Hocus Pocus

Hocus-pocus is an exclamation used by magicians, usually the magic words spoken when bringing about some sort of change.

Hocus Pocus or Hokus Pokus or variant, 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

• Hokuspokus (film), a 1930 German film adaptation of the 1926 Curt Goetz play, directed by Gustav Ucicky
  • Hocuspocus (1953 film), a West German film, starring Curt Goetz himself, directed by Kurt Hoffmann
  • Hocuspocus (1966 film), a West German film in color, directed by Kurt Hoffmann
• Hokus Pokus (1949 film), the 115th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges
• Hocus Pocus (1993 film), a Halloween-themed fantasy-comedy film by Disney, starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy
• Hocus Pocus, the rabbit who turns on his magician owner, Professor Hinkle in the 1969 Christmas television special Frosty the Snowman
• "Hocus Pocus" (SpongeBob SquarePants), a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from Season 4
• "Hocus Pocus" (QI), a 2010 episode of the UK TV series
• Hokus Pokus, a 1989 skateboarding video released by H-Street

Music

• Hocus Pocus (group), a French hip-hop group
• "Hocus Pocus" (song), a song by the Dutch rock group Focus
• Hocus Pocus (Enon album), a 2003 indie rock album by Enon
• "Hokus Pokus" (Insane Clown Posse song), a song from the studio album The Great Milenko
• Hocus Pocus (Kaela Kimura album), a 2009 J-pop album by Kaela Kimura
• Hocus Pocus (soundtrack), a soundtrack album from the 1993 film
• Hocus Pocus, a music band previously known as Doop
• Hocus Pocus, a music band later known as UFO
• Hocus Pocus, a music band later known as Heart
• "Hocus Pocus", a song by Animal Collective from Painting With

Other uses

• Hokuspokus, a 1926 German play by Curt Goetz
• Hocus Pocus (video game)

See also

• All pages with titles containing hocus-pocus
• All pages with titles containing hokus-pokus
• All pages with titles containing hocuspocus
• All pages with titles containing hokuspokus
• Sir Hokus of Pokes, a character in Wizard of Oz
• Griever de Hocus, a character from Griever: An American Monkey King in China
• Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)
• Poku (surname)
• Hoku (disambiguation)