In Himenospia, Himeno is a wasp mutant with a ovipositor sting.Their plans end up foiled when the alignment of the stars, necessary in triggering the spell, are blocked out by the festival fireworks that just so happen to go off at that exact moment. Peter, they planned on forcefully converting all of Academy City to Roman Catholicism, with a side-effect being that no one would ever again feel anything but happiness and contentment. The attempted goal of Lidvia Lorenzetti and Oriana Thompson during the Daihasei Festival arc of A Certain Magical Index.Supertrope of Electric Instant Gratification. When used as a weapon, this is a Care-Bear Stare. When done on a sufficiently large scale, it usually results in a Crapsaccharine World or Assimilation Plot. Dystopia Is Hard, what with The Evils of Free Will and all, but this eliminates a lot of the potential headaches in one fell swoop. Sometimes done by a Totalitarian Utilitarian person or organisation.
Not to be confused with Happiness Is Mandatory, which doesn't actually help people to be happy - but if they are, then it's Happiness in Mind Control. Also related to Love Potion, although that one is usually not pleasant, and Glamour, where a crowd is made to perceive a character as beautiful and perfect and their very best friend. Related to Lotus-Eater Machine, but the character is aware of what's happening to them and isn't entirely disconnected from the surrounding world. This trope comes in many flavors: The happiness can be blissful, romantic, purely sexualized, or whatever. This may be done by drugs, Psychic Powers, Brainwashing for the Greater Good or simple persuasion. Although maybe unwelcome, the happiness is real: the character is actually happy, not merely being forced to pretend. A character is made happy against their will.
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