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The complete opposite of [[Sealed Evil in
▲The complete opposite of [[Sealed Evil in A Can]]. This entity is usually kind and gentle, and usually (if not always) rewards the one who releases it, if it can. In other cases, the wandering band of travelers are desperately trying to evade capture or being killed by the forces of darkness. They stumble upon the entity and, thanks to a can-opener (which can range from a trinket to a sacrifice), the only thing that can stop the great evil awakens, and prepares to open a can... of whoop-ass. Sometimes it's revealed that there is a baddie in there with them and they were the [[Barrier Maiden]] or the ever-fighting guard keeping them in ([[Sealed Evil in A Duel]]). In these cases their release ''also'' releases the [[Sealed Evil in A Can]]. Oops.
Comes in two flavors:
Occasionally used as a more subtle form of [[Deus Ex Machina]]; may qualify as [[Holding Back the Phlebotinum]], but on some occasions these can be the main hero. See [[Sealed Inside a Person
▲* Type 1: '''Sealed by allies.''' Similar to [[Sealed Badass in A Can]]. There was something in the future they would be needed to combat, so to make sure they would be ready, the Good let themselves be sealed. If the future threat was simply "bad guy I need to beat up," it's probably a case of [[Sealed Badass in A Can]] instead.
▲* Type 2: '''Sealed by enemies.''' A straight inversion of [[Sealed Evil in A Can]]. There was a great foe that no one could defeat, so they sealed him away instead. Only difference is that the foe is the good guy, and the sealers evil.
▲Occasionally used as a more subtle form of [[Deus Ex Machina]]; may qualify as [[Holding Back the Phlebotinum]], but on some occasions these can be the main hero. See [[Sealed Inside a Person Shaped Can]] for when the Good is imprisoned inside a living being, or [[Sealed Badass in A Can]] for a neutral variant. Compare [[Fling a Light Into The Future]]. Contrast [[King in The Mountain]], who is usually ''not'' let out. See also [[Awakening the Sleeping Giant]], which is where the Good is less "sealed in a can" and more "lazy".
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▲== Anime & Manga ==
* In ''[[Mamotte Shugogetten]],'' Shaorin and other spirits were imprisoned in objects for several hundred years at a time, only coming out to serve a master who was pure of heart. Unlike with most cases, exactly why this is done and who does it are a mystery. (Especially since none of them seem to have done anything to deserve it.)
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]!'': Pharaoh Atem sealed himself along with the [[Big Bad]] so he would be around to defeat the Big Bad ''again'' when he was inevitably unsealed in the future.
* The original sealing away of Alexiel in ''[[Angel Sanctuary]]'' is a borderline example of this. True, she was captured trying to [[Rage Against the Heavens|bring down Heaven's ruling class]]. On the other hand, the angels and demons vary so much between moralities that it's hard to say whether she's good or [[Sealed Evil in
* Nuts from ''[[Yes!
* In the end of the first arc of ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'', {{spoiler|the recently [[Heel Face Turn|reformed]] Gackto, Sara and the Dark Lovers are sealed under the ocean forever for their crimes. Although she's not going to go and [[Rage Against the Heavens|turn on Aqua Regina]] for it, Lucia mourns them as if they were dead and is surprised to see them astral project in the Pure arc.}}
* ''[[Gungrave]]'': {{spoiler|Before his death, Brandon Heat left a letter for Big Daddy, stating that in the event of his (Brandon's) death, and if Harry and the Millenion goes down the wrong path, Brandon would allow his body to undergo necrolization and become a Deadman. His last request was to remain locked away in the doctor's confinement chamber, in a state of hibernation, until the time he needs to be summoned. Brandon (better known as "Grave"), "sleeps" for thirteen years until Mika (Big Daddy's daughter) awakens/releases him because she was told to seek his protection}}.
* Elder Kai from ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' was mentioned. He was sealed in the Z Sword a few billion years ago and when he comes out he provides lots of help in the effort against Buu.
** And Tapion in the last movie. Who was also the container of a [[Sealed Evil in
** Before either of them were mentioned, Kami attempted to seal Piccolo (the then [[Big Bad]]) in a bottle with the Evil Containment Wave. Piccolo bounced it back at Kami, sealing him until Goku beat Piccolo and freed him.
* C.C. from ''[[Code Geass]]'' is almost literally
** The protagonist of the ''Geass'' game ''Lost Colors'' {{spoiler|put himself into a coma within a Geass ruin following the death of his friends and family, making him a rare case of self-sealing}}.
* Prince Mythos from ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' does not literally seal himself, but shatters his heart and seals the pieces in order to seal the Monster Raven. As Princess Tutu returns his heart shards and emotions, the seal on the Raven gets correspondingly weaker.
* An early chapter of ''[[Crimson Spell]]'' features
* The ''[[Monster Rancher (
* ''[[The Record of a Fallen Vampire]] / Vampire Juuji Kai'': The vampire queen Adelheid was considered to be [[Sealed Evil in
* This is one of the ''many'' potential interpretations of the end of ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]].''
* Lucario in the ''[[Pokémon]]'' movie ''[[Pokémon
* Oddly enough, [[Naruto]] himself is the subject of both this and [[Sealed Evil in
* This is what Mikael and Silky from ''[[Tenshi
* In ''[[Digimon Xros Wars]]'', it turns out {{spoiler|1=the DigiMemories are actually a group of ancient, heroic Digimon that protected the Digital World. They were ultimately sealed in there in a failed attempt to stop the break up of the Digital World.}}
** Goldramon has two dragons sealed in his bracers: Amon of the Crimson Blaze, who administers destruction, and Umon of the Blue Thunder, who administers creation.
* In ''[[Tears to Tiara]]'', the long-dead Demon King Arawn is this in the beginning of the series. He is mistaken for a [[Sealed Evil in
* Mashiro in ''[[Tayutama]]'' chose to be sealed along with the Tayutai knowing that if they're freed she'll be freed along with them and can seal them again. She wouldmuch rather work with them and get them to get along with humans than fight them. She will fight if necessary however, which is what she does almost imediately upon being released. She then lectures the ones she defeats about how they need to be nice.
* In [[Rave Master]] {{spoiler|Elie/Resha is one of these. She was sealed away to combat the threat that would arise in fifty years time.}}
* ''[[Zombie Fairy]]'' has the zombie fairy, bound in a coffin. This is also a case of sealed evil in a can, as she is under a curse that causes her to go into [[Super-Powered Evil Side|berserker rages]].
== Comic Books ==
* Let's not forget [[Captain America (comics)]], frozen in 1944 and thawed out again in... well, whenever the current continuity says (roughly 12 years from whenever you're reading).▼
== Comics ==▼
** As per the 2010 ''[[Spider
▲* Let's not forget [[Captain America]], frozen in 1944 and thawed out again in... well, whenever the current continuity says (roughly 12 years from whenever you're reading).
▲** As per the 2010 ''[[Spider Man]]'' annual, Captain America was thawed out five years ago from that date.
* And also Primus, god of the ''[[Transformers]]'', who sealed himself away at the core of Cybertron itself in order to also seal off his opposite number, Unicron. He was also present in the Unicron Trilogy, but he was created in the comics.
** Though it's worth noting that Primus' sealing himself off less directly sealed Unicron and more caused Unicron to pick up a moon-sized [[Idiot Ball]] and do it himself just to prove he could.
*** Well, whatever works. They never said Primus wasn't a [[Magnificent Bastard|sneaky bastard]]. They just said he wants the universe to keep on existing.
* In ''[[The Legion of Super Heroes]]'', M'Onel (Mon-El, Valor) was trapped in the [[Phantom Zone]] for 1,000 years before the Legionnaires freed him.
* ''[[Camelot 3000]]'' is all about the Sealed Good of King Arthur [[Better Than It Sounds|being revived from a millennia-long hibernation to battle alien invaders]].
* [[Marvel Comics|Tiamut the Dreaming Celestial]] was the only member of his race that objected to their genocidal policies and was punished for it.
* In Disney's ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', the Genie is a kind and good spirit who wants to help his masters. In Disney's [[Genie in
▲== Films ==
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▲* In Disney's ''[[Aladdin (Disney)|Aladdin]]'', the Genie is a kind and good spirit who wants to help his masters. In Disney's [[Genie in A Bottle|version of the story, genies -- good and bad -- are naturally sealed.]] In the original Arabic folklore, sealed genies are, according to one of the stories in the Arabian Nights, the criminals of genie society. The lamps they are often found in are their prisons, and genies ''choose'' to grant wishes to show their gratitude for being released.
* The title character of the ''[[Austin Powers]]'' series was cryogenically preserved and revived in response to similar efforts by his [[Sealed Evil in
▲{{quote| '''Genie:''' It's all part and parcel of the whole genie gig: '''''PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS,''''' ''{{smallcaps|itty}}'' {{smallcaps|bitty living space.}} }}
* In ''[[Dogma]]'', keeping God on life support in the real world so She could not return to heaven and blink things back to normal could be seen as Sealed Good in a Can, in this case a more direct borrowing of [[Sealed Evil in
▲* The title character of the ''[[Austin Powers]]'' series was cryogenically preserved and revived in response to similar efforts by his [[Sealed Evil in A Can|evil counterpart]], Dr. Evil.
▲* In ''[[Dogma]]'', keeping God on life support in the real world so She could not return to heaven and blink things back to normal could be seen as Sealed Good in a Can, in this case a more direct borrowing of [[Sealed Evil in A Can|Sealed Evil In A Can]] by the dark side.
* The White Queen in ''[[Mirror Mask]]''.
* In [[The Garbage Pail Kids Movie]], the titular Kids are trapped inside an outer space garbage can that lands on earth, and are discovered by an antiques store owner. He does his best to keep them in the can, but they always manage to find a way out. Much like the Animaniacs example below, the Kids aren't necessarily good, but they aren't evil either. A more apt definition would probably be Sealed Jerkass in a Can.
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* The icy Breath of Valkur in ''Kull the Conqueror'' had to be retrieved from the far north, to counter the fiery evil [[Big Bad]].
* According to his backstory, [[Mulan|Mushu the dragon]] was actually turned into an incense burner inside the Fa family altar as punishment by the Fa family ancestors for his laziness. But when Mulan decided to run off disguised as a male soldier, the Fa family ancestors decided to change him back so he can keep his mistress out of trouble.
* Sentinel Prime in ''[[Transformers Film Series|Transformers: The Dark of the Moon]].'' He's been rusting away in the Ark since he crashed on the moon in [[The Sixties]]. {{spoiler|It later turns out that he was actually a [[Sealed Evil in
== Literature ==
* In the [[Backstory]] to Shakespeare's ''[[The Tempest]]'', Prospero releases Ariel from the cloven pine where he had been imprisoned for twelve years by the evil witch Sycorax for refusing to do her bidding. Ariel is thus bound to serve Prospero for twelve years to repay his debt.
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[
** ''[[
* In [[Alan Dean Foster]]'s ''[[Humanx Commonwealth]]'' novel ''Bloodhype'', the Tar-Aiym Guardian, Peot, was charged with containing and finding a way to destroy the Vom, a planet-scouring [[Eldritch Abomination]]. Half a million years later, Peot is dormant and must be awakened in order to counter the Vom's renewed threat. Flinx turns out to be the key to accomplishing this.
* In Guy Gavriel Kay's trilogy, "The Fionavar Tapestry", King Arthur and Lancelot are both examples. King Arthur is awoken by one of the protagonists to fight the big bad. Arthur finds Lancelot under a mountain and wakes him. Guinevere is already present, [[Sealed
* Vangerdahast's subplot in the [[Forgotten Realms]] novel ''Elminster's Daughter'' involves him attempting to seal ''dragons'' in a can to protect Cormyr. (The country's previous Sealed Good was unsealed, then destroyed, in a prior war.) {{spoiler|The subplot ends with Vangerdahast [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|shapeshifting]] ''himself'' into a dragon, then sealing himself and a volunteer song dragon in the can.}}
* Jim Knee in ''[[
== Live
* ''[[
* In ''[[I
* In ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', the progenitor of the Tokra, Egeria, was almost literally sealed in a can (a symbiont containment vessel) by her Goa'uld enemies. Egeria fared less well than
* Zordon in ''[[Power Rangers]]''. Technically he was in a "time warp" and broadcasting his face into a tube, but they freed the man by making him ''actually'' trapped in the tube. To make matters worse, the poor guy was kidnapped as soon as he was "released", and when he was rescued, he promptly had to commit a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to [[Deus Ex Machina|save the day]]. Shoulda stuck with the time warp.
* Kai in ''[[Lexx]]'' starts and ends many episodes frozen in a stasis chamber, showing up to save the other characters in the nick of time. You know, because he's dead.
* ''[[The Outer Limits]]'' episode 'Sarcophagus' had an archeological dig find an alien in a tomb. Upon awakening, the friendly being was quite happy to find that humanity had come a long way from the cavemen that had attacked him on sight, forcing him to seal himself up to recover from his injuries. {{spoiler|When there is a cave-in, the alien allows the two who had befriended him to seal themselves up, keeping them alive until they are finally rescued.}}
* In ''[[
* Who would have expected the depths of the planet Za'ha'dum, home of the evil Shadows in [[Babylon
* The Zyurangers in ''[[Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger]]'' were put in suspended animation rooms in an underground temple, to make sure they would still be alive and ready to fight Bandora if someone released her.
▲== Newspaper Comics ==
* The Ekert from ''[[Non Sequitur (comic strip)|Non Sequitur]]''.
== Oral Tradition, Folklore, Myths and Legends ==
* In Hesiod's ''[[
* Many, many variations of the [[King in
* On a related note, Excalibur itself might be considered an example, as this powerful weapon for Good was kept hidden by the Lady of the Lake until the right wielder came along. Like many cases where this trope applies to objects, it was Sealed In A Can Again after Arthur was through with it.
* In ''[[Journey to
== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[
** In module Q1 ''Queen of the Demonweb Pits'', one possible encounter in Lolth's Web is a chance to rescue a ki-rin (powerful [[Lawful Good]] unicorn-like creature) trapped in a transparent cube that keeps it in a state of suspended animation. If rescued, the ki-rin will offer its services to its rescuers.
** Module I12 ''Egg of the Phoenix''. The ki-rin Da-weng allowed himself to be changed to stone so that at a future time he could be returned to normal and fight against Evil. If released, he gives the party an amulet that will allow them to summon him to aid them.
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** One way to destroy the Eye of Arik in ''Palace of the Silver Princess'' is to release the benign white dragon Ariksbane from another dimension, so it can shatter the evil gem with its icy breath weapon.
** The Dragonlance setting is made of this trope: the Disks of Mishakal, the brass dragon Blaize, the rest of the good dragons, plus of course the dragonlances themselves. Half the campaign is uncanning sealed goods.
* The [[God-Emperor]] of Mankind. As much as there IS [[Black and Grey Morality|"good"]] in [[Warhammer
** Technically, he's on psychic-fueled life support in a coma. His death would mean his rebirth, but a lot of bad things would happen in the mean time. So he's
** Eldrad might be an example too.
** The Eldar in general might qualify, but they are more [[Awakening the Sleeping Giant]] in most cases.
** To a lesser extent than the Emperor are the Space Marine Dreadnoughts, and Eldar Wraithlords. On the plus side, you're now a near-immortal warrior that can crush hordes of enemies that plagued entire squads of your fellows in the palm of your hand... often literally. The downside? You have to be nearly dead (or for the Eldar, FULLY dead,) be rescued by your compatriots, and have been such a glorious badass among badasses that they plug you into a [[Mecha|huge, lumbering war-machine.]] You're also hooked in there forever, or at least until the machine breaks and you die, and you tend to spend years, decades or centuries in between humongous battles in total stasis, hence fitting into this trope in multiple literal ways.
* In the ''[[
** The Fianna have a Rank Six Gift that puts their greatest heroes to sleep until the Apocalypse. There are approximately three dozen of their greatest warriors in cold storage somewhere, waiting for the end of the world.
* Mirage block of [[
** Lord Ith was imprisoned by Mairsil the Pretender during the years of The Dark (between the Sylex Blast and the Ice Age).
** Avacyn, archangel and guardian of the humans of Innistrad, was sealed within the Helvault alongside the demon [[Sealed Evil in
== Toys ==
* In ''[[Bionicle]]'', the Great Spirit Mata Nui's soul is sealed inside the [[Mask of Power|Mask of Life]] by [[Big Bad|Makuta]] and thrown out of the universe.
== Video Games ==
* In the early ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' games, Dr. Robotnik's plans usually involved sealing innocent creatures into his robots as power sources. Recently, he seems to have found another source of energy for them (Chaos Drives?). Why he didn't just use batteries in the first place is anyone's guess.
** He might indeed use batteries, and the Small Furry Animals merely serve as the "intelligence" part of the robot. In other media, however, Robotnik relied upon the ''roboticization'' process. This other media includes Bioware's ''[[Sonic Chronicles]]: Dark Brotherhood''.
** First major straight example in the series is Tikal in ''[[
** ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'' has this as well {{spoiler|in the form of Chip, aka Light Gaia, who voluntarily sealed himself within the planet to bind his counterpart, Dark Gaia, and both were released incomplete when Eggman blew the planet open ahead of schedule -- one's an amnesiac [[Exposition Fairy]] and the other a physically-scattered [[Cosmic Horror]].}}
** In ''Sonic and the Secret Rings'' the good genie, Shahra, is sealed inside a ring found by Sonic at the beginning of the game. Another cosmic being in the game, the evil Erazor Djinn, becomes [[Sealed Evil in
* In the NES game ''[[The Krion Conquest]]'', a good witch is released from a magic staff to fight off an [[Alien Invasion]]. Why she was sealed in it in the first place is unknown.
* The hero Melvin in ''[[Dragon Quest VII]]'' put himself to sleep so he would be alive to fight should the demon lord rise again.
* In ''[[Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario World]]'', the Yoshis are trapped inside eggs until Mario rescues them.
* Used in the SNES classic ''[[
** In the [[Gratuitous Japanese|Super Famicom]] version, it's explicit.
* Holy, in ''[[
** In ''[[
** Bahamut and Leviathan in ''[[
* The finale of ''[[Halo]] 3'' seals {{spoiler|Master Chief}} in a can.
** It can also be said that Master Chief is sealed good in a can at the beginning of Halo: Combat Evolved.
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* Likewise, the finale of ''[[Half Life]]'' seals {{spoiler|Gordon Freeman}} in a can, to be reheated and served in the sequel.
** And at the end of Half-Life 2, he is resealed until Episode 1. Then things get weird, and Episode 3 has yet to come along and explain it all.
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** Link himself becomes this in ''[[Ocarina of Time]]''. The Master Sword chose him to be the Hero of Time as a child, but since he was too young, he was sealed away in the Sacred Realm for seven years.
* Amaterasu of ''[[Okami]]'', who is awakened at the start of the game when after someone cracks open the [[Sealed Evil in
** Sakuya, a wood sprite with trees extending all across Nippon, is also sealed away until you can awaken her. Reviving her various Guardian Saplings will break the curse over an area.
** For that matter, the brush gods as well, requiring you to free them and regain their powers
** Happens again in ''[[Okamiden]]'' with Chibi releasing Shiranui he he was frozen in ice.
* The druids in ''[[
** They can be [[Incredibly Lame Pun|real bears]] when you wake them.
* ''A Mess O' Trouble'' (an excellent Mac WorldBuilder shareware [[Adventure Game]]) has two godlike creatures trapped inside time dilation bubbles in some ruins. You know from local historians (and abominations lying around in the ruins) that their civilization was practically constructed by a good creature and then fooled into nearly destroying itself by a bad creature. One is a beautiful [[Energy Beings|Energy Being]], the other a dull-looking lizard man. [[Light Is Not Good|Guess which is which?]]
* ''[[Paper Mario:
** Actually, according to [[All Myths Are True|Ingame Myths]] the black boxes are actually {{spoiler|the four heroes of a thousand years ago who sealed the [[Sealed Evil in
* In ''[[Star Control]] 2: Ur-Quan Masters'', races defeated by [[Affably Evil|Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] have choice between enrollment as [[Les Collaborateurs|battle thralls]] or imprisonment on their own homeworld under an impenetrable ''slave shield''. One of the latter must be fetched out of can by the player in order to win.
* The Biometal (or "Live Metal") from the ''[[Mega Man ZX]]'' series are the sealed memories of many past characters. Namely, Model X is obviously [[Mega Man X|X]], Model Z is Zero, And Models H, L, F, and P are the Guardians From ''[[Mega Man Zero]]''.
** Before that are [[Mega Man X|X]] and [[Mega Man Zero|Zero]] themselves, found in such a state at the beginning of their respective series.
*** Ironically, Zero was actually [[Sealed Evil in
* In ''[[Fire Emblem Tellius
* In ''[[Quest for Glory]] 4'', you finally learn the fate of the legendary mage and [[Friend to All Living Things]], Erana. {{spoiler|She attempted to seal a [[Cosmic Horror]] that was invading the land, but only partially succeeded, and got sealed with it as well rather than miss her chance to do so. She's since been tormented by it for all that time, until the very end of the game}}.
* In the second game of the original ''[[The
* In ''[[Might and Magic]] V: Darkside of Xeen'' you later find a box and after a quest to seal a guy in it he will then [[The Unfought|fight and kill]] the [[Big Bad]] for you when you enter his room.
* ''[[Touhou]]'' has Byakuren, who was sealed away after trying to establish equality between youkai and humans. Bizarrely enough, you fight her as the final boss, after unsealing her, on purpose. Of course, given how the heroines usually behave, that probably isn't too surprising.
* In ''[[Arcanum]]'', {{spoiler|the supposed Big Bad, Arronax, has been trapped in the Void repenting his crime for thousands of years; once found, he joins the party to take on the real Big Bad}}.
* In ''[[Shadow Hearts]]: From The New World'', the light of Will (the [[Evil Counterpart|good counterpart]] of the Malice animating the [[Big Bad]] and [[The Dragon]]) is sealed inside a big tower in a salt lake.
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* During the ending of ''[[Spyro the Dragon|The Legend of Spyro]]: The Eternal Night'', {{spoiler|Spyro, Cynder, and Sparx get trapped in the Well of Souls, resulting in Spyro using his Dragon Time powers to seal them in a crystal to save themselves.}} In the sequel, ''Dawn of the Dragon'', taking place three years later, a group of Malefor's minions come and chisel them out, for a sacrifice days before Malefor's plan would have ultimately succeeded without their interference anyway.
** [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]?
* {{spoiler|JC Denton}} in ''[[Deus Ex: Invisible War
* In ''[[Mass Effect]]'', an eccentric Volus billionaire is spending his fortune excavating a planet of ruins for "lost beings of light" who are intended to fight "machine devils from beyond the stars." Considering the nature of the ME universe, and the fact that one such planetary description in Mass Effect turns out to be [[Chekhov's Gun|highly relevant]] in Mass Effect 2, this may be more important than it seems.
** Turns out it wasn't. However the third does have Javik, a Prothean that was sealed to help rebuild the Prothean Empire once the Reapers had departed. Things didn't go quite as planned so he joins up with Shepard.
* The events of the game ''[[Graffiti Kingdom]]'' are set in motion after the [[Idiot Hero|Prince Pixel]] releases both
* ''In [[Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete]]'', [[Emotionless Girl|Lucia]] is Sealed In A Crystal until she is awakened - and not on schedule - at the beginning of the game. {{spoiler|At the end, she seals herself up again.}} {{spoiler|And in the [[Playable Epilogue]], Hiro goes after her.}}
* [[Pokémon]] can become this in their Poké Balls, especially if their Trainer [[Nightmare Fuel|deposits them indefinitely into the Pokémon Storage System]].<ref>And yes, according to Jessie's Ekans in the episode "Island of the Giant Pokémon": "Pokémon do bad things because '''master bad. Pokémon not bad."'''</ref>
* It is arguable that {{spoiler|Galactic Knight}} from [[Kirby|Kirby's]] "Meta Knightmare" is this, since his alignment is never stated {{spoiler|even though he's the final boss}}. Either way, he's also [[Sealed Badass in
* In ''[[Puzzle Quest]]: Challenge of the Warlords'', the player character and his/her allies must help the minotaurs revive their god, Lord Sartek, so that he can defeat the evil Lord Bane.
* Alucard from ''[[Castlevania]]'' seals ''himself'' away on multiple occasions, seeing his powers as evil. He isn't ''intentionally'' a [[Sealed Badass in
== Web Comics ==
* The picture from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' probably deserves some explanation. When the demons first conquered the world that became the Dimension of Pain, they sealed away all that world's goodness in a Zip-Lock bag and stored it in the Demon King's refrigerator.
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* Abraham, the wizard who created the dewitchery diamond in [[
** He also revises his statue's inscription to say {{spoiler|I rise to atone for my sins}} after he realizes both good and evil creatures can be created by the diamond. This is a step above "I rise to reap what I have sown" which suggested destroying everything the diamond created.
== Web Original ==
* The Web novel ''There'' features sealed
* ''[[
* In [[Terramirum]], Animusara finds herself trapped in a reliquary for 1,000 years.
== Western Animation ==
* [[Human Popsicle]] Aang of ''[[
* In the prequel of ''[[Code Lyoko]]'', Jeremie turned back on an abandoned Supercomputer inside which resides what he thinks at first is a benevolent A.I., Aelita. He will spend the next season trying to materialize her in the real world. This comes of course with its counterpart [[Sealed Evil in
* In ''[[
* In one episode of ''[[Justice League (
** There is, however, [
* In ''[[Barbie and
* In ''[[
* In the ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (
* A [[Story Arc]] in ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
* The Autobots in the original ''[[Transformers Generation 1|Transformers]]'' cartoon, who were all sealed away inside a volcano with the Decepticons after both factions crashed into it in the distant past, making them all unconscious. It wasn't until the volcano's eruption that both were set free.
** Also, the Autobot Headmasters. Well, their heads, anyway. Supposedly, removing their heads to limit their power was part of a treaty with Fortress Maximus, as he didn't trust them entirely.
* Dark Heart does this to the Care Bears at the end of ''[[
* [[Popeye]]'s spinach is a non-character example, seeing as characters other than him can gain strength from it.
* In the pilot of ''[[The Life and Times of Juniper Lee]]'', the heroine keeps a bottle holding a Baresafer (a genie [[Elvis Impersonator| who dresses like Elvis]]) in her backpack, seeing as a Baresafer is compelled to attack evil beings. He proves useful in dealing with the villain in the episode.
== Real Life ==
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