History Main / SealedEvilInASixPack

* In ''Anime/DragonBallZWrathOfTheDragon'', Hildegarne [[SpellMyNameWithAnS (or Hirudegarn)]] was a giant monster split in half and sealed inside two siblings, Tapion and Minosha (who were themselves placed in magic music boxes kept whole solar systems apart). The heroes spent a part of the movie fighting the bottom half, until the top half appeared and joined the other half.

* ''Manhwa/CavalierOfTheAbyss'': Cadalbolg has the power to exponentiate his magic by binding with ''[[TheAntichrist ONE]] [[HumansAreSpecial human]]''. They have to seal him away in multiple pieces so that he can't use this ability. [[TheVirus Unfortunately, that just gives him more opportunities to possess demons regularly]].

* ''Manhwa/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]]

* ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'' has [[DemonOfHumanOrigin Sukuna]], the King of Curses, who was sealed away a thousand years ago. Due to being too powerful to contain or even kill, they were forced to infuse all of his power into his [[MultiArmedAndDangerous 20 fingers]]. The plot of the story kicks off when the main character, Itadori Yuji, ''eats'' one of the fingers, and is dragged into the Jujutsu world in order to eat the rest so Sukuna can be permanently killed, as he's a one-in-a-million type of person actually capable of hosting Sukuna without dying of poison.

* The four Forbidden Boxes in ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh'' are actually this, in addition to being powerful weapons in their own right.

* ''LightNovel/CoffinPrincessChaika'' has the corpse of Magic Emperor Arthur Gaz, which was divided into several pieces by the eight heroes who slew him and put an end to his attempt at world conquest. The title character is on a quest to gather the pieces in order to "give Father funeral." Several of her sisters, all named Chaika, are also trying to gather them for their own ends. Near the end [[spoiler: it's revealed that the questing Chaikas were part of Arthur Gaz's scheme to resurrect himself in a rebuilt body.]]

** 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.

** Khalim from ''VideoGame/DiabloII'' is an uncommon benevolent victim of the trope. Mephisto had him killed and had his brain, heart, eye, [[WeaponOfChoice and flail]] scattered across Kurast to make sure his influence would not cause issues to the Lord of Hatred and his plans. A significant part of Act III involves the player collecting all four parts, merging them with the Horadric Cube, and use the resulting Khalim's Will to open a way to defeat Mephisto.

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* ''Literature/TheSouthernBookClubsGuideToSlayingVampires'': [[spoiler:This is how the women eventually defeat James Harris. They dismember him, sink some of the pieces in the sea, and bury the rest in Mary-Louise's family crypt.]]

* At the end of the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series, [[ColonyDrop Ragnarok]] is destroyed, along with the madman controlling it, Dr. Weil. Later it's revealed that Biometal Model W, the central ArtifactOfDoom in the SequelSeries ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'', is created from the fragments of Ragnarok; still containing Dr. Weil's consciousness, it is now [[LeakingCanOfEvil the newest cause of Maverick uprisings]]. There are also two types of the Model W fragments; the first is a miniature TransformationTrinket like other Biometals, and the second are giant mechanical abominations. ''ZX Advent'' centers around a race between both heroes and villains to collect and/or destroy the latter. At the end of the game the various Model Ws got reassembled into something that loosely resembles the Ragnarok satellite, although this time its called Ouroboros, the "Ultimate Biometal".

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant No, it doesn't necessarily mean the villain inside has six-pack muscles, or if the villain is sealed within someone who just happens to have six-pack muscles.]] If you're hoping for the latter, you'll have to see SealedEvilInAHumanShapedCan.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant No, it doesn't necessarily mean the villain inside has six-pack muscles, or if the villain is sealed within someone who just happens to have six-pack muscles.]] If you're hoping for the latter, you'll have to see SealedEvilInAPersonShapedCan.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant No, it doesn't necessarily mean the villain inside has six-pack muscles, or if the villain is sealed within someone who just happens to have six-pack muscles.]] If you're hoping for the latter, you'll have to see SealedInEvilInAPersonShapedCan.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant No, it doesn't necessarily mean the villain inside has six-pack muscles, or if the villain is sealed within someone who just happens to have six-pack muscles.]]

* ''Anime/JujutsuKaisen'' has [[DemonOfHumanOrigin Sukuna]], the King of Curses, who was sealed away a thousand years ago. Due to being too powerful to contain or even kill, they were forced to infuse all of his power into his [[MultiArmedAndDangerous 20 fingers]]. The plot of the story kicks off when the main character, Itadori Yuji, ''eats'' one of the fingers, and is dragged into the Jujutsu world in order to eat the rest so Sukuna can be permanently killed, as he's a one-in-a-million type of person actually capable of hosting Sukuna without dying of poison.

* At the end of the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series, [[ColonyDrop Ragnarok]] is destroyed, along with the madman controlling it, Dr. Weil. Later it's revealed that Biometal Model W, the central ArtifactOfDoom in the SequelSeries ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'', is created from the fragments of Ragnarok; still containing Dr. Weil's consciousness, it is now [[LeakingCanOfEvil the newest cause of Maverick uprisings]]. There are also two types of the Model W fragments; the first is a miniature TransformationTrinket like other Biometals, and the second are giant mechanical abominations. ''ZX Advent'' centers around the collection of the latter, which, when combined, loosely resembles the Ragnarok satellite, although this time its called Ouroboros.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'': One mission had the Team escorting two trucks carrying the pieces of a dismantled Amazo android. The trucks (and a few decoys) went through different routes, but Professor Ivo managed to track them down and steal the parts bakc and rebuild Amazo.

* ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'': [[spoiler:Wander wants to make a [[DealWithTheDevil Deal With Dormin]] to bring back Mono. When he reaches the Temple of Worship, he discovers that Dormin's power has been sealed inside sixteen idols. In order to break a given piece out of the idols, he has to kill the colossus that represents it. Cue BossGame.]]

* In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', the Elder Evil Pandorym is a [[KillTheGod deicidal]] EldritchAbomination whose mind and body were separated and trapped, respectively, in a CrystalPrison and an isolated PocketDimension. Said mind is vast enough that even the fragments that escape from its LeakingCanOfEvil have Epic-level PsychicPowers, while the body is a mass of non-reality that annihilates anything it touches, so even allowing the mind to escape is assumed to be the BadEnding.

* At some point in the backstory of ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'', one of history's many Links attempted to finish off Ganondorf by sealing fractions of his soul across points in the series' timeline. Seemed to be working until Cia the Time Witch interfered.

* In ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'', Zoltan Kulle was killed and his head, body, and blood sealed in different location to ensure he never returned. [[spoiler:Thanks to Adria, Leah and the Nephalem, he did, but only for long enough to complete his masterpiece, the Black Soulstone, before being rekilled]].