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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
TheSuperShinyMegaGengar
Since: Sep, 2023
KD
Since: May, 2009
2025-11-04 16:00:38
There may be an element of Immortal Breaker or Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu? if it's thought the canned evil was unkillable and sealing was historically the best to hope for.
Edited by KD

You how in stories where an evil entity that was sealed away ended up getting destroyed the next time it came back?