History Main / SharkPool

** ComicBook/TheJoker does this in the episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE34TheLaughingFish The Laughing Fish]]", in a scene adapted directly from the example under "Comic Books".

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' episode "Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean", the Monarch has the main characters tied up and prepared to drop them all into a river infested with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru candiru]] fish. Venture mocks him, claiming the candiru's ability to swim up a man's urethra is an urban legend, too bad he's [[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010907.html wrong]]. (You may now [[NightmareFuel cringe]] if you're a guy.) He has also used an actual pool of sharks to aid in the execution of a purportedly disloyal henchman. Although the sharks didn't touch him, because he'd already [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill replaced the guy's blood with acid]].

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* In ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'', Vector's living room sits ''on top'' of a shark tank -- with a ''transparent floor''.

** Ernst Blofeld pulls off his [[TheBlofeldPloy signature move]] in ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' by dumping one of his underlings into a piranha tank.

See also FedToTheBeast. The SnakePit is a version with less water [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin and more snakes.]] DrowningPit is the critter-free version that does the job with just water. If the animals are just used to dispose of the body after it's been killed by other means, that's FedToPigs. Fictional pirates usually prefer to feed victims to sharks in their natural habitat by making them WalkThePlank.

* [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Benalish Hero]] in ''ComicStrip/WhatsNewWithPhilAndDixie'', after [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority becoming]] the [[PirateGirl Pirate Queen]] [[http://web.archive.org/web/20150428205658/http://www.airshipentertainment.com/growfcomic.php?date=20090308 got this]]:

* In ''Film/AustinPowersInternationalManOfMystery'', Dr. Evil ''wanted'' a pool full of sharks (with laser beams attached to their heads), but had to settle for ill-tempered mutated seabass. In the [[Film/AustinPowersInGoldmember third movie]], Dr. Evil ''did'' get sharks with [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]] attached to their heads. as a gift from his newly evil son Scott.

* A frequent occurrence in ''WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop'', and several variants of this were used.

** Another villain had a tank of electric eels.

** Cheapskate villain Frugal Lucre once threatened Kim and Ron with a kiddie pool full of baby snapping turtles.
** Dr. Drakken goes over-the-top in a later episode by dropping a chained-up Kim in a locked safe into a [[strike:bottomless]] [[DrowningPit very very deep chasm filled with water]], covered in six feet of ice, and containing a shark and man-eating squid. She escapes thanks to a few {{Contrived Coincidence}}s.

*** Worse yet -- a croc pool. Alligators are 15 times bigger and proportionally meaner. And when they finally bite it, there are much more valuable bones and good leather. Tamed crocs outperform turkey in churning out tons of edible eggs... while sitting in their pool and biting in half any goblin who [[TrapDoor happened to drop in]]. Or be chained on the ground like guard dogs, since they're amphibious. Thus, it's possible to have a goblin dodge two guard crocs only to stumble off the road into croc pit with a handful of their brothers and sisters.

* In ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter Tri'', there is a mission which consists of killing 30 [[CallARabbitASmeerp Sharqs]] in a water filled arena, completely without any armor. Fortunately, the sharqs are one of the weakest waterborne creatures. Unfortunately, they are [[OhCrap not the only monsters swimming in the arena]].