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