History Main / CrossMeltingAura

* Dracula in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2'' creates one after (failing to) break a paladin he just bested with a ReasonYouSuckSpeech. And just to drive the point home, he begins to chant the same Latin prayer that the paladin's chanting. The end result is a cross melting aura that causes such a massive explosion of power it ''can be seen from space'' and also destroys his 100-something acre castle. When it clears up, Dracula's standing in an empty field of nothing but ashes with a molten red crucifix and a rather confused look on his face.

* Dracula in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2'' creates one after (failing to) break a paladin he just bested with a ReasonYouSuckSpeech. And just to drive the point home, he begins to chant the same Latin prayer that the paladin's chanting. The end result is a cross melting aura that causes such a massive explosion of power it not only destroys Dracula's 100-something acre wide castle complex, but also ''can be seen from space''.

* Dracula in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2'' creates one after (failing to) break a paladin he just bested with a ReasonYouSuckSpeech. And just to drive the point home, he begins to the same Latin prayer that the paladin's chanting. The end result is a cross melting aura that causes such a massive explosion of power it not only destroys Dracula's 100-something acre wide castle complex, but also ''can be seen from space''.

* Dracula in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2'' creates on after (failing to) give a ReasonYouSuckSpeech to a paladin he's just bested. And just to drive the point home, he begins to chant with the paladin the same Latin prayer. The end result is a cross melting aura that causes such a massive explosion of power ''it can be seen from space''.

* In ''Film/{Dracula 1979}}'', Jonathan Harker tries to ward off the Count with a wooden cross, but he just smiles and grabs it, making it burst in flames.

* Occurs in the intro to ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}: [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Dracula X Chronicles]]''.

* In the ''{{Eisenhorn}}'' book ''Hereticus'', a priest mistakes [[LightIsNotGood Cherubael]] for a manifestation of the God-Emperor and runs to meet it with an Imperial aquila. While the aquila manages to keep Cherubael away at first, eventually the daemonhost manages to melt the aquila.

* There are numerous examples in [[Supernatural]]. Hallowed ground can repel minor demons, but not any that get named/affect the plot. Episode 4.09 I Know What you Did Last Summer features a statue of Mary bleeding from the eyes as the demon Alistair approaches.

* In [[Naruto]], the First Hokage's necklage is able to contain the Ninetails/Kyuubi inside him when he manifests up to four tails. [[OhCrap Beyond that though...]]

** Subverted in the third book, ''Grave Peril''. While attending a vampire ball, a Red Court vampire (less vulnerable to faith than the undead Black Court) laughs at [[ThePaladin Michael's]] cross and grabs it mockingly, saying that it was immune to such things. It then immediately bursts into white flame.

When a person is affected in this way, they are AllergicToEvil. Compare FightOffTheKryptonite. Contrast TurnUndead, which can similarly be rebuked this way by a sufficiently powerful evil entity.

* Happens again in ''Literature/SalemsLot'', when Callahan's fate falters when confronting the ancient vampire Barlow: when agreeing to toss aside his cross to save Mark Petrie, he hesitates, and the cross loses its power. Later in the same continuity ([[ContinuitySnarl or at least partly]]), in ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' novel ''Literature/SongOfSusannah'', [[spoiler:Callahan has gained confidence and knows the proper answer to such a challenge: he doesn't need to throw the cross away, but he can tuck it away and still retain the power of faith radiating from him and hurting the vampires.]]

* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story [[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E3TheCurseOfFenric "The Curse of Fenric"]], the doubting priest's holy symbols are ineffective against the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Haemovores]].

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* In ''HellraiserIIIHellOnEarth'', Pinhead liquified the cross held at him by a priest, seriously burning him.

* Played with the sun itself by Tolkien. Throughout ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' we've been told that the forces of Sauron like Orcs, Trolls and Nazgul are afraid of the sun, and sunlight weakens or outright destroys them. And in the third book, we see Sauron's army on the march to Minas Tirith. Cue the sun fading and the day becoming dark as night.

** Subverted in the third book, ''Grave Peril''. When attending a vampire ball, a Red Court vampire (less vulnerable to faith than the undead Black Court) laughs at [[ThePaladin Michael's]] cross and grabs it mockingly, saying that it was immune to such things. It then immediately bursts into white flame.
** Course can be played straight depending on the person. In the Dresdenverse holy symbols only work if the person who is using it to protect himself actually has faith in what the symbol stands for. So a cross held by someone who has no faith is only holding a useless trinket. In Michael's case, he is literally a holy warrior chosen by god.

* In the game ''VideoGame/TheDarkness'', the final part of the game seems to involve the eponymous Darkness (which is generally weakened by light) supercharging due to a solar eclipse -- with the greatest source of its weakness blotted out, it reaches a power level where it ''explodes'' lightbulbs that are near it, destroying both light sources and '''potential''' light sources.

When a person is affected in this way, they are AllergicToEvil. Contrast TurnUndead, which can similarly be rebuked this way by a sufficiently powerful evil entity.

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