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** Her brother qualifies too, as while drinking blood, he also drinks stress, relaxing those he feeds on.
** In the manga, while Karin's ability to devour unhappiness proved beneficial to some characters, its potential dark side was also shown in one incident when Karin wound up draining the unhappiness of a girl who had run away from home and gotten caught up in underage prostitution.
* Happens to Luffy during the Little Garden arc of ''[[One Piece]]''. Miss Goldenweek has "color traps" that induce a particular emotion in their victims. Luffy is recipient of two that replicate this trope, the first of which makes him laugh uncontrollably, and the second of which makes him sit down peacefully and enjoy some tea. While his friends are slowly getting turned into wax statues. The visible strain on his face as he tries to fight it, while still saying through gritted teeth "This...tea...is...[[
* Noteworthy example in an episode of ''[[Angel Beats!]]'' where Naoi attempts to do this to Yuri with his [[Mind Control Eyes]]. It is worth saying that in ''[[Angel Beats!]]'' {{spoiler|happiness means death. Good thing it didn't work.}}
* In ''[[Kino's Journey]]'', Kino was born in a country where everyone is happy and content and loves their government... because they all receive a partial lobotomy in their early teens to eliminate discontent. The end of the [[Whole-Episode Flashback]] has her escaping her knife-wielding parents' [[Mood Dissonance|cheerful attempts]] to carry out her death sentence for non-compliance.
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* The aphrodisiac used in ''[[Slave World]]'' to induce compliance and severe [[Stockholm Syndrome]].
* In [[Douglas Adams]]' ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|Mostly Harmless]]'', Ford befriends a security robot by replacing its emotional control chip with a short piece of wire, thus forcing it to be happy whatever it did.
* In ''[[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?]]'' by [[Philip K. Dick]], there's a home consumer product called a "mood organ" which allows you to change your mood, and most people use it to be happy all the time. Technically, they do that voluntarily, but really their lives are so miserable they don't have much choice. (Although there is one character who makes a point of setting aside a regular time, twice a month, to succumb to utter despair for a couple hours.)
* In [[Larry Niven|Larry Niven's]] ''[[Known Space]]'' series, an alien Pierson's Puppeteer uses a Tasp, which is a device which activates the pleasure center of the brain of anyone he points it at. You are happy when he uses it on you. It is very dangerous, because if used on you long enough, you become willing to be the slave of whoever is using it on you. Addiction is a real problem.
* In the ''[[Foundation]]'' series by Isaac Asimov, there's a character called The Mule which due to a mutation is capable of controlling people emotions, in any way he want, and permanently if he wishes so. He uses this power to control his generals by creating loyalty in them; they know their loyalty is only due to his powers but they are unable to desire things otherwise.
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* In ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]],'' one world has this done to much of the population. Basically, half the people are cheery and helpful [[Stepford Smiler]]s due to basically being lobotomized into it, and the other half ''act'' that way for ''fear'' of having it done to them at the first sign of any rudeness or negativity, as is law on that world.
* Chiana's people do this routinely in ''[[Farscape]]''. One means of doing it involves [[Eye Scream|pulling out the eyeball and installing a chip on the optic nerve]]. [[Squick|This is shown in graphic detail.]]
* A ''[[Star Trek: The
** A ''Deep Space Nine'' episode featuring Garak reveals that he became a victim of this. Originally, he had an implant in his head that would give him euphoric hormone rushes whenever the stress of undercover missions became too much (so that he'd be able to resist torture). He eventually made a device that would let him turn it on whenever he wanted... and, one day, he turned it on and never turned it off.
* In one episode of ''[[The Late Late Show]]'', Craig Ferguson describes taking LSD as basically this trope.
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* In ''[[Feng Shui]]'''s 2056 juncture, the Bureau of Happiness and Productivity specializes in producing happiness drugs for the Buro. And that's the very least that these guys get up to.
** One of the products of BHP is the Bonechills, a group of chemically and surgically 're-educated' individuals who are happy to commit unspeakable acts for their Buro masters. If a co-conspirator looks genuinely happy (as distinct from the [[Happiness Is Mandatory]] smile most people have) it's generally best to shoot him before he happily sets off his bomb-belt.
* ''[[Stars Without Number]]'' has this in background, mostly as effects of eugenic cults trying to create docile slaves. But also, some sects of [[Buddhism]] used permanent neurochemical conditioning via [[Nanobots]] to achieve serenity… and one particularly misguided soul, of course, made a genetic modification version (it's considered outrageous because there's no merit in resisting non-existent temptations, only the self-sacrifice of undergoing conditioning in the first place, but since people born with it don't get to make this decision, they are screwed over — they are deprived of ways to accrue spiritual merit).
== Toys ==
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** In alternate dimension arc "4U-City", the entire population is kept under the effects of such a drug. {{spoiler|[[Crapsack World|With good reason,]] all of the citizens in the city survived a war and subsequent interdimensional invasions, many would be suffering from PTSD if not medicated.}} Even Riff can't handle it sometimes.
* In ''[[Schlock Mercenary]],'' Professer Pau has done this via [[Electric Instant Gratification]] to the numerous people he abducted off the streets as part of his [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-07-01 medical nannie-farming operation.] Though the way he phrases it seems to imply he believes that doing this merits some ''sympathy'' in spite of all the above.
{{quote|'''Pau:''' They're happy. They are unaware of their physical state, and are enjoying full-immersion sims. [[Even Evil Has Standards|You don't think I'd]] hang people from the ceiling, bloat them with chemicals, harvest their blistered hides, and then '''leave them miserable,''' do you?
'''Ennessby:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|Sorry. Our bad. We'll get your sainthood application processed right away.]] }}
** Para Ventura hacked AI by injecting "fond memories" of herself. As a result, she can explain it in details in their hearing range and remain loved, while the guy who hacked one bot by reducing it to a mindless automaton get addressed by the others as "[[You Monster!]]".
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