History Main / EmptyRoomUntilTheTrap

* The catacomb pitfalls in ''KingsQuest VI''.

** Take the dagger out of the fridge in ''SilentHill 1'' without first locking the door with the Ring of Contract, and an unknown monster comes out of the fridge and eats you.
* ''DungeonsAndDragons'' has a monster that pretends to be a ceiling, and a monster that pretends to be the floor, monsters that cover the walls ''and'' almost invisible jelly monsters in the size of a usual [[EmptyRoomUntilTheTrap Empty Room]]. Combine them all to create the infamous Room of Death, which appears empty until all of it tries to eat you.

* The "Monster Houses" in the [[{{ptitlecm0ohq79}} Pokemon Mystery Dungeon]] series, which appear empty until 30 or so monsters drop from the sky the moment you set foot in them.

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

* Boss rooms in ''{{Quake}} II'' and ''IV'' tend to be empty of enemies until the boss suddenly teleports in. This is usually triggered by the completion of an objective, such as shutting down the security grid in ''II'', or the Tetranode in ''IV''.

This is when a room looks empty of anything significant, and it's not. There's a well hidden trap that will set off if the hero either tries to leave or sets off another trigger, usually by the standard look-see.

* Many side rooms in the ''MedalOfHonor'' series only serve [[TeleportinKeycardSquad to trigger ambushes]].

* In the [[TutorialLevel first dungeon]] of TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime, the boss room is empty until you think to look up and find the boss on the ceiling.

Compare HeWasRightThereAllAlong, EmptyRoomPsych (which this trope often leads to), SuddenlyHarmfulHarmlessObject, TeleportingKeycardSquad.

Compare HeWasRightThereAllAlong, EmptyRoomPsych (which this trope often leads to), SuddenlyHarmfulHarmlessObject.

** Also at the beginning of secret episode 4 in Explorers Of Sky (Here Comes Team Charm), a Graveler walks into a room with a treasure chest and statues of Lopunny, Gardevoir and Medicham, long story short the statues come to life and take the treasure for themselves, (info can be found [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Here_Comes_Team_Charm! here]].

** Also at the beginning of secret episode 4 in Explorers Of Sky (Here Comes Team Charm), a Graveler walks into a room with a treasure chest and statues of the following three pokemon [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Lopunny_(Pok%C3%A9mon) Lopunny]], [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Gardevoir_(Pok%C3%A9mon) Gardevoir]] and [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Medicham_(Pok%C3%A9mon) Medicham]], long story short the statues come to life and take the treasure for themselves.

** Also at the beginning of secret episode 4 in Explorers Of Sky (Here Comes Team Charm), a Graveler walks into a room with a treasure chest and statues of [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Lopunny_(Pok%C3%A9mon) these]] [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Gardevoir_(Pok%C3%A9mon) three]] [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Medicham_(Pok%C3%A9mon) pokemon]], long story short the statues come to life and take the treasure for themselves.

* ''DungeonsAndDragons'' has a monster that pretends to be a ceiling, and a monster that pretends to be the floor, ''and'' monsters that cover the walls. Combine them all to create the infamous Room of Death, which appears empty until all of it tries to eat you.

* The "Monster Houses" in the MysteriousDungeon series, which appear empty until 30 or so monsters drop from the sky the moment you set foot in them.

** 10x10x10 empty rooms. Oh, and a [[BlobMonster Gelatinous Cube]].

** 10x10x10 empty rooms. Oh, and a [[SlimeMonster Gelatenous Cube]].