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The Ectoplasm Trap is a supernatural enchantment that can decelerate the movement of anything it hits via a mass of ectoplasmic energy and it is one of the many magical spells in the 2010 Disney fantasy movie The Sorcerer's Apprentice.

The only known spellcasters who uses this magic are both the Merlinean wizard Balthazar Blake and his former best friend-turned-sworn enemy Maxim Horvath.

The Ectoplasm Trap

The Ectoplasm Trap

The spellcaster conjures transparent, liquid sphere(s) of temporal altering ectoplasm that slows anything that splashed by it, causing them to move at 1/20 times of normal speed. The effect lasts for at least one minute, giving the caster the chance to either recover or flee while the threat is slowed down. Caution must be taken so the spell will never affect the caster as well.

There are two applications of this spell; projectile and land mine.

The former, as demonstrated by Balthazar against Horvath, hurls a single sphere against a target. The latter, which truer to the spell's namesake as demonstrated by Horvath during his boss fight in the Nintendo DS adaptation of the film, creates several spheres that bury themselves in the ground and explode when the enemy comes too close like proximity mines, showering them with ectoplasm that drastically slow their movement.

Ectoplasm Trap

The Ectoplasm Trap in action.

Balthazar uses this spell so Dave Stutler can have enough time for him to ride on his animated, flying steel eagle statue as well as to prevent Horvath from attacking him. As Horvath was once Merlin's apprentice alongside Balthazar and Veronica, it is plausible that he also mastered this enchantment (though only confirmed in Nintendo DS game where he utilized the spell's proximity mine version).

Trivia

  • In the early script of Disney's The Sorcerer's Apprentice, this enchantment was originally named "Temporal Displacement Spell".
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