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* ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries'': In the Toppat King route of ''VideoGame/CompletingTheMission'', Henry can use a spell to summon [[Memes/DragonBall Shoop Da Woop]] to attack the military. Just as it's about to fire, the camera shifts to the base... completely deserted, as the Fail Screen says it took a week for Henry's summon to arrive.

** In ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'' and ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken'', it's possible to summon spirits from [[SpiritWorld the]] [[DarkWorld Shadow]], although they are by no means obligated to serve the summoner (without additional magics or rituals, at least) and can often be quite hostile. The ''Mage'' {{Sourcebook}} ''Summoners'' has details for summoning other beings, including cryptids (weird terrestrial mutants, such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster), chtonians (beings which inhabit the Underworld which cannot be reliably said to have ever been alive), [[EldritchAbomination Abyssal beings]] and even the denizons of the [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Supernal Realms]]. The last two are noted to be very hard to summon, quite difficult to control, and ''extremely'' dangerous.

* ''VideoGame/ChaosRingsIII'': The four Purple Gifts that can be found over the course of the game can be used to create items that allow the characters to summon the Zodiac Arms: powerful robots located inside satellites orbiting Marble Blue. However, they can only be used once a day in real time, limiting their usefulness. Furthermore, said Gifts can instead be fused together to create a powerful light-elemental Gene.

** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13886679/14/Sora-s-Adventure-in-Rogueport-Remake Sora's Adventure in Rogueport Remake]]'': In Chapter 19, Sora summons [[WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph Ralph]] to fight Cloud Strife's Ifrit. Ralph wins via massive uppercut, but gets very burned in the process. During Chapter 20, Sora summons [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Simba]] during Sora's battle with Bea but Bea simply avoids Simba's furious claw swipes before punch the lion in the jaw with enough force to send him sliding off stage and causes him to disappear. Sora tries to summon another helper but Bea steps on his hand and tells the Keyblade wielder he has to rely on his own strength because his friends may not be there to help him. Finally, in Chapter 24, the Sweet Feast move inexplicably summons cheese wheels and [[WesternAnimation/Ratatouille Remy and several rats]] with one accidentally triggering the self-destruct switch on Magnus Von Grapple 2.0 and Lord Crump pushing a button that hastens the countdown.

* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': The power of the Queen of Fables, an old school villain who once soloed the Justice League by summoning various fairytale characters to fight for her. Given the nature of the show, this can have various uses such as having the Big Bad Wolf slaughter a family, the Three Little Pigs dispose of a body for her, or Humpty Dumpty provide the main ingredient for a really big omelette.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittlePrince2010'': This is what the powers of the Little Prince amounts to. Besides multi-purpose sheeps, he can summon many fantastic creatures or items for the task at hand simply by drawing them. Strangely, despite this he's always puzzled when people call him a wizard.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': The versatile Schnee family's [[InstantRunes glyph-based Semblance]] includes the ability to summon ice avatars to fight on their behalf. The avatars are based on any foe the Schnee has defeated in a manner that forced them to grow beyond the person they were before the fight began; each Schnee has their own go-to favourites. After initially struggling to use this power, [[LadyOfWar Weiss]] masters it at the end of Volume 4. She favours the White Trailer's [[AnimatedArmor Arma Gigas]] for regular battle and a [[WickedWasps Queen Lancer]] for flight. [[HighHeelPower Winter]] favours attacking with a [[RazorWings flock of miniature Nevermores]] and uses a [[OurManticoresAreSpinier Manticore]] for flight; in Volume 8, [[MamaBear Willow]] saves [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Whitley's]] life by summoning a [[FullBoarAction giant Boarbatusk]] because Whitley is the [[NonActionGuy only Schnee]] who appears unable to use the family Semblance.

* ''Fanfic/GameTheoryLyricalNanoha'' has an interesting variation. There's a type of magic called summoning, but the mechanics are rather different from the norm. Instead of conjuring entities to fight for them, the summoner creates magical constructs from designs imprinted in their linker core [[SuperpowerfulGenetics by their genetics]].

** Ifrit is apparently the oldest summon- there are apparently ''cave paintings'' of Ifrit figures- and unlike other older summons, is surprisingly malleable. When Cloud summons him, for example, he not only has a NobleSavage look, but also explicitly resembles ''[[TheLostLenore Zack]]''. He even has an obsidian Buster Sword! Notably, Ifrit is the ''other'' summon who can attack his summoner, but in his case, it seems to be because Ifrit is particularly affected by a summoner suffering depression or rage, driving him [[TheBerserker into a frenzy]] that leads to him attacking everything around him.
* Creator/NanTheKeybladeMaster:
** ''Fanfic/TouhouGalaxy'': [[Manga/FairyTail Lucy's specialty]], though Virgo pops out instead of Loke during the battle with Petey Piranha in Partners in Time (apparently, Big Bro was making out with Aries before they got married) and Virgo summons herself multiple times in Dream Team such as to give Mario and Luigi Ultra Hammers (that she purchased with Lucy's money!) and also stores the pieces of the Ultibed in the Celestial Realm.
** In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13886679/14/Sora-s-Adventure-in-Rogueport-Remake Sora's Adventure in Rogueport Remake]] Chapter 19, Sora summons [[WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph Ralph]] to fight Cloud Strife's Ifrit. Ralph wins via massive uppercut, but gets very burned in the process. During Chapter 20, Sora summons [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Simba]] during Sora's battle with Bea but Bea simply avoids Simba's furious claw swipes before punch the lion in the jaw with enough force to send him sliding off stage and causes him to disappear. Sora tries to summon another helper but Bea steps on his hand and tells the Keyblade wielder he has to rely on his own strength because his friends may not be there to help him. Finally, in Chapter 24, the Sweet Feast move inexplicably summons cheese wheels and [[WesternAnimation/Ratatouille Remy and several rats]] with one accidentally triggering the self-destruct switch on Magnus Von Grapple 2.0 and Lord Crump pushing a button that hastens the countdown.

* In ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' there are several planes besides the material in which demons, elementals, and "empyreals" live, and which can be summoned for combat or information. Kethry in the Vows and Honor trilogy is a sorceress of a school which insists that those they summon are allies and never to be coerced, which means she has to put in extra effort to befriend and trade with the beings she calls to her aid - however, this also means she's in no danger of them [[EatTheSummoner turning on her]].

* ''Franchise/{{Warhammer}}'': The summoning of daemons from the Realm of Chaos is common practice for Chaos cults hoping to get some quick muscle or sorcerours power, and the calling of a major daemon can be a serious problem for their enemies. How well this works in the long term depends on how well the cult's and daemon's goals align and how well the daemon takes to being called on by mortals; one Lord of Change in ''40,000'' hates being summoned so much that, if his name is so much as uttered, he will immedetaly manifest and murder everyone on the planet just make sure that he doesn't get repeat incidents.