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* In ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', Cerberus dozes off while guarding the Clow Cards. This causes the cards to escape, and Cerberus ends up looking like a soft toy.

* Megatron in the body of the diagnostic drone in ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines''

* Megatron in the body of the diagnostic drone in ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines''.

* In ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', the villainess, Yzma, drinks one of her own shapeshifting potions near the very end of the movie and is turned into a cute little kitty cat with an adorable squeaky voice. [[CatsAreMean Quite fitting, really.]] Doubles as a StealthPun ActorAllusion considering one of her voice actress' most famous roles was ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}.

* Used to the advantage of [[Webcomic/SueAndKathryn]]'s "Mister Fluffy", a flame wizard whose soul is trapped in a teddy bear. He uses his teddy bear form to get the trust of children so he can use their energy to power his magic.

* In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', during the Frieza Saga, this is Captain Ginyu's ultimate fate. While using his body-swapping technique, a frog is thrown in his way, causing his own consciousness to become sealed within the frog (and the frog's mind to enter his body). Notably, he cannot swap bodies if he cannot [[CallingYourAttacks say the word]]. He could only take over Bulma's body because she made a device that allowed frogs to speak, and was changed back the same way as before, when frog-Bulma was thrown in the way of his body-swapping beam. [[spoiler:In the ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' adaptation of ''[[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF Resurrection F]]'', Ginyu figures out that he can activate it by writing the activation phrase "change" on the ground...but only so long as the victim can actually understand the alien script he uses.]]

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* In ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor'', the part of [[Character/HarryPotterLordVoldemort Lord Voldemort]] that was originally inside [[SoulJar Slytherin's Locket]] ends up transferred into an animated statue of… [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys a chimp]]. He is not amused.

** Also, the most evil soul in the land of Ooo is [[spoiler:Gunter]]. Take a moment to process that. More specifically the episode "Orgalorg" reveals that [[spoiler:Gunter is/was an eldritch god older than all of reality with the power to wipe out worlds on a whim, but Earth's gravity keeps him trapped in his current form with his memory and mind ''mostly'' suppressed.]]

* In the first few seasons of ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'', Wuya is in "spirit form", which basically looks like a mask with tentacles. She's a brilliant evildoer, but since she can't do anything for herself, she has to act as sidekick and mentor for whoever's willing to work with her, even the MinionWithAnFInEvil.

** "Janine's Genie": a demon passing for a genie is freed from a lamp.
** "Lost and Foundry": a ghost is accidentally mixed in melted metal and possesses several metallic objects spread around the city.
** "A Ghost Grows in Brooklyn": a ghost hides in Janine's geranium.
** "Rollerghoster": a rollercoaster is possessed by the angry spirits of animals killed in a fire.

* In ''VideoGames/RatchetAndClankAll4One'', [[spoiler:Mr. Dinkles, Croid's childhood pet and muse, turns out to be the host of the Loki Master and the true villain of the story, making Nevo a DecoyAntagonist]].

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* In the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series Peter Pettigrew a dark wizard who works for Voldemort spent about 13 years masquerading as the Weasley's pet rat Scabbers.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' has Lotso. After believing he was spurned by his owner (who loved him more than anything in the world), he becomes a G-rated nihilist who rules Sunnyside Daycare with an iron fist.

->'''[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Rebecca]]:''' Say Hello to all nice people, Teddy!
->'''Teddy Bear:''' [+'''I'll swallow your''' '''''souls'''''+]!!

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* ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'': The Doughboys. Not to mention [[spoiler:Shmee.]]
** In ''{{Comicbook/Squee}}'', Shmee is [[TheReveal revealed]] to be quite literally "sealed evil in a teddy bear" - he's [[spoiler: a creature that absorbs little [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood Todd Casil]]'s considerable trauma and impending insanity]].

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* Subverted in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}''. Ray, forced to choose the ultimate destructive form for the evil entity Gozer, thinks of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man, the most harmless thing he could imagine. It turns out to be far from harmless.
* ''Film/ChildsPlay''

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* The demon hunter trapped in the ventriloquist's dummy in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' qualifies, though he wasn't restricted with a RestrainingBolt.

* Creator/RobinWilliams, in ''A Night At The Met'', claims that Teddy Ruxpin dolls are all about this trope.
--> "You start to think that late at night the doll will go, '[[AC:You must kill mommy and daddy!]]'"

* Another literal example in ''Series/SpaceCases''. A teddy bear is found floating through space. Radu performs an unauthorized extravehicular maneuver to bring it to Rosie as a present. It turns out to be contaminated with a deadly pathogen. The aliens who put it there defend their territory by scattering contaminated toys and valuables around to kill off any interlopers dumb enough to try looting them.
** It gets more hilarious. They's the Straczynskians...and it's the same Teddy Bear from Series/BabylonFive!

* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', there is a small, weak summon spirit named Corrine who [[spoiler:dies and later, in an optional sidequest, returns to reveal that he was the very powerful Verius, Summon Spirit of Heart]]. Not exactly evil, but neutral.

* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' has a colorful and fun band of Chuck E. Cheese-style animatronics from a children's pizza restaurant, who just so happen to try and horribly kill anyone who stays at the place after hours. The "sealed" part of this trope is also very literal here: [[spoiler: they are possessed by the spirits of children who were murdered and had their corpses stuffed inside the animatronic suits, where they apparently remain to this day]].

* Blair of ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'' is an adorable little blonde doll, with a grown perverted man inside. It hasn't been explained yet who or what Blair was, and how he ended up as Nina's favorite dollie.
** And he took the trope to its literal meaning when he disguised himself as a teddy bear so that he could take pictures of the girls during a SlumberParty.
** [[spoiler:He's also prepared to stake Nina if she ever develops a taste for blood.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Savestate}}'': While Harvey isn't exactly the traditional "teddy bear" type of cute, he possesses a certain kind of creepy cuteness. Kade initially thinks he's adorable, and even though he is ''some sort of'' ElderGod, he is easily held at bay and rendered harmless by Rick's tail.

* In the season two finale of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' the Lich [[spoiler:body surfs to the Snail after his defeat.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' has [[spoiler: Lotso.]] After believing he was spurned by his owner (who loved him more than anything in the world), he becomes a G-rated nihilist who rules [[spoiler: Sunnyside Daycare]] with an iron fist.

--> "Your mother plays card games in hell!"

** Also, the most evil soul in the land of Ooo is [[spoiler:Gunter]]. Take a moment to process that. More specifically the episode "Orgalorg" reveals that [[spoiler:Gunter is an eldritch god older than all of reality with the power to wipe out worlds on a whim.]]

* In the first episode of ''Anime/GhostStories'' the demon Amanojaku gets sealed inside the main characters' pet cat, where he spends the remainder of the series.