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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 [[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
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]].
'''''SPOILERS AHEAD.'''''
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** After season eight, Oma Desala vs. Anubis.
** Used again in ''[[The Movie|The Ark of Truth]]'': Morgan le Fay vs. Adria.
* A nod to this trope was seen in the ''[[
* In the season 5 finale of ''[[Supernatural (TV)|Supernatural]]'' Sam combines this with [[Sealed Evil in A Can]] by inviting Lucifer to possess him, then trying to keep control of his body long enough to jump into the Can they have no chance of getting Lucifer into otherwise. {{spoiler|Sam does end up jumping into the cage, with Michael (In Adam) falling in with him.}}
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** It begins in ''[[Diablo (Video Game)|Diablo]]''. This is what the protagonist attempts after slaying Diablo's current avatar. Needless to say, it didn't work.
** In ''[[Diablo (Video Game)|Diablo II]]'': In the backstory (actually already in the first game's manual), Tal Rasha used his own body as an extension of a soulstone to imprison Baal. He is [[Grand Theft Me|possessed]], and has to be tied up and magically bound in a tomb, his spirit fighting Baal's for eternity. Or until Marius came along in the second game and tugged on the ringpull [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished|in an attempt to rescue Tal Rasha.]]
{{quote| '''Tyrael:''' [[Don't Touch It, You Idiot!|No! Don't do it!]]<br />
''(pop goes the soulstone)''<br />
'''Tyrael:''' Fool! [[Oh Crap|You have just ensured the doom of this world!]] }}
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* In one of the books based on ''[[City of Heroes]]'', [[The Cape|Statesman]] and [[Big Bad|Lord Recluse]] compare themselves to Sisyphus and the rock. Statesman wonders which one is which...
* In ''[[Lost Odyssey]]'', this is the fate [[Big Bad|Gongora]] wanted to avoid, cue the 30 years long [[Evil Plan]]. Of course, in the end, making 4 powerfull immortals very pissed backfire at the end.
* As described by [[The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)|Noah Antwiler]], ''[[
* In ''[[Castlevania]]: Symphony of the Night'', this is a brainwashed Richter Belmont's motive for reviving Dracula:
{{quote| '''Richter Belmont:''' Count Dracula rises but once every century, and my role is over. If I can resurrect him, then the battle will last for eternity!}}
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