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-->-- '''Rarity''', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Power Ponies"

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* Faye Valentine from ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' has a bracelet that gives her a remote control over a set of loaded dice she uses to cheat people with.

* In ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'' Tim's first roommate at Brentwood Academy wears a charm around his neck that he received from his father. It gives him the ability to command the demon Arrakhat, which is handy when a political rival summons the demon to assassinate him.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':

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* A recurring motif in the Literature/{{Deryni}} works:

* Technological version: in ''Literature/HardToBeAGod'' Don Rumata (a disguised observer from a spacefaring Earth on a medieval planet) wears a circlet with a single large gem. The gem is actually a camera and the circlet contains a one-way communicator that constantly transmits camera footage to mission control. He uses it to transmit his intelligence data and to alert other observers in case of danger. [[spoiler: it's because of this device Earth forces arrive in a nick of time in the finale to evacuate Rumata when he goes against his directives and puts himself in mortal danger.]]
* Pops up a lot in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', Harry Dresden himself has a shield bracelet which serves as a focus to generate a magical shield, as well as rings that store kinetic energy when he moves his hand and can unleash the energy at an enemy later.

* In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' series, many ''[[AmplifierArtifact Angreal]]'' and ''[[{{Magitek}} ter'angreal]]'' take the forms of accessories, though most are shaped like statues, [[MagicWand rods]] or other ornamental items. Notable examples include Nynaeve's ''angreal'' consisting of a set of rings attached to a bracelet by fine chains, Aviendha's turtle brooch ''angreal'', Cadsuane's ''paralis-net'', a set of hair decorations that do various things mostly related to detecting and locating use of magic, and the bloodknife ring, which gives its user increased speed and the ability [[InvisibilityWithDrawbacks to hide]] [[CastingAShadow in shadows]] at the [[PowerAtAPrice cost]] of poisoning the user's blood so that they die within a few weeks. Several of the [[TheDreaded Forsaken]] also had ''angreal'' in the form of rings.

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* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': Tedd creates a belt that works on the principles of the [[TransformationRay Transformation Gun]]. It transforms the wearer into a cat-human hybrid and back with a press of the appropriate button. Unfortunately since it was one of Tedd's earlier creations it does so [[PainfulTransformation painfully]].

* ''WebComic/SirensLament'': The Heart of Hestia is a magical pendant on a necklace that Ian and Lyra steal from Crim, which is later hinted to rightfully belong to Lyra.

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* Jerrica in ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} Jem and the Holograms]]'' had her two earrings, which are incredibly powerful hologram emitters paired with an advanced AI, Synergy. Together they allow her to have a dual identity and cause much misdirection.
* The amulet given to Mrs. Brisby by Nicodemus in Creator/DonBluth's ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'' gives her the power to pull an entire cinder block with her children and worldly goods inside it out of a mudhole, and levitate it several feet to place it gently beside a large rock. Once the transposition is complete, Mrs. Brisby collapses as if from exhaustion.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' once got hold of Mermaid Man's special belt, which allows him to shrink things.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MiaAndMe'' there is the titular Mia's bracelet, which lets her travel between Centopia and Earth. [[spoiler: About halfway through the second season, the gem in it breaks, but luckily fixes itself shortly after. However, she missed one shard of it, which turns into another gem that Violetta picks up and puts on a necklace. The necklace activates and sends Violetta to Centopia whenever Mia travels there.]]

* In ''{{ComicBook/Blackbird}}'', all members of Paragon society (a secret society of invisible wizards living in Los Angeles) have to wear bracelets, called cirques, in order to wield the magical gems that power their spells. However, the cirques do not work at all unless you already are a Paragon, which requires having been transformed into one in a magical ritual that begins with the future Paragon's death and resurrection and ends with the locking on of the cirque itself.

* In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' series, many ''[[AmplifierArtifact Angreal]]'' and ''[[{{Magitek}} ter'angreal]]'' take the forms of accessories, though most are shaped like statues, [[MagicWand rods]] or other ornamental items. Notable examples include Nynaeve's ''angreal'' consisting of a set of rings attached to a bracelet by fine chains, Aviendha's turtle brooch ''angreal'', Cadsuane's ''paralis-net'', a set of hair decorations that do various things mostly related to detecting and locating use of magic, and the bloodknife ring, which gives its user increased speed and the ability [[{{Invisibility}} to hide]] [[CastingAShadow in shadows]] at the [[PowerAtAPrice cost]] of poisoning the user's blood so that they die within a few weeks. Several of the [[TheDreaded Forsaken]] also had ''angreal'' in the form of rings.

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Tedd creates a belt that works on the principles of the [[TransformationRay Transformation Gun]]. It transforms the wearer into a cat-human hybrid and back with a press of the appropriate button. Unfortunately since it was one of Tedd's earlier creations it does so [[PainfulTransformation painfully]].
* Kayn'dar's would-be ProtectiveCharm in ''Webcomic/{{Inverloch}}'' is still linked to him. Acheron can glean various memories from it and uses it to try and find him. [[spoiler:It turns out that Kayn'dar stored his memory in the pendant when his soul was swapped into the real Acheron's body, and later helps to restore him.]]
* In ''Webcomic/SweetDreams'' magical girls all have a sparkly gemstone {{Transformation Trinket}} that gets incorporated into their magical girl costumes, the main trio of girls wear theirs as chokers.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode "The Magic Earrings", Hogatha came across one half of a pair of magic earrings that she recognized could be used to track down the Smurfs, since these earrings could pick up sounds from around the world. She disguised herself as a HotWitch in order to attract Gargamel's attention to get the other half of the earrings from him, which he bought from the same traveling salesman. However, when she was being drawn to the Smurf Village by the sound of Lazy's snoring, the Smurfs, who were aware of the magic earrings Hogatha had possessed, had Harmony play his usual awful music, which drove Hogatha away and into the water, where the earrings ended up being worn by a fish that happened to swim by.

This trope is for accessories and jewelry that don't just look pretty, but do stuff! There's a common "formula" behind the making of a Magical Accessory; you take a {{Power Crystal}} with [[StockSuperpowers superpowers]] and hire the UltimateBlacksmith to cut it and embed it into a [[SilverHasMysticPowers mystic silver]] setting. This SuperTrope covers just about any GlowingGem studded piece of [[EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry sparkly]] magical jewelry that has or grants powers and effects.

Because humans are historically quite good at making bling, there's a lot of tricked out trinkets this trope covers. From top to bottom, they are:

* '''Hair Decorations:''' Be it hair ribbons, hairpins, headbands (including martial arts ones) etc. Their functions are often similar to magic headwear above.

See also AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome. See also these other augmented artifacts: TransformationTrinket, MaskOfPower, GogglesDoSomethingUnusual, TrickedOutGloves, TrickedOutShoes and AmplifierArtifact.

* Gene Starwind of ''Anime/OutlawStar'' had a two-way communicator disguised as a ear stud.

* Several of the [[MorphWeapon Devices]] in the ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' franchise take the form of necklaces in their Standby Mode. Specific examples include Nanoha's [[BoomStick Raising Heart]], Hayate's [[MagicStaff Schwertkreuz]], and Subaru's [[RollerbladeGood Mach Calibur]]. There are also some Wearable-Type Devices whose active mode come in the form of jewelry that provide support magic, such as [[WhiteMage Shamal's]] [[RingOfPower Klarwind]]. Rinne's Scuderia gets bonus points for being from her family's clothing brand.
* Inoue in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has a pair of hairclips which transform into a set of sprites with various powers. In this case, the power is her own and the transformation is an expression of it into an object that has sentimental value, because the clips were given to her by her deceased brother.

* In ''{{ComicBook/Blackbird}}'', all members of Paragon society (a secret society of invisible wizards living in Los Angeles) have to wear bracelets, called cirques, in order to wield the magical gems that power their spells. However, the cirques do not work at all unless you already are a Paragon, which requires having been transformed into one in a magical ritual that begins with the future Paragon's death and resurrection, and ends with the locking on of the cirque itself.

* Some of the witches in ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful'', rather than use wands, use magical artifacts to chanel their magic. Evanora has a necklace with a huge emerald. Theodora has a RingOfPower, and Glinda is the odd witch out with a MagicWand.

* Nita from the ''Literature/YoungWizards'' series has a charm bracelet which lets her hold up to nine pre-cast spells, with a spell taking instant effect just by plucking off one of the charms. The bracelet is actually [[MadeOfMagic a complicated matrix of pure magic]] which Nita made manifest physically by adding "virtual mass" to it.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' had a plethora of magical jewelry items, including various amulets, bracelets, brooches, cameos, crowns, earrings, medallions, necklaces, rings, scarabs and torcs.

* In ''VideoGame/CaptainCommando'', [[ChildProdigy Baby Commando]] (Hoover)'s pacifier is a special device that lets him talk in thousands of language, including alien ones.
* On ''VideoGame/DarkCloud2'' the two protagonists Max and Monica derive their powers from two amulets they wear around their necks; with them they can go back and forth in time, among other things.
* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' the Amulet of Kings is the magical necklace that the entire game is about. It can only be warn by the Septim heir, however; he uses it to light the dragon fires as he wears it.

* ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'': Fiona can forge several accessories with beneficial effects for herself, including chokers that improve her stamina, boots that make her footfalls inaudible to nearby stalkers and a pair of earrings that make her turn invisible if she stays still for a few seconds.

* ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'' plays with this trope. Aloy's "focus" is a piece of [[SufficientlyAdvancedTechnology sufficiently advanced consumer electronics]] from the mid 21st century that's essentially an augmented reality smartphone. Its interface allows Aloy to interact with a lot of old world tech and Gaia's machines in ways that ''look'' magical to those unaware of how it works (which includes Aloy for most of her life).

* In ''Webcomic/SweetDreams'' magical girls all have a sparkly gemstone {{Transformation Trinket}} that gets incorperated into their magical girl costumes, the main trio of girls wear theirs as chokers.

* One of ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'s weapons in the 2010 run was a necklace in the shape of her signature costume's emblem. It contained silver alloy and was blessed by the Vatican. She used it to cut off the hand of Le Fanu, a French vampire who was in service to Dracula.

* '''HatOfPower:''' Includes helmets, crowns, circlets, diadems and tiaras. Examples of these should go there. Compare WeaponizedHeadgear.

* The Medal of Everlasting Life from ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife''. Anyone who wears it cannot be harmed or killed, making them effectively immortal.

* ''Manga/DragonBallZ'' featured the Potara Earrings, which when one earring is worn by two different people, caused them to [[FusionDance permanently fuse together]]. ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' demonstrates an additional use: they mark the wearer as a member of the upper Kais, and wearing the earring of a Supreme Kai or higher allows one to access the Time Rings, by which one [[TimeTravel can travel into the future and return at will]].

* ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'' plays with this trope. Aloy's "focus" is a piece of consumer electronics from the mid 21st century that's essentially an augmented reality smartphone. Its interface allows Aloy to interact with a lot of old world tech and Gaia's machines in ways that ''look'' magical to those unaware of how it works (which includes Aloy for most of her life).

* ''ComicBook/WonderWomanAndTheStarRiders'': The Star Riders each wear their magical Star Jewels front and center on their belts.

* '''HairDecorations:''' Be it hair ribbons, hairpins, headbands (including martial arts ones) etc. Their functions are often similar to magic headwear above.

* '''RingOfPower:''' Do anything and everything, sometimes literally in the case of the GreenLanternRing. Examples of these should go in their respective tropes.

* '''Piercings:''' That is, other than in the ear. As they're all-around "edgier" than most other accessories, they're rare, but if they do appear and are magical, expect the "magic" to be the more shady kind.

Occasionally, the jewelry is technological rather than magical. [[ClarkesThirdLaw Sufficiently advanced technology]] and [[MagicFromTechnology all that.]] In both cases what would normally be purely decorative is now also very powerful and useful. When the trinket isn't singular, it may be part of a pair, like earrings or sets of rings. All the pieces may be needed to get the full SetBonus, though individual parts may keep some power. Much like the Silver Slippers in ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' have to be together to grant wishes, but are individually still powerful {{Protective Charm}}s. Expect there to be a DramaticNecklaceRemoval at some point.