History Main / EatTheSummoner

* In ''VideoGame/FallFromHeaven'', civilizations following the [[ReligionOfEvil Ashen Veil]] have the opportunity to summon the [[TheLegionsOfHell Infernals]] upon researching the Infernal Pact technology. However, there's nothing stopping the Infernals from attacking their summoner at any time, and they have good reason to as the souls of Evil civs' units and city pops can feed the Infernals' economy as Manes when they die.

* In ''VideoGame/FallFromHeaven'', civilizations following the [[ReligionOfEvil Ashen Veil]] have the opportunity to summon the [[TheLegionsOfHell Infernals]] upon researching the Infernal Pact technology. [[EvilIsNotAToy However,]] there's nothing stopping the Infernals from attacking their summoner at any time, and they have good reason to as the souls of Evil civs' units and city pops can feed the Infernals' economy as Manes when they die.

-->-- '''Fox Mulder''', ''Series/TheXFiles''

* This happens to Samantha the necromancer in episode 3 of ''Anime/SoulEater'' when she summons Wrath of the Pharaoh. While she had no issue controlling the mummies before that point, the Pharaoh simply devoured her instead.

--> ''I say to you againe, doe not call up Any that you cannot put downe; by the Which I mean, Any that can in Turne call up somewhat against you, whereby your Powerfullest Devices may not be of use. Ask of the Lesser, lest the Greater shall not wish to answer, and shall commande more than you.''

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* In the episode "[[GratuitousGerman Die Hand Die Verletzt]]" of ''Series/TheXFiles'', Mulder and Scully investigate a seemingly Satanic-inspired murder in a small town. Turns out the killer is none other than Satan himself, who was summoned by the locals through rituals to advance their careers, and [[YouHaveFailedMe he's pissed]] because they aren't true believers.

* ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'': Hyouma Sagara summoned Jack the Ripper while using the attempted murder of his girlfriend Reika Rikudou as the catalyst. Jack, due to recognizing Reika as her Master instead, killed Sagara and transferred his command seals to Reika.

This trope occurs when somebody frees or summons a Sealed Evil in a Can, and is immediately eaten or otherwise destroyed by said evil. Often a trope that appears at the climax of a story. A sub-trope of EvilIsNotAToy and a common fate of cultists summoning an EldritchAbomination. One of the hazards of calling up what you can't put down. It's also a sub-trope of YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness. SummonBinding can prevent this trope from playing out, but only if the former succeeds/is done properly.

This trope when somebody frees or summons a Sealed Evil in a Can, and is immediately eaten or otherwise destroyed by said evil. Often a trope that appears at the climax of a story. A sub-trope of EvilIsNotAToy and a common fate of cultists summoning an EldritchAbomination. One of the hazards of calling up what you can't put down. It's also a sub-trope of YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness.

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* In ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', Daemons stand out among Evil-aligned Outsiders as {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s that will immediately try to devour their summoners, body and {{soul|Eating}}, and usually continue to try even if they get roped into a MagicallyBindingContract. While Devils will try to ruin their summoners with [[DealWithTheDevil bargains]] and Demons encourage ForTheEvulz-style debasement, Daemons just want all life to end.

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* In the ''Literature/Ultramarines'' novel, ''Nightbringer'', the BigBad of the story, Kasimir de Valtos stages a civil war to seize control of the planet Pavonis so he can reach and open the tomb of the [[AncientEvil C'Tan]] entity known as the Nightbringer, in the belief it will make him immortal as a reward. When he actually succeeds, [[MentalFusion Kasimir is briefly connected to the Nightbringer's mind through an empathic link]], causing [[VillainousBreakdown Kasimir to go utterly insane with horror]] at the realization that the Nightbringer is as far removed from him as he is from an ant, and the C'Tan has no reason to even acknowledge his existence, let alone reward him. Kasimir is reduced to tearfully begging the Nightbringer to make him immortal, which only results in the creature deigning to notice him for long enough to kill him.

->''"Did you really think you could call up [[{{Satan}} the devil]] and ask him to behave?"''

->''"Did you really think you could call up TheDevil and ask him to behave?"''

* In the Brazilian series Historietas Assombradas para Crianças Malcriadas (scary stories for naughty children), Pepe tries to summon a Cthullu-esque EldritchAbomination to end the world [[DisproportionateRetribution as a way to prove to his grandma he didn't always leave things halfway]]. As soon as it arrives, however, it immediately eats him and spit his bones out. Fortunately, the episode turns out to be a story Pepe's grandma was telling him at bedtime, [[ScareEmStraight exactly to tell him why he should never leave things unfinished.]]

* In the Brazilian series Historietas Assombradas para Crianças Malcriadas (scary stories for naughty children), Pepe tries to summon a Cthullu-EldritchAbomination to end the world [[DisproportionateRetribution as a way to prove to his grandma he didn't always leave things halfway]]. As soon as it arrives, however, it immediately eats him and spit his bones out. Fortunately, the episode turns out to be a story Pepe's grandma was telling him at bedtime, [[ScareEmStraight exactly to tell him why he should never leave things unfinished.]]

* This happens to Samantha the necromancer in episode 3 of ''Anime/SoulEater'' when she summons Wrath of the Pharaoh, because of all his undead subjects, of whom she'd taken control by that point.