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{{quote|''"This s... sucks!"''|'''Fatso''' (being sucked into a vacuum cleaner) in '''''[[Casper (
Sometimes, in a work of fiction, the good guys will use [[Frickin' Laser Beams]] to defeat the bad guys or the monster. Usually, said laser beams work like some [[Sci Fi|science-fictiony]] approximation of a bullet. Occasionally, though, the beam will do something totally different: suck the target into the weapon. Most of the time, this doesn't kill or otherwise destroy the target, it just [[Sealed Evil in
For when a character uses ''themselves'' as the vacuum, see [[Vacuum Mouth]].
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* A jar-o-demon-sucking showed up in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' during the Demon Arc.
* One [[Monster of the Week]] in ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure]]'' was a vacuum cleaner possessed by a Zakenna.
* [[Casanova Wannabe|Miroku]] from ''[[Inuyasha]]'', [[Cursed
* [[Hunter X Hunter|Shizuku]] uses an actual ''vacuum cleaner'' as a weapon, albeit infused with her [[Battle Aura]]. She calls it "Deme-chan" ("Blinky" in the translated manga).
** Actually, it's not an actual vacuum cleaner: she creates it with her [[Battle Aura|nen]]. ''It has teeth and barks.''
* Team Rocket uses vacuums now and again in the ''[[Pokémon (
** The Poké Balls can also be considered as this trope.
* In one episode the ''[[Ranma One Half]]'' anime, Soun Tendo intends to use a magical gourd to swallow up and imprison Ranma's shadow, which has come to life and has started making trouble (long story). The problem is, it only works if he can call out the Shadow Ranma's name... and he doesn't know it. This is a reference to the [[Journey to
** In the manga, there exists a magical compact mirror that can suck in anyone who looks at their own reflection (and a fair bit of the accompanying landscape.) The victim is sealed up in a non-infinite mirror world, with no escape, unless someone outside pats the back of the compact and effectively slaps the victim out of it.
* The Mafuuba technique in ''[[
* ''[[Vampire Hunter D]]'' has a symbiotic life-form living in his left hand which can--among other things--consume and inhale various substances.
* Chikuma Koshirou from ''[[Basilisk]]'' has the Kamaitachi technique which sucks people and weapons into nothingness.
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== Comic Books ==
* This was first method [[Spider
** [[The Fantastic Four|Reed Richards]] would later pull the same trick on Sandman when the villain served as part of the [[Villain Team-Up|Frightful Four]].
* [[Adam Strange]] in his original stories had one enemy alien race that used this form of sucking weapon.
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* In ''[[Ghostbusters]]'', the guys use their proton beams not to actually blast the ghost, but to position it over the ghost trap and suck it in. [[Did Not Do the Research|For some reason,]] parodies of ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' always have the proton beams as the thing that sucks the ghost, with no mention of the trap.
** Which makes the sole [[Shout
** An arcade game of ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'' has the ghost sucked in by the proton beams as well.
* [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney's]] ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', Aladdin defeats Jafar by tricking him into wishing he were a genie. Jafar is promptly sucked into his new lamp in a Frickin Vacuum Cleaner effect, because genies must be released by new masters.
* The [[The Eponymous Show|titular]] board game in ''[[Jumanji]]'' uses strange magic to this effect. First, it sucks in Alan Parrish into its fictional jungle, then it releases a series of creatures, villains, and strange meteorology into the [[Real Life|real world]]. In the end, everything is sucked back in one huge vaccum cleaner-like effect.
* In ''[[
* Similar to the ''Jumanji'' example, the end of ''[[Cool World]]'' features cartoonist Jack Deebs, [[Roger Rabbit Effect|transmogrified into a cartoon superhero]], returning the Spike of Power to the roof of the Las Vegas Plaza Hotel, thus curing everyone in the city who had been turned into cartoon characters, and sucking all the denizens of the Cool World back where they belong with a vacuum cleaner-like effect. ([[It Makes Sense in Context]], but you gotta watch it)
* Gargamel in ''[[The Smurfs (
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* In the ''[[Thursday Next]]'' series, Spike captures a Supreme Evil Being using a specially designed vacuum cleaner, to the demon's surprise.
* [[Weapons That Suck]] have a role in [[China Mieville]]'s ''[[Un Lun Dun]]'' {{spoiler|1=Specifically, the UnGun, which sucks up the Smog at the climax of the novel.}}
* The eponymous heroine of [[
* [[Older Than Steam]]: There are quite a few examples of Magical Artifacts That Suck in the Chinese epic ''[[Journey to
== Live Action TV ==
* The Vacuum Bot in ''[[
* In the first episode of ''[[
** Most episodes of ''[[
* In ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' the evil spirit of Jazz is subuded by being sucked into a vacuum cleaner. Sadly this doesn't stop the spirit as he just rolls the cleaner to Howard and "Get's inside him."
* This happened in ''Monkey'' - the baddies had a magic bottle which would suck you inside if they pointed it at you, they said your name, and you answered to it. Monkey escapes it by turning into a wasp and later tricks the baddies by posing as someone else and giving a false name.
** This jar is also present in the source material, [[Journey to
*** And in [[
* In ''[[
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== Video Games ==
* The Poltergust 3000 in ''[[
** Its successor, the Poltergeist 5000, in ''[[Luigis Mansion 2
* The Suck Cannon from ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]'' sucks in enemies or crates and lets you use them as ammunition.
* The Persephones in ''[[Castlevania]]'' use vacuum cleaners with skull-shaped canisters. For fun, let one of them catch Charlotte in ''Portrait of Ruin''...
** Also just as fun with Student Witches and Persephones themselves when you get to use one in Aria/Dawn of Sorrow.
* Link's Gust Jar in ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* One of SonSon's abilities in ''[[
* In ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'', the Red Baron (aka Maou Belial) is unbeatable unless you have "the gushing jar". Then it will just suck him up.
* Mega Man\Rockman Trigger's Vacuum Arm in the ''Rockman Dash''/''[[
* In ''[[
* A couple of pins in ''[[
* ''[[Disgaea 3 Absence of Justice]]'' has an attack where you shoot the enemy with an energy ball, suck them into the gun, shake the gun around (doing damage in the process) and then shoot them back out. The attack is called 'Cocktail Shaker'. It's that kind of game.
* Inverted in ''[[Fallout]] 3'': the Rock-It Launcher is a vacuum cleaner designed to blow rather than suck, with enough projectile force to [[Ludicrous Gibs|knock a body to bits]].
* Johnny Garland uses a vacuum in ''[[Shadow Hearts]]: From The New World''. It does no damage, but it drains Stock from an enemy and gives it to him.
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* The various sweepers in ''[[Blinx the Time Sweeper]]'' and its sequel.
* The old arcade game ''[[Tumblepop]]'' is all about this trope, featuring two guys armed with vacuum cleaners that suck enemies inside and then release them in a Giant Ball of People.
* ''[[
* ''[[The Nameless Mod]]'' has Vortex Grenades, which are a [[Too Awesome to Use]] item that one can go through an entire playthrough without finding ''one''. When you throw it, it sucks everything in the area into the vortex (including you if you're not careful) and smashes all the enemies into each other, resulting in [[Ludicrous Gibs]].
* The Biotic power named "Singularity", specialty of the [[Squishy Wizard|Adept]] class and [[Hot Scientist|Liara T'Soni]] in the ''[[Mass Effect]]'' series, creates a miniature black hole that sucks all unshielded enemies into its orbit and keeps them helplessly suspended in the air while you pick them off.
* ''[[
* The forgotten ''[[
* ''Kyuiin'' is an old Japanese [[Playstation One|PS1]] [[Horizontal Scrolling Shooter]] recently released for the [[Play Station]] Network, wherein the players fly on a magic vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner can shoot the usual beams, but also suck up enemies and bullets: this is not mandatory, but needed to power up the gauge of the Smart Bomb beam that destroys almost everything on screen.
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[
** They also have a vacuum that does the same, but is rarely ever used.
* The ''[[
* The ''[[
{{quote| '''Jackie''': Uncle, we need another urn!<br />
'''Uncle''': There is only one Urn of Wei Chun... '''''And it is already occupied!!!''''' }}
* ''[[The Smurfs (
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