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* One slimy bit character in the absolutely terrible B-movie ''Superfights'' is killed by the villain's mooks by having his head held up to an ordinary bedroom ceiling fan -- [[MadeOfPlasticine which cleanly slices off the top of his skull.]]
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* ''{{Paranoia}}'' adventure ''The Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues''. One of the traps in the Mission Three "dungeon crawl" is a giant exhaust fan. If any of the {{PC}}s is sucked into it they'll "become thousands of julienne fries in seconds."
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* ''{{Paranoia}}'' ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' adventure ''The Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues''. One of the traps in the Mission Three "dungeon crawl" is a giant exhaust fan. If any of the {{PC}}s is sucked into it they'll "become thousands of julienne fries in seconds."
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* In ''TheLegendOfZelda'' games ''Ocarina of Time'' and ''Majora's Mask'', Peahats attack using these.
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* In ''TheLegendOfZelda'' games ''Ocarina of Time'' ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' and ''Majora's Mask'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'', Peahats attack using these.
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* In ''TheMummy'', O'Connell hoists Beni up as an interrogation-technique, as if he's about to ram the little creep's head into a ceiling fan. Subverted because Beni spills his guts rather than field-test this trope's validity.
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* In ''TheMummy'', ''Film/{{The Mummy|1999}}'', O'Connell hoists Beni up as an interrogation-technique, as if he's about to ram the little creep's head into a ceiling fan. Subverted because Beni spills his guts rather than field-test this trope's validity.
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* In the ''DoctorWho'' episode "The End of the World", the Doctor must [[DeathCourse navigate a series of these]] in order to reach an [[MalevolentArchitecture otherwise inaccessible]] switch.
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* In the ''DoctorWho'' ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "The End of the World", the Doctor must [[DeathCourse navigate a series of these]] in order to reach an [[MalevolentArchitecture otherwise inaccessible]] switch.
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* In RubyQuest, one room has a catwalk crossing over a pair of giant fans. They're proven deadly [[spoiler:in a flashback, when Ruby shoves Stitches into them]].
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* Charlie and Grandpa Joe narrowly escape these in ''WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', during the Fizzy Lifting Drinks scene.
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* ''RedVsBlue'' mocks the trope in the third season, using the giant fan in Zanzibar:
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* ''{{Bulletstorm}}'' has a skillshot called "Sucker" for killing an enemy by knocking them into a fan.
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* The ''SonicAdventure'' enemies E-06 Spinner and E-16 Electro Spinner are fitted with these. The game also features a HelicopterBlender obstacle.
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* The ''SonicAdventure'' ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' enemies E-06 Spinner and E-16 Electro Spinner are fitted with these. The game also features a HelicopterBlender obstacle.obstacle in Speed Highway.
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* ''RedVsBlue'' mocks the trope in the third season, using the giant fan in Zanzibar:
-->'''Tex''': "Then we'll have to get past the giant fan..."
-->'''Tucker''': "What, that thing? It's moving at like two miles per hour!"
-->'''Tex''': "I didn't say it'd be hard to get past."
-->'''Tex''': "Then we'll have to get past the giant fan..."
-->'''Tucker''': "What, that thing? It's moving at like two miles per hour!"
-->'''Tex''': "I didn't say it'd be hard to get past."
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* Some levels in ''SuperMeatBoy'' have giant fans that can propel you through the air. Get too close to the blades, though, and SPLORCH!
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* Some levels in ''SuperMeatBoy'' ''[[VideoGame/MeatBoy Super Meat Boy]]'' have giant fans that can propel you through the air. Get too close to the blades, though, and SPLORCH!
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* ''VideoGame/HalfLife'': in [[VideoGame/HalfLife1 the first game]], there are several instances of this. The first time you have to pass by an exposed fan, a headcrab demonstrates exactly [[LudicrousGibs what will happen if you touch the fan blades]]. The trope returns in [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 the second game]], in the "Nova Prospekt" chapter: the only way to cross the fan in the vent shaft safely is by jamming the blades with something sturdy enough to break the motor.
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* ''VideoGame/HalfLife'': in [[VideoGame/HalfLife1 the first game]], there are several instances of this. The first time you have to pass by an exposed fan, a headcrab demonstrates exactly [[LudicrousGibs what will happen if you touch the fan blades]]. The trope returns in [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 [[VideoGame/{{Half-Life2}} the second game]], in the "Nova Prospekt" chapter: the only way to cross the fan in the vent shaft safely is by jamming the blades with something sturdy enough to break the motor.
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* In ''ArmyOfDarkness'', Ash incorporates a windmill's vanes into his battle-refitted Oldsmobile, then drives this whirling mega-fan into the undead horde and sends flying every one that fails to evade.
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* In ''TheMummy'', O'Connell hoists Beni up as an interrogation-technique, as if he's about to force the little creep's head into a ceiling fan. Subverted because Beni spills his guts rather than field-test this trope's validity.
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* In ''TheMummy'', O'Connell hoists Beni up as an interrogation-technique, as if he's about to force ram the little creep's head into a ceiling fan. Subverted because Beni spills his guts rather than field-test this trope's validity.
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* Averted in ''IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' when Indy wraps one end of his whip around a {{Mook}}'s neck and the other end around the ceiling fan in his room; the thug is pulled into the fan blades and breaks his neck.
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* In ''ConkersBadFurDay'', underwater rotating fans are encountered during the [[DownTheDrain U-Bend Blues]] segment.
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* In ''IdleHands'', one of the girls is killed by the fan in the school ceiling.
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* The ''VideoGame/{{Unreal}}'' deathmatch level [=DmDeathFan=] features a big rotary fan at the very bottom of the level. Players being pushed into it, naturally, die.
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* The ''VideoGame/{{Unreal}}'' deathmatch Deathmatch level [=DmDeathFan=] features a big rotary fan at the very bottom of the level. Players being pushed into it, naturally, die.die.
** ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament2004''[='=]s Deathmatch level [=DM-Insidious=] also features one, in the center of the map.
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* The ''VideoGame/{{Unreal}}'' deathmatch level [=DmDeathFan=] features a big rotary fan at the very bottom of the level. Players being pushed into it, naturally, die.
* ''VideoGame/OpenArena''[='=]s deathmatch level pxlfan also features a big deadly rotary fan at the very bottom of the level.
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* In ''FindingNemo'', during the Tank Gang's first attempt at jamming the filter, Nemo swims inside the filter to jam the fan with a pebble, but unfortunately it turns out that Nemo didn't jam the filter hard enough, and as a result the other fish actually had to stick a fake plant inside the filter to get Nemo out before he gets ground up into sushi.
* Subverted at the end of ''{{Rio}}'' where [[DragoninChief the evil cockatoo Nigel]] is actually revealed to have survived being shredded alive by an airplane's propellers, and as a result it also caused him to lose all of his feathers.
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* Several times in ''HalfLife'' and at least once in ''HalfLife2'' you have to pass by or through a fan's blades and will die if they hit you.
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* Several times ''VideoGame/HalfLife'': in ''HalfLife'' and at least once in ''HalfLife2'' [[VideoGame/HalfLife1 the first game]], there are several instances of this. The first time you have to pass by or through an exposed fan, a fan's headcrab demonstrates exactly [[LudicrousGibs what will happen if you touch the fan blades]]. The trope returns in [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 the second game]], in the "Nova Prospekt" chapter: the only way to cross the fan in the vent shaft safely is by jamming the blades and will die if they hit you.with something sturdy enough to break the motor.
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Fan blades are dangerous. So dangerous, in fiction, that if you get too close, even a humble household ceiling fan might take your head clean off. Sometimes the blades are sharp or serrated, but the most blunted of fans turn into deadly shredding machines when moving fast enough.
These are most commonly encountered in narrow spaces where they cannot be easily avoided, sometimes as part of a DeathCourse. In video games, it is sometimes possible to slow them down or break them by jamming a rod or beam between the blades, allowing the player to get past. Some characters employ them as weapons. They can also be deadly if a rope is involved, with one end looped around the victim and the other end looped around the axis of the fan.
This is TruthInTelevision to an extent, as fans can be very destructive and very deadly; after all, this is the same principle on which a blender or lawnmower operates. That said, in fiction this effect tends to be greatly exaggerated.
Supertrope of HelicopterBlender and TurbineBlender. Compare DeadlyDisc. Not to be confused with PaperFanOfDoom.
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* Rick Chalker from ''ComicBook/{{X-Factor}}'' attempts to use [[{{Cyborg}} rotors grafted in place of his hands]] as weapons, extremely incompetently.
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* Charlie and Grandpa Joe narrowly escape these in ''WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', during the Fizzy Lifting Drinks scene.
* In ''[[{{Film/Alien}} Alien3]]'', one of the prisoners (Murphy) is killed in a ventilation fan.
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* The ceiling fan decapitation variant was busted by ''MythBusters'', who found that even an industrial fan, while probably lethal, would be unable to decapitate a person.
* In the ''DoctorWho'' episode "The End of the World", the Doctor must [[DeathCourse navigate a series of these]] in order to reach an [[MalevolentArchitecture otherwise inaccessible]] switch.
* ''Series/{{Alias}}'': One episode ended on a [[{{Cliffhanger}} cliffhanger]] with Sydney struggling not to get pulled upwards through an [[AirVentPassageway air vent]] into a huge fan.
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* In RubyQuest, one room has a catwalk crossing over a pair of giant fans. They're proven deadly [[spoiler:in a flashback, when Ruby shoves Stitches into them]].
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* ''{{Paranoia}}'' adventure ''The Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues''. One of the traps in the Mission Three "dungeon crawl" is a giant exhaust fan. If any of the {{PC}}s is sucked into it they'll "become thousands of julienne fries in seconds."
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* In ''{{Banjo-Kazooie}}'', Clanker's belly contains rapidly-moving fans with serrated blades, while the Rusty Bucket is fitted with deadly propellors.
* In ''ConkersBadFurDay'', underwater rotating fans are encountered during the [[DownTheDrain U-Bend Blues]] segment.
* In ''TheLegendOfZelda'' games ''Ocarina of Time'' and ''Majora's Mask'', Peahats attack using these.
* The ''SonicAdventure'' enemies E-06 Spinner and E-16 Electro Spinner are fitted with these. The game also features a HelicopterBlender obstacle.
* Several times in ''HalfLife'' and at least once in ''HalfLife2'' you have to pass by or through a fan's blades and will die if they hit you.
* At one point during ''DarkCornersOfTheEarth'' you have to flee into the sewers, but the way is blocked by a sharp fan. You have to break one of the blades to slow it down and open a passage and even then you'll get chopped (but not always killed) if you're hit.
* One of the Nightmare Realm levels in ''{{Gauntlet}}: Dark Legacy'' has several huge fans blocking your way. You can hit the "slow down" switch to make it past them.
* Some levels in ''SuperMeatBoy'' have giant fans that can propel you through the air. Get too close to the blades, though, and SPLORCH!
* In ''MonsterBash'' there are spinning ceiling fans which you have to shoot the motors of in order to stop them from huring/killing you.
* In ''LabOfTheDead'', the Handheld Fan rotor can cut a zombie's jaw off.
* ''DeadSpace'' contains several menacing ventilation fans.
* ''{{Bulletstorm}}'' has a skillshot called "Sucker" for killing an enemy by knocking them into a fan.
* There are a series of these in ''EpicMickey'''s "World of Gremlins" dungeon (which imitates the "It's a Small World" ride). They spin too quickly for Mickey to easily get through unharmed, but he can use paint thinner to erase some of the blades long enough to pass by unscathed.
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* ''LlamasWithHats'':
->"The people have spoken. ''Viva la Resistance!''"\\
"You pushed the resistance leader into a ''giant fan''."\\
"He was a traitor and a scoundrel!"\\
"He was trying to stop you from pushing other people into a ''giant fan''."
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* In the ''HappyTreeFriends'' episode "Party Animal", Cuddles gets [[spoiler:shredded by a ceiling fan]].
* The ''CelebrityDeathmatch'' episode "Fandemonium I" features a giant killer fan wheel during the Adam Sandler vs Chris Rock fight.
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Fan blades are dangerous. So dangerous, in fiction, that if you get too close, even a humble household ceiling fan might take your head clean off. Sometimes the blades are sharp or serrated, but the most blunted of fans turn into deadly shredding machines when moving fast enough.
These are most commonly encountered in narrow spaces where they cannot be easily avoided, sometimes as part of a DeathCourse. In video games, it is sometimes possible to slow them down or break them by jamming a rod or beam between the blades, allowing the player to get past. Some characters employ them as weapons. They can also be deadly if a rope is involved, with one end looped around the victim and the other end looped around the axis of the fan.
This is TruthInTelevision to an extent, as fans can be very destructive and very deadly; after all, this is the same principle on which a blender or lawnmower operates. That said, in fiction this effect tends to be greatly exaggerated.
Supertrope of HelicopterBlender and TurbineBlender. Compare DeadlyDisc. Not to be confused with PaperFanOfDoom.
!Examples
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[[folder:{{Comics}}]]
* Rick Chalker from ''ComicBook/{{X-Factor}}'' attempts to use [[{{Cyborg}} rotors grafted in place of his hands]] as weapons, extremely incompetently.
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[[folder:{{Film}}]]
* Charlie and Grandpa Joe narrowly escape these in ''WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', during the Fizzy Lifting Drinks scene.
* In ''[[{{Film/Alien}} Alien3]]'', one of the prisoners (Murphy) is killed in a ventilation fan.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:LiveActionTV]]
* The ceiling fan decapitation variant was busted by ''MythBusters'', who found that even an industrial fan, while probably lethal, would be unable to decapitate a person.
* In the ''DoctorWho'' episode "The End of the World", the Doctor must [[DeathCourse navigate a series of these]] in order to reach an [[MalevolentArchitecture otherwise inaccessible]] switch.
* ''Series/{{Alias}}'': One episode ended on a [[{{Cliffhanger}} cliffhanger]] with Sydney struggling not to get pulled upwards through an [[AirVentPassageway air vent]] into a huge fan.
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* In RubyQuest, one room has a catwalk crossing over a pair of giant fans. They're proven deadly [[spoiler:in a flashback, when Ruby shoves Stitches into them]].
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[[folder:TabletopRPG]]
* ''{{Paranoia}}'' adventure ''The Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues''. One of the traps in the Mission Three "dungeon crawl" is a giant exhaust fan. If any of the {{PC}}s is sucked into it they'll "become thousands of julienne fries in seconds."
[[/folder]]
[[folder:VideoGames]]
* In ''{{Banjo-Kazooie}}'', Clanker's belly contains rapidly-moving fans with serrated blades, while the Rusty Bucket is fitted with deadly propellors.
* In ''ConkersBadFurDay'', underwater rotating fans are encountered during the [[DownTheDrain U-Bend Blues]] segment.
* In ''TheLegendOfZelda'' games ''Ocarina of Time'' and ''Majora's Mask'', Peahats attack using these.
* The ''SonicAdventure'' enemies E-06 Spinner and E-16 Electro Spinner are fitted with these. The game also features a HelicopterBlender obstacle.
* Several times in ''HalfLife'' and at least once in ''HalfLife2'' you have to pass by or through a fan's blades and will die if they hit you.
* At one point during ''DarkCornersOfTheEarth'' you have to flee into the sewers, but the way is blocked by a sharp fan. You have to break one of the blades to slow it down and open a passage and even then you'll get chopped (but not always killed) if you're hit.
* One of the Nightmare Realm levels in ''{{Gauntlet}}: Dark Legacy'' has several huge fans blocking your way. You can hit the "slow down" switch to make it past them.
* Some levels in ''SuperMeatBoy'' have giant fans that can propel you through the air. Get too close to the blades, though, and SPLORCH!
* In ''MonsterBash'' there are spinning ceiling fans which you have to shoot the motors of in order to stop them from huring/killing you.
* In ''LabOfTheDead'', the Handheld Fan rotor can cut a zombie's jaw off.
* ''DeadSpace'' contains several menacing ventilation fans.
* ''{{Bulletstorm}}'' has a skillshot called "Sucker" for killing an enemy by knocking them into a fan.
* There are a series of these in ''EpicMickey'''s "World of Gremlins" dungeon (which imitates the "It's a Small World" ride). They spin too quickly for Mickey to easily get through unharmed, but he can use paint thinner to erase some of the blades long enough to pass by unscathed.
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* ''LlamasWithHats'':
->"The people have spoken. ''Viva la Resistance!''"\\
"You pushed the resistance leader into a ''giant fan''."\\
"He was a traitor and a scoundrel!"\\
"He was trying to stop you from pushing other people into a ''giant fan''."
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[[folder:WesternAnimation]]
* In the ''HappyTreeFriends'' episode "Party Animal", Cuddles gets [[spoiler:shredded by a ceiling fan]].
* The ''CelebrityDeathmatch'' episode "Fandemonium I" features a giant killer fan wheel during the Adam Sandler vs Chris Rock fight.
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