Hocus-pocus is an exclamation used by magicians, usually the magic words spoken when bringing about some sort of change.
Hocus Pocus, Hokus Pokus, or variants 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, television, and plays
Hokuspokus, a 1926 German play by Curt Goetz
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, the rabbit who turns on his magician owner, Professor Hinkle in the 1969 Christmas television special Frosty the Snowman Hokus Pokus, a 1989 skateboarding video released by H-Street Hocus Pocus (franchise) Hocus Pocus (1993 film), a Halloween-themed fantasy-comedy film by Disney, starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy Hocus Pocus 2, the sequel released in 2022 Hocus Pocus 3, the third film in the series currently in development at Walt Disney Pictures "Hocus Pocus" (SpongeBob SquarePants), a 2007 SpongeBob SquarePants episode from Season 4 "Hocus Pocus" (QI), a 2010 episode of the UK TV series
Gaming
Hocus Pocus (video game), a 1994 Apogee MS-DOS game
Music
Band
Hocus Pocus, a 1967 music band later known as Heart
Hocus Pocus, a 1968 music band later known as UFO
Hocus Pocus, a 1994 music band previously known as Doop
Hocus Pocus (group), a 1995 French hip-hop group
Album
Hocus Pocus (soundtrack), a soundtrack album from the 1993 film
Hocus Pocus (Enon album), a 2003 indie rock album by Enon
Hocus Pocus (Kaela Kimura album), a 2009 J-pop album by Kaela Kimura
Hocus Pocus, a series of albums by Japanese singer Takahiro Nishijima, known professionally as Nissy Hocus Pocus, released in 2016 Hocus Pocus 2, released in 2017 Hocus Pocus 3, released in 2022
Song
"Hocus Pocus" (song), a 1971 song by the Dutch rock group Focus
"Hokus Pokus" (Insane Clown Posse song), a 1997 song from the studio album The Great Milenko "Hocus Pocus", a 2016 song by Animal Collective from Painting With
See also
Sir Hokus of Pokes, a character in Wizard of Oz
Griever de Hocus, a character from Griever: An American Monkey King in China
Hoku (disambiguation) Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) Poku (surname)