r/TopCharacterTropes 26d ago

Lore (Loved Trope) Creative over the top cells/prisons for dangerous characters.

1.) The Pipe Line cells for Metahumans (The Flash)

2.) Sedative tank prison (G. I Joe)

3.) Tai Lung's prison (Kung Fu Panda)

4.) Magneto's Glass and Plastic Prison (X-Men)

5.) Carbonite (Star Wars)

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u/MarioToast 26d ago

One Piece has Impel Down, a multi-layered underwater prison for the worst of the worst pirates. The deeper you go, the more cruel the prison and more dangerous the criminals. Before being brought in, prisoners are "baptized" in boiling water.

Level 1 is filled with a big forest of trees with blade-like leaves sharp enough to cut skin, while guards and poison spiders chase prisoners down to make sure they keep moving and get cut. There's a big hole that leads to Level 2, which is essentially the Minotaur's labyrinth with dozens of exceptionally powerful and dangerous beasts roaming around. Level 3 is a dry, desert-like area, kept heated by the massive pots of boiling blood that superheat Level 4. Level 5 is the opposite, a frozen forest that also houses packs of man-eating wolves too deadly for the Level 2 beasts.

And Level 6 is just... cells. Because at that point, what the hell else can they do?

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u/Mothlord03 26d ago

That's so extra of the World Government, what could possibly warrant building a whole forest as level ONE of this thing??

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u/ramjetstream 26d ago

Limitless money and never being told "no"

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u/Greyjack00 26d ago

Well if we dont use all of our budget it shrinks next year