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* Similar legeng for the Czech Knights of Blaník who are believed to sleep under the mountain and will ride out lead by saint Wenceslas.
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* In ''LightNovel/FateZero'', Alexander the Great, A.K.A. Iskander, can summon a regiment of his former army at will as his Noble Phantasm. They all manifest as lesser Heroic Spirits, and some of them are ''genuine'' Heroic Spirits as well. [[spoiler:He uses it to kill 80 Assassins in approximately an eighth of a second. Later, it's destroyed by Gilgamesh blasting all the soldiers and disrupting it.]]

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* In ''LightNovel/FateZero'', ''Literature/FateZero'', Alexander the Great, A.K.A. Iskander, can summon a regiment of his former army at will as his Noble Phantasm. They all manifest as lesser Heroic Spirits, and some of them are ''genuine'' Heroic Spirits as well. [[spoiler:He uses it to kill 80 Assassins in approximately an eighth of a second. Later, it's destroyed by Gilgamesh blasting all the soldiers and disrupting it.]]
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* In ''LightNovel/FateZero'', [[spoiler:[[UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat Rider]] has the ability to call upon the spirits of everyone he has ever commanded when he unleashes his ultimate Noble Phantasm, Ionioi Hetairoi: Army of the King.]]

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* In ''LightNovel/FateZero'', ''Literature/FateZero'', [[spoiler:[[UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat Rider]] has the ability to call upon the spirits of everyone he has ever commanded when he unleashes his ultimate Noble Phantasm, Ionioi Hetairoi: Army of the King.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': [[Characters/FinalSpaceRacesAndCreatures The Titans]] are a horde of malevolent {{eldritch abomination}}s that act as Invictus' troopers in its war upon all of creation. They were imprisoned in another dimension eons ago to keep the universe safe from their destruction after Invictus corrupted them, but Invictus intends to set them loose on the cosmos as its army once again.

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* ''Film/{{Babes in Toyland|1934}}'' (a/k/a ''March of the Wooden Soldiers'') features an army of toy wooden soldiers that were built outside specification (100 wooden soldiers each six feet tall, instead of 600 wooden soldiers each one foot tall). They come in handy defending Toyland from the boogeymen.
* Bane creates a good version of the Sealed Army In A Can in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' when he traps almost the entire Gotham Police Department in the sewers.
* They do this again in ''Film/HeiseiRiderVsShowaRiderKamenRiderWarsFeaturingSuperSentai'', when the Badan Empire plans to take advantage of the Kamen Rider civil war to set their plans into motion. Just when they believed all but two Riders are left standing, Ryo Murasame/[[Film/BirthofTheTenthGatherAllKamenRiders Kamen Rider ZX]] (who was undercover in Badan but ousted) reveals that all the Riders were merely lying in wait in the [[EldritchLocation Helheim Forest]]. Ryo then uses the [[TransformationTrinket Rider Lockseeds]] on Kouta Kazuraba/Series/KamenRiderGaim to summon the Riders back to fight Badan.
* The Golden Army from ''Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy''. An army of 4900 (More accurately, 70 times 70 soldiers) indestructible, untiring, clockwork warriors, to be precise. They're controlled by a MacGuffin that was split into three pieces to prevent it from ever being used again.
* In ''Film/{{Immortals}}'', [[spoiler: Hyperion uses [[EnergyBow Epirus Bow]] to unleashed Titans for total destruction.]]
* In ''Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiSuperHeroTaisen'', both Dai-Shocker (under Tsukasa Kadoya/Series/KamenRiderDecade) and Dai-Zangyack (under [[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Captain Marvelous]]) have been eliminating the Super Sentai and the Kamen Riders, respectively. When the villains turn against their leaders and become a united front, it's revealed that Tsukasa and Marvelous were very well aware of the treachery before it happened. And the Super Sentai and Kamen Riders were never killed, just sent to a dimensional rift, waiting at the right moment to reveal themselves and take care of the combined villain armies.



* The ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'' movie has an evil army that would be unleashed if [[FillerVillain Groom no Bridon]] marries someone pure and good, so he kidnaps the red ranger's LoveInterest.



* The Golden Army from ''Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy''. An army of 4900 (More accurately, 70 times 70 soldiers) indestructible, untiring, clockwork warriors, to be precise. They're controlled by a MacGuffin that was split into three pieces to prevent it from ever being used again.



* The ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'' movie has an evil army that would be unleashed if [[FillerVillain Groom no Bridon]] marries someone pure and good, so he kidnaps the red ranger's LoveInterest.
* ''Film/{{Babes in Toyland|1934}}'' (a/k/a ''March of the Wooden Soldiers'') features an army of toy wooden soldiers that were built outside specification (100 wooden soldiers each six feet tall, instead of 600 wooden soldiers each one foot tall). They come in handy defending Toyland from the boogeymen.
* Bane creates a good version of the Sealed Army In A Can in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' when he traps almost the entire Gotham Police Department in the sewers.
* In ''Film/{{Immortals}}'', [[spoiler: Hyperion uses [[EnergyBow Epirus Bow]] to unleashed Titans for total destruction.]]
* In ''Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiSuperHeroTaisen'', both Dai-Shocker (under Tsukasa Kadoya/Series/KamenRiderDecade) and Dai-Zangyack (under [[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Captain Marvelous]]) have been eliminating the Super Sentai and the Kamen Riders, respectively. When the villains turn against their leaders and become a united front, it's revealed that Tsukasa and Marvelous were very well aware of the treachery before it happened. And the Super Sentai and Kamen Riders were never killed, just sent to a dimensional rift, waiting at the right moment to reveal themselves and take care of the combined villain armies.
* They do this again in ''Film/HeiseiRiderVsShowaRiderKamenRiderWarsFeaturingSuperSentai'', when the Badan Empire plans to take advantage of the Kamen Rider civil war to set their plans into motion. Just when they believed all but two Riders are left standing, Ryo Murasame/[[Film/BirthofTheTenthGatherAllKamenRiders Kamen Rider ZX]] (who was undercover in Badan but ousted) reveals that all the Riders were merely lying in wait in the [[EldritchLocation Helheim Forest]]. Ryo then uses the [[TransformationTrinket Rider Lockseeds]] on Kouta Kazuraba/Series/KamenRiderGaim to summon the Riders back to fight Badan.



* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' Airachnid found an army of huge Insecticons in stasis pods underground and uses them to wreak havoc on the Decepticon warship.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' Airachnid found ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'':
** The Season 1 finale reveals Shendu has
an army of huge Insecticons dragon minions which are currently trapped in stasis pods underground AnotherDimension, and uses after regaining his true form, he intends to summon them to wreak havoc on Earth to destroy all of Asia.
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the Decepticon warship.Season 4 finale, Tarakudo and his nine Oni Generals and ''all'' their legions of Shadowkhan are all imprisoned [[spoiler:inside Tarakudo's mask]]. {{Lampshaded}} by Jade:
--->"''Ten demons and a gajillion ninjas in one teeny-tiny mask? [[SarcasmMode Cozy]].''"
* ''WesternAnimation/KidVsKat'': In "Curse of Tutankitty's Tomb", Kat discovers that the Ancient Egyptian sarcophagus of Tutankitty at a museum contains an entire army of his alien kindred who invaded and were sealed away in 100 BC. Kat attempts to free his brethren, but Coop and Dennis' efforts ensure that Tutankitty and his kat army never take more than two steps outside the sarcophagus before they're sent back in and the sarcophagus is re-sealed.


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* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' Airachnid found an army of huge Insecticons in stasis pods underground and uses them to wreak havoc on the Decepticon warship.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' episode "Bustman's Holiday"; Ray inherits his uncle's castle in Scotland only to discover soon after that is cursed. The curse came after a battle between highlanders and lowlanders that happened centuries before and having both armies of ghosts reawaken to start the battle again.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' episode "Bustman's Holiday"; Ray inherits his uncle's castle in Scotland only to discover soon after that it is cursed. The curse came after a battle between highlanders and lowlanders that happened centuries before and having both armies of ghosts reawaken to start the battle again.
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* Interestingly enough, the ''Series/{{Beetleborgs}}'' did the same thing, since the MonsterOfTheWeek was always summoned out of a comic book, and [[NeverSayDie "returned to the printed page"]] at the end of the episode. The season finale featured Nukus suggesting they summon them all again, this time all at once.

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* Interestingly enough, the ''Series/{{Beetleborgs}}'' did the same thing, since the ''Series/{{Beetleborgs}}'': The MonsterOfTheWeek was always summoned out of a comic book, and [[NeverSayDie "returned to the printed page"]] at the end of the episode. The season finale featured Nukus suggesting they summon them all again, this time all at once.
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* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasDorabianNights'' has Doraemon and friends entering the world of the Arabian Nights and meeting Sinbad - an elderly RetiredBadass - who lives in his Magic Palace in the Middle of the Desert, with his collection of magic goodies. One of his many gadgets is the "Army-in-a-Box", a chest of magic beads that transforms into warriors upon being flung. Said box (and most of Sinbad's gadgets) ends up being stolen by a villain named Abdil, who took over Sinbad's palace, but Doraemon managed to steal back the box and recall the soldiers.

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