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* A rare benevolent version appears in ''WallaceAndGromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit''. Wallace has a device in his bedroom that causes the bed to dump him through a trap door into the dining room. He gets stuck due to his pudgy gut, and requests "assistance", which is provided in the form of a large mallet.
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* A rare benevolent version appears in ''WallaceAndGromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit''.''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit''. Wallace has a device in his bedroom that causes the bed to dump him through a trap door into the dining room. He gets stuck due to his pudgy gut, and requests "assistance", which is provided in the form of a large mallet.
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* In the ''HomestarRunner'' cartoon "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbsample.swf Pay Plus]]," Strong Bad and The Cheat drop Homestar through a trap door, but Homestar does ''not'' plunge into a bottomless pit.
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* In the ''HomestarRunner'' ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' cartoon "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbsample.swf Pay Plus]]," Strong Bad and The Cheat drop Homestar through a trap door, but Homestar does ''not'' plunge into a bottomless pit.
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We have a trope for that, y\'know.
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* A RunningGag in ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' with Ozzie (boss encounters specifically). During the boss encounter with Ozzie in Magus's castle, you have to trigger the various switches behind him. Each one opens a trap door that ''just'' misses opening under a main character. Then, you trigger the last switch...which opens a trap door right under Ozzie. ([[Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove Why does he even HAVE that lever?]])
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* A RunningGag in ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' with Ozzie (boss encounters specifically). During the boss encounter with Ozzie in Magus's castle, you have to trigger the various switches behind him. Each one opens a trap door that ''just'' misses opening under a main character. Then, you trigger the last switch...which opens a trap door right under Ozzie. ([[Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove ([[InventionalWisdom Why does he even HAVE that lever?]])
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* In ''{{Overlord 2}}'' there is a RunningGag where LesCollaborateurs turn up and give you info at the begining of story related quests/missions and get dropped down a trap door for their trouble. After a while a mysterious hooded figure appears ([[spoiler: The mistress of the previous game's Overlord, i.e. your mother.]]) and floats over the trapdoor when Overlord Jr. tries to open it.
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* In ''{{Overlord 2}}'' ''OverlordII'' there is a RunningGag where LesCollaborateurs turn up at the [[PlayerHeadquarters Netherworld Tower]] and give you info at the begining that kicks off story-related quests, then start making obnoxious requests of story related quests/missions you and get dropped down a trap door for their trouble. After a while a mysterious hooded figure appears to deliver a quest of her own and simply levitates above trapdoor when the Overlord opens it. ([[spoiler: The This is actually the mistress of the previous game's Overlord, i.e. your mother.]]) and floats over the trapdoor when Overlord Jr. tries to open it.
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* A non-funny example is used in an episode of ''"Belphegor"'' at one point. An old general Belphegor is after, tries to use a trap door on him, as the man confronts him in his own office. However, the minute he presses the button, Belphegor proceeds to inform him that the trap door is disabled, much to the general's surprise and horror.
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* Manga/ExcelSaga has Lord Il Palazzo dropping Excel down a trapdoor on numerous occasions. The trap itself works fine, it's just not as.. permanent as one would expect, with Excel typically clambering back up no worse for wear.
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** There is one point early in the manga where Il Palazzo opens the trapdoor to drop Excel into the oubliette, but she wasn't standing on it. After staring at each other for a few moments, Excel apologetically jumps into the pit.
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* Sometimes the joke is that the person who was supposed to fall through the trap door is too fat. Seen on ''TheSimpsons'' or ''FamilyGuy''.
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* Sometimes the joke is that the person who was supposed to fall through the trap door is too fat. Seen on ''TheSimpsons'' or and ''FamilyGuy''.
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** In the case of ''Family Guy'', Mayor West hadn't planned on being menaced by an especially portly malcontent.
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** In the case of ''Family Guy'', ''FamilyGuy'', Mayor West hadn't planned on being menaced by an especially portly malcontent.
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* ''TheSpyWhoLovedMe'': JamesBond straddles the sides of the trap door in the elevator.
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* ''TheSpyWhoLovedMe'': JamesBond ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'': Film/JamesBond straddles the sides of the trap door in the elevator.
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* ExcelSaga has Lord Il Palazzo dropping Excel down a trapdoor on numerous occasions. The trap itself works fine, it's just not as.. permanent as one would expect, with Excel typically clambering back up no worse for wear.
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* ExcelSaga Manga/ExcelSaga has Lord Il Palazzo dropping Excel down a trapdoor on numerous occasions. The trap itself works fine, it's just not as.. permanent as one would expect, with Excel typically clambering back up no worse for wear.
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* A RunningGag in ''ChronoTrigger'' with Ozzie (boss encounters specifically). During the boss encounter with Ozzie in Magus's castle, you have to trigger the various switches behind him. Each one opens a trap door that ''just'' misses opening under a main character. Then, you trigger the last switch...which opens a trap door right under Ozzie. ([[Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove Why does he even HAVE that lever?]])
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* A RunningGag in ''ChronoTrigger'' ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' with Ozzie (boss encounters specifically). During the boss encounter with Ozzie in Magus's castle, you have to trigger the various switches behind him. Each one opens a trap door that ''just'' misses opening under a main character. Then, you trigger the last switch...which opens a trap door right under Ozzie. ([[Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove Why does he even HAVE that lever?]])
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* In an episode of ''SuperFriends'', LexLuthor drops Superman down a trap door, but he simply flies out.
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* A RunningGag in ''ChronoTrigger'' with Ozzie (boss encounters specifically). During the boss encounter with Ozzie in Magus's castle, you have to trigger the various switches behind him. Each one opens a trap door that ''just'' misses opening under a main character. Then, you trigger the last switch...which opens a trap door right under Ozzie. ([[TheEmperorsNewGroove Why does he even HAVE that lever?]])
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* A RunningGag in ''ChronoTrigger'' with Ozzie (boss encounters specifically). During the boss encounter with Ozzie in Magus's castle, you have to trigger the various switches behind him. Each one opens a trap door that ''just'' misses opening under a main character. Then, you trigger the last switch...which opens a trap door right under Ozzie. ([[TheEmperorsNewGroove ([[Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove Why does he even HAVE that lever?]])
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* In ''AmericanDad'', Stan had a trap door set up for just in case Hailey starts being liberal to a guest (in this case, George W. Bush). When she attempts to call Bush out on the whole Iraq thing Stan opens the trap door, only for Hailey to move her legs so she's standing on the sides. However, Stan thought ahead and hits a button that widens the hole, sending her down.
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* In ''AmericanDad'', ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', Stan had a trap door set up for just in case Hailey starts being liberal to a guest (in this case, George W. Bush). When she attempts to call Bush out on the whole Iraq thing Stan opens the trap door, only for Hailey to move her legs so she's standing on the sides. However, Stan thought ahead and hits a button that widens the hole, sending her down.
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* The endings for Kuma and Panda in ''{{Tekken}} 5'' do this. Both have separate endings, where they are visited by someone. Two large buttons are on the CEO desk. The first drops the visitor. The second drops the CEO.
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N-no! Not that switch!
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* In ''ChronoTrigger'', Ozzie accidentally opens a trap door that ''[[HoistByHisOwnPetard is under his feet]]''. HilarityEnsues.
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* In ''ChronoTrigger'', A RunningGag in ''ChronoTrigger'' with Ozzie accidentally (boss encounters specifically). During the boss encounter with Ozzie in Magus's castle, you have to trigger the various switches behind him. Each one opens a trap door that ''[[HoistByHisOwnPetard is ''just'' misses opening under a main character. Then, you trigger the last switch...which opens a trap door right under Ozzie. ([[TheEmperorsNewGroove Why does he even HAVE that lever?]])
** Then, later on, you encounter him again, in hisfeet]]''. HilarityEnsues.own tower. The encounter is much the same. You again target the switches... and the first one doesn't seem to do anything at first. [[SubvertedTrope Then it opens a trap door under all your characters...]] [[spoiler: [[DoubleSubversion which just sends you back to the previous room.]] You then face him again, but before the boss encounter really gets going, a cat wanders into the room and presses the last switch--which, again, opens a trap door right under Ozzie. One would think he'd have learned from before....]]
** Then, later on, you encounter him again, in his
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* In ''ChronoTrigger'', Ozzie accidentally opens a trap door that ''is under his feet''. HilarityEnsues.
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* In ''ChronoTrigger'', Ozzie accidentally opens a trap door that ''is ''[[HoistByHisOwnPetard is under his feet''.feet]]''. HilarityEnsues.
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* ExcelSaga has Lord Il Palazzo dropping Excel down a trapdoor on numerous occasions. The trap itself works fine, it's just not as.. permanent as one would expect, with Excel typically clambering back up no worse for wear.
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* In one episode of ''{{Pelswick}}'', the titular character goes to a radio station to complain about the change in programming (and the building's doors not being wheelchair-accessible). The manager tries to drop him down a standard trap door, but Pelswick's wheelchair is too wide to even get caught in it. The manager then makes a note to self to make the trap doors wheelchair-accessible.
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* ''TheSpyWhoLovedMe'': JamesBond straddles the sides of the trap door in the elevator.
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* In AmericanDad, ''AmericanDad'', Stan had a trap door set up for just in case Hailey starts being liberal to a guest (in this case, George W. Bush). When she attempts to call Bush out on the whole Iraq thing Stan opens the trap door, only for Hailey to move her legs so she's standing on the sides. However, Stan thought ahead and hits a button that widens the hole, sending her down.
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* Since ''WordGirl'' can fly, trap doors are useless against her.
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* In the ComicRelief skit ''DoctorWho and the Curse of Fatal Death'', the Master pulls a lever to open up a trapdoor under the Doctor -- and the trapdoor opens under his own feet, due to sabotage by the Doctor. (The Master eventually manages to escape the trap, only to almost immediately fall through the still-open trapdoor again. Twice.)
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* In the ComicRelief skit ''DoctorWho ''Series/DoctorWho and the Curse of Fatal Death'', the Master pulls a lever to open up a trapdoor under the Doctor -- and the trapdoor opens under his own feet, due to sabotage by the Doctor. (The Master eventually manages to escape the trap, only to almost immediately fall through the still-open trapdoor again. Twice.)
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* In AmericanDad, Stan had a trap door set up for just in case Hailey starts being liberal to a guest (in this case, George W. Bush). When she attempts to call Bush out on the whole Iraq thing Stan opens the trap door, only for Hailey to move her legs so she's standing on the sides. However, Stan thought ahead and hits a button that widens the hole, sending her down.
** In the non-canon (for what little there is) James Bond parody, Tearjerker, the titular villain (played by Roger) opens a trap door below a scientist who failed him. The door works fine, but the scientist gets stuck on the slide it leads to, forcing Tearjerker to call someone to push him into the water tank trap.
** In the non-canon (for what little there is) James Bond parody, Tearjerker, the titular villain (played by Roger) opens a trap door below a scientist who failed him. The door works fine, but the scientist gets stuck on the slide it leads to, forcing Tearjerker to call someone to push him into the water tank trap.
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* In a cutscene in ''DeBlob'', Comrade Black opens a trapdoor which dumps several of his minions into a furnace, but misses one. Who is then ordered to jump in, and reluctantly does so.
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* In a cutscene in ''DeBlob'', ''VideoGame/DeBlob'', Comrade Black opens a trapdoor which dumps several of his minions into a furnace, but misses one. Who is then ordered to jump in, and reluctantly does so.
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* IN MSFHigh, this happens with Liruru Von Astaroth. She goes "YouHaveFailedMe" points to her terrified assistant, the trapdoor opens...Assistant flutters overhead. Liruru did it on purpose, it's an old gag.
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* ResidentEvil4 has Leon fall through a trap door, where a QuickTimeEvent allows him to save himself with a grappling hook, before [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome sending a bullet into the old speaker]] TheDragon is listening in.
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*** In another ''Simpsons'' episode, the trap door defies the laws of physics and somehow got the victim falling from the roof of the very same room.
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*** In another ''Simpsons'' episode, the trap door defies the laws of physics and somehow got the victim falling victims fall from the roof of the very same room.room. "Smithers, it's doing that thing again!"
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->'''Mustafa:''' But Dr. Evil, we were unable to anticipate feline complications due to the reanimation process-
->'''Dr. Evil:''' Silence!
->[he presses a button and Mustafa's chair tilts back, dropping him into a pit of fire]
->'''Dr. Evil:''' Let this be a reminder to you all that this organization will not tolerate failure.
->[Mustafa can be heard moaning from an air vent]
->'''Dr. Evil:''' Gentlemen, lets get down to business.
->[Mustafa's moans continue]
->'''Dr. Evil:''' We've got a lot of work to do.
->'''Mustafa:''' Someone help me. I'm still alive only I'm very badly burned.
->'''Dr. Evil:''' Silence!
->[he presses a button and Mustafa's chair tilts back, dropping him into a pit of fire]
->'''Dr. Evil:''' Let this be a reminder to you all that this organization will not tolerate failure.
->[Mustafa can be heard moaning from an air vent]
->'''Dr. Evil:''' Gentlemen, lets get down to business.
->[Mustafa's moans continue]
->'''Dr. Evil:''' We've got a lot of work to do.
->'''Mustafa:''' Someone help me. I'm still alive only I'm very badly burned.
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* In a cutscene in ''DeBlob'', Comrade Black opens a trapdoor which dumps several of his minions into a furnace, but misses one. Who is then ordered to jump in, and reluctantly does so.
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* In ''SluggyFreelance'', Dr. Steve's trap door is [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/19991002 only a few centimeters deep]].
-->'''Torg:''' Isn't this TrapDoor supposed to be deeper?
-->'''Dr. Steve:''' Like I got nothing better to do than to dig pits. Oasis, please escort "Mr. Picky" to his cell.
* In ''SluggyFreelance'', Dr. Steve's trap door is [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/19991002 only a few centimeters deep]].
-->'''Torg:''' Isn't this TrapDoor supposed to be deeper?
-->'''Dr. Steve:''' Like I got nothing better to do than to dig pits. Oasis, please escort "Mr. Picky" to his cell.
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