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[[File:ImprisonedZelda 4758.jpg|link=The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|frame|Secure ''and'' decorative.]]

 

Diamonds are forever, which comes in handy when you want to make someone ''really'' suffer during a life sentence while keeping them ([[Cardboard Prison|securely!]]) caged.

 

As you can see from the example distribution, this is most common in anime and video games.

 

** In the final fight against Kaorinite, Tuzedo Mask also gets sealed in a glass crystal by Senishenta.

* Hellmaster's signature move in ''[[The Slayers]]'', whether a coffin-sized one on individuals or a titanic glacier on an entire city, copied by Rezo in the 4th season.

** It's also made quite clear that she isn't preserving her life by doing this, one of the characters notes that they only have a handful of hours to rescue her before she'll die while trapped.

* In the ''[[Naruto]] Shippuden'' three-tails filler arch, the villain put Hinata in one of these. While the crystal substance was extremely strong, the main problem was getting her out without [[Literally Shattered Lives|shattering her]] if she was even still alive.

 

** During the JLA Grant Morrison run, this happened to Triumph. He was a hero who turned bad due to a run of unbelievably crappy luck.

* In [[Blackest Night]], a ''[[Green Lantern]]'' story, this is one of the methods the Star Sapphires (Violet Lanterns) use to recruit new members. The crystals they encase people in become brainwashed to become more compassionate and compels them to join the Star Sapphires. A real mystery is that, as of the moment, the Star Sapphires comprise only of women. They've trapped men before, but all have either broken free or were rescued by someone else. (deadpantroper has never read Blackest Light, but knows that in the DC emotional spectrum compassion is associated with indigo and that violet is associated with love)

* The first book in the [[Franco Belgian Comics]] series ''Chroniques des pays de Markal'' is about a stone with this power.

 

* The [[Cosmic Horror|Ogdru Jahad]] in the ''[[Hellboy (film)|Hellboy]]'' film. Hellboy shatters the ice-like crystals, partially releasing them.

* Zod & co. from ''[[Superman]] 2'', who got thrown into the original [[Phantom Zone]].

* For the [[Jerkass Genie|evil Djinn]] in the first two ''[[Wishmaster]]'' movies (at least), a gem was basically used in place of the more traditional [[Genie in a Bottle|bottle]].

* Godzilla Junior is trapped in a crystal by the titular alien villain in ''[[Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla]]''.

 

* In the ''[[The Elenium]]'', Queen Elhena starts off in a crystal. Turns out it's not to imprison her, but to keep her alive until her knights can find a cure to her illness.

* In ''Servant of the Dragon'', third book in [[David Drake]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Isles]]'' epic fantasy series, Cashel is served by the demon Krias, who is trapped in a large gem mounted on a ring.

* The [[Cosmic Keystone|Keystones]] of ''[[The Seventh Tower]]'' act as this.

 

* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' has a spell called Trap The Soul. When cast, it imprisons the target's soul inside of a gem.

** There's also Magic Jar, where you willingly transfer your soul into a gem or crystal, then attempt to possess another living creature who comes near.

** And, of course, the card itself does exactly what you'd expect.

 

* ''[[Mega Man X]] 2'' features Crystal Snail and his weapon, the Crystal Hunter. Getting hit by it will trap you in crystal, and you have to mash buttons to get out. When you [[Power Copying|beat him and get his weapon]], you can do the same to weaker enemies and use the trapped enemy as an [[Improvised Platform]]. And if you dash into them, [[Literally Shattered Lives|they shatter into pieces]].

* The Arcane Warrior whose soul was [[And I Must Scream|trapped within a gem for thousands of years]] in ''[[Dragon Age]]'' comes to mind.

* In the musical [[Edutainment Game]] ''Julliard Music Adventure'', the player must rescue a Queen who is trapped in an amulet.

* ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'': Once [[Blessed with Suck|branded a L'Cie]] by the [[Jerkass Gods|Fal'Cie]], Crystal Stasis is the reward for fulfilling their focus, in contrast to failing and becoming a Cie'th (i.e. [[Body Horror|transforming into a twisted, zombie-like horror]]). But this also means {{spoiler|the Fal'cie can reawaken them and use them as puppets as much as they want}}. This is what happened with Serah and Dajh, {{spoiler|and Vanille and Fang were originally Pulse L'Cie brought to Cocoon and awakened by Barthandelus as his [[Unwitting Pawn]]s}}. Ultimately, this also happens to {{spoiler|Lightning, Snow, Sazh and Hope by slaying [[Death Seeker|Orphan]], but soon awaken as a result of Vanille and Fang's double [[Deus Ex Machina]] [[Heroic Sacrifice]].}}

* ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' had several Toads and Lumas trapped in crystals (possibly by [[Big Bad|Bowser]]), and Mario/Luigi had to spin said crystals to set them free.

** There are also [[The Goomba|Goombas]] trapped in crystals as well. Makes players wonder why Bowser wanted to trap his own minions in crystals along with his enemies.

* Several enemies are trapped inside crystals in the Crystal Caves -level of ''[[MediEvil (1998 video game)|Medievil]]''.

 

* In the ''[[Skin Horse]]'' arc "Borrowers," Tip finds the maintenance staff trapped inside the living crystal entities in the basement. He gets captured too, but since the crystals are sensitive to noise, they release him when he threatens to start singing Madonna.

 

* At the end of her episode of ''[[Adventure Time]]'', {{spoiler|Tree Trunks}} ends up inside a gem, {{spoiler|(gem-apple, really)}}. She seems quite fond of it.

* During the two-part finale of ''[[Storm Hawks]]'', many sky knights are captured and imprisoned in a giant crystal.

* [[Galaxy Rangers]]: A Psychocrypt victim will have his [[Life Energy]] in one crystal, and his body entombed in a second. Merging the two will free the person.

 

* Amber is the fossil resin of ancient trees. Since resin evolved as a way of trapping insects and other small animals (to protect the tree from the damage they do), we naturally find a lot of insects, spiders, etc., trapped in amber.

 

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