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* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', the entire monster society is powered by the screams of children. Later on, [[spoiler:we get introduced to the Scream Extractor, which fits this trope even better by sucking out the screams of a single kidnapped child in order to gain more power. Thankfully it never gets put into mass use, and in the end the monsters find a better power source -- popping out of closets and making kids laugh instead of scream.]]

'''Dr. Orpheus:''' It's [[TropeNamers powered by a FORSAKEN CHILD]]!?\\

* In the last post-Zero Hour volume of DC's ''ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'', there was a new galaxy-level faster-than-light spaceship drive introduced by the government of the United Planets. The Legion discovered that the drive power sources were living and sentient beings who had been created by the government via the abduction, torture, and genetic splicing of citizens of two of the United Planets' member worlds - and that being used to power the drives put them through agonizing pain and slowly killed them.

* ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' includes a time machine with the drawback that its use requires all the energy of the universe. Dave Davenport figures out how to use the time machine by having it consume all the energy of a parallel universe. He assumes they just don't want to live as much as the people in his universe do.

** the Four-Five-Six incorporate [[Spoiler:prepubescent human children into their physiology, keeping them eternally [[AndIMustScream alive, childlike, and fully aware]], because their bodies produce hormones that act as ''euphoric drugs'' on them.]]

* ''Comicbook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''
** In an obvious shoutout to ''Film/TheMatrix'', the series features a new creation by Dr. Eggman/Robotnik after [[UnwillingRoboticisation the Roboticizer]] is rendered obsolete: the Egg Grape Chambers. Eggman captures Mobians in them and uses their life force for power. This slowly drains their memory as well. Left too long, they can be killed, or at the very least left with amnesia of varying degrees.
** The use of someone's life force for energy is also the principle behind the energy weapons and rockets built into [[{{Cyborg}} Bunnie's]] robotic limbs. One enemy (the Iron Queen), who usurped control of her robotics, tried to use this to kill her via overexertion.

* In ''WesternAnimation/My LittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' and ''Anime/{{Bleach}}'' crossover''Fanfic/AHollowInEquestria'' Nightmare Moon IS this trope. Her first appearance was made possible by consuming the souls of 17 innocent foals, allowing her to exert total control over Luna's body and gain access to her alicorn magic. Fastforward a millennium to her season one defeat, she was ripped from Luna's body but her spirit remained alive, feasting on fear until gaining enough strength to return and consume the souls of 21 foals to regain her physical form, and become powerful enough to hold her own against Luna and Celestia simultaneously. And just for added measure, she bound her spirit to [[spoiler:Twist]] to ensure she had a foal hostage to exploit.

-->'''Elan:''' Yeah, right, like I would use your crazy evil ring, that you probably, like, tortured somebody to death or something to give it magic.\\

** Later Tarquin is shown using a jar of [[HealingPotion healing salve]] that lists "heart of a virgin taken on her wedding night" among the ingredients.

&&** The AltText for [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p35 this]] strip.

* ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'': [[SatanicArchetype The Beast]] of [[TheLostWoods The Unknown]] exists because of a SoulJar lantern kept lit with oil from the inside of Edelwood trees, which are grown from the souls of lost children [[DrivenToSuicide who submit to the forest]].

** In ''TabletopGame/GeniusTheTransgression'', materials like these are called Larvae. They constitute any item which invoked an [[KarmaMeter Obligation roll]] to obtain, and offer increases to efficiency. Earlier editions followed up the section on Larvae with the quote from Doctor Orpheus at the top of the page.

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* A bit of FridgeHorror for this one but watch the Cap'n Crunch Commercials: To make the transition from live to cartoon via Crunchitize they are turned into the cereal, so does that mean the cereal is made of little children who couldn't survive Crunchitizeing?
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* In ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'', the energy that fuels the HumongousMecha is [[spoiler:the LifeEnergy of the pilot. Meaning, whoever pilots it to save the world ''will'' die immediately after the fight is over.]]
** Moreover, it's theorized (and strongly implied) that [[spoiler:the younger a person is, the more LifeEnergy he or she has. Which is offered as an explanation for why it's preferable for teenagers and little kids to fight and die in huge terrifying mecha battles, even when they join up with the army, and have access to combat-trained volunteers - it certainly explains why Koyemshi is so adamant into having Kana Ushiro, the youngest of the group at age 10, to pilot it.]] The world of Bokurano is such a nice place, isn't it?

* ''Manga/ElfenLied'' has Number 28 and [[spoiler:the vector tank]]. The less said about how they operate, the better you'll sleep at night.

* Most of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' revolves around figuring out what makes the HumanResources work best, since live human beings are ingredients to creating certain powerful artifacts. It is eventually stated that the Amestrian Alchemy [[spoiler:draws its power from human soul-energy provided by [[BigBad Father]]]] but the Xingese Purification Arts and Xerxes Alchemy are clean. As the series progresses it is revealed that Amestrian Alchemy really does derive from the Earth's energies as originally taught, but [[spoiler:Father keeps a buffer that prevents alchemy's full usage and forces them to draw from the human soul-energy in his PhilosophersStone. This conveniently gives him an "off switch" to every Amestrian's alchemy whenever he needs it. The Xingese were feeling this, by the way]]. More to the point, [[spoiler:the human souls power (''and create'') the Philosopher's Stone]].

** This is different in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime version]], where it's revealed that [[spoiler:alchemy instead draws its power from the souls of humans from a parallel universe-- ours, in fact. Since our world is in the midst of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI at the time (and not mentioned, but soon to be followed by the even more lethal [[UsefulNotes/TheSpanishFlu 1918 Spanish flu pandemic]]) there are an abundance of souls for the alchemists to draw on]].

* A short film called ''Anime/{{Kakurenbo}}'' had kids being hunted by demons through an [[GhostTown empty city]], and when they were caught, [[spoiler:they were plugged into a generator just like every other group of children to play the game before them, presumably so the lights would lure more children to come and play.]]
** It's also strongly implied that [[spoiler:the last child will have to [[AndIMustScream "seek" the next group of children.]]]]

** Similarly, in ''Anime/MyOtome'', the [[VirginPower Otome]] usually can only use their [[PoweredArmor robes]] after linking themselves to the life of a master.

*** Kakashi's own Sharingan, which helped make him one of the most powerful shinobi around, was transplanted from his dying best friend Obito, a death Kakashi blames on himself. Kakashi [[spoiler:and Obito/Tobi]] obtained the Mangekyo at the same time [[spoiler:when Kakashi killed the BrainwashedAndCrazy Rin, the partner whom both of them cared for.]]

* In ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'', the enemy's planet harvest organs to support themselves on a planet so polluted that they had to convert the entire surface into a giant machine. The enemy has gone as far as to manipulate the cultures of human colonies to cater to the harvest. [[spoiler:The home world, Earth, has declared this necessary for continuation of humanity. All human colonies are just "parts" and are expected to fulfill their "purpose".]]
** The bloody war between men and women in the protagonists' home system exists only to prime sexual dimorphism for the reaping.
** A planet of telepaths have had a strong oral tradition until their vocal cords were stolen. They developed their ability to compensate.

* Orbo, the fluid in ''Anime/WitchHunterRobin'' that nullifies witchcraft, is later discovered [[spoiler:as being made out of the drained bodily fluids of the witches everyone thought were being humanely imprisoned. Made especially horrifying, as many of the sometimes-innocent witches, including children, had character development earlier in the series.]]

* In an obvious shoutout to ''Film/TheMatrix'', ''Comicbook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' features a new creation by Dr. Eggman/Robotnik after [[UnwillingRoboticisation the Roboticizer]] is rendered obsolete: the Egg Grape Chambers. Eggman captures Mobians in them and uses their life force for power. This slowly drains their memory as well. Left too long, they can be killed, or at the very least left with amnesia of varying degrees.
** The use of someone's life force for energy is also the principle behind the energy weapons and rockets built into Bunnie's robotic limbs. One enemy (the Iron Queen), who usurped control of her robotics, tried to use this to kill her via overexertion.

* In ''Fanfic/DivineBlood'', most of Kodachi Kunō's power comes from [[MindRape eating the minds]] [[CloningBlues of her mass produced daughters]], [[FateWorseThanDeath leaving their identities fragmented]] [[AndIMustScream and their souls chained within hers.]]
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6513824/1/Scapegoat Scapegoat]] is a Ah! My Goddess crossover (wouldn't do to spoil the cross) that explores this concept brilliantly.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In ''Fanfic/AHollowInEquestria'' Nightmare Moon IS this trope. Her first appearance was made possible by consuming the souls of 17 innocent foals, allowing her to exert total control over Luna's body and gain access to her alicorn magic. Fastforward a millennium to her season one defeat, she was ripped from Luna's body but her spirit remained alive, feasting on fear until gaining enough strength to return and consume the souls of 21 foals to regain her physical form, and become powerful enough to hold her own against Luna and Celestia simultaneously. And just for added measure, she bound her spirit to [[spoiler:Twist]] to ensure she had a foal hostage to exploit.
** In the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'', [[spoiler:Fluttershy, upon learning how cruel the world can be, finds a source of powerful magic and sets out to turn Equestria into a perfect utopia by siphoning out all vices, sadness and wickedness of the world... using herself as container to hold them. She decides to bear all the evils of Equestria upon her back, and suffer eternally herself just so no one else has to ever suffer anymore. [[OneWingedAngel This also ends up]] [[BodyHorror grotesquely deforming her]]. She even refers to herself as the Forsaken Foal of Omelas.]]
** ''Fanfic/RainbowFactory'':
*** Rainbows are made out of [[spoiler:foals who fail their flight exam. Specifically, their ribs are broken, and then they are mutilated in what is essentially a giant meat grinder]].
*** The sequel, ''Pegasus Device'', makes it worse by mentioning that [[spoiler:the victims must be fully conscious, because the fear and pain is an integral part of the process]].
** ''FanFic/ThePowersOfHarmony'': [[spoiler:[[WickedWitch Zemblaini]] sacrificed Horizon -- a two-year-old foal -- in order to use the innocence of his Lifeforce to force open the Gates of Tartarus and release [[SealedEvilInACan Nightmare Moon's army]]. Celestia managed to link his remaining Lifeforce with the Echoes, stabilizing him and keeping the Gates sealed. However, he's remained trapped there for the twenty years since, awaiting the day the Elements of Harmony are restored and used to undo the damage. And part of his mind is [[AndIMustScream still aware]]...]]
** [[Fanfic/RainboomsAndRoyalty The Dashverse]] story ''Hot Heads, Cold Hearts and Nerves of Steel'' starts with [[EvilOverlord Sombra's]] minions kidnapping every foal in Ponyville and several other towns. Several chapters later, when said minions confront the Mane Six, they reveal that the reason the foals were taken was so Sombra can sacrifice them to empower himself.
** In the ''Tarnished Silver'' series, [[spoiler:Princess Celestia]] convinces herself (on scant to nonexistent evidence) that this is how Equestria works, so she sets out to [[spoiler:clandestinely shield paedosadist slaver rings from justice such that an adequate population of forsaken children will be maintained]].
** ''A Crazed Gleam,'' sequel to ''Fanfic/AMadGlimmer:'' Hundreds of years into a BadFuture where Queen Chrysalis successfully conquered Equestria, the changelings' society is powered by an artificially engineered race(?) of fetus-like ponies called "generators" that were created from the genetic makeup of Princess Cadence. They're barely sentient enough to feel love and psychologically incapable of feeling anything else. But hey, at least they're happy.

* ''[[http://jeconais.fanficauthors.net/Blue_Steel/Chapter_1/ Blue Steel]]'':
-->'''Astoria:''' The Goblet of Fire is a Class One restricted item, held under the control of the Department of Mysteries. The creator was executed, after it was found that he had powered the charms with a blood sacrifice of five virgins, and that instead of charms there were in fact geases to ensure that those selected were forced to participate. The Wizengamot ordered that the Goblet be destroyed, but Silas Crotchworthy, the Minister at the time, overruled them and used it for the first Triwizard Tournament.

* ''Film/{{Arcade}}'' features a video arcade named [[MeaningfulName "Dante's Inferno"]], where a new virtual reality arcade game called, boringly enough, "Arcade" is being tested. If you lose, you're trapped inside the game and die. Turns out the game is Powered by a Forsaken Child.
** The boy was abused and, eventually, killed by his mother. The game designers decide it's a good idea to take a few thousand brain cells from the body and use them in the game.
** Apparently, the game is somehow able to transcend virtual reality and enter RealLife. At first, it can only grab people who are in the arcade booth. Then, the game is ported to consoles, and the game is able to do the same thing in people's homes. At the end of the film, it looks like the boy projects himself on the street, meaning the game is becoming more powerful.

*** In [[http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/X-Men.html the original draft]] for the movie, Magneto actually wanted to use ''Wolverine'' instead as a sort-of living antenna to amplify his powers, apparently due to his Adamantium skeleton.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E2TheBeastBelow "The Beast Below"]]: [[spoiler:Starship UK is propelled by torturing a SpaceWhale. No, really. And in a "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" parallel, every citizen of Starship UK is told just what their megaship relies on for power at age 16 as part of the "elections". They are then given the choice to Forget or Protest; most choose to Forget via LaserGuidedAmnesia, whereas those who Protest end up food for the Whale.]]
*** Also subverted in that [[spoiler:the SpaceWhale purposefully came to help because it heard the crying children of Britain and wanted to save them. The humans of course had no way of knowing this and thus captured and tortured the whale to propel the ship, not knowing it would've helped of its own free will.]]

* In ''Series/{{Fringe}}'': TimeTravel has the unfortunate consequence of [[HumanResources killing everything and everyone within the immediate vicinity of the destination, dependent on the length traveled]]. [[spoiler:Also, it might just have a [[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt similar effect]] to [[MadScientist Wal]][[OmnidisciplinaryScientist ter's]] [[OurWormholesAreDifferent little]] [[AlternateUniverse dimension]] [[YourUniverseOrMine jump.]]]]

* In ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', the BigBad of the first season, Sylar, is capable of "acquiring" the superpowers of others through an unshown (until the beginning of season 3) procedure that requires killing them and removing their brains.
** Technically he doesn't have to kill them to do it as he learned in volume 3. However the quickest route to it is studying the brain and (Unless the victim has a healing factor) the process of slicing their head open is shown to be fatal.
*** It's implied in a later volume that he knew even before volume 3 he could absorb powers through empathy. He just liked knowing every little thing about the power, and the life of the person who had it meant little to him.
* In an episode of ''Series/TheInvisibleMan'', an eminent neurologist is removing pieces of homeless people's brains in order to cure those he considers more worthy who've suffered brain injuries.
** He gets [[LaserGuidedKarma proper justice in the end]] - he falls off the stairs to his death. Since he's an organ donor, his own brain serves to cure one of his victims.

* The first season of ''Series/{{Lexx}}'', also known as "Tales from a Parallel Universe", was made up of four movies. The second movie, "Eating Pattern", revolved around a junkyard planet where bodies could be made into a highly addictive drug called "Pattern". The title LivingShip also eats planets, occasionally including inhabited ones.

** ''Series/StargateSG1'' had tretonin, a drug that granted the user perfect health-but had a side effect: the drug destroys the immune system, rendering the user dependent on the drug forever. The SG-1 team, after beginning negotiation for some of the drug, learn that the drug is actually created from the offspring of a Goa'uld queen the Pangarans discovered in a stasis jar. Normally this would not be so bad considering the Goa'uld are the series' BigBad, parasites that force their way into humans' brains and take over their bodies while most likely applying eternal mental torture to the host mind and are literally born evil since they inherit the memories of their parents. Unfortunately, much later, after the Tok'ra (the rebel faction of the Goa'uld who were allies with Earth) are brought to help analyze the drug, it is discovered the Goa'uld queen is actually the Tokra's long lost queen (and their last hope of reproducing as their number are dwindling and she was the only known Tok'ra queen). Naturally the Tok'ra object to such treatment of their queen.
*** Eventually subverted when, later that season, the Tok'ra are able to synthesize tretonin without the need for live symbiotes. Because said Tok'ra queen showed them how before dying.

* In ''Series/{{Torchwood}}: [[Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth Children of Earth]]'', [[spoiler:the Four-Five-Six incorporate prepubescent human children into their physiology, keeping them eternally [[AndIMustScream alive, childlike, and fully aware]], because their bodies produce hormones that act as ''euphoric drugs'' on them.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=929sn1qMCcM ORPHAN TEARS]] by Your Favorite Martian

* All Arcane (non-BadassNormal) powers in ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}'' work this way. The setting has it as an explicit rule. The soul involved is inevitably your own.
** Except for [[WhiteMagic Blessed and Shaman powers]], which only require adherence to your religion and (in Shamans' case) proper rites. You still do the sacrifice, but it's voluntary and only involves limiting yourself.

*** Vhaerun grants a spell allowing the caster to drain levels (lifeforce) for use as charges for magic items.
*** Continued in later editions, with slight modifications. In Third Edition, permanent magic item creation requires spending XP. Note that XP and levels in this game represent life-force: many vampires and similar creatures literally drain your levels when they feed.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'', the magical material known as Soulsteel is...well, filled with the aware, agonizing souls of the imprisoned dead (not surprisingly, ''Wraith'' was a big influence on ''Exalted's'' Underworld).

** Perhaps the most literal case in the setting is the phylactery-womb, the device that the Yozis use as the staging point and storage device for Infernal Exaltations. Her name used to be Liliun once, and she was [[spoiler:a daughter of the Scarlet Empress, traded over as part of mommy's botched deal for immortality]]. Now she's been twisted and violated in a number of senses, left barely lucid and babbling, just so that she can serve as the perfect receptacle for the Infernal shards. [[spoiler:Her Dad, however, has never stopped trying to find her, and when he finally does? he hired one of the Anathema (a Lunar Exalted, which the Immaculate Faith teaches are evil monsters) to get his daughter out of Hell. He was willing to throw his lot in with creatures he THINKS are insanely evil, who he's fought against his entire life... just to get his little girl back. Betcha' the Ebon Dragon didn't see THAT coming!]]

* In addition to preying on humans to sustain themselves, the vampires of ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' can perform diablerie -- feeding on their elders to improve their generational status.
** Then again, their elders tend to be homicidal maniacs, stark raving crazy or complete monsters. And of course, every vampire's afraid of the day the Antediluvians, the Elders among elder vampires, are going to rise again, eat every last one of their children and generally be bad for the neighborhood. So, killing older vampires is a "sacrifice" that many younglings are willing to make. As soon as possible.
*** Taking it more literally, in order to cast the Dark Thaumaturgical ritual "Sojourn into Hell" (which opens a gate into Hell itself), you must first [[EvenEvilHasStandards make sure nobody is waiting to set you on fire for even considering it]], and then wash an entire wall with children's blood.
** In ''TabletopGame/GeniusTheTransgression'', materials like these are called Larvae. They constitute any item which invoked an [[KarmaMeter Obligation roll]] to obtain, and offer increases to efficiency. Earlier editions followed up the section on Larvae with the quote from Doctor Orpheus at the top of the page.

*** Characters in ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension'' with enough skill in the Spirit sphere could do the same thing and were considerably more likely to substitute coercion or brute force for diplomacy.
** Since ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'' (''Masquerade'''s reboot) doesn't have the concept of 'generation', it handles eating other vampires differently: if you chow down on someone more powerful, it boosts the power of your blood, expanding your capabilities. Sufficiently potent vampires, however, end up needing to feed on other vampires to survive.
*** Speaking of ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'', this is the trope around which the Belial's Brood faction known as the Mercy Seat is built. They are based on gnosticism and believe that the world is evil. It is possible to leave this evil world and reach a higher realm of existence, but in order to do so, they must basically damn someone to hell in order to rectify a cosmic imbalance. The more innocent the sacrifice was, the better the chances of leaving this world. Allegedly. The fact that there's a bunch of evidence, both in mechanics and fluff, to back their assertions up is another trope.
** In ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension'', it was possible to extract quintessence (the energy that makes reality ''real'') from the life force of a willing creature. Many mages use their own life force. Some use specially reared livestock. A few villains use specially raised ''children''. (A larger number of villains will attempt to use unwilling sacrifices, but this creates enough "resonance" opposed to the intended effect that it cancels out any potential benefit. They either don't notice, or don't care.)
** The ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'' {{Sourcebook}} detailing the [[AncientConspiracy Seers of the Throne]] includes their special servitors. The Myrmidons are fairly standard inborn SuperSoldiers (although they are cursed to have to follow ''any'' command given to them in [[CompellingVoice a certain language]]) and the [[HiveMind Hive-Souled]] are ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. The Grigori (a kind of ghost spy which can sense and follow the connections between people and things) and the Hollow Ones (people who can have their [[FakeMemories personalities rewritten]]) on the other hand are created by wrapping a person in a shroud which tears out their mind and reworks it, and exposing someone to an EldritchAbomination which [[BlankSlate eats the part of their soul which lets them have any semblance of individuality]] (and the personalities they can be given are inevitably temporary), respectively. Neither process can be reversed.
*** And, as in ''Ascension'' before it, a mage can gain {{mana}} from sacrifice. Most sacrifice their life force or their physical capabilities (both eventually get restored), but they can also sacrifice other living creatures. Trouble is, to do so they have to kill the victim - and humans give more mana than animals.

* In the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' universe, the Imperium of Man has the [[http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Astronomican Astronomican]], a giant psychic beacon essential for warp travel. Originally powered by the Emperor's immense psychic strength, the device is later powered by the souls of ten thousand psykers (daily) trained for the purpose. The Astronomican's extreme psychic energy requirements cause the psykers' deterioration and death in only a few months. A constant stream of sacrificial psykers is therefore required to power the Astronomican.

** It's also implied that the longevity treatments that allow even PunyHumans with enough wealth or ranking to live for a few centuries are made from children. Even sympathetic and otherwise ''heroic'' characters are known to use them, just to show how [[CrapsackWorld fucked up the setting is]].
*** Depends on which type of juvenat treatment it is: they apparently range from synthetic/cybernetic organ replacements and plastic surgery through to (implied) fetal stem-cell therapies. There is one variant noted in the early fluff which involved cloning a person, [[AppliedPhlebotinum applying some phlebotinum]] to cut-and-paste said person's soul into the clone, then spending a couple of decades (re-)teaching it skills and brainwashing it to think it was the original. Sure, it runs afoul of the Continuity Problem, destroys the soul of an innocent and wasted 20 years back in school, but hey, what with the other treatments out there, this body's good for another 2-3 centuries or so...
** Then there was [[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Khornate_Knights an infamous incident]] with "Sororita" brand armor paint. Which became a FanonDiscontinuity on account of one sample of IncorruptiblePurePureness using another this way out of fear of being less than incorruptible jumping the line between "{{grimdark}}" and "[[IdiotPlot moronic]]".
*** Later novel somewhat rectifies the incident, claiming that Grey Knights asked Sisters politely and Sisters willingly sacrificed themselves to finish off the daemon army. They are zealots raised in a culture that worships martyrs after all. The same novel claims that a LOT of Grey Knights magic war gear literally works on the souls of innocents.

* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'':
** The [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p60/ Ghost-fueled]] [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/25p98/ Robots]].
** The AltText for [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p35 this]] strip.

* One of defences ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' got is a [[spoiler:bound ghost]]. Who is [[AxCrazy extremely unhappy]] about the situation for several very understandable reasons. [[{{Unperson}} The records were cleaned]] and those who meet this guardian in person are unlikely to survive, thus most of the current generation are blissfully unaware of this, except a team secretly searching for a way to remove this old shame.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Her Imperious Condescension]] (the Troll Empress and the ancestor of Feferi) has a flagship that runs upon the immense psychic powers of The Ψiioniic, the Ancestor of Sollux -- causing him ''excruciating agony''. Also, trolls lower on the hemospectrum (like the Ψiioniic) live comparatively short lives, so the long-lived Condesce extended his lifespan with her magic. He's been her Helmsman for '''[[AndIMustScream thousands]]''' of years [[spoiler:until the [[ApocalypseHow Vast Glub]] happened, rendering the Condesce the only remaining troll in the galaxy (as tyrianbloods are immune to Gl'bgolyb's [[MindRape psychic scream]] and Feferi was in SGRUB's game world).]]

** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-231 SCP-231 ("Special Personnel Requirements").]] Special mention goes to [[NoodleIncident Procedure]] [[YouDoNotWantToKnow 110-Montauk]], an unspecified unspeakable ritual regularly performed on a young girl to prevent the escape of an EldritchAbomination (or so the Foundation thinks...).

* An older version in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Fairy World is powered by belief in fairies. It ''would'' be ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve, if not for one little issue: the only belief that apparently matters is ''Crocker's''. A man who does not remember having fairies, but knows they exist and is completely obsessed with them. Fairy World is thus powered by the spazzes of a forsaken former godkid. To prevent all of Fairy World disintegrating should Crocker die (having magically guaranteed that he'll never get over his issues), several more Crocker-alikes are given his obsession. Although from how it's phrased it's possible that they just started harvesting from people who were already obsessed.

** Similarly, in ''Anime/MaiOtome'', the [[VirginPower Otome]] usually can only use their [[PoweredArmor robes]] after linking themselves to the life of a master.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', Mother Gothel uses Rapunzel's magical hair, which Rapunzel inherited from birth due to a magic flower, to stay young and beautiful. She does this through kidnapping Rapunzel as a baby, tricking her into believing Gothel is her real mother, and manipulating her into staying in a tower her entire life.

** [[spoiler:Saria created the Soul-Charged Sword by binding her own soul to the blade after she was mortally wounded by Arborachnid, giving it it's SwordBeam abilties in addition to letting her briefly act as a SpiritAdvisor.]]

* In ''Fanfic/DivineBlood'', most of Kodachi Kunō's power comes from [[MindRape eating the minds]] [[CloningBlues of her mass produced daughters]] [[FateWorseThanDeath leaving their identities fragmented]] [[AndIMustScream and their souls chained within hers.]]

** In ''Fanfic/AHollowInEquestria'' Nightmare Moon IS this trope. Her first appearance was made possible by consuming the souls of 17 innocent foals, allowing her to exert total control over Luna's body and gain access to her alicorn magic. Fastforward a millenium to her season one defeat, she was ripped from Luna's body but her spirit remained alive, feasting on fear until gaining enough strength to return and consume the souls of 21 foals to regain her physical form, and become powerful enough to hold her own against Luna and Celestia simultaneously. And just for added measure, she bound her spirit to [[spoiler:Twist]] to ensure she had a foal hostage to exploit.

** In ''Fanfic/RainbowFactory'', rainbows are made out of [[spoiler:foals who fail their flight exam. Specifically, their ribs are broken, and then they are mutilated in what is essentially a giant meat grinder.]]
*** The sequel, ''Pegasus Device'', makes it worse by mentioning that the victims must be fully conscious, because the fear and pain is an integral part of the process.

** The power rings of the death worshipping Black Lantern Corps of ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' don't rely on emotions like the others. Instead they are powered by killing a lot of people. Killing a person and stealing their heart restores 0.01% power to ''every'' ring in the Corps. So it takes about 10,000 hearts to recharge all the rings to maximum power, minus the power used to steal those hearts of course. And when all the rings are charged to 100%, [[spoiler:[[BigBad Nekron]] appears]].]]

* [[http://readordie.wikia.com/wiki/File:Rod04_59.jpg Junior]], from ''[[Anime/RODtheTV R.O.D the TV]]'' appears first as a mysterious, [[DudeLooksLikeALady effeminate]] child antagonist, working as a [[ChildProdigy secret agent]] for the [[BigBad British Library]] towards their heinous goal. He's lived a lonely life, and is automatically drawn to those that show him kindness. However, after his [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]] it becomes apparent that Junior [[spoiler:was kidnapped as a baby from his I-jinn mother ([[Anime/ReadOrDie Nancy]]) and had basically been his entire life to become a vessel for The Gentleman. The process involves having all the old man's information DOWNLOADED into his brain. And ... what's supposed to happen to him? Um, you don't want to know.]]

* [[http://readordie.wikia.com/wiki/File:Rod04_59.jpg Junior]], from ''Anime/RODtheTV'' appears first as a mysterious, [[DudeLooksLikeALady effeminate]] child antagonist, working as a [[ChildProdigy secret agent]] for the [[BigBad British Library]] towards their heinous goal. He's lived a lonely life, and is automatically drawn to those that show him kindness. However, after his [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]] it becomes apparent that Junior [[spoiler:was kidnapped as a baby from his I-jinn mother ([[Anime/ReadOrDie Nancy]]) and had basically been his entire life to become a vessel for The Gentleman. The process involves having all the old man's information DOWNLOADED into his brain. And ... what's supposed to happen to him? Um, you don't want to know.]]

** Aizen nonchalantly reveals that [[spoiler:he fed his Hogyoku with souls of Hollows and Shinigami alike. He implies this is one of the few ways to awaken it/make it evolve. One of his victims was actually a pre-teen [[ActionGirl Rangiku Matsumoto]], who had a good part of her soul stolen to power it up - this prompted Rangiku's best friend Gin Ichimaru to become Aizen's DragonWithAnAgenda.]] Also [[spoiler: Hollows like to eat human children or ''hollow children'' as much as anything else.]]

* In ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'', the energy that fuels the HumongousMecha is [[spoiler: the LifeEnergy of the pilot. Meaning, whoever pilots it to save the world ''will'' die immediately after the fight is over.]]
** Moreover, it's theorized (and strongly implied) that [[spoiler: the younger a person is, the more LifeEnergy he or she has. Which is offered as an explanation for why it's preferable for teenagers and little kids to fight and die in huge terrifying mecha battles, even when they join up with the army, and have access to combat-trained volunteers - it certainly explains why Koyemshi is so adamant into having Kana Ushiro, the youngest of the group at age 10, to pilot it.]] The world of Bokurano is such a nice place, isn't it?
* ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'' has the [[SarcasmMode good Dr. Kurata]], who removes the hearts of digimon in order to transform them into his MechaMooks, the Gizmon. It goes further [[spoiler: [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans when he starts collecting digimon life energy to resurrect the Demon Lord Belphemon.]]]]

* ''Manga/ElfenLied'' has Number 28 and [[spoiler: the vector tank]]. The less said about how they operate, the better you'll sleep at night.

** In a filler arc the Infinity Clock requires a [[spoiler: Celestial Mage]] as a sacrifice to fully work. The person the villains use is [[spoiler: Lucy]]. [[spoiler: She]] is absorbed but this comes to bite [[spoiler: Brain the Second]] in the ass when [[spoiler: she]] uses the power of the clock against him.
** It is revealed that the daughter of Gray's teacher, Ur [[spoiler: had too much magic energy in her body, which was making her ill, because of her naturally high level of magic energy she was taken away and experimented on (her mother believed her to be dead, while she believed her mother abandon her.) It's not completely clear whether Ultear was just experimented on or if her magical energy was somehow being used to power the facility)]].

** Most interestingly, despite [[spoiler: Hohenheim]] being a HumanoidAbomination composed of ManySpiritsInsideOfOne who fuels his alchemy, he's come to an understanding with each and every souls within him and often express regret that he has to use his friends in this way. The souls in return, ''agree'' to be used this way, and at one point actually cheered on him and even urged him to use more of them to gain the necessary power to hold off the BigBad's assaults.

** One of the earliest examples is ''Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam''[='s=] ''[[http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/v/angelhalo.htm Angel Halo]]'', a huge Zanscare fortress that contains [[spoiler: a MASSIVE MindRape machine (basically, a whole fortress with psycommus all over), powered by 20,000 "psyickers", all Newtypes who have been placed into capsules and put into constant trance to amplify the powers of a single Newtype (Queen Maria, and later her daughter Shakti); with it, the Zanscare Empire can collectively mindrape ''the whole population of Earth'' if they wish so. (Too bad that Shakti doubled as a MessianicArchetype ''and'' the SpannerInTheWorks. Too bad for ''Zanscare'', that is.)]]

*** Before this there was [[http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/x/man-003.htm the MAN-003 Patulia,]] a Mobile Armor that required a Newtype (in this case, [[spoiler: an IllBoy artificial Newtype named Caris Nautilus]]) to operate its wired beam cannons. Said Newtype was rescued before the machine could consume him.
*** Another Newtype ([[spoiler:an adult GirlInABox named Lucille Lilliant]]) was sought after to force her lend her massive Newtype powers to those who found her [[spoiler: and her capsule]]. The Lorelei arc was focused on the Freeden crew finding said Newtype first and saving her. [[spoiler: They succeed, and Lucille is able to peacefully pass away after being 15 years in a forced coma.]]
** The Devil Gundam from ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' was created to operate at its strongest if a being that has the power to create life is its core. In other words, a woman. [[spoiler: ''Unfortunately'' for Allenby Beardsley and Rain Mikamura, the local {{Action Girl}}s, both were seize by the villains and became "candidates" to be place in the core; when a BrainwashedAndCrazy Allenby was saved by Rain from this, she was left as the only one within range of the BigBad so he'd use her to engage in the final phase of his plan. ''Fortunately'' for Rain, her LoveInterest Domon, Domon's TrueCompanions (all of them also fond of Rain herself), many other Gundam Fighters ''and'' the newly-recovered Allenby were '''not''' about to let that happen.]]

* In ''Anime/InnocentVenus'', [[spoiler: artificially created children]] provide the neural systems in the mechas so that they are psychically compatible with the pilots. The memories of the trauma inflicted on them remain in the mechas, making it dangerous for pilots to stay psychically linked to their mechas for too long...

* In ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'', many characters, including the heroines of the story, have come to regard [[spoiler: the Pillar system]] as one. This is because [[spoiler: said Pillar is completely trapped by his or her mission as such, even [[GreaterNeedThanMine the littlest desire for anything NOT related to Cephiro's happiness]] [[FisherKing will "taint" them and cause the land to start falling apart]], and only ''[[ICannotSelfTerminate death]]'' will release them.]]

** Also, [[spoiler: the dead body of Arika's Missing Mom Rena Sayers]] is the Predecessor of the Valkyries. [[spoiler: Whether or not she was brought back to life and is merely in a comatose state is open for debate.]]

** Fellow Akatsuki member Sasori [[spoiler:makes puppets out of people.]] And he's not the only one, either: [[spoiler: it's a technique that was taught to him by his grandmother Chiyo.]]

* The titular cyborgs from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' are made from the cybernetically modified cloned flesh of the very beings they're used to fight and [[spoiler:the souls of the mothers of the various pilots]]. And they're piloted by forsaken children, themselves, including [[spoiler: a girl who is one of many clones of one of the aforementioned mothers (Rei), alongside that mother's son and the clone girl's brother (Shinji) and the daughter of another woman driven mad by an Eva-related experiment (Asuka)]].

* ''Anime/RahXephon''. The huge mecha style beings attacking the city are in fact [[spoiler: psychically linked to people within the city. Thus when the being is damaged so is the person they're linked to. ]] There is a rather interesting plot twist in that [[spoiler: a young girl who's in love with the protagonist and whom he swore to protect... turns out to be one of those people and he ends up killing her, ''while believing that he's protecting her''. Cue very unterstandable angst when this happens.]]

* ''Manga/TheRecordOfAFallenVampire'': The Black Swan parasite inhabits teenage girls to kill the Strauss. If they can't, they are themselves killed by the Black Swan, usually in about five years. Also, [[spoiler: the Black Swan itself was made from the souls of Stella and her and Strauss' unborn daughter. Really sad.]]
* [[http://readordie.wikia.com/wiki/File:Rod04_59.jpg Junior]], from ''Anime/RODtheTV'' appears first as a mysterious, [[DudeLooksLikeALady effeminate]] child antagonist, working as a [[ChildProdigy secret agent]] for the [[BigBad British Library]] towards their heinous goal. He's lived a lonely life, and is automatically drawn to those that show him kindness. However, after his [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]] it becomes apparent that Junior [[spoiler: was kidnapped as a baby from his I-jinn mother ([[Anime/ReadOrDie Nancy]]) and had basically been his entire life to become a vessel for The Gentleman. The process involves having all the old man's information DOWNLOADED into his brain. And ... what's supposed to happen to him? Um, you don't want to know.]]
* ''Anime/RomeoXJuliet'' eventually reveals that Neo Verona's prosperity (and continued existence) is contingent on [[spoiler: the willing sacrifice of the daughters of House Capulet, who become integrated with [[WorldTree Escalus]] and bound to it for eternity. This does not sit well with Juliet's boyfriend Romeo, who fights first Juliet (the SoleSurvivor of the Capulet clan) and then Ophelia (the guardian of Escalus itself) to save her from her cruel fate; in the end, however, Romeo dies right after defeating Ophelia, destroying Escalus in the process. Juliet then saves Neo Verona by turning herself ''into a new Escalus''... but with the implication that the cycle of sacrifice that sustained Neo Verona in the past has finally been broken]].

* Pasifica Cassul in ''LightNovel/ScrappedPrincess'' may be considered this seeing as she [[spoiler: was basically a nuke for the Church, she was meant to gather energy her whole life, and then die on her 16th birthday, releasing the energy and defeating God in order to set the world straight.]]

* ''Anime/StrainStrategicArmoredInfantry'' has the evil Deague searching for "samples", i.e. the mysterious alien Emilys. What they are samples ''of'' is [[spoiler: the alien race that was dissected -- ''without anaesthetic'' -- to create the first mimics; the two Emilys in the series are the [[LastOfHisKind last living one]] and the last non-scrapped mimic with a still-living alien brain inside]].

* In ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'', the enemy's planet harvest organs to support themselves on a planet so polluted that they had to convert the entire surface into a giant machine. The enemy has gone as far as to manipulate the cultures of human colonies to cater to the harvest. [[spoiler: The home world, Earth, has declared this necessary for continuation of humanity. All human colonies are just "parts" and are expected to fulfill their "purpose".]]

* ComicBook/DoctorDoom sealed his position as truly evil rather than arrogant WellIntentionedExtremist when he tracked down his first love, convinced her he had abandoned his technology and evil ways, then [[spoiler:sacrificed her to demons in order to boost his magic powers as a complement to his genius tech]]. [[spoiler: The demons then gave him a cloak made from her flesh, ''which he wore''.]] However, every writer after these events [[CanonDiscontinuity pretended they never happened]].

* In Mark Waid's ''ComicBook/{{Empire}}'', Golgoth [[spoiler: has Endymion (essentially this Universe's Superman) hooked up to a machine that drains his blood and turns it into a hyper-addictive drug]]
* [[spoiler: Frau Totenkinder]] of ''{{ComicBook/Fables}}'' [[spoiler: sacrificed her own child]] in exchange for her considerable magical powers. In order to keep said powers, [[spoiler: she also has to sacrifice one newborn every year]]. In modern times she has ''supposedly'' stopped [[spoiler: killing infants]] and uses [[spoiler: donated blood from newborn Fables]] instead. It's heavily implied that she also maintains her magic by [[spoiler: working at an ''abortion clinic''.]]
** Actually, some of the text from that part implies she [[spoiler: ''owns'' at least one abortion clinic, and generates power from that. And considering that this is NYC, imagine how many she ends up sacrificing and how much extra power that gives her. Here's a hint -- In Queens alone there are almost 20,000 a year, and only 10 places to get them.]]
** [[spoiler:As Frau Totenkinder's encounters with Hansel and Gretel (shown in flashbacks) indicate, in a pinch a child of any age will do. Kay's comments also indicates that Totenkinder sacrifices hundreds, possibly thousands, of children, upon which the old witch says she 'invests her money in perfectly legal ways among the Mundy'.]]

** The power rings of the death worshipping Black Lantern Corps of ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' don't rely on emotions like the others. Instead they are powered by killing a lot of people. Killing a person and stealing their heart restores 0.01% power to ''every'' ring in the Corps. So it takes about 10,000 hearts to recharge all the rings to maximum power, minus the power used to steal those hearts of course. And when all the rings are charged to 100%, [[spoiler: [[BigBad Nekron]] appears]].]]

* ''[[ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}} Incorruptible]]''. The Superman analogue goes quite insane after [[spoiler: a living entity spreads itself by turning kids into skeleton zombies. 'Supes' caused this by negligence]]. Oops.

* [[OmnicidalManiac Lord Odion]] of ''ComicBook/StarWarsKnightErrant'' abducted every child in his domain, so that he could instill despair in their hearts that, [[spoiler: when harnessed by an [[ArtifactOfDoom ancient Sith artifact,]] would drive every living thing in the galaxy, and possibly the entire universe, [[KillEmAll into a murderous frenzy, leaving him the only person in existence.]]]]

** In ''Fanfic/AHollowInEquestria'' Nightmare Moon IS this trope. Her first appearance was made possible by consuming the souls of 17 innocent foals, allowing her to exert total control over Luna's body and gain access to her alicorn magic. Fastforward a millenium to her season one defeat, she was ripped from Luna's body but her spirit remained alive, feasting on fear until gaining enough strength to return and consume the souls of 21 foals to regain her physical form, and become powerful enough to hold her own against Luna and Celestia simultaneously. And just for added measure, she bound her spirit to [[spoiler: Twist]] to ensure she had a foal hostage to exploit.

** In ''Fanfic/RainbowFactory'', rainbows are made out of [[spoiler: foals who fail their flight exam. Specifically, their ribs are broken, and then they are mutilated in what is essentially a giant meat grinder.]]

** ''FanFic/ThePowersOfHarmony'': [[spoiler: [[WickedWitch Zemblaini]] sacrificed Horizon -- a two-year-old foal -- in order to use the innocence of his Lifeforce to force open the Gates of Tartarus and release [[SealedEvilInACan Nightmare Moon's army]]. Celestia managed to link his remaining Lifeforce with the Echoes, stabilizing him and keeping the Gates sealed. However, he's remained trapped there for the twenty years since, awaiting the day the Elements of Harmony are restored and used to undo the damage. And part of his mind is [[AndIMustScream still aware]]...]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', the entire monster society is powered by the screams of children. Later on, [[spoiler: we get introduced to the Scream Extractor, which fits this trope even better by sucking out the screams of a single kidnapped child in order to gain more power. Thankfully it never gets put into mass use, and in the end the monsters find a better power source -- popping out of closets and making kids laugh instead of scream.]]
* There's a more mundane/clueless example in ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman''; the town of Blithe's Hollow depends on attracting tourists and selling them things [[BasedOnATrueStory based off of a witch-hanging done three hundred years ago]]. The witch [[spoiler: is revealed to have been an eleven-year-old girl who was killed for being weird.]] It's only incidental that her ghost is sticking around, furious and unable to move on.

* ''Film/CloudAtlas'': [[spoiler: Fabricants that serve out their time as workers are killed and recycled into Soap and food to feed fabricants and purebloods, respectively. Sonmi has the good fortune to ''watch this happen''.]]

* In ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'', President Roslin's cancer is cured by [[spoiler: injecting her with the blood of Helo and Sharon's unborn daughter]]. Thankfully, they don't need all of it.

** The Season 8 comics have [[spoiler: Buffy's new bonus powers. Subverted, as she soon finds out her power, like all magic, came from the Seed Of Wonder. As she got closer to it, she became more powerful.]]

* The Attic from ''{{Series/Dollhouse}}'' is first introduced as a classic AndIMustScream scenario. What it actually is, however, is much worse: [[spoiler: It's a super-computer with human brains as processors, where each "component" is [[LotusEaterMachine locked into an infinite loop of their worst nightmare]] in order to keep the brain running at adrenaline-inspired top speed.]]

%%* Almost all the cursed artifacts in ''Series/FridayThe13thTheSeries''.

** "Walternate" was building some sort of DoomsdayDevice to destroy our universe that he intended to be powered by [[spoiler: his own son]]. [[spoiler: In light of his reluctance to experiment on children with [[AppliedPhlebotinum Cortexiphan]]]], you really begin to wonder [[GrayAndGreyMorality which Walter is the bigger monster]].

* Sakurai Yuuto, aka Zeronos in ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' has people around him lose their memories of his future self every time he transforms. When that turns out to be insufficient, then he gets his new Zero Form, which is powered by peoples' memories of his current self (this after nearly disappearing completely after his past self is killed by an Imagin). [[spoiler: In the end, the future Sakurai does disappear completely... leaving the current Yuuto with a different, new future to discover.]]

** And even later, ''[[spoiler: the entire population of the League of 20,000 Planets]]'' received the same treatment; becoming food for [[spoiler: the Gigashadow, the body of the last survivor of the Insect Civilization]].

** In the Season 10 finale, one of the required ingredients for curing the Mark of Cain [[spoiler: requires the spellcaster to kill someone they love. In the same episode, Death will only help Dean endure the Mark if Dean murders Sam.]]

* The ''Series/TheTwilightZone2002'' episode "Evergreen" has the Ever-Green community, where they turn some teens into [[spoiler: ''red'' plant fertilizer]] disguised as a 'reeducation camp' especially for them.

* In ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' "The Genocide Machine", it is revealed that in the Library of Kar-Charrat [[spoiler: the Chief Librarion Elgin has captured many of a local aquatic life form and placed them in a wetworks facility so they can be used to download data, a process which destroys their minds.]]

** Perhaps the most literal case in the setting is the phylactery-womb, the device that the Yozis use as the staging point and storage device for Infernal Exaltations. Her name used to be Liliun once, and she was [[spoiler: a daughter of the Scarlet Empress, traded over as part of mommy's botched deal for immortality]]. Now she's been twisted and violated in a number of senses, left barely lucid and babbling, just so that she can serve as the perfect receptacle for the Infernal shards.
*** Her Dad, however, has never stopped trying to find her, and when he finally does? Well, the Dad happens to be part of The Realm...and he hired one of the Anathema (A Lunar Exalted, which the Immaculate Faith teaches are evil monsters) to get his daughter out of Hell. He was willing to throw his lot in with creatures he THINKS are insanely evil, who he's fought against his entire life...Just to get his little girl back. Betcha' the Ebon Dragon didn't see THAT coming!

* According to TheDragon of ''WebAnimation/BrokenSaints'', the KnightTemplar he serves believes the [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans only true way to peace]] is to create an empath, give her a life full of joy and then unleash such misery unto her that her suffering overwhelms all of humanity into a state of empathy. [[spoiler: The forsaken child in question is Shandalla, one of the series' main characters. And for extra thematic appropriateness, the big bad is her father.]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Her Imperious Condescension]] (the Troll Empress and the ancestor of Feferi) has a flagship that runs upon the immense psychic powers of The Ψiioniic, the Ancestor of Sollux -- causing him ''excruciating agony''. Also, trolls lower on the hemospectrum (like the Ψiioniic) live comparatively short lives, so the long-lived Condesce extended his lifespan with her magic. He's been her Helmsman for '''[[AndIMustScream thousands]]''' of years [[spoiler: until the [[ApocalypseHow Vast Glub]] happened, rendering the Condesce the only remaining troll in the galaxy (as tyrianbloods are immune to Gl'bgolyb's [[MindRape psychic scream]] and Feferi was in SGRUB's game world).]]

** The fate the Bell Witch intended for her daughter: [[spoiler: to turn her into a god-like being, then enslave her to serve as the source of her own power]]. Fortunately, not only does Nacht [[PhlebotinumRebel turn on her mother]], as a result she gets the one thing she always dreamed of, [[spoiler: [[ChangelingFantasy proof that Marzena isn't her real mother]], breaking the hold she had over her]].

'''Dr. Orpheus:''' It's powered by a FORSAKEN CHILD!?\\

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', when Elan is offered a ''[[HealingFactor ring of regeneration]]'' from the AffablyEvil (but still very evil) Tarquin, this is Elan's assumption.