History Main / SealedEvilInASixPack

* Imhotep in ''Film/{{The Mummy|1999}}''. He rises as soon as the spell on the sarcophagus is broken, but must recover the organs stored in his canopic jars before he can regain full power.
** Actually he doesn't need them to regain his powers, the jars had the organs of his beloved Ankh Su-Namun.

* At one point, ComicBook/{{Superman}} and the JusticeLeagueOfAmerica trapped Doomsday within four teleporters on the mood., being unable to fully think enough to attempt an escape.

* In ''RoninWarriors'', when the BigBad was defeated in ancient times, his armor, the seat of most of his power, was converted into a set of 10 armors, so that if the BigBad returned, he'd have a hard time getting them back together. Unfortunately, even without the armors, he was still absurdly powerful.
* The Kisin Asura in ''SoulEater'' probably counts; he was sealed in a bag made of his own skin and his blood was drained and taken elsewhere to weaken him. [[spoiler: Injecting the bag with black blood unseals him.]]

* One ''DragonballZ'' movie villain called Hildegarne [[SpellMyNameWithAnS (or Hirudegarn)]] was a giant monster split in half and sealed inside two siblings, Tapion and Minosha. The heroes spent a part of the movie fighting the bottom half, until the top half appeared and joined the other half.

* ''ChroniclesOfTheCursedSword'': A two-pack: [[spoiler:Rey Yan]] and [[spoiler:Jaryoon]], who each contain half of [[spoiler: the god Ban-Go, who created the world, and will destroy it when released]]

* In ''JackieChanAdventures'', the Demon Sorcerer Shendu was defeated the first time by wizards taking pieces of his powers, including the power to move, and placing them in 12 stones, each decorated with the image of one of the animals of the Chinese Zodiac. This is where the Talismans came from. Holding one gives you that power.

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* In ''Manga/Naruto'', the Sage of Six Paths sealed the body of the Ten Tailed Beast in the Moon, and divided its power into nine tailed beasts that were subsequently sealed individually.

-->'''Lyndon:''' People say ''I'm'' bad, but no one's ever had to imprison ''me'' and dismantle my body parts. A little context would be nice.

So, you've just managed to defeat the evil overlord, wizard, demon, dragon, whatever. Unfortunately, the bad guy is effectively immortal, and even though he won't be able to fight right now, it will just be a matter of time before he comes back. Worse, he's so strong that just sealing his power in some container won't do the job, nor will sealing him away inside an object. What to do? Let's take him apart, and seal him in multiple containers!

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* In ''JackieChanAdventures'', the Demon Sorcerer Shendu was defeated the first time by wizards taking pieces of his powers, including the power to move, and placing them in 12 stones, each decorated with the image of one of the animals of the Chinese Zodiac. This is where the Talismans came from. Holding one gives you that power.

* In ''{{Naruto}}'', the Sage of Six Paths sealed the body of the Ten Tailed Beast in the Moon, and divided its power into nine tailed beasts that were subsequently sealed individually.

* At one point, ComicBook/{{Superman}} and the ComicBook/JusticeLeague trapped Doomsday within four teleporters on the mood., being unable to fully think enough to attempt an escape.

* In ''{{Mistborn}}'', there's a rather complicated version of this with [[spoiler:[[AnthropomorphicPersonification Ruin and Preservation]]]].

* HarryPotter, Voldemort had separated his soul several times and placed them in horcruxes so that he could be resurrected if he is killed.

* The infamous Kagnaxx in ''BaldursGate2''.

* In JackieChanAdventures, the Demon Sorcerer Shendu was defeated the first time by wizards taking pieces of his powers, including the power to move, and placing them in 12 stones, each decorated with the image of one of the animals of the Chinese Zodiac. This is where the Talismans came from. Holding one gives you that power.

* One ''DragonballZ'' movie villain was a giant monster split in half and sealed. The heroes spent a part of the movie fighting the bottom half.

* A variant in ''ShinMegamiTenseiDevilSurvivor'': Bel, the ruler of the demons, was sundered by God, but not technically "sealed" as such. Instead, the individual demons he was broken up into - all easily recognized by the syllable "Bel" in their names - have been fighting each other for supremacy, consuming each other in the process in the hopes of reconstituting the original Bel's power and ascending to the Throne of Bel. [[spoiler: The Shomonkai exists to help Belberith, who they worship as "His Majesty," complete this goal so that he can destroy God and spare the world from His ordeal, not realizing that [[EvilIsNotAToy Belberith plans to slaughter humankind once he's done.]]]] The protagonist himself ends up a contender for the Throne of Bel when he defeats [[NorseMythology Beldr]] and inadvertently absorbs his powers [[spoiler: - but then, it only makes sense, as he turns out to be the reincarnation of A'''bel''']].

* The Judge in ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' could not be killed in ancient times, so instead he was cut into pieces and scattered in a number of boxes around the world. Cue modern times and Spike and Drusilla reassembling them.

* An in-universe fictional example is Exodia, a ''YuGiOh'' monster so powerful it takes multiple cards to contain him. The individual pieces are worthless, but a player who reassembles Exodia by getting all five parts in play wins immediately.

* A variant in ''ShinMegamiTenseiDevilSurvivor'': Bel, the ruler of the demons, was sundered by God, but not technically "sealed" as such. Instead, the individual demons he was broken up into - all easily recognized by the syllable "Bel" in their names - have been fighting each other for supremacy, consuming each other in the process in the hopes of reconstituting the original Bel's power and ascending to the Throne of Bel. [[spoiler: The Shomonkai exists to help Belberith, who they worship as "His Majesty," complete this goal so that he can destroy God and spare the world from His ordeal, not realizing that [[EvilIsNotAToy Belberith plans to slaughter humankind once he's done.]]]] The protagonist himself ends up a contender for the Throne of Bel when he defeats [[NorseMythology Beldr]] and inadvertently absorbs his powers [[spoiler: - but then, it only makes sense, as he turns out to be the reincarnation of A'''bel''']].

As the description implies, some evils are just too dangerous to leave in just one package, hoping it never gets opened. Instead, you should split it up and hide it in a dozen different containers to prevent it from ever becoming a threat again. Of course, if one piece does ever escape, it will definitely try to gather the rest of itself to regain it's full power, so it can once again become the BigBad it once was, but if it's power is diminished enough, it's rarely a threat to anyone.

* The BigBad in ''DragonQuestVIII''. His soul is sealed inside the [[spoiler: Sceptre of Trodain]], and requires the death of seven people to break. His body [[spoiler: is sealed in the statue of the Goddess in Neos.]]

* The title character in ''{{Akira}}'' was dissected and placed in a series of vials. He came back in a more ethereal form.

* A variant in ''ShinMegamiTenseiDevilSurvivor'': Bel, the ruler of the demons, was sundered by God, but not technically "sealed" as such. Instead, the individual demons he was broken up into - all easily recognized by the syllable "Bel" in their names - have been fighting each other for supremacy, consuming each other in the process in the hopes of reconstituting the original Bel's power and ascending to the Throne of Bel. [[spoiler: The Shomonkai exists to help Belberith, who they worship as "His Majesty," complete this goal so that he can destroy God and spare the world from His ordeal, not realizing that [[EvilIsNotAToy Belberith plans to slaughter humankind once he's done.]]]] The protagonist himself ends up a contender for the Throne of Bel when he defeats [[NorseMythology Beldr]] and inadvertently absorbs his powers [[spoiler: - but then, it only makes sense, as he turns out to be the reincarnation of A'''bel''']].

* Imhotep in ''TheMummy''. He rises as soon as the spell on the sarcophagus is broken, but must recover the organs stored in his canopic jars before he can regain full power.

* ''[[{{Grandia}} Grandia 2]]'' gave us Valmar, the BigBad demon that was defeated in ancient times, and the pieces of it's body spread around the world and sealed away. Interestingly, each of the pieces has a mind of its own - none lay claim to being the original. The Church of Granas sends Elena on a quest to gather the pieces so they may be destroyed, though [[spoiler: it turns out that Pope Zera, who has discovered that GodIsDead and [[NietzscheWannabe believes that life has no meaning without him,]] actually wants to become the new Valmar himself so he can [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt destroy the world]]]].

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* A variant in ''ShinMegamiTenseiDevilSurvivor'': Bel, the ruler of the demons, was sundered by God, but not technically "sealed" as such. Instead, the individual demons he was broken up into - all easily recognized by the syllable "Bel" in their names - have been fighting each other for supremacy, consuming each other in the process in the hopes of reconstituting the original Bel's power and ascending to the Throne of Bel. [[spoiler: The Shomonkai exists to help Belberith, who they worship as "His Majesty," complete this goal so that he can destroy God and spare the world from His ordeal, not realizing that [[EvilIsNotAToy Belberith plans to slaughter humankind once he's done.]]]] The protagonist himself ends up a contender for the Throne of Bel when he defeats [[NorseMythology Beldr]] and inadvertently absorbs his powers [[spoiler: - but then, it only makes sense, as he turns out to be the reincarnation of A'''bel''']].

* In ''{{Naruto}}'', the Sage of Six Paths sealed the body of the Ten Tailed Beast in the Moon, and divided it's power into nine tailed beasts that were subsequently sealed individually.

* ''[[{{Grandia}} Grandia 2]]'' gave us Valmar, the BigBad demon that was defeated in ancient times, and the pieces of it's body spread around the world and sealed away.

* The BigBad in ''DragonQuestVIII''. His soul is sealed inside the [[spoiler: Sceptre of Trodain]], and requires the death of seven people to break. His body [[spoiler: is sealed in the statue of the Goddess in Neos.]]