Container Imprisonment

Container Imprisonment
The Grimlock (Sorcerer's Apprentice) is a magic urn that imprisons anyone who's hands are placed into its opening, their appearance shown in the illustration on the front.
Power/Ability to:	Imprison others in containers.

The power to trap other beings in containers. Sub-power of Container Manipulation. Variation of Binding.

Also Called

• Container Binding
• Containment
• Object Binding/Imprisonment
• C Container/Object Imprisonment/Entrapment/Stasis

Capabilities

The user is able to trap other beings in containers (jars, boxes, living bodies, etc.) or other objects.

Applications

• Containment Transferal

Variations

• Book Imprisonment
• Card Imprisonment
• Cloth Imprisonment
• Crystal Imprisonment
• Dimensional Imprisonment
• Photographic Encapsulation
• Picture Imprisonment
• Sword Imprisonment

Associations

• Binding
• Binding Creation
• Container Creation
• Container Manipulation
• Sealing

Limitations

• If container is damaged in any way, the imprisoned may be able to escape.
• May have to perform a certain action in order for the target to be contained.
• May only be temporary.
• Freeing is the perfect counter.

Known Users

Folklore/Mythology

• King Solomon (Abrahamic Folklore/Mythology)

Live Television/Movies

• Shadow Men (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Zordon (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
• Mermaids (Mako Mermaids)
• Ghostbusters (Ghostbusters)

Cartoons

• Mother Mae-Eye (Teen Titans)
• Grand Master Dashi (Xiaolin Showdown)

Anime/Manga

• Mutaito (Dragon Ball)
• Master Roshi (Dragon Ball)
• Kami (Dragon Ball)
• Tien Shinhan (Dragon Ball)
• Jelly Jiggler (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo)
• Riruka (Bleach) via "Doll House"
• Elsie (The World God Only Knows)
• Haqua (The World God Only Knows)
• Loki (Mythical Detective Loki)
• Raldo (Flint the Time Detective); the container is his own crystal shell
• Giant ancient Gengar (Pokémon); only inside itself

Known Objects

Folklore/Mythology

• Pandora's Box (Greco-Roman Mythology)

Cartoons

• Lamp (Aladdin)
• Fenton Thermos (Danny Phantom); capture ghosts
• Fenton Ghost Weasel (Danny Phantom)
• Amulet of Avalor (Sofia the First); only Princess Elena
• Sphere of Yun (Xiaolin Showdown)
• Wooden Puzzle Box (Xiaolin Showdown); imprison Wuya
• Infinity Box (Winx Club)
• Moon (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Live Movies

• Ghost Trap/Proton Box (Ghostbusters); capture ghosts
• The Grimhold (Sorcerer's Apprentice)
• The Grimlock (Sorcerer's Apprentice)

Manga/Anime

• Gourd of Mist (Dragon Ball)
• Benihisago (Naruto)
• Amber Purification Jar/Kohaku no Jōhei (Naruto)
• Can Opener/Golden Can (Toriko)
• Omertá (Saint Seiya)

Television

• Pandora's Box (Once Upon a Time)
• Magic Urn (Once Upon a Time)
• The Sorcerer's Hat (Once Upon a Time)
• Chinese Puzzle Box (Mako Mermaids); when infused with magic
• Containment Cards (Power Rangers S.P.D.)

Comics

• Deadalus' Bottles (Fables)
• The Casket of Primordial Winds (Fables)

Video Games

• Master Emerald (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Scepter of Darkness (Sonic the Hedgehog); only Mephiles the Dark

Gallery

Jafar (Aladdin) was tricked to used his third wish to the Genie to become a genie himself, making him nigh all-powerful, but also leaving him bound to the rules of genies that Aladdin uses imprison him.

Mutaito (Dragon Ball) seals King Piccolo within an electric rice cooker via the Evil Containment Wave.

Ginkaku (Naruto) absorbing Atsui into the Benihisago Gourd.

The Grimhold (Sorcerer's Apprentice) is a nesting doll-like object used for imprisoning powerful wizards and witches.

The Casket of Primordial Winds (Fables) can imprison and destroy all-powerful beings.

Pandora's Box (Once Upon a Time) can imprison anyone at the command of the user.

The Magic Urn (Once Upon a Time) was an object created specifically to imprison Ingrid, and was later used by Ingrid to imprison her niece Elsa.

The Sorcerer's Hat (Once Upon a Time) is able to imprison spellcasters into it and harness their power.

A Chinese puzzle box (Mako Mermaids) infused with spells to trap anything regardless of size.

The Sphere of Yun (Xiaolin Showdown) traps the opponent in an impenetrable prison.

Puzzle Box (Xiaolin Showdown)

The Fenton Thermos (Danny Phantom) is used to imprison a ghost.

The Chest of Demons (The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo) is meant to bind and contain the thirteen most terrifying ghosts ever to walk the face of the Earth.

The Master Emerald (Sonic the Hedgehog) have been used by Tikal to seal Chaos and her spirit into the Master Emerald.

Scepter of Darkness (Sonic the Hedgehog), a scepter to seal Mephiles the Dark.

The giant ancient Gengar (Pokémon) absorbing Ash's Pidgeotto inside itself.