History SchmuckBait / WesternAnimation

** In an episode, Garfield is trapped in a HauntedHouse and finds a rope hanging from the ceiling with a sign that says "DO NOT PULL ROPE." Naturally, he pulls on it and is dropped through a trap door. "There's your lesson for today, kids. When it says 'Don't Pull The Rope,' don't pull the rope."

-->'''Narrator:''' Oh, how ''long'' can trusty Cadet Stimpy hold out? How can he ''possibly'' resist the ''diabolical urge'' to push the button that could erase his very existence? Will his ''tortured mind'' give in to its ''uncontrollable desires''? Can he withstand the temptation to push the button that, ''even now'', ''beckons'' him ever closer? Will he ''succumb'' to the ''maddening'' urge to eradicate history? At the '''''mere!''''' '''''push!''''' of a '''''single!''''' '''''button!''''' The beautiful ''shiny'' button! The jolly ''candy-like'' button! ''Will'' he hold out, folks? ''Can'' he hold out?\\

* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'':
** "In the name of all that is holy, ''don't'' connect the red wire to the blue wire. Thanks."

-->'''Mordecai:''' Uhh...what note?
-->'''Rigby:''' You mean like a musical note?

* While toruing an animation studio, Rocko and Filbert come across a window with a sign "Don't tap on the glass," which they don't take seriously in the least. As it turns out, tapping on the glass causes the windowpane to shatter completely, and take out a bit of the neighboring one.

* ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunningnamNinthGradeNinja'': A CutawayGag from "[=McOne=] Armed and Dangerous" has [=McFist=] baiting Randy into a deathtrap with a cake marked "For ninja only".

** Peter is in a bland room with a button accompanied by a sign warning not to push the button. He pushes it. An old kung fu master, wearing a traditional martial arts outfit, walks into the room, bows politely, and beats Peter senseless.

** In an episode, Mrs. Puff is fired and replaced by a drill sergeant. After going over the "no eating" rule, he offers bon-bons. A student eats one and is thrown through the wall.
** At the cheapskate convention contest, a video of Mr. Krabs puts out a sign for free Krabby patties. Everyone comes in but is charged for every footstep.

** In "Design For Leaving", DaffyDuck is a salesman who converts Elmer Fudd's house into a computerized push-button house. One of the buttons is a red one that Daffy tells him never to press ([[ElmuhFuddSyndwome "Not the wed wone!"]]). Eventually, after Elmer gets frustrated and throws Daffy out (with the help of a "push-button salesman ejector"), he caves in to his curiousity and pushes the red button. [[spoiler:It's an "In Case of Tidal Wave" button that raises the house up on a gigantic hydraulic pillar. Daffy comes by in a helicopter, offering to sell Elmer a little blue button that'll get him down.]]

-->"In the name of all that is holy, ''don't'' connect the red wire to the blue wire. Thanks."

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' parodying AroundTheWorldInEightyDays, the pair are in rural Italy. [[GreatBigBookOfEverything Pinky's guide on local customs around the world]] has an important chapter on various wacky facial expressions and peculiar gestures that rural Italians find incredibly offensive. After Pinky demonstrates them to Brain, Brain winds up accidentally performing every literally single offending expression and gesture as he shoos away the bees, resulting in [[HilarityEnsues hilarity and pitchforks ensuing]].

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' parodying AroundTheWorldInEightyDays, the pair are in rural Italy. Pinky's guide on local customs has an important chapter on various wacky facial expressions and peculiar gestures that rural Italians find incredibly offensive. After Pinky demonstrates them to Brain, Brain winds up accidentally performing every literally single offending expression and gesture as he shoos away the bees, resulting in [[HilarityEnsues hilarity and pitchforks ensuing]].

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'', the pair are in a nondescript foreign country. Pinky has a book full of wacky gestures that are extremely offensive to the locals, all of which are labeled "never, ever do this" or similar. Needless to say, he feels the need to perform each gesture as he reads them, and HilarityEnsues.

* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' fans know of [[The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo his own Pandora's Box]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWCsW3UTYUQ the Chest of Demons]].

* JustForFun/CandleJack. [[spoiler:At least, in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' episode of the same name.]]

** A Halloween special has the [[SuperFunHappyThingOfDoom Super-Fun-Happy-Slide]] button in Burns' vampire mansion. Before pulling it, Bart even {{lampshade|Hanging}}s the fact that it's Schmuck Bait: "I know I probably shouldn't, but when am I gonna come back here?"

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmX6AJLecyw Put your head between these two restrained logs and win a free hat.]] [[hottip:*:[[TooDumbToLive He gets the hat.]]

** In one cartoon, DaffyDuck is a salesman who converts Elmer Fudd's house into a computerized push-button house. One of the buttons is a red one that Daffy tells him never to press ([[ElmuhFuddSyndwome "Not the wed wone!"]]). Eventually, after Elmer gets frustrated and throws Daffy out, he finally pushes the red button. [[spoiler:It's an "In Case of Flood" button that raises the house up on a gigantic hydraulic pillar. Daffy comes by in a helicopter, offering to sell Elmer a little blue button that'll get him down.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': Dexter has sneaked into Deedee's treehouse and finds nothing but a lever and a sign saying, "Do not pull." He {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this before pulling the lever and promptly gets trapped in a breadbox.

** At the cheapskate convention contest, a video of Mr. Krabs puts out a sign for free krabby patties. Everyone comes in but is charged for every footstep.

** In another episode he sees a door with a sign: "Beware of the SPLUT!". He opens it and a pie hits him in the face. *SPLUT*. Later on he has been sent to Samoa and sees a similar door with "Beware of the GORSH!". He opens it. Turns out that gorsh is the Samoan equivalent to splut.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', a button in the Batmobile dispenses sleeping gas onto whoever presses it. Joker naturally presses it, despite being warned against it.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', a button in the Batmobile dispenses sleeping gas onto whoever presses it. Joker naturally presses it, despite being warned not to. (see Comics above)

* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': Dexter has snuck into Deedee's treehouse and finds nothing but a lever and a sign saying "Do not pull." He {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this before pulling the lever and promptly gets trapped in a breadbox.
* ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle'': Tom Slick once saw a detour sign telling him to go through a tunnel. As he noticed Baron Otto Matic's henchman with a can of paint, he assumed he should take the route blocked by the sign, only to find a rock blocking that path.

** In an episode, Mrs. Puff is fired and replaced by a drill sergeant. After going over the no eating rule he offers bon-bons. A student eats one and is thrown through the wall.
** At the cheapskate convention contest a video of Mr. Krabs puts out a sign for free krabby patties. Everyone comes in but is charged for every footstep.
** In the same episode another crab is shown ringing up a bag of chips 3 times- The reason is three times more flavor is 3 times the cost.