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Anyway, the point is [[NiceJobBreakingItHero the hero just screwed up royally]], and now he (and [[ItsUpToYou he alone]]) must solve it. This is the part where the CallToAdventure itself appears, usually dispensed by the village elder who only now decides to reveal the background of the Call Receival Area. Generally, it happens that TheOnlyOne who can destroy the SealedEvilInACan is the one who freed it, or the fact that he was capable of destroying the seal in the first place indicates he actually was TheChosenOne all along. Or perhaps only he can wield the CosmicKeystone he removed, or he considers saving his Unlucky Childhood Friend [[ItsPersonal personal]].

* For the Grace twins and their sister in ''The Spiderwick Chronicles'', the CallReceivalArea was the sealed off attic of the house they'd just moved into, and the GreatBigBookOfEverything locked away up there.

* ''Lufia II'' did this.

* This is the basic plot of ''[[TheThirteenGhostsOfScoobyDoo The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo]]'', as explained in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-RsyA32pXw the opening theme]]:

* ''[[ManaSeries Secret Of Mana]]'', where the hero is simply kicked out of town because [[WalkingDisasterArea trouble is following close behind]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], in that absolutely nothing happens there for the rest of the game.

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* ''JakAndDaxter'', where the quote comes from.
* ''[[ManaSeries Secret Of Mana]]'', where the hero is simply kicked out of town because [[WalkingDisasterArea trouble is following close behind]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], in that absolutely nothing happens there for the rest of the game.
* ''{{Terranigma}}'' has a small subversion: The village elder manipulated the hero into going into the CallReceivalArea as part of a BatmanGambit.
* ''Lufia II'' did this.
* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII'', Prince Kiefer regularly defies his father to go explore the forbidden ruins with his [[TheHero best friend]]... who ends up kickstarting the plot upon making an important discovery there.
* ''SummonNight Swordcraft Story II''. Aforementioned unlucky childhood friend [[spoiler:turns out to be a demon associated with the SealedEvilInACan who's attempting to [[KilledOffForReal kill it off for real]].]]
* The Dalish Elf origin in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' features one of these: a ruin which the PlayerCharacter and their UnluckyChildhoodFriend explore.
* The Four Sword Shrine in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures'' serves as one of these, slightly subverted in that Link was forced to release Vaati.
* The Forbidden Land from ''ShadowOfTheColossus''.
* This is exactly how the first ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' starts. Forbidden sanctum, kidnapped childhood friend, unleashed power...
* In the web-based RPG ''{{MARDEK}}'', the crashed spaceship where the title character becomes possessed by an alien intelligence.

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* ''TenchiMuyo'' (the {{OVA}} version): For all his life, Tenchi Masaki was curious about that cave near his grandfather's shrine where a demon was sealed...
** Which turns out to have been [[BatmanGambit all part of the plan]]. His grandfather told Tenchi just enough about the cave and the demon to keep him insatiably curious about it, then forbid him to ever go inside. The final play was letting Tenchi steal the key from him during their sparring match, then pretending he hadn't noticed.
* The plot of ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' begins with the protagonist poking around in her archaeologist father's basement library, and ending up unsealing the Clow Cards (which are not evil) and a magical WeaselMascot who gives her the CallToAdventure. (In fact, their conversation contains the same point made in the Scooby-Doo example below.) She, too, was all by herself during these events.
* ''[[YesPrettyCure5 Yes! Precure 5]]'' uses this almost humorously. Nozomi, the protagonist, is [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny implied to be ADHD]]; fittingly, while running to school, she gets distracted by a pretty butterfly and runs after it instead. This one event is what later allows her -- and, by association, the rest of the main cast save for the residents of the MagicalLand -- to gain powers and fight the Nightmare Corporation.
* A slightly unconventional example in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Although the catalyst for their trek off into alchemy-learning land is something as deadly serious as the promise of bringing their mother back from the dead, one watching gets the feeling that the whole prospect is more of a, "Fun little adventure that we get to have now that mom's not breathing down our neck anymore!". It becomes suddenly, cruelly apparent that what they were getting themselves into was far, far more complex and dangerous than they'd ever imagined when the body parts start alchemically-flying; and while they don't exactly release any SealedEvilInACan, both the figurative and literal monsters they unleash (the new lives they must now live, and... well, a monster) are plenty terrifying.

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* In ''Disney/TheLionKing'' Simba and Nala go into the Elephant's Graveyard after they were told not to. A fight breaks out between the resident hyenas and Simba's heroic father, and later that fight escalates a bit... and then let's just say that Simba has to learn how to fight his own battles after that.

* Inverted in Joan Vinge's ''Snow Queen'' books where the two protagonists, Moon and Sparks, venture to a "choosing place" to determine if they will become "sibyls" (something that means a lot more than they realize.) They had previously had an agreement that they would either both be chosen or neither, so that they would stay together, but The Call Didn't Care -- Moon was chosen and Sparks wasn't, she broke their agreement, and ...the rest of the story followed.

* In Louise Cooper's ''{{Indigo}}'' series, [[ForbiddenZone the one place people are forbidden to go]] is the Tower of Regrets. The Princess Anghara, naturally, is dying to know what the tower contains that makes it so taboo...turns out the tower ''physically'' contains nothing...but acted as [[SealedEvilinACan a spiritual trap for seven demons that personified the evil of humanity]]. Oops.

* The Dalish Elf origin in ''DragonAge Origins'' features one of these: a ruin which the PlayerCharacter and their UnluckyChildhoodFriend explore.

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* A slightly unconventional example in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Although the catalyst for their trek off into alchemy-learning land is something as deadly serious as the promise of bringing their mother back from the dead, one watching gets the feeling that the whole prospect is more of a, "Fun little adventure that we get to have now that mom's not breathing down our neck anymore!". It becomes suddenly, cruelly apparent that what they were getting themselves into was far, far more complex and dangerous than they'd ever imagined when the body parts start alchemically-flying; and while they don't exactly release any SealedEvilInACan, both the figurative and literal monsters they unleash (the new lives they must now live, and... well, a monster) are plenty terrifying. As a matter of fact, you can actually pinpoint the exact moment things serious the F up. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YoSlPFCB4w#t=1m5s Oops.]]

* A slightly unconventional example in the FullMetalAlchemist manga and original anime. Although the catalyst for their trek off into alchemy-learning land is something as deadly serious as the promise of bringing their mother back from the dead, one watching gets the feeling that the whole prospect is more of a, "Fun little adventure that we get to have now that mom's not breathing down our neck anymore!". It becomes suddenly, cruelly apparent that what they were getting themselves into was far, far more complex and dangerous than they'd ever imagined when the body parts start alchemically-flying; and while they don't exactly release any SealedEvilInACan, both the figurative and literal monsters they unleash (the new lives they must now live, and... well, a monster) are plenty terrifying. As a matter of fact, you can actually pinpoint the exact moment things serious the F up. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YoSlPFCB4w#t=1m5s Oops.]]

* In ''TheLionKing'' Simba and Nala go into the Elephant's Graveyard after they were told not to. A fight breaks out between the resident hyenas and Simba's heroic father, and later that fight escalates a bit... and then let's just say that Simba has to learn how to fight his own battles after that.

* This is the basic plot of ''The 13 Ghosts of ScoobyDoo'', as explained in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-RsyA32pXw the opening theme]]:

Bad idea.

* In ''[[Literature/InheritanceCycle Eragon]]'', the titular boy goes off hunting in the Spine, a forbidden and haunted place, where he finds a dragon egg and brings doom down upon his home.
** Not forbidden, explicitly. Just a strong reputation for bad luck.

* In ''DragonQuestVII'', Prince Kiefer regularly defies his father to go explore the forbidden ruins with his [[TheHero best friend]]... who ends up kickstarting the plot upon making an important discovery there.

* This is exactly how the first ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' starts. Forbidden sanctum, kidnapped childhood friend, unleashed power...

-->'''Chiro, opening narrative:''' ''While exploring the outskirts of the city, I discovered an abandoned Super Robot. It was then that my life was transformed by the mysterious Power Primate...''

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* The Four Sword Shrine in ''TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures'' serves as one of these, slightly subverted in that Link was forced to release Vaati.

* The plot of ''CardCaptorSakura'' begins with the protagonist poking around in her archaeologist father's basement library, and ending up unsealing the Clow Cards (which are not evil) and a magical WeaselMascot who gives her the CallToAdventure. (In fact, their conversation contains the same point made in the Scooby-Doo example below.) She, too, was all by herself during these events.

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* This is exactly how the first ''GoldenSun'' starts. Forbidden sanctum, kidnapped childhood friend, unleashed power...

* In ''[[InheritanceCycle Eragon]]'', the titular boy goes off hunting in the Spine, a forbidden and haunted place, where he finds a dragon egg and brings doom down upon his home.

-- '''Samos''', [[Main/{{JakAndDaxter}} Jak And Daxter]].

Our story begins with our hero, and his best friend and/or UnluckyChildhoodFriend living peacefully in their quaint, [[DoomedHometown little town]]. One day, they decide to have a little adventure. Not too far from the town there is a place the village elder has told them they better not get close to. [[YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb Our heroes decide to go there]], maybe looking for some rumored treasure, maybe because NothingExcitingEverHappensHere, maybe just to screw the rules.

Their little adventure begins without much excitement, but soon takes a turn for the worse, and the ancient SealedEvilInACan is free to terrorize the world once again, the UnluckyChildhoodFriend is kidnapped into another dimension, and the hero is now CursedWithAwesome.

Anyway, the point is [[NiceJobBreakingItHero the hero just screwed up royally]], and now he (and [[ItsUpToYou he alone]]) must solve it. This is the part where the CallToAdventure itself appears, usually dispensed by the village elder who only now decides to reveal the background of the Call Receival Area. Generally, it happens that the OnlyOne who can destroy the SealedEvilInACan is the one who freed it, or the fact that he was capable of destroying the seal in the first place indicates he actually was TheChosenOne all along. Or perhaps only he can wield the CosmicKeystone he removed, or he considers saving his UnluckyChildhoodFriend [[ItsPersonal personal]].

* The Four Sword Shrine in TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures serves as one of these, slightly subverted in that Link was forced to release Vaati.

* ''{{Terranigma}}'' has a small subversion: The village elder manipulated the hero into going into the CallReceivalArea as part of an elaborate XanatosGambit.

** Which turns out to have been [[XanatosGambit all part of the plan]]. His grandfather told Tenchi just enough about the cave and the demon to keep him insatiably curious about it, then forbid him to ever go inside. The final play was letting Tenchi steal the key from him during their sparring match, then pretending he hadn't noticed.

** Which turns out to have been [[XanatosGambit all part of the plan]]. His grandfather told Tenchi just enough about the cave and the demon to keep him insatiably curious about it, then forbid him to ever go inside. The final play was tricking Tenchi into thinking that he hadn't noticed the boy stealing the key from him during their sparring match.

* [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Nanoha]] decided to take a shortcut through the forest 'cuz she was late, and found an injured animal with a strange gemstone around its neck... and that's when the 'Magical Girl Lyrical' bit was added to her name.