![]() In Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pharaoh Atem took the contingency plan of sealing both the Big Bad and himself 3000 years ago, until both resurfaced roughly simultaneously when their respective containers were found by archaeologists.Washuu was in a similar situation in the TV series. Ryoko, from Tenchi Muyo!!, was sealed away as a traditional demon in the OVAs however, after calming down by dueling Tenchi for an episode, she joined the cast as a protagonist and suitor for Tenchi's hand.Compare Pointless Doomsday Device.įor cases where a particularly powerful Sealed Evil overshadows a setting but never manages to affect the plot directly enough to be a Big Bad, see Bigger Bad.Įxamples of Sealed Evil in a Can include: Anime and Manga Sometimes requires Sealed Evil in a Duel.Ĭompare Tailor-Made Prison, when the current generation makes its own can to ( temporarily) imprison evildoers. See also Sealed Evil In a Soda Machine, for when the heroes just can't stop finding and opening new cans every season. See Sealed Inside a Person-Shaped Can when the evil is imprisoned inside a living being, Sealed Evil in a Teddy Bear when said person shaped can is The Team Pet, Sealed Army in a Can when the makers were low on cash and had to make do with a single can for multiple Evils, and Sealed Evil in a Six Pack when it's sealed within multiple things. Sealed Badass in a Can is a neutral variant. Notice that it is exactly the same, without the mystical magical mumbo-jumbo, as any plot where a horrible criminal escapes from or is released from prison. Since this trope can be traced back to Greek mythology, it's Older Than Feudalism. That said, being cooped up for centuries is likely to have weakened the SEIAC, meaning it needs some time to recover its lost strength. For some reason, only on a very few occasions were the goods not strong enough at the time.Įxpect the mere release of the SEIAC to cause a World-Wrecking Wave, Walking Wasteland, and sundry other disasters. Another common excuse is the Balance Between Good and Evil if they'd killed the ancient evil, then a bigger, badder evil would've taken its place, thus sealing it away neutralizes the threat but also keeps it in the world and maintains the balance. Maybe it can't die (or more commonly, the conditions weren't right to deal the final blow), so sealing is the next best thing. The primary question is usually "Why did they just seal it, as opposed to KILL it?" Well, the answer tends to vary but usually it's a variant of Promethean Punishment (for both the sealed and everyone else), and/or As Long as There Is Evil. It may act like the malevolent flavor of a Literal Genie, twisting their releasers' wishes back on them, or it may simply decide that You Have Outlived Your Usefulness. Sealed Evil™ almost never rewards those who release it. ![]() ![]() If they succeed, it almost always turns out that the Sealed Evil was manipulating them into freeing them, making the Sealed Evil the true Big Bad. Sometimes, the Big Bad's plan is to unseal the can of some ancient God of Evil hoping they'll get some of that great power as a reward. It also explains why the villain hasn't done anything up to that point: It just now escaped. Sealed Evil in a Can, as the title suggests, is a way to introduce a villain suddenly, especially one that is legendary and powerful. ![]() Using various methods, they bound the evil into a prison from which they thought it could never escape. Bethesda Softworks, and Alpha Dogs, are now Microsoft Xbox studios, making Mighty Doom the latest attempt from Microsoft to conquer mobile gaming.Long ago, An Ancient People faced a terrible evil. Mighty Doom! It seems Bethesda Softworks studio Alpha Dogs, an experienced mobile game studio, has been working on a DOOM spin-off for Android devices. Instead, the DOOM game making headlines is. No, not the excellent DOOM Eternal, or its just-as-great DLC, DOOM Eternal: Ancient Gods Part 2. The most surprising story of the day has to go to the DOOM franchise.
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