Hocus Pocus
Hocus pocus, hocus-pocus, or hokus pokus is a term used by magicians, usually the magic words spoken when bringing about some sort of change.
It may also refer to:
Books
- Hocus Pocus (novel), a 1990 novel by Kurt Vonnegut
- Hocus Pocus: A Tale of Magnificent Magicians, a 2007 book by illusionist Paul Kieve
- Hokus Pokus, the 2007 book in the Sisterhood: Rules of the Game series by Fern Michaels
Film and television
- Hokus Pokus (1949 film), the 115th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges
- Hocus Pocus (1993 film), a 1993 Halloween-themed fantasy/comedy film that was released by Disney and directed by Kenny Ortega
- Hocus Pocus, the fictional rabbit who turns on his magician owner in the 1969 Christmas television special Frosty the Snowman
- Hocus Pocus, a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from Season 4.
Music
- Hocus Pocus (Enon album), the 2003 indie rock album by Enon
- "Hocus Pocus" (Focus song), a 1971 yodelling song from Focus' second album Focus II
- The Best of Focus: Hocus Pocus, a 1993 Focus compilation album on which the instrumental appears
- Hocus Pocus (group), a hip hop/jazz band from Nantes, France
- "Hokus Pokus" (Insane Clown Posse song), a song from studio album, The Great Milenko
- Hocus Pocus (Kaela Kimura album), the 2009 J-pop album by Kaela Kimura
- Doop (band) (later Hocus Pocus), a dance music production act from the Netherlands
- UFO, as well as Heart, had the same name at the turn of 60's and 70's
Other
- Hocus Pocus (video game), a 1994 side-scrolling platform video game developed by Moonlite Software
- The words "HOC EST ENIM CORPUS MEUM" spoken by the priest proclaiming the bread to be God are the source of the slang phrase HOCUS POCUS!