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13	[[quoteright:290:[[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fff4904ac612f990eb7381c5bf376835.jpg]]]]
14	[[caption-width-right:290:''[[MindControlMusic His name is Doof and you'll do what he says. Whoop Whoop!]]'']]
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16	->''"OBEY WARIO, DESTROY MARIO!"''
17	-->-- '''Wario''' in an advertisement for ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins''
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19	A stock visual effect that is usually used to indicate someone is being hypnotized (or trying to hypnotize someone). It does get used for all sorts of hallucinations and visualized breakdowns but it's primarily associated with hypnosis for some reason.
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21	The common version tends to include:
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23	* A floating head
24	* The head itself is spinning or moving
25	* A (usually) multicolored swirl as the background
26	* A humming '50s sci-fi sound effect or increased echo if the head is speaking.
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28	Goes in hand with HypnoticEyes and CompellingVoice, often used as part of a MassHypnosis plot. Compare HypnoRay, HugeHolographicHead. For hypnosis symptoms, see MindControlEyes.
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31	!!Examples:
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35	[[folder:Advertising]]
36	* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhB8XG9_5Rc an advertisement]] for ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins''. Wario's head appears in this manner, and urges the viewer to obey him.
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39	[[folder:Comic Books]]
40	* ''ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer'': Used when Abdul Razek hypnotizes Blake and Mortimer so they can't remember the Chamber of Horus and later in the series when Septimus hypnotizes Mortimer, complete with swirling effect.
41	* The Ringmaster from Creator/MarvelComics has done this at least once.
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44	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
45	* ComicBook/TheJoker in the 1989 ''Film/{{Batman\|1989}}'' film, just after his "[[DeadlyGas Smilex]]" "[[DoNotAdjustYourSet commercial]]".
46	* The TropeMaker is probably the DreamSequence from ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'', where Jimmy Stewart's head floats over crazy geometric animation.
47	* Used in ''Film/{{Zoolander}}'', when Mugatu tries to brainwash the title character into assassinating the Prime Minister of Malaysia. "OBEY MY DOG!"
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50	[[folder:Music]]
51	* This is a recurring theme in Canadian EDM producer Music/{{Rezz}}'s stage visuals, album artwork and music videos.
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54	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
55	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
56	** PlayedForDrama (it was the 60s) in the Hartnell-era story "The War Machines", in which WOTAN's manipulation of people's minds is depicted using a very faintly super-imposed spiral, usually over a closeup of the victim's struggling face. The [[ElectronicMusic Radiophonic Workshop musique concrete score]] makes it quite disturbing.
57	** The Second Doctor, (first) Third Doctor and (first) Fourth Doctor title sequences both display a closeup of the Doctor's face in front of a whirling, spiralling psychedelic vortex of light.
58	* ''Series/MaxHeadroom''. Honorable Mention must go to the Max Headroom [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_pirating_incident Pirating]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_iuZ0NCSpo Incident.]]
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61	[[folder:Video Games]]
62	* VideoGame/EdnaAndHarveyHarveysNewEyes: Harvey sends you into MentalWorld in cutscene looking in this way.
63	* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'': Culture Shock'' has this happen to Sam when he gets hypnotized by Brady Culture. "Do my evil bidding, and so forth."
64	* The USA commercial for ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'' has Wario featured in this fashion, enticing the viewer into rebelling against Mario.
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67	[[folder:Western Animation]]
68	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'': In "One of Us" during ''The Happy Show Show'', Gramma Taters is almost always shown as this, as she hypnotizes whoever watches it into a mindless zombie who's [[HappinessIsMandatory always happy.]]
69	%% * The villain Vertigo in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Off Balance".
70	* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', Dr. Doofenshmirtz invents a Musical-Video-[[SubliminalAdvertising Mind-Control]]-[[ThemeNaming Inator]], and a Hypnotic Head of him was shown (see featured image above).
71	* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'': The Brain during the [[AdBumpers bumpers]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVYO3MH0M4k "You Will Buy This Video."]]
72	%% * Apu in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood", during Bart's and Milhouse's squishee hallucinations.
73	%% * Mr. Mental in ''WesternAnimation/TheTick''.
74	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', the highest rated TV show is "Everybody Loves Hypnotoad", which features sitcom establishing shots alternating with shots of the title character showing off his hypnotic eyes. This, of course, results in the highest quality television entertainment imaginable.
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