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'''Jack:''' Or you could surrender.|''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: The Curse of the Black Pearl''}}

Sometimes, the [[Big Bad]] is just too darned evil to be [[Sealed Evil in A Can|Sealed in a Can]]. Perhaps he already was, and it didn't work. After hammering him time and again, our hero eventually realizes that [[~~Its~~ Up to You|It's Up to Him]], and carries out the [[Heroic Sacrifice]] [[Fate Worse Than Death|Worse than Death]]: Trapping themselves in [[Yin Yang Clash|a duel with the bad guy for all eternity]], thus effectively "sealing" their opponent with themselves as the plug.

Sometimes, the [[Big Bad]] is just too darned evil to be [[Sealed Evil in A Can|Sealed in a Can]]. Perhaps he already was, and it didn't work. After hammering him time and again, our hero eventually realizes that [[It's Up to You|It's Up to Him]], and carries out the [[Heroic Sacrifice]] [[Fate Worse Than Death|Worse than Death]]: Trapping themselves in [[Yin Yang Clash|a duel with the bad guy for all eternity]], thus effectively "sealing" their opponent with themselves as the plug.

If they aren't strong enough, the baddy will escape, possibly [[Enemy Within|using its would-be impediment]] as a [[Soul Jar]].

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May invoke [[Someone Has to Do It]]. On the other hand, sometimes only their conscience is keeping them on the job.

Sub-trope of [[Hell Is War]]. See also [[Kill Us Both]]; often overlaps with [[Enemy Without]] and [[Tailor Made Prison]]. The furthest possible extension of [[How Much More Can He Take]]. Might be the ultimate duty of a [[Barrier Maiden]].

Sub-trope of [[Hell Is War]]. See also [[Kill Us Both]]; often overlaps with [[Enemy Without]] and [[Tailor-Made Prison]]. The furthest possible extension of [[How Much More Can He Take]]. Might be the ultimate duty of a [[Barrier Maiden]].

'''''SPOILERS AHEAD.'''''

== Anime & Manga ==

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** {{spoiler|Of course, if things had gone according to plan, Lelouch presumably would have died of thirst, leaving the the immortal Emperor as plain old [[Sealed Evil in A Can]].}}

* ''[[Dragonball]]''

** In ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', when Gotenks says he won't be able to defeat Buu (actually a trick to distract Buu and a failed attempt at making himself look cooler in front of Piccolo by being a showoff and defeating him at the last second), Piccolo destroys the only door leaving the [[Year Inside Hour Outside]] [[Pocket Dimension]] they're all in. Subverted in that Buu escapes by ''yelling'' and creating a space rip, and afterwards so do Piccolo and Gotenks by doing the same.

** In ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', when Gotenks says he won't be able to defeat Buu (actually a trick to distract Buu and a failed attempt at making himself look cooler in front of Piccolo by being a showoff and defeating him at the last second), Piccolo destroys the only door leaving the [[Year Inside, Hour Outside]] [[Pocket Dimension]] they're all in. Subverted in that Buu escapes by ''yelling'' and creating a space rip, and afterwards so do Piccolo and Gotenks by doing the same.

** In the movie ''Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon'', the antagonist convinces the heroes to gather the dragon balls to wish that a special music box he brought with him will be opened. He states that it has a trapped hero inside who will foretell of the coming of a great evil. This is all true, but he fails to mention that the great evil was bound to this hero, and by releasing the hero the evil is also released.

* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]''

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:: The motivation seems slightly different; as the above quote shows, Richter doesn't want to do this to trap Dracula (vs. letting him free); he wants to do this to continue the fight (vs. the fight being over).

* Towards the end of ''[[Breath of Fire]] II'', it turns out that the sleeping, giant dragon near the village of Gate is actually a Dragon Clan member, and Ryu's mother at that, who turned herself into that form to keep the game's [[Hell Gate]] closed and prevent the release of Death Evan. Slightly subverted in that you ''must'' relieve her of this task by going through the [[Hell Gate]] and defeating the [[Big Bad]]. If you choose not to, Death Evan immediately overwhelms her defenses and bursts to the surface, resulting in a [[Nonstandard Game Over]]. Even after Death Evan is defeated, demon gods don't just die. The [[Hell Gate]] has to be closed again to guard against his future return. If you failed to unlock the flying Township, Ryu himself has to take his mother's place. If you did unlock it? Turns out that a giant airship works just as well as a giant dragon for sealing a hole.

* {{spoiler|Shurelia}}'s [[Heroic Sacrifice]] in ''[[Ar Tonelico]]'', to seal the [[Big Bad]] Mir. {{spoiler|You get the chance to [[Defied Trope|defy]] this. If you do, both Shurelia and [[Woobie Destroyer of Worlds|Mir]] get better.}}

* {{spoiler|Shurelia}}'s [[Heroic Sacrifice]] in ''[[Ar Tonelico]]'', to seal the [[Big Bad]] Mir. {{spoiler|You get the chance to [[Defied Trope|defy]] this. If you do, both Shurelia and [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|Mir]] get better.}}

* [[Megaman Battle Network]] 6 has an interesting twist: There were ''two'' great beasts ravaging the world, so they enticed the beasts into fighting ''each other'' and then blocked off the battleground as best they could so noone would interfere or get caught in the crossfire (obviously that didn't work).

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** From the same series, a sort-of-reformed Venom ends up jumping into a portal after his [[Evil Counterpart]], Carnage, and since the portal closes after that, it's implied that this will be their fate. A [[Sequel Series]] saw them on another planet/dimension, though.

* ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]'' ends with this, as the fifth season's [[Big Bad]] Drago (using the powers of all eight demon sorcerers) and his father Shendu (the [[Big Bad]] of the entire SERIES, using all twelve of his talismans) are sealed within another realm to duel for all eternity. Neither of them takes their fate very seriously. They spend their time bickering: Shendu chastising Drago for being an impudent child playing with his father's world (yes, Shendu still thinks Earth is his for the taking), while Drago whines about Shendu never being there for him because he's always busy fighting wizards.

* One episode of ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' had a variation on this. Timmy wished [[Babysitter From Hell|Vicky]] wasn't his babysitter, and she became mayor of the city instead. Subsequent attempt to remove Vicky from power through wishing instead resulted in Vicky gaining even more power, up to the point of becoming a galactic conqueror. In the end, Timmy realized [[~~Its~~ Up to You|it's up to him]] to prevent all of these, and wished her to be his babysitter once again.

* One episode of ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' had a variation on this. Timmy wished [[Babysitter From Hell|Vicky]] wasn't his babysitter, and she became mayor of the city instead. Subsequent attempt to remove Vicky from power through wishing instead resulted in Vicky gaining even more power, up to the point of becoming a galactic conqueror. In the end, Timmy realized [[It's Up to You|it's up to him]] to prevent all of these, and wished her to be his babysitter once again.

* ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]]'' has {{spoiler|Goliad, Princess Bubblegum's genetically engineered heir who'd gone mad with power and tried to take over the Candy Kingdom with her mind control powers, ultimately defeated by Stormo, another Candy Spinx created using Finn's DNA, sacrificing himself by locking her in a psychic duel with himself.}}

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