Redmess
#2: Jun 15th 2018 at 1:38:38 PM
I think this is a genuine trope present in many works.
If anything, it needs a clearer name, though. How about Bear Trap Pain? That is usually what this trope boils down to.
Optimism is a duty.
eroock
Since: Sep, 2012
#3: Jun 17th 2018 at 5:23:54 AM
Because of its size, Bear Trap is more likely to be played for horror than laughs so a separate trope seems in order.
Redmess
#4: Jun 17th 2018 at 5:53:04 AM
How about a split into Bear Trap Pain and Bear Trap Comedy? Or perhaps Bear Traps Are Bad News?
Optimism is a duty.
malias
Since: Jun, 2015
#5: Jun 18th 2018 at 12:21:01 PM
How about a wick check so we know exactly how this trope is being used?
Redmess
#6: Jun 18th 2018 at 12:47:05 PM
Good idea.
Optimism is a duty.
#7: Aug 23rd 2018 at 11:57:51 PM
Clock is set.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
#8: Aug 27th 2018 at 10:52:16 PM
Clock is up; closing.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Total posts: 8
This looks to be another one of those articles created before we had stricter trope launching rules. At present there is no trope in play and most examples boil down to listing when there are bear traps in the work.
Potentially we can merge it with Mouse Trap and turn it into some sort of trope about how these kinds of traps never work for the intended recipient.
edited 2nd Feb '18 4:14:24 PM by BreadBull