Line #23 Main/SealedIndexInACan


1	These tropes are mostly about characters or entities which have somehow been imprisoned for some reason, often through magic or other unusual methods of containing them.
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3	!!Tropes:
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6	'''Also see:'''
7	* LockedUpTropes
8	* PrisonTropes
9	* ARestrainedIndex
10	* ThisIndexIsStuck
11	]
12	* AndIMustScream: Being sealed away for eons can be an unpleasant experience if the imprisoned being was conscious the whole time.
13	* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant
14	* CagedInsideAMonster
15	* CaptureBalls: Portable cans.
16	* CryoPrison: Imprisoning people by cryogenically freezing them.
17	* DemonicPossession: Sometimes, an evil spirit controlling another being may be effectively trapped and imprisoned in their host's body.
18	* DeusExMachina
19	* DiabolusExMachina
20	* DugTooDeep
21	* EatTheSummoner: A person who frees an imprisoned evil is rewarded by being eaten by the evil being.
22	* EvilIsNotAToy: Someone plans to free an evil being from their imprisonment in hopes of gaining an ally, but they learn the hard way after releasing the evil being that the evil being has no interest in serving them.
23	* EvilRedeemedInACan: A villain or evil entity who was sealed away does a HeelFaceTurn during their imprisonment.
24	* EvolutionaryPressureCooker: Trapping a bunch of creatures together and forcing them to kill each other so that the SoleSurvivor will be stronger.
25	* FalseInnocenceTrick: An evil being might have to fool people into freeing them by playing on their sympathies.
26	* FlingALightIntoTheFuture
27	* ForcedTransformation (if the spell/transformation is used as a SealedEvilInACan, whether as a person or an object)
28	* GenieInABottle: A [[OurGeniesAreDifferent jinn]] is trapped in some sort of container, only being released whenever someone needs them to grant their wish.
29	* HarmlessFreezing: When a person is frozen, it doesn't kill them, and they'll be perfectly fine as soon as they thaw out.
30	* HijackingCthulhu: Sometimes breaking the can works out.
31	* HumanPopsicle: A person who gets frozen ends up regaining consciousness after being thawed out in the future.
32	* KingInTheMountain: A legendary figure is believed to be in hibernation rather than deceased.
33	* LeakingCanOfEvil: An imprisoned evil being is still able to affect the world while sealed away.
34	* LivingArk
35	* LivingRelic
36	* MindPrison: A character is punished for their crimes by being imprisoned inside an illusion.
37	* MonsterInTheIce: Usually-living monsters sealed inside large quantities of ice.
38	* PhantomZonePicture: Imprisoning someone by taking away one of their dimensions and sticking them onto a flat surface.
39	* PiecesOfGod
40	* PrisonDimension: Evil beings get incarcerated in another dimension.
41	* SealedArmyInACan: An entire army that's been sealed away for a long time.
42	* SealedBadassInACan: A being is sealed away because they are too powerful to be allowed to roam free.
43	* SealedCastInAMultipack: When multiple people are all sealed away.
44	* SealedEvilInACan: An evil being is sealed away for a long time before eventually being freed.
45	* SealedEvilInADuel: A good being and an evil being spend eternity trapped somewhere while fighting each other.
46	* SealedEvilInASixPack: An evil being is divided and imprisoned inside more than one object.
47	* SealedEvilInATeddyBear: An evil being is kept at bay by confining it in a form that is cute and harmless.
48	* SealedEvilInAnotherWorld: An evil being who's TrappedInAnotherWorld.
49	* SealedGoodInACan: A good being is sealed away for a long time before eventually being freed.
50	* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: A being is imprisoned by trapping them inside a living person.
51	* SelfDestructingSecurity
52	* SupernaturalSealing: The power to seal an object.
53	* TailorMadePrison: A prison is made solely to imprison one person.
54	* TakenForGranite: A living being is immobilized by being turned into stone.
55	* TimeLoopTrap: Being trapped within an infinitely looping event, sometimes without memory of the loop even occurring.
56	* TitanomachyRoundTwo: Someone's trying to free the Titans of Greek Mythology to take out the Gods.
57	* TrappedInTheHost: An attempted possessor is sealed inside their intended host.
58	[[/index]]

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