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* ''AlanWake'' has lots of bear-traps scattered across the woods, apparently due to poachers. Walking into one will cost you a bit of health, and pin you to the ground for a while. Worse, EVERY TIME you walk into one, it will cause a Taken to spawn nearby and run up to attack you while you're helpless. Oh, and in one part with bear traps, you don't have any guns to set them off with if you step on a trap.

* ''AlanWake'' has lots of bear-traps scattered across the woods, apparently due to poachers. Walking into one will cost you a bit of health, and pin you to the ground for a while. Worse, EVERY TIME you walk into one, it will cause a Taken to spawn nearby and run up to attack you while you're helpless. Oh, and in one part with bear traps, you don't have any guns to kill them with if you step on a trap.

* ''AlanWake'' has lots of bear-traps scattered across the woods, apparently due to poachers. Walking into one will cost you a bit of health, and pin you to the ground for a while. Worse, EVERY TIME you walk into one, it will cause a Shadowman to spawn nearby and run up to attack you while you're helpless.

* The "reverse bear trap" in ''{{Saw}}'' 1 and 6 is thematically similar, except that when it goes off it snaps violently ''open'', and as it is hooked into the victim's upper and lower jaws...

* [[RobotChicken I'm so happy!]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0w5oGVwJ_Q Cuz I'm a Gummi Bear!]]

* [[RobotChicken I'm so happy!]] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0w5oGVwJ_Q Cuz I'm a Gummi Bear!]]

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* Most Infinity Engine games (''[[{{Ptitlenhv310a8odku}} Baldur's Gate]]'', ''IcewindDale'', etc.) had the courser turn into a bear trap when the player was hovering above a trap while the "Remove Traps" ability was on.

* ''SequentialArt'' demonstrates [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=205 one non-conventional application]].

* Bear traps are frequent props in ''Three Stooges'' shorts, notably in "The Brideless Groom," where Moe and Larry try to use one to break up an all-female brawl. Naturally they're caught in their own trap.
* In the remake of FridayTheThirteenth, Jason placed a bear trap or two around the forest. Definitely not played for cartoony laughs.

* ''Tom Goes to the mayor'' has an example where the city council sets up bear traps around children parks to keep pedophiles out. they only manage to catch children naturally.

* ''ResidentEvil4'': Leon encounters a wolf snared by a bear trap. The player can choose whether to free or ignore it. Doing the former will result in the wolf helping you against [[GiantMook El Gigante]].

* ''Chill Out, Scooby Doo'' combines both elements of bear traps when a deranged cryptozoologist uses them in his attempt to capture the Yeti. When he is caught in his own traps, it is vaguely scary to small children and vaguely humorous to everyone else.

* The (still ongoing as of this entry) ''AxeCop''/''[[DrMcNinja Dr. McNinja]]'' crossover has the eponymous heroes using '''pizza beartraps'''. As in, pizzas that snap shut like bear traps when their victims go to eat said pizza.

* The "reverse bear trap" in ''{{Saw}}' 1 and 6 is thematically similar, except that when it goes off it snaps violently ''open'', and as it is hooked into the victim's upper and lower jaws...

* The "hero" from ''Ravenous'' used one of these in the movie's climax. It could also be considered a ChekhovsGun as it can be seen beeing played around with various times earlier in the film.

* ''ResidentEvil4''

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