History Main / EmptyRoomUntilTheTrap

* '{VideoGame/Doom3'': A frequent case, to the point it doesn't shock or surprise the player after a while. They just knew as soon as they entered the empty room and touched the item they'd immediately have to turn around and blast all the monsters that teleported into the room.

*** The MiniBoss room of the third dungeon, [[WombLevel Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly]], has a large platform in the center of the room that is inaccessible to you, but to [[EscortMission Princess Ruto]] when you toss her onto it. You have to do so so she can get the third Spiritual Stone, the Zora's Sapphire, which she had been looking for after Jabu-Jabu swallowed her, and eventually becomes yours so you can open the Door of Time in the Temple of Time after the boss of that particular dungeon has been defeated [[spoiler:(though not before [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe she holds you to]] [[ChildhoodMarriagePromise the promise of marrying her]])]]. After Ruto takes the Sapphire, the platform rises up to the top of the room, taking her with it and when it comes back down, Ruto vanishes and you're left to deal with a Bigocto. Moreover, that platform has spikes on its sides, which spin in the opposite direction Bigocto is running in during the fight, but it eventually becomes a one-way elevator to the corridor up above where Ruto was taken to after you win.

*** The MiniBoss room of the third dungeon, [[WombLevel Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly]], has a large platform in the center of the room that is inaccessible to you, but to [[EscortMission Princess Ruto]] when you toss her onto it. You have to do so so she can get the third Spiritual Stone, the Zora's Sapphire, which she had been looking for after Jabu-Jabu swallowed her, and eventually becomes yours so you can open the Door of Time in the Temple of Time after the boss of that particular dungeon has been defeated [[spoiler:(though not before [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe she holds you to]] [[ChildhoodMarriagePromise the promise of marrying her]])]]. After Ruto takes the Sapphire, the platform rises up to the top of the room, taking her with it. As a result, when the platform comes back down, Ruto vanishes and you're left to deal with a Bigocto. Moreover, that platform has spikes on its sides, which spin in the opposite direction Bigocto is running in during the fight, but it eventually becomes a one-way elevator to the corridor up above where Ruto was taken to after you win.

*** The MiniBoss room of the third dungeon, [[WombLevel Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly]], has a large platform that is inaccessible to you, but to [[EscortMission Princess Ruto]] when you toss her onto it. You have to do so so she can get the third Spiritual Stone, the Zora's Sapphire, which she had been looking for after Jabu-Jabu swallowed her, and eventually becomes yours so you can open the Door of Time in the Temple of Time after the boss of that particular dungeon has been defeated [[spoiler:(though not before [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe she holds you to]] [[ChildhoodMarriagePromise the promise of marrying her]])]]. After Ruto takes the Sapphire, the platform rises up to the top of the room, taking her with it. Ruto vanishes, as a result, and you're left to deal with a Bigocto. Moreover, that platform has spikes on its sides, which spin in the opposite direction Bigocto is running in during the fight, but it eventually becomes a one-way elevator to the corridor up above where Ruto was taken to after you win.

*** The MiniBoss room of the third dungeon, [[WombLevel Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly]], has a large platform that is inaccessible to you, but to [[EscortMission Princess Ruto]] when you toss her onto it. You have to do so so she can get the third Spiritual Stone, the Zora's Sapphire, which she had been looking for after Jabu-Jabu swallowed her, and eventually becomes yours so you can open the Door of Time in the Temple of Time after the boss of that particular dungeon has been defeated [[spoiler:(though not before [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe she holds you to the promise of marrying her]])]]. After Ruto takes the Sapphire, the platform rises up to the top of the room, taking her with it. Ruto vanishes, as a result, and you're left to deal with a Bigocto. Moreover, that platform has spikes on its sides, which spin in the opposite direction Bigocto is running in during the fight, but it eventually becomes a one-way elevator to the corridor up above where Ruto was taken to after you win.

--->''[Link is about to climb up onto the platform to grab Ruto so he can take her home, but it rises up]''\\

Compare HeWasRightThereAllAlong, EmptyRoomPsych (which this trope often leads to), SuddenlyHarmfulHarmlessObject, TeleportingKeycardSquad, DropInNemesis (where the trap results in instant death), and AmbushingEnemy.

*** Halfway through the Water Temple, you come into an infinite, foggy wasteland filled with ankle deep water and a small island with a dead tree in the center. There's nothing particularly interesting about the room, and when you reach the other side, you find that the exit door is barred shut, and your reflection is gone. Only then will you find that one of the most fun/confusing fights of the game has been waiting, watching you from that tree. It's interesting to note that if you walk backwards to the door, Dark Link will not appear. He will only appear if you turn the camera around so he can't be seen when he appears. When you turn around again, Dark Link will be standing by the tree, just waiting. Even moreso than that, he only appears if you walk over the island in the center, at which point your reflection disappears from beneath you when you step upon the water again.