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* ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021": In the first episode, "What If... [[Characters/MCUPeggyCarter Captain Carter]] Were [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger The First Avenger]]?", [[spoiler:the Red Skull attempts to summon a tentacled EldritchAbomination to serve as Hydra's champion and execute his megalomaniacal ambitions, only to be promptly crushed by said monstrosity.]]

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

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

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

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This trope when somebody frees or summons a Sealed Evil in a Can, and is immediately eaten 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.

* In the finale of ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork3'', Lord Wily's consciousness (he pulled a BrainUploading earlier) is consumed by the PsychoPrototype Internet that he awakened and unleashed on [=NetSociety=], [[EldritchAbomination Alpha]].

* In the finale of ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork3'', Lord Wily's consciousness (he pulled a BrainUploading earlier) is consumed by the PsychoPrototype Internet, [[EldritchAbomination Alpha]].

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* In ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger''/''Series/PowerRangersSamurai,'' Dayu's reward for fully restoring her master is to be immediately absorbed so he gains a human side and thus immunity from the sealing spell that kept him [[SealedEvilInACan in his can]] for most of the series.

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* In ''[[Literature/ChroniclesOfNarnia The Last Battle]]'', Shift uses the humans' fear of Tash to increase his own wealth and fame. This involves posing as Tash's high priest/chosen one and constantly threatening to sic Tash on Shift's enemies. The real Tash eventually learns about this, and he is ''not'' impressed.

* In ''Literature/TheBelgariad'' and ''Malloreon'' by Creator/DavidEddings, this is a common fate of [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Demon]]-summoning sorcerers. The sorcerer can only maintain control of a summoned demon by continuously reciting spells at it. If he gets it wrong, he gets eaten, generally followed shortly by everyone else in the vicinity.

* In ''TabletopGame/Pathfinder'', Daemons stand out among Evil 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.

* In ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'', once the Dark Genie is free, it eats the person who organized the ceremony. The creature justifies this by saying that it hadn't eaten in 400 years and was hungry.

Alice is a SealedEvilInACan. Bob, either because he was promised something like immortality or riches, thinks he can control her, or because he [[DracoInLeatherPants thinks Alice isn't as evil as everyone says she is]], tries to free her. After a bit of hard work, and possibly some outmaneuvering of people with more common sense, Bob frees Alice. However, rather than rewarding Bob for his service or even giving him a simple thank you, Alice tosses Bob into her mouth and eats him without a second thought.

This trope when somebody frees or summons a Sealed Evil in a Can, and is immediately eaten by said evil. 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.

* In "Demon Lord of Karanda", part of the Mallorean by David Eddings, this is a common fate of sorcerers. The sorcerer can only maintain control of a summoned demon by continuously reciting spells at it. If he gets it wrong, he gets eaten.

Alice is a SealedEvilInACan. Bob, either because he was promised something like immortality or riches, thinks he can control her, or he [[DracoInLeatherPants thinks Alice isn't as evil as everyone says she is,]] tries to free her. After a bit of hard work, and possibly some out maneuvering of people with more common sense, Bob frees Alice. However, rather than rewarding Bob for his service or even giving him a simple thank you, Alice tosses Bob into her mouth and eats him without a second thought.

This trope when somebody frees or summons a SealedEvilInACan only to immediately get eaten by she/he/it. 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. Is also a sub-trope of YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness.

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

* In ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy'' it's generally stated that demons will attempt to eat their summoners if they fail to draw a proper pentagram or stray outside of it. Bartimaeus himself alludes to having eaten a few wizards who made silly mistakes in the past. In book two a wizard is eaten by a demon because he copied the summoning circle from a book whose printer had deliberately drawn it wrong in revenge for the wizard assaulting and crippling his son years earlier in the prologue.

* In [[Literature/ChroniclesOfNarnia The Last Battle]], Shift uses the humans' fear of Tash to increase his own wealth and fame. This involves posing as Tash's high priest/chosen one and constantly threatening to sic Tash on Shift's enemies. The real Tash eventually learns about this, and he is NOT impressed.
-->Tash: Here I am. What hast thou to say?


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* In DarkCloud once the Dark Genie is free it eats the person who organized the ceremony. The creature justifies this by saying that it hadn't eaten in 400 years and was hungry.