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* Neo-Nazi movements, and extremist movements in general are the closest real life examples known. [[hottip:*:[[ParanoiaFuel All it takes is]] [[BarackObama the right man]] [[VisionaryVillain and the right vision]][[ParanoiaFuel ...]]]]

* Neo-Nazi movements, and extremist movements in general are the closest real life examples known. [[hottip:*:[[ParanoiaFuel All it takes is]] [[GloriousLeader the right man]] [[VisionaryVillain and the right vision]][[ParanoiaFuel ...]]]]

* Because the kind you hire can actually move.

* Neo-Nazi movements, and extremist movements in general are the closest real life examples known. [[hottip:*:[[ParanoiaFuel All it takes is]] [[GloriousLeader the right man]] [[VisionaryVillain and the right vision]][[ParanoiaFuel ...]]

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* The Necrons from ''{{Warhammer40000}}'' are a variation in that they can't be controlled and their only goal is to eradicate all life from the universe. Additionally, unlike most sealed armies they can wake up anytime they want and will voluntarily seal themselves away for centuries at a time to wait for victims to make themselves available.
* ''DungeonsAndDragons'' adventure [=OA6=] ''Ronin Challenge''. Underneath the city of Tempat Larang is an army of 500,000 infantry.

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* While it's only described in detail [[AllThereInTheManual on the film's accompanying website and in the artbook]], the Warriors of Tenshu from ''KungFuPanda'' practically scream to be used in this fashion as a BadassArmy for the heroes. Here's hoping the repaired Urn of Whispering Warriors does show up in a sequel...
* The [[DemBones Cauldron-Born]] from ''TheBlackCauldron'' and the original story.

* The Darkspawn from ''DragonAge'' are another example as they show up every few years and just start killing their way through the kingdom. [[spoiler: Turns out that they emerge whenever they manage to corrupt a dragon and stay until said dragon is destroyed.]]

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

*** That, and repeater crossbows and such are likely to be ineffective against the [[{{ChineseWithChopperSupport}} People's Liberation Army]], let alone the [[{{YanksWithTanks}} Marines and other such]]...

* The Myrkridia, a terrifying race of AlwaysChaoticEvil humanoid monsters in the universe of MythTheFallenLords and its sequels, were sealed in a small artifact call the Tain. Various plotlines involved Myrkridia getting out of and/or the protagonists (and their armies) being trapped in it.

* ''{{BuffyTheVampireSlayer}}'': seen in season 7 when Buffy & co. have to fight [[spoiler:the uber-vamps sealed beneath the Hellmouth]].

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* The Darkspawn from DragonAge are another example as they show up every few years and just start killing their way through the kingdom. [[spoiler: Turns out that they emerge whenever they manage to corrupt a dragon and stay until said dragon is destroyed.]]

* The Terracotta Army is available as a wonder in RiseOfNations, that grants a bonus of troops (unsealing a platoon?) after a while in the game during the campaign in another territory, and generates one light/modern infantry at regular intervals based on the number of existing infantry when present in a match.

* PrinceOfPersia has an entire SealedArmyInACan in The Forgotten Sands. While they do get killed a LOT by the resident BadAss Prince, what really makes them badass is their ability: As is stated in the very beginning just before they get unleashed, Malik is unleashing "As many warriors as the grains of desert sand". This is literal. The sand they touch turns into more soldiers. [[spoiler:This is why King Solomon's army and the Djinn were getting such a big ass-whooping by the army, not at all helped by the fact that they're lead by another Djinn (okay, technically an Efreet, but it's the same thing).]] Sadly, [[NoOntologicalInertia killing the BigBad causes all of the army to collapse, but that's hardly an easy thing to do, given the requirements.]]
* It's heavily implied that this happens to the [[EvilArmy Iron Legion]] of Xylvania in BattalionWars when the Solar Empire uses its [[KillSat super weapon]] to defeat them.

* The Golden Army from ''HellboyII''. An army of 4900 invincible, untireable, 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.

* How is it that the Horn of Valere from TheWheelOfTime wasn't mentioned? Whoever blows it can summon the Heroes of the Ages to fight for him. Of course, everyone wants it.

** The Dragon Emperor's Army also fits[[spoiler:[[BiggerStick although the heroes get access to an even better]] SealedArmyInACan]]
* The Golden Army from ''HellboyII''. An invincible army controlled by a MacGuffin that was split into three pieces to prevent it from ever being used again.
** 4900 invincible, untireable warriors, to be precise.

* ''{{BuffyTheVampireSlayer}}'': seen in season 7 when Buffy &co. have to fight [[spoiler:the uber-vamps sealed beneath the Hellmouth]].

** Daleks in both "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E4PlanetOfTheDaleks Planet of the Daleks]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E13Doomsday Doomsday]]". ("Doomsday" also has SealedEvilInACan in the form of the Cult of Skaro, an elite group of special Daleks who release the army, in an unusually literal application of this trope. The entirety of the army is sealed in a metal can the size of a single Dalek.)