Hocus pocus

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Hocus Pocus or Hokus Pokus may refer to:

• Hocus pocus (magic), an exclamation used by magicians, usually the magic words spoken when bringing about some sort of change

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 directed by Gustav Ucicky
• Hokus Pokus (1949 film), the 115th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges
• Hocuspocus (1953 film), a West German film directed by Kurt Hoffmann
• Hocuspocus (1966 film), a West German film directed by Kurt Hoffmann
• Hocus Pocus (1993 film), a 1993 Halloween-themed fantasy/comedy film that was released by Disney and directed by Kenny Ortega
• 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 Alfie Atkins, a Swedish animation feature film
• Hokus Pokus, a 1989 skateboarding video released by H-Street

Music

• "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, 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 German play by Curt Goetz
• Hocus Pocus (video game)

See also

• Sir Hokus of Pokes, a character in Wizard of Oz