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Summoning Artifact
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Some Artifacts of Doom are dangerous because they are evilly sentient and want to subvert you to their ends. Others are dangerous because they are keys to open a portal to some place of big bad nastiness, whether it be Hell or whatever place Eldritch Abominations come from, or because they have the power to summon the big bad nastiness into this world. This trope is about these kinds of artifacts. Many Tomes of Eldritch Lore are also artifacts of this kind, unleashing any number of nasty things upon the world when some poor Genre Blind fool makes the mistake of reading the book in question aloud. Other artifacts might require some other means of activation, especially if they're being used as the linchpin of some Big Bad's Evil Plan. While this is primarily a Horror Trope, examples that aren't malevolent can also be included here. Good- or neutral-aligned summoning artifacts are often musical horns or even Magic Lamps. See also Artifact of Doom, Hellgate, and Summoning Ritual. If the artifact in question is intended to summon a specific friend, as opposed to some deific supernatural entity, that's Just Whistle. |
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There are three Summoning Artifacts in Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 2: The Siege of Spinner Cay, all of which can be combined into one Summoning Ball Artifact used to summon the Sea Creatures to help Guybrush find the alleged resting place of La Esponja Grande. And it's no wonder that McGillicutty and his crew want the artifacts so they can stay with being Poxed that way once they destroy the magical voodoo sponge. | |
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There is a fine and proud tradition to use technology in this capacity in the Shin Megami Tensei franchise. Most examples involve wearable computers in the form of gloves or other such lightweight, portable equipment such as handheld video game consoles or cell phones, though at least in the Devil Summoner continuity, summoning tech has been incorporated by certain individuals into such oddball equipment as guns, brass knuckles, and a saxophone. | |
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The Necronomicon Ex Mortis (not to be confused with the Necronomicon associated with the Cthulhu Mythos), which was accidentally used by Ash from the Evil Dead series to summon some big bad nastiness from Hell which proceeds to mess up his life in ugly fashion. | |
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The Demon Summoning Pot from Senyuu., which Ruki accidentally uses to summon a host of demons when she mistakes it for a popcorn pot. | |
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The Dragon Balls of the Dragon Ball series can be used to summon the Eternal Dragon, a wish-granting dragon. Depending on the series, it can grant anywhere from one to three wishes with varying restrictions, depending on which dragon is being summoned from which set of Dragon Balls. | |
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De Umbrarum Regni Novem Portis, or Of the Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows from the novel The Club Dumas and its cinematic adaptation The Ninth Gate is said to have the power to summon the Devil himself from Hell and grant his summoner immense supernatural power. It is also said to be an adaptation of a much older Tome of Eldritch Lore called the Delomelanicon, written by the Devil himself. | |
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The Dragon Dagger (a dagger/flute weapon) from Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers/Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger. Playing it summons and directs Dragonzord/Dragon Caesar. Power Rangers Ninja Storm has the Mammoth Zord controlled via guitar. |
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The "Grimoire for Summoning the Zoologically Dubious" from Homestuck. The strange program that summons Lord English definitely also counts as one of these. |
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The Mortal Instruments can be used once every thousand years to summon the Angel Raziel and request a favor from him. In theory the summoner could compel him to grant the request, but this is a very unwise thing to try given that he is a powerful archangel. | |
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Shadows over Meridian: In Chapter 10, Jade gives Frost a gauntlet that can summon Razor Khan, to provide him additional aid during his raid on Cavigor. When Tracker sets out with Phobos to the Swamplands, Jade gives him a hunt horn that can summon the Bat Khan. Also as part of the Swamplands mission, Jade gives Raythor a gem for his sword pommel that summons Samurai Khan. |
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The first and subsequent editions of Dungeons & Dragons had the Horns of Valhalla, that could summon heroes from Asgard to fight for the possessor. Of course, if you didn't meet the requirements of being able to use them, the summoned berserkers would turn on you. A Ring of Djinni Calling does just that—it summons a genie to serve its wearer for an hour per day. Based on the story of Aladdin, of course, though unlike the Genie of the Ring in that story, the genie isn't inside the ring, it's actually summoned from another plane of existence. |
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The Behelits from Berserk, which act as a key to the Astral Realm where the Godhand live, and are activated when their bearers cross the Despair Event Horizon. Normal Behelits are used by humans to become Apostles, while the Crimson Behelit, which appears once every 216 years, is used by its bearer to become a new member of the Godhand during the Great Eclipse, and in both cases, a sacrifice is required. | |
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The Lament Configuration in Hellraiser, which summoned the Cenobites, sadomasochistic demons that took the summoner(s) back to hell and tortured them. The boxes are actually a more reliable way to summon the Cenobites, as they were commissioned in the 18th century by a bunch of devil-worshippers who had to go through a pretty elaborate ritual at first. | |
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In Lohengrin, the eponymous Swan Knight, forced to leave his wife, gives her a horn to give to her brother if she ever sees him again, promising that the horn will bring aid in danger (presumably when blown). | |
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Twisted Tropes: A woman finds a crystal ball which attracts Care Bears, who kill the The Cabin in the Woods residents with a rainbow blast. | |
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Power Rangers Ninja Storm has the Mammoth Zord controlled via guitar. | |
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The Wheel of Time has the Horn of Valere, an artifact which summons the great Heroes of the Ages to come and fight for the one who blew the Horn. But they aren't necessarily good. They're tied to fight for whoever blows the horn, not for good. So it's sort of borderline... However, the last book reveals that, contrary to what popular in-universe opinion says, the Heroes will fight for any mortal who blows the Horn. They will not, under any circumstances, fight for the Shadow. |
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The summons in Fire Emblem Heroes are performed by the Summoner using the Breidablik, a gun-shaped divine weapon that uses Orbs as ammunition to summon heroes. | |
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The Hex Gate Disk in Edict Zero Fis is a borderline case; the holder can summon and control creatures using the device. Whether this is good or bad depends on the holder of the artifact. | |
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Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart: Lancelot was raised by an adoptive fairy mother. He has a ring she gave him, and he thinks it can be used to summon her. Except it can't. Given the passage's phrasing, it's not even clear if she ever told him it could, or if Lancelot just made that up like the Cloudcuckoolander he is. | |
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In Fate/stay night, specific Heroic Spirits can be summoned if one has an appropriate catalyst, which consists of something associated with the hero in question, or something from their legend. This includes things like one of their weapons, a piece of their clothing, or a fossil. | |
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Matt's Danger Scissors in FREAKIN GENSOKYO can summon random encounters at any time. | |
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The apartment building in Ghostbusters (1984), which acted as a gateway to the realm of Gozer the Gozerian. | |
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In The Bartimaeus Trilogy, a summoning horn is this. It allows a magician to quickly summon a powerful spirit without the tedious time-consuming chanting of incantations. This is amply demonstrated in The Amulet of Samarkand when Simon Lovelace uses one to summon Ramuthra, a monstrous spirit capable of warping reality itself, in seconds instead of hours. | |
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Destroy the Godmodder sometimes has this as player or NPC summons that must be defended for a few turns before functioning. If they manage to survive until their activation, everyone knows to hit the deck, because if whatever it is finishes the summon... Well, these attacks always end poorly for at least one side. One of the most infamous examples is when the Godmodder used the Black Monolith to summon a past version of himself. | |
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In Charmed (1998), Genie Bottles act like this. For Exmaple:In one episode, Phoebe gets herself turned into a Genie, she's forced to obey being called forth and sent back into the bottle she's bound to numerous times, either by someone rubbing the bottle or through verbal commands by her Master, usually to her annoyance. This applies to other Genies we see throughout the series too. | |
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The summons in the Kingdom Hearts series are obtained by finding an object associated with the character, usually a gemstone or charm of some sort. For example: the Fire and Nature gems summon Mushu and Bambi respectively and the Ukelele charm calls Stitch. | |
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In Fancy Apartments, the Big Bad is summoned using a demon's horn... By accident. And the summoning gets messed up mid-way, so the Big Bad spends most of the story trying to fully materialize. | |
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The Cabin in the Woods has a basement full of evil summoning artifacts, including shout-outs to some of the most famous ones. The only question is which one the college kids will activate. | |
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