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* Magus of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' attempted to summon the EldritchAbomination Lavos in order to defeat it. In order to get the resources to do so, he convinced a race of Imps that he was really doing it to TakeOverTheWorld. The heroes hear this, and engage him in battle right at the point of summoning. Fortunately, this didn't release Lavos, but it did scatter the combatants through space and time.
** It also went considerably better than the timeline in which the BigDamnHeroes ''didn't'' interfere. Turns out Magus overestimated himself and/or underestimated Lavos.
** It also went considerably better than the timeline in which the BigDamnHeroes ''didn't'' interfere. Turns out Magus overestimated himself and/or underestimated Lavos.
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* Magus of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' attempted to summon In ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', after a misadventure in the Middle Ages, the heroes accidentally end up in a BadFuture that turns out to be caused by Lavos, an EldritchAbomination that emerged from beneath the planet's surface in an extinction event a thousand years after their home time period. After getting back to their home time, the heroes note that the nearby race of demihuman Fiends still revere their former leader, Magus, and wish that he'd been able to properly destroy humanity by summoning Lavos during the great war between Fiends and humans in the Middle Ages. So the party resolves to head back to the Middle Ages and stop Magus from ever summoning Lavos in order to defeat it. In order to get the resources to do so, he convinced a race of Imps first place. Unfortunately, after StormingTheCastle and defeating Magus, the sorcerer reveals that he was really doing it to TakeOverTheWorld. The heroes hear this, and engage him in battle right at the point of summoning. Fortunately, this didn't release ''summon'' Lavos, but he was merely trying to ''awaken'' it did scatter -- and after a time warp sends the combatants through space and time.
** It also went considerably better thanheroes to the timeline in which prehistoric era, they witness Lavos' [[ColonyDrop true arrival]] firsthand. [[spoiler:More to the BigDamnHeroes ''didn't'' interfere. Turns out point, Magus overestimated himself and/or underestimated Lavos.was trying to wake up Lavos so he could ''kill'' it, as retribution for destroying his home in Antiquity and accidentally sending him forward in time to the Middle Ages. He only adopted the "Fiendlord" persona to get the Fiends' support and was never invested in their war with the humans. It's implied that in the original timeline, he woke up Lavos just long enough to get killed by it, so the heroes inadvertently saved his life by interfering.]]
** It also went considerably better than
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* ''Webcomic/TheGreenhouse'':
** Used to summon demons from their home planes, naturally. You can have either a specific ritual for summoning a specific demon, or a general one that opens a door and lets whichever demon can fight their way through first into the world.
** The first page of the comic features the tail-end of Red's original summoner performing one... or rather, deciding she can't go through with it, and using a blood curse to bind Red into a mirror instead. This ImperfectRitual is the source of many of the problems in the plot.
** Completing the summoning with another ritual would be the easiest way to deal with 'Red', providing a safety net and reducing Red's feeding to a manageable level, on top of whatever favors Red could provide. The catch? [[spoiler:The original summoner already set some of the terms for the contract, and they can't be overwritten. While Mica could ask for any favor she wanted once the summoning is complete, the price is set in stone: [[YourSoulIsMine her soul]] once she dies]].
** [[spoiler:Mica promises to summon Red properly once they've been severed. This becomes a necessity once she loses her memories of Red, since summoning her should restore them. But Red is fragmented, with part of herself still trapped in her home dimension, and that's the part that knows her summoning key: a necessity for summoning Red specifically rather than letting whatever demon is strongest/luckiest come through.]]
** Used to summon demons from their home planes, naturally. You can have either a specific ritual for summoning a specific demon, or a general one that opens a door and lets whichever demon can fight their way through first into the world.
** The first page of the comic features the tail-end of Red's original summoner performing one... or rather, deciding she can't go through with it, and using a blood curse to bind Red into a mirror instead. This ImperfectRitual is the source of many of the problems in the plot.
** Completing the summoning with another ritual would be the easiest way to deal with 'Red', providing a safety net and reducing Red's feeding to a manageable level, on top of whatever favors Red could provide. The catch? [[spoiler:The original summoner already set some of the terms for the contract, and they can't be overwritten. While Mica could ask for any favor she wanted once the summoning is complete, the price is set in stone: [[YourSoulIsMine her soul]] once she dies]].
** [[spoiler:Mica promises to summon Red properly once they've been severed. This becomes a necessity once she loses her memories of Red, since summoning her should restore them. But Red is fragmented, with part of herself still trapped in her home dimension, and that's the part that knows her summoning key: a necessity for summoning Red specifically rather than letting whatever demon is strongest/luckiest come through.]]
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* In ''Videogame/DarkestDungeon'', all of the Swine enemies in the Warrens are the result of the Ancestor's failed experiments at summoning demons and otherworldly beings into physical vessels. The creatures subsequently began to breed and populate the Warrens after he discarded them, with the greatest failure becoming a colossal eyeless and legless Swine King. The Formless Flesh is an even more extreme case of failure, becoming an ever-changing, living mass of incoherent pig offal which the Ancestor dumped into the sewers like toxic waste.
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* ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'': The Tristain Academy of Magic has their their second-year students summon familiars with familiar-summoning rituals.
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* ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'': ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'': The Tristain Academy of Magic has their their second-year students summon familiars with familiar-summoning rituals.
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* ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'': Virus sabotages Morth's summoning of his greater daemon co-conspirator, by altering the runes so it summoned [[http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2012-06-10/comic/the-bookend-of-unimaginable-power/better-the-devil-you-know/ a completely different daemon]].
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** Xyz Summoning, the third Extra Deck Monster type, requires monsters of the same Level to construct the Overlay Network, which is basically a wormhole, to bring out the Xyz Monster from space. The Xyz Materials turn into light orbs known as Overlay Units and surround the Xyz Monster, which can use said Overlay Units to activate their own monster effects.
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** Xyz Summoning, the third Extra Deck Monster type, requires monsters of the same Level to construct the Overlay Network, which is basically a wormhole, to bring out the Xyz Monster from space. The Xyz Materials turn into light orbs known as Overlay Units and surround orbit around the Xyz Monster, which can use said Overlay Units to activate their own monster effects.
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** Synchro Summoning, the second type of Extra Deck Monsters, are similar to Ritual Summons, where the Synchro Materials have to match the exact Level of the Synchro Monster, with most of them requiring one Tuner Monster and one or more non-Tuner Monsters. The Tuner Monster will turn into one or several rings (the number of rings depend on the Level of the Tuner) with the other Synchro Materials flying trough the rings, which will summon a light that swallows them and bring out the Synchro Monster. Advanced forms of Synchro Summon have different requirements and different summon animations.
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** Synchro Summoning, the second type of Extra Deck Monsters, are similar to Ritual Summons, where the Synchro Materials have to match the exact Level of the Synchro Monster, with most of them requiring one Tuner Monster and one or more non-Tuner Monsters. The Tuner Monster will turn into one or several rings (the number of rings depend on the Level of the Tuner) with the other Synchro Materials flying trough the rings, which will summon a light that swallows them and bring out the Synchro Monster. Advanced forms of Synchro Summon have different requirements and different summon animations.animations, including non-gameplay requirements, such as a Clear Mind or Burning Soul.
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* Rituals and sacrifices are part of the Duel Monsters card game in ''Anime/YuGiOh''; stronger monsters can be summoned only by sacrificing weaker ones. Over the years, more and more summoning methods have been added, all with different flairs.
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* Rituals and sacrifices are part of the Duel Monsters card game in ''Anime/YuGiOh''; stronger monsters can be summoned only by sacrificing weaker ones. Over the years, more and more summoning methods have been added, all with different flairs. Players will often recite summoning chants to summon their monsters.
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* Rituals and sacrifices are part of the Duel Monsters card game in ''Anime/YuGiOh''; stronger monsters can be summoned only by sacrificing weaker ones.
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* Rituals and sacrifices are part of the Duel Monsters card game in ''Anime/YuGiOh''; stronger monsters can be summoned only by sacrificing weaker ones. Over the years, more and more summoning methods have been added, all with different flairs.
** Tribute Summoning is one of the most basic forms of summonings and is considered a Normal Summon. The player has to sacrifice/tribute one or two monsters (sometimes even three) to summon a monster whose Level is 5 or higher. Some monsters can be Special Summoned by tributing a number of (specific) monsters as well.
** One of the closest examples to this trope is Ritual Summoning, that generally require a Ritual Spell Card and a number of sacrifices whose total Level match or succeed the Level of the Ritual Monster the player wants to summon. The Ritual Monster has to be in the player's hand, making it one of the rare and more difficult types of monsters to summon. In general, when a Ritual Summon is performed, we get to see the whole ritual setup on the field being performed, with magic circles, magic doors, or other magic items that would guide the sacrifices.
** Fusion Summoning, the first type of Extra Deck Monsters, were originally literal fusions of two or more monsters, but as time went on, specific Fusion Materials aren't needed anymore, and monsters that vaguely hit certain criteria are applicable for the summon. In later installments, two or more monsters will turn into lights and form a spiral of lights that will bring out the Fusion Monster, even if it doesn't look anything like its Fusion Materials.
** Synchro Summoning, the second type of Extra Deck Monsters, are similar to Ritual Summons, where the Synchro Materials have to match the exact Level of the Synchro Monster, with most of them requiring one Tuner Monster and one or more non-Tuner Monsters. The Tuner Monster will turn into one or several rings (the number of rings depend on the Level of the Tuner) with the other Synchro Materials flying trough the rings, which will summon a light that swallows them and bring out the Synchro Monster. Advanced forms of Synchro Summon have different requirements and different summon animations.
** Xyz Summoning, the third Extra Deck Monster type, requires monsters of the same Level to construct the Overlay Network, which is basically a wormhole, to bring out the Xyz Monster from space. The Xyz Materials turn into light orbs known as Overlay Units and surround the Xyz Monster, which can use said Overlay Units to activate their own monster effects.
** Pendulum Summoning requires two Pendulum Cards placed onto both Pendulum Zones, allowing the player to summon multiple monsters simultaneously from the hand and/or Extra Deck as long as the Levels of the monsters are between the Pendulum Scales. The cards in the Pendulum Zones are positioned within two pillars of light and they will open a portal in the sky drawn by an arc of light where the monsters will ascend from.
** Link Summoning, the fourth type of Extra Deck Monsters, is also similar to Ritual Summons, where a circuit is created and the Link Materials will be set on the Link Markers of set circuit, with the Link Monster coming out of the circuit. Link Summoning is the easiest Extra Deck summoning method due to the fact that the material requirements aren't as strict as the previous summons. Link Monsters can also be counted as multiple materials for another Link Summon, which is often depicted with them creating phantom images of themselves.
** Tribute Summoning is one of the most basic forms of summonings and is considered a Normal Summon. The player has to sacrifice/tribute one or two monsters (sometimes even three) to summon a monster whose Level is 5 or higher. Some monsters can be Special Summoned by tributing a number of (specific) monsters as well.
** One of the closest examples to this trope is Ritual Summoning, that generally require a Ritual Spell Card and a number of sacrifices whose total Level match or succeed the Level of the Ritual Monster the player wants to summon. The Ritual Monster has to be in the player's hand, making it one of the rare and more difficult types of monsters to summon. In general, when a Ritual Summon is performed, we get to see the whole ritual setup on the field being performed, with magic circles, magic doors, or other magic items that would guide the sacrifices.
** Fusion Summoning, the first type of Extra Deck Monsters, were originally literal fusions of two or more monsters, but as time went on, specific Fusion Materials aren't needed anymore, and monsters that vaguely hit certain criteria are applicable for the summon. In later installments, two or more monsters will turn into lights and form a spiral of lights that will bring out the Fusion Monster, even if it doesn't look anything like its Fusion Materials.
** Synchro Summoning, the second type of Extra Deck Monsters, are similar to Ritual Summons, where the Synchro Materials have to match the exact Level of the Synchro Monster, with most of them requiring one Tuner Monster and one or more non-Tuner Monsters. The Tuner Monster will turn into one or several rings (the number of rings depend on the Level of the Tuner) with the other Synchro Materials flying trough the rings, which will summon a light that swallows them and bring out the Synchro Monster. Advanced forms of Synchro Summon have different requirements and different summon animations.
** Xyz Summoning, the third Extra Deck Monster type, requires monsters of the same Level to construct the Overlay Network, which is basically a wormhole, to bring out the Xyz Monster from space. The Xyz Materials turn into light orbs known as Overlay Units and surround the Xyz Monster, which can use said Overlay Units to activate their own monster effects.
** Pendulum Summoning requires two Pendulum Cards placed onto both Pendulum Zones, allowing the player to summon multiple monsters simultaneously from the hand and/or Extra Deck as long as the Levels of the monsters are between the Pendulum Scales. The cards in the Pendulum Zones are positioned within two pillars of light and they will open a portal in the sky drawn by an arc of light where the monsters will ascend from.
** Link Summoning, the fourth type of Extra Deck Monsters, is also similar to Ritual Summons, where a circuit is created and the Link Materials will be set on the Link Markers of set circuit, with the Link Monster coming out of the circuit. Link Summoning is the easiest Extra Deck summoning method due to the fact that the material requirements aren't as strict as the previous summons. Link Monsters can also be counted as multiple materials for another Link Summon, which is often depicted with them creating phantom images of themselves.
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* ''VideoGame/VermintideII'': The mission "Convocation of Decay" has the heroes interrupt the villains' daemon-summoning ritual and intentionally cause a MagicMisfire that drains the life out of the ritualists.
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* ''VideoGame/VermintideII'': The mission "Convocation of Decay" has a trio of Chaos Sorcerers attempt to summon daemons of the [[{{Plaguemaster}} Plague God]] in a ritual that involves mass HumanSacrifice and a huge toxic pool. The heroes interrupt the villains' daemon-summoning ritual and intentionally cause a MagicMisfire that drains by simply walking into the life out of ritual circle, which causes the ritualists.magic to rebound and kill the sorcerers.
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* ''VideoGame/VermintideII'': The mission "Convocation of Decay" has the heroes interrupt the villains' daemon-summoning ritual and intentionally cause a MagicMisfire that drains the life out of the ritualists.
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* A reccuring gameplay element in Creator/FromSoftware's soulslike games (the ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' trilogy, ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'', and ''VideoGame/EldenRing'') is that players can place 'summon signs', which can then be used to summon the player as a phantom cooperator (or invader, in some cases), which requires a simple ritual- in the Souls trilogy, merely touching the sign and spending humanity did the trick, while in ''Bloodborne'' you have to ring a special bell (spending Insight) to reveal any present signs, and in ''Elden Ring'' you need to use a craftable item called a Furlcalling Finger Remedy for the job.
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* ''Literature/GroundedForAllEternity'': The kids and Cassandra perform one in order to summon the soul of Sarah Good, one of the falsely accused during the Salem witch trials and someone with a personal history with Parris, to help capture him.
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* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'', a king is desperate to protect his kingdom from attacking Dread Fiends, so he calls on the bigger, badder demon Nokturnus to take care of them. [[EvilIsNotAToy No points for guessing what happens next.]] But Nokturnus is a BonusBoss; and if you track him down in his lair and prove yourself stronger then he is, then he'll do your bidding and take out the BigBad for you. While being able to beat Nokturnus means beating the normal FinalBoss would be no problem for you, it's still amusing to watch the GreaterScopeVillain beat down the BigBad for you.
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* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'', a king is desperate to protect his kingdom from attacking Dread Fiends, so he calls on the bigger, badder demon Nokturnus to take care of them. [[EvilIsNotAToy No points for guessing what happens next.]] But Nokturnus is a BonusBoss; {{Superboss}}; and if you track him down in his lair and prove yourself stronger then he is, then he'll do your bidding and take out the BigBad for you. While being able to beat Nokturnus means beating the normal FinalBoss would be no problem for you, it's still amusing to watch the GreaterScopeVillain beat down the BigBad for you.
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* In ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'', a group of alchemists, having been unsuccessful with the more accepted methods of seeking {{Immortality}}, perform an elaborate incantation (with magic circle) to summon a demon and ask it to grant them eternal life. The demon answers, and promptly chides them for wasting its time with such bibble-babble when it can read all their minds and just willing it to appear would have been sufficient.
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* In ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'', ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'', a group of alchemists, having been unsuccessful with the more accepted methods of seeking {{Immortality}}, perform an elaborate incantation (with magic circle) to summon a demon and ask it to grant them eternal life. The demon answers, and promptly chides them for wasting its time with such bibble-babble when it can read all their minds and just willing it to appear would have been sufficient.
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** Zigzagged with Rin's summoning of Archer in the fifth Holy Grail War. She was trying to summon King Arthur, but instead got a strange man who can't remember his own name and doesn't know what Heroic Spirit he even is. [[spoiler:But it turns out nothing went wrong with the ritual itself: Archer has his memories but it would be inconvenient for him to reveal his identity to Rin, so he pretends to have amnesia using the "failed" summoning as an excuse.]]
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** Zigzagged with Rin's summoning of Archer in the fifth Holy Grail War. She was trying to summon King Arthur, but instead got a strange man who can't remember his own name and doesn't know what Heroic Spirit he even is. [[spoiler:But it turns out nothing went wrong with the ritual itself: Archer has his memories but it would be inconvenient for him to reveal his identity to Rin, so he pretends to have amnesia using the "failed" summoning as an excuse. Plus, she unknowingly had a catalyst related to him on her person at the time: a gem that she would eventually use to save the life of his present-day self and thus a viable connection for a summoning.]]
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* ''TabletopGame/ResArcana'': The illustration of the Flaming Pit is based on summoning rituals — it consists of a flaming hole surrounded by a pentagram, skulls and candles. Its power is to let you pay Life to gain Death and Elan.
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** The anime, ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' has a different variation of this, in which [[spoilers:a homunculus is created in place of the actual person they're trying to resurrect. This is eventually revealed to be exploited by Dante who created Wrath as a perfect homunculus that is loyal only to her]].
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** The anime, ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' has a different variation of this, in which [[spoilers:a [[spoiler:a homunculus is created in place of the actual person they're trying to resurrect. This is eventually revealed to be exploited by Dante who created Wrath as a perfect homunculus that is loyal only to her]].
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* ''Literature/NightWorld'': The Inner Circle (the ruling council of witches) use a special ritual to summon the spirits of witch ancestors on Samhain, with Thea and Blaise stating that as kids they snuck out to secretly watch the summoning. In ''Literature/{{Spellbinder|1996}}'' [[spoiler:Thea]] attempts the summoning ritual herself to call forth the spirit of Phoebe Garner, a benevolent witch she hopes will shield Eric from Blaise, but she accidentally ends up with [[VengefulGhost Suzanne Blanchet]] instead, who is [[NiceJobBreakingItHero not remotely inclined to protect humans]].
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** Another parody of the Summoning Ritual is the Rite of [=AshkEnte=], used to summon Death. Much is made about how the more traditional wizards want pentagrams and dribbly candles and mystical mumblings, when it could actually be done with three bits of wood and four cc. of mouse blood, or two bits of wood and a fresh egg. This is definitely done for the ''summoner's'' benefit, as Death is really quite a practical person and wouldn't be bothered by a lack of ceremony. What bothers him is that they're always summoning him when he's right in the middle of something.
*** Also inverted with the character of Albert, who performed the Rite of [=AshkEnte=] ''in reverse'' hoping it would keep Death away from him. [[spoiler:It didn't work; as might reasonably be expected, it sent ''him'' to Death.]]
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** Another parody of the Summoning Ritual is the Rite of [=AshkEnte=], used to summon Death. Much is made about how the more traditional wizards want pentagrams and dribbly candles and mystical mumblings, when it could actually be done with three bits of wood and four cc. of mouse blood, or two bits of wood and a fresh egg. This is definitely done for the ''summoner's'' benefit, as Death is really quite a practical person and wouldn't be bothered by a lack of ceremony.ceremony (in fact, he generally finds the ceremony annoying), but there's no ''point'' being a wizard if you do it without the dribbly candles. What bothers him is that they're always summoning him when he's right in the middle of something.
***Also inverted with During ''Eric'', the character of Albert, who performed wizards try the Rite of [=AshkEnte=] ''in reverse'' hoping it would keep ritual, only for Death away from him. [[spoiler:It didn't work; as might reasonably be expected, it sent ''him'' to Death.]]show up before they've even started. He only begrudgingly agrees to step into the circle just to move things along.
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* In "The Tale of Sir Lancelot" in Sir Thomas Malory's ''[[Myth/KingArthur Le Morte Darthur]]'' a hermit conjures up a fiend to tell him if a certain knight has been saved or damned.
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* In "The Tale of Sir Lancelot" in Sir Thomas Malory's ''[[Myth/KingArthur Le Morte Darthur]]'' ''Literature/LeMorteDArthur'' a hermit conjures up a fiend to tell him if a certain knight has been saved or damned.
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* One Creator/GahanWilson comic has a sterotypical wizard standing in a grubby summoning circle looking at the pudgy little demon he's called up. "You use inferior materials, you get inferior demons."
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* Creator/JoeHaldeman's short story "I of Newton" depicts a mathematician ''accidently'' summoning up a demon and then trying to get out of having his soul snatched. It was adapted as an episode of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985''.
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* ''Literature/BruceCovillesBookOf Monsters'': John Thomas makes up and does one in ''The Thing That Goes Burp in the Night'', lighting a candle and reciting a bunch of words from a medical dictionary to scare his brother. Then it turns out it actually works.
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* The backstory of [[CuteWitch Yoriko]] and [[EvilWeapon Mike]] in ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart''. Yoriko tried to summon a minor demon, but thanks to Lilica, her [[OurDemonsAreDifferent half-demon]] friend, playing a prank on her by tweaking the magic circle, Yoriko got the Demon King Michelangelo instead. Then, thanks to Yoriko screwing up the incantation and [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Kamui]] having secretly been ordered to seal Mike, the Demon King got summoned in the form of a [[SimpleStaff kitty-staff]]. Now they're stuck together until they could figure out how to get rid of their strange curse.
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* The backstory of [[CuteWitch Yoriko]] and [[EvilWeapon Mike]] in ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart''. Yoriko tried to summon a minor demon, but thanks to Lilica, her [[OurDemonsAreDifferent half-demon]] friend, playing a prank on her by tweaking the magic circle, Yoriko got the Demon King Michelangelo instead. Then, thanks to Yoriko screwing up the incantation and [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Kamui]] having secretly been ordered to seal Mike, the Demon King got summoned in the form of a [[SimpleStaff [[MagicStaff kitty-staff]]. Now they're stuck together until they could figure out how to get rid of their strange curse.
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* ''Literature/CradleSeries'': This is basically what starts the plot. The Li clan manages to summon their immortal Grand Patriarch from another world (by, basically, managing to crack open the door enough for him to finish the job), and he starts slaughtering all their enemies. Suriel, Sixth Judge of the Abidan Court, throws him in prison and then reverses time so that his crime never occurred... but not before Lindon manages to impress her by standing against Li Markuth despite knowing he would die. She then shows him a vision of the future that inspires him to leave his home and become one of the most powerful people in the world.
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As all witches and [[BlackMagic warlocks]] know, summoning creatures from another plane of existence requires a bit of ceremony. [[HumanSacrifice Sacrifices]] and [[EyeOfNewt exotic materials]] may be required along with [[RitualMagic elaborate ceremonies]], but a simple [[GeometricMagic geometric figure]] and a few candles will often be enough. Of course, there may be a [[DealWithTheDevil whole other price to pay]] if the ritual succeeds. Keeping trickster [[TheLegionsOfHell demons]] and other unworldly apparitions can take a great deal of concentration or chanting; if the protective pentagram should be disturbed... (Never... EVER... break the circle.)
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* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'':
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--> '''Step 1:''' Go to a heavily populated area.
--> '''Step 2:''' Cast the "Gate" spell without first casting "Protection From Evil."
--> '''Step 3:''' RUN LIKE HELL
--> '''Step 2:''' Cast the "Gate" spell without first casting "Protection From Evil."
--> '''Step 3:''' RUN LIKE HELL
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'''Step 2:''' Cast the "Gate" spell without first casting "Protection From Evil.
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'''Step 3:''' RUN LIKE HELL
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* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': Some men in Dhabar summon the demon Arrakhat to assassinate their country's leader. While the summon itself goes right it eventually backfires on them when the young leader realizes the protective charm his father left him can control the demon.
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* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': ''ComicBook/Robin1993'': Some men in Dhabar summon the demon Arrakhat to assassinate their country's leader. While the summon itself goes right it eventually backfires on them when the young leader realizes the protective charm his father left him can control the demon.
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