- "Its deceptive melodies resound in your ears and give me power over your very heart. If my deceptions capture your heart, they can burn your body, and even stop your breath."
- ― Rojuro Otoribashi (Bleach)
- "Too often have I been stalmated by that accursed quartet. But never again! When I have completed the symphony...They shall be powerless clods and Doom shall control the world!"
- ― Doctor Doom (Marvel Comics)
- "Are you ready to lose yourself in the sweet beat!? This finale will make the entire universe my captive audience! BOWSER'S RAGE STAGE! HIT IT!"
- ― Bowser preparing to hypnotize the universe with his performance (Super Mario Wonder).
The ability to hypnotize others via music. Technique of Music Manipulation. Variation of Hypnosis.
Also Called[]
- Hypnotic Call/Singing/Song/Voice
- Melodic Song
- Mind Control Music
- Musical Hypnosis/Mind Control
- Musical Brain Warping (Henry Danger)
- Snake Charming
Capabilities[]
Users can use music to affect or directly influence other people's minds to their commands.
Applications[]
Variations[]
Associations[]
- Mental Inducement
- Mental Manipulation
- Mind Control
- Music Manipulation
- Musical Empathy
- Musical Instrument Manipulation
- Voice Manipulation
Limitations[]
- Users of Clear Mind/Indomitable Will/Psychic Shield (highly resistant), Psychic Immunity (immune), and Control Immunity (immune).
- Like Musical Empathy, the user needs some way to play music.
- Will not work if the target is deaf.
- May not work if the victim's ears are clogged.
- Anything that prevents the victim from hearing prevents this power from affecting them.
- Users of Sound Absorption and Sound Nullification will be immune.
- Control Negation and Sentient Releasing can undo the effects.
Known Users[]
See Also: Mind-Control Music.
- Orpheus (Greek Mythology)
- Sirens/Mermaids/Mermen (Mythology)
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin (Germanic Folklore)
- Dr. Minyak (Henry Danger)
- The Grand Guignol (A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting)
- Duke Igthorn (The Adventures of the Gummi Bears); via Magical Bagpipes
- Lumen (Azure Striker Gunvolt)
- Lydia (Barbie And The Diamond Castle)
- Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi (Bleach)
- Kinderfänger (Crypt TV)
- Bards (D&D)
- Ember McLain (Danny Phantom)
- Izayoi Miku (Date A Live)
- Music Meister (DC Comics)
- Melody Piper (Ever After High)
- Aza (Fairiest); an unusually rare and unique musical ability called Illusing
- Vidaldus Taka (Fairy Tail)
- Venti (Genshin Impact)
- Jill (Gone)
- Veela (Harry Potter)
- Fleur Delacour; being three-quarters human and one-quarter Veela
- Sarah Sanderson (Hocus Pocus)
- Alameda Slim (Home on the Range); only cattle
- Cassie (IDW's My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
- Hale Santiago (Lost Girl); can inflict pain and heal others with his Siren (Hypnotic) Whistle
- Lamia (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Venus/Siren (Marvel Comics)
- Hypno-Hustler (Marvel Comics)
- Piper (Marvel Comics)
- Mermaid Princesses (Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch)
- Lucia Nanami
- Hanon
- Rina Toin
- Caren
- Noel
- Coco
- Sara
- Seira
- Gnarly Gnome (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
- Brook (One Piece)
- Erik (Phantom of the Opera)
- Pokémon that can use "Sing" (Pokémon)
- Flytrap (Power Rangers Mystic Force)
- Mandarin Orange (Rainbow Rangers)
- Fart (Rick and Morty)
- Pied Piper (Shrek)
- Cobra Cadabra (Skylanders)
- Miss Decibel (Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time)
- Justin Beaver (Sonic Boom); only females
- DJ Octavio (Splatoon)
- Satyr (Spyro Reignited Trilogy)
- Sebastian Saga (Totally Spies)
- Jacob Seed (Far Cry 5)
- Musey (Flint the Time Detective)
- Mastaar (Ghostforce)
- Bowser (Super Mario Wonder)
Known Objects[]
- Magical bagpipe (Adventures of the Gummi Bears)
- Mystic Rabab (Future Folktales)
- The Music Box (Locke and Key)
- Pascal's Hypnotic Music Device (Miniforce)
- Music-Video-Clip-inator/Music-Video-Mind-Control-inator (Phineas and Ferb)
- Truth Tone (Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja)
- SCP-012 - A Bad Composition (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-573 - The Pied Pipe (SCP Foundation)
Gallery[]
Miku (Date A Live) can use her singing or her Instrument Angel Gabriel to hypnotize people.
The various members of the Tiki Tak Tribe (Donkey Kong Country Returns) are masters of this ability.
Vidaldus Taka (Fairy Tail) using Rock of Succubus to take control of Juvia and make her a succubus.
Venti (Genshin Impact) can make whoever hears his songs instantly believe in Barbatos.
Alameda Slim (Home on the Range) has special talent to hypnotize cattles by yodeling.
Cassie (IDW's My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
SCP-012 - A Bad Composition (SCP Foundation) is a music scroll that possesses paranormal properties, including playing hypnotic music.
Cobra Cadabra (Skylanders)
Miss Decibel (Sly Cooper) accomplishes this ability via the trumpet lodged in her trunk.
Justin Beaver (Sonic Boom)
DJ Octavio (Splatoon) uses his music to control the Octarians in a slave-like manner.
Sebastian Saga (Totally Spies)
Ember McLain (Danny Phantom)
SCP-012 - A Bad Composition (SCP Foundation) is a musical scroll that attracts its victims in its vicinity with hypnotic music and, when they read it, causes them to injure themselves to death.
Venus/Siren (Marvel Comics)
Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb) used the Music-Video-Clip-inator/Music-Video-Mind-Control-inator to hypnotize many of Danville's citizens
Music Meister (DC Comics)
Videos[]
SCP-012 - Bad Composition (SCP Orientation)