Booby Trap: Difference between revisions

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* ''[[Y: The Last Man]]'' has a rat soaked in kerosene, set into a hole in wall of the bad guy's HQ and then set on fire.

== [[Fan ~~Fiction~~]] ==

== [[Fan Works]] ==

* The ladies of the Replica elite from ''[[Aeon Natum Engel]]'' love these.

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* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s [[Warhammer 40,000]] novel ''[[Brothers of the Snake]]'', a squad of Space Marines finds one portion of Dark Eldar defense particularly fierce. Breaking in, they find that the eldar had left explosives in the phosphorus mines; they lug them off before they can explode.

* ''[[The English Patient]]'' is set in areas of [[World War Two]] Italy that have been thoroughly boobytrapped by the retreating Axis. One of the main characters, Kip, is a sapper with the British army; the presence of unexploded bombs and mines is what brings him to the villa where the other protagonists live.

* [[X Wing Series|Rogue Squadron]], when the world they were hiding on was discovered, left a lot of explosive traps for the Imperials. Said Imperials did work their way through all of them, but exactly what they were trying to achieve is up in the air. They didn't need anything that had been left on that world and they knew the Rogues had already left.

* ''[[X Wing Series|Rogue Squadron]]'', when the world they were hiding on was discovered, left a lot of explosive traps for the Imperials. Said Imperials did work their way through all of them, but exactly what they were trying to achieve is up in the air. They didn't need anything that had been left on that world and they knew the Rogues had already left.

* In ''Kiss Me, Deadly'' [[The Mafia]] leaves a brand new Ford for [[Private Detective]] [[Mike Hammer]] as a bribe, with several sticks of dynamite attached to the ignition. Figuring he's smart enough to figure that out, they have a second bomb hidden underneath wired to the odometer. Fortunately Mike has a mechanic check out the car thoroughly. Later when two hitmen take him for a ride, Hammer lets them think he's missed the second bomb; the hitman driving instinctively slams on the brakes, giving Hammer a chance to overpower them both.

* Levers and treadles rigged to deliver electric shock in ''[[Who Cut the Cheese?]]'' by Mason Brown.

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== [[Live Action Television]] ==

* Naturally only Captain Kirk can get away with a fake booby trap to win the day.

* Naturally only [[Star Trek: The Original Series|Captain Kirk]] can get away with a fake booby trap to win the day.{{context}}

* At least one episode of [[Foyle's War]] had a murder committed using the booby trap techniques which were being taught to the Home Guard in case of invasion.

* At least one episode of ''[[Foyle's War]]'' had a murder committed using the booby trap techniques which were being taught to the Home Guard in case of invasion.

== [[Card Games]] ==

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* Hunter heroes in ''[[Shadow Era]]'' can cast some trap cards, such as "Spike Trap" that either harm or kill any monster summoned after it is cast.

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* Hunter heroes in [[Shadow Era]] can cast some trap cards, such as "Spike Trap" that either harm or kill any monster summoned after it is cast.

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==