History Main / PaperTalisman

** The Yiga {{ninja}} of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' leave behind a flurry of red paper talismans along with a cloud of smoke when they teleport around or remove their disguises. ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'' shows the loyalist Sheikah Impa using similar talismans.

* ''Franchise/TheLegendofZelda:''

** The Yiga {{ninja}} of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathofTheWild'' leave behind a flurry of red paper talismans along with a cloud of smoke when they teleport around or remove their disguises. ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'' shows the loyalist Sheikah Impa using similar talismans.

* In the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime, some characters use these to repel ghost Pokemon.

* ''Franchise/Pokemon'':

** Ironically, in the games, the Spell Tag item strengthens the power of Ghost-type moves.
*** However, there is another item, the Cleanse Tag, that decreases the wild Pokemon encounter rate if the lead Pokemon in the party is holding it.
** The ''ANime/{{Pokemon}}'' Jirachi (who is said to have the power to fulfill wishes) has three paper tags attached to it.

* Show up in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', in the Arbiter's Grounds miniboss room. You enter to see a huge, ominous sword tied down with a bunch of ropes with papers hanging on them. Every single gamer, viewer and troper instinct screams at you not to remove the seals, [[StupidityIsTheOnlyOption but of course...]]

* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' games have them as the result of casting Hama spells, OneHitKO light-type spells.

* In ''VideoGame/Persona5'' Hama skills, which are [[HolyHandGrenade Bless-element]] [[OneHitKill death]] spells, are animated with a flurry of paper tags flying out to surround the target.

* ''Anime/DennouCoil'' uses these as "metatags", to modify virtual objects.

** Starting in ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors 2'', Kanetsugu Naoe's weapon is a sword and a handful of spell-tags, which he mostly seem to use to shoot FrickinLaserBeams...

* ''Franchise/PowerRangers]]

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* SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}'s enemy T-Ray used pieces of paper with Japanese-looking writing on them to achieve various magical effects. They may have been [=Ofuda=].

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* In ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive,'' Kamdor uses these to turn objects (always blue like his armor) into the MonsterOfTheWeek, and to invoke MakeMyMonsterGrow. For extra anime ninja-ness, he controls them via HandSeals.

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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 1st Edition supplement ''Oriental Adventures''.
** Oriental magic items included four Charms of Protection (from disease, fire, spirits and theft). They were made of yellow or red paper with inked inscriptions involving supplications or threats toward various deities. They protected any building they were attached to.
* Several Charms of the [[TabletopGame/{{Exalted}} Sidereal Exalted]] require the preparation of Prayer Strips, which are then used up by the activation of the Charm.

* In the Hyper Asian Fantasy TabletopGames/TenraBanshoZERO the onmyouji use to summon/create there shikigami servants.
* The Purity Seals preferred by the Imperium Of Man in ''{{TabletopGame/Warhammer40000}}'' are essentially the Western version from the page description, a strip of parchment inscribed with a benediction of some kind, and affixed with wax.

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* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' - Zuo Ci a Taoist uses 6 tags as his weapon which he swings in a line or dance around him.

* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' - Lei-Lei uses the Taoist variant since she's a jiangshi.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'' Hama skills, which are [[HolyHandGrenade Bless-element]] [[OneHitKill death]] spells, are animated with a flurry of paper tags flying out to surround the target.

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Distillum}}'' these are Sidney's main tool of work.
* ''Webcomic/TheFoxSister'': Yun Hee's Pujok charms are the Korean version.

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* ''WebAnimation/MagicalBorderPatrol'': Jake Harrier uses them to banish Spirits, although he can apparently use them for other things.

** Kafuka overdoes it (in above picture) when she doesn't want [[{{Hikikomori}} Kiri]] to leave her house.

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* The Onmyoji of ''Manga/NurarihyonNoMago'' use this of course. They have various uses, including crafting Shikigami to fight. Yura, the resident ChildProdigy, can summon up to ''four'' shikigami at her first appearance.

* Exorcists, monks and other humans in ''Manga/NatsumesBookOfFriends'' use paper talismans to seal and otherwise affect and interact with youkai, gods and spirits.

* ''Manga/DragonBall'': The Mafuba (Evil Containment Wave) lets one use any mundane container -- even an electric rice cooker -- to [[SealedEvilInACan seal away an opponent]]. In the Piccolo Jr. Saga of the original series, Kami gets around this by simply writing the kanji for the technique on the jar itself (though the fact that he's {{God}} probably helps), while in the Future Trunks Saga of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', the technique would have defeated an immortal enemy if Goku hadn't forgotten the ''ofuda''[[note]]In the manga he accidentally grabbed one of [[DirtyOldMonk Master Roshi]]'s coupons for a naughty cabaret shows instead; in the anime he forgets it completely[[/note]].

** Setsuna is known to use ''[=ofuda=]'', and once used them to protect the hotel from {{Onmyodo}} Shikigami [[note]]paper demons[[/note]] during the Kyoto arc.

* In ''LightNovel/RentalMagica'', meets DeathDealer. Because {{Onmyodo}} adepts can be ''that'' badass too.
* ''VisualNovel/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe'''s [[{{Onmyodo}} onmyoji]] Abe no Yasuaki and [[{{Expy}} Abe no Yasutsugu]] use these; the effect varies from creating energy shields to exorcism to just plain stopping some [[SmallAnnoyingCreature annoying]] SleepModeSize'd {{youkai}} from following them around.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' - Lei-Lei uses the Taoist variant since she's a jiangshi.

* These have a particularly funny use in the first ''Film/AChineseGhostStory'' movie. The unlucky protagonist, having gotten his clothes soaked, accidentally backs into a stall selling these, ending up with six of them stuck to his back (and the inscriptions remaining after the angry shopkeeper peels them off, resulting in another dunking later).

** For the rest of the series, paper talismans are commonly employed as demon-killing tools by taoists and sorcerers, as Hasrath Hahn or Steve Long, most notably to [[spoiler: protect the world-wide communication system from Shiva's soul-harvesting spell.]]

* These are a major gameplay mechanic in ''IzunaLegendOfTheUnemployedNinja''. Talismans can be used directly to cast spells or stuck onto equipment to customize it.

* ''Manga/DragonBall'': The Mafuba (Evil Containment Wave) lets one use any mundane container -- even an electric rice cooker -- to [[SealedEvilInACan seal away an opponent]. In the Piccolo Jr. Saga of the original series, Kami gets around this by simply writing the kanji for the technique on the jar itself (though the fact that he's {{God}} probably helps), while in the Future Trunks Saga of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', the technique would have defeated an immortal enemy if Goku hadn't forgotten the ''ofuda''[[note]]In the manga he accidentally grabbed one of [[DirtyOldMonk Master Roshi]]'s coupons for a naughty cabaret shows instead; in the anime he forgets it completely[[/note]].

* ''Manga/DragonBall'': Any container used as part of the Evil Containment Wave requires a "Demon Seal" paper tag for it to work, though during the Piccolo Jr. Saga, Kami is able to get around this by simply writing the kanji for the technique on the jar itself.

** Setsuna is known to use ''[=ofuda=]'', and once used them to protect the hotel from {{Onmyodo}} Shikigami [[note]]paper demonsp[[/note]] during the Kyoto arc.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}} Onmyōji]]'', of course, but it seems that Seimei is the one using them most frequently, tossing them around in most of his skills. And then there's the Summoning feature, which is basically a game of lottery in which you draw weird shapes on talismans before sending them off into the summoning circle, hoping to acquirr a ''shikigami'' of high rarity.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}} Onmyōji]]'', of course.

* The ''VideoGame/PockyAndRocky'' series has player character/protagonist Sayo-chan, a {{miko}} who uses ofuda as ranged weapons and an [[ZigzagPaperTassel oharai stick]] as a melee weapon.