History Series / TrappedGameShow

* ElevatorFloorAnnouncement: Done without an elevator since the unfortunates "jump down" to each floor but the Voice always announces the floor number and the challenge on it before said challenge is described.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Some of the challenges have alliterative names (Toxic Treats, Septic Sewers, and Botherer Blocks just to name a few).

* ElevatorFloorAnnouncement: Done without an elevator since the unfortunates "jump down" to each floor but the Voice always announces the floor number and the challenge on it before each said challenge is described.

The 4th series had a slight retool into ''Trapped: Ever After'' in which the challenges were changed to be loosely fairy tale themed with every challenge from the 3 previous series replaced with new ones, some of which were SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitutes. tThe gameplay from the first 3 series remained the same though.

The 4th series had a slight retool into ''Trapped: Ever After'' in which the challenges were changed to be loosely fairy tale themed with every challenge from the 3 previous series replaced with new ones, some of which were SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitutes. The gameplay from the first 3 series remained the same though.

* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The theme song of the show is performed by the Voice although it's more of a poem since the lyrics aren't quite sung (though music does play while the words are spoken). It's also an ExpositoryThemeTune explaining how the unfortunates (supposedly) make their way to the tower to participate in the challenges and what they have to do to attempt to be the only one who escapes.

* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The theme song of the show is performed by the Voice although it's more of a poem since the lyrics aren't quite sung (though music does play while the words are spoken). It's also an ExpositoryThemeTune explaining how the unfortunates (supposedly) make their way to the tower to participate in the challenges.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: In series 1, episode 6, Tom tells the Voice to get lost after being trapped first, much to the surprise of the Caretaker:

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: In an episode that had unfortunates from Burnley competing, the Caretaker claimed that town was located in China (which is not true). Though considering he has been stuck in the tower for an unknown amount of time, it's understandable that his geography knowledge is nonexistent.

* EvilLaugh: The Voice whenever she reminds a losing unfortunate that they're trapped.

* CoveredInGunge: Downplayed in the floor 4 challenge Snake Attack in which the unfortunate sticking their hand in the holes in the wall gets said hand covered in ink when they choose wrongly.

* DwindlingParty: is to be expected considering the nature of the show.

* VotedOffTheIsland: How eliminations are determined.

* ConsolationPrize: According to [[WordOfSaintPaul at least one unfortunate]] who commented on an upload of an episode, the "trapped" unfortunates got a T-shirt with the show's logo on it and some kind of certificate(?) that said which floor they had gotten to as a parting gift.

The gameplay is simple: 6 unfortunates compete in a series of challenges to move to the next floor down (starting at floor 6 and going down to 2). The challenges are demonstrated by a character named Wiley Sneak (Olly Pike) who was an unfortunate trapped in the tower a hundred years prior to the start of the show. The only problem is that one unfortunate is selected as saboteur by the Voice to try to make the team fail the challenge without getting caught. If the team passes the challenge, the saboteur is trapped and left behind on that floor while the others move on. If the team fails, whoever gets the most votes as to who everyone thought the saboteur was (regardless of whether they guess right or not) gets trapped instead. If the votes were tied, the unfortunates who had tied votes had to draw straws to determine the outcome (the one who drew the short straw being the one who was trapped). This continues until the second floor, in which the final 2 unfortunates compete in a trivia round in which they must answer questions about the previous challenges. Whoever gets the most questions right wins "the Key of Freedom" and is the only one of the group allowed to escape, leaving the runner up trapped.

* GenderEqualEnsemble: Played straight in almost all of the episodes (3 boys and 3 girls s the unfortunates); the only exception was series 3, episode 10 which had 4 boys and 2 girls competing against each other.

The 4th series had a slight retool into ''Trapped: Ever After'' in which the challenges were changed to be loosely fairy tale themed with every challenge from the 3 previous series replaced with new ones, some of which were SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitutes of previous ones. The gameplay from the first 3 series remained the same though.

!!Unfortunates, this is Trope Finder. To pass, you must find as many tropes as possible. Let the challenge begin...now!

* ToiletHumor: The series 1 challenge Toxic Treats had a fart sound effect play whenever a bad present was opened. There was also a challenge in series 2 and 3 called Septic Sewers in which unfortunates had to plug a drain to stop "gas" from escaping.

* ToiletHumor: The series 1 challenge Toxic Treats had a fart sound effect play whenever a bad present was opened. There waa a challenge in series 2 and 3 called Septic Sewers in which unfortunates had to plug a drain to stop "gas" from escaping.

The gameplay is simple: 6 unfortunates compete in a series of challenges to move to the next floor down (starting at floor 6 and going down to 2). The challenges are demonstrated by a character named Wiley Sneak (Olly Pike) who was an unfortunate trapped in the tower a hundred years prior to the start of the show. The only problem is that one unfortunate is selected as saboteur by the Voice to try to make the team fail the challenge without getting caught. If the team passes the challenge, the saboteur is trapped and left behind on that floor while the others move on. If the team fails, whoever gets the most votes as to who everyone thought the saboteur was (regardless of whether they guess right or not) gets trapped instead. If the votes were tied, the unfortunates who had tied votes had to draw straws to determine who would get trapped (the one who drew the short straw being the one who was trapped). This continues until the second floor, in which the final 2 unfortunates compete in a trivia round in which they must answer questions about the previous challenges. Whoever gets the most questions right wins "the Key of Freedom" and is the only one of the group allowed to escape, leaving the runner up trapped.

The gameplay is simple: 6 unfortunates compete in a series of challenges to move to the next floor down (starting at floor 6 and going down to 2). The challenges are demonstrated by a character named Wiley Sneak (Olly Pike) who was an unfortunate trapped in the tower a hundred prior to the start of the show. The only problem is that one unfortunate is selected as saboteur by the Voice to try to make the team fail the challenge without getting caught. If the team passes the challenge, the saboteur is trapped and left behind on that floor while the others move on. If the team fails, whoever gets the most votes as to who everyone thought the saboteur was (regardless of whether they guess right or not) gets trapped instead. If the votes were tied, the unfortunates who had tied votes had to draw straws to determine who would get trapped (the one who drew the short straw being the one who was trapped). This continues until the second floor, in which the final 2 unfortunates compete in a trivia round in which they must answer questions about he previous challenges. Whoever gets the most questions right wins "the Key of Freedom" and is the only one of the group allowed to escape, leaving the runner up trapped.