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* When he's not being used as a villain, this is the major role played by Creator/MarvelComics character [[Characters/MarvelComicsGalactus Galactus]] -- the Comicbook/FantasticFour have summoned him to defeat cosmic villains like the Sphinx, his rogue herald Terrax, Ego the Living Planet, Hyperstorm, and Abraxas, and various space-based franchises have used the character for this as well.
* Similarly, Creator/DCComics often shows lesser superheroes calling on Comicbook/TheSpectre when mystical evils get way out of hand. In most modern versions of the ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'', this is essentially the Spectre's role on the team.

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* When he's not being used as a villain, this is the major role played by Creator/MarvelComics character [[Characters/MarvelComicsGalactus Galactus]] -- the Comicbook/FantasticFour ComicBook/FantasticFour have summoned him to defeat cosmic villains like the Sphinx, his rogue herald Terrax, Ego the Living Planet, Hyperstorm, and Abraxas, and various space-based franchises have used the character for this as well.
* Similarly, Creator/DCComics often shows lesser superheroes calling on Comicbook/TheSpectre ComicBook/TheSpectre when mystical evils get way out of hand. In most modern versions of the ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'', this is essentially the Spectre's role on the team.



* In the wake of ''Comicbook/{{Civil War|2006}}'', in which they were targeted by a bunch of unusually sadistic "cape killers", the Comicbook/{{Runaways}} tried to make an alliance with [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin The Kingpin]] in hopes of keeping the various superhero factions off their backs. It didn't last very long.

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* In the wake of ''Comicbook/{{Civil ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'', in which they were targeted by a bunch of unusually sadistic "cape killers", the Comicbook/{{Runaways}} ComicBook/{{Runaways}} tried to make an alliance with [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin The Kingpin]] in hopes of keeping the various superhero factions off their backs. It didn't last very long.



* Umar is the sister of Dormammu, the Lord of the Dark Dimension. When she confronted Comicbook/DoctorStrange, he, on advice of the Ancient One (his mentor) freed the demon Zom to oppose her. Now, Umar is... pretty bad-ass. She and her brother are the only survivors of the race of energy beings, the Faltine, mainly because they destroyed all the others. She rules the ''bad'' half of the Dark Dimension, which is why she is pretty ornery most of the time. She once bedded ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk and... exhausted him to the point where he turned back to Bruce Banner and couldn't Hulk out again. She cracked the world in half rather than traveling around it to get to the Ancient One, the Sorceror Supreme and therefore the most powerful magician in the world, and defeated him soundly. ''That's'' how bad-ass she is. When she clapped eyes on the unleashed Zom - who automatically homes in on the most powerful magic-user in the vicinity - she fled like a startled deer, declaring she wouldn't leave the Dark Dimension ever again. Of course, Zom was in turn just as scared of the Living Tribunal, but the latter wasn't ''summoned'', so he doesn't count.

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* Umar is the sister of Dormammu, the Lord of the Dark Dimension. When she confronted Comicbook/DoctorStrange, ComicBook/DoctorStrange, he, on advice of the Ancient One (his mentor) freed the demon Zom to oppose her. Now, Umar is... pretty bad-ass. She and her brother are the only survivors of the race of energy beings, the Faltine, mainly because they destroyed all the others. She rules the ''bad'' half of the Dark Dimension, which is why she is pretty ornery most of the time. She once bedded ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk and... exhausted him to the point where he turned back to Bruce Banner and couldn't Hulk out again. She cracked the world in half rather than traveling around it to get to the Ancient One, the Sorceror Supreme and therefore the most powerful magician in the world, and defeated him soundly. ''That's'' how bad-ass she is. When she clapped eyes on the unleashed Zom - who automatically homes in on the most powerful magic-user in the vicinity - she fled like a startled deer, declaring she wouldn't leave the Dark Dimension ever again. Of course, Zom was in turn just as scared of the Living Tribunal, but the latter wasn't ''summoned'', so he doesn't count.



* To destroy the Avatar that lives under the Pentagon when Comicbook/FlexMentallo's RealityWarper powers proved to be insufficient, Comicbook/DoomPatrol member Dorothy Spinner summoned the Candlemaker, a ''far'' worse EldritchAbomination to destroy it.
* During ''Comicbook/FinalCrisis'', with the vast majority of the human and metahuman population under [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]]'s control, the remnants of ComicBook/{{Checkmate}} made a deal with the sentient A.I.s that it had captured over the years - the A.I. would be allowed to roam free in exchange for delivering the "Go" code that would activate over ''11 million'' latent ComicBook/{{OMAC}}s around the world. [[ComicBook/MisterTerrific Michael Holt]] then allowed all the O.M.A.C.s to go about their business of neutralizing or killing every metahuman they encountered.

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* To destroy the Avatar that lives under the Pentagon when Comicbook/FlexMentallo's ComicBook/FlexMentallo's RealityWarper powers proved to be insufficient, Comicbook/DoomPatrol ComicBook/DoomPatrol member Dorothy Spinner summoned the Candlemaker, a ''far'' worse EldritchAbomination to destroy it.
* During ''Comicbook/FinalCrisis'', ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', with the vast majority of the human and metahuman population under [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]]'s control, the remnants of ComicBook/{{Checkmate}} made a deal with the sentient A.I.s that it had captured over the years - the A.I. would be allowed to roam free in exchange for delivering the "Go" code that would activate over ''11 million'' latent ComicBook/{{OMAC}}s around the world. [[ComicBook/MisterTerrific Michael Holt]] then allowed all the O.M.A.C.s to go about their business of neutralizing or killing every metahuman they encountered.



* Used in the ''Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes V3'' comics. The Time Trapper is, among other things, the AnthropomorphicPersonification of the theory that the universe only goes 'round once. There's another villain, the Infinite Man, who is the embodiment of the theory that the universe runs on an infinite loop. Brainiac 5 brought in the latter to defeat the former.

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* Used in the ''Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes V3'' comics. The Time Trapper is, among other things, the AnthropomorphicPersonification of the theory that the universe only goes 'round once. There's another villain, the Infinite Man, who is the embodiment of the theory that the universe runs on an infinite loop. Brainiac 5 brought in the latter to defeat the former.



* During DC's ''Comicbook/OurWorldsAtWar'' storyline, in order help defeat the forces of Imperiex, Doomsday is released from the can Superman had sealed him in.

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* During DC's ''Comicbook/OurWorldsAtWar'' ''ComicBook/OurWorldsAtWar'' storyline, in order help defeat the forces of Imperiex, Doomsday is released from the can Superman had sealed him in.



* In ''Comicbook/ScottPilgrim'', when Roxy and Mr. Chau both want to kill Scott, he lures Mr. Chau to Roxy and tricks them into fighting each other. The ploy ultimately fails and Scott is forced to defeat Roxy. Fortunately, Mr. Chau drops his grudge against Scott afterwards.

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* In ''Comicbook/ScottPilgrim'', ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'', when Roxy and Mr. Chau both want to kill Scott, he lures Mr. Chau to Roxy and tricks them into fighting each other. The ploy ultimately fails and Scott is forced to defeat Roxy. Fortunately, Mr. Chau drops his grudge against Scott afterwards.



* In ''Comicbook/TheUmbrellaAcademy'', The Rumor's solution to a giant berserker UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln statue: A giant John Wilkes Booth statue, complete with a stone derringer. Afterwards, the Booth statue is seen escaping, with the police chasing after him.

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* In ''Comicbook/TheUmbrellaAcademy'', ''ComicBook/TheUmbrellaAcademy'', The Rumor's solution to a giant berserker UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln statue: A giant John Wilkes Booth statue, complete with a stone derringer. Afterwards, the Booth statue is seen escaping, with the police chasing after him.



** Another agent enlisted the aid of [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys the Puppet]] to deal with a psychotic Freddy Fazbear replacement.

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** Another agent enlisted the aid of [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys [[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys the Puppet]] to deal with a psychotic Freddy Fazbear replacement.



* In the ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' fic ''Fanfic/AShadowOfTheTitans'':

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' fic ''Fanfic/AShadowOfTheTitans'':



* In Season 4 of ''Series/{{PeakyBlinders}}'' Alfie's comment of 'big fucks small' inspires Tommy to use this [[spoiler: against Luca Changretta]].

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* In Season 4 of ''Series/{{PeakyBlinders}}'' ''Series/PeakyBlinders'' Alfie's comment of 'big fucks small' inspires Tommy to use this [[spoiler: against Luca Changretta]].



** In the Season 7 premiere, the Winchesters and Bobby summon [[TheGrimReaper Death]] to deal with [[spoiler:God!Castiel. Cas merely snaps Death free of their binding spell, defusing the situation]]. The potential danger of doing this is beautifully lampshaded by Crowley:

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** In the Season 7 premiere, the Winchesters and Bobby summon [[TheGrimReaper Death]] to deal with [[spoiler:God!Castiel.[[spoiler:God Castiel. Cas merely snaps Death free of their binding spell, defusing the situation]]. The potential danger of doing this is beautifully lampshaded by Crowley:



* Happened in the ''Franchise/BattleTechExpandedUniverse''. The mercenary [[BraveScot Northwind Highlanders]] are contracted to raid a world held by Clan Smoke Jaguar, perhaps the most brutal and bloodthirsty of [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy the Clans]]. Instead of the inferior second-line opponents they were told they'd be facing, their {{DropShip}}s are shot down by an entire front-line force of Jaguars. [[spoiler:The GuileHero protagonist's plan is to [[FalseFlagOperation masquerade as Jaguars]] and go besmirch the honor of the Nova Cats, a clan of mystical but no less impressive warriors, to attack and destroy the Jaguars on the planet and free the trapped Highlanders. It works stunningly, as the Highlanders escape and all the Jaguars are destroyed.]]

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* Happened in the ''Franchise/BattleTechExpandedUniverse''. The mercenary [[BraveScot Northwind Highlanders]] are contracted to raid a world held by Clan Smoke Jaguar, perhaps the most brutal and bloodthirsty of [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy the Clans]]. Instead of the inferior second-line opponents they were told they'd be facing, their {{DropShip}}s {{Drop Ship}}s are shot down by an entire front-line force of Jaguars. [[spoiler:The GuileHero protagonist's plan is to [[FalseFlagOperation masquerade as Jaguars]] and go besmirch the honor of the Nova Cats, a clan of mystical but no less impressive warriors, to attack and destroy the Jaguars on the planet and free the trapped Highlanders. It works stunningly, as the Highlanders escape and all the Jaguars are destroyed.]]



* In ''VideoGame/BloodOmenLegacyOfKain'', [[VillainProtagonist Kain]] goes on a quest to find [[TheHedonist Vorador]] because Kain wasn't able to defeat [[AnimatedArmor Malek]] when they first fought. After describing how he fought and defeated Malek centuries ago, Vorador gives Kain a RingOfPower that can summon him. The next Malek shows up, Kain uses the ring and a rematch ensues.



* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', it's implied that one of the reasons Knight-Commander Meredith lets Mage!Hawke roam free is because she recognises that someone who ''single-handedly'' managed to curb-stomp the Arishok is ''not'' to be trifled with and would be better used as a weapon to turn against Kirkwall's enemies. Unfortunately for her, [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard she]] ''[[HoistByTheirOwnPetard becomes]]'' [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard Kirkwall's enemy in the end]] either by attempting to arrest Hawke for defending the Kirkwall mages or attempting to betray Hawke after successfully annulling the Circle.

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* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', it's implied that one of the reasons Knight-Commander Meredith lets Mage!Hawke Mage Hawke roam free is because she recognises that someone who ''single-handedly'' managed to curb-stomp the Arishok is ''not'' to be trifled with and would be better used as a weapon to turn against Kirkwall's enemies. Unfortunately for her, [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard she]] ''[[HoistByTheirOwnPetard becomes]]'' [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard Kirkwall's enemy in the end]] either by attempting to arrest Hawke for defending the Kirkwall mages or attempting to betray Hawke after successfully annulling the Circle.



* In the first ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' game, [[VillainProtagonist Kain]] goes on a quest to find [[TheHedonist Vorador]] because Kain wasn't able to defeat [[AnimatedArmor Malek]] when they first fought. After describing how he fought and defeated Malek centuries ago, Vorador gives Kain a RingOfPower that can summon him. The next Malek shows up, Kain uses the ring and a rematch ensues.
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* In the first ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' game, [[VillainProtagonist Kain]] goes on a quest to find [[TheHedonist Vorador]] because Kain wasn't able to defeat [[AnimatedArmor Malek]] when they first fought. After describing how he fought and defeated Malek centuries ago, Vorador gives Kain a RingOfPower that can summon him. The next Malek shows up, Kain uses the ring and a rematch ensues.
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* ''WebComic/ExterminatusNow'': In a variation, the bigger fish (a greater daemon) [[ChekhovsGun had been summoned previously]]. When the BigBad becomes [[OneWingedAngel an ascended daemon prince]], the heroes trick him into going into the room with the bigger fish.

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* ''WebComic/ExterminatusNow'': ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'': In a variation, the bigger fish (a greater daemon) [[ChekhovsGun had been summoned previously]]. When the BigBad becomes [[OneWingedAngel an ascended daemon prince]], the heroes trick him into going into the room with the bigger fish.

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* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': After Walburt and Haara defeat a trio of spiders, Haara notes they were behaving oddly by rushing out into the open, not to mention straying so close to the mines in the first place. Cue the Giant Subterranean Lizard that was chasing them...

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Walburt and Haara defeat a trio of spiders, Haara notes they were behaving oddly by rushing out into the open, not to mention straying so close to the mines in the first place. Cue the Giant Subterranean Lizard that was chasing them...them...
**Invoked by Fiora in her backstory, when she's cornered by axebeaks in the savannah and scares them off by conjuring the scent of an ankheg, a native burrowing predator who pops out of the ground without warning to swallow its prey.
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* In ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'', Megumi Fushiguro is able to exploit a quirk in how his [[SummonMagic Ten Shadows Technique]] works to summon the strongest Shikigami in an emergency. The way the technique is meant to work is by having the sorcerer perform a ritual to summon an uncontrollable version of a Shikigami, then defeat it in single combat, subduing it and earning its loyalty so it may be summoned and controlled in combat. While nothing stops other sorcerers from assisting the summoner, this will invalidate the ritual, so the summoner won't gain control over the Shikigami. During the Shibuya Incident, Fushiguro finds himself cornered by an enemy while severely injured. As a last resort, he decides to initiate the ritual to summon and subdue Mahoroga, the strongest Shikigami which has never been successfully tamed before. While Fushiguro knows that he has no chance of actually winning, he hopes that Mahoroga will at least be able to [[TakingYouWithMe take down that enemy alongside him]]. As an added bonus, while Mahoroga proceeds to inflict a OneHitKill onto Fushiguro immediately after being summoned, the ritual puts those who die during it into a state of suspended animation until either the Shikigami or every sorcerer involved is defeated, meaning that he's able to be transported to Ieiri, who has HealingHands and can save his life.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDarkApokolipsWar'', [[spoiler: Darkseid is an almighty god of tyranny who has already subjugated the world and beaten and degraded all who could feasibly beat him. How to beat someone like that? Constantine breaks Raven's chakra to unleash Trigon, the local SatanicArchetype. Cue Trigon whooping Darkseid's ass in Superman's body, briefly getting imprisoned by the Omega Beams after Clark rejects him, and then Trigon mopping the floor with Darkseid's ass again.]]
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The play opening with the force-field dog and the force-field eating dinosaur came from the third movie.


* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'': The film begins with Andy playing with his toys, having Woody foil a BankRobbery from One-eyed Bart, played by Mr. Potato Head. Bart tries to stop Woody from foiling his plan by summoning his attack dog with a built-in force field, played by Slinky Dog. Woody counterattacks by summoning his force field dog-eating dinosaur, played by Rex.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'': ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'': The film begins with Andy playing with his toys, having Woody foil a BankRobbery from One-eyed Bart, played by Mr. Potato Head. Bart tries to stop Woody from foiling his plan by summoning his attack dog with a built-in force field, played by Slinky Dog. Woody counterattacks by summoning his force field dog-eating dinosaur, played by Rex.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'': The film begins with Andy playing with his toys, having Woody foil a BankRobbery from One-eyed Bart, played by Mr. Potato Head. Bart tries to stop Woody from foiling his plan by summoning his attack dog with a built-in force field, played by Slinky Dog. Woody counterattacks by summoning his force field dog-eating dinosaur, played by Rex.
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* In ''Film/TheMummy1999'', the Scorpion King awakens and plan to use the army of Anubis to destroy the world. A cult resurrect Imhotep because as Rick puts it, "Imhotep's the only guy tough enough to take him down". The army also works on a YouKillItYouBoughtIt mentality. Imhotep would use the army to conquer the world, presumably with them as his aides. [[spoiler:Ultimately fails when Anubis depowers Imhotep just before the showdown with the Scorpion King.]]

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* In ''Film/TheMummy1999'', ''Film/TheMummyReturns'', the Scorpion King awakens and plan to use the army of Anubis to destroy the world. A cult resurrect Imhotep because as Rick puts it, "Imhotep's the only guy tough enough to take him down". The army also works on a YouKillItYouBoughtIt mentality. Imhotep would use the army to conquer the world, presumably with them as his aides. [[spoiler:Ultimately fails when Anubis depowers Imhotep just before the showdown with the Scorpion King.]]

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