History PlayingWith / LeakingCanOfEvil

* '''Straight''': The UltimateEvil was sealed away 10,000 years ago, but it can still use its magic to influence events in our world.
* '''Exaggerated''': The UltimateEvil can open portals anywhere in the world that it can reach its arms through. It's still sealed away for the most part, but it might as well not be.
* '''Downplayed''': The UltimateEvil's influence causes a feeling of vague unease and troubling dreams within a few miles around the ArtifactOfDoom that it's sealed in, but that's it.

** When the heroes were designing the {{Ultimate Evil}}'s prison they were infiltrated by [[TheMole a mole]] who secretly altered their ritual so that it would allow his master to keep wreaking havoc.

** The UltimateEvil hasn't been sealed away at all, but he has been made permanently {{Intangib|ility}}le, {{Invisib|ility}}le, and Inaudible by something. He's still right here in our world but he can't be felt, seen, or heard - [[AndIMustScream he can't affect anything at all.]]

* '''Subverted''': It seems as if the UltimateEvil is somehow managing to still affect our world despite having been sealed away, but it turns out it's just a fanatical cultist using his own sorcery to make people think his master is still among us....
* '''Double Subverted''': ...and he's acting under telepathic orders received from the UltimateEvil.
* '''Parodied''': The UltimateEvil can affect our world in one way and one way only: [[PokeThePoodle it has the ability to spill ice cream out of cones and onto the floor at will]].

* '''Averted''': The UltimateEvil can't affect our world, or perhaps it wasn't even sealed away to begin with.

* '''Invoked''': The UltimateEvil is sealed away forever. The hero, fearing that some of the villain's magic may seep through the seal and allow him to seek his revenge, takes a number of precautions to protect himself just in case.

* '''Defied''': The heroes are worried that the UltimateEvil might be able to still affect their world after being sealed away, so they add a dozen extra seals on top of it just to make sure.

** The show never outright says that there's an UltimateEvil inside a leaking can, but we are aware that there is a GreaterScopeVillain, and the villain's demonic magic has to come from ''somewhere''...

* '''Played For Drama''': The UltimateEvil was defeated and sealed away, but his power still remains in our world, corrupting humans and allowing him to rule as if he was never sealed away to begin with. [[ShaggyDogStory The hero's quest was pointless]], [[TheBadGuyWins the bad guy won]], [[CosmicHorrorStory and it will always be that way]].

'''Basic Trope''': An evil being is [[SealedEvilInACan sealed away]], but in a way that allows it to continue affecting our world.

** The sealing spell is holy, and will eventually wither away if it is forced to contain the entirety of an evil entity. A fault is deliberately built in in order to extend the life of the seal without allowing the entity too much freedom, like a pressure release valve for dark magic.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Evil magic is like a bad smell, you can try to cover it up but it never quite goes away."

* '''Discussed''': "Remember, when you banish a demon make sure you finish the job! If any of its essence remains it'll be like it was never banished to begin with."

** The UltimateEvil hasn't been sealed away at all, but he has been made permanently {{Intangib|ility}}le, {{Invisib|ility}}le, and Inaudible. He's still right here in our world but he can't be felt, seen, or heard - he can't affect anything at all.

** The show never outright says that there's an UltimateEvil inside a leaking can, but we are aware that there is a BiggerBad, and the villain's demonic magic has to come from ''somewhere''...

** The sealing spell is holy, and will eventually wither away if it is forced to contain the entirety of an evil entity. A fault is deliberately built in in order to extend the life of the seal without allowing the entity too much freedom.

* '''Implied''': The show never outright says that there's an UltimateEvil inside a leaking can, but we are aware that there is a BiggerBad, and the villain's demonic magic has to come from ''somewhere''...

* '''Justified''': When the heroes were designing the {{Ultimate Evil}}'s prison they were infiltrated by [[TheMole a mole]] who secretly altered their ritual so that it would allow his master to keep wreaking havoc.
* '''Inverted''': The UltimateEvil hasn't been sealed away at all, but he has been made permanently {{Intangib|ility}}le, {{Invisib|ility}}le, and Inaudible. He's still right here in our world but he can't be felt, seen, or heard - he can't affect anything at all.

* '''Parodied''': The UltimateEvil can affect our world in one way and one way only: it has the ability to spill ice cream out of cones and onto the floor at will.

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