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'''Stormtrooper:''' You can go about your business.
'''Obi-Wan:''' ''(to Luke)'' Move along.
'''Stormtrooper:''' Move along, move along.
|''[[Star Wars]] Episode IV: [[A New Hope]]''}}
'''Charm Person''' is some kind of magic, [[Jedi Mind Trick|supernatural ability]], [[Applied Phlebotinum]] or [[Charles Atlas Superpower]] (we don't know how that would work, so don't ask) that makes people want to do what you want them to do, especially the [[Weak-Willed]]. May or may not have obvious parallels with hypnosis, which is not really anything like this.
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Do not confuse with [[The Charmer]]. The effects of more powerful Charm Person spells or abilities may be compared with [[Love Potion]]s and [[Glamour]]. See also [[Hypnotic Eyes]], for a frequent way this power is implemented. Compare [[Politeness Judo]].
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== Anime
* Narumi-sensei from ''[[Gakuen Alice]]'' is able to emit pheromones that can make anyone, regardless of age or gender, become infatuated with him. In some cases (such as Natsume), the target may become so enamored that all they can do is faint from the shock.
* Many ''[[Eden of the East]]'' fans have concluded that Akira's [[Unusual Euphemism|Johnny]] has mind control powers. The reason? In the first episode, not only does he (wearing nothing but a girl's coat and scarf) flash a random guy on the street and say something that makes him laugh, then ''hand over his pants with a smile'', but later he ''[[Refuge in Audacity|drops his pants in front of a female police officer]]'' who, instead of arresting him, laughs and sends he and Saki on their way.
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* Mind Control with the Suggestion limitation or high levels of Charisma do this in [[GURPS]].
* The Presence discipline in ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'', and its successor Majesty in ''[[Vampire: The Requiem]]''. Low level powers involve drawing the attention of everyone in the room and causing a person to spill all their secrets; higher level powers involve summoning a person from a great distance away and being untouchable because you are ''so very pretty''. Dominate is more like [[Mind Control]].
* ''[[Changeling: The Lost]]'' has the Contracts of Vainglory, which range from "I bear the mantle of authority, so you're more inclined to listen to me" to "I'm so unnaturally beautiful that you couldn't possibly bring yourself to hurt me" to "I think I'll pull a [[The Lord of the Rings|Galadriel]] and go so horrifically pretty that you run screaming."
* In Steve Jackson Games' ''[[In Nomine]]'', Impudites, a Band (type) of demons has this ability, it causes the victim to see the demon as his or her close personal friend, making them more likely to go along with what the demon wants them to do (and also allowing the demon to steal their [[Life Energy|Essence]]. The Ethereal Song of Attraction has a similar effect, making the victim passionately obsessed with the performer.
* ''[[Mutants and Masterminds]]'' has Emotion Control: Love which essentially works like a hyped-up version of Diplomacy, shifting people's attitudes to you, possibly from outright hostility to fanatical obsession.
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