-> Five kilometers filled with razor wire, pit falls and half demolished buildings. Cultist murder squads drenging the ruins for survivors to torture; human bombers hiding in alcoves, trembling fingers on grenade pins; eviserator priests leading flocks with wire sewn mouths. It was the most expedient route available to Aura Hieron.
-->-- ''Fires of War'', ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''

->''Another day, another death course.''
-->-- '''Ratchet''', ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal''

->''SUPERVILLAINY 201: Tricky, but doable''
->Remember gang, we want to take out Mega Man... but only after he's marveled at our Machiavellian stage design!
-->-- '''[[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Dr. Wily]]''', ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'' [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comic/221-drwilysblueprints/ #221]]

->[[foldercontrol]]

[[folder: ''Please note that we have added a consequence for failure. Any contact with the chamber floor will result in an "Unsatisfactory" mark on your official testing record, followed by death. Good luck!'' ]]

-->-- '''[=GLaDOS=]''', ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''

->''What is this thing? I mean, it serves no useful purpose for there to be a bunch of chompy, crushy things in the middle of a hallway! No, I mean we shouldn't have to do this, it makes no logical sense, WHY IS IT HERE?!''
-->-- '''Gwen [=DeMarco=]'''. ''Film/GalaxyQuest''

->[[/folder]]

[[folder: ''To start preparing for human testing again, I checked an old suggestion box. The number one request? Less deadly tests. That's ridiculous: how do they know for sure the tests are deadly if they could still write the suggestion?'' ]]

-->-- '''[=GLaDOS=]''', ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}''

->''"That's right, you've been chosen to play a few games. Lose, and you will be subject to immediate de-resolution. Win? Well, ''*[[EvilLaugh chuckle]]*'' no one wins."''
-->-- '''[[{{Film/Tron}} Sark]]''', ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''

->'''[[{{Film/TronLegacy}} Clu]]:''' You're in luck. Only a precious few are granted Light Cycle battle privileges.
->'''Riku:''' You gonna explain why it's so ''lucky''?
->'''Clu:''' I'll show you. [Cue light cycles]
->'''Riku:''' How hard can it be?
-->--'''Riku''' being sentenced to death by '''Clu''' in the Game Grid - ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance''

->''"The palace's defense system had a twisted logical error. They could be circumvented by using the strategically-placed switches which I soon learned to recognize, yet it was hard to escape the feeling that I had made a terrible mistake by setting in motion such a deadly system of traps, which seemed in truth more likely to claim my life than that of an invader that wasn't made of flesh and blood."''
-->-- '''The Prince''', ''Franchise/PrinceOfPersia''

->''"Just once, I'd like to find defenses that can tell me from an enemy."''
->*later*
->''"Well, perhaps these defenses ''do'' have their use."''
-->-- '''The Prince''', ''Franchise/PrinceOfPersia''

->'''Spongebob:''' I bought some life insurance for Patrick and myself and now we can never be hurt.
->'''Patrick:''' Yeah! To test out the life insurance, we even built a super dangerous obstacle course across the street!
->'''Spongebob:''' We call it "The Sushi Maker."
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants''

->143. Despite the recent attack by invader forces, Engineering staff are to stop filling our base with enough [[BoobyTrap booby traps]] to make it look like a DeathCourse. This includes: [[VideoGame/HollowKnight buzzsaws coming from the walls]], laser grids, descending ceilings, pitfall traps, embedded wall mounted plasma pistols, poison dart launchers, [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom giant rolling balls and floors mined with pressure plates]], walls made of spare MEC arms to grab victims, spiked elevator floors/roofs and covering the entire air vent floor with mouse traps.
->143a. When the hallways stop resembling ''Temple of Doom'' and start resembling a Japanese game show, this should be regarded as a time to stop.
->143ai. Stop trying to sell footage of the Rookies trying to get through them.
->143aii. Even if you’ve covered everything in three inches of foam.
->143b. Similarly, [[StopWorshippingMe no dedicating the base as ‘The First Temple of the Great Commandy One’]].
->143c. No building anything with the express purpose of making future archaeologists scratch their heads in confusion. If we can’t figure out what it does now, then don’t build it.
->143d. Stop trying to sell the traps to other bases, even if modifications have made them ‘20% more lethal’.
-->--''Fanfic/ThingsXCOMOperativesAreNoLongerAllowedToDo''
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