Summoning Ritual: Difference between revisions

* In the text-adventure ''The Lurking Horror'', the evil professor of Alchemy traps you inside the summoning circle (which apparently acts as a force field for humans as well, as summoning a demon requires a sacrifice to be on hand when it arrives. To escape, you must use a knife in your pocket to scratch away enough of the circle to break it and then you are free to flee the room at the last second before the summoner notices. The demon arrives and devours the summoner instead before leaving.

* Recipe for fun times in [[Neverwinter Nights]]:

'''Step 3:''' RUN LIKE HELL }}

* The plot of ''[[Eternal Darkness]]'' consists of a massive [[Summoning Ritual]] to bring an [[Eldritch Abomination]] to Earth. The main characters also gain the ability to summon their own demons.

* Not really summoning per se, but Third Impact in ''End of Evangelion'' might count. If one can watch it without immediately being reduced into a whimpering wreck, that is (since it's '''the''' perfect [[Mind Screw]] in a few-minute package). First, the MP Evas fly up into orbit, align themselves into a Kabbalistic Tree of Life and use the resulting anti-AT field to ''lift the entire geofront into space''. In the meantime, Gendo stucks his right hand-fused-with-Adam into Rei. Next, Rei absorbs the arm and flies up to Lilith who absorbs her into it's chest. Finally, Lilith falls down from it's cross, morphs into Rei and starts growing. The MP Evas change formation to resonate their AT-fields with that of Lilith. The result is '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWmJfX2AI2Q#t=1m45s REALLY FUCKING HUGE]'''. If that's not a big enough [[Mind Screw]] yet, the ugly bastards stab Unit 01's S2 organ with the Lance of Longinus, transforming it into the real Tree of Life then ''[[Too Kinky to Torture|orgasmically stab themselves]]'' one-by-one, unleashing Lilith's power and reducing humanity into a [[Hive Mind]] before the Tree and Lilith merge.

* In ''[[Baccano]]!'', a group of alchemists, having been unsuccessful with the more accepted methods of seeking [[Immortality]], perform an elaborate incantation (with magic circle) to summon a demon and ask it to grant them eternal life. The demon answers, and promptly chides them for wasting its time with such bibble-babble when it can read all their minds and just willing it to appear would have been sufficient.

* Rituals and sacrifices are part of the Duel Monsters card game in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''; stronger monsters can be summoned only by sacrificing weaker ones.

* In ''[[Naruto]]'', some shinobi make contracts [[The Power of Blood|in blood]] with animal spirits, which require a small [[Blood Magic|blood and chakra sacrifice]] to summon. Special mention goes to:

== Webcomics ==

* ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'' has a different take on the summoning ritual:

'''Drizz'l's note:''' ''1. Lead morons into basement. / 2. Kill them. / 3. Summon nothing because it was a lie.'' }}

* In the ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' story [http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=970920&mode=weekly "Demon Summoning Week"] Torg and Riff do one of these on a lark.