Soul Trapping

Soul Trapping
Charon (Charmed) traps a Soul into a ball of fire.
Power/Ability to:	Capture souls.

"The man who killed her husband used that sword. His soul's trapped inside of it."

― Rick Flagg on Katana's sword, Soultaker (DC Extended Universe)

The power to trap souls into objects or other dimensions. Sub-power of Soul Manipulation. Variation of Soul Absorption.

Also Called

• Ghost/Soul/Spirit Containment
• Ghost/Soul/Spirit Imprisonment
• Ghost/Spirit Trapping

Capabilities

The user can trap souls into other objects or other dimensions.

Applications

• Afterlife Prevention
• Container Imprisonment
• Reincarnation Denial
• Resurrection Negation

Variations

• Soul Sealing

Associations

• Soul Manipulation
• Soul Removal
• Soul Summoning

Limitations

• Anti-Storage users cannot be trapped in spiritual ways.
• The power itself may or may not be triggered first via a curse.
• The users can only trap souls after they physically slain.

Known Users

• Lady Lotus Feet (Feng Shui); via using the Bagua and trapping her victims inside it.
• Conjurers (The Elder Scrolls) via the Soul Trap spell and an available Soul Gem.
• Users of Soul Tear (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
  • Last Dragonborn/Dovahkiin
  • Durnehviir
• Yami Bakura (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
• Fuu Yamanaka (Naruto)
• Capt. Adrain Snow (Archipelago); via Olivia's Gauntlet
• Collin Warren (Shadow Falls); via blessed iron, chains and incense
• King Nikolaus (Witches of East End)
• Loki/Bran Gardiner (Beauchamp Family Series)
• Raynor (Charmed)
• Soul Collectors (Charmed)
  • Charon
• The Demonic Spirit (Samurai Jack)
• Puppet King (Teen Titans)
• Death (Regular Show)
• Taoists (Chinese franchise)
• Nico di Angelo (Percy Jackson & the Olympians)
• Purple Man (FNaF); via killing children and forcibly putting them in as souls in robot suits.
• Victorian Town House (Forgotten Fears by Michael Bray - Faces)
• Lu/Ciel (Elsword)
• The Monstrosity (SMILE Franchise/Laura Hasn’t Slept); implied
• Verse (The King of Fighters XIV)
• Morgana (Tales of Arcadia)
• Daniel J. D'Arby (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders); via Osiris
• Telence T. D'Arby (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders); via Atum
• Jesus (Madness Combat); via the halo
• Nexus Core (Madness Combat)
• Zombies/Zeds (Madness Combat)
• (Pat Rollins/Crooked Man) (Raising Dion)

Known Objects

• Horcruxes (Harry Potter)
• Bellanax (Arkwell Academy trilogy)
• Fenton Thermos (Danny Phantom)
• Soul Gems (The Elder Scrolls)
• Bagua (Feng Shui 1 and 2)
• Ghost Trap/Proton Box (Ghostbusters)
• Ring of Chaos (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
• Djinn Blade/Swords of Souls (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
• Soul Gem (Marvel Comics)
• Benihisago (Naruto)
• Dark Matter Asteroid (The Outer Limits)
• Pokélantis Stone Orb (Pokémon anime: Ruby and Sapphire - Battling the Enemy Within!); trap spirit of King of Pokélantis
• Kuroi Yōroi (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• SCP-158 - Soul Extractor (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-1034 - Dollmaker's Kit (SCP Foundation)
• Inferna Copula (Tales of Arcadia)
• Ghost Cage (The Haunted Thundermans)
• The Seal of Orichalcos (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
• Shadow Charm (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX)
• Mosaic Scale (Xiaolin Showdown)

Gallery

Soul Gems (The Elder Scrolls)

Lady Lotus Feet (Feng Shui - Film) holding on to Alice, preparing to trap her inside the Bagua she owns.

The Ghost Trap (Ghostbusters) is used by the Ghostbusters to trap and contain ghosts.

Proton Box (Ghostbusters)

Ring of Chaos (Kid Icarus: Uprising) the Chaos Kin used to trap Pit's soul inside.

Nadakhan (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu) trapping Kai in his Djinn Blade/Sword of Souls and use his powers.

Benihisago (Naruto)

Mosaic Scale (Xiaolin Showdown) was able to trap a spirit known as Sibini inside on it.

Verse (The King of Fighters) has trapped the souls of numerous fighters from many ages within its body.

Morgana (Tales of Arcadia) stealing Angor Rot's soul and trapping it in the Inferna Copula.

The Fenton Thermos (Danny Phantom) can trap a Ghost after it captures them.

The Ghost Cage (The Haunted Thundermans) is designed to trap Ghosts, like the Green Ghoul.

Jesus (Madness Combat) can turn corpses into zombies/Zeds by forcing their S-3LF to be trapped inside their body and reanimating them.

Zombies/Zeds' (Madness Combat) bites somehow force the victim's S-3LF to be imprisoned inside their body and turn them into another zombie/Zed after death.

Kuroi Yōroi (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) trapped the soul of its wearer, Oroku Saki.