin to be taken to his room. Being the troll he is, he also uses it to convince the clerk that ''Film/WhiteChicks'' [[TakeThat was a good film]], simply for laughs.

* In ''Series/ForeverKnight'', the vampire {{masquerade}} would be shot to pieces without this ability. Some people are naturally immune, but it doesn't seem to be due to strong-mindedness so much as a psychological quirk of those people. Although VampireDetective Nick Knight uses it for [[TheyFightCrime fighting crime]] (and getting his superiors off his back so he can do so) several incidents involving armed criminals end badly because Nick is unable to hypnotise them into putting down their guns. He was also unable to hypnotise a photographer who caught evidence of vampires on camera, as the photographer just had to look at the photograph to remind himself that he hadn't been seeing things.

* There is a fan-made Malfean Stealth Excellency charm for ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' called [[https://forums.giantitp.com/archive/index.php/t-186360.html "Subtle Like Nuclear Holocaust"]], in which the Infernal starts glowing brightly and has to scream "IGNORE ME!!!" at the top of their lungs every few seconds to maintain the charm. This allows the Infernal to ignore stealth penalties for silly things like bright lights, loud noises, or thousands of people looking directly at them.

* There is a fan-made Malfean Stealth Excellency charm for Exalted called [[https://forums.giantitp.com/archive/index.php/t-186360.html "Subtle Like Nuclear Holocaust"]], in which the Infernal starts glowing brightly and has to scream "IGNORE ME!!!" at the top of their lungs every few seconds to maintain the charm. This allows the Infernal to ignore stealth penalties for silly things like bright lights, loud noises, or thousands of people looking directly at them.

** The psychic paper has a very similar effect, even down to not working on the strong-minded (i.e. Shakespeare); for the first few seasons of the New Series, it seemed to be used every other episode. When the Doctor tries to use the paper to make a kid believe he (the Doctor) is a responsible adult, the paper shorts out because it couldn't tell such a big lie.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''. In "The Siege of Lothal", Kanan (disguised as a stormtrooper) and Ezra (disguised as a cadet trooper) are smuggling chopper in a crate past the guard. When he insists on looking inside the crate, Erza attempts this trope only to fail miserably--not just because he's inexperienced in using the Force but because of who he's pretending to be.

'''Stormtrooper:''' ''(getting right in his face)'' Did you just try to give me an ''order'', cadet?!\\

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''. In "The Siege of Lothal", Kanan (dressed as a stormtrooper) and Ezra (dressed as a cadet trooper) are smuggling chopper in a crate past the guard. When he insists on looking inside the crate, Erza attempts this trope only to fail miserably--not just because he's inexperienced but because of who he's posing as.

'''Kanan:''' No, he just said you don't have to look inside.\\

* Alucard in ''Anime/HellsingUltimate'' does this on the Rio Hotel clerk to allow his coffin to be taken to his room.

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0767.html Haley uses a +30 Bluff potion]] and her already impressive bluff stats to take the Jedi Mind Trick UpToEleven, even convincing a guard he's not actually human.

'''Franchise/TheFlash:''' "I don't wanna fight you. I wanna..." Hey, this is like the Jedi mind trick!\\

* The ''Film/MenInBlack'' have the Neuralizer for this purpose, with, strangely enough, [[LaserGuidedAmnesia only three settings]]: days, months, and years. The Neuralizer used on Tee in the second movie has an "hours" setting.

* In ''Film/InvisibleAvenger'', the Shadow uses his psychic powers to cause [[PerceptionFilter others to be unable to see him]]. His shadow remains visible.

* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'': The aptly-named tool Pebble Cap has this effect. In one of {{The Movie}}s, it [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy can even fool]] [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Demons]] (which themselves are SufficientlyAdvancedAliens).

* Spoofed in "WebAnimation/SuperHeroBowl": [[Characters/StarWarsRey Rey]] tries to use the trick on Franchise/{{Batman}} in order to strip him of his weapon and body armor... it works, but not on the intended target.

* In ''Series/ForeverKnight'', the vampire {{masquerade}} would be shot to pieces without this ability. Some people are naturally immune, but it doesn't seem to be due to strong-mindedness so much as a psychological quirk of those people. Although VampireDetective Nick Knight uses it for [[TheyFightCrime fighting crime]] (and getting his superiors off his back so he can do so) several incidents involving armed criminals end badly because Nick is unable to hypnotise them into putting down their guns. He was also unable to hypnotise a photographer who caught evidence of vampires on camera, as they just had to look at the recorded image to remind themselves they weren't seeing things.

* In ''Series/ForeverKnight'', the vampire {{masquerade}} would be shot to pieces without this ability. Some people are naturally immune, but it doesn't seem to be due to strong-mindedness so much as a biological quirk. Nick sometimes uses it to get his superiors off his back so he can get some work done. His coworkers (both those who know how he does it and those who don't) ''really'' wish they could do the same.

* In what may be the TropeMaker, Radio/TheShadow's radio incarnation had the ability to influence the mind's thoughts and perceptions, and he used this sometimes to persuade other characters into doing what he wanted, much like the Jedi.

* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': In "The Muffin King", Dexter's Dad uses a mind trick on Dexter to force him to turn over the muffins he was guarding. Dee Dee slaps Dexter to snap him out of it.

** Works for a while in the episode [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E1BuffyVsDracula "Buffy vs. Dracula"]]:

** Also done on Xander, for whom it was so effective he turned into TheRenfield after a few seconds of hypnotizing. In the continuation comics, Dracula picks Xander up as a thrall again, though the two eventually become sort-of friends.
** He also tells a Slayer to "save [her] questions until [he's] finished," in response to which she spends the next several panels while the others talk standing, dazedly murmuring, "I will save my questions until later... letting people talk shows respect... I have an inquisitive mind. But interrupting people is rude."
** Parodied a season later in [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E4Flooded "Flooded"]]. A demon seeking Buffy's death demands magical help from the three loser friends Warren, Andrew, and Jonathan, but with no powers to offer, Warren instead gives the demon Buffy's address and phone number, which he accepts. His friends are impressed anyway.

** Also (magically) used by Willow on a cop in a season 7 episode in order to convince him that she and Giles are with Interpol.
** The Dracula episode is notable in that after her brief death at the hands of the Master in the season 1 finale, Buffy is normally immune to such hypnosis. Obviously Dracula's mind-control magic is of a different variety than what the Master and Drusilla used.

* In ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' story arc ''ComicBook/TheStrangeRevengeOfLenaLuthor'', villain Mind-Bomber makes himself invisible by telepathically willing ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} to not see him. After being warned about his stealth mental suggestion, though, Supergirl declares it will not work again.

* This is how [[{{Invisibility}} Obfuscate]] actually works in ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade''. The user does not actually disappear or become invisible, he just make it so his presence is imperceptible, and everyone instinctively avoid him. He will still show on electronic devices, and bumping into someone or getting bumped can quickly ruin this power.
* ''TabletopGame/TheDarkEye'' players can use the [[{{CharmPerson}} friendliness-spell]] "Bannbaladin" for this purpose. Usually combined with a "Not the Druids you're looking for" pun.

* One of the Tools in ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'', the aptly-named Pebble Cap, has this effect. In one of {{The Movie}}s, it [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy can even fool]] [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Demons]] (which themselves are SufficientlyAdvancedAliens).

* Charles Xavier of the ComicBook/XMen uses this trope a lot when he gets in danger personally. In fact, when the X-Men were first created, he used to do it basically always, leading to DeusExMachina endings. As a result, he was later demoted to MissionControl, to let the heroes fight their own battles.

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': After Darla Aquista {{came back wrong}} she casually convinced an airport attendant that some random papers were a passport and boarding pass, and later convinced someone else that she was the individual they'd been sent to the airport to pick up just by claiming to be them.