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* On the rare occasions when [[The Culture]] goes to war they [[Beware the Nice Ones|don't do half measures]], but this leads to [[Deus Est Machina|Minds]] created during wartime having an unfortunate tendency to find a peacetime life boring. Most of them therefore choose to shut themselves down until things pick up again, leading to the Culture being dotted with massive hollowed out asteroids holding thousands of Idiran War veteran ROUs in long term storage.

** {{spoiler|The Sleeper Service which managed build and then deploy in a time of need 512 Type One Offensive Units (roughly equivalent to Abominator class prototype), 2048 Type Two Offensive Units (equivalent to Torturer class), 2048 Type Three Offensive Units (equivalent to Inquisitor class prototype, upgraded), 12,288 Type Four Offensive Units (roughly equivalent to velocity-improved Killer class), 24,576 Type Five Offensive Units (based on Thug class upgrade design study), and 49,152 Type Six Offensive Units (based on militarised Scree class LCU, various types) all while pretending to be a harmless eccentric.}}

* Among the numerous sealed cans dotting the [[Malazan Book of the Fallen]] universe a good portion appear to be [[Sealed Evil in a Can]] but there has been more than one [[Sealed Badass in a Can]] too. Given the large number of cans involved, this is not at all surprising.

* Among the numerous sealed cans dotting the [[Malazan Book of the Fallen]] universe a good portion appear to be [[Sealed Evil in a Can]] but there has been more than one Sealed Badass in a Can too. Given the large number of cans involved, this is not at all surprising.

* In the ''[[Star Trek]]'' spin-off novel ''The Final Reflection'', by [[John M. Ford]], the {{spoiler|Klingons}} have a super-soldier with an enhanced metabolism that makes him practically unbeatable, at the cost of a dramatically reduced lifespan. To get the most possible use out of him, his handlers keep him in cryogenic suspension between missions.

* Bob, who whenever released for combat purposes makes everyone extremely thankful that it's Harry (now Butters) that owns him.

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== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* There was a ''[[Star Trek TNG]]'' episode where some Klingons who had been in deep sleep since before the Klingons and Federation made peace were about to wake up in their battle cruiser. They were supposed to attack the first Federation ship they encountered.

** In the episode "The Hunted", the crew of the ''Enterprise'' are sent to oversee the induction of pacifistic Angosia III into the Federation when a criminal escapes from a lunar prison. The ''Enterprise'' [[Teleporters and Transporters|transports]] the criminal on board, but he quickly escapes and starts wreaking merry havoc on the ship. After he's captured again, it's discovered that he and the other "criminals" in the prison are actually [[Super Soldier~~|Super Soldiers~~]] who, due to their psychological and biochemical conditioning, were considered unsuitable for civilian life and were sealed away after the last war ended.

** In the episode "The Hunted", the crew of the ''Enterprise'' are sent to oversee the induction of pacifistic Angosia III into the Federation when a criminal escapes from a lunar prison. The ''Enterprise'' [[Teleporters and Transporters|transports]] the criminal on board, but he quickly escapes and starts wreaking merry havoc on the ship. After he's captured again, it's discovered that he and the other "criminals" in the prison are actually [[Super Soldier]]s who, due to their psychological and biochemical conditioning, were considered unsuitable for civilian life and were sealed away after the last war ended.

* Merrick/Zen-Aku in [[Power Rangers Wild Force]]. Inside the can is a sealed evil, who is actually a [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] badass ''hero'' who took a powerup with a [[Grand Theft Me]] side-effect. As soon as they remove that powerup, he's back to badass hero.

* ''[[Kamen Rider Blade]]'' had an intresting inversion. The 52 Undead are collectively [[Sealed Evil in a Can]], [[Sealed Good in a Can]], and [[Sealed Badass in a Can]], as each Undead has their own motivations, some evil, some good, and some just want to beat the stuffing out of one another.

* ''[[Kamen Rider Blade]]'' had an intresting inversion. The 52 Undead are collectively [[Sealed Evil in a Can]], [[Sealed Good in a Can]], and Sealed Badass in a Can, as each Undead has their own motivations, some evil, some good, and some just want to beat the stuffing out of one another.

* ''[[Andromeda]]'' features both Dylan Hunt ''and'' the AI controlling the titular ship. They're averted from being [[Sealed Good in a Can]] mainly because of Hunt's tendency toward self-justification.

* ''[[Torchwood]]'' has Captain Jack Harkness buried alive for nearly 2000 years before being dug out in the early 20th century and asked to be [[Human Popsicle|frozen]] until the early 21st century in order to avoid meeting his past self. Being incapable of staying dead (but dying still sucks), it's a wonder he hasn't gotten insane from constantly suffocating and coming back to life.