deal with the devil theme

Someone literally strikes a bargain with the Christian devil, one of his minions, or a closely comparable mythological being from some other creed.

Examples

The Ventaxians had made a literal deal with the devil to provide a thousand years of paradise on their homeworld in return for future enslavement in tng4x13 "Devil's Due".

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StoryLevelMotivation
tz1985e1x12b choice A sub-agent of the Devil appeared out of nowhere to solve a complex mathematical equation for a math professor in exchange for his soul.
tz1985e3x28 choice Arky struck a deal first with the treacherous, homicidal demon Volkerps, and then the story ended with Arky being left to make a deal with the even worse demon Nino.
futurama4x18 major Fry and others made deals with the robot devil.
ldr2019e4x10 major Satan compelled the poet to make a deal by threatening the poet's cat.
tng4x13 major Ventaxians signed deal with the devil to get neo-luddist utopia
tz1959e1x06 major Walter made a literal deal with Satan that saw Walter get virtual immortality in exchange for his soul.
tz1959e4x07 major In this cultural context, we know that the witch that Jesse-Belle sold her soul to was a minion of the Devil.
tz1959e4x09 major Douglas pledged his immortal soul to the Devil in exchange for his services.
tz1959e4x14 major The Devil fulfilled Mr. Feathersmith's wish to return to 1910 Cilffordville in exchange for a large sum of money. Later he cut a deal to return to the present in exchange for $40.
tz1985e1x08c major The deal was $19 and Marty's immortal soul would belong to the winner of one round of poker.